Chapter 18

On February 15, William got up early in the morning, put on the formal dress that he had made to order in Oxford Street a few days ago, and tied his tie with the help of his mother Lena. The staff of Hilton hotel had already come to pick him up.

The whole of England is paying attention to the auction of the game today. How can Hilton Hotel give up such a matter of great concern? In addition to the leakage of the recording in their hotel last time, Hilton hotel does not charge Eric a pound today in order that William can continue to hold a meeting in their hotel. They send cars and bodyguards to pick him up for free. After the auction, they also provide a free reception, Also send William global Hilton Hotel to stay in a 60% discount platinum card.

Since Hilton is so sincere, there is no trouble to find other venues, and there is nothing to keep secret about today's auction.

Fortunately, there are bodyguards to come, or William would be very difficult to leave home and go to the Hilton Hotel. When going out, more than ten bodyguards almost didn't protect William. Today's reporters are very angry, and everyone wants to get first-hand news from William.

After arriving at the Hilton Hotel, Anthony's law firm has already contacted the auctioneer for William. The staff of the hotel are making the final preparations. Today, William doesn't have to go on stage to say anything more. After the media bombardment in recent days, today's auction is well known.

Companies that are interested in the game will definitely send people to come. Now everything depends on their strength to decide the end result of the game copyright. Now even if William says not to sell it, it will not work.

He has signed a contract with the law firm. The company that came to auction today has also signed a contract with the law firm. Unless no one bid 100 million pounds today, the game will be auctioned. But that's impossible. The number of companies that came here today is more than ten times that of a few days ago. According to William's knowledge in Anthony, there are many medium-sized companies that have joined together to prepare to bid and then press their respective prices Each state is the unit to divide up the right of agency.

William met a lot of people in the hotel venue, and everyone is very optimistic about him. After all, this young man can be worth dozens of elites.

After 9 a.m., the auctioneer went on stage to greet today's bidders, and then the auction officially began.

"Good morning, ladies and gentlemen. I'm Christie's gold medal glove. I'm very happy to host the auction today. Well, ladies and gentlemen, the auction officially begins"

then the auctioneer picked up a paper bag and said with a smile: "this is a bag of paper worth more than 100 million pounds, and each piece of paper in it is worth more than 100 million pounds It's worth 3 million pounds. I hope you won't feel at a loss after you get it.

"Ha ha ha," everyone in the meeting hall laughed heartily. They knew that the bags contained copyright books, but they were really a bag of paper.

"Well, I'm kidding, gentlemen. The document I have in my hand is a letter of commitment jointly issued by the three major law firms in London, which guarantees that the full copyright of the game of Plants vs. Zombies is in the hands of Mr. William Devonshire, and there is no copyright dispute. It's completely in everyone's hands, and this transaction will be underwritten by the largest insurance company in England, so as to ensure the shooting The buyer will pay off the money within 7 days after the sale. If the buyer defaults, the insurance company will claim twice the auction amount. Ladies and gentlemen, do you have any questions? "

the auctioneer waited for a minute. Seeing no one had any objection, he picked up the hammer and said loudly to all the people in the meeting room," ladies and gentlemen, the most exciting time has come. The full copyright of plants vs zombies starts at 100 million pounds. Now the auction starts. "

"Ladies and gentlemen, the starting price is 100 million pounds, please bid"

after the auctioneer finished, someone raised a card, "100 million"

the auctioneer looked at the people who raised the card and said, "Mr. 19, bid 100 million pounds, is there any bid"

"105 million"

"110 million"

the price is 110 million before a few rounds, William sat down At the bottom of the table, he praised his tact, which was due to what he said to reporters the day before yesterday.

"120 million" William saw that the people of Blackstar had offered again.

At this price, the buyers hesitated to bid. William looked at the person in charge of Carrefour, who didn't even bid. It was like watching the excitement. Just now at the meeting, he swore to William that the board of directors authorized him, and Carrefour would fight for the ownership of the game. This is the meeting Do your best? I'm out of my mind to make a show. Is this money frightening you?

The representative of "130 million" Blackstar was looking at the disco with gnashing teeth.

This time, the card raiser of Disneyland stopped for a long time. His assistant has been on the phone all the time. It seems that he is still reporting to the headquarters.

"If there is any bid, bid for the first time, bid for the second time"

"133 million" before the final bid, discus finally increased the price.

The whole audience can see that the people of Blackstar now look at the disco as if they see the enemy. The appearance of Disco makes them spend a lot more money.

Biting its teeth, Blackstar reported "135 million"

this time, under the repeated hints of the auctioneer, the disco still didn't bid again, and the disco didn't have to win the caseThe auctioneer yelled "the third bid, deal" and "touched" with an auction hammer. The auction was a success.

"Ladies and gentlemen, thank you. This auction is officially over. Thank you." after thanking you, the auctioneer left the podium.

William is happy to shake hands with the person in charge of Blackstar and take a group photo. The people of Blackstar look very happy.

Under the guidance of the lawyer, the two sides came to the signing table and sat down. William signed the contract under the guidance of the lawyer. Then Eric and Blackstar signed the insurance contract and the capital exchange contract with the insurance company and the bank respectively.

Blackstar's money will be divided into two parts, 40% will be remitted to William's account in England, and the other 60% will be directly remitted to the offshore company's account in the British Virgin Islands.

The insurance and bank guarantee cost Eric 4% of the amount plus 1% of the law firm's. He will spend a total of 6.75 million pounds. William thinks he can still accept it. He can guarantee that the money will arrive in seven days with a few hundred Almighty guarantees. If it is delayed to March, the variables will be too big.

In the specified time, if the money of Blackstar can't reach William's account, the insurance company and the bank will have to directly lose money to him, and the money owed by Blackstar will be pursued by the insurance company and the bank.

After signing the contract, we took a group photo together and held a reception at the Hilton Hotel.

William finished dealing with some charities and some beauties who didn't know how to mix in. He wanted to communicate with beauties, but he didn't like the type in the scene.

William is alone at the buffet table to choose to eat, he did not eat in the morning, now really a little hungry, is eating happy, William heard his voice behind him.

Hello, William.