Since the people in the foundation are so smart, William doesn't mind complimenting them.
"I would like to thank the foundation's operation team for not only having strong professional ethics, but also for being considerate of donors while adhering to the operating rules."
Looking at William, who was rarely able to say nice things and had a smile on his face, reporters and people from the foundation were waiting for him to say that he would donate some more money as a thank you.
But after waiting for a long time, what they were waiting for was words that made them feel sad.
If you want him to donate money, you have to have a purpose before he donates. He won't do it if you give money randomly for no reason.
William smiled as he thought of the old American's idea of a spaceship.
In this era, it is no longer possible to control a country privately.
But it is not difficult to control most of a country's infrastructure and affect half of the people's daily necessities such as water, electricity, and gas.
If you really do this, you will indirectly tie yourself to the lives of ordinary people.
It should be very simple to have a limited impact on the people. If you don’t care about profits,
Not to say that they will follow you wholeheartedly, but the people will definitely not want anything to happen to you, lest you change bosses and the cost of living increases.
After having secured the upper echelons of England, and then winning over ordinary people, William would be equivalent to bringing half of England's society on board.
As for something that the whole of England supports, he's not that arrogant yet.
I apologized to the audience and explained that I had to contact my family about the transfer.
I picked up the live broadcast ball and threw it out of the cab. I contacted Lina in advance through Sunday and got some information.
Only then did he use the spacecraft's communication equipment to contact Lina again, but he seemed to have forgotten that the spacecraft's communication was in amplified mode.
Every word was transmitted back to the Blue Star by the live broadcast, and at this moment, Sunday seemed to be down, and it didn't even remind him.
When the communication was connected, William laughed and repeated the commemorative gold coins, and finally said jokingly,
In addition to the first batch of gold being made into special commemorative coins and controlling the appropriate quantity.
He wanted all the gold shipped back from Mars in batches to be turned into gold coins bearing Olympus volcano and his image.
When there are 100 million Devonshire gold coins in the world, he will probably never be forgotten.
"You're crazy, William".
Hearing 100 million gold coins, even if Lina understood that this call was an act,
Still shocked, "One hundred million pieces, that's a total of 10,000 tons of gold. Do you want to completely destroy Blue Star's gold price?"
"How is it possible?" William shook his head and said, "I won't release this gold. It will remain uncirculated in the family vault and will not affect the gold price outside.
And despite the fact that I transport 1,500 tons of gold back from Mars a year, this amount of gold may not be enough to sell the gold of two major Asian countries in a year.
In addition, the consumption of gold by industrial products will become higher and higher in the future.
As long as I don’t transport thousands of tons back a year, the price of gold will definitely not fall in the long run, but may actually rise.”
After speaking, William explained as if he was afraid that Lina would not believe it,
"Mom, believe it or not, as long as I announce the gold shipped back, I will leave one thousand tons to make ten million gold coins and store it myself, and tomorrow's gold price will immediately stop falling and rise."
"It's possible," Lina thought for a moment and said, "If you hadn't acted recklessly,
Nowadays, there are many people outside who want to buy gold to preserve its value.”
"And even for our family, I think it is better to store gold than to have cash. After all, pounds and US dollars are just paper and numbers.
Besides, I have more than 2 billion pounds in my account alone.
Your total cash should be more than 20 billion, right?"
"Hell".
"God".
Hearing Lina's words, people watching TV all over the world couldn't help but cursed, and then their heads hurt with jealousy.
Damn Devon Hill, the bank can't print money faster than you two and make money, and you even say that money is just paper.
While the whole world was scolding her, Lena followed William's script and said something that excited the audience in England.
"William, after all, the Devonshire family has been English for generations.
You are also a hereditary Grand Duke who was conferred the title personally by His Majesty Philippe and witnessed by hundreds of celebrities.
While enjoying the fame and respect from the English people, you should also do what you can for England.
Therefore, I suggest that you transport gold back to London in the future and pay taxes directly with gold.
The more gold one has at home and in England, the better for protecting the value of the pound,
The more stable and strong England is, the more beneficial it will be to our family.
As for the money earned every year, there is no need to put it in the bank.
You can invest in infrastructure that no one is willing to invest in. Although these projects have small profits, they still maintain value.
It’s just right for us who don’t know where to spend our money.”
"Wait, Mom".
William interrupted his mother with a smile.
Even if you want to, you can't let people think that they are bound to win.
Because he knows very well that the business of catching up is not a business, but being treated as a fat sheep.
People are like this. If you offer to help with good intentions, not only will they not appreciate it, they will also think that there are some benefits that they don't know about.
Otherwise, only fools will do thankless things.
You have to let others beg you, and you have to make them think that you are doing it unwillingly and forcefully.
In the end, when things are done, they will feel that it was them who took advantage, not you, and they won't have so much trouble.
"I don't object to your suggestion of giving back to society, but who is willing to invest money in a basic industry with only 5% annual profit these days?"
William sighed and denied, "Don't forget, people are never satisfied.
Even if we were kind enough to take over England's crumbling infrastructure,
But how difficult are those guilds in England? Are there not enough reports in newspapers?
Those people won't care if your input and output are seriously inconsistent. Even if the company loses money, they will clamor,
Since the Devonshire family is so rich, any loss is nothing, just repay the society.
I don't want to be scheming with these people every day. With that kind of time and energy, the money I could make might be ten times more.
Therefore, in order to repay society, it is better to donate money to disadvantaged groups such as women and children.
This is simple, worry-free, and safer.”
"This", Lina couldn't help but hesitate.
But the topic she and William discussed already involved the interests of two groups in England.
But except for workers in basic industries, most people in England agree with William's words just by thinking about it.
One is a basic industry worker who has enough to eat, but only enough to support his family.
The other group is divorced, unemployed and orphans. You don’t really need to think too much about how to choose.
For a time, most people in England were paying attention to what Lena would say.
In their opinion, it is not surprising that William would look down on low-return industries like infrastructure.
But Lina struggled at the bottom of society for ten years. With William's rise in the past two years, most of England knew about it.
But do the people at the bottom of society have the same hardships as single mothers?
So it's perfect for people like Lina to pretend to be nice.