The car stopped in front of an old-fashioned cafe not far from the manor. Duke pushed the door and got out of the car, signaling the bodyguard and the driver to stay outside, and walked in alone. △￠,

Wellington was a little cold in winter. He pushed open the two wooden doors, and the warm breath came to his face with the aroma of coffee. Duke turned his head and slowly glanced over the cafe that he had been to several times before. Perhaps it was a weekday relationship, there were not many people here, but there was a tall blonde woman sitting at the right side far from the counter.

The woman was slowly stirring a cup of coffee in front of her with a spoon. The falling blond hair covered half of her face, making it impossible to see her appearance.

She seemed to be thinking about things, her brows under her blonde were frowning, and her eyes were looking straight.

"A cup of latte."

He said something to the waiter next to him, Duke walked over there, his eyes kept looking at the blonde woman.

Perhaps because of some sensation, the blonde woman stopped stirring in her hands, raised her hand to put her long golden hair, and her eyes immediately captured Duke's figure, and withdrew it bit by bit with his steps.

Walking to the table, Duke took off his coat and sat opposite the blonde woman.

The two looked at each other, and they didn't seem to say anything first. Duke didn't say thank you until the waiter brought the coffee.

He added sugar and milk to the coffee and his eyes returned to the opposite side again.

"Hello, Evie."

Looking at the familiar face of Ivanka Trump, Duke said slowly, "You are as beautiful as before."

The difference is that Ivanka's temperament is more calm and his face is full of the shrewdness that belongs to the businessman.

"You haven't changed much, either." Ivanka smiled faintly, "Where is Scarlett Johnson? Why didn't you see her?"

"She has a temporary job to stay in North America."

He picked up the coffee. Duke took a sip and exclaimed, "The coffee here is still as fragrant as before."

Ivanka didn't even look at her cup of cold coffee. She crossed her hands and slowly placed it on the table in front of her, saying like an old friend. "You really like to come here for a cup of coffee after taking the shot of the Lord of the Rings."

As if awakened by the past, Duke smiled on the corner of his mouth, "When you work overtime, you also like to come here to buy me a cup back."

"That's just an assistant's job." Ivanka waved and called the waiter over, "I want a latte too."

When the waiter took away the cold coffee, she said again, "In a blink of an eye, so many years have passed."

Duke put down his coffee cup, "You have also changed from an assistant to a famous strong woman in the United States."

A strong woman? Ivanka? Trump sighed in his heart. Will someone who cannot even control the fate of the company he founded is a strong woman?

But she knew the character of the person sitting opposite her. She was a strong and hard-working person, and she treated the enemies in his eyes without any mercy.

"Where are you going next?" Ivanka asked about the vacation.

Duke naturally understood this and said, "Go to Australia. Tom Cruise and Nicole Kidman invite me to hunt on their farm."

"You have been working with him?" Ivanka asked inadvertently.

"Mission: Impossible" is about to start the fourth part." Duke also put his arms on the table, "Tom's appeal is still very strong."

In fact, after seeing that the Academy could not award the performance award to him at the beginning of the century, Tom Cruise was getting closer and closer to commercial cooperation with Duke. In addition, there was no negative incidents such as Nicole Kidman's divorce and the firing of Pat Kingsley. His image and box office appeal were far stronger than in the same period before.

It is far from falling to the point where it only relies on Mission Impossible to support the scene.

"It seems you're going to have another big expense."

Speaking of this, Ivanka Trump changed the topic at the right time, "I heard that you have also invested in James Cameron's new movies and other major projects?"

"Yes." Duke didn't deny it. After thinking for a while, he said specifically, "especially James Cameron's project, it may require $200 million in cash expenditure in the next two years, and this liquidity is not a small amount."

Ivanka smiled slightly and said naturally, "If you have any difficulties, even if you speak, I believe I can still help you."

Hearing this, Duke smiled slightly, "With my fixed assets and credit, it's still no problem to borrow hundreds of millions of dollars from the bank."

Ivanka pursed her lips and was about to say something, the waiter brought her coffee over.

She did not add sugar and milk to the coffee, nor did she drink it, but just put it in front of her slowly and stirred it as she did at the beginning.

Duke knew that it was impossible for the two to go back to the past, and the huge differences in interests between capital, and it was impossible for them to become friends who had a close relationship.

It can be seen from the tests between each other just now that they all have certain vigilance.

If you want to let go of the conflicts caused by capital conflicts, you can’t just drink a cup of coffee and sit together and be nostalgic. Otherwise, there wouldn’t be so many wars without gunpowder in the mall, and the Empire State Building and the Golden Gate Bridge would not become popular suicide sites.

Holding up the coffee cup, Ivanka finally took a sip, feeling her mouth full of bitterness. The bitterness seemed to penetrate into every corner of her body. It felt very similar to her instant sharing of the situation in the company.

If she was not facing an extremely difficult situation, with her pride and the almost irreparable rift between the two, how could she take the initiative to make an appointment to meet in New Zealand?

She knew what kind of person Duke was, and she knew that she was not the one who stood on his side, but if she worked hard, she would eventually succeed.

He sighed in a low voice, Ivanka stopped going around in circles, it was very obvious that even if he went around, it would not have any effect.

She looked up at Duke and asked, "What the hell do you think about instant sharing?"

Duke knew that she was talking about a deal with Google, and didn't go around the circle, and said simply, "I'm just making choices that are in my interests."

Hearing this sentence, Ivanka frowned slightly. Duke's words already explained his current attitude. This has nothing to do with any past or emotional factors, it is just a business negotiation!

She gave up those unrealistic luxury and said, "More than Google's bid, I want half of your shares!"

Duke holds nearly 45% of the shares with voting rights in real time. As long as he gets half of them, Ivanka can achieve control. Even if Google joins, he will have the most heavyweight voice within the company.

"This is impossible." Duke shook his head slowly, "I am optimistic about Google's future."

This is just one aspect, and on the other hand, if you don’t have the most instant sharing shares, why does Google use its own shares for exchange? They get instant sharing, but not just want to invest in shares, but are optimistic about the future of this industry and want instant sharing to eventually become a wholly-owned subsidiary of Google.

The transfer of nearly half of the shares in the hands and the negotiations reached with Google will definitely fail.

"Yevie, you know the value of this 20% of the shares." Duke said another fact, "You don't have that much money."

"I can raise funds from Wall Street." Ivanka seemed to have made up his mind. "It is not just Google who is optimistic about instant sharing, Credit Suisse, Allianz, Goldman Sachs and JPMorgan Chase are all interested in investing, and there are also..."

She stopped talking quickly.

Duke said the second half for her, "And Donald Trump's Trump Foundation, completing this acquisition will also allow the Trump Group to achieve industrial transformation, right?"

This kind of thing cannot be denied, and there is no need to deny it. Ivanka Trump nodded slightly.

"I can only say sorry." Duke picked up the cup and drank all the coffee inside. "After I'm on vacation, the deal will be officially concluded."

Ivanka's hand holding the coffee cup suddenly tightened, "Duke, is there no possibility of termination?"

After all, she knew what kind of person Duke was.

"What do you want?" Ivanka stared at this side, "How can I give up this deal?"

Duke has no joke, and he said very seriously, "It's very simple, it can exceed the value that the deal with Google brings me to expect."

"And these things..." He shook his head gently, "Evie, neither you nor the Trump Group behind you can give it."

Donald Trump's net worth is only a few billion dollars. Even if he counts the funds his Trump Foundation can raise, how much can it be?

Google has paid far more than they can afford.

Since Ivanka Trump's purpose was determined, Duke did not intend to let himself be influenced by the relationship between the two of them.

This is just a business negotiation, and bringing too much emotion into business negotiation is undoubtedly a very stupid behavior.

To put it bluntly, even if he hates Donald Trump, as long as the Trump Group can come up with something that will make him tempted, Duke will not mind transferring his shares to them.

But the premise is that Duke needs to know that what they come up with will be as promising as Google.

If the Trump Group took out shares of Microsoft, Apple or General Electric, Duke would definitely be willing to transfer them, but the problem is that the Trump Group could not be able to take them out.

Seeing Duke's firm attitude, Ivanka understood that this meeting might not bring any effect.

Nowadays, North American financial and real estate markets have some not-so-great development trends. If the Trump Group wants to complete its transformation as emerging industries are rising, instant sharing is particularly important.

Ivanka didn't want to give up instant sharing. Before she came, her father repeatedly reminded her not to give up.

"That's it, Evie." Duke stood up, "If you have the chance, you are welcome to visit the Duke Manor."

Seeing Duke ready to leave, Ivanka also stood up. (To be continued...)
Chapter completed!