Chapter 1121

"Bill, what's the outcome of Microsoft's antitrust investigation?" On Bill Gates' Boeing 757 luxury plane, Li Feng joked to the 'richest man' with a smile.

"Er... John, you're really... Don't you know, this time it's really a big trouble, or Hello, no one dares to touch you."

"Hehe... No one touched me. Don't you see that I'm not busy fighting the fire recently." Li Feng responded angrily.

Although it is said that gang leader Qiao and bald Bei led the way, Li Feng is very clear that he naturally has a consortium behind them, but he has been strongly pressed down by Li Feng for the time being. After all, Li Feng is not alone at first. The figures of veteran giants such as Rockefeller, Roosevelt and Morgan are closely related to Li Feng.

"Haha... You've beaten it down. Microsoft is miserable. My shares are less than 30% now." Gates also replied with a wry smile.

Hearing the big man's bitter smile, Li Feng was speechless for a while. When Gates became the richest man in 1995, Microsoft's shares still exceeded 40%. Although Gates also took the initiative to cash out part of it to a certain extent, it decreased too fast.

There is no doubt that in just three or four years, Gates is definitely forced to continuously reduce his shares. Otherwise, gates will greatly reduce his shares if he is crazy. You know, since 1995, Microsoft's shares have doubled every year, from the market value of 10 billion to the current market value of 100 billion, you can imagine how heavy Gates has lost.

Although the most dangerous antitrust was started by competitors in Silicon Valley at the beginning, behind the scenes there was definitely an American consortium trying to carve up the fruits of Microsoft's victory.

"You don't lose. Even if you reduce your shares, these shares are also valuable. They are calculated in billions. The IRS Doesn't want to keep a close eye on your account!" Li Feng joked again with a little cheap smile on his face.

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

When our gates classmates heard Li Feng's joke again, they couldn't help laughing and crying again, but they still explained with a smile.

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"Eh... Charity foundation, that's good. How about I cooperate with you?" Hearing Bill Gates' explanation, Li Feng was moved in his heart and immediately responded with a smile.

"John, of course, the foundation has other ideas, but charity is the first thing. We plan for the future. Starting from education, health care and poverty reduction, the annual charitable funds are not small."

"Haha... Bill, you should know that I'm also an orphan. Besides, I've donated a lot in the past two years. I'm also sincere about charity."

Whether considering the future reputation or the American environment, if you can participate in the former world-famous Bill Gates Foundation, there is no doubt that you can get great reputation in the future.

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

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

"No, it's not. I just had such an idea, and recently I've been distracted by Microsoft's antitrust."

"Well, you see, what about the bill St. John's friends Charity Foundation? In the future, we may also pull some friends who are willing to sincerely do charity together. After all, there are many people and great power, don't we?"

"I think it's still called St. John Lee gates friends foundation!"

"Hehe..."

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After some humility, bill finally agreed to Li Feng's words, put his name first, and set up the gates St. John Lee friends foundation together.

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"Bill, what do you think of choosing Los Angeles as your residence? I think since you are committed to charity, Los Angeles is a good headquarters. After all, it is the capital of global entertainment and there are a large number of world-famous stars. These stars are very good resources."

"Well, that's good. I think the stars will greatly increase their influence."

"Yes, I don't think you can run for president of the United States or even Secretary General of the United Nations in a few years, bill." Li Feng joked again.

"John, your mind is jumping too fast. No wonder you can rise so fast!"

"Ha ha..."

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"OK, bill, that's the decision. I don't know when Microsoft's antitrust will be. I guess it's possible to delay for several years, right? Or we'll announce it in advance. I think it's also beneficial for Microsoft's antitrust investigation."

"OK, of course!"

"Ha ha... That's it."

"OK, for our further cooperation, cheers!"

"For our friendship, cheers!"

"Ting..."

“…”

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For the charitable foundation, Li Feng won't pay too much attention at least at present. Just have a name. Therefore, when Gates said he wanted his father to become the chairman of the foundation temporarily and recommended Jeff Lex as CEO, Li Feng directly agreed, which reassured gates.

Li Feng also explained that he hoped that his grandfather could become a member of the foundation together with old gates. In this regard, bill also agreed with a smile. Anyway, it's just a name. After all, both gates and Li Feng are busy people now. It's estimated that they don't have much mind on charity.

Of course, if Li Feng knew what Bill Gates was thinking, he might say, don't worry. When the antitrust investigation is over and your shares are less than 20% or less, you may find that although you are still a major shareholder and founder of Microsoft, all internal forces will appear. At that time, Microsoft will no longer be your voice, At that time, your mind will turn to the foundation.

This is not the case with Microsoft in previous generations. When the antitrust ended, although Microsoft escaped the fate of being divided into two, the price was indeed amazing, mainly because Bill Gates' shares in Microsoft were continuously reduced and diluted.

Has the final say, in 2 years, Bill Gates just turned 50 years old, simply quit all the work of Microsoft, and put it all on the charity foundation. In Li Feng's view, Gates is downhearted. Instead of fighting with the parties in the Microsoft board, he still has to go to the foundation that he can speak in a word. This is the business of his own.

After the two reached an agreement on the charity fund, the relationship became closer. After all, according to their plan, the charity foundation will become the world's largest charity fund in the future. After all, now one of the world's richest people and one of the world's richest people are united. If the scale is too small, it will be underestimated, Just think about how much sensation they can produce.

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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 contribution. According to their proposal, they simply made it bigger and reached the scale of 10 billion US dollars. Li Feng was very smart and directly said that he would donate part of Amazon's shares to reach the scale of 5 billion US dollars.

As for gates, they said that they donated some cash and Microsoft shares, and their total donation reached 10 billion. Both Li Feng and Gates expressed no objection to this.

Li Feng thought that only a part of Amazon's shares. Although Amazon in the future can be comparable to Microsoft, he only paid Amazon's shares. He still has a lot of assets. In order to have the name of the world's largest philanthropist in the future, he still has to pay.

As for gates, he is forced to reduce his stake in Microsoft and has a lot of cash in his hands. I don't know what to do. Instead of being used as national defense and military expenditure by the IRS, he might as well set up his own charity fund; Second, you don't want to dilute my shares. I'll just take out part of it directly to the foundation for charity, so that you won't look too ugly under public supervision.

Of course, Microsoft's parent company is also a tax haven. Therefore, most of the cash from Gates's reduction of shares is not in the United States, but in overseas accounts. As long as these funds are not transferred to the United States, they will not be taxed.

Perhaps there are reasons why the funds of the former Gates foundation were used outside the United States.