Chapter 148: Controversy is a topic
"Growing up, I never talked about my hereditary aristocratic family background. Talking about it makes me feel uneasy. ”
With a self-deprecating expression on his face, Arthur continued to talk nonsense in a serious manner in front of the reporter.
"Can this be said to be modest, or is it still with some helpless forbearance?"
The reporter also continued to ask unequivocally, to be honest, it is still very rare to have the opportunity to chat freely with a young earl, after all, modern aristocrats are too low-key.
"No, it's pressure and responsibility ... “
"That's why you have that rebellious past, what do you think about your reports in recent days, why would you choose a club that has fallen into the third tier?"
"Huh. Arthur shook his head and smiled, these questions were also his own permission to be added to the interview, and he was also trying to take the opportunity to clarify some things.
"I love football, it's a fascinating sport, and of course, because of the chance you win or lose a game, it's especially thrilling compared to other competitive sports.
Sometimes the loser fans are dissatisfied with the result of the game, but they have no choice but to hold their sulk in their hearts. And the fans of the winning side cheered and celebrated the victory. The high profile of the winning side will inevitably cause the loser to be unhappy, and sometimes, it is like a flame meets a balloon and it will explode at the slightest moment.
Of course, I admit that it was undoubtedly wrong to fight, blame each other, and vent their anger on the brawl, and now that I think about it, I was like a high-level playboy with too much secretion, and I had no place to vent my energy, just looking for trouble. Since I knew that I was wrong, I had to correct it, so I chose to return to my family and take on my responsibilities. ”
"Hahaha... You're being honest. ”
For Arthur Howe not shy away from admitting the mistakes of his past black historical behavior, and ridiculing self-deprecating words to dilute the stains on his body, the reporter opposite also admired Arthur's shrewdness.
Arthur also knows that his busy black history of football can't be erased, so it's better to admit it generously, after all, he has reformed himself, and the prodigal son can also win the favor of the people and slowly wash his name.
"As for buying Southampton, the main thing is because of love, love of football, and it's also important that I, as a Hampshire, don't want to see Southampton crash and go bankrupt, after all, it's my hometown team, and I happen to be able to save the Saints out of trouble, so why not do it?
Of course, the Saints are also a club with great potential, its youth system is one of the biggest capitals, every player in the training center, every day they watch football, think about football, talk about football, and take a football with them wherever they go. ”
"Can you tell us about the price at which you bought Southampton?" the reporter suddenly added a question,
Arthur groaned, feeling that there was nothing to hide about this kind of thing, and said with a smile: "There is nothing that cannot be said, 13 million pounds, of course, there are some debts, a total of almost forty million pounds." ”
"Although the price is quite cheap, 40 million pounds is not a small number, if I remember correctly, you seem to have said that you were in debt when you inherited the family property, and now you can come up with so much money at once, how do you do it?" The reporter's eyes became extremely bright, staring at Arthur opposite him and continued to ask, the topic of money is always the hottest topic.
"Invest!" Arthur said with a serious and serious expression, "I borrowed money from the bank with a land mortgage, and then invested, maybe I was lucky, the investment income was very good, not only let me get out of debt, but also let me make a profit." ”
"Can you tell us about your investment projects?"
"There's nothing that can't be said, and I've seen a report in The Times that I've invested in gold. ”
"Can you tell us about your profits?"
"Hehe, I won't talk about the specific numbers, but what is certain is that it is indeed quite profitable. ”
"Is it true that the newspapers say you're the youngest billionaire?"
"Hehe... Guess!"
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At the end of this interview, the topic was completely off, about the excavation of treasures, about Arthur as a writer, completely became a foil topic, and the content of the reporter's interview basically revolved around the hottest topics about Arthur at the moment.
And Arthur also has his own ideas, and does not stop the reporter from asking questions, but answers them improvised, in the words of the housekeeper Paul, he is very calm, sincere and humorous, and at the same time the wisdom he shows is impressive.
Perhaps because the BBC also wanted to take advantage of the popularity and increase the ratings, the interview, which was supposed to be broadcast the next day, began to release a preview of the clip on TV and the Internet on the afternoon of the end of the interview, and began to warm up, and broadcast it in prime time that night.
"Earl Arthur Boleyn: What made me the youngest billionaire. ”
Arthur looked at the title of the interview broadcast on TV, as well as the edited content, and the whole person didn't know what to say, the orientation of the whole interview was extremely inspirational.
From being rebellious at a young age, to suddenly waking up, the burden and responsibility of reforming the evil and returning to the right, creating, investing, and buying the Southampton Club at a low price...
On TV, he talks with a confident smile, interspersed with voice-overs from reporters and various background images, but the two backgrounds of his aristocracy and football Liu are deliberately blurred.
Arthur looked at Paul, the butler with a very relieved smile, with a suspicious face, and asked with some uncertainty: "Paul, you won't have bribed them, right?"
When the housekeeper Paul heard this question, he looked at his young earl with tears and laughter, shook his head and smiled: "How is it possible, I think this is the BBC for the sake of ratings, so it will be edited like this, after all, your status as an earl is easy to be disdainfully called a feudal remnant."
But now it seems that they have taken a different approach, writing about the debts and predicaments of Boleyn Manor, and then through a series of personal efforts to change the predicament, which is full of inspirational colors.
And this is bound to lead to controversy and discussion, which is more important than nobility and personal effort, and perhaps they also want to prove through your interview, that talent is more important than the title.
So, in any case, you're going to be the focus of discussion and the media for some time to come. ”
"Hey, after World War II, the aristocracy was completely squeezed to the margins of Britain, society, life and history, and people still refused to let it go!" Arthur shook his head with emotion and smiled bitterly.
"It is also because of this that the modern aristocracy has a very strong survival instinct," said the butler Paul with a solemn face, "The nobles have been entangled by successive British governments, and before that, the Lord Cromwell also wanted to rectify the nobles. The Duke of Westminster once said, half-jokingly, half-pointedly, that it was a great blessing that the nobles were still able to save their heads. ”
Arthur sighed helplessly.
As butler Paul guessed, the night after the interview aired, Boleyn Manor's phone was flooded with requests for interviews from various media outlets, and Arthur's phone was also taken over by a call from his cheap sister Eddie.
“。。。 I can't believe that you're the guy you're interviewing on TV, and you're really pretending to be, oh my God, how did you do that? And you're really making hundreds of millions of pounds on investments, are you really a billionaire?
If all this is true, O God, it would be so unfair ... No matter what, since you've become a billionaire, why do you want to give me a sports car... “
Listening to the phone call, Eddie chattered non-stop, but he could clearly hear the excitement and excitement, Arthur couldn't help but smile: "I really just bought a few sports cars, if you really want it, come back and let you pick one... ”
"I'll be back tomorrow morning!"