America's Road to Wealth

Many of Avril Lavigne’s songs from this album immediately landed in the top ten of the Billboard chart as soon as they were released at the end of last year.

Album sales were 731K in the first week, breaking Britney's annual record of 712K at the beginning of the year.

The sales volume in the first month was 2150K, which is 2.15 million copies, directly ranking first in the first month sales volume in the past three years.

The name Avril Lavigne, and the word "pure punk".

It also appeared on Google Search. It was in the top 10 of the hot word rankings not long after it was launched. It has not yet come down from the top.

To sum it up in one sentence, Avril Lavigne is popular.

David Geffen is indeed a master of music production.

Teaching students in accordance with their aptitude and local conditions, a highly contrasting character, plus Avril Lavigne’s own talent.

As soon as she debuted, she would be at least several times more popular than her in parallel time and space.

After experiencing this explosive feeling, Avril Lavigne was willing to work hard to maintain her pure white lotus image in front of the public.

As for the back... of course what it was before is what it is now.

When you grow up, it will be difficult to change your three views.

Abel held Avril in his arms. He liked that she was so inconsistent:

"Anyway, dear. You have to understand that in front of the public, your "innocence" is more important than anything else. You must always pay attention to this."

"Huh, am I still innocent? You..."

Avril pouted her red lips, hummed softly, put her arms around Abel's neck, and said coquettishly.

It was this bad guy, after the media certified him as a "music queen".

When he was working on himself, he became more energetic.

He was more proactive and energetic than when he started.

Avril, who understands Abel's bad intentions, certainly knows the reason.

"Haha, you can play around like this with someone who is ranked 19th among the 25 most pure beauties in the United States selected by "Hollywood Reporter" magazine. Gee, should I be proud?"

Abel teased jokingly.

"So, is it fun?"

Avril's pretty face was slightly red, she bit her Chun and said softly with charming eyes.

"Delicious! It's quite delicious!"

"Giggle, do you want to continue... playing now?"

Avril whispered in Abel's ear.

"Tsk, tsk, you little greedy cat... you obviously thought of it yourself!"

What else could Abel say to such an invitation from Avril, who knows her tastes?

Naturally, I can only satisfy her simple request!

Princess Abel picked up Avril, who had been watching him with twinkling beautiful eyes, smiled slightly, and walked towards the bedroom.

Only Abel knows that although he is following the contradictory beauty route of purity + rock.

In the past and in the future, we have been working hard to create and present characters, and this will always be the route.

Over the years, she has become one of the most beautiful and pure actresses selected by various media magazines.

But essentially, she is not a good girl.

Avril Lavigne has a very strong musical talent.

He is uninhibited and wild in certain things, and even though he is petite, he is not American.

But in essence, she is a standard American girl.

This kind of person is different from others and can make Abel experience completely different feelings.

Well, it was at the Hilton Hotel in Brooklyn, New York.

At the last moment.

Abel asked her, are you ready? are you sure?

Under the watchful eyes of Sophie Marceau and Penelope.

Avril Lavigne said, ready! Of course I'm sure!

As Abel could see, she couldn't be better prepared and couldn't be more certain.

Just like now.

I don't know how long it took, but in the dark bedroom, the moonlight filtered through the gauze curtains and sprinkled on the floor.

Abel put one arm around Avril, who was already exhausted and fell asleep.

With one arm behind his head, his bright eyes opened in the dark night.

Just like she was yesterday, just like Britney is today.

After a few hours, pure punk Avril couldn't hold it anymore.

Abel looked at the clock hanging on the wall. It was past 11 o'clock.

Tsk, only four hours...

How shameful.

Toot toot—

The cell phone placed on the cabinet next to Simmons vibrated.

Abel looked at the clock again——

January 8, 2002, 23:15 pm West Coast time.

Seeing this time, he smiled slightly, then stretched out his long arm and took the phone over.

"Hello?"

"BOSS. There was an accident at California Pacific Electric."

"What kind of accident?"

"It suddenly exploded at a substation in Southern California. The explosion caused a fire, which spread to nearby areas. Many residents' houses were burned down. In addition, there were seven employees in the substation. Three people were killed on the spot, and four people had already died. He was sent to the hospital for emergency treatment and his life was temporarily out of danger.”

"What a horrific and sad surprise... What did CEO Shoups say?"

Abel is the chairman of California Pacific Electric, in which he holds 50.9% of the shares.

But all along, because of other shareholders and the local government in California, Abel has not been too involved in California Pacific Electric.

Because Abel already has a Pacific Energy.

If he had his hands full with California Pacific Electric.

In terms of electricity and gas, 2/3 of California's energy supply will be controlled by him.

In the area of ​​gasoline and diesel, 1/4 will be affected or controlled by him.

This is something that is difficult for many local giants in California to accept.

Under the influence of these local snakes.

Even if Abel holds as much as 50.9% of the shares.

But California Pacific Electric, he still hasn't been able to completely control it.

From beginning to end, except for a few inspections.

It can be said that there are not many traces of him in California Pacific Electric until now.

It is because of these local gangsters who continue to persuade, dissuade, and lobby the local government in California.

What if Abel didn't have any skills and just relied on money to win these things.

Maybe even his 50.9% stake in California Pacific Electric will have to be sold.

It is precisely for this reason that Pacific Energy has been unable to integrate California Pacific Electric.

In California, the media are controlled by local local gangsters.

There has been propaganda to the local people that once the two Pacific Oceans merge.

Then there will be an energy "trust" in California's local energy supply.

Under the opposition of these local snakes.

Abel also had no way to continue to acquire shares of California Pacific Electric.

Because California authorities, and even authorities in several states on the West Coast, have clearly expressed their opposition.

This allows his shares in the company to remain at around 50.9%.

You must know that at the beginning, he had 51%.

Later, I had no choice but to sell 0.1% to the California government.

This is also the attitude of the local authorities.

And he himself only held the position of chairman.

But the senior management of this company do not have much power to appoint and remove them.

It's not that the shareholders are powerful, it's that he wants to take certain actions. Under the instigation of local snakes, the California authorities will react violently.

There are 50 states in the United States, and each state has a king.

This sentence is not false. The United States is such a country that is loose to the extreme.

There are several families in every state, and they are invisible warlords.

In other words, the federal government is very powerful, and together it is more beneficial for capitalists to plunder all over the world.

It was only because of this that it did not split apart and could remain in this bulk state.

It is united by interests, but when one day it divides the interests that are greater than the combined interests.

That means no one can stop it from splitting.

The real manager of California Pacific Electric is a CEO named Shoups.

If something goes wrong with California Pacific Electric, it will naturally be up to Shoups, the CEO, and the company's senior executives to handle it.

It was Allen who called Abel, and he continued to answer on the phone:

"Asia Pacific Electric's CEO Shoups has held a press conference overnight and apologized to the media. He has also arrived at the site of the incident, as well as the investigation team, FBL, and local police."

"That's good. Let them handle the matter."

Abel said: "Although I am the largest shareholder and chairman, until now, I have not had any actual power in California Pacific Electric. This has nothing to do with me, do you understand?"

"I understand...BOSS, I know how to do it."

"That's good."

Things obviously won't be that simple.

the next morning.

When Abel accompanied Avril and Xiao Tiantian, their best friends, to have a rare breakfast together.

The CEO of California Pacific Electric, Shoups, called the door.

"Mr. Chairman, this is Shoups. Good morning, sir."

"Ah~ Good morning, Shoups. Your voice sounds tired. How are things going? In half an hour, the stock market will open. I don't want my property to be affected by this. "

Abel said calmly as he ate the sandwiches, milk and grilled steak that Avril and Britney had fed him.

Shopes on the other side of the phone sounded a little tired.

Maybe I really didn't get a good rest last night.

"Mr. Smith, things may be a bit troublesome. The substation suffered serious damage and was completely burned down. There was an explosion later. Affected by this, more than 135 families' houses nearby suffered damage of varying sizes."

"Ah... that's so unfortunate. What poor people. I hope God can heal their wounded hearts."

Listening to Abel's compassionate tone, Shopus curled his lips near the substation where the accident occurred.

He didn't believe that Abel was really so kind, even if Abel's personal donations exceeded all the rich Americans.

Do capitalists have a conscience? If there are, then they are not called capitalists.

In fact, if he had a choice, Shopes would definitely not want to make this call to Abel.

Even if Abel is the largest shareholder of California Pacific Electric and also the chairman of the board.

Because if it were within California Pacific Electric, Shoups, who was supported by the California authorities and other major shareholders, would have been on the opposite side of Abel.

In terms of preventing and fighting against Abel's complete control of California Pacific Electric, Shoupers had always been at the forefront.

If it weren't for the current situation, we could say very bad things about California Pacific Electric.

Shoups would never make this call.

"Mr. Chairman. An accident occurred at the substation, causing a series of explosions. Although there were not many casualties, the impact was large. The impact on the public and the media was very bad."

Shoups pleaded: "We hope that because you are the chairman of the company and the largest shareholder, you can help California Pacific Electric in the media."

Shoups expressed his reasons for looking for Abel.

caused such a big accident. It is conceivable that the subsequent impression of California Pacific Electric among the public and the media will be very bad.

Shoups made this call because he hoped that Abel, a media tycoon, could mobilize the power of Smith Media to help California Pacific Electric in the media and public opinion.

On Abel's side, Avril and Britney, one was feeding Abel milk, and the other was wiping his mouth with a tissue.

At this time, they saw Abel sneer silently, but his tone was very calm:

"Oh, of course, no problem. After all, this is related to my interests. Don't worry, Mr. Shopes. How could I not help California Pacific Electric?"

"Thank you, thank you!" Shoups had doubts in his heart. He didn't believe that Abel could be so easy to talk to.

But at this time, I can only say thank you to Abel.

"That's it. You should be very sleepy or busy now, go do your work or take a rest, Mr. Shoups. In terms of public opinion, I will see to it."

"Thank you so much."

Abel hung up the phone.

Seeing him put the phone away, Avril asked strangely: "Why do you feel that your expression when you answered the phone just now and your tone of voice were completely two different attitudes."

Britney also nodded: "The expression is very sarcastic, but the tone is very good. Like two people."

Abel laughed, stretched out his hand and pinched their tender faces gently.

"For example. You bought half of the equity of a cake shop. But the original owner and local people of this shop do not allow you to interfere in the operation of this shop."

"You can only be a big boss in name only. You can also accept possible dividends or losses every year. How will you feel?"

Avril thought for a while, "I will be very angry. I will sell all the shares and open another store opposite. If it doesn't make money, I will close it!"

This approach was indeed very Avril-like, and Abel smiled after hearing this.

"If it were me, I'd be angry too. But maybe we can talk about it?" Britney said.

"Let me add something more. It's still the same analogy just now. If this store suddenly encounters trouble when it is operating, for example, its cakes will spoil the stomachs of many people and affect the health of many people, and the matter will be very big."

"At this time, the manager of this cake shop, as well as other shareholders and local people, came to ask you for help, because you are the nominal boss. So what do you think and do?"

"How can I help?! I wish it would close down!" Avril, who was only 18 years old in 9 months, immediately said loudly.

Britney nodded too.

Abel smiled and spread his hands, "That's why my expression and tone were different just now. The call just now was made by the "cake shop manager" to me. He wanted me to help."

"Do you own a cake shop?" Avril said a little naively.

Britney's beautiful eyebrows wrinkled slightly.

This most popular young idol actress has been having sex with Abel since last year.

Her mental state gradually returned to normal, and so did her IQ.

After her IQ became normal, Britney developed some symptoms of Stockholm Syndrome towards Abel.

She especially likes to collect news related to Abel, and especially wants to know all aspects of Abel's things.

Now Britney is wondering if Abel opened a cake shop.

"Yes." Abel said with a smile: "This cake shop also supplies most of California. It's just that the "cakes" it makes are quite special."

When Avril wanted to ask what special cake to eat.

Abel had already stood up and said to the two of them:

"I'm going out for a trip. You can move around freely. Just don't go too far away from California. The Grammys are about to start in a few days."

Britney and Avril both nodded obediently and watched him leave.

After Abel left, Avril looked at Britney and said, "Has Abel opened any cake shop? I've never heard of it."

Brittney shook her head. She had been thinking about it for a while but didn't remember it.

After Abel left the door, the motorcade set off directly to the center of Malibu.

Malibu was officially established as a city in 1991.

It is located west of Los Angeles with a population of 12,000, with the Santa Monica Mountains to the north and the Pacific Ocean to the south.

It's not so much a city as it is a small town.

There is only one business in its city center, with a large number of luxury brands and chain fast food restaurants such as Starbucks, McDonald's, Subway, Pizza Hut, KFC, and some restaurants.

Having said that, in the fast food industry in the United States, McDonald's is undoubtedly the Big Mac.

Although KFC is very popular in China, its status in the United States is very low, and its business is very bleak.

Here in the United States, it ranks at the bottom of the first-class fast food chains.

There are many reasons, but China contributes more than 60% of the performance of KFC, the world's second largest fast food chain brand.

Abel came to downtown Malibu mainly to meet a friend.

Daliso Corso, a friend Abel just met a few months ago.

In downtown Malibu, at a cafe called Vespasiano.

Abel meets Daliso Corso.

Daliso Corso is in his 60s.

His father, Buda Corso, was a famous labor union activist in California in the 1960s.

His son, Moss Corso, was the head of the AFL-CIO in the San Francisco area.

Daliso Corso himself is the current president of the California AFL-CIO.

"Ah, good morning. Mr. Smith."

Already in the reserved cafe.

Daliso Corso, who had been waiting for about half an hour, greeted Abel enthusiastically and said with a smile.

"Good morning, dear Daliso. Please call me by my name. We are friends. It would be too disrespectful to call me Smith!"

Abel smiled and walked over, shook hands with him, hugged him, and parted.

"Okay." Daliso Corso followed suit and immediately said with a smile:

"Abel, we are really lucky to have you as a friend in our Corso family."

"Me too."

The two of them sat down with smiles.

The two of them drank their breakfast coffee for about half an hour.

There was nothing hidden in the middle.

Even if someone is nearby, monitoring and monitoring the whole process, they will only think that this is an occasional gathering and chat between a pair of friends.

Around 10 o'clock, the two left separately.

Get into the cabin of your own Cadillac Monster.

Abel said: "How is the stock price?"

David Jones in the passenger seat immediately replied softly:

"The drop reached 13.6% after the market opened. Until now..."

David looked down at his phone and said, "It's already over 25%."

"Oh... that's really bad. Oh, I lost 25% of my money in one fell swoop. Today is such an unfortunate day."

In the carriage.

Abel had a smile on his face and said sad words that were completely different from his expression.