Chapter 82: Chapter 82 Miller's Valley
"Barron, is your investment really that profitable?"
The Prince of Wales was also aware of the previous financial situation of the Devonshire family. It can be said that although it was much better than many impoverished nobles, like many old nobles, it mainly relied on land and the family's inherent industries for income.
But Barron's recent actions clearly show that he has sufficient funds, and since we knew he was investing in securities, the Crown Prince asked this question.
"Not bad, Your Highness. Securities investment does have risks, but it seems that I have a good talent in this area."
It seems that the Prince of Wales is indeed very interested in these things, and unlike Prince William before, who was only interested in the so-called "financial tycoons" after watching some movies and TV dramas, the Prince is really concerned about some investment directions.
The royal family's assets have been seeking various investments, and they also hold many stocks. For example, the Prince of Wales, although not very proficient in securities investment, knows about it generally - even if there are professionals managing their investments, it is impossible for them to know nothing about it.
Seeing the Prince of Wales's implication, Barron said directly:
"Your Highness, my company is also preparing a private equity fund recently. If you are interested, you can go to the company to learn more. For your investment, I can guarantee your principal without taking any risks. Moreover, all the funds of our private equity fund will be managed by Barclays Bank throughout the process, so there is no need to worry about security."
In terms of financial investment, Barron could see many opportunities, but from the beginning, he had been faced with insufficient funds. Therefore, instead of investing his own funds and absorbing other people's funds in the form of a managed private equity fund, he could use other people's money to help himself make money.
After all, as a private equity fund, it not only charges management fees to clients, but most importantly, the profits earned can be shared.
As for Barron's guarantee to protect the principal of the Prince of Wales' funds, on the one hand he did not think there was any possibility of loss on his investment, and on the other hand it was a good opportunity to deepen the relationship with the other party - after all, although the royal family did not have that much power at this time, they still had great influence in many aspects of Britain.
Similarly, if Barron could bind more powerful people to his side and form a community of interests, then no matter what he does in the future, it will be much smoother - no one would be stingy in giving friendship to those who can help him make money.
It can be seen that the Prince of Wales is indeed tempted by this, but he is still relatively cautious. He said that he would bring his financial advisor to DS Capital one day to learn more about it.
It seems that this time the Crown Prince is preparing to invest with his own money rather than royal assets - as the Crown Prince, the Prince of Wales has his own assets to manage, mainly the Duchy of Cornwall, which he took over when he was 21 years old. After taking over, the Crown Prince hired a large team of professional managers to manage his wealth.
It can be said that he is one of the most savvy members of the royal family in terms of financial management. The assets managed by the Crown Prince have also appreciated the most among the royal assets over the years.
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After a month of fermentation, especially after Smythson Company completed the design of the high-end Werewolf game gift package and sent the finished product to nobles familiar to Barron, including Prince William and Viscount Bute, the Werewolf game quickly became popular among young people in London's upper class.
Prince William, in particular, was not shy at all and directly took ten sets of Smythson edition Werewolf gift packs from Barron and gave them to his good friend.
Naturally, those who could become his friends were the aristocrats and wealthy children of London's upper class society - even the wealthy ones mostly came from old money families.
Actually, Prince William wanted to buy it from Barron at the beginning. After all, there was no other place to buy the Werewolf game set except from him. But how could Barron be so polite to His Royal Highness for such a small amount of money? He just gave it to him directly.
He originally ordered 100 Werewolf gift packs from Smythson, but now only less than half are left. Baron is even considering whether to order more.
It was at this time that he came to a quaint little building on the west side of Chelsea.
"Your Highness, the decoration here is almost complete, and the recruited personnel are also undergoing training. It is expected that we will be able to open within half a month."
Following Barron was Nat Ford, the head of Halo.
The most important priority for Halo Company now is to promote the game "Werewolf", including the small building where they are at this moment, which is part of the entire promotion plan.
"This will be a high-end club, so we don't have to be so tight on time. The most important thing is that the quality after opening must not disappoint customers."
After visiting the interior decoration of the small building, Barron was quite satisfied. Everything was carried out according to his original instructions.
When the two returned to the door of the building, they could see a very quaint plaque hanging on one side of the door frame, which read "Miller Valley" - in the setting of Werewolf, all werewolves come from Miller Valley, so this club called "Miller Valley" is a membership club opened by Barron specifically for the game Werewolf.
The only inconvenience when people play Werewolf at a party is that they need to select a judge to preside over the game. The gaming experience of the judge is very different - if watching other people's performances from a God's perspective can be considered an experience...so usually no one is willing to be the judge all the time, and most of the time they have to take turns.
Barron's club has specially trained a group of handsome men and beautiful women as professional "judges". When those people want to play Werewolf, they can choose to come to "Miller Valley", which is basically a club and has excellent privacy, and the experience will be very good.
The location of "Miller's Hollow" is right in the center of the three wealthy areas of Kensington, Chelsea and Fulham. It is very convenient for the wealthy children living in these places to come here to play games.
After learning that Barron was about to open a "Werewolf" themed club, the two princes and other young people who were keen on this game had already booked membership in the club. By then, entry would require an appointment.
"There is one more thing, Your Highness. A French company has approached us, saying that they hope to obtain authorization to issue Werewolf board game cards..."
"A French company? What's it called?"
Barron was a little surprised to hear that a board game company was interested in "Werewolf" and asked casually.
"Let me see, um, her name is Asmodee..."
In his previous life, Barron had played board games with his friends many times, so when he heard the name Asmodee, he became interested.
Because he knew that in the future, Asmodee would become a world-renowned board game giant, known as A Company.
Asmodee was founded in 1995, and its earliest success came from the 1998 board game "Totem Quick Hand", which is a game that tests reaction and hand speed.
However, what really made Asmodee grow was that they obtained the distribution rights for the French version of the Pokémon trading card TCG in 2003.
Before Barron's rebirth, Asmodee had grown into a giant in the board game industry, with a market value of more than 3 billion euros...
By the way, Barron suddenly remembered that the copyright of the Werewolf game in his previous life, that is, "Werewolf of Miller's Hollow", seemed to be in the hands of Asmodee.
"Do you know how they got interested in 'Werewolf'?"
"It seems that one of the founders of their company played our game at a party in London, and then felt that this game had great potential, so he found us..."
"So this is the founder who contacted us?"
"Yes, Your Highness, this young man named Philip just contacted me yesterday."
"Laura, when will I be available tomorrow?"
Hearing Barron's question, his personal assistant Wang Wanting immediately said,
"Your Highness, you will go to Summit Media tomorrow morning. If it's early, you won't have any other arrangements until the afternoon."
"Mr. Ford, please ask Philip from Asmodee to meet with me tomorrow morning to discuss this matter."
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