Chapter 419 Gift
Since September, as Barron’s wedding is approaching, the entire Chatsworth Manor is no longer open to the public, but various arrangements have been made to welcome the young man. The Duke of Devonshire's wedding arrives.
Even the church within the manor has undergone urgent repairs - it will be an important venue for the wedding ceremony, and it needs to be as perfect as possible to welcome guests.
As a result, Barron’s wedding was held in Chatsworth Manor, the family’s traditional residence. There is probably no place more suitable than this.
Even though the preparations for his wedding were extremely low-key, all the guests were sent invitations by special personnel - decorated with gold thread, with the Devonshire family crest, and the most standard flowers. The calligraphy is handwritten with ink containing gold powder and can be used as a collection.
Even guests who are far away from overseas, or even halfway across the world in the United States, will be personally delivered by plane.
But the news of his wedding was still disclosed by some tabloids like "The Sun".
However, these have little impact. Barron vividly explained that not only weddings on an island can be kept completely confidential, even if the wedding venue he chose is Chatsworth Manor, no matter it is It is difficult for tabloid reporters or curious people to spy on the inner process and scenes.
So he mobilized a "troop" of up to 1,500 people from the Protector Security Company, surrounded the Chatsworth Manor, and did not allow anyone to enter.
Even starting a week before the wedding, two helicopters patrolled the manor house alternately within a five-kilometer radius around the clock. This level of security eliminated any possibility of sneaking in and peeking inside.
When Her Majesty the Queen arrived at Chatsworth Manor the day before the wedding, she couldn't help complaining that there was no need for the Royal Guards to be on guard at all. The security here was tighter than when she attended major events...
Yes, Her Majesty arrived at Chatsworth the day before the wedding, along with almost all members of the royal family.
Her Majesty the Queen stayed in the same bedroom that Queen Victoria lived in when she came to Chatsworth Manor. This can be regarded as some kind of historical inheritance.
In addition to all the members of the royal family who came to the wedding, the distinguished guests who arrived later included Jeb Bush, the younger brother of the President of the United States, who currently serves as the governor of Florida. It was convenient for him to come, so he brought his wife with him to attend the wedding on behalf of the Bush family; Joy Hastert , the speaker of the United States and the son of Dennis Hastert, the longest-serving speaker in the history of the United States. He came to attend the wedding on behalf of his father; there are also several members of the Kennedy family... It is worth mentioning What is surprising is that when the Bush family and the Kennedy family met, there was no special scene, but they all got along well.
In the Middle East, Mohammed Salman of Saudi Arabia - the future "strongest crown prince", as well as Prince Walid and his wife; Sheikh Saad Abdullah, Crown Prince of Kuwait Lim Sabah and Badr Mohammed Elsalad, President of the Kuwait Investment Authority; Qatar Crown Prince Tamim and others...
On the Chinese side, Li Chaoren, his two sons, Boss Ma, Pony Ma and other entrepreneurs were also invited to Chatsworth Manor.
Others include the Duke of Westminster and his family, the Earl of Bute and his family, the Prime Minister, Finance Minister Brown, Conservative Party leader Howard, Cameron, Johnson and others...
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The rest are the company managers under Barron, including Julia Moore, Daisy, Amber Sheehan and others.
Although the media is not allowed to enter the wedding site, and the guests have communicated that even if they want to take photos, they do not want it to be released to the outside world, but there will also be a professional photography team throughout the whole process. , Barron, as a media tycoon, these are definitely the most reliable and professional teams.
The images from this process have never been made public. It was not until decades later that the live images of this wedding were seen by the public.
In addition to the "heavyweight" guests attending this wedding, people were surprised to find that at the Duke of Devonshire's wedding, the British politicians who attended this wedding were actually the current British Prime Minister. In addition, what is a "coincidence" are the following British Prime Ministers, including Brown, Cameron, Johnson... A full five British Prime Ministers attended this wedding!
Although there are many people coming, Chatsworth Manor has more than 300 rooms, which is enough for these guests to rest temporarily. However, in order to take care of these people, Grace Tourism Group specially dispatched more than 300 rooms. 500 staff members came to serve the guests - all of them passed the security check and signed a strict confidentiality agreement.
Before the wedding, Barron was also here and met John Bogle, the founder of the Pilot Group, who came from the United States. "I'm so glad you could come to my wedding in person, Mr. Bogle."
Although he is 76 years old, John Bogle still seems to be in good spirits. He sat in front of Barron and said with a smile:
“For an old man of my age, traveling across state lines is really difficult. is challenging but able to attend your wedding, It's still worth it. In addition, Your Highness, I also brought you a gift..."
"Your coming is already the best gift."
When he met John Bogle, Barron had already vaguely anticipated it.
Sure enough, he said:
"My gift is very valuable. I believe you will understand, Your Highness the Duke. It is 5% of the shares of the Pilot Group, and you can become a member of the board of directors of the Pilot Group..."
John Bogle is quite interesting. Looking at Barron deeply:
"This is also the friendship of our big family...and the ticket."
"A very tempting gift, Mr. Bogle, just ...I don’t know what I need to pay?”
Seeing Barron’s expression still calm and a bit playful in his tone, Bolger laughed:
"It's very simple, 15% of the shares of DS Capital, and two seats on the board of directors."
Barron stood up, walked to the window, and looked at the exterior scenes that were being busy being decorated - this time, they A total of 10 tons of flowers were flown in from the Netherlands to decorate the scene.
He was silent.
In terms of the scale of assets under management, DS Capital is only at the level of hundreds of billions of dollars, while Vanguard Group manages assets at the level of trillions of dollars...
From the looks of it, take To get 5% of the Pilot Group and own a board seat, if you exchange it for 15% of DS Capital's shares, you won't be at a disadvantage, and you may even get an advantage.
But not to mention that the two board seats are some concerns for Barron. He also knows the future prospects of DS Capital. It is no exaggeration to say that it is not impossible for it to surpass the Pilot Group in the future.
Because although Linghang Group manages many assets, in fact, the characteristic of Linghang Group is that its expenses are extremely low, and Linghang Group belongs to the investor - that is to say, it belongs entirely to Linghang Group's own assets. , among these trillions of assets, it only accounts for a small proportion.
DS Capital is different. A large proportion of its assets come from investors, but it owns much more assets than outsiders imagine.
(End of this chapter)