America's Road to Wealth

Chapter 132
October 10th.

Abel, who is in Los Angeles, signed a share transfer agreement with Kerkorian, who represents MGM's board of directors.

And that night, the news was announced to the public.

Soon, this announcement was published in the major newspapers the next day, and one stone caused a thousand waves.

Unlike the acquisition of Marvel, Marvel in 2000 was a small shrimp.

For its change of hands, except for DC and other comic industry counterparts.

Not many people take it seriously.

MGM can be different, as one of the eight big ones with a long history in Hollywood.

Once in the 30s and 40s, the undisputed number one overlord of Hollywood's golden age.

Even if it loses money every year, MGM is still a famous movie brand in Hollywood and even in the United States.

MGM's change of hands, even major non-entertainment newspapers were involved in the report.

The next day, October 10th, also happened to be Monday.

Founded in 1889, with a daily circulation of more than 200 million copies, it has become the largest financial newspaper in the United States with paid circulation. The headline of the second edition of the "Wall Street Journal" published such a headline——

"Wall Street Giants Invading Hollywood? "

Just below the news headline is a large black and white photo with the MGM logo on it, the classic lion roaring logo.

In the picture, a huge crocodile with the word "Wall Street" engraved on its body opened its bloody mouth and bit the MGM lion.

[Recalling the establishment of MGM, it was in the distant 1922.Two years later, M. Lowe, the owner of Rockwell, merged the company's Mitro Film Company, Galwin Film Company, and LB Mayer Production Company to form MGM. 】

[It started from scratch and created its own Hollywood kingdom step by step.Over the past 78 years, it has accompanied more than four generations of Americans to grow up.It tailor-made the image of Hollywood, it was the first king of Hollywood, and now it is changing hands again. 】

[Just yesterday, Kerkorian, the former richest man in Los Angeles, transferred all the shares they held to "ab Smith Entertainment" on behalf of the board of directors of MGM. 】

[ab Smith Entertainment is a wholly-owned company of Wall Street financial capital businessman Abel Smith, which also means that MGM Movies has completely changed its business. 】

[MGM stated that according to the agreement, ab Smith Entertainment will acquire MGM stock for US$9 per share in cash, or a total of US$22.12 billion.In addition, it will assume MGM's liabilities of approximately US$8 million.MGM also announced that it had received a $1.5 million deposit on the same day.Subsequent payments, according to the agreement, will be remitted in batches within one week. 】

[This also means that this is an acquisition of more than 30 billion US dollars. 】

[The author has no way of guessing the thoughts of Mr. Smith, the owner of ab Smith Entertainment.The darling of Wall Street has always been good at fighting in the sea of ​​capitalists, but this time he suddenly invested in Hollywood.This is the first time Wall Street has reached out to a Hollywood giant.What exactly is Mr. Smith up to?This newspaper has no way of knowing, but the author believes that Hollywood will be even more exciting next. 】

The Wall Street Journal has always been relatively professional and is the favorite read of American elites.

But ordinary Americans actually prefer to watch the excitement.

They didn't care what Abel was going to do with MGM, they just wanted to know how much Abel was worth, how many girls he had, and other interesting things.

The popular newspapers, for this reason, specialize in the news that the average American likes to hear.

[Bosses of Hollywood companies, please be careful! 】

Before Manhattan District Attorney Robert,
The "Los Angeles Times", which accidentally reached a cooperation that was not considered a cooperation with Abel, made a big gimmick:

[Mr. Smith acquired more than one MGM in Hollywood.At the same time, this gentleman also acquired Marvel and invested in many movies! 】

[MGM alone will cost the Wall Street giant $31 billion (including liabilities).Plus Marvel's 1 million US dollars, film investment and other tens of millions of dollars.It is said that he is still in Silicon Valley and has invested hundreds of millions of dollars. 】

[This time, this gentleman from the east coast paid close to $40 billion. 】

【He buys companies like we buy potatoes in the supermarket. The annexation of MGM is by no means the end. Who will be next? 】

[The youngest billionaire in the world! 】

The boss of the "New York Times" had a relationship with Abel once, and they had a good chat at that time.

This time, the other party even called Abel to get some inside information, which was published today.

[MGM will directly swallow Marvel. It is reported that, in addition to more than 4000 movies and 17000 episodes/episodes, MGM will have hundreds more IPs of Marvel superheroes. 】

[In addition, Mr. Abel Smith will inject US$5 million into MGM for the next development of Mr. James Cameron's super blockbuster and Marvel superhero movies. 】

[Mr. Smith, as the boss of all this, controls the equity value of these companies approaching 40 billion US dollars. 】

[Even without counting the net assets of his other companies, his wealth obviously exceeds the data shown on Forbes. 】

[The author believes that Mr. Smith's wealth is far greater than the actual amount announced by "Forbes"!The author boldly guesses that Mr. Smith may already have a net worth of tens of billions of dollars at this time! ! 】

[According to the "Forbes" list, the youngest billionaire must be over 50 years old, saying that he is the world's youngest billionaire will not be questioned. 】

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The series of storms of public opinion that began to report on the acquisition of MGM, which began to report on Abel, began.

On this day, the acquisition of MGM became the focus of major media in the United States.

Discussions filled the newspapers, many worried that the Wall Street giants would screw up MGM.

But there are also many people who stand up and say that MGM can't be worse, how can it be worse?

The new boss gave [-] million US dollars as soon as he came, and he also found Cameron, and stuffed Marvel in it.

Compared with the previous Kerkorian, it is more than a hundred times better!
More people are discussing Abel Smith, the super young super rich himself.

Everyone is wondering how he made so much money at such a young age.

Many people thought at first that the reason Abe Smith was so rich was because he had a good father.

But soon, a post appeared on the Internet.

The host of the post said that he was from Tarrant County, Texas, and he knew Abel and his family when he was a child.

In this post,
There's even a photo of Emily Smith, a three-time winner of Tarrant's "Wool Sweeping Competition."

The plainly dressed Emily in the photo looks no different from most middle-aged American women.

She doesn't have the temperament of a rich wife at all.

In addition, there are photos of Abe's father, Alexander Smith, wearing a ripped denim suit, smoking a pipe, and driving an old harvesting machine to harvest pasture.

The post claimed that the super new rich Abe Smith, all of his wealth comes from himself.

Because Abel Smith's family is just an "ordinary" family of Texas farmers.

There are hundreds of thousands of such families in the United States!
This post received a lot of praise and likes, and it became popular outside the Internet circle at an exaggerated speed in a very short period of time.

Even many major newspapers reprinted the contents.

The main reason is that the experience of this super new rich is too in line with the American dream.

Americans love to watch this kind of news.

The U.S. government is also happy to promote such an American dream as an embellishment for a lighthouse.

thereby attracting people from other parts of the world.

Immediately afterwards, there were many Internet posts, revealing some "secrets" of the super new rich Abe Smith.

For example, there is a post where the poster claims to be an IRS employee.

In his post, there is a picture of Abel Smith's tax returns for the past ten months.

The tax return showed that the super new rich had paid an astronomical amount of taxes in ten months.

This post appeared very suddenly, and it was also deleted when it became popular.

But before it was deleted, the pictures of the tax returns inside had been saved and reprinted many times.

The numbers in the tax returns made many American netizens call it impossible.

They questioned the authenticity of the tax return in this post.

The relevant public opinion intensified, and finally the deputy director of the IRS, Jed, "had to" stand up and accept an interview with the "American Sun" newspaper.

In the interview, Deputy Chief Jed claimed.

That tax return on the internet is real.

But the staff who divulged taxpayer information did something wrong.

The IRS will punish this employee internally, and apologize for the trouble this employee caused to society.

Just when everyone was surprised,

There are really super rich people who pay so much tax.

Ms. Kelly Swensen, President of UNICEF headquartered in New York, was interviewed by the "New York Observer" weekly.

In the interview,

The lady started,
Talk about the foundation's various charitable efforts in helping children around the world.

Near the end, Ms. Kelly casually told a reporter from the New York Observer:

"In previous years, we would have insufficient funds at this time. We all need the support of the General Assembly. But this year we don't need it, because this year, Mr. Smith donated 500 million US dollars to us, which makes our next work become Very smooth"

This interview was reposted on the Internet by many people.

Netizens who already believed that the super new rich paid a lot of taxes found that they had once again refreshed their understanding of this super rich.

Just when someone questioned,

When I suspect that the Mr. Smith mentioned by Ms. Kelly is not necessarily Abel Smith.

Overnight,
There are more charitable foundations to stand up,

It shows that they have also received the generous and kind donation of Mr. Abel Smith.

Some "good people" specifically counted the figures released by these foundations.

Then American netizens found out.

The super newly rich, in more than ten months, charitable donations exceeded 6000 million US dollars.

And none of these donated charitable foundations is under his own name.

The latter point is very important, and many "netizens" who posted the post specifically marked this point.

Wait for all the public opinion,

When it developed to around October 10th, it was the time when the public opinion about this super new rich was the hottest.

Almost all the media in the United States are reporting on him.

As a result, on this day, a new piece of news broke out from this super new rich man.

In an exclusive interview with the latest edition of The New York Observer, he claims his superstar lingerie line, Elizabeth's Backyard, or Isha for short.

It will be on December 12 this year, which is Christmas Eve.

In the middle of Times Square in Manhattan, New York, a super grand superstar underwear show will be held!

At that time, in addition to Isha's own models, there will also be many Hollywood actors and superstars appearing on the super show called "Isha Show".

This news was quickly affirmed by the New York City government.

Harry, the city government spokesman, said in an interview with reporters:
"New York is an inclusive and diverse city. It is great, and it allows all legal and reasonable cultures to be presented to all citizens and Americans within its own borders. As long as it meets this, it will be supported by the New York City government!"

this news,

In an instant, most of the American netizens who were paying attention to the super new rich turned their attention to the so-called "Isa Show".

Immediately after that, within two days, some media photographed Yisha's signed model.

With Boss Abel, on the beach in Los Angeles and the shopping streets below Beverly Hills.

In an instant, most of the media in the United States began to pay attention to this matter frantically.

This is the first time the super taxpayer, super philanthropist, and super rich Mr. Abel Smith, who has a perfect image before, has been rumored in the media for the first time!

Everyone is curious, what kind of woman can capture the "heart" of this tycoon!
Many people immediately noticed this young, beautiful, sexy supermodel Gisele Bundchen.

Throughout the United States, at least 3000 to [-] million people participated in the discussion on whether Gisele Bundchen is the girlfriend of the super new rich.

As a result, the next day, another media filmed Abel's new scandal.

The heroine of this scandal has changed to a young supermodel named Carmen Kess.

In the photo,

Carmen Kath and Abel, outside a movie theater to watch the latest MGM movie.

In the photo, the two looked intimate, with an ambiguous atmosphere, and looked no different from boyfriend and girlfriend.

This made American netizens and American audiences shout "FXXK's playboy!"

But on the third day, another media filmed Abel's new scandal.

This time the heroine was replaced by Jessica Alba, the heroine of the sci-fi TV series "Dark Angel of the Last Days" produced by Cameron, which happened to be launched on October 10 this year.

Like the previous two supermodels, the young actor Jessica Alba was instantly pushed to the forefront.

Her name, as well as the newly launched work "Dark Angel of the Last Days", were instantly known by more than [-] million Americans.

Like the previous two, Jessica Alba became instantly popular.

Then on the fourth day, American netizens, American audiences and readers.

Sure enough, they were in today's new newspaper again.

Found news of this super new guy with his new girlfriend.

This time the heroine was replaced by an actress named Anne Hathaway.

The same young and beautiful, hot figure, the same intimate posture with Mr. Abel Smith, ambiguous movements, and hot atmosphere.

After the first three, Anne Hathaway followed suit.

Meanwhile, Disney's Chicken Thieves was announced on the same day.

The super youth movie "Princess Diaries" starring Anne Hathaway will be finalized in April next year!

Rubbing the heat is called a flying.

Then on the fifth day, what appeared next to Abel Smith turned into an actress loved by many American netizens, whose name was Charlize Theron.

Then MGM also decisively announced on the same day that Miss Charlize Theron will join MGM and become the heroine of super director Cameron's super masterpiece.

The rest of the matter is the same as the first four.

Then the sixth day, the seventh day, the eighth day, the ninth day
Under repeated bombing, American netizens, American audiences, and American readers.

When they saw this kind of scandal about Abel Smith again.

Everyone is a little numb.

Many people on the Internet claim:

"I don't care about a guy like this anymore, what new super beautiful girlfriend! He's so handsome, so rich, pays so much tax, and a super philanthropist! Such a guy, his girlfriend Twice as many as Hugh Hefner and I don't mind! Please, stop publishing his gossip, we're all sick of it!"

Hugh Hefner is the founder of the famous magazine "Playboy".

It is said that there are more than [-] girlfriends, and she is one of the most envied and hated objects of many American men and LSPs.

The voice of this netizen is also on the Internet, and has received the support of a large number of netizens.

"That's right. Such a super rich man has perfect conduct. He is not married, so how many girlfriends he has is not a problem, is it?"

"Don't say that Abel Smith is so rich. Around me, there are many men who are not as rich as him, and their girlfriends change every few days! If possible, I also want to be Smith's girlfriend!"

"That's right, I think so too. He really looks much better than those old men and rich men. I feel that he is at a disadvantage when those women are with him!"

"I think those girlfriends of his are fake. Check it out. These women are actually actors and supermodels of his company. Although they are beautiful, they are just small roles! Mr. Smith actually wants to indirectly promote these women by doing this. Woman! He did it purely for business."

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Similar public opinions are also fermenting, and eventually affect the entire Internet.

And Mr. Abel Smith, the super new rich man who has received a lot of attention from everyone, seems to have heard everyone's aspirations.

No. 11 days, which is October 10th.

The latest news about him appearing in the media is finally not about flirting with his new girlfriend and showing dog food together.

On this day he announced,

The newspaper bonus in its own newspaper, the American Sun, will be given away.

From $100 per day to $[-] million per month.

Seeing this news, many Americans were stunned.

Most people don't know what the "newspaper bonus" of the "American Sun" is.

But I heard that there is a bonus of 100 million US dollars a month, and many people check it out.

After checking, I realized that it was this newspaper after it was bought by Mr. Smith.

It will get a newspaper bonus every day.

Just buy a $1.6 "American Sun", cut out a special part on it, and send it to the newspaper's headquarters.

Then you can enter the newspaper's daily prize drawing, the prize is a $[-] check.

The previous activity was to reward [-] US dollars every day.

After Abel announced this time, the bonus was changed to once a month, and once a time, it was 100 million US dollars.

The winning condition is the same as at the beginning, that is, to buy a copy of the "American Sun".

Cut out a special place on the top, and send this small piece of paper to the newspaper's headquarters.

The American Sun will then randomly select the winners in the second month.

After the winner is drawn, it will be announced in the newspaper and a check for $100 million will be personally delivered to the winner.

Before that, there were already more than [-] lucky winners who received a prize of [-] US dollars.

The winners, some of them on the Internet, confirmed the news.

Coupled with the extreme heat of Abe Smith at this time.

Let this news and news spread throughout the United States at an extremely fast speed.

Originally unknown, the "American Sun" only made a small splash in this "Smith Storm".

This time it was completely on fire.

The 30 newspapers it printed the next day sold out in one morning.

On the third day, that number became 80.

On the fourth day, it surpassed 100 million.

In just a few days,

Colleagues in the American newspaper industry were helpless and shocked to find out.

In just one month, with the appearance of Abel Smith.

In the industry, there is actually such a newspaper with a stable daily sales volume of more than one million copies in a single day.

In this regard, on October 10th.

The "New York Times" made a summary of the hot news events in the past month.

This newspaper summed up the events of this month as "Smith Storm".

Smith Storm has thus become a term for Americans.

It is used to describe those people or things that suddenly explode into flames.

(End of this chapter)