Chapter 40 Family Hotel
"The key is that these trade associations are not short of money. Most of the trade guilds have accumulated considerable wealth, and they all regard land as a long-term investment. They will hardly sell land at will, so I want to buy land from them. It’s very difficult and you can only start from other private owners.”
"No matter what, let's get in touch first."
“It’s just that the private plots are not large in size and are fragmented.”
"Try everything you can buy now. Even those plots owned by trade associations can be contacted and you can pay part of the premium."
Now that Barron had decided, Yulia agreed.
It has to be said that Barron has recently been able to discover that Yulia's attitude towards him has changed. Now it seems that Yulia does have her advantages, that is, she takes her work extremely seriously and will do everything he tells her. Try your best to complete it.
The only thing is that her character is too stable, or in other words, she is extremely risk-averse.
I don’t know if it was caused by the fact that the family’s previous investment in the “London Star” project resulted in heavy losses and almost bankruptcy.
That's why Barron didn't tell her about the money he had raised through World Cup betting and the cash he now had.
Thinking about it, if Yulia learns about this, she may be worried that Barron will become too gambling as a result...
Unlike Daisy, it may be because Julia's life is too deeply involved with the Devonshire family, so she always thinks too much about the family many times.
Daisy, on the other hand, is employed by Barron. She only needs to be responsible for the other party, or to put it more bluntly, she only needs to complete Barron's instructions. As for whether those things will cause losses to Barron...
She might give a reminder at most, but she won't be too persistent about it.
It is also for these reasons that, in Barron's view, Yulia is more suitable to be responsible for the steady development of traditional industries such as family trust funds.
As for riskier financial investments, he chose to be independent from the family fund at this time.
"Anything else? Ms. Moore."
After talking about the land in King's Cross, Barron couldn't help but ask when he saw Yulia still sitting there, hesitant to speak.
"There is one thing I think I should say..."
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"In fact, your father, in addition to considering cooperating with Viscount Bute to develop the land in King's Cross, his priority was to open a new hotel in London. At that time, he was already looking for a suitable location."
"Then he invested so much money in that project..."
Speaking of this, Yulia's eyes flashed with sadness:
"The reason behind this, the Duke did not tell me at the time, but he was indeed very insistent at the time... Maybe there is some other hidden reason, but I guess it may also be that he hopes to raise funds for the two projects at the same time. .”
Now that Barron's father and brother have passed away, the truth about this matter has been hidden in the fog, making it difficult to see clearly.
But speaking of the family hotel business, when the manor was first opened as a tourist attraction, hotels were opened in towns near Chatsworth Manor starting from Barron’s grandfather’s generation.
The family's earliest hotel was built in the 1960s.
After two generations of development, there are now four hotels named "Devonhill" and "Cavendish", including one on Oxford Street in Soho, London, but none of them are large. Too big.
According to Yulia, after inspecting the hotel market in London, Barron's father was planning to make a big move here and open a large-scale luxury hotel with four stars or above, and he did a lot of work for this purpose. Prepare.
His idea at the time was to demolish the old Cavendish Hotel in London and build a new building on the original site to increase the business area.
But after the "London Star" incident, this plan was shelved... until his unexpected death.
It has to be said that Barron also thinks this idea is indeed a good one. The demand for hotels in London has always been strong, and the Cavendish Hotel has been operating for nearly half a century and has a certain brand.
In such a British aristocratic family, in addition to being able to obtain the title of duke, which has a very "pretentious" attribute, another advantage is that after many generations of development, in some families' traditional industries, the accumulation of professional talents, Still very rich.
If Barron creates a hotel brand from scratch, then first of all, talent and related manpower are the problems he needs to solve - after all, he cannot really run it himself, and he has no experience in running a hotel.
The traditional British aristocrats themselves do not need to run and work in person, they can just leave it to the professionals under them.
"I also have the idea of expanding the grade and scale of the family hotel, Ms. Moore, but for now, this is not the top priority, but please believe that in the future, no, you will be able to see it soon."
"I hope so, Your Highness."
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"I feel great, Bonnie, it's much better than I thought it would be, great job."
Barron carefully read the manuscript Bonnie brought and said to her with excitement:
"There is almost nothing that needs to be modified, except for a few lines. I have some ideas that you can refer to."
In just over ten days, Bonnie has completed about one-third of the first "Downton Abbey". This really surprised Barron, especially after watching it, he felt that the quality was still very good. height of.
The manuscript in his hand was given to him after Bonnie specially printed out the contents.
The lines Barron said were deeply impressive when he watched the British drama "Downton Abbey" in his previous life, and they felt very exciting.
"As long as you like it, Barron. To be honest, I was really feeling a little uneasy just now..."
Taking the manuscript from Barron's hand and looking at what he had written down in the corresponding position, Bonnie's eyes were full of excitement:
"It's really... surprising. Did you just think of this when you read the manuscript? Barron, I'm almost jealous of you. It's really a wonderful line!"
"Actually, these are things I thought about when I was thinking about this story before. Let's not praise each other. Bonnie, you have worked really hard during this time. You are so busy at work and you have to spend the rest of your time. I came to write a novel manuscript, but I didn’t expect you to finish it so quickly and so well, how should I reward you?”
Hearing Barron's words, Bonnie's long eyelashes brushed across her emerald green pupils like wipers, and she said with a smile:
"Didn't you already reward me? Barron. Moreover, there is still a lot of content in this first part that has not been completed... But if you really want to reward me, I will have a holiday soon. I hope to Let’s go to Chatsworth once.”
"Of course that's no problem, and I think that with your progress, we can consider publishing this work."
"Really?"
Bonnie said with surprise on her face:
"I have always dreamed of having a novel in which I participated published for everyone to see."
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