After learning about this situation from the System, William remained silent, and the System also remained quiet.
Shortly after.
He lay back down, hands behind his head, right leg straightened, left knee bent, staring at the ceiling and lost in thought.
The year in this World is 2006, more than a decade behind the World he came from before crossing over.
It possesses similar scientific and social development progress, as well as similar laws and countries.
But there are still subtle differences.
For example, there is a company called Capcom, but the game "resident evil" does not exist.
Sony and Microsoft have not released the PlayStation and Xbox consoles, let alone Nintendo's GBA and NDS, and so on.
There are Marvel comics, but they have not fallen into copyright disputes with Sony.
This resulted in the most classic movie, "Spider-Man", failing to be released, and the X-Men are even further away.
And Marvel is still the same, on the verge of bankruptcy.
And so on.
Furthermore, relying solely on the 50 billion provided by the System and Halsey, it is indeed possible to rapidly improve the company's technological level.
But once the mastered technology surpasses the World, how will the World treat Umbrella?
Cooperation? Hostility?
Regardless, in the early stages, Umbrella still needs to coordinate with governments around the World to carry out containment and control.
And before mastering absolute military force, it must present a 'philanthropist' facade to deceive the outside World.
Therefore, while secretly developing armaments, it must use the convenience of the System's 150 billion in available funds annually to slowly infiltrate the markets of various countries.
Especially the United States.
Although William had conducted an investigation and confirmed that the Freemasons from his original World did not exist in the United States.
But the printing plates for U.S. dollar bills still have the Eye of Providence on the back, or the pyramid with the Eye of Horus overlooking all living beings.
It represents that the U.S. is still the same, wanting to engage in hegemony and dominance.
Regardless, with the U.S.'s sour attitude, it will definitely be the primary obstacle for Umbrella in the future.
Fortunately, there is no Rockefeller who relied on the Napoleonic Wars, bought all of Britain's national debt, and became the World's first billionaire.
You must know that the Rockefeller family in the original World owned shares in the central banks of the vast majority of capitalist countries.
Even the Federal Reserve was similarly the 'private property' of families like the Rockefellers and Rothschilds.
Thinking of this.
William couldn't help but sigh at his eccentric father, who had already passed away.
In his memories, the Russell Family did something similar to the Rockefellers in the nineteenth century, once controlling European countries like Britain and Spain.
How was such vast capital squandered by his father?
Forget it, being able to confirm that there are no families monopolizing the World means his resistance when using the System to control the overall situation will be much smaller.
How should he make a fortune?
The first thing William wanted to rule out was Bitcoin.
He was not an 'internet addict' in his original World, but he browsed websites and the like more or less.
Some people say that if you travel back to the early 2000s, you must buy Bitcoin and sell it before it drops. It's a guaranteed profit.
William can only say that such thinking, when applied to him, is simply too naive.
First of all, the concept of Bitcoin is to give the World a unified currency.
But one of the most important rights of every country is the right to issue and control currency.
And the emergence of Bitcoin makes countries lose this right; no country would ever accept it.
Countries will never acknowledge its status as currency, but rather as a financial commodity.
Especially since there are only about 21 million Bitcoins in total.
When it was worthless in the early stages, Umbrella would have the full capacity to acquire all the mined coins, but it would definitely be targeted by all governments.
Moreover, the appearance of Bitcoin was a mystery in William's original World, making him doubt at one point whether there really were other travelers.
No... he himself seems to be a traveler.
William shook his head, threw those messy thoughts away, and continued to stare at the ceiling, thinking calmly.
The business opportunities in 2006 are indeed infinite.
Actually, before 2007 or 2008, he could wreak havoc on Wall Street.
United States, John F. Kennedy International Airport in New York State, inside the first-class lounge;
It was much quieter compared to the public hall outside, and there were quite a few beautiful waitresses providing services to the passengers.
It was just that four burly men dressed in black suits and wearing sunglasses, guarding the surroundings, looked somewhat out of place in this lounge.
William, dressed quite casually, was protected in a window seat by the four USS members arranged by Andre to accompany him.
Yesterday, after he finalized a series of acquisition plans...
Today, he arrived at the Marvel Comics headquarters on the 7th floor of 135 West 50th Street, Manhattan Island, New York.
He discussed the acquisition matters with the current editor-in-chief C.B. Cebulski, publisher John Nee, and other senior executives.
As for the retired former editor, Stan Lee also attended the meeting.
Unexpectedly, the other party readily agreed... without even bargaining.
With a price of only 300 million (excluding the specific fraction) U.S. dollars, he took down all IP copyrights and the entire company.
William, who became the new boss in an instant, told everyone at Marvel to work and create as usual, and not to panic because of his arrival.
However, the suffix of Marvel must be attached to Umbrella, and the company must appear in the comics with a positive image, and so on.
Regarding movie production, the Marvel executives wanted to use the more popular Spider-Man as the first one.
But William insisted on his own point of view, using Iron Man as the first installment of the cinematic Universe.
Moreover, the actor must be Robert Downey Jr., who had fallen into a career slump due to various scandals, and the producer must be Kevin Feige.
Although the senior executives were very puzzled, they had no choice but to comply with the insistent demands of their financial backer.