"We, the Devonshire family, suffered greatly from the 'London Star' fraud, so we need some explanation of how things went after so long, Sir Clare."
In front of the MI6 boss, there was no need for Barron to do any Tai Chi and use the so-called "true reports" in the previous report of The Independent as an example.
Therefore, he directly stated his request to the other party:
"But if it is like what the Scottish place said, that these people are related to Al Qaeda, such an outrageous thing, Sir Clare, I think it is just an insult to my IQ. "
Well, Your Highness the Duke, this really shouldn't be possible, but although they have little to do with Al Qaeda, there are indeed signs that there is indeed a huge organization behind those people..." Hearing, Sir
Claire Barron raised his eyebrows:
"Is there any basis for this?"
"According to our investigation, after leaving London, the core members of the gang finally arrived in Romania. After that, they lost their Their whereabouts..."
Barron had already known these circumstances before. If it were just these, then today's meeting with the director of MI6 would probably be meaningless.
However, Barron was still patient enough. He heard the other party continue:
"According to our reliable information, in Romania, someone in the 'London Star' gang has connections with a radical organization..."
"Radical organization? "
Yes, it was through this investigation that the organization came into our sight. However, the investigation is still in the initial stage, and there has been no more progress. But I can assure you, His Highness the Duke, for this There is an organization that may threaten us, and we will definitely find them out."
Seeing Sir Claire's extremely confident look, Barron couldn't help but ask:
"How long will it take?"
"This is not certain, but They were in the dark before, but now that they have been captured by us, then Your Highness the Duke, you should believe in our British intelligence capabilities and our allies, but these will take time..." ...
No
matter what, at least this is. During a meeting, Sir Claire, on behalf of MI6, gave Barron an...well, it was more or less an explanation.
Until now, apart from waiting for news from them, there is not much Barron can do - that is, he is really lacking in some aspects of strength at this time, and these are things he will need to slowly make up for in the future.
Originally, he had thought about "borrowing" a security talent from Sir Clare, that is, MI6, but in the end, Barron gave up the idea. After all, at this time, he could not determine the other party's position or at this time. At that time, when his connection with the other party was not so close, he still needed to be more cautious.
...
"Blog?"
"Yes, Your Highness the Duke, this is a very interesting form of Internet interaction, just like... an online diary. You can display some of your own articles or photos, and you can also leave comments to each other... …"
Blog, that is, a blog, Barron naturally knew about it, but he didn't expect to hear this from Khalid, the technical director of the online version of The Independent today.
After thinking for a while, Barron said to Khalid:
"It sounds like a good idea. How did you come up with this?"
Faced with His Highness the Duke's compliment, Khalid felt a little embarrassed:
"Actually, this is I got the inspiration from a junior student. When he was chatting with me that day, he mentioned that he was going to build a campus blog website so that students at Cambridge University could get to know each other more easily through this website."
"Oh? It's a very creative idea. Is your junior fellow student willing to come to our newspaper office to participate in the development of this function?"
Since His Highness the Duke seemed very interested in this idea, Khalid was also very excited:
"Da Wo is still in school and is a junior this year, but he is very technically gifted. Many times, we will discuss some technical issues. If he wants to work full-time, I am afraid he can not do it, but with his level, even part-time, he can do well."
Under Khalid's introduction, Barron knew that the junior student he was talking about was called Dawo Babulin. When Khalid was still at Cambridge University, because they live in a dormitory on the same floor and both are very interested in the Internet, the relationship between the two is very good.
It was also inspired by Davo that he came up with the idea of adding a blog function to the official website of the Independent Newspaper. Barron had proposed it before and planned to further expand the content on the official website of the Independent Newspaper. Rich, make a portal-like form.
"I think this is worth trying. Go for it, Khalid."
After receiving Barron's promise, Khalid looked like he was eager to do it now, which made Barron not help but smile.
Sure enough, young people are more energetic.
But speaking of it, Khalid just mentioned that his junior student named Davao was planning to develop a blog-style dating website on campus...
This actually reminded Barron of the famous company in his previous life. ——It also started from a campus dating website and eventually became one of the giants of the Internet!
The name of that company is Facebook.
However, this company will not be established until 2004.
Among the Internet companies that Barron has thought about looking for investment opportunities in the future, Facebook is included.
And now, from Khalid's words, he has some ideas - is it possible to develop a social networking site similar to Facebook in England more than a year in advance?
I have to say that this temptation is still great because anyone who knows Zuckerberg a little bit will know that the other party has a strong desire to control and is also very skilful.
Even if Barron can successfully invest in Facebook in the future, or even become one of the company's major shareholders, in the end, Zuckerberg will still firmly control Facebook, and Barron can at most control this company. The company exerts a certain amount of influence, but when it comes to control, it is probably difficult to achieve.
But if he can lead the establishment and development of a social networking site of the same type in England in advance, then as the initiator of the project, coupled with the advantageous shares he will inevitably hold, Barron's control over the company will be will be the most stable.
So this idea is still very tempting.
But at the same time, Barron also knows that when it comes to the Internet, the soil for nurturing it in Europe, including Britain, is far inferior to Silicon Valley, which is known as the center of the Internet world.
The so-called tangerine grows in Huainan and becomes tangerine. If it grows in Huaibei, it becomes tangerine.
This means that the same idea may have completely different results in different environments.
Therefore, it is uncertain whether a Facebook founded in England will be as successful as Facebook in its previous life.
In the end, Barron decided to let Davao Babulin use the "blog" function on the official website of the Independent Newspaper to see how it performs before making the next decision.