America's Road to Wealth

There is a time difference of nearly eight hours between France and Hanoi.

So it's about ten o'clock in the morning in Paris.

Over in Hanguo, it was almost six o'clock in the evening.

In this way, after understanding the situation.

When Li Yuxin called Han Guo back.

It's almost there, just around dinner time.

The actual situation was when Li Fuzhen answered the phone.

Her father, mother, and brother were all by her side to have dinner with her.

The Li family came here specially, and even Li Yuxin's trip to France was tacitly approved by Li Zaixi.

At Li Zaixi's strong request.

After Li Fuzhen hesitated for a while, she turned on the speakerphone of her mobile phone.

In this way, Hanguo was in the restaurant of a small villa in Gangnam District, Seoul.

The family of the economic leader of Han Kingdom all heard a call from the youngest daughter of the Li family in Europe.

"...The model is the same as that of most family offices. I have read the contracts, and the lawyer Ernie asked me to bring has also read these contracts and thinks that the contracts are very ordinary, just normal family office contracts."

Li Yuxin said on the phone:

"The main thing worth mentioning is the treatment of members of this family office. Our father, Ernie, only gives us a living allowance of 100,000 US dollars a month after we become adults! But according to this standard, it is three years a year for minors. One million dollars, five million dollars a year as an adult!”

What Li Yuxin said before made Li Zaixi, who was listening next to him, blush.

Is a hundred thousand dollars a small amount?

One hundred thousand dollars a month, 99.9999999% of the Han people do not have this income!

But Li Zaixi heard that minors can get three million US dollars a year, and adults can get five million US dollars a year.

Even Li Zaixi was a little stunned when he heard this. With such a high living expense, is this raising a golden doll?

Li Fuzhen's voice sounded, she was replying to Li Yuxin,

"What about the other terms? Just living expenses?"

"Oh oh oh, there are a lot of other clauses. I only remember a few. Anyway, they all look great."

"Like security, the Smith family has its own security company called Rock Security. As long as they are family members, they can be protected by this company."

"There are also residences. The Smith Family Office will purchase properties in the top 100 cities in the world. As long as you are a member of the Smith family, you can live in these properties, whether you are resident or traveling."

"There are many other clauses, some of which look too professional. I can't even understand them. But our lawyer said that this clause may not even be so generous to Rockefeller."

"Sister, although that person is a bastard, but I have to say that in terms of material, he is more than a hundred times stronger than our father!"

Li Yuxin didn't know that her father, mother and brother were all listening beside her sister.

She thought it was just her talking to her sister Li Fuzhen.

Therefore, Miss Car Light, who has been spoiled since she was a child, speaks more wantonly.

Li Fu looked at the dark face of her father next to her in a funny way.

"Okay. Let me ask you, Yu Xin, do you think I should sign it or not?"

Li Yuxin was silent.

She seemed to be confirming something with the person next to her, and she was talking quietly in Korean.

It should be to discuss the contract issues with the lawyer sent by the Li family.

After maybe ten seconds, Li Yuxin's voice sounded again.

"Ernie. I asked the lawyer."

Li Yuxin said softly:

"The lawyer said that although you and your children will enjoy many benefits after signing the contract, at this point, you and your children are equivalent to being tied to that bastard. You will no longer have freedom, nor will you. There will be love again.”

"Is that all?" Li Fu really responded like this.

Li Yuxin was silent again, this time the silence was short.

"Yes, that's all." Li Yuxin said.

"Then bring the contract back." Li Fuzhen said softly: "Please, Yu Xin."

Li Yuxin was silent again, and a few seconds passed.

"Okay." Li Yuxin said.

"That's it for now. Excuse me, Yu Xin. Father and the others are here, let's just stop talking here."

"OK."

The call was cut short on Li Yuxin's side.

Li Fuzhen raised her head and looked at the relatives around her.

The eldest daughter of the Li family, Princess, had a charming and mature smile on her face:

"I have satisfied you, my dear father, mother, and brother."

"Now after listening to it. What do you think?"

"It's so ridiculous! It's so ridiculous!" Li Zaixi said in a low voice, "That American. Does he think he is the emperor in ancient times? The seventy-two concubines of the Three Palaces and Six Courtyards? It is already the 21st century. He is Americans, not emperors!”

Li Fuzhen's mother also thought it was ridiculous.

The key is that the person who does this kind of thing is lucky to be from the East Asian cultural circle.

This is how it was in ancient times.

But the person who did this is a pure American.

The Li family felt strange.

But Li Fuzhen was satisfied.

The eldest lady touched her belly, even though it wasn't bulging yet.

But she felt that she already loved it very much.

Because of its existence, it brought about earth-shaking changes to her.

It brought her great status and influence in Han State.

She only regretted that she had not met Abel earlier and wasted several years!

Fortunately, being someone else's wife seems to add to one's charm.

That stinky guy always likes when things like that happen.

let yourself do that

With random thoughts in his mind, Li Fuzhen stood up and said:

"I have fulfilled your wish. Now I have to go to work. I still have to go to the company. I will not accompany you, mother, father, and brother."

After saying that, Li Fuzhen didn't wait for her mother to persuade her to stay.

She just nodded to her family, then walked out and disappeared into the dusk.

Mother Li, who also came from a wealthy family, couldn't help but look at her husband and son.

But neither of the two men from the Li family spoke or made any move to stop him.

Mother Li could only let Li Fuzhen walk out.

After Li Fuzhen left, Li Zaixi suddenly spoke:

"There is no need to worry about her anymore. Madam, your eldest daughter is more powerful than anyone else. She now has more powerful help than the Li family."

"As long as Americans are willing to have her and her children, she will live a better life than us."

Mother Li was silent.

She felt that this home seemed to be slowly undergoing some kind of change.

I don’t know if it’s good or bad.

His eyes returned to Paris.

In the end, they all signed the contract, or took the contract back to sign in person.

As a result, after signing the contract, Anne and the others wanted to find Abel.

Abel had already arrived at a small conference hall in Godelma.

Here, he met with representatives of two German giants who had made a special trip from Berlin to London and then from London to Paris.

They were BMW representative John Wieland.

and Volkswagen representative Berid.

Both Germans were very direct. John Wilander spoke up as soon as he came up:

"Mr. Smith, we hope you can ask Vickers Group and Rolls-Royce Motor Cars to drop the lawsuit."

Bai Ruide nodded beside him.

Abel looked surprised, "What do you mean? Sorry, I can't understand your English. Maybe I need to let a translator come in?"

John Wieland's English just now was a bit substandard.

The German simply looked at his companion. Bai Ruide's English was more standard.

Bai Ruide smiled and said:

"Mr. Smith. Just now John said that Volkswagen and BMW hope you can ask Vickers Group and Rolls-Royce Motor Cars to withdraw the lawsuit."

"Oh." Abel nodded, "I understand the English this time. But what does the prosecution of Vickers Group and Rolls-Royce have to do with me?"

Abel showed his hands to the two Germans, "I don't even own a stock in these two companies. What power do I have to make them withdraw the lawsuit?"

Abel's various reactions were obviously expected by the Germans.

The two Germans didn't look angry at his "shirk".

Bai Ruide smiled and said patiently:

"That's what I said wrong just now. What I mean is that we hope that Mr. Smith, you can help us and tactfully tell the London side to ask them to withdraw the lawsuit. In this process, you only need to be a middleman."

Before Abel could refuse, Bai Ruide quickly gave the conditions.

"Of course. As an intermediary, we will pay you. Mr. Smith, we heard that you invested in a football team in Manchester. So are you interested in owning a German team?"

Abel was startled when he heard the benefit offered by Bai Ruide.

He didn't know what the German brain was like.

"It's true that I bought Manchester United. But I already have a football team. So why should I go to Germany to buy a team again?" Abel said with a smile.

"I have read the New York Times report on you, Mr. Smith." Baird said:

"The newspaper said that Mr. Smith, when you buy companies in the same industry, you always like to buy two at a time. Then why can't you buy two football teams at the same time?"

"Germany and the Premier League do not conflict. If you want, you can have both an English football team and a German football team. For example, how about Hoffenheim Football Club in Germany?"

Farke!

Abel suddenly felt that what this German said seemed to make sense.

Football is not the NBA, even F1 can have two teams at the same time.

In other words, the regulations of commercial leagues in the United States do not allow one person to own two teams.

But on the European side, it seems that there is no saying that you cannot have a Premier League football team and a Bundesliga football team at the same time.

Abel took a deep breath and looked at Byrd.

"Okay. Even so, why should I buy Hoffenheim? And this is obviously not a reward. Is it asking me to invest in Germany?"

"What if it's half-price Hoffenheim Football Club?" Berid smiled.

A Bundesliga team for half the price.

Abel thought quickly.

He does not know the specific value of a Bundesliga team.

But he also knows that it should be far inferior to the Premier League.

Manchester United is the Premier League's leading team, worth around £400 million.

Hoffenheim Football Club is estimated to be worth hundreds of millions of pounds at most.

If it's half the price, it's 50 million pounds cheaper?

Are these Germans so generous? Abel didn't quite believe it.

In fact, Abel miscalculated, because the most valuable team in the Bundesliga is only half the value of Manchester United at most.

At this time, Hoffenheim Football Club couldn't even compete in the Bundesliga, and was just a Bundesliga team.

What Berid just said was all about German teams, not the Bundesliga teams.

It was Abel himself, as a pseudo-fan, who miscalculated the value of Hoffenheim.

Now in 2001, because of the team's position, Hoffenheim Football Club's commercial value is at the bottom.

Taken together, the value of Hoffenheim Football Club is not at all the 100 million pounds that Abel imagined.

Now in 2001, Hoffenheim is worth about 10 to 20 million pounds at most.

If you buy it at half price, it will cost you around several million to tens of millions of pounds.

Save a few million pounds at most, not the tens of millions that Abel thought.

This is mainly because Abel was hit with an information gap.

In addition, Abel is really not good at other aspects except finance.

But this time, compared to tens of millions of pounds.

What Abel wanted more was Rolls-Royce Motor Cars.

So he did not hesitate to reject the German who sent him a message.

"Sorry. I am not familiar with Vickers Group or Rolls-Royce Motor Cars."

Abel responded with a smile: "So maybe your trip will be in vain."

His answer finally made the expressions on the two Germans' faces change.

John Wieland couldn't help but said in broken English:

"Mr. Smith, please think carefully. Volkswagen and BMW are talking to you now, and our contracts are fully compliant. It is impossible for you, Vickers Group and Rolls-Royce to succeed."

The German's tone made Abel a little unhappy.

Abel also turned cold.

"Two gentlemen from Berlin. I would like to ask, how many US military bases are there in Germany?"

John Wieland and Byrd were startled when they heard this question that had nothing to do with Rolls-Royce.

Abel didn't need them to answer. He continued:

"Let me tell you. There are seventeen in total, seventeen bases, and two bases shared by the two countries. The exact number is nineteen bases in total."

"So." He looked at the two Germans with cold eyes.

"I think you'd better not threaten an American casually. Even unintentionally. Gentlemen from Berlin, do you understand what I mean?"

Abel's words made Byrd couldn't help but take a breath of air.

Byrd stopped John Wilander, who wanted to say something else, and apologized:

"I'm sorry to bother you, Mr. Smith. John didn't mean to do it, I'm sorry. We're leaving now, sorry."

Looking at the sensible Byrd, Abel smiled again on his face, "That's right. I'm not from Rolls-Royce, BMW is the shareholder of Rolls-Royce. So you should go to BMW." , oh, you yourselves are BMWs, go find yourselves."

"You're right. Mr. Smith, let's leave now, let's leave now." Byrd said with a smile.

After saying that, he directly pulled John Wilander away, and the latter's expression looked extremely bad.

After walking out of Godelma and getting into the car.

John Wilander, who had always had a dark face, finally couldn't help but burst out:

"Bred, Byrd! Did you hear that? That Yankee is threatening me, he is threatening me!"

"I heard it." Bai Ruide said helplessly:

"But what he said is also true. John, there are indeed a large number of US military bases in our country."

John Wieland was silent.

Bai Ruide didn't speak either.

Although it looks much better than the two dogs Neon and Hanguo.

But as a defeated country and a sponsor of World War II, Germany's chain has never been removed, and it is actually thicker than anyone else.

It's just that they benefit from their special geographical location in the middle of Europe, plus their white skin.

That's why Germany doesn't have to be a complete dog.

But it's just not quite a dog.

If the Americans were serious, the 17+2 US military bases covering the whole country would be a sword hanging over the heads of the Germans.

Because in Germany, Americans are more restrained.

Therefore, ordinary Germans are not as sensitive to the US military as ordinary Neon people and Han Chinese people.

But the country's upper-class elites are more aware of the power of Americans.

"Why"

After a moment of silence, Byrd sighed, "John. Don't forget, the intelligence shows that this Yankee is Bush's future son-in-law."

John Wieland knew what Byrd meant.

Byrd was telling himself that when facing this American, he could not be as direct as he was when facing other Europeans.

When facing the Americans, the Germans did not have the economic strength and advantages they had when facing other Europeans.

"I understand." John Wieland said stiffly: "Shameless Americans!"

Bai Ruide smiled bitterly.

Godelmari.

Abel, who once again pretended to be powerful, gradually understood the joy of being a five-star emperor.

It feels so good to face the Germans...

He couldn't even imagine how happy he would be after going to Neon or Han Kingdom.

General Mesiac back then was so happy.

The negotiation with the Germans was just an episode for him.

But these two Germans reminded him of something.

This incident will prevent him from being bored in Europe for a while.

That's what the Germans reminded him about, that he could buy several teams in Europe.

After leaving the conference hall, he happily asked the Smith Intelligence Group to check it out.

Check the European football community to see if there are any restrictions on this kind of thing.

After making inquiries, Smith Intelligence told Abel.

At least there are no explicit regulations.

When it comes to specific operations, UEFA may stand up and object.

Hearing that it was only possible, Abel wanted to give it a try.

Since he was in Paris, Abel immediately contacted Vivendi Global Group.

Because Vivendi Global Group has a French Ligue 1 team.

To be precise, it is Canal+ TV station, a subsidiary of Vivendi Universal Group, which owns a French Ligue 1 football team.

The name of this Ligue 1 football team is Paris Saint-Germain.

Abel went directly to the CEO, Jean-Marie Messier.