Chapter 229 O2 New Headquarters

"Because of myself."

"What's the meaning?"

"I have seen the fate of those...sisters who fell into the hands of their opponents, and I have also seen the fate of those who were captured by them. And you, Your Highness, are willing to let me go. In comparison, how do I choose? I have also thought about this. Answer."

"Aren't you worried about my behavior and playing hard to get?"

Alia said calmly:

"If that's the case, then I just have to accept my fate, and my gut tells me that's not the case."

Having said that, but as Alya said, although it is possible to be protected by others after leaving here, there is no telling how the other party will treat her.

At least now she has some understanding of the Duke of Devonshire in front of her, whether it is his strength or the way he does things.

Alia is not unaware that her appearance will attract a lot of covetation for her. This has been reflected in the past when she was adopted by Louis Lafayette through the people around her and how other men viewed and treated her. Already have a profound experience.

Before, if it weren't for her special status and the protection of Louis Lafayette, she would have fallen into the hands of others and become a plaything like many other "sisters".

And Lafayette's protection of her was not out of any "family affection". He was just waiting for a price, waiting to "sell" her for a better price.

Alya knows this better than anyone else.

Now, due to some strange combination of circumstances, she was captured by Barron's special operations team when she was on a mission to contact Raphael. Putting her out of the dangerous situation that Lafayette suspected was not a bad idea. A chance to escape the other side.

After all, most of the "powerful people" she had met before were already fat or old. Rather than committing to those people, the young and handsome Duke of Devonshire in front of her would probably be more easily accepted by her. .

"I can keep you by my side, but I also need your cooperation. First, you have to tell me everything you know about your adoptive father, Lafayette. I will send someone to pay attention to his every move. I I think this is something that can ensure your own safety for you..."

"Okay, I do."

…

Although Barron temporarily agreed to keep Alya by his side, he would not trust her immediately.

Alia still needs to live here in Billu Castle, but the difference is that she is no longer living in the dungeon before, and can now live on the third floor of Billu Castle.

Of course, in normal times, she still needs two female bodyguards to "protect" her personally.

But compared to before, Aaliyah's degree of freedom has improved a lot.

Before leaving, Barron specially instructed the bodyguards to "protect" Alya. After that, he could loosen his surveillance on Alya on the surface, but secretly, he would still firmly lock her whereabouts. In this way, way to test whether she really has no other tricks.

Until the special operations team captures all the members of Raphael and completely destroys this organization, for the sake of safety-including Alya's safety, including Barron's own safety-Aliya will stay in Billoo Castle. among.

After all, this place is close to the training base of the Protector Military Company and the Security Company. It can be said to be the most heavily defended and safest place in Barron's "territory".

…

"Congratulations, Arnold, this is exciting news."

"Thank you, Barron, for supporting me. I hope we can have a drink together again next time you're in California."

On October 7, the results of the California governor's election were released. Schwarzenegger received 48.6% of the votes and became the new governor of California.

He will be sworn in in more than a month and officially become the 38th governor of California.

On the day the election results were settled, Barron called him as soon as possible and sent him congratulations.

Of course, during the call, Schwarzenegger also expressed his gratitude to Barron for his support - during his participation in the campaign, Barron also provided information for Schwarzenegger's campaign through certain channels. part of the funds.

In addition, as a shareholder of the Sinclair Group, Barron also used his influence to allow the Sinclair Group's TV stations to build public opinion for Schwarzenegger during his campaign.

Barron's help will naturally be remembered in Schwarzenegger's heart. When he takes office as the governor of California, it will naturally be time for him to give back.

Coincidentally, when investing in Skype, Nigel once promised on behalf of Barron that he would help their team resolve the infringement lawsuit against them in the United States.

Coincidentally, in the United States, the court that accepted their lawsuit was the California court.

This is one of the main reasons why Barron dared to make such a promise...

After leaving his villa on Kensington Street, Barron went directly to O2 Telecom's new headquarters - the O2 Tower in the CBD area next to King's Cross station.

Before DS Capital acquired O2 Telecom, this well-known British mobile communications operator was headquartered in Slough.

Although Slough is not far from London and is considered a satellite city of London - it takes about 45 minutes to enter central London from Slough, and it is only a 20-minute drive to Heathrow Airport.

However, in order to facilitate management, after some buildings in the CBD area near King's Cross Station were completed in the King's Cross area renewal plan carried out by Argent Real Estate Group, Barron decided to establish the new headquarters of O2 Telecommunications there.

DS Asset Management purchased a 35-storey building in the CBD near King's Cross Station for £75 million and leased half of the building's floors to O2 Telecom, naming the building O2 Tower.

This will become the international headquarters of the O2 Tower.

In the future, O2 Telecom will be managed in the form of dual headquarters. The original O2 Telecom headquarters in Slough was its British headquarters and was responsible for O2 Telecom's various businesses in the UK.

The O2 Telecom headquarters located in the O2 Building has become its international headquarters, responsible for managing all the businesses of O2 Telecom including the UK, Ireland, France and Germany, as well as more national markets it will enter in the future.

So far, in London alone, DS Asset Management already owns DS Financial Center in the City, Cavendish Tower in Soho, SEM Tower in Canary Wharf and Cavern Tower in King's Cross. King Dish Building and O2 Building, a total of five buildings.

He also owns the Devonshire luxury hotel in Chelsea, as well as many other properties.

This time he came to O2 Telecom because after further studying the current development of global mobile communication technology, Barron made adjustments to the previous development strategy of O2 Telecom, and based on the latest adjustments, he negotiated with Huawei regarding their previous contract. Certain changes have been made.

In the revised contract, O2 Telecom has significantly reduced its investment in 3G network upgrades and increased its investment in broadband business upgrades.

Specifically, in the newly entered French and German markets, only 2G network coverage will be completed at present, and 3G network trial operations will only be carried out in a few key cities. The construction of broadband networks in these two markets will be based on Latest technology, highest speed as goal.

The same is true in the British and Irish markets. 2G network coverage will be expanded and some cities will be upgraded to 2.5G networks. Only a few cities such as London and Dublin will conduct trial operations of 3G networks.

In terms of broadband networks, large-scale upgrades of broadband facilities in the UK and Ireland will be carried out to increase access speeds.

The reason for such a change is that Barron suddenly thought of it through his understanding of the current deployment of global mobile networks. Although Europe had begun to issue 3G licenses two years ago, British telecom operators such as Vodafone and Orange are currently in the process of issuing 3G licenses. Many operators in China have begun to deploy 3G networks, but it was not until many years later in 2007 that 3G networks began to gradually become popular around the world.

The reason is that although the speed of 3G network is much higher than that of 2G network, the biggest factor limiting the popularity of 3G network is that now that feature phones are the mainstream, users simply do not have much motivation to change the Internet speed. Fast 3G network.

In 2007, with the launch of the iPhone, heralding the arrival of the smartphone era, the emergence of various APPs gave users an urgent need to use faster 3G networks.