America's Road to Wealth

Abel next spent two more days in Tarrant County.

In the past two days, he went to visit five American supermarket branches that were criticized by locals.

He noticed that the locations of these five stores were actually very good.

Not only does it have a spacious parking lot, it is also not far from the surrounding gathering areas.

A few minutes to half an hour's drive is the most suitable distance for large shopping malls in the United States.

Logically speaking, this location and this area.

Coupled with the strength of the American Mass Supermarket Company, business should not be much worse.

Being able to be forced to quit, I can say that some local people are ruthless and have too many tricks and methods.

Local protectionism is really pervasive in the United States.

In addition, Alexander’s proposal.

It also reminded him of a possible entrance into the American industrial world.

He asked David Jones to find a list of the top ten private companies in the United States.

in this list.

Except for Koch and Cargill, who have already been mentioned.

The other eight companies are -

Albertsons Supermarkets, with annual revenue of about $40 billion, is a giant that is twice the size of mass supermarkets in the United States.

Wal-Mart, a listed giant in the same industry, has global annual revenue of only around $100 billion.

But Albertsons only has one US market, and its revenue is so exaggerated.

This means that it is only the US market.

Albertsons, which is not listed on the market, is not much worse than Wal-Mart.

Fourth place is Deloitte, with $30 billion+ revenue, business services and supplies.

The fifth place is PwC, with $30 billion+ revenue, business services and supplies.

These two companies are actually in the same industry.

The sixth place is Mars, with revenue of 20 billion+ dollars. Its main business involves the manufacturing and marketing of snacks (candy and chocolate), pets, staple foods and electronic products.

The seventh place is Ernst \u0026 Young, with revenue of $20 billion+, business services and supplies.

It is the same type of company as Deloitte and PricewaterhouseCoopers before.

The eighth place is American Supermarket Company, with revenue of 200+ billion U.S. dollars, mainly engaged in supermarkets and retail.

The ninth place is Reyes Holdings. , with a revenue of 20 billion U.S. dollars, is mainly engaged in food, beverage and tobacco. It basically supplies McDonald's and KFC's large-scale fast food in the United States.

The tenth place is Pilot, with $20 billion in revenue, a chain of convenience stores and gas stations across the United States.

Abel discovered that these ten giants in private companies.

In addition to several accounting and actuarial firms and Koch.

All others are related to retail, food and supermarkets.

These industries are basically asset-heavy and investment-heavy industries.

It belongs to an industry where if you do it well, you can have super cash flow.

As long as it gets bigger, it will be difficult to fail.

This gave him an inspiration.

That's him. In fact, he can also start from these industries.

These industries generally require more employees than energy.

What's more, with the development of automated machinery, there will be fewer and fewer workers in factories.

On the other hand, these service industries will always need a lot of workers.

Perhaps their profits will be much slimmer compared to the Internet, let alone compared to Wall Street.

But just master one or two such giants.

Then the actual influence and strength of my voice in the United States.

It will definitely increase a lot.

With this idea in mind, Abel quickly made up his mind.

He decided to start with the five Mass Market stores in Tarrant County.

With these five branches, we will expand outward from Tarrant County, focusing first on developing Texas and several neighboring states.

Just spend more money in the early stage and combine it with Internet shopping, which is about to enter the fast lane.

Abel felt that he might not be able to survive within a few years.

Create a combination of Amazon + Walmart.

It's just that if you don't go public, you want to keep it in your own hands and become a private giant.

In this process, too much money will be burned.

After all, there is no first-mover advantage. These companies have developed for decades or hundreds of years.

Only with enough accumulation can we reach this level.

I want to achieve this level within a few years.

Apart from borrowing the power of the Internet, the only way is to burn money.

Internet \u0026amp; money burning + entity \u0026amp; private, two very conflicting concepts.

Not being listed means not being able to raise funds.

If you can't get financing, you can only burn your own money.

The good thing is that Abel's money is sometimes simpler than what the strong wind brings.

He could afford to burn the money if he wanted to.

In this way, Abel's physical industrial route, which he had no clue about before, was temporarily determined.

At present, it is energy + physical production and retail.

And in the process, see if we can get some high-tech manufacturing.

Finally, strive to achieve your goal before you are thirty.

There are currently two steps to take.

One is the Taylor family who continues to contact Sempra Energy.

Try to get about 16% of their shares and officially enter the energy industry.

The other is to first capture the five American Mass Supermarket branches here in Tarrant County.

Then take these five branches, starting in Tarrant County.

Taking advantage of Alexander's rise to power and the convenience of Texas itself, it developed rapidly while burning money.

After confirming these two points, Abel left Texas on November 9th.

He returned to New York.

It's cool down over in Texas, but it hasn't started snowing yet.

Here in New York.

When Abel returned, it could be considered that the road was blocked by heavy snow.

The weather forecast says that it will snow for five consecutive days this time, starting from the 7th to the 12th.

Fortunately, the snowfall is either heavy or continuous.

Coupled with the occasional melting snow in the middle, New York’s winter is even colder this year.

One more thing to mention.

Ikana, who has been working in Los Angeles for almost half a month, just returned to New York today.

She was back half an hour earlier than Abel.

After learning the news that Abel was back, Ikana didn't even leave the airport.

She was in the warm waiting hall of the airport, waiting for Abel's return.

When Abel returned to the VIP waiting room.

What I saw was Ikana wearing a very fashionable winter coat, holding the latest issue of the "New York Observer" and sitting on a comfortable sofa reading.

This is a private waiting room and no one else will be allowed in while it is in use.

After the user leaves, it will be disinfected immediately, and then other VIP guests will be allowed to come in and rest.

This guarantees the room, except for Abel and Ikana.

Only two bodyguards and assistants can enter and exit here.

This also ensures that the several-minute kiss between Abel and Ikana in the VIP private waiting room will not be seen by outsiders.

After the classic French style, Ikana was a little out of breath.

She was half leaning on Abel, holding Abel's clothes with one hand, and still holding the copy of the "New York Observer" in the other hand.

Her beautiful, dignified and majestic face was now covered with red clouds.

A pair of beautiful eyes are filled with spring water.

Abel had no doubt that she would not resist if he wanted to eat her here now.

Fortunately, this is a public place after all.

Even if it is for private use, it is still a public area.

Abel is not a pervert, so of course he will not enjoy Ikana here.

He smiled while hugging her, putting one hand inside her coat.

But he was talking about the New York Observer.

"The New York Observer will change from a weekly to a bimonthly publication next month."

"The New York Observer in the weekly era is coming to an end. Ikana, if you are interested, you can collect a few copies."

Ikana naturally knew that this weekly was Abel's property.

She endured the strange feeling in her body, gasped softly and said:

"Why did you suddenly make this decision? I remember that after your interview, the sales of two consecutive issues exceeded 100,000 copies, right?"

"That's right. That's why I think it should be changed from a weekly to a semi-monthly."

"Once a week, its content will definitely be relatively fast-food. This is not in line with its elite + professional status."

Abel said: "It would be much better to switch to a bimonthly publication, two issues a month. This would also make the celebrities being interviewed feel that they are more valued."

Ikana nodded, she felt that it did have this effect.

However, if the weekly becomes a bimonthly, it will have an impact on revenue.

Selling four or five issues a month has become two issues a month.

Even if the price can rise a little, the sales volume in a single period may also rise a little.

But the total income must be reduced.

This will reduce the magazine's revenue and affect the magazine's profits and revenue.

Just thinking about Abel’s net worth.

Ikana felt that he might not have thought about how the New York Observer would make money.

In terms of money and influence, Ikana feels that what Abel wants more is influence.

That makes sense.

"Okay." Ikana Didi gasped and admitted defeat.

"Can you please stop rubbing it? If you keep doing this, how will I get out later?"

She felt like going down further.

I can't even walk on my own.

The legs are very weak.

Abel also knew that enough was enough. He smiled and took back his fragrant palm.

"Let's go. The weather forecast says the snow will get heavier at noon. Let's leave first while the snowflakes outside are still relatively small."

Ikana rolled her eyes at him, looking charming and dignified, two very contradictory temperaments.

In her case, it blended very harmoniously.

The two left the VIP private waiting room and left the airport, surrounded by bodyguards and assistants.

Because it was snowing outside and the wind was blowing.

We couldn’t take a helicopter, so we had to leave the airport surrounded by a motorcade.

The two of them were riding in a stretched Lincoln City.

This car has been modified to some extent.

While being bulletproof and explosion-proof, it also has good thermal insulation capabilities.

Driven by ample power provided by the 7.7-liter naturally aspirated V8 engine.

The car's air conditioning system provides a warm and comfortable temperature inside the cabin.

Even if it is already minus three degrees outside, the temperature inside the carriage can still be maintained at twenty-four degrees.

After getting in the car, Ikana saw that Abel didn't harass her anymore.

While breathing a sigh of relief.

She was even a little uncomfortable with it.

She noticed that Abel was looking at the two documents carefully.

This document was handed over by David Jones in the front passenger seat when he got into the car just now.

Ikana also knew David Jones, a man who always smiled.

He is a figure similar to the steward of Alberta.

For such people, Ikana felt that it was better to win over them.

This can also strengthen your position with Abel in the future!

She looked at Abel and found that Abel was still reading the document carefully.

After a few more minutes, the convoy was stuck in a traffic jam in Queens.

Ikana, who was a little bored, couldn't help but say:

"What are you looking at? Is it some new company's business plan?"

Hearing this, Abel raised his head slightly, smiled and handed the document to her.

"You can watch it if you want. This is a trial task I gave to my think tank."

"I want them to devise a plan for me to acquire the Los Angeles Lakers and New York Knicks within a few days."

"Now, that's where the planning lies."

After Ikana took what he handed over, she did not open it and read it immediately.

That would make her look too eager and have bad intentions.

It might leave a bad impression on Abel.

This is what Ikana is trying to avoid now.

Hearing what Abel said at this time, Ikana was surprised, shocked, and full of curiosity.

Acquiring the Los Angeles Lakers and New York Knicks?

These two teams are generally the two most valuable teams in the NBA.

Want any of them.

That would be impossible without spending more than a billion dollars.

As for Ikana, a New Yorker.

It is even more clear that even if you spend one billion US dollars, it will be difficult to get the New York Knicks.

The boss behind the New York Knicks is CSC, who is not short of money.

"Can I take a look?" Ikana was very curious about these two planning documents.

But before flipping through, she asked politely.

Although two people have that kind of relationship.

But until now, the relationship between boyfriend and girlfriend has not been completely confirmed.

Not to mention the relationship between husband and wife.

In the United States, sometimes even the relationship between husband and wife is clearly distinguished in business.

Not to mention the current situation.

Ikana was afraid of leaving any bad impression on Abel. It can be said that she was really too cautious at this time.

Abel waved his hand casually, indicating that she could look at it as she pleased.

Just two planning documents.

It’s not like we really started acquiring.

What's more, even if the acquisition really starts, this is not a great trade secret.

Just two basketball teams

Even the two most valuable teams in the NBA at the moment are nothing more than that in his eyes.

The reason for the idea of ​​acquiring a basketball team is to test the think tank team.

Secondly

He was before his rebirth, before Yao retired and left the NBA.

I also pay close attention to and like the NBA and have a certain affection for the NBA league.

Just like the original person, he really liked Marvel superheroes.

Now that I can say to the outside world that I bought Marvel, which was about to go bankrupt, because of my feelings.

Then why can't I buy one or two teams to play with because of my true feelings?

This is like an ordinary person with a normal monthly salary of 10,000 yuan, after his salary is paid.

For the sake of feelings and fun, you can also use a few hundred yuan to buy fun things, or simply do a health care or something like that.

Strictly speaking, it’s not an investment, it’s just a hobby.

"Hmm~"

As soon as the planning book was opened, Ikana couldn't help but hum.

Because someone has raised the partition between the rear compartment and the front compartment.

When she was reading the planning book.

He is looking at her.

She just said that he would not harass her when she got in the car, and she was a little worried that he would get tired of her so quickly.

Ikana is now sure that he is not tired of it yet!

She could only endure the strangeness in her body, bit her lip slightly, and read the two planning documents carefully.

The previous one was against the Los Angeles Lakers.

This business plan is relatively normal.

It's nothing more than trying to find ways to acquire stocks from the Los Angeles Lakers shareholders.

The data is very detailed and highly operable.

According to this plan, as long as you can afford it.

Ikana feels that there is at least a 60% chance of buying one of the most popular teams in the NBA.

The other one is a business plan about the Knicks.

This business plan, compared with the one for the Los Angeles Lakers, seems less formal.

Even a little sinister!

There's nothing wrong with that, sinister, despicable kind of sinister.

Because it’s in this plan.

He actually proposed using a slightly underhanded approach to seduce James Dolan, the head of CSC TV sports, a well-known prodigal son in New York.

Let James do something outrageous and annoying. .

Then use the guidance of public opinion to make the public begin to question the character and ability of the person in charge of CSC.

Then he encouraged the top brass of the NBA to use other disgraceful methods.

Such as lobbying, or simply bribery.

Let the top brass of the NBA decide that CSC cannot own the New York Knicks.

Calculate ownership of the New York Knicks in terms of public opinion and intrigue!

Compared to the previous one where we talked about money.

After Ikana carefully read the latter planning document, which was a bit sleazy.

But she felt that if the two planning documents were carried out at the same time.

On the contrary, it may be the latter, with a higher success rate.

The cost required is relatively less.

This made Ikana feel.

The think tank team that Abel found is indeed a very good talent.

You can play both upright business invasion and negotiation.

You can also play despicable things that only appear on TV or in movies.

But it seems that the success rate is higher, but it’s hard to tell.

If exposed, it would also affect Abel's reputation.

I don’t know which one Abel will adopt.

she thought to herself.

But the next second, she no longer cared about these two business plans for the NBA.

Because of someone, his hand was already on the Hermès winter wool velvet LKI high-end long-sleeved socks she was wearing.

"Ah, this is in the car."

"impossible."

Ikana said.

But what responded to her was more actions from Abel.

Along with the dense snowflakes falling from time to time outside the car window.

There was also snow piled high on both sides of the road.

Smith's fleet of five or six cars, the middle one is a specially modified version of the Lincoln City.

Its rear wheels shook, shaking slightly.

If you watch carefully.

You can also see the butt of the car, which is shaking slightly inconspicuously.

Manhattan today.

The traffic jam was still there and it was still very cold.

But in the carriage.

It is as warm as spring in every sense of the word.