Chapter 785 The Mainstay

"Dear..."

"What's wrong, baby?"

"I'm... pregnant."

After Barron and Ivanta discussed the acquisition of Motorola Mobility, I finally heard this news from Ivanta.

"Are you sure?"

"Yes, I went to a reliable clinic for a checkup."

"That...that's great, baby."

This news was too sudden, but it was not surprising. After all, there had been no measures between Barron and Ivanta.

And the other women who had been with Barron had become pregnant one after another. Relatively speaking, Ivanta had been with him relatively early, so it was normal for her to be pregnant now.

"We... dear, I mean, what identity should the child come into this world with?"

"Don't worry, baby, we will give him enough love and make him the happiest child in the world..."

Barron said to Ivanta:

"After a while, I will go to America after New Year's Day, and then we will solve this matter, okay?"

"Okay, I'll wait for you."

Barron naturally understood what Ivanta meant. Before this, he and Ivanta had had several conversations about the topic of having children.

Although Ivanta did not ask in detail, she knew more or less about the existence of Barron's other children.

Now Barron can feel that after she really got pregnant, her mentality seems to have changed in some way.

Of course, this kind of thing is definitely difficult to explain clearly on the phone, but soon after New Year's Day, Barron and his friends will leave London and go to Australia to spend the winter as before.

At that time, he can go to America by the way and have a good talk with Ivanta about this matter.

...

Just before Christmas, Barron was still entertaining some children of different ages in one of his villas.

The oldest of these children was already 18 or 19 years old, and the youngest was only 14 or 15 years old...

They were all orphans adopted by the Devonshire Charity Foundation around the world. After receiving basic education at the International School in Colo, the best performers would continue to receive funding from Barron and be sent to the best high school in England until they completed their university studies.

The earliest batch of them were the children who came to England with Rami, and they have successfully entered university studies - of course, Rami is the best among them. He has already completed the university courses and is now able to be responsible for an investment fund of the DS Group alone.

At this moment, these children had dinner with Barron, the Duke, who was also their sponsor. When they heard his encouraging words and looked at him, they were full of gratitude and admiration.

Just as Barron had considered before, many of his companies and projects were currently managed by professional managers he found through headhunting companies.

Maybe some of the people who followed him earlier will be more loyal, but this also varies from person to person - often, loyalty and ability are difficult to balance.

Therefore, relatively speaking, these children beside him will be the guarantee for the continuation of his family and career in the future, or even further, become the successors of his spirit and ideals.

Since being adopted, these orphans will receive basic education in the International School of Colo. Among them, children with excellent academic talents can be sent to England to continue to get better educational conditions.

Other children will also be arranged according to their areas of expertise - for example, some people have already joined the Protector Military Service Company.

Since the International School, these people have been instilled with gratitude and admiration for His Royal Highness Barron, the Duke. It can be said that their loyalty to Barron is the highest.

The children sitting next to Barron now have different appearances and skin colors, but because of their special experiences, they are completely like a family.

I believe that in a few years, these people will gradually enter Barron's various industries and gradually play the role of the backbone.

...

"We have sent people to negotiate with the Royal Arsenal in Leeds and are preparing to acquire this arsenal that is on the verge of bankruptcy..."

Although before Barron's rebirth, the impression given was that Britain's military industry was no longer as good as before, at this time, Britain can still often rank second in the list of global national military sales.

Especially BAE Systems, the largest military enterprise in Britain. This company was formed in 1999 by the merger of British Aerospace (BAE) and Marconi Electronic Systems. In 2000, after the merger, BAE Systems ranked third among the world's 100 largest military companies.

In 2007, BAE Systems completed the largest acquisition in history, taking American Armor Holdings into its pocket, and its armored vehicle business doubled, becoming the world's largest ground weapons and equipment manufacturer.

In 2008, BAE Systems surpassed Boeing and became the "world's largest arms company" with annual sales of $32.4 billion.

So, Britain is still quite strong in some military industries.

As for the Royal Arsenal in England, it was already very famous during World War I and World War II, and had produced many classic guns and artillery.

However, with the intensification of competition and the iteration of weapons and equipment, some arsenals are no longer as good as before - for example, the Royal Arsenal in Leeds mentioned by them, due to the decline in sales, its production capacity was once reduced, and now it is on the verge of bankruptcy.

The reason why Barron took a fancy to this arsenal is that although the products of this arsenal have been difficult to enter the military procurement under the trend of refinement and modernization of the British army, at least in the production of some guns and ammunition, this arsenal is still enough to cope with it.

According to their plan, after completing the acquisition, they plan to keep only basic personnel in Leeds, and move the corresponding equipment and technicians of this "Royal Arsenal" to Colo, where a new factory will be established.

This will not only ensure that the basic equipment such as bullets, shells, and grenades of the Colo Corps and the Protector Military Service Company can achieve self-sufficiency, but also continue to increase production and enter the arms market in West Africa and even Africa.

After all, although some of the firearms of this royal arsenal are a little "outdated", at least there is no problem in imitating some classic gun models, such as the AK series rifles that are very popular in Africa...