The reporters were in an uproar when they heard the two hundred million pounds. They thought that one hundred million was a sky-high price, but now that they heard William say that buying the game could push up the stock price by a few hundred million pounds, they thought it was very possible.
According to the current situation of the stock market, William's prediction might really come true. It was not that they could make a lot of money just by buying the game. There would be another headline tomorrow, "Two hundred million pounds is the real value of the game."
When William saw that the reporters were silent, he secretly laughed in his heart. If he bought it now, it might really increase the stock price as he had said. However, after March this year, it would be hard to say.
"Okay, one more question. Does anyone have anything else to ask?"
The reporter was reminded by William and hurriedly asked, "Mr. Devonshire, are you really related to the Duke of Devonshire? Do you have the right to inherit the title?"
William rolled his eyes at the reporter who asked the question. This was a trap for him. These London reporters were not good people.
"We have no relationship. If you want to talk about relationship, I can only say that we have the same ancestor. Our Devonshire family was already a noble family 1,000 years ago, more than 600 years before the current Duke's family. Other than that, we have no relationship. I was not born into a noble family. My mother did not have the right to inherit the title. Now, we are all ordinary people. Are you satisfied with my answer? "
The reporter who was asked by William said unwillingly, "But according to the information we found, the Earl of Oxford does not have an heir. You are now the only heir to the title. Do you have any thoughts about this?"
William was surprised by the question. How could he have the right to inherit the title? Didn't the descendants of women not have the right to inherit the title?
William did not know how to answer, so he played dumb and said, "Okay, I have answered all three questions. Let's stop here. Please don't crowd around this street. Thank you."
After that, William ignored the reporter's shouts and asked him to answer the reporter's question.
William didn't care about that. He only accepted the interview because he wanted to use the media to put more pressure on the companies that wanted to buy the game's copyright. William didn't care about anything else.
By the 12th of February, all the newspapers in England were reporting on William. Today's newspaper report was even more detailed. Some reporters went to William's primary school and secondary school to look for his teachers and classmates. They dug out everything about him.
Serious newspapers such as The Times and The Financial Times had long reported on what William had said in an interview yesterday about the effect of game copyright on the stock prices of listed companies. They had even invited many economic and stock managers to explain.
Several experts at the scene basically agreed with William's opinion. They believed that under the current investment environment, William's 90% chance of success would be realized.
Even the TV station's morning news broadcast a clip of William's interview yesterday. People watched this handsome, smart, and rich young man speak with assurance in front of the reporters on TV. What he said was reasonable and convincing. This made William instantly become a celebrity in the whole of England.
Many tabloids also highlighted that William had confessed to a girl when he was in secondary school. They even found the girl and did an exclusive interview. The girl was now a big girl. She said that she hoped to continue her relationship with William. She regretted not accepting William back then and hoped that William would give her another chance.
William was shocked by these tabloids. He couldn't even remember what the girl looked like now.
The disadvantage of being famous in society was that William and Lena couldn't leave the house now. There were a lot of reporters waiting for him outside the house. They wanted to get some big news from him.
Even the two office workers who rented his house almost couldn't leave the street this morning. The two female office workers were surrounded by a large group of reporters as soon as they left the house. They were bombarded with questions. In the end, they had to be helped by the police to get rid of the reporters.
Even the Duke of Devonshire, who usually didn't show his face, was seized by the reporters. They asked him a lot of questions about his relationship with William's family.
The old Duke was very approachable. He laughed and said that he was very happy that the Devonshire family could produce such an outstanding descendant like William. When he was young, he even met William's grandfather, Henry Winst Devonshire, and the two had a good chat.
Although William no longer had any contact with them, as descendants of the same ancestor, the old duke hoped that William would visit him when he had the time. He welcomed William and his mother to his home.
When the reporters heard the old Duke admit that William was really a descendant of the Devonshire family, it was as if they had been injected with chicken blood.
After reading these reports, William sighed to his mother, Lena. The older the ginger, the spicier it was. The newspaper reported a lot about the history of the Devonshire family, and the newspaper advertised the Devonshire family to the whole of England for free. It was true that the older one got, the wiser they became.
William had been stuck at home for three days. In these three days, many big companies sent people to London to look for William. They wanted to negotiate privately with Eric. Even Sludge sent people to look for him. Hasbro also wanted to discuss a joint release of Plants vs. Zombies with William.
William wouldn't agree at this time. He just replied to all the companies that came to him over the past few days that he would negotiate with them at the Hilton Hotel on February 15th.
To be honest, William thought about keeping the copyright of Plants vs. Zombies, but after thinking about it carefully for two days, he decided to sell it.
It was different if the copyright was in his hands than if it was in the hands of those big companies. First, he didn't have a sales channel. In the end, he would have to license it to other companies. If he wanted to build his own sales channel, it would be too difficult and time-consuming. If he had the time and energy, he might as well do some new projects.
Second, Nasdaq was going to crash soon. In the next two years, IT-related companies would have a hard time. Their stock prices would plummet. He might as well sell the game for a good price while the IT industry's stock prices were at their highest.
When the stock market crashed, he could buy the stocks of those companies with bright prospects. Many of those companies' stock prices would rise by hundreds or even thousands of times over ten years later.
Third, he was afraid that he wouldn't be able to keep the game if he kept it in his hands. There was no such thing as benevolence and justice when it came to capital. If he kept it in his hands, there would be a large number of people who would do everything they could to snatch the game's copyright from William. The game was too famous now, and no one had any objections to the game increasing the stock price.
Fourth, he would put the money from selling the copyright into Nasdaq to short the game. Even if he didn't have any financial knowledge, he had money. He could go to Switzerland and find a bank agent. When he signed the contract, he would ask the bank agent to short the game according to his requirements. He only wanted to short the game for a short period of time. In a few months, he would be able to make at least five times the profit.
At that time, he would leave 40% of his money in England. When he went to Switzerland, he would use the money he left in the Bank of England as collateral. Together with the money from the offshore company, he would enter the stock market in Switzerland. The money he earned would stay in Switzerland. The money wouldn't go into his account in England, and he wouldn't have to pay a single cent to the English authorities.
Even if the English authorities found out, they wouldn't be able to do anything to William. What could they do if he didn't enter England?
At that time, if they wanted to buy the game, they could use the offshore company to buy it or invest in it.
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