America's Road to Wealth

Chapter 385 Los Angeles Day and Night

The nights in Beverly Hills are quiet, without the hustle and bustle of New York City.

Lying on a deck chair by the warm indoor swimming pool, Kate listened to Nicole's indistinct screams not far away.

She looked numb.

The mental activity is not troublesome at all, but very intense—[Damn stinky woman!Falk!Okay now?You barked so loudly in the afternoon, let's see how you bark now!Hua Ke, his voice is hoarse, damn it...]

"what……"

In Kate's inner slander.

From Nicole's side came the last long cry, like the whine of a big white sheep when it was about to die.

The Tuao big white sheep finally couldn't bear it at all, so tired that he fell asleep directly.

After a while, Kate saw Abel who just got off the big white sheep, and with a "crash", the whole person jumped into the warm indoor swimming pool.

Under the blue light at the bottom of the pool.

Like a strong killer whale, he quickly shuttled through the water for several rounds.

wow——

After a while, the "killer whale" emerged from the bottom of the water in front of the deck chair where Kate was lying.

Kate glanced at him, but said nothing.

If she had a choice, she wouldn't stay here.

It was Abel who asked her to stay here.

Even if it is because of pregnancy, it is still in an unstable state in the early stage.

This guy wants her to be an audience, full of vicious humor.

She was a little angry.

Then——"咻", a water arrow spewed out from the mouth of the "killer whale" and went straight to Cate Blanchett.

"Ah!" Kate finally couldn't keep calm, "Childish! Childish! Farke, you're so childish!"

"Ha ha ha ha……"

In the swimming pool, Abel's voice finally came.

"Dear Mrs. Upton," Kate heard the child say to her:
"By the way, I almost forgot to ask you. Do you still like the Christmas present?"

Kate, who was wiping the water off her body, paused when she heard Abel's question.

She remembered a few days ago, on Christmas Day last year.

The guy in front of him asked the staff of the Express company to give him the Christmas present.

It was a beautiful white gold sapphire necklace, it was dazzling, and the design was ingenious.

Just at first glance, Kate, like most women, fell in love with it deeply.

Later, she knew that this was the "Antoinette's Tears" that was sold for US$480 million at Sotheby's New York Winter Auction not long ago.

This platinum sapphire necklace is said to have come from the French court in the late 18th century.

Its name comes from one of its most famous owners, a Frenchman named Marie Antoinette.

This lady was originally an Austrian, but later married a Frenchman and became Queen of France
Her husband was the famous Louis XVI, the Louis XVI who went to the guillotine.

And Marie Antoinette is the legendary super prodigal queen who spent all of the French treasury.

According to the oriental tradition, the jewelry left by such an unlucky queen should be taboo.

But Westerners don't think so.

They feel that the jewels that can be valued and liked by such an extravagant queen are really valuable.

So that anything related to Marie Antoinette, as long as it can be handed down, is often valuable in the West.

Highly sought after by Westerners, especially women.

They think that Marie Antoinette can like it, not to mention good or bad, at least there must be something special about it.

Otherwise, why attract Marie Antoinette's love?
After knowing that the Christmas gift I received was actually worn by the Queen of France.

Although she didn't say it, Cate Blanchett was very happy in her heart at the time.

Hearing Abel mention it at this moment, Kate couldn't help but soften in her heart.

After all, he is short-handed and soft-mouthed when he eats people.

Such a precious gift... 480 million US dollars, if Kate was to earn it herself, she would have to make at least 2~3 movies and be the heroine in order to earn so much money.

And that's pre-tax, not post-tax.

Even after tax, part of the money has to be taken out as a commission and fee for assistants, brokers, etc. to take away.

With a pre-tax income of US$480 million, for a Hollywood actor of Kate’s level, the real legal figure in her pocket is at most half, and sometimes even only 1/3, because public relations sometimes require expenses.

In other words, $480 million is for Kate to earn and save.

If her current coffee position remains the same, she will have to make at least five or six movies to get so much money.

Except for the few A-level celebrities in the head, those actors in Hollywood below, generally only a little more than half of them can actually get their hands.

However, when reporting or comparing in the media, the pre-tax income is used.

So in many cases, except for the head, the income in the entertainment industry is far from as explosive as it seems.

Of course, it also depends on what profession it is compared with.

If you compare it with ordinary people, then it's nothing but cheating.

The other official actors, no matter how you look at them, are high-income earners above the gold collar.

This is also the attraction of the entertainment industry.

It's glamorous and lucrative at the same time.

The premise is to be able to withstand the darkness behind the light.

After a moment of hesitation, Kate still said softly, "I like it very much...it is very beautiful."

It's just too precious.

It is the most precious gift she has ever received in her life.

It was much more expensive than all the gifts she had received in the past combined in value.

"That's fine. You like it best." Abel said with a smile.

Compared to receiving such an expensive gift, Kate seemed a little embarrassed and moved when he heard him mention this matter.

Abel felt nothing.

Antoinette's tears worth 480 million US dollars, to Abel, is almost equal to a small necklace bought casually on the side of the road.

On average, he can get more than this amount of dividends in the US stock market every day!

In fact, on Christmas Day, except for little Laura.

Abel sent out gifts worth hundreds of millions of dollars.

Among the Christmas presents his women received.

From yachts to luxury cars, jewellery, luxury items and more, it's all different.

Like little Laura, what she received was a title deed for "Flower of Laura".

In the future, the largest piece of land and property of the Smith family on the east coast has two names on it, one is her and the other is Abel.

She even owns half of the house named after her.

For little Laura, this was the best Christmas present she ever received.

They are all the future mistress and wife, and she should not be allowed to touch the key points.

This kind of industry is relatively less important and has a particularly strong family attribute. If her name appears in it, Abel can accept it.

Like Ikana, she already has a yacht.She is also the one among Abel's women who can get the most "remuneration" in agreements and contracts.

The Christmas gift Ikana received from Abel became a mansion that her family had to sell when her father went bankrupt many times in her family's early years.

The mansion is on Long Island, worth more than 2000 million US dollars.After Ted Lener regained his fortune, he wanted to buy it back, but he was ignored.

It's not about the money, it's about not wanting to sell it back to Ted Lerner.

It's useless for Ikana's father to be angry. Before he met Abel, his status in New York was indeed not high.

In this mansion, Ikana grew up here for five or six years as a child.

Abel came forward to buy it, and when the other party heard that it was him, he sold it to Abel on his own initiative according to the market price.

Abel bought it and gave it to Ikana as a Christmas present.

And like Anne, the Christmas gift she received was a yacht.

An ultra-luxury yacht that is just enough for Annie's family to go out to sea, very luxurious and not too obtrusive.

Abel's other women also received different Christmas gifts.

Although they all received presents, their Christmas presents are also divided into levels.

The highest level is of course Little Laura, she is the only one.

Followed by Ikana, Annie, and Jessica.

These few are older than Abel, and Abel has a little affection, and their Christmas gifts are all above tens of millions of dollars.

It's second gear.

Below them are Li Fuzhen, Charlize and others a few times.

The value of their Christmas gifts is more than $500 million and less than $1000 million.

It's third gear.

The fourth tier below the third tier, the gift value is less than 500 million US dollars and more than 200 million US dollars.

Both Kate and Nicole are at this level.

However, Kate is pregnant and received the highest level of this grade, $480 million.

Nicole wasn't pregnant, and her gift was that she had a cottage in the foothills of Beverly Hills that was closed with a $200 million loan outstanding.

There is a fifth gear at the end.

Gift value is more than $20 and less than $200 million.

The 25 angels in Elizabeth's back garden all received gifts of this level.

But because of their appearance, figure, and how much Abel likes them, they are divided into several levels internally.

Like the "Five Supermodels", Gisele Bundchen, Big KK, Kashen, Lima and Ambroxiu, they are capped at 200 million.

The bottom few, with only a few shots, are gifts of 30 to [-] US dollars.

These Christmas gifts for them, except for a few, were selected by Abel himself.

Like little Laura.

The kinds of gifts other women receive.It is all selected by the Smith Wisdom Group based on their preferences and needs, and they are guaranteed to like it absolutely.

As for the person who gave the gift, except for little Laura, Abel asked David, the future family steward, to send it on his behalf.

Abel gave all the gifts from other women to American Express.

American Express's premium customer service is all-encompassing, and they can handle that, too.

But afterwards, Abel learned that the women he valued more were the "postmen" who sent them gifts.

However, several of his other cronies took it as an opportunity to show off and rushed to deliver it.

Like Annie, Ikana, etc...

After knowing this, Abel was not angry at all.

He also understood the thoughts of his subordinates.

It's nothing more than pleasing yourself indirectly by pleasing them.

After all, look at all large groups, consortiums, and chaebols.

A situation like this on Abel's side is really very rare.

What is the situation?

That is the entire Smith Consortium, and only one person revolves around it from beginning to end, and that is him, Abel Smith.

This Smith Consortium, without anyone, will not have any problems.

The company will not suffer losses due to the absence of certain important executives.

Nor will certain parts of the consortium be malfunctioning because of the lack of certain people.

Because as long as Abel is there, any member of the consortium is dispensable...

Because of this characteristic, even if Abel is very decentralized, he is very trustworthy in employing people.

But the people who work for him are all serious and desperate.

Because apart from Abel, under Abel's banner, including the two most important Davids, there are people who can perfectly replace the ecological niches they occupy.

Like David Jones, his ecological position as a family butler, maybe Merio, the sycophant, is more capable than him...

In the case of David Mellon, Jed within the consortium surpassed him in ability.On Wall Street, there are at least two or three hundred elites who are better than David Mellon.

Of the two or three hundred elites, as long as Abel shouts, at least half of them are willing to work for Abel.

The most important reason why these two can occupy such an important ecological niche next to Abel is that the two of them met Abel very early.

Also more affected by Abel's character.

The problem is that even the ecological niches of these two are so easily replaced.

Not to mention other people?

It can be said that except for the super money printer Abel Smith.

Smith Consortium, anyone can be missing...

In this case, elite executives who can figure it out.

I can only work hard and hope not to be replaced by the boss.

Also keep an eye on your boss' hobbies.Because Abel, the boss, is really the kind of personality and character that can be valued and trusted by him as long as he pleases him and completes his job.

The best example of this is the two Michaels.

Michael Levine and Michael Ovitz, both of them were more successful in pleasing Abel, and their ability passed, and then they were reused.

Michael Levine, in particular, became one of the most powerful figures in Hollywood almost overnight.

This kind of status promotion, it will take decades for others to succeed.

He only had it for a few months.

And the reason is only because Abel trusts him, and he is very good at currying favor with Abel.

At the same time, the ability to work is just passing.

It is for this reason that Abel's hobbies in other aspects are not very strong.

Abel showed his love and long-term love for women.

It was considered by his important subordinates as the best way to please him and get close to him.

Naturally, someone acted as a representative of Abel and acted as a postman to deliver Christmas gifts for him.

Abel understood this in hindsight.

And so it went.

At this time, he asked Kate, just to tease the other party.

Anyway, this Australian goddess already has her own child in her stomach.

At the beginning, Abel had a more playful attitude towards her, although he was mainly playing with her.

Now that she has a child, she pays more attention to her.

This made Abel willing to invest some affection and time to establish some meager emotional bonds with Kate.

But to be honest, Abel feels that it is necessary to talk about the degree of "play".

Two Australian goddesses, he thinks Nicole Kidman is much more fun.

In terms of appearance, personality, EQ, and skin, Nicole is far better than Kate.

Especially the skin, Nicole's skin is also the whitest one among the white girls.

Kate is only slightly better than Nicole in terms of temperament and figure.

The key is that Nicole is also knowledgeable and interesting, and she is the most authentic Hollywood girl.

When playing, she is especially good at cooperating, or in an all-round way.

In terms of liking, Abel still likes to play with Aries more.

Kate's words are a little more emotional.

So it took about a while, after the Tuao Aries slowed down.

Abel, who chatted with Kate for a while, stretched out his claws to the Aries again.

Kate, who was a little heartwarming just now, heard the pitiful "bleat" of the big white sheep again.

She was so angry that she ignored Abel's request to stay here and be the audience's request, and turned back to the room.

Since then, nothing has been said all night.

the next morning.

The morning is the beginning of the day, and in the early morning, Abel is in great shape and becomes more motivated.

When waking up in the morning, many people often feel groggy, as if they have not woken up.

At this time, proper morning exercise for half an hour or an hour will make the cells of the whole body active and make the whole person more energetic, so morning exercise in the morning is the best way to refresh yourself.

This is the so-called "a day's plan starts in the morning".

ka ka ka-

Refreshed and rejuvenated, Abel stretched Shutai's body comfortably, leaned over in the morning, and was sweating profusely. The exhausted Nicole kissed her pretty face, and said with a smile:
"Are you tired? Don't be brave in the future. If I give it to you, you will naturally have it. If you force it, this will be the end."

Big Aries has no way to reply him.

She just wants to rest now, rest, she feels like she is dying!

After this time.

In Nicole's eyes, Abel has become a monster-level monster.

She felt that she didn't want to talk about material and status things.

With this ability... She felt that she would never even try to win against him in her entire life.

Honestly choosing the female volt is probably the only choice I have.

Leaving the bedroom, Abel felt sticky.

He simply turned around and came outside, it was around 8:30 in the morning.

The sunshine in Los Angeles has covered the entire land of California, and it is full of greenery at a glance, which does not look like winter. .

This year is a warm winter. In Los Angeles in the first half of January, in the morning, Abel felt that the body temperature was at least 1 degrees.

At this time, it may be snowing in New York, and even in a warm winter, the temperature is still below zero.

The weather in this area of ​​California can be said to be outrageous.

It's not the tropics, but the climate is more comfortable than the tropics.

In addition, Abel's physique is very good. In Los Angeles in January of a warm winter year, the temperature is around 1 degrees in the morning, and Abel doesn't feel cold at all.

After exercising on Nicole's body, he even feels a little hot now.

Come to the back outdoor pool facing the Beverly Hills and the city of Los Angeles in the distance.

Looking at the city of Los Angeles in the distance, and the coastline a little further.

Abel couldn't help sighing: "Facing the sea, the spring is warm and the flowers are blooming."

puff-

Abel jumped into the clear swimming pool again, stretched his limbs, slowly surfaced motionless, and lay on his back in the swimming pool, with the corners of his mouth raised, feeling extremely refreshed from the inside out.

"This is the joy of life! I love this kind of life!"

(End of this chapter)