Chapter 56: His Royal Highness
“Of course, in addition to these acquisition conditions, INM Group has also put forward requirements for your operation after acquiring the Independent Newspaper Company. You must ensure the continued operation of the Independent Newspaper Company and bear corresponding responsibilities. Otherwise, the agreement will be invalidated, and you will not only have to return the company and compensation, but also face lawsuits from the other party."
These conditions are also the prerequisites for Barron to win the "Independent".
For INM Group, it is acceptable for them to be able to get rid of the burden of continuous losses such as "The Independent" and focus their funds and energy on other industries.
Moreover, compared to the wealthy Russian businessman who was born in Klobo when Barron bought the newspaper in his previous life, the INM Group faced questions about the identity of the other party. Selling the newspaper to Barron The British Duke showed no resistance at all.
However, even if they hope to get rid of the "Independent", a burden that continues to generate losses and related debts, they still need to make sure that Barron can take on the responsibility of running the newspaper after buying it, rather than just dealing with "The Independent". The Independent, a major national newspaper that once had many readers, is messing around.
“I can completely accept these conditions, Mr. Sheehan, and we can sign a contract with INM Group as soon as possible.”
“Okay, Your Highness, I will sign a contract with INM Group immediately. Confirm."
After Amber Sheehan said this, she saw the young Duke in front of her showing a friendly smile:
"After this incident, Mr. Sheehan, There is one more thing I need to ask your opinion on.”
"Do you have any other commissions for us? Your Highness the Duke."
"There is indeed another commission, but it is not for PwC, but for you, Mr. Sheehan."
“Me?”
Amber asked in confusion.
“Yes, for you, Mr. Sheehan, I am very satisfied with your ability in this acquisition. I have a position here. Would you consider accepting it?”
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"Your Highness, come with me, our investment company is upstairs."
"Your Excellency, please call me William in private..."
“Okay, William, you can also call me Ba Just like Lun.”
As he received more and more attention, Barron’s schedule became tense. Just today during lunch, he took the time to be interviewed by a reporter from the Guardian - topic More of it was aimed at his acquisition of The Independent.
As agreed yesterday, today Prince William visited DS Investment Company located in Lloyds Building in the center of the Financial City.
Lloyds Building is a landmark building in the City of London. It was the first major project completed by the famous Richard Rogers in the Burren. Because the building looks like an alien mechanical monster, this building Known as the "Steel Monster".
The interior of the Lloyd Building is also very unique. There is an open atrium in the middle of the main building, surrounded by a horse racing gallery. All major office spaces are arranged along the horse racing gallery.
The upper part of the atrium is an arched glass skylight, which is 72 meters high from the lobby floor to the top of the atrium. There are two criss-crossing escalators in the hall, surrounded by metal decoration.
Each floor overlooks the spectacular atrium, which is equipped with escalators that connect internal traffic. It is also a place for communication between people on different floors, bringing vitality to the entire space.
DS Capital is located on the 10th floor of the building - the whole building has 14 floors in total, including 2 floors underground and 12 floors above ground. At first, the company only rented a few offices, but after Barron came here to see it, Daisy was asked to rent out all the remaining offices in the building that were still to be rented.
Currently, DS Capital has leased one-third of the entire floor, but less than half of it has been used. At this time, Daisy's trading team has expanded to five people. Together with the rest of the office staff, the number of employees serving DS Capital has exceeded ten.
What Prince William is most interested in is the securities investment part. This may be because he has read articles or movies and TV shows that describe financial battles, witnessed the trading scene in real life, and After it was not as "intense" as I imagined, I felt a bit disappointed.
“Currently our investments are divided into futures and stocks. In terms of stocks, they are mainly technology stocks in the US stock market, mainly stocks in the Nasdaq market. There is a time difference between the United States and London. Start trading ”
Listening to Barron's introduction, William asked with some confusion:
"I heard that after the Internet bubble burst, didn't technology stocks fall sharply?"
"Yes. Yes, William, you are right, but investing in stocks and following the footsteps of the public will never make money. Whether it is stocks or other securities, they are cyclical. Only when one round of decline ends will the next one begin. A round of rise...I think the rise is about to start now.”
Speaking out his views so directly, Barron is not afraid that others will follow suit, let alone whether others really agree with it. Barron’s view, so what if you follow the trend and invest in technology stocks?
Judging from Barron’s previous experience, in the third quarter of this year, most technology stocks will experience another round of decline - although this time the magnitude will not be that large, unless they are like him Be able to accurately select stocks to avoid lightning, otherwise you will most likely suffer losses in this wave if you blindly follow the trend.
Regarding these securities investments, it is obvious that Prince William is just watching the fun. Speaking of which, since coming to DS Investment, he has not looked at the screen showing price trends as many times as he has looked at Daisy.
I'm afraid if Barron hadn't been there, he would have been tempted to ask for Daisy's phone number...
"By the way, Barron, you said last time that you made money from short selling. "One stroke, can you tell me about it?"
"Of course, let's go." Let’s talk about it in my office.”
Today, AirGate’s stock price has fallen below 2 US dollars—from more than 40 US dollars to less than 2 US dollars. Such a huge drop in such a short period of time, this company It was also buried under lawsuits from angry investors.
Not only has the company's management changed, but because of the general market downturn, the company's liquidity has also been problematic, and no improvement has been seen so far.
From this time on, in response to this short sale, DS Capital has also begun to covertly buy stocks to close positions.
While they were buying stocks, AirGate's stock price continued to fall, which shows the attitude of investors at this time.
Barron is not greedy either. Now that he has made enough profits, there is no need to eat all the fish heads and tails. The fattest fish body is enough for him to have a full meal.
Therefore, revealing the short selling to Prince William at this time will not affect the overall situation at all.
In this way, this afternoon, Barron took two or three hours to establish a friendship with Prince William. The two of them were not much different in age, and they had the same noble background, so they had more common topics.
At the end of the day, William and Barron had become good friends and invited him to take time to go to his school to play together, or attend those interesting parties together...
From the chat, Barron I also learned that William did have a girlfriend in college at this time, but it was not Cather - they were not very close yet - William's current girlfriend was a school beauty in their school.
No wonder, this also solved his previous doubts.
The data during the new book period is related to subsequent recommendations, so follow-up reading is very important. I beg you not to keep it all the time. If you feel it is okay, read it every day to help increase follow-up reading. Thank you very much.
(End of this chapter)