America’s Road To Wealth

  Chapter 300 European Hollywood

  English is currently the most influential language in the world.

   It has hundreds of spoken languages.

  Although it is divided into two categories, namely American English and British English.

   But outside and within these two broad categories, the number of accents is enormous.

   Among other things, in fact, English is also the mother tongue of many third brothers.

   It is this part of the third brother whose English accent is amazing.

  It’s amazing that most English-speaking foreigners can’t understand their English.

  They themselves understand.

   According to statistics, there are 454 spoken languages ​​in the UK.

  There is no statistics in the United States, but it is almost a region where the spoken language will be somewhat different.

   Like Abel himself, he didn't bother to keep the cause.

  When he first went to New York, the English he spoke was actually typical southern American English, with a strong southern flavor.

   is the standard accent of a representative red neck in the eyes of foreigners.

   It’s just that he didn’t deliberately maintain it later, and the soul came from outside.

  Having been in New York for a long time, his spoken language has gradually shifted to the east coast.

   Of course, the nuances of these accents.

  For foreigners outside the United States, even if they can speak English, it is difficult to distinguish.

  Like Slim Stard can speak English with a New York accent, but he has no idea where Abel's accent is.

  Even if you know it, you don’t care. Linguists and regional artillery experts like to study these things.

   "Soros came a few days ago." Facing Slim Stad, who was straight to the point.

  Abel did not hesitate, and directly moved Soros out, "He told me so too."

  Actually, Soros didn’t say that at all, he just said to go back and think about it.

  But for business negotiations, of course, if the theme is not biased, it can be fooled.

  Slim Stadler said: "We have more sincerity. We can support you at the shareholder meeting and the board of directors, Mr. Smith."

   "I heard that you have sold more than three billion dollars of shares in General Electric."

  Abel said again: "How much power do you have left in General Electric?"

  Slim Stard said confidently:

"We dare to say this guarantee, and of course we are prepared. The Dutch pension fund, the European Union fund, the Danish National Future Fund, and the Swedish Development Fund... are shareholders of GE. They all hope that General Electric can sell the NBC TV network and replace it with Lots of cash profits."

  The funds mentioned by Shilin Stadt are all European sovereign funds.

   At the same time, he has invested in General Electric stocks and is one of the shareholders of General Electric.

   That's right, General Electric, a company that is like the pillar of the United States' national science and technology.

  It has at least one-third of its shares held by foreign companies

  But it’s just holding, at most it can pay dividends.

  If there are really foreign companies trying to acquire and annex General Electric.

  The United States will teach this foreign company how to be a company in minutes.

  Even for the Americans, it would be extremely difficult to acquire General Electric.

   It's almost like a Chinese person who wants to buy a middle-level state-owned enterprise.

   "Very good." Abel smiled and said, "Then I will ask Smith Media to initiate an acquisition letter to General Electric. I hope that General Electric will not be unresponsive this time."

  Slim Stard said with certainty: "There will definitely be a reaction!"

   "That would be great. Then."

  Smiling Abel changed the subject and looked at Slim Stad.

   "What do you want from me?"

   "Don't stand on the side of evil. Don't be with Soros and others." Slim Stard said sincerely:

   "They are robbers. But we think you must not be, Mr. Smith. You are financial Moses, and Moses is the existence that guides believers to the light"

   "I'm not a financial Moses." Abel said suddenly:

   "That's just the title and nickname that some people on Wall Street and the American media put on me. I have never admitted it, and the media company under me has never promoted me in this way."

  Slim Stard was startled, and then a look of joy appeared on his face.

   "Ah! Of course, of course you are not Moses. You are definitely not Moses! You are the investment king of Wall Street and the **** of investment in America!"

  Slim Stard gave a big hat, and his expression looked more joyful.

  This is because Moses is a saint of the three desert religions.

   But in many cases, he is regarded as the national leader of the Oilers.

  Its status is similar to Emperor Xuanyuan of China.

  Finance Moses, if it is placed in the Chinese dynasty, it means that the Chinese people call him the Yellow Emperor of Finance and Xuanyuan of Finance.

  As Abel said, he himself and his media have never admitted or said this word.

   And he is called Finance Moses. In the beginning, he was called by a group of Wall Street oilmen.

  The name that the public first saw was called by a platform of the CBS television network under the Viacom Group.

  From the oilmen on Wall Street to the controllers of the Viacom Group, they are all the elite oilmen in the United States.

  There are also follow-up media who followed the order of the authorities and polished the new light beads of the lighthouse.

  All under the influence of the oilman-controlled media, the title of financial Moses was placed on Abel.

  Including Forbes.

  If it weren’t for the 19 generations of Smith’s ancestry, all of them were of the Anza race.

   It is estimated that those American oil media have already painted a layer of oil on him.

  Just like Murdoch, he is only one-eighth of the oilman blood, and he has never admitted that he is an oilman.

   But in the United States and the world, at least half of the people think he is an oil man.

  The oil man's propaganda and the principle of one drop of blood are so perverted.

  As strong as Abel, he couldn't even get rid of the title of Financial Moses on his body.

  The main reason is that it is not good to turn your face now.

  Slim Stard is a smart man, through Abel's ambiguous expression and words just now.

   He found this out, and then he was a little bit happier.

  Because Slim Stard thought that Abel was expressing his opinion to him that Abel was not an oil man.

   And Soros is one of the well-known representatives of the Oilers.

  Slim Stadt thought that Abel was saying that he would not mess with Soros.

  The Norwegian was naturally happy.

  It's a pity that Abel is not so satisfied.

  Abel spent more than two months on the layout, wasting so much capital cost.

   It's okay to successfully acquire the NBC TV network.

   But the formal acquisition has not yet started, how could it be possible to be satisfied with such a small profit.

   "Well. Until Soros comes to me again, I promise to stand in the middle."

  Abel said to a smiling Slim Stadler:

   "But if it's Soros's side, it will benefit me more. Sorry, Mr. Stadt, you know, I am a businessman, businessman. You are also a businessman, sir, you know what I mean."

  Sling Stadt's happy smile disappeared, and the Norwegian knew he was happy too soon.

   Fortunately, the Norwegian came a few days later and was more prepared.

   Slim Stard thought for a while, and spoke again—

   "Norwegian Petroleum Fund is willing to hand over 20 billion U.S. dollars of its funds to Smith Capital Management. At the same time, it can transfer one-third of the fund's remittance account in the United States to Pacific Bank of the United States."

   This is giving benefits.

   Replaced with ordinary Wall Street companies, ordinary Wall Street giants.

   You can get so much custody funds at once, and you can also get one-third of the remittance account of the Norwegian Petroleum Fund.

  Most of the Wall Street companies will definitely regard this as a piece of fat.

   Even a giant like Goldman Sachs is no exception.

  If the operation is good, these two businesses of the Norwegian Petroleum Fund. At least one billion dollars in profits can be brought every year.

  It's a pity that the Wall Street giant in front of Slim Stard is the only Wall Streeter who doesn't treat money as money.

   is the only Wall Street tycoon who treats money like shit.

  Other Wall Streeters want money in addition to money.

   Abe is not a pure Wall Streeter.

   Compared with money, what Abel wants is influence.

  Of course, money is needed too, if possible.

   "I want all these conditions." Abel looked at Slim Stard, and then said softly:

   "In addition to this, I also want to invest in Norwegian Hydro and Statoil. I believe this will make me a bright knight against financial robbers."

   "This is impossible! Mr. Smith!" Slim Stard said firmly: "This is absolutely impossible."

  Established in 1972, Statoil is a large and comprehensive oil and gas company group.

  If you add the oil and gas department of Norwegian Hydro, these two companies are almost representative of the entire Norwegian energy industry.

  It is also the economic pillar of the kingdom of Norway and the confidence to support the country.

  The cooperation of these two companies will be the world's third largest crude oil exporter, the largest crude oil producer in the North Sea, and the second largest natural gas exporter in Europe.

  It is also the most coveted fat in Norway.

  In addition to making money, the assets that Soros’s international hot money most want to acquire are definitely these two companies.

  They have not succeeded yet, and they are still making preparations before the robbery.

  Abel was fine, he didn't even end up.

  I want to pick the two fattest fruits.

  How could Slim Stadt and Norway agree.

   Seeing Slim Stard's reaction so big, Abel didn't think he was angry. He smiled and said:

   “It’s negotiable. I only need a small stake, only about 2%.”

   No matter how much Abel estimated that Norway would die, it would be impossible to agree.

  This is equivalent to a foreigner saying to the Chinese, I want to take a share in your Sinopec PetroChina.

   It is not the kind of stock of a listed company, but a stock that can have real power and make a lot of money.

  Can the people of the Celestial Dynasty agree?

   There is a high probability that they will not agree, and of course it is impossible for the Norwegians to agree.

  Slim Stard took a deep breath, "Let's do this. General Electric, we will continue to support you, Mr. Smith. Fund custody and account custody, we can also support you."

   "Don't talk about the shares. But we hope that when Soros is looking for you, you will inform us. And before we come to the door, you can continue to maintain a neutral attitude."

  Abel also knows not to push people too far, because if you push too fast, you may not even catch a hair.

   Frogs need to be cooked with warm water little by little.

   It doesn't matter whether Soros or the Norwegians are the same.

  So Abel smiled and responded to Slim Stard, "No problem. I agree. But I think you can consider the matter of shares."

   "Thanks, no need to think about it. I'm going back, Mr. Smith, we're busy right now."

   "Okay." Abel stood up to see off the guests.

   Just before Slim Stard was about to walk out of the room.

  He laughed and shouted again, "Don't you really think about it? Mr. Stadt?"

  Slim Stard's response was to close the door very loudly, and quickly left the French-style villa with his entourage.

  Abel couldn't help laughing, and then said to David Jones next to him:

   "Go ask Allen to call Robert. Tell Robert that you can send the acquisition letter to General Electric again."

  David smiled and nodded to inform.

  The next day is August 15th.

  In the morning, the radiant Abel sat in the car with his legs crossed, watching the report in the "Daily Telegraph" sent from London, the corners of his mouth turned up slightly, with a happy expression on his face.

  【. American media giant Smith Media sent another letter to General Electric Group, intending to acquire NBC Television, a subsidiary of General Electric. 】

  【. NBC TV CEO Bob Wright, when interviewed by reporters, claimed that General Electric will never give up NBC TV easily, and anyone who wants to buy NBC TV will not succeed. 】

[However, a reporter interviewed GE shareholders, and many shareholders believed that GE should sell NBC Universal, because its investment has already paid off, and selling NBC TV at this time can at least bring GE more than ten times the profit ,at this time.】

   Behind the newspaper are some other issues about the United States and the world, which are not within the scope of Abel's concern.

  Abel puts the international edition of the Daily Telegraph aside.

   When the convoy passed a corner of the Champs Elysees in Paris, it stopped for a while.

  Abel's car door was opened, and a pair of long legs wrapped in black over-the-knee boots stepped into the compartment. It was Aymo Alamuddin, who was very similar to Annie, coming.

  Aymo Alamuddin today is wearing a silver-white dress with a black, silver-gray vertical striped windbreaker.

   Meticulous black high ponytail, a pair of gold-rimmed glasses, and flaming red lips.

  It’s the most coquettish kind of gold-rimmed glasses

   "Have you waited long?"

  Abel smiled and took the tall and graceful body of the female lawyer into his arms, and kissed the bright red lips.

  It is a different taste from Annie.

   "It's okay. Just for a while." Aymo Alamuddin whispered a little shyly.

   In Manchester that day, Abel gave her several severe injections.

  Limped a bit until he walked.

  At first, she thought that it would be logical to become one of Abel's people in the future.

   But after that day, Abel never found her again.

  Two days later, Aymo Alamuddin received the sad news that Abel had left London for Paris.

   Fortunately, when Aymo Alamuddin was disappointed.

  She learned from the law firm that Abel went to Paris on business.

   Then two days later, she was sent by the lawyer to continue to serve as the intermediary between Abel and the law firm.

  That's why Aymo Alamuddin was sent to Paris today.

  Looking at Aymo Alamuddin, whose appearance and temperament are very similar to Anne, Abel softly said to the driver in front: "Go to Vivendi Universal Headquarters."

  The convoy started to drive to the La Défense area where Abel lived a few days ago.

  La Défense is the most complete and tallest CBD in Europe, and it has the most skyscrapers in the European metropolitan area.

  Abel's purpose is the headquarters of the Vivendi Universal Group, in a skyscraper in La Défense.

   This skyscraper has sixty-nine floors, and Vivendi Universal Group alone occupies 39 floors.

  In fact, the name of this skyscraper is also the Vivendi Building, which was originally the property of the Vivendi Group.

   It's just that the group can't use so many floors, so they rent out the 30 floors below.

  Vivendi Universal Group has a very high status in France, and it is even the reason why it is the number one media giant in France or Europe.

  It owns Canal+ TV Group, Universal Music Group, and Vivendi Entertainment.

  Even Universal Studios, one of the Hollywood giants, is a subsidiary of this company.

   It can be said that it is the leader of the entertainment industry in France and even Europe.

  Many film and entertainment companies in France, and even European film and entertainment companies, like to rent their headquarters here.

  They all hope to rely on the Vivendi Universal Group to obtain a little resource of this giant.

   Gradually, this place has also become a holy place for many French entertainment circles, and even European entertainment circles.

   Except for the British because of special reasons.

  In recent years, people from other European entertainment circles basically entered Hollywood indirectly through the channel of Vivendi Universal Group.

  Because it is too big and its status is too high, there are naturally a lot of people in the entertainment industry who can come and go here, mainly middle and upper class.

  Even if they are stars, they are also the most famous stars in France.

   In a sense, a small "European Hollywood" has been formed around this building.

  The scale is very small, and almost all of them rely on the Vivendi Universal Group to live.

  This looks a bit like the whole of Europe, except for the bear.

  Basically rely on the United States to live.

  Because there is a part of "European Hollywood" here, there are many local French or European paparazzi reporters around the Vivendi building.

This is normal.

   For example, paparazzi reporters are flies. Those stars are their favorite rotten eggs to chase.

  Where there are rotten eggs, there will naturally be flies.

  This situation, even the Vivendi Universal Group can't stop it.

  The French are used to being free and undisciplined.

  For the French, many times even the French capitalists have no good way.

   After all, it is an old area of ​​the Revolutionary Revolution, and it takes to the streets at every turn. The combat effectiveness in this area is still at the forefront in the European and American world.

   Anyway, it is much better than Feila's unbearable American and British counterparts.

   It’s just that today, the paparazzi who wanted to photograph European stars discovered another strange thing.

  That is Mr. Jean-Marie Messier, the first person in the European entertainment circle, the CEO of Vivendi Universal Group.

  At about ten o'clock in the morning.

  He actually took a few group executives and appeared outside the square of the Vivendi Building.

   This made the paparazzi excited after being surprised.

  Jean-Marie Messier

   20,000 words a day for 50 consecutive days. My hands started to hurt these days. I went to the hospital in the morning and said it was mild hand fasciitis. I just typed too much on the keyboard with my fingers, so I needed to rest my fingers properly. So recently I am studying voice plus keyboard typing, and the speed is much slower.

   I’ve only coded two chapters so far today, so I’m a bit late. It will be updated later, and the update will be finished if you stay up late, but you don’t have to wait, it may be later.

   These two chapters will be released ahead of schedule, and the other two chapters may not be until midnight. Please read these two chapters first, and read the next two chapters tomorrow.

  (end of this chapter)