Rebirth of England.

"Go and ask Ivanta to tell Duke Devonshire that you want to see him?"

After hearing Murdoch's words, Wendy Deng asked with some confusion:

"Shouldn't it be more sincere to contact him directly? And although the scandal between Ivanta and Duke Devonshire has been reported in the newspaper, I have never heard her talk about that person..."

"That's exactly the problem, honey."

Murdoch looked at Wendy Deng calmly and explained to her:

"How old is Ivanta TP? Where does she get the capital and ability to manage IC capital? Some people say that the funds for this company come from the TP family. In fact, everyone who understands knows that TP will not be that He has a lot of money to invest in IC Capital, and even with so much money, why not run his own family business? "

"I also asked Ivanta about this, and she said there are other investors."

"If we only look at the source of funds, it is difficult to find the relationship between IC Capital and Cavendish, but through phenomena, we can explore the essence... For example, DS Group has invested in Sinclair Group , and later IC Capital also became one of the shareholders of this group; IC Capital bought DoubleClick and then sold it to Woaw, founded by DS Group, and now YouTube has also been sold to Woaw..."

Seeing the thoughtful look on Wendy Deng's face, Murdoch smiled and said:

"It's very interesting. Also, in January, after Apple released the IPhone, Android released the Android system immediately after. The Android company was also bought by IC Capital, so we cooperated with them to launch the first Android phone. What about Honor Electronics? This company belongs to Caesar Fund, which is owned by DS Capital... If there is only one thing, then it may be a coincidence, but if there are always coincidences, there must be an unknown connection behind it. ”

"So what do you mean?"

"I have studied Cavendish's investment methods. It is not an exaggeration to say that he is an investment genius. He can do just the right thing in terms of financial investment and capital operation. Similarly, many of IC Capital's investment methods , I can see a very similar pattern to Cavendish... So I think that the person behind your good friend is either the TP family or someone else, but the Duke of Devonshire. "

After hearing her husband's analysis, Deng Wendi suddenly realized, but she still asked with some confusion:

"If this is the case, then it also means that His Highness the Duke is deliberately concealing this matter, or at least keeping a low profile. Then if we rashly contact the other party through Ivanta, he can deliberately not respond to this..."

Murdoch looked at his wife, was silent for a moment, and said softly:

"Smart people understand things by heart and don't do anything unnecessary."

……

Barron arrived in Woking before meeting Murdoch.

Woking, Surrey, is part of the Greater London Metropolitan Area, less than 40 kilometers away from central London.

Here, Barron, together with Tamaran Ecclestone and accompanied by Ron Dennis, visited the headquarters of McLaren Technology Group.

"McLaren has a great history and I am very happy to support your future development plans, Mr Dennis."

Barron said this to Ron Dennis.

"I believe our cooperation will be very pleasant, Your Highness the Duke."

Yes, another purpose of Barron's return to England this time is to reach cooperation with McLaren Technology Group.

In fact, as early as January this year, Barron had already begun instructing British Automotive Group to contact McLaren with the intention of investing in them.

At that time, there was another competitor between them and McLaren - the Bahrain Sovereign Wealth Fund (Bahrain Mumtalakat Holding Company). The behind-the-scenes controller of this fund is the Bahrain royal family.

In fact, without Barron's intervention, Bahrain's sovereign wealth fund would have taken a stake in McLaren at this time and continued to expand its stake to 60% until Ron Dennis left McLaren in the future. They acquired 100% of McLaren Group shares.

But now that the British Automobile Group has joined, their advantages in the British industry, and Barron behind the British Automobile Group, there is no doubt that Bahrain’s sovereign wealth fund will invest in McLaren Technology Group. Opportunity is available.

In this cooperation between the two parties, British Automotive Group will purchase a total of 30% of McLaren Technology Group shares from Ron Dennis and his partner Mansol Oyer.

In this way, McLaren Technology Group's shareholding becomes British Automotive Group holding 30%, Ron Dennis and his partner Mansoor Oyer each hold 15%, and DaimlerChrysler Group (Mercedes-Benz parent company) holds 40% equity.

Starting in 1995, Mercedes-Benz provided engines and funds to the McLaren team, and acquired 2000% of McLaren's shares in 40, so the McLaren team became Mercedes-McLaren The team - later sponsored by Vodafone, is now the Vodafone-McLaren-Mercedes team.

"It is said that your civilian model is already under design?"

It can be said that Barron's decision to bring Tamaran Eccles over this time was not arbitrary.

McLaren's history begins with New Zealand designer, driver, engineer and racing driver Bruce McLaren - one of the first drivers to win a Ford GT40 at Le Mans.

After proving himself as a true racing driver, Bruce McLaren founded Bruce McLaren Racing (BMR) in 1963 and entered the F1966 circuit in 1.

However, in 1970, he died in an accident while testing a McLaren M8D at Goodwood Circuit in England.

When Ron Dennis was 19 years old, he was just a trainee technician for Cooper Racing.

In 1980, at McLaren's most difficult moment, Ron Dennis and his partners acquired it.

Dennis led the entire team through multiple ruling dynasties and became the most successful manufacturer in F1 history after Ferrari.

Denise knew Tamaran's father well, so she enlivened the atmosphere and made their conversation particularly relaxed.

"Yes, the plan is in progress..."

After hearing Barron's question, Dennis introduced him.

This is also the focus of McLaren's cooperation with British Automotive Group this time.

British Automotive Group will invest and cooperate with McLaren Technology Group to establish McLaren Automotive Company to enter the civilian supercar market.

In McLaren Automotive, McLaren Technology Group holds 51% and British Automotive Group holds 49%.

In fact, the McLaren Technology Group at this time was mainly McLaren's racing team and technology research and development business.

After testing the Ferrari 360, McLaren had the idea of ​​​​entering the civilian supercar market. They hired Frank Stephenson as design director to prepare and begin to design a model named MP4-12C.

In fact, this is not McLaren's first foray into the field of civilian cars.

In 1992, they launched the "magic car" McLaren F1.

When it debuted, the McLaren F1 set a record as the world's fastest commercial vehicle.

To this day, it is still considered the greatest production car of all time.

The V12 engine can produce up to 618 horsepower and accelerate from 0 to 100 km/h in just 3.2 seconds. The carbon fiber monocoque chassis and advanced suspension design make the value of McLaren cars continue to increase. F1 always changes with time. increases with passage of time.

After the production of the McLaren F1998 ceased in 1, McLaren has not manufactured any more civilian production cars.

It can also be said that they have not launched a new model in more than ten years.