Chapter 387 Are you interested?
In addition, Barron and the others also met Prince William, but interestingly, they did not see him with his girlfriend Cather today.
There are different girls appearing around Prince William all the time, but after all, Cather is already his relatively stable girlfriend.
But there are always various true and false reports in the media about their relationship. When Barron asked, William Island just said that Kaiser was still in school and had not come over this year.
They have also mentioned before that Prince William will graduate from school soon and is about to start an internship.
Before he goes to HSBC for an internship, he plans to choose a place to "experience" it.
At that time, he also told Barron that he hoped to intern at Chatsworth Manor. Well, Barron gave him a choice. He finally decided to "work" in a butcher shop belonging to the manor farm in a town near the manor...
They also talked about this matter. By the end of this month, William will leave for Derby County.
"Your Highness the Duke..."
Countess Bute just came over and took her cousin Bonnie to the ladies. Barron was left alone to have a brief chat with several nobles before the dinner started.
It's nothing more than art auctions and charity activities...
In addition, there is the upcoming British general election...
Just this past April 5, the Prime Minister went to Buckingham Palace in the morning, asked Queen Elizabeth II for permission to dissolve Parliament, and officially announced that the parliamentary election would be held on May 5.
In fact, the Prime Minister originally planned to visit the Queen on April 4, but due to the death of Pope John Paul II, the original plan was postponed by one day.
According to British law, the Prime Minister can set the general election date for any day within 5 years of the last general election, but he needs to announce the general election date one month in advance.
According to the results of just-released opinion polls, the Conservative Party is gradually closing the gap with the Labor Party led by the current Prime Minister.
For example, the headline of this morning's "The Times" is - "The rise in Conservative poll support makes Labor uneasy", and the editorial article also pointed out that "the Prime Minister should be worried about the upcoming general election."
According to polls published by the Financial Times and the Independent, the Conservative Party's support rate is 39%, while the Labor Party's support rate is only 34%.
In polls conducted by three other newspapers, although Labor is still in the lead, the gap between the Conservatives and Labor has narrowed to only 2 to 3 percentage points.
Since British constituencies are mostly concentrated in cities, and cities are the base areas of the Labor Party, many people believe that if the Conservative Party wants to win, it must lead the Labor Party by more than 10 percentage points in the polls.
What everyone is talking about more is that if the Labor Party wins again in this election, Blair will become the first Labor Prime Minister in history to be re-elected three times.
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When Barron walked to the door of the hall, he met Miss Ella.
Subconsciously looking in Bonnie's direction, she didn't notice her side.
So Barron and Miss Ella went to the balcony on the second floor, which was a relatively quiet place.
"It feels like you have lost a lot of weight, Miss Ella."
Ella does look a little thin now compared to when Barron met her a few months ago.
"I'm okay, it's just what happened before, I need time to calm down."
Speaking of which, Gabrielle Windsor was originally from the royal family. Although she is now considered a side chamber, but because of this, she has a deeper understanding of many things than ordinary people.
Just like what happened in the Hall family's suburban villa before, even though Gabriel had just "woke up" at that time, he didn't know what happened at that time...
But after that, everyone present, including her, went through relevant investigations and cross-examinations.
If by that time, Gabriel didn't know what happened... I'm afraid he would be too stupid.
Even if it is not certain, there are some guesses.
That's why she said such things to Barron at this time.
"That has nothing to do with you at all. You are innocent, Ella, don't think too much."
Facing Barron's gentle voice, Gabriel approached Barron, rested his head on his shoulder, and whispered:
"Barron, give me a hug, okay?"
Her voice sounded very weak, and at this moment Barron could smell the faint fragrance of the girl coming from his ear...
Finally, he put his arms around Gabrielle's slender waist and held her in his arms.
What happened next was very natural...
Miss Ella raised her head slightly and closed her eyes.
Her eyelashes trembled slightly, which also showed the girl's nervousness at this time.
Barron lowered his head and kissed...
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In fact, Barron did not spend too long together with Gabriel Windsor on the balcony, and soon he returned to the hall.
After all, this is a royal dinner. Well, it would be exciting to hide and make out with Miss Ella, but it would be a bit embarrassing if someone accidentally bumped into her.
Besides, Bonnie is still here, so Barron can't do anything too risky.
When he walked from upstairs to the hall, he met Chris, Countess of Bute.
"Where's Bonnie?"
Barron saw her and asked casually.
"She's looking for you..."
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Seeing Barron's confused expression, the countess rolled her eyes at him and said:
"Don't you even wipe off the lipstick on your mouth when you eat secretly?"
When Barron heard this, he subconsciously wanted to reach out and wipe his mouth, but suddenly thought that he had packed everything before he came down...
Seeing his performance, the countess had an "I knew it was like this" expression on her face...
"Wait until I take care of you."
Barron's words actually made the Countess' eyes look a little hopeful...
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"Your Highness the Duke, I have to say that your operations on Northern Gas Company are indeed wonderful. By the way, it should be called United Energy Group now."
"Thank you for the compliment, Mr. Blankfein, but in front of Goldman Sachs, this is nothing more than doing what you want..."
Barron glanced at the time. It was now two o'clock in the afternoon. It should be nine o'clock in the morning in New York. It seemed that the other party called him as soon as he got to work...
As the CEO of Goldman Sachs Group, Lloyd Blankfein definitely didn’t make this call simply for this unworthy compliment.
It seems so, Lloyd went on to say:
"But Your Highness the Duke, I think that both United Energy Group and Colo Petroleum Company, although they have excellent prospects, are just a shelf at best at the moment. If they want to develop stably, they need more supplements..."
"you mean……?"
After hearing Lloyd Blankfein's words and thinking of the recent news, Barron also thought of something...
"I wonder if you are interested in Unocal?"
really!
Founded in 1890, Unocal Corporation of the United States is an old oil company with a history of more than 100 years.
Currently, Unocal ranks ninth among American oil and gas giants in terms of reserves; Unocal is the seventh largest oil company in the United States in terms of operating income.
Unocal has oil and natural gas exploration assets and projects in Indonesia, Thailand, Bangladesh and other places in Asia.
However, since the beginning of this year, news has spread that Unocal has begun to file for bankruptcy and put itself up for sale due to poor management and other reasons that have led to consecutive years of losses.
