Rebirth

"Bill, what is the outcome of Microsoft's antitrust investigation?" On Bill Gates' Boeing 757 luxury dead man plane, Li Feng smiled and joked at the'richest man'.

"Uh... John, you are really..., don't you know, it's really a big trouble this time, or hello, no one dares to move you."

"Hehe..., no one moved me, don't you see that I am not busy fighting fires recently." Li Feng suddenly responded in an angry voice.

Although it is said that Qiao’s gang leader and Bei Tianzi led the head, Li Feng knew that there was a consortium behind them, but it was temporarily suppressed by Li Feng. After all, Li Feng is not alone now. , Including Rockefeller, Roosevelt, Morgan and other veteran giants are closely related to Li Feng.

, "Haha..., isn't this being beaten by you, Microsoft is a bit miserable, my shares are now less than 30%." Gates also replied with a wry smile at this time.

Hearing this big man’s wry smile, Li Feng couldn’t help being speechless. When Gates became the richest man in 1995, Microsoft’s shares were more than 40%. Although Gates also took the initiative to cash out part of it to a certain extent, this was reduced. too fast.

There is no doubt that in just three or four years, Gates was definitely forced to continuously reduce his shares. Otherwise, Gates would be crazy and would greatly reduce the shares in his hands. You must know that Microsoft shares have been increasing every year since 1995. With a doubling of growth, from a market value of tens of billions to a market value of hundreds of billions today, it is conceivable that Gates has lost so much.

Although this most dangerous anti-monopoly was initiated by competitors in Silicon Valley, there is definitely an American consortium behind the scenes who want to carve up the fruits of Microsoft's victory.

"You are not at a loss. Even if you reduce your shareholding, these shares are also worth a lot. They are calculated in billions of tens of billions. Then the IRS is not going to keep an eye on your account!" Li Feng said with a face. He joked again with a smirk.

"Uh... Melinda is preparing to set up a charity foundation."

Our classmate Gates heard Li Feng's jokes again and couldn't help crying again, but he explained with a smile.

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"Hey... Charity Foundation, this is not bad, how about I work with you?" Hearing Bill Gates' explanation, Li Feng's heart moved and he responded with a smile.

"John, this foundation certainly has other thoughts, but charity is the most important thing. We plan for the future in education, medical care, and poverty reduction. The annual charity funds are not small."

"Haha..., Bill, you should also know that I was born as an orphan. Besides, I have donated a lot in the past two years, and I am sincere about charity."

Whether it is from the future reputation or the American environment, if you can participate in the Bill Gates foundation, which is world-famous in the past, you will undoubtedly get a huge reputation in the future.

"Well, I have also heard, John, you have donated a lot to middle school and university education in the past two years. Since you are interested, we naturally welcome it."

"That's the best. Let's do charity together, right? By the way, have you chosen the name of the foundation? Have you chosen the headquarters?"

"No, no, I just had such an idea, and recently I have been caught by Microsoft's antitrust."

"Well, look, what about the Bill-St. John Friends Charity Foundation? In the future, maybe we can also bring some friends who are willing to do charity together. After all, there are many people and powerful people, right?"

"I think it should be called the St. John Lee-Gates Friends Foundation!"

"Ha ha…"

"..."

After some humility, Bill finally agreed to Li Feng's remarks, letting his name come first, and set up the'Gates-St. John Lee Friends Foundation' together.

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"Bill, what do you think is the direct choice of the resident to Los Angeles? I think since it is dedicated to charity, then Los Angeles is a good headquarters location. After all, this is the global entertainment capital. There are a lot of world-renowned stars. These stars But a very good resource."

"Well, it's not bad. I want the celebrities to join in, and their influence will increase greatly."

"Yes, I don't think it will take a few years. Bill, you can run for the President of the United States or even the Secretary-General of the United Nations." Li Feng joked again.

"John, your heart beats so fast, no wonder you can rise so fast!"

"Haha..."

"..."

"OK, Bill, that's the decision. I think it's like this. No one knows when Microsoft's anti-monopoly is going to happen. I guess it may be delayed for a few years, right? Or we will announce in advance. , I think it is also beneficial to Microsoft’s antitrust investigation."

"OK, of course it will be fine!"

"Haha..., that's the decision."

"OK, for our further cooperation, Cheers!"

"For our friendship, Cheers!"

"Ting..."

"..."

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For the charity foundation, Li Feng will not pay too much attention to it at least for now, just have a name. Therefore, when Gates said that he wanted his father to become the chairman of the foundation temporarily and recommended Jeff Lex as the CEO , Li Feng directly agreed, and Gates was also relieved.

Li Feng also explained that he hoped that his grandfather could become a foundation alliance with the old Gates.In this regard, Bill also agreed with a smile, anyway, it is just a name, after all, whether it is Gates or Li Feng, both of them are busy people now, and it is estimated that they don't have much thoughts about charity.

Of course, if Li Feng knew what Bill Gates was thinking, he might say, rest assured, when the antitrust investigation is over and your shareholding is less than 20% or less, you may find that Microsoft is still big Shareholders, founders, but all internal forces will appear on the stage. At that time, Microsoft is no longer yours. At that time, your mind will be transferred to the foundation.

Wasn’t that the case with Microsoft in the previous life. When the antitrust ended, although Microsoft escaped the fate of being divided into two, the price was indeed staggering. The main reason was that Bill Gates’ shares in Microsoft were continuously reduced and diluted.

In the end, within two years, Bill Gates, who was just over 50, quit all Microsoft jobs altogether and put his mind on the charity foundation. In Li Feng’s view, Gates is probably discouraged, instead of working at Microsoft. In the board of directors, it is better to come to a foundation where you can make a decision with one word. This is the business that has the final say.

After the two reached an agreement on the charity fund, the relationship became closer. After all, according to the two people's plan, the charity foundation will become the world's largest charity fund in the future. After all, the world's richest man and the world's wealth leader unite. If the scale is small, it would be too underestimated. Just thinking about the combination of the two will know how big a sensation it can create.

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When Gates’ private plane arrived in Seattle, the two had reached an agreement on the general content of the foundation, such as the proportion of capital. According to the two’s proposal, they simply made it bigger and directly reached the scale of tens of billions of dollars. Li Feng Very smart, I just said that I donated a part of Amazon's shares, reaching a scale of 5 billion US dollars.

As for Gates, he said that he donated part of the cash and Microsoft shares. The two people donated a total of 10 billion yuan. Regarding this, both Li Feng and Gates expressed no objection.

Li Feng was thinking that it is only a part of Amazon's shares. Although the future Amazon will be comparable to Microsoft, but he will only pay for Amazon's shares, and he still has a lot of assets in his hands, in order to have the world's largest philanthropist in the future. The name, what should be paid, or what should be paid.

As for Gates, he was forced to reduce his shares in Microsoft, and he had a lot of cash in his hand. I don’t know what to do. Instead of being used by the IRS for defense expenses, it would be better to set up a charity fund; secondly, you are not. If you want to dilute my shares, I just use a portion of it to recharge the foundation for charity, so that under public supervision, your food will not be too ugly.

Of course, Microsoft’s parent company is also a tax haven. Therefore, most of the cash that Gates gets from reducing shares is actually not in the United States but in overseas accounts. As long as these funds are not transferred to the United States, these Will not be taxed.

Perhaps a large amount of funds from the previous Gates Foundation were used outside the United States, and there are also reasons for this.