America's Road to Wealth

Chapter 414 More Choices
324 Buckingham Road, Dr. Houston.

This is a luxurious neoclassical manor located on a secluded street corner with more than 2 acres of land. The surrounding area is beautiful, wooded and extremely private. It is two miles from Uptown Houston and has easy access to the city. area, life is very convenient.

This is the manor house that Scarlett Johansson was sent to at noon.

At 5 o'clock in the afternoon, Scarlett saw Abel's motorcade come back.

In the convoy, I only saw Abel and no other women.

In Scarlett Johansson's heart, she was a little smug at first.

Except for certain women with special XP, if you can.

Normal women generally don't like to share the same opposite sex with other people of the same sex.

Scarlett Johansson is the same at a young age.

After seeing Abel get off the car, Scarlett, who was very happy, hesitated whether to go out.

Still waiting for him to come in to find himself.

She found out that it wasn't long before Abel's motorcade came in.

Many other vehicles drove into the manor villa one after another.

Looking from a distance, there are many cars coming, and judging from the color and style of the cars, they should not be the same group of people.

Scarlett immediately knew that it was probably Abel's guest.

At this time, she felt that she shouldn't bother.

The star girl who was born as a child star wisely chose to hide in the room on the second floor, watching the situation below.

Just like Scarlett Johansson thought.

After Abel came back, there were indeed many people who followed him to this manor villa.

The founding families of the Texas consortium, their leaders and core figures, all followed Abel.

Stand next to your very own Cadillac monster.

With a smile on his face, Abel watched Davis Brown and other old guys get out of their cars.

"What a beautiful house."

Among the old people who got out of the car, the youngest was Martin Elkins, who was only in his 50s. He praised as soon as he got off the car:
"I also have a house next to it, and it's not as beautiful."

The core figure of the McKison family, Rodriguez McKison also said with a smile:
"I remember this house. It seemed to be the property of the Cullen family. It was listed on the market a few years ago and sold for $800 million. I liked it very much but thought it was too expensive. I didn't expect it to be bought by your real estate company, Abel. Now... it's worth at least $1200 million."

There used to be a Cullen family in Texas. At its peak, this family accounted for more than 40% of Texas' oil output.

It was one of the four most famous oil giants in the United States during the Gilded Age.

The founder, Roy Cullen, is a big man older than the founders of Rockefeller and Morgan.

However, royal power is not eternal, and the same is true for rich families.

The family later declined, so much so that even the ancestral property has begun to be sold.

Looking at the old men's evaluation of the property under their own name.

Abel smiled slightly, and said softly:

"It's not bad. But I think we should value our property more than a place to live, or anything. I don't want my grandchildren, like Robert Cullen and others, to rely on Sell ​​the ancestral property to make a living."

After speaking, Abel pointed to the courtyard garden of the villa.

"It's beautiful there. We can walk and talk while enjoying the view. What do you guys think?"

Several old men glanced at each other.

Davis Brown, who is most familiar with Abel, said with a smile:
"Why not? It's really beautiful."

The old guy walked over first.

As soon as he moved, Rodriguez McKison hesitated, smiled and nodded at Abel, and then followed Davis Brown.

Martin Elkins and the other two old men walked over there without much hesitation.

Abel followed.

Among the crowd who stayed behind was John J. Brown, who drove his uncle Davis Brown today.

This famous person in Texas looked at the back of the taller Abel in the distance.

Among the younger generation of the J. Brown family in Texas, he is currently the most capable middle-aged man, and he really couldn't help but feel emotional.

Among the members of the Texas Consortium.

John J. Brown knew Abe even before his uncle Davis Brown.

That was almost two years ago, in 2000.

At that time, John J. Brown had just been promoted to the general manager of the New York branch of the Texas Commercial Bank.

As the main person in charge of the Texas consortium in the largest city in the United States.

John was in order to expand the influence of the Texas consortium in New York.

He spent money to find contacts, invited the controllers of major New York media groups, and held a charity dinner in New York.

Coincidentally, at that time, it was also the time when Abel rose to fame in New York.

The "Wolf of Wall Street" took 10 months and shocked the entire Wall Street at that time.

John looked up Abel Smith's history.

The Texans were surprised to find that such a dazzling figure on Wall Street was actually a veteran Texan.

He is a little brother from his own hometown.

In the spirit of grouping together, I also want to examine Abel's psychology.

John sent an invitation to Abel.

He invited Abel to a charity dinner hosted by the Texas Merchant Bank and the media moguls.

At that time, John J. Brown attached great importance to Abel.

For this reason, John even specially arranged for Abel a very important C position in the party culture of New York and Los Angeles.

Abel, whose status had not yet been revealed at the time, attracted much attention at the banquet.

To put it bluntly, it was at that time that Ikana really felt Abel's influence.

At that time, she was attracted to Abel for the first time, and began to play tricks on women, wanting to PUA Abel.

It's just that Abel grew up too fast, and she was not as successful as Pua.

Instead, just put yourself in it.

At that banquet, John J. Brown and Abel had a good talk.

It was at that time that John J. Brown reported the existence of Abel Smith to his uncle.

Then there was the Texas consortium, which paid attention to Abel.

The attention of the Texas consortium also attracted Herbert's attention in the follow-up.

Later, because of his reserve or arrogance, he discovered Abel's Texas consortium first, but he didn't have a good relationship with Abel.

And Herbert because of his decisiveness, and his friendship with Alex.

Let the Smith family be tied to the bush family's chariot early on.

Now, two years have passed.

Two years ago, even in New York, his status was not comparable to that of John's Abel.

Now he has grown to the point where John needs to look up to him.

Even in the future, it may become the leader of the Texas consortium.

This change in status made John J. Brown unable to bear the emotion of impermanence in the world.

The little brother from the same town two years ago, became a character whose boss had to obey orders two years later.

Such a change was somewhat difficult for John to accept.

It's just that the current situation is stronger than others, and John knows that even if it is difficult to accept, he has to accept it.

As for Abel, who was being moved by John, he didn't know John J. Brown's complicated psychological activities at the moment.

In a beautiful courtyard with no one around, Abel is haggling with 5 old guys.

Although the basic framework for the cooperation and merger between the two parties was formalized last year.

The two sides have also been in contact, negotiating, and studying the details of the negotiations for several months.

The preparations for the merger and reorganization have also been carried out for almost a month.

But such things as interests, no matter who they are, will never be too much.

Whether it is the other party or Abel himself, he will naturally try to get more of the attitude he should have and the things he should fight for.

What if it is possible to obtain even 0.01% more shares with just a few words or an attitude?

Who wouldn't want money that was picked up for nothing.

"6.9% of General Dynamics in Hughes Aircraft, I want to spin it off."

Facing 5 old guys who have great influence in Texas, even in the South and Central United States.

Abel spoke with eloquence: "I need this 6.9% stake. Of course, it is not my personal need now. My idea is to spin off Gulfstream Aerospace from General Dynamics through this 6.9% of useless shares. Come out, and it's in our Texan hands."

The current reputation of Hughes Aircraft Company is not very great in the United States.

But in the past, it used to be the number one aircraft company in the United States, as well as a top-ranked defense group.

His founder, Howard Hughes, is the prototype of comic characters such as Batman, Iron Man and his son.

The business of this company was very complicated at the beginning.

Later, after Howard Hughes died, it was torn apart by a swarm of gluttons.

The Texas consortium took advantage of the location and snatched the fattest piece of it, the Hughes Aircraft Company.

In fact, the company no longer produces complete machines.

Its main business is the production of various military-grade aviation and aerospace accessories.

Its main customers are aviation and aerospace giants such as Boeing, Raytheon, Martin, NASA, etc.

Let's put it this way, Hughes Aircraft Company's position in the US aviation and aerospace industry.

It is roughly equivalent to the combined status of the three companies Bosch, Aisin, and ZF in the automotive industry.

It and LTV Company, also known as Lin-Temco-Water Company, are controlled by the Texas consortium, the two most powerful arms companies.

Abel is most envious of the Texas consortium and these two companies.

The consortium originally had a Tenneco company.

It is the largest oil and gas pipeline transportation company in the United States, accounting for more than 35% of the industry share.

When it comes to the energy industry, Tenniko is even bigger than the Koch Brothers' Koch Energy.

It is a pity that for this reason, the company has been infiltrated by the Rockefeller consortium.

Because the core of the Texas consortium, that is, finance has always been relatively weak.

The Texas consortium could not keep Tenneco Corporation, so that the current Tenneco Group has become the common property of the two consortiums.

Having said that, the penetration ability of Morgan and Rockefeller is too strong.

Even the California consortium has many traces of Rockefeller.

For example, the well-known Wells Fargo and Rockefeller also hold more than 10% of the shares.

Another example is the DuPont Consortium, which should be called the DuPont-Morgan Consortium now.

Because most of its core industries have long been infiltrated by the Morgan Consortium.

Rather than saying it is an independent consortium, it is better to say that it is actually just a peripheral member of the Morgan consortium.

These situations also reflected the terror of Morgan and Rockefeller from the side.

The two masters of the Federal Reserve have already controlled the main lifeline of this country behind their backs through various complicated means.

Oilers and the like are at best their accountants and housekeepers.

"Gulfstream Aerospace Corporation..."

Martin Elkins muttered softly: "I remember this is just a civil aviation company? It produces private jets?"

Among the five old guys, the patriarch of the Hunter family, Liam H.L. Hunter, who has never spoken much, said in a low voice: "Yes. Its performance is not bad."

Speaking of which, Liam H.L. Hunter, his father and uncle, often appeared in some of China's reborn business novels in the 80s.

Herbert Hunter and Bunker Hunter.

In the mid-80s, the two brothers hoarded a large amount of silver in an attempt to monopolize the world's silver price.

The result was that the silver investment of the Hunter brothers failed miserably.

These losses, combined with the downturn in the oil and sugar industries at the time, reduced the family's wealth by a third.

Before that, the Hunter family had always been the number one core family in the Texas consortium.

Because the richest.

After that, Liam H.L. Hunt took over in the mid-90s.

The Hunter family has already fallen from the leading position, and among the five families of the Texas consortium, it is already at the bottom.

So, wealthy families are not afraid of producing dudes.

What the rich and powerful families are really afraid of is the successor who doesn't have much ability, has high vision but low power, but wants to make a big career...

The former can at most ruin their reputation and lose some money.

If the latter is not done well, the entire family may be ruined.

The Hunter family of the Texas consortium is the best example.

"A company that is partial to civilian use and mainly produces private jets." Martin Elkins questioned:
"Is it worth it to exchange 6.9% of General Dynamics shares?"

General Dynamics is the world's sixth largest defense industry contractor, and its 6.9% stake is a very important asset.

Use this wealth to exchange for the shares of a civilian company that specializes in the production of private jets.

No wonder Martin Elkins was skeptical.

"Listen... I have a perfect plan."

Abel explained his thoughts to the old guys.

In fact, if possible, Abel would like to speak up.

But these old guys have already expressed their views.

Even if the two consortiums merge in the future.

Whether it becomes Texas Smith, or Smith Texas.

The old guys insisted that the financial, media, and Internet sectors of the consortium could be in charge and presided over by Abel.

But in terms of business groups such as energy, arms, and heavy industry.

They insist that the original Texas consortium is still in charge of this aspect.

For this request, Abel readily agreed.

the reason is simple.

That is, no matter which consortium or chaebol it is.

It develops to the end, and it will only be the banks that can hold the greatest say.

Banks are the root of consortiums and chaebols.

Holding the most important part of the consortium, Abel is not afraid at all that the merger with the Texas consortium will affect his right to speak.

"We have the best aircraft parts company in the world, and Hughes Aircraft can even produce its own engines."

"We can start with Gulfstream Aerospace and start producing aircraft ourselves."

Abel looked at the old guys: "In 2001, Boeing's annual turnover was as high as 505 billion U.S. dollars."

"We all know that aircraft manufacturing is a profitable industry. Among Boeing's 505 billion US dollars in turnover, the net profit alone is as high as 104.6 billion US dollars. On average, Boeing earns 3000 million US dollars a day."

"tell me."

Abel's eyes flicked over Davis Brown, Martin Elkins and others one by one.

"How much money did you make last year? Could it have exceeded $200 billion without Afghanistan?"

"Also... Maybe you will say. We don't have to work hard to develop and produce aircraft like Boeing, and we can still earn more money than them."

"For example... Let the White House increase military spending. Even if you finish fighting Ali in Afghanistan, you can also fight Gambia."

"For another example, let me plunder more wealth in the world's capital battlefield."

"These two methods, the speed at which they make money, is not lost to Boeing at all, and may even be faster and more."

"You guys... do you think so?"

Facing Abel's direct and fruitless words.

Davis Brown and others were silent.

Because in fact, they really do think so.

Why did George and the White House know that the terrain in Afghanistan is bad, and they dragged the Red Empire to exhaustion.

I also know that ghost place, there is no oil or gas, and the mine in Fakshet is particularly difficult to dig, and the profit is less visible to the naked eye.

Even if it is shot down, there is not much oil and water.

But the White House was still desperate and mobilized with heavy troops.

Regardless of how good it is on the surface, it is for the justice of the Americans and to combat KBZY.

These are all false.

The real reason is that the Texas consortium and several others of the same kind, as well as a large group of other vested interests, strongly support and promote it.

Obviously, it is a very money-losing "deal" for the United States.

But George and the White House did it anyway.

Because of this, it is all Americans who lose money, as well as the world sucked by the United States.

But the Texas consortium and several others of the same kind, as well as a large number of vested interests, made a lot of money, and made it very easily.

trillions of dollars...

If this money is used for future rabbits to fight, Mu Hai is not considered.

It is estimated that the Asian empire can be established.

As for the United States, it has plowed over and over again on 64 square kilometers of land.

The key is not to return with a triumphant victory, but to retreat in despair.

From the perspective of a businessman, this is a blood loss for the United States to grandma's family.

No words of Abel appear.

In the parallel time and space, there is no Texas consortium with the Internet and no financial core.

They really made a lot of money in this regard by relying on George's eight years.

By the way, the desolation of the United States has been advanced by at least 20 years.

As the position climbs, Abel now does not want the United States to be lonely early.

The so-called position determines the head. The capitalist Abe Smith knew that after the peak, he must fall.

But he also wanted to try to see if he could delay the speed of the fall a little bit.

At least... At least let him enjoy it for a few more years.

So he gave the Texas consortium another way besides war and finance.

A road different from other consortiums, or capitalists.

(End of this chapter)