Chapter 154 Just a courtesy

"No problem, then we will bear the remaining 150 million pounds, and I can ask Mr. Sheehan to sign the contract tomorrow."

In this way, the original 20% of shares held by Barron were diluted to 16%. With the additional 15% of shares, his shareholding in Argent Real Estate Group will exceed 30%, making him second only to the Bute family. major shareholder.

Although there were some doubts at first whether Barron could come up with such a large amount of funds, now that the other party has said it, he will definitely not be cheating.

This is indeed somewhat beyond Viscount Bute's expectations, but considering that the shares of Argent Real Estate Group controlled by his family still have the advantage, and they can exchange 150 million pounds for 15% of the shares of Argent Real Estate Group, then their main purpose has been achieved. ——It not only solves the capital problem of Argent Real Estate Group, but also makes the market value of Argent Real Estate Group reach 1 billion pounds. It can be said that it is good news for all shareholders.

And as the major shareholder of Argent Real Estate Group, Barron also has the right to have priority when investing in shares - except for him and the Bute family, no other shareholders of Argent Real Estate Group are interested in participating in this financing.

Just like that, this matter was determined.

After the catwalk, there will be a reception, which is of a certain social nature. This time, guests, designers, models, etc. from the fashion week will all attend.

However, Barron knew that in such occasions, there were often some tacit "deals", and he was not very interested in this.

Just when he was about to leave, he saw a rather familiar face and couldn't help but stop.

"Do you know her too?"

Noticing Barron's movements, Viscount Bute followed his line of sight and asked.

"It just feels familiar."

"Haha, you men always make lame excuses like this."

The words of the Viscountess can be said to be a direct range attack. At this time, the two men around her were affected...

But she took a look and revealed the woman's identity:

"She is Carla Bruni, a very famous model. She released an album last year and the response was pretty good."

"You know her?"

"I met her when I saw a fashion show before, but I'm not particularly familiar with her."

No wonder, but after hearing the other party's name, Barron also thought about it. Isn't this the one who had a rich love history and eventually became the first lady of France? When the French president was in office, she was like this. The first lady has the most news...

I have to say that Carla Bruni looked younger at this time than later. Although she was already in her thirties, she was extremely outstanding in both figure and appearance.

It seemed that they also noticed the glances of Barron and the others, and Bruni also looked towards them, seeming to recognize Chrissy, the beauty in a dark green dress walking towards them.

"Hello, Mrs. Bute, we meet again."

Bruni was born in Italy and later lived in France. However, her English is also very good. After all, she was once a supermodel and always attended international events.

She held the Viscountess's arm affectionately, with a charming smile on her face, and said:

"Is one of these two gentlemen your husband?"

The Viscountess, always elegant on such occasions, introduced Viscount Bute and Barron to Bruni.

Bruni was also very surprised to hear that besides the Viscountess's husband, another handsome young man was actually a Duke. She said in a beautiful voice:

"Nice to meet you, Mr. Bute, and His Royal Highness the Duke of Cavendish."

And Barron clearly felt that when shaking hands with him, the little finger of the beauty in front of him crossed his palm seemingly unintentionally. Was this seducing him?

While thinking this, Barron suddenly noticed that the Viscountess looked at him specifically with some kind of... warning?

Is her vision so sharp? Or is it purely out of a woman’s sixth sense?

"Kara, I didn't see you just now. Are you here to do the show this time?"

"I no longer participate in catwalks of this scale. The organizing committee invited me to watch today."

Bruni is different from many models who come from civilian families. She grew up in a wealthy and pampered family, and most of her subsequent partners also had extraordinary status, so she has a very good temperament. She said enthusiastically:

"Let's go sit over there together, Mrs. Bute."

"What a coincidence, Carla. Just now His Highness the Duke said that he was going back for something. I'm afraid we have to leave first. But if you have time, I sincerely invite you to come to our home."

"Yeah?"

After hearing the words of the Viscountess, Bruni looked at Barron - it felt like she was discharged...what was going on.

"Do you think this place is too boring? Your Highness the Duke."

Well, he just said he was ready to leave. Faced with the beauty in front of him, Barron couldn't change his words immediately. He smiled and said:

"I have something to do later. I'm really sorry, Ms. Bruni, but as Mrs. Bute said, you are welcome to visit us later."

"That's just right. I rarely come to England and I'm hoping someone can take me on a tour. If you have time later..."

In this way, under the meaningful gaze of the Viscountess, Barron and Bruni exchanged mobile phone numbers...

The main thing is that Barron is more enthusiastic and doesn't have the heart to reject others, especially beauties like Bruni.

"I wonder if Bonnie will be sad when she sees this scene."

When walking out of the hall, the Viscountess said this calmly.

And next to her, Viscount Bute, who didn't know what was going on, seemed to be just eating a melon...

"Madam, don't get me wrong, it's just a courtesy."

"hehe……"

The Viscountess gave him a straight look.

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"We have acquired some shares from several Manchester United shareholders, and together with the subsequent shares purchased from the stock market, our current shareholding has accounted for 14.5% of the total shares of Manchester United, and has become the second largest shareholder of Manchester United. Major shareholder.”

Daisy said to Barron:

"Among the current shareholders of Manchester United, the Scotsman Dobson, who holds 6.45% of the shares, is the one we are currently in contact with. His price for these shares is much higher than its market value, so he is still under negotiation. Once he is bought, shares, then we are very close to the largest shareholder’s share. If we continue to buy in the secondary market, we will hopefully surpass and become the largest shareholder.”

At present, the largest shareholder of Manchester United is Cubic Expression, jointly owned by John Magnier and McManus. They own nearly 28.7% of the shares, while other shares are scattered in the hands of different people, as well as stocks that can be traded freely. in the secondary market.

When DS Capital's shareholding in Manchester United exceeded 10%, it began to declare that it wanted to acquire Manchester United, but the largest shareholder Cubic Expression rejected their acquisition request.

Therefore, before, they could only contact other small shareholders and try to acquire the other parties' shares in the Manchester United club.

Of course, the purchase of stocks in the secondary market has still not relaxed.

But because DS Capital, which had just acquired O2, once again joined the acquisition of Manchester United, this news also attracted public attention. The stock price of Manchester United in the stock market has also risen a lot recently. In just one week, its stock price The cumulative increase is more than 15%.

But even so, the market value of Manchester United at this time is still within the "cheap" range for Barron. However, in order to maintain costs, the acquisition of stocks in the stock market is still not carried out at a too fast pace, and there are also From time to time, some disturbing news will be released.

At the same time, other small shareholders of the Manchester United Club began to ask for exorbitant prices when faced with the acquisition of DS Capital. For example, Mr. Dobson directly sold his 6.45% stake in the Manchester United Club. The price is nearly 40 million pounds, and the corresponding market value of Manchester United is almost double that of the original. This is definitely unacceptable to DS Capital.