Chapter 1388 - 522: Wofa: Can’t Get the Driver’s Championship? Then I’ll Buy It! (6K, Extra 7/14)

Chapter 1388: Chapter 522: Wofa: Can’t Get the Driver’s Championship? Then I’ll Buy It! (6K, Extra 7/14)

Over there, Vassel didn’t mind; in fact, he hoped to see a loyal side of Qin Miao. After all, when Qin Miao joins Ferrari in the future, Ferrari wants not only Qin Miao’s strength but also his loyalty.

However, Vassel didn’t forget the main purpose of this call to Qin Miao: "It’s like this, Qin Miao, I suppose you’re aware that the contract negotiations between Ferrari and your management team have reached an impasse."

Qin Miao had indeed heard about this; he brought up requests, such as having the right not to participate in the team’s commercial activities.

If dissatisfied with the arrangements made by the team management, he could refuse them.

Upon joining Ferrari, he wanted to be the number one driver and have the team resources tilted towards him, and he could reject race track tactics if he felt they were unsuitable.

And so on.

Ferrari wasn’t willing to agree.

Truth be told, concerning money, Ferrari truly doesn’t care.

After all, Ferrari’s investment in F1 is truly cost-indifferent; they can even afford and accept a salary of 60 million Euros for Qin Miao.

But Qin Miao doesn’t want to participate in commercial activities and wants to move certain high-level privileges within Ferrari, which directly touches on Ferrari’s fundamental interests and some people’s nerves.

Although Ferrari nowadays repeatedly disappoints the Iron Buddha Temple fans, Ferrari knows very well that their foundation is actually their fans.

Imagine being a Ferrari driver and not interacting with the Iron Buddha Temple fans—this would be unsuitable.

This behavior of ignoring the fans goes against Ferrari’s team-building philosophy.

And the issue of authority—you, a mere driver, understand what team management entails?

A young lad who just graduated from high school wanting to meddle in the management of a team, not least Ferrari?

Where do you get the nerve?

Nevertheless, putting it another way, Ferrari is principally unwilling to agree to these two conditions.

But if Qin Miao has the strength to win championships or leads a team without championship ability to win a title, or even takes the driver’s championship, then this would be another story.

Nodding, Qin Miao replied, "Indeed, I’ve heard about it."

Furthermore, Qin Miao currently feels a stronger sense of belonging to Mercedes due to various actions by Toto; Ferrari hasn’t even shown a desire to bargain over his conditions. Therefore, Qin Miao wants to take this opportunity to thank Ferrari for their trust and end this negotiation over his driver contract.

So Qin Miao directly said, "Of course, I also thank Ferrari for trusting and valuing me. After all, Ferrari was the place where I grew up, and I left many beautiful memories there. It’s a pity I couldn’t return to serve my childhood favorite team, but I believe..."

Before Qin Miao could finish his standard words of gratitude, Vassel hurriedly interrupted, "Wait, Qin Miao. Even though this call really is about contract matters, it might be slightly different from what you imagined."

Qin Miao asked curiously, "What’s different?"

Vassel smiled and said, "This call is to tell you that all the conditions you proposed have been accepted by Ferrari! Also, your salary will be increased to 55 million US dollars, with extra bonuses to be considered later, higher than what you’re currently earning at Mercedes."

Qin Miao: ?

Huh?

No way, buddy.

How did you agree to those?

Back then, the conditions Qin Miao set followed the teaching of Zhou Shuren.

The nature of the Chinese people is always inclined toward compromise. For instance, if you say the room is too dark and propose opening a window here, everyone would object. But if you advocate removing the roof, they’ll compromise and agree to open a window.

-Lu Xun

As for Ferrari being an Italian company that might not understand all these unwritten rules... that’s irrelevant.

Business is merely about setting asking prices high before settling down to negotiate.

This rule applies worldwide.

Now the negotiation between Ferrari and Qin Miao resembles:

Qin Miao: I want to take off the roof.

Ferrari: Great! I’ll prepare the tools for you.

Qin Miao: Huh?

Ferrari: If needed, I can also give you the house deeds; the house is yours.

...

In truth, Qin Miao accepted Ferrari’s bargaining.

He even set such high conditions intentionally to leave room for Ferrari to negotiate.

If, during the negotiation process, the conditions Ferrari offered were better than those given by Mercedes, Qin Miao might consider Ferrari.

But it seemed Ferrari somehow knew Qin Miao’s heart was leaning toward Mercedes due to Toto’s efforts, and then directly opened the bidding wide.

Really high-bid kind.

For a moment, Qin Miao didn’t know what to say.

What is there to say?

Your demands, which you never really expected them to meet, just heightened expectations while awaiting bargaining, and the other side agrees without negotiation.

Truthfully, at this moment, Qin Miao’s mind threw all sorts of thoughts—Toto’s care, that homely feeling from Mercedes, two world championships—all to the back of his mind.

No choice, Ferrari gave too much.

And Vassel on the other end clearly understood how significant Ferrari’s offer was and how favorable the conditions given to Qin Miao were. Therefore, Vassel knew how shocked Qin Miao would be, giving him ample time to react.

After a long while, Qin Miao finally asked, "I remember my contract discussed a salary of 30 million US dollars, right? How did it increase to 55 million US dollars?"

Vassel smiled and said, "We believe that your current skills deserve this price, and there’s no reason for a two-time world champion’s salary to be lower than his beaten rival."