Chapter 698 Living under someone else's roof

So for Sky TV, can Barron's compete with News Corporation and acquire it?

This is almost impossible, because he already controls SEM Group, one of the largest media groups in the UK, which includes ITV, one of the three giants of television and broadcasting. From the perspective of "fair competition" or "antitrust" He said that it was impossible for the British side to allow him to acquire Sky TV again.

Because the BBC itself is a public television station, if Barron completes the acquisition of Sky TV, it means that he controls the vast majority of the British commercial television stations. Under this situation, almost all the TV programs that the British people watch daily are provided by It would be terrible if Barron controlled it.

No government will allow this to happen.

Therefore, when it comes to News Corporation's wholly-owned acquisition of Sky TV, Barron can at most hinder it to a certain extent, but it will be difficult for him to personally intercept it.

Even compared to this, Barron used various means to influence the BBC's personnel appointments, thereby pushing people with whom he had connections to the top of the BBC, thus increasing his voice over the public television station, which is more relevant. Be practical.

"It seems like you're not too worried about News Corporation's acquisition of Sky TV."

When they left the SEM Building together, Bonnie asked next to Barron in the back seat of the Bentley Mulsanne.

Although Barron did not directly express such an attitude in the meeting just now, after all, having lived with him for so long, Bonnie could still sense his view from many of Barron's reactions.

"The most fundamental thing for a company is always to focus on itself, rather than always thinking about obstruction or destruction. After all, competitors will always exist, not only Sky TV, but also other TV stations. And our goal is not only to The British market should be placed in a broader market..."

Barron held Bonnie's hand and said softly:

"Honey, since SEM Group has been able to develop to its current scale, it means that it is on the right path and there is no need to be disturbed by these things."

And what Barron did not say directly is that in the future, with the rise of mobile Internet, young people’s entertainment methods have changed greatly, and more and more people rarely turn on the TV. .

Therefore, in the field of television stations, ITV itself will definitely have more than one competitor. Sky TV will not be owned by SEM Group anyway. Based on his experience in his previous life, Sky TV will not be a threat to ITV.

In the future, online media platforms such as Twitter, YouTube, Instagram, and TikTok will be more likely to influence young people’s thoughts than TV stations.

This is also what Barron is currently focusing on.

Although in the eyes of the outside world, Barron and Bonnie's marriage has ended, in fact, the divorce is more symbolic. The relationship between the two of them has not changed much compared to before.

During most of his time in London, Barron still lived with Bonnie in a mansion in Kensington - in fact, after the two divorced, Barron had directly owned this mansion. An offshore company for the property was directly transferred to Bonnie's name.

In other words, Barron's living here is considered to be "being under someone else's roof"...

Of course, this is just a joke, not to mention that Barron now owns no less than 10 luxury homes in London alone, some of which he has not even lived in yet.

Even in this mansion in Kensington, Bonnie has never thought of being a guest.

Speaking of Bonnie, it was true that during the time when the two had just divorced, although she had been mentally prepared for it, she also felt a sense of loss to a greater or lesser extent.

But now, she has fully accepted this matter, and as before when she was the "Duchess of Devonshire", in addition to the relationship between the two, there are more things to consider. She lost a lot of pressure on her body, and instead she and Barron found some of the feelings they had when they were in love.

The obvious change is that she will express her thoughts more, instead of turning a blind eye to Barron's things many times...

To put it simply, the two of them are more comfortable getting along with each other.

Sometimes Barron also feels like this, that is, he often feels that Bonnie is more charming now...

"Really? Did you think so just now? Barron, you didn't come back last night..."

"You know, there will always be some entertainment, and I don't want to come back too late to disturb you."

"This house is big enough..."

God knows, although he was indeed with Dalula last night, he was very "innocent".

But he also understands that words are often pale, and actions will be more powerful...

"I have to attend an event later, Barron..."

"There's always time, baby."

Although she has given birth to two children, Bonnie's figure has recovered very well, and she has gained a more mature charm - of course, to achieve her current results, the blessing of money is definitely indispensable...

But even after being together for so long, Bonnie's... ability to "learn knowledge" is still limited compared to Barron.

This is also the reason why she reacted like this, because she knew that for her gifted ex-husband, once this study began, she would probably have to rest at home all afternoon...

After Gucci-Hermès Group announced that it had acquired nearly 30% of the shares of L'Oréal Group from Nestle Group at a price of 20 billion euros, it immediately caused a sensation around the world.

This is not just because the acquisition price of Gucci-Hermès Group is more than 70% higher than the current share price of L'Oréal Group...

More importantly, as one of the world's most well-known luxury groups, Gucci-Hermès Group now has 30% of the shares of L'Oréal Group, the world's largest cosmetics group, at such a high price. What does this mean? It is very imaginative...

In terms of background and bloodline, many brands under Gucci-Hermès Group can be called the blue blood of luxury brands.

Especially Hermès, no matter from which aspect, it can be called the ceiling of luxury brands.

Now if we add L'Oréal Group, their scale can be compared with LVMH Group...

Sure enough, shortly after reaching this "earth-shaking" deal, Gucci-Hermès Group announced that they, together with their concerted actors, have a total of more than 40% of L'Oréal Group's shares, becoming the largest shareholder of L'Oréal Group.

At the same time, Gucci-Hermès Group stated that their goal is to complete the acquisition of L'Oréal Group's controlling stake, so they will formally submit a takeover offer to the board of directors of Hermès Group.