I Become A Noble in England

Barron, the young Duke of England, is also quite well-known in China.

Therefore, news about his wedding some time ago occupied a lot of media coverage even in China at the time.

After all, in the previous life, the Westminster family was no longer the richest family in England. The news of the young duke inheriting a fortune of tens of billions of pounds and getting married later were all matters that many self-media in China rushed to report.

What's more, Barron is the young duke who is the richest man in England and the fifth richest man in the world who has invested in many companies in China...

The main reason is that his status, wealth, and appearance satisfy all girls' fantasies about a prince charming. Not only in China, but also in the world, there are too many fans of him...

However, during this meeting, although Fan Bingbing mentioned this matter, he was smart enough not to dwell on it too much.

After all, when the two met, Barron already had a girlfriend, Bonnie Stuart.

When Gucci's flagship store in Shanghai opened, Fan Bingbing was also invited to attend.

Next, Gucci Group will increase its promotion in China and invite Fan Bingbing to become a brand friend of Gucci.

Although brand friend is only the lowest level of Gucci endorsement and there is no endorsement fee, she can borrow the current season's fashions from Gucci when she attends some events in the future.

This is also the reason why, although Fan Bingbing is well-known in China and has long been known as one of the "Four Dans and Two Bings", top luxury brands like Gucci are still cautious in choosing spokespeople in the mainland. Fan Bingbing's current title of Gucci brand friend is still rare in the mainland.

So she was quite satisfied with it.

What made her even happier was that Barron promised to set up a company in her name, and if Fan Bingbing liked a script in the future, he could invest in it in the name of this company.

Although capital has not yet entered the film and television industry on a large scale at this time, after all, with the support of capital, Fan Bingbing will be more at ease in choosing roles.

This can be considered as a kind of compensation from Barron because after following him, Fan Bingbing no longer needs to personally accept "intimate scenes" during filming.

In addition, Barron was able to use Fan Bingbing's identity to allow the company to obtain "domestic capital" status, thereby making early arrangements for the future.

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This time Barron came to China because he had other things to deal with.

If it was just a matter of Global Industrial Fund acquiring HTC and integrating Honor Electronics, there would be no need for him to come in person.

Afterwards, he met Liu Chiping, vice president of Rich23 Capital, in Yanjing.

Sometimes, Barron has to sigh that the course of history often has inertia.

"I am very grateful for your trust in me, Your Highness. I will continue to work at Rich23 Capital and leave after completing the handover."

Hearing Liu Chiping's apologetic words, Barron smiled and said,

"I respect your choice, Martin. Penguin is also a company that I value very much. We are also a major shareholder of Penguin, so I hope that after you join there, you can help Penguin solve its current difficulties."

Yes, just like in the original time and space, Liu Chiping finally decided to leave Rich23 Capital and join Penguin.

Rich23 Capital itself is also a shareholder of Penguin Capital. Liu Chiping's previous job included liaison with the companies invested by Rich23 Capital.

During this process, it was no surprise that Barron and Pany Ma hit it off. In addition, Penguin was also facing some problems after its listing. Therefore, at the invitation of Pany Ma, Liu Chiping thought again and again and decided to join Penguin.

For this purpose, Pany Ma called Barron specifically to discuss this matter.

In fact, Baron himself was also aware of the problems that Penguin Incorporated encountered in his previous life. The previous Penguin Incorporated seldom used external investment methods, but instead invested in internal R&D departments and other departments. They did whatever was popular, which enabled Penguin Incorporated to develop rapidly in the fields of games, portals, and Internet value-added services, creating the Penguin Incorporated's golden five years before its listing.

This endogenous growth also makes Pany Ma see hidden worries.

Although Penguin is still the largest Internet company in China in terms of user scale, products and profitability, its growth has obviously slowed down...

It can't compete with NetEase in games, it can't compete with Baidu in advertising, and SP has become the last supper.

Therefore, at this time, the question is how Penguin Company will continue to maintain high growth.

This concern is also reflected in the share price of Penguin. During the period last year when the telecommunications industry was rectifying its value-added services, the share price of Penguin even fell below the issue price. It was only after that that it slowly rose up.

In the original time and space, when Liu Chiping was operating the IPO of Penguin at Goldman Sachs Asia, he had a lot of contact with Pany Ma, and the two formed a friendship. Eventually, Liu Chiping gave up his annual salary of tens of millions at Goldman Sachs Asia and "joined" Pany Ma.

Now, it is because Liu Chiping, as the vice president of Rich23 Capital, has had a lot of communication with Penguin Capital over the past year or so. Out of a sense of responsibility for the companies he invested in, he has provided Pany Ma with many very professional suggestions. Before joining Rich23 Capital, Liu Chiping worked at McKinsey and has more than ten years of experience in IPOs, mergers and acquisitions, and management consulting.

Later, he worked at Goldman Sachs Asia. He was very professional and had practical experience in mergers and acquisitions and corporate management, which was why Baron recruited him to Rich23 Capital.

Pany Ma also benefited a lot from his opinions and was very impressed. Eventually, she asked Liu Chiping to work for Penguin in a very sincere manner.

This is slightly different from the original time and space. In the original time and space, after Pany Ma "poached" Liu Chiping, he first invited him to serve as the chief strategic investment officer, responsible for corporate strategy, investment, mergers and acquisitions, and investor relations.

A year later, he was promoted to President of Penguin, assisting Chairman of the Board and CEO Pany Ma in the company's daily management and operations.

Because at that time, before Liu Chiping joined Penguin, he was the executive director of Goldman Sachs' Asian investment banking department, but now he is the vice president of Rich23 Capital, managing tens of billions of dollars in capital investment!

Therefore, Pany Ma also showed sincerity and directly invited Liu Chiping to serve as the president of Penguin. In addition to assisting Pany Ma in the daily management and operation of the company, he was also directly responsible for the company's strategic mergers and acquisitions and investment business. It can be said that he was given an important task.

Just as Baron said to Liu Chiping, among the Chinese companies he invested in, Penguin and Alibaba were the two companies he valued the most. In fact, Penguin held a more important position in his heart than Alibaba.

Because Alibaba's main business is e-commerce, and Penguin Company involves more industries that Barron hopes to develop in the future, and can have a greater relevance to his other businesses.

Therefore, although he was reluctant to see Liu Chiping leave Rich23 Capital - after that, he would still need to find another person to helm Rich23 Capital - Baron also knew that Liu Chiping was also crucial to Penguin.

In fact, he had this idea in mind when he first recruited Liu Chiping to Rich23 Capital...

That is because of his appearance and becoming the major shareholder of Penguin Company, the sponsor of Penguin Company's listing in Hong Kong changed from Goldman Sachs Asia to Standard Chartered Bank.

Therefore, Pany Ma and Liu Chiping no longer had any contact...

At that time, he was thinking that if Penguin Company really reached the situation in his previous life where it needed Liu Chiping to formalize its business and Pany Ma had no one else available, he would recommend Liu Chiping to the other party.

Now that they are "naturally attracted", Barron has made it happen.