"What are you talking about?"
Dasha Zhukova and Bonnie came to the deck wearing towels, and she asked Abu.
"I'm talking to His Royal Highness about the club."
Having said that, in addition to all of this, Abu also took the initiative to talk about Barron's acquisition of Unocal - at this time, United Energy Group had publicly announced its participation in the acquisition of Unocal.
It seems that Abramovich also knows something about this matter. After all, he made his fortune by reselling crude oil. Later, after hooking up with Ye, he and another Russian oligarch, Berezovsky, spent only $200 million to buy the Siberian Oil Company worth more than $10 billion.
At the same time, Abu is also good at judging the situation and is very tactful.
This can be seen from the fact that after the current Russian strongman came to power, those oligarchs were exiled or driven into exile, and only Abramovich remained standing.
Speaking of which, Abramovich's identity is also very interesting. His father is Jewish and his mother is Ukrainian. He became an orphan when he was three years old and was raised by his uncle. Now he is regarded as a Russian oligarch. This complex identity is very interesting in the eyes of Barron, who has the memory of 19 years later. After all, he became an Israeli citizen later in the original time and space, which is full of hot spots.
"Bonnie and I also have a lot to talk about, especially when it comes to fashion. I was surprised to find that our tastes are so similar..."
Sasha Zhukova said to Baron and the others with a smile.
Speaking of which, the background of Abu's new girlfriend is not simple.
Zhukova's father was a well-known Russian arms dealer and oil magnate, who later immigrated to England...
She grew up in the United States with her divorced mother and speaks fluent American English.
It is also worth mentioning that Zhukova's ex-boyfriend is Russia's tennis czar Safin, and the two just broke up this year.
However, despite this, Zhukova and Abramovich have appeared as a couple, but Abramovich has not divorced his current wife yet - the two will start a divorce battle next year, and finally Abramovich will become a free man at the cost of 1 billion pounds.
Of course, as far as Barron knew, the marriage between Abramovich and the socialite in front of him did not last.
That was in his previous life, something that happened later.
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"Are you interested in fashion again, babe?"
On the way back, Barron was in the car, holding Bonnie's hand, and asked casually.
"Have you forgotten that I almost started a fashion brand with Victoria?"
Well, Barron sincerely believed that if Bonnie was interested in fashion, it would be more promising for her to cooperate with Dasha Zhukova than with Mrs. Beckham. At least as far as he knew, the fashion brand launched by Zhukova and her Chinese friend was developing quite well, and she later took over the British fashion magazine "POP", which was also doing well.
Barron also gained something else from this meeting with Abramovich.
Abramovich once again invested 500 million pounds in his Caesar Fund. Although he was abroad and obtained a British visa, Abramovich still secretly controlled his industries in Russia, but he gradually transferred the huge profits he earned overseas.
After investing in the Mars Fund, Abramovich felt the difference of this fund through Caesar Fund's operation of United Energy Group, so he also included it as part of his asset allocation.
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The Digital Future Building in East London has been completed. Barron did not attend the unveiling ceremony, but he is still very concerned about the project.
In January, Caesar Fund established Digital Future Investment Company to invest in local Internet technology companies in the UK. They bought 60% of the shares of DailyVedio.com and invested funds to develop this video sharing website.
At the same time, they also bought an abandoned warehouse in the old town of East London, the future location of London Tech City, and built the Digital Future Building on the original site. It will serve as an incubation park for Digital Future Investment Company and provide assistance to British Internet start-ups.
Now that the Digital Future Building has finally been completed, DailyVedio has also moved its headquarters here, becoming the first Internet company to move into the Digital Future Building.
"Silicon Valley in the United States is the driving center of their Internet industry. Due to the continued healthy development of Silicon Valley, a large number of Internet giants have emerged..."
At this time, in the villa of Neverland, Barron talked about this matter with the Chancellor of the Exchequer, Brown:
"Compared with the United States and even Chinese companies, the development of the Internet in Europe can be said to be disappointing. Many domestic talents eventually choose to develop in Silicon Valley. I also hope to change this situation. At least in the field of the Internet, we in Britain should make a difference, and these also need the support of the government."
"It's just starting there and hasn't grown to a large scale yet, so it's appropriate for the government to get involved..."
Brown frowned and said,
"But I agree with you. We also need to do our best to promote Internet technology, but we need an opportunity."
In fact, after Blair was elected prime minister in 1997, he hoped to change the image of Britain's old industrial empire and put forward the idea of "New Britain".
As part of the New Britain plan, London is positioned to become a "Creative City", and London's East End, located between the West End of London and the City of London, has become one of the preferred locations for the Creative City.
However, it was not until Cameron took office in 2010 that the slogan of developing the science and technology industry was officially put forward.
The plan at the time was that the government would create a series of technology innovation centers in the next four years to promote the development of Britain's high-tech industry.
In November of the same year, the government invested 400 million pounds to build East London Science City with Silicon Roundabout as its core.
Tech City East London is defined as a technology cluster dominated by technology, digital and creative enterprises, and is the "Silicon Valley" of Europe.
However, in Barron's opinion, it would be a bit late to wait until 2010 to propose the concept of London Technology City as in the original time and space. By that time, the so-called London Technology City would probably be overly dependent on American giants such as Google and Facebook.
Therefore, when he talked about this matter with Brown this time, he still hoped that at least after he built the Digital Future Incubator to a certain scale, after Brown took over the baton of power two years later, he would be able to provide financial and policy support there in advance.