Chapter 122 Birthday Party
As for the Mars Fund, a private equity fund under DS Capital, the 50 million pounds it raised previously has already been invested in long positions in international crude oil and gold.
No way, as a newly established private equity fund, it has no record in the past, and the people who are in charge of this fund, whether it is Barron or Daisy, have not had much investment reputation before - even DS Capital’s previous investments have yielded astonishing returns, but the larger the capital, the more emphasis is placed on sustained and stable profits.
So now that we were able to raise US$50 million in funding at the initial stage, it was more due to Barron's own factors.
Only when the Mars Fund can conquer those investors with its profitability will it begin to grow in scale.
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"Happy birthday, dear, this is a gift for you."
Taking the beautifully packaged box handed over by Bonnie, from the Vacheron Constantin logo on the box, You can guess that it is a watch. Sure enough, it is very beautiful.
"Thank you, baby, I like it very much."
At that moment, Barron gave Bonnie a kiss, took off the watch on his hand, and replaced it with Bonnie's This piece given to him is very suitable.
October 18th is Barron’s birthday, and it happens that the interior decoration of his previous villa in Kensington has been completed - after all, it is only a partial renovation, mainly re-decorating the soft furnishings, so the speed is still very fast.
In this way, he decided to move back from the Devonshire Hotel and hold a birthday party there.
This party was not too high-profile. Barron invited friends who were familiar with him, including Mr. and Mrs. Boot, Julia, Daisy, and Mr. and Mrs. Cameron. Well, The two princes also returned to London specifically to attend Barron's birthday party.
After buying the next door, the area of the entire villa was much larger and the hall was also expanded.
The decoration style of the entire villa is still the traditional British style, but it is not as magnificent as Chatsworth Manor looks, and pays more attention to elegance.
"William, I saw the report that you have a new girlfriend..."
When seeing the two princes, Barron said to William with a smile.
"Yes, Barron, I originally wanted to bring her over today, but she had something to do at home, so I changed my plan temporarily. I will introduce you to you when I have the opportunity."
William said very familiarly with Barron.
It’s just that his words made Barron’s eyes flash with an interesting look that was difficult to detect.
If your guess is correct, I'm afraid that Miss Kaiser just made such an excuse.
After all, with Barron’s popularity in England at this time, it is hard to believe that the other party did not know what he looked like when Prince William mentioned him.
My current boyfriend wants to take me to a friend's birthday party, and his friend once had an "accidental encounter" with me. This kind of embarrassing scene must be It needs to be avoided...
"Today is an important day. We should celebrate it. I brought the best red wine in my collection. I believe you will like it."
Ian ·Bute was still so enthusiastic, but after learning about some of his special "hobbies", Barron felt a little bit of his warm embrace when dealing with it...
Catching the Viscountess next to Viscount Bute, a rather playful look flashed in her eyes. After Barron broke away from Ian Butt quietly, he said to the Viscountess:
"Mrs. "You are getting more and more beautiful." As he spoke, he also gave her a warm hug. Well, I have to say that the Viscountess's figure is indeed very good... This top is literally true.
There was no kiss on the hand, but a rather intimate hug, which surprised Chris, who was just watching a good show.
She gave Barron an angry look at the position where Viscount Bute's sight was blocked.
Simply, it seemed that Viscount Bute didn't notice anything and walked into the hall with Barron with a normal expression.
After all, the people attending Barron’s birthday party were all people of high status, and they would not have fun like young people.
While making wishes, cutting cakes and having dinner, there was more chatting.
Just like with the Camerons, Cameron talked to Barron about his recent cooperation with the BBC to obtain ITV Digital's terrestrial digital television license.
“Sky TV is a strong competitor, Your Highness the Duke, Murdoch’s influence in Britain is growing, and in many cases, he can influence public opinion.”
As Cameron said, this is also something that many people are afraid of, but behind Murdoch, there is also the shadow of the United States - speaking of it, some British companies are not up to par, even if the BBC is working with Sky TV In competition, it is often necessary to rely on the support of certain policies.
Cameron is also deeply touched by the influence of Murdoch's public opinion. Just like the current Prime Minister, when he first won the election, it was also thanks to the support of News Corporation's media. It’s no wonder that in some matters, they reciprocate their kindness.
"Indeed, Mr. Cameron, BSkyBDigital is a huge opponent for our terrestrial digital TV promotion, but it seems that the BBC needs to bear more pressure. Having said that, our Premier League, single qualification in television rights , Let us face difficulties in the competition for users. I think the FA should be forced to open more Premier League broadcast quotas!”
In 1992, Sky TV defeated Independent Television (ITV) with 300 million! The high price of 500,000 pounds bought out the local rights of the Premier League for five years.
At that time, the Premier League had just been born, and no one could predict what this high investment would bring.
At that time, no one in the UK paid to watch TV. At that time, every household watched free open-air TV. Sky Sports relied on the exclusive broadcast rights of the Premier League to make its paid channel plan successful.
One year later, Sky TV went from a mess with annual losses of more than 40 million pounds to a TV empire with profits of 67 million pounds.
In the nearly five years since then, the Premier League has become more and more exciting, and Sky Sports has added rugby, cricket and golf to football, so people have gradually changed. Attitude, one after another began to buy Sky's services.
As Murdoch's assistant Holchim once recalled: There were so many customers who ordered Premier League program packages that every day, the sports channel office received several sacks of checks.
After tasting the sweetness, Sky TV firmed up its cooperation with the Premier League. In the next round of five-year copyright competition in 1997, they paid the Premier League 670 million pounds...
This time, the exclusive broadcast rights of the Premier League will expire this year.
Barron knows that for the next round of exclusive broadcast rights to the Premier League starting next year, according to the memory of the previous life, Sky TV will offer a sky-high price of 1.024 billion pounds!
With such a bid, at this time, it can be said that no one in England can compete with it.
If there is a competition for financial resources, Sky TV will definitely continue to win...
This is why Barron complained about Cameron so much.
(End of this chapter)