"I noticed that Argos Retail Group has started a mail delivery business. To be honest, I have tried it and it feels like Amazon in America?"
"Yes, Mr. Brown, this is bound to be a trend, just like now, Amazon's market value has reached 20 billion US dollars!"
After each of them had completed their knowledge learning, Barron and Brown met again.
However, this time, the two people would not discuss sensitive topics such as the internal differences within the Labour Party, because there were more than just the two of them in the room. In Brown's arms, he was holding the model he had just communicated with, Miss Rose; and next to Barron, Rosie Huntington was snuggling up to him like a little bird.
I have to say that this kind of atmosphere does make the two of them seem closer.
"But I noticed that Argos Retail Group has transferred a large amount of product production to China, which is not a good thing for British employment."
As Chancellor of the Exchequer, Brown is naturally concerned about the economic situation in Britain, employment and productivity transfer, which are also his concerns.
"There is no other way. It is determined by labor costs. Because Argos Retail Group is not only in the UK, but also entering Ireland, France, Germany and more European markets. We must rely on lower costs to compete with local companies in those countries."
Barron shrugged and said,
"But this is not a bad thing, Mr. Brown. First of all, our high-end manufacturing will remain in the UK. In addition, with the development of our Argos Retail Group's e-commerce, it will provide more jobs for the UK. Just like with our cooperation with British Logistics, they need to recruit more couriers to deliver express..."
Since Caesars Fund began its acquisition of British Express Logistics in January, Argos Retail Group has started cooperation with the other party. In the markets they are currently involved in, they mainly use British Express Logistics for express delivery.
You have to know that in Europe at that time, there was no so-called "free shipping" concept like in China in the future, and the cost of express delivery was not low.
Therefore, this item alone, with the development of Argos Retail Group's e-commerce business, can bring considerable profits to British Transport Logistics.
Even now, Argos Retail Group's e-commerce business is developing well, so British Logistics needs to increase the number of couriers to ensure the smooth operation of these businesses.
After completing the acquisition of British Transport Logistics, Caesars Fund next launched the acquisition of Northern Gas, also acquiring Northern Gas, one of the largest natural gas network suppliers in the UK, from the secondary market.
In Baron's previous life, Hong Kong's Cheung Kong Infrastructure, owned by Hong Kong's Li Chaoren, spent a total of 2.4 billion pounds in two installments in June this year and 2009 to purchase Northern Gas, a natural gas energy supplier in northern England.
Before this, Barron already owned 1.5% of Northern Natural Gas Company's shares, which was part of the inheritance left to Barron by Lady Emma. He had been keeping these shares in preparation for buying this energy supplier with a large number of users in advance when the time was right.
In fact, for many old money families, their favorite investments are not high-tech and Internet companies, but rather companies that meet people's needs and can generate stable profits, such as Coca-Cola, pharmaceuticals, real estate, and infrastructure and energy projects like Northern Natural Gas Company.
Don't look at companies like this; their market value won't grow too fast. But in areas like energy, electricity, and water, everyone needs to buy into them, and there won't be much change at any time.
For example, Northern Gas has fixed users in the north of England. Energy suppliers like this basically have fixed user groups in the UK. Although there will not be much development, it is stable and can make fixed profits every year, which is what the old money families value most.
Similarly, if Barron wants to consolidate his control in the UK, in addition to making some arrangements in more profitable areas such as the Internet and finance, people's livelihood projects are also very important.
And this time, Barron has another intention for acquiring Northern Natural Gas Company.
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"Baby, you look so beautiful today. By the way, this is a gift for you..."
"So beautiful."
Tamaran opened the exquisite gift box that Barron handed her and saw the necklace inlaid with diamonds inside. She couldn't help but exclaim in amazement.
"You like it, baby?"
"Well, help me put it on..."
The girl had lunch with Barron today. She was wearing a low-cut dress. The dazzling necklace was worn around her neck, with the pendant close to her deep cleavage, which inevitably aroused people's imagination.
Today is February 14th, which is the annual Valentine's Day in the West.
Come to think of it, this day was a bit...busy for Barron.
Just like he is in London, he will have lunch with Tamarin today, and will go to the villa in Westminster in the afternoon to spend time with Rebecca and daughter Jennifer. In the evening, he will go home to have a sweet dinner with his official girlfriend Bonnie.
In addition, Barron also made sweet calls to his other women, including the Hearst sisters and Ivanta who were far away in America, and even prepared gifts for them...
So, you only see some successful men who are relaxed and comfortable with women on both sides, but who can know the efforts behind them...
In addition, Barron also received a message from Ivanta that a website called YouTube was launched today.
As expected, history has not changed. However, when YouTube was first launched, it was not a website focused on videos, but a dating website...
Well, as we can see from its launch today, YouTube at that time was just a website for men and women to get to know each other and go on dates.
However, because the website was not favored by women when it was first launched, it was not until April that they added the function of uploading videos. Later, it gradually transformed into a video sharing website and began to open it to the public for free.
At Barron's reminder, Ivanta, who had been paying attention to several former Paypal employees, discovered this website for the first time and prepared to contact them to provide them with angel investment in the name of IC Capital.
IC Capital at this time was no longer the startup investment company that it had initially invested in MySpace. At that time, IC Capital could only rely on the family behind Ivanta to attract the other party to allow them to invest.
After the investment in MySpace, and more importantly, IC Capital's recent acquisition of the well-known Internet advertising company DoubleClick, IC Capital's visibility in Silicon Valley has greatly increased.
Just recently, after IC Capital, which held a certain percentage of its shares, finally launched a takeover offer for DoubleClick, its board of directors agreed to their $1.1 billion offer, a 50% premium over its previous market value, and completed the acquisition of the Internet advertiser.
It was also through this acquisition that IC Capital demonstrated its strength, and Ivanta's identity as the daughter of America's most talked-about real estate tycoon also brought IC Capital extremely high popularity.
It can be said that although IC Capital has only made two investments so far, its popularity is no less than that of some old venture capital companies.