Virgin group started as a record label.

维京集团开始是一家唱片公司。

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Cynics thought it was all a publicity stunt by the Virgin Group of companies and its flamboyant British boss, Sir Richard Branson.

怀疑者认为这不过是维珍集团公司及其爱显摆的英国老板理查德·布兰森爵士的作秀罢了。

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He set his sights on the 74-acre Necker Island, which he bought for roughly $293 million in 1979, just six years after launching Virgin Group.

他将目光锁定在了74英亩的Necker岛，并在1979年以2.93亿美元的价格买下了它。

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Virgin Group CEO Richard Branson turned in his first such post Oct. 2.

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It greeted the Virgin group with a walk through its industrial-style offices, strewn with 600 red paper airplanes.

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