Chapter 526 McLaren

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

Hearing Murdoch's words, Deng Wendi asked in confusion:

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

"That's the problem, dear."

Murdoch looked at Deng Wendi 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 company's funds come from the TP family. In fact, those who understand know that TP will not have so much money to invest in IC Capital, and even if there is so much money, why Why not run his own family business well?"

"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 the phenomenon, we can find out 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 Deng Wendi's face, Murdoch smiled and said:

"Very interesting, and there is another thing, in January, Apple After the release of the iPhone, Android released the Android system. Android was also bought by IC Capital. What about Honor Electronics, which launched the first Android phone with them? 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 it just right in terms of financial investment and capital operation. Similarly, I am familiar with many of IC Capital's investment methods. It can be seen that the pattern is very similar to Cavendish... So I think that the person behind your good friend is not the TP family, or someone else, but the Duke of Devonshire. " After hearing her husband's analysis, Deng Wendi suddenly realized it, but she still asked in confusion: "If this is the case, it also means that the Duke is deliberately concealing this matter, or at least keeping a low profile. 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 will only understand each other, and will not do anything unnecessary." Before meeting Murdoch, Barron arrived in Woking first. Woking, located in Surrey, is part of the Greater London metropolitan area, and it is less than 40 kilometers away from the center of London. Here, Barron, Tamaran Ecclestone, accompanied by Ron Dennis, visited the headquarters of McLaren Technology Group. "McLaren has a glorious history, and I am very willing to support your future development plans, Mr. Dennis."

Barron said to Ron Dennis.

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

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

In fact, as early as January this year, Barron had already begun to instruct the British Automobile Group to contact McLaren and intend to invest in them.

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

In fact, if Barron had not intervened, the original Bahrain Sovereign Wealth Fund would have invested in McLaren at this time and continued to expand its shares to 60%, until Ron Dennis left McLaren in the future, and they would have obtained all 100% of the shares of McLaren Group.

But now with the participation of British Motor Group, their advantages in British industry, and Barron behind British Motor Group, naturally, there is no suspense in grabbing the opportunity to invest in McLaren Technology Group from the Bahrain Sovereign Wealth Fund.

This time, the two parties will cooperate, and British Motor Group will purchase a total of 30% of McLaren Technology Group shares from Ron Dennis and his partner Mansor Oye.

In this way, the shareholding of McLaren Technology Group will become British Motor Group holding 30% shares, Ron Dennis and his partner Mansor Oye each holding 15% shares, and Daimler-Chrysler Group (Mercedes-Benz parent company) holding 40% shares.

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

"I heard that your civilian model is already in the design stage?"

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 F1 circuit in 1966.

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 McLaren F1 ceased production in 1998, 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.