America's Road to Wealth

Chapter 142 The Necessity of Marriage

among the American elite.

Marriage is a very common, even a matter of course.

Like a few months ago, at the Hilton family banquet.

Barry Hilton, the second generation of the Hilton family.

He had wanted to introduce his granddaughter Paris to Abel, hoping to achieve a marriage.

It's just that Abel wasn't interested at the time, and Paris didn't think so either.

There was no interaction between the two, so Barry Hilton's idea was rejected.

Even David Mellon,

Although this guy is not married, he has been clamoring that he is single.

But Abel knew that David actually had a fiancée.

David's fiancée was born in a relatively remote branch of the MG family.

The marriage was arranged by each other's father when the two were in their teens.

This is why it is not easy for Abel to turn against Morgenthau directly.

The Morgenthau family, backed by MG, can be said to be deeply rooted in New York.

Otherwise, why would Kennedy become the president and call him brother and brother with Robert?
David is 33 years old and has been engaged for more than ten years.

But not yet married.

A situation like his is the most common type among the American elite.

David Mellon is now talking with Abel, whether Abel is interested in Amanda Hearst.

In fact, it is hinting at Abel's affairs.

The Hearst family is only a media giant in the United States.

But the Hearst family has been rooted in Los Angeles and New York for many years, and has a huge influence in these two places.

In David's opinion.

If Abel marries with the Hearst family, he will get great help in these two places.

Coupled with the fact that David is not very clear about the Abel family, things in Texas are not very clear.

David saw Abel again, so fond of playing Hollywood and the media.

From the kindness of a friend, and from Smith Capital's standpoint.

David felt that if Abel married the Hearst family.

It can be said that it is a good win-win choice.

In that way, Abel can take into account the common development in the two fields of finance and media.

The Hearst family, in these two aspects, is still very influential.

Abel didn't know what David meant at first.

After chatting, he immediately understood David Mellon's intentions.

"Okay. I see what you mean." He looked at David and said:
"Come on, Amanda's only 16, 16! Do you think I'm that kind of person?"

The righteous words he said, in exchange for David's disdainful eyes.

There is also a leisurely sentence: "I remember Miss Anne Hathaway, before I met someone, I was not even seventeen years old."

"Forehead"

Abel was speechless.

"Okay. Let's not discuss this issue. Anyway, I don't have that interest in Amanda Hearst for the time being."

"And..." he said to David, "I'm an unmarriageist, and I think getting married is boring."

"If you don't get married, you can live as happily as when you get married. After you get married, you may not have a happy life. So I may not be married in my life, and it may not be certain."

David Mellon frowned: "Are you serious?"

In the United States, it is not true that there are super rich people who have never been married in their entire lives.

Or married and never remarried after divorce.

But this kind of person does not belong to the mainstream among the rich in the United States.

The rich and elite in the United States are still relatively conservative and Puritan.

People in this class place great importance on marriage.

In this class, the so-called unmarriageists are pure aliens.

Abel, who was born in Texas, actually understands this.

Anyway, the Smith family is considered an elite family in Texas.

But from the bottom of his heart, he really never thought about getting married in his life.

The world is so big and the world is so beautiful.

So many girls and such a good figure.

Why must it be tied to a tree?

Americans can tolerate an unmarried man, a playboy with countless girlfriends.

But if this person is married and still plays like this.

In the mainstream perception of the United States, this kind of person is scum, and even the US government is embarrassed to praise it.

This alone made Abel give up the idea of ​​getting married.

unless
Unless he gets tired of playing in the future, or his body is useless.

It is estimated that there will be the idea of ​​​​marriage.

It's just what he thinks.

With the virtue of my current body.

Maybe this will never happen in this lifetime.

So not getting married may be the best choice.

"Leave that question alone. I'm only 20 years old this year, and you're a 33-year-old guy."

Abel glanced at David Mellon with contempt.

"Even you, an old fellow, are not married yet. Why do I, a kid, think about getting married?"

"Fxxk YOU!"

David came up with a national curse that Americans yelled the most, but he was speechless.

Because Abel is right, Abel is only a little over twenty years old now.

At this age in the United States, you are not even officially an adult, and you cannot drink and buy alcohol openly.

At his age, discuss this with him.

David felt a little overwhelmed.

David felt that perhaps he would wait until Abel was older.

No matter how stable your xinxing is, your thoughts will be different at that time.

"Okay. So be it." David Mellon shook his head and said, "Then I'm going out to prepare the list for the reception."

Abel made an OK gesture, and David nodded and turned to leave.

After David left.

Abel was alone in the office, and he felt a little bored.

He turned on the computer on his desk.

The configuration of the computer is Pentium 533 CPU10, 128G hard disk, 693M memory, 40 chipset motherboard, 6326X optical drive, floppy drive, graphics card SIS16 ([-]M).

The monitor is a 18crt big ass.

This configuration is now the most mainstream and advanced one.

But for Abel, the reborn, it was too far behind.

This is also the reason why Abel liked playing games very much before his rebirth, but he basically didn't touch them much after his rebirth.

Mainly the computer games at this time can be said to be lackluster.

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Compared with the otaku period before rebirth, there was nothing to do but play with the computer.

After his rebirth, he has significantly more things to play with.

Compared with those virtual characters in the computer, aren't supermodels and Hollywood actresses more attractive in reality?
Therefore, since Abel was reborn, it can be said that he had very little contact with computers of this period.

Fortunately, the memory is still there.

Before his rebirth, when he was a child, he also touched a computer with a similar big butt monitor.

The interface of the Windows 98 system back then is also a very deep memory.

This time I started again after many years, and there is no time cost for re-learning.

With just a little acclimatization, he has mastered the most fashionable internet surfing of the moment.

However, for him, the computer of this era, or the Internet of this era, is lackluster.

In the United States, Yahoo is the hottest right now, even though it was the worst hit in the Internet bubble.

Followed by Microsoft's MSN.

These two portals are currently the giants of the US Internet.

Below them, is the turn of the cutting-edge Google.

This is the choice of the average American when they go online.

As for computer games,

At this time, there were only early versions of Heroes, Red Alert and Age of Empires, Warcraft and the like.

For Abel, who has adapted to various 2K4K3D exquisite picture quality, he is not even interested in opening it.

In the end, I browsed around hastily, and turned off the computer directly without interest.

Abel raised his wrist and looked at the Royal Oak in his hand, which showed that the time was already past eleven o'clock in the morning.

He simply got up and left the office directly.

Outside the office, he came across Catherine Jones, who was communicating with two other female secretaries.

Speaking of this Catherine Jones, David Mellon once told Abel that she was very capable.

Zeta, the person in charge of the personnel department, also expressed his appreciation to Abel for the girl.

And Abel himself was a little noncommittal, even though he was jealous of the girl's body and appearance at first.

"Good afternoon, Mr. Smith."

"Good afternoon, Mr. Smith."

The appearance of Abel caused the three secretaries who were talking to greet him quickly.

Abel also responded with a smile: "Girls, hello."

After saying hello,

He smiled and waved to the three of them, turned around and left directly.

She didn't show much nostalgia for the glamorous Catherine Jones.

This made the latter look blank for a moment.

"Wow, I always think the boss is getting more and more handsome. No wonder there are so many bitches now, all of them want to be "Smith girls"!!"

"Who wouldn't want to be?" said another secretary:

"Become a Smith girl. In addition to getting close to the boss, you can also gain fame and fortune! Like that Gisele Bundchen, she was just a model before. Now I heard that some film companies want to invite her to make a movie !"

"Yeah. There are several Hollywood actresses who are nothing but good-looking. I heard"

The two female secretaries were eager to gossip.

"cough cough"

They heard Catherine Jones cough softly.

Due to the high degree of education, and the comparison is valued by Zeta and David.

It was Abel, the boss, who was specially approved to enter the company for an interview.

Catherine Jones is a small leader in the company's secretariat, and she has some authority over these two direct subordinates.

Her reaction immediately made the two of them shut up.

"Talking about the boss in the company. Do you think you are the boss's girlfriend?"

Catherine said, "Get to work, ladies!"

After leaving these words, Catherine turned and left.

After she left.

The two ordinary-looking female secretaries started whispering again.

"What's there to be proud of? Just like us, aren't you just a secretary? At the beginning, I really thought the boss was interested in her!"

"Yes. But now it seems that the boss has no interest in her. If the boss is really interested, he would have done it long ago."

"That's right! Hmph~ One Bichi!"

"Keep your voice down, don't be heard!"

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Abel, who left Smith Capital, did not know about such trivial matters in the workplace of Smith Capital.

He had already passed through the landing pad of the Smith Building, took a helicopter directly, and entered Manhattan.

He landed on the top apron of a building in Midtown Manhattan, and through the building's elevator, he came directly to Midtown Manhattan.

Half an hour later, around twelve noon.

He was again seen outside the Manhattan District Attorney's office building.

At the restaurant where he last had lunch with NRA CEO LaPierre.

He saw two people.

Robert Morgenthau,

with his beautiful young granddaughter, Peggy Morgenthau.

"Good afternoon, Mr. Smith." Robert, in his 80s, smiled very gently and friendly.

It was not at all apparent that he had been annoyed by Abel's storm of litigation.

"Good afternoon, Mr. Morgenthau, and."

Abel smiled and shook Robert's hand, then looked aside at Peggy Morgenthau, who was expressionless and dressed in the uniform of the assistant prosecutor.

".And Peggy, good afternoon to you too."

Peggy nodded slightly to him, "Hello, Mr. Smith."

She didn't look like she wanted to shake Abel's hand.

Abel shrugged, let go of Robert's hand, and both parties sat down.

After taking his seat, Abel spoke before Robert.

"Congratulations, Mr. Morgenthau." Abel smiled and said:

"Obviously, until you get tired of the position. Nobody can compete with you for the position."

"Haha~ no, no, it's just that everyone trusts me and thinks I'm more fair, so they are willing to vote for me." Robert responded with a smile.

What the two of them were talking about was this year's Manhattan District Attorney election.

Because in a few days, it will be the day when the official general election will start.

The district attorney election on the New York side will be held early.

In the race for Manhattan District Attorney.

Robert has already won 56% of the votes in the first round of voting.

The remaining three candidates divided the remaining parts.

This result can basically be said to officially announce Robert's re-election.

It has been 1975 years since 25.

The Manhattan District Attorney, almost got Robert Morgenthau's name on it.

This is one of the reasons why Abel chose to reconcile with Morgenthau.

Even if he doesn't reconcile with Robert, Robert may still be selected this time.

Robert's advantages are too great, and his contacts and energy in Manhattan are too great.

Now both sides took a step back, Mogenthau showed weakness slightly, and Abel chose to stop.

For the current situation.

For Abel, it was also a moderate and helpless choice.

Fortunately, on October 10th.

Paige Morgenthau was his girlfriend for a day.

Although she didn't really do anything, it also made her tired enough.

Her name also appeared in many subsequent media.

Said she was the No.11 Smith girl
Fortunately, New York, the relevant media is relatively silent.

Paige Morgenthau has been little or not covered at all.

But on the west coast, people are not afraid of you or Morgenthau.

People are not even afraid of Rockefeller and MG.

Naturally, various reports about Peggy made Peggy famous.

She responded with silence.

The response is not as great as those girls who need fame and exposure.

Gradually, after a few days, it became less conspicuous.

But for Abel, it was a relief.

Let him now be in the mood to sit with Robert, eat and talk calmly.

But to be honest, Abel didn't know what to say to Robert either.

One is, after all, there was a small conflict before.

The second is between the two parties, a judiciary and prosecutorial system that goes from politics to politics.One is finance, or finance that does not require financial protection.

If there is no previous conflict, the experience with Peggy's one-day girlfriend.

Robert's invitation this time, Abel may not come today.

Now after the opening remarks, Abel fell silent.

do not know what to say.

Really unfamiliar.

On the opposite side, Peggy was also silent.

Fortunately, Robert is very talkative, the old guy said with a smile.

"Mr. Smith, this time you represented Wall Street and bought MGM. Many people on our side are happy."

For a long time.

Wall Street is the representative of the East Coast, Hollywood is the representative of the West Coast.

The two sides have always looked down on each other.

It is precisely because of this that Hollywood in the past coincided with each other and worked together to cheat Wall Street.

On Wall Street, it is natural to have a grudge about this.

But because there is no profit, the financial capitalists are too lazy to take revenge.

It's just that the tone still exists after all.

Abel, as a part of Wall Street, bought MGM this time.

For some old guys who take it seriously, old East Coasters like Robert's age.

It's something that's more cheerful, something that boosts the vibe of the East Coast.

This is also the reason why Robert brought this matter up as a topic.

"It's nothing. It's just MGM, not Viacom or Comcast." Abel said disapprovingly.

Compared with the latter two, MGM is a little guy.

"Uh..." Robert felt that Abel had talked the topic to death a bit.

If only MGM, with a market value of more than $20 billion, was nothing.

So how many other companies in the United States belong to "what"?

Fortunately, since Abel has chosen to reconcile with the other party, after the initial disgust.

He still showed some spirit of respecting and respecting the elderly.

It was Abel's turn to switch the subject and chatted about Wall Street and Manhattan.

In this regard, Robert from the old east coast can chat with him very smoothly.

A meal, and finally took about an hour or so.

Peggy Morgenthau didn't speak much, and Abel, who had been talking to the old man, found it boring.

When he was done eating, he asked to leave.

Naturally, Robert would not refuse.

Just before Abel went out, he handed Abel a note from his pocket.

Abel was taken aback, thinking it was a check.

But when I took a closer look, I found that it was just a blank piece of paper with some letters written on it.

"This is Morgenthau's compensation to you, sir." Robert smiled.

Abel didn't know what it was either.

He looked at Robert, then at Peggy, nodded and smiled.

He didn't look at it after receiving it, just smiled and nodded to leave.

Robert watched Abel leave.

After Abel left, old Morgenthau looked at his granddaughter.

"Peggy, what's the matter with you today?" Robert asked a little puzzled.

Although before that, Morgenthau did have some conflicts with Abel.

But it was just a skirmish, and now both sides have reconciled.

There is a high probability that they can still be friends in the future, at least Robert thinks so.

He felt that the jewel in his palm didn't need to look like this.

"Is it because of the newspaper reports, and what happened that day?"

"Didn't you say that he wasn't rude to you?"

"If that's the case, it's actually just a trivial matter."

"Why do you look like this today?"

(End of this chapter)