America’s Road To Wealth

  Chapter 347 Creating a monster-like interest group

  Night falls and the lights come on.

  Tonight, Abel invited someone to have dinner with him.

  He was coming out of the Woolworth Building on his way to a restaurant in upper Manhattan.

   Having said that, after it is determined that Bloomberg can officially take office.

   The new starting point real estate company that bought the Woolworth Building has submitted an application to the New York City Government and the New York Cultural Relics Preservation Association again.

  Apply to change the name of the Woolworth Building to the new Smith Building.

   This is the third time that New Start has applied.

   In the front, the new starting point real estate company has applied twice, but was rejected by this.

  This is the third application and the first application after 9/11.

  Bloomberg made it clear in private that he would fully support the approval of this application.

   But Abel should also make a contribution to the New York Cultural Relics Preservation Association.

  Abe knew it in seconds, and even did it before.

   Since these two months.

  Smith Capital, Smith Media, and New Start Real Estate Company.

  I have made several consecutive batches of donations to the New York Cultural Relics Preservation Association.

  Abel himself also donated twice.

  He and his company have donated more than three million U.S. dollars.

  Some people in the association have also made it clear that the New York Cultural Relics Preservation Association should follow the trend of the times and make some understandable changes when appropriate.

  So after this submission, the Woolworth Building will probably never have this name again.

   Coming out of the future Smith Building, Abel didn't bring the two house girls who had been staying there for the past two days.

   I don't know if it's their nature, or they are aware of Abel's intentions.

  After that night, Britney and Avril Lavigne have not gone out until now.

  The two mingled in the "Peak" mansion all day long, either singing and dancing or drinking beer, or playing games, or swimming in the small indoor swimming pool on the top floor of the apartment.

   He hasn’t come down until now, and has been staying on the roof.

  Avril Lavigne also found out about Britney, and Abel has also been given this matter.

   Abel thought, come back tonight.

  I want to put these two future mainstays of the North American music scene together!

  Of course, this is after returning home at night.

  Abel is going to a dinner now.

  He made an appointment with Jess, the deputy commissioner of the US Internal Revenue Service.

   The two are going to eat at a Michelin-starred restaurant in Upper Manhattan tonight.

  Abel and this Deputy Director Jess have always had a good relationship.

  Jess has always been an executive on the IRS side, mainly responsible for receiving and serving Abel.

   The two of them have a good relationship in private.

  Jesse's surname is Harrison, the Harrison of the Harrison family.

  This is why Abel developed a personal relationship with him outside of the IRS.

  The Harrison family, they are likely to be one of the masters behind the Federal Reserve.

   On the way to the appointment.

  The roads in Manhattan are a bit congested during rush hour.

   Sitting in the back of the monster Cadillac in the middle of the convoy.

  Abel was a little dazed looking at the scene of Manhattan outside the window.

  The convoy had already left Lower Manhattan and entered Midtown Manhattan.

  Like the downtown, the streets of Midtown Manhattan are crowded with banks, companies, shops, and offices.

  Tall buildings tower into the night sky, like steep peaks, and the walls are made of transparent glass, like a crystal palace.

  Colorful street lights flicker, far and near, high and low, appearing and disappearing, just like floating in the starry sky.

  The car is speeding past like a dragon in the wind, and the taillights on the car seem to be extending into the distance like countless red ribbons.

  However, under this bustling scene, Abel was on the side of the street and saw some homeless people in the corner, who had already spread out their quilts and started another night of homelessness.

  Financial City The most prosperous island of Manhattan in New York, Midtown Manhattan, one of the places with the most banks, has so many homeless people.

   I have to say this is ironic.

  Since September 11th, New York has been in recession.

   Since the recession, according to statistics from data companies, at least 600,000 New Yorkers have lost during this period.

  Half of them happened in the half month after 9/11.

   Among them, Lower Manhattan and Midtown are the most serious.

  New York City, which has always been proud of its "financial capital", has been hit hard by this. Local officials predict that New York will lose at least 55% of its economic growth in this round of recession.

   One of the things people often hear about New York is, "It's great, but I hate living there."

  In the eyes of tourists, New York is always a place that people yearn for.

  Being able to take off the luxurious and glamorous appearance, this highly developed capitalist city also shows its old side, a kind of oldness that is full of depression.

  The residents of New York are all foreigners, leaving their hometowns, entering the city, seeking refuge, seeking to display, or seeking some goals, large or small.

  One of the mysterious characteristics of New York is its ability to distribute such ambiguous gifts.

  It can destroy a person, or it can fulfill him, largely depends on luck.

   Unless you are willing to try your luck, it is best not to come to New York.

   New York is not a paradise for ordinary people.

   It's an all-consuming hell!

  Since this is the case, Abel feels that he will be Lucifer or Satan in this hell.

   This Satan of Manhattan Hell.

   His eyes, although looking at the bustling Manhattan.

   But what he was thinking about in his heart was what happened during the day.

  During the day, he took the initiative to draw Soros into his own interest group.

  He is now calculating the gains and losses.

  Actually, Abel had this idea long ago.

  That is to gather Buffett and Soros at the same time.

  Buffett’s investors are almost all rich and powerful families in the Midwest of the United States, as well as those traditional ruling families.

  Soros' investors are mostly rich oilmen and a small number of political families.

  One of these two represents the interests of the giants in the Midwest of the United States, and the other represents the interests of some oilmen.

  The other two shareholders of Smith Capital also represent different American forces behind them.

  For example, Bloomberg, the interest groups behind him are mostly oil people, and a small part of them are people in Wall Street.

  As for PNC Financial Services Group, it is the financial representative of the northeastern region of the east coast of the United States, mainly the Great Lakes region.

  These four shareholders can be regarded as the Midwest of the United States and the northeast of the East Coast of the United States.

   There are more than half of the rich and powerful oilmen, all of which are included.

  A discerning person observes Abel's shareholder layout.

  You will find that he is trying to catch all the interest groups in the United States.

  Like Abel himself, plus words from the bush family.

  They can already represent the interests of a part of the southwestern United States, and even the middle part of the United States.

  Currently within this group, from a regional point of view, there is only a lack of interest representatives from the west coast of the United States to enter.

  According to Abel's vision, he will only hold 60% of Smith Capital's shares in the future.

  The remaining 40%, he will divide them into a share of up to 4%, into a large number of shares, attracting major interest groups in the United States.

   Except for representatives of these local wealthy power groups.

   The rest will be the military-industrial complex, the labor bloc, the medical complex, and so on.

  Abel is trying to create a monster.

  A new consortium that includes most vested interest groups in the United States.

  In this consortium, the Smith family will occupy a dominant position just like Rockefeller and Morgan.

   But he will not be as narrow as these two families, what Abel wants is as much as possible, as big as possible!

  Although in this way, it is only a peace and balance of internal interests. If you want to prevent so many vested interest groups with different interests and demands from each other, and even conflicting vested interest groups in many cases, it will make the smartest people's minds explode.

  But if it can be successful, then the person who leads such a consortium.

  Even if you can't become the king of the United States. He can also become the most versatile and most capable existence in this country.

   This is the ecological niche that Abel found for himself in this kingdom.

   is the position in this order that he wants to obtain after he finds that changing the order is hopeless.

   Difficulty is high, but he is already working on it.

  Abel feels that, at least so far, he has done a good job in this job.

   Already one-third of the vested interest groups have been attracted by the crazy profits of Smith Capital.

  The remaining two-thirds, sooner or later they will smell the **** smell of capital.

   "call"

  In the warm compartment, Abel exhaled lightly.

  He only feels that there will be a lot of work in the future, and he will never be able to finish it.

  But as long as part of these tasks can be completed, one's status will also increase accordingly.

  Thinking of this, his mood finally improved a lot.

   At this time, Upper Manhattan also arrived.

  The convoy stopped in front of that restaurant.

  The deputy director of the IRS, Jess even braved the night cold, waiting for Abel outside the restaurant.

   Obviously, this person's status in the Harrison family is probably not much higher.

  If you are a high-ranking member of the Harrison family, you don't have to be so courteous.

   Abel, who was expressionless in the carriage, waited for Edward to open the door for himself.

  The expression on his handsome face changed instantly, and a gentle and friendly smile hung on it.

   "Oh~ dear Jess, it's so cold outside. How did you come down?"

   "Ha~ It's okay. It hasn't snowed yet. Dear Abel, is there a traffic jam? There are too many cars coming from downtown at this time."

   "Yeah yeah, dear Jess. We drove for half an hour when it was only ten minutes away. But there's no way, that's the bad thing about Manhattan. We can only forgive it."

   "That's right, dear Abel. Let's go up. I didn't feel it just now, but now I feel a little cold. I guess I stayed down for a long time."

   "Haha~ let's go. My friend, what are you waiting for. Let's hurry up."

  “.”

  One dinner, the two ate for about an hour.

  The communication during the period deepened the personal relationship between the two.

   At the same time, they also understand each other's interests and needs.

   Behind it is a tacit understanding, hello, hello, hello everyone.

  At about eight o'clock in the evening, Abel's motorcade returned from upper Manhattan.

   At eight o'clock, the rush hour in Manhattan has not yet passed.

   On the contrary, this is the time when there are the most tourists.

  Abel was stuck in traffic for another half an hour before returning to the summit mansion.

  When he came to the living room, he saw the rare Britney and Avril Lavigne in the living room, who were neither playing game consoles nor drinking, nor were they singing karaoke.

  The two sat together, very quiet. After Abel came in, two pairs of beautiful eyes looked at him at the same time.

   It looked as if the two had been here, waiting for him to come back.

   "What happened?" Abel was curious.

   On the way back just now, he was already thinking about what method to use tonight.

   Put the two of them together.

   Instead of drilling two rooms in one night by himself.

   Unexpectedly, they came back, but the two looked a little abnormal.

  Avril Lavigne turned her head to look at Britney.

  The latter nodded firmly to her.

  Avril seemed to muster up her courage, and then looked at Abel:

   "Boss, can you sit down? I think we should have a good chat."

"Oh?"

  Abel looked at Avril Lavigne, then at Britney, and he laughed.

  He would like to see what show the two of them will have tonight.

  Abel came to the two of them and squeezed directly on the sofa between them.

   Regardless of their slight dodge, he hugged the shoulders of the two of them one by one.

   "I'm sitting down. Now, let's have a good chat then."

   While smiling, he hugged the two of them towards him, and then fell down on the soft sofa.

  The two girls were a little overwhelmed seeing him like this.

  In the past few days, although Abel has already attacked them separately.

  But when the three of them got along, Abel still had some scruples.

   Like now, hug another person directly in front of one person.

   This kind of no longer concealed appearance is a bit sudden.

   "So what are you going to talk to me about?"

  Abel smiled and looked at Avril Lavigne, then at Britney.

   It's the other way around, the little mouse also wants to negotiate with the old cat?

"Forehead"

  Avril Lavigne looked at Britney, who also looked a little at a loss.

  The former gestured for Britney to speak first.

  Britney gritted her teeth. After all, she debuted as a child star, she is more courageous, and she is a little older than Avril Lavigne.

  Xiao Tiantian plucked up her courage, but said in a low voice:

   "Boss, we want to ask, when are you going to let us out? We've all been here for days. It's boring."

  Avril Lavigne's beautiful eyes widened.

  That's not what the two said when they were discussing just now.

  When they were talking just now, Britney said that she wanted the boss to let the two of them go.

   also said that when the time comes, the attitude should be firmer and fiercer.

  The boss will take it seriously.

   Available now.

  At that time, Britney was still very firm, not as limp as she is now.

  Seeing that Britney is so unreasonable, Avril Lavigne became rebellious and her courage buff increased.

   In a short period of time, I am not so afraid of Abel anymore.

  Avril said: "Boss, you have already implemented the unspoken rules. We didn't say anything. But we don't want to stay here any longer. It's actually very boring here."

   After finishing speaking, she added directly:

   "I promise that I can continue to maintain a relationship with you in the future. As long as you continue to support me, but you can't restrict my personal freedom!"

  Britney didn't expect Avril Lavigne to be so brave and speak so directly.

   It's like bargaining directly with vendors in a flea market.

   But she can't back down now, or she will abandon Avril.

  Britney quickly said: "Me too!"

  Looking at Avril Lavigne who raised her small face and mustered up her courage, Abel smiled lightly.

  He felt that the appearance of the two of them was a bit like when he was sailing on Ovitz's yacht.

   At that time, my reputation was not very obvious, and I was just a rich man.

  Liv Tyler and another actress directly negotiate terms with themselves.

  At that time, facing these beautiful girls, he still needed to directly promise benefits and negotiate conditions.

  They will consider whether to submit.

   And after he entered Hollywood and became a top media tycoon.

  These girls in the entertainment industry have all become much better, and they won't negotiate terms as soon as they come up.

   Instead, he took the initiative to deliver it to his door, trying every means to please him. In many cases, they would not even take the initiative to discuss the conditions, and Abel offered them elsewhere.

  That would look more pleasing to the eye, at least it doesn't look like Chiguoguo's very direct transaction.

  When he had gotten used to the "beauty" of these beautiful girls.

   Suddenly, Avril Lavigne appeared, talking about conditions openly and silently.

   He also felt a little fresh.

   It's like going back to when he was just an ordinary billionaire.

  Abel smiled and said:

"Oh, I can agree to your request. But you said that you want me to praise you so that you can maintain a relationship with me. How far should I go for this "support"? And you, Britney, do you mean the same thing? ?”

  Since he wants to talk about business, he is also happy to talk about business.

   Well-behaved and obedient, pretending, and those with super good acting skills are tired of eating.

  Occasionally, it is not bad to experience this kind of direct red fruit.

  Britney and Avril Lavigne were about to speak when Abel suddenly raised his hand.

   "Since you want to talk to me about the conditions in this regard. Then you have to show me what I can get from you?"

   "Let's go. Let's enter the room. I want to know what conditions you use to negotiate with me."

  After speaking, he let them go and walked into the room.

  Avril Lavigne and Britney looked at each other. .

  Wait for Abel's figure to disappear in the corridor.

  Avril immediately whispered: "Ah, am I being too straightforward? What if the boss gets angry?"

   It’s only because of this that I’m afraid, it’s really you.

  Britney said helplessly: "Go in and have a look. You won't die anyway."

   Avril Lavigne thought so too.

  The two stood up together and followed Abel into the room.

  In the room, the three of them started this kind of business negotiation.

   More than an hour later.

in the room.

   "Not bad. Your conditions are good."

  "Beautiful, elegant, and pure, it is indeed full of attraction to me."

   "Britney, your pitch should be raised a bit. You are a singer and dancer, and your lung capacity and physical strength are not enough!"

   "Shet, BOSS, you are such a jerk!"

  Britney, who has already put on her makeup and even put on half of her costume, let go of the curtains she was holding tight.

  Her pretty face flushed, she turned her head in embarrassment, and glared at Abel who had a smirk on his face. .

  But just now they have already negotiated a business with him.

   At this time, Britney had to work hard to calm her breath, and began to sing her famous song according to Abel's request.

  The English name of the song is Baby One More Time, literally translated as "Baby One More Time".

  Huaxia translated it into a song of "First Confession of Love".

   "Oh baby. Ahh. Baby...!"

   "How can I hiss. Ah. Will I know?"

   "There's... something. Ah. Something's wrong!"

   "I hiss. Whoosh. I shouldn't have let you go!"

   "Oh, baby, baby."

   Not far away, is Avril Lavigne who is also wearing half of the costume, holding a guitar, and watching Britney singing.

  From Avril Lavigne's point of view, Britney's performance in singing this time was very poor, and she interrupted the song from time to time, and occasionally screamed.

   It's really out of standard.

   But Avril Lavigne didn't think about it, she didn't perform very well when she was holding the guitar just now.

   After all, in this situation, how could it be possible to sing well normally.

   Unless you become proficient in the future, it may be possible.

  But now they are not very skilled in this area. .

  After all, the time they met Abel was still a little short.

   Like last night, the next chapter may be a bit late, so go to bed first.

  (end of this chapter)