America’s Road To Wealth

  Chapter 211 Sitting in front of you is the richest man in the world

   Hudson's Bay Yards thing.

  Abel found Rudy Giuliani and Pete Wallon Sr.

  Follow-up, he informed Bloomberg.

  This project, before talking to those two old men.

   He’s already said that to Bloomberg.

  Bloomberg has also turned back.

   Has been identified as the candidate for this year's Elephant Party to participate in the New York election.

  If this kind of thing is not told to Bloomberg afterwards.

   It may cause some misunderstanding between the two parties.

  Abel doesn’t know exactly what Bloomberg thinks about Abel’s approach.

   But on the surface, Bloomberg supports Abel in doing so.

  Probably Bloomberg knows it too.

  It is difficult for him and Abel to swallow the super project of Hudson Bay Square in one gulp.

   There are too many and complicated aspects involved.

  If it could be eaten by one or two people, it would have been built long ago.

".look here."

  Bloomberg put a very thin document on the table.

   "This is the investigation by Bloomberg, the plots near the entire project, and their owners."

   "Honestly speaking, after seeing the exact number, I feel a little bit numb."

   "Without land reclamation, there are only 10.5 hectares of land. However, there are 215 owners of this 10.5 hectares of land."

  Bloomberg looked at Abel: "Do you know what that means?"

What does    mean?

  Of course Abel understood, and he couldn't help but sigh.

   "It means that just demolition is enough to waste too much energy and spirit."

  The 10.5 hectares of Manhattan Island land, of course they have owners.

   On Manhattan Island, there will be no land without an owner.

  This small island transformed from a peninsula has prospered for more than two hundred years.

   Among them, for a hundred years, it existed as the financial center of the entire United States.

  In the past fifty years, it has even been directly upgraded to one of the world's financial centers.

   Such a place, how can its land have no owner, even if it is such a square foot.

  The reason why this 10.5 hectares of land is said to be the last hot spot on Manhattan Island.

  Because in the planning of the last century, this old city has no new buildings for forty years.

   It hasn't been remodeled and looks the same as it did decades ago.

  This is completely different from the prosperous and modern image of Manhattan.

  According to the plan of the municipal government, New York wanted to tear it down and rebuild it in the early 1990s.

  But there are too many interests involved, and too many owners object.

   In the end, nothing happened.

   It became one of the urban reconstruction and abolition cases placed in the archives of the city government.

  As time goes by, a new century arrives.

  Manhattan Island is becoming more and more prosperous.

  As the last old neighborhood on the island, it is close to the sea again.

  Any ship entering or leaving Manhattan Island can see this place.

  Beside a skyscraper, there is an old neighborhood that looks very dilapidated.

  This kind of contrast makes it more and more conspicuous and eye-catching.

  Many foreign tourists visiting Manhattan Island by boat for the first time.

  They were all amazed at such a prosperous place.

  The stronghold of capitalism.

  It’s the 21st century, how can there be such a dilapidated neighborhood.

   Just from the city appearance of the entire Manhattan island.

  It all needs to be transformed.

  This is why the 10.5 hectares of land need to be remodeled.

   is also the reason it can be modified.

   But the problem is

  Who can handle the 10.5 hectares of land, the exaggerated two hundred owners?

  Abel also doesn’t know how the New York city government finally got it done in parallel time and space.

   He has guesses.

   Maybe it was the reason for the super financial crisis after 2008.

  Although the financial crisis has survived, the United States has suffered greatly.

   New York is the same.

  In that general environment, it may be the financial crisis that prompted the city government to want to improve the New York economy.

   Finally began to be willing to spend great efforts to rectify this problem, and all parties began to support the decision of the city government because of the overall economic reasons.

   Or in that big crisis.

  Many of the more than two hundred owners went bankrupt and had to sell their most valuable land.

  In short, in parallel time and space, the transformation of this old land was put on the agenda after 2008, and barely started after 2011.

  Thinking of this, even Abel felt a headache.

   "Okay. Michael." Abel said:

   "So how do you think we should start?"

   "Let's start by convincing the owners of those lands." Bloomberg proposed the most stupid way.

   But probably the best way too.

   “Form a dedicated lobbying firm.”

   "Let this lobbyist go talk to the owners of these lands."

   "Whether it is to buy the land directly from them. Or let them participate in the shares and use the land as shares to join a new development group."

   "Or other, all available methods."

  Bloomberg said: "As long as you are willing to cooperate, you can talk about anything and love New York."

  "If you are unwilling to cooperate"

  The founder of Bloomberg, showing his appearance as a competent capitalist.

   "Then he's our enemy. Our commercial enemy."

  "Facing the enemy, I think we can use any method to attack it."

   "God will approve of us doing this."

   "Understood." Abel didn't have anything to do.

  Unless at this time, there is a foreign aircraft carrier fleet sailing to the side of Manhattan Island.

   Otherwise, even the White House would be useless in this matter.

   "You can't come forward to form this company." Abel thought for a while and said, "You have more important tasks this year. The promotion of our cooperation is even more important."

   "I'm not very good at showing up."

   "If I start this company. It will make our job more difficult."

   "Those guys, definitely raise the price higher, because everyone thinks I'm rich."

  Bloomberg laughed:

   "What do you mean by "everyone thinks you're rich"? You are rich, dear Mr. Smith."

  Abel shrugged, "In short, that's what it means. We need another partner, a partner who can do things."

   "At that time, I can pay behind the scenes, you will push behind the scenes, and our collaborators will work in the front."

   "I think this model can make the efficiency higher."

  Bloomberg agrees.

  The founder of Bloomberg said:

   "Triangles are the most stable of all shapes. I agree with you."

   "Then." Abel thought for a while, "Michael, who do you think we should choose to be our collaborator?"

  Bloomberg mentioned a surname.

  Hearing this surname, Abel thought for a while.

  He suddenly felt that it might be more suitable for this family to do it.

   "Will they agree?" Abel asked another question.

   As a result, Bloomberg waved his hand at him, "It depends on your ability. My dear partner, you are obviously more familiar with them than I am."

  Abel thought about it carefully, and it seemed to be true.

"Ok."

  Abel said:

   "I'll try to get in touch. But I don't know if our beloved Prosecutor is willing to accompany us through this muddy water."

   "I'll wait and see~" Bloomberg smiled.

  Abel is talented in finance.

  He has another advantage in business and doing things.

  That is, he has strong mobility.

   Whatever you think of, what you want to do, you will do it soon, and you will execute it soon.

  This is actually an advantage.

  He just finished discussing with Bloomberg at noon.

   In the afternoon.

  He went to find that potential third-party collaborator.

  New York, Manhattan District Attorney's Office Building. In a coffee shop next door.

   “I like the Blue Mountain coffee in this cafe. They make it full of flavor.”

  In the cafe, Robert Morgenthau talked to Abel.

   Opposite the prosecutor, sat Abel.

  Beside the Prosecutor, is the Manhattan District Attorney's Office, Assistant Attorney Miss Peggy Morgenthau.

  Abel didn't know why this old guy had to bring his granddaughter with him every time he talked to him.

   Is it just because of myself that I have expressed some meaning to his granddaughter?

  Abel didn't know, he smiled:

   “Compared to the bitterness of Blue Mountain, I still prefer Geisha from Colombia or Ethiopia.”

"Oh?"

  Robert was thick and thick, and his thick eyebrows, which were all white, were raised.

   "Peggy also likes Geisha, she said she likes the scent of grass, trees and flowers."

   "Uh" Abel looked at Peggy involuntarily.

   found that the latter was also looking at Abel himself with a faint gaze.

   "Okay. Then we have a common hobby, Peggy." Abel smiled at Peggy.

  Peggy smiled at him too, but didn't speak.

   Taking advantage of the prologue, Abel immediately turned the matter to the main topic.

   "Robert." Abel said, "I have something to do with you."

  Robert smiled: "Of course. Who will be fine and find a big prosecutor?"

   "Everyone who comes to me has something to do, that is, no one wants to drink coffee and chat with an old man when he is lonely. Oh, except for my cute little Peggy."

  Abel thought to himself, I don’t know you that well.

   "South of Manha Island, Hudson Bay City Plaza." Abel ignored the old guy's "self-pity and self-pity".

  Abel said: "Are you interested in joining?"

"join in."

  Robert's voice finally became a bit dignified, "Is there already a team? This is not a small matter."

   Obviously, 25 years as a prosecutor in this city.

   Robert, who is more familiar with the city than any other New York City.

   It only needs a simple sentence from Abel to know what Abel is talking about.

   "Yes, we already have a team." Abel opened his eyes and said nonsense.

   “A team strong enough to make this happen.”

   "Robert. How much property does the Morgenthau family have? Don't you want to leave some blessings for your descendants in addition to these properties?"

  Robert said lightly:

   "We are a clean and honest judicial family, and every piece of our property comes reasonably and legally."

"but."

  The old guy changed the subject, "After all, we have a large population, and not all of them are suitable to work for the justice of the United States. There are always some children who need to find something to do."

"so.."

  Robert looked at Abel, "Do you understand what I mean? Mr. Smith."

   "Understood." Abel laughed.

   "Tell me who is in your team." Robert said:

   "If it is suitable, maybe we will join, but there must be a prerequisite, that is, Morgenthau can withdraw at any time."

   "Okay." Abel was also very straightforward, and he said directly:

   "This team is currently only two people. Me, Bloomberg."

  Robert: "...I take back what I just said."

   "Then if I change this rhetoric."

   "In this team, there is the richest man in the world, at least the richest man in New York. There is also a future mayor of New York City."

   "The future mayor of New York City." Robert pondered for a moment, "Bloomberg may not be successful. His competitors are also very powerful. New York is no better than before, and the Elephant Party is no longer the dominant player."

   "As for the richest man."

  Robert looked at Abel with a smile, "Are you talking about yourself? Dear Mr. Smith?"

   "Buffett and Bush both invested in Smith Capital."

  Abel is expressionless:

   "Among them, Buffett subscribed for 4% of Smith Capital's shares with US$16 billion in stocks and cash."

   "Dear Mr. Morgenthau. I currently own 92% of the company's shares."

   "In addition, I have close to 15 billion US dollars in managed funds in Smith Capital."

   "In addition to Smith Capital, I also have a bank that ranks among the top fifteen in the United States."

   "I still have MGM, and Elizabeth Gardens, and various other companies."

   "When Forbes updates his broken list this year. I think Forbes will tell you who the richest person on the planet is."

   "So fast?" Robert was obviously shocked by Abel's words.

  The old man knew that Abel was rich.

   But I didn't expect him to be so rich.

   "Warren Buffett, He Picked You Too"

  Obviously, Abel's so many rhetoric can't match Buffett's trust.

  In the concept of the older generation of Americans.

   Buffett, who has a stable investment style, is more worthy of their trust in this field.

  So is Robert.

   "Morgenthau can join." Robert's tone changed again.

   "But only if ... Bloomberg can actually succeed."

   "As long as Bloomberg succeeds."

   "Then what you said is really hopeful."

  Abel took a deep breath.

   This reaction from Robert Morgenthau.

   It is also a possibility that he expected.

  These old men and old guys are all masters who don’t see rabbits and don’t scatter eagles.

   It is difficult to make them easily make up their minds because of some rhetoric or the instigation of lobbyists.

  Unless they can see the hope of success.

  Or let them see that there is a great chance of getting benefits.

   These people will really choose to end.

  Perhaps Bloomberg also knows this, and the founder of Bloomberg did not come forward in person.

   just let yourself come.

  Thinking of this, Abel nodded.

   "Yes. But by that time, Morgenthau may not be our top priority collaborator."

  Abel said: "As long as Bloomberg is really successful. There will be more people who want to be our collaborators."

  Robert smiled:

   "Mogenthau doesn't mind being just one of the collaborators. I think no matter how many collaborators you have, you should all consider letting us join."

   This old guy!

  Abel's teeth were itchy, because the old guy was right.

  Who called the 10.5 hectares of land, it is on Manhattan Island.

  Who is on Manhattan Island, at least until the old guy retires or dies.

   As for the judiciary, Morgenthau has the final say.

  The clearing of the 10.5 hectares of land is bound to encounter a lot of judicial problems.

  If there is no old guy in charge, there may really be big problems.

   Just like Robert said.

  Even if Bloomberg succeeds.

  This matter must also leave a place for Morgenthau.

   "Okay." Abel let out this breath, restraining the thought of slapping the old guy.

   "Then just wait. I want to wait for a while, and we will become collaborators on this matter."

   "We are looking forward to it." Robert continued to smile.

"All right."

  The old man stood up suddenly, "I still have some work to do, I have to go back and deal with it."

  Peggy also stood up.

  But she was pressed on the shoulder by her grandfather, and she sat back on the chair again.

   "You young people have a chat. If a year later, we really become partners in this matter. In this regard, Peggy and her father will also be responsible."

   "As the main collaborators in the future, you should be more familiar with each other."

   "Young people, let's talk."

   Speaking of Robert, he didn't give the two of them a chance to refuse, turned around and left the cafe leisurely, walking towards the prosecutor's building next to him.

  In the cafe.

  Abel and Peggy sat across the table, the atmosphere was slightly awkward, but also very quiet.

   This silence lasted for several minutes.

  Abel didn’t think it would work to stay like this.

  He took the initiative to speak: "Peggy, how are you doing recently?"

"not bad."

   "How good is not bad?"

   "." Peggy looked up at Abel, her beautiful blue eyes seemed to be able to speak.

   It seems to be saying that your topic is boring.

   "Hahaha~"

   Abel laughed.

   Not knowing why, I chatted with Peggy.

  He likes it very much, and it makes her break away from that kind of quiet and domineering temperament.

  Maybe this is the challenge from the heart of the scumbags to the top students.

  After this opening remark, the two of them can finally chat for a while.

   But it didn't take long before Abel got up and left.

   First of all, he didn't want to provoke a decent judicial giant like Mo Genthau.

  Secondly, Peggy's eyes always make him feel that she can see through everything.

  A beautiful woman who is not easy to provoke, but also smart and a bit too much.

  Abel’s idea is to avoid it if he can, and he doesn’t have too much bad intentions.

   Farewell to Peggy Morgenthau, after sitting in the Cadillac Escalade in the team.

  Abel couldn't help stretching.

  Today's relatively formal work is all done.

   After thinking about it, Abel said to the driver Andy, "Let's go to the Woolworth Building."

  Woolworth Building, the first office location of Smith Capital.

  The company later moved to the current Smith Building.

   But at the Woolworth Building, Abel bought the right to use a "helipad".

   On it, he can take a helicopter and travel about 500 kilometers within the radiation range of New York City.

   Job done.

  He wants to go to No. 1 Thirteenth Road, Huangdian, New York, which has been transformed into Elizabeth's back garden.

   Go over there and relax.

   Taking advantage of the fact that it is not snowing now.

   It is best to go by helicopter.

   Unfortunately, halfway through the drive, it started snowing again in Manhattan.

  The convoy had to turn around and head directly to the pier in Manhattan.

   You can’t take a helicopter, and it’s the same when you change to a yacht.

  (end of this chapter)