America's Road to Wealth

Chapter 329 Became a vassal of the United States

Abel stayed in Alexander's office for about an hour or so.

During the period, he had a working meal at the county government in Tarrant County.

Perhaps because of Abra, today's work meal is also relatively rich.

Chicken schnitzel, braised pork chops, biscuits and gravy, tacos and fruit fritters are all synonymous with home-cooked food that haunts Texans.

Abel, who was used to fine dining in New York, occasionally ate such a meal when he returned to his hometown.

It made him feel comfortable physically and mentally, as if the Texan genes in his body had been reawakened.

After eating, he didn't leave right away.

Accompanied by Alexander.

The father and son appeared near a square at No. 33-39 South Avenue in Fort Worth.

The square was originally called South Plaza, but was later acquired by a consortium and renamed Pacific Plaza.

The consortium that acquired this square and many commercial buildings on the square is the Pacific Supermarket Company under the name of Abel.

Pacific Supermarket Company currently has only one subsidiary under its name, which is Pacific Mall.

The plaza on South Avenue in Fort Worth is the first store of Pacific Mall in the United States.

The first Pacific Mall has two floors, each with an area of ​​66453 square feet.

That is a little over 13 square feet in total, and if converted into square meters, it is more than 1 square meters.

It was without a doubt a large supermarket, the largest in all of Fort Worth and Tarrant County.

If a large supermarket with an area of ​​more than 1.2 square meters is located in Huaxia, it is estimated that it can already rank first in the country.

For example, Carrefour Supermarket in Zhongguancun, the imperial capital, once known as the largest supermarket in Asia, has a business area of ​​only 11600 square meters.

But in the United States, the 1.2-square-meter supermarket is indeed considered a big supermarket, but there is nothing new about it.

Because there are many supermarkets that are bigger than it in terms of area.

The supermarket industry in the United States can be said to be a miracle composed of modern food, daily chemical industry, and light industry.

In the larger supermarkets, everything from homegrown goods, canned goods, meat and poultry, seafood, dairy, baked goods, frozen meals, beverages (including alcoholic beverages in some states), household essentials, ready meals ( A wide range of items), to deli items such as sushi, pastrami sandwiches, and roast chicken.

Some supermarkets even sell cars, small speedboats, and motor boats.

There are also pet markets and plant breeding markets inside.

According to the data of the authoritative "Food Marketing Research Institute" in the United States, each supermarket in the United States distributes an average of more than 33 commodities.

So supermarkets in the U.S. are large, with a median size of 41 square feet.

The median area of ​​supermarkets is more than 4000 square meters.

It can be seen from this that this kind of large supermarket with a large area and a large variety, which looks like a small city, is very common in the United States.

The bigger ones, such as Woodman's in Kenosha, Wisconsin, occupy almost 245469 square feet.

A supermarket with an area of ​​about 2.3 square meters.

But that's not even the biggest.

Florida's Mass Supermarket Corporation has a supermarket with a business area of ​​4.5 square meters in Miami.

This supermarket is the largest in the United States, and it is estimated to be the largest supermarket in the world.

China's supermarkets can only be said to be shopping malls.

Supermarkets in most parts of the United States, they really are "super" markets.

Super big market with super variety of goods.

Just imagine, a supermarket with such a large area.

Even with the help of some mechanical tools, the number of workers it needs to use will undoubtedly be many.

This is also the reason why Abel would want to invest in this industry whose profits are not very good.

According to data from the US Department of Labor, in 2000, almost 480 million people worked in tens of thousands of large and small supermarkets across the United States.

According to the information of Abel's Smith Thinking Group, it is the undisputed No. [-] retail overlord in the world.

In the United States alone, 160 million people work for Wal-Mart.

No.2 is Kroger, a century-old American supermarket, with about 35 employees.

What a horrific statistic that equates to roughly 0.5% of Americans working for Walmart and 0.13% for Kroger.

The American mass supermarket company that tried to enter Texas before, but did not develop very smoothly here, also has about 10 employees.

Not counting Wal-Mart, which is listed as an anomaly, half of the top ten retail groups in the United States are private companies that are not listed.

The controllers behind these guys, they are one of the masters of this country.

They control the people's livelihood, spread across the states of the United States, and affect the local politics and economy. They can be described as a party of princes.

In contrast, Wal-Mart, which has more employees, is not a cause for concern.

Why is Wal-Mart a listed company, and the control right is no longer in the hands of the Wal-Mart family.

It is precisely because of the infinite dispersion of power that Wal-Mart can spread throughout the United States, and then go out of the United States to the world.

And these private retail giants, they can't do it.

The reason is that the controlling family behind them refuses to hand over control.

This makes the giants like the American mass supermarkets often only limited to the development of one or two states, at most three or four states.

Rather than a listed company like Wal-Mart, which can open stores all over the United States.

Since he is a prince, he will have a territory.

It doesn't matter how you open a store in your own territory, you have to open a store in other "princess".

Either you accept the other party's shareholding, or you start a "war" and survive all battles.

Like the American mass supermarket company, it is mainly rooted in several places near Florida and Alabama.

In the past two years, he wanted to come to Dezhou to develop, but was miserable by the local snakes in Dezhou.

The land on Nanfang Avenue was negotiated and built by the Volkswagen Supermarket Company at that time.

But after it was built, a backstab was given to them here.

In desperation, the popular supermarket company had to choose to withdraw from the city of Fort Worth.

And the development in other Texas areas is not very smooth.

From these things, it can be seen that these private retail giants have a terrifying and low-key influence on the local states of the United States.

Let's say that.

In the U.S,
Wall Street and the financial oligarchs have mastered finance.

The military-industrial complex has mastered the force.

The energy complex holds energy.

These retail giants, and the agricultural companies that are inextricably linked to them, control the livelihood of the people of the United States.

In addition to these, there are some industrial giants who have mastered American industry.

Finance, military force, people's livelihood, energy, industry.

On the bodies of these behemoths, countless big and small Zhengzhi clans were born.

They hang like a shadow over all Americans.

Many times, the "farce" of elephants and donkeys in the White House and Capitol Hill.

Even the Grand Commander.

They are all just tricks for the American people after these existences struggle, contend, and compromise with each other.

It is not that the United States does not have a leader who cannot see this drawback.

Yes, the last Grand Commander of Vossloo saw it.

And determined to change.

He began to "eat" one capitalist per day.

I want to carry out a series of social reforms and change the national attributes of the United States.

The results of it?
The result was that he was about to lead the United States to win World War II. On the eve of the victory, he died of cerebral hemorrhage inexplicably in the White House.

Since then, the United States has never had a ruler of the level of a statesman.

Even if such a strongman really appeared, it would be impossible for him to reach that position.

The capitalists were terrified by Forthrow.

Since then, only the capitalists have been able to go up.

In this way, retail groups that can directly affect the livelihood of the people at the bottom have entered Abel's vision.

It is for this reason that Abel decided to enter this industry that does not seem to make money and does not seem to be tall at all.

Just like he invested in Tesla and wanted to shape a new track for new energy sources for electric vehicles.

In these areas, he is not after profits.

What he wants is the huge influence that is often invisible in the local area, just like the uncrowned princes and kings of the United States.

This is the American Pacific Mall, to be exact, the emergence of the American Pacific Supermarket Corporation.

A circle around the outside of the first Pacific Mall, Abel did not go in.

It's noon now, and the business in the mall is very good.

It can be seen that outside the mall, the square used as a parking lot is full of a large number of cars, most of which are pickups.

This is also a major feature of the United States and Texas.

That is, when Americans go shopping in supermarkets, they usually buy enough food for a week.

If you buy too much, you will naturally need to drive to take it home.

Therefore, these large supermarkets in the United States will all have a very large parking lot.

Elsewhere, in supermarket parking lots, everything is parked.

In Texas, most of them are pickups or SUVs.

In summary, it is because of the vast land and sparse population, the abundance of materials, and the fact that the world can be harvested with dollar tides.

This allows ordinary people in this country to share in the little juice leaked by the capitalists.

Let the people here, in terms of food, live better than people in most parts of the world.

World robbers, under the tidal harvest of the dollar, all Americans can benefit.

The difference is that capitalists take most of it, and ordinary Americans enjoy a small part.

After wandering around the perimeter, Abel didn't want to go in either.

In the carriage, the father and son talked softly.

"The other one is a little smaller," Alexander said. "Two in Fort Worth. One in Arlington. One in Lincoln and one in Bloomund."

This is Abel in Texas, in fact, mainly in the five Pacific Malls in Tarrant County.

These five Pacific malls actually came after Alexander came to power.

A chain of supermarkets was established through some official power and direct spending of money.

As the second most populous continent in the United States, it is the largest state in terms of area and ranks among the top five in terms of economy.

The retail industry in Texas is very developed, and Wal-Mart is very strong here, with more than 11% of its stores located here.

Fortunately, there is no local giant like Florida's Mass Supermarket Corporation.

The retail industry in Texas has always been in the "Warring States Period".

External retail giants, such as listed companies like Wal-Mart, as well as giants such as Volkswagen Supermarket and Kroger Supermarket, as well as some local mid-sized retail companies, have fierce competition in Texas.

Abel knew that he wanted Pacific Mall to expand to the whole of Texas, and even the entire southern part of the United States.

And not just limited to the words of Tarrant County.

Then there is a high probability that the power of the shrub family will be needed.

Otherwise, it will be difficult to go out and take a lot of time.

Thinking of this, Abel nodded and said, "I won't go to see those for now. I'll go back to Smith's Farm to see Emily and Charlize. I'll go to Houston to see Alex in two days."

"Alex isn't in Houston."

Alexander said: "My mother and father went to Austin, and Herbert invited them to come over and have been there for more than a month."

Abel really didn't know about this, and he was startled when he heard what his father said.

I was invited to be a guest, and I have been a guest for more than a month.
Abel couldn't help but feel a little conspiracy theory again.

If you count the time, your grandparents were invited by Herbert just two days before that big event happened.

It was either a coincidence, or Herbert knew that Abel was in Europe, so he called his old friend to him so as not to run away.

"call"

Abel smiled: "Okay. Then I'll go to Austin later."

Austin is the capital of Texas and the educational center of Texas.

But as the capital of a state, it is miraculously neither an economic center nor a political center.

It is understandable that it is not an economic center. After all, the capitals of many places are not economic centers.

The status of an economic center is generally related to geographical location and industrial development.

But the capital of Texas is not the political center, and there is only one place like Austin in the United States.

And most Texans don't like Austinites.

Austinites, in turn, don't like other Texans much.

The reason is that the entire state of Texas is basically conservative, and in terms of elections, it is crimson.

But as the capital, Austin, like New York City, is a blue to purple place.

The capital of the reddest state is dark blue, which is very strange.

But in reality it happened.

This makes the vast majority of Texans reluctant to recognize Austin's status.

Most Texans prefer Houston and Dallas, and even Fort Worth over Austin.

In the end, it basically does not have the status of the political center, and can only play by itself, which is very amazing.

After chatting with his father a few more words, Abel's convoy also left the Southern Avenue slowly.

The convoy returned to the official residence of Tarrant County, and after putting Alexander off the car.

The convoy resumed its journey and left downtown Fort Worth.

Soon after, the convoy drove out of the city limits of Fort Worth and headed northwest of the city.

At this time, Abel's car was no longer the Cadillac monster.

He put the Cadillac monster in his father's place.

On the way back to Smith Farm, more than [-]% of the journey is unpaved.

On such a road with extremely poor road conditions, even if the Cadillac Monster has good shock absorption and comfort, it is uncomfortable to sit in the back.

Instead of damaging the vehicle, it's better to just go back in the SUV.

Abel switched to a modified Cadillac Escalade.

At four o'clock in the afternoon, when the sun began to slant, the team returned to the long-lost Smith Farm.

For Smith Farm, whether it is to protect Emily or Charlize.

Rock security is here, and a large number of staff are deployed.

The arrival of Abel and others naturally notified this part of the company's employees in advance.

People from rock security came to greet him from afar.

Escort Abel all the way to the spacious square and parking lot in front of the main gate of Smith Farm.

Emily, who knew her son was back, and Charlize, who was very excited, had been waiting there for a long time.

Emily smiled happily when Abel jumped out of the car.

Charlize's eyes were slightly red.

He walked over and gave the happy mother a hug first.

After hugging his mother, Abel came to Charlize. He looked at this glamorous girl who was full of a pregnant mother's flavor, but she looked more plump and sexy.

"I am back."

Abel smiled and opened his hands to her, and Charlize rushed forward without hesitation, hugging him tightly.

Abel carefully protected her belly, hugged her with one hand, and gently comforted her on the back with the other.

Although Abel was very angry at her actions at the time, and had no feelings for her at that time.

It's more about the desire to possess her beauty, and the desire to conquer men.

But Abel really couldn't pull out his X and be ruthless.

In addition, she became the carrier of her own gene reproduction, that is, the mother of the child.

There is still more than half a year to dilute his unhappiness and dissatisfaction at that time.

Coupled with little Laura's tolerance and calmness, Abel is no longer angry with Charlize.

After not being angry with her, I felt a little guilty.

He hugged her and coaxed her softly for a while, which also made Emily next to her smile.

As the mother of her son's first child, plus getting along day and night.

Charlize naturally has some status with Emily.

Soon Abel took Charlize with one hand and mother with the other, and walked towards Smith Manor.

This evening, he had another real home-cooked meal, cooked by Emily herself.

Known as the melting pot of North American history and culture, Texas is also recognized as an emerging food destination in the United States.

There are world-renowned German/Mexican cuisine, gold-medal barbecue, hand-cut steaks that everyone loves, and seafood freshly caught from the Gulf coast. They can satisfy the diverse taste buds here.

But traditional farm families or cowboy families generally eat the same things——

Chicken schnitzel, braised pork chops, roast beef ribs, biscuits with lamb gravy, tortillas and fruit pies.

No matter how delicious it was, Abel had already had a meal at his father's at noon.

Another meal in the evening. If it weren't for the expectant look in his mother's eyes, he wouldn't be able to eat it.

After dinner, the wife of the farm worker came to help clean the kitchen as a servant.

Emily also accompanied her son and the son's mother to the living room to watch TV and chat about family affairs.

Abel also thinks it is very good to come to this kind of family warmth once in a while.

Emily's maternal love and Charlize's dependent tenderness.

Let him relax a little bit from his tense spirit in New York.

At this time, on the TV is Abel's own AMC channel.

What is being played inside is the replay of the concert in Times Square last night.

(End of this chapter)