America’s Road To Wealth

  Chapter 218 Versailles Balloons and Energy

  Even Bloomberg and Robert.

   I don’t know why Abel is so obsessed with Hudson’s Bay Square.

  Hudson Bay Square is indeed very profitable.

  If it can be done and more than half of the profit can be obtained.

  That is enough to support the emergence of a billionaire.

   This will definitely be the largest real estate project in New York in the future.

   But let's not talk about the difficulty of making it appear.

   Just from the perspective of its interests, Bloomberg and Robert also feel that Abel does not need to be so persistent.

  Because, to put it bluntly, Hudson's Bay Square cannot be monopolized by itself.

  Even if the owner of the white house comes.

   Not even Rockefeller and Morgan together.

  This means that it is necessary to share the profits to make things successful.

  The profit is one cent, although it is still scary, it is very impressive.

   But this profit, compared with Abel's gains in the capital market, is not very attractive.

  They all felt that Abel should not bother about this matter.

   It’s better to go to the capital market more, make a few more transactions, and get more money faster.

   Rare potential allies are here tonight.

  Robert Morgenthau replaced Bloomberg and asked this doubt.

   "Abel, I'm curious. Why, it seems, are you so proactive about this project?"

   "Huh?" Abel was puzzled.

   "Hudson's Bay Square," said Robert:

   "You seem to care more than anyone else. It feels like our enthusiasm combined is not as much as yours alone."

  Bloomberg also nodded beside him.

  The founder of Bloomberg is also very curious about this.

  Abel's fingers couldn't help rubbing the red wine glass he was holding.

   After thinking about it, Abel said:

   "Maybe it's because I feel that if this thing is done, it will give me a sense of accomplishment."

   "Sense of accomplishment?" Robert was puzzled.

  Abel decided to speak the truth.

   "Because in the capital market, no matter how much money I make, I don't have any pleasure."

   “I take it for granted. They should be mine. I make that money as easily as I breathe.”

   "But while doing other things. Like running a media conglomerate, like this Hudson's Bay Yards."

   “It gives me a sense of accomplishment to make them successful”

   "Because in these fields, I am not very good at it, maybe even worse than some ordinary people."

   "You should understand, right?"

   "The kind of things that we take for granted no matter how much we do in the field we are good at, will not make us passionate."

  “However, a little achievement in a field that we are not good at often makes us feel a lot of pride!”

  “It’s not wrong, it’s probably the feeling. It’s this sense of accomplishment that pushes me to work hard to build Hudson’s Bay Square.”

   As he said these words, he looked eagerly at Bloomberg and Robert Morgenthau.

   After listening, Bloomberg couldn't help but look at Robert.

  The future mayor of New York found that the latter was also looking at him.

  Bloomberg: [Do you understand this feeling? 】

  Robert: [I don’t understand, do you understand? 】

  Bloomberg: [I don’t understand either. 】

   At this time, there are two New York bosses, if they are two Chinese netizens.

   will definitely say loudly that Abel is a Versailles.

   But aside, Peggy listened to Abel's words.

  Her eyes are a little bright.

   "It's that simple. Believe it or not." Abel shrugged.

  He really thought so.

   This is like a cheater who plays in the middle and late stages of the game.

   There are already very few things in the game that will make him feel happy.

   But at this time, there is another game next to him, he is not very good at it, and he can't fully use cheats.

  Then when he plays this game, it will make him feel very happy to produce some results.

   Probably this is the reason.

  Bloomberg and Robert don’t want to tell whether what Abel said is true or not.

  Anyway, if this matter can really succeed.

  Then their share can’t escape either.

   As for where Abel's motivation is, they don't care.

   "Even if you are so eager." Robert said clearly:

   "I still have to wait until Michael really succeeds before trying to start."

   Bloomberg also nodded.

  If he can't succeed this year, he probably doesn't even have the qualifications to be an ally of equal status to the two in front of him.

  This is a premise for Robert, and why not for Bloomberg.

  The two expressed their views again, and Abel felt a little dull.

  Bloomberg left soon.

  He is the host of tonight's reception, so he can't stay in any circle for too long.

  He wants to greet all the guests and try to secure this kind of contacts.

   In that case.

   Even if he loses the election this year.

   When we make a comeback in the future, we can also get more support.

  What's more, even if this road doesn't work, don't take this road.

  Bloomberg feels that these extra connections and relationships will also make it easier for him to better manage Bloomberg.

  Robert also has to maintain his social connections, not for long.

   The two old guys leave.

   Abel has two choices.

   One is to stay here and chat with Peggy.

   Or chat with other people to expand your network.

  In the end he chose neither, he chose to leave early.

  Abel left the banquet hall of the Intercontinental Hotel and came to the entrance of the InterContinental Hotel.

  He looked up and saw that the cold rain was still falling in Manhattan.

  To be honest, the weather in Manhattan is good from May to October every year.

  Other times, it’s freezing as soon as it snows. It will be cold when it rains.

   Shaking his head, Abel got into the car and left under the umbrella protection of two bodyguards.

  In the car, he thought for a while and called Grandpa Alex.

  Abel has frequent contact with his family.

  But I have less contact with grandpa and father, mainly because I have more contact with grandma and mother.

  The conversations with Arya and Emily are naturally biased towards daily life.

   This time he called Alex, mainly to find out about Fossloh.

  The grandpa and grandson talked on the phone for half an hour.

   After talking for half an hour, Abel felt his eyes were wide open.

   It turns out that this kind of thing has happened in the history of the United States.

  The United States almost embarked on another unimagined path

  Abel could only sigh with emotion, the world is really vast and full of strange things.

".grandfather."

   At the end of the phone call with Alex.

  Abel hesitated, he was hesitating whether to tell about Charlize.

   Tell his plan.

"Ok?"

  Alex's clear voice came from the phone's microphone.

   "It's nothing. It's raining here in New York. You should also pay attention to your health in Houston."

   "Oh, of course."

   In the end he said goodbye to Alex without saying a word.

  The next day, early morning.

  Abel is at 8 East 63rd Street on the Upper East Side of Manhattan.

  He and Ikana woke up in the third-floor master bedroom.

  He came to live with Ikana last night.

  Ikana has gotten very close to Paris recently, and the two New York socialites are in pairs.

  Paris Hilton even became Ikana's brand YKM, a special model and a special designer.

  At first, Abel was suspicious of Paris Hilton.

   She is about to embark on the wandering road she took in the parallel time and space.

  He was already thinking about keeping Ikana away from her.

   But in reality, Paris Hilton did not start to wave.

   She is just close to Ikana.

   and many other New York ladies often appear in fashion newspapers and magazines in New York or the United States.

   And it seems that she is really serious about designing YKM clothes.

   Just that Abel looks a little ugly with her design.

   So much so that when Abel came over last night.

   Only then did I realize that Paris Hilton was also here.

  He was in the living room.

  Kuma Dai and Kuma II holding Ikana.

   Kissing Ikana so hard that she didn't even have a chance to speak.

  When the belt is being removed and you want to go to Malaysia.

  Paris Hilton came out of the adjacent kitchen with a plate of cut fruits

   There was another little confusion.

  Paris Hilton quickly ran away afterwards and went upstairs to the guest room to sleep.

  Abel was able to grab Ikana and go to the master bedroom on the third floor to exercise.

  Following his own standard biological clock, Abel wakes up automatically.

  He looked at the sleeping beauty next to him, and couldn't help but grab Xiong Da and Xiong Er.

   Then he played the round Simmons.

  He looked at the beautiful antique clock in the bedroom, it was just past seven o'clock.

   When he finished washing and went down to the restaurant on the second floor.

  About half past seven.

  Abel was in the restaurant and saw Paris Hilton eating breakfast again.

  Paris was born in 1981 and just turned 20 this year.

   It is considered to be the time period with the best comprehensive conditions in all aspects among the women of the Angsa race.

  At this time, Paris was still very beautiful and had a good figure.

  Sitting at the table at this time, she looks very cute, giving Abel the feeling that she is also her own woman.

   "Good morning." Abel greeted with a smile.

  Paris also responded to him with a smile: "Good morning."

   But to Paris' disappointment, Abel finished eating quickly and left soon.

  The whole journey took less than twenty minutes, and I didn't talk to her much.

   After Abel left, Paris pouted.

  She thought about it, stood up and walked carefully to the third floor.

  At the door of Ikana's master bedroom, Paris knocked on the door and shouted:

   "Ikana? Ikana? Abel is gone, Ikana, are you still sleeping? It was the same way last time, and I slept until noon"

   "Ikana? Can I go in?"

  Paris got no response.

   After thinking for a while, the eldest lady of the Hilton family gently held the doorknob.

  Crack, the door is not locked.

  Paris pushed the door open and went in.

  As soon as she entered the door, Paris smelled a strong smell.

  It looks like seafood, mixed with the taste of heather.

  She finds this peculiar smell unpleasant, but also weird.

  If this is replaced by parallel time and space.

  That experienced a few years later Paris.

   It is estimated that you will be able to smell it immediately.

  Paris tiptoed and walked into the bedroom, shouting softly:

   "Ikana? Ikana? Are you still sleeping? It's almost eight o'clock, and Abel has gone to work. Are you going to sleep until noon or afternoon like last time? Ikana?"

   "Ikana, wake up quickly. We have things to do this afternoon."

   While screaming, Paris came to the big round Simmons.

  She saw her best friend lying on Simmons sleeping soundly.

  She keenly noticed that there was someone's handprint on the big bear that her best friend hadn't covered.

  Paris couldn't help but gently pulled down the quilt and covered Ikana.

  She gently pushed her girlfriend a few more times.

   "Ikana? Are you sure you really want to sleep? It's thanks to you that you can bear the smell in the room."

  Ikana was pushed and whispered a few words:

   "Paris leave me alone. I. I'm so tired, let me sleep a little longer"

  Paris was angry and funny, and said softly:

   "Then you should change the room, the smell here is too stinky! What kind of smell is this, um. The trash can smells the most!"

   "Is the fresh air system broken? Why can't the smell go away?"

   "It doesn't stink. You go out first. I...I'll sleep a little longer." It was Ikana who didn't open her eyes that answered her.

  Paris had to stand up, she decided to leave first.

  Ikana looks too tired, and probably won't wake up.

   But curiosity prompted Paris, before leaving, to take a look at the trash can in the room.

   She wondered what the **** was inside.

   will cause the taste to be so big.

  She was in the trash can and saw some balloons filled with milk.

"what"

  Paris left in disgust.

   When she walked out of Ikana's room and closed the door.

  She was still thinking about the trash can in Ikana's room, why there was a milk balloon.

  She planned to ask Ikana again after she woke up in the afternoon.

   But when she walked from the stairs on the third floor to the living room on the second floor.

  Paris suddenly had a flash of inspiration.

   She thought of a possibility.

   But this possibility made her feel incredible.

   Even a little scared!

   "impossible, impossible"

   "absolutely impossible"

  Paris murmured and went to the second floor.

  Abel, he really has something to do today.

  With the efforts of his advisory group.

  He is going to meet a few people today.

   David Mellon made an appointment with these people before, but it was unsuccessful.

  The other party did not appear at the Smith Capital reception.

  These people are the three brothers of the rich family on the west coast, the Taylor family.

  Taylor family is one of the founding families and one of the major shareholders of Sampra Energy in the United States.

  Sampla Energy is an energy service company on the west coast.

   Its headquarters are located in San Diego, California.

   This company was merged by two energy giants in 1998 and went public together.

  The company currently has nearly 13,000 employees, mainly engaged in developing energy infrastructure and operating public utilities.

  The company's California utilities, San Diego Gas & Electric and Southern California Gas, serve more than 20 million consumers on the West Coast of the United States.

   Simply put, this is the electricity and natural gas giants on the west coast of the United States, especially near California.

   It is the kind of giant company that Abel has always wanted in the energy sector, which is the most lacking.

   Abel's Ales Energy, after several months of expansion in Tarrant County, cost Abel hundreds of millions of dollars.

  Now in Texas, it can only be regarded as a small and medium electric power company.

   But Sempra is in California, which provides more than a third or so of electricity and a quarter or so of natural gas.

  At that time, Abel told David Mellon that he wanted to buy shares or even acquire energy companies.

  David suggested to him to acquire the shares of Sampra.

  Because compared to other energy giants, this company is in the midst of internal strife.

  In 1998, Enova and PE, which were combined into Sampra, split between two different shareholder families.

   Among them, the Taylor family, the founder of the PE company, because of the sudden death of the old Taylor, the descendants began to compete for the family property.

  The Martin family, the founders of Enova, wanted to take the opportunity to eat up the Taylor family's shares in Sampra, but they couldn't come up with too much cash.

   There has been a quarrel between the two parties for half a year.

  At the end of last year, Smith Capital, on behalf of Abel, invited the Taylor brothers to a reception.

   As a result, the matter was found out by the Martin family.

  At that time, Martin verbally promised to the Taylor brothers that he would give them a better price than Aber.

  The Taylor brothers believed it, so they did not appear at the reception of Smith Capital.

  But afterwards, Martin repented.

  The Taylor brothers were so angry that they couldn't help each other.

  Because Martin only gave a verbal promise at the time, there were even only three people present.

   There are no witnesses, not to mention that even if there are witnesses, it is useless.

  The Taylor family, anxious to divide their property, had to turn to Smith Capital again.

   But at that time Abel was upset that they released pigeons, and he was busy at that time.

  At the same time through Wall Street, Abel knew that the Martin family did not have the strength to eat Taylor's shares for the time being.

  He just thought, let the three Taylor brothers hang out.

  It aired until the end of last month, and Abel felt it was appropriate.

  He asked his advisory group to contact the other party.

  Alan Baker is in charge of negotiating with the other party, and they have been talking for a month.

   Talked about some results.

   Today, Abel came forward to meet directly with the three Taylor brothers to discuss the final result.

  The two sides met in a cafe in lower Manhattan at around nine o'clock.

  The three brothers of the Taylor family seem to be over forty years old.

  The eldest is called Matthew, the second is called Mark, and the fellow is called Musk. Of course, it is not the Musk you are familiar with.

  That Musk is a South African, and he was still struggling in Silicon Valley at this time, and he was still working on his PayPal.

  The fact that the three brothers can appear here means that they have basically agreed to Abel's offer.

  The Taylor family holds a total of about 21% of Sempra Energy.

  The total share capital of Sempra Energy is 284 million shares, and the current market value is about US$58.5 per share.

  The total market value is about 16.614 billion US dollars.

  The Taylor family, which holds 21% of the shares, has 59.64 million shares.

   "Hello, three Mr. Taylor." After Abel came, he smiled and shook hands with the three Taylor brothers.

  If it was last year, Abel's fame was mainly limited to the east coast.

   But this year, his fame was already in the Smith storm, and he was widely known by Americans.

   The three Taylor brothers naturally knew his name well.

  The two sides shook hands for a while, and then sat down respectively.

  Abel's side is Alan Baker, and on the opposite side are his three brothers.

  As soon as Abel sat down, he went straight to the point:

   "I've heard it from Allen. With all due respect, Mr. Taylor. The price of $78 a share is already a very good price."

   "The premium is as high as 25%. This kind of acquisition premium is very generous even in mergers and acquisitions!"

   "What's more, you only have 21% of the shares. Even if I take it, I still can't initiate an invitation for the time being. The Martin family obviously won't give up."

   "I still have to fight them."

   "There are still a lot of troubles in the future."

  Looking at the three of them who wanted to say something besides their own.

  Abel pressed directly: "If you still can't be satisfied with this price."

  He smiled and said, "Then this acquisition can only end here."

  (end of this chapter)