The reporters were all shocked when they heard the price of 200 million pounds. Originally, they thought 100 million was a sky-high price, but now when they heard William say that buying the game could push up the stock price by hundreds of millions or even billions, they thought it was very possible.
Given the current hot stock market, William's prediction might actually come true. That doesn't mean you'll make a fortune just by buying it. Tomorrow's headlines will say, "£200 million is its true value."
William looked at the reporters who were silent and smiled secretly in his heart. Buying now might really increase the stock price as he said, but it would be hard to say after March this year.
"Okay, I have another question. Does anyone have any more questions?"
William reminded the reporter and asked hurriedly: "Mr. Devonshire, are you really related to the Duke of Devonshire? Do you have the right to inherit the nobility?"
William rolled his eyes at the reporter who asked the question. This is a trap for me. None of these London reporters are good people.
"We are not related. If I have to say we are related, I can only say that we have the same ancestor. Our Devonshire family was already aristocracy 1,000 years ago, more than 600 years earlier than the current Duke's family. There is no other connection. I was not born into a noble family, and my mother did not have the right of inheritance. Now we are all ordinary people. Are you satisfied with what I said?"
The reporter who was asked by William said unwillingly: "But, according to the information we found, the Earl of Oxford has no heir now, and you are the only heir to the title. What do you think about this?"
William was surprised by this question. How could I have the right of inheritance? Don't female descendants have the right of inheritance?
William didn't know how to answer, so he played dumb and said, "Okay, I've answered all three questions. Let's stop here. Please don't gather in this street anymore. Thank you."
After saying that, William ignored the reporter's shouting and asked him to answer the question asked by the reporter just now.
William doesn't care about all this. He came out to accept the interview just to use the media to put more pressure on those companies that want to buy the game copyright. William doesn't want to care about anything else.
By February 12, newspapers all over England were reporting on William. Today's newspapers reported in even more detail. Some reporters went to William's former primary and secondary schools to find his teachers and classmates and dug out everything about his past.
Serious newspapers such as The Times and the Financial Times reported in length on what William said in an interview yesterday about the role of game copyrights in driving the share prices of listed companies, and also invited many economic and stock managers to explain.
Not to mention that several experts on the scene basically agreed with William's views, believing that under the current investment environment, the 90% probability William mentioned would be realized.
Even the morning news on TV broadcast a clip of William's interview yesterday. People watched this handsome, smart and rich young man on TV talking to reporters, and what he said was well-reasoned and convincing, which made William instantly become a celebrity throughout England.
Many tabloids also focused on the fact that William confessed his love to a girl in middle school. They even found the girl and did an exclusive interview with her. The girl is now a grown-up and expressed her hope to rekindle her relationship with William. She regretted not accepting William at the time and hoped that William would give her another chance.
William was so shocked by these tabloids that he couldn't even remember what the girl looked like.
The downside of being famous in the whole society is that William and Lina can't leave the house now. There are a lot of reporters waiting for him outside the house, hoping to get some big news from him.
Even the two office workers who rented his house almost couldn't walk 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, it was the police who came forward to help them get rid of the group of reporters.
Even the Duke of Devonshire, who rarely appears in public, was given the opportunity by reporters to ask a lot of questions about his relationship with William's family.
The old Duke was still very approachable. He smiled and said that he was very happy that the Devonshire family had such an outstanding descendant like William. When he was young, he met William's grandfather Henry Winster Devonshire, and the two had a good chat.
Although William had no contact with them anymore, as they were of the same ancestor, the old Duke hoped that William would visit him when he had time, and he welcomed William and his mother to his home.
When the reporters heard the old Duke personally admit that William's family was indeed a descendant of the Devonshire family, they all reported the story incessantly as if they had been injected with chicken blood.
After reading these reports, William sighed to his mother Lina, saying that old people are still wise. Seeing the extensive reports on the history of the Devon family in the newspapers and the newspapers giving Devon a free advertisement to the whole of England, it really shows that people become wiser as they get older.
William has been stuck at home for three days. During these three days, many large companies have sent people to London to find William, hoping to have private negotiations with Eric. Even Disney has sent people to find him, and Hasbro also wants to talk to William about jointly releasing Plants vs. Zombies toys.
William would not agree at this time. He just gave a unified reply to every company that came to him in the past few days that the negotiations would be held at the Hilton Hotel on February 15th.
To be honest, William thought about keeping the copyright of Plants vs. Zombies, but after thinking carefully for two days, he decided to sell the copyright.
The copyright is different when it is in his own hands and when it is in the hands of those big companies. First, he has no sales channels, so he will eventually have to authorize it to other companies. It is too difficult and time-consuming to build channels by himself. With that time and energy, he might as well do some new projects.
Second, the Nasdaq will soon collapse. In the next two years, IT-related companies will have an extremely difficult time. The stock prices will fall sharply. I am not as good as you.
Take advantage of the highest stock price in the IT industry to sell the game at a good price
When the stock market booms, buy stocks of companies with bright prospects. The stock prices of many companies will increase by hundreds or even thousands of times in a dozen years.
Third, if he keeps the game in his hands now, he is really afraid that he will not be able to keep it. Capital will not be kind or reasonable. If he keeps it in his hands, a large number of people will try their best to snatch the game copyright from William. This game is too famous now, and everyone has no objection to the game being able to increase the stock price.
Fourth, he would invest the money from selling copyrights into shorting the Nasdaq stock market. Even though he didn't understand financial knowledge, he had money. He would go to Switzerland to find a bank agent and require the bank's traders to short sell according to his own requirements when signing the contract. He only wanted to do a short-term short position, and he could make at least 5 times more in just a few months.
At that time, he would leave the 40 yuan in England, and after going to Switzerland, he would use the money in the Bank of England as collateral, and the money from the offshore company would enter the stock market in Switzerland. The money earned would remain in Switzerland. These funds would not go into his account in England, so he would not have to pay a penny to the English government.
Even if the English government finds out, they can't do anything to William. I won't enter England, so what can you do to me?
If you want to acquire a company, you can use an offshore company to acquire or invest in it.
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