America’s Road To Wealth

  Chapter 414 More choices

  Dr. Houston, 324 Buckingham Road.

This is a luxurious neoclassical manor located on a secluded street corner with more than 2 acres of land. The surrounding area is beautiful, wooded and extremely private. It is two miles from Uptown Houston and has easy access to the city. area, life is very convenient.

   This is the manor house that Scarlett Johansson was sent to at noon.

   At 5 o'clock in the afternoon, Scarlett saw Abel's motorcade come back.

  In the convoy, I only saw Abel and no other women.

   Scarlett Johansson was still a little smug at first.

   Except certain women with special XP, if you can.

  Normal women generally don’t like to share the same opposite **** with other people of the same sex.

  Scarlett Johansson is the same even though she is young.

   After seeing Abel get off the car, Scarlett, who was very happy, hesitated whether to go out.

   Still waiting for him to come in to find himself.

  She found out that it wasn't long before Abel's convoy came in.

   Many other vehicles drove into the manor villa one after another.

  Looking from a distance, there are many cars coming. Judging from the color and style of the cars, they should not be the same group of people.

   Scarlett immediately knew that it was probably Abel's guest.

  At this time, she felt that she shouldn't bother.

  The star girl who was born as a child star wisely chose to hide in the room on the second floor, watching the situation below.

   Just like Scarlett Johansson thought.

  After Abel came back, there were indeed many people who followed him to this manor villa.

  The founding families of the Texas consortium, their leaders and core figures, all followed Abel.

   Standing next to your own Cadillac monster.

   Abel smiled, watching Davis Brown and other old guys get out of their car.

   "What a beautiful house."

  Among the old people who got off the bus, the youngest was Martin Elkins, who was about 50 years old. He praised as soon as he got out of the car:

   "I also have a house next to it, and it's not as beautiful."

   The core figure of the McKison family, Rodriguez McKison also said with a smile:

"I remember this house. It seemed to be the property of the Karen family. It was put on the market a few years ago and sold for $8 million. I liked it very much but thought it was too expensive. I didn't expect it to be bought by your real estate company, Abel. Now... it's worth at least $12 million."

  Texas used to have a Cullen family. At its peak, this family accounted for more than 40% of Texas oil output.

   is the Gilded Age, one of the four most famous oil giants in the United States.

  The founder, Roy Cullen, is a big man older than the founders of Rockefeller and Morgan.

  However, royal power is not eternal, and the same is true for wealthy families.

  The family declined later, so that even the ancestral property has begun to be sold.

  Looking at the old men's evaluation of the property under their own name.

  Abel smiled slightly, and said softly:

"It's not bad. But I think we should be more concerned about our property than a place to live or anything. I don't want my grandchildren, like Robert Cullen and others, to rely on Sell ​​the ancestral property to make a living."

   After finishing speaking, Abel pointed to the courtyard garden of the villa.

   "It's very beautiful there, we can walk and talk while enjoying the beautiful scenery. What do you think?"

   Several old men glanced at each other.

   Davis Brown, who is most familiar with Abel, said with a smile:

   "Why not? It sure is beautiful."

  The old guy walked over first.

  As soon as he moved, Rodriguez McKison hesitated, smiled and nodded at Abel, and then followed Davis Brown.

  Martin Elkins and the other two old men walked over there without much hesitation.

   Abel followed.

  Among the people who stayed behind was John J. Brown, who drove his uncle Davis Brown today.

  This famous person in Texas is looking at the back of the taller Abel in the distance.

  Among the younger generation of the Texas J.Brown family, he is currently the most capable middle-aged man, and he couldn't help but feel emotional.

   Among the members of the Texas Consortium.

  John J. Brown knew Abe even before his uncle Davis Brown.

   That was almost two years ago, in 2000.

  At that time, John J. Brown had just been promoted to the position of general manager of the New York branch of Texas Commercial Bank.

  As the main person in charge of the Texas consortium in the largest city in the United States.

  John was in order to expand the influence of the Texas consortium in New York.

  He spent money to find contacts, invited the controllers of major New York media groups, and held a charity dinner in New York.

   Coincidentally at that time, it was also the time when Abel was rising to fame in New York.

   "The Wolf of Wall Street" took 10 months and shocked the entire Wall Street at that time.

  John looked up Abel Smith's experience.

  Texans were surprised to find that such a dazzling figure on Wall Street was actually a veteran Texan.

   is a little brother from his hometown.

   In the spirit of grouping together, I also want to examine Abel's psychology.

  John sent an invitation to Abel.

  He invited Abel to a charity banquet hosted by the Texas Commercial Bank and the media giants.

  At that time, John J. Brown attached great importance to Abel.

  For this reason, John even specially arranged for Abel a very important C position in the party culture of New York and Los Angeles.

  Abel, whose status had not yet been revealed at the time, attracted much attention at the banquet.

   To put it bluntly, it was at that time that Ikana really felt Abel's influence.

  At that time, she was attracted to Abel for the first time, and began to play tricks on women, wanting to PUA Abel.

   It's just that Abel grew up too fast, and she was not as successful as Pua.

   Instead, let yourself be included.

   At that banquet, John J. Brown and Abel had a pleasant talk.

   It was at that time that John J. Brown reported the existence of Abel Smith to his uncle.

   Followed by the Texas consortium, which paid attention to Abel.

  The attention of the Texas consortium also attracted Herbert's attention in the follow-up.

   Later, because of his reserve or arrogance, he discovered Abel's Texas consortium first, but he didn't have a good relationship with Abel.

   And Herbert because of his decisiveness, and his friendship with Alex.

  Let the Smith family be tied to the chariot of the bush family early on.

   Now, two years have passed.

  Two years ago, even in New York, his status was not comparable to that of John's Abel.

  Now he has grown to the point where John needs to look up to him.

  Even in the future, it may become the leader of the Texas consortium.

  This change in status made John J. Brown unable to bear the emotion of impermanence in the world.

  Two years ago, the little boy from the same town, two years later became a character whose boss had to obey orders.

   Such a change was somewhat difficult for John to accept.

   It's just that the situation is stronger than others, and John knows that even if it is difficult to accept, he has to accept it.

  As for Abel, who was being moved by John, he didn't know John J. Brown's complicated psychological activities at the moment.

   In a beautiful courtyard with no one around, Abel is haggling with 5 old guys.

  Although the basic framework for the cooperation and merger between the two parties was formally determined last year.

  The two sides have also been in contact, negotiating, and studying the details of the negotiations for several months.

  The preparations for the merger and reorganization have also been carried out for almost a month.

   But benefits, no matter who they are, are never too much.

  The attitude you should have, the things you should strive for, whether it is the other party or Abel himself, will naturally try to get more.

   What if it is possible to obtain even 0.01% more shares with just a few words or an attitude?

  Who would not want the money that was picked up for nothing?

   “6.9% of General Dynamics in Hughes Aircraft, I want to spin it off.”

  Facing 5 old guys who have great influence in Texas, even in the South and Central United States.

Abel spoke with eloquence: "I need this 6.9% stake. Of course, it is not my personal need anymore. My idea is to separate Gulfstream Aerospace from General Dynamics through this 6.9% of useless shares. Come out, and it's in our Texan hands."

  The current reputation of Hughes Aircraft Company is not very great in the United States.

  But in the past, it used to be the number one aircraft company in the United States, as well as a top-ranked defense group.

  His founder, Howard Hughes, is the prototype of comic characters such as Batman, Iron Man and his son.

  The business of this company was very complicated at the beginning.

   Later, after Howard Hughes died, it was torn apart by a swarm of gluttons.

  The Texas consortium took advantage of the location and snatched the fattest piece of it, the Hughes Aircraft Company.

  This company actually no longer produces complete machines.

  Its main business is the production of various military-grade aviation and aerospace accessories.

  Its main customers are aviation and aerospace giants such as Boeing, Raytheon, Martin, NASA, etc.

  Let's put it this way, Hughes Aircraft Company's position in the American aviation and aerospace industry.

  It is roughly equivalent to the combined status of the three companies Bosch, Aisin, and ZF in the automotive industry.

  It and LTV Company, that is, Lin-Temco-Water Company, are controlled by the Texas Consortium, the two most powerful arms companies.

  Abel is most envious of these two companies for the Texas consortium.

   The consortium originally had a Tenneco company.

  It is the largest oil and gas pipeline transportation company in the United States, accounting for more than 35% of the industry share.

   When it comes to the energy industry, Tenniko is even stronger than the Koch Brothers' Koch Energy.

  Unfortunately for this reason, the company has been infiltrated by the Rockefeller consortium.

  Because the core of the Texas consortium, that is, finance has always been relatively weak.

  The Texas consortium couldn't keep Tenneco Corporation, so that the current Tenneco Group has become the common property of the two consortiums.

   Having said that, Morgan and Rockefeller's penetration ability is too strong.

   Even the California consortium has many traces of Rockefeller.

  For example, the well-known Wells Fargo and Rockefeller also hold more than 10% of the shares.

   Another example is the DuPont Consortium, which should be called the DuPont-Morgan Consortium now.

  Because most of its core industries have long been infiltrated by the Morgan Consortium.

   Rather than saying it is an independent consortium, it is better to say that it is actually just a peripheral member of the Morgan consortium.

  These situations also reflect the terror of Morgan and Rockefeller from the side.

  The two masters of the Federal Reserve, they have already controlled the main lifeline of this country behind the scenes through various complicated means.

   Oilers and the like are at most their accountants and housekeepers.

   "Gulfstream Aerospace Corporation..."

  Martin Elkins muttered softly: "I remember this is just a civil airline? It produces private jets?"

  Among the five old guys, the patriarch of the Hunter family, Liam H.L. Hunter, who has never spoken much, said in a low voice: "Yes. Its performance is not bad."

  Speaking of which, Liam H.L. Hunter, his father and uncle, often appeared in some of China's reborn business novels in the 1980s.

  Herbert Hunter and Bunker Hunter.

  The two brothers hoarded a large amount of silver in the mid-1980s in an attempt to monopolize the world's silver price.

   The result was that the silver investment of the Hunter brothers failed miserably.

  These losses, coupled with the downturn in the oil and sugar industries at the time, reduced the family's wealth by 1/3.

  Before that, the Hunter family had always been the number one core family in the Texas consortium.

  Because the richest.

  After that, Liam H.L. Hunter took over in the mid-90s.

  The Hunter family has already fallen from the leading position, and among the five families of the Texas consortium, it is already at the bottom.

  So, wealthy families are not afraid of producing dudes.

   What the rich and powerful families are really afraid of is the successor who doesn’t have much ability, has high vision but low power, but wants to make a big business...

  The former will ruin your reputation at most and lose some money.

  If the latter fails, the entire family may be ruined.

  The Hunter family of the Texas consortium is the best example.

   "A company that is partial to civilian use and mainly produces private jets." Martin Elkins questioned:

   "Is it worth it to exchange 6.9% of General Dynamics shares?"

  General Dynamics is the sixth largest defense industry contractor in the world, and its 6.9% stake is a very important wealth.

  Use this wealth to exchange for the shares of a civilian company that specializes in the production of private jets.

   No wonder Martin Elkins will have doubts.

   "Listen...I have a perfect plan."

  Abel explained his thoughts to the old guys.

  Actually, if possible, Abel would rather speak out.

   But the old guys have already expressed their views.

  Even if the two consortiums merge in the future.

   Whether it becomes Texas Smith, or Smith Texas.

  The old guys all insist that the financial sector, the media sector, and the Internet sector of the consortium can be in charge of and presided over by Abel.

  But in terms of business groups such as energy, arms, and heavy industry.

  They insist that the original Texas consortium is still in charge of this aspect.

  Abel readily agreed to this request.

the reason is simple.

   That means no matter which consortium or chaebol it is.

  It develops to the end, and it will only be the bank that can hold the greatest say.

  Banks are the root of consortiums and chaebols.

   Holding the most important part of the consortium, Abel is not afraid at all that the merger with the Texas consortium will affect his right to speak.

   "We have the best aircraft parts company in the world, and Hughes Aircraft can even produce its own engines."

   “We can start with Gulfstream Aerospace and start producing aircraft ourselves.”

   Abel looked at the old guys: "In 2001, Boeing's annual turnover was as high as 50.5 billion U.S. dollars."

   "We all know that aircraft manufacturing is a profitable industry. Among Boeing's turnover of 50.5 billion U.S. dollars, the net profit alone is as high as 10.46 billion U.S. dollars. On average, Boeing earns 30 million U.S. dollars a day."

"tell me."

  Abel's eyes flicked over Davis Brown, Martin Elkins and others one by one.

   "How much money did you make last year? Without Afghanistan, could it exceed 20 billion U.S. dollars?"

   "Also... Maybe you will say. We don't have to work hard to develop and produce aircraft like Boeing, and we can still earn more money than them."

   "For example... Let the White House increase military spending. Even if you finish fighting Ali in Afghanistan, you can also fight Gambia."

   "For another example, let me plunder more wealth in the world's capital battlefield."

   "These two methods, the speed at which they make money, is not lost to Boeing at all, and may even be faster and more."

   "You guys...do you think so?"

  Facing Abel's direct and fruitless words.

  Davis Brown and others were silent.

  Because in fact, they really do think so.

  Why George and the White House, knowing that the terrain in Afghanistan is bad, once dragged the Red Empire to exhaustion.

   I also know that ghostly place, there is no oil or gas, and the mine in Faxet is particularly difficult to dig, and the profit is not visible to the naked eye.

  Even if it is shot down, there is not much oil and water.

  But the White House was still desperate and mobilized with heavy troops.

  Don’t care how good it is on the surface, it’s for the justice of the Americans and for the fight against KBZY.

   These are all imaginary.

  The real reason is that the Texas consortium and a few others of the same kind, as well as a large group of other vested interests, are behind the strong support and promotion.

  It is obviously a "deal" that is very money-losing for the United States.

  But George and White House did it anyway.

  Because of doing so, it is all Americans who lose money, as well as the world sucked by the United States.

  But the Texas consortium and several others of the same kind, as well as a large number of vested interests, made a lot of money, and made it very easily.

   trillions of dollars…

  If this money is used for future rabbits to fight, regardless of Mu Hai.

   It is estimated that all Asian empires can be established.

  As for the United States, it has plowed over and over again on 640,000 square kilometers of land.

   The key is not to return with a triumphant victory, but to retreat in despair.

  From the perspective of a businessman, this is a blood loss for the United States to grandma's family.

   No words from Abel appear.

  In the parallel time and space, there is no Texas consortium with the Internet and no financial core.

   They really made a lot of money in this regard by relying on George's eight years.

  By the way, the desolation of the United States was advanced by at least 20 years.

  As the position climbs, Abel now does not want the United States to be left alone early.

  The so-called position determines the head. The capitalist Abel Smith knew that after the peak, he must fall.

  But he also wanted to try to see if he could delay the speed of the fall a little bit.

  At least... At least let him enjoy it for a few more years.

  So he gave the Texas consortium another way besides war and finance.

  A road different from other consortiums, or capitalists.

  (end of this chapter)