America’s Road To Wealth

  Chapter 567 Royal Smith

   For a long time, the Morgenthau family has been invisible in New York.

  Even many ordinary people don't know the existence of this wealthy family on the east coast.

   But as long as a person climbs to a certain position in New York, such as being worth tens of millions of dollars or something like that.

   They will soon learn what the word Morgenthau means in New York.

   It almost means the judicial authority of New York!

  The three Robert brothers can be said to control the judicial power of New York City and even the entire New York State from top to bottom.

  1/2 New York-born prosecutors are almost all students or subordinates of the three brothers.

  In the New York judicial circle, Morgenthau can be said to be the ceiling.

   Replaced by the previous Ted, he was not eligible to receive the invitation letter from the Morgenthau family at all.

   Unlike now, he can even come here grandiosely to attend this important dinner of the Morgenthau family.

   Concentrated, D. Ted Lerner tried to make himself look more energetic.

  He is also looking forward to the banquet tonight.

  His car pulled into a road leading to Morgenthau's stone castle.

  After passing the inspection of the New York police who temporarily set up inspections, they followed some other vehicles that arrived almost at the same time, and slowly advanced into the stone castle.

  Excellent vision and the bright headlights of the Cadillac sedan allowed Ted to see clearly the stretched Lincoln in front of his car, with the license plate number "NHS1111".

  Compared with the license plates of China and other countries, the license plates of the United States are simply a variety.

  Here, different state license plates have their own characteristics. For example, there is a string of words under the license plate of New York State, "empirestate".

   literally means "State of the Empire", and at the same time, this line is a bit privileged. The privilege is that a New York State license plate can drive in any other state of the United States without restrictions.

  However, the license plate of some states may be restricted to go to other states.

  And compared with other countries, which have relatively uniform and rigorous license plates, American license plates are particularly personalized, and there are many personalized and unique license plates.

  The "NHS1111" in front of him, Ikana's father knew that it was the license plate of Donald Newhouse, a New York tycoon whose name resembled him.

  Like Ted himself, he also has his own distinctive license plate, such as CP1946, which is the English abbreviation of his name and year of birth.

   When it comes to privilege, the rich in the United States are better than the rich in any other part of the world.

  Because being rich really means everything here. And even ordinary people here are much more tolerant of rich people than other places.

  Especially in New York, money can really move sideways here.

  Abel had just arrived in New York for wealth and freedom not long ago, and it was easy for him to make the New York police officers become his good friends because of his wealth.

  So much so that he and his team can walk around in New York casually, and a large number of "friends" will appear immediately no matter where they are.

  This is a feature of New York, but it is also a feature of the entire United States.

  After queuing for about ten minutes, Ted's car finally drove into the party scene.

   After getting out of the car, he looked around and found a strong party atmosphere dotted everywhere. The colorful spotlights in the Morgenthau Stone Castle create a dreamlike atmosphere. Every long table in the banquet venue in front is filled with various fruits and delicacies, which are unique and exquisite. Every guest present has a smile on their faces. Filled with smiles and demeanor.

   Oh, I love this scene!

  He yelled happily in his heart, and then hugged and shook hands with brothers George Morgenthau and John Morgenthau who were in charge of welcoming guests today, and laughed and greeted each other to enhance their relationship.

  D. Ted Lerner enjoyed this process very much, because he also knew the two brothers before.

  But in the past, they have never been so kind to him, and their attitude is always high.

  Where would it be as kind as it is now.

   Ted, who was in a good mood, strode inside with big strides. Before he reached the inner layer of the banquet scene, many people gathered to chat with him.

  The welcoming appearance made the Morgenthau brothers, George and John, who were in charge of welcoming the guests, very jealous.

   "John, let me say...if Paige had even been a little more proactive then maybe things would be different now."

   Taking advantage of the interval before the guests came, Robert's eldest son whispered to his younger brother.

  John Morgenthau is the second son of Robert Morgenthau and the father of Peggy Morgenthau.

  He is now in the Hudson Yards Group, serving as a middle and senior manager of the supervision department.

  Of course, John Morgenthau, who studied art in college, doesn't know what construction supervision is. He's just a mascot there.

  A mascot who can get a high salary of 800,000 US dollars per year, and also includes various holiday subsidies, travel expenses subsidies and other super benefits...

  The reason is only that he is the son of Robert Morgenthau and the father of Peggy Morgenthau.

   As the elder brother, George Morgenthau, although he is also Robert's child, is still the more important eldest son.

  But although his daughter is also very beautiful, she doesn't have the same relationship as her cousin.

  So although George also serves as the honorary president of a small charitable foundation related to the Smith Charitable Foundation, his total remuneration in all aspects is at most only 1/3 of that of his younger brother.

   Of course George understood why.

  So now I see D. Ted Lerner, who used to be a rat **** in the New York wealthy circle, but now he is in such a good mood.

  George, who has a better background, of course had some thoughts before he said the above words.

  It may be because the two brothers have relatively mediocre talents and were not valued by their father early on.

   There is no possibility of seizing power from each other, so the relationship between the two brothers has always been very good.

Hearing what his brother said, John Morgenthau smiled wryly, "We don't have the ability to predict the future. Dear George, we had the opportunity to know him before. Remember? David Mellon introduced us to His boss, when he wants us to invite his boss to our party. We're all... very disapproving."

"But who would have thought? A newcomer in New York that no one cared about at the time, it's only been about four years. He has grown to the point where even our father wants to cling to him. Even my elder brother, I wish my daughter could be his lover..."

  Brother's words made George a little embarrassed, but it didn't last long, because there were new guests.

   Coincidentally, the new guest is Barron Hilton who has a good relationship with D. Ted Lerner.

  Seeing the smiling Baron Hilton walking up with another granddaughter, Nikki Hilton, George gave his brother a look, implying—

look! Another guy who made the class jump because of a woman.

   But this one is a granddaughter, not a daughter.

  After welcoming Baron Hilton, George Morgenthau spoke again during the interval.

   "Guess, John. Barron Hilton, the old guy, would he want his granddaughter to be like his other granddaughter? Just like the two daughters of the Hearst family..."

  John is a little annoyed by his elder brother, which pot is not mentioned but which pot is mentioned!

   Don’t you also have a daughter who is also very beautiful? Why only mention me!

  John complained unhappily, but said: "Who knows, maybe the probability is very high."

   "Actually... John, there are some things that you don't need to worry about." George suddenly said leisurely:

   "Anna told me that her dearest sister often stares at a picture of a certain Texan in a daze. Maybe that's what Paige wants?"

  Anna Morgenthau is George's daughter, Peggy's cousin, and a member of the family who has the best relationship with Peggy Morgenthau.

  John curled his lips, thinking you guys want my daughter to be someone else's lover. Man, why doesn't your own daughter go?

   And it's not that I don't want to, it's the problem of my father, Peggy and that guy!

  John wanted to find an excuse to get away and let this annoying brother greet the guests here alone, while he rested for a while.

  John saw sharply that his father, uncle, uncle's three brothers, and his daughter Peggy came out of the stone castle and walked towards himself and George.

   Originally wanting to get away, he stopped in his tracks. He didn't know what happened, but he actually asked the three elders whom he was in awe of to come outside in person.

  George Morgenthau certainly found this out, as did many of the early guests at the banquet venue.

  Everyone looked at this side curiously, not knowing what happened.

   After hesitating for a while, John glanced at George, and the two brothers walked towards the elders at the same time.

   "Dad, what's the matter?" George was actually more liked by Robert before because he was the eldest son after all.

   "A guest has arrived, let's come out to greet him." Robert responded calmly.

  Robert's extra love for George has disappeared after Peggy was born and was very good.

  Now he might even value John a little more, just because John is Paige's father.

  George nodded quickly and joined the queue of elders, wondering what kind of guests his father and elders would value so much.

   You must know that it is still early, and the sky has not yet darkened.

  Generally speaking, during such an early time period, distinguished and important guests will not come so soon.

   Could it be someone from Morgan?

  Mogenthau and Morgan have a close relationship. The two families come from the same ancestor, but the Mogenthau branch is an illegitimate child.

  So the relationship between the two families is still very good. The three Morgenthau brothers were able to take power in New York and hold on for so long because the Morgan family has been supporting them.

  But soon George knew that the important guest who came so early was not from the Morgan family.

  A long Cadillac convoy stopped at the gate of Stone Castle Manor.

  The particularly long Cadillac sedan in the middle was parked at the main entrance. The bodyguards and driver in front quickly got out of the car, took their seats and opened the door to the rear compartment.

  A tall young figure stepped down from the Cadillac sedan.

  A black classic suit, with a white shirt and gray tie, and a handsome smile. Who else could it be if it wasn't Abel Smith?

  Seeing this figure, George Morgenthau couldn't help opening his mouth in surprise.

  Everyone in the Morgenthau family knew that he would come tonight.

  Because of Robert, the Morgenthau family is his friend.

  At the same time, this banquet tonight is very important to Peggy.

  It has been said that he has always had problems with Peggy.

  So he will definitely come, everyone in Morgenthau knows this very well.

  But George didn't expect that Abel Smith would come so early.

  Because of his status, he could be the last one to come, and it doesn't even matter if he showed up at the end of the party.

  In the past, the people from Morgan's side, even if they weren't the owner John Chris Morgan, when they came to Morgenthau to attend the banquet, they would usually be very late like this.

  Because of their distinguished status, they are the stars of any banquet when they appear!

  If Morgenthau and those ordinary wealthy families in New York are the scholar-official class and ordinary nobles in this country.

  Na Morgan and Rockefeller are equivalent to the royal family of this country.

  As for Smith himself, he is naturally one of the kings, and he is also the latest one who appears particularly powerful.

  But now Abe Smith is here so early!

   This situation rarely occurs at banquets of the upper class in the United States.

  Because the guests who come to the scene early, or they are not of sufficient status, they attach great importance to the contacts and social interaction brought by the banquet.

  So come early, make more friends, and have more space and time to play.

  Either you want something from the organizer of the banquet, come early to show your sincerity, or you can have more opportunities to communicate with the organizer, and have more time.

  Does Smith need any connections? No, he himself was the biggest network in New York.

  Smith wants something? Maybe, but never the Morgenthaus.

  Then... George's eyes quietly looked at his niece Peggy next to him.

   Sure enough, on the face of his beautiful and cold niece, he saw the excitement that she rarely showed.

   It's just very faint, if it's not a member of the Morgenthau family, or someone who knows her very well, they will definitely not be able to see it.

   George thinks he understands.

  Smith came so early, what else could be the reason.

  Thinking like this, George Morgenthau was like a background board, following his father and elders with a smile on his face, and greeted the young man who came over.

  (end of this chapter)