America's Road to Wealth

Chapter 461 A Mysterious Place With Strange People

The history of human development is also the history of wealth accumulation.

Human beings continue to create wealth, and wealth also drives human progress.

However, in the tunnel of time, there is also a part of wealth that stays in place for various reasons.

They are either buried deep underground, deliberately hidden, or secretly collected, becoming mysterious treasures.

Discovering treasure by accident is probably the dream of all human beings.

Finding treasure has always been something that can excite anyone.

The Boeing 747 wide-body airliner named "Smith" finally arrived at its destination after several hours of flight.

The plane landed slowly at the Indira Gandhi International Airport.

The Indira Gandhi International Airport of the third brother mainly serves its capital New Delhi.

At the same time, it is one of the main airports in the country and the second busiest airport in South Asia.

Outside the airport, people from Rock Security and the Smith Family Office had already come here a few days earlier.

They brought Abel here, and all the vehicles they might need had been purchased or rented early.

Every time Abel travels, he goes somewhere he hasn't been.

The staff of Rock Security, as well as the people from the Smith Family Office, will go there a few days in advance to arrange everything.

Even sometimes, Abel has a whim, and no one has prepared where he is going.

Most of the time it doesn't really matter.

As long as the place Abel wants to go is not Sankara, but a relatively famous city in the world.

That preparation is also easy to do.

Don't forget, he is now the chairman of American Express.

American Express has been merged into Smith Financial Group.

After hundreds of years of operation, American Express has already spread its high-end brand tourism services to major cities in various countries around the world.

The reason why the famous American Express Black Card is so famous is due to the efforts of American Express in this area.

As long as ordinary rich people are willing to spend money, they can get the high-quality services provided by American Express.

Abel is his own owner at Amex, and he's also willing to spend money.

The service he can get is naturally the highest level of service that American Express can provide.

Outside the passageway for senior VIP guests at the airport.

The convoy of 19 cars has been waiting for a long time.

To be honest, Abel didn't want to come to India.

In his memory, this ghostly place has always been associated with being dirty, messy, and poor.

The security conditions and sanitation conditions are daunting.

If it wasn't for the temple and the treasure inside, he would never have come.

Because although there is a huge population and a huge market here.

But because the business environment of the third brother is very different from that of mainstream countries in the world, this place is a desert for foreign businessmen...

Seriously, except for finance.Abel has no interest in any business in this country.

Such a person does not want to build a good business environment and serve businessmen well, so as to expand investment attraction, thereby bringing employment opportunities to the people of the country and promoting the country's economic development.

It is a country where as long as foreign businessmen come here to gain a foothold, they will be fined.

If any foreign businessman enters, he has to consider the possibility of entering but not returning.

Even American giants such as Coca-Cola, Microsoft, and General Motors can be fined to the point of doubting their lives here.

I don't know that those construction companies in Huaxia in the later generations, with these examples before them, dare to help the third brother build things...

After the construction is completed, of course it will be lost, and the final payment will not even be collected.

Because of doubts about the security issues here, when traveling in India.

Abel chose to bring more security personnel, as well as support staff.

It is precisely because of this that his team has reached an exaggerated 19 cars this time.

Including the Cadillac monster in the Boeing 747 hangar, he prepared a total of 20 vehicles.

Abel and little Laura woke up in his Cadillac monster.

The bodyguards who came with the plane boarded the other cars behind.

The convoy started slowly and left the Indira Gandhi International Airport.

Although this airport is very close to Delhi, it mainly serves the capital New Delhi, which is 23 kilometers south of New Delhi.

The road conditions in other places of the third brother are basically very poor.

Fortunately, this section of the road leading to New Delhi somewhat symbolizes the face of their country.So it's pretty well fixed.

Looking at the scenery outside the window all the way, Abel and little Laura chatted some gossip.

The car quickly entered the urban area of ​​New Delhi.

New Delhi is a typical radial city. The city is centered on Muras Square, and the streets of the city stretch out in all directions in a radial and cobweb-like manner.

Most of the magnificent buildings are concentrated near the south of the city center.

The Yamuna River, a tributary of the Ganges, flows slowly from the east of the city, and on the other side of the river is the vast Ganges Plain.

The convoy came to the wealthy district of New Delhi, named Bellara District.

This place is located in the west of New Delhi and is considered to be one of the most expensive residential areas in India.

There are many luxury villas and high-end apartments.

The land and housing prices in this area are relatively high, and most of the residents are wealthy Indians and high-end people such as foreign embassies.

After passing through several independent villas, the convoy turned into a green forest.

Passing by several fenced houses, I stopped in front of a mansion consisting of a townhouse and a detached house.

The gate was quickly opened, and cars filed in.

The mansion is surrounded by dense woods, there is a mountain not far behind, and the private courtyard is in front of the detached house.

This mansion occupies a large area with lush lawn vegetation.

The external walls of the townhouses are white, with a total of eight bedrooms and 11 bathrooms.

The third brother's wealthy people are very westernized, and they highly respect European and American culture.

The party culture, which is especially popular in the United States and Europe, is also very popular among Indian elites.

Therefore, when designing and constructing the residences of the wealthy here, they refer to the design style of the United States, which has a lot of toilets.

So much so that the luxury houses here generally have a lot of toilets.

arrived at the destination.

Abel breathed a sigh of relief.Because I came all the way, even if New Delhi is the capital of the third brother.

But now in 2002, the dirty, chaotic, and poor roads along the way can really be seen with the naked eye.

Even little Laura frowned.

"Don't go out casually. Just stay for two days at most." Abel had to say to little Laura.

Little Laura nodded, and she went to decorate the room.

Abel stayed in the living room, watching Edward and David come to report.

David first said:

"The preparations for Plan B have gone smoothly. American Express has a very good foundation here. Through cooperation with a number of local travel companies, a joint venture company has been established."

"This joint venture company will focus on the temple tourism culture with Indian characteristics on the surface. In order to deceive people, it has already negotiated with many neglected and abandoned temple managers in India. Padmanabaswamy The temple is on the list."

A joint venture company was established to invest and take over the Padmanabaswamy Temple in the name of investing in tourist attractions.

This is plan b prepared by Abel.

In order for this plan not to arouse the suspicion of the third brother.

Of course, the tour company can't just go straight to the Padmanabaswamy Temple as soon as it comes up.

Disguise is necessary.

Therefore, we selected a number of temples that are similar to the Padmanabaswamy Temple, those that are relatively remote and deserted, but have some historical value for cooperation.

There are really not many temples with similar positioning in India.

It's easy to raise devout believers in this ghost place.The property output is extremely rich, and the previous rulers especially liked to build temples.

First, the rulers themselves believed in religion.Secondly, here, the temple can indeed appease the people and increase the happiness of believers.

If you have a bad life in this life, just practice and hope that your next life will be better.

Once you come and go, the whole of India is full of temples of various scales.

These temples have accumulated a lot of wealth in the past.

It's just that most of the temple wealth was wiped out by the British during the 190-year colonial rule of the Dayin Empire.

Only a few slip through the cracks, such as the Padmanabhaswami Temple.

"You will come out tomorrow and sign contracts with those Indian travel companies."

"After the contract was signed, the joint venture company was formally established. We are mainly responsible for funding, repairing and maintaining those temples. Subsequent management work, as well as local public relations work, will be handed over to our local partners."

This is why Abel came here in person.

With the presence of the richest man in the world, the local travel companies will be more willing to contribute.

And this kind of cooperation model is clearly for the Indians.

Spend money and effort to maintain it, but then hand it over to the local people for management.

Isn't this telling the three buddies that the big boss is coming, so hurry up and greet them?

But in the end who is being taken advantage of, who can tell clearly about this kind of thing?

There is no doubt that as long as this cooperation model is achieved.

Then the Padmanabaswamy Temple will be the first place to be repaired and maintained.

When this place is "repaired and maintained", whether the cooperation between the two parties can continue is an unknown thing.

Abel nodded, indicating that he understood, and then looked at Edward next to David.

Edward immediately said softly:

"The preparations have been done. As long as we can enter the temple openly, we can start our work."

Abel nodded again with a smile, "Then go. I hope that the prosperous Bharatiya will not disappoint my expectations."

Abel arrived in New Delhi in the morning.

After two hours of rest, although he had a bad impression of this place.

But he still took little Laura, intending to go out and see some exotic customs.

Worried about public security issues, he and little Laura went out naturally with "a large number of people".

A convoy of many vehicles slowly drove out of the clean and beautiful Bellara area.

As soon as you leave this affluent area of ​​New Delhi, you enter the real India.

Looking at the scenery outside the car window, Abel felt that India is definitely a good place physically.

Most of the areas here basically have the same season of rain and heat.

what does this mean?
This means that this place has a unique advantage in agriculture that feeds the most basic needs of human beings.

In this place, the land is really fertile, and the weather and rain are very suitable for agricultural development.

This is why the population here can be so large before the advent of industrialization.

But this place is also very "evil".

Basically, no matter which ethnic group enters this area, it seems that they will eventually develop a lazy ethnic character.

There is no way, in this place, unless there is a rare cold snap.

Otherwise, no one will freeze to death.

And the land is so fertile that you can eat enough if you throw the seeds down casually.

And because of the hot weather, human beings consume less calories, so they are less likely to be hungry.

Adding all the conditions together, this place has better weather and land than the primitive races in the rainforest.

Many Chinese people once imagined that if this piece of land was obtained by ancient China.

It must be able to develop into something like this.

Regarding this point, Abel didn't think so.

There are many ethnic groups that have entered this area, most of them are fierce at first, and there is no shortage of hardworking ethnic groups.

But no matter which ethnic group, just enter this place.

Hundreds of years later, as time goes by.

Almost every ethnic group that enters will eventually have a major change in ethnic group personality.

In the end, they all became "Third Brothers".

This is true of the local native ethnic groups, and the ethnic groups that entered later.

Basically everyone is like this.

The local native group is like this, it can be said that its national character is like this.

But everyone who comes in is like this, so you really can't blame these ethnic groups.

If it was in ancient times, this place was taken by Huaxia.

Over time, the Chinese living here will most likely be assimilated.

Become the third brother of Huazhong...

It can only be said that this place is too good, too suitable for human survival, and too easy to raise useless people.

In the end, all the ethnic groups that entered here to develop became like this bird.

So in terms of area alone, this place is really good.

Therefore, even with the special ethnic character of "Third Brother", even in later generations, compared with most other regions in the world.

It's really well developed here.

Abel felt that if it was this place, it would be after the advent of modern industry.

If a real hunk from heaven can be produced and a series of reforms can be completed.

Honestly, the potential for growth here.

It may be even more exaggerated than Huaxia.

However, history has no ifs.

There are no real machos here, only nonviolent noncooperation.

The so-called holy bear who relied on hunger strike is already considered a local hero.

It seems natural that the entire ethnic group's personality is bent like that.

One side of water and soil supports one side of people.

Not to mention the wonderful Indians.

As far as the tourist attractions of an ancient cultural country are concerned, New Delhi is still very good.

There is a tour guide arranged by AmEx, one noon and one afternoon.

Abel took little Laura and stayed in the safety of the convoy.

Along the way, we visited New Delhi's Red Fort, Qutub Minar, Jama Lvzhen Temple, Humayun's Tomb, Bahá'í Lotus Temple and other places.

In the evening, I planned to turn back to downtown New Delhi.

Passing through the Indian Gate of Delhi, Abel and little Laura, like other tourists, chose to stop and enjoy.

There are 2 India Gates in India, the other one is located in Mumbai.

A prominent landmark of Delhi, India Gate sits on the King's Road, from which many important roads radiate.

This place can be regarded as modern India, the most famous Zhengzhi landmark, and it is also equivalent to the "monument" of India.

Many foreign tourists who come here will basically come here for a visit.

The convoy stopped here, after the rock security staff made preparations.

Abel and little Laura got out of the car.

The location where the two of them are at the moment is not far from India Gate.

You can not only enjoy this famous local scenic spot, but also ensure your own safety.

Abel found nothing interesting in all this.

Compared with these man-made structures, he prefers natural beauty.

He likes sunny beaches and beautiful girls running on the beach.

The premises must all be natural and not artificial.

After all, beautiful women can also be artificial in many cases.

To be honest, Abel is not very interested in these Indian-style ancient buildings or modern buildings.

But little Laura likes it very much. These European and American girls seem to be quite curious about India.

In their imagination, it seems that this is the representative of the mysterious oriental culture.

Like now, Abel was standing right behind her.

Little Laura took the camera and took pictures of the surrounding area.

From time to time, David came to help and took photos of her and Abel.

Just as the two were hugging each other, with the Indian Gate behind them, David asked David to help take pictures.

Edward, who was in charge of today's security work, walked towards the two of them.

"Boss, a local wants to see you."

As soon as Edward came up, he said softly.

Little Laura saw that she had business to do, so she obediently took the camera, surrounded by several female bodyguards, and walked to the side to take pictures.

"A local looking for me? I don't know anyone here. Is there a name? Who is it?"

"He said his name was Mukesh Ambani."

"Mukesh Ambani?"

Abel read the name for a while and felt it sounded familiar.

David beside him softly explained the boss's doubts:

"Mukesh Ambani is the richest man in India. His Ambani family is known as "India's Rockefeller" and is one of the most influential consortia in India. His private The assets of the Reliance Group reached 4% of India's GDP at its peak."

"Oh--"

Abel remembered.

Isn't this the one that built a 27-story super mansion in the Mumbai area.

Has this mansion been in the top ten of the world's mansion rankings countless times?
He wants to see himself?
After thinking about it, Abel did not refuse.

"Please come over."

A few minutes later, Mukesh Ambani, who is white but dark-skinned and a typical South Asian race, walked over with a smile on his face.

"Oh Mr. Smith, it's really you!! Hello, I'm Mukesh Ambani, it's great to meet you!!"

In such a hot weather, in the evening, Mukesh Ambani was still in a suit and leather shoes, looking very hot.

In contrast, Abel, who mainly has the purpose of traveling, is dressed very casually at the moment.

With a smile, Abel stretched out his hand and gently shook hands with the richest man in India who speaks very good English.

"Mr. Ambani, hello. Nice to meet you. I'm Abel Smith."

The English spoken by ordinary Indians often has a very serious curry flavor.

Mukesh won't, there is a high probability that he has practiced.

The two had never met before, but Mukesh was very familiar.

The richest man in the area was very enthusiastic when he came up, pulling Abel in various greetings.

Finally he finally revealed his purpose, he wanted to invite Abel to the Ambani family banquet.

"Mr. Smith, this is a grand banquet prepared for you. Welcome the richest man in the world to beautiful India."

(End of this chapter)