Chapter 148: Controversy Only Topics
“From childhood, I never talked about my hereditary aristocratic family background in public. Talking about this will make me feel uneasy.”
Arthur continued to talk nonsense with a self-deprecating expression on his face as he faced the reporter seriously.
"This can be said to be modesty, or is it with some helpless forbearance?"
The reporter continued to ask without any ambiguity. To be honest, it is still very rare to have the opportunity to have a free conversation with a young count. After all, modern nobles are too low-key.
“No, it’s pressure and responsibility…”
"So you have that rebellious past? What did you think about your reports in recent days? Why did you choose a club that fell into the third division?"
"Haha." Arthur shook his head and laughed. He agreed to join the interview manuscript. He was also trying to take this opportunity to clarify some things.
"I like football, which is a very charming sport. Of course, because the chances of winning and losing a football match are very high, so football is particularly thrilling compared to other competitive sports.
Sometimes the fans of the losing side are dissatisfied with the result of the game, but they have no choice but to hold their anger in their hearts. The fans of the winning side cheered and celebrated winning the game. The winning side's high profile will inevitably cause the loser to be unhappy. Sometimes, it is like a flame encountering a balloon and it explodes at a glance.
Of course, I admit that it is undoubtedly wrong to fight, blame each other, and vent their anger in the fight. Now, I think about it, at that time, I was like a high-player drugstore secretion that had too much energy and had no place to vent, and it was purely a problem. Since I knew I was wrong, I had to correct it, so I chose to return to my family and take on my responsibility."
"Hahaha...you're very honest."
The reporters on the other side admired Arthur's shrewdness for not shy away from the mistakes of his past black historical behavior and joking about self-deprecating words to dilute the stains on his body.
Arthur also knew that his busy black history of football was impossible to erase, so it was better to admit it generously. After all, he had reformed himself, and the prodigal son could also win the favor of the people and slowly wash it off.
"As for buying Southampton Club, the most important thing is because of love and love for football. The same important thing is that as a Hampshire native, I don't want to see Southampton Club collapse and go bankrupt. After all, it's a hometown team, and I happen to be able to save the Saints from the predicament, why not do it?
Of course, Saints is also a very promising club. Its youth training system is one of the biggest capitals. Every player in the training center watches football, thinks about football, and talks about football. He has to bring football wherever he goes."
"Can you tell the public about the price of your acquisition of Southampton?" The reporter suddenly added a question.
Arthur pondered for a moment, feeling that such a thing was not easy to hide. He smiled and said, "There is nothing to say, 13 million pounds, and of course, there are some debts, which cost about 40 million pounds in total."
"Although the price is quite cheap, 40 million pounds is not a small number. If I remember correctly, you seem to have said before that you were still in debt when inheriting your property, but now you can take out so much money at once, how did you do it?" The reporter's eyes became extremely bright, and he stared at Arthur opposite and continued to ask, "The topic of money is always the hottest topic."
"Investment!" Arthur said seriously and seriously, "I used land mortgage to borrow money from the bank and then invested. Perhaps I was lucky, and the investment income was very good. Not only did I get rid of my debts, but I also made a profit."
“Can you talk about your investment project?”
"There is nothing to say, I saw that there was also reports in the Times that I invested in gold."
"Can you disclose your profits?"
"Haha, I won't mention the specific numbers, but, to be sure, it's really profitable."
“Is it true that you are the youngest billionaire in the newspaper?”
"Haha... guess!"...
At the end of this interview, the topic went completely off the line. The excavation of treasures and the writer Arthur have become a foil topic. The content of the reporter's interview is basically centered around the hottest topics about Arthur at the moment.
Arthur also had his own ideas, and did not stop the reporter from asking questions, but answered them in a adaptable manner. In the words of the butler Paul, he was very calm, sincere and humorous, and the wisdom he showed was impressive.
Perhaps it was because the BBC also wanted to take advantage of the popularity and increase the ratings. The exclusive interview, which was originally scheduled to be broadcast the next day, began to release editing trailers on TV and the Internet on the afternoon of the interview, and began to warm up, and played it in prime time that night.
"Earl Arthur Boling: What made me the youngest billionaire."
Arthur looked at the title of the interview played on TV and the edited content, and he didn't know what to say. The direction of the interview was extremely inspiring.
From being rebellious at a young age to suddenly awakening, carrying the burden and responsibility of turning back to the right, creating, investing, and buying the Southampton Club at a low price...
On TV, he talked with a confident smile, interspersed with reporters' voiceovers and various background information scenes from time to time. Instead, the two backgrounds that he was busy with aristocrats and football were deliberately blurred.
Arthur looked suspiciously at Paul, the housekeeper who was smiling with a very gratified smile on the side, and asked uncertainly: "Paul, you haven't bribed them, have you?"
When the housekeeper Paul heard this question, he looked at his young count with laughter and laughed: "How is that possible? I think this is the BBC that was edited like this for the sake of viewership. After all, your identity as an earl is easily called a feudal remnant.
But now it seems that they have taken a different approach, making a special note of their debts and difficulties to Bolin Manor, and then through your series of personal efforts, they can change the difficulties and be full of inspirational colors.
And this will inevitably cause controversy and discussion. Which one is more important, the aristocratic identity or personal efforts, or they also want to prove through your interview that it is more important than the title.
So, no matter what, in the next period of time, you will become the focus of discussion across the UK and the hot topic of media pursuit.”
"Hey, after World War II, the nobles were completely squeezed to the edge of British zz, society, life and history, and people still refused to let it go!" Arthur shook his head and smiled bitterly with emotion.
"It is also formally because of this that the modern nobles have created a very strong survival instinct," said the housekeeper Paul with a solemn expression. "The nobles have been entangled by previous British governments. Before that, the Duke of Cromwell also wanted to punish the nobles. The Duke of Westminster once said half-jokingly and half-pointed that it is a great blessing for the nobles to be able to keep their heads."
Arthur sighed helplessly and smiled bitterly.
As the butler Paul guessed, the night after the interview was broadcast, the phone number at Bolin Manor was blown up, all of which were interview requests from various media, and Arthur's mobile phone was also occupied by the phone call from his cheap sister Eddie.
"...I can't believe that the person interviewed on TV is you, you really know how to pretend, my goodness, how did you do it? Also, did you really make hundreds of millions of pounds in investment? Have you really become a billionaire?
If all this is true, God, this is too unfair... No matter, since you have become a billionaire, you will give me a sports car... "
Listening to the phone, Eddie chattered and noisy, but he could clearly hear the excitement and excitement. Arthur couldn't help but smile and said, "I've really bought a few sports cars. If you really want them, come back and ask you to pick one..."
Chapter completed!