Once Upon a Time In Hollywood

Chapter 335 Arch Fire King

The reason why Roland wanted to give Kate a house worth more than 40 million yuan actually had his own plan.

Because he needs to sign a prenuptial agreement with the other party.

Although eternal interests can make the two parties inseparable, there will always be an accident in everything.

Before it happened, no one would have thought that someone would suddenly resign as prime minister because of the recurrence of ulcerative colitis.

No one would have thought that when Japan was leaderless, Warren Buffett had already brandished Berkshire Hathaway to beat all five of the six disobedient Japanese conglomerates.

From the Daiichi Bank Foundation, the Fuji Foundation, the Mitsubishi Foundation, the Mitsui Foundation, and the Sumitomo Foundation, they respectively acquired 5% of the shares of Itochu, Marubeni, Mitsubishi Corporation, Mitsui & Co., Ltd., and Sumitomo Corporation. According to the future situation, it reserves the right to increase the shareholding of all companies to a maximum of 9.9%.

Since overnight, the five major conglomerates that monopolize the entire Japanese trade market can be beaten to the ground.

Then what else is impossible?

Even Trisolaris has been found by Netflix, and signing a prenuptial agreement is even more necessary.

Of course, Roland will not exaggerate like Comrade Jianguo.

What should be added to the prenuptial agreement 'if divorced, the woman must return any gifts received during the marriage, such as furs and cars, to the man', let alone 'during the marriage, the woman's help to the man will be all It is a gift for the man, and there is a clause like "no remuneration for divorce" on the lips.

According to his arrangement, if there is an accident and it gets to the stage of divorce, all the gifts he gave Kate after marriage will belong to the other party. Not only that, the non-investment property purchased in the UK except the company will also belong to Kate.

With such an idea in mind, there is nothing wrong with giving the newly purchased house to the other party in the name of a pre-wedding gift. Anyway, the only things he really cares about are companies like Nvidia that hold new product launches in the kitchen. When Kate directly refused, and once again swore her sovereignty over Roland in front of outsiders, Roland was quite happy in his heart.

Although he doesn't believe in love, and like Rupert Murdoch and Summer Redstone, he firmly holds the money that symbolizes power in his hands, but who wants to live alone all his life?

Although a capitalist is the embodiment of capital and has no emotions, as long as he continues to breathe, he is still a human being.

"Mua~"

pecked Kate in the face, and the sound caused Kate to smack him again.

The intimate action made Roland hug his wife's waist. Now that he has accepted all this, he will not be hypocritical.

"That's fine, let's do it like this."

Roland looked at the old butler.

"Okay, Mr. Allen, this is a wise decision."

The old butler smiled and nodded.

Seeing the dust settle down, Roland, who was in a good mood, also asked the other party about his doubts.

"By the way, you don't know Kate, do you? If you don't know each other, isn't it awkward for you to stop me?"

The old butler knew that Roland was asking about his abnormal behavior just now. Since it was not a secret, he smiled and said, "Mr. Allen, we don't have gift tax in Britain, but you in the United States do."

"If you donate this real estate to your fiancée, according to your US laws, if the gift occurs outside the country and the recipient is not a US citizen, you need to pay full gift tax, while your tax rate in California is as high as 50%. "

"That is to say, you spent 39 million to buy a house, and you have to give 19.5 million to the California Federation. This kind of business is really a loss, but if it is after marriage, it will Enjoy the benefits of unlimited marriage deductions.”

"19.5 million, you can even buy the small one next door."

"Ask the Queen to get approval again, can't they be rebuilt together? Why give money to the Federation?"

“So, whenever a guest wants to gift the real estate to his lover, we will remind him according to the actual situation.”

"After all, what the prince asks of us is to serve every owner well."

The old butler smiled at Roland, bowed slightly, and showed a little respect.

The undisguised words made Roland shake his head with emotion.

He understands that the old housekeeper is helping him avoid taxes on the surface, but in fact, he hopes to use high-quality services in exchange for the residents' investment in the UK-today they can save you 19.5 million taxes on the spot, Tomorrow, they can also help you dig Sosuo from other places. In this case, when you encounter troubles on this land, you will take the initiative to ask them for help. At that time, various conditions, It's all on the table.

"Okay I get it."

Roland nodded towards the old butler, then looked down at Kate, "I bought the house, what are you going to do with the renovation?"

"Leave it to David." Kate said it as it should be, "David already knows my preferences."

'have to! '

Roland spat secretly in his heart, 'This is really using people as tools to the end. '

...

After dealing with the matter of buying a house, Roland's second purpose of coming to the UK has been achieved.

The rest of the time, as he promised, will be handed over to Kate, and he will do whatever the other party wants to do.

And as a girl who is looking forward to marriage but is a novice, Kate’s performance is no different from other women. She finds a wedding company and tells them her planned wedding time, and those tool people who are eager to make money will arrange everything It’s all right—the location of the wedding, the design of the wedding dress and gown, the way the wedding photos are taken, the planning and arrangement of the guests, the itinerary of the honeymoon trip…

In the case of a beautiful knife, the wedding company can make you feel the warmth of home.

What Roland has to do is to lie comfortably on the sofa with Kate and answer those planning questions.

"So, where do you want to hold the event?" The old man over half a century old asked with a smile while holding the recording board.

"The venue? The venue should be private." Kate said: "He doesn't like to be disturbed by the media."

"That's the same as William." Roland agreed with his mother-in-law.

But the old man did not understand his words, "William?"

"Bill Gates."

Roland added: "Like him, just book an island. Help me choose an island that is prettier than Lanai."

"..."

The old man nodded and wrote down the needs of the two newcomers, "So, which brand are you going to choose for wedding dresses and dresses? We have cooperation with Pronovias, MarcoandMaria, JennyPackham..."

Before Kate could answer, Roland spoke, because of this question he would say, "Elizabeth Emmanuel, I think you should know her, we don't cooperate with any brand, we invite her and her husband to make the wedding dress, unique Wedding dress."

Such words made Kate purse her lips and chuckle, and also made the old man's right hand, which was recording, pause.

Looked up at Roland, and after confirming that he was not joking, he continued to ask: "How and where the wedding photos were taken..."

Roland will also answer this question, "We got married in October, and now in January, there are still nine months left. During this time, we will prepare a few more wedding dresses, and we can take pictures wherever we go, without a fixed location."

This answer made Kate lean against Roland, while the old man who was recording blinked in confusion.

It took about a few seconds to digest Roland's ideas, and after recording, he asked again: "Is there a guest list for the banquet? We can design the inner pages of the invitation individually based on the names of the guests..."

Roland still knows this question, "This one? There are more people here." Turning his head and staring at the woman, he said, "All relatives and friends at your house have to be invited, so counting from Kenneth Branagh, I will first One hundred positions?"

"Approximately." Kate thought the number was reasonable, "If you don't invite the guys in the circle, you can't."

"Then counting the relatives and friends on my side, I'm saving a hundred places?"

"This is not enough." Kate shook her head and said, "You are like Steven Spielberg, James Cameron, Francis Coppola, Arnold Schwarzenegger, Tom Hanks, these When the time comes, people must attend as a whole family, and you have to count their children, how can one hundred seats be enough?"

Speaking of this, Kate snapped her fingers again, "Not to mention, there are Bill Gates, Warren Buffett, Paul Allen, Charlie Munger, Carl Icahn, Ronald Perey Partners like Erman, friends like David Shaw, Richard Cheney, and Henry Rumsfeld, and close comrades like Steve Jobs and Jeff Bezos who must be invited, you Not to mention one hundred positions, even three hundred, I don't think it's enough..."

"Hiss...it seems to be the problem..." Roland gasped.

"Well, these guys are all friends, you can't invite one of them and not the other?" Kate nodded and continued: "Although you don't know if Warren Buffett and Carl Icahn will be together at the same time. To be there, but..."

"Invitations must be sent."

"There are also bosses from the Big Six, you have worked with them for so many years, as long as you send invitations, they will come..."

"..." The old man who wanted to record his name at first stopped his work.

He looked straight at the newcomer who was counting people there.

At this moment, countless question marks appeared in his heart.

'no! Are you getting married? The United Nations General Assembly is still in session! '

‘Why are the people invited more and more outrageous? '

‘Aren’t you from the entertainment industry? Wouldn't it be over to bring the entertainment circles of the two countries together? Why is it cross-border? '

'The point is to cross borders! How do you talk about those people on the Forbes list of the world's richest people? '

‘Is the combined net worth of these people a trillion? '

‘This is too exaggerated! '

...

When news spread that Roland was hiding in England to prepare for the wedding, no one in the outside world was not surprised.

Although they all knew that Roland and Kate would get married was a certainty, but no one thought that Roland would be so quick and had already finalized his wedding before officially announcing his retirement.

However, surprise is surprise, congratulations are congratulations.

After learning the news through various channels, they all counted the time difference and called Roland to congratulate him.

Being like this made Roland busy like a dog.

For three days in a row, the mobile phone did not stop.

Of course, the private congratulations did not arouse feedback from the society. The media also respected the two newcomers' personal wishes when they were temporarily unwilling to disclose the news of their marriage.

No way, no disrespect!

Top wedding companies may not be able to figure out Roland's circle of friends, but those media are monkey spirits!

While Roland was preparing for the wedding, everything in the world was also running in an orderly manner.

When February arrived, Yahoo's board of directors was reshuffled without causing a stir.

Five independent directors, together with Ronald Perelman and Carl Icahn, successfully entered the board of directors. On the second day of their election, Carl Icahn said that Yahoo CEO Jerry Yang was not competent. current job!

While America Online annexed Time Warner, Yahoo, also an Internet service provider, was indifferent and unmoved.

When such an attack appeared, the media rushed on it like a shark smelling fishy.

For a while, a series of news headlines such as "Wolf King Invades Yahoo", "Yahoo Fears To Be Dismembered", "The Free Internet Era May End" occupied people's attention, and at the same time, Yahoo's stock price skyrocketed!

They were originally hovering at more than 110 billion, and they climbed directly to 125 billion!

Because everyone knows that whenever the Wolf King makes such a statement, it means that they are going to attack the company!

Regardless of whether it is packaged for sale or dismembered, this series of transactions will generate countless premiums for the company!

And this is the best opportunity for their retail investors to follow suit to make money!

But before the retail investors fell into a frenzy, waving banknotes to buy Yahoo shares, and drinking soup with the Wolf King, Microsoft, who received the signal, also followed and gave people a big satellite.

Newly appointed CEO Steve Ballmer said that he is willing to reach a settlement with the Department of Justice on the operating system monopoly case, no longer restricts the choice of operating systems for personal computer equipment manufacturers, and welcomes everyone, based on the Windows operating system , to write various application programs, and the copyright of the application programs created based on the Windows operating system belongs to the operator.

When the news came out, the whole world was stunned!

Everyone can't figure it out, is Microsoft crazy?

Before the Ministry of Justice gave real evidence, Microsoft had already conceded?

Not only that, but also open permissions so that other developers can write software on the Windows system?

This, this, this...

This is simply trying to die!

In the eyes of the public, Microsoft who made such a decision is surrendering its core competitiveness to others!

Although when developers all over the world use the Windows operating system to develop software, Windows will be able to monopolize the entire market in a true sense, because the ecological environment of the entire system is not comparable to other competitors, but the problem is that this will also make Microsoft In the future, it is impossible to launch lethal software!

The previous software was all implanted into the window system, whether the user chooses it or not, it is there. The future software will be chosen by the user. Although the latter does give consumers an advantage, but for a company, it is is deadly!

As a result, Microsoft's stock price plummeted suddenly.

And this inexplicable statement also made the federation stunned. After repeatedly confirming that Microsoft really wanted to reach a settlement with itself, the federal judge in charge of the case, Thomas Jackson, was immediately dismissed by the Supreme Court for violating judicial procedures. And the re-appointed judge asked her to thoroughly investigate whether Thomas Jackson abused his rights and threatened Microsoft.

Such changes fully demonstrate the face of monopolistic competition.

When Microsoft was messing around, the Federation had to deal with it, but when Microsoft took the initiative to admit defeat, the Federation was afraid that Microsoft would hand over the operating system market to others.

But unfortunately, Microsoft's stock price, before announcing the acquisition of Yahoo, may not be able to rise back.

And just when people thought that two major incidents happened in the same month, it was already a big deal, another company jumped out of the fire—

Enron Corporation, America's largest natural gas purchaser and seller, announced that it expects its revenue to reach 101 billion US dollars throughout the year 2000.

Note: ① When AOL and Time Warner merged, Yahoo really wanted to do something, but they were powerless, because they were studying how to delete the mailbox registered by the machine. As the largest free mailbox provider in the world, Yahoo Attacked by countless hackers, hackers use robots to automatically register mailboxes, and then send spam to users. In order to solve this problem, Yahoo invited Louis-Von-Ann, and then, the verification code that is now used by Google for AI deep learning was born up. Yes, Captcha was first implemented by Yahoo, but it was eventually bought by Google. ②The stock prices of companies targeted by the wolf king will skyrocket, because retail investors already know that they can make money by following the wolf king. This is why the wolf king is more famous than the stock god.