Chapter Ninety-Three
Jonas had barely seen Yannick look like him, and he had always been an arrogant, bastard father figure.
At this moment, he could feel that Yannick was proud of him.
Theon was even more excited, not at all self-conscious as an old man, and even more frantic than Yannick, who was worried that he would fall out of breath.
The goal was scored in less than two minutes, but the Grasshoppers were not in disarray, they have won the title for two years in a row and are in full swing in the Swiss league.
The game went on and they created a lot of chances, but they were all saved by the defenders and Jonas.
They won the game but didn't score, while Lucerne were not as skilled as they could score and couldn't score, and the score remained 1-0 until the end of the game.
Even so, the atmosphere in the stadium was very intense, and no one expected that they would be able to defeat this overlord.
After the match, Theon grabbed Hannah and the others, and he was going to hold a celebratory party at his home.
In today's game, Jonas saved a total of 17 goal-scoring goals, including a penalty.
Weak team against strong team, facing so many crises, Jonas almost single-handedly saved the team. How could Theon not get excited to get such a goalkeeper?
The Stodhardt family's house is also a brick and timber farm-style log cabin, and today's party includes not only the Jonas family, but also his classmates and all the members of the team.
All night, Theon praised Jonas without hesitation, eager to exchange grandsons with Hannah, so that he could use Jonas as a coolie without any scruples.
This made Kostler very jealous, and his Theon's favorite grandson in the past may not be in the future.
The next day, the Lucerne newspaper, the largest circulation in Switzerland, highlighted Jonas as a rising star in football.
In terms of influence, the Lucerne Zeitung is far inferior to the Neue Zurich newspaper, but the Neue Zurich is a newspaper aimed at governments all over the world, and they generally publish news from all over the world, not limited to Switzerland.
Lucerne is the most widely circulated local newspaper, with only another newspaper, St. Gallen, having a better circulation.
Jonas is a native of Lucerne and his family is well known in Lucerne, especially since he played very well yesterday, and the Lucerne newspaper barely said anything about it, all about it.
Jonas was on fire, at a rate he hadn't expected.
The next day, "Lucerne" did not let him go, disclosed part of his family history, and interviewed many of his classmates, showing him as a rising star in an all-round way.
Jonas could feel a hand behind it, but he didn't know if it was Hannah and Yannick who was pushing or Theon was pushing.
On the 7th of September, something happened that left Jonas speechless.
The head coach of the Swiss national team, Enzelle, has made it clear that he will watch Lucerne play in Zurich on September 11 against ZΓΌrich's other football team, Red Star, and that it is possible that Jonas will be called up to the national team.
Even the captain of the Swiss national team, Vargas, came out and called for Jonas to be a genius, and that the Swiss national team should bring Jonas into the national team at its most dangerous time.
The reason why he was speechless was because Jonas only participated in one game, and neither of them had watched Jonas live, so such a tout was too artificially heavy.
After reading the paper, Jonas felt that he should not be silent any longer.
Hannah finished inspecting the vault and returned to the office, and before she could sit down, Jonas asked directly: "Grandma, did the media hype in the last few days do it with Dad? In order to deal with the crisis that Dad's may face, do you want to make the Hoffman family, which has been obscure, famous?"
Hannah stared into his eyes for a long moment, then came to Jonas's side and sat down on the mahogany desk. Facing him, he said, "After you told me that you were worried that your father would be implicated, we have developed a detailed response plan, including a strategy to use fame to keep you safe.
In addition to supporting your development in the world of sports, your dad may be engaged to his lover Catherine Deneuve before the end of the year.
Catherine is a French national treasure actress who is very famous in Europe and Hollywood, and your father's engagement to her will help his fame grow.
So, no matter what estrangement you had with your dad before, everything is now gone. Okay?"
Although Jonas never mentioned it, Hannah and Yannick also thought of using this method to increase their fame and act as an umbrella.
Jonas certainly knew about Catherine, who was even more famous in Europe than Hepburn. Hepburn is more well-known in the world, but Catherine's status in Europe is unmatched, and Yannick's engagement to her is indeed a bogey.
An obscure banker, if he becomes the fiancΓ© of a big star, the difference is obvious.
Yannick was not afraid that someone would deal with him specifically, but he was afraid that someone would deal with Richie and implicate him.
Jonas nodded and said, "It's a good idea, and I won't object to it." But, Grandma, I think you should communicate these things to me, and don't keep them from me. β
Hannah shook her head and said, "If it's possible, I'd rather keep it a secret from you." Being able to enjoy a carefree life is my greatest hope. β
"But there will always be a day when I will face it all on my own. β
Hannah touched Jonas's face and said gently, "Then I think it's four years later." β
Jonas knew that whether it was good or bad, he needed to find out for himself. Grandma won't hide anything from herself, but don't expect her to tell herself.
Jonas is not disgusted by being used by his grandmother and father, and takes it for granted, he has wanted to do it in the first place.
He rubbed his face against Hannah's hands, which were no longer soft, and whispered, "In addition to that, I think Dad can buy a well-known football club in London and an American football club or a baseball team in New York or Washington as a sports fan." β
Hannah paused for a moment and asked, "Why does it have to be London and New York, Washington?"
"London is going to be the world's energy secondary trading center for a long time, and New York and Washington are the centers of Armenia, and of course, Los Angeles is also possible, but Los Angeles doesn't seem to have an American football team. β
American football, also known as football, is the number one sport in the United States, baseball is the second most popular sport, ice hockey is the third most, and then tennis.
As for the NBA, its political influence is too low, and it will not be considered a little influence until at least twenty years later.
Hannah thought for a moment, picked up the phone on the table, and dialed a number from Zurich.
Soon, through her conversation, Jonas learns that it is his father, Yannick, on the other end of the line.
On the phone, Hannah didn't say much, just asked Yannick to come back for dinner at noon.
Before eleven o'clock, the grandmother and grandson returned home and began to cook, and at twelve o'clock, Yannick returned.
At the table, where only three generations of grandparents were seated, Hannah was the first to speak, repeating Jonas's words to Yannick.
Jonas made a lot of sense, and he saw many of the problems clearly. So I think we can add Jonas to family meetings in the future. β
Yannick glanced at Jonas and asked, "Are you ready?"
Jonas nodded. "Lack of communication is the biggest problem, in fact, I have a lot of plans in mind, but you never ask me or even hide them from me. β
Yannick felt a little amused and asked, "Then tell me, what are the other plans besides buying the team?"
"You should separate the investment department from Hoffmann Bank and set up a Hoffmann equity investment company or a fund or even an investment bank in Zurich or Zug," Jonas said. In this way, no matter what turmoil the investment department encounters in the future, it will not affect the stability of Hoffmann Bank. β
"Turmoil?"
Jonas didn't say what the hell would happen, and Yannick thought about them more than he knew. He asked this now just to test Jonas, and Jonas didn't think he had to answer him.
He added: "With cross-shareholding, you raise a sum of money from the investment department and invest in Armenia. The funding is required to be clean and spotless, without any roots, and as for the collaborators over there, you should have a lot of them, right?"
Different people register different companies and cross-sharehold, so they can conceal the equity relationship.
For example, Macridge can set up a company A and hold shares in company B, which in turn holds shares in company C, and company C holds shares in company D.
Of course, it won't be that simple, otherwise it wouldn't be cross-shareholding. In the middle of these links, the equity division is carried out through the offshore company, which complicates the simple equity relationship.
Then, when Company D was doing business in Armenia, it had nothing to do with Macridge.
But in reality, he had a lot of influence.
Yannick looked at Jonas with some surprise and asked, "Is this really not taught to you?"
Jonas glanced at Hannah and said to Yannick with a little pride, "Of course!"
Yannick didn't mind the offense at all, and smiled happily: "You are a genius in football, and you are also a genius in finance. β
After taking a bite of the steak, he asked again, "Then why do you have to invest in Armenia, you know, a lot of our funds are being evacuated over there." β
"On the one hand, we withdraw, but on the other hand, we replenish the funds and separate the relationship. How do you lobby those legislators without a lot of money, and how do you win over more allies without a lot of money on the industry?"
At this moment, not only Yannick, but even Hannah was surprised.
Sports can be said to be talented, business can also be said to be talented, not to mention that Jonas has been reading books on economics for the past six months.
But it is surprising that an eighteen-year-old knows about some of the dirtiest politics as well.
Hannah looked at Yannick, and although her grandson was very happy, she couldn't help but sigh at his cleverness.