Chapter 192 The Child is Paladin's

"Mom, that's Paladin's child."

Looking at Robin, Milo spoke lies with a calm expression as if it was a matter of course.

"Huh? A Paladin's child?"

Robin laughed angrily, "Do you mean to say that Paladin's child has been in Hailey's belly since last year, or that Paladin came back to life and made Hailey pregnant?"

“Neither.”

There was no guilty expression on Milo's face. He spoke as if he was explaining the truth.

"Mom, have you ever heard of the technology of freezing rice seeds?"

"What is that? I only know frozen lamb and frozen beef."

"It's a medical technology that was published more than 40 years ago. It's very mature now. Simply put, it's freezing sperm, taking them out when needed and combining them with the woman's eggs to form a new embryo, which is then placed in the mother's body. When the child is born, he or she is basically no different from a child born through a normal pregnancy."

"You mean, the child in Hailey's belly was created by freezing Paladin's sperm using the technology you mentioned, and then putting it into Hailey's body, so the child is still Paladin's?"

"Yes, Mom, you are so smart!"

"Fuck you!"

Robin was both angry and amused. Looking at her little son who was so shameless, she said softly:

"Let me tell you, I actually know this frozen sperm you're talking about. Do you want to know where I'm from? I'm from Texas, and the world's first successful case of frozen sperm pregnancy came from Houston."

"You didn't call Haley, did you? Then Haley probably didn't tell you that after Paladin was diagnosed with brain cancer, we thought about using this technology to preserve Paladin's offspring."

Robin: "But the medical examination results show that Paladin's body does not allow this technology to be used. He was born with a lack of vitality, which is why he and Haley have not had children for several years after their marriage."

"Plus he was ill at the time, and his physical condition was even worse, so it was impossible for him to make such preparations."

"And now you tell me that Haley got pregnant because of Paladin's frozen rice. Do you really think your mother is a redneck housewife on a Texas farm?"

"Let me tell you one more thing. Your mother graduated from Rice University's nursing department, and I am still a graduate student."

Milo: “…”

Fuck the shit, how come he doesn't know these things.

Yes.

After all, it was a family scandal, so he did not go through the Blackburn Foundation's channels.

Nor did they go through the Blackburn home channel represented by Wendy.

Purely relying on my own guessing, and the help of David and Kenny, two of my true confidants...

David and Kenny are good at assassination or security.

But this kind of thing is really difficult for them.

So there were so many mistakes in the end.

"All right."

Milo sighed and decided to use his real ultimate move, "Mom, it's all my fault. I...I'm sorry to Paladin, I let you down, and I hurt Haley."

To be honest, this was the ultimate move that Milo came up with himself.

He really didn't believe that his family would do anything to him because of this matter.

Not to mention his current status, there is also his current relationship as the only heir to the Blackburn family.

Just because he is Robin's last child.

Milo didn't believe that this mother who always doted on him would do anything to him! Besides, although this kind of thing was considered a scandal in this circle, it was not a big deal.

There are many people who have done worse than you.

For example, Ariana's grandfather, the old man was entangled with his illegitimate son's wife.

"Why……"

Seeing his son like this, Robin sighed again.

Then her face became serious, completely changing from the kind and gentle middle-aged woman she had previously been.

At this moment, her expression was very similar to Herbert's. "I didn't hear what you said just now. But Paladin did leave frozen rice. Only I, his mother, and his wife Haley knew about this."

"So now, the baby in Hailey's belly is Paladin, which was cultivated using Paladin frozen rice seeds and modern technology."

"Do you understand?"

Milo opened his mouth silently, his expression full of surprise.

"Why do you look like that?"

Seeing his son's surprised look, Robin laughed, "Or do you want me to send you and Hayley to the Inquisition? Come on, you are my child, my only treasure in the world."

Her voice suddenly became softer, almost whispering, "In fact, I would be even happier if you could have a baby with Haley. That way she would never leave Blackburn again..."

"Mother……"

Milo really didn't know what to say.

If Robin is willing to help cover up the lie about this matter.

That would be easy to explain to my hometown.

This was definitely the best outcome for Milo in this matter.

Seeing his son's happy and touched look, Robin's expression, which was very similar to Herbert's, disappeared.

She came over with a smile and gently touched her son's ear which had turned red from being pulled by him.

"Leave this to me. I just hope you can live well. I just hope you're still alive when I die."

"I..." Her eyes were slightly red, "I no longer have Paladin. I can't live without you anymore."

"Well, thank you, Mom. I'll be fine." Milo gave Robin a hug with a happy smile on his face.

He didn't travel through time in the flesh; he inherited everything from his original body.

Including memories and emotions.

This is also the reason why he felt a little scared when he learned that Robin knew about this.

It wasn't fear, it was worry about disappointing my mother.

Being held by her son, Robin smiled until her eyes narrowed into crescents. She rested her chin on her son's shoulder, patted her baby son's back and whispered softly, "Don't worry, Mom will always help you, no matter what it is."

In the evening, night began to fall.

San Francisco after the rain is like a fresh painting.

The rain washed away all the dust in the air, making it feel especially refreshing to breathe.

The leaves and flowers in the Bay House gardens and courtyards were covered with tiny drops of water that sparkled in the light.

"So this matter lets you off the hook?"

Haley, who was wearing loose clothes and had a bulging belly and looked very plump, muttered.

"What else? Kill me or kill you? Okay, let me hear if the little guy is kicking his mother's belly in there." Milo knew how to change the subject, and as he spoke, he squatted down and put his ear against her belly.

"Don't even think about it. I won't let you hear it!" Hailey immediately turned around and hummed like a little woman, then stroked her belly with a loving look: "I'm sleeping."

"I really hope he or she can come out earlier and show it to his or her father."

"This is Paladin's child!" Haley glanced at him and said with a faint expression.

"It's my child too!" Milo said as a matter of course. "Even in name only, I am the child's uncle and godfather. Not to mention that in reality, I am the child's father."

"What a jerk." Haley muttered softly.

When Milo was about to speak again, she spoke first, "I haven't been to the office for two months. If we announce that it is Paladin's posthumous child, then I should be able to go back to the office to work, right?"

Previously, because the child was an illegitimate child, Ms. Haley Blackburn, the newly appointed Santa Clara County prosecutor,

I have been on sick leave for two months now.

Although in the United States, even the President of the United States can take leave frequently.

For example, in August last year, La Zipperton took a 25-day holiday at one time.

The entire vacation expenses will still be reimbursed by the White House.

But Haley's foundation is not stable after all, she was parachuted in.

Plus, her personality does have some attributes of a strong woman after all.

Because I was pregnant and worried about being discovered, I stayed at home for two months.

Even if Robin didn't notice this time, Haley probably wouldn't be able to bear it.

Now that Robin is willing to help endorse this matter.

Since she was pregnant with her late husband's child, she could make it public.

Then of course you can go to work.

Milo pondered for a moment, he also knew that this was his sister-in-law's character.

At first, she and Paladin were so busy that they didn't see each other for two or three months.

"Okay, wait a week or so. Wait until we have sorted out everything, and then if you still want to go to work, you can work as long as you and your child are safe and healthy."

"Okay. I'll listen to you." Haley had already waited for two months, so she didn't mind waiting another week.

…

…

April 28, 1997.

San Francisco.

After three days of continuous rain, the Bay Area finally cleared up again.

In the chairman's office at Yahoo headquarters.

There is a long red mahogany table with a Herman Miller executive chair behind it.

Herman Miller is known as "the most comfortable office chair in the world".

As the highest-end product in the field, the top-end classic Aeron costs around five thousand dollars.

Even so, it is still widely sought after and is called the "Hermes" of the chair world.

The Herman Miller that Milo is sitting on now is a more expensive custom-made model.

It was specially designed by Herman Miller based on his weight, height and body shape.

Only more than fifty were produced, some for backup and some in the offices of his various companies.

This means that no matter where he works, he always uses the same chair.

Of course, the price has become very "beautiful" because of this.

After all, the mold was specially designed for this purpose, so on average each Herman Miller boss chair costs more than 35,000 US dollars.

Milo stretched his body lazily, with his back to the beautiful view of the Bay Area outside the floor-to-ceiling window, his eyes slightly closed, holding a cup of steaming and fragrant coffee in his hand, listening to the briefing report from his assistant Monica.

"The Lord of the Rings crew has already started filming..."

"The second season of American Idol will be launched at the beginning of next month, and we will continue to cooperate with Fox. The second season of How to Become a Millionaire has begun production..."

"The crew of "Into the Wild" has been established, and Paul Salopek has been confirmed as the lead actor."

"Man vs. Wild", produced by TBS, was created by Milo based directly on the popular show "Bear Grylls" in his previous life.

The latest novel is published first on Liu9shuba!

But just as he has always believed, good Hollywood movies are always about the movies making the actors, not the actors making the movies.

So when Bear Grylls was only 23 years old this year and was still serving in the British 21st Airborne Special Service Regiment.

He didn't ask anyone to contact Bear Grylls specifically.

Instead, they found an American explorer and rock climber named Paul Salopek.

This is a traveler who can walk for more than 800 days and cover more than 8,000 kilometers in China.

He was later known as the man who walked the longest on earth.

Combined with his creativity, there are also various plots thought up by the program team.

Milo just doesn't believe that he can't film a wilderness survival movie without Bear Grylls.

Monica quickly finished her briefing on media and began reporting on the Internet.

"Yahoo's fourth round of financing quoted a valuation of 60 billion US dollars, but the response from Wall Street investment banks was mediocre. Deutsche Bank and UBS, which were interested in investing, were only willing to invest at a valuation of 40 billion US dollars..."

Milo raised the corners of his mouth and smiled without comment, but the sarcasm in his smile was obvious.

He opened his eyes and glanced at Monica, who was wearing a slim black suit and a pair of glasses, and exuded a mature and beautiful charm. He asked casually:

"Monica, do you think Yahoo is worth $60 billion?"

“…I can’t tell whether Yahoo is worth $60 billion.”

Monica looked like an elite and spoke in a clear voice, "But based on the market value of Internet companies that have gone public in the past four months of this year, I think Yahoo's current valuation should be $50-60 billion."

"Oh? Reason." Milo raised his eyebrows and looked at her.

"Take the know website, which went public at the end of March this year, for example. Its daily traffic and click-through rate were only one-tenth and one-sixth of Yahoo's, respectively. But one month after its listing, its latest market value is now $15 billion."

Monica said.

"Yeah, that's well said." Milo hummed lightly, his eyes became serious, looking up and down at his beautiful secretary who he originally used as a tool to vent his emotions.

As expected, people are trained to be successful. At the beginning, Monica even got the briefing date wrong.

But after more than a year, she was able to analyze this kind of thing through data.

"Tell Jerry, Musk, and Schmidt, and then notify other shareholders. Yahoo's fourth round of financing is valued at $60 billion. If others disagree, I will invest the extra shares myself!"

Looking at the business briefings of Yahoo in front of him, which were in his hands.

Milo was confident: "They will regret it then, they will regret it very much!"

In a parallel universe, Yahoo went public last year.

After going public, the company became unstoppable, with its market value exceeding 20 billion US dollars in the first year.

That was still the same Yahoo.

What about Yahoo now?

It is the world's leading comprehensive Internet portal with more than 80 million daily active users, servers in 11 regions around the world, and more than 200 million daily clicks.

In addition to the English version, there are also German, Italian, French and even Russian versions in Europe.

Except for those countries with underdeveloped economies, the Internet has not yet been introduced.

And except for regulated countries like the other side of the ocean and the Northern Dynasties.

Yahoo has taken over the world on the Internet.

In terms of related businesses, the penetration rate exceeds 80%.

This has already achieved a de facto monopoly.

It has achieved something that Yahoo in a parallel universe failed to achieve at the peak of its market value.

In addition to the portal website, Milo's Yahoo has also opened up news platforms, including sports channels and comics channels.

It also launched online games and began investing in gaming and real estate companies.

99.999% of Internet companies are still losing money and burning money.

Milo's Yahoo achieved a monthly profit of 13.5 million US dollars last month.

For the current Internet, Yahoo is now in the global Internet.

It is almost the size of Baidu and Baidu+ in China in 2009.

What's wrong with the last round of financing before the IPO, which valued the company at $60 billion? They could just not invest, and then they would regret it.

And Milo also believed that they would not refuse to invest, and the most likely reason he said this now was just to lower the price.

"Go on." Milo has decided that Yahoo will go public between October and December this year.

Because of his appearance, the waves brought about by the Internet trend are faster and more violent than in the parallel universe.

It will be listed this year and all restricted sale periods will expire before the end of next year.

That was probably also the time when the Internet was the hottest.

When the time comes, find a way to sell the stocks you have and reap the benefits while they are hot.

Wait until the Internet bubble bursts and Yahoo’s stock price falls to the bottom, and then buy it back.

Continue to wait for the next opportunity to reap the benefits, such as the future subprime mortgage crisis that has already laid the seeds for disaster and is brewing.

"…That's all for today's schedule and briefing."

It took Monica about an hour to complete today's briefing.

She raised her wrist, and on it was a Patek Philippe jade women's watch.

"According to the schedule, the next people you will meet with are Andre and William from New York."

"Let them in."

"Good morning, boss." Andre greeted with a smile as he entered the office.

"Andre, please take a seat. Tell Monica what you want to drink." Milo nodded with a smile, motioning Andre to take a seat first, and then cast his eyes on another middle-aged man named William who walked in with him and was dressed like a Wall Street elite.

"William, how are you today? I hope you bring me good news."

"Good day, boss."

William greeted Milo with a relaxed smile on his face. After shaking hands with the big boss, he opened his computer bag, took out a laptop, opened it and placed it on the table. After turning it on and entering the password, he turned the laptop screen towards the big boss and spoke.

"Boss, you can rest assured that everything is going according to plan and we can complete the position today."

Milo looked at the trend charts of several European foreign exchange pairs displayed on the computer screen.

Knowing that these European foreign exchange funds are the next choice targets for Paladin investment, "What is the current specific situation?"

The international financial market is ever-changing, but the past year has been particularly exciting.

First there was the Siamese currency crisis, then the ink crisis, and then it spread throughout Southeast Asia.

Then it rolled from Southeast Asia to Japan and Taiwan, then swept across Hong Kong Island, and finally hit back to South Korea to eat the fat.

However, in the end, the greedy Wall Street and international hot money suffered a crushing defeat at the hands of the Russian bear.

International hot money, which suffered losses, is using various methods to sanction and retaliate against the Russian bear.

While sharpening his knife, he looked in other directions——

Latin America is no longer acceptable, as it was just harvested two years ago.

Southeast Asia was just harvested last year.

Neon and stick...their blood is still dripping on the sickle.

The Russian bear next door closed the door and refused to cut the grass.

The only remaining areas that can be cut off are Africa, Oceania and Europe.

You can't just cut off North America, right?

You dare to cut them? Are you going to die? Cutting bananas in Africa...? In Oceania, there is not even a few drops of oil, so it would be useless to cut them.

So now, because I have been eating too much from last year to now,

International hot money, which has already made a fortune, has turned its attention to old Europe.

Germany's financial market is extremely closed, while France's financial market is healthier and more regulated.

In the end, the only things that could actually be harvested were the British pound and the currencies of several European countries, which had been attacked by Soros a few years ago.

"We have completed accumulation at the bottom. The Bank of England is very decisive this time. They said they will definitely rescue the market."

William, the deputy manager of Paladin Investments and Nelson's right-hand man, who was specially sent to San Francisco to report to Milo, spoke freely:

"We judge that without new positive stimulus, these currencies will not be able to withstand this shock. However, we have also made hedge preparations so that we can easily withdraw unscathed."

William typed on the keyboard, showing Milo one graph after another, and explained to the boss in simple and clear words.

After all, Milo is no longer a financial novice.

After looking at the curve charts of the currencies of various small European countries, he felt relieved.

What follows will be a lucrative and profitable harvesting operation.

At that time, some media in old Europe will most likely incite public opinion and accuse the Americans of taking advantage of the situation.

(End of this chapter)