America’s Road To Wealth

  Chapter 385 Los Angeles day and night

  The night in Beverly Hills is very quiet, without the hustle and bustle of New York City.

   Lying on a deck chair by the warm indoor swimming pool, Kate listened to Nicole's indistinct cry not far away.

  Her expression looked a little numb.

  Psychological activities are not troublesome at all, but very intense—【Damn stinky woman! Falk! Okay now? You barked so loudly in the afternoon, let's see how you bark now! Hua Ke, his voice is hoarse, **** it...]

"what…"

   In Kate's inner slander.

  Nicole heard the last long cry, as if a big white sheep was dying.

  Tuao Da Aries finally couldn't bear it completely, and fell asleep directly from exhaustion.

   Not long after, Kate saw Abel who just got off the big white sheep, and with a "crash", she jumped into the warm indoor swimming pool.

   Under the blue light at the bottom of the swimming pool.

  He was like a strong killer whale, quickly shuttled through the water for several rounds.

  Wow—

   After a while, the "killer whale" got out from the bottom of the water in front of the deck chair where Kate was lying.

  Kate glanced at him, but said nothing.

  If she had a choice, she wouldn't stay here.

   It was Abel who asked her to stay here.

   Even if it is because of pregnancy, it is still in an unstable state in the early stage.

   This guy wants her to be an audience, full of vicious humor.

  She was a little angry.

   Then—"咻", a water arrow spewed out from the mouth of the "killer whale" and went straight to Cate Blanchett.

   "Ah!" Kate finally couldn't keep calm, "Childish! Childish ghost! Farke, you are so childish!"

"Ha ha ha ha…"

  In the swimming pool, Abel's voice finally came.

   "Dear Mrs. Upton." Kate heard the childish ghost say to her:

   "By the way, I almost forgot to ask you. Do you still like the Christmas present?"

  Kate, who was wiping the water off her body, paused when she heard Abel ask this question.

   She remembered a few days ago, last year on Christmas Day.

   The guy in front of him asked the staff of the American Express Company to give him that Christmas present.

   That is a beautiful white gold sapphire necklace, it is dazzling, and the design is exquisite.

   It was just the first sight, and Kate, like most women, fell in love with it deeply.

  Later she knew that this was the "Antoinette's Tears" that was sold for US$4.8 million at Sotheby's New York Winter Auction not long ago.

   This platinum sapphire necklace is said to have come from the French court in the late 18th century.

   Its name comes from one of its most famous owners, a Frenchman named Marie Antoinette.

  This lady was originally an Austrian, but later married a Frenchman and became Queen of France

  Her husband is the famous Louis XVI, the Louis XVI who went to the guillotine.

   And Marie Antoinette is the legendary super prodigal queen who spent all of the French treasury.

  According to the oriental tradition, the jewelry left by such an unlucky queen should be taboo.

  But Westerners don't think so.

  They feel that the jewelry that can be valued and liked by such an extravagant queen is really valuable.

  So that anything related to Marie Antoinette, as long as it can be handed down, is often valuable in the West.

   Highly sought after by Westerners, especially women.

  They think Marie Antoinette can like it, not to mention good or bad, at least there must be something special about it.

   Otherwise, why attract Marie Antoinette's love?

   Knowing that the Christmas gift I received was actually worn by the Queen of France.

  Although she didn't say anything, Cate Blanchett was very happy in her heart at the time.

  Hearing Abel mention it at this time, Kate couldn't help but soften in her heart.

   After all, they are short-handed and soft-hearted.

  Such a precious gift... 4.8 million US dollars, if Kate can earn it by herself, she will have to make at least 2~3 movies and be the heroine in order to earn so much money.

   And that's still pre-tax, not after-tax.

  Even after tax, part of the money has to be taken out as a commission and fee for assistants, brokers, etc. to take away.

  With a pre-tax income of US$4.8 million, a Hollywood actor of Kate’s level can actually get half of the legal figure in her pocket at most, and sometimes even only 1/3, because public relations sometimes require expenses.

   In other words, let Kate earn $4.8 million by herself and save it.

  Based on her current coffee position, she would have to make at least five or six movies to get so much money.

   Except for the A-level celebrities in the head, those actors in Hollywood below, generally only a little more than half of them can actually get their hands.

  But when reporting or comparing in the media, they all use pre-tax income.

  So many times, except for the head, the income in the entertainment industry is far less explosive than it seems.

  Of course, it also depends on what occupation it is compared with.

   If you compare it with ordinary people, then it's nothing but playing tricks.

  The other official actors are all high-income earners above gold collar.

   This is also the attraction of the entertainment industry.

   It's shiny and well paid.

  The premise is to be able to withstand the darkness behind the light.

   After a moment of hesitation, Kate said softly, "I love it...it's very beautiful."

   It's just too precious.

   is the most precious gift she has ever received in her life.

  It was much more expensive than all the gifts she had received in the past combined in value.

   "That's fine. You like it best." Abel said with a smile.

  Compared to receiving such an expensive gift, Kate seemed a little embarrassed and moved to hear him mention this matter at this time.

  Abel didn't feel anything.

  Antoinette's Tears, worth $4.8 million, is almost nothing more than a small necklace bought casually on the side of the road for Abel.

  On average, he can get more than this amount of dividends in the US stock market every day!

   In fact, on Christmas Day, except for little Laura.

   Abel sent out hundreds of millions of dollars in gifts.

   Among the Christmas presents his women received.

  Various from yachts to luxury cars, jewelry, luxury items and more.

  Like little Laura, what she received was a title deed for "Flower of Laura".

  In the future, the Smith family will have the largest piece of land and property on the east coast. There are two names on it, one is her and the other is Abel.

   The house named after her even owns half of the ownership.

  For little Laura, this is the best Christmas gift she has ever received.

   Both are the future mistress and wife, and she should not be allowed to touch the key points.

  This kind of industry is relatively less important and has a particularly strong family attribute. If her name appears in it, Abel can accept it.

   Like Ikana, she already has a yacht. She is also the one among Abel's women who can get the most "remuneration" in agreements and contracts.

  The Christmas gift Ikana received from Abel became a mansion that her family had to sell when her father went bankrupt many times in the early years of her family.

  The mansion is on Long Island, worth more than 20 million US dollars. After Ted Lener regained his fortune, he wanted to buy it back, but he was ignored.

   Said that it was not a matter of money, but that they did not want to sell it back to Ted Lerner.

  It's useless for Ikana's father to be angry. Before he met Abel, his status in New York was indeed not high.

   In this mansion, Ikana grew up here for five or six years when she was a child.

  Abel came forward to buy it. When the other party heard that it was him, he sold it to Abel at the market price.

  Abel bought it and gave it to Ikana as a Christmas present.

   Then like Annie, the Christmas gift she received was a yacht.

  A super luxury yacht that is just enough for Annie's family to go out to sea, very luxurious and not too obtrusive.

  Abel’s other women also received different Christmas gifts.

  Although they all received gifts, these Christmas gifts for them also have different levels.

   The highest level is of course Little Laura, she is the only one.

   Followed by Ikana, Annie, and Jessica.

  These are older than Abel, and Abel has a little affection. Their Christmas gifts are all above tens of millions of dollars.

   is the second gear.

  Below them are Li Fuzhen, Charlize and others a few times.

  The value of their Christmas gifts is more than 5 million US dollars and less than 10 million US dollars.

   It’s third gear.

  The fourth level below the third level, the gift value is less than 5 million US dollars and more than 2 million US dollars.

  Kate and Nicole are at this level.

   But Kate is pregnant, and received the highest level of this grade, $4.8 million.

  Nicole is not pregnant, and her gift is that she has a small villa in the foothills of Beverly Hills that has a $2 million loan left over.

   There is a fifth gear at the end.

  The value of the gift is more than $200,000 and less than $2 million.

  The 25 angels in Elizabeth's back garden all received gifts of this level.

  But because of their appearance, figure, and how much Abel likes them, they are divided into several levels internally.

  Like the "Five Supermodels", Gisele Bundchen, Big KK, Kashen, Lima and Ambroxiu, they are capped at 2 million.

  The bottom few, with only a few shots, are gifts of two to three hundred thousand dollars.

  Their Christmas gifts, except for a few, were selected by Abel himself.

  Like little Laura.

   Types of gifts received by other women. It is all selected by the Smith Wisdom Group based on their preferences and needs, and they are guaranteed to like it absolutely.

   As for the person who gave the gift, except for little Laura, Abel asked David, the future family steward, to give it on his behalf.

  Abel gave all the gifts from other women to American Express.

  AmEx's advanced customer service is all-encompassing, and they can handle that too.

  But afterward, Abel learned that the women he valued more were the "postmen" who sent them gifts.

  However, several of his other cronies took it as an opportunity to show off, and rushed to deliver it.

   Like Annie, Ikana, etc...

  After learning about this, Abel was not angry at all.

  He also understood the thoughts of his subordinates.

   It is nothing more than to please yourself indirectly by pleasing them.

   After all, look at all large groups, consortiums, and chaebols.

  A situation like this on Abel's side is really very rare.

  What's the situation?

   That is the entire Smith Consortium, and only one person revolves around it from beginning to end, and that is him, Abel Smith.

  This Smith Consortium, without anyone, will not have any problems.

  The company will not suffer losses due to the absence of certain important executives.

   Nor will certain parts of the consortium function badly because of the lack of certain people.

  Because as long as Abel is there, any member of the consortium is dispensable...

  Because of this characteristic, even if Abel is very decentralized, he is very trustworthy in employing people.

  But those who work for him are all serious and desperate.

  Because except for Abel, under Abel’s banner, including the two most important Davids, there are people who can perfectly replace the ecological niches they occupy.

  Like David Jones, his ecological niche as a family butler, maybe Merio the sycophant, is more capable than him...

  In the case of David Mellon, Jed within the consortium surpasses him in ability. On Wall Street, there are at least two or three hundred elites who are better than David Mellon.

   Of the two or three hundred elites, as long as Abel shouts, it is estimated that at least half of them are willing to work for Abel.

  The most important reason why these two can occupy such an important ecological niche next to Abel is that the two of them met Abel very early.

   Also more influenced by Abel's character.

  The problem is that even the ecological niches of these two are so easily replaced.

   Not to mention other people?

   It can be said that except for the super money printer Abel Smith.

  Smith Consortium, anyone can miss...

  In this case, elite executives who can figure it out.

  I can only work hard and hope not to be replaced by the boss.

   Also keep an eye on your boss' hobbies. Because Abel, the boss, is really the kind of personality and character that can be valued and trusted by him as long as he pleases him and completes his job.

  The best example of this is the two Michaels.

  Michael Levine and Michael Ovitz, both of them were more successful in currying favor with Abel, their ability passed, and they were reused.

   Especially Michael Levine, almost overnight, became one of the most powerful figures in Hollywood.

   It will take decades for others to succeed in this kind of status promotion.

   He only used it for a few months.

   And the reason is only because Abel trusts him, and he is very good at currying favor with Abel.

  At the same time, the ability to work is just passing.

   It is for this reason that Abel's hobbies in other aspects are not very strong.

   Abel's love and long-term love for women.

   His important subordinates thought it was the best way to please him and get close to him.

  Naturally, someone represented Abel and acted as a postman to deliver Christmas gifts for him.

   Abel understood this in hindsight.

  The matter passed in this way.

   At this time, he asked Kate, just to tease the other party.

  In any case, this Australian goddess already has her own child in her belly.

  At the beginning, Abel had a more playful attitude towards her, although he was mainly playing with her.

   Now that she has a child, she pays more attention to her.

   This made Abel willing to invest some affection and time to establish some meager emotional bonds with Kate.

   But to be honest, Abel felt that it was necessary to talk about the degree of "play".

   Two Australian goddesses, he thinks Nicole Kidman is much more fun.

  In terms of appearance, personality, EQ, and skin, Nicole is far better than Kate.

   Especially the skin, Nicole's skin is also the whitest one among the white girls.

  Kate is only better than Nicole in certain aspects of temperament and figure.

  The key is that Nicole is also knowledgeable and interesting, she is the most authentic Hollywood girl.

   When playing, she is especially good at cooperating, and she is all-round.

   In terms of liking, Abel still likes to play Tuaoda Aries more.

  Kate’s words are more sentimental.

  So it took about a while, after the Tuao Big Aries recovered.

   Abel, who chatted with Kate for a while, stretched out his magic claws to the Aries again.

   Kate, who was warming her heart just now, heard the pitiful "bleat" of the big white sheep again.

   She was so angry that she ignored Abel's asking her to stay here and act as the audience's request, and turned back to the room.

  Since then, I have nothing to say all night.

the next morning.

  Morning is the beginning of the day. In the early morning, Abel is in very good condition and becomes more energetic.

  When waking up in the morning, many people often feel groggy, as if they have not woken up.

  At this time, proper morning exercise for half an hour or an hour will activate the cells of the whole body and make the whole person more energetic, so morning exercise in the morning is the best way to refresh yourself.

   This is the so-called "a day's plan is in the morning".

  KaKaKa—

   Refreshed and refreshed, Abel stretched Shutai's body comfortably, leaned over in the early morning, and was sweating profusely. The exhausted Nicole kissed her pretty face, and said with a smile:

   "Are you tired? Don't be brave in the future. I give you, you will naturally have. If you force it, this is the end."

  Big Aries has no way to reply to him.

  She just wants to rest now, rest, she feels like she is dying!

   After this time.

  In Nicole's eyes, Abel has become a monster-level monster.

  She felt that she didn't want to talk about material and status things.

   With this ability... She felt that she would never even try to win against him in her entire life.

  Honestly choosing a woman is probably the only choice I have.

  Leaving the bedroom, Abel felt sticky.

  He simply turned around and came outside. It was around 8:30 in the morning.

  The sunshine in Los Angeles has covered the entire land of California. At a glance, it is full of greenery, which does not look like winter. .

  This year is a warm winter. In Los Angeles in the first half of January, in the morning, Abel felt that the body temperature was at least 20 degrees.

  At this time, it may be snowing in New York, even in a warm winter, the temperature is still below zero.

  The weather in this area of ​​California can be said to be very outrageous.

  It is not tropical, but the climate is more comfortable than tropical.

  In addition, Abel’s physique is very good. In Los Angeles in January of a warm winter year, the temperature is around 23 degrees in the morning, and Abel doesn’t feel cold at all.

  Just finished exercising on Nicole's body, he even feels a little hot now.

   Come to the back outdoor swimming pool facing the Beverly Hills and the city of Los Angeles in the distance.

  Looking at the city of Los Angeles in the distance, and the coastline a little further away.

  Abel couldn't help sighing: "Facing the sea, the spring is warm and the flowers are blooming."

  Plop—

  Abel jumped into the clear swimming pool again, stretched his limbs, and slowly surfaced without moving. He lay on his back in the swimming pool, with the corners of his mouth raised, feeling extremely refreshed from the inside out.

   "This is the joy of life! I love this kind of life!"

  (end of this chapter)