America’s Road To Wealth

  Chapter 125 South African Diamond Charlize Theron

   Fortunately, it was discovered afterwards that it was not a shooting incident.

A few minutes later,

   Two bodyguards, Lincoln and Lin, escorted a man over.

  Abel noticed that this man was one of the real guests at the two tables in the restaurant just now.

   A table with only one guest.

   After confirming safety, Abel who has not left the original position.

  He looked at Lin and Lincoln, and then at the man who was escorted over.

   Finally looked at Edward.

  Edward immediately said softly:

   "Just now Lin found this guy, and his camera was aimed here."

   It's the camera, not the gun, Abel was relieved.

  He confirmed that he is not a primary school student with the physique of death, and he has no aura of where the shooting happened.

   "What's the situation?" Abel asked softly.

  Lin handed the video camera that should have been snatched from this man to Edward.

  Edward operated for a while, and found the negative film of Anne Hathaway and Abel being secretly photographed inside.

  The man who didn't seem to be in a panic after being escorted over finally spoke:

   "You can't do this. I'm a reporter for "Happy Hollywood Daily". You're obstructing my right to interview and the media's right to know! It's illegal for you to do this!"

  His voice was a little loud, and the whole restaurant could hear it.

  Actually, he didn't have to shout so loudly.

   Late night restaurants,

  There is so much movement here, everyone has already seen it.

  The staff of the restaurant, probably the manager of the lobby, has come to inquire about the situation.

   It was just blocked by Abel's arrangements for Johnson.

  Edward answered his boss softly.

   "In addition to the photo negatives of you and Miss Anne, there are also photos of the guests at that table."

  After listening to Edward's words, Abel subconsciously looked at the real guests at another table in the restaurant.

   Then he looked at Edward again, "I'll handle it here. Annie and I will go first."

   Being disturbed like this, he lost interest in continuing to eat here.

"no problem."

  Edward replied directly.

   There are two other bodyguards who come up to replace Lin and Lincoln.

  Abel got up directly, led Anne Hathaway by the hand, and left the restaurant under the **** of Lin and other bodyguards.

   Half an hour later,

  In the living room of another suite on the top floor of the Four Seasons Hotel.

  Edward came up to report and let Abel know the whole story.

  The matter is very simple, that is, this man named Steve is indeed a reporter for a newspaper.

   To put it mildly, he is called a reporter, but in fact he is just a paparazzi among the paparazzi.

  Paparazzi Steve, the reason why he appeared in the restaurant of the Four Seasons Hotel.

   Still at this time tonight, because he has a relative who works in the restaurant.

  This relative found out that a star came to the restaurant.

   It happened that Steve came to him with something, and he told Steve about it.

  Steve immediately pretended to be a guest of the hotel and went to eat in the restaurant.

  His real purpose is naturally to take some pictures of this star.

   It would be great if you can get big shots.

   Of course, the star here is not referring to Anne Hathaway.

  Anne Hathaway is now in Hollywood, which is a little better than 18th Line.

   It can be regarded as the fourth or fifth line.

   Except at the end of last year and the beginning of this year, because of her first TV series "First Experience of Love", she was published in tabloids a few times.

  She was able to appear in the newspaper this year because she became the heroine of "Princess Diaries".

  Disney’s publicity and distribution department deliberately prepared several exposure opportunities to prepare for the release of the movie in the future.

   In addition to this, except that she looks glamorous and looks more like a star than many Hollywood stars.

  She is not famous.

   Coincidentally, she is not well-known, but Steve happens to be one of the reporters who can recognize her.

   In line with the attitude that one sheep can be plucked, and two sheep can be plucked as well.

   While taking pictures of the star, Steve also quietly pointed the camera at this side.

  At that moment, Annie threw herself on Abel enthusiastically, which made Steve's eyes light up.

   It is estimated that Steve had already thought about tomorrow's title at that time.

  —"Hollywood N-line actress pounces on tall and strong man at night"

   It’s just that Steve just took two photos before he was discovered by the professionals here.

   Then Lin and Lincoln went up to arrest people, and Edward interrogated them.

   "Okay." Abel was a little speechless, "Have you deleted all the negatives?"

  Edward nodded: "It has been deleted. In addition, the manager of this Four Seasons Hotel is outside now. He wants to apologize to you."

  In a luxury hotel like the Four Seasons Hotel, there are such mistakes.

  The hotel manager will rush to apologize immediately, which is also expected.

  If this kind of thing is exposed, it is estimated that no celebrity will come to this Four Seasons Hotel in the future.

   If there is a big disturbance, the reputation of the entire Four Seasons Hotel may be affected to a certain extent in a short period of time.

   "Ignore him." Abel was also dissatisfied with the Four Seasons Hotel, and this experience made him have a bad impression of this hotel.

   But he was curious about another thing, "By the way. Edward, the other star that the paparazzi followed and photographed should be the guests at another table, right? Who is it?"

  Edward said: "The other party also sent someone to inquire later. It was a female star named Charlize Theron and her assistant."

   "Charlize Theron?"

  Abel, who didn't feel much at first, suddenly became interested.

   "Yes. It is indeed Charlize Theron." Edward confirmed:

   "Although I didn't see her in person. But her assistant and paparazzi said so."

   "Okay." Abel felt a little regretful that he didn't meet the legendary "Emperor Cypriot".

  For him, who has the greatest knowledge of American Entertainment, almost all of them come from Marvel and DC superhero movies.

   Charlize Theron is one of his few cognitions of Hollywood beauties.

   Fortunately, he is no longer a rookie, but after he met Ovitz and Levine and became the chairman of caa.

   I also learned a lot of Hollywood insiders, and many things behind many glamorous beauties like Charlize Theron.

   Though that wouldn't dissuade him from thinking about these big beauties.

   After all, in terms of appearance and figure, they are really top.

   is a normal man, he must be greedy for their bodies.

   It's just that when Abel was an ordinary person, the bright and bright impression in his heart has disappeared.

  Now these great beauties like Charlize Theron.

  In Abel's heart, it is no longer a daffodil that can only be seen from a distance and not be played with.

   But if you have the opportunity, you can play as much as you want, with a top-notch live-action doll.

   At the moment, his "disappointment" at not being able to meet Charlize Theron.

  It’s just the kind of little emotion that I missed the best figure and found a little regret afterwards.

   "Then, follow the procedure. How should this kind of thing be handled?" Abel looked at Edward.

   "I mean the treatment of this paparazzi."

  Edward actually didn't know that he was a professional special soldier before.

   Not long after joining Rock Security, I met Abel.

   In the follow-up training, he became a professional bodyguard.

  But his employer is not a Hollywood practitioner.

  He hasn't had time to learn the relevant coping knowledge.

   Fortunately, beside Abel, there are more than one Hollywood practitioners.

  Due to the demand in this area, Rock Security has also recruited many security personnel in this area.

  Edward doesn't know how to deal with this kind of thing, someone knows.

  Edward said: "Ordinary Hollywood stars, facing this kind of thing, can keep it private. As long as the other party does not break the law, they have nothing to do."

  Abel nodded, "Did this guy break the law?"

   "It is said that there is no. On the contrary, our methods are a bit rough. The other party wants to investigate, and we have some troubles."

   "But for related issues, it's better to find a lawyer." Edward said.

"How about this."

Abel said: "Break his video camera, take him outside and beat him up. Then let him go. Then find a lawyer here, and find someone to take the blame. The person who takes the blame will be treated twice during this period. There will be other rewards afterwards."

  Hollywood stars don't do this kind of thing well, that's Hollywood stars.

  Abel is not a Hollywood star, he is a capitalist.

  There are too many solutions for capitalists to solve this kind of thing.

   It's just that this guy is not guilty of death, and Abel didn't have the heart to kill himself by shooting him eight times in the back.

   Then teach me a little lesson and vent my anger.

   "I will encounter similar things in the future. Let's do it this way." Abel said softly.

   "Understood." Edward nodded immediately.

"So be it."

  Abel said: "I'm going to rest, and I will leave this matter to you, Edward."

  Edward nodded yes, and watched the boss walk into the bedroom before he turned and left the suite to settle the matter.

  The other side of the hotel,

  Charlize Theron's assistant, who had just finished apologizing to the hotel staff, returned to her boss' room.

   I saw the "advanced doll" and "advanced figure" in Abel's mind, Ms. Charlize Theron, was applying a facial mask and lying on the sofa in the living room in her pajamas.

   "How's it going? How's the paparazzi doing?"

   After seeing the female assistant come back, Charlize Theron asked quickly.

  The female assistant replied:

   "The deputy manager of this hotel has been apologizing to you. He also said that if you come to stay here in the future, you will get a 50% discount."

   "Heh~" Charlize Theron laughed, "She still wants me to come and live here in the future? Where's the paparazzi?"

   "The reporter's words. He was taken away by that table of guests, and I haven't seen anyone yet." The female assistant said.

   "The photos of us that were secretly taken, can't we get them back?" Charlize Theron asked.

   "This is not clear, maybe we can think of a way and contact the other party?"

Charlize Theron shook her head lightly: "No need. Those photos are not something that can't be seen in newspapers. And you didn't realize that the guests at that table were a big scene? They must be very important people, and I probably don't want us to go disturb him."

   Charlize Theron knows it all.

   Don't look at herself, she is a glamorous star in the media, known as a South African diamond.

   In the eyes of fans and ordinary people, he is one of the big stars who have become famous.

  But she deeply knows that in the eyes of many people, she is just an actor, or even just a good-looking female cousin!

  The guest who can have so many bodyguards and is not afraid of arresting people directly in public.

   is likely to be such a big shot.

  That handsome young man, Charlize Theron guessed that the other party might be a descendant of a powerful family, or a descendant of a big business owner.

   Such a person, Charlize Theron does not want to provoke each other.

  Because of this kind of person, even those Hollywood giants can't afford it.

  In Hollywood like her, she is currently a slightly stronger big shrimp.

   If you really want to mess with the other party, the ending is probably the same as that of the paparazzi named Steve.

  Charlize is ambitious, deeply self-aware, and has a high IQ and EQ.

   She thinks it's better to stay away from such big shots.

  When the female assistant saw what the boss said, she naturally had nothing to do.

   What happened to the team is over.

   Next, Anne stayed with Abel for two days.

  She asked for leave later, and the crew also agreed.

   Two days later, Annie returned to the crew.

  Abel continued to stay near San Francisco.

   On October 1st, it is the birthday of another country.

  He has seen it and is now famous in Silicon Valley.

  Although they are not as good as Microsoft and Yahoo, they are the two founders of Google, who have already emerged as princes.

   Larry Page and Sergey Brin, the two men established the project "BackRub", the predecessor of Google, in 1997.

   And officially changed its name to Google in 1998, and then received a $25 million investment in the same year.

  After two years of development, the thing that caused Google's market value to soar most happened this year.

   That was this year, the giant Yahoo said that the company would choose Google as its search engine provider.

  Yahoo originally had its own search engine business, and before that, Google also regarded the other party as a competitor.

   Prior to this, Yahoo and Microsoft were all fighting for share in the search market with Google, which had gained an absolute advantage.

  Yahoo's decision made Google completely bigger.

  Yahoo made this decision because it wanted to buy Google.

  The plan was very good, but Larry Page and Sergey Brin also loosened up under the sincerity of each other.

   Then came the dot-com bubble that everyone knew was going to happen, but everyone thought was a long way off.

   Rich and powerful, Yahoo, which was richer than anyone else before, has no money.

   It lowered its offer to Google, but still wants to buy Google.

  Although the entire market is sluggish, Larry Page and Sergey Brin did not want to reduce the value of the company at all.

   The two turned down Yahoo's new offer to Google, a cheap one.

  Compared to this year's peak, it has been going downhill.

   Its market capitalization has dropped from hundreds of billions of dollars to several billions, and finally Yahoo with more than a billion dollars.

   At the moment in 2000, this is the general situation of Google today.

"good afternoon."

  Looking at the strange-looking Google founder dressed in a typical Silicon Valley programmer, Abel smiled and said:

   "Mr. Larry Page, Mr. Sergey Brin, nice to meet you."

   Larry Page and Sergey Brin are actually as young as Abel.

   In the past year, with the rapid development of Google.

   Too many VCs and financial firms waving checks to block the doors of these two men.

   These two people are used to the experience of meeting investors today.

   In the past six months, due to the Internet bubble.

  The number of investors who came to the door was much smaller, and the numbers on the checks they waved were also much lower.

  This also makes Larry Page and Sergey Brin both have a much better attitude towards investors.

   It is no longer like the beginning of this year, with a little bit of aloofness.

   "Hello, Mr. Smith." Larry Page responded with a smile.

   Sergey Brin also smiled and said hello.

  After the simple words in the opening scene, Abel's words are very direct.

  He got straight to the point: "Please come over to meet me, my purpose is very simple. That is, I want to become a shareholder of Google!"

  He said it so directly that Sergey Brin and Larry Page couldn't help but look at each other.

  Every investor who came to see the two of them wanted to become a shareholder of Google.

  But it's the first time I've seen someone as direct as Abel.

  Larry Page said: "Sir, every investor who sees us wants to become a shareholder of Google."

   Sergey Brin didn't speak. Generally, when facing outsiders, Larry Page is in charge of most of the two of them.

  Even in terms of interpersonal relationships and company management, Larry Page is actually just as capable.

  Abel was not wordy, he directly gave an offer to make Larry Page and Sergey Brin sit up straight.

   "I want 20% of the stock, and I am willing to pay 500 million US dollars. And I can always grant you the voting rights of my stock to ensure your management and control of the company."

   Larry Page looked at Sergey Brin again, and he realized that the latter was looking at him too.

  After hearing the offer, both of them sat up straight.

  Google is very valuable. This is indeed the current perception of the entire Silicon Valley.

   At the beginning of this year, Yahoo offered Google a $2 billion offer.

   That was pre-dotcom prices.

  After the Internet bubble was burst, Yahoo offered again, leaving only 1.2 billion US dollars.

   In other words, Yahoo now thinks Google is worth only so much.

  However, Abel knew that in parallel time and space.

  Yahoo, which has regained some vitality next year, will spend 3 billion US dollars to acquire Google again.

   But at that time, it was not September 11th.

  The entire Internet responded somewhat angrily.

   Sergey Brin and Larry Page, as well as other shareholders of the company.

   are no longer only satisfied with this offer from Yahoo.

   They want more.

   They turned down the offer again.

   Then came September 11th, when the Internet, which had just started to improve, fell into a slump.

   Larry Page and Sergey Brin, who wanted to sell Google for a good price, suddenly found that no one was willing to take over.

   Misfortunes and blessings depend on the two people who bite the bullet and continue to hold and develop Google, and earn more later.

   Just before that, the two really wanted to sell Google.

  The reason is that, so far, Google has never made a profit of a cent.

  Plus now is the most serious period when the Internet bubble is being punctured.

   The entire market was extremely pessimistic, which also affected the two co-founders.

   Between now and next year, Sergey Brin and Larry Page are most likely to want to sell Google.

  This is also the reason why they are so excited when faced with Abel's offer.

   What's more, Abel is willing to give them the right to vote, which is a factor that makes the two even more excited.

  (end of this chapter)