Although the Beckhams have always been respectful and polite to Barron, the conversation with Beckham...
The relationship between Victoria and Bonnie is not even as fast as it was before - one of them is a pop idol from the Spice Girls, and the other is a popular host and producer, so they can be considered as very popular topics.
When Barron tried to persuade Beckham to ease his relationship with Ferguson and stay at Manchester United, Beckham remained noncommittal.
It can be seen that he should have already intended to leave.
After all, the conflict between the two has been public for a long time and cannot be resolved in the short term. It takes time to dilute it.
As Beckham said:
"He has always been too strong in the team, Your Highness, this is not something I can decide. It is very difficult for me to even play now. There is no point in staying in Manchester United. I have great feelings for this place, but people need to face reality, don't they?"
Barron also knew that this kind of thing could not be successfully mediated in the short term, and he was not prepared to make the two of them reconcile all at once. Today was just an attempt after he met Beckham by chance. Since his attitude was still rather pessimistic for the time being, Barron stopped there and the two chatted about other things.
He also knew that at this time, Real Madrid's "Galactico Fleet" gathered the most influential group of football superstars. For Beckham, that was something he had not tried before and it would definitely be fresh.
Moreover, Real Madrid, which is "rich and powerful", dares to pay these stars high prices. If Manchester United wants to improve its competitiveness, it also needs to take it slowly, and first of all, it must start by improving the treatment of the head coach and players...
Of course, the prerequisite for improving their treatment is that Manchester United Club needs to further increase its commercial operations to increase the club's revenue so that it has the money to do this.
Not only does it need to improve the treatment of staff, but Manchester United's home stadium, Old Trafford, also needs to be renovated and expanded - after all, in addition to the share of the Premier League broadcasting fees, the income from match tickets is also one of the club's main sources of income, especially the VIP boxes, which are the most profitable. Expanding the number of VIP boxes can greatly increase its income.
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"Our independent news website is currently developing very rapidly and has become the second largest news website in the UK after the BBC website. The gap between us and the BBC website is also shrinking."
After Khalid Revere joined Woaw as CEO, Kyle Burton, the new head of the independent newspaper website, told Barron's:
"The main source of user growth is the blog function we launched, as well as the different types of forum functions that are richer than the BBC website. We have also hired more people to maintain it, but the problem now is that advertising alone cannot achieve a balance between income and expenditure for the website. Therefore, the more users there are, the greater our losses are. There are already some voices in the company saying that the website does not need to provide so many services..."
Barron didn't take Kyle's worries to heart at all. He said calmly,
"You don't need to take these words to heart. Just continue to develop according to the plan."
The website of the Independent Press has now gained some independence and has been renamed the Independent Information Network.
It is very normal for such portal-like projects to fail to make a profit in the early stages and even suffer some losses.
Although advertisers' investment in Internet platforms has increased year by year, current online advertising is still monotonous and the effects are unpredictable. In addition, the overall number of Internet users is still relatively small, concentrated among students and young people who have just graduated. Relatively speaking, the value of advertising is not too high.
But as long as it continues to develop in this way and becomes one of the best comprehensive information websites in the UK, the Independent Information Network will sooner or later be able to make a profit, or even start to make huge profits.
Anyway, the free newspaper "London Evening Standard" under Independent Newspapers is developing very well. Its daily circulation is approaching 1 million copies, and its profits are enough to support the development of the Independent Information Network.
After Kyle left his office, Barron walked to the window and looked at the large building not far away.
The location of the building is the original independent newspaper office building, and that building is naturally the SEM Building under construction.
This 45-story building is expected to be completed in about three months. After the decoration is completed, it will serve as the headquarters building of SEM Group.
"Your Highness, we can start now."
The office door opened, and his personal assistant Wang Wanting said to him:
"The team from China Oriental TV has also arrived at Chatsworth House. They will do some background shooting there first. After you arrive, we can start the interview. This is the interview process and some questions they sent. If there are no objections, it will be confirmed."
"OK..."
Barron took the printed A4 papers handed over by Wang Wanting and asked casually:
"Is Ms. Nolan here too?"
"She's already in the car, waiting for you to get off."
Annabella Nolan is Barron's public relations consultant. For interviews like this one with the public, she is naturally needed to accompany and provide oversight.
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"Yes, I have rarely lived here recently. Why? On the one hand, many of my businesses need to be handled in London. As you can see, I am still very young and far from enjoying a leisurely life in such a manor. I need to be closer to the forefront of the development of the times, rather than enjoying this kind of tranquility..."
Facing the host and the camera, Barron shrugged his shoulders, with an elegant smile on his face, and said:
"Although I am an aristocrat, the times have changed and we also need to create value in our work. In addition, I think Chatsworth House has witnessed too many important moments in British history. Therefore, it no longer belongs to just our Devonshire family, but to the wealth of all of Britain. That is why we decided to open it to everyone so that everyone can experience the history of Britain more intuitively by visiting it. I think this is more meaningful than having the family alone enjoy this territory."
"Your Highness, what you said is very good. I can feel the sense of responsibility that is unique to you nobles."
The person who interviewed Barron was a beautiful woman named Chen Chen. It could be seen that after the young and handsome British Duke introduced her to some of the internal conditions of Chatsworth Manor, and after hearing what he said, this very intellectual and beautiful host looked at him with a lot of admiration in her eyes.
After signaling to the filming team, Chen Chen said softly to Barron,
"This section of filming is temporarily over. We can take a break and then change to another scene."
"Okay, I have prepared some snacks and drinks at the North Restaurant. We can go over there and taste the afternoon tea at our manor."
"Thank you very much, Your Highness."