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  "Baby, why are you not in a good mood?"

  During dinner, Barron held Bonnie's hand and asked gently.

  "I'm sorry, dear,

  it's just a matter of work..." "Aren't you doing quite well at work recently? I said before that Sky TV has launched a sports talk show just for you."

  After Ba, who had just inherited the title of Duke of Devonshire, When the media reported that Len Cavendish was planning to acquire the Independent, Barron once again became a hot topic in the news.

  In particular, his young, handsome appearance and noble background have become hotly talked about in reports and among the public.

  Just when His Royal Highness the young Duke became the new dream lover of many British girls, some gossip tabloids also exposed the young Duke's new relationship - after having an intimate relationship with Bonnie, he has never shied away from it. Being intimate with each other in public places, Bonnie, who is a host herself, has become the suspected new girlfriend of His Highness the Duke.

  In this regard, when interviewed, Barron did not deny it, but refused to answer because of personal questions.

  But this attitude is enough to explain something...

  As a result, Bonnie's popularity has also increased, and she has gained a lot of attention. Naturally, the Sky TV station she works for will not let go of such an opportunity, and Bonnie's conditions He was already outstanding, so he specially set up a sports talk show for him. The number of plays of this show also made them very satisfied.

  After dinner, Barron held Bonnie's hand, sat on the sofa, held her in his arms, and said softly:

  "Baby, I hope you can tell me anything, whether it's at work or not." Yes, it's still in life. At least I can bear it with you instead of you having to deal with those negative emotions yourself."

  Seeing the affection in Barron's eyes, Bonnie raised her head and kissed him, leaning into his arms. :

  "Actually, thinking about it now, it's nothing. Maybe I'm not used to it for a while... I just heard some bad voices on the TV station. They said that I am doing it all because of you. It is precisely because of those things about us. The reports helped me get the current program..."

  "I can understand how you feel, and I even feel the same way. Baby, I have also had such a moment. There are always some people who don't want to know the truth at all. To understand you as a person, I just attack you without judgment based on other people's words, and send trash talk to your ears with malicious intent..." "Has

  this happened to you? My dear , I thought that most of you nobles have lived in an air of goodwill since childhood..."

  Barron heard this and chuckled:

  "How is it possible? It is precisely because of my origin and family that others will not. Seeing the effort you put into this just boils it all down to you being given preferential treatment... Like I can see how hard you work for your job, especially with the new column, which I have been doing for the past few days. It's hard to meet you...but those people won't see this, and they won't even want to understand." "

  Thank you, dear, maybe I'm still a little uncomfortable with being so concerned about suddenly." "

  You are completely Ignore those people, baby. At the beginning, when faced with some malice and accusations, I wanted to explain it, but then I suddenly realized, why waste time with those irrelevant people? All we need to do is just Keep moving forward instead of stopping to argue. When you keep moving forward, those people will eventually be left behind." "

  After listening to you say this, I feel much better, Barron, having you by my side is really great. My luck..."

  "Then Miss Bonnie, how should you thank me..."

  After hearing Barron's whisper in her ear, Bonnie stood up and sat astride his lap. She smiled slightly. She lowered her head, put her forehead against Barron's, looked into each other's eyes, and then came closer and gave him a long, affectionate kiss...

  "Is this okay? Your Majesty the Duke..."

  Her murmur did not Barron was satisfied:

  "I don't think it's enough..."   

  "Then, let's go to the bedroom..."

  ...

  "Your Highness, according to your instructions, we have reached an agreement with the INM Group. They will own the independent newspapers of the two newspapers "The Independent" and "The Sunday Independent" The company is being sold to you for £1, but you need to ensure that the newspapers continue to operate well and that the debts of the independent newspaper companies are covered."

  Amber Sheehan, a senior manager at PwC, finally represented Barron, and also INM Group, the parent company of The Independent, has completed negotiations, which means that Barron's is about to complete the acquisition of The Independent.

  Amber took out the relevant agreement, handed it to Barron, and said:

  "After audit, the Independent Newspaper Company currently owns two newspapers, The Independent and The Sunday Independent. Coupled with its high debt, The current total assets are negative, with a deficit of up to 15 million pounds..."

  Barron had already seen this from the audit report of PwC. He listened to Amber and continued:

  "Now we are striving to achieve a profit of 1 We acquired the Independent Newspaper Company at a symbolic price of pounds, and reached an agreement with the INM Group. The other party will deliver a total of 5 million pounds to the independent newspaper company in installments within six months of the acquisition to make up for the cost of taking over the company. The losses that the company may suffer later."

  Barron remembered that in his previous life, INM Group also sold the independent newspaper company to the wealthy Russian businessman for 1 pound, and the compensation they gave to the other party at that time reached more than 9 million GBP!

  However, considering that their transaction was many years later, the situation of "The Independent" was already more difficult at that time, with annual losses reaching as high as 12.4 million pounds. Over the past few years, INM Group has lost tens of millions of pounds. So it is understandable that the other party should be given such high compensation to get rid of the burden of "The Independent".

  As for now, Barron is very satisfied with the compensation of 5 million pounds from the other party...

  After all, others don't know that although the "Independent" has a deficit of 15 million pounds at this time, plus the other party's future compensation of 5 million pounds, Barron will London still needs to face 10 million pounds of pure debt.

  But at this time, the Independent News Company also owned a six-story office building covering an area of ​​1.5 hectares in the Canary Wharf area. This land parcel is located in the future financial core area of ​​Canary Wharf and is close to the Thames River. The potential for appreciation is still very huge.

  In Barron's previous life, a Chinese tycoon bought a 16-story building with a similar area next to that location for a total of 410 million pounds!

  When the wealthy Russian businessman later bought the Independent Newspaper Company, the Independent had already sold its office building in Canary Wharf and moved its headquarters to Dublin, Ireland due to consecutive years of losses... So, how

  ? The purchase of The Independent was not a loss at all for Barron.

  Especially the Canary Wharf land owned by the Independent News Company at this time. When he has sufficient funds in the future, he can completely rebuild a higher-rise building on the same site as the location of the group's headquarters.

  And even if there is no office building, just acquiring the "Independent" and having its own media is extremely important for enhancing the family's influence in British society.

  In countries like Europe and the United States, as the so-called "fourth estate" controls the media, even if Barron needs to spend money to support it, national newspapers such as The Independent can still play a role at certain times. crucial role.

  Among other things, if their family could have owned a widely influential media like "The Independent" earlier, they would never have been forced into such a situation before - at least neither would Scotland Yard. As perfunctory as it is now.

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