America's Road to Wealth

Manhattan District Attorney's Office.

"I'm back." Behind the desk, Robert Morgenthau, who was reading documents while wearing reading glasses, said with a gentle smile while taking off his reading glasses and putting down the documents.

"Yes." Abel came to the seat in front of him and sat down politely.

Behind Abel was Peggy who quietly closed the door.

"You usually have something wrong when you come to me." Robert put his hands on the table and crossed them in the "Ikari Yuantang" posture, and looked at Abel quietly and said.

"I want to treat you to a show."

Robert frowned: "Your underwear company's show? There's no way I can go."

Let an old man in his 80s go to a lingerie show. I dare say that if I were fifty years younger, it would be about the same - Robert thought.

"No, it's not. That's obviously not suitable for you." Abel said with a smile:

"You're already old. Robert, it's useless for you to appreciate that thing."

Robert, who was originally in a relatively calm mood, was already a little angry.

"What kind of show is that?" Robert asked with a frown.

"Tonight. Madison Square Garden, NBA draft show. How about we watch it together?"

"It's even more impossible for me to go to this." Robert's face turned completely ugly. "You want me to watch a lot of Brother Ni play ball? I refuse."

Robert Morgenthau is the most typical East Coast old white man style.

Even though he belongs to the Donkey Party, the Donkey Party is the party with the most black supporters.

But if you look closely, you can find that this old man doesn't even have a black friend.

After all, he is over eighty years old.

When he was young, black people were not considered human beings in America.

Abel knew he would be like this, so he said:

"Both Buffett and Bloomberg will go. Bloomberg is fine, but don't you want to talk to Buffett?"

Robert Morgenthau seemed to hesitate a little, "No. I don't want to go. I don't like places that are too noisy."

The old prosecutor seemed determined and had no intention of backing down.

"Okay." Abel said, "Forget it then. By the way, Robert, are you interested in investing in Smith Capital?"

"Smith Capital?"

Robert Morgenthau sat up straight, and the gray-haired old man looked at Abel: "Tell me your plan."

"0.2% dry stocks." Abel said:

"Let it be held by Peggy or her father. The premise is that the position of Manhattan District Attorney must always be held by Morgenthau. When you lose this position, you will also lose the dividend rights of this 0.2% share."

Abel's words made Robert Morgenthau deep in thought.

Abel did not bother him, but turned to look around, taking a closer look at the layout of Robert's office.

Abel had already planned to give 0.2% of the shares to Robert Morgenthau with only dividend rights.

In addition, after this, he also planned to take out another 0.6% of the dry shares with only dividend rights and hand them over to the other three people.

These three people are the Speaker of the New York City Council, the Mayor of New York City, and the District Attorney for the Eastern District of New York.

the reason is simple.

Together with the Manhattan District Attorney (Western District of New York), these four people are the largest and most powerful local gangsters in the New York area.

Whoever holds these positions will be entitled to dividends during their tenure.

Whoever loses these positions will also lose the right to dividends.

There is a high probability that the dividend rights will not be directly held by these four people, as the rules of the game do not allow it.

But they have discretion.

To whomever they want to give the 0.2% dividend right, Smith Capital will give it to them.

The method is also very simple.

Smith Capital will recruit this designated person into the company.

Then give these benefits to this person legally and reasonably in the form of annual salary or options.

This is actually a variant of the "revolving door" that is very common in the United States and is completely reasonable and legal.

The difference is that the ordinary revolving door is usually implemented after the person concerned retires or leaves the company.

Smith Capital's revolving door was simply given away when the other party took office.

The difference between the two is that it is obvious that Smith Capital's 0.2% dividend will be extremely amazing.

"I agree." After about two or three minutes, Abel wanted to stand up and see if a vase in the corner of Robert's office was from China.

Robert spoke.

"It can't be Peggy." Robert Morgenthau said calmly: "She will be my successor. Give it to her father."

Abel took his eyes away from the beautiful vase.

He gave Robert a smile: "No problem. Dear Attorney General, this is your power."

Robert gave him a suggestion, "You should show your generosity to more people. Smith Capital has not even re-employed a retiree, which is not in line with the norm."

Retirees are reemployed.

Robert's words were very obscure, and Abel understood them clearly.

Probably referring to the normal version of the revolving door operation.

The so-called revolving door is a characteristic of the United States and other European and American regions.

It refers to some high-ranking government officials who, after resigning, retire and then find work in some large companies.

The job content is often that of a consultant, where you only get paid and don’t have to do anything.

Companies that generally allow them to retire and re-employ.

What is often a "coincidence" is the field they worked in before retiring.

For example, gentlemen such as officials from the Ministry of Health and Human Services or FDA review committee members.

After they retire, they often become consultants and executives for companies such as Pfizer, Johnson \u0026 Johnson, Merck, and AbbVie.

Another example is the generals in the Pentagon.

After they retire. You can generally find a good position in companies such as Boeing, Raytheon, and General Dynamics

This is the so-called revolving door, an American characteristic.

Unfortunately, large enterprises in a certain Eastern country also began to follow suit.

Robert was probably reminding Abel of this.

Because Abel’s current company does not have such consultants or re-employment personnel.

It’s not that Abel doesn’t do this.

It's all Abel's companies, either not long after they appeared, or not long after they were acquired.

Even if you want to play the revolving door, you haven't had time to start spinning yet.

Even if you want to recruit these retired and re-employed people, there are currently no suitable opportunities.

"I know what you mean." Abel thanked Robert for the reminder, "Thank you, Robert. I will do this."

Robert then smiled and nodded.

"Okay." Abel said with a smile: "We've finished talking about the business. Robert, are you really not going to accompany me to Madison Square Garden? You don't have to watch the game. It's just a draft. It's an entertainment show."

"I don't like to see a lot of Ni brothers appearing in front of me." Robert Morgenthau was expressionless again.

"But Paige can go. Provided she's willing to go."

Abel thought that Ikana and little Laura might both go.

Adding Peggy, who doesn't matter, wouldn't it be a world war?

He couldn't refuse easily, so he had to look at Paige.

Fortunately, Peggy, who had been very quiet next to her, said calmly:

"I don't like basketball either. If it was Major League Baseball, I might watch it."

"Ha~" Abel breathed a sigh of relief and said with a smile: "That's very simple. I will buy the Yankees in two days, and then I will invite you to watch baseball."

The New York Yankees are a baseball team affiliated with the American League in Major League Baseball.

The team's home stadium is located in the Bronx, New York. In the American League division, it belongs to the American League East, and because the team has a history of more than 100 years, it also has the most famous historical events in American sports history.

It is also one of the commercial sports teams with the largest number of fans in New York, and is much more popular in New York than the basketball Knicks.

In the same way, there are football teams such as the New York Giants. Any one of them can beat the Knicks in the NBA.

However, there is only one Knicks team in New York. No matter how bad the Knicks are, they have become the most profitable and richest team in the NBA.

Now in 2001, the total market value of the entire NBA's 30 teams is estimated to be only about 12 billion U.S. dollars.

But the New York Yankees have a market value of about $4 billion.

In other words, a top team in the MLB is worth one-third of the team value in the NBA.

In the pre-NBA era before China was fully developed, the NBA was always at the bottom of the four major leagues.

After the Chinese market was developed, the value of the NBA ranked third among the four major leagues.

But even so, there are still characters like Thunder in the NBA.

This is a typical example of picking up the bowl to eat and then putting the bowl down to curse.

Faced with Abel's statement that he wanted to acquire the New York Yankees, Morgenso's grandfather and grandson didn't have much doubt.

Because no matter how high the New York Yankees are, it is possible to succeed with Abel's wealth.

Paige's response to this was a calm response, "Okay. I'll go when the time comes."

Robert wasn't invited, and Peggy wouldn't go.

Abel also did not stay at the prosecutor's office.

He was escorted out by Peggy.

As soon as he got in the car, he picked up his cell phone and made a call.

"Hello, Warren."

"Good afternoon, Abel."

"How about coming to New York tomorrow night?"

"Is there a problem?"

"Come to Madison Square Garden tomorrow night and let's watch the NBA draft together."

As soon as he finished saying this, Abel was afraid that Buffett would reject him, so he said before Buffett could speak:

"I have invited the Mayor of New York City, Speaker of the City Council, Elephant Party candidate Bloomberg, and Western District Attorney Robert Morgenthau. These people will all show up when the time comes. Warren, are you sure you won't come? "

Buffett was silent for a few seconds, and then said, "What's the big plan?"

"You'll find out when you come here."

"Okay. Then I'll go there tomorrow."

"OK, waiting for you."

The phone hung up and Abel breathed a sigh of relief.

In fact, of those people he just mentioned, Bloomberg is the only one who has promised to go.

And it was only after hearing that Buffett would go that Bloomberg was willing to go.

In fact, Abel had not invited Buffett at all before this.

Only now has he extended an invitation to Buffett.

As for New York City Mayor, City Council Speaker, Western District Attorney Robert, etc.

Abel either wasn't invited at all or was turned down.

But what the heck.

Even Buffett and Bloomberg discovered the truth afterwards.

Are they going to fall out with Abel and be dissatisfied with Abel because of this trivial matter?

At most, he would be speechless and then angry for a while.

Abel still had this face at this time.

It was only through this incident that Abel also discovered that none of the upper-class old white men in the United States were interested in the NBA.

It seems that even Obama, as the only black leader, has never watched the black-dominated NBA league.

In America, there are too many and too strong attributes of black people, and they are destined to only belong to the bottom class.

No matter how hard the NBA executives work, as long as this is not changed, they will never be able to compete with the NHL and MLB.

The most they can do is use their influence in the international market to suppress the Hockey League as the fourth player and themselves as the third player.

But that didn't matter to Abel.

Most of his interest in the NBA came from his childhood.

It is a ticket play.

He doesn't care whether the NBA league can move up.

After hanging up the phone, Abel's motorcade drove towards the Woolworth Building.

Through negotiations, this 57-story building, built in 1913 in the neo-Gothic architectural style, is 792 feet (241 meters) high.

It has now become one of the properties under New Starting Real Estate.

Taxes + the cost of purchasing the building cost Abel a total of US$1.635 billion.

The price of buying a prestigious building in the core area of ​​Manhattan is exaggerated.

After taking full ownership, Abel has applied to the New York City Government to change the name.

If approved, there will be no Woolworth Building in New York.

In its place is a mansion bearing the prefix Smith's name.

Just like Papa Ikana's Ted Lena Building, its original name was the Chase Bank Building in Manhattan.

After the old man bought it, he changed the name to his first and last name.

Abel also imitated him.

But it’s a little more difficult on Abel’s side.

Because the Woolworth Building is more famous, taller and more important, it is already a historical heritage building.

This is a bit difficult to change.

Today, the Woolworth Building is beginning a comprehensive lease clearance, clearing out more than 400 companies inside.

It's a losing job, but fortunately it's not that difficult, it just takes some time.

In addition, the building's exterior facade has begun to be renovated and cleaned, which will last for a month or two.

In half a year, there will be a skyscraper here that does not change its original appearance but has a completely new look.

Abel didn't go to the top of the building. There was nothing interesting to see.

He was at the door of the building and looked at what it looked like.

Maybe he had some feeling. Looking at the Woolworth Building, he couldn't help but look to the south of the building.

There, there are two buildings that look exactly the same and are much taller than the surrounding buildings.

They are reflecting bright light under the sunshine in New York at the end of June, setting off the prosperity and modernity of the city.

"Twins~"

Abel sighed softly.

He has decided to stay in New York for more than a month and leave New York in one month.

He wouldn't go back to New York until that was over.

He would wait until the dust cleared before returning to the traumatized New York.

Then if possible, he will come here as the savior of New York or Manhattan to establish his new image in this city!

This plan has been in his mind for a long time.

It's just that because I can't tell others, I can only know it by myself.

It was a bit hard to hold it in.

In addition, he was also curious about whether that incident was a conspiracy.

Or is it just inevitable among the accidental events formed by various coincidences.

He didn't know any of this, but he knew his life was important.

During that time, he would also ask his women and important employees to stay away from Manhattan for a period of time under various pretexts.

In fact, he was not the only prophet to do this.

In parallel space and time.

When that day comes.

There was not even a single Wall Street executive around these two buildings.

The kind that doesn’t have any.

They were either on a business trip, on vacation, or just not in Manhattan at the time.

It's such a coincidence.

This coincidence was so great that Hollywood later made many movies undercover, and it was mentioned implicitly in the movie.

Even American dramas have it, and the American drama "Billions" also mentioned a little bit about this coincidence.

It's just very vague and I don't dare to mention it blatantly.

After looking at them deeply for a while, Abel calmed down and got into the car.

"Let's go, Andy," he told the driver.

The driver Andy turned on the turn signal and, surrounded by the motorcade, drove into the vast river of traffic in Manhattan.

Unfortunately, today is Saturday.

A large number of foreign tourists flock to Manhattan to visit one of the most developed modern wonders in this capital country.

The result is that Manhattan is choked with traffic.

I left at three o'clock, only four or five kilometers away, but it took an hour to drive.

Around 4 p.m.

Abel, who had been out all day, returned to 8 East 63rd Street on the Upper East Side of Manhattan.

Paris and Ikana didn't go out all day today.

Paris stayed in her room working on a manuscript. The design director of YKM has been working on drafts all day long.

This is the consequence of having to shoulder the heavy responsibility of being the design director of a fashion clothing company despite lacking strength and talent.

Ikana looked very relaxed.

When Abel came back, he saw her reading a book in the living room on the second floor, wearing loose casual clothes that she rarely wore.

Ikana looked at it very seriously, so seriously that she didn't even notice when Abel walked up to her.

Abel looked at the cover of the book Ikana was reading in her hand.

The name of the book is "The Perfect Guide to Pregnancy at 40 Weeks, Upgraded Best-Selling Edition".

This discovery made Abel reaffirm her determination.

For the sake of her children, she was a little obsessed.

On the table, there are several other books.

Abel picked it up and looked at what they were: "Mary's 100 Tips for Pregnancy", "How to Breed a Healthier Baby", "How to Eat During Pregnancy, A Complete Book of Pregnancy Nutrition and Recipes".

Just outrageous.

"Pa~"

Abel reached out and closed the book she was reading, which startled Ikana.

She looked up and saw that it was Abel who was back, with a happy look on his face.

But Ikana heard Abel say: "If you want to have a child, what's the use of reading these books? Of course the practical operation is more useful! Come on, let's go up and do the practical operation so that you can have a child as soon as possible."

Ikana smiled shyly and wanted to say something, but she screamed in fright. It turned out that it was Abel who picked her up at once.

Abel still hugged her and walked to the third floor.

"Be careful. If you fall, you'll be in trouble. Maybe I already have it now, so pay more attention to safety!"

"What are you afraid of? It's not like you don't know my strength. Like you, I can hold two at a time, one on my back and one on the front."

"Bragging~ Ah, don't hit, don't hit, don't grab so hard. I believe, I believe, I believe, isn't that okay?"

"Ha ha."

While the two were laughing, they happened to meet Paris Hilton on the third floor, who was holding the design draft and preparing to go to the second floor.

"Hi, Paris, how are you?" Abel hugged Ikana and greeted her.

Paris nodded, and just when she was about to say something, Abel was already carrying Ikana towards the room.

Paris: "What are you going to do?"

Ikana chuckled without answering, her eyes shining.

It's spring,

It's water light,

It's a radiant light.

Just didn’t answer Paris.

Fortunately, before entering the master bedroom and closing the door, Abel winked at Paris and said, "Of course I did."

boom,

The door is closed.

Paris was stunned for a moment.

Then he reacted again.

"Fake Oil!"

She raised an international gesture toward Ikana and Abel's master bedroom.

I took my third child to the hospital for a check-up in the afternoon. My three-month-old child has been coughing for two days and didn’t come back until six o’clock. I’m sorry.