America's Road to Wealth

Chapter 288

Today's British Isles can already be regarded as an overseas economic colony of the old United States.

This is the reason why the British Isles can still maintain a certain influence and remain an international financial metropolis.

Inside Lloyds Bank, there are a large number of shareholders from Wall Street.

But among these Wall Street shareholders, there is neither Smith Capital.

There are also no bush families, much less military-industrial complexes.

What Kraven was worried about at this time was whether Abel was the representative of the interests of the North American military-industrial complex in Thirteen Continents.

If only Abel wanted to take a stake in Lloyds Bank.

Even if Lloyds Bank does not refuse.

It can also be just a little bit of meaning, allocating 0.1%, 0.2% of the shares will do.

Just in case if Abel is a bush, or they are behind the military-industrial complex's interests.

Then you can't deal with it casually.

Something will happen.

Because I know too much about the situation in the British Isles and the Financial City today.

Under Abel's simple request, Kraven fell into infinite troubles.

After thinking about it carefully, Kleven didn't dare to explicitly refuse, nor did he dare to directly agree.

The CEO of Lloyds responded softly:
"Thank you very much, Mr. Smith, for your optimism. Lloyds Bank is deeply honored. As for your request for a shareholding, Lloyds Bank will consider it carefully and give you a reply within a week. No, three days later."

Abel nodded with a smile.

In fact, Abel didn't have as much as Kraven thought.

Kraven has to worry about Abel's identity behind him and the American interest groups he may represent.

This is purely Kraven's self-imagining.

Abel's purpose is simple.

Lloyds Bank is one of the largest financial groups in the UK and one of the most influential financial groups in Europe.

He felt that if he wanted to play finance in Europe, he would cut leeks as soon as possible.

If I am here, I cannot live without a foothold.

Like Lloyds Bank and HSBC, Abel feels that he has a good foothold here.

It will be safer if you can buy a part of the shares and become their shareholders.

It's just that the situation in Europe is much more complicated than that in the United States.

Especially the United Kingdom, when faced with the interest demands from the US, is often very hard-spoken, but it is always the one that kneels the fastest.

The main reason is that when facing the United States, the United Kingdom really kneels without any psychological burden
The conversation with Kraven was also ended because of the heavy concerns of the CEO of Lloyds Bank and his serious self-brainstorming.

This time over to the UK.

Abel's advisory team has been studying for a long time, and Abel didn't come over immediately after he slapped his head.

The advisory group has studied for half a year, and actually thinks that Britain at this time has nothing but finance and media.

This country, or even most of Europe, no longer has much investment value for Abel.

The national strength of the British Isles has long since declined, and it is the capital and enterprises here that have declined along with the country.

What's more, as early as Thatcher's period, the interests of this country had already been divided up.

If Abel wants to enter.What he entered was not a blue ocean, but a red ocean that already had an owner.

The masters in this Red Sea, more importantly, are not actually British.

The companies that Timmy Owen introduced to Abramovich, Aymo Alamuddin and others just now are all giants in various fields in the UK.

Behind each of them, there is a strong shadow of oilmen or Wall Street capital.

To put it simply, these British monopoly giants more or less have some American capital in them.

British capital, to put it bluntly, is an incarnation of American capital.

To be precise, it should be American and British capital.

This situation is actually very similar to Han Guo and Neon, which are nothing more than Wall Street's overseas economic colonies.

In other words, when Abel entered the UK market, he actually entered an overseas market in the United States.

Except for the new energy track that he himself is preparing to manufacture.

No matter which field he enters in the UK, he is actually competing with the former leader of the track in the United States.

At most, it's just a place of competition, and the rest is not much different.

The reason why media and finance are specifically singled out.

It is because the advisory group also feels that the boss is basically invincible in finance and can play however he wants.

As for the media, it was Abel's request.

The United Kingdom is not the United States, and it cannot provide votes for Abel.

Then he is here, and there is no need to benefit ordinary people.

It is enough to use finance to cut leeks to make money, and use the media to control the mouthpiece of public opinion.

As for other industries, as long as they can grow bigger in the United States.

It will not be too difficult to expand the overseas economic colonies in the United States.

Referring to Abel's idea, his advisory group formulated a British or European plan for him.

Basically, the main focus is on finance and media.

Others, either Abel's hobbies or pleasures.

Such as investing in football and F1, these are Abel's hobbies and whims.

Either it is to assist certain areas of finance and media.

In other respects, if Abel is not interested, the advisory group will not make a detailed plan for him.

Now follow the plan designed by the advisory group for Abel.

Abel's next step is to continue to buy a large number of newspapers and TV stations in the UK and Europe.

Then buy shares here, and even acquire those banks and financial groups in Europe.

To achieve the purpose of financial influence and control of public opinion.

It is also worth mentioning that 1450 Information Consulting Company came with Abel
This company has been here for a week, and it has already applied for the establishment of 9 NGO organizations in Europe.

These organizations cover areas such as environmental protection, culture, youth exchanges, and the Internet.

What Soros will do in the future, and is even doing now.

Abel is more forward-looking, he wants to cultivate his own European customer service pony!

And I want 1450 Network Information Company to be able to do a little more smoothly here.

The channel that can speak out, that is, the media field, is very important.

Finance is the bone, the media is the flesh and blood, and Yuanshen is the United States that can intimidate Europe, plus 1450 as an off-the-market means.

This is the heart of Abel's British, or European project!
The reception tonight is mainly for this purpose.

In the cup and plate, David DeLarry Walker is back.

This means that all the guests invited to tonight's reception have come.

David DeLarry Walker, as the master of ceremonies and half-host, announced the official start of the reception with a smile.

With this Walker's David, Abel's David and Abel, even little Laura, can breathe a little easier.

As the host of tonight's reception, David Walker didn't come in.

At the reception, Abel had only one David Jones who was like a butler to help.

Most of the guests came to see Abel and little Laura, both of whom were very busy.

Little Laura is okay, her family education has education in this area.

This is a necessary course for the mistress of a large European and American family.

She's quick to get into character even if she's not very familiar with it, and she did a great job tonight.

The Smith family is relatively red-necked, and Abel was also trained in the direction of a farmer before.
In addition, his personality doesn't like this kind of excitement.

Although it's okay to deal with it, I don't like it from the bottom of my heart.

It's just that in order to increase contacts and expand influence, this kind of reception has to be held again.

He had to treat it as a job, a job he had to deal with.

Now David DeLarry Walker comes in.

He could finally breathe a sigh of relief and let the two Davids deal with the male guests.

Leave Mrs. David Walker and little Laura to deal with the ladies of the gentlemen.

Abel himself took the opportunity of urinating to escape.

He ran to a small lounge on the second floor, sat on the sofa next to the huge French windows, and looked down at the reception scene below.

Even in their own manor, the Four King Kong still have enough manpower to lurk beside Abel anytime and anywhere.

Like now, Edward came to Abel and whispered to him:

"Boss, someone is here. It's a guest of the reception."

Someone will come, Abel is not surprised at all.

He knew that he was the core of tonight's reception, and he didn't know how many caring people were staring at him.

If you want to avoid this kind of nagging completely, unless you really hide, or the reception is over.

Otherwise, you will only have a moment to spare.

This is probably like going to work, migrant workers can touch fish by urinating.

But after the urine escape is over, it is still unavoidable to continue working.You can only wait until the end of get off work or directly absent from work to ask for leave, so that you really don't have to go to work.

"Who is it?" Abel asked.

Edward scratched his head. There are too many guests tonight, and the captain of the bodyguard only remembers the important ones.

The person who came was a small character that Edward didn't remember, and the bodyguard captain didn't know who it was.

"The name is Roman Abramovich."

Johnson next to Edward suddenly whispered:

"It seems to be a businessman from Mao Xiongguo, who had a long chat with the lawyer you hired today, BOSS."

"Oh?" Abel was surprised, "Johnson, how would you know?"

Johnson's face was expressionless. This Black King Kong had facial paralysis, which was in stark contrast to Abel's other Black King Kong's talkative attributes.

"Boss, you know. I'm a sniper, and I'm used to observing people from a distance. I'm very sensitive to other people's sights and gazes."

Johnson, one of the Black King Kong, said, "This guy from Maoxiong Kingdom has been staring at you all the time. I just found someone and asked him his identity."

"It's a good habit." Abel praised him with a smile, "Keep up the good work! Let this guy from Maoxiong Kingdom come in. I've heard of this guy."

Roman Abramovich, Abel is too familiar.

It's not Abeshu, an American, but Abeshu, a time traveler.

Hearing that Roman Abramovich came to find him, Abel also wanted to meet this legendary oligarch of the Maoxiong Kingdom.

Edward gets Abel's approval to let Abramovich in.

This allowed Abu to meet Abu, who was still young this year.

"Good evening, Mr. Smith." Abramovich's English at this time was still a little tongue-twisting, a bit like Mao's English.

Later, in order to remove his hair and enter Europe, he may have studied hard as a coolie, and his English became more and more authentic later on.

So much so that when I spoke English in the media later, I could no longer hear the Mao accent.

It's a bit like Cambridge.

In order to get rid of hair and enter Europe, Abramovich can be said to be really hard.

Unfortunately, from beginning to end, even he was a big capitalist.

But the mainstream society in the European and American world has never regarded him as one of their own.

Not only Abramovich, but also other oligarchs and wealthy businessmen in Maoxiong Country.

One of the two co-founders of Google, Sergey Brin is already considered the best businessman from a bear origin in the European and American world.

But this Sergey Brin, he comes from an Oil family.
From this point of view, the mainstream society in the European and American world has never regarded Maozi as one of its own from the beginning to the end.

The wishful thinking of licking the dog will always only get the cold eyes of the goddess.

"Good evening, Mr. Abramovich." Abel looked at Abu with interest, and he came in alone.

"What can I do for you, sir? It's so lively down here, why don't you go to it? This reception can help you meet more friends, and it will be helpful for you, a bear businessman like you, in London."

Facing Abel's kind words and expressions, Abramovich was surprised.

You need to know the top richest people in Europe or the United States.

When facing Mao Xiongguo's kind, he always feels a bit superior.

In the past two years, Abramovich, who has spent most of his time in Europe, has a deep understanding of this.

However, at this moment, Abramovich did not perceive the superior attitude of other European and American rich and powerful in Abel.

This made Abramovich feel a little flattered.

"Oh, Mr. Smith." Abramovich said with a smile:
"Of course I will go down. Your reception is too lively, and I like it very much. But I have two things for you, and I want to consult you."

Because of the dominance of Huaxia's soul, plus the reason why I prefer football and Chelsea.

Abel doesn't have a good opinion of Abu, but he doesn't have the habit of looking down on Maozi like Europeans and Americans of his class.

Abel smiled and said, "What's the matter? Tell me."

"That's right." Abramovich didn't expect Abel to be so "approachable".

The oligarch who has a high status in Maozi but is looked down upon in Europe hastily said:
"I think F1 will be a good business in the future. I want to invest in an F1 team. I heard Mr. Smith you have two teams."

"I want to buy one of the fleets from you. Well, I plan to use [-] million dollars to buy your Tesla fleet. I don't know what you want?"

Abel looked at Abu with interest.

Abel felt that Abramovich at this moment was very much like his friend in the desert.

The desert stock god Prince Walid.

At that time, Prince Waleed sold the shares of Abel's News Corporation, and when he sold Abel's yacht.

Also like Abramovich now.

It is said to be selling or buying, but it is actually giving money.

In order to avoid being cut off, rich people in many countries meet top people in Europe and America, mainly in the United States.

The approach is similar to these two.

"The Tesla team is not worth [-] million dollars." Abel smiled lightly, seeing that Abramovich wanted to speak, he stopped him:

"Mr. Abramovich, I know what you want to do. You want to invest in F1, I am in favor of it. But the Tesla team is not worth the price."

"1000 million US dollars. Plus the debt of the Tesla team, there is one more condition. As long as you agree, then I can sell the Tesla team to you."

As with Waleed, Abel didn't like this little advantage.

Abramovich did not expect today to be so smooth.

I'm also surprised that Abel didn't take advantage of this.

Maozi's oligarch quickly said: "What conditions? As long as I can, I will definitely agree. I really want an F1 team. Like you, Mr. Smith, I like football and racing cars."

"I don't like football and racing cars." Abe said deliberately.

"Uh" Abramovich was a little embarrassed for a while.

Abel laughed, "Just kidding. I still like football. I don't like racing cars that much. Buying F1 is an investment, and buying a team is to please my girlfriend."

Abramovich knew that Abel's girlfriend was Little Laura.

He also knew the identity of little Laura.

If you can use the F1 car to get involved with the bush family
This made Abramovich more determined to invest in F1.

"Please state the conditions. Mr. Smith, I want to buy a Tesla fleet." Abramovich said firmly.

"The condition is that the Tesla team cannot change its name. If you don't want it in the future, the team will also be sold back to me at the price I sold it to you."

Abel said: "That's the condition, if you still want to. Send someone to my people to sign the contract tomorrow."

Pull Abramovich, who has strong financial resources and does not treat money as money, into F1.

Abel felt that this would be good for invigorating F1, stimulating other teams, and attracting audiences and ratings.

Abel himself bought the F1 team at the beginning, mainly to give little Laura as a gift.

Later, I bought two of them, mainly due to the temper of the local tyrants, and these two teams were also very cheap at the time.

It's not half selling and half giving away, it's close to giving away everything if you don't look at the debt.

Now the purpose of gift giving has been fulfilled.

It is also impossible for little Laura to manage two teams by herself.

Sell ​​one of them to Abramovich, and at the same time continue to name Tesla.

Abel felt that the deal was a good deal.

In addition, in this way, Abel believes that he can also lighten his color in F1.

Otherwise, as the real behind-the-scenes boss of F1, I have established two teams, and it is not good to say it.

Even if Abramovich doesn't come to the door.

After winning F1.

Abel don't think about selling the two teams in name.

For example, sell one of them to Ikana or her father.

Abel pays for the subsequent maintenance of the team himself, and Abel takes the benefits himself.

But the name has Ted Lerner as the boss, I believe Ikana or her father will be very happy.

You don't have to do anything, you can be the boss of an F1 team with just a name.

This kind of good thing, with the character of Ikana's father, will definitely jump three feet high.

Now that Abramovich came to his door, Abel simply sold the Tesla team to him.

Sell ​​the MGM team to Laura Jr. later, or someone else.

For example, the sisters of the Li family, the operation mode is the same as that mentioned above.

Just let little Laura live the addiction of a team manager.

Little Laura probably doesn't care whether the team is hers or not, what she wants is the sense of accomplishment of participating and running it.

Abu quickly agreed to Abel's conditions.

After all, Abramovich wants to play F1, and his purpose is not for profit or the team itself.

"What about the other thing? You just said two things." Abel asked with a smile.

Abramovich smiled and said: "Another thing is that I heard you bought a Premier League team. I also like football, and I want to buy a Premier League team. I wonder if you can give it to Mr. Smith. I have a suggestion?"

"Go and buy Chelsea." Abel almost didn't think about it, and said with a smile:
"I think it's your destiny to have Chelsea."

Abramovich thought to himself, does the Chelsea team have anything to do with Smith?
Otherwise, no matter how you think about it, just give this suggestion directly?
He didn't know that this was Abel's bad taste.

But on the surface, Abramovich naturally smiled quickly:
"Understood, very good advice. Thank you very much, Mr. Smith."

Abramovich has decided that even if there is some bleeding, he will win Chelsea.

"Okay." After seeing the real Abu, Abu's feelings disappeared.

Abel stood up, "I wish you a good time. Mr. Abramovich, I'm going down to entertain the guests."

Abramovich quickly responded.

(End of this chapter)