Chapter 440 PayPal went public, rejected the Avenue of Stars
'Snapped! Snapped! Snapped! '
When crisp footsteps resounded through the living room and into the kitchen.
Roland and his wife, who were fiddling with the baking tray, looked at each other, and shook their heads wryly.
Wiping his wet hands on the towel, it was his instinct to turn around and greet him.
However, before he could get out of the kitchen, the lion cub that was rushing towards him had already thrown himself into his arms.
"Ouch!"
Even though Roland was physically strong, he still involuntarily took two steps back after being hit by the opponent.
As he bowed, the energetic little guy hugged his neck familiarly.
Using the torso as a tree stand, he quickly climbed up.
If it's just these, it can only prove that the relationship between the two is very close.
But when the little guy occupied the high ground, he didn't show concern for the guy under him.
Yuanbuliuqiu's big eyes stared straight at the kitchen counter, curious eyes full of longing.
And when she found that there were no conspicuous delicacies in the messy kitchen, the voice of inquiry, once again forgetting the guy under her, threw it directly at the guy wearing the apron.
"Kate~ What did you do today?
Is it the grape scones you mentioned yesterday? Or trifle? Or maybe a Battenberg cake? "
The crisp question coupled with the sweet voice made Kate, who was putting strawberries on the creme brulee, raise her eyebrows.
However, before she could answer, the little guy who was looking at her suddenly turned around and pointed the back of her head at her.
The sudden situation made Kate purse her lips again and again, and the next second, the little guy occupying the high ground fell instantly. When Kate saw her husband let her go back and forth with a look of disgust, the sudden complaint was even more serious. It made her laugh out loud.
"Liqi! Why are you doing this again!
I'm greeting you, can't you see?
In your eyes, small desserts are the only ones? How can you ignore a living person like me standing in front of you?
oh! This really hurts my heart! "
"Hahahaha~"
Like the contrived words of the heroine Mary Sue, Kate almost laughed out her tears.
She thought that her husband was really funny.
Compared to her hearty laugh, Elizabeth, who was already five feet tall, felt that there was something wrong with my brother's attention.
"Roland, sorry, I really can't see you."
The little guy shook his head, although he had already expressed his apology, but his face was serious.
"What?"
Such words made Roland bewildered, he didn't understand what the other party meant, "Why?"
But Elizabeth helped him to solve the confusion, "Because Mom said that you are no longer important at home now.
What she wants to do most now is to help you take care of the children.
As for you..."
Speaking of this, Elizabeth suddenly betrayed her.
While clearing her throat, she glanced at Roland out of the corner of her eye, and when she noticed that his brows were getting deeper and deeper, she imitated her mother's tone and said, "Roland? Hasn't his mission been completed?" ?”
"!!"
This response changed Roland's expression.
Instinctively raised her hand, grabbed her schoolbag, and with all her strength, pulled it towards her.
And just when he was about to raise his slap and slap this dead child who likes to demean adults, Elizabeth shrank back, sat down on the ground, and then rolled and crawled to Kate's back. With Kate's body as a shield and her raised head as a spear, like a victorious general, Kate looked at Roland triumphantly.
That look of beatings made Roland wish he could roll up his sleeves, pick up the hammer, and directly play the live-action smashing gopher.
But unfortunately, before he stepped forward, the flame of anger had already been extinguished.
Kate, who was even more amused by the little girl's words, had already stuffed the finished caramel pudding into the other party's hands. Not only that, but she also smiled and said to the other party: "Liqi, your mother is really discerning!"
Now that his wife has spoken and confirmed his family position, what else can Roland say?
Sighing helplessly, she walked out of the kitchen with Elizabeth's schoolbag and threw it on the sofa in the living room.
And with his dodge, the two guys, one big and one small, no longer nestled in the kitchen, and at the same time they went out, holding the plate in one hand and picking pudding with the spoon in the other, that was highly consistent, even if How angry Roland was, at this moment, what he saw was still the same as when he was with the child more than ten years later.
Yes, the Elizabeth who was once caught by Roland to practice portraits has grown up.
Born in 1989, she is about to celebrate her thirteenth birthday.
Because in this life, the Olsen couple did not get divorced like Roland did in his previous life, and the Olsen sisters in the family retired early, so the life trajectory of the youngest, Aomei, has undergone earth-shaking changes.
She didn't hug her sisters' thighs because of her parents' breakup, and went directly to Hollywood;
She has not participated in cameos in film and television dramas, and rarely appears in public;
Combined with the continuous improvement of the status of the good brother Roland, Roland who refused the media also made countless literati who wanted to dig into the history of the members of the Olson family break their pens and shut their mouths;
In this way...
The youngest she is the best one protected by everyone.
Not to mention, the Olsen couple have actually obtained great satisfaction in educating their children.
Boss James Olsen successfully entered Johns Hopkins University under the encouragement of Roland;
The second and third child Ashley Olsen and Mary Olsen retired from Hollywood with the help of Roland;
When David Olsen's dream of a child becoming a dragon is almost fulfilled, and Ganetti Olsen's dream of a daughter becoming a phoenix has been realized, what will Elizabeth, the youngest guy, be raised to look like?
That really doesn't matter...
David Olsen didn't ask her to study hard and improve every day at all, and Ganetti Olsen didn't want her daughter to go to the big dye vat of Hollywood again. In addition, Roland also built a zoo for her, so in Under this kind of parenting method of "hard petting", this guy is really fearless.
Dad educate me?
Then I will cry to my mother.
Mom also educates me?
Then I will cry to my brother.
Brother also educates me?
Then I have two older sisters!
And if my sister still educates me...
Then I'll go find Big Brother!
No matter what! And sister-in-law!
The issue of the food chain was tightly controlled by her, and it was for this reason that after Roland returned to Los Angeles, she ran here every day after school, and she ate the vegetarian food Ganetti talked about every day. Vomited, and the pregnant woman's meal that my sister-in-law couldn't finish eating every day, even more aroused her appetite and made her move her index finger!
Of course, eating is actually just one of the goals of this wild boy.
More often, I actually want to escape boredom.
No way, who made Roland's leisure based on David's busyness?
The trivial matters in the company are handled by David on weekdays. In addition, he also has a lot of assets in his own name, so there are quite a lot of various messes. Nettie will also accompany her. In this way, parents are true love, and children are accidents, which is fully reflected in Elizabeth.
Although her parents would go home every night, most of the time, the ones who greeted her after school were the nanny hired by her parents and the tutor paid for by them. It was a great time, so, taking the opportunity to run to Roland and Kate became Elizabeth's favorite thing to do.
Well, this is actually nonsense.
And after eating the creme brulee given by his sister-in-law, the little guy honestly went upstairs with his schoolbag to do his homework. Looking at the miserable figure who took a step and looked back for two seconds, the two sitting on the sofa did not move. just want to laugh.
After she disappeared completely, Kate stuck to her husband and said heartily, "Liqi is so cute."
"Girls are cute." Roland said truthfully.
However, before the words finished, Kate raised her head in anticipation and said, "Then what do you mean, you like your daughter?"
Not knowing why his wife would ask such a question, Roland nodded and said, "Yeah, what's wrong?"
"What if I'm pregnant with a boy?" Kate asked, rubbing her belly.
"Then give birth to another girl!" Roland answered as it should.
But just when he felt that his wife was going to be a demon again, Kate really gave an answer that exceeded his expectations.
"No, I don't think so."
"Huh?" Countless question marks appeared on Roland's head, "Why?"
"because…"
Kate looked at her husband with a puzzled face, and while pursing her seductive lips, she also said an extremely shameful address—
"dad…"
"???"
Answering like this made Roland's eyes widen.
After staring at his wife seriously for a few seconds, the fleeting cunning made him clench his fists.
"You should expect that you are pregnant." Roland took a deep breath and said seriously.
"Why?" Kate asked knowingly, smiling like a fox.
But Roland snorted coldly, and said, "Because if you're not pregnant, you're going to call me daddy on the bed!"
"Hahahaha~"
The menacing appearance of her husband made Kate laugh out loud.
Although she understands that what her husband said is the truth, at this moment, she still wants to tease him, "But... at four to six months, it's actually okay~ You don't even know this, do you? Kid?"
"..." Roland gasped for breath, shaking his hands and trying to point at his wife.
After discovering that her husband had broken the defense, Kate got up and walked upstairs cheerfully.
"Hey, I'm going upstairs to watch Liqi do her homework, you are preparing dinner~
I want to eat some hot tropical soup, if it is not cooked well, then I will be angry~
Oh, by the way, David and the others are coming to eat tonight, so make more~”
Looking at the guy who ran away after teasing him, Roland suddenly felt that his status at home seemed to be really inferior to that of a dog?
This day can't be passed!
Fall!
Of course, just complain and keep going.
After grabbing the lumbar pillow on the sofa and having a blast, Roland, who had vented, went back to the kitchen and prepared dinner.
And when David and Ganetti arrived, it was already half past six in the evening. After calling down Elizabeth, who was doing homework upstairs, and Kate, who was doing homework with her but fell asleep, the family sat down. Together, enjoy dinner.
Although Kate wants to eat something soupy, there will still be hard dishes.
Not only that, but Roland, who wanted to see Elizabeth eating bamboo fried pork, also unscrupulously relayed what the little guy said when he came back to David and Ganetti. People immediately showed their indignation.
Ganetti immediately said, "Roland, what Liqi said is right! What I want to do most now is to hold your children~"
"???"
Looking forward to the couple being able to beat the child, Roland was stunned.
The next second, David who was sitting with him patted him on the shoulder.
said earnestly, "Roland, just get used to it."
Not only that, he also nodded at Kate with a smile on his face, "At this time, we are actually not important."
"..."
Good guy! Roland called him a good guy!
He understood that when the family was about to add a new member, the status of a man dropped suddenly.
It’s not that you’re pregnant, so what’s the use of you?
And if hitting you makes the pregnant one feel better, then...
You just accept it!
Roland, who finally came to his senses, suddenly felt that the food in his mouth was not tasty.
David, who has been here, is not good at comforting Roland on this kind of issue, so he had to pick another topic and said: "I went out today to do business for your company. Didn't you vote for PayPal before? Their listing application has already passed." Passed, the time is set on the 15th of next month, the market value is currently 800 million, as for the underwriter... not yet determined."
PayPal was listed on February 15, 2002, and the purpose of listing was to raise funds, and the purpose of raising funds was actually to compete for market share with competitor Billpoint.
In Roland's previous life, they chose Salomon Brothers under Citigroup as the underwriter, but now...
"Let them go to Goldman Sachs and report one billion directly to Goldman Sachs." Roland made a decision.
"Okay." David did not refute.
After Roland came back, he took over the capital transfer case of the Warcraft film and television project, and he understood that the guy in front of him was no longer the person who needed someone to guide him to find Wells Fargo Bank for loan financing.
When the financial financing of all projects of Warcraft Film and Television was contracted by Goldman Sachs...
Roland's company will not have any financial problems.
If there is.
That's the guy who attacked them and wanted to be bought by them.
"In addition to this, there is actually one more thing."
At the same time as David's voice fell, Ganetti spoke again, "You know the Hollywood Walk of Fame?
is the street where the names of celebrities in the entertainment industry are made into stars for people to visit.
Their organizing committee sent an invitation to Ashley and Mary to make their names into stars. Not only that, when they talked to me about this, they also asked me, you two, would you like to stay? star?
I've already talked to Ashley and Mary about this matter, and when you took them to play in New York last time, they obviously forgot about it, so... what do you think? "
A star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame?
When Roland and Kate heard Ganetti's question, they immediately looked at each other and almost didn't laugh.
Because they thought about it.
Although this is an honor, neither of them is willing.
Because they couldn't accept it, their names were trampled under their feet.
When they think that about 10 million visitors will visit the Avenue of Stars every year, and how many people will be crushed by it, the sudden pressure makes them want to shake their heads and refuse.
"No, I don't want to." Roland showed his resistance.
Kate is also a husband and wife, "Maybe others can accept the feeling that their name is trampled under their feet, but for us, this situation is really uncomfortable..."
Although the reason of the two people is really weird, Ganetti didn't force it, "Okay, it's up to you."
However, while expressing indifference, she also asked, "You two won't stay in Los Angeles until the production, will you?
I can understand Kate staying home.
Roland, you, a guy in your twenties, really have nothing to do? "
Note: ① In reality, PayPal did announce the underwriter two weeks before listing, and their issue price per share was determined the day before listing. ②Billpoint is a third-party payment platform with the same nature as PayPal. It was eBay's payment tool from 1998 to 2003, but because it is a joint venture with Wells Fargo Bank, other banks are not willing to provide it with more financial services. Service interface, so eBay can only re-acquire PayPal. In the United States, there is no commercial bank that can take all the Internet business. The reason why PayPal, ApplePay, and GooglePay can’t do what Alipay does is that those commercial banks don’t allow it. In other words, it’s impossible for the financial oligarchs to give up the cake. of. ③The Hollywood Walk of Fame can be rejected, and there are many people who refuse, Clint Eastwood, Francis Coppola, Jane Fonda, Robert Redford, Julia Roberts, these They all refused directly, because they didn't want their names to be trampled on. That's right, not wanting to be stepped on is not a fabricated reason, it is true, and the first one used was actually Howard Hughes.
(end of this chapter)