Chapter 69 Halo Corporation

"Wonderful, really wonderful."

Faced with Barron's praise, Viscount Bute smiled:

"So our King's Cross renovation plan will definitely start this year. It is expected that the first phase of the renovation plan will be completed a year later - our plan is divided into north and south with the Regent River as the boundary. Each district is mainly for office and residential functions. A large number of commercial and service industries will be set up on the ground floor of the building to ensure good accessibility. In the end, these areas will have offices, retail, residential, education, theaters, and hotels. , integrated transportation and other functions, each functional section interacts and complements each other.”

Just like the original gas storage tank area, it will be transformed into three high-end residences, and it will be close to the future Central Saint Martins College. A high-end residential area will be formed in that area - including the two plots originally held by the Kent family. Collaboratively constructed, these areas are connected by greenery and parks.

The land replaced from Central Saint Martins is located on the south bank of the Regent River, close to King's Cross Station, where a high-end office building and commercial area will be built.

The three parcels of land that Barron later bought are all located in the office area and will also be constructed in accordance with the plans of Argent Real Estate Group.

This time Barron came to see Viscount Bute. In addition to hearing that the Argent Real Estate Group had encountered some trouble with its planning for the King's Cross area, and asking about it, there was also something about the Cavendish Hotel Group.

The first phase of the King's Cross renovation project will be completed in one year. By then, several buildings will be built on the side of King's Cross Station for office buildings.

Barron plans to rent one of them to be used as the Cavendish Hotel in King's Cross.

Currently, the Cavendish Hotel Group's luxury hotel in Chelsea has begun renovation and renovation, which is expected to be completed in two months.

When Barron went to the Cavendish Hotel, he told the hotel manager that there would be a transition plan for the hotel.

His transition plan is to first complete the renovation of the new luxury hotel, the Devonshire (Chelsea) Hotel, and then train the staff of the Cavendish Hotel in Soho to enter this luxury hotel. middle.

At that time, the original building will be demolished and reconstruction of a building will begin on the site of the Cavendish Hotel in Soho.

The new building in Soho will be designed to have about 30 floors, half of which will be used for the updated Cavendish (Soho) Hotel, and the other half will be temporarily used by independent newspaper companies.

The Independent Newspaper Building in Canary Wharf will be demolished and a new building built.

After the building is completed, the independent press will move back.

After the opening of the Cavendish Hotel in King's Cross, there will be three hotels in London belonging to the Cavendish Hotel Group, including one Devonshire luxury hotel and two four-star Cavendish hotels.

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"Welcome to join us, Mr. Nutt."

"I think it's a big challenge, but I like it."

As Barron held hands with the forty-year-old man named Nat Ford in front of him, it also meant that he had completed this recruitment.

After previously registering the copyright for "WhereWolf", Barron also established Halo Company to manage and promote the copyright he owned.

At present, he has placed the two copyrights of "Werewolf" and "Downton Abbey" into the Halo company. The next step is to find a suitable manager for this company.

To this end, Barron specifically found a headhunting company and searched across Europe. His requirement was that the other party should have relatively senior experience in copyright operations. It would be better if they had experience in the gaming or media fields. .

Eventually Nat Ford came into Barron's sight.

Nat Ford previously worked at Endemol, a rights giant headquartered in the Netherlands, which owns program rights including the well-known variety shows "Big Brother", "Deal or No Deal" and "Go ahead".

If you haven't heard of it, "Go Forward Bravely" is the originator of programs such as "Go Forward Happyly" in China.

"Hello everyone, I am Xiao Sha from the Qiang tribe, Qiang Qiang Qiang Qiang Qiang..."

Well, back to the topic, Nat Ford was previously responsible for copyright promotion and acquisitions at Endemol's London branch, and what's more interesting is that before joining Endemol, he also worked for an old board game company in France. Having worked there, it can be said that among the targets found by the headhunting company, he is the candidate who best meets Barron's requirements.

So today, Barron met with the other party.

After learning that Barron would hand over the management of Halo Company, which owns the copyrights of "Downton Abbey" and "Werewolf", and hopes to promote the two and future copyrights around the world, Nat Ford De finally accepted the job.

At this time of Halo Company, although Nat became the manager, he was the only employee in the entire company at this time...

Next, he needs to form a team himself...

But this is not a big problem for Nat. According to him, he is confident of poaching some of his former subordinates... Well, directly poaching a team from Endemol's London branch, Barron It's really a bit embarrassing.

So he readily agreed and let Nat do it.

"I think the first thing we should do now is to find a factory as soon as possible to cooperate with us to launch the "Werewolf" game package. Although you have customized 100 sets of high-end game gift packages from Smytheson, these can only be used In order to open up the situation among the upper class and promote the game, if you want to have a broad mass base, you still need to provide cheaper games. Well, I suggest that the price of the regular version of the game is best at 29.9 pounds. At present, most of Board games of this caliber like "Werewolf" are priced within this price range."

As expected of someone who once worked for an established board game company, Nat immediately found the key points for promoting "Werewolf":

"And Your Highness the Duke, I can see that the game "Werewolf" is still suitable for more than 5 players, preferably more than 9 players, and it also needs the role of 'Judge', although he does not participate in the game. in the game, but it is crucial to the game, so in addition to being played at parties, this game is also very suitable for promotion in those board game clubs, where there will be specialized personnel who can act as judges for players. This avoids the situation of being unable to have gaming experience because of being a judge.”

"Actually, I have considered these things. Mr. Ford, the first thing now is that you need to form the Halo company team first, and then find the game's artist to complete the design of each character card in the regular version of "Werewolf" , Smytheson’s designs will only be used in high-end game gift packages.”

After listening to Barron's words, Nat nodded:

"That's no problem, Your Highness the Duke. I already have a painter in London who knows board games - in fact, I am also a board game enthusiast, so I guarantee that I can complete the design of the ordinary version of "Werewolf" in the shortest possible time. , and produce.”

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