America’s Road To Wealth

  Chapter 234 Someone wants to be a fish again

  In 2000, the Stockholm International Peace Research Institute (SIPRI) selected the top ten North American military enterprises.

   That is, among the top ten military enterprises in the United States, 9 are listed companies.

   Checking the financial reports of these companies, their business is not the "military industry concept stock" familiar to big cancer stocks.

  They are authentic weapon.army.fire.manufacturers or defense suppliers—direct production of aircraft mothers, fighter planes, tanks, submarines and guide eggs.

   And now in 2001, the market value of the nine listed companies does not seem to be high.

  Like the famous Lockheed Martin, its market value in the stock market at this time is not even 10 billion US dollars.

  And if someone really buys its stock on the New York Stock Exchange, it can be easily bought.

  But this doesn't mean that you can really spend 10 billion dollars to buy this company.

   Because once someone finds out that you are in the NYSE, buy a lot of Lockheed shares.

   Then you will be blocked soon.

  The U.S. Department of Commerce, or other departments will stand up and sanction you for a crime of "obstructing U.S. national security".

  Then the shares of companies like Lockheed Martin that you bought must be sold to related companies or families at a low price in accordance with the requirements of these relevant departments.

  Dare to refuse?

  ClA or FlA dispatched.

  So if you want to become one of the military-industrial complexes in the United States, you can't just buy a lot of their stocks.

   First of all, you must get the admission ticket. Only with the admission ticket can one pass through those relevant departments, or to put it bluntly, it is the permission of Hua Shengdun.

  That is the only way to really enter, control or influence these giants.

   Otherwise, less than 10% of the shares are mainly for investment purposes.

  Ordinary Americans and those companies in the United States can buy it.

  After foreigners or more than 10% of the shares, Washington or Capitol Hill will immediately enter the market.

  This admission ticket, Abel is not sure if he currently has it.

  He thinks there is a high probability that there is no such thing.

  Because it is not Capitol Hill or the DC District that issued this admission ticket.

   Of course, it is even less likely to be Wall Street.

  In fact, in this country, the only one eligible to issue tickets to this complex is the building with five corners.

  Military-industrial complex, military-industrial complex.

   It is the army ahead of the workers, not the workers ahead of the army.

   In front of this monster, even the shrub family currently has no tickets.

  Abel especially wants to earn $1,500 a coffee mug and more than a million dollars a goat.

  He's playing for the ticket.

  Before I wanted to go through the rock for security. Now he thinks maybe through a company like Gulfstream Aerospace.

   But so far, he hasn't taken a step out.

   But fortunately, Abel has made the rock security ready.

  No later than next year, next year there is hope to get in touch with the real Godzilla of the United States through rock security.

   This is something to be said for the time being.

  Boeing and Gulfstream three planes, five to be exact.

   There are also two Gulfstream G400s provided free of charge by Gulfstream.

  Their inspections are all good, and the safety and flightability have also passed the inspection.

  After receiving the goods.

   Abel waved his hand and leased the Boeing 747 to Smith Capital.

   The price of friendship is 10 million US dollars a year.

  Smith Capital is responsible for its maintenance.

  He waved again, and the "Annie" Gulfstream G400 was leased to MGM by him.

   The price of friendship is two million dollars a year, and MGM is responsible for the maintenance fee and other expenses.

  As for the "Jessica", he leased it to California Pacific Electric Company under the same conditions as MGM.

  The advantage of doing this is that he can receive at least 14 million US dollars in rent every year.

  These rents are transferred directly to a fledgling aircraft leasing company under his name.

  The three planes also belong to this company.

   In addition, he and the aircraft leasing company are not responsible for the annual maintenance and fuel costs of the three aircraft.

  These expenses are all borne by the company under his name.

  This approach may seem a bit rascal, but it is not his first.

   It was not created by the merchants of the later celestial dynasties.

   It is a model that has existed since the emergence of private jets decades ago.

   Except for the local tyrants on the other side of the desert.

  Most of the rich people in Europe and the United States own private jets, but their private jets are not actually maintained by themselves.

  Abel just learned their patterns directly.

   Then, as the chairman of these companies, he will assign the right to use these aircraft.

  Things are that simple.

   Jessica received the plane on May 1st.

  The next day, she couldn't wait to fly directly to Los Angeles on her "Jessica".

  Her "007" has just finished filming, and MGM has a new script.

  She wants to go and have a look.

   But this is actually probably an excuse. It is estimated that she still wants to try her own private jet.

  She wants to make headlines in Hollywood.

   Undoubtedly, the next day, there were a lot of news about Jessica's private jet in many media newspapers in Hollywood.

   This made Annie, who was filming in Queens, immediately come to find Abel.

   Then the second day, "Annie" also made some Hollywood headlines

   May 5th.

   After more than a week of no rain, it's raining again in New York.

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

  In the love nest of Ikana and Abel.

   "Ah dear. Leave me alone."

   "Paris is still outside. We made an appointment to watch a fashion show together at night."

   "Woooooooooooo hot"

   "High!"

  “.”

  In the morning, in the master bedroom on the third floor.

  Ikana let out a cry like dying.

   Then she fell limp, like a fish whose bones have been taken out.

  Abel kissed her smooth and white forehead, smiled and went into the bathroom to wash and change a set of clothes.

   When he came to the restaurant on the second floor, he saw the pure and beautiful Paris again.

  The Paris Hilton of this time and space.

   It may be because of the butterfly effect.

  She didn't go to a parallel time and space. In order to pursue fame, she had to become more and more dissolute, and in the end she probably became addicted.

  Paris in this time and space, she also likes life in the spotlight very much.

   But she chose a different way from parallel time and space.

  She chose to become real best friends with Ikana.

  The two came out in pairs, relying on part of Abel's influence.

  And Abel's media company, and her and Ikana's ability to make fashion news on their own.

  A pair of "good girlfriends" who frequently appear in fashion and entertainment magazines.

  The management of the YKM brand has improved.

  Although there is no inflated valuation of two billion U.S. dollars last year, it has already started to make profits.

   And because the foundry is mainly on the rabbit side.

  The clothes sold are high quality and cheap, and the styles are also very good.

  The margin of profit is still very large, and a good cycle of positive feedback has begun.

  Because of this reason, Paris seems to really like fashion design.

  In addition to being in a pair with Ikana.

  Ikana also told Abel that Paris spent the rest of her time studying fashion design at the New York Institute of Fashion.

  Don't look at the name of the New York Fashion Institute, it's very similar to a Chinese technical school.

   But it ranks very high in the United States, and even among fashion design schools around the world.

In 1998, this private design school in Manhattan, established in 1944, also defeated a number of internationally renowned design schools, including Parsons School of Design, and was rated as the world's No. 1 school in the CEOWORLD ranking list. Fashion Institute.

   This made Abel feel that this pure and beautiful Paris seemed to be on the right track.

   It also improved his perception of her a lot.

   You must know that Abel originally looked at Paris, no matter how beautiful she is.

  It is always easy for him to imagine her as the face-lifting monster of later generations

  In that case, of course it is impossible for him to have any thoughts about Paris.

  He is not hungry.

  But in front of me is this pure, beautiful, very standard, obedient daughter of a wealthy New York family.

   is more in line with his eyes.

  So he was on Ikana's side, and he talked more with Paris.

  In the restaurant on the second floor.

  Looking at Paris's breakfast, I only ate a little vegetable salad without salad.

  Abel couldn't help but said:

   "Paris, you just eat this little, your body can't handle it, right? Even if you lose weight, there's no need to be so exaggerated."

   "Ha~" Paris smiled at Abel while eating a salad without high-calorie salad dressing:

  “I follow the recipe given by my nutritionist. I also take in protein, etc., but I usually only eat this in the morning.”

   She said so herself, and Abel shrugged.

   "That's right." Paris said suddenly:

   "Abel, I'll tell you something. Don't let Ikana know."

   "Huh?" Abel raised his eyebrows and looked at Paris.

  He thought to himself, could it be that you want to be the corner of your best friend?

  Looking at this young and beautiful Paris with a pure temperament.

  Abel felt in his heart that it might be possible to pry it.

  Ikana's corner doesn't object.

  Paris looked up guiltily and looked at the stairs on the second and third floors.

  She confirmed that Ikana would not suddenly come down from above, and also knew that Ika would not be able to get up early as long as Abel stayed here every morning.

  Paris whispered:

   "That "Anne" and "Jessica" thing. After Ikana found out, she didn't look like much, but I think she seemed angry"

   "She dared not tell you. But in private, she has been calling me the names "Jessica" and "Annie"."

  Listening to Paris, secretly carrying this small report from Ikana.

  Abel knew that the most annoying thing happened to him.

  If a bowl of water is uneven, it is very difficult for the red flag not to fall and the colorful flag to flutter.

   After thinking about it, Abel nodded and said to Paris:

   "Thank you for the information, Paris. I will take care of this matter."

  Paris nodded with a smile and said you are welcome, but she felt a little depressed in her heart.

  Because Abel said this, almost acknowledging the existence of "Annie" and "Jessica".

   In other words, he is really a playboy.

  Paris knows this, and she has nothing to do with him at the moment.

   But I still feel a little uncomfortable.

  Paris felt that she was not worth it for her best friend Ikana.

  【That’s right, I’m just feeling sorry for Ikana. That's right, that's how it is! 】

  Paris persuaded herself in this way.

  The two chatted some gossip again, most of which were Paris and Ikana's daily life.

   Half an hour later, Paris reluctantly sent Abel out.

  The girl felt sensitively that Abel's attitude towards her seemed to be getting better and better.

  From keeping a respectful distance at the beginning, to being able to say a few words in the middle, and now I can talk about this kind of thing.

  Paris thinks this is an improvement.

   Just thinking that he is a playboy, I have to be ordered by my grandfather to seduce him.

  Even if the seduction is successful, you may not be able to marry him.

  Paris felt that she had sacrificed so much, and felt that it was not worth it.

  But when I think of Grandpa's silent look.

   There is also the right to inherit in the family for oneself in the future.

   "Paris, you can do it, you can do it!" She whispered to herself softly.

   Within a few minutes, Paris saw Ikana's personal bodyguard, Jane, go out.

   Within ten minutes, Jane returned to the townhouse with a heavy file bag.

  Paris, who was watching TV in the living room on the second floor, asked curiously, "Jane, what did you go out to get?"

  Jane hesitated for a moment, thinking of the good relationship between Paris and Ikana on weekdays.

  Besides, the document in hand is not a secret, Jane said:

   "It is an ordering option manual for some private jets."

  Paris, who was born in the Hilton family, naturally also took her own private jet.

   But she doesn't have a private jet of her own.

  Private Jet Option Manual Paris has heard and seen it.

   But she has never used them herself.

  Paris couldn't help but stood up and walked over, "Private jet selection manual? What do you mean, is it Abel's or Ikana's?"

   This is no secret, Jane said:

   "Boss wants to give Ms. Ikana a Gulfstream G450. This is the configuration manual for this Gulfstream G450."

   "Gulfstream G450?" Paris raised her beautiful eyebrows, "I've only heard of the Gulfstream G400, which is a beautiful big aircraft. I've never heard of the Gulfstream G450."

   If it weren't for the fact that these things were sent by Abel.

  Paris wondered if she might be a liar.

  Jane explained patiently:

"It's the Gulfstream G450. I heard that its prototype just flew for the first time last month. But because it is improved on the basis of the Gulfstream G400, the technology is relatively mature. Around the end of this year or early next year, the first batch of aircraft can be manufactured Out."

   "BOSS wants to give Miss Ikana a Gulfstream G450 for her birthday this year. These manuals are manuals customized for private luxury configuration. BOSS asked me to bring them here for Miss Ikana to choose."

  After listening to the long speech of the female bodyguard.

  Paris fell silent.

  First a luxury cruise ship worth hundreds of millions of dollars, and now a new Gulfstream worth tens of millions of dollars.

   There is also a Manhattan mansion worth tens of millions of dollars.

   and YKM's abundant cash flow and strong media support.

  Thinking that these could have been his own, but now they all belong to Ikana.

  Obviously, obviously I came first.

  It doesn’t matter whether it’s knowing him or the relationship between grandpa and him.

  Obviously it was all mine first.

  Since then.

  Paris felt a little dissatisfied with Abel for being a super **** just now.

   At this time also disappeared.

  Now Paris, I wish I was Ikana.

   She wished she was one of the many fish in the Playboy fish pond.

  When Paris fell into a strange mood.

  Abel came to the Smith Building.

  After he returned to New York, he has come to the company several times.

   In the absence of a major operation led by him.

  There is no difference between Smith Capital and those medium and large Wall Street investment banks.

   Nearly 600 employees are currently responsible for the operation of about 20 billion US dollars in custody funds.

  Among the 20 billion U.S. dollars in custody funds, 16 billion U.S. dollars are the 2nd and 3rd private placement principals and their profits.

  The remaining more than 4 billion US dollars is the principal of the 4th, 5th, and 6th phases of private placements, as well as other scattered financial products, and their profits.

   Abel himself escrows funds in Smith Capital.

   Except for himself, no one else has the right to use it.

   In other words, even if he opened Smith Capital’s trading and investment authority.

  The employees of Smith Capital can only manage this part of the assets.

   After all, meals have to be eaten bite by bite, and business has to be done bit by bit.

  Smith Capital wants to become the sixth largest Wall Street investment bank all of a sudden, and it cannot be achieved overnight.

  Smith Building.

  The CEO of the company, that is, CEO David Mellon, is making coffee for the chairman again.

  David Mellon originally brewed coffee very well.

  Since he was praised by Buffett and Abel last time, this guy actually studied it without doing his job.

   Then it tastes better.

  So that after that, whenever Abel came to the company, he would often pull him up to make coffee.

  David is not troublesome or tired, he will come up every time.

  In the country of Smith Capital.

  David felt that the best way to gain a firm foothold here was to please the "king" here.

   Cavalier Mellon felt it was his honor to make coffee for King Smith.

“This is the Ethiopian coffee from March this year. Oh, it’s your favorite Geisha coffee. It’s freshly roasted, and I got someone to buy it for me at the auction. It costs more than $600 a pound, twice as expensive! "

   "But the seller said that this is a top-quality product, and it will definitely be worth the money. Then I will buy some and try it. You drink it first, and if it is okay, I will send it to the auction."

  David Mellon skillfully cooked the coffee and brought it over.

  Abel was on the sofa area of ​​the office, he was looking at a document with his feet up.

  David Mellon put the coffee on the table in front of him, sat down and looked at the documents in Abel's hand.

   is a thing called "Manhattan Large Properties List".

  Knowing that Abel is busy, David doesn't care about him.

  David started to drink his favorite Colombian coffee.

  Just after taking a sip, David heard Abel suddenly say:

   "Hey David. How about we buy a building ourselves?"

  (end of this chapter)