America's Road to Wealth

Chapter 237 81 Acres of Lauren's Flower

Routine is not afraid of getting old, as long as it is effective.

The routine that Abel had already used on Ikana once worked equally well on little Laura.

A quick sketch of little Laura in exchange for a sweet kiss from her.

Today is the weekend and little Laura doesn't have to go to school.

After running and drawing, after breakfast.

Abel took little Laura and boarded the boat at South Street Seaport in Manhattan.

Although this kind of weather is especially suitable for going out to sea.

Whether it's taking a yacht or going to any small island, it's very good.

But Abel's Ikana is now full of Ikana's breath.

He couldn't possibly take little Laura up there.

He is also reluctant to borrow other people's yachts, or charter yachts.

So taking little Laura is not as simple as going out to sea.

It took about half an hour, and the two arrived in Great Neck, Long Island, New York.

Great Neck is located on the North Shore of Long Island and is one of the most affluent areas in New York.

It is called Big Neck because the entire town is a peninsula shaped like a neck, surrounded by water on three sides, and has beautiful scenery.

Nine of the 25 towns with the highest average income in the United States are here.

The two of them and their personal assistants and bodyguards came here by sea.

Everyone disembarked at the deep water pier of a seaside estate.

After getting off the boat, little Laura saw a beautiful and huge classical western-style manor behind the deep water pier.

She was very interested and said, "Is this your house?"

Abel smiled and nodded: "Yes, let's go in and have a look."

Little Laura walked ahead happily, and Abel followed her.

Marcus, the team leader of the Secret Service, who was in charge of the security of little Laura, looked at the luxurious, beautiful and dignified mansion in front of him.

Marcus couldn't help but whispered to Edward next to him:

"Hey, is this your boss's house too? It looks so big and beautiful, it must be worth tens of millions, right?"

Edward glanced at Marcus, and succinctly spit out a figure: "5000 million dollars."

Marcus couldn't help but be speechless.

Secret Service agents protect the team leader of the seventh group, and Marcus knows that he will never be able to afford such a house in his life.

This allowed him to officially mention Abel's wealth for the first time.

Marcus couldn't help but asked softly again:

"Hey bro, we may see each other more often in the future. Can I ask you a question?"

"Say." Edward was much colder in front of Marcus.

It's not that Edward doesn't like Marcus.

It wasn't that Edward didn't like talking, either.

Edward usually loves to talk in front of the other three King Kong, as well as Abel and other bodyguards.

It was he who was now facing someone from the Secret Service.

Edward was afraid that his words might accidentally reveal the boss's secret.

After all, they are professionals.

So when Edward faced Marcus, he would appear taciturn.

"I want to ask." Marcus looked a little embarrassed and embarrassed, "Maybe this question is a bit offensive. I'm really curious, brother, how much W can you earn in a year under Mr. Abel Smith?"

It is no secret to hear that this is the problem.

Edward thought for a while, and said, "The annual salary is fixed at 100 million US dollars, and there are other benefits."

"One million dollars?!!!" Marcus couldn't help but get louder, attracting the attention of the people next to him, and even Abel and little Laura in front turned their heads.

Marcus quickly apologized to everyone, saying that he just accidentally made a fuss.

When the embarrassment passed, Marcus whispered in disbelief: "An annual salary of 100 million dollars? I heard that right, brother."

Edward could tell that the secret service team leader's shock just now was real.

The captain of the bodyguard found it quite interesting, and Edward looked serious:

"What's there to lie to you? Our treatment is public in the company. In addition, I tell you that our salary is after tax."

"After the tax." Marcus' voice almost became louder again, but fortunately, he reacted immediately and covered his mouth with his hands to control the volume.

This made Edward feel even more funny, and the captain of the bodyguard wanted to tease the team leader of the Secret Service.

Edward said:

"Our BOSS is the number one VIP of the IRS, a super tax citizen. Our weekly salary will go through the IRS process, and we can use it as we like after it is in our hands."

Work in a regular company in the United States.Generally, wages are paid every Friday, and very few companies pay wages every two weeks.

In the United States, there is generally no monthly salary, and it is basically an annual salary.

Calculated as 52 weeks a year, that means 52 wages or 26 wages.

The sum of these sums is the annual salary, and the bonus is calculated separately.

Seeing Edward's confident and proud look, Marcus' eyes straightened.

After thinking about it, Marcus asked in a low voice:

"How come your income is so much? Your income is already the most in your company, right?"

Edward nodded: "I am the captain of the bodyguard, and my annual salary is indeed the highest among the bodyguards."

Oh, No.1 only earns $100 million a year.

Thinking of this, Marcus heaved a sigh of relief.

That's okay. What a fart!

Marcus knew that the highest earners in the Secret Service did not make half a million dollars a year.

Not even a grand commander living in the house!
The standard annual salary of the commander-in-chief is only 40 US dollars, which was only available after the salary increase in June 1999.

Before that, the annual salary of the President of the United States was $20.

Of course, he can become the Grand Commander.

That little salary is really nothing.

Then Marcus heard Edward say again:

"There is a big gap in the salaries among our bodyguards. I earn the most, with an annual salary of about US$100 million. The one with the worst income is even less than US$18 after tax."

Marcus nodded after listening to what he said earlier, and Marcus felt that it was normal for the disparity in income.

But the number that popped up later made Marcus almost think he heard it wrong.

"How much?" Marcus couldn't help approaching Edward: "Among the bodyguards you just mentioned, what is the lowest income?"

"$18 after tax."

"$18!" Marcus suppressed the thought of shouting, "Or after taxes?"

In the latter sentence, Marcus' voice changed a little.

In response to Marcus, Edward nodded calmly again.

At this moment, Marcus wanted to ask if Rock Security still wanted to recruit.

Compared to the income of rock security bodyguards.

Marcus feels that the USSS is the income of the Secret Service, which is pitifully small.

Secret Service staff are only recruited internally.

Generally, the recruiters are recruited from the best of the best in departments with armed capabilities such as the US military, US police, FBl, and CLA.

To examine ability, but also to examine family background and political examination.

This also makes USSS personnel often more outstanding.

Better personnel, of course, are matched with more generous internal remuneration.

In the USSS, the average Secret Service officer, if he can be a supervisor, makes an annual salary of $119554 to $159000.

The lowest paid are the technical support operators, who are responsible for maintenance and repair work and are basically harmless.

这些人的年薪最低，从37720到59976美元。然后是这些技术工他们的组长，年薪由51630到73917美元，最顶级的该部门主管年薪105211到136771美元。

The most common is a 5-month training for first-time Secret Service field personnel.

It's the VIP bodyguards, Marcus and the others.The annual salary ranges from US$50287 to US$78355, and the annual salary of managers is US$107701 to US$140008. Marcus himself is in this category.

His annual salary is about $13, plus various field subsidies.

With a little effort a year, you can earn around $18.

But these incomes are all pre-tax income, and as the USSS team leader, he has to pay taxes.

The only thing the IRS can't check is the current Grand Commander.

But the commander-in-chief will always leave office, and once he leaves office, the IRS can check again.

Fortunately, as a staff member of the special department.

Marcus has certain tax benefits. After paying taxes, there will be about 14 to [-] US dollars in his pocket a year.

His income is already considered high income in the United States.

The average monthly salary of ordinary people in the United States is about 2500-3000 US dollars.

The average American earns no more than $40000 a year.

There are 50 states in the United States. Each state has different wage levels and different consumption levels. For example, people living in New York only need an annual income of 8 US dollars to spend, because everything is expensive in first-tier cities.

Except for a few first-tier cities in the United States with high consumption, the consumption levels of other states are not much different.

In other states of the United States, an annual income of US$4 can support a family, but there is not much money in their hands. If they need to repay the mortgage, the pressure will be great.

Marcus' income is enough for him to live well anywhere in the United States.

Before that, Marcus was also very satisfied.

But today at Edward's place, I heard that Rock Security has the lowest annual income, and they all have around $18 after tax.

Marcus was unbalanced.

For a moment, the team leader of the USSS felt that his 20 years of struggle were nothing.

Looking at Edward with a calm face, Marcus couldn't help but look ahead again.

At this time, Little Laura and Abel had already walked near the seaside swimming pool of the manor.

Marcus suddenly approached Edward, lowered his voice, and said mysteriously:
"That... brother, good brother, Edward, good Edward... I want to ask, do you still recruit bodyguards at Rock Security?"

"Um..." Edward looked at Marcus a little speechless.

After thinking about it, Edward had no choice but to remain expressionless:
"I don't know about this. But you can go to our headquarters in Tarrant County, Texas, and ask."

"There's no need to bother," said Marcus.
"You are the captain, and the boss is there. Isn't it okay to ask you or your boss directly?"

"Then you can ask my boss." Edward said.

Marcus said: "I want to ask too, but that would violate the USSS regulations, which is against the law."

"Then I can only wait for you to take a vacation and go to Texas to ask." Edward spread his hands:

"I don't care about these things. I'm only responsible for the security of my boss."

"Okay." Marcus said angrily.

Unbeknownst to Abel, Edward boasted to Marcus.

If he knew, Abel would at most just laugh it off.

That's right, among the bodyguards of Rock Security, the lowest annual income after tax is indeed about 18 US dollars.

But there are only about a hundred such bodyguards in the entire rock security.

The bodyguard department of Rock Security is separate from other departments such as the PMC department.

The bodyguard department has the most income, because the bodyguard department is the elites who follow Abel and Abel's women.

The Four King Kong, Donnie, Jane, Mary, Jinna, etc., these people have this income.

The salary of other rock security staff outside the bodyguard department is not so exaggerated.

There is a salary and treatment classification within Rock Security, which are currently 1-12 respectively.

The 12-level after-tax annual salary is 100 million US dollars, and there are various benefits that can be seen or not.

The lowest level, Level 1, has an annual salary of $[-] after taxes and appropriate benefits.

In the whole company, there is only one Edward at Level 12.

The other three big king kong and doni are only treated at level 8-10.

The words Edward said to Marcus here are actually exaggerated.

But Marcus didn't know that the team leader of the Secret Service had read the information on rock security.

Marcus knew the company, with thousands of staff capable of fighting.Marcus thought that among the thousands of people, the lowest salary was 18 after tax.

In this way, when paired with his own income, Marcus' reaction will be so great.

In fact, Marcus's after-tax income is about 14 to [-] US dollars.

Even in the rock security, it can be ranked around level 6.

Except for the personal bodyguards who can block guns when necessary, not many people in Rock Security can get this job.

"Huh? Why are there so many engineering vehicles?"

In Marcus's depressed state, a group of people have already arrived in the manor.

In the manor, little Laura saw a lot of construction machinery and construction vehicles, that is, excavators, loaders, bulldozers and the like.

"Because I plan to bulldoze everything nearby and rebuild it." Abel beside her explained with a smile.

Little Laura: "Why?"

"I bought this house. It's on 18 acres for $5000 million."

"I also bought the house to the left of it, 8 acres, $2000 million."

"I bought the house to the right of it, 25 acres, for $500 million."

"I bought the two houses behind it. There are two houses in total, with a total of about 30 acres. Because it is cheaper not to be near the sea, the total cost is only 3000 million U.S. dollars."

"Everything you can see and what you can't see in front of you, a total of 81 acres of land worth about $1.6 million."

"They're all mine now. I want to bulldoze them all and build a manor on top of it like never before!"

"I'm going to call it Lauren's Blossom. What do you think of that name, darling?"

Little Laura was dumbfounded by the numbers in Abel's mouth.

The "Flower of Lauren" at the back made her young and beautiful face smile: "Why is it the flower of Lauren?"

"Don't like Lauren's Flower? Then use the name Laura's Flower?"

Little Laura laughed: "That's Lauren's flower. What are you doing, there are a lot of people here."

She screamed a little, and it turned out that it was Abel who hugged her.

He also leaned close to her ear, and while blowing hot air on her earlobe, he said softly——

"After two to three years, this place will be completely completed. At that time... how about holding our engagement banquet here?"

Little Laura didn't know that it was his smell, and the masculine breath from her mouth made her intoxicated.

It was the content of his words that made my heart beat faster.

At this moment, she felt that her whole body was soft.

She gritted her teeth slightly, ignoring the crowd of dozens of bodyguards and assistants around her, and raised her head and feet—a bit of a disgrace, because she was not tall enough to kiss.

Fortunately, Abel bent over cooperatively, and the two kissed sweetly.

After a few minutes, separate.

Little Laura was out of breath, and said with a grin: "I like the name Lauren's Flower!"

"I like it too." Abel smiled and leaned over to peck her again.

The noble daughter of the shrub family, her grandfather is the chief commander, her uncle is the chief commander, her second uncle is the governor and she is expected to be the chief commander, her third uncle is about to become the chief commander, so what if the father can be the governor at worst?
If the conditions are right, if you spend money on it, she will still be dizzy.

The only reason for those that cannot be smashed is that the money is not enough.

Or the status of the person throwing money is not enough.

Since No. [-], Huangdian Thirteenth Road, New York, became Elizabeth's back garden.

Abel has always had the idea of ​​continuing to buy houses in Long Island

Originally, he also wanted to buy ready-made ones at Huangdian.

But later, I felt that many of myself might be dissatisfied with the ready-made mansion, and it might need to be remodeled later.

Just like No. [-] Huangdian Thirteenth Road.

It might as well just start from scratch and buy the land and build it yourself.

That is, the land on the Long Island side, which can attract Abel's attention, basically has an owner, or there is already a house on it.

New Start Real Estate helped the boss find it, and finally Abel fell in love with the land near Great Neck Town.

A total of 81 acres of land includes a pond of about 10 acres, a small hill with an altitude of more than 100 meters, a private beach stretching for more than 1 kilometer, ready-made tall forests, grasslands, swamps, gardens and even farmland, etc.

The key is the location is great.

It is less than 50 miles from Manhattan in a straight line, and it can be reached in an hour without traffic jams.

It can be reached in ten minutes by helicopter.

It only takes half an hour to take a yacht cruise from the deep sea pier.

The location is excellent, the key is that after buying all the surroundings, the concealment and security are extremely high.

All conditions are very suitable.

Abel was ruthless and spent 1.55 million US dollars to buy this huge land with an excellent location.

He planned to bulldoze and rebuild, and invited well-known designers to help him design another house directly.

The land purchase contract was just negotiated not long ago, and construction has just started to be bulldozed.

Looking for a designer.

Running in the morning with little Laura today, he thought that since he had established a relationship with the other party.

In the future, we will deepen our cooperation with the shrub family, so let's show our sincerity there.

So he brought little Laura here, and showed little Laura their "love nest" in New York.

That's how today's scene came about.

Abel took little Laura by the hand and walked through the manor that had already begun to be dismantled.

He pointed to the core of the 81-acre land behind, that is, the hill with an altitude of [-] meters.

"Look over there."

Abel said: "It was originally a small summer garden, and the original owner built a swimming pool and a small living room on it."

"I think it's such a waste. I think we can bulldoze the top and build the main part of the house on top of it."

Little Laura looked at the place he was pointing at. Although she didn't understand civil engineering or construction, the small hill seemed too small.

"Build a house on it? It looks so small, can't you build many houses on it?" said little Laura.

Abel nodded:
"It's true that we can't build many houses. But we can pile it up around it and use it as the center to build an artificial mountain top. Then we can build our future home on the top of the mountain."

Little Laura felt that the amount of the project must be huge, which was exaggerated.

But hearing Abel say "our family" in his mouth and mouth, she felt sweet in her heart.

"Okay." Little Laura didn't think about whether the current situation was realistic or whether the project was too big or not.

She smiled and said happily: "That's on it, built in our home!"

(End of this chapter)