America’s Road To Wealth

  Chapter 547 The Planning of the Lone Star Empire

   Speaking of technological innovation regions in the United States, the most famous one is of course Silicon Valley. That year, Jobs founded Apple here, and Bill Gates founded Microsoft here. As a result, Silicon Valley has also become a "sacred place" in the hearts of many entrepreneurs.

   In fact, Silicon Valley is just one of the representatives of the innovation highlands in the United States.

  After the success of Silicon Valley, many other places in the United States are trying to replicate the success of Silicon Valley.

   After all, a small area gathers almost 1/3 or even 1/2 of the GDP of California, provides a large number of high-paying jobs, and raises the living standard of the entire area by several levels.

   This kind of good thing, of course, no matter what region the people in power want to have.

On the Texas side, a few years ago, George Kozmeiski, the dean of the University of Texas Business School and one of the founders of "Taylor Dern Telecom", proposed to create a Silicon Valley for Texans.

  The professor chose Austin, the capital of Texas.

  In fact, looking at the overall situation in Texas, Austin is indeed the most suitable to serve as the "Silicon Valley" of Texas.

  Because almost all the colleges and universities in Texas are around Austin. As we all know, Silicon Valley can succeed, and a series of San Francisco area universities led by Stanford University have provided great help.

  The earliest entrepreneurs in Silicon Valley were almost all elites from Stanford University and other schools.

   And before that, Austin has also successfully cultivated a high-tech company.

  Dell, Dell Computer was born in Austin.

  So if you only look at it from this perspective, Austin is definitely the most suitable place for Texas to play the role of "Silicon Valley".

   And now, as the local princes and kings of Texas.

  Abel stood up, before Austin was determined to take on the responsibility of "Silicon Valley".

  He convinced others within the Texas consortium to—

   In fact, it cannot be regarded as persuasion, because other arms chiefs are not very interested in this aspect.

  They think about Abel and want to make trouble, as long as Abel can bring them money, then let Abel make trouble.

  Whether it's Austin or Abel's pick of Fort Worth in Tarrant County, they don't care.

  So under the leadership of Abel, the Austin chosen by George Kozmeiski has become a thing of the past.

  Now, whether it is the state capital of Texas or the local government of Fort Worth and Tarrant County. Under the influence of Abel, Fort Worth was determined to be the main one, and a series of regulations and tax reduction policies were formulated to assist and support the local development of high-tech innovative enterprises.

  Companies in Texas do not need to pay personal or corporate income tax, and there is no state tax. They only need to pay federal tax and sales tax. Even in Texas, if the company's sales do not exceed $1.1M, there is no tax at all.

   Franchise tax is only payable if sales exceed $1.1 million.

   At the beginning, this policy was actually prepared for small and medium-sized local farmers.

   Nowadays, these policies can be said to be naturally in line with the entrepreneurship of high-tech innovative enterprises.

   It can be said that if those companies in Silicon Valley were opened here. Before the company makes a profit, there is almost no need to consider the tax issue...

  The regulations in these aspects are originally suitable for the entrepreneurship of high-tech enterprises.

   Now under the influence of Abel, Fort Worth and Tarrant County have introduced better laws and conditions.

   A special fund has also been set up to support those startups established locally.

  In terms of policy and support alone, as a high-tech entrepreneurial place, Fort Worth has now surpassed any city in the United States.

  However, there are policies, which may not necessarily attract enterprises and talents.

  Silicon Valley has been famous for a long time after all, and it has almost hundreds of years of accumulation—before it became the famous Silicon Valley, it was actually the most developed place in the US electronics industry.

   Fort Worth is worse than Austin in this regard.

   Only relying on policies and rules cannot really attract enterprises and talents to start businesses.

   Regarding this, when Alexander was still the governor of Tarrant County, Abel had already started to prepare.

  At his request, Google, Microsoft, Yahoo, Apple, Cisco and other high-tech companies have successively set up branches here in the past two years.

   This is not difficult to do, because Abel controls a large number of shares in these companies, and there are indeed many preferential policies and support locally.

  Setting up research divisions or other divisions here is also beneficial to these high-tech companies themselves.

  It can save taxes, and at the same time avoid business expenses and reduce business expenses.

  The two sides hit it off immediately, and Jobs on Apple's side even directly built the research and development center for mobile phones that have not yet been announced to the public.

  Abel came here today, mainly to inspect Texas Instruments and AMD, which have already started to merge, and inspect the semiconductor chip factory that the joint company is building locally.

  Once completed, this factory will become one of the largest semiconductor wafer factories in the United States, which can provide about 11,000 high-quality jobs for the local area.

   "Imagine, up to 10 years later. This will become the "Silicon Valley" of Texas. How many people will miss you by then, because the Silicon Valley of Texas was built under your leadership."

  Abel pointed to the construction site that was still busy, and drew cakes for Dwayne and Drucker:

“A 2,000-plus-square-foot house in the suburbs of Santa Clara County is almost over $1.5 million. What about Fort Worth? As far as I know, the most expensive houses in the downtown area are rarely over $500,000. I believe that when the "Silicon Hills" of Fort Worth develop, it will become a second Santa Clara County!"

  Fort Worth is mainly dominated by hilly landforms, similar to Austin. If it can really develop here in the future, there is a high probability that it will be called "Silicon Hill".

  Whether Dwyane and Drucker believe it or not, now that Abel is painting cakes like this, they are of course nodding in various praises on the surface, as if tomorrow the silicon mound that belongs to Texas will really be built.

  This kind of thing is only good for them and not bad.

  If it really succeeds in building the Silicon Hills of Texas.

  It will also be of great help to their future paths.

   Except for the semiconductor chip crystal production factory, under Abel's personal will.

  Technology companies such as Qualcomm and Tesla have also begun to build factories here.

  At the same time, Abel intends to establish a new local university in his own name, in conjunction with several other members of the Texas Consortium.

   Establishing a university in the United States is actually very simple, as long as you have money. The top universities in the United States are almost all private universities.

  Abel’s purpose for establishing his own university is very clear. One is to train talents to prepare for the development of Silicon Hills.

   Another purpose is also to cultivate talents, but it is to prepare for the Lone Star Empire he envisioned.

  The location of the school is temporarily selected in Tarrant County, and the name of the school is tentatively named Smith University, which is still under preparation.

   Regarding the basic market of Texas, it can be said that since he took control of the Texas consortium, he has continued to deepen his personal influence, and he is ready for development in the future for a long time.

  This time Abel was in Texas, for a long time.

   Did not leave until the end of January.

   In addition to accompanying little Laura and the eldest daughter, he has been running around Houston, San Antonio, Dallas, Fort Worth and El Paso at other times.

  He is planning these cities.

  Houston itself is the aerospace center of the United States, with developed aviation manufacturing and financial industries. It is also the largest city in Texas and the headquarters of the Texas Consortium.

  Dallas is the second most developed city, and its economic pillars are oil industry and telecommunications industry.

  Both of these places don't have to worry about Abel, the rest of the Texas consortium will take care of them.

  Abel focused on his planned high-tech center Fort Worth, the future medical center San Antonio, and the industrial and manufacturing area El Paso.

  The latter took on this task because 83 percent of El Paso's residents are Hispanic or Latino.

  Those old Mo who came over by wire, because of language reasons, most of them chose El Paso as their foothold.

   In other words, there are workers who are relatively cheap in Texas, many of whom are first generation or have just come from Mexico.

   These people have not yet become real "Americans". They are relatively hardworking and easy to tame.

  Proper guidance can train them into low-level industrial workers in Texas and provide local industrial products for Texas.

  This is Abel's tentative plan for the "Lone Star Country" he envisioned.

  The empire still has at least 20 years to rely on.

  He is not in a hurry to get Lone Star Kingdom out immediately.

  These plans are basically just a framework, a long-term plan to support his basic plate.

   It was not until early February that Abel returned to New York.

  If Texas is the basic market he imagined, then New York is the hub for Abel to exert the power of the basic market.

  New York, JFK International Airport.

   When Abel got off the Smith, he was greeted by Keira Wilson, who had returned from California last month and was almost three months pregnant.

  The convoy drove into Manhattan, and tall buildings stood everywhere.

   These steel jungles are like steep mountains, full of transparent glass, like a crystal palace. Colorful street lights flicker, far and near, high and low, appearing and disappearing from time to time.

  The car is speeding past like a dragon in the wind, and the taillights on the car seem to be extending into the distance like countless red ribbons.

  In the carriage, Abel gently hugged Keira who was lying in his arms, and looked at the night scene outside the car window. Christmas and New Year have passed, and the streets are no longer crowded with people. The festive shopping atmosphere in the past.

  As the night darkened, even in Manhattan, a large number of homeless people poured out on the streets. They are dotted with the bustling night scene of Manhattan under the bright window.

   "Honey, what are you thinking?"

Hearing Keira's question in his arms, Abel stroked her back, squinted his eyes and looked out the car window, "Look at those people. Some of them may have been Wall Street executives, and some may have been Famous editors on Media Street, or other successful people. But when they fail, living on the streets is their only fate."

  Kayla lazily got up from Abel's arms, looked at Abel with some doubts, and cast her eyes out of the car window, and saw the homeless people Abel said.

   and Abel's soul are different from China after all.

  A princess in California has almost no empathy for the bottom.

   "It's all because they failed, or they didn't work hard. That's how they got here."

  Natural selection, this is the national philosophy that the Anza people believe in. Of course, Kayla will not have the same emotion as Abel.

  Abel smiled and didn't talk much, and his empathy and sympathy for these people are basically disappearing now.

  Under the erosion of wealth and power, he found himself more and more like the Anza people he imagined.

  When I returned to the large flat-floor home on the top floor of the Smith Building.

  It was already twelve o'clock, and Keira was a little lazy because of her pregnancy, and she had already started yawning.

  So Abel didn't bother her. Although he still can't communicate with Keira normally, after all, all roads lead to Rome. After one door is closed, there are still two doors that can be opened...

  Hua Hua—

In the bathroom, Abel stood up from the bathtub first. Seeing Keira's smooth and beautiful skin, she appeared more and more proud in the water. He stretched out his hand to pick up the lazy Keira, helped her dry the water drops, and wrapped her in a bath towel. Amidst her coquettish laughter, he hugged her and walked out.

   "Did it get heavier?" Kai stretched his arms around Abel's neck and asked with a smile.

   "How is it possible! It's a bit light, you still need to add more nutrition, after all, two people are absorbing nutrition now."

  Unless he is an idiot, Abel will honestly admit that Keira has gained weight, even if he is lying to her, it will not make her unhappy.

   "Giggle, you lied..."

   "God testify, I didn't lie to you, it's really light, but the child's future grain warehouse seems to have grown up a bit, tsk tsk, this is my favorite. I hope you won't blame me and the child for grabbing food."

   "Giggle, I hate it... Okay. Don't mess around, then you will be uncomfortable and I will be uncomfortable."

  Seeing that Abel was about to explode, she smiled and said: "The doctor said that I haven't passed my rest period yet, so...you already have so many children, I think you understand."

   "Of course I understand." Abel shrugged.

"So..." Keira smiled again, "I give you special permission to let Lydia and Amanda live here in the future. I think they will be very happy. It's unbelievable. I didn't expect you to still be here. Didn't eat Lydia! That's really out of your style!"

  Abel shrugged again, smiled and said nothing.

  For him now, a woman's appearance and appearance are already secondary. Good looks and a good figure can only be said to be the conditions and threshold for him to get started.

  After passing the two things of appearance and figure.

  A woman's "characteristics" or "traits" are an important factor in his decision whether to buy or even collect.

  Lydia's appearance and figure are passable, and the relationship with Amanda's cousins ​​is the trait that attracts him.

  While she looks pure on the outside and conservative on the inside, she is actually a little crazy like Amanda on the inside, and she is also a little boring. These are her characteristics.

  Abel is enjoying these characteristics of her, and can even play with the tuning, so he is not in a hurry to eat her. Anyway, it's the things in the bowl, and I can't get away even if I want to run away.

   "Sleep. Be with you tonight. Just sleep."

   After all, she is the "imperial concubine" in her female system, and also the link between her and the California consortium in the future.

   For Keira, Abel has some respect and deliberately cultivates feelings.

"Um…"

  Kayla enjoyed his tenderness very much, and was hugged by him obediently, lying on the huge Simmons together to sleep.

  Even if she knew that this guy would sleep with another woman in his arms after tomorrow.

  (end of this chapter)