Accompanying Barron and Bonnie on their visit to the Borromeo Islands was Isabella, the eldest of the four Borromeo sisters who had just married Italian oil tycoon Ugo last year. Their family's business came from Ugo's mother's family, and Ugo's mother was the national inspector of the Italian Red Cross and the only woman in Italy with the rank of general. This also shows the power of this family in Italy.
The Borromeo family's business involves finance, real estate, and hotels. They have also invested more than 100 million euros in DS Group's Athena Fund, which can be regarded as a cooperative relationship between them and Barron.
"Your Highness, Madam, this is my sister Beatrice, she is currently attending college."
"Hello, Miss Borromeo of Murray."
When inviting Barron and Bonnie to dinner, Isabella also introduced them to her sister, Beatrice Borromeo.
Barron had also heard of the youngest daughter of Borromeo in his previous life. Among the four daughters of Borromeo, she and her other three sisters were half-sisters. The story about their father jumping back and forth between two women was actually quite bloody, so I won't go into details here.
But without mentioning the matters of the parents' generation, the relationship between the children is actually quite good.
Just like Beatrice's mother, who was born into an Italian textile family, her uncle is now the president and chief designer of the luxury brand Valentino. When Beatrice's elder sister Isabella appeared in front of the camera of reporters, the clothes she wore most often were Valentino clothes.
In addition, in the original time and space, Beatrice later married the Prince of Monaco and was also known as the most beautiful princess...
Beatrice is now just 21 years old and is studying at Bocconi University in Italy - she has probably not met the prince yet.
"I wonder what major Miss Beatrice is studying now?"
Bonnie was very friendly and tried to find topics to talk about with Beatrice.
Beatrice responded:
"I am currently studying law and economics, and I am planning to get these two degrees..."
She glanced at Barron and smiled at Bonnie:
"Duchess, I studied in London before college, and I really liked your program at that time. In fact, I am also very interested in journalism. If I have the opportunity in the future, I would like to continue studying in this area."
"Thank you. If you have the chance to come to London again, please come to my house. I think we will have a lot to talk about."
It seems that Bonnie gets along well with the ladies, but that's normal. After all, in addition to her stunning beauty, she is also very friendly.
In addition, Barron also knew that what Beatrice said just now was not false. In his previous life, after obtaining a degree from Bocconi University, the youngest daughter of the Borromeo family went to Columbia University in the United States and obtained a master's degree in journalism...
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"Mr. Brown, I know you have just taken office and are very busy, but you also need to combine work and rest..."
After visiting the Borromeo Islands, Barron was invited to a dinner by current Italian Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi, who had heard of his visit, and then returned to London.
It is worth mentioning that at Berlusconi's banquet, Barron also met an old friend, Berlusconi's daughter Barbara Berlusconi. When Barron and Bonnie first went to Italy, they met her in Sicily. At that time, Barbara was only 19 years old.
In addition, it is said that as Italy's longest-serving prime minister, Berlusconi... likes to throw some kind of party. Fortunately, Barron came with his wife Bonnie this time, so he didn't see Berlusconi's bold side...
But in addition to being the Prime Minister of Italy, Berlusconi is also the richest man in Italy. He also owns the AC Milan Club, runs a TV station, etc., so he has no shortage of topics to talk about with Barron.
Now, after returning to London, Barron met Brown, who had been in office for nearly a month, at Neverland. Brown was different from before. After all, he had just taken office and had a lot of things to do. The opportunity to meet Barron at Neverland was far less than before.
However, as Barron said, even if you are busy at work, you still need to "combine work and rest".
"I read in the newspaper that your Caesars Fund is planning to acquire Aston Martin, Jaguar and Land Rover?"
"I have this idea..."
After receiving the intention of the Caesar Fund to acquire the company, Ford, unsurprisingly, did not waste this opportunity. The incident soon appeared in media reports and became hot news for a while.
After all, from last year to now, Caesar Fund has been buying continuously and has acquired many companies. Now it has set its sights on Ford, an automobile giant that still ranks third in the world in sales. It is bound to arouse everyone's curiosity.
Although Ford also has the idea of selling Aston Martin, Caesar Fund also wants to acquire Jaguar and Land Rover. Although they are still hesitant about this, it does not affect their use of hype to attract more acquirers of Aston Martin and raise the price.
In response, Barron said to Brown calmly:
"But the prospects are not clear at the moment. Ford has not given a satisfactory answer, and even if it is only Aston Martin, their asking price is far higher than our expectations."
Before becoming prime minister, Brown had been serving as chancellor of the exchequer. Now that he has just taken office, he also hopes to achieve some results.
It's no wonder that he cares about this matter. After all, the car brands that Barron plans to acquire from Ford were once British car brands. If he can really bring these brands back to Britain, it will at least boost people's morale to some extent.
"If the acquisition can really be completed, our government will support you, Barron."
Barron was waiting for Brown to say this. He nodded and said:
"If we can get government support, it will be a good thing for the development of the British automotive industry. After all, our automotive industry used to lead the world, but now almost all of them have been acquired by foreign companies. This is a fatal blow to our manufacturing industry, and too many jobs will be lost."
When he talked about this, Brown also looked a little embarrassed...
There are many British car brands, such as Bentley acquired by Volkswagen, Rolls-Royce and MINI acquired by BMW, Aston Martin, Jaguar and Land Rover acquired by Ford...
Even the two brands that originally belonged to Rover, Roewe and MG, were bought by SAIC and Nanjing Automobile, Chinese automakers whose auto industry was not strong at that time...
It can be said that there are very few car brands left in Britain, which is also something that makes the British people feel ashamed.
If Barron can really buy back Ford's three British brands, it must be something worthy of support - Brown also hopes to boost Britain's manufacturing industry, otherwise those former industrial cities can only sell diplomas as their pillar industries.