Chapter 122 Birthday Party

As for the Mars Fund, a private equity fund under DS Capital, the 50 million pounds it raised previously have 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 of success in the past, and the people in charge of this fund, whether it is Barron or Daisy, did not have much investment reputation before - even DS Capital's previous investment , the returns are all amazing, but the larger the capital, the more emphasis is placed on sustained and stable profits.

Therefore, being able to raise US$50 million in funds at the initial stage was largely 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, honey, this is a gift for you."

After taking the beautifully packaged box that Bonnie handed over, 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 love it."

At that moment, Barron gave Bonnie a hug, took off the watch on his hand, and replaced it with the one Bonnie gave him. It was very suitable.

October 18th is Barron’s birthday, and it so 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.

So 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. Bute, Julia, Daisy, and Mr. and Mrs. Cameron. Well, the two princes also specially Returned to London to attend Barron's birthday party.

After buying the next door, the entire villa became much larger and the hall was 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 focuses more on elegance.

"William, I saw the report that you have a new girlfriend..."

When seeing the two princes, Barron smiled and said to William.

"Yes, Barron. Originally, I wanted to bring her here with me 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.

But 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 avoided...

"Today is an important day. We should celebrate it. I have brought the best red wine in my collection. I believe you will like it."

Ian Butt was still so enthusiastic, but after knowing some of his special "hobbies", Barron felt a little bit uncomfortable with his slightly warm embrace for the British. …

Catching the Viscountess beside Viscount Bute, a rather playful look flashed in her eyes. After Barron quietly broke away from Ian Butt, he said to the Viscountess:

"Madam, you are getting more and more beautiful."

While speaking, he also gave her a warm hug. Well, I have to say that the Viscountess's figure is indeed very tall... The tallness means literally.

There was no kiss on the hand, but a rather intimate hug, which surprised Chris, who was originally 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 wouldn't play as wildly as young people do.

During the process of 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. 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 is no wonder that in some matters The superiors will reciprocate the favor.

"Indeed, Mr. Cameron, BSkyB Digital is a huge rival for our terrestrial digital TV promotion, but it seems that the BBC needs to bear more pressure. Having said that, our Premier League is broadcast on TV The single qualification for rights makes us face difficulties in competing for users. I think the FA should be forced to open more Premier League broadcasting quotas!"

In 1992, Sky TV defeated Independent Television (ITV) and bought out the local rights to the Premier League for five years at a high price of 300.5 million pounds.

The Premier League had just been born at that time, 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 plan to pay for the channel a success.

A year later, Sky went from losing more than £40 million a year to a TV empire with profits of £67 million.

In the nearly five years since then, the Premier League has become more and more exciting, and Sky Sports has also added rugby, cricket and golf in addition to football. As a result, people gradually changed their attitudes and began to buy Sky Sports. 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 resolutely cooperated 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 his previous life, Sky TV will offer a sky-high price of 1.024 billion pounds!

For 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 so much about Cameron.