Chapter 924 Distinguished Guests

"Welcome back, Master."

When Barron arrived in Mumbai with Jenny and checked into Barron's villa here, Barron saw Jenny's strange look when she heard Neha Dalvi calling him...

"Uh, Neha, just call me His Highness the Duke or BOSS from now on..."

"As you command, Master."

"..."

Neha Dalvi is the "most beautiful student in Indian university" and "the most beautiful model" whom Barron "favored" once before he came to India...

At this time, Neha Dalvi had graduated from college and was arranged to move into Barron's villa and become his housekeeper.

Compared with when she first met her, she was still a little green. At this time, Neha was wearing a pink traditional Indian dress, revealing her "water snake waist", which made her look a little more mature and charming.

In addition, it can be clearly heard that Neha's English pronunciation is now much fluent than before, and there is almost no "curry smell". It seems that she has also put in efforts to this.

"You should have a rest first. Mukesh will hold a welcome banquet for us in the evening. If you don't want to attend, I will come back early."

After all, Jenny is pregnant now and doesn't really like this kind of formal occasion.

But tomorrow, her brother, Earl Bute, will come to Bombay to meet them.

Argent Real Estate Group still has a lot of business here, and before that, Earl Bute was "handling business" in Australia - as far as Barron knows, it is actually this Earl who likes to "face the trouble" and has just changed his position. A new personal assistant is a little too happy to be away from home...

After learning that Barron and his sister have come to Bombay together, Earl Bute will arrive in Bombay tomorrow to meet them.

Reliance Industries Group is Barron's main partner in India. The cooperation between the two parties covers many businesses such as petrochemicals, telecommunications, finance and automobiles.

As the largest private enterprise in India, Reliance Industries is naturally not just content with dominating the country. It can be said that the cooperation between the two parties is to get what they need. The cooperation with Reliance Industries allows Barron's capital to enter the Indian market; Barron's side can provide overseas channels for Reliance Industries.

More importantly, Barron knows how many pitfalls there are in investing in India. If you are not careful, you will suffer huge losses. However, as India is the world's second most populous country, the market here is very attractive to any capital. Powerful.

Therefore, by cooperating with Reliance Industries Group, one of the strongest local capitals in India, Barron's can also ensure the relative safety of its investment.

Reliance Industries Group's cooperation with Barron's also has a similar purpose.

There is no doubt about Barron's strength, and he is also a British Duke. Even though Britain has long ended its rule in India, it still retains a certain influence on this land.

You know, in a country like India, if a private company wants to develop to the scale of Reliance Group, it will inevitably involve collusion between officials and businessmen.

Take the development of Reliance Group as an example. Reliance Industries Group was founded by Mukesh Ambani’s father Dhirubhai Ambani in 1957.

Dhirubhai was originally a poor boy in India. When he was 17, he followed his brother across the ocean and went to work at a Shell gas station in Yemen.

One day, Dirubai discovered that a Yemeni silver coin was higher than its currency value, so he exchanged and purchased a large amount of it, melted it, refined the silver bars and sold them, earning his first pot of gold in his life.

Unfortunately, the good times did not last long. His business was discovered by the Yemeni government three months later and had to be terminated.

In 1957, he returned to Dhirubhai, India, and founded Reliance Commercial Company, engaged in the export trade of spices and textiles.

Later, he entered industry.

In the early 1980s, Dhirubhai met Indira Gandhi, India's first female prime minister and known as the "Iron Lady of India" (no relation to "Mahatma" Gandhi, Indira Gandhi was India's first prime minister Nehru's daughter).

With the help of this "Iron Lady", Dhirubhai's business expanded rapidly like a balloon in just a few years, soaring into the sky and becoming the largest private business owner in India.

However, after Indira Gandhi stepped down, the Reliance Industries Group was "liquidated" by the subsequent government. It was once in trouble and almost bankrupt - if it had not coincided with the stock market crash in the United States, the Indian government in order to prevent the domestic economy from being affected , had to rescue the economy, and as the most important component stock in the Indian stock market, Reliance Industries Group must also be on the rescue list. If it escaped, then there would be no richest man in India today. .

It is also because of these family experiences that Mukesh Ambani will cooperate with Barron, the British Duke, as a "protection" of the Reliance Industries Group he owns - that is, a "threat" "Foreign self-respect" can avoid future mistakes in his "political investment" and protect his own industry.

"Your Highness the Duke, it is a great honor for you to come to today's welcome banquet..."

Today is a welcome banquet hosted by Mukesh specifically for his most distinguished guest, the Duke of Devonshire. On the one hand, it is to express respect for Barron, and on the other hand, it is also to pay tribute to the Indians attending the banquet today. of upper-class people expressed their close relationship with each other.

"Prime Minister Singh is visiting abroad. He will return home tomorrow. His secretary has specifically said that he hopes to meet you..."

"I will stay here for a few days. I look forward to meeting Mr. Singh."

Before this, Barron had met with Indian Prime Minister Singh. This time, the other party specifically stated that he wanted to see him, so there must be something to discuss.

When Barron and Mukesh were chatting, he couldn't help but wonder what it was about?

From Mukesh's words, it was revealed that Singh had ended his visit to China before and went to Japan again...

So... is it about DMIC (Mumbai-Delhi Industrial Corridor)?

Those who can attend this banquet are naturally members of India's upper class. During the interval when Mukesh left, many people took the initiative to come and talk to Barron.

To be honest, Barron knew the nature of Indians and would not believe all the projects proposed by some of them. Well, being able to listen to those blueprints at a discount was enough respect...

So after Barron dealt with it casually at first, he simply asked Neha, who came with him, to accompany him to the balcony to blow the wind...

"That is...?"

Following Barron's sight, Neha Dalvi saw that in the garden downstairs, Mukesh was talking to another middle-aged man. Because they were too far away, they could not hear the content of the conversation. It seemed that the conversation was not very harmonious from the actions and expressions of both parties.

"That seems to be Mr. Anil..."

Neha opened her eyes wide, looked carefully, and said affirmatively:

"Yes, it is Mr. Anil Ambani, he is Mr. Mukesh's younger brother."