Chapter 10 Unpopular?
In fact, Barron’s original idea was to raise more than 2 million pounds of funds from the family, so that he would be sure to use the money to get back more than 35 million pounds of funds through the capital market within six months. , used to save the Duke of Devonshire family.
But the reality is that the funds he can currently use are only part of the cash directly held by the family, which accounts for a very small share of the assets, only 100,000 pounds.
With this capital, it is indeed difficult to achieve your goals in the short term - even if you invest in start-ups and do venture capital work, take Internet companies such as Google and Facebook as examples. To be able to complete the exit of venture capital a hundred times smoothly is often not something that can be achieved in a year and a half.
In the end, in desperation, Barron had only one choice - to expand the scale of his 100,000 pounds as much as possible through World Cup betting.
In fact, this is not difficult to think of. After all, the World Cup is about to begin. This time in the Asahi World Cup, only England in the British Isles has entered the finals.
As one of the countries that are crazy about football, the recent newspapers have reported a lot about the World Cup. Therefore, as a reborn person, it is also very normal to think of using betting to make a fortune. .
And the Asahi World Cup itself is very suitable for Barron to choose to place bets. On the one hand, when it came into being, this World Cup was still very familiar to Chinese people. Not only was it a World Cup held at home, it also started The time is very friendly to the Chinese people; in addition, because this World Cup is the only World Cup in which the Chinese team has entered the finals, they are more familiar with the results of the game than other tournaments.
And in the final analysis, when betting on this kind of World Cup, you can often get higher odds only if you are an upset. Because of well-known reasons, this World Cup has a lot of upsets. If nothing else, just betting on South Korea's game is enough - after all, normal countries often don't use the "home field advantage" so nakedly. extent.
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Betting on football matches is very popular in England. After all, William Hill, which is well-known in the sports betting industry, is a British company.
In addition to this company, many other powerful gambling companies also have many betting stations in London, so it is very convenient just for betting.
After arriving in London, Barron came to his apartment.
Barron’s apartment in London is also a family property. After all, the Duke of Devonshire family is a long-established British aristocracy. Although the family’s overall economic strength is now slightly weaker, their ancestors are still If you are wealthy, it is also very normal to have a residence in London.
Of course, in this regard, it is still far inferior to the Duke of Westminster, which is also a ducal family and claims to own half of London.
After returning to London, Barron couldn't help but think of the girl in the hotel room when he first came to this time and space.
At that time, he just felt that the other person looked familiar, but because he had just "came over" at that time and was greatly shocked, he did not delve into it too much.
On that day, when I met the then-Crown Prince of Wales at the family funeral, I suddenly realized that the girl with whom I had a one-night stand was actually the future Princess Kaiser!
This discovery surprised Barron. After all, although he had no special knowledge of the British royal family in his previous life, the wedding of Cather and the prince caused a sensation on the Internet. When it became extremely popular, he had seen many related reports.
If I remember correctly, Cather should have been studying at the University of St. Andrews in Scotland at this time, and had already met the prince. How could he appear in a London nightclub and meet him drunkenly? Did my... predecessor have such a "friendship"? Since he couldn't figure it out, Barron stopped thinking about it. After all, if the development of history is followed, in nine years, the girl will marry into the royal family and become Princess Kaiser.
And this incident itself is an affair of his predecessor. Well, at most, he saw the other person in person. The most important thing for him now is to think about how to make money next.
The British also have many traditions regarding the death of relatives. Although it is not as exaggerated as the three-year mourning period in ancient China, as children, they generally do not attend parties for a few months to half a year. Entertainment activities...
Of course, now, this restriction is getting smaller and smaller, but this time Barron came to London, he was still very low-key. He asked Ramos to help buy the recent Regarding reports on the World Cup, I also searched online for some information about this Asahi World Cup.
Tomorrow, May 31st, is the opening of the Asahi World Cup. The opening game of the day will be France, the host of the last World Cup, facing Senegal.
Seeing this schedule, Barron's eyes lit up, because he knew very well that in this game, the host of the last World Cup and the eventual champion, the French team, lost the game!
So Barron immediately checked the odds of this game, which made him happy.
Because of this game, the mainstream odds are that France will win at 1:1.2 and Senegal will win at 1:15!
In other words, if you buy the French team to win for 100 pounds, you can finally get 120 pounds, and you win... 20 pounds.
But if you buy Senegal Victory for 100 pounds, you can end up with 1,500 pounds!
From this odds, it can also be seen that most people are optimistic about the French team winning. This is not surprising, after all, the French team was the winning team in the last World Cup - although some of the weirdness in the final that they defeated Brazil will still be mentioned many years later, but There is no doubt about the strength of the French team.
Most of the French team participating in the Asahi World Cup this time are players from the last World Cup. Even if it is very likely that Zidane, the soul of the French team, will not be able to play in tomorrow's game, but Senegal? Speaking of this country, I am afraid not many people know that it is located in West Africa. In terms of popularity, it is as good as the French team.
So this World Cup is really amazing. A big upset in the opening game is a sign that this World Cup is unusual.
After confirming this matter, Barron became excited.
He now has 100,000 pounds in funds, and he has the urge to bet all 100,000 pounds on Senegal's victory in tomorrow's opening game.
But taking a deep breath, he tried his best to resist the urge.
After all, although the memory of this game in his previous life was very deep, he could even remember that when he was in high school, he and his dormitory buddies climbed over the wall to watch this game...< br>
But after all, although so far, it seems that the time and space he knows is not different from his previous life - but just because his predecessor has such a thing with the later Princess Kaiser, that's it. It made him a little wary, what if?
So in the end, he decided not to Allin the match, but to verify first whether the result of the match would be the same as in his memory.
(End of this chapter)