Chapter 686 Switch Side

The next day, Barron said goodbye to the Montagues and left Nocton Manor.

A transaction of this magnitude did not require him to care too much, but Barron also accompanied Yulia out to relax.

The rest of the land transaction with Count Montagu can be left to Yulia.

And from the conversation, Barron also knew that the Montagu couple also had a residence in London, and they spent almost half of their time in London. This was quite reasonable considering Earl Montagu's preference for financial investment.

So when they said goodbye, they also agreed to meet in London.

"After completing the transaction with them, we still need to continue to purchase some land. Of course, it does not have to be limited to England. We can negotiate for other places such as Northern Ireland and Scotland if there is suitable land."

On the way back in the car, Barron said this to Yulia.

"I will pay attention to it, but we still need to wait patiently for the land transaction..."

This is indeed the case. Usually, when the family's operations are stable, very few people will sell the land they own. Such large sales of land often occur when the family encounters difficulties or the heirs have trouble managing the land. It only appears when there is no interest.

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"I contacted Ms. Lilinaia Bettencourt..."

After returning to London, Barron received a call from Ashley Webber. After hearing her words, Barron asked:

"What did she say?"

"The current situation of Ms. Lilinaia Bettencourt is not good, and it can be seen that her daughter's behavior has caused great harm to her..."

Before that, Ashley Weber first met Lilinaia Bettencourt's daughter Francoise Bettencourt Meyer, but at that meeting, Francoise proposed to Ashley Cooperation was non-committal and no clear answer was given.

In this case, Ashley began to contact Lilinaya.

After all, it seems that if Lilina Ya can cooperate with them, it is the fastest way for the Gucci-Hermès Group to control the L'Oreal Group.

Because Françoise must win the lawsuit before she can gain control of the Bettencourt family's shares in the L'Oréal Group, it seems that this lawsuit will not be resolved in a short time.

But if Lilinaia Betancourt can agree to their cooperation, then at least now they can complete the "swap agreement" with the Nestlé Group with the permission of the Bettencourt family, thereby buying the shares they hold. ’s L’Oreal Group shares, plus the L’Oreal Group shares they absorbed from the secondary market, they can control the L’Oreal Group.

Even if the Betancourt family is still allowed to manage the L'Oréal Group, at least this is a staged victory for the Gucci-Hermès Group.

In addition, from the current look, cooperation with Lilina Ya is probably a more likely option.

Because although before this, Françoise was not very interested in the management of L'Oréal Group, but focused most of her energy on research.

But today is different from the past. After marrying her current husband, Jewish Meyer, Françoise's husband had resigned from his original bank and invested in the L'Oreal Group.

Currently both Françoise and her husband are members of the board of directors of L'Oréal Group, which shows that at least Françoise has become interested in the operations of L'Oréal Group under the influence of her husband.

It is no wonder that she was not interested in Ashley's proposal of cooperation before this.

"Currently, Ms. Lilinaia Bettencourt still has the right to decide on the Bettencourt family's shareholding. Although she did not immediately agree to our proposal in the last meeting, we can feel that she has a deep concern for her daughter. 'Betrayal' is also full of hatred, so I think she can still try hard."

Of course, Ashley also mentioned another consideration, that is, the evidence given to the court by Lilinaia's daughter Françoise through previous "eavesdropping" implicated the current French President Lao Salvador.

Although it is not convenient to exert too much influence in this lawsuit now, it is obvious that Lao Sa still hopes that Lilinaya can win this lawsuit - after all, it is obvious that once Francoise wins, then I am afraid that he The relationship with the Betancourt family will gradually become distant.

Even worse, the phone call between him and Lilinaya shown in the "eavesdropping" is likely to become a knife used by his political opponents to stab Lao Sa in the future.

In fact, in Barron's previous life, Lao Sa fell into a corruption scandal after leaving office, and was involved in a lawsuit because of it.

So if Barron also reaches cooperation with Lilinaia and pushes the lawsuit to tilt towards Lilinaia, in addition to gaining the support of the Bettencourt family, it will also make their relationship with Lao Sa even more... close.

"We are a bystander, we just need to take advantage of this opportunity to control the L'Oreal Group, so I hope to be able to control the extent of our intervention, at least when things collapse, we will not be involved... I hope that we can Be better prepared.”

"I will take this into consideration, Your Highness the Duke."

Speaking of which, this is equivalent to Barron's judgment when he changed his previous life. Even if it is analyzed now, it is still feasible, but Barron still needs to consider more.

Anyway, the result will not be worse than Francoise finally winning the lawsuit and then resisting the acquisition of L'Oreal Group by Gucci-Hermès Group...

...

"Hello, Kara?"

"Your Highness, you haven't contacted me for a long time..."

After talking to Ashley, Barron called Bruni. Hearing her complaining voice, Barron smiled and said:

"I just don't want to disturb your newlywed life, dear Kara. When you got married last year, I also silently wished you happiness."

In February last year, Bruni and Sa got married, and now she has become the first lady of France.

Of course, Barron would definitely not attend the wedding of the two in person at that time, which felt a little bit bloody-although he also received Bruni's invitation, he still found a reason to prevaricate, but still sent someone to send gifts.

"Well, you are still so considerate, Your Highness. I don't think you called me to 'reminisce' with me."

"In fact, this is the main reason..."

"What about the other reason?"

"I will go to Paris next week to visit my dear Ms. Bruni, and by the way, I hope to meet with Lao Sa, um, to talk about something."