Noticing Howard’s rising anger, Helena remained calm and responded softly: “Mr. Rothschild, please don’t be too quick to anger. I still have an additional condition to discuss.” After a brief pause, she borated: “I would like a personal set of your models that will not be usedmercially, ensuring there’s no effect on your primary market. Essentially, I just want an exact copy for my own use. For you, it’s simply a matter of sending me a copy, providing a set of hardware, and covering twenty years of maintenance fees. The cost shouldn’t be excessive, right?”
Howard replied coldly, “How can I trust that you won’t use it formercial purposes?”
Helena smiled and exined, “This is precisely what I am going to rify next. You will still pay me 100 billion US dors, but I will enter into a contract with you. We’ll agree that 50 billion US dors will be returned to the Rothschild family at a rate of 2.5 billion US dors per year over the next twenty years.”
“If you decide to cut off the upgrades and maintenance, I will halt the return of this money,” she continued. “If I were to use your AI model formercial purposes, you could immediately discontinue upgrades and maintenance, and take legal action against the Nordic royal family for the full repayment of 50 billion US dors.”
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Howard, visibly frustrated, shot back, “So I give you 100 billion U.S. dors, and then you turn around and invest it in a trust? Based on the current median return rates in the U.S. financial market, the annual interest could easily amount to several billion dors!”
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Helena responded graciously, “How about this: you still provide me with 100 billion U.S. dors, from which 50 billion will generate interest each year, but I won’t take a single penny from it. Everything will be returned to you.”
“In the first year, I’ll calcte the actual interest generated on the 100 billion, refund you 2.5 billion of your principal, and return all the interest. In the second year, I’ll give you the interest based on the remaining 97.5 billion, and then refund another 2.5 billion, and so on, until the twenty-year contract concludes.”
As she spoke, Helena smiled and added, “If you entrust the chickens to me for twenty years, all the eggs they produce will be yours, and the chickens will gradually be returned to you over that time. Doesn’t that sound fair?”
Howard felt somewhat reassured by her words. However, the thought of the pill costing 50 billion US dors still stung a bit.
Suddenly, Howard eximed, “I just realized something! The hardware for the AI model is incredibly expensive! The majority of the cost is due to the hardware sourced from NVIDIA! Their stock price is skyrocketing, and it’s all because of the surge in AI poprity… This model could end up costing billions just in hardware!”
Helena smiled warmly and replied, “That’s not a problem. If you’re concerned about the costs, I’m willing to offer you an additional 10 billion U.S. dors. I consider myself quite generous.”
Howard felt a bit embarrassed by her offer, sensing that Helena was subtly mocking him.
Then, Helena added, “Mr. Rothschild, keep in mind that your family is involved with nearly all the institutions that are major shareholders in NVIDIA. You still hold a significant amount of circting stock in the secondary market and acquired these shares at a very low cost. With NVIDIA’s stock price soaring beyond 1 trillion US dors, you’ve already made a substantial profit.”