Rebirth of England.

Chapter 598 Breakup
"I'm not asking for much, but you at least need to give me more company, Barron."

Seeing Amanda in front of him looking a little angry, Barron shook his head and said:
"I will try my best to make time for you, honey, but you should know that I am really too busy, and..."

"And there are too many women to keep company with, aren't there?"

Amanda Hurst looked at him straightly and said with an angry look on her face:
"I think we should consider whether we want to be together again."

Seeing the girl leave, Barron did not hold her back.

He knew that Amanda was different from others. She was born in the Hearst family, a once glorious media family, and was one of the heirs of the family.

Although there is a big gap between the Hearst family and Barron, at least as the heir of the family, Amanda also has her own pride - although Ivanta also comes from a wealthy family, there are differences between the two. The reason is that Ivanta is more ambitious in comparison. The relationship between her and Barron is not only emotional, but also the connection between their interests.

Just like in Barron's previous life, Ivanta was able to choose a Jewish family marriage that was more beneficial to the family, so now facing Barron, the British Duke who is much more powerful, even if there is no marriage relationship with a matchmaker, Ivanta is still able to make firm choices - she is a character whose reason has the upper hand.

It can be said that Amanda's relationship with Barron is entirely due to her admiration for Barron. She herself does not have much ambition. Choosing Barron is more of a girl's infatuation with Prince Charming.

In fact, Barron is very surprised that Amanda can persist until now. After all, although Barron often comes to the United States, he still spends most of his time in London.

And even after coming to the United States, Barron couldn't possibly say that he would give all his time to Amanda, as Ivanta, Rebecca and others would need to share his time.

In public, Barron has a wife, so it is certainly impossible for him to have a public relationship with Amanda, and Amanda cannot often go to London to meet Barron.

Therefore, it can be said that since the two people have been together for such a long time, the time they have really been able to get along is only a few months in total.

If the initial relationship was passionate, like fire cooking oil, and a little blind, then after such a long time, Amanda needed to think more about the future of the two of them.

Unless Barron can divorce Bonnie and choose to be with Amanda...

But is this possible?
Not to mention that Bonnie had just become pregnant again, and in terms of the depth of their relationship, Bonnie, who had been with Barron earlier, would have a deeper place in Barron's heart.

And besides Amanda, there are also women like Ivanta, Tamaran, Miss Ella and Beatrice. Even if Barron is really divorced...

Well, let's put it this way, under the current circumstances, if Barron gets divorced, the consequences may be even more chaotic.

Because at least now these women can accept the fact that Barron is married to Bonnie. If Barron gets divorced and becomes single again, who will he marry later?
Believe me, no matter which one he chooses by then, the harm he will cause to other women will be more serious than it is now!

Now that Amanda said she wanted to break up with Barron, whether she was angry or made a decision after careful consideration, Barron could not immediately pursue her back.

He can only try to talk to the girl after both parties have calmed down for a while. If he still can't win back the girl through sweet words...

It can only be said that the girl has made the final decision, and the two of them can only separate. After living a new life, Barron has become more open-minded about this. Amanda herself is different from ordinary girls. When she was still young, the two of them might be able to overcome some obstacles because of their feelings for each other, but unless she never gets married, how could she stay with him without any status?
And speaking of it, Barron asked himself, his feelings for Amanda are not too deep. When two people are together, it is more about physical attraction. Even so, objectively speaking, Amanda Her appearance and figure are not top-notch among his women... Her family background has given her a lot of points, but for Barron now, this halo is not a decisive factor for him. .

"Lydia, yes, Amanda just left me and we have some conflicts..."

After thinking for a moment, Barron answered Lydia Hearst's call.

This time Amanda came over, not with her cousin Lydia. Lydia was also very surprised after hearing the news that Amanda decided to break up with Barron.

"I can also understand her thoughts. After all, Barron, we also need companionship many times..."

"Sorry, Lydia."

Hearing the loneliness and sadness in Barron's tone on the phone, Lydia's emotions, which had originally "empathized" with her cousin, softened immediately, and she said softly:

"Don't be like this, my dear, I will go find Amanda and have a talk with her later. In addition, I also want to see you..."

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"Your Highness, this is Costco's information. The company's stock price is currently around US$70, with a market value of approximately US$310 billion, an increase of 32% compared to the same period last year..."

The information Zhang Junning handed to Barron was about Costco. Costco was founded in 1983. At that time, the United States was in a severe stagflation stage, with high unemployment and inflation coexisting.

In this era, consumers are price-sensitive, and low-priced and high-quality products were consumers’ shopping demands in the early 80s.

Costco has successfully stood out among global retailers through its business model of earning price differences that is different from traditional retailers and its business model of pursuing long-term membership growth.

In Costco, the display of goods is not different from that of a general supermarket, but is somewhat similar to a wholesale market, and their users are also accustomed to driving to buy the cost-effective goods in Costco by the whole box. , it doesn’t look like shopping, more like purchasing goods.

It is also worth mentioning that Buffett’s Berkshire Hathaway has also purchased a lot of Costco stocks. Interestingly, Costco is also a stock that Munger strongly recommended to Buffett. Berkshire Hill Hathaway has been buying Costco stock since 2000.

Prior to this, Costco had become the fifth largest retailer in the United States and the eighth largest retailer in the world, with 5350 million members worldwide and eight stores in Asia.

The reason why Barron was deeply impressed by Costco was mainly because it was a company that Buffett once had a "heavy position" in, and there were many related reports.

From what he learned in his previous life, Baron knew that after the financial crisis, the growth of traditional retailers such as Walmart and Target declined due to the impact of the economic downturn on declining consumer confidence, but Costco developed well against the trend.

From 2008 to 2015, Wal-Mart's compound annual growth rate dropped to 2.5%, while Costco was still able to maintain a compound annual growth rate of more than 7%. In the eyes of investors, Costco's performance Totally comparable to Amazon.

(End of this chapter)