how i bought the whole world

We worked in the bathroom for an hour (don't ask me what I was doing) before we went downstairs, and the first thing we saw was the reproachful faces of sleeping Carter and Chris.

"What a terrible parent." Both he and Neal looked at me with a look of 'you should reflect on', "William, Brandon, you can't leave a child downstairs alone, especially if he will give When the knocker opens the door."

Brandon blushed, he said sorry apologetically, and I sat down on the sofa, "Isn't there a dog? If you are bad guys, Jude Law's teeth will be sharp."

"Jude Law is not your nanny, parents."

"He's an all-around dog and can take care of children."

"Again, dogs are not your nannies."

"Chris, the dog is not our babysitter, but I am your boss." I found that since Chris and Neil formalized their relationship, his temper has become tough. The original gentle and tolerant Chris Where did you go?Wall Street didn't change him, a man changed him.

"Listen to what you're talking about, you tyrant, William." The other person rolled his eyes at me, "Okay, I'll shut up, who told you to be the one who paid the wages."

"I can support you, honey," Neil added.

A smile appeared on Chris's face, "Oh, Neil." He only said a few words, but the meaning was self-evident.

Chris and Neil are regular visitors to our family. Last year, Neil decided to move his business to the United States. After he knew my identity, he only said one sentence, "It seems that I have a great lover. He has a million dollars." Millionaire's Boss' and we've been good friends ever since.

We cooked dinner in the kitchen and it was announced at eight o'clock. Carter was woken up. After dinner, he was sent back to his room to go to sleep. He was still a child and it was normal for him to go to bed at eight o'clock. Drink tea and chat.

Chris told me about a recent news item.

"William, I don't know if you've heard of this, but Apple is going to release a smartphone," he said.

"I know the news."

"You should see Andy's face, it's funny, he's got a look like someone robbed him of millions."

I laughed, "He always thought that Apple would come and use Android one day, so that he could avenge his departure."

"He is. Ever since he knew that Microsoft came to kneel and lick his hopes, Andy now pins all his hopes on Apple. I didn't expect Apple to be so strong. They developed their own ios system... But what I want to ask is , What do you think of Apple, I know you don’t know much about electronics, but I think your vision is more accurate.”

"I like apples." I said simply. "Their CEO is a guy who can't lose to Andy. Think about his life. Jobs left Apple 15 years ago, but he was invited back to solve the trouble. What kind of person can get such treatment. ? Must be a genius plus a leader, like me and Andy combined... This is terrible, I think Apple will definitely become Android's biggest rival in the future, there is no doubt about it!"

Nowadays, Symbian has no competitiveness in the smart phone market at all. The unpopularity of keyboard phones has forced Symbian to learn Android to launch touch-screen phones, but its effect is very bad. The complexity of c++ programming makes it With little advantage in entertainment and memory, Android quickly ate 80.00% of its market, and Symbian finally fell to the point where it competed with low-end machines for profits, and it took just over a year.

The launch of Apple's mobile phone this year is the enemy that Android needs to pay attention to.This is not only because Apple is a very strong old-fashioned technology company, but also because they have the best leaders, just like when I got Andy and laid the foundation for the victory of Android, Apple has Jobs, and it will inevitably have the fruits of success .

"Are you sure?" Chris wondered, "I thought you would just pay attention to it a little bit and forget about it, don't you think it will be as obscure as the BlackBerry system?"

"Apple's marketing has always been very good, and their ideas are also very advanced." I thought for a while and said. "In particular, they have a large number of technicians, which is not lost to Android, and even better than us."

Chris looked at me strangely, "Well, since it's such a big threat, why are you so calm."

Brandon couldn't help but expose me at this time, "Christian, why do you think Jobs' iPhone mobile phone plan was so smoothly realized? Originally, Apple was making computers and mp4. What do you think made the iPhone project beat the iPod and iPad research? , become one of Apple's most important projects? William secretly acquired 20.00% of Apple's shares!"

Chris' eyes immediately turned into contempt, "You traitor."

"Hey!" I protested. "I just don't think you can put all your eggs in one basket."

"What would Andy say if he knew about this?"

"You can't tell Andy about this." I pouted, "Listen friends, I admit that I have high hopes for Android. I think that no matter how the future changes, Android will become the most popular smartphone system. But a brand without competitors is very dangerous. Listen to what people in the company say, 'We beat Symbian', 'We will conquer the world'. To be honest, Android still has a lot of shortcomings. The upper hand is only because there are no competitors at present, a Symbian is nothing, I hope Apple will come out and teach them a good lesson."

"You don't care, both of them can make you money anyway." Brandon laughed, "Actually, I don't object to your approach. We are businessmen, and our interests are the most important thing, but I think you are a little too worried, Andy It’s not the group of programmers whose noses are raised to the sky, he has a lot of ideas, and there is still a long way to go in the development of Android.”

"Yes, we have Andy. He and Yitzhak are the most talented partners. It would be even better if he didn't tell me all the time that he would quit his job and study robots."

In February 07, two major events occurred in the US financial circle, which was originally undercurrent.

The first thing is that New Century Financial Corporation issued a profit warning for the fourth quarter.Their financial situation was truly dire, almost to the point of dire urgency.The second thing is that HSBC's bad debts have further increased, and they have set aside 18 billion US dollars to prepare for the liquidation of these bad debts.

In April, New Century Financial Corporation once again made a decision. They applied for bankruptcy protection to the court, and then carried out large-scale layoffs to ease the shortage of funds.

How much do they owe Wall Street?

174 million.

And this is just an example.

Companies similar to the new century include the German Industrial Bank and the American Housing Mortgage Investment Corporation. The former affects the heart of Germany, the boss of the European Union. The German Central Bank convened all German banks to find a way to rescue the Industrial Bank. One of the companies that represents the general embarrassment of American investment and loan companies.

In August, two credit companies owned by Bear Stearns declared bankruptcy.In October, the Miami Valley Bank failed, in January the Hume Bank of Missouri failed, and in May the ANB Financial National Association Bank failed.

— We all know that the subprime crisis started.

I also lost a lot of money in this financial turmoil, but mainly because of monetary tightening and people's purchasing power decreased.None of this money can hurt my roots.I lost almost $15 billion in my fortune, but I didn't even care because another thing was on my mind at this point.

"How do I look?" I said to a few of my friends.Alfonso, Chris, Neil, Itzhak and Andy are there, all with the same smirks on their faces.I was a little nervous, fine sweat appeared on my forehead, and my voice was a little trembling.The shirt stuck to my back and I moved my neck uncomfortably.

Alfonso, who knows the atmosphere best here, came up and stared at my dress for a while, and helped me straighten my crooked bow tie, "Very handsome!" He patted me on the shoulder. "Go boy."

I immediately walked to the restaurant with my hands and feet, and halfway through, I was suddenly stopped by the people behind, and Chris made a 'child' mouth shape to me.

I just realized I was still holding Carter.

"Ooh boy." I went back and handed Carter to them.

Carter tilted his head, "Papa, where are you going?"

"Doing something very important is like fighting a dragon!" I pinched his little face. "You are with your uncles tonight."

When I walked into the restaurant, Brandon was already there because it was the weekend and he wasn't wearing a suit, just a very simple tracksuit.Ninth Park Restaurant has a low dress code.So Brandon and I dress very casually except when meeting important guests.

"You've been missing all afternoon today." Brandon had just finished ordering wine, and suddenly looked up at me, "William, you're really dressed."

"Because there was a special meeting just now." I lied without changing my face. "I met with Bells CEO Robert Jr."

"Do you want to acquire them?" He became a little interested, "I heard that Morgan and KKR are making offers, and Morgan has the support of the Federal Reserve. If you want to acquire them, you must hurry up."After a pause, he suddenly became puzzled, "But you took Carter with you, what about others?"

"At Chris's place, why can't I bring my lawyer to talk to Robert." I smiled, "Then I asked him to take a little care of our son. I want to spend a pleasant evening with you alone."

"Oh." A smile appeared on Brandon's face. "How happy?"

I clapped my hands, "Let's say the violin."

A young handsome (not as handsome as I am) curly-haired luthier came up with his beloved violin and bowed to us.I raised my glass to him, "Violin Concerto No. [-] okay?"

"Of course, sir, it's a pleasure to serve you."

"Violin Concerto No. [-]?" Brandon looked at all of this with great interest, "I didn't even know you had research on the violin."

I shrugged, "I didn't do the research, but I asked the restaurant manager what kind of music is most soothing to people's mood."

"Honestly, you've got me curious," Brandon asked. "What's waiting for me? Let me know."

I raised a finger to my mouth, "Secret."

The wine was brought up, and the music played slowly. I got up myself and poured him half a glass of Romani.Conti - I'm calling Romanee now.Conti is our drink of love, and wherever we are dating, we will have a few drinks together.Then, as if I had made up my mind, I suddenly walked up to him and knelt down on one knee, and took out a velvet box from my pocket.

I opened the velvet box, and there were two platinum rings lying quietly inside.

These are not so extravagant rings. The simple design, the lines without a trace of lace and the surface without diamonds make the two rings look plain and ordinary. It even looks like two ordinary silver rings. Silver shades and a few letters adorn themselves.But only those who have seen the logo on the box will know that it is actually worth a lot.

I slowly lifted the box and brought it to Brandon.

Brandon's eyes widened in surprise.

"I had a lot of things on my mind to tell you, Brandon." My tongue tied up nervously, "but, by this time, I found that I had almost forgotten what I had rehearsed for a long time. I can't describe it My current mood, excitement, or joy, or tension, no, maybe a thousand words can't explain how I feel at the moment."

"Actually, I think it's about time. We've known each other for eight years and we've been together for seven years, which is almost a quarter of my life. Although we are still young, such a long time has made me feel that my life Can't live without you, I just want to ask you one thing now...Brandon, mylove, my friend, my guiding light, will you marry me? Whether poor or rich, sick or healthy, we will be together , we belong to each other and only to each other.”

Brandon's fingers were trembling, he stroked his hair, and laughed dryly, "That's two sentences."

"Oh." I calmed down at this moment, "Would you like to?"

There was a burst of applause, my little friends rushed in from the back door, everyone had excited smiles on their faces, the ribbons exploded from the sky, fine pieces of paper scattered all over the restaurant, Carter was held by Neil's neck Go up, clap your hands desperately.At this time, Chris led the people to shout first.

"Promise him, Brandon!"

"Quickly agree!" This is Yitzhak.

"You missed a lot of lines, William! Otherwise you should start kissing passionately by now!" This is Alfonso.

"Yes, we designed the lines, but this guy didn't play at all." Neil.

"I'm already hungry, you promise him we can eat!" Andy said.

This group of good partners who cheated teammates destroyed all the ambiguous and eager atmosphere now, and I felt my face turn green.

However, Brandon didn't care about these, or he had no time to pay attention to others. He stood up and took a deep breath.

"OK." Finally he said.

There was a cheerful, bright and huge smile on his face, and his pupils were like bright stars, lighting up the entire night sky in an instant.

"I promise you, William."