Chapter 945 Expensive Apple
In fact, during this bidding period, in addition to the overt competition between the various consortiums on the bid documents, the secret war under the water was also very fierce.
Even though Barron has handed over all the main work to Amber Sheehan, there are still many connections who come directly to him - after all, anyone with a discerning eye knows that what really determines the outcome is Who is the person.
The key is that the people who can find Barron are often the ones he needs to deal with.
For example, today, Barron was invited by His Royal Highness the Crown Prince to attend a party - no matter what, the Crown Prince's face must be given.
Although this was only a charity banquet in name, the appearance of Barron resulted in such a charity banquet that it was hard to get a ticket.
"Hello, beautiful lady."
Barron brought Ivanta to this banquet, and he was able to take the opportunity to introduce her to some members of the British upper class.
There is no doubt that Barron and Ivanta, this pair of "handsome men and beauties", became the most eye-catching entities at the banquet.
Not only because of Barron's status and power, but also because this is the first time that the Duke of Devonshire and his rumored "lover", Ivanta, who was born in the well-known American wealthy TP family, met appear together in British social situations.
Barron has been single since his divorce from Lady Bonnie Cavendish.
But this young and handsome His Highness the Duke has always been surrounded by beautiful women. Among the gossips circulated by the ladies of the upper class, there are quite a lot of scandals about His Highness the Duke.
But this is not surprising, after all, who can refuse this charming His Highness the Duke?
This is also why in the mouths of those ladies and ladies, the women who had affairs with him seemed to be unworthy of the Duke of Devonshire. It was just a sour mentality - they were even more I am the one who hopes to have a romantic story with His Highness the Duke.
Of course, the focus on Ivanta is not only because of her relationship as Barron's "lover", but also because IC Capital has just completed the acquisition of Sky Group.
As the top media group in Britain, the influence of Sky Group is no joke. As the "new boss" of this giant company, coupled with Ivanta's background, supermodel-like figure and beautiful appearance, it is naturally easy to It got a lot of attention.
"Hello, His Highness the Duke, I have known you for a long time. I am very happy to meet you today..."
Participating in this kind of gathering naturally inevitably involves some socializing and greetings, especially now At this time...
Just now, Barron had a brief conversation with the Chinese Ambassador, the Italian Minister of Commerce and the French Presidential Envoy. The topic was the tender for the British High-Speed Rail Line 2 project. of.
But the silver-haired, slightly bald, dark-skinned middle-aged Indian man who comes to Barron now is not because of the HS2 project. He seems to just want to get to know him. Give yourself a break.
The other party's name is Parkash Sindhuja. Barron only knew this person in his previous life...
In the original time and space, in the British rich list to be announced next year, the Indian-born Sindhuja family will With assets of 12 billion pounds, he topped the rich list.
Of course, this kind of thing is impossible to happen now, after all, there is the existence of Barron...
In 1914, the father of the Sindhuja brothers founded a company in Bombay, mainly engaged in carpets , spices, tea and other commodities.
After accumulating a certain amount of wealth, the family moved to London.
In the following years, while investing in British real estate, they also spread their net around the world, investing in oil and gas, automobile companies, information technology, media, banks, real estate, health care, etc., to diversify risks. The rise of the Sinduja family's wealth mainly comes from their real estate investment in England...
Like many immigrants who came to England to develop, the Sinduja family also hopes to Integrate into London's high society.
For example, they spent a huge amount of money to buy a six-story mansion with 25 bedrooms, located next to Buckingham Palace, and became a "neighbor" with the royal family.
In addition, Parkash Sindhuja once bought an apple attached to the wall at an art exhibition for a high price of 1.5 million pounds and ate it himself...< br>
Well, maybe this thing seems outrageous, but there are reasons behind many things that seem outrageous that ordinary people don't know.
After all, that apple, uh, is a work of art, produced by an artist funded by the crown prince, and the proceeds from its sale go to a charitable foundation under the crown prince's name...
So what the Sinduja family spent 1.5 million pounds on was not an apple, but an admission ticket.
For example, today, didn’t he appear at the banquet hosted by His Royal Highness the Crown Prince?
But what’s interesting is that Barron also saw another news in his previous life...
That is, members of the family, including Parkash Sindhuja, have been accused in Switzerland of exploiting and exploiting the family's domestic servants.
The incident took place in the Sinduja family's super mansion on the shores of Lake Geneva in Switzerland.
They recruited nannies and maids from India and brought them to work in luxury holiday homes in Switzerland, exploiting the nannies' language barrier and local cultural differences to exploit them economically...
Let Mingming be in The nannies working in Switzerland earn low wages compared to those in India. They also make them work crazy overtime and take away their passports, making it impossible for them to leave this luxurious cage.
According to the investigation, these nannies take care of the family in the big house every day. From morning to night, they work up to 18 hours a day, working every day without a day off.
And their salary is only 6 pounds a day - the salary they spend on all the servants is less than the cost of a small pet dog they raise...
The Swiss court obtained the family's financial reports , and found that the family’s financial budget for a pet dog was 7,616 pounds...
During the conversation, Parkash Sindhuja was quite measured, and just hoped to invite Barron to the banquet organized by them. .
This was naturally declined by Barron. Now it is not necessary for him, and he is also trying to participate in such social occasions as little as possible. After all, at his status, he no longer needs too much social interaction to maintain relationships - at least There are very few occasions worthy of his personal attendance. Many things are done by the people below, which gives him more room for decision-making.
When Barron's side finally calmed down, he patrolled the hall and found Ivanta's figure, but then his eyes twitched...
Because he saw Ivanta at this time, with a smile on his face, and seemed to be chatting about something happy.
The person chatting with her was Princess Kaiser, who was showing more and more mature charm.
(End of this chapter)