America’s Road To Wealth

  Chapter 563 Smith Consortium

"In order to better and more efficiently manage the many assets under my umbrella, I decided to integrate the companies I own into a group. Media and finance are not needed for the time being. Group companies in the three major fields of energy, industry, and IT high-tech , is the top priority of this mission.”

  Smith Building, in the meeting room on the upper floor.

   Hearing the calm boss say this.

  In addition to the heads of Smith in the financial and media fields, most of the senior managers in the other fields are feeling a little nervous.

  Everyone knows that Smith Media is the most complete company in the Smith Department, and the system in all aspects best meets Abel's needs.

  So it does not need to be re-integrated, and everyone understands it naturally.

  The Smith Financial Group is the top priority of the Smith Department, the financial core of Smith, and even the financial core of the entire Texas consortium and the New York Hydra.

  Everyone knows the status of finance in this country, it is the ultimate embodiment of all industrial capital.

  As long as we talk about capitalism, no matter what industry develops, it will be finance in the end.

  In this field, this huge group, there is no doubt that Abel will always serve as the chairman and preside over its main work.

   Everyone knows this.

   But what about other fields? Except for these two areas, the companies in the other three major areas have actually been doing their own things up to now.

  Assist between brother companies only when necessary, unlike the media and finance that have always been a group.

  At this moment, Delevingne, the current president of Pacific Energy, couldn't help but change his expression after hearing the news, and his breathing rhythm was also a little messy.

   To be honest, as the former general manager of Sempra Energy Company, after Sempra Energy Company was acquired by Abel and became Pacific Energy, Delevingne has always been a fish in water.

   At the beginning, Delevingne, who backstabbed the Sampra Energy Martin family, was still a little nervous.

   Halfway through, I thought about changing jobs.

   But watching the big boss gobble up everywhere and merge various assets, even California Pacific Electric has been dealt with.

   Draven, who was somewhat half-hearted, was completely convinced and began to work for Abel wholeheartedly.

  His strong ability has allowed him to be the CEO of Pacific Energy.

  With Smith Media and Smith Financial in the lead, he has long been prepared for the big boss’s future integration of its energy industry group, and has been working hard and preparing for this moment.

   But when Abel said it now, Delevingne couldn't help feeling a little anxious. The energy mining group, to be honest, he has no confidence in being able to sit on the throne of CEO.

  After all, no matter how capable he is, he was not the first group to join Abel. Even when Abe first bought Sempra Energy, he was Abe's opponent.

   Later, Abel was completely powerful, and Delevingne really devoted himself to working for Abel.

   This made Delevingne, although he knew that he had an advantage in the energy side of the Smith system, he didn't have much confidence in whether he could take the lead.

   To put it bluntly, he is not a minister of the dragon, and he used to be "rebellious". This is his disadvantage.

   But to be honest, as a person who is used to being a CEO with real power, except for the big boss, if there is suddenly another boss in the middle, everyone will inevitably feel a little unhappy.

   Not only Draven's expression was frozen and tense, whether it was sitting or dozens of other people in the video.

   Except for the media department and the finance department who are sitting firmly on the Diaoyutai, everyone else couldn't help but thump in their hearts.

  The picture of the video conference is not clear enough, and it does not allow Abel to see the expressions and demeanor of other managers who are not in the conference room.

   But just looking at the expressions of these people at the scene, Abel also knew that it was a matter of vital interests, and they must be very nervous now.

"Kardina Health has just joined this big family, so it will continue to maintain the status quo for the time being, and will not participate in this grouping. The management of the grouping in the three major areas will make internal selections. In order to avoid the rush of time, I will tell you In half a year, after Christmas this year, I will hold another annual meeting of the company. At that time, the new management of the three major groups will be formed. Everyone present, I can vividly remember your past performance. Now, you still have It will take half a year to show me and everyone your stronger talents and abilities. Equal opportunities, I don’t care when you joined this big family, I only look at the results!”

   "wow"

  Whether it was everyone in the conference room or the CEOs in the video on the monitor, they all exhaled heavily, their eyes brightened and their expressions became vivid.

  Everyone knows that the competition for the CEO throne of the three major groups is the focus of this integration of group assets.

  Taking the energy mining industry as an example, when Pacific Energy and Anadarko Petroleum Corporation merged, and then completely annexed California Taiping Electric, at the same time, its Smith Mining was also aggressively acquiring various energy and mining assets around the world.

  Once these assets are integrated, this group will really become a world-class prototype of a new energy and mining giant.

  At that time, a super giant that resembles the merger of Vale & Chevron might be the future of their group.

  Compared with the energy mining industry, IT technology and supermarkets and agriculture also have good prospects, but they are not as fascinating as the CEO of an energy mining group.

  A CEO at the level of Vale or BHP Billiton can even affect the future and policies of some small and medium-sized countries. No matter where he goes, he will be valued and he is a very important guest.

  But everyone knows that the boss is likely to continue to implement the rotating CEO system in these three major groups.

  This kind of system will somewhat fade the throne of the CEO, but no matter how faded it will not change the scenery and power when he was in office.

   Moreover, this rotation system does not mean that a CEO who can only be a CEO for one year will be gone.

  After being the rotating CEO, as long as I am still the executive CEO in the next few years, I can continue to take the stage!

   What's more, everyone knows that the boss's industries in these three fields are different from Smith Media, which gathers elites.

   What if in these three major groups, the boss is not going to be a rotating CEO?

  If he can become the only CEO, he will be much more prestigious than the rotating CEO or executive president!

   So, everyone knows. The next goal of my own efforts is to ensure that I at least become the executive CEO.

  Because only by becoming the executive CEO can you enter the rotation sequence!

  The highest expectation is, of course, not to be the rotating CEO, but to stay in office forever.

  Many people are still speculating that when the integration of the three major groups is completed.

  The big boss may let the three major group companies go public, at least partially.

   In this regard, Smith Media, which was the first to go public, has already made a good start.

  A media group with a market value of more than 200 billion US dollars is simply unprecedented.

  Boss, the group in the media field is like this.

  If at that time, an IT technology group with a higher valuation, or an energy mining group with a large number of super assets can be listed, what kind of event will it be like?

  Shangchao Agriculture may be a little behind the first two, but it shouldn’t be worse than Smith Media, right?

   Even if Smith Media is a little worse, it is still a listed company with a level of 100 billion US dollars, and its management's money and influence are also unlimited.

   For these management elites, most of whom are not wealthy or wealthy, becoming the rotating CEO or standing CEO of these three major groups is no less than a class transition and a promotion in status.

   Once you get to the top, you can become a real American.

  Even if it is only the lowest existence among the masters, it is still the master.

   Such benefits or temptations have been clearly revealed now.

   All the people present were moved by it.

  The meeting is not over yet, except for people from the media and finance departments.

  The other management members of the Smith Department have been treated like chicken blood since then, and their combat effectiveness and self-motivation are as strong as those of the mentors in the YX regiment.

   This made Buffett and Bloomberg, who knew the general content of Abel's video conference, couldn't help complaining.

   Both of them arrived at Smith Tower at noon.

   "You are trying to drive them to death..."

   "Who says no? As expected, he is a farmer in Texas, and he has a natural talent in slave taming."

  Abel shrugged, faced the two old guys, lowered his head and took a sip of the rose coffee he was holding in his hand. Outside the huge floor-to-ceiling windows behind him was the bustling steel jungle of Manhattan under the sun.

   “Means and tricks are not new. It used to be whips, watermelons, and fried chicken. Now it’s just fried squid and visualized future benefits.”

   "As long as they see the consequences of laziness, there is a future that can be exchanged for hard work."

   "Whether it is a black slave in the past or a current professional elite, they will know what to do."

   Taking a sip of the coffee beautifully, tasting the slight bitterness in it and the scent of grass after returning to sweetness, Abel talked eloquently.

  Except for the Texas consortium, Buffett and Bloomberg have always been allies and partners that Abel values.

   Firstly, it was because these two people each had a strong background behind them.

  Warren Buffett, his father is a member of Congress, and his mother has served as an independent director of IBM and General Electric. Can this be grassroots?

  Buffett himself is a financial spokesperson launched by several states in the central region of the United States.

   And Bloomberg is simpler, he is a real oil man.

  Just from this point, he knows that behind him stands the American oilman forces.

  Although Soros is also a representative of the Oilers, Abel doesn't like him very much.

  So he has been getting along with Bloomberg a lot.

  This time, it wasn't long after he returned from Florida. Many people wanted to come to him, but he only let Buffett and Bloomberg in.

   From this, it can be seen that among the hydra gang in New York, these two have the highest status in Abel's heart.

  The stock **** and the head of New York City, of course, did not come to Abel to study how to control his subordinates to make professional managers work harder.

  The hydras merged into a hydra because of their interests, so they came here naturally because of their interests.

   And compared to old money like Rockefeller and Morgan, their new money is more self-motivated.

   "Energy and mining, as well as commercial and supermarket agriculture." Buffett succinctly explained his purpose of coming, "I hope I have more sense of presence in it."

  The old guy still doesn't like to invest in IT technology as always, even if there is Abel's blessing in it.

  However, it may also be related to the fact that he already has a lot of investments in Tesla.

   Seeing Buffett start directly, Bloomberg is also anxious.

  The mayor of New York quickly followed suit: "I am different from Warren, I have no preferences. As long as Abel is optimistic about you, I want to join!"

  Buffett couldn't help but glance at the old oilman.

   This is called no preference? This is called greed!

  Want it all, these oil guys are as good as ever, Buffett thought.

Facing the two partners he recognized, Abel nodded with a light smile, "Of course...I said it long ago. There will always be a place for you by my side. It has been like this in the past, and it will be the same in the future... Integration is A long job, this process allows us to talk slowly and carefully..."

  Perhaps, Abel was thinking—

   Can I continue to bring in other interested people?

  Texas & Smith may not be the end game.

  A larger joint consortium involving more people may be more suitable for my definition of the future?

   The urgent Buffett and Bloomberg gave Abel a new reminder by chance this time.

   made him realize that his previous thinking of only focusing on key regions (three major states, New York, California and Texas) seemed wrong.

  If I had pulled the Florida guy in early and had a place in this system, then I might not have been bombed this time.

   It would be nice if the joint consortium can be achieved.

  Abel had a bolder and bigger idea in his heart.

  (end of this chapter)