Chapter 650 The Unlucky Earl of Bute
On the way back to Kensington from the SEM Building, you can see that the Christmas atmosphere is getting stronger.
Not only the shops on the street have begun to be decorated with Christmas decorations, but Christmas trees and portraits of Santa Claus can be seen everywhere.
As for Barron's home in Kensington, in the hall at this time, there is also a Christmas tree that has just been cut down. The colored lights on it illuminate the house, giving it a festive atmosphere. .
“I heard that ITV is planning to acquire Australian TV stations?”
Handing Richard to Barron, Bonnie sat next to him and asked while her husband was teasing his youngest son.
“Yes, there is such an intention at present. Australia’s Ten Network is in very bad financial condition and is already looking for a buyer...”
Ten Network TenNetwork is Australia's third largest free-to-air TV network. Since last year, the TV station has been in losses. According to estimates, if this trend cannot be reversed, Ten Network will be in trouble within two years. Bankruptcy.
After the news that the Ten Network was preparing to be sold, some companies have become interested in it. In addition to SEM Group’s ITV, America’s CBS (CBS) Fox Television (FOX) All are interested in participating in the bidding for this TV station.
Australia’s radio and television market is limited, but because of the same origin, British and American TV programs have a relatively large market there. Therefore, a company hopes to develop the international market by acquiring this TV station. , are also from England and the United States.
According to Barron's investigation, although they are also interested in TV Network 10, the current economic situation is not good. CBS and Fox TV are relatively cautious in their bids for TV Network 10, and even they None of the bids exceeded US$60 million. Relatively speaking, ITV is quite competitive.
After all, CBS and FOX have considerable audiences in Australia, and through the acquisition of No. 10 TV Network, ITV can also enter the Australian market in one fell swoop, so this time ITV can be said to be inevitable.
At present, BBC, ITV and Sky TV are still the three giants among the British TV stations.
However, because it has obtained the largest proportion of Premier League broadcast rights, ITV has surpassed Sky TV and become the second largest TV station in the UK.
And in both sports and variety shows, it has surpassed the BBC. It can be said that the BBC's overall market share is only slightly higher than ITV, but in terms of commercial income, it is not as good as ITV and ITV. Sky TV.
Under such circumstances, ITV will naturally begin to try to develop overseas markets.
"My dear, the matter about Earl Bute..."
"Uh, you are talking about the so-called 'illegitimate child'?"
Seeing Bonnie Nodding, Barron said:
"Don't worry, I believe he can solve this problem."
This can be regarded as a very bloody thing that happened during this period of time.
A woman brought her child to Earl Bute, claiming that the child was the illegitimate son of her and Earl Bute...
The key is that Earl Bute was also full of question marks, because He didn't even know the woman - and for that, people like Barron and Bonnie, and even the Countess, who were familiar with Earl Bute, were also very surprised. After all, it was well known that Earl Bute liked...
But the more surprising thing was that through DNA A comparison showed that the child was indeed a direct descendant of Earl Bute.
This is very magical...
But Earl Bute was not economical either. After various means of investigation, he finally learned the truth - it turned out that the woman was closely related to Earl Bute's former valet. Barron had also met his former valet...
When Barron first met the Earl of Bute, the valet was with the Earl of Bute. However, due to some reasons, he changed the people around him.
But the relationship between the two is naturally extraordinary.
Because of this, the manservant planned to obtain Earl Bute's... "seed", so this "seed" was planted in the woman.
What happened after that was very clear. The woman gave birth to the child and then brought the child to "recognize her relationship".
After all, as Earl Bute, among other things, a generous alimony cannot be lost.
That is indeed the case. In the end, Earl Bute could only use money to solve the matter - after all, his special hobby, although it is not a strange thing in the British aristocratic circle, the key is Earl Bute has a family and several children. If this kind of thing spreads, it will definitely damage the reputation of their family.
And to put it bluntly, if this kind of "strange anecdote" is really exposed, then the Bute family will definitely become the talk of the upper class circles, which is naturally something that Earl Bute will not allow.
Then the only thing that can be done is to pay a sum of money and then sign a relevant confidentiality agreement with the other party to settle the matter.
Naturally, Bonnie's mention of such a thing to Barron was not without purpose, and she also used it to remind Barron not to do something like this to her one day.
After all, regarding the matter of Count Bute, he and the countess had a certain tacit understanding, and this kind of matter would not affect their marriage.
But it was different here with Barron. Bonnie was not completely unaware of some of Barron's things outside.
The existence of the matter is one thing, but if Earl Bute is like this, I am afraid that not everyone can accept it.
This is what people like Barron and others with considerable wealth and status will inevitably face - no one knows what the purpose of the women who rush towards them is.
In Europe and the United States, there are too many cases where a rich or famous woman, who disappears from life for a period of time after having a "one-night fling", comes to recognize the father with her child in her arms.
It's just for money...
Why else would a certain rap star need to pour chili sauce into the used "small bottle" after having sex with those women? "Raincoat" because I was afraid that someone would steal the raincoat and plant it. Seed...
Of course, for the current Barron, not everyone can learn knowledge with him, they are all carefully selected...
As for whether the seeds will be planted...
This is not a problem for him. Even if the women who can learn knowledge with him are really pregnant, he can completely solve it.
Of course, these things couldn't be said directly to Bonnie, so he turned the topic to other places in a timely manner.
"By the way, honey, are we going to Australia this year?"
(End of this chapter)