Rebirth of England.

Chapter 611 Unparalleled
August 8, today is the opening day of the 8th Olympic Games.

At noon, Barron was invited to the banquet hall on the second floor of the Great Hall of the People, where a welcome banquet would be held by the Chinese side for the distinguished guests attending the opening ceremony of the Olympic Games.

Yes, Barron was invited by the Chinese side to attend the opening ceremony of the Olympics as a "person friendly to China."

At the welcome banquet, in addition to Brown, Barron also met many "old acquaintances", including Bush Jr., Sarkozy and Cologne President Jammeh Bongo.

This time, Kolo also sent a sports team to participate in the Yanjing Olympics, and the scale of its delegation was also the largest scale Kolo has ever participated in the Olympics.

It is worth mentioning that many events are the first time for Kolo to participate, and these events often come from their new immigrants - some refugees are selected by Kolo to join the Kolo nationality because of their sports talents.

"Hello, Ms. Merkel."

"It's a pleasure to meet you, Your Highness."

In front of Barron at this time was Merkel, known as the "Iron Lady" of Germany, who attended the state banquet as a representative of Germany.

As the first female chancellor in German history and the first chancellor from East Germany after the reunification of East and West Germany, she took office in 2005 and is now in her first term.

Of course, Barron also knew that as the last person in Germany who could be called a "politician" before his rebirth, Merkel would serve a total of four terms, and she would become a relatively important figure not only for Germany, but also for the entire European Union.

When they met this time, the two just said hello and chatted for a while.

Merkel gives people the impression of being steady, pragmatic, and prudent in her words and deeds, but she herself is also very supportive of the "free economy". Barron's future investments, whether in Germany or at the EU level, will not avoid dealing with her - after all, Merkel will still be in power in Germany for another ten years.

This welcome banquet lasted about an hour and ended around two in the afternoon.

After a short break, we will soon arrive at the highlight of today, the opening ceremony of this Olympic Games.

At eight o'clock in the evening, Yanjing time, the exciting moment began.

In his previous life, Barron watched the opening ceremony of this Olympics on TV, and he watched it more than once.

This time, he experienced this historic moment in person at the Bird's Nest.

When the familiar scenes deep in his memory appeared before his eyes from another angle, the memories of two lives blended together, which made Barron feel very complicated.

After all, in the memory of the previous life, this moment is the pride of being a Chinese.

At this moment, he is already a British duke, and he is witnessing this scene as a "person friendly to China."

No matter what, Barron knew that China's return to the center stage of the world was already happening unstoppably.

Barron took photos of the scene with his mobile phone, sent them to his Woaw homepage, and left a message:

"I was at the opening ceremony of the Yanjing Olympic Games and was amazed by the incomparable and wonderful performance. This is the most impressive Olympic opening ceremony to me so far. I hope London will do well and present a feast to the whole world in four years." Yes, Woaw has already launched the mobile version of the APP. After the launch, the number of users accessing the Woaw APP through smartphones has increased gratifyingly.

According to subsequent statistics, the Yanjing Olympics became the most watched event in human history, surpassing the live broadcast of the Apollo moon landing and the live broadcast of Princess Diana's funeral, attracting 10 billion TV viewers and truly becoming "the first live event watched by 10 billion people."

The report shows that at least 5.93 million people around the world watched the entire four-hour opening ceremony, and 4 million people watched at least the cultural performance part, not including those who watched in public places. It is definitely possible that the total number will exceed 9.84 billion.

You have to know that the current total population of the world is about 68 billion, with a total of 19 billion households, but only 14 billion of them own televisions. One billion people watching is really an astonishing figure.

This amazing data can be attributed to China's 13 billion population, but the viewing rate in various corners of the world is also quite impressive. Starting from 20:3500 local time in Yanjing, more and more people began to pay attention to it - 800 million people watched it in the United States, 800 million in Germany, nearly 550 million in Australia, and million in Italy...

In addition, ITV, a subsidiary of SEM Group, also bought the broadcasting rights for the opening ceremony of the Yanjing Olympic Games. More than 750 million British viewers watched the opening ceremony through ITV, and more than 500 million of them watched the entire 4-hour opening ceremony.

Many Europeans also chose to watch the opening ceremony of the Olympics online through DailyVedio.com afterwards.

At present, the F1 Group is also committed to training racing drivers in China. After these data were released, Bernie Ecclestone excitedly said to Barron:

"Imagine if there is a talented young Chinese driver appearing on the F1 field, then the prospect of F1 live broadcast will be infinitely bright!"

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"Your Highness, we have reached an agreement with JPMorgan Chase..."

On the plane back to London, Barron received a call from BFT Fund CEO Duane Hurst.

After negotiations, BFT Fund reached a capital injection agreement with JPMorgan Chase.

According to the agreement, the BFT (British Fortune Times) Fund will invest US$100 billion to purchase newly issued shares of JPMorgan Chase at a price slightly lower than the current market price. These shares will account for approximately 8.5% of the total share capital after the issuance.

And the BFT Fund has the right to send a director to JPMorgan Chase's board of directors with one vote.

Thus, since Standard Chartered Bank acquired Merrill Lynch, BFT Fund has raised a total of US$435 billion, investing in Standard Chartered Merrill Lynch ($250 billion), Morgan Stanley ($85 billion) and JPMorgan Chase ($100 billion).

Currently, there is still more than $250 billion in funds in the BFT Fund's account that have not been used...

After receiving the capital injection from the BFT Fund, JPMorgan Chase immediately announced that it would acquire Washington Mutual Bank's branches and deposit business.

They did not disclose the specific amount of acquisition funds, but JPMorgan Chase CEO Jamie Dimon claimed that the $100 billion obtained from the BFT Fund this time will be used entirely for the asset acquisition of Washington Mutual Bank and the subsequent disposal of non-performing assets.

The Yanjing Olympics is still in full swing, so the reason why Barron left China and went to London at this time...

Because Bonnie became pregnant with her and Barron's second child at the end of last year, and the child's due date is less than a month away, Barron needs to return to London early to accompany his wife.

(End of this chapter)