America's Road to Wealth

Chapter 446 Windfall
To be honest, Karla is not very unfamiliar with this kind of environment.

She comes from a wealthy family, and her father, Andre Beneteau, is also a French billionaire.

Even if it is paralyzed, it was only a few years ago that it was paralyzed.

When she was growing up, it happened to be in the glorious era of the Beneteau family.

She can be regarded as a new generation who grew up on the family bonus.

In France, she has attended similar banquets many times.

But in the banquets she has attended, the guest level has never been as high as it is now.

The Consul General of the US Consulate in Hong Kong opened the door for him, surrounded by the richest businessmen in this cosmopolitan city on Hong Kong Island, and many figures who were big shots even in France greeted him with smiles.

The key here is not the United States, not the home of Abel Smith.

Even here is like this, Karla can hardly imagine if it is in the United States, if it is at Abel's home court.

What kind of scene will Abel's appearance and reception be like?

Just thinking about it, Karla felt that it must be very grand, and it would fit the powerful scene she imagined.

Thinking of this, Miss Beneteau couldn't help but think a lot. With a smile on her face, she let Abel hold her waist.

The two posed close to each other for a few intimate poses, satisfying the requests of the royal reporters.

Karla knew that just these few photos would be enough for her to sell a few more yachts on Hong Kong Island or even in Asia in the future.

The premise is that one's own jobs are transferred from the United States to the direction of Asia.

is it necessary?

He looked up at the man who was taller than him.

Carla felt that compared with the performance of the regional sales director of the yacht company under the Beneteau Group, it seemed that it was more important to hug this man tightly.

"Mr. Smith, this way please."

With a smile on his face, Gao Lesheng welcomed Abel into the center of tonight's banquet, and gave him a microphone according to the procedure.

Abel let go of Karla, and took the microphone handed over by the US Consul General.

"Good evening everyone, I'm Abel Smith. It's a great pleasure to come to Hong Kong Island, one of the most prosperous cities in Asia and a well-known metropolis in the world."

"I have been here for three days. For this city, I have a feeling that I don't want to leave. In this city full of vitality, I feel vitality, freedom and efficiency."

"This city is an excellent place to live and study. At the same time, after three days of understanding, I personally think that Hong Kong Island has an excellent and stable business environment, hardworking and intelligent people, a fair and reasonable tax system, Strong rule of law, efficient infrastructure, convenient transportation, beautiful natural scenery, delicious food..."

"This is great. This is a city with a blend of Eastern and Western cultures. There is a Chinese-Western lifestyle. You can taste food from all over the world. I like the tea restaurants on Hong Kong Island and the dim sum here."

When Abel said this, he stood beside the smiling Huo Yiguan. Lao Huo's son, Huo Ting, whispered to his father:

"It seems that he really likes to eat. I heard that he has a team of world famous chefs, including top chefs from the mainland... On the first day when we came to Hong Kong Island, we ate dim sum in the tea restaurant, father , maybe we can let the mainland make a breakthrough from this point. Oh, he also likes beautiful women, maybe..."

Huo Yiguan smiled, his expression unchanged, but his voice was serious: "Shut up."

With a calm sentence, Huo Dashao, who is so majestic on Hong Kong Island, shut his mouth obediently.

However, Lao Huo became active in his heart, looking at Abel's handsome ghostly face, and the beautiful Karla next to him.

Lao Huo suddenly felt that his son's proposal seemed to be feasible.

He decided to wait a little later and talk to the leaders in the north.

"...Xiangjiang's geographical location is superior. As a bridge connecting China and the world, it provides a lot of convenience for international companies."

"For this reason, I plan to extend the business of Smith Financial Group here in the near future, because I like this city."

"Xiangjiang has a unique charm in my heart, and it will not change. I believe that the future of Hong Kong Island will be better."

After saying the usual words, Abel put down the microphone with a smile.

As soon as he made a small gesture to end his speech, many people immediately began to applaud vigorously.

The applause shook the sky for a while.

A group of bigwigs who stomped their feet in Hong Kong and Austria, who could cause an industry earthquake, all applauded wildly at this moment.

Because the speech just now made by the richest man in the world was too much for Hong Kong Island.

Almost all the content is praising Xiangjiang.

If Abel Smith's remarks are published in the newspapers, there will be similar news headlines such as "The world's richest man is optimistic about Hong Kong Island", "Hong Kong Island's future is infinitely beautiful", "even the investment god is optimistic about the city" and so on.

If these news can appear in foreign media, it is estimated that the tourism industry of Hong Kong Island can be increased by several percentage points.

It may even have a certain effect on boosting the Hong Kong Island stock market and the property market on Hong Kong Island.

It is really helpful to increase Hong Kong's international reputation.

And improving these, for the dignitaries and celebrities in the city in front of them, is almost putting money on their faces.

Let them earn more money, let their company have a higher market value, and the value of the real estate under the company's name is higher...

Reciprocate, everyone does this.

Then they Xiangjiang people, of course, will not lack praise for Abel.

What's more, don't consider these.

Wouldn't it be more beautiful if he could be favored by the richest man in the world and cooperate with him?
The only two people who are not very comfortable are Ander Bona and Nathan De Funeso.

Because during the day, what the two of them discussed with Abel in a good manner was not this kind of content.

Especially Gao Lesheng, in order to persuade Abel, he was unusually tactful during the day, and he did not know how many brain cells were consumed.

It turned out that at night, they created such an occasion for Abel.

But Abel said something like this——

And what they want Abel to say is actually a rise first and then a fall on Hong Kong Island.

How to raise first and then suppress?

According to the requirements of Gao Lesheng and Nathan De Funeso, Abel should first praise all aspects of Hong Kong Island and say a good word first, which is similar to what Abel just said.

But the difference is that we have to turn around again later.

Speaking of the future of Hong Kong Island, due to some reasons, it may not develop well, so I am worried about this...

As for why the development is not good, why worry and so on.

Of course, it is as obscure as possible, but it must be obvious and reminiscent, and these "difficulties" and "problems" that "suppress" the development of Hong Kong Island are alleged to the north.

Make these people as far as possible away from those in the north.

In this way, the work of the two of them will become easier.

But now, Abel ended his speech like this.

The "inhibition" in the back is not done at all.

Gao Lesheng opened his mouth, wanting to remind Abel, but looked at Abel's calm face.

The Consul General finally did not speak.

This excellent diplomat knew that the world's richest man in front of him was different from ordinary American rich men.

Not to mention that the other party is the core figure of the Texas consortium.

Just the fact that the other party has a close relationship with the White House is enough to offset his deterrence to him.

What's more, even ordinary rich Americans can say whatever they want as long as they don't harm the core interests of the United States.

The other party didn't want to cooperate. If Gao Lesheng knew that his good voice during the day was useless, there was really nothing he could do.

Gao Lesheng is like this, and Nathan De Funeso, who was angered by Abel not long ago, of course, dare not talk about it.

The current situation is that the heads of the two major US agencies in Hong Kong, even if Abel let them go once and dismantled them.

They all only had smiling faces at each other, and they didn't even have the slightest way to fight back.

In the United States, many times capital or consortiums really do whatever they want.

The thunderous applause lasted for two to three minutes before the banquet ended, and the banquet officially proceeded.

"Mr. Smith, we..."

Gao Lesheng made a hesitant expression to Abel.

This is the last effort made by Mr. Consul General.

"That's your job. It's not my job." Abel who dismantled the stage said indifferently:

"I just remind the two gentlemen that I have a lot of investment in Huaxia. So...you understand."

Falk, forgot that.

This guy is a businessman, and he only cares about profit.

He has a lot of investment in the mainland, so of course he will not offend the mainland on the bright side.

Gao Lesheng figured it out, and smiled:
"Ha ha ha ... I see, all right. Mr. Smith, I see."

Nathan De Funeso didn't understand.

Because his boss had said that Abel Smith would cooperate with their ClA to do some work.

Is this the way you are working with CLA?
Now Nathan De Funeso has a bit of hatred for Abel and is completely helpless.

The CIA, which is in charge of foreign affairs in the United States, has a very large initiative, and sometimes even dares to do something to some rich Americans abroad.

But Nathan De Funeso knew that the gentleman in front of him was not an ordinary American rich man at all.

Not to mention the identity of the consortium, as far as Nathan De Funeso knows.

His former immediate boss, Mr. the current director of CLA, had started working as a special consultant for a company called Rock Security in Texas not long ago.

The son of the current director, soon joined Smith Financial Group...

Not to mention, all the old people in CIA know that there was once an American general who served as the boss of the CIA agents.

If he didn't know this, Nathan De Funeso might still be very upset, and he might still have some ideas.

But Nathan, who is very familiar with these things, feels that even if Abel abolishes the entire system of CLA in Hong Kong Island, there is a high probability that there will be no big disturbance...

That's true for Gale Saints, and that's true for Nathan De Funeso.

The two most powerful figures in the United States stationed in Hong Kong looked like this when they faced Abel.

Then Abel is here, of course he can do whatever he wants.

Nathan De Funeso didn't dare to be bored anymore, and the intelligence chief didn't dare to mess with Abel, so he could only continue with his work.

Gao Lesheng did the same, and started to leave to entertain other guests.

Although the platform was demolished, it did not achieve the desired effect of Mr. Consul General.

But the social interaction that should be done, the influence that should be radiated, can still be operated.

As for Abel, Gao Lesheng has given up and let Mr. the richest man in the world play as he wants.

Mr. Consul General no longer cares.

As soon as Gao Lesheng left, Abel saw Huo Yiguan leading a group of people over.

Abel stood still with a smile, and Karla was beside him, watching a group of Chinese walking in front of him.

She had seen that short old man before, but she didn't know his identity before.

I did a lot of homework today.

Karla now knows that this old man is one of the most powerful figures in the city of Hong Kong Island.

"Oh, Mr. Smith. Good evening, what you just said is really good. Thank you very much for your evaluation of Hong Kong Island, which makes us very proud. We will definitely make the future of Hong Kong Island even better!"

Huo Yiguan's opening remarks were very official, and he did not conceal his identity as the representative of the north.

In fact, there is no cover-up. In fact, the whole Hong Kong Island, and even the whole world knows...

He himself was also suppressed by the British before 97 because of this status.

It is really not easy to suppress for more than [-] years.

Abel smiled slightly and looked at the people around Huo Yiguan.

"Mr. Henry Huo, good evening. I just sent this compliment just now. That's why I had this kind of compliment. Um...won't you introduce me to these gentlemen and ladies around you?"

These people are obviously not those wealthy people on Hong Kong Island, because Abel knows who Cucumber Li is.

In his line of sight, Cucumber Li's group was looking enviously from a distance.

"Allow me to introduce you."

Huo Yiguan smiled and began to introduce Abel.

"This is the general manager of Hong Kong Island Zhongguo Bank, Mr. John Wen."

"This is Mr. Jordan Wang, the general manager of Hong Kong Island Runhua Company."

"This is Mr. Henry Lin, General Manager of Hong Kong Island Merchants Bank."

"This is Hong Kong Island..."

The positions of these people introduced by Huo Yiguan immediately let Abel know.

The group of people in front of them should be the core strength of the north in Hong Kong.

But he didn't know most of them, and he didn't recognize who was the future big shot.

Only when Huo Yiguan introduced him to the general manager of a mainland China company, Abel couldn't help but look at him more.

This person is Ren Zhengfei, the founder and general manager of a Pengcheng communication technology company.

He brought a female companion to the banquet tonight. The female companion was very young. Huo Yiguan introduced her as Ren's daughter, surnamed Meng...

"I've heard about you. Mr. Ren, Motorola seems to be in talks with your company. Mr. Ren, maybe you could consider talking to Qualcomm? Believe me, Mr. Jacob is very interested in your company's technology."

Abel showed concern for Ren and his daughter Meng far more than other Chinese.

This drew everyone's attention to Ren who was talking to Abel.

Ren didn’t expect Abel to say these words to himself.

He didn't expect that the world's richest man would pay attention to such a "small company" in the mainland.

And people didn't talk nonsense, his company was indeed in contact with Motorola.

In the parallel time and space, Huayao Company developed very rapidly in the future, and even became one of the leading civilian technology companies in China.

However, at the moment, both Ren and his Huayao Company are in trouble.

Let's talk about Huayao first.

After entering the new century, the Internet technology concept bubble burst.

Huayao is also facing a serious crisis. It bet heavily on CDMA and missed the once brilliant PHS.

Ren's very promising successor left to set up another mountain. He himself had two operations for cancer, and his mother passed away, which made him suffer from depression.

Ren later recalled, "It was a nightmare for half a year, and I often cried when I woke up from the dream."

When this kind of company and himself are in extreme trouble.

A behemoth with an annual revenue of 267 billion U.S. dollars, Motorola became interested in Huayao, and contacted Ren.

Parallel Time and Space, a deal involving $75 billion, ultimately failed due to changes in Motorola's internal management personnel.

It is estimated that if it is successful, there is a high probability that there will be no such Huayao company in the future.

And now, just when Ren was in depression and wanted to sell the company, it was time to start contacting Motorola.

Like this time when he came to Hong Kong Island, Ren was actually accompanied by his daughter to relax, and at the same time had preliminary contact with the Motorola representative from the United States.

It just so happened that Gao Lesheng held such a banquet, and Ren, as a representative of an excellent company in mainland China, was also on the invitation list.

By chance and coincidence, this meeting with Abel happened.

Facing Abel's proposal, after hesitating, Ren spoke softly:
"Mr. Smith, though I don't know how you know about it. But Motorola approached us before I..."

Before he finished speaking, Abel interrupted him with a wave of his hand.

"I'll let Mr. Jacob from Qualcomm come here to contact you. Mr. Ren, Qualcomm is more sincere than Motorola. I don't think Zafirovski has ever come to Hong Kong Island to find you. ?”

Having said that, Abbott paused and looked at Ren.

"What's more, as far as I know, Zafirovsky's position in Motorola is not stable at all. Even I am a member of Motorola's board of directors. The board is optimistic that Edward Zander will take over as CEO. Zafirovski's Not much hope."

After hearing Abel's words, Ren's heart was a little shaken.

Because indeed, as Abel said, Motorola just sent a deputy manager here to meet him.

The one who talked to him very well, said that he likes the president of Huayao Company Zafirovsky very much, but he didn't even come over.

What's more, Abel said that Zafirovsky will not become the CEO later, but another person.

In addition, the other party is also a member of the board of directors of Motorola, so Ren has believed [-]% of Abel's words.

"I...Mr. Smith, I will have a good talk with Mr. Jacobs from Qualcomm."

Ren is no fool.

He knew that what Abel said about Motorola, even if it was false, it didn't matter.

If Motorola acquires Huayao, a competitor can emerge.

It can't be a bad thing by any means.

If it is not a bad thing, it is a good thing. Of course, if it is a good thing, it must be agreed first.

　I chatted with the editor today, and the editor asked me to quickly skip the Hong Kong Island chapter.Because what I want to write, the editor said that I can’t write all of them... and March is coming soon, so I can’t write the Hong Kong Island article.Fast forward fast forward.

　　
　
(End of this chapter)