America's Road to Wealth

Chapter 410 Texas Smith Consortium

Austin, the capital of Texas, is also the educational center of Texas.

It enjoys the reputation of "Live Music Capital of the World" and is a city named after the father of Texas, Stephen Austin.

Even a very large number of Texans do not want it to be the capital of Texas.

But it has always been an unchangeable reality that Austin is the political center of Texas.

The thoughts of the people at the lower level cannot change the behavior of the top oligarchs in Texas.

The headquarters of the Texas consortium is actually not located in Houston, which has a better economy, but in Austin, a blue city in the red state.

Abel from LAX.

His air palace "USS Smith" returned to Texas.

The landing place is Austin's Bergstrom International Airport.

As the Boeing 747 taxied slowly, it was parked on the private tarmac of Austin Bergstrom International Airport.

When Abel and his party walked down the hanging ladder, it was already past four o'clock in the night in Austin.

The convoy drove out of the airport quickly and headed for downtown Austin.

Under the night, the heartland of Texas, illuminated by colorful lights, seems to be covered with a piece of gold, showing the prosperity of the big city everywhere.

The lights are flickering and radiant, whether it is the night sky or the buildings, they all make the city more dazzling and beautiful.

"call--"

The exact same Cadillac monster modified vehicle as Army 1, in the rear compartment.

Abel exhaled lightly.

Since the "accident" on January 1.

He has been tidying up all aspects of the attack he himself directed.

Honestly it's now.Abel already somewhat regretted that he had caused so many things for no reason.

Although compared to the harvest, the loss is not very large.

But these gains cost him too much effort.

Compared with the energy expended, Abel really doesn't like this gain.

If he really wants to do this, he feels that he can devote his time and energy to the broader financial capital market.

With his "talent", he is even more invincible in this field.

Instead of giving up your greatest strengths.

Put the battlefield on the aspect of conspiracy and tricks that you are least good at and also the most labor-intensive.

Well, it's finally over now.

The test for the entire Smith Department, including the consortium partners, cannot be said to be full marks, but it is also a passing test.

In addition to these internal gains.

through this attack.

The shareholders of California Pacific Electric finally gave up their previous insistence one after another under the threat of public opinion.

By looking at Jerry Brown through the air with a tacit understanding.

California Pacific Electric, which will begin merging with Pacific Energy next month.

At that time, Abel will exclusively enjoy 90% of the shares of the new company, and the remaining 10% will be handed over to the original California Pacific Electric Group shareholders.

If there is no attack, all goes well.

Even if the two major local energy groups in California can be merged, Abel can only get about 75% to 80% of the shares at most.

After making such a mess, the shareholding ratio has increased by about 10% to 15%.

This can be regarded as one of the biggest benefits that Abel can reap in this attack.

Over there in New York, the entanglement with the Newhouse family.

Also because of the attack, the Newhouse family seemed to be very wary of Abel, who stood on the moral high ground.

The two sides are temporarily reconciled.

On the side of Newhouse, he did not continue to make a fuss about the gray underground forces in New York.

For the time being, Smith Media let Anna Wintour not continue to attack Newhouse.

The reason why these two parties suddenly became so easy to talk to was mainly because after the attack.

The current Abel has temporarily stood on the commanding heights of morality and public opinion in the United States.

If you were against Abel at this time, it would be easy for Abel to target you in this regard.

This was also one of the benefits that Abel felt he could get after thinking about this operation when he had an idea.

That is to occupy the moral high ground throughout the United States, and attack his enemies on the moral high ground.

It's just that the imagination is beautiful, but the operation is very complicated, and this kind of conspiracy is very labor-intensive.

In many cases, people from the Smith Intelligence Group are not allowed to participate.

And Abel had to do it himself.

After only using it this time, Abel retreated a bit.

After the operation, he felt that by doing this, he was giving up his strengths and choosing his weaknesses.

Obviously I have more advantageous talents and don't use them, but I use these things that I am not good at.

One idiot.

After this incident.

Abel secretly decided in his heart that this kind of thankless thing.

In the future, it will be less as a second.

That's why he was there and rushed back to Texas decisively after finishing his work for the time being.

There are more or less, there are some factors to avoid the limelight.

Of course, his reasons for returning to Texas were also very good.

That is to maintain for several months, and hundreds of rounds of negotiations have been carried out.

The final cooperation contract and model have been finally determined, and the confluence of the Texas consortium and the Smith consortium has been carried out to the last part of the work.

If all goes well, within a few days, the Texas Consortium and the Smith Consortium will merge in a certain sense.

The two parties will stand on the same position in many aspects, share interests, hold each other's shares, and mix them into one.

In the future, there will be no original Texas consortium or Smith consortium.

The new consortium will be known as the "Texas & Smith Consortium," or the "Smith Texas Consortium."

Of course, something like a consortium itself doesn't have a real name.

There is no group or company in the world called the Rockefeller Consortium or the Morgan Consortium.

A consortium is itself an invisible, huge community of interests.

What the name is, Abel doesn't really care.

All he wants is to be able to lead it himself.

Looking out the car window, Austin's beautiful and beautiful lights.

Abel took out his cell phone and made a call.

"Prescott, it's me, glad you haven't rested yet."

"Ha—I would like to rest. But this is the task my grandfather and uncle gave me. Dear Abel, just come back."

"Well. Let's talk about it first. It's so late, Prescott, you go to rest and see you tomorrow."

"OK."

"..."

Abel hung up the phone.

At this time, his convoy also came to the Holy Flame Road in the southeast of Austin.

This area, located on the south side of downtown Austin by the river, has high housing prices, and the median household income in the area in 2000 was $52.

It is the wealthy area in the city of Austin.

The bush family's villa is actually on the edge of the area, with the best views of the Colorado River.

Abel came here because the new starting point real estate company also bought real estate here.

No. 11408 St. Fusiliers Road, Austin, a luxury mansion with 10 bedrooms and 7 bathrooms covering an area of ​​about 8 acres.

The convoy stopped in the beautiful courtyard of the mansion, and the Cadillac monster sent Abel to the gate of the main hall of the villa.

In the bright light at the door, there was no one around, only the little Laura, who was "poor and only generous to Abel" in a white suspender dress, stood there barefoot.

Abel, who got out of the car, opened his arms and walked towards her, catching her who rushed over and said with a smile: "You are not afraid of losing everything..."

"No one. No one dares to look!"

After being hugged by him, the future mistress of the Smith family said with a smile.

"Oh... you've...gained weight recently, right? The little toast seems to have turned into a little pastry?"

In Abel's arms, little Laura looked like a koala, with her arms wrapped around his neck and hanging on his body. Hearing Abel's teasing, little Laura leaned forward coquettishly and bit Abel's chin. nose.

"You just gained weight! Although you gained two pounds! But my flesh has grown to where it should be! Stinky guy, do you miss me?"

"think."

Abel held little Laura's upturned place with his hands, picked her up, walked into the main hall, looked up at her silky eyes, and replied with a smile.

Little Laura took Abel's cheeks with both hands, and said softly, "There's no one here. I told the maids to rest, and I asked Donnie to watch outside. If you want, we can play here as we please!" !"

After she finished speaking, she bowed her head and stopped talking to Abel, affectionate and fiery.

Can this be tolerated?

You must know that little Laura has always been the most conservative among Abel's women.

Her greatest limit is to be able to accept the traditional way and accompany Abel with at most one other woman.

That was when Abel was very persistent and she really couldn't bear it alone.

Finally had to give in to Abel and made the biggest change.

Coming from that kind of family, there is also the burden of being the mistress.

Even if she had sex before she was married, little Laura was still very resistant to many tricks.

Tonight, she offered to be in the living room...

There is no doubt that this is already an improvement in this regard for the little lady of the bush family.

Abel responded directly to her enthusiasm and started his actions in a hurry.

The next morning.

Abel, who was sleeping soundly, was awakened by the bright sunshine.

In the master bedroom, he opened his sleepy eyes and looked down at the little Laura who was lying in his arms and was still asleep, with one arm around him and a long moon pressing back against him.

He reached out and grabbed the blanket that had been kicked aside a long time ago, and covered the two of them in their original state again.

At the beginning of last night, although the battle started in the main hall of the villa.

In the middle of the battle, Abel still took care of little Laura's conservative character.

In the posture of a big horse and a small cart, he took her back to the master bedroom of the villa.

"Huh? Good morning, dear..."

Little Laura, whose voice was a little hoarse, smiled at the corners of her mouth, without opening her eyes, she hugged her tightly, and whispered comfortably in his arms.

Compared to when she first met Abel, the little lady of the shrub family is obviously much better physically.

The rock security people around her told Abel that little Laura has been exercising and exercising persistently, and she is also very self-disciplined in terms of diet.

After almost a year, little Laura couldn't handle it even once.

Now he can barely cope with Abel, who is only using a third of his strength.

In terms of physique, little Laura is still very poor in a certain way.

This is something that can't be helped, it's limited by natural genes.

Unless with hextech.

In other respects, little Laura is obviously trying to fit in with Abel, who has an inhuman physique.

"Good morning." Abel bowed his head and kissed her hair, stroking her smooth back.

He also knew little Laura's efforts in this regard.

"...I still think it's nice to have you by my side."

Little Laura closed her eyes, smelling the familiar scent of her fiancé, rubbing her rosy cheeks against Abel's, and murmured contentedly.

Abel just chuckled and tightened his arms around little Laura.

For a woman who is full, she is naturally in a very happy mood.

He also likes women in this state, they are gentle and lovely.

The two lingered on the Simmons until after 9 o'clock, and then they played and ran into the bathroom naked and shameless. After more than half an hour of tossing around in the bathroom, the two Then I got dressed and went downstairs to start eating breakfast.

At this time, little Laura was actually still sleepy.

No matter how hard she exercises, she is still a mortal body, and it is impossible to compare with Abel.

But she liked the feeling of getting up in the morning and having breakfast with Abel very much.

The body is very tired and sour, and also very sleepy.

But she still held on, thinking that it was a big deal and she would go back to catch up on sleep later.

"Are you satisfied with the complete design of Laura's Flower?" Little Laura just handed a piece of toast spread with sweet cheese to Abel.

He heard Abel ask her.

Little Laura froze for a moment, then continued to pick up a new piece of toast, and spread the cheese evenly with a knife.

"Very beautiful, very imposing. If built, I believe it will be one of the marvels of architecture."

Little Laura spread sweet cheese on the toast again and handed it to Abel.

Abel couldn't get enough of a piece or two of toast.

Little Laura, who knew her fiancé's appetite well, began to spread little Laura on the third piece of toast.

Four pieces of toast, a large grilled tomahawk steak, plus a huge taco roll, and a large salad.

And the 1L capacity next to it, fresh milk after pasteurization.

These are enough food for five little Lauras to eat for breakfast.

They're just the least of Abel's morning meals, a normal portion...

"It's just the construction of Laura Mountain. Will it cost too much? My God, those steel and concrete, they seem to be able to build two more World Trade Centers in Manhattan!"

Watching Abel finishing the toast and starting to eat the Tomahawk steak, little Laura said softly.

The fiancé couple are at the dinner table, and what they are discussing is the blueprint and construction plan of their future home "Laura's Flower", or "Laura's Heart".

Abel was in Long Island and bought a large piece of land.

That place is not far from New York, and it only takes half an hour to reach Manhattan by helicopter.

If you take a speedboat, it will take about an hour.

It takes longer to drive.

After the two officially confirmed their relationship.

Abel once brought little Laura to that place.

Little Laura loves and is very satisfied with it, and has always been concerned about its progress.

She thought it would be her wedding room and the best house in the world.

And Abel handed over the appearance of Laura's Flower and the work of normal daily architectural design to Zaha Hadid, who was not well-known at this time.

But the core of "Laura Mountain", the appearance is in charge of Zaha Hadid.

The construction and interior design are in the charge of more professionals.

Some of these professionals even once worked for the US NNSA Bureau.

When Mount Laura is finished, follow Abel's design requirements.

It will be a civil air defense system that can prevent wood, biological and chemical, and has a perfect internal circulation.

Even under Mount Laura, there will be an underground river that leads directly to the coast not far away.

When there is a need, or when it is necessary to give up Laura's flower.

Abel or his descendants in the future can escape underwater through the submarine that is always ready.

On the surface, Laura Blossoms would be a marvel of beauty, a marvel of modern luxury blended with the beauty of contemporary design.

But in terms of security functionality, it is definitely not inferior to the White House or other safe houses for the super rich.

Little Laura, who knew all Abel's thoughts on Laura's Flower, naturally attached great importance to it.

In little Laura's heart, this place may become the last refuge for her and Abel's children in the future.

It’s okay not to pay attention.

"That's necessary." Facing her question, Abel smiled and said:
"For you and our future children, no matter how much you invest, I will never hesitate."

Abel did not answer the question directly, but offered such a sentence.

He knew that as long as he grasped this key point, even if it cost tens of billions of dollars, Little Laura would definitely agree.

This is also a love story.

"Okay." Little Laura stopped talking about this matter with a smile as expected, picked up her own small table knife, and began to cut steaks to eat.

After half an hour.

"See you tonight, honey."

"See you tonight."

In the carriage, Abel, who had changed into a suit, and little Laura, who was by the window, said goodbye to each other and said goodbye to her with a smile.

When the convoy left the villa, Abel in the back compartment closed his eyes and said softly - "Go to the Parliament Building".

The convoy drove out of the affluent area of ​​Austin and began to set off for the Texas State Capitol.

The Texas State Capitol, which was built in 1885 and covers an area of ​​51 acres, was designed by architect Elijah Meyer after the Capitol in Washington.

This makes it look like Capitol Hill, one of the symbols of the poles of power in the United States.

At the time it was designed and built, in fact it did have hopes to replace the Capitol in Washington.

It's a pity that the Confederate States of America in the south lost the war to the United States of America in the north.

The original Capitol of the Confederate States of America can only become the Texas State Capitol.

If the South had won the war that year.

The current Capitol Hill will definitely not be 20004 [-]st Street SE, Washington, D.C.

It's 1100 Congress Avenue in Austin, Texas.

Unlike now, many times the Texas State Capitol can only be used as a famous tourist attraction in Austin.

But if the Confederate States of America had won that war back then.

Whether that will appear in the United States today is a big question mark.

The planters in the south were not interested in the factories in the north.

If they are allowed to win, the industrialization process of the North American continent will definitely be slowed down by decades.

If you walk on that timeline.

Perhaps the current Confederate States of America can only be a powerful and large Australia or Brazil or Argentina.

Then the history of this world, I don't know where it will go.

It's just that there is no if in history.

The Confederate States of America did not win, the United States of America won.

So now, the Texas State Capitol can only be used as a tourist attraction, and a state-use functional building that will only be used when the state legislature is in session.

(End of this chapter)