America's Road to Wealth

Chapter 125 South African Diamond Charlize Theron

Fortunately, it was later discovered that it was not a shooting incident.

A few minutes later,

Two bodyguards, Lincoln and Lin, escorted a man over.

Abel noticed that this man was one of the real guests at the two tables in the restaurant just now.

A table with only one guest.

After confirming safety, Abel who never left his original position.

He looked at Lin and Lincoln, and then at the man who was escorted over.

One last look at Edward.

Edward immediately said softly:

"Lin found this guy just now, and his camera was aimed here."

It's the camera, not the gun, Abel is relieved.

He confirmed that he was not a primary school student with the physique of death, and he didn't have the aura of where the shooting happened.

"What's going on?" Abel asked softly.

Lin handed the video camera that should have been snatched from this man to Edward.

Edward operated for a while, and found the negative film of Anne Hathaway and Abel being secretly photographed inside.

After being escorted over, the man who didn't seem to be in a panic finally spoke:
"You can't do this. I'm a reporter for "Happy Hollywood Daily". You're obstructing my interview rights and the media's right to know! What you're doing is illegal!!"

His voice was a little loud, and the whole restaurant could hear it.

In fact, he didn't have to shout so loudly.

late night restaurants,
There is so much movement here, everyone has already seen it.

The staff of the restaurant, probably the manager of the lobby, has come to inquire about the situation.

It was just blocked by Abel's arrangements for Johnson.

Edward answered his boss softly.

"In addition to the photo negatives of you and Miss Anne, there are also photos of the guests at that table."

After hearing what Edward said, Abel subconsciously looked at another table of real guests in the restaurant.

Then he looked at Edward again, "I'll take care of it here. Annie and I will go first."

After being disturbed like this, he lost the interest in continuing to eat here.

"no problem."

Edward replied directly.

There were two other bodyguards who came up to replace Lin and Lincoln.

Abel got up directly, took Anne Hathaway by the hand, and left the restaurant under the escort of Lin and other bodyguards.

After half an hour,

In the living room of another suite on the top floor of the Four Seasons.

Edward came up to report and let Abel know the whole story.

The matter is very simple, that is, this man named Steve is indeed a reporter for a newspaper.

To put it mildly, he is called a reporter, but in fact he is just a paparazzi among the paparazzi.

Paparazzi Steve, the reason why he appeared in the restaurant of the Four Seasons Hotel.

Still at this time tonight, because he has a relative who works in a restaurant.

This relative found out that there was a star in the restaurant.

It happened that Steve came to him for something, and he told Steve about it.

Steve immediately pretended to be a guest of the hotel and went to eat in the restaurant.

His real purpose, of course, is to take some pictures of this star.

If you can get a big shot, that would be great.

Of course, the star here is not referring to Anne Hathaway.

Anne Hathaway is now in Hollywood, which is a little better than [-]th Line.

It can be regarded as four or five lines.

Except at the end of last year and the beginning of this year, because of her first TV series "First Experience of Love", she was published in tabloids a few times.

She was able to appear in the newspaper this year because she became the heroine of "Princess Diaries".

Disney's publicity and distribution department deliberately prepared several exposure opportunities to prepare for the release of the movie in the future.

In addition, except that she looks glamorous and looks more like a star than many Hollywood stars.

She is not famous.

Coincidentally, she is not well-known, but Steve happens to be one of the reporters who can recognize her.

In line with the attitude that one sheep can be plucked, and two sheep can be plucked as well.

While Steve was photographing the star, he also quietly pointed the camera at this side.

It happened that Anne threw herself on Abel enthusiastically, which made Steve's eyes light up.

It is estimated that Steve had already thought about tomorrow's title at that time.

—— "Hollywood N-line Actress Pounces on Tall and Strong Man at Night"

It's just that Steve just took two pictures before he was discovered by the professionals here.

Then Lin and Lincoln went up to arrest people, and Edward interrogated them.

"Okay." Abel was a little speechless, "Have you deleted all the negatives?"

Edward nodded: "It's all been deleted. In addition, the manager of this Four Seasons Hotel is outside now, and he wants to apologize to you."

In a luxury hotel like the Four Seasons Hotel, there are such flaws.

The hotel manager will come to apologize immediately, which is also what it should be.

If this kind of thing is exposed, it is estimated that no celebrity will come to this Four Seasons Hotel in the future.

If there is a big disturbance, the reputation of the entire Four Seasons Hotel may be affected to a certain extent in a short period of time.

"Ignore him." Abel was also dissatisfied with the Four Seasons Hotel, and this experience made him have a bad impression of this hotel.

But he was curious about another thing, "That's right. Edward, the other star that the paparazzi followed and photographed should be the guests at the other table, right? Who is it?"

Edward said: "The other party also sent someone to inquire later. It was a female star named Charlize Theron and her assistant."

"Charlize Theron?"

Abel, who didn't feel much at first, suddenly became interested.

"Yes. It is indeed Charlize Theron." Edward confirmed:
"Although I didn't see her in person. But her assistant and the paparazzi said so."

"Okay." Abel felt a little regretful that he didn't meet the legendary "Emperor Cypriot".

For him, who has the greatest understanding of American Entertainment, almost all of them come from Marvel and DC superhero movies.

Charlize Theron is one of his few cognitions of Hollywood beauties.

Fortunately, he is no longer a rookie. After meeting Ovitz and Levine, he became the chairman of caa.

I also learned a lot about the inside story of Hollywood, as well as many things behind many glamorous beauties like Charlize Theron.

Though that wouldn't dispel his thoughts about these big beauties.

After all, in terms of appearance and figure, they are really top.

He is a normal man, so he must be greedy for their bodies.

It's just that when Abel was an ordinary person, the bright and bright impression they had in his heart has disappeared.

Now these great beauties like Charlize Theron.

In Abel's heart, it is no longer just daffodils that can only be seen from a distance and not played with.

But if you have a chance, you can play as much as you want, with a top-notch real doll.

At the moment, his "disappointment" at not being able to meet Charlize Theron.

It's just the kind of little emotion that I missed the best figure and found a little regret after thinking about it.

"Then follow the procedure. How should we deal with this kind of thing?" Abel looked at Edward.

"I'm referring to the treatment of this paparazzi."

Edward actually didn't know that he was a professional special soldier before.

Not long after joining Rock Security, I met Abel.

In the follow-up training, he became a professional bodyguard.

But his employer is not a Hollywood practitioner.

He hasn't had time to learn the relevant coping knowledge.

Fortunately, beside Abel, there is more than one Hollywood practitioner.

Due to the demand in this area, Rock Security has also recruited many security personnel in this area.

Edward didn't know how to deal with this kind of thing, and someone knew.

Edward said: "Ordinary Hollywood stars, when faced with this kind of thing, can keep it private. As long as the other party does not violate the law, they have nothing to do."

Abel nodded, "Did this guy break the law?"

"It is said that there is no. On the contrary, our methods are a bit rough. The other party wants to investigate, and we have some troubles."

"But for related issues, it's better to find a lawyer." Edward said.

"How about this."

Abel said: "Break his video camera, take him outside and beat him up. Then let him go. Then find a lawyer here, and find someone to take the blame. The person who takes the blame will be treated twice during this period. There will be rewards afterwards."

There's not much a Hollywood star can do about this kind of thing, that's a Hollywood star.

Abel is not a Hollywood star, he is a capitalist.

When capitalists encounter this kind of thing, there are too many ways to solve it.

It's just that this guy is not guilty of death, and Abel didn't have the heart to kill himself by shooting him eight times in the back.

Then teach me a little lesson and vent my anger.

"In the future, similar things will happen. Let's do it like this." Abel said softly.

"Understood." Edward nodded immediately.

"So be it."

Abel said, "I'm going to rest, and I'll leave this matter to you, Edward."

Edward nodded yes, and watched the boss walk into the bedroom before he turned and left the suite to settle the matter.

On the other side of the hotel,
Charlize Theron's assistant, who had just finished apologizing to the hotel staff, returned to her boss' room.

I saw Ms. Charlize Theron, the "advanced doll" and "advanced figure" in Abel's mind, was wearing a mask and lying on the sofa in the living room in her pajamas.

"How's it going? How's the paparazzi doing?"

After seeing the female assistant come back, Charlize Theron asked quickly.

The female assistant replied:

"The deputy manager of this hotel has been apologizing to you. He also said that if you come to stay here in the future, you will get a [-]% discount."

"Heh~" Charlize Theron laughed, "She still thinks I'll come and live here in the future? Where's the paparazzi?"

"That reporter's words. He was taken away by that table of guests, and I haven't seen anyone yet." The female assistant said.

"The photos of us that were secretly taken, can't we get them back?" Charlize Theron asked.

"I'm not sure about this, maybe we can think of a way and contact the other party again?"

Charlize Theron shook her head lightly: "No need. Those photos are not something that can't be seen in newspapers. And you didn't realize that the guests at that table were a big scene? They must be very important people, and I probably don't want us to go disturb him."

Charlize Theron knows it all.

Regardless of herself, she is a glamorous star in the media and is known as a South African diamond.

In the eyes of fans and ordinary people, he is one of the big stars who have become famous.

But she deeply knows that in the eyes of many people, she is just an actor, or even just a good-looking female cousin!
The guest who can have so many bodyguards and is not afraid to arrest people directly in public.

It is likely to be such a big shot.

That handsome young man, Charlize Theron guessed that the other party might be a descendant of some kind of aristocrat, or a descendant of some big business owner.

Such a person, Charlize Theron does not want to provoke each other.

Because of this kind of person, even those Hollywood giants can't afford to provoke them.

In Hollywood like her, there is currently a slightly stronger prawn.

If they really got into trouble with each other, the outcome would probably be the same as that of the paparazzi named Steve.

Charlize is ambitious, deeply self-aware, and has a high IQ and EQ.

She thought it best to stay away from such big men.

When the female assistant saw what the boss said, she naturally had nothing to do with it.

What happened to the team ended here.

Next, Anne stayed with Abel for two days.

She asked for leave later, and the crew also agreed.

Two days later, Anne returned to the crew.

Abel remained near San Francisco.

On October [-]st, it is the birthday of another country.

He saw that now has a reputation in Silicon Valley.

Although not as good as Microsoft and Yahoo, the two founders of Google, who have already appeared like princes.

Larry Page and Sergey Brin, the two men founded Google's predecessor "BackRub" project in 1997.

And officially changed its name to Google in 1998, and then received a $2500 million investment in the same year.

After two years of development, the thing that caused Google's market value to soar most happened this year.

That is, this year, the giant Yahoo said the company would choose Google as its search engine provider.

Yahoo originally had its own search engine business, and before that, Google also regarded the other party as a competitor.

Prior to this, Yahoo and Microsoft were fighting for share in the search market with Google, which had an absolute advantage.

Yahoo's decision made Google completely bigger.

Yahoo made this decision because it wanted to buy Google.

The original plan was very good, but Larry Page and Sergey Brin also loosened up under the sincerity of each other.

Then came the dot-com bubble that everyone knew was going to happen, but everyone thought was a long time away.

Rich and powerful, Yahoo, which was richer than anyone else before, has no money.

It lowered its offer for Google, but still wants to buy Google.

Although the entire market is very depressed, Larry Page and Sergey Brin did not want to reduce the value of the company at all.

The pair turned down Yahoo's new offer for Google, a flimsy one.

Compared with this year's peak, it has been going downhill.

Its market value has dropped from hundreds of billions of dollars to several billions, and finally Yahoo with more than a billion dollars.

In 2000, this was roughly where Google was today.

"good afternoon."

Seeing the strange-looking Google founder dressed in a typical Silicon Valley programmer, Abel smiled and said:
"Mr. Larry Page, Mr. Sergey Brin, nice to meet you."

Larry Page and Sergey Brin, both of them are actually as young as Abel.

It's just that in the past year, with the rapid development of Google.

There are too many VCs and financial companies waving checks to block the door of these two people.

Both of them are used to the experience of meeting investors today.

In the past six months, due to the Internet bubble.

Far fewer investors are coming to their doors, and the numbers on the checks they're waving are much lower.

This also makes Larry Page and Sergey Brin both have a much better attitude towards investors.

It is no longer like the beginning of this year, with a little bit of aloofness.

"Hello, Mr. Smith." Larry Page responded with a smile.

Sergey Brin also smiled and said hello.

After the opening scene was simple, Abel's words were very direct.

He got straight to the point: "I invite you two to come and meet me. My purpose is very simple. That is, I want to become a shareholder of Google!"

What he said was so direct that Sergey Brin and Larry Page couldn't help but look at each other.

Every investor who came to see the two of them wanted to become a shareholder of Google.

But it's the first time I've seen someone as direct as Abel.

Larry Page said: "Sir, every investor who meets us wants to be a shareholder of Google."

Sergey Brin didn't speak. Generally, when facing outsiders, Larry Page was in charge of most of the two of them.

Even in terms of interpersonal relationships and company management, Larry Page is actually just as capable.

Abel was not wordy, he directly made an offer to make Larry Page and Sergey Brin sit up straight.

"I want 20% of the stock, and I am willing to pay [-] million U.S. dollars. And I can always grant you the voting rights of my stock to ensure your management and control of the company."

Larry Page looked at Sergey Brin again, and he saw that Sergey Brin was looking at him too.

At the offer, both sat up straight.

Google is very valuable, which is indeed the current perception of the entire Silicon Valley.

At the beginning of this year, Yahoo offered Google a $20 billion offer.

That was the price before the dot-com bubble.

After the dot-com bubble was burst, Yahoo offered again, leaving only $12 billion.

In other words, Yahoo now thinks Google is worth only so much.

However, Abel knew that in parallel time and space.

Yahoo, which has regained some of its vitality next year, will spend $30 billion to acquire Google again.

But at that time, it was not September NO.11 yet.

The entire Internet responded somewhat angrily.

Sergey Brin and Larry Page, as well as other shareholders of the company.

They are no longer only satisfied with Yahoo's offer.

They want more.

They turned down the offer again.

Then came September NO.11, when the Internet, which had just started to improve, fell into a slump.

Larry Page and Sergey Brin, who wanted to sell Google for a good price, suddenly found that no one was willing to take over.

Misfortunes and blessings depend on the two people who bite the bullet and continue to hold the development of Google, and earn more later.

Just before that, the two really wanted to sell Google.

The reason is that, so far, Google has never made a profit of a cent.

In addition, now is the most serious period when the Internet bubble has been punctured.

The entire market was extremely pessimistic, which also affected the two co-founders.

Between now and next year, Sergey Brin and Larry Page most want to sell Google.

That's why they were so excited when they faced Abel's offer.

What's more, Abel is willing to give them the right to vote, which is a factor that makes the two even more excited.

(End of this chapter)