America’s Road To Wealth

  Chapter 356 Texas consortium with blood

  Can Emily take up this responsibility.

   Or whether she wants to, that's the question.

  Abel thought about it for a long time.

  He finally decided to let the headhunting company find some professionals first.

  Let real professionals make this a multinational and transoceanic agricultural company, and first integrate the previous structure.

  Even if Emily is really capable, it will be a matter of the future.

  From Emily, Abel also thought about what he should let little Laura do in the future.

  He thought that maybe Laura and Emily could manage the affairs of Smith Agricultural Company together.

   But these are things for the future.

  Little Arya, she was born around eleven o'clock on November 21, 2001.

  Abel stayed at home until the 29th.

  He originally planned to leave on the seventh or eighth of next month.

   Having been with the mother and daughter for more than half a month, he felt that he had fulfilled his duties as a father and husband.

   Later, Abel plans to go to New York to deal with some things.

  For example, the 2001 Elizabeth Christmas Eve Show.

   After finishing the big show, come back to Texas for Christmas.

  After Christmas.l.

   It was his engagement to little Laura.

  Available on November 30th.

  He got a call.

  The call was from little Laura's great-uncle George Bush.

  George invited him to Crawford Farm.

  Crawford Farm is the farm where Abel met Little Laura for the first time last year.

   That is George's own private farm, which is also the home of George's own small family.

  Abel didn't know what he asked himself to do.

  But in public and private, the little bush called him, and Abel decided to go there.

  Abel himself is in Texas, so it is very convenient to go there by car or by plane.

  He agreed to George's invitation, originally thinking of going by helicopter.

  George said no and told him to wait.

   About two hours later, a huge black helicopter appeared over the Smith Farm.

  Abel knew that this was the helicopter George sent to pick him up.

   "UH-60 Utility Helicopter, Air Force One Edition."

   Seeing that the boss was a little curious about the helicopter that landed, Edward, the former captain of the SEAL special operations team, said softly:

   "Its civilian version is Sikorsky's S-70 helicopter. There are many models of this aircraft, and there are six or seven versions in our country alone. According to relevant regulations, when the commander-in-chief needs to use a helicopter, he will generally choose it."

  Abel nodded.

  The person he saw getting off the plane was the military officer of the White House. He is also responsible for George's security work, George's personal guard Captain Mixon.

   Under Mixon's greeting, Abel boarded the helicopter version of Air Force One.

   Of course, it can't be called Air Force One now.

  According to the relevant regulations, which kind of transportation George actually takes, that thing will become "XX No. 1".

   Helicopter.

   Accompanied by Abel's Four King Kongs, and two civilian helicopters that Rock Security owns.

  The fleet headed by the helicopter version of Air Force One quickly took off and left Smith Farm. .

  After flying for about two hours.

  Crawford Farm, which belongs to George himself, is already in sight.

   flew for another ten minutes.

   From a long distance, Abel's excellent vision has allowed him to see George and his wife, Ms. Welsh, who are looking towards this side in the open field of the farm.

  The plane landed and stopped.

  Abel came down from the top, and he walked towards the Georges with a smile.

  Wait for him to come over.

  George laughed and opened his hands and hugged him.

"Congratulations, Abel. Congratulations on having a daughter of your own. I know what it's like to be a first-time father. I was so happy when Barbara and Jenna were born. I was running down the hospital hallway , yelling at everyone I'm a dad!"

   "If everyone didn't understand the joy of a new father. Maybe I would have been sent to the psychiatric department at that time, haha~"

  George smiled happily. The happy Abel almost thought that his first child was born to George's niece Laura Jr.

  On the plane just now, Abel thought about why George was looking for him.

   Among them is the possibility of little Laura.

   Now look at George like this.

   Abel thought to himself, did George call himself over. Is it really because he gave birth to an illegitimate daughter, and he wants to seek justice for little Laura?

   Otherwise, why is this kind of opening remarks?

  Thinking in his heart, Abel didn't show anything on his face. He nodded with a smile: "Yes. I'm almost the same."

   Joy is there, but not as exaggerated as George said.

   Abel, who already knew George's character, knew that this guy would sometimes speak exaggeratedly.

  To be honest, Abel feels that if there is no Herbert, there will be the support of the military-industrial complex group.

  With George's ability, Abel really doesn't think he can live in the white house.

  In Abel’s view, George’s biggest advantage is that he is very approachable and easy to gain the favor of others.

   This makes those who work for him like him very much, but in terms of IQ and EQ, this gentleman is really average.

  For example, in terms of IQ.

   Not to mention that he has a stable ability of getting C and D all the year round during his studies.

   Not to mention that it is said that when he was young, his IQ was measured to be 90.

  In fact, if you watch more videos of his live speeches in public, you will find that George often makes many low-level mistakes that "can't turn around".

  He is also the one with the most funny scenes among the American leaders.

  Different from the wildness caused by Aga’s crazy style, George’s shot is obviously a bit dull...

  Let’s talk about EQ again, right now it’s about the relationship and cooperation between Abel and the shrub family.

   No matter how you look at it.

   This time is not suitable for talking about Abel and little Arya.

  Letting this matter pass like this is actually the best choice.

   But as soon as Abel came down, he used this as his opening remark.

   Abel has a thick skin, and his EQ has gradually been developed, so he didn't hear it.

  Switched to someone else, I guess I would be upset at this time.

   Fortunately, there is a wife next to George, and his wife, Ms. Welsh, is a smart person.

  She immediately changed the topic, smiled and said to Abel and George:

   "What are you talking about? George, you asked Abel to come over to invite him to hunt together and invite him to taste the Texas-style sausage I made!"

   "Oh oh oh! That's right!" George suddenly realized, and said with a smile, "I was so happy to see Abel, I forgot."

  When he said these words, he didn't seem to be fake at all.

  Abel could only smile beside him, guessing in his heart the purpose of the couple for letting him come here.

   The couple invited Abel into the room, made coffee and chatted.

  The content of the chat is mainly related to Abel and little Laura. Ms. Wales is in charge of leading the conversation, but it doesn't go too far.

   Didn't mention the specific arrangements for the marriage of the two, the content and atmosphere of the chat seemed to be a family affair.

   I have to say that the ability of Ms. Wales made Abel feel very comfortable in the chat.

   Coupled with George's kind and easy-going temperament, it is indeed easy for the couple to make friends.

  After chatting for a while, George actually proposed to cut cedar and clear the bushes with Abel.

   "Christmas is coming. There are too many young cedars on the farm. Let's cut them down and have them pulled up to the town to give to the townspeople. I think they'll be happy."

  Abel thought that George wanted to take advantage of the opportunity to cut cedars together, and then have some in-depth conversations with himself.

  He readily agreed.

  The two of them were really under the watchful eye of a group of Secret Service agents and rock security bodyguards.

   Pick up the axe and go to the forest where the farm specializes in planting trees to cut wood.

  What surprised Abel was that George didn't talk to him about any in-depth topics at all.

  In the woods, the two are really like lumberjacks, farm workers, focusing on cutting trees.

  By the way, clean up those intrusive bushes.

  Abel didn’t know how many years he hadn’t done this kind of physical work.

  Not to mention his rich life after rebirth.

  Even before he was reborn, it had been a long, long time since he had been so close to nature, or had worked with physical strength.

   Fortunately, his exaggerated physique is useful when doing exercises, and it is also useful when doing this kind of farm work.

  George, in his fifties, was so tired that he was out of breath and sweating after cutting for a while.

  Abel swung the ax so hard that he almost turned the edge, and didn't even shed a drop of sweat.

   That energetic look.

  George who was watching was stunned beside him, and the eyes of the Secret Service agents were also staring.

  This kind of physical strength is too exaggerated.

   "Your stamina is amazing. Barbara and Jenna, plus the three of me combined. You can't chop as fast as you alone."

  George said beside him.

   "The ax is broken." Abel threw the ax on the ground, and the blade that Abel had chopped off was rotten.

  George looked back at the sun outside the woods, it was already a little westward.

  He then suggested: "Then go back. We have cut so many cedar trees, and they are enough for the people in the town."

  Crawford Town is a real town with hundreds of people.

  Abel smiled and nodded in agreement. At this time, he had already used today as a place to play with George, and had a proper leisure and relaxation.

  The two of them walked out of the woods, and there was a beautiful cry of a bird. George said it was the call of the bobquail.

  The two walked among the cedar, ash, walnut, sycamore, oak and hickory trees.

  George rambled, saying that for dinner tonight, there would be grilled fish, iced tea and diet Coke, and the fish would be caught from the lake on his farm.

  Abel smiled and listened, and his mood changed from impatience at the beginning to indifference now.

  He already regarded today as a day of relaxation and leisure.

   At most, it is not so ordinary to be accompanied by the commander-in-chief of the United States.

   Until I really finished a simple dinner.

   Not sure if someone reminded George, or if he really stayed until now.

  George finally told Abel the real purpose of calling him here today.

   Has nothing to do with little Laura.

   "Bo Lang and those people, they still want you to join, or join you."

   After dinner, Ms. Welsh took the maid and packed everything.

  Abel and George, two people are sitting next to the small pier facing the lake, in front of it is a beautiful big lake under the afterglow of the setting sun.

  The grilled fish we had for dinner just now was caught from this lake.

   Hearing that George finally had something serious to say to himself, Abel also heaved a sigh of relief.

   "Then what do you mean? Or what does Herbert mean?" Abel asked back.

  George chuckled and said:

   "If it is according to my intention. Of course I hope you will cooperate with them. You are my relatives, and they are my biggest supporters. It is in my best interest for you to cooperate."

   "Father also meant the same thing. But we all know that your will is very firm and you are not easily shaken."

  He paused here, and Abel followed suit: "So?"

   "So I discussed it with my father, mainly after my father went to contact them. Now there is a compromise, do you want to listen?"

  Abel nodded.

  He and Davis Brown, the representative of the Texas consortium, broke up in the White House last time because they didn't talk about speculation.

  Abel knew that with more and more allies around him, those people would eventually be unbearable.

   You must know that last year, the Texas consortium was the first to contact and examine itself.

  It is obviously the first, and it also has the advantages of Texas and the shrubs, which are close to the water.

  If Abel completely falls to other financial groups in the end, or succeeds on his own, he has nothing to do with them.

  Then they are weak in the United States, and they will soon become the biggest joke within the American consortium.

  Even the California consortium, and Abel's contacts were very friendly.

   Not to mention the Texas consortium?

   No matter from the perspective of face, or from the perspective of economic interests.

  The Texas consortium, it is impossible to be willing to miss Abel.

   From Abel's point of view, he didn't even think about turning his face against the Texas Consortium.

   There are several reasons.

  For example, Americans have strong regional concepts.

  Like the shrub family, they actually came to live in Texas when they arrived in Herbert.

  George wasn't even born in Texas.

   So for a long time, Herbert was not considered a Texan.

   Wait until George's generation grows up and starts to enter the stage.

  They were regarded as Texans and got local support.

  Abel is a Texan. After he became famous, this imprint couldn't be washed off no matter how he washed it.

   It is estimated that his son's generation will grow up or grow up in other states before he may be able to get rid of this imprint.

  Other states will have a kind of resistance to his aggressive entry no matter what.

  Unlike in Texas, here he really can be regarded as a lot of "folks and elders", and Texans really like him.

  The second is even if Neil develops successfully on the west coast.

   Texas also remains one of the main turf for Shrub and Smith.

  Since this is the case, everyone bows their heads and sees them when they look up.

   They are considered to be Texas ground snakes, and there are shrubs in the middle as a buffer.

   Whether you look at it from Abel's point of view or from the point of view of the Texas consortium.

  Both believe that cooperation between the two sides is greater than confrontation.

  When I was in the White House earlier, even if Abel said such a direct rejection.

  Davis Brown didn’t turn his back on him, he just left directly.

   There were no hostile actions in the follow-up, as if that incident never happened.

   It is for this reason.

  Abel is now willing to listen to George's "compromise" approach.

   Also for this reason.

   "First National Bank of Dallas, First City National Bank of Houston, Republican National Bank of Dallas, and Texas Commercial Bank."

   "First Reinsurance Company of Houston, Dallas National Insurance Company, Dallas Commercial Insurance Company."

  George slowly read out the names of the Texas consortium, the only four banks and three insurance companies.

   "The 49.9% shares of each of the seven companies will be exchanged for the corresponding shares of Smith Capital and Pacific Commercial Bank at market prices."

   "Wait." Abel suddenly interrupted George, and he looked at the owner of the white house.

   "I remember that Zapata Investment Company also holds some shares of these banks and insurance companies, right?"

  Zapata Investment Company is the core enterprise of the shrub family. Little Laura didn't have it before, but now she also holds 10% of the company's shares.

  According to Alex, the 10% shares will be transferred to Abel after she and Abel get married.

   "Yes." George responded with a smile.

   "Are they so willing this time?" Abel was surprised.

  George shrugged, "Who said otherwise."

   After confirming this point.

  Abel quickly thought about what he would gain and lose if he cooperated in this way.

  The Texas consortium, this time is much more generous than last time.

  Last time they were only willing to take out 33% of the shares of the four banks, and the insurance companies refused to take it out.

  All out this time, and all of them are 49.9% of the shares.

  So many shares, if you count the little share of the shrub family.

  Smith and Bush together can completely rule the financial core of the Texas consortium.

  If the Texas consortium does this, it will directly hand over all their financial fields to Abel, and then use the shrub family as a buffer and fuse.

   Abel didn't know why they did it.

  But he speculated that it might be related to the Smith Capital investment reception at the end of the year not long ago.

  A financial capital company achieved gross profit of US$45.8 billion and net profit of US$42.5 billion in one year.

  This kind of company will make anyone greedy.

   And Abel's dominance in the financial field.

   Through his long-term and stable performance, he has declared to the top financial groups in the United States that he is not a flash in the pan.

  It is a dazzling star in the sky.

   Among the large consortiums in the United States, the Texas consortium, which has always been the weakest in finance, was originally the one that was most complementary to Abel.

  The last time they wanted to recruit Abel, they wanted to make Abel their financial leader.

  But was rejected by Abel.

  That time, Abel disliked that their conditions were not good enough.

  The Texas consortium simply went ruthless this time and handed over the entire financial field.

   Abel can feel the sincerity in it.

   This is almost equivalent to the Texas consortium themselves, giving half of their eggs to Abel.

   If it is crushed by Abel, the Texas consortium will suffer for a long time, not to mention disabled

   Throughout the well-known and powerful consortiums in the world, almost all of them use banking and financial capital as their core and center.

  Whether it is Europe, North America, or Neon, this is the case for large-scale real consortiums.

   Those on Hong Kong Island are not counted, those are at most real estate capitalists, and each of them is limited to such a small place.

   It has no external competitiveness at all, and it is considered a fart consortium.

  Real consortiums are all trying to monopolize internally and show their fangs externally.

  Even the conglomerates and chaebols where Neon and Han Guo were put on a dog leash.

   It can also be said that the financial core itself is the center where a consortium exists.

  Like DuPont in the consortium, when it was strong, it even surpassed the sum of the two consortiums of California and Texas in terms of military fire.

  DuPont had to rely on Morgan and Rockefeller because of the lack of a strong financial core and limited by financial and capital defects.

  The final result is that giants such as General Electric and General Dynamics, which were originally solely owned by them, were gradually infiltrated by Morgan and Rockefeller, and became three-party holdings.

  Similarly, there is the Cleveland Consortium. It also has weak financial capital and limited strength. It has to rely on the Eastern Consortium for financing, especially the financial institutions of the Morgan Consortium. It has been infiltrated into a mess and has gradually become the shadow of Morgan.

  In a consortium with a weak financial core.

  At present, the only one that can maintain a strong independence is Texas.

   But there are already examples like Cleveland and the DuPont consortium.

   and Texas, which has always been the most hostile to the Eastern Consortium, are also worried that they will follow in the footsteps of these two consortiums.

  For many years, while the Texas consortium has maintained its military base, it has also tried its best to develop its own financial capital.

  The result is to make Texas the most financial state in the southwestern United States.

   Even so, the combined financial capital of the entire Texas is no more than one-tenth of the island of Manhattan.

  Now there is a Texan like Abel, and he has made a fortune on Wall Street.

   Neither want to be constrained by the eastern consortium, but also forced by the weak financial core of the Texas consortium, which cannot advance on a large scale.

  After hesitating for more than a year, I finally made up my mind.

   intends to take advantage of the marriage between Abel and the shrubs, and draw them into the local local snake alliance in Texas.

  (end of this chapter)