America’s Road To Wealth

  Chapter 245 Angry Abel

  The figure of 25 billion U.S. dollars made Bob Wright serious.

   As the CEO of NBC Television Network, Bob Wright has discussed the value of NBC with the top management of General Electric Group.

  The executives of General Electric estimated the value of NBC at about 15 billion U.S. dollars two years ago.

   as CEO of NBC. According to Bob Wright, it is worth at least US$18 billion.

  Abel's initial $20 billion offer.

   has come close to Bob Wright's assessment of NBC's value.

   It is much higher than the evaluation price of General Electric Group's senior management.

  When General Electric acquired 80% of the shares of the NBC television network, it only cost 2.4 billion US dollars.

   Of course, it was 1986. Dollars were worth far more then than they are today.

   Only fifteen years have passed, and NBC can steadily provide General Electric with hundreds of millions of dollars in profits every year.

  The money to buy NBC has already been earned back by itself.

   Calculated based on the purchase price of 2.4 billion US dollars.

  Fifteen years later, 20 billion US dollars is enough to make any senior executive or board member of General Electric feel excited.

  But Bob Wright feels that NBC will be more valuable in the future.

   It was after Abel reported the figure of 25 billion that Bob Wright was a little moved.

   "Listen up." Looking at Bob Wright who fell silent after the price he quoted.

  Abel said again:

   "It can be cash or stocks. For cash, I have enough cash flow to pay. For stocks, as long as I have stocks of listed companies in my hands, General Electric can take them."

  Limited to listed stocks, that is to say, unlisted stocks are not acceptable.

   It just so happens that Abel owns the most companies that are not listed.

  If General Electric really wants to exchange shares for shares, it can only be exchanged in the stocks of several listed companies held by Abel.

   Abel obviously wouldn’t exchange stocks with companies like Smith Capital and Smith Media casually.

  Bob Wright's side, he heard this supplementary clause from Abel.

  The CEO of NBC, in his heart, was a little staggered by Abel Smith's financial resources.

   25 billion U.S. dollars in cash, can you get it if you say it?

   Even counting bank loans, few people in the United States can obtain so much working capital.

  The person in front of him is obviously still so young.

   But it was able to take out 25 billion US dollars at a time.

  Bob Wright feels that there may not be more than twenty such people in the United States.

   But. Bob Wright gritted his teeth in his heart.

   Abel's quotation and price increase are so refreshing.

   It made Bob Wright want more.

  People are greedy, and the CEO of NBC feels that he is understandable.

   Bob Wright says:

   "At least $30 billion. Mr. Smith. If you give $30 billion. Maybe the not-for-sale tag on NBC can be thrown away by GE himself."

  If NBC can be sold for 30 billion US dollars.

   For Bob Wright, the CEO of NBC dispatched by General Electric Group, it can be said to be a great achievement.

  Not to mention the mention of bonuses.

   Just returning to the management of General Electric for Bob Wright can be of great help.

  【Promise, promise. You are so rich.. Hurry up and promise】

  Bob Wright looked at Abel seriously, and shouted to Abel in his heart.

   Soon Bob Wright had a response in Abel.

  I saw that Abel's expression turned cold, and he was no longer as warm as he was at the beginning.

  Bob Wright immediately sensed something was wrong, and wanted to say something to buffer it.

  But Abel spoke with a blank face, and he said:

   "Mr. Wright. My attitude is very serious, and my willingness to buy is also very serious. But you seem to regard me as a fool? Please ask yourself and General Electric, is NBC worth 30 billion dollars?"

   Bob Wright thought of course it wasn't worth it.

   None of the three major public television networks can be worth 30 billion U.S. dollars now.

  Already owns the Disney Media Group of ABC Television Network, the current market value of the entire group is about 45 billion US dollars.

   Disney itself is worth almost 30 billion U.S. dollars.

  News Corporation, which has not yet been listed but already has a valuation, has a market value around this figure.

  Viacom, which owns the CBS TV network, has a market value of only 30 billion U.S. dollars.

  Time Warner, the media group with the highest market value, is worth about 50 billion or so.

  NBC TV network He De He Neng, how could the value exceed 30 billion US dollars.

  The market value of 25 billion US dollars is already at a premium.

  Seeing Abel's expressionless face, Bob Wright quickly smiled and said:

   "The price is still negotiable. Maybe 28 billion is a good number?"

   "Forget it." Abel got up, and he said to Bob Wright:

"I'll make an offer to NBC's parent company, General Electric's management and board. After that, Mr. Wright, it's less of your business. So be it, the Nordic food here is good, You stay and eat by yourself."

  Bob Wright got up and wanted to stay, wanted to say something.

  Abel stood up and walked out, and Abel's entourage also walked out.

  Bob Wright wanted to stop him, but he didn't dare to pull Abel out of his hand. In the end, he could only helplessly watch Abel walk out of the brandy restaurant.

   "Fake! Fake! The price can be discussed again!"

   When Abel and the others walked out of the brandy restaurant, he was the only one left at the table.

  Bob Wright hammered the table twice bitterly, full of displeasure.

   Abel, who left the Brandy restaurant, directly said to Alan Baker who was following him:

   "Alan, initiated an offer to General Electric for NBC, and the price is 20 billion U.S. dollars."

  Alan Baker was relieved, and the core of the advisory group also felt that 20 billion U.S. dollars was the normal price of NBC.

   Allen immediately agreed: "No problem, I am writing to General Electric on your behalf."

  Abel nodded and got into the Lincoln city sedan in the middle of the convoy.

   "Go back to the company." He said to the driver Andy.

  Andy nodded yes.

  Abel’s two drivers in New York know when Abel usually talks about the company.

   refers to the Smith Building where Smith Capital is located.

   Half an hour later.

  Abel came to the fourth floor of the Smith Building.

  After the safe house ban was lifted, the trading floor on the fourth floor is still concerned about the USD/NOK market.

  David Mellon and another president of the company, the two took turns watching the situation.

   Whenever there is an emergency fluctuation, notify Abel by phone.

  When Abel arrived at the company in the afternoon, David was in charge of duty.

  “.The current market price is 7.6060.”

  David Mellon reported the data to Abel: "From the perspective of points, we have earned a few points. But these floating profits are at most just enough for interest and handling fees."

  Abel listened while watching the situation on the information wall on the screen.

  During this period of time, the currency pair USD/NOK is like a patient with an electrocardiogram.

   Out of a very complete flat line, exchange rate fluctuations can be said to be extremely small.

   But the weird thing is that after so many days of stalemate on the plate of USD/NOK.

  The number of standard foreign exchange futures piled up on it has reached an exaggerated 2.8 million hands.

   Calculated by the amount of funds, it is almost 280 billion US dollars

  The GDP of the Kingdom of Norway last year was only 171.2 billion U.S. dollars, and the funds accumulated in their sovereign currency foreign exchange transactions have exceeded their GDP last year.

  Abel estimated that at this time, the Kingdom of Norway might have panicked.

  Such a huge amount of funds is piled up on Norwegian krone. Whether it is going short or long, it is bound to have a great impact on the country's sovereign currency.

  If the avalanche effect is really formed, the people's livelihood and economy in the Kingdom of Norway may collapse as a result.

  In fact, as early as two days ago, Norway had already initiated a request for help from the European Union.

  Norway is not a member of the EU, and the EU has not responded yet.

   At this time, the bulls and bears piled on the USD/NOK may also be watching the reaction of the EU.

   The final situation of USD/NOK probably depends on whether the EU will end.

   After looking at the information on the information wall on the screen for a while, I confirmed that my talent has not changed.

   After Abel was satisfied, he said to David Mellon: "Continue to hold it, but this time you may not be able to eat big meat."

  David nodded and said, "I've talked to Jed, and he thinks so too."

  Jed is one of the presidents of the company and a senior executive of Smith Capital.

  In the United States, a company can have many presidents, especially financial companies or banks.

  Like Goldman Sachs, in addition to tens of thousands of vice presidents, there are more than a dozen presidents and several senior partners.

   Above these people is CEO Paulson.

  The President is the President and the CEO is the Chief Executive Officer.

  Like the black president of Merrill Lynch, O'Neill, who has been jailed, he is one of the presidents of Merrill Lynch.

  The chief executive officer is also the CEO, and is generally the most powerful figure in a company other than the chairman.

  Smith Capital now has two presidents and one CEO.

  One of the two presidents is Merio, the former deputy manager of Smith Capital, who has become one of the presidents of the company.

  Melio's responsibilities have not changed, and he is still in charge of administration and management.

  Jed is a new president who was promoted from within the company when the company expanded its enrollment.

   is mainly responsible for the direction of investment, and like David, he is a well-known elite of the younger generation of Wall Street.

  Seeing what David Mellon said, Abel asked:

   "Then have you discussed with Jed, what is the reason for this strange phenomenon, so that so many funds are piled up on USD/NOK?"

  David nodded honestly: "It has been discussed."

  Abel was a little interested, and he asked, "Then what do you think caused it?"

   A strange look like the current USD/NOK is rarely seen in the history of foreign exchange trading.

  Huge amounts of funds are piled up in a small currency pool.

  The financial crisis in Southeast Asia a few years ago appeared several times.

  Those times, under the guidance of Soros, international hot money launched looting against several small Southeast Asian countries.

  The accumulation of huge amounts of funds in those few times was purposeful and directional.

  They all act collectively with the same goal.

   Unlike the US dollar/Nok Krone now, there is a lot of money accumulated, but it is a stalemate between long and short, and the entanglement makes no difference.

  David said: "The result of my discussion with Jed is more inclined to be a coincidence."

  Abel smiled: "How?"

   "What Jade means is that the initial stalemate between us and the neon people attracted too many onlookers. Some of these onlookers couldn't help but end up in the process of watching."

   "But after these people left the market, because of the influx of a large number of retail investors, the changes in the exchange rate were offset, and the exchange rate price calmed down again."

   "Then there may be other organizations that feel that the time is right to end. The above scene was staged again."

   "Of course, the follow-up will cause a balanced situation. It may not only be those small retail investors, but there may also be some institutions hidden among the retail investors."

  After listening to the result of the discussion between David and Jed, Abel nodded with a smile.

   "Your guess is basically correct. The reason why the situation is so weird this time is because our stalemate in the early stage attracted too many retail investors."

  Abel said: "I dare say that at least half of the retail foreign exchange investors in the world have gathered on this currency exchange. Coupled with the entry of institutions, we have the current situation."

   After discussing such a guess, David and Jed still dare not make a decision.

  Because anything can happen in the foreign exchange market, and even weird things sometimes seem normal.

   Now that the boss has explained it like this, even the boss thinks so.

  David felt that his and Jed's judgments should be correct.

   "Then what should we do next?" David asked Ji again.

   Abel pondered for a moment.

   This "interesting" thing that happened in the international foreign exchange market occasionally happens in the capital investment market.

  For example, in the parallel time and space, the "Game Station" incident that will happen in the US stock market in the future is a bit similar to this incident.

  Probably due to some coincidences, a large number of retail investors entered the market.

  There are more retail investors entering the market, forming a trend effect.

  More and more retail investors find it profitable or enter the market for other reasons.

  When there are more retail investors, the amount of funds will increase.

  The institutions that smelled blood followed suit.

   Then a large group of retail investors stood on the long side and the short side respectively, fighting against the enemy.

   Institutions continued to join in the cold and ignite the fire, and finally it became the strange appearance it is now.

   Even Abel's talent in this scene was unexpected.

   Abel's talent was to tell him at first.

   Taking advantage of a special black swan event, Abel can cut a lot of votes on the Neon Man.

  But some changes happened later, and the situation began to change to the current situation.

   What happened later, and the results that will follow.

  It is already different from Abel's talent, which gave different results at the beginning.

   Fortunately, Abel's talent has never been static.

  After the result changes, what the talent told Abel will also change accordingly.

  Like the current scene, what should be done is the optimal solution.

  Talent still told Abel the same.

  Abel's choice to stand still is a judgment made by his talent.

   After telling David to keep the same in response to all changes, and to notify him of his request at any time when there is a situation.

  Abel stayed in the Smith Building for more than an hour before leaving.

  This time he did not return to Manhattan, but on the roof of the Smith Building, took a helicopter and went directly to Long Island.

  The destination is No. 1, Huangdian Thirteenth Road, New York.

  He came to this place less and less recently.

   It's not that he's tired of Elizabeth's angels.

   Just kidding, twenty-five celestial beings.

  Many have only played once or twice.

   I don't play too many times.

   If you want to get tired, you won't get tired so quickly.

  He came here less often.

   It was the all-pervasive paparazzi and journalists who finally discovered the place after a few months.

  Since April, hundreds of paparazzi have been haunting the neighborhood almost every day.

   They're trying to get an intimate photo of Isha's Angels, or get some big news.

  In other words, No. 1 Thirteenth Road, Emperor Point, New York, as the back garden of Isa Angels and Abel, has been exposed.

  In the media, this place has been labeled as the collective dormitory of Isha Angels in New York.

  The identity of the owner of this villa, that is, Abel, was also exposed.

   During this period of time, Abel didn't come here very much, and some people have already called this place his **.

  Although this is true in a sense, Abel is for the better development of Isa in the future.

  He also had to reduce the number of times he came here.

   He was photographed with one or two Isa Angels, you could say they were Smith Girls.

   A little more guidance in the media can turn a scandal into a gossip.

  Anyway, Abel is such a **** character, and Americans are not surprised.

  But if the number is changed from one and two to more than twenty.

   Even his **** character design is a bit unbearable.

   One time VS a group or two, and one time VS 25 people. Quantitative changes will eventually lead to qualitative changes in public opinion.

  Abel had to come here less.

   But always doing this is not an option, he is not tired of these twenty-five pairs of long legs yet.

   Until you find a new, better back garden.

  Abel felt that he should also "prove" their "innocence" for the Angel Isa here.

  Prove that they and themselves are just a simple employee-supervisor relationship.

  It’s not as dirty as reporters and ordinary people think~

  This afternoon, he agreed to the invitation of the world's number one fashion magazine "VOGUE", which has been inviting him for an exclusive interview.

  He is going to come here to accept an unprecedented collective interview with VOGUE magazine together with 20 working Issa angels.

  That is to say, there will be reporters, editors, photographers, and even the editor-in-chief of "VOGUE" magazine present.

  So that he can appear here aboveboard.

  Around three o'clock in the afternoon.

  Abel's helicopter came to the sky at No. 1 Thirteenth Road, Emperor Point, New York.

  After discovering the appearance of this private jet.

  In the public land around No. 1 Huangdian Thirteenth Road, hidden in the corners of grass, forests, small rivers, rocks, etc.

   Hundreds of paparazzi members came out in an instant, picked up the "long guns and short cannons" in their hands, and frantically took pictures of Abel's helicopter.

   Even Abel above the sky found these unscrupulous guys.

   This made Abel a little furious, and he got angry at Edward on the plane:

   "How does Rock Security do it? What's going on with these people? If the video cameras and cameras in their hands are replaced with RPGs, wouldn't we all die here today? Fake! Fake!"

  Edward was a little wronged, these wretched guys are smart and know the legal restrictions.

  They are all hiding on the property outside No. 1 Thirteenth Road, King Point, New York, and they are all in the public area.

  In that kind of place, the rock security is not good enough to drive them away.

   But Abel doesn't care.

  Abel was really angry this time, and at the same time he scolded Edward so badly.

  As soon as he got off the plane, he asked David Jones to call Ms. Caroline, the legal director of Smith Capital.

   Facing New York Lawyer Satan, Abel quickly stated his request.

   Caroline, who hadn’t received such a big order for a long time, was refreshed and immediately replied:

   "Dear Mr. Smith, please don't worry, you will see the ending you want soon!"

   "That's the best."

  Abel hung up the phone.

  (end of this chapter)