Chapter 14
Chapter Seventeen Famous in England
The reporters were all in an uproar when they heard 200 million pounds. Originally, they thought 100 million pounds was a sky-high price, but now they heard William say that buying the game can push up the stock price of hundreds of millions of billions. possible.
According to the current hot stock market situation, William's prediction may be realized. It does not mean that you can make a lot of money by buying it. Tomorrow's headlines are again, and it is written that "200 million pounds is its real value"
Seeing that the reporters were silent, William smiled secretly in his heart. Buying now may really increase the stock price as he said, but if it is past March this year, it will be hard to say.
"Okay, one more question, is there anything else to ask?"
Reporter William reminded and hurriedly asked: "Mr. Devon Hill, are you really related to the Duke of Devon, do you have the right to inherit the nobility?"
William rolled his eyes at the reporter who asked the question, this is setting a trap for me, none of these London reporters are good people
"We don't matter. If we want to talk about our relationship, I can only say that we are an ancestor. Our Devon Hill has been a noble as early as 1,000 years ago, more than 600 years earlier than the current Duke family. The rest has nothing to do with it. I wasn't born a noble either, my mother didn't have the right to inherit the nobles, and now we are all ordinary people, are you satisfied with what I say?"
The reporter asked by William said unwillingly: "However, according to the information we found, the Earl of Oxford has no heir, and you are the only heir to the title. Do you have any thoughts on this?"
William was surprised by this question, how can I have the right of inheritance, don't all the descendants of women have no inheritance rights?
William didn't know how to answer, so he pretended to be stupid and said, "Okay, I've answered all three questions, so let's go here, please don't be around this street anymore, thank you."
After speaking, William ignored the reporter's shout and asked him to answer the reporter's question just now.
William didn't care about this. He came out to be interviewed by reporters just to use the media to put more pressure on companies that wanted to buy game copyrights. Other William ignored it.
By February 12, newspapers all over England were covering William. Today's newspapers report in more detail. Some reporters went to William's former primary school and middle school to find his teacher and classmates and dug up everything he used to be. .
Serious newspapers such as The Times and the Financial Times reported at length on what William said in an interview yesterday about the effect of game copyrights on the stock prices of listed companies, and they also invited many economic and stock managers to explain.
Not to mention that several experts at the scene basically agreed with William's views, believing that under the current investment environment, there is a 90% chance that William's words will be realized.
Even the morning news of the TV station broadcast the clip of William's interview yesterday. People watched this handsome, smart and rich young man on TV talking freely in front of reporters, but what he said was well-founded. Convincingly, it made William an instant national celebrity.
Many tabloids also focused on reporting that William once confessed to a girl when he was in middle school. They even found the girl and did an exclusive interview. The girl has now become a big girl, expressing the hope of reconnecting with William. She regretted not accepting William at that time, and hoped that William would give her another chance.
William was taken aback by these tabloids, and now he doesn't even remember what the girl looked like.
The disadvantage of being famous in the whole society is that neither William nor Lena can leave the house now, and a large number of reporters outside the home are waiting for him, trying to get some big news from him.
The two office workers who rented and lived in his house almost couldn't get out of the street this morning. As soon as the two female white-collar workers went out, they were surrounded by a large group of reporters and asked a lot of questions. In the end, the police came forward to help Only let them get rid of this group of reporters.
Even the Duke of Devonshire, who usually doesn't show up very much, was caught by reporters and asked a lot about his relationship with the William family.
The old duke was still very close to the people. He smiled and said that he was very happy that the Devon Hill family could produce such an outstanding descendant as William. He even met William's grandfather Henry Winster Devon Hill when he was young. The two of them had a good chat.
Although William has lost contact with them, as the blood of the same ancestor, the old duke hoped that William could visit him sometime, and he welcomed William and his mother to his house.
The reporter heard that the old Duke himself admitted that William was really descended from the Devon Hill family, and they all reported it like chicken blood.
After reading these reports, William sighed to his mother Lena. This ginger is still old and hot. After reading the large-scale report on the Devon family history in the newspaper, the newspaper advertised Devon County to the whole of England for free. The older you get smarter.
William has been blocked at home for 3 days. In the past 3 days, many big companies have sent people to London to find William. They want to negotiate with Eric privately. Even Disney has sent people to look for him. Hasbro also Wanted to talk to William about co-distributing Plants vs. Zombies toys.
William wouldn't agree at this time, he just replied to every company that came to him these days to negotiate at the Hilton Hotel on February 15th.
To be honest, William thought about keeping the copyright of Plants vs. Zombies in his hands, but after two days of careful thought, he decided to sell the copyright.
The copyright in his own hands is different from those in the hands of those big companies. First, he has no sales channels. In the end, he has to authorize other companies. It is too difficult and time-consuming to build channels by himself. He might as well do some new projects with energy.
Second, the Nasdaq will collapse soon. In the next two years, it will be extremely difficult for companies related to it, and the stock prices will fall sharply.
Take the opportunity to sell the game for a good price while the stock price of this industry is at its highest
At that time, after the stock market jumped, I bought the stocks of companies with bright prospects, and many companies’ stock prices rose by hundreds or thousands of times more than ten years later.
Third, if he keeps the game in his hands now, he is really afraid that he will not be able to keep it. The capital has no benevolence and reason, and there will be a large number of people who will try their best to grab the game copyright from William. Games are so famous right now, and no one has any objection that games can boost stock prices.
Fourth, he will invest the money from selling copyrights to short the Nasdaq stock market. Even if he has no financial knowledge, but he has money, he goes to Switzerland to find a bank agent. When signing the contract, the trader of the bank must be fully He only wants to be a short-term short, and he can earn at least 5 times in a few months.
At that time, he will keep 40 of the money in England, and after going to Switzerland, he will mortgage the money left in the Bank of England, plus the offshore company's money will enter the stock market in Switzerland, and the money he makes will stay in Switzerland. Into his account in England, he does not have to pay a dime to the English government.
Even if it is known by the English government, the government can't do anything about Ai William, and I won't enter England, what can you do with me.
At that time, if you want to acquire, you can use an offshore company to acquire or buy shares.
Chapter 18 Finally Don't Have To Worry About Money
On February 15, William got up early, put on a formal suit that was made by a private tailor on Oxford Street a few days ago, and tied his tie with the help of his mother Lena. The staff of the Hilton Hotel had already driven to pick him up.
The whole of England is paying attention to the game auction today. How could the Hilton Hotel give up such a lot of attention? In addition to the leak of the recording at their hotel last time, the Hilton Hotel will continue to hold a meeting in their hotel for William, and the hotel will not accept it today. For one pound, Eric sent a car and a bodyguard to pick him up for free. After the auction, he also provided a free reception and a 40% platinum card at the William Worldwide Hilton Hotel.
Since Hilton is so sincere, there is no more trouble finding other venues, and there is nothing to keep secret in today's auction.
Fortunately, there are bodyguards here, otherwise it would be very difficult for William to leave home easily and go to the Hilton Hotel. More than a dozen bodyguards almost didn't protect William when they went out. Today's reporters are very irritable, and everyone wants to get first-hand news from William.
After arriving at the Hilton Hotel, Anthony's law firm has helped William contact the auctioneer, and the hotel staff are making the final preparations. Today, William doesn't need to go on stage to say anything. After these days of media bombardment, today's Everyone knows about the auction.
Companies that are interested in games will definitely send people. Now everything depends on strength to determine the fate of game copyrights. Now even if William says not to sell, it will not work.
He signed a contract with a law firm, and the company that came to auction today has also signed a contract with a law firm. Unless no one bids 100 million pounds today, the game will pass the auction, but that is impossible. More than ten times in a few days, according to William's knowledge of Anthony, many medium-sized companies have joined together, and after they are ready to take pictures, they will divide the agency rights on a continent-by-continent basis.
William met a lot of people in the hotel venue, and everyone was very optimistic about William. After all, this young man could be worth dozens of elites by himself.
After 9 o'clock in the morning, the auctioneer came to the stage to greet today's auctioneers and the auction officially started.
"Good morning, ladies and gentlemen, I am Christie's Gold Gloves. I will serve you today. I am very happy to host this auction. Well, the auction officially begins, gentlemen and ladies."
After finishing speaking, the auctioneer picked up a document bag and raised it to the crowd, jokingly said: "This is a bag of paper worth more than 100 million pounds, and each piece of paper in it is worth 3 million pounds. You won't feel disadvantaged when you get it."
"Hahaha,,," everyone in the venue laughed heartily. They knew that the bag contained copyright books, but they were indeed a bag of paper.
"Okay, just kidding, gentlemen, the documents in my hand have a letter of undertaking jointly issued by the three major law firms in London, guaranteeing that the full copyright of the Plants vs. Zombies game is in the hands of Mr. William Devonhill, and that there is no any The copyright dispute is completely in the hands of the owner, and this transaction will be underwritten by the largest insurance company in England to ensure that the buyer pays off the payment within 7 days after the auction. If the breach of contract, the insurance company will claim twice the auction amount. Do you have any questions, gentlemen?"
The auctioneer waited for a minute and saw that no one had any objection, picked up the auction hammer and said loudly to everyone in the venue: "Ladies and gentlemen, the most exciting time has come, the starting price of the full copyright of Plants vs. Zombies is 100 million Sterling, shoot now."
"Ladies and gentlemen starting bids of £100 million, please bid"
After the auctioneer finished speaking, someone raised a placard, "100 million"
The auctioneer looked at the person holding the placard and said loudly: "Mr. No. 19 bid 100 million pounds, is there any more bid?"
"105 million"
"One hundred and ten million"
The price was 110 million in just a few rounds. William sat down and praised his wit. This was all due to what he said to the reporter the day before yesterday.
"One hundred and twenty million" William saw that the people from Bestard made another offer.
Where's the disco's bid "125 million"
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