America's Road to Wealth

Chapter 491 What happened to Washington and Zheng Gong is pregnant

May 5st, morning.

The Washington Post and the latest issue of the New York Observer go on sale.

These two publications simultaneously published a piece of news that seems insignificant to ordinary people but shocking to professionals.

The title of the Washington Post report is [Oligarchs Accelerate to Grab Smith, Global Asset Management Giants Take Strategic Shares]

[(Reporter Jon Williams) On May 5, Smith Financial Group announced that JPMorgan Chase and Morgan Stanley will strategically invest in Smith Financial Group.This has become another latest case of Wall Street's layout of Smith Financial Group after Berkshire Hathaway, Soros Fund Company, PNC Financial Services Group and other global asset management giants have seized the Smith Financial Group. Joined forces. 】

[According to industry forecasts, the large-scale and fast-growing Smith Financial Group, as well as Mr. Abel Smith's achievements and aura in the investment field, make more investors want to become shareholders of Smith Financial Group. 】

[This time, Morgan Chase took a strategic stake, holding 10% of the shares, and Morgan Stanley has the same proportion.What they paid was 10% of their shares, and since then they have cross-shareholding with Smith Financial Group. 】

[On May 5, the "King of Profit" Smith Financial released the "Announcement on Introducing Strategic Investors to Increase Capital of Smith Financial Group" at the same time as it disclosed the quarterly report for the first quarter of 7, in order to improve...]

The original article is very long, and has always focused on political governance, not paying much attention to the "Washington Post" in other fields.

This time, it is rare to invite several well-known financial commentators to comment on the cooperation between the two giants.

The New York Observer, on the other hand, elaborated on the possible impact of this cooperation on the situation in the global financial market.

Not many ordinary people would be interested in these two pieces of news.

Regarding financial news, what ordinary people are interested in is generally only how much money a financial tycoon makes, what luxury house he bought, or what yacht he bought.

Or which financial tycoon, or which financial company, lost so much money because of investment failure.

But this news shocked people in the industry almost as much as a super earthquake!
Smith Financial, the most popular company, merged with Morgan Chase!

In the financial industry, this is the cooperation between the most capable and the most powerful.

For members of the American elite who have received rumors from Washington these days and want to watch the excitement, but also want to fish in troubled waters, this news is simply shocking.

You must know that shocking news came from Washington two days ago.

Said Smith and Morgan got to work.

Everyone was waiting to see the show.But within a few days now, there is news that the two parties have cooperated, held each other's shares, and become allies...

The speed of change is simply dizzying.

Washington, D.C. Intercontinental Hotel.

Not long ago, John Wilson was yelling at his sister Keira Wilson.

He was holding the newspaper, and now he looked at the news in a daze.

Beside him sat his wife, Maria Lytton Wilson.

And my sister, Kayla Wilson, who came over from 599 Water Street, DC, in the morning.

And among the three of them, there was a satellite phone with speakerphone turned on.

"Hehehe... My dear brother, is this the big turmoil you are talking about? Do you mean the big trouble that Smith will have? Tell me, is this big trouble? Morgan and Rockefeller, they chose to fight with Smith Reconciliation! They have become allies. 10% of the shares hold each other, this ratio can be said to be very rare among consortiums! John, are you sure what you just said is correct?"

Keira's voice was not low, but although she was talking to John, the direction was the satellite phone on the table.

Because at this time, she and John Wilson's father were sitting on the other end of the satellite phone.

That Slade Wilson who did not come to Washington in person, but has a very high status in the California consortium.

Here's the thing.

After breaking up with Abel and Keira the day before yesterday.

Yesterday because the Federal Advisory Committee did not meet.

So John Wilson contacted his father, sued his father, and reported the situation in Washington at the same time.

After getting his father's approval, John asked Keira to come back last night.

Kayla came back this morning.

John Wilson called his father's satellite phone and scolded his sister for her stupid choice in front of him.

Before the news came out, John's point of view was that Abe Smith didn't know what to do.

It is very unwise to actually choose to go to war with Morgan and Rockefeller.

The evidence is that at the meeting the day before yesterday, Abel and John Chris had a fight, which later turned into a group fight.

However, John Wilson hadn't finished scolding his sister.

Papers from the Washington Post and the New York Observer came out.

Then came the scene where Kayla, in turn, questioned her brother in front of her father on the conference call.

Seeing her husband's aggrieved appearance, although Maria didn't like him in her heart.

But the two have the same interests, and Miss Litton could only stand up and speak for her husband with a soft smile:
"Kayla, it's not entirely John's fault. Who told the Texans to make peace with the East Coasters. Before this kind of thing happened, who would have thought of it? Their previous hostility, and their fight in the meeting, None of this can be faked.”

"That's not a peace. A peace is a compromise between one party and the other." Kayla said immediately:

"This is Abel Smith's success in persecuting those people on the east coast, making them have to cooperate with him, and make them have to recognize his status!! Father, I think you must think so, too?"

Kayla turns to her father for answers.

From Slade Wilson's side came his breathless, but dignified voice as always.

"Kayla was right. John, you misjudged this time."

"At this point, we can only do this..."

Not to mention Slade Wilson, the account of the son and daughter.

On May 5, the once-interrupted meeting of the Federal Advisory Committee resumed at noon.

This time, because the news exposed in the morning was too shocking.

Those centrists who watched the show watched Abel and John Chris almost the whole time.

It was different from the last time the two fought without saying a word.

This time, the two sides almost sat together, talking and laughing the whole time.

This proves that the morning news is true.

Abel Smith really worked with Morgan, Rockefeller.

The first major assassin (Texan) and the most powerful reached a cooperation, and then the proposed plan was basically acceptable to all parties.

The second meeting of the Federal Advisory Committee naturally went smoothly.

When this meeting is over, it can basically be declared that the regular meeting of the Federal Advisory Committee has ended.

The written results of the meeting have not yet come out, but most of the upper-class families in the United States already know it.

That is Texans and Californians getting what they have wanted all along, more votes in the Federal Reserve.

What makes the Californians upset is that they are stronger, but this time they have less power than the Texans!
At the meeting, John Wilson, a representative of the California Consortium, loudly objected.

However, the objection was invalid because the Texans did not choose to stand with them this time.

The Texans who have received enough benefits have become vested interests this time.

In the end, Californians only got 15% of the voting rights, and Texans got 19%.

The remaining voting rights, according to the original proportion, are readjusted among the parties.

Since then, the state with the most developed economy in the United States and the third most developed state have obtained the corresponding powers of the Federal Advisory Committee.

It's just a little unfair, the first one doesn't get as many as the third one.

……

……

At night, the Washington, D.C. District is brightly lit. Although it doesn’t have the row upon row of high-rise buildings in New York, the lights on Capitol Hill still declare the city’s dominance.

This is the core of power in the United States, and it is the distribution center of the global situation.Every polite, courteous, and contagious speaker comes and goes here, saying that they are for the well-being of the people and to support the future of their voters.

That's what everyone says, but what does it matter what the facts are?

In an estate in the Phillips Park community.

Abel looked at being held in his arms. At this moment, his whole body was like a cooked soft-legged shrimp, curled up with the little Laura covered in red.

He smiled triumphantly and walked into the marble bathroom decorated with teak wood inlays, and the water waves rolled in the oversized jacuzzi.

Stepping into the bathtub, Abel sat down slowly, and the two were soaked in the warm water, washing away the remaining joy on their bodies.

Well, little Laura still has a lot of personal exhaustion.

"You almost killed me..."

Little Laura's pretty, powdered face was lying in her fiancé's arms with an afterthought of laziness and charm.

"Blame me? It was you who kept yelling for me to kill you... Cough cough."

Little Laura elbowed her twice in embarrassment, and Abel closed his mouth wisely.

He relaxed and leaned against the edge of the ergonomic design of the bathtub, feeling everything very comfortably.

"Since the morning, the whole of Washington, even the whole of America, has been messed up by you. I have been annoyed by those ladies all day today, and they all want to get some inside information from me. No matter, I want you Make it up to me!"

Looking at her fiancé, little Laura acted softly with fascination in her eyes.

In the afternoon, she learned from her grandfather and father that Abel's affairs in Washington were a great success in the past few days.

Little Laura was in a strange mood.

It was hard for her to imagine such a young Abel, such a young self.But to be one of the most powerful couples in this country hiding behind the scenes.

That feeling of climbing to the top of the country at a young age without any experience.

She, who was born in the Masaharu family, had a super pleasant feeling that ordinary people won hundreds of millions of dollars in lottery tickets without doing anything.

Her grandmother even called to tell her that from now on, the Smiths were the first family in Texas.

19% of the Fed's voting rights, second only to Rockefeller and Morgan's 39%, also indicated that Abel must be in control.

This power is enough to make her fiancé one of the top of the empire.

"I'll pay you, I'll pay you, I'll pay you." Abel said with a smile:

"Didn't I pay you billions from the evening to now?"

Billions?

Little Laura was startled, a little unresponsive.

When she realized it, she chuckled and hit her fiancé.

A pair of small hands, but involuntarily caressed her own flat and beautiful belly.

Although she hasn't graduated yet, she hasn't even matured yet... But now, she wishes she had a child of herself and Abel in her stomach.

She also thought that since half a month ago, she had been off the medicine, and these few days were dangerous times again.

His ability to make a woman have a child is insanely strong.

Little Laura felt that there might be a child with him in it now!
But this kind of thing is better to be safer.

The two looked at each other, and little Laura started to move.

"Hey, hey, didn't you say you were tired?"

"I still want more than a billion, woo..."

2002, April 5.

Abel and little Laura left Washington and returned to his loyal New York.

5 month 20 day,
Kayla Wilson transferred from the director of the retail department of Wells Fargo in San Francisco to the general manager of the Manhattan branch of Wells Fargo in New York.

On the same day, Keira Wilson found Laura Bush at New York University, and the two had a secret conversation.

But since then the relationship between the two has eased. At the same time, on May 5, little Laura was diagnosed at the New York University Medical Center and was two weeks pregnant.

5 month 25 day,
Kayla Wilson moves into the top floor of the Smith Tower.

5 month 28 day,
Li Fuzhen gave birth to a "posthumous son" in Hanguo's capital, named Li Shiming in Hanguo, and Adam in English.

6 month 6 day,
The "Washington Post" officially announced that it has accepted the acquisition of Smith Media with a market value of US$20 billion.

At the same time, Smith Media, which acquired the Washington Post Company, announced its official listing on the New York Stock Exchange on July 7 this year.

6 month 10 day.

In the early morning, on the South Pier in Manhattan, the lingering fog was dispelled by the clear sunlight.

Abel, who was sleeping soundly, was awakened by the piercing laughter-like chirps one after another.

Abel withdrew his claws that had been scratching all night.

Sleepy-eyed, he kissed the cheek of the beautiful woman in front of him, and then he looked and found that it was Anne Hathaway.

Annie fell asleep peacefully, her appearance was sweet and peaceful, like a sleeping angel, her long eyelashes folded her wings like a tired bird.In her sleep, after being kissed by Abel, she showed a sweet smile, but she looked very tired, and she didn't seem to wake up at all.

After a few glances at Anne, Abel raised his eyes and looked around—oh, last night was a Hollywood theme.

Beside him and Annie, on the huge prototype Simmons, there are several other women lying crooked and jumbled.

The closest to him and Annie is Jessica, Jessica Alba.

And there's a young Scarlett Johansson, hugging Liv Tyler, looking like she's about to fall off Simmons.

Abel stretched his body a little and let out a contented sigh.

"call--"

The so-called sleeping beauty, wake up and take power in the world, is nothing more than that.

For the past month, he has been very comfortable.

The victory in Washington can be said to have completely established his position in the empire.

Little Laura is pregnant and Li Fuzhen gives birth.I don't know what happened to Keira Wilson. She sent it to her door thousands of miles away, and reached a certain degree of relief with little Laura.

With the "Washington Post" in hand, Smith Media is about to go public, and everything is going very smoothly.

Annie has finished filming the second and third parts of the Spider-Man trilogy and plans to go back to New York to rest for a while.

Jessica has been the heroine of four films in a row and plans to take a two-month break.

Liv is now a signed model of Elizabeth's company, or one of the art directors, and has been working in New York.

Scarlett Johansson is over here for the Kick-Ass sequel.

Last night, the first super catamaran ordered by Abel at the French Beneteau Group also happened to arrive.

He "tricked" Anne and Jessica up, and later asked Liv to bring Scarlett over.

Afterwards, of course, there was a whole night of Hollywood theme.

"yawn--"

Yawning, Abel stood up and looked out the one-way glass window of the sailing yacht.

I found that what woke me up was a flock of laughing gulls on the sea at Manhattan's South Pier in the early morning.

The laughing gull is a kind of seagull, its scientific name is the red-billed gull, and it is mainly distributed in North America.

It sounds like a human laughing, so it is called the Laughing Gull.

Take a shower and change into a loose nightgown.

Abel left the bedroom and went to the living room of the super catamaran sailing yacht, planning to have breakfast.

At the breakfast table, after breakfast.

Abel started the office mode he just used not long ago——

Through video conferencing, to command and control the operation of its subsidiaries.

In fact, video conferencing has already appeared in theory and prototype as early as the 20s.

In the 60s, neon people researched it.It’s just that the first-generation product was very unstable, the video quality was poor, and it did not start large-scale commercial use.

Beginning in the 90s, a breakthrough was made in digital image compression technology, and digital video conferencing replaced analog video conferencing; however, due to the lack of unified standards, it was difficult for products from different manufacturers to communicate with each other.

And what Abel is using now is the first commercial high-definition video conferencing system exhibited at the Consumer Electronics Show (CES) in Las Vegas not long ago, which has been acquired by him.

This system uses the H.323 standard of the International Telecommunications Union (ITU).

Its protocol stack is an organic whole, composed of audio codec, video codec, system control, multiplexing of data streams, etc.

In fact, this set of things is not yet on the market and is still being tested.

Abel is the boss of Qualcomm, and he has long been keen on this thing.

With this system, he doesn't need to run around for some trivial matters. He can command the managers under his banner while sitting in New York or the United States, so as to better control the entire group company.

So he now uses this system for some less important meetings.

It can also be regarded as helping Qualcomm to test products and technologies.

Abel has been spending the morning in video conferencing.

In the afternoon, at the South Wharf of Manhattan, a person who could shake the financial circles of many small countries in the world was ushered in.

(End of this chapter)