Rebirth of England.

The convoy was driving on the highway to Washington, and everyone couldn't help but take a second look at the vehicles they met.

A convoy like this one, with three Land Rover Defenders in the front and three in the back, and five Bentley Arnages in the middle, three of which are extended models, is rare in America.

After all, although there are many dignitaries in Washington, the motorcades of American politicians are often Cadillacs or Lincolns, and the security vehicles of the Secret Service are all Chevrolet Suburbans...

As for the super-rich in America, although Bentley has performed well in the luxury car market in recent years, a fleet of Bentleys like this is still rare among the super-rich in America. Most of them still own Rolls-Royce...

Therefore, seeing the scale of this convoy, it is inevitable that everyone would speculate which important figure is traveling - even if it is the commander-in-chief, his scene would be no more than this.

It was just a guess as they passed by. Anyone with a normal mind would not go near. After all, everyone knew that it was better not to cause such trouble. If it really caused misunderstanding, those bodyguards might really shoot...

At this time, Barron, sitting in one of the extended Bentleys, was thinking about his previous meeting with John Smith.

Barron didn't pay much attention to the other party's occasional unnatural behavior at the beginning. He just regarded it as a little embarrassing for John to see Barron send his wife back again...

Barron believed that John might not have known about his "classmate" relationship with Jenny at the beginning...

But now, although Barron did not ask Jenny specifically, he did not believe that John was still kept in the dark.

Not to mention the last time Jenny came to him to plead for John Smith, let's just talk about the information he just got. Jenny knew that John was infertile, but he was still so confident in studying with him, but he didn't take any measures...

This means that the couple has reached a certain understanding on this matter.

Therefore, even if John Smith, like the Earl of Bute, had some special fetish for his wife...but in this kind of relationship, it was normal for the three of them to feel awkward when they met face to face for the first time.

But now that Barron thinks about it, there seems to be something wrong.

Especially when John Smith suddenly asked the question when he was about to leave...

"Barron, I think that now that Sinclair Group's business is stable, we can look for a suitable TV network to acquire to expand our scale. What do you think?"

When Barron heard John Smith's words, he first thought of the acquisition made by Sinclair Group in his previous life...

He smiled and said:

"Funding is not a problem. If I could, I would support it. But you should know that the biggest resistance comes from the government's restrictions on the number of TV stations owned by media groups. I'm afraid that if Sinclair Group continues to make the acquisition, the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) will not agree."

“What if we can get the FCC’s approval?”

Barron shook his head when he heard this:

"It's unlikely. After all, the Donald Trump Party is in power now. They themselves reject this. Moreover, this regulation was promoted by the current FCC Chairman Tom Wheeler, who is wary of large companies. Unless the FCC can replace its chairman..." There is still a big difference in the governing philosophies of the Donald Trump Party and the Elephant Party in the United States. The so-called "white left" mostly comes from the Donald Trump Party. Compared with the Elephant Party, their policies are less friendly to the free economy. Many regulations restricting large companies were formulated when the Donald Trump Party was in office.

Just like in Barron's previous life, Sinclair Group acquired Forum Media Group five years later. This acquisition was made possible on the one hand because Disney acquired 5st Century Fox. Because the local sports stations of Fox's Forum Media Group overlapped with Disney's sports television network ESPN, it sold Forum Media Group.

In addition, the Elephant Party, which the Sinclair Group had always supported, came to power and the FCC chairman was replaced by the conservative Ajit Pai from Tom Wheeler. As a result, the Sinclair Group was able to complete the acquisition without being subject to previous restrictions on the number of TV stations that a media group could own.

If it were now, I'm afraid such an acquisition would be difficult to achieve. On the one hand, the Democratic Party itself is cautious about the expansion of media groups like Sinclair Group...

In addition, the Sinclair Group has always been biased towards the Elephant Party, whether it was when George W. Bush was in office or when the country was founded and participated in the general election, the Sinclair Group of the original time and space has always helped to cheer.

Then the Donkey Party will definitely not have a good attitude towards the Sinclair Group... This is foreseeable.

Normally, John Smith should be aware of these things, but why did he suddenly ask such questions?

"Your Excellency the Duke?!"

Hearing Talulah Riley's call beside him, Barron turned to look at her.

"Here we are……"

Sure enough, Barron had already seen Alan Hoffman, O'Guanhai's senior assistant, waiting on the steps outside. He straightened his clothes and turned to Talulah before the bodyguard opened the car door:

"Remember to have Nigel call me later, after I meet Mr. President."

……

On March 3, O20 Telecom officially began contact with KPN of the Netherlands to negotiate the acquisition of their German subsidiary E-Plus.

Royal Dutch Telecom (KPN) is the largest mobile and fixed-line operator in the Netherlands. It also owns mobile networks in Germany and Belgium. It currently has nearly 3000 million mobile users in total, including approximately 1000 million in Germany.

Currently, O2 Telecom's German subsidiary O2 Germany has approximately 3000 million mobile users. If it can complete the acquisition of E-Plus, a subsidiary of Royal Dutch Telecom, the number of O2 users in Germany will exceed 4000 million, almost half of Germany's total population at that time, making it the largest telecommunications operator in Germany.

Prior to this, America Movil and Telefonica had also expressed interest in E-Plus, but KPN of the Netherlands believed that America Movil's offer was too low. As early as last year, Mexican operator America Movil intended to increase its stake in troubled KPN by 32 billion euros to expand its European market.

Therefore, O2 Telecom’s main competitor at present is Telefonica.

There is no doubt that if O2 Telecom wants to snatch E-Plus from Telefonica, it will need to offer an attractive price.

But what’s interesting is that in Barron’s previous life, Telefonica first acquired O2, and then in 2013, their subsidiary O2 acquired E-Plus.

Now, O2 Telecom was not only acquired by Barron's early, but also, through mergers and acquisitions and development over the years, its scale has surpassed Telefonica, and it has now become a competitor for Telefonica's acquisition of E-Plus...