Chapter 40 Family Hotel
“The key is that these trade guilds are not short of money. Most of the trade guilds have accumulated considerable wealth, and they all regard land as a long-term investment and will hardly be careless. The land is for sale, so it is very difficult to buy land from them and you can only buy it from other private owners.”
“No matter what, let’s get in touch first.”
“It’s just that the private plots are not large in size and are fragmented.”
“They can be bought now. Anyone who comes here can try it, even if it’s a land plot belonging to a trade association, you can try to contact them and you can pay a part of the premium.”
Now that Barron had decided so, Yulia agreed.
I have to say that Barron has recently been able to discover that Yulia’s attitude towards him has changed. Now it seems that Yulia does have her advantages, that is, she takes her work extremely seriously. He will try his best to complete whatever he asks.
The only thing is that her character is too stable, or in other words, she is extremely risk-averse.
I don’t know if it was caused by the fact that the family’s previous investment in the “London Star” project resulted in heavy losses and almost bankruptcy.
That’s why Barron didn’t tell her about the money he’d earned from betting on the World Cup and the cash he now had.
Think about it and know that if Yulia learns about this, I am afraid she will worry that Barron will become too gambling because of this...
Unlike Daisy, it may also be because of Yulia’s life experience. The Devonshire family is too involved, so she always thinks too much about the family many times.
As for Daisy, who is employed by Barron, she only needs to be responsible for him, or to put it more bluntly, she only needs to complete Barron’s instructions. As for whether those things are right? Barron caused damage...
She might give a reminder at most, but she wouldn't be too persistent about it.
For these reasons, in Barron’s view, Yulia is more suitable to be responsible for the steady development of traditional industries such as family trust funds.
As for riskier financial investments, he chose to be independent from the family fund at this time.
"Is there anything else? Ms. Moore."
After talking about the land in King's Cross, Barron saw Yulia still sitting there, wanting to speak. He looked so still that he couldn't help but ask.
"There is one thing I think I should say..."
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"In fact, your father, in addition to considering cooperating with Viscount Bute to develop the land in King's Cross, his priority was to open a new hotel in London. At that time, he was already looking for a suitable location."
"Then he invested so much money in that project..."
Speaking of this, a sad emotion flashed in Yulia's eyes:
< br>"The reason behind this, the Duke did not tell me at the time, but he was indeed very insistent at the time... Maybe there is some other hidden reason, but I guess it may also be that he hopes to carry out these two projects at the same time. Raise funds.”
Now that Barron’s father and brother have passed away, the truth about this matter has been hidden in the fog, making it difficult to see clearly.
But speaking of the family hotel business, when the manor was first opened as a tourist attraction, hotels were opened in towns near Chatsworth Manor starting from Barron’s grandfather’s generation.
The family's earliest hotel was built in the 1960s.
Two generations later, there are now four hotels named "Devonhill" and "Cavendish", including one on Oxford Street in Soho, London. But the scale is not too big.
According to Yulia, after inspecting the hotel market in London, Barron's father was planning to make a big move here and open a large-scale four-star or above luxury hotel. A lot of preparations have been made for this.
His idea at that time was to demolish the old Cavendish Hotel in London and build a new building on the original site to increase the business area. But after the "London Star" incident, this plan was shelved... until his unexpected death.
I have to say that Barron also thinks this idea is indeed a good one. The demand for hotels in London has always been strong, and the Cavendish Hotel has been operating for nearly half a century and has a certain brand.
Being in such a British aristocratic family, in addition to being able to obtain the title of duke with the very "pretentious" attribute, another advantage is that after many generations of development, in some traditional industries of the family , the accumulation of professional talents is still very rich.
If Barron creates a hotel brand from scratch, then first of all, talent and related manpower are the problems he needs to solve - after all, he cannot really run it himself, and he also No experience in running a hotel.
The traditional British aristocracy does not need to run and work in person, and can just leave it to the professionals under them.
"I also have the idea of expanding the grade and scale of the family hotel, Ms. Moore, but for now, this is not the top priority, but please believe that in the future, no, you will be able to see it soon."
“I hope so, Your Highness the Duke.”
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"I feel great, Bonnie. It's really much better than I imagined. It's a very good job."
Barron read it carefully. Bonnie brought the manuscript and said to her with excitement:
"There is almost nothing that needs to be modified. Except for a few lines, I have some ideas for you to refer to."
In just over ten days, Bonnie has completed the first "Downton" About one-third of the content of "Manor" did surprise Barron, especially after watching it, he felt that the quality was very high.
The manuscript in his hand was given to him after Bonnie specially printed out the contents.
The lines Barron said were the ones that impressed him deeply when he watched the British drama "Downton Abbey" in his previous life. They felt very exciting.
"As long as you like it, Barron, to be honest, I was really feeling a little uneasy just now..."
Taking the manuscript from Barron's hand and looking at what he had written down in the corresponding position, Bonnie's eyes were full of excitement:
"It's really... surprising. This is what you saw when you read the manuscript. Did you just think of it? Barron, I'm almost jealous of you. I'm so jealous. These are very exciting lines!”
“Actually, these are what I thought about when I was thinking about this story before. Let’s not praise each other. Bonnie, you have worked really hard during this time. , I’m so busy at work, I have to spend all the remaining time I came to write a novel manuscript. I didn’t expect you to finish it so quickly and so well. How should I reward you?”
Hearing Barron’s words, Bonnie’s long eyelashes brushed against each other like wipers. With her emerald green pupils, she smiled and said:
"Didn't you already give me a reward? Barron. Moreover, there is still a lot of content in this first part that has not been completed... But if you really want to reward me, I will have a holiday soon. I hope to A trip to Chatsworth House.”
"Of course it's no problem, and I think that with your progress, we can consider publishing this work."
"Really?"
Bonnie's face Full of surprises, he said:
“I have always dreamed of having a movie. The novels I participated in are published for everyone to see. "
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(End of this chapter)