America's Road to Wealth

Chapter 433 Let them know what is called America

It was past ten o'clock in the evening when the dinner party ended.

When Abel and the slightly drunk, swaying, and increasingly charming little Laura walked out of the gate of the medieval castle-like Morgenthau mansion.

In Southampton, Long Island, New York, there was a drizzle in the sky, and at the gate of the mansion, the brand-new red carpet was blown to reveal a large area.

"boom!"

Behind them, Edward and Johnson held up two large black umbrellas to shield them from the drizzle, and let the drizzle fall on their shoulders.

Abel hugged little Laura who had already put on her coat. New York can be hot or cold in March.

It was so late, it was raining lightly, and it was still quite cold.

Blown by the cold wind, little Laura, who was slightly drunk, her fair and pretty face became more and more red.

"Hehe, what a beautiful night...It's a pity that I'm not a poet, otherwise I could write poems."

Little Laura clung to Abel's arms, not forgetting to lift her skirt that dragged the floor, revealing a small section of white calf, raised her head, looked at Abel with a charming smile on her face and said.

"You look happy tonight? Drink a lot and you're not even 18 yet."

In the United States, guns can be legally owned before the age of 18, and there are even children's versions of various firearms-slightly smaller in size, with some cartoon stickers or beige color stickers.

However, if you want to legally consume alcoholic beverages, you must be at least 21 years old by law.

It's outrageous, but understandable.Just because in this country, alcohol sellers are not as strong as gun sellers...

If the law is strictly followed, little Laura cannot drink alcohol.

It's just that this rule is dispensable in many cases, as long as you don't get caught.

Of course, on an occasion like this tonight, it was impossible for anyone to arrest her.

"Half of it..."

Her drunken eyes were a little hazy, and she smiled like a flower and said, "I'm very happy, that's right. The other half is that I've been looking for that Miss Peggy Morgenthau for a drink, and I drank too much before I knew it. We talked a lot, she is really a lady." Smart man."

"Get in the car first, it's a bit cold. Be careful not to catch a cold."

Abel changed the subject.

After getting into the car, little Laura lay in Abel's arms and changed the subject very cleverly.

"It seems that you and those two old guys didn't reach a consensus?"

"You see? Don't we all put on a good show? We look like good friends. That John Cleese, he even promised me that he would go to Texas for a hunt."

"You have many little habits..." In his arms, little Laura untied his tie to make her fiancé more comfortable.

"Usually when you talk with others, it's when you don't talk about business and official affairs. That means that you are not familiar with the other party, and you have to deal with the other party."

"People like this usually have high status. I've only seen you treat Morgan and Rockefeller like this in the White House."

"Smart little guy." Abel scratched her nose affectionately, "It's not good to be too smart."

"I'm not smart at all, I'm just too focused on you!"

Little Laura twisted her body in reluctance, and said coquettishly.

She still has some little habits about him that she hasn't said yet.

For example... when he cares about a woman, or is interested in a woman.

He will always look at that woman.

Like tonight, apart from herself, little Laura found him at least five times, with her eyes on Peggy Morgenthau.

It's just that there is no need to mention this kind of thing in this atmosphere at this time.

"There is no agreement."

Abel smiled, "These old guys, even the mental preparation to treat me equally is still under construction. It will take some time for them to compromise."

"Honey, take your time, don't worry about some things, since you can't kill with one blow, then wait patiently, be patient... After all, time is on your side."

Listening to little Laura's relief, Abel lowered his head and grabbed her cold and moist mouthpiece, stroking her arm back and forth.

Slightly sweet, with intense grape flavors and some youthful aromas.

In the passenger seat, the bodyguard captain Edward pressed the button for the partition between the front compartment and the rear compartment without changing his expression.

The special glass-steel fiber boards for the partition are raised, and the front and back become two worlds.

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The next day.

Smith Building.

"The Rockets lost a lot and stopped their seven-game winning streak. Dayao scored 30 points and 16 rebounds..."

"Data from the American Banking Association show that the scale of mortgage approvals in 2002 increased by 155.9% over the previous year..."

"The rating company Moody's predicts that international spot gold will show an upward trend within this year..."

"Words from Washington that the White House intends to deregulate Freddie Mac and Fannie Mae..."

“美国2002年2月新屋开工数量上涨142%，年率为3251万户，为20年最高……”

"..."

Abel put his feet on the desk lazily, looked at the heavy rain flying outside the floor-to-ceiling windows, listened to come up to report on work, but read to Amanda, who asked him to temporarily act as a secretary, to him market news.

"hiss……"

After adjusting the posture of lying down, Abel frowned when he touched the wound on his back.

Little Laura, who was a little drunk last night, had a great time riding a big horse.

When he started to turn against customers, the little Laura, who was so excited, scratched his back.

"Chairman, what's the matter with you? Are you all right?"

Amanda saw him frowned, looking as if he was in pain, and asked with concern.

"It's okay, I was scratched by a kitten last night."

Abel said casually.

Amanda flinched.

Got scratched by a kitten?
Amanda remembered that this guy had a dog, but he didn't seem to like cats. How could he be scratched by a kitten?

But that kind of kitten, this guy has raised a lot...

Thinking of this, Amanda couldn't help but give Abel a charming look, and secretly complained.

Last night, I didn't know which little pool I slept in, and I didn't know what kind of high it was, so I scratched uncontrollably.

"Chairman, the cleaning service has already cleaned it for you. You asked me to read the news to you, and I did. I did everything according to your request."

Amanda, who plays role-playing, pretends to be pitiful:
"Then, Mr. Chairman, can you sign the report of the media group so that I can continue working?"

Amanda is currently working for Smith Media Group in its content department as an intern.

As before, as soon as there is any document that needs to be approved by the chairman, Abel.

Robert Iger, who was about to step down as the CEO of the media group, asked Amanda to report.

As soon as Amanda came up, she was asked to "unspoken rules in the workplace".

Today she was asked to keep ice cubes in her mouth...

After about half an hour of service, she was "forced" to perform assistant work that did not belong to her.

Now that all this has been done, the "oppressed" newcomer in the workplace "begged" the big devil in the workplace to let him go.

The acting is very good, and the acting is as real as it is.

Abel nodded with a satisfied smile, "Well, you can leave now. But you still need to practice. You can't take it just a few times because the ice cubes are colder, understand?"

Amanda rolled her eyes charmingly again, but she had a sense of proportion and knew that here, this guy likes to play tricks.

"Understood." She responded with that pitiful tone of a bullied newcomer in the workplace.

Amanda left not long ago.

dong dong——

"Come in."

"Boss, Mr. Allen has arrived."

It was Abel's female assistant who pushed the door and walked in.

A beautiful young woman with a body good enough to go to Hollywood.

It's a pity that Abel doesn't eat the grass on the edge of the nest, so he was blinded by the high EQ, high IQ, high education, good looks, and good figure specially selected by the personnel department.

"Well, let him in and make us another coffee."

Abel looked at Allen who walked in, smiled and told the female assistant.

The female assistant smiled charmingly, and started brewing coffee in the rest area of ​​Abel's office.

Allen walked to the boss's desk and began to report on work.

"BOSS, Preston Robert Tisch of the New York Giants, agreed to sell 60% of his team shares. In addition, Wellington Mara, also affirmed your entry into the New York Metropolitan Stadium. .”

"We will sign a contract with them at noon. From then on, this New York football team with a history of more than [-] years and the largest number of fans in New York belongs to you."

Hearing Allen's words, Abel couldn't help smiling and stood up from the boss's chair, and walked to the cloak mirror with his arms stretched back.

The female assistant who had finished making the coffee hurried over to help him put on his suit.

Abel laughed and said:

"That leaves the New York Yankees. What about George Steinbrenner? The upstart from Ohio, I don't think he's going to laugh anymore?"

The acquisition of the New York Giants and the New York Yankees started in October last year when Abel put Allen in contact with the owners of the teams.

It has been in contact for several months, so the deal with the New York Giants will be so smooth.

However, contact with George Steinbrenner has not been smooth.

It's because of this George Steinbrenner guy, he's got a backer in New York.

This Ohio guy, his backer, was one of the members of the Newhouse family who drank with Abel last night.

There are rumors in New York that George Steinbrenner's first pot of gold was obtained by giving his wife to Shiyi Newhouse's younger brother, Donald Newhouse, as a secretary. .

The two brothers of the Newhouse family, Shi Yi Newhouse, have a very good reputation.

This man is very generous, offering high salaries to magazine editors, throwing lavish parties for employees, and never considering the cost, and he is widely loved by employees.

His younger brother, Donald Newhouse, however, did not have the same successful businessman's approach.

From the fact that this guy can force Anna Wintour, one of Shi Yi Newhouse's favourites, into such a state, it is clear that he is not an easy-going lamp.

As far as Abel knew, it involved many secrets of the Newhouse family, such as the infighting among wealthy families and the like.

He didn't bother to deal with the specifics, he only knew that Shi Yi Newhouse really wanted to reconcile with himself.

The problem was with Donald Newhouse.

After Shi Yi Newhouse talked with himself, George Steinbrenner still refused to sell the New York Yankees, because Donald Newhouse was backing him.

Now Abel wanted to see if Shi Yi Newhouse could handle his younger brother.

If there is no way, then don't blame Abel for continuing to target.

If you can't handle it by yourself, then I will help you.

"George Steinbrenner's attitude has softened. He expressed his willingness to talk to us. After the New York Giants contract is settled at noon. I will go and talk to this Ohio guy in person."

Alan Baker replied with a smile.

Abel nodded in satisfaction.

It seems that Shi Yi Newhouse can still handle his brother.

"Also, BOSS, I have received some business information about the Rolls-Royce Motor Group in the UK, which may be troublesome."

"Oh, what kind of trouble?"

Since Abel went to England last year, he fell in love with Rolls-Royce, and inserted into the acquisition of Rolls-Royce Motor Group by Volkswagen Group and BMW Group at the right time.

Rolls-Royce Motor Group, backed by Abel, overturned a previous takeover and has been fighting VW BMW.

Because someone started early, he established relations with many people in the House of Lords in London.

The appeals of Volkswagen and BMW have always been at a disadvantage.

The Vickers Group, the parent company of the Rolls-Royce Motor Group, also tends to make more money and sells two products for one product.

So that Volkswagen and BMW later had to come to Abel, wanting Abel to back down.

It's a pity that Abel is not so easy to talk about because of the huge influence of the automobile industry.

At that time in France, two Germans were severely humiliated by him.

"The BMW Group threatened Rolls-Royce, announcing that after the contract expired in 2003, it would no longer license Rolls-Royce's patents. And Rolls-Royce has more than 1/3 The engine technology of the company all comes from the patent authorization of these two automobile groups."

"Rolls-Royce began to put pressure on the Rolls-Royce Motor Group, threatening not to grant its Rolls-Royce trademark. Because Rolls-Royce also has a large number of supporters in the House of Lords in London , this matter becomes very troublesome.”

Rolls-Royce is a famous British engine company and the largest aero engine company in Europe.

Its products include aero engines, marine engines and Muhai power units for Muhai powered submarines.

Among them, the aero-engine is its well-known flagship product, and various aero-engines developed by it are widely used in civil and military aircrafts all over the world.

It has a high status in the UK, and it is not comparable to a civilian company such as its brother Rolls-Royce Motor Group.

The BMW Group's threat not to license the patents to Rolls-Royce can be said to be the way to draw fire from the bottom of this acquisition.

In the parallel time and space, BMW also used this trick to get rid of the Rolls-Royce that was still struggling.

This is indeed a problem.

But... Brother BMW, you need to know your position.

"I see."

Abel nodded, "Allen, go get busy, I'll consider this matter."

Allen said nothing, nodded respectfully and left.

Abel asked the female assistant to go out, and he strolled to the huge French windows in the office, watching the pouring rain outside the window.

The weather in New York can be extreme, with snow prone to blizzards and rain prone to heavy downpours.

The weather is good in May and September, 12 months a year.

Looking at the big raindrops sliding down the waterproof glass on the glass curtain wall.

While playing with the phone in his hand, Abel thought about it quickly, then found out the number and dialed it.

"George, I need your help..."

When people communicate with each other, or when they exchange interests, sometimes it is necessary to talk about some skills.

You can't always ask the other party to help you with difficult things.

But you can't always let the other party do nothing for you.

That will make it appear that the other party has nothing to do and that the other party is not so important to you.

Therefore, contacts and relationships should be used when they should be used.

dc white house oval office.

Little Laura's uncle hung up the phone, nodded in satisfaction, with a happy expression on his face.

This guy finally asked me something.

It's such a small thing that is easy to do, which is great!
He picked up another phone and pressed it. "Send Darcy Walker to my office."

Soon a handsome Caucasian guy in his 40s, with a meticulous hairstyle, a slender and strong figure, and an upturned mouth, walked in with an invisible affinity.

"Boss, are you looking for me?"

Darcy Walker was George's confidant who served as his assistant when he was the general manager of the Texas Rangers and even the general manager of the oil company.

Little Grandpa Laura's full name was George Herbert Walker Bush.

Her uncle's full name is George Walker Bush... Just from this detail alone, it can be seen what Walker means to the Bush family.

Darcy Walker is the elite of this generation of Walker family.

It was different from the fringe member that Abel knew as the US ambassador to the UK in London, England.

Darcy is the core figure of the younger generation of his family, and he is also very capable.

He is also trusted by the shrub family, which can be seen from the fact that others call the commander-in-chief the commander-in-chief, but he calls the commander-in-chief "boss".

"Yes. That boy Abel called me just now. He said he wanted me to do a little favor, and I want you to find a way for me."

Little Bush said with a smile.

The old handsome Darcy Walker's eyes lit up, and he was obviously very interested in the request of the richest man in the world.

As far as Darcy Walker knew, Smith and Bush had been married.

It has always been Smith who has been more helpful to the bushes.

What Smith got from the bushes was more of an opportunity.

It's rare to hear that super character now, and sometimes ask George for something.

Darcy couldn't help being curious.

"Oh, boss, I have to say that this is the first time I heard that this person needs help."

"Hahaha--"

The little bush smiled happily: "Then you are wrong, this kid often asks for my help. Like in the future, when he wants to marry little Laura, he will definitely ask me for help, and let me not play tricks on him." ,Hahaha--"

Darcy Walker smiled cooperatively.

His boss has a good personality and is very able to unite his surroundings.

It's just that it's very inconspicuous in many cases, and it can be said to be an outlier in the shrub family.

However, this outlier was deeply loved by Herbert, and he was also the eldest son of the family. The key point was that the military-industrial complex had taken a fancy to him.

It doesn't matter how mediocre his ability is.

"Boss, what is it?"

The confidant of Darcy Walker is different from the confidant of the White House Chief of Staff Freddie Ford.

Freddie Ford was George's official confidant.

Darcy Walker, a man of his own, is naturally a confidant when dealing with private affairs.

"Think of a way, let BMW and Volkswagen have some problems, put some pressure on these two hateful German companies..."

"How to do it is up to you."

After the fuss, George said comfortably.

"Is it just these? Only for two car companies?"

Darcy Walker had thought it might be difficult for Abel Smith to speak so rarely.

I didn't expect that the world's richest man asked George to help him do something so simple.

"Yes."

George shrugged:

"Anyway, that's what he said just now. I asked him the reason, and he said that he was not happy to see the Germans. Well, I am also a little unhappy to see them recently. These guys, what kind of European army do you want to do, hehe... Darcy, I I think it's time for these European guys to know what America is."

Darcy Walker nodded.

"I see, boss."

　Another update in the evening, one at noon and one night in the future

　　
　
(End of this chapter)