America’s Road To Wealth

  Chapter 126 Prosecutor who throws in the towel

  Abel when meeting Larry Page, Sergey Brin.

   On the same day, Manhattan, New York.

  Manhattan District Attorney's Office Building, in the office of Attorney Robert on the third floor.

  Robert watched his granddaughter walk in.

   In the past, Robert liked to see his granddaughter come in here.

   But recently, when he was in this office, he vaguely didn't want to see his granddaughter come in.

   It's not that he started to hate Peggy, hated his granddaughter.

   But another reason.

  The reason for this is because of the recent period of time.

  Most Manhattan District Attorney's Office, Indicted Attorney's Notice and Court Notice.

   All sent in by Peggy!

  Others dare not touch him, they will be scolded by Robert.

  In the office, I saw Peggy push the door in.

   Basically, it means that there is a new lawsuit that makes Robert feel irritated.

   "Is there a new one?" Robert Morgenthau looked at his favorite jewel blankly.

  Seeing Peggy, whose grandfather has been haggard a lot recently, she felt very distressed.

   While hating someone, she nodded and said:

   "Yes, this time it's a woman named Maria."

   "What case is this time?" Robert asked.

  There are too many people named Mary in the United States, probably more than David and John combined.

  The cases Robert handles in Manhattan each year, or under his name.

  The number is the same, and it is not uncommon for more than a dozen or twenty Marys to appear in it.

   "This time it's not a case." Peggy said helplessly, "Maria was the cleaner you fired last year."

   "Oh?" Robert was in a trance for a while, and Peggy's reminder reminded him.

  A few years ago, the cleaner in charge of my office seemed to be named Maria.

   is a white woman in her fifties with a bloated figure.

   "What's the matter with her?" Robert asked puzzled.

   Peggy actually didn't want to talk about Maria to her grandfather.

   It’s just that this incident of Maria this time may be a change of wind.

   She felt a little disgusted though, although it might have **** off her grandfather.

  But it is still necessary to let the grandfather know in advance, so that what changes will happen later.

  It can also make the grandfather mentally prepared and prepare the means of defense in advance.

   So Peggy felt a little inappropriate, but she still whispered:

   "Grandfather, this cleaner you speak of. She recently "hired" a lawyer."

   "Hehe~"

  Robert Morgenthau sneered.

  A cleaner with a monthly salary of about two thousand to three thousand dollars, hire a lawyer to sue the Manhattan District Attorney?

  Are you kidding me? !

  Robert naturally knew that Maria was just a cover, a **** on the surface.

   It wasn't Maria herself who really caused trouble.

   "What is she suing me for?" Robert has been used to being sued recently, and Robert is a little numb.

  He felt that no matter how outrageous the name of the lawsuit he heard, he would not have any special feelings.

  However, what the granddaughter said immediately left him dumbfounded.

  Because Paige said:

   "This Maria, through a lawyer, sued you. Said that you tried to **** her in the office several times in March, April, and June last year"

  Robert thought he heard it wrong at first, but after confirming that he heard it right.

  He felt the position of his heart, and couldn't help but throbbed.

   "I SHITfxkk this fxxk!"

   Clutching his heart, Robert pointed up and down with one finger, his face turning pale.

  Peggy knew that her grandfather's reaction would be great, but she didn't know it would be this big.

   Fortunately, she was prepared and immediately took out the medicines that she had prepared in advance.

   And he moved quickly, poured it down for Grandpa, and fed him a little water.

  Robert Morgenthau felt much better.

  Although his face was still a little pale, at least he wasn't as angry as before, as if he was about to faint.

   "FXXKYOU!"

   Robert Morgenthau, who was more comfortable, finally cursed angrily.

   This is also the first time that Peggy has seen such an angry and foul language from her gentle and refined grandpa since she was a child.

  Peggy regretted it all.

  If I knew about this earlier, I shouldn’t have let Grandpa know.

   "Hoo~~"

  Robert Morgenthau took a deep breath, anxious and angry.

   But just as Paige thought, Robert Morgenthau, who was born in the political powerhouse of the East Coast.

  He keenly felt that the matter of Maria might not be that simple.

  Robert Morgenthau thought quickly.

   After about a minute, he suddenly asked Peggy softly:

   "Honey, tell me. Which one is the lawyer representing Maria this time?"

   Peggy was stunned for a moment, but she still hadn't realized why her grandfather asked this question in the first place.

  She thought for a while and said, "It's John Sam's law firm."

  John & Sam Law Firm is a well-known law firm in New York.

  Different from those top-ranked big law firms.

  This law firm has only been around for a few years, and its reputation depends entirely on its boss, John Sam.

   To put it simply, there is only one barrister in this law firm, and the others are assistants and auxiliary lawyers.

  This is different from those big law firms with a large number of people and a large number of barristers.

  "Sam John." On Robert Morgenthau's ashen face, there was a thoughtful micro-expression.

   "You did a good job this time. My dear." After a while, Robert Morgenthau said suddenly.

   Peggy looked at him: "Grandfather?"

   "Not Abel Smith." Robert Morgenthau said: "I mean, the matter of Maria is not led by Abel Smith."

"what do you mean?"

   "Just like you think. Just like why you told me this disgusting thing." Robert Morgenthau, who was still in a state of dismay and anger just now.

  At this moment, his tone was steady, and he regained his original gentleness.

   "There is a high probability that some people are trying to test me by taking advantage of Abel Smith's madness."

  Robert Morgenthau said.

   Peggy immediately understood what Grandpa meant, which was exactly what she was worried about.

   It was also the reason why she chose to tell her grandpa about this disgusting thing at the risk of her grandpa being **** off.

  The direction of the New York judiciary may have changed.

   "Then who do you think it will be?" Peggy said softly.

  Robert Morgenthau shook his head and said:

   "It doesn't matter who it is. What matters is that we have to stop Abe Smith as soon as possible."

   Peggy nodded.

  Although Abel Smith's approach made the Manhattan District Attorney's Office very busy.

   It also made Robert a little **** off and sick.

   But in fact, it is still acceptable to Robert Morgenthau.

  First of all, it was Abel who did this, and it was within the rules, and he followed the rules.

  Secondly, Abel's doing so will not cause any actual harm to the Manhattan District Attorney's Office and Robert Morgenthau.

  So many prosecutions, just let the Manhattan District Attorney's Office waste some personnel capacity to respond to the lawsuit.

   Increase Robert Morgenthau's funding by more than one hundred thousand dollars every month.

  The biggest damage is the reputation of the Manhattan District Attorney's Office.

  But now, Robert Morgenthau was keenly aware of the change in the wind.

   Most of the prosecutions of the law firms hired by Abel are very formal.

  The Manhattan District Attorney's Office was used to counterclaim and prosecute some previous cases that may have been unjust.

   This can only be said to be Robert Morgenthau's lax handling of the case.

  This kind of thing is not a big deal in the US prosecutorial circle.

  But this time, suing Robert Morgenthau's name is such an unwarranted thing.

  Robert Morgenthau felt that someone was taking advantage of this opportunity.

  Using Abel's lawsuit storm against himself, under Abel's cover, he wants to do something else to himself.

for example

   Spray to discredit Robert Morgenthau.

   And then indirectly affect the upcoming Manhattan District Attorney election!

   That's right, the same as any other position.

  Regional prosecutors, they are also elected.

  Robert Morgenthau is solid in Manhattan, but he has to be re-elected every few years.

   Every year someone rises up to challenge him, although they all fail.

   This year it is time for him to accept the challenge of others, and half a month later.

   That's when election season for district attorneys begins.

   There is a proverb in China, which is called "the drunkard does not care about wine".

  Robert Morgenthau now feels that some people are beginning to have this intention.

   Maybe even Abel Smith's practice is one of the drunkards!

  Robert is not afraid of the lawsuit storm, but he does not want this lawsuit storm to continue.

   eventually affected his throne.

   After thinking for a long time, Robert Morgenthau suddenly said directly to his granddaughter:

   "Peggy, I want you to put down all the cases and things you have in hand."

   "Okay. Grandfather." Peggy, who had been quietly waiting for Robert to finish thinking, answered without hesitation.

   "You go to California right away." Robert said again.

  Peggy asked this time: "What is your purpose in sending me to California?"

   "Abe Smith is in California now." Robert Morgenthau said:

   "I want you to go to him and make peace with him."

  Peggy was startled, but said immediately: "No problem, I'll go right away."

  Robert Morgenthau nodded and continued to meditate.

   At this time, what he considered has become who is behind the scenes.

  Who is likely to really threaten himself in this election.

  Peggy no longer bothered her grandfather, she quietly left the office to prepare for the trip to California.

   When Paige boarded the plane to California.

United States west coast,

  California, San Francisco, Santa Clara Valley.

  Santa Clara Valley has another name called Silicon Valley.

  The reason for this name is that this is the place where silicon-based semiconductor chips were first researched and produced.

  Silicon Valley is the kingdom of the electronics industry and the computer industry, and the venture capital in this region accounts for one-third of the total venture capital in the United States.

  Meet Sergey Brin and Larry Page at noon, and after raising the price again later.

  In the evening, in Palo Alto, Silicon Valley.

  Abel was in a company called IDEO when he met the three co-founders of the company.

  He got a text message.

   This short message made him laugh in front of the three co-founders of IDEO.

   Opposite him, sat the three founders of IDEO.

   are the dean and founder of the Stanford University School of Design David Kelly.

   There are two other co-founders, Mike Natto and Bill Morgridge.

   This time Abel came to IDEO to discuss a business with IDEO.

  Secondly, he simply and directly wanted to invest in IDEO, which already had some reputation.

  When Abel received a text message with good news from David Jones just now.

   Between Abel and the other party, the valuation of IDEO is being discussed.

   Before the Internet bubble burst, there was David Kelly, the leader of IDEO.

   The valuation once exceeded one billion US dollars.

  At that time, the valuation of startups in Silicon Valley was generally high.

   Install a few computers in the garage, hire a few college students, and come up with some ID ideas. The cost is less than 200,000 US dollars.

  When angel round investors come to your door, they dare to quote a valuation of 10 to 20 million US dollars.

  This kind of leather bag company dares to do this.

   Not to mention a unicorn company like IDEO.

   Just not now.

  After the bubble burst, IDEO, like other Silicon Valley companies, experienced a crazy roller coaster decline in valuation.

  On the market, IDEO’s latest valuation is less than 150 million US dollars.

   However, the three co-founders of IDEO are still stubborn.

   Even in this bubble period, IDEO is in a difficult position.

   But IDEO's market value should be at least more than 200 million US dollars.

  Abel seemed unwilling to regress, and the three people in IDEO watched the billion-dollar company fall like this.

   They are also unwilling to regress.

   When there was some stalemate, Abel felt a lot better when he saw the new text message.

   This change in him also made the three of them notice it.

  They are not familiar with Abel, and it is impossible for them to ask such a blunt question without Abel telling them.

   Fortunately, Abel laughed directly and said:

   "Ha~ Good news. Let me tell you, the person sitting in front of you is already the largest individual shareholder of Google."

   "Just now. Larry Page and Sergey Brin, as well as several other independent shareholders, sold me $610 million worth of shares."

   "The share of these stocks currently accounts for about 20% of Google's total share capital~"

   When the news was announced, the three co-founders of IDEO were obviously a little surprised.

   Although IDEO is also one of the famous unicorn companies in Silicon Valley in recent years.

   But make no mistake, it simply doesn't compare to Silicon Valley's unicorn king, Google.

  Google's 20% stake was only sold for 610 million US dollars.

   IDEO, whose market value and volume are not even one-sixth of Google, is obviously unrealistic to sell for more money.

  When David Kelly and the other three looked at each other.

  When they saw Abel stand up, they laughed and said to them:

   "180 million valuation, I want 20% of IDEO's shares. And after that, I have priority investment rights."

   "At the same time, after meeting this requirement for a shareholding, I will give IDEO an order of at least US$10 million."

   "This is my condition. Think about it, I will leave San Francisco tomorrow."

   "I hope I can get a clear answer from you before then."

  David Kelly, the leader, wants to say something to keep Abel.

   But Abel had already got up and left directly, so they had to stand up and send him out of the gate of IDEO.

  The three of them turned around and returned to the company.

  One of the co-founders, Bill Morgridge, couldn't help but said:

   "I think it's okay. The market is in a cold winter, and the first thing we need to do is to keep IDEO alive."

   "A valuation of 180 million, 20% is only 36 million US dollars. Is this a bit small?" Another founder, Mike Nato, was a little bit unwilling.

   You need to know that half a year ago, if you wanted to win so many shares in IDEO.

   At least 200 million U.S. dollars is enough.

   Only half a year later, the value of the same share is only 36 million US dollars.

   I hate the dotcom bubble!

   Mike Nutto thought to himself.

   At this time, the leader of the three, the real head of IDEO, David Kelly, a professor at Stanford University, spoke.

  He said: "I agree with what Bill means. Survival is more important than anything else. Few people are willing to invest money in Silicon Valley now."

  Mike Nato actually knew this too, he was just a little unwilling.

   "Okay. Then I agree." Mike Natto said.

  36 million is 36 million, it's better than nothing.

  IDEO is not at the end of its rope now, but it really has no money in its account.

   On the other hand, Abel did not lie.

  After leaving Palo Alto, he really went straight to Los Angeles and stopped staying near San Francisco.

  The main reason for his coming to Silicon Valley this time has been more than half completed.

   That is to get shares in Google, which has not yet been listed.

   For IDEO, he initially wanted to do business with it.

   Looking back, IDEO is currently undervalued and belongs to the stage with the most investment value.

  Thinking of raking grass and hunting rabbits, I will buy shares if I can.

  The business that I originally wanted to negotiate with IDEO has become a request to lure IDEO to accept his shareholding.

  Although it is said that Silicon Valley at this time, besides Google, there are many companies with great value, which are worth buying their shares.

   But Abel knew that next year there would be another big wave.

  These high-tech companies, or Internet companies.

  It will really fall to the bottom next year.

   At that time, it is the most cost-effective to make a move.

  Google is a special case.

  Because of the psychological damage and impact caused by the bursting of the bubble this year

   This year, Larry Page and Sergey Brin, the two founders who hold the most shares in Google, have a strong intention to sell their shares.

   By next year, after Schmidt became the chief CEO of Google.

  The two founders will no longer have the willingness to sell a large number of their own shares.

  At that time, it will be much more difficult to obtain a large number of Google shares.

   This empty valley period this year is the best time.

  Under the current market conditions, 610 million US dollars, 20% of Google shares is indeed a bit expensive.

   But Abel and Silicon Valley do not have any human relations and contacts, and want to do so.

   It is impossible to get so many shares in such a short period of time without spending more money.

   Fortunately, the shares are finally in hand, and if they are left alone in the future, they can appreciate dozens of times in value.

  If the ratio can be maintained unchanged, it can be exaggerated into hundreds of billions of dollars.

  One of the main purposes of his coming to Silicon Valley was finally accomplished.

  The next only needs to be next year.

  Across Silicon Valley,

  When we are all mourning again, just come and harvest again.

  Leaving San Francisco, his next goal is the most dazzling pearl on the west coast.

  City of Angels, Los Angeles with sea breeze.

  (end of this chapter)