Current Situation

After learning about the situation from the System, William fell silent, and the System remained quiet as well.

Not long after.

He lay back down, resting his head on his hands, right leg stretched out, left knee bent, staring at the ceiling in thought.

The year in this world was 2006, more than a decade behind the world he had transmigrated from.

It had similar scientific and social development progress, as well as similar laws and countries.

But there were still subtle differences.

For example, there was a company called Capcom, but no game called Resident Evil.

Sony and Microsoft had not released consoles like PlayStation and Xbox, let alone Nintendo's GBA and NDS, and so on.

Marvel Comics existed, but it hadn't gotten into copyright disputes with Sony.

This meant that the classic movie Spider-Man couldn't be released, and X-Men was still a distant prospect.

And Marvel was still in the same state, on the verge of bankruptcy.

Etc.

Also, relying solely on the System to provide fifty billion and Halsey could indeed rapidly improve the company's technological level.

But once the technology they mastered surpassed the world's, how would the world treat Umbrella?

Cooperation?

Hostility?

Regardless, in its early stages, Umbrella would still need to cooperate with governments worldwide for containment and control.

And before they possessed absolute military power, they needed to present themselves as 'philanthropists' to deceive the outside world.

So, while developing military strength in secret, they should use the System's annual available funds of 150 billion to slowly infiltrate global markets.

Especially America.

Although William had investigated and confirmed that the Freemasons, which existed in his original world, did not exist in America, the design on the back of the dollar bills still featured the Eye of Providence, or the Eye of Horus, a pyramid overlooking all beings.

This represented America's continued ambition for hegemony.

No matter what, with America's sour attitude, they would definitely be Umbrella's primary obstacle in the future.

Fortunately, Rockefeller, who bought all of England's national debt through the Napoleonic Wars to become the world's first billionaire, did not exist here.

One had to know that in William's original world, the Rockefeller family owned shares in the central banks of most capitalist countries.

Even the Federal Reserve was a 'private possession' of families like the Rockefellers and Rothschilds.

Thinking of this...

William couldn't help but sigh at his deceased and eccentric father.

In his memory, the Russell Family in the 19th century had done something similar to the Rockefellers, once controlling European countries like England and Spain.

How was such immense capital squandered by his father?

Never mind, as long as he could confirm that there were no families monopolizing the world, his resistance when using the System to control the overall situation would be much smaller.

How should he make a killing...

The first thing William wanted to rule out was Bitcoin.

In his original world, he wasn't an 'internet addict,' but he had browsed websites and the like to some extent.

Some people said that if you transmigrated back to the early 2000s, the absolute must-buy was Bitcoin, and then sell it before it crashed.

A guaranteed profit.

William could only say that such an idea was too naive when applied to him.

Firstly, the concept of Bitcoin was to create a unified currency for the world.

But one of the most important rights of every country was the right to issue and control currency.

And the emergence of Bitcoin would cause countries to lose this right, so no country would ever accept it.

Countries would never recognize its currency attribute, but rather a financial commodity.

Especially since there were only about twenty-one million Bitcoins in total.

In the early stages when it wasn't worth much, Umbrella would have the ability to acquire all the mined coins, but they would definitely be targeted by all governments.

Moreover, the appearance of Bitcoin was a mystery in William's original world, making him wonder if there were indeed other transmigrators.

No...

He himself seemed to be a transmigrator.

William shook his head, casting aside those messy thoughts, and continued to calmly ponder while looking at the ceiling.

The business opportunities in 2006 were indeed limitless.

In fact, before 2007 or 2008, he could have made a splash on Wall Street.

In the first-class lounge of Kennedy International Airport, New York, America;

Compared to the public lobby outside, it was much quieter, with quite a few beautiful female attendants serving the travelers.

However, four burly men in black suits and sunglasses, scanning their surroundings, seemed out of place in this lounge.

William, dressed more casually, was seated by the window, protected by four USS agents arranged by Andre.

Yesterday, after he finalized a series of acquisition plans...

Today, he arrived at the Marvel Comics headquarters on the seventh 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 high-level executives.

The former editor, Stan Lee, who had already retired, also attended the meeting.

He hadn't expected them to agree so readily...

Without even haggling.

For the price of just three hundred million (not counting the odd change), they acquired all IP copyrights and the entire company.

William, who instantly became the new boss, instructed everyone at Marvel to continue working and creating as usual, without panicking because of his arrival.

However, the Marvel suffix had to be changed to Umbrella, and the company had to be portrayed positively in the comics, among other things.

Regarding movie production, Marvel's executives wanted to use the more popular Spider-Man as the first film.

But William insisted on his own view, choosing Iron Man for the first film in the cinematic universe.

Furthermore, the actor must be Robert Downey Jr., who was in a career slump due to various scandals, and the producer must be Kevin Feige.

Although the executives were very confused, they could only comply with the major shareholder's insistent demands.