America’s Road To Wealth

  Chapter 77 The capital hyena visits

   Ask: "Who is the most powerful in America?"

   There will be many answers.

  Some people will say it is Wall Street, and some people will say it is Ayu who controls the media.

  Some people say it's those consortiums, or those blue blood clans.

   But some people will say that it is the military-industrial complex.

  In fact, these answers are both right and wrong.

  Because to be precise, these forces mentioned above.

   They can be transformed into each other, and they are all deeply involved. There is me in you and you in me.

   If you copied the Nine Clans, you might be able to catch them all in one go.

   But there is no doubt that this country is the most combative.

  It is also the military-industrial complex and the military it domesticates.

  Due to the reasons of the Civil War that year.

  In fact, the south of the Federation has always been suppressed in the military and political area.

   Several backbone states of the Southern Federation at that time have not seen any powerful bosses for so many years.

   After entering modern times, this situation is much better.

  After that, Texas has also produced several Zhengzhi families.

  The most powerful one is undoubtedly the family of the candidate for the leadership of the Xiang Party.

   Abel even knew each other.

  Because Abel's grandfather, Alex, was one of the opponent's supporters during the revival of the Texas Rangers baseball team in the 90s.

  A small stake in the Smiths' Rangers baseball team, that's when it came.

  Abel’s grandfather, who is now almost eighty years old, has always lived in Houston.

  Abe Yuanzheng received a Rangers baseball cap from him at his grandfather's house when he was a child.

  Abel is also speculating, the Manhattan District Attorney's Office.

  The reason why he did not issue a search warrant against his company was that he felt that there was no evidence.

   And beyond Caroline's relationship with Mellon.

   It may also be related to this side.

   After all, his family is the old Dixie family with good roots.

  70 years ago, the family of the current party leader candidate.

  Probably just like that.

   It’s just that the candidate’s family has turned out a genius.

   Then all of a sudden I got up and climbed to the top of the country.

   All in all, Abel is not without roots.

   Spreading out thinking like this, I thought about it wildly.

  Abel smiled and said to Edward and Plimpton:

   "Notify you in advance. You just need to be prepared."

   "When it's settled, you can bring people to move there."

   "Of course. If someone doesn't want to go there, that's okay. You can resign directly."

   Seeing the two nodding, Abel stood up and said, "Then this matter is decided like this."

   While talking, he walked out of the office.

  Edward and Plimpton follow.

   "Edward, you have one more day off. Today is still your day off. I'm sorry to waste your morning."

   "You don't have to follow me now, just continue to work normally tomorrow."

  Edward nodded and said, "Okay, boss, I understand."

   There are four personal bodyguards for Abel.

  In general, these four people will have two to three days off a month.

   Take turns.

  Once Abel leaves New York and wants to go out.

   All four people must keep up, and go to the back row on rest days.

   Behind these four people, there are several other bodyguards as preparation and logistics staff.

   It can be said that in terms of personal safety, he is really cautious and careful.

   Being cautious to such an extent can really put him in a dangerous situation.

  Probably only natural disasters and accidents, as well as methods from officials or those behemoths.

  Leaving rock security, Abel did not return to Manhattan immediately.

  He went to a property he had just bought.

  It is a property on the side of the Manhattan coastline in Queens, about 1 km away from the Kaufman Building.

  This was originally a medium-sized shopping mall, with an underground parking lot and an outdoor parking lot, which are relatively large in the New York area.

   Last month, Abel bought it.

   I plan to renovate and move Smith Capital directly here.

  Compared to the central location of Manhattan, which is full of high-rise buildings, Queens is actually close to the East Hudson River, which is the entire coastline across the sea from Manhattan.

  The same is also full of high-rise buildings, and the CBD of Queens is here.

  It’s just separated by a big river, and the housing prices here are more than 30% cheaper than those in Manhattan on average.

   It is not far from the new address of the company from Rock Security, and it is now around ten o'clock in the morning.

  The time of the traffic jam during peak hours has passed, and it only took about ten minutes by car.

   When Abel arrived, he found the originally decorated shopping mall area.

   It has become a small construction site.

  The entire building is covered with scaffolding, and the outdoor parking lot with a decent area is also used to store decoration materials.

   Seeing the mess, he gave up the idea of ​​going in to see the situation.

   Just took a look outside and asked the driver Dex to drive around.

  He left directly without disturbing Merio's work inside.

   Then he returned to Manhattan.

   Woolworth Building,

  Smith Capital.

  In the living room of the chairman's meeting room, Abel saw Charlie Schaff, whom he hadn't seen for many days.

  Charlie Schaff is a Russian-American in his forties, the CFO of Merrill Lynch, that is, the chief financial officer.

  Bank of Merrill Lynch is a world-renowned securities retailer and investment bank.

  Smith Capital is one of the middlemen in the stock market, foreign exchange market, and futures market, and this behemoth is on the list.

   The last time Abel and Charlie Schaaf met was at a Hilton family banquet.

   Today is the second meeting between the two.

  The purpose of Charlie Schaaf coming here this time is very straightforward.

  In the small living room,

  Charlie Scharf cut straight to the point:

   "Mr. Smith, I'm here this time.

   I heard that Smith Capital has launched its first private placement. "

   "It just so happens that Merrill Lynch currently has a considerable amount of trust assets, and I am wondering how to make an arrangement for it."

  "The recent capital market is very bad. We hope to entrust this fund to an excellent investor to manage this asset."

  "Merrill Lynch has been following Mr. Smith for more than five months, and we think you are the manager Merrill Lynch is looking for."

  As the CFO of Merrill Lynch, Charlie Schaff said this.

  If those Merrill Lynch investors see it, they will be very surprised.

  Merrill Lynch itself is one of the largest securities retailers and investment banks in the world.

  Investment and asset management are the strengths of Merrill Lynch.

   As a result, Merrill Lynch now wants customers' money.

   Taking it to another company as a trustee for investment, this is a bit of a reputation for Merrill Lynch.

  If it forms a public opinion point and gets it to the media.

   may trigger a decline in Merrill Lynch stock.

   But capital, it doesn’t really care about these.

  It only considers value-added and value-added.

   As long as someone can make it more, and more quickly.

  Merrill Lynch doesn't mind the loss of reputation, and neither do most Wall Street giants.

   These behemoths, in many cases, actually do nothing more than pool the money of retail investors.

   Then hand over the money to those managers who can make money.

  Finally, they draw some commissions, and most of the profits they earn are mainly these commissions.

   Like Buffett, among his investors.

   There is no shortage of giants such as Merrill Lynch and Goldman Sachs.

  Every time Berkshire Hathaway initiates a private equity share, the happiest ones are often these giants.

  As long as it is guaranteed, or can be observed to be profitable.

  Then these giants are willing to take risks and give their money to others for investment.

   All in all, being able to make money is what matters.

   Facing Charlie Schaff's slightly flattering attitude,

  Abel asked concisely: "How many?"

  Charlie Shaf hesitated for a moment, then said: "800 million dollars."

"Too much."

  Abel shook his head and said, "I'm not saying you have too much money.

   Instead, it means that the 800 million US dollars accounted for too much of my private equity share this time. "

   "This private placement, the goal of Smith Capital, my original plan was only one billion dollars."

   "The situation changed later, and I intend to expand this number to $3 billion."

   "But I'm sorry, before you come, Mr. Scharf."

  "Mr. John Reid and Mr. Bree Brin, as well as companies such as the Bank of New York and Mellon Financial Corporation, have subscribed for a share of 1.9 billion US dollars."

  Looking at Charlie Schaff who was a little surprised, Abel shrugged and said:

   "So if Merrill Lynch wants to subscribe, the share can only be less than 500 million U.S. dollars."

   "Because there are still many gentlemen who want to subscribe for shares."

  (end of this chapter)