America’s Road To Wealth

  Chapter 446 Windfall

   To be honest, Karla is not very unfamiliar with this kind of environment.

  She came from a wealthy family, and her father, Andre Beneteau, was also a French billionaire.

   Even if it is paralyzed, it was only a few years ago that it was paralyzed.

   When she was growing up, she happened to be in the glorious era of the Beneteau family.

  She is regarded as a new generation who grew up on the family bonus.

  In France, she has participated in similar banquets many times.

  But the banquets she has attended have never had such a high level of guests.

  The Consul General of the US Consulate in Hong Kong helped to open the door. The richest businessmen in Hong Kong Island, an international metropolis, surrounded him, and many characters who were big shots even in France greeted them with smiles.

   The key here is not the United States, not Abel Smith's home court.

  Even this is the case here, Karla can hardly imagine if it is in the United States, if it is at Abel's home court.

  What kind of scene will it be like when Abel appears on the stage and the reception he receives.

  Just thinking about it, Karla felt that it must be very grand, and it would fit the powerful scene she imagined.

  Thinking of this, Miss Beneteau couldn't help but think a lot. With a smile on her face, she let Abel hold her waist.

  The two of them posed close to each other in several intimate poses, satisfying the requests of the royal reporters.

  Karla knew that just these few photos would be enough for her to sell a few more yachts on Hong Kong Island or even in Asia in the future.

  The premise is that one's own job is transferred from the United States to the direction of Asia.

is it necessary?

  Looked up at the man who was taller than him.

  Carla felt that compared with the performance of the regional sales director of the yacht company under the Beneteau Group, it seemed that it was more important to hug this man tightly.

   "Mr. Smith, this way please."

   Gao Lesheng smiled and welcomed Abel into the center of tonight's banquet, and gave him a microphone according to the procedure.

  Abel let go of Karla, and took the microphone handed over by the US Consul General.

   "Good evening everyone, I'm Abel Smith. I'm very happy to come to Hong Kong Island, one of the most prosperous cities in Asia and a well-known metropolis in the world."

  “I have been here for three days. To this city, I have a feeling that I don’t want to leave. In this city full of vitality, I feel vitality, freedom and efficiency.”

"This city is an excellent place to live and study. At the same time, after three days of understanding, I personally think that Hong Kong Island has an excellent and stable business environment, hardworking and intelligent people, a fair and reasonable tax system, Strong rule of law, efficient infrastructure, convenient transportation, beautiful natural scenery, delicious food..."

  “This is great. This is a city where Eastern and Western cultures blend, with a Chinese and Western lifestyle, where you can taste food from all over the world. I like the tea restaurants on Hong Kong Island, and I love the dim sum here.”

  When Abel said this, he stood beside the smiling Huo Yiguan. Huo Ting, the son of Lao Huo, whispered to his father:

"It seems that he really likes to eat. I heard that he has a team of world-renowned chefs, including top chefs from the mainland... On the first day when we came to Hong Kong Island, we ate dim sum in the tea restaurant, father, Maybe we can let the mainland, break through from this point. Oh, he also likes beautiful women, maybe..."

  Huo Yiguan smiled, his expression unchanged, but his voice was serious: "Shut up."

  With a calm sentence, Huo Dashao, who is so majestic on Hong Kong Island, shut his mouth obediently.

  But Lao Huo became active in his heart, looking at Abel's handsome ghostly face, and the beautiful Karla next to him.

  Old Huo suddenly felt that this proposal of his son seemed to be feasible.

  He decided to wait a little later and talk to the leaders in the north.

  “…Xiangjiang’s geographical location is superior. As a bridge connecting China and the world, it provides a lot of convenience for international companies.”

   "For this reason, I plan to extend the business of Smith Financial Group here in the near future, because I like this city."

  “Xiangjiang has a unique charm in my heart, and it will not change. I believe Hong Kong Island will have a better future.”

   After talking a lot, Abel smiled and put down the microphone.

   As soon as he made a small gesture to end his speech, many people immediately began to applaud vigorously.

   There was applause for a while.

   A group of bigwigs who stomped their feet in Hong Kong and Austria, who could cause an industry earthquake, all applauded wildly at the moment.

  Because the speech just now made by the richest man in the world really gave Hong Kong Island too much face.

  Almost all the content is praising Xiangjiang.

  If Abel Smith’s words are published in the newspapers, they will be full of similar news headlines such as "The world's richest man is optimistic about Hong Kong Island", "Hong Kong Island's future is infinitely beautiful", "even the investment **** is optimistic about the city" and so on.

  If these news can appear in foreign media, it is estimated that the tourism industry of Hong Kong Island can be increased by several percentage points.

   It may even have a certain effect on boosting the stock market of Hong Kong Island and the property market of Hong Kong Island.

  It is really helpful to increase Xiangjiang's international reputation.

   To improve these, for the dignitaries and celebrities in the city in front of them, it is almost like putting money on their faces.

   Let them earn more money, let their company have a higher market value, and the value of the real estate under the company's name is higher...

   Reciprocate, everyone does it.

  Then the Xiangjiang people, of course, will not lack praise for Abel.

   Not to mention not considering these.

   Wouldn't it be more beautiful if he could be favored by the richest man in the world and cooperate with him?

  The only two people who are not very comfortable are Ander Bona and Nathan De Funeso.

  Because during the day, what the two of them discussed with Abel in a friendly manner was not this kind of content.

   Especially Gao Lesheng, in order to persuade Abel, he was unusually tactful during the day, and he did not know how many brain cells were consumed.

   It turned out that at night, they created such an occasion for Abel.

  Abel said something like this—

  And what they hoped Abel would say was actually an uplift and then a downturn on Hong Kong Island.

  How to raise first and then suppress?

  According to the requirements of Gao Lesheng and Nathan De Funeso, Abel should first praise all aspects of Hong Kong Island and say a good word, which is similar to what Abel just said.

  But the difference is that you have to turn around again later.

  The future of Hong Kong Island may not develop well due to some reasons, so I am worried about this...

  As for why the development is not good, why worry and so on.

  Of course, it is as obscure as possible, but it must be obvious and reminiscent, and these "difficulties" and "problems" that "suppress" the development of Hong Kong Island are assigned to the north.

   Make these people as far as possible away from those in the north.

   In this way, the work of the two of them will become easier.

   But now, Abel ended his speech like this.

  The "inhibition" behind    is not done at all.

  Gao Lesheng opened his mouth, wanting to remind Abel, but looked at Abel's calm face.

  The Consul General did not speak in the end.

  This excellent diplomat knows that the world's richest man in front of him is different from ordinary American rich men.

   Don't say that the other party is the core figure of the Texas consortium.

  Just the fact that the other party has a close relationship with the White House is enough to offset his own deterrence to him.

   What's more, even ordinary rich Americans can say whatever they want as long as they don't harm the core interests of the United States.

  The other party didn't want to cooperate. If Gao Lesheng knew that his good voice during the day was useless, there was really nothing he could do.

   Gao Lesheng is like this, and Nathan De Funeso, who was angered by Abel not long ago, of course, dare not talk about it.

  The current situation is that the heads of the two major US agencies in Hong Kong, even if Abel let them go once and dismantled them.

  They all only smiled at each other, and they didn't even have the slightest way to fight back.

  In the United States, many times capital or financial groups really do whatever they want.

  The loud applause lasted for two or three minutes before the banquet ended, and the banquet officially proceeded.

   "Mr. Smith, we..."

  Gao Lesheng made a hesitant expression to Abel.

  This is the last effort made by Mr. Consul General.

   "That's your job. It's not my job." Abel who dismantled the situation said indifferently:

   "I just remind the two gentlemen that I have a lot of investment in China. So...you understand."

   Fark, forgot that.

   This guy is a businessman, and he only wants to make money.

  He has a lot of investment in the Mainland, so of course he will not offend the Mainland on the surface.

  Gao Lesheng figured it out and smiled:

   "Hahaha... I get it, okay. Mr. Smith, I get it."

   Nathan De Funeso doesn't understand.

  Because his boss said that Abel Smith would cooperate with their CLA to do some work.

   Is this the way you are working with CLA?

  Now Nathan De Funeso is a little bit itchy with hatred and completely helpless towards Abel.

  The CIA, which is in charge of foreign affairs in the United States, has a very large initiative, and sometimes even dares to do something to some rich Americans abroad.

  Konathan De Funeso knew that the gentleman in front of him was not an ordinary American rich man at all.

   Not to mention the identity of the consortium, as far as Nathan De Funeso knows.

  His former boss, Mr. ClA's current director, has not long ago started working as a special consultant for a company called Rock Security in Texas.

  The son of the current director, soon joined Smith Financial Group...

   Not to mention, all the old people in CIA know that there was once an American general who served as the boss of the CIA agents.

  If he didn't know this, Nathan De Funeso might still be upset, and he might still have some ideas.

   But Nathan, who knows all these things well, feels that even if Abel abolishes the entire system of CLA on Hong Kong Island, there is a high probability that there will be no big disturbance...

  Gao Lesheng so, Nathan De Funeso so.

  The two most powerful figures in the United States stationed in Hong Kong looked like this when they faced Abel.

  Abel is here, of course he can do whatever he wants.

  Nathan De Funeso didn't dare to be bored anymore, and the intelligence chief didn't dare to mess with Abel, so he could only continue his work.

   Gao Lesheng did the same, and started to leave to entertain other guests.

   Although the platform was demolished, it did not achieve the effect Mr. Consul General wanted.

  But the social interaction that should have, the influence that should be radiated, can still continue to operate.

   As for Abel, Gao Lesheng has given up and let the richest man in the world play as he wants.

  Mr. Consul General has ignored it.

  As soon as Gao Lesheng left, Abel saw Huo Yiguan leading a group of people over.

  Abel stood still with a smile, and Karla was beside him, watching a group of Chinese walking in front of him.

  She had seen the short old man before, but she didn't know his identity before.

  I did a lot of homework during the day today.

   Karla now knows that this old man is one of the most powerful figures in the city of Hong Kong Island.

   "Oh, Mr. Smith. Good evening, what you said just now is really great. Thank you very much for your evaluation of Hong Kong Island, which makes us very proud, and we will definitely make the future of Hong Kong Island even better!"

   Huo Yiguan's opening remarks are very official, and he has not concealed his identity as the representative of the north.

   In fact, there is no cover-up. In fact, the whole Hong Kong Island, and even the whole world knows it...

  Because of this status, he himself has been suppressed by the British before 1997.

  It has been more than 30 years of suppression, and it is really not easy.

  Abel smiled slightly, and looked at the people around Huo Yiguan.

   "Mr. Henry Huo, good evening. I just sent this out of emotion, that's why I got this kind of compliment. Well...won't you introduce me to these gentlemen and ladies around you?"

   These people are obviously not those wealthy people on Hong Kong Island, because Abel knows who Cucumber Li is.

   And in his line of sight, Cucumber Li's group was looking enviously from a distance.

   "Allow me to introduce you."

  Huo Yiguan smiled and began to introduce Abel.

   "This is the general manager of Hong Kong Island Zhongguo Bank, Mr. John Wen."

   "This is Mr. Jordan Wang, General Manager of Hong Kong Island Runhua Company."

   "This is Mr. Henry Lin, General Manager of Hong Kong Island Merchants Bank."

   "This is Hong Kong Island..."

  Huo Yiguan introduced the positions of these people, and let Abel know immediately.

  The group of people in front of us should be the core strength of the north in Hong Kong.

  But he didn't know most of them, and he didn't recognize who was the big man in the future.

   Only when Huo Yiguan introduced the general manager of a mainland China company, Abel couldn't help but look at him more.

   This person is Ren Zhengfei, the founder and general manager of a Pengcheng communication technology company.

  He brought a female companion to the banquet tonight. The female companion was very young. Huo Yiguan introduced her as Ren's daughter, surnamed Meng...

   "I've heard about you. Mr. Ren, Motorola seems to be in talks with your company. Mr. Ren, maybe you could consider talking to Qualcomm? Believe me, Mr. Jacob is very interested in your company's technology."

  Abel showed concern for Ren and his daughter Meng far more than other Chinese.

   This drew everyone's attention to Ren who was talking to Abel.

  Ren didn't expect Abel to say these words to himself.

  He did not expect that the richest man in the world would pay attention to such a "small company" in the Mainland.

   And people didn't say anything nonsense, his company is indeed in contact with Motorola.

  In the parallel time and space, Huayao Company developed very rapidly in the future, and even became one of the leading civilian technology companies in China.

  However, at the moment, both Ren and his Huayao Company are in trouble.

   Let’s talk about Huayao Company first.

  After entering the new century, the Internet technology concept bubble burst.

  Huayao is also facing a serious crisis. It bet heavily on CDMA and missed the once brilliant PHS.

  Ren's very promising successor left to set up another mountain. He himself had two operations for cancer, and his mother passed away, which made him suffer from depression.

  Ren later recalled, “It was a nightmare for half a year, and I often cried when I woke up.”

  When this kind of company and himself are in extreme trouble.

  A behemoth with an annual revenue of 26.7 billion US dollars, Motorola became interested in Huayao Company and started contacting Ren.

  Parallel Time and Space, a transaction involving US$7.5 billion, was ultimately unsuccessful due to changes in Motorola's internal management personnel.

   It is estimated that if it succeeds, there is a high probability that there will be no such Huayao company in the future.

   And now, just as Ren was in depression and wanted to sell the company, it was time to start contacting Motorola.

   Like this visit to Hong Kong Island, Ren was actually accompanied by his daughter to relax, and at the same time had preliminary contact with the Motorola representative from the United States.

   It just so happened that Gao Lesheng organized such a banquet, and Ren, as a representative of an excellent company in mainland China, was also on the invitation list.

  By chance and coincidence, this meeting with Abel happened.

   Facing Abel's proposal, after hesitating, Ren spoke softly:

   "Mr. Smith, although I don't know how you know about this. But Motorola contacted us before, I..."

  Before he finished speaking, Abel interrupted him with a wave of his hand.

"I'll let Mr. Jacob from Qualcomm come here to contact you. Mr. Ren, Qualcomm is more sincere than Motorola. I don't think Zafirovski has ever come to Hong Kong Island to find you. ?”

   Having said that, Abbott paused and looked at Ren.

"What's more, as far as I know, Zafirovsky's position in Motorola is not stable at all. I am even a member of Motorola's board of directors. The board is optimistic that Edward Zander will take over as CEO. Zafirovski's Not much hope."

  After hearing what Abel said, Ren felt a little shaken in his heart.

  Because it is true, as Abel said, Motorola just sent a deputy manager here to meet him.

  That one talked very well to him, saying that he likes the president of Huayao Company Zafirovsky very much, but he didn't even come over.

   What's more, Abel said that Zafirovsky will not become the CEO later, but another person.

  In addition, the other party is still a member of the board of directors of Motorola, so Ren already believes 80% of what Abel said.

   "I...Mr. Smith, I will have a good talk with Mr. Jacob from Qualcomm."

   Ren is no fool.

  He knows that what Abel said about Motorola, even if it is false, it doesn't matter.

  If Motorola acquires Huayao, a competitor can emerge.

  Wouldn't be a bad thing by any means.

  If it’s not a bad thing, it’s a good thing. Of course, if it’s a good thing, you have to promise it first.

   I chatted with the editor today, and the editor asked me to quickly skip the Hong Kong Island chapter. Because what I want to write, the editor said that I can't write anything... and March is coming soon, so I can't write the Hong Kong Island article. Fast forward fast forward.

  (end of this chapter)