Chapter 650 The Unfortunate Earl of Bute

On the way back to Kensington from the SEM building, the Christmas atmosphere became stronger.

Not only were the shops on the street decorated with Christmas decorations, but Christmas trees and portraits of Santa Claus could be seen everywhere.

In Barron's home in Kensington, a newly cut Christmas tree had been erected in the hall. The colorful lights on it illuminated the house, full of festive atmosphere.

"I heard that ITV is going to acquire an Australian TV station?"

Bonnie asked as she handed Richard to Barron and sat beside him while her husband was teasing their little son.

"Yes, there is an intention at present. The current financial situation of Ten Network in Australia is very bad, and it is already looking for a buyer..."

Ten Network is the third largest free TV network in Australia. Since last year, the TV station has been in a loss. According to estimates, if this trend cannot be reversed, Ten Network will go bankrupt within two years.

After the news that the Channel 10 network was ready to be sold came out, some companies have shown interest in it. In addition to ITV of SEM Group, CBS and FOX of the United States are interested in bidding for this TV station.

Australia's broadcasting and television market is limited, but because of the same origin, British and American TV programs have a relatively large market there, so the companies that hope to expand the international market by acquiring this TV station are also from Britain and the United States.

According to Barron's investigation, although they are also interested in Channel 10, the current economic situation is not good. CBS and Fox's bids for Channel 10 are still relatively cautious, and even their bids do not exceed 60 million US dollars. Relatively speaking, ITV is still relatively competitive.

After all, CBS and FOX have considerable audiences in Australia, and by acquiring Channel 10, ITV can also enter the Australian market in one fell swoop, so this time ITV can be said to be a must-win.

At present, among the TV stations in Britain, BBC, ITV and Sky are still the three giants.

However, because ITV has obtained the largest proportion of the Premier League broadcasting rights, it has surpassed Sky and become the second largest TV station in Britain.

And in both sports and variety shows, it has surpassed the BBC. It can be said that the BBC's comprehensive market share is only slightly higher than ITV, but in terms of commercial income, it is not as good as ITV and Sky.

Under such circumstances, ITV will naturally start to try to expand overseas markets.

"Dear, the matter of Earl Bute..."

"Uh, are you talking about the so-called "illegitimate child"? "

Seeing Bonnie nodded, Barron said:

"Don't worry, I believe he can solve this matter."

This is also a very bloody thing that happened during this period of time.

A woman brought her child to Earl Bute, claiming that the child was her and Earl Bute's illegitimate child...

The key point is that Earl Bute was also full of questions, because he didn't know the woman at all. People who knew Earl Bute well, such as Barron and Bonnie, and even the Countess, were also very surprised. After all, it was well known that Earl Bute liked...

But the more surprising thing was that after DNA comparison, the child was indeed Earl Bute's direct descendant.

This is very magical...

But Earl Bute was not a pushover. After various means of investigation, he finally learned the truth-it turned out that the woman had a close relationship with Earl Bute's previous personal valet.

Barron had also seen his previous personal valet...

When Barron first met Earl Bute, the valet was with Earl Bute, but later for some reasons, he changed the people around him.

But the relationship between the two was naturally extraordinary.

That is why the male servant actually got the "seed" of Earl Bute in a planned way, and then this "seed" was planted in the woman.

What happened afterwards was very clear. The woman gave birth to a child and then brought the child to "recognize her relatives".

After all, with Earl Bute's identity, apart from anything else, a generous amount of support money was inevitable.

Indeed, in the end, Earl Bute could only use money to solve the matter - after all, his special hobby, although it was not a strange thing in the British aristocratic circle, but the key was that Earl Bute had a family and had several children. If this kind of thing was spread, it would definitely damage the reputation of their family.

And to put it bluntly, if this kind of "strange news" was really exposed, then the Bute family would definitely become the talk of the upper class circle, which was naturally not allowed by Earl Bute.

Then the only thing that could be done was to give a sum of money and then sign a relevant confidentiality agreement with the other party to settle the matter.

Bonnie's mention of this to Barron was not without purpose. She also wanted to remind Barron not to let the same thing happen to her someday.

After all, for the Earl of Bute, he and the Countess had a tacit understanding, and such a thing would not affect their marriage.

But Barron was different. Bonnie was not completely unaware of some of Barron's affairs outside.

The existence of the matter was one thing, but it was probably not acceptable to everyone for Earl of Bute to be like this.

This was also something that people with considerable wealth and status like Barron could not avoid facing - no one knew what the purpose of those women who came up to him was.

In Europe and the United States, there were too many cases of a wealthy or famous man who was "spoofed overnight" and disappeared from life for a while, and then came to claim the father with a child.

It's nothing but money...

Otherwise, why would a certain rap star need to pour chili sauce into the used "raincoat" after having sex with those women? It's because he's afraid that someone will steal the raincoat and plant seeds...

Of course, for Barron now, not everyone can learn knowledge with him. They are all carefully selected...

As for whether or not to plant seeds...

This is not a problem for him. Even if those women who can learn knowledge with him are really pregnant, he can solve it completely.

Of course, these can't be said directly to Bonnie, and he turned the topic to other places at the right time.

"By the way, baby, are we going to Australia this year?"