Chapter 14 Gas Storage Tank Modification

"Barron, it's really you. I haven't seen you for a long time..."

"Aurora? Nice to meet you. Why are you here?"

"Today I went to a celebration with my friends and went shopping. I just came back. By the way, I live nearby now..."

When Barron returned to the apartment in the afternoon, he originally wanted to walk at the intersection to feel the celebration atmosphere in London at this time, but he met Aurora by chance.

With long golden hair, delicate facial features, and a tall figure, there is no doubt that Aurora is an eye-catching presence wherever she goes.

More importantly, she was once one of Barron's lovers in college.

In college, Aurora was a popular figure in the school, and she and Barron were once called the "golden girls." However, later, because they couldn't stand Barron's playfulness, they finally broke up with him.

For this reason, after seeing Aurora greeting him, Barron immediately recognized her from the memory of his "predecessor".

"I have to say, Aurora, you are becoming more and more charming."

"You're still so good at talking, Barron."

The impression of the girl in front of me still comes from the memory of my previous life, but now I see her reaction and expression, it is obvious that she is quite interested in me...

Aurora was wearing a gunmetal gray coat and white shirt today, with black pencil pants and nude high heels, looking very smart.

"Do you have time later, Barron, let's go to the bar and sit down together? Maybe we can talk more about our recent situations."

"Sorry, Aurora, I look forward to this very much, but it's not convenient for me to go to bars and places now because..."

"By the way, I saw what happened to your family from the newspaper. It's really sad. I'm sorry I shouldn't have mentioned that."

Like many aristocratic families, Barron did not disclose his aristocratic status when he was a student. When he fell in love with Aurora, the other party did not know this either.

However, with the recent reports about the Devonshire Duke family, Barron is the only remaining heir of this ancient Duke family, and his photos have appeared in various reports many times. Aurora was able to learn Barron's identity. No wonder.

"But if you don't mind, Aurora, I hope I can invite you to my home for a few drinks..."

"Is this convenient? Your girlfriend..."

"Of course it's convenient, I'm on my own now."

…

"Is that the gas storage tank near King's Cross Station? Yes, it is the property of the Cavendish family. The Viscount Bute you mentioned has talked to us about jointly renovating and developing it... "

Yesterday, Barron met Viscount Bute and his wife at Buckingham Palace, and heard them talking about the land for the Victoria gas storage tank in King's Cross. He vaguely remembered that that land was indeed once included in the asset catalog of the family trust fund. I had seen it before, so I asked Julia Moore, the manager of the family trust fund, and got a reply from the other party.

Yulia told Barron that this storage tank is located near King's Cross Station and consists of three huge gas storage tanks connected to each other. These gas storage tanks can be traced back to the Victorian era!

These gas storage tanks and part of the land nearby originally belonged to a gas company in London, and a female member of the Cavendish family obtained the rights to the gas company because she married another marquis. Part of the shareholding eventually led to the land containing three huge gas storage tanks - which at the time had been abandoned.

Because she had no heirs, she gave this asset to the then Duke of Devonshire in her will, and it became one of the assets of the Devonshire family.

In the following decades, the Cavendish family did not think about developing this land. However, the removal of these three huge abandoned storage tanks cost a lot of money, plus the Cavendish family funds. There was not that much money at the time, and there was not that much enthusiasm for real estate development, so this place has been shelved.

In fact, the location of these gas storage tanks is quite good, in a relatively central location in London.

Therefore, not long after, several real estate companies, including the company owned by Viscount Bute, negotiated with them to jointly develop there. The most active one was Viscount Bute.

But what happened later was known. Because of a sudden accident, the old Duke and his eldest son died, so the matter was shelved.

"At the beginning, the old Duke was very confident in the investment in the 'London Star'. Indeed, the performance of the investment at that time was indeed good - so what he meant was to fund the development there with Viscount Bute and the others..."

In the study room of the apartment, Yulia sat on the sofa in front of Barron and said to him seriously:

"Indeed, although the area is not particularly large, the entire land is about 6 hectares, the location is indeed good, very close to King's Cross Station. If it can be successfully developed, it is still very promising."

Since the beginning of the century, London's real estate has been on an upward trend. In contrast, families that have accumulated huge amounts of wealth from real estate development have also continued to emerge. Therefore, Barron's investment in his "London Star" Dad, who is extremely confident, plans to use the profits to develop his land in the center of London, which is a good reason.

However, with the explosion of the "London Star" investment project, the entire family's finances fell into financial difficulties, and the development of the "Gas Storage Tank Land" was shelved indefinitely.

"Viscount Bute told me that they are going to change the way of cooperation and directly purchase our piece of land for them to develop themselves. Ms. Moore, what do you think of this proposal?"

"The location there is still very good, and there is potential for development. But with our current financial situation, we cannot continue to invest money. This depends on your thoughts, Lord. If we sell that land, we will use the funds It is also one of the options that can be chosen to fill investment shortfalls.”

After all, Yulia is inclined to agree to this plan, but the prerequisite still depends on Barron's own intention, and she will not give a conclusion too clearly.

At the same time, her implication is that even if she sells the land, it will be used to make up for the shortfall in the previous investment, not to do other things... She is really guarding Barron.

"In that case, let's wait and see what kind of conditions Viscount Bute gives us."

…

"It's almost ten o'clock, would you like to get up and have something to eat?"

After sending Yulia away, Barron returned to his bedroom again and said to Aurora, who stretched out a white jade-like arm outside the quilt, covered her face with her long hair, and seemed to be still sleeping. .

"I'm so sleepy, I still want to take a nap..."

Aurora still murmured sleepily:

"It's all you who caused all the trouble last night... I feel like I'm going to fall apart."