Rebirth of England.

Chapter 650 The Unfortunate Earl of Bute

On the way back to Kensington from the SEM building, I could see that the Christmas atmosphere was becoming more and more intense.

Not only have the shops on the street begun to be decorated with Christmas decorations, but Christmas trees and portraits of Santa Claus can be seen everywhere.

At this time, in Barron's home in Kensington, a newly felled Christmas tree has been erected in the hall. The colorful lights on it illuminate the house, filling it with a festive atmosphere.

"I heard that ITV is planning to acquire a TV station in Australia?"

Handing Richard to Barron, Bonnie sat next to him and asked while her husband was playing with their little son.

"Yes, there is such an intention. The current financial situation of Australia's Ten Network is very bad and it is already looking for a buyer..."

Ten Network is Australia's third largest free-to-air network. It has been losing money since last year and is expected to go bankrupt within two years if it fails to reverse the trend.

After the news that Channel Ten was preparing to sell came out, some companies have shown interest in it. In addition to ITV of SEM Group, American Columbia Broadcasting Corporation (CBS) and Fox Television (FOX) are also interested in participating in the bidding for this TV station.

Australia's radio and television market is limited, but because of the common origin, British and American television programs have a larger market there. Therefore, companies that hope to expand into the international market by acquiring this TV station are also from Britain and the United States.

According to Barron's investigation, although they are also interested in Channel Ten, the current economic situation is not good, and CBS and Fox's bids for Channel Ten are relatively cautious. Even their offers did not exceed 6000 million US dollars. Relatively speaking, ITV is still quite competitive.

After all, CBS and FOX already have considerable audiences in Australia, and by acquiring Network Ten, ITV will be able to enter the Australian market in one fell swoop. Therefore, ITV can be said to be determined to win this time.

Currently, among the television stations in Britain, BBC, ITV and Sky are still the three giants.

However, because it has obtained the largest proportion of Premier League broadcasting rights, ITV has surpassed Sky TV and become the second largest TV station in the UK.

In terms of sports and variety shows, it has surpassed the BBC. It can be said that the BBC's comprehensive market share is only slightly higher than ITV, but in terms of commercial revenue, it is not as good as ITV and Sky TV.

Under such circumstances, ITV will naturally start trying to expand overseas markets.

"My dear, the matter of Earl Bute..."

"Uh, you mean the so-called 'illegitimate child' thing?"

Seeing Bonnie nodded, Barron said:
"Don't worry, I believe he can solve this problem."

This is also a very bloody thing that happened in this period of time.

A woman brought her child to Earl Bute, claiming that the child was her and Earl Bute's illegitimate child...

The key point is that Earl Bute was also full of questions, because he didn't know that woman at all. People like Barron, Bonnie, and even the Countess who knew Earl Bute well were also very surprised. After all, it was a well-known fact that Earl Bute liked...

But what is even more surprising is that after DNA comparison, the child was indeed a direct descendant of Earl Bute.

This is very magical...

But Earl Bute was not a pushover. After various investigations, he finally learned the truth - it turned out that the woman had a close relationship with Earl Bute's former valet. Barron had also met his former valet...

When Barron first met Earl Bute, the butler was always by Earl Bute's side, but later for some reasons, he changed the people around him.

But the relationship between the two is naturally extraordinary.

That was why the servant had planned to obtain Count Bute's "seed," and then this "seed" was planted in the woman's body.

What happened next is very clear. The woman gave birth to a child and then brought the child to "recognize her relatives."

After all, with the status of Earl Bute, apart from anything else, he would definitely receive a generous amount of maintenance money.

Indeed, in the end, Earl Bute could only use money to solve the matter - after all, his special hobby, although not a strange thing in the British aristocratic circle, the key point is that Earl Bute has a family and several children. If this kind of thing gets out, it will definitely damage the reputation of their family.

And to put it bluntly, if this kind of "strange news" were really exposed, the Bute family would definitely become the talk of the town in the upper class circles, which Earl Bute would naturally not allow.

Then the only thing that can be done is to pay a sum of money and then sign a confidentiality agreement with the other party to settle the matter.

Bonnie's mention of this to Barron was not without purpose. She also wanted to remind Barron not to let the same thing happen to her someday.

After all, as for the matter of Earl Bute, he and the Countess already had some kind of tacit understanding, and such things would not affect their marriage relationship.

But it’s different with Barron. Bonnie is not completely unaware of some of the things Barron does outside.

The fact that things exist is one thing, but if it turns out like what happened to Earl Bute, I'm afraid not everyone can accept it.

This is also what people like Barron, who have considerable wealth and status, inevitably face - no one knows what the purpose of those women who throw themselves at them is.

In Europe and the United States, there are too many cases where a woman comes to claim her child as the father of a rich man or a celebrity who has a "one-night stand" with him and then disappears from people's lives for a while.

It's just for money...

Otherwise, why would a certain rap star need to pour chili sauce into his used "raincoat" after having sex with those women? It was because he was afraid that someone would steal the raincoat and plant seeds...

Of course, for Barron now, not everyone can learn knowledge with him. They are all carefully selected...

As for whether the seeds will be planted...

This was not a problem for him. Even if the women who could learn knowledge with him were really pregnant, he could completely solve the problem.

Of course, he couldn't say these directly to Bonnie, so he changed the subject at the right time.

"By the way, honey, are we going to Australia again this year?"

(End of this chapter)