Chapter 612: Dilemma
As soon as he returned to London, Barron went directly back to his home in Kensington. Although he knew from daily phone calls that Bonnie and the child in her belly were very normal, after seeing her, Barron Luncai was completely relieved.
"I also watched the opening ceremony of the Olympic Games..."
At this time in London, the weather is quite pleasant in the evening.
Barron held Bonnie's hand, and the two sat on the bench on the rooftop. He heard his wife say:
"It's really shocking. I'm a little regretful that I didn't see it with my own eyes..."
"This opening ceremony was indeed good, but if you watch it live, some scenes are not as spectacular as they look from the panoramic view in the broadcast."
Barron comforted her and said:
"Wait until the London Olympics in four years, and I will accompany you to the opening ceremony, honey."
Bonnie is now more than nine months pregnant, and her belly is swollen. Because of this, she often doesn't sleep so comfortably at night.
When Barron woke up the next morning, he saw the woman beside him sleeping soundly, so he tried his best to get up as gently as possible.
Walking out of the bedroom, Barron saw that in front of the floor-to-ceiling windows, he would be able to see the white sky in the distance. It was still mostly dark outside the house.
At this moment, Barron was dazed for a moment. Unknowingly, it had been six years since he came to this world. Not to mention his huge fortune, he had a family, many women, and many other things. Child - soon, his wife Bonnie will give birth to their second child...
"Your Highness the Duke..."
Aaliyah's voice called Barron back from this moment of trance:
"You're up too, Alya."
Alia was wearing a long white dress and handed a glass of water to Barron - this was Barron's habit of drinking a glass of warm water after getting up.
While drinking water, he heard Aliya ask softly:
"Are you still ready to go out for a run? I'm going to notify the bodyguard now?"
"Um."
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"At present, we have made considerable gains from short selling European stock markets..."
After learning that Barron had returned to London, Daisy had already compiled the latest investment data of their DS Group and handed it to Barron personally after he came to the DS Financial Center.
On the DS Group's side, the short selling of European stock markets was mainly carried out by Caesar Fund and the DS Proprietary Fund, which was mainly funded by the Cavendish Trust. Initially, a total of more than 10 billion euros were invested in this short selling.
Now, affected by the subprime mortgage crisis, not only bank stocks, but also the decline has spread to the entire stock market.
Especially for industries with relatively large financing needs - real estate, telecommunications, shipping and other related companies, the stock price will be particularly affected.
Because with the depletion of liquidity in the financial industry caused by the subprime mortgage crisis, these industries that require bank credit support immediately fell into a hunger for funds. If this continues, many companies are even in danger of breaking their capital chains.
For example, although O2 Telecom has a lot of debt, it is backed by DS Group and has been relatively less affected by the subprime mortgage crisis. Their stock prices have fallen by more than 25% compared to their highest point last year.
Other telecommunications companies, even those with the highest stock price declines, can exceed 40%...
And there is still no end in sight for this decline.
In addition, funds including the Mars Fund have also achieved satisfactory returns from shorting futures products such as crude oil and gold.
Again, wealth will not disappear, it will only transfer.
And DS Group is definitely not the only company to profit from this crisis.
"By the way, I haven't congratulated you yet. I heard that you are going to be a father soon..."
Daisy said before leaving Barron's office after the two finished talking about stock market and futures investments.
"Yes, although I can't confirm the specific day, it will be soon."
Barron looked at Daisy and said:
"Although I hope that you will always devote most of your time to work, as a friend, I also hope that you can..."
"Huh? Fall in love? Get married? Or have children?"
Daisy raised her eyebrows and looked at Barron with a half-smile:
"With whom? You?"
"Uh... you know, Daisy, we..."
"Okay, I'm just kidding, Barron, you didn't act like your usual playboy just now."
After saying this, Daisy turned and left without waiting for Barron to say anything.
Looking at her graceful back, Barron couldn't help but shake his head.
Speaking of which, Barron's predecessor met Daisy when they were students, and Daisy can also be said to be Barron's earliest subordinate...
In these years, it is definitely impossible to say that there was no ambiguity between the two, and there was even an incident where a gun went off.
But with Daisy, Barron really couldn't do as he did with other women.
Quite simply, beautiful or even stunning women are not a rarity for him.
And a woman like Daisy who is capable and trustworthy enough and is deeply involved in his core business is too precious.
Therefore, Barron does not hope that the change in their relationship will affect their career cooperation.
But he also knows that many times, certain changes are not controlled, just like Daisy has never had a lover until now.
And the almost inaudible word "coward" when she turned and left just now was also caught by Barron's extremely sharp hearing...
...
"Snap"
A crisp sound echoed in the room.
After this sound, it was a woman's voice:
"Barron, I made an appointment with Bonnie to meet her in half an hour. If I'm late, I'm afraid I have to tell her that it's you..."
"Snap"
Another sound, Barron said lightly:
"Countess, maybe this is not a good reason, and you are not active, which is probably the reason why it's not so fast."
In a wardrobe in the corner of the room, the door was quietly opened a gap.
In the dark closet, the increasingly intense sound outside was clearly transmitted into it.
Also, it was the heavy breathing sound that was difficult to suppress.
"Maybe you should take a bath before going home with me."
When he finally calmed down, Barron took a handkerchief and gently wiped the sweat from his forehead, and said to the slightly limp countess.
"Forget it, I'll go see her tomorrow, you bastard, you said it would only take a while..."
"Well, I think you should know how long I mean by 'a while'."
Hearing Barron's "innocent" words, Countess Bute glared at him unhappily and said in a low voice:
"You should leave, Barron, if you don't want someone to suffocate to death in the closet..."
