America's Road to Wealth

Chapter 359 Sudden changes to South Korea
Drinking hot coffee, eating a delicious breakfast, reading the newspaper, and occasionally looking down at the street view of Manhattan outside the floor-to-ceiling windows.

Abel took a long time to eat this breakfast today.

It was around nine o'clock before he left the summit mansion and went directly to the office downstairs.

The biggest advantage of living directly in the apartment on the top floor of the Smith Tower is——

You can go directly to your work place without using transportation.

The entrance to the former Woolworth Building is also the new starting point real estate company, after the third application to the New York authorities and the New York Cultural Relics Preservation Association for renaming.

At the end of last month, it was officially approved.

Follow the relevant application documents.

Starting next year, the Woolworth Building, which has a history of more than 70 years, will soon be renamed the Smith Building.

This notice has been announced in major newspapers.

After next year, all the newly updated maps and publications about New York will have to make changes in this regard.

And the traces left by Frank W. Woolworth, the founder of the "Fifty and Dime" grocery store chain, will be erased here.

Who told him that his descendants are unworthy, that his ability is not good enough, and he lost the ownership of the building decades ago.

Abel has a direct elevator from the pinnacle mansion to the office building below.

This specially modified top executive elevator.It also allows Abel to reach any floor of the mansion from the pinnacle mansion.

Standing in the elevator, the four bodyguards walked in with them, and it took about 50 seconds.

The elevator came to the first floor of the Smith Tower.

Get out of the elevator.

Abel was at the gate of the building, sitting in the Cadillac monster in the middle of the convoy.

The convoy then started and headed for upper Manhattan.

He was going to talk to Robert Morgenthau about Hudson's Bay Yards.

The Manhattan District Attorney's Office Building, in Upper Manhattan.

Smith Tower in Lower Manhattan.

It is about 7.4 kilometers away from Central Park and about 5.3 kilometers away from New York Times Square.

It takes about ten kilometers to go to upper Manhattan.

With such a short distance, if you can drive in a straight line without traffic lights and traffic jams, it will only take about ten minutes at most.

But now is the rush hour in Manhattan, almost three months have passed since [-]/[-].

The traffic in Manhattan gradually became blocked again.

Abel's convoy, took about half an hour.

Only then can we reach Times Square, which is only 5.3 kilometers away.

To go to Upper Manhattan, you have to drive at least five kilometers.

Near the increasingly crowded Times Square section.

The first thing that caught Abel's eyes outside the car window was the large number of various advertising screens on the glass walls of the surrounding buildings.

Able, who was bored in the traffic jam, simply looked up at these advertisements.

The location of the team at this time made Abel's car window happen to be the more famous Reuters billboard.

Thomson Reuters advertising screen is the iconic electronic screen in Times Square.

It is located at the intersection of 43rd and Seventh Avenue, next to the Nasdaq advertising screen, and can reach the perspective of the entire Times Square.

There are 11 advertising screens of different sizes in the entire Reuters Building. Customers can design different advertising content for different advertising screen sizes and play them at the same time.

It attracted Abel's attention at this time because the advertisement on it today is an advertisement for the NBA.

Seeing this ad, Abel suddenly thought 'Oh, by the way, I have a basketball team'!
He remembered that at this time last year, he bought the Houston Rockets.

Later, it was put on badly for more than half a year. On this year's draft night, I only went to a talent show.

In the talent show, the Rockets selected the relatively young Yao as the No. [-] pick according to their own requirements.

He remembered that after that, he seemed to ask the Smith Intelligence Group to allocate [-] million U.S. dollars to it from his private account.

I didn't care about it anymore.

Scratching his head, Abel realized that he was not only interested in basketball, but also in football.

For Manchester United, there are also several European football teams, which were also bought a few months ago.

Let people do a good job in the management. After each team invests a sum of money, they don't care anymore.

Even the F1 that has already been obtained, Abel actually didn't pay much attention to it.

Now that he was reminded by the advertisement on this advertising screen, he remembered them.

Abel thought about it, and he seemed to be really indifferent to them.

Thinking about it carefully, Abel thought of the reason why he was like this.

The reason is actually very simple, because they are "worthless".

Of course, this kind of worthlessness is for Abel's wealth and his ability to earn money.

Acquire five football teams, plus a basketball team.

Abel remembers spending just under $12 billion.Including the follow-up funds invested in their development, the total will be about 20 billion US dollars.

For most billionaires, $20 billion is already an astonishing astronomical sum.

But for Abel, the money can only buy the shares of American Express, which is less than 5%.

Abel calculated in his mind and found that it was about 4.2% at most.

The money he spent on 50.4% of American Express’s shares exceeded more than 200 billion U.S. dollars.

With so much money, all the teams in the current NBA league can be packaged several times.

This is like a senior white-collar worker with a monthly salary of 10,000+.He bought some toys worth hundreds or thousands of dollars because of a whim or childhood feelings.

After playing with these toys a few times, they threw them into the room.

When he remembered, he would take them out to play with, to pass the time and remember his feelings.

It’s also like a top white-collar worker with a monthly income of 10,000+, who must buy every new game on Steam, and bought dozens or hundreds of games in a year or two.

He really knows how to play, and those who really play often may actually only have one or two of them.

All the rest are eating ashes.

Put this kind of reasoning on Abel.

That is, after he bought these things, he tossed about when he remembered them, and later he forgot because of business or work, so he really forgot.

Even F20, which is worth nearly 1 billion US dollars, is the same for him.
Fortunately, even if he didn't care, Abel knew that the Smith Brain Group, as the "attendant's room" and "military aircraft department", would help him keep an eye on them.

Thinking of this, Abel called David who was in the front passenger seat.

"David. Looking at the billboards, it looks like my basketball team is coming to New York tonight?"

At this moment, the traffic jam convoy couldn't move.

Abel pointed out the car window and asked the billboard above the Thomson Reuters building.

David Jones also glanced out the window, then he smiled and said:

"Yes. At seven o'clock tonight, the Houston Rockets will play against the New York Knicks at Madison Square Garden."

David didn't need to say anything about it, Abel knew about it.

The billboard next to it is not only an advertisement for the NBA, but also for the basketball game tonight.

"Oh, tell me about the Houston Rockets."

Abel didn't care about the Tao.

It was only when he saw the billboard that he remembered that he brought Dayao over earlier and threw him into Team Rocket.

It has been more than half a year now, and I don't know if there is any chemical effect.

Abel only remembers writing a check for $[-] million to Rockets general manager George Postolos.

Ask him to let him build a powerful Houston Rockets around Dayao.

After that, he didn't care much.

Plus Abe never cared about entertainment, not even Hollywood.

Therefore, the newspapers prepared for him by the maids rarely have news about commercial sports.

If he hadn't seen the billboard just now, he would have forgotten this subconsciously.

David is worthy of being Abel's best panacea, he responded with a smile:
"George Postolos is doing pretty well. Now the Rockets are in the Midwest Division of the West, and they are currently ranked first. I don't know the specific win or loss. Do I need to call George Postolos?" ?”

Abel didn't pay enough attention to the big toys he bought, which was reflected in David, even he only knew a rough idea.

Abel shook his head, "Forget it. I'll go and see the game tonight. You can inform David Stern and ask him to keep a ticket for me."

David nodded. After getting Abel's permission, he dialed the number of NBA President David Stern directly in front of his boss.

The traffic jam was severe, and Abel felt bored, so he simply listened to the conversation between David in front of him and David in the NBA.

"Mr. Stern?"

"Oh, it's Mr. Jones! Hello, it's me, I'm Stern."

The two have the same name, and Stern obviously wouldn't call David by his first name directly, just like David wouldn't call him by his first name directly.

Because that's like they're calling themselves.

"Hello, Mr. Stern. I'm calling you because my boss wants to go to Madison Square Garden to watch the game tonight. I wonder if there is any room?"

There seemed to be a silence on David Stern's side.

Then the league president, in an uncertain voice, asked David Jones.

"Mr. Jones, you mean Mr. Smith, coming to the game tonight?"

"Yes. Is there still room? If not, I will notify my boss."

"Yes! Of course, Mr. Jones! Of course there is a place! The owner of the NBA basketball team wants to come to watch his team's game, how can there be no place!!"

David Stern's voice was a little excited.

Just kidding, NBA executives and executives.After the record-breaking draft, Abe Smith has been expected to appear in the NBA audience.

Better be him, with his friends who are super bosses!

That would get the NBA's most wanted and most spending middle class in the country, primarily wealthier white folks.

It will make these people's attention, and some will be allocated to the NBA.

They will wonder why these top tycoons also go to watch the football that black people like to play.

The whites, blacks and blacks at the bottom will also be happy for the richest man in the world to watch the NBA.

They like their favorite shows, games, or sports, and being liked by the richest man in the world will also feel a sense of honor to these low-level people.

Taking a step back, as the first-generation super traffic king, he rarely appears on live TV screens.

Just the appearance of Abel himself can attract a large number of viewers in front of the TV, and use the remote control to switch the TV program to the NBA.

But the president and executives of the NBA league want to see this scene the most.After draft night, it never happened.

After buying the Rockets, it was unprecedented to order a Chinese basketball No. [-] pick, and at the same time, he was super heroic. With a wave of his hand, he gave [-] million US dollars to Abel of the Rockets.

After that night, he never appeared in the NBA audience again.

David Stern only knew that when the big shots left Madison Square Garden, a little accident happened.

They don't know what happened. The NBA league can only hope that this little accident will make the richest man in the world not like to come to the NBA again.

Not that he's tired of the NBA.

In the case of the former, there is still some hope of remedy.

If it is the latter, the possible loss will be relatively large.

Now, after waiting for more than half a year, David Stern finally heard about Abel Smith and wanted to watch the game live.

At this moment, Mr. President of the alliance almost burst into tears.

Compared with the excited David Stern, David on Abel's side didn't feel anything special.

He said softly: "Then it's settled. Please leave enough space. Mr. Smith will appear later."

"Understood." David Stern suppressed his excitement and made his tone look normal: "I promise, Mr. Smith will have the best viewing experience when the time comes!"

"Thank you in advance, then. Put it this way, Mr. Stern. I'll see you tonight."

"Okay, okay. I'll see you tonight." David Stern responded happily.

Watching David hang up the phone, Abel in the back of the car asked casually, "Is anyone in New York now?"

Abel's endless questioning, if it were someone else, they might not know what he was asking.

Even Edward may have to be taken aback for a while, and he may not be able to answer later.

Fortunately, David Jones is sitting in the co-pilot.

The family butler who is best at observing Abel said with a smile:
"Miss Lavigne is at the top. Miss Bunchen was injured and returned to New York to recuperate. It has been a week. She is at No. [-] Thirteenth Road, King Point. Miss Spears is opposite in New Jersey."

David replied that he had a relationship with Abel and was now in New York or the women near New York.

Abel was asking this too.

"Then inform them, I will invite them to watch the football game tonight." Abel said with a smile.

David smiled and nodded.

Abel thought about it again, and he was getting engaged at the end of the month.

No matter how unscrupulous it is, it doesn't seem to be a big deal.

Even if you can suppress those media not to report indiscriminately, you still have to cover up to some extent.

He asked David another question, "How many stars are there in Smith Media, now in New York? I mean the big ones."

Abel's idea was to take the three of them there at night.

At the same time, bring two or three big-name stars who have cooperated with their own media company.

At that time, a large group of big stars will accompany the world's richest man to watch the football together.

Even if it is reported by the media, it will not look so obtrusive.

There are plenty of excuses, too.

David couldn't answer this question right away.

No matter how powerful the family butler is, he is not a super intelligent AI.

He can only pick some important things to remember.

The question behind Abel is obviously not very important.

"I can call Mr. Levine." David responded to the boss with a smile: "I think he will arrange it very well."

Abel nodded in satisfaction.

then.

12 month 2 day.

West Coast, Los Angeles Manhattan Beach.

DreamWorks Music star Michael Jackson was on the beach filming the music video for his new album. In the middle of filming, he answered a phone call.

After answering the call, MJ left the filming team without hesitation and rushed to Los Angeles International Airport.

The same time.

Not the same location.

South Los Angeles, West Adams District.

The filming location of the classic Hollywood movie "Forrest Gump" is at the University of Southern California.

Tom Hanks, who is filming Spielberg's new film "A Game of Cat and Mouse" here, also answered a phone call.

After answering the phone, he ran to the big director to ask for leave under the curious eyes of his rival actor Leonardo DiCaprio.

"You want to ask for leave? Why?" Spielberg looked at Tom Hanks dissatisfied.

As one of the two most famous Toms in Hollywood.

Tom Hanks smiled gently, not afraid of Spielberg's somewhat dissatisfied face.

He said softly:

"Steven, Mr. Levine from Smith Media. He invited me to watch a basketball game in the NBA. I'm only going for one night, and I promise to be back tomorrow afternoon. Steven, please."

Hearing that the invitation was from Michael Levin, one of the presidents of Smith Media, Spielberg was finally not so angry.

Otherwise, what this great director hates the most is that someone interferes with his shooting cycle.

"Then go. But remember what you said, you have to come back tomorrow afternoon."

Spielberg said.

"Of course. Thank you! Steven!" Tom Hanks said happily.

Spielberg called out to Leonardo DiCaprio, who is now heading to the front line, but not yet.

The big director thought about Tom Hanks asking for leave.

Then shoot some Leonardo DiCaprio scenes first, because the crew can't be idle anyway.

But before Tom left, Spielberg asked curiously:
"Tom, I remember that you and Mr. Levin don't seem to like basketball, right? Why do you suddenly want to watch the NBA?"

At this time, Leonardo DiCaprio also came to the director, wanting to see what the director asked him to do.

Spielberg was talking to Tom Hanks at this time, and he was also watching the conversation between the big names and super directors.

Hearing Spielberg's question, Tom Hanks smiled.

The big star didn't want to tell the truth.But he thought that Spielberg and that big shot seemed to have a good relationship, and they were talkative people in Smith Media.

After thinking about it, Tom Hanks still whispered:
"It's true that I'm not interested in basketball. Mr. Levine doesn't watch it either. But this time is an exception."

"Why?" Spielberg was even more curious.

Even the well-behaved little Li beside him looked at Tom Hanks curiously.

Tom Hanks shrugged, "Because Mr. Levin told me that Mr. Smith wanted to find some Hollywood actors to accompany him to watch the basketball game in New York tonight. He found me, and I'm going to the airport now. That's it. Steven, see you tomorrow. Oh, and Leonardo, you too."

Spielberg and Xiao Li waved goodbye to Tom Hanks.

After Tom walked away, Leonardo DiCaprio finally couldn't help whispering:

"Mr. Spielberg, the Mr. Smith that Hanks mentioned, could it be Abel Smith?"

Spielberg didn't want to answer this kind of question.

But the first male lead is gone, and then he wants to lead the filming of the second male lead, he thought about it and said:
"It should be. There are too many Smiths in the Federation. But there is only one Mr. Smith."

After getting an affirmative answer, Leonardo immediately envied the departed Tom Hanks.

To be able to show his face in front of the richest man in the world and a super media tycoon.

This is a very attractive thing for Tom Hanks.

It even allowed him to leave his job immediately and ask for leave.

What's more, Xiao Lizi, who is not yet full in the first line and is at the peak of the second line.

In the envy and jealousy of Tom Hanks, Leonardo DiCaprio couldn't help whispering:
"That Mr. Smith, how could he invite Tom to watch a basketball game with him? In the newspapers, I haven't seen any news about how good Tom has a relationship with him."

"I'm not sure about that." Spielberg shook his head, "But Leonard, now please let us have a good film together, Okay?"

"Okay okay," responded a young Leonardo DiCaprio quickly.

At this time, if someone has the perspective of God.

It can be found that from California, on the same day, many Hollywood superstars who have a good relationship with Smith Media rushed to New York.

Among them are MJ, the emperor of pop music, Tom Hanks, the "Forrest Gump", and Madonna, the queen of music who has a good relationship with CAA.

There are men and women, and men account for the majority, there are five or six in total.

When these people either took their own private jets or took an airline flight, they rushed to New York.

Here in New York, it was already past five o'clock in the evening and almost six o'clock in the evening.

Fortunately, the game at Madison Square Garden didn't officially start until seven o'clock.

When these people are rejoicing that there is still time.

A piece of news came that stunned them.

That is the gentleman who invited them to come here to watch the game together tonight.

Just now, he had left New York.

Flew away in his Boeing 747.

"what's the situation?"

Michael Jackson, who had just arrived from JFK International Airport and ran all the way to Manhattan.

A little dissatisfied and afraid to vent, he looked at his assistant.

The assistant was sweating profusely to contact CAA CEO Delevingne.

The former manager of Michael Jackson has now been promoted to a higher position.

After getting in touch, the assistant quickly handed the phone to Michael.

"Delevingne." Michael said softly, "I heard that Mr. Smith left New York? What happened? Are you still watching the game?"

"Well, I'm sorry, Michael. I just called Mr. Levin. Mr. Levin told me that Mr. Smith is in a hurry. He is going to Hanguo in Asia. The matter is urgent. Tonight's game cannot be watched Mr. Smith said, I will invite you next time to watch a basketball game together."

I heard Delevingne's voice on the phone.

Michael Jackson's little irritability disappeared.

Not to mention the awe of Abel, it's just that Abel helped him get rid of Sony's entanglement.

MJ has always been grateful to him, not to mention the special relationship between Abel and his good friend Ted Lerner.

Besides, as Abel, let them dove.

Michael knew that there was nothing he could do, at best he was incompetent and furious.

Is there any way to get revenge and go back?
Ants also want to shake giant elephants?
"Okay," Michael Jackson replied, "That's a shame. What's the rush for Mr. Smith? Do you need my help?"

Delevingne thought to himself, what can you do for Mr. Smith's urgent matter?

I can't even help.

Those who can help are probably Buffett.

"That's not clear."

Delevingne replied.

"Oh, that."

After chatting for a few more words, MJ took the initiative to hang up the phone.

The assistant next to him asked softly, "Then MJ, shall we still go to Madison Square Garden?"

Michael hesitated.

"Go, why not. Let's go."

Even if it is a bit uncomfortable to be released as a pigeon.

Michael also knew that tonight's game was Abel's Houston Rockets against the New York Knicks.

Although Abel was not there, Michael thought to himself, since he rushed over here.

Then just help Abel by the way and cheer for the Rockets.

Maybe after Abel knows, because of this kind of thing, he can deepen his impression and affection for himself?

"Go buy Rockets jerseys right away! Let's put on Rockets jerseys outside and wear Rockets jerseys!"

There should be reporters filming the scene, MJ wanted to make a good impression, so he just played the whole scene!
Temporary cameo Houston Rockets fans!

With this in mind, Michael Jackson went to Madison Square Garden after all.

Wait until the NBA league and the arena, and after the specially reserved auditorium.

Only then did MJ realize that there seemed to be many people who had the same idea as him.

Tom Hanks, Madonna, Britney Spears, Gisele Bundchen and several other Hollywood and Grammy superstars.

Except for Britney and other three young women.

All the other Hollywood and Grammy people came in Rockets uniforms.

MJ thought to himself, this is really a coincidence of Faxet!
　It's honestly a little bit Calvin.

　　
　
(End of this chapter)