Chapter 896 Something is wrong

The motorcade was driving on the highway to Washington, and every vehicle it encountered couldn't help but take a second look.

A fleet like this, with three Land Rover Defenders at the front and rear, five Bentley Elegances in the middle, and three of which are extended models, is still rare in the United States.

After all, although there are many dignitaries in Washington, the fleets of American dignitaries are often Cadillacs or Lincolns, and the Secret Service's security vehicles are Chevrolet Suburbans...

As for the super rich in America, although Bentley has performed well in the luxury car market in recent years, fleets like Bentley's are still rare among the super rich in America. Most of them are Rolls-Royces. Si...

Therefore, seeing the formation of this convoy, it is inevitable that everyone will guess which big shot is traveling - even if it is the commander-in-chief, it is just this kind of pomp.

It's just a guess when passing by. Anyone with a normal mind will not approach him. After all, everyone understands that it is better not to cause this kind of trouble. If there is a misunderstanding, those bodyguards may really shoot. of……

At this time, Barron, who was sitting on one of the extended Bentley Elegances, was thinking about his previous meeting with John Smith.

Barron didn't pay much attention to the other party's occasional unnatural behavior at the beginning. He just regarded it as a slight embarrassment for John to see Barron sending his wife back again...

Barron believes that John may not have known about the "classmate" relationship between him and Jenny at the beginning...

But now, although Barron didn't ask Jenny specifically, Barron didn't believe it if John was still kept in the dark.

Not to mention the last time Jenny came to him to plead for John Smith, let’s talk about the information he just got. Jenny knew that John was infertile, but she was so relieved to learn from him without taking any measures...

This means that the couple has reached a certain tacit understanding on this matter.

Therefore, even though John Smith, like Earl Bute, had some special fetish for his wife... but in this kind of relationship, it was normal for the three of them to have awkward emotions when they met face to face for the first time.

However, now that Barron thought about it, something seemed a little wrong.

Especially when he was about to leave, John Smith suddenly asked...

"Barron, I think Sinclair Group's business is now stable and we can look for suitable TV networks to acquire to expand our scale. What do you think?"

Hearing John Smith's words at that time, Barron first thought of the acquisition made by Sinclair Group in his previous life...

He smiled and said:

"Funding is not an issue, and I would support it if I could, but you should know that the biggest resistance comes from the government's restrictions on the number of TV stations owned by media groups. I am afraid that if Sinclair Group continues to make acquisitions, the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) The FCC will not agree.”

"What if we can get the FCC's consent?"

Barron shook his head after hearing this:

"It's unlikely. After all, the Donkey Party is now in office. They themselves reject this. Moreover, this regulation was promoted by the current FCC Chairman Tom Wheeler. He himself is wary of big companies. Unless he can Let the FCC change its chairman...” ˆ ˆ ˆ The governing philosophies of the Donkey Party and the Elephant Party in the United States are quite different. The so-called “white left” mostly originate from the Donkey Party. Their policies are not as liberal as the Opposite Party. The economy is even more unfriendly, and many regulations restricting large enterprises were enacted when the Donkey Party was in office.

Just like in Barron's previous life, the Sinclair Group acquired Forum Media Group five years later. This acquisition was achieved because, on the one hand, Disney acquired Twenty-First Century Fox, because the Forum Media Group owned by Fox The local sports station overlapped with ESPN, the Disney-owned sports network, and Tribune Media Group was sold.

In addition, the Elephant Party, which the Sinclair Group has always supported, came to power, and the chairman of the FCC was replaced by the conservative Ajit Pa from Tom Wheeler. Therefore, the Sinclair Group was not subject to the previous restrictions on the number of TV stations owned by media groups. , to complete the acquisition.

If it were now, I am afraid that such an acquisition would be difficult to achieve. On the one hand, the Donkey Party itself is cautious about the expansion of media groups like Sinclair Group...

Also, the Sinclair Group has always been biased towards the Elephant Party. Whether it was when George W. Bush was in office or later when Jianguo participated in the general election, the Sinclair Group of the original time and space always helped to wave the flag and cheer for the party.

Then the Donkey Party will definitely not have a good look on the Sinclair Group... This is foreseeable.

Normally, John Smith should not be unclear about these things, but why would he suddenly ask such a question?

"Your Majesty the Duke?!"

Hearing Dalula Riley's call beside him, Barron turned to look at her.

"We're here..."

Sure enough, Barron had already seen Ao Guanhai's senior assistant Alan Hoffman waiting on the steps outside. He straightened his clothes, and before the bodyguard opened the car door, he turned to Dalula and said:

"Remember to ask Nigel to give me a call later, after I meet with the students at T\u0026T."

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On March 20, O2 Telecom officially started contacting the Dutch KPN to negotiate the acquisition of their German subsidiary E-Plus.

KPN is the largest mobile and fixed-line operator in the Netherlands. It also has mobile networks in Germany and Belgium. It currently has nearly 30 million mobile users, including about 10 million in Germany.

At present, O2 Telecom's German subsidiary O2 Germany has about 30 million mobile users. If it can complete the acquisition of E-Plus, a subsidiary of KPN, the number of users of O2 Germany will exceed 40 million, almost half of the total population of Germany at this time, making it the largest telecommunications operator in Germany.

Prior to this, America Movil and Telefonica also expressed interest in E-Plus, but KPN in the Netherlands believed that America Movil's bid was too low - as early as last year, Mexico's operator America Movil intended to increase its stake in the troubled KPN by 3.2 billion euros to expand its European market.

Therefore, the main competitor of O2 Telecom is Telefonica.

There is no doubt that if O2 Telecom wants to snatch E-Plus from Telefonica, it needs to offer an attractive price.

But what’s interesting is that in Barron’s previous life, Telefonica first acquired O2, and then in 2013, their subsidiary O2 acquired E-Plus.

Now O2 Telecom was not only acquired by Barron early, but through mergers and acquisitions and development over the years, its scale has surpassed Telefonica, and now it has become a competitor of Telefonica’s acquisition of E-Plus…