Chapter 702: Probing

"Hello, Ms. Riley, I am the assistant to His Highness the Duke. You can call me Ning."

The journey from London to Birmingham took about an hour and a half, but the Bentley Mulsanne that Dalula was riding in was very comfortable, and she did not feel any fatigue from the journey.

Before she came, she deliberately put on her best and favorite Gucci dress, and when the car arrived in Birmingham, she touched up her makeup in the car, hoping to look the best to meet His Highness the Duke. .

But what she didn't expect was that after arriving at the hotel, the person who greeted her was not Barron himself, but a Chinese beauty who looked very elegant in professional attire.

After the other party introduced her identity, Dalula heard her say:

"His Royal Highness the Duke is meeting with the Mayor of the West Midlands, Mr. Emerson, and the Mayor of Birmingham, Mr. Hull. He will come to see you later. You can go to the room to have a rest first. If you need anything, you can contact me at any time. …”

"thank you……"

After following the Duke's assistant to the hotel's presidential suite, Dalula looked around the luxuriously decorated room and couldn't help but ask:

"Does His Highness the Duke live here?"

"Yes, by the way, Ms. Riley, if you are hungry, you can ask the hotel to send you some snacks..."

"No, thank you, I'll just have some coffee."

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"The L'Oréal Group's stock has risen by more than 50% as of today. If the Gucci-Hermès Group's acquisition offer can be approved, I believe that its stock will have room to continue to rise. There is still a lot of room..."

"Brother, wake up. You can no longer buy L'Oréal Group's shares in the market. All institutions are holding their hands tightly. If you are really as slow as you, you won't be able to catch up..."

In this bar, several men in suits and ties who looked like professional elites were sitting together. Each of them had a wine glass in front of them. They looked like they came here to relax after get off work.

But it seemed that at this time, the two of them had a small dispute. Another slightly bald man next to them calmed the two of them and said:

"The premium for this acquisition by the Gucci-Hermès Group is too high, and it is likely to be successful. It is a pity that the Gucci-Hermès Group is not publicly listed now, otherwise I am optimistic about their future performance..."

"Actually, I think from the U.S. stock market, the economy is already showing signs of recovery, and there are still many investment directions we can focus on, such as international gold prices..."

"Indeed, now all countries have begun quantitative easing policies. According to previous rules, gold prices will often rise at this time..."

"What? Peter, are you going to try gold futures soon?"

"Haha, I was just talking casually..."

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"Sir, these are the chat records we have recently obtained from several employees of the investment department of NM Rothschild Bank. We have already sent people to infiltrate them and will start to track their capital flows..."

"I need information for those who can afford a larger investment..."

In fact, intelligence collection against the Rothschild family has already begun. This is also the result of the intelligence network established by Barron after he has provided a large amount of funds for so many years.

For example, the previous bar had been acquired by them earlier through an offshore company. The reason for this was because it was a place where many NM Rothschild Bank employees drank after get off work. Their conversation here is still very valuable, especially after drinking some wine...

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If you just look at it from the perspective of visiting, the hand-made car-making process is more interesting, but that is only available to car brands with "luxury" positioning like Rolls-Royce and Bentley, and Correspondingly, there will be considerable restrictions on the production of cars.

After all, "things are rare and valuable". For a luxury brand like Hermès, if you don't use the gimmick of "handmade", why would people pay such a high price to buy your products?

However, although this kind of positioning can maintain style and earn super high profits, it will never become a giant because of the limited market size.

However, after completing his visit to Birmingham, Barron still did not mind continuing to visit the manufacturing plants of Bentley and Aston Martin in the company of Dalula.

This is also the first time for Dalula to see with her own eyes the manufacturing process of these luxury cars that can be called works of art.

After Bentley was acquired by Barron's and returned to become an authentic "British brand", it also received strong support from the royal family. For example, the Queen's car has been changed from Rolls-Royce to Bentley's new flagship Mulsanne.

And with continued marketing, its style has not fallen behind at all compared to Rolls-Royce.

After Aston Martin launched its SUV model, its sales are gradually increasing. Although it is still unable to compare with the sales of the Porsche Cayenne, after all, the Cayenne has accumulated good reputation for many years and wants to catch up as soon as it is launched. is also unrealistic.

But at least judging from the current sales volume, it can be guaranteed that Aston Martin's profits have increased significantly compared with before.

And Aston Martin itself has just started to manufacture SUV models, and it also needs to accumulate experience in this regard. I believe that as long as it keeps improving its models, this part of the business will get better and better.

"How is it? Talulah, visiting this kind of car manufacturing plant, will it be a bit boring for you girls?"

"I like it very much, really. In fact, I am also very interested in these. When I was in school, I preferred some mechanical toys that were considered boys..."

When Talulah said this, it didn't look like she was pretending. Judging from the fact that she was able to get a doctorate in quantum physics in Barron's previous life, she was really interested in this aspect.

"So do you prefer the current career of an actor, or something else?"

"At first, I was just curious. I wanted to see how far I could go..."

Barron felt that Talulah was somewhat similar to Fan Bingbing in terms of personality, and was very straightforward.

She organized her words and continued:

"Maybe the only thing I'm looking forward to now is to try Hollywood. I'm not expecting to become famous, but since I'm an actor, Hollywood is always a goal."

"What about after that?"

"I don't know, maybe I'll go to school. I interrupted my studies because I was an actor. In fact, my grades were still very good when I was in school..."