章 48: Chapter 48 It's Just the Beginning
After a romantic dinner, a drizzle fell as the two walked out of the restaurant.
At this time, Barron rarely cursed the weather in London. Instead, he felt that the drizzle was appropriate for the occasion.
The umbrella in the Rolls-Royce came in handy. Barron held the umbrella for Bonnie, and the girl leaned sideways towards him, and the two of them were close together.
When Barron put his arms around Bonnie's waist, it felt like a firm hold.
Even though it was raining, Barron felt that he could walk with her all the way back to the apartment.
Of course, it's just a thought. After all, it's more convenient to perform in the back seat of a Rolls-Royce.
The two were in a good mood tonight and drank a bottle of red wine together.
Although Bonnie didn't drink much, only two glasses, her face was already very rosy as she sat next to Barron.
The Rolls-Royce was driving on the streets of London on a rainy night. Looking at the streets outside from the car window, Barron suddenly had a wonderful feeling of time and space interweaving.
But the girl in his arms at this moment was extremely real.
At this time, Bonnie was also looking at Barron with her emerald eyes. The two looked at each other, and there was a hint of haziness in the girl's eyes, and affection that was almost overflowing.
Without further ado, Barron understood that what he needed to do now was...
The two people gradually got closer and finally kissed each other.
This kiss was like the rain in London at night, continuous and long.
"I like you, Barron."
"Me too, Bonnie dear."
…
"Ms. Moore, I specially prepared breakfast for you. Please eat first."
The next morning, when Yulia came to Barron, she was surprised by his enthusiasm, while the Duke was humming a song and reading the newspaper brought by Ramos.
Last night, in the Rolls-Royce, Barron and Bonnie were on the verge of a fight, but when he wanted to take a step further, Bonnie wasn't as brave as when she confessed her feelings, and instead was a little reserved.
"Barron, is this okay for now? I, I think something happened to us at Chatsworth House..."
Although Barron had reached a critical point at that time, could he refuse such a request from the girl he liked?
Even though he felt a little regretful, Barron finally sent Bonnie back to her apartment, but he was looking forward to the upcoming trip to the manor with the girl.
Yulia didn't eat much, so she only ate a piece of bread and drank a glass of milk. Then she wiped her mouth gracefully and began to tell Barron about her progress:
"Your Highness, according to the communication with Miss Laura, we have contacted PwC, and they will formulate strategies for our acquisition of The Independent, as well as subsequent negotiations. Before the formal acquisition negotiations begin, they will meet with you to discuss related matters."
"Hopefully they can move faster, I hope to have results within a month."
"In fact, it depends on your price, Your Highness. For an acquisition like this, facing a mess like The Independent, it's not surprising that the negotiations would last for several months."
"At least PwC should show their value, right?"
"I'm not optimistic about this…"
Yulia did not continue her speech. She turned to talk about King's Cross:
"We have three sites in King's Cross that we are negotiating with right now and as I mentioned to you before, the remaining sites in private hands are slightly fragmented, no more than one hectare."
In King's Cross, Barron had just had a conversation with Viscount Bute and would consider whether to cooperate depending on the circumstances.
But no matter what the outcome, it is necessary to get more land. After all, it is more difficult to buy land in other areas of London now, and the price will be higher.
The three plots of land that Yulia is currently negotiating all cover an area of less than 1 hectare. One of the plots is less than 300 meters away from King's Cross Station and covers an area of about 0.8 hectares. The other two plots are 0.75 and 0.5 hectares respectively and are located on the other side of the Regent River, across the river from the abandoned gas tank land.
Currently, the land prices in King's Cross, such as residential land, are all below 3 million pounds per hectare. Considering that ten years later, Google bought a piece of land of about 1 hectare in this area for 6.5 million pounds, the land here will still be able to appreciate significantly in the future.
After all, the location of Google's land is slightly far away from the center of King's Cross, and as a well-known Internet giant, their purchase of land to build a headquarters building will have a driving effect on the surrounding land, and they will naturally receive corresponding discounts.
"The original buildings on these three plots of land are very old. They were either vulgar dancing clubs or almost abandoned old apartments. However, the other party's asking price is not low, and we are still negotiating..."
"Let's speed up and avoid unnecessary trouble. Let's negotiate at 3 million pounds per hectare, with a maximum premium of 10%."
"This is a bit high..."
"Of course I would like the price to be as low as possible, but sometimes time is more important."
…
In the afternoon, when the Nasdaq stock market opened, the opening price of AirGate stock rose slightly from yesterday's closing price of around US$38, and finally opened at US$38.5.
A total of approximately 1.83 million AirGate shares were borrowed, and 1 million shares were sold yesterday. DS Capital's task today is to sell the remaining 830,000 shares.
This is also because of the experience of selling nearly 1 million shares of AirGate stock in one trading day yesterday.
Today, the team led by Daisy is more skilled in selling stocks.
AirGate's stock performance is still strong. It is unknown where the buying is active. 500,000 shares were sold, and the price only dropped by $3. When they stopped selling and observed the situation, the stock price even rose slightly...
"The situation is a bit bad, the buying below is decreasing and the price support is weakening."
After dinner, Barron suddenly heard Daisy's slightly surprised voice.
"How much stock do we have left?"
"About 100,000 shares..."
Barron said without any hesitation:
"Don't worry too much, just sell out our stocks!"
Following his words, Daisy immediately issued an order, and the price of AirGate stock on the market began to fall immediately.
The previous sale of 500,000 AirGate shares only brought down its price by $3, but now the instant sale of 100,000 AirGate shares actually brought down its price by $5, and the stock price fell below $30!
"We sold all our stocks at an average price of $37.7!"
Following Daisy's words, Barron breathed a sigh of relief.
Within two days, AirGate's stock price dropped from around $40 to $30, a drop of 25%, which also caused confusion in the market...
In the following period of time, the price of AirGate stock hovered below $30 for a while, and then returned to above $30. However, at this point, the rise was weak and it fluctuated around $30. Finally, AirGate closed at $30.22, ending this week's trend.
After the Nasdaq stock market closed, based on the closing price, DS Capital had a floating profit of more than $10 million on its holdings in AirGate stock.
Of course, Baron knew that the current unrealized profit was entirely based on their selling of a large number of AirGate shares in the short term - at least most of it was generated by this.
But the borrowed stocks still have to be returned eventually. If there are no other factors affecting the stock, the price will still be raised by the time they buy the stock. As a result, not only may they make no profit, but they may even suffer losses.
But Barron is not worried at all, because he knows that the really exciting moment has not yet come, and the highlight will be next week.
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