Chapter 229 O2 New Headquarters
“Because of myself.”
“What do you mean?”
“I have seen the fate of sisters... who fell to their opponents. , I have also seen the fate of those who were captured by them, and you, Your Highness, are willing to let me go. In contrast, I have an answer to this."
"You don't have to worry about me. Is his behavior playing hard to get? ”
Alia said calmly:
"If this is the case, then I have no choice but to accept my fate, and my intuition tells me that this is not the case."
Although I say so, it is just As Alya said, although it is possible that she can be protected by others after leaving here, there is no telling how the other party will treat her.
At least now she has some understanding of the Duke of Devonshire in front of her, whether it is his strength or the way he does things.
Aliya is not unaware that her appearance will attract much covetation for her. This has been true since she was adopted by Louis Lafayette as a child. She has seen herself and herself through the people around her and other men. I already have a deep understanding of my own past.
Before, if it weren't for her special status and the protection of Louis Lafayette, she might have fallen into the hands of others and become a plaything like many other "sisters".
And Lafayette's protection of her was not out of any "family affection". He was just waiting for a price, waiting to "sell" her for a better price.
Alia knows this better than anyone else.
Now, by mistake, she was captured by Barron's special operations team while performing a mission to contact Raphael, putting her in danger of being suspected by Lafayette. Outside the situation, it may not be an opportunity to escape the other party.
After all, most of the "powerful people" she had seen before were already fat or old. Instead of committing to those people, the young and handsome Duke of Devonshire in front of her would probably be Easier to be accepted by her.
"I can keep you by my side, but I also need your cooperation. First, you have to tell me everything you know about your adoptive father, Lafayette. I will send people to pay attention to his every move. I I think this is something that can ensure your own safety for you..."
"Okay, I am willing."
...
Although Barron. He temporarily agreed to keep Alya by his side, but he would not trust her right away.
Alia still needs to live here in Billu Castle, but the difference is that she is no longer living in the dungeon before, and can now go to the third floor of Billu Castle. live.
Of course, in normal times, she still needs two female bodyguards to "protect" her personally.
But compared to before, Aliya's degree of freedom has been much improved.
Before leaving, Barron gave special instructions to "protect" Alia's bodyguards. After that, he could loosen his surveillance on Alia on the surface, but secretly, he would still keep her close. Locking her whereabouts, in this way, to test whether she really has no other tricks.
Until the special operations team captures all members of Rafael and completely destroys this organization, for the sake of safety-including Alya's safety, and Barron's own safety-Alya will Stay at the Castle of Billoo.
After all, this place is close to the training base of the Protector Military Company and the Security Company. It can be said to be the most heavily defended and safest place in Barron's "territory".
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“Congratulations, Arnold, this is exciting news.”
“Thank you, Barron, for supporting me. I hope you come to California next time When the time comes, we can have another drink together.”
On October 7, the results of the California governor’s election were announced. Schwarzenegger received 48.6% of the votes and became the new governor of California.
He will be sworn in more than a month later and officially become the 38th Governor of California. On the day the election results were settled, Barron called him as soon as possible and sent him congratulations.
Of course, during the call, Schwarzenegger also expressed his gratitude to Barron for his support - during his participation in the campaign, Barron also provided Schwarzenegger with support through certain channels. He provided part of the funds for his campaign.
In addition, as a shareholder of the Sinclair Group, Barron also used his influence to make the TV stations under the Sinclair Group work for Schwarzenegger in public opinion during his campaign. There was momentum building.
Barron's help is naturally remembered in Schwarzenegger's heart. After he takes office as the governor of California, it will naturally be time for him to give back.
It just so happened that when investing in Skype, Nigel once promised on behalf of Barron that he would help their team resolve the infringement lawsuit against them in the United States.
Coincidentally, in the United States, the court that accepted their lawsuit was the California court.
This is one of the main reasons why Barron dared to make such a promise...
After leaving his villa on Kensington Street, Barron went directly to O2 Telecom The new headquarters is located in the O2 Building in the CBD next to King's Cross Station.
Before DS Capital acquired O2 Telecom, this well-known British mobile communications operator was headquartered in Slough.
Although Slough is not far from London, it is considered a satellite city of London. From Slough, you can enter central London in about 45 minutes, and it only takes 20 minutes to get to Heathrow Airport. Minutes drive.
However, in order to facilitate management, after some buildings in the CBD area near King's Cross Station were completed in the King's Cross area renewal plan carried out by Argent Real Estate Group, Barron decided to establish the new headquarters of O2 Telecommunications there.
DS Asset Management purchased a 35-storey building in the CBD area near King's Cross Station for £75 million and leased half of the entire building to O2 Telecom. The building is named O2 Tower.
This will become the international headquarters of the O2 Tower.
In the future, O2 Telecom will be managed as a dual headquarters. The original O2 Telecom headquarters in Slough was its British headquarters and was responsible for O2 Telecom's various businesses in the UK.
The O2 Telecom headquarters located in the O2 Building has become its international headquarters, responsible for managing all O2 Telecom's businesses including the UK, Ireland, France and Germany, as well as more countries that it will enter in the future.
So far, in London alone, DS Asset Management already owns DS Financial Center in the City, Cavendish Tower in Soho, SEM Tower in Canary Wharf and Cavern Tower in King's Cross. King Dish Building and O2 Building, a total of five buildings.
His name also includes the Devonshire luxury hotel property in Chelsea, as well as many other properties.
This time I came to O2 Telecom because after further studying the current development of global mobile communication technology, Barron made adjustments to the previous development strategy of O2 Telecom, and based on the latest adjustments, he cooperated with Huawei Certain changes were made to their previous contract.
In the revised contract, O2 Telecom has significantly reduced its investment in 3G network upgrades and increased its investment in broadband business upgrades.
Specifically, in the newly entered French and German markets, currently only 2G network coverage will be completed, and 3G network trial operations will only be carried out in a few key cities. However, the broadband in these two markets Network construction aims at the latest technology and the highest speed.
The same is true in the British and Irish markets. 2G network coverage will be expanded and some cities will be upgraded to 2.5G networks. Only a few cities such as London and Dublin will conduct trial operations of 3G networks.
In terms of broadband networks, large-scale upgrades of broadband facilities in the UK and Ireland will be carried out to increase access speeds.
The reason for such a change is that Barron suddenly thought of it through his understanding of the current deployment of global mobile networks. Although Europe had already started issuing 3G licenses two years ago, it currently includes Vodafone, Orange Many operators, including British Telecom operators, have begun to deploy 3G networks, but it was not until many years later in 2007 that 3G networks began to gradually become popular around the world.
The reason is that although the speed of 3G network is much higher than that of 2G network, the biggest factor limiting the popularity of 3G network is that now that feature phones are the mainstream, users simply do not have much Motivation to replace the 3G network with faster Internet speed.
In 2007, with the launch of the iPhone, heralding the era of smartphones, the emergence of various APPs gave users an urgent need to use faster 3G networks.
(End of this chapter)