Chapter Eighty-Nine: Wealth Touches People's Hearts
Writers from all over Europe were surprisingly united at this moment, and they worked together to defend Chen Dingtian's interests. Pen~Fun~Pavilion www.biquge.info This kind of influence is very huge in Europe, and even affects governments.
In this era, the number of people who could read and write was not uniform, and the least people who could read various works were above the middle class. In Europe, the status of writers is very high, and the status of writers is very respected. At that time, Shakespeare also frequented various high society. The main readers of the works of those writers are actually the upper class of society, and many writers have a close relationship with those high class people in society.
Even many of them were actually born into aristocracy, and it was not a shame for a European aristocrat to be a writer in this era, but a good and elegant thing. Therefore, in the face of the difficulties of their peers, those writers were amazingly energetic, not only through solidarity, but even through their own networks to contact the upper class people in European countries, including government aristocrats, etc., all worked together to protect Chen Dingtian's interests. Although they don't know Chen Dingtian at present, in order to protect the interests of the entire industry, they naturally have to fight hard.
Under this pressure, the British courts soon handed down their verdicts. In fact, the case is not difficult to solve this time, but it is too crazy, and the Harry Potter company sued hundreds of piracy companies at one time, which has attracted widespread attention.
However, many businessmen who were ready to participate in piracy also stopped one after another, and this time Harry Potter was so crazy that it scared them all away. As for those pirated businessmen, there is even more mourning. Where did they realize that this kind of peripheral products are also one of the property rights of the work, in their consciousness, only manuscript fees and royalties are considered copyrights, but now these peripheral products are also copyrights, and they have to compensate.
Many pirates had to pay compensation to Harry Potter companies, and even Harry Potter companies opened their mouths and extorted money. This time, many pirates have also closed down because of this, so it is not miserable.
This time completely made the Harry Potter company resounding throughout Europe, and because of this incident, many people who didn't pay attention to the Harry Potter novel also began to pay attention. In this way, Chen Dingtian's book fans have expanded a lot in Europe, and even people from all walks of life are still expanding rapidly.
The Truman family got the compensation, and this time the Truman family held a meeting, and this meeting was about the Harry Potter company.
"Guys, what do you think about our family's third in line? This time I took the initiative to propose, and the benefits this time are very huge. According to the agreement we signed with the third in line to the far east and China Chen, he will have 15 percent of the shares, and China Chen will have 85 percent of the shares. But this time our income has directly reached tens of thousands of pounds, do we really want to give 85% of the profit to China Chen? We are not reconciled! A member of the Truman family said.
And many members of the Truman family also began to discuss, especially such a large sum of money, if they want to give 85% to Chen Dingtian, then I am afraid they will also face their pain. But at that time, the shares were divided like this, and if they really gave 85% to Chen Dingtian, they would also be heartbroken. If you just give it to someone else. Tens of thousands of pounds, that is, the Truman family is also red-eyed.
And in the next few decades or even hundreds of years, this Harry Potter can make a steady stream of profits, and even the profits are enough for the Truman family to eat enough for countless years, this is a huge wealth that has been stretched for generations, just giving 85% to others, and they are actually just a small shareholder, can they not feel heartache?
So someone suggested that all these wealth should be deducted, so that Chen Dingtian would not be given at all, and they also felt red-eyed.
And the members of the Truman family also began to quarrel, and some thought that it should be detained.
"I think we should withhold, especially by some means, to get these shares into our hands, so that our next fortune is unparalleled. This is a huge benefit to our future family, as long as we obtain this huge wealth, it will be of great benefit to our family's future political development. ”
"Our family has started to develop from business to politics, and our family is not developing too fast politically at present, but with this money, we can accelerate our development very quickly, so I think we should take this money, and even directly get the shares through various means, what do you say?"
This guy is a family elder-level figure, and he advocates deducting this income, and even getting shares through various means.
However, there are also people who object, saying: "What if that Chen Dingtian rebounds? ”
"Afraid of what? He has no friends or connections in Europe, and he has almost no influence in Europe. ”
"Haha, you say he has no influence? Why did Harry Potter get support this time, isn't it because those pirates infringed on the interests of writers? If we swallow his interests this time, do you think it will cause a backlash from writers all over Europe again? ”
"Yes! These writers have a huge network of connections, and many of them are themselves aristocrats, and if we rashly infringe on the interests of writers, the writers of the whole Europe will feel a crisis and oppose us when the time comes. Instead of helping us develop politically, that would have erected countless enemies politically! ”
There was a lot of debate, and some people thought that the money should be withheld, and even that the shares should be stolen to maximize the profits, so that the Truman family could help develop in Europe.
On the other hand, they disapprove of this because it would undermine the credibility of the Truman family. Although credibility is not a big deal in politics, credibility is an absolute thing in business. The Truman family's current business network is still based on commerce. Their roots are in business, and the political side is only just developing. If the foundation of business is unstable, then politics will certainly not be able to develop as well.
Don't go ahead and ruin your business reputation if politics doesn't develop at that time. In the same way, in Europe in this era, in modern Europe, it is not the era of writing for all. The literacy rate in this era was not high, and there was not even an internet connection. There are many people who can write, and those who are in good economic conditions are at least middle-class. And most of the readers are above the middle class, and there are even many aristocrats.
Many aristocrats themselves also became writers, and writers had a high status in Europe, and the political influence behind them was not small. If you offend the writers' group, not only will you not be benefiting the family in political development, but you will make a wide range of enemies in politics!
Both sides have their own reasons, of course, they are not really to protect Chen Dingtian's interests, they are just for the development of the family. Swallowing this wealth will help the family develop, but there is a reason not to swallow it. What they are discussing is only family development, and in essence, it has nothing to do with Chen Dingtian's copyright.
This is enough to show that the relationship between Chen Dingtian and the Truman family is still relatively changeable, but now in the face of this huge wealth, it is still a good partner, and there is also the possibility of falling apart and even swallowing up Chen Dingtian's wealth.
As for those who oppose the annexation of Chen Dingtian's wealth, in fact, they believe that the benefits gained from the annexation of Chen Dingtian's wealth are far from being able to compensate for the losses that may come in the future. They just think that the political losses are too great to be worth it, not for the sake of credibility.
The credibility of foreigners is actually more unreliable, this is only because they are not qualified to tear up the agreement, or because they think that the loss of tearing up the agreement is greater, which is the reason why they do not tear up the agreement. If one day they find that they have the capital to tear up the agreement, or even to gain far more from tearing it up than to comply with it, they will naturally tear it up.
The reason why the argument is now is actually not related to Chen Dingtian in essence, but because some of them think that the annexation of Chen Dingtian's wealth is tantamount to making enemies in British politics, because the group of writers has a lot of say in politics, and they don't want to make enemies against the whole group.
In Europe, these writers may become government officials. It is not uncommon for many writers to have been secretaries to high-ranking officials, and even many writers have used their fame as writers to enter politics through elections.
The revolving door of European politics is actually very powerful, and who knows when a great writer will become an official, and even if he doesn't become an official, he will become a senior staff secretary of a certain official, etc., which is also what they are worried about. The group of writers has a lot of influence in Europe, and if they offend this group directly, it will probably not be conducive to the political development of their family.
When everyone said that the public was justified and the mother said that the mother was reasonable, the patriarch of the Truman family spoke.
"I also have thoughts on this matter. I've heard that this high-ranking official in the Chen government has some influence. In fact, I'm not afraid to tell you, in fact, I have already started thinking about swallowing the copyright of this Chen Dingtian. However, out of caution, I inquired about Chen Dingtian's influence in Europe. Later, Prince Albert found out about it, and he told me that I had to be cautious. ”
"This China Chen not only has a lot to do with the UK, but he doesn't even know where to know a lot of information about various countries, and a lot of information about various countries is something that we can't grasp. Now not only England, but also France and Prussia have their eyes on him. ”
"So, Prince Albert told us, we have to be cautious. It would not be a good thing to force that Chinese Chen to the side of France or Prussia for this matter! So, I don't think we should provoke him too much, at least for the time being, when Chen Chen's influence is still there, and when we in England are worried that they will take their refuge in France or Prussia. Prevent him from jumping off the wall! ”
When the patriarch said this, everyone also stopped talking. Because in this way, since Prince Albert has spoken like this, they naturally dare not mess around. Let Prince Albert say that he must be "cautious", which is enough to show how serious this matter is. Prince Albert has to be "cautious", and for their family, which has just reached out to politics, it is absolutely "negative". Prince Albert's tonnage must be so cautious, where do they mess around. When Prince Albert told them this "caution", he was actually telling them not to do it, at least not until he had squeezed out all of Chen Dingtian's surplus value.
"But can we, the British Empire, tolerate such an outflow of funds? With so much capital outflow, I'm afraid we are really in trouble. You know, the pound is equal to gold! There are so many outflows, and there will definitely be more and more outflows in the future, which is not good for us. Some people who know a little bit about economics are also puzzled.
"Prince Albert has already told me about this, and he wants us to withhold this fund for the time being, and not send it to China Chen first. Of course, it doesn't mean that we can swallow the money, and the money will still be given to China Chen in other forms, but definitely not in the form of cash. ”
"How the hell do you get this, what do you give without cash?" Some people don't quite understand this.
"Hehe, the British Empire will never let such a huge amount of money flow out casually. You don't have to worry about this, we have good things to do. Although it is not comparable to a direct annexation, Prince Albert told me that if I help him get this matter right, he will definitely help me win two seats in the House of Commons in the future. ”
Hearing this, everyone completely dispelled the idea of annexing this wealth. It would also be a good idea to take Prince Albert's line at this time, and there would be two seats in the council, which would be enough for them to give up the idea of annexing this wealth for the time being. If they fall out with Prince Albert over this, it won't do them any good.
The Truman family pigeons and the British government's telegraph pigeons began to run to Hong Kong in the Far East, and the Hong Kong Legation also sent a message to the British Consulate in Shanghai as soon as possible.
And Truman in Shanghai and the British consul Ali Guo hurriedly went to find Chen Dingtian, and there was something to discuss with Chen Dingtian.
"Mr. Chen Dingtian, we can't give you that income directly!" Ali Guo first said something that made Chen Dingtian almost angry. (To be continued.) )