America’s Road To Wealth

  Chapter 406 Staples Center Night

   Emily and Alia's mother-in-law and daughter-in-law didn't stay in Abel's room for long.

   For a while, after the two leave.

  Abel picked up the mobile phone on the bedside table and made a call.

   "How's it going outside? People are gone."

   "Then come in."

  He explained softly.

   A few minutes later, Edward and David Jones entered the room.

  Removing the decorative bandages, Abel lay on his huge Simmons.

  He looked at his two cronies.

   "Tell me about the situation." Abel said softly.

Edward first opened his mouth and said: "At present, roughly 386 people can be detected. Among them, 35 are from CLA, and 69 are from FBl. Among the rest, there are IRS, Office of the Director of National Intelligence, AFISRA, DIA, NRO, ONSI, etc. Waiting for the people of the organization."

"Wow-"

Abel couldn't help shouting, and laughed at himself: "How many intelligence agencies does our country have? Do you think they are all there? People who don't know think I'm going to betray the United States, or I'm going to make positive changes Woolen cloth."

   Seeing the boss like this, Edward explained softly:

   "BOSS, in fact, the larger PMC companies in China are almost in this situation..."

  Abel actually knew what Edward was talking about.

  The name of the world's number one spy country is really not deceitful at all.

  The entire federal government has a budget of tens of billions of dollars every year, which is invested in the entire intelligence work.

  In addition to these official budget funds, many intelligence agencies themselves can also make extra money outside.

  For example, in the United States, FBl conducts all kinds of fishing and law enforcement, and part of the various fines do not need to be turned over to the national treasury.

   Another example is CLA, the organization in charge of foreign intelligence work in the United States, which is more expensive than FBl.

  The shadow of ClA can be found in the laundry detergent industry chains in various triangles and crescents.

   There are rumors that, in addition to the federal government's annual budget.

  ClA earns at least tens of billions of dollars a year in its laundry detergent industry abroad and other industries.

   There is an official salary to receive, and you must have a strong ability to earn extra money.

   There are more than a dozen similar intelligence agencies in the United States, each of which has its own small coffers.

   It gives these intelligence agencies themselves, they already have some independence.

   Sometimes even their superiors, such as the Ministry of Defense or the White House, can't fully command these agencies.

   Like Edward said.

   These institutional departments with money and people, for their performance and credit for climbing up.

  Many times, they dare to do some bold things.

  For example, DEA and CLA, these two departments often fight abroad, and sometimes they clash and kill some agents, which happens once or twice a year.

  It has been almost three years since Rock Security was established and developed.

   Its scale has grown from a dozen or so people at the beginning to four to five thousand people not including family members, and tens of thousands of family members.

  Although it doesn't accept foreign business very much, such a huge scale has already given it a certain reputation in the American industry.

  Such a large scale will naturally attract the attention and attention of relevant departments.

  The intelligence agencies of these intelligence agencies will mix sand into the rock security and send undercover agents, which is really normal.

  Catherine Jones, that is, the current Catherine Hannah next to Laura, can happen around Abel, and naturally it can also happen inside the rock security.

  The undercover agents of these special departments, Abel knew their existence from the very beginning.

  He also knew that it was impossible to completely exclude these people.

   That is something that is difficult for other powerful countries in the world to do.

   Even Eastern countries with different cultures and species will be influenced and controlled by it.

  This kind of infiltration, whether it is your own side, or your own armed forces such as rock security.

  Abel knew that there was no way to avoid this.

  By taking advantage of my brainstorm this time, I made an attack.

  Abel had let Edward make arrangements in advance with his real cronies.

  That is, through this incident, turmoil and mobilization occurred within the rock security.

  Using this restlessness to find out the undercover agents hidden inside the rock security.

  Although it is impossible to find out completely, at least a preliminary list can be mastered.

  This is for Abel, who has never felt safe in this regard.

  It can make him feel somewhat safe.

   "How many intelligence agencies are there in the country?" Abel asked casually.

  Edward said softly: "There are 16 public ones. The unpublished ones... Then I don't know how many there are."

   "Hehe...it's almost ready." Abel sneered.

   "Forget it. There is no way to avoid this, just pay attention to monitoring. Anyway, I don't want to betray the country, and I don't want to change."

  Abel ordered casually, and then looked at David Jones.

   "David, tell me about the family office, is there anything going on?"

  David Jones nodded, and the family steward lowered his head and replied softly:

"Ms. Hathaway, Ms. Alba, Ms. Lerner, Ms. Hilton... They all came to Texas immediately. The other ladies are generally quieter. It's just that in Elizabeth's back garden, Several contacted other modeling agencies today."

   "Hehe..." Abel sneered.

   Just like he thought, the attack he made this time.

   It was a test, a rehearsal, that he wanted to do.

  Test the private armed forces of Rock Security, test his business partners, and even test his women.

  Although human nature can't stand the test, once tested, you will know the false and the false; the human heart can't stand the temptation, once you try, it is easy to see the true and the false.

   But he, Abel Smith, can also pass this test and adjust some future practices.

   After all, in Abel’s opinion, whether it’s business partners, employees, or women who can bear children for themselves.

  Basically, it was him himself who used his interests to snare him.

  Aside from himself, Abel actually didn’t even trust little Laura many times.

  He thought such a "test" was necessary, and he did it.

   "Make a list." Abel said directly, "Let me see who it is."

  David nodded slightly.

  Abel looked at the time, he knew it was about time for little Laura to come in.

   "That's it. Follow-up things will continue as planned."

  David and Edward nodded, and they left the bedroom.

   Sure enough, half an hour later.

  Boom boom boom—

  Little Laura knocked on the door with a relaxed expression, and walked in without waiting for Abel to speak.

   She was also apparently one of the people who knew about Abel and wasn't hurt.

   "Looks all right, doesn't it? You look pretty relaxed, honey."

  Abel leaned on Simmons and smiled.

  Little Laura raised her beautiful eyebrows, and her golden hair fluttered in the air as she walked, revealing a youthful and beautiful atmosphere all over her body.

   "It's really not bad... They all seem a little scared of me. Even the arrogant New York socialites are the same."

  Little Laura came to him with a smile, climbed directly onto Simmons, and snuggled into Abel's arms.

   "Honey... It's so tiring fighting with them like this."

  Little Laura lay on Abel's chest and said softly.

   Without waiting for Abel to reply, she immediately added: "But there is a strange sense of satisfaction, a sense of accomplishment. What's going on here?"

  Abel doesn't want to continue this topic.

  He is subtly making little Laura get used to the existence of his Crystal Palace.

  Including letting little Laura be in a high position in this Crystal Palace system.

   Facing little Laura's emotion at this time, Abel directly responded to the most direct actions between husband and wife.

  He turned over directly, pressing little Laura's slender figure under him.

   "Woo...ah, woo...you are an injured person, why are you like this!"

   "It's because you're hurt that you need your warmth more."

  Little Laura wanted to say something more, but her mouth was blocked and she couldn't speak anymore.

   Nothing to say all night.

   Wait for Ikana and the others to meet Abel in Abel's bedroom the next day.

  Abel is covered in bandages again, but not as much as last night.

   But it seems that it is quite serious.

   But his bright eyes still look piercing.

   This made the women, somewhat relieved.

   "I'm not lying to you. Your man is wounded, a little bit badly and a little bit badly. See, now talk to him yourselves."

  Wearing Abel's white shirt, little Laura who looked like she was wearing a nightgown was standing nearby, she said.

"Hi-"

  Abel smiled and said, "My dears, I'm fine... As you can see, I encountered a little accident. But don't worry, everything will be fine!"

  …

  …

   A few days later.

   January 25, 2002.

  California, USA, Downtown Los Angeles.

   Staples Center, this sports venue, is located near the Los Angeles Convention Center in downtown Los Angeles.

  It started construction on March 31, 1998, and was officially completed and opened on October 17, 1999.

   In terms of scale, under normal circumstances, the Staples Center can accommodate 18,997 spectators.

   It was built with a total cost of 375 million US dollars. The owner is AEG, and now the title has been taken away by Staples.

   This famous sports and entertainment center itself is designed strictly according to the modern basketball professional venues.

   From any angle of the third-floor stands, you can clearly see everything on the court.

  It has nearly 300 luxury boxes, a total of 1,200 TV monitors, a sound system worth 1.5 million US dollars, 675 sound-collecting microphones, and a lighting system worth 2 million US dollars.

   In addition, the Staples Center also has 55 lounges and gyms open to the public; there are 23 food and beverage supply points, and there is an outdoor restaurant from which you can see the panoramic view of Los Angeles.

   Various Hollywood and Grammy big-name star concerts and meetings, as well as commercial sports such as the NBA, all use this as their home field.

  But not long ago, there was an accident here. It was briefly blocked for a total of three days.

   Two days ago, it was unblocked.

   On January 25th, an NBA game will be held at the Staples Center.

  This game is not on the NBA's schedule this year.

  But because of some accidents, the schedule of the Houston Rockets and the Los Angeles Lakers was adjusted once.

  The two teams that originally only met twice before the preseason this season have now become three times.

   One of them, just today at the Staples Center, played a regular season at the home of the Lakers.

  Because of January 20th, inside and outside the Staples Center venue, factors of the KB attack occurred.

   Tickets for this game sold well, but after the Staples Center was blocked, there was a wave of refunds.

   In New York's Madison Square Garden, the NBA League has been released once.

  After encountering this kind of thing again, I can only sigh myself this time.

   Fortunately, this time, the top management of the NBA league can also give an explanation to other members of the league.

   After all, there was a KB attack that no one wanted, and no one could find reason for it and attack David Stern.

  Facing the refund requests of fans.

  The practice of the NBA and the Staples Center is to give certain compensation and refunds.

   Fortunately, David Stern was excited.

   It was on January 23, the day the Staples Center announced the unblocking, that there were some good turning points.

   That is many Hollywood stars, as well as some celebrities in the United States.

  They have been interviewed by some media and on some TV stations, claiming that Americans should not succumb to KBFZ.

   This happened at the Staples Center.

   It was those KBFZ that were wrong, not the NBA and Staples Center.

  Hollywood bigwig Tom Hanks, on January 24, when he was interviewed by the reporter of "Hollywood Express", he claimed—

   "I'm not afraid of them. Those **** **** bastards, their attacks don't scare real Americans. I'm going to Staples Center tomorrow to see the Rockets and Lakers game."

   It's not just Tom Hanks saying that.

   There are also many other social celebrities who also announced that they will appear at the Staples Center on January 25.

  Watch the Rockets vs. Lakers game and lead by example against the KBZY threat.

  The emergence and declaration of these celebrities made this game a turning point.

  The fans who originally shouted for a refund immediately regretted not refunding their tickets.

   The scalpers even increased the price of the tickets on January 25 from the original normal price to more than ten times.

   But it is said that it is still in short supply.

  The reason is actually very easy to understand.

  In newspapers and TV stations, it is claimed that on January 25th, stars, singers, and social celebrities will appear at the Staples Center.

  The number of these people adds up to more than 20 people.

   Fans of these people are willing to spend a little more money in order to get close to them.

   Coupled with the quick response of David Stern, on the night of January 23 when things turned around, they began to increase the advertising budget to heat up the game.

  Under many schemes, this game was originally a gloomy game because of the KB attack.

   In the blink of an eye, it may be the most eye-catching game in the NBA this year.

   Also made the Staples Center, and its surroundings, very lively tonight.

   Interested people discovered that today's Staples Center is nearby, and the law and order forces are obviously very strong.

   There are a lot of police cars everywhere, and even some secret service vehicles.

  These numbers are several times more than when the Staples Center usually holds events.

   Everyone understands this very well, after all, that kind of thing just happened here not long ago.

  Today there will still be so many celebrities and celebrities coming here to watch the game.

  If there is another accident, then the matter will be really serious.

  With this premise, it seems that it is not unreasonable to be more cautious about security work and have higher requirements for safety.

   In the last few chapters, some people complained, and I understand. Because this is the content after castration, if there is no coquettish and stupid incident, the full version will involve some 404 content. Now this part is skipped, and it will be written in the later period. It seems incoherent, very dissonant, sorry, it's my lack of writing ability.

   As for the update issue, the rest of this month is probably only four to five thousand words per day.

   One is to prepare for the possible arrival of XBB1.5 and Chinese New Year. The second reason is that the new crown has hurt me a bit... I am getting tired very easily now, and I still want to sleep after sleeping fifteen hours a day. However, the examination was basically fine, the CT was OK, and other aspects such as blood oxygen were also normal. I just want to sleep. I went to the hospital and checked out more than 1,000 yuan. Everything is normal... I used to drive on the highway for four or five hours without rest except going to the toilet. Now I go back to my hometown from the county town for an hour. I have enough sleep, but I almost fell asleep driving on the road.

  (end of this chapter)