Chapter 352 Little Trouble

"Did you just arrive? Baby."

"Yes, the plane is a bit late today..."

The person who entered the room was the sister of the Hearst sisters, Lydia Hearst. She happened to be attending an event in Los Angeles. After learning that Barron had come to Silicon Valley, she rushed over directly from Los Angeles.

As a model, Lydia is really good at dressing up. Although it is still winter, after taking off her coat, she wore a black and white hip-hugging skirt and over-the-knee boots, which perfected her figure. presented.

I don’t know if it was because they hadn’t seen each other for a while, but when she saw Barron again, Lydia showed a bit of shyness, but after Barron put her in his arms and kissed her passionately, her enthusiasm It was inspired.

Although her height of 170cm is considered tall among women, she still feels like a little bird when she is with Barron.

"I, I didn't tell my sister because I missed you so much, my dear..."

Lidia was hugged by Barron, her breathing was a little rapid, and she whispered in Barron's ear.

"I know, baby..."

At this time, neither of them needed to say anything. Barron hugged the girl and walked directly into the bedroom...

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"My dear, the next time I see you will be two months later..."

"Soon, baby, call me anytime you want me."

Lydia's eyes were obviously full of reluctance, but Barron couldn't stay any longer. After spending a few days of wonderful time with her in Silicon Valley, it was time for him to leave.

The main thing is that he will soon meet up with Bonnie who has finished filming the show, so he must say goodbye to Lydia first.

By this time, Bonnie had finished filming the new episode of "The Shining Life" and was traveling from Sacramento to Los Angeles, where she and Barron took the Devonshire plane back to London.

"Did the filming go well? Honey."

After seeing Bonnie, Barron naturally gave her a hug. After the two got on the plane, Barron asked softly.

"Not bad, pretty smooth, but Mr. Schwarzenegger has encountered some trouble recently..."

"Oh, I saw it in the newspaper, but it's not a big deal."

What they were talking about was the recent controversy caused by Schwarzenegger's decision.

Just two days ago, California carried out its first execution in three years.

Prior to this, California Governor Schwarzenegger rejected the death row inmate's request for clemency.

According to newspaper reports, 61-year-old Donald Beardsley was convicted of three counts of murder. Despite pleas from local residents and prison officials, Schwarzenegger refused to pardon him on January 18. On the 19th, Beardsley was executed by lethal injection at San Quentin Prison in San Francisco.

Then, on the day Beardsley was executed, six demonstrators gathered in front of the U.S. Embassy in Vienna. They held slogans such as "Schwarzenegger ended his life" and "Say no to the death penalty" to protest against the execution. Wasinger "started killing".

Well, this kind of thing was indeed very abstract in Barron's previous life...

But now that he has a better understanding of some situations in Europe and the United States, he is not so surprised.

Interestingly, Peter Peltz, a senior official of the Austrian Green Party, even reported the matter to the Austrian Interior Ministry in a letter, requesting that Schwarzenegger be stripped of his Austrian citizenship. He said: "The death penalty is unacceptable in Austria and Europe. Austrian citizens cannot participate in or order the execution of the death penalty... Schwarzenegger is the most visible Austrian abroad, and his actions have shaped the attitude of Austrians abroad. Image.”

Well, Schwarzenegger still holds dual citizenship until now. In addition to American citizenship, he also has the citizenship of Austria, where he was born.

Prior to this, Schwarzenegger was known as the pride of Austria because of his success in film and politics. Just last year, his face was printed on Austrian postage stamps...

However, Schwarzenegger has shown his "Terminator" character when it comes to capital punishment since entering politics. Last year, he rejected the pardon request of Kevin Cooper, who was sentenced to death for murdering four people.

It should be noted that the death penalty is considered illegal in Austria, so this has seriously affected his support rate in Austria.

In October 2004, some demonstrators even hung the slogan "Murderer" on the sign of Schwarzenegger Stadium in his hometown. A poll conducted in Austria showed that less than 25% of people believed Schwarzenegger was qualified to serve as governor of a state.

However, although Schwarzenegger has caused some disputes over this matter, as Barron said, the problem is not too big and will not affect his career. After all, at present, the strength of the Green parties in European countries is They are not strong yet.

Speaking of which, the Green Party is also very interesting. It was originally a political party developed from non-governmental organizations that advocated environmental protection. They put forward political propositions such as "ecological priority", non-violence, grassroots democracy, and anti-nuclear principles. However, later on, they gradually There are more "like-minded people" mixed in, well, environmentalists, women's rights activists, animal rights activists...

It should look familiar. Yes, in the future, European countries including Germany will make the Green Party more and more "abstract". After becoming more and more "white left", it has actually become a vassal of the interests of the United States. Anyway, the United States is In terms of America's interests, Europe is both its "ally" and its threat. Given America's status, only chaotic and abstract allies are good allies...

When the Devonshire plane landed in London, Barron first went to the headquarters of O2 Telecom.

Here, he met Boss Ren, the chairman of Huawei who came to London.

Boss Ren came to England this time mainly because Huawei participated in the supplier candidate competition of British Telecom's "21st Century Network Plan".

Since last year, British Telecom has proposed a transformation and update plan for their network facilities, which is named "21st Century Network Plan".

It can be said that as the current "boss" of the British domestic telecommunications network, BT's "21st Century Network Plan" this time is very ambitious. It is expected to invest 10 billion pounds to complete the update and transformation of their network to use more advanced technology to improve Internet speed.

This plan naturally attracted the participation of almost all telecommunications equipment giants in the world, including Cisco, Alcatel, Siemens, Ericsson, and the British telecommunications equipment giant Marconi, who all participated in this radical plan.

Among them is Huawei.

It is expected that by the end of March this year, BT will announce the list of selected suppliers. Boss Ren came to England to try his best to get into the supplier list.

However, before this, O2 Telecom and Huawei had already carried out extensive cooperation, including in the markets of Britain, Ireland, France and Germany, where Huawei was laying out O2 Telecom's mobile communications and broadband networks.

It can be said that this cooperation with O2 Telecom is also Huawei's biggest reliance in competing for suppliers of the "21st Century Network Plan". This is also their largest supply and construction of telecommunications equipment in Europe.

In the current cooperation with O2 Telecom, after one year of cooperation between the two parties, most of the deployment of mobile communications and broadband networks in France and Germany has been completed, while upgrades in Ireland and the UK are also in progress.

This cooperation is indeed the most cost-effective for O2 Telecom to choose Huawei, and its efficiency has also enabled O2 Telecom to gain many users in France and Germany in the shortest time.