Chapter 82 Miller Valley

"Barron, is your investment really so profitable?"

The Prince of Wales also knows the Devonshire family's previous financial situation. It can be said that although it is much better than that of many down-and-out nobles, it is also the same as many old nobles. It mainly relies on land and the family's inherent industry. Get income.

But Barron's recent actions clearly indicate that he has sufficient funds, and he knew that he was investing in securities before, so the crown prince asked this question.

"It's not bad, Your Highness. Securities investment does have risks, but it seems that I have a good talent in this area."

It seems that the Prince of Wales is indeed very interested in these things, and unlike the previous Prince William, who was only interested in the so-called "financial giants" after watching some movies and TV series, the Prince is really concerned about the direction of some investments.

The royal family's assets have been seeking various investments. They also hold many stocks, such as the Prince of Wales. Although they are not very proficient in securities investment, they generally know it - even if they are professional People are managing investments for them, but they themselves can't possibly know anything about it.

Seeing the implication of the Prince of Wales' words, Barron said directly:

"Your Highness, my company is also preparing a private equity fund recently. If you are interested, you can go to the company to find out about it. For your investment, I can protect your capital without taking any risks. Moreover, all the funds of our private equity fund will be managed by Barclays Bank throughout the entire process, so there is no need to worry about security.”

In terms of financial investment, Barron was able to see many opportunities, but from the beginning, he had been facing a situation of insufficient funds. Therefore, instead of investing with his own funds, he absorbed other people's funds in the form of a managed private equity fund. , you can achieve the purpose of using other people's money to help yourself make money.

After all, as a private equity fund, it not only charges management fees from clients, but most importantly, the profits obtained can be divided into shares.

As for Barron's guarantee to protect the capital of the Prince of Wales's funds, on the one hand he does not think there is a possibility of losing money on his investment, and on the other hand, it is just a chance to deepen the relationship with the other party - after all, although the royal family does not have the power at this time Not that big, but their influence is still huge in many aspects of England.

Similarly, if he can tie more powerful people to his side and form a community of interests, then whatever Barron does in the future will be much smoother - no one will be stingy with friendship to those who can help him make money. of.

It can be seen that the Prince of Wales is indeed interested in this, but he is relatively cautious and said that he will take his financial advisor to DS Capital to learn more about it someday.

It seems that this time the crown prince is preparing to invest with his own money rather than royal assets - as the crown prince, the Prince of Wales has his own assets under management, mainly the Duchy of Cornwall, which he took over when he was 21 years old, and After taking over, the crown prince hired a large team of professional managers to manage his wealth.

It can be said that he is one of the most astute financial management members among the royal family. The assets managed by the crown prince have also experienced the highest appreciation rate among the royal family's assets in recent years.

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After a month of fermentation, especially after Smytheson Company completed the design of the Werewolf high-end game gift package, the finished product was given to nobles who were familiar with Barron, including Prince William, Viscount Bute, etc. The Werewolf game became It quickly became popular among young people in London's upper class.

Prince William, in particular, did not take any exception and took ten sets of Smytheson's Werewolf gift packs directly from Barron and gave them to his friends.

Those who can become friends with him are naturally the aristocrats of London's upper class and the children of the wealthy - even the wealthy are mostly from old money families.

In fact, Prince William wanted to buy it from Barron at first. After all, there is no other place to buy the Werewolf game set except him. But for such a small amount of money, how could Barron be so alienated from His Highness the Prince? , and gave it to him directly.

At the beginning, he customized 100 sets of werewolf killing gift packs from Smytheson Company. Now, less than half of them are left. Barron is even considering whether to order more?

It was at this time that he came to a unique small building on the west side of Chelsea.

"Your Highness the Duke, the decoration here is almost completed, and the personnel we have recruited are also undergoing training. It is expected that we will be able to open within half a month."

Following Barron was Nat Ford, the head of Halo Company.

The most important thing for Halo Company now is to promote the game "Werewolf", including the small building they are in at this time, which is part of the entire promotion plan.

"This will be a high-end club, so there is no need to be so nervous about time. The most important thing is that the quality after opening cannot disappoint customers."

After visiting the interior decoration of the small building, Barron was quite satisfied. Everything was carried out according to his original instructions.

When the two returned to the door of the building, they could see a very simple nameplate hanging on one side of the door frame, which said "Miller Valley" - in the Werewolf setting, all werewolves Coming from Miller Valley, this club called "Miller Valley" is a membership-only club opened by Barron specifically for the game Werewolf.

We usually play Werewolf at parties. The only inconvenience is that we need to select a judge to preside over the game process. The game experience of the judge's role - if you watch other people's performances from a God's perspective, it can be considered an experience. If so... So usually no one wants to play the role of judge all the time. Most of the time, it needs to be done in turns.

Barron's club has specially trained a group of handsome guys and beauties to serve as professional "judges." When those people want to play Werewolf, they can choose to come to this club, which is basically a club with excellent privacy. Miller Valley", the experience will be great.

"Miller's Valley" is located in the center of the three wealthy areas of Kensington, Chelsea and Fulham. It is very convenient for the wealthy children living in these places to come here to play games.

After learning that Barron was about to open such a "Werewolf" themed club, the two princes and other young people who were keen on this game had already booked membership in this club, and by then, everyone here Reservation is required to enter.

"One more thing, Your Highness the Duke, a French company came to us and said that it hopes to get authorization to issue 'Werewolf' board game cards..."

"French company? What's its name?"

Barron was a little surprised to hear that a board game company was now interested in "Werewolf", so he asked casually.

"Let me take a look, um, his name is Asmodee..."

In Barron's previous life, he played board games with his friends many times. When he heard the name Asmodee, he became interested.

Because he knew that in the future, Asmodee, a company, would become a world-renowned board game giant, known as Company A.

Asmodee was founded in 1995. Its earliest success came from the 1998 board game "Totem Kuaishou", which was a game that compared reaction and hand speed.

But what really made Asmodee start to grow was when they obtained the publishing rights to the French version of the Pokémon trading card TCG in 2003.

Before Barron's rebirth, Asmodee had grown into a giant in the board game industry, with a market value of more than 3 billion euros...

By the way, Barron suddenly thought that the copyright of the Werewolf game in his previous life, namely "The Werewolf of Miller's Valley", seemed to be in the hands of Asmodee Company.

"Do you know how they became interested in 'Werewolf'?"

"It seems that one of the founders of their company played our game while attending a party in London, and then felt that the game had great potential, so he found us..."

“So it’s the founder who contacted us?”

"Yes, Your Highness the Duke, this young man named Philip just contacted me yesterday."

"Laura, when will I be free tomorrow?"

Upon hearing Barron's inquiry, his personal assistant Wang Wanting immediately said:

"Your Highness the Duke, you will go to Summit Media tomorrow morning. If it is early, there will be no other arrangements until the afternoon."

"Mr. Ford, please ask Philip from Asmodee Company to meet with me tomorrow morning to discuss this matter."