America’s Road To Wealth

  Chapter 132 One Girlfriend a Day

  October 5th.

  Abel, who is in Los Angeles, signed a share transfer agreement with Kerkorian, who represents the board of directors of MGM.

   And announced the news that night.

   Soon, this announcement was published in the major newspapers the next day, causing a thousand waves with one stone.

   Unlike the acquisition of Marvel, Marvel in 2000 was a small shrimp.

   For its change of hands, except for its counterparts in the comics industry such as DC.

   Not many people will take it seriously.

   MGM can be different, as one of the eight big Hollywood with a long history.

   Once in the 1930s and 1940s, the undisputed number one overlord of the golden age of Hollywood.

   Even if it loses money every year, MGM is still a famous movie brand in Hollywood, and even in the United States.

  MGM's change of hands, even the major newspapers not in the entertainment industry have been involved in the report.

   The next day, October 6th, also happened to be Monday.

  Founded in 1889, with a daily circulation of more than 2 million copies, it has become the largest financial newspaper in the United States with paid circulation. The headline of the second edition of The Wall Street Journal published such a headline—

   "Wall Street Giants Invading Hollywood? "

   Right below the news headline is a large black and white photo with the MGM logo on it, which is the classic roaring lion logo.

  In the picture, a huge crocodile with the word "Wall Street" engraved on its body opened its **** mouth and bit the MGM lion.

  【Recalling the establishment of MGM, it was in the distant 1922. Two years later, M. Lowe, the owner of Rockwell Corporation, merged the company's Mitro Film Company, Galwin Film Company, and L.B. Meyer Production Company to form MGM. 】

  【It started from scratch and created its own Hollywood kingdom step by step. Over the past 78 years, it has accompanied more than four generations of Americans to grow up. It tailor-made the image of Hollywood, it was the first king of Hollywood, and now it is changing hands again. 】

  【Just yesterday, the former richest man in Los Angeles, Kerkorian, on behalf of the board of directors of MGM, transferred all the shares they held to "ab Smith Entertainment". 】

  [ab Smith Entertainment is a wholly-owned company of Wall Street financial capital businessman Abel Smith, which also means that MGM Movies has completely changed its business. 】

  【MGM stated that according to the agreement, ab Smith Entertainment will acquire MGM shares for US$9 per share in cash, or a total of US$2.212 billion. In addition, it will assume MGM's liabilities of approximately US$800 million. MGM also announced that it had received a $150 million deposit on the same day. Subsequent payments, according to the agreement, will be remitted in batches within one week. 】

  【This also means that this is an acquisition of more than 3 billion US dollars. 】

  【The author has no way of guessing the thoughts of Mr. Smith, the owner of ab Smith Entertainment. The darling of Wall Street has always been good at fighting in the sea of ​​capitalists, but this time he suddenly invested in Hollywood. This is the first time Wall Street has reached out to a Hollywood giant. What exactly is Mr. Smith up to? This newspaper has no way of knowing, but the author believes that Hollywood will be even more exciting next. 】

  The Wall Street Journal has always been relatively professional, and it is the favorite read of American elites.

  But ordinary Americans actually prefer to watch the excitement.

  They didn't care what Abel bought MGM to do, they just wanted to know how much Abel was worth, how many girls he had, and other interesting things.

  The popular newspapers, for this reason, specialize in publishing news that ordinary Americans like to hear.

  【Bosses of Hollywood companies, please be careful! 】

  Before Manhattan District Attorney Robert,

  The "Los Angeles Times", which accidentally reached a cooperation that was not considered a cooperation with Abel, made a big gimmick:

  【Mr. Smith acquired more than one MGM in Hollywood. At the same time, this gentleman also acquired Marvel and invested in many movies! 】

  【Among them only MGM, the Wall Street giant will spend 3.1 billion US dollars (including debts). Plus Marvel's 100 million US dollars, film investment and other tens of millions of dollars. It is said that he is still in Silicon Valley and has invested hundreds of millions of dollars. 】

  【This time, this gentleman from the east coast, the payment is close to 4 billion US dollars. 】

  【He buys companies like we buy potatoes in the supermarket. The annexation of MGM is by no means the end. Who will be next? 】

  【The youngest billionaire in the world! 】

  The boss of "New York Times" had a relationship with Abel once, and the chat was pretty good at that time.

  The other party even called Abel this time and got some inside information, which was published today.

  【MGM will directly swallow Marvel. It is reported that MGM will have more than 4,000 movies and 17,000 episodes/episodes at that time, and there will be hundreds more IPs of Marvel superheroes. 】

  【In addition, Mr. Abel Smith will inject 500 million US dollars into MGM for the next development of Mr. James Cameron’s super blockbuster and Marvel superhero movies. 】

  【Mr. Smith, as the boss of all this, controls the equity value of these companies approaching four billion US dollars. 】

  【Even without counting the net assets of his other companies, his wealth obviously exceeds the data shown on Forbes. 】

  【The author believes that Mr. Smith’s wealth is far greater than the actual amount announced by Forbes! The author boldly guesses that Mr. Smith may already have a net worth of tens of billions of dollars at this time! 】

  【According to the "Forbes" list, the youngest person with tens of billions of dollars is also over 50 years old, and he will not be questioned if he is called the world's youngest billionaire. 】

  【.】

   Reporting on the acquisition of MGM, and thus starting to report on Abel, this series of public opinion storms began.

   On this day, the acquisition of MGM became the focus of major media in the United States.

   Discussions filled the newspapers, and many people worried that Wall Street giants would screw up MGM.

   But there are also many people who stand up and say that MGM is already too bad, how bad can it be?

  The new boss gave 500 million US dollars as soon as he came, and he also found Cameron, and stuffed Marvel in it.

  Compared to the previous Kerkorian, it's more than a hundred times better!

  More people are discussing Abel Smith, the super young super rich himself.

  Everyone is wondering how he made so much money at such a young age.

  Many people thought at first that the reason why Abel Smith was so rich was because he had a good father.

  But soon, a post appeared on the Internet.

  The host of the post said that he is from Tarrant County, Texas, and he knew Abel and his family when he was a child.

  In this post,

   There’s even a photo of Emily Smith, a three-time winner of Tarrant’s “Wool Sweeping Competition.”

  The plainly dressed Emily in the photo looks no different from most middle-aged American women.

   Doesn't have the temperament of a rich wife at all.

   In addition, there are photos of Abel's father, Alexander Smith, wearing a ragged denim suit, smoking a pipe, and driving an old harvesting machine to harvest pasture.

  The post claimed that the super new rich Abe Smith, all of his wealth comes from himself.

  Because Abel Smith’s family is just an “ordinary” family of Texas farmers.

   There are hundreds of thousands of families like this in the United States!

   This post received a lot of praise and likes, and it became popular outside the Internet circle at an exaggerated speed in a very short period of time.

  Even many big newspapers reprinted the contents.

  It is mainly the experience of this super new rich, which is too in line with the American dream.

  Americans love to watch this kind of news.

  The U.S. government is also happy to promote such an American dream as an embellishment for a lighthouse.

   thus attracting people from other parts of the world.

   Immediately afterwards, there were many Internet posts, leaking some "secrets" of the super new rich Abe Smith.

   For example, there is a post where the poster claims that he is an IRS employee.

  In his post, there is a picture of Abel Smith's tax returns for the past ten months.

  The tax return shows that this super new rich has paid an astronomical amount of taxes in ten months.

   This post appeared suddenly, and it was deleted when it became popular.

  But before it was deleted, the picture of the tax return inside had been saved and reposted many times.

  The numbers in the tax return made many American netizens call it impossible.

  They questioned the authenticity of the tax return in this post.

  The relevant public opinion intensified, and finally the deputy director of the IRS, Jed, "had to" stand up and accept an interview with the "American Sun" newspaper.

   During the interview, Deputy Director Jed claimed.

   That tax return on the internet is real.

  But the staff who leaked the taxpayer information, the behavior is wrong.

  IRS will punish this staff member internally, and apologize for the trouble caused to society by this staff member.

   Just as everyone was surprised,

   There are really super rich people who pay so much tax.

  New York-based UNICEF President Ms. Kelly Svensson accepted an interview with the New York Observer magazine.

   During the interview,

  The lady started,

  Talk about the foundation's various charitable efforts in helping children around the world.

   Near the end, Ms. Kelly inadvertently said to the reporter of the "New York Observer":

"In previous years, we would have insufficient funds at this time. We all need the support of the General Assembly. But this year, we don't need it, because this year, Mr. Smith donated five million US dollars to us, which made our future work change. went very well”

  This interview was reprinted on the Internet by many people.

   Netizens who already believed that the super new rich paid a lot of taxes found that they had once again refreshed their understanding of this super rich.

   Just when someone questioned,

  When I suspected that the Mr. Smith mentioned by Ms. Kelly was not necessarily Abel Smith.

   overnight,

  More charitable foundations stand up,

   Indicated that they also received generous donations from Mr. Abel Smith.

  There are "good people" who specifically counted the figures released by these foundations.

   Then American netizens discovered.

  This super new rich, in more than ten months, charitable donations exceeded 60 million US dollars.

  And none of the donated charitable foundations is under his own name.

  The latter point is very important, and many "netizens" who posted posts have marked this point.

   and all public opinion,

  When it developed to around October 15th, it was already the hottest time for public opinion about this super new rich.

  The entire American media is almost reporting on him.

   As a result, on this day, this super new rich broke out a new piece of news.

   In an exclusive interview with the latest issue of "The New York Observer", he claimed that his superstar underwear brand - Elizabeth's back garden, referred to as Isha.

   It will be on December 24 this year, which is Christmas Eve.

   In the middle of Times Square in Manhattan, New York, a super grand superstar underwear show will be held!

  At that time, in addition to Isha's own models, there will also be many Hollywood actors and superstars appearing on the super show called "Isha Show".

   This news was quickly affirmed by the New York City government.

  City government spokesman Harry said in an interview with reporters:

  "New York is an inclusive and diverse city. It is great, and it allows all legal and reasonable cultures to be presented to all citizens and Americans within its own borders. As long as it meets this, it will be supported by the New York City government!"

  This news,

  In an instant, most of the American netizens who were originally paying attention to the super new rich turned their attention to the so-called "Isa Show".

   Immediately after that, within two days, the media photographed Yisha's contracted model.

  With Boss Abel, appearing together on the beach in Los Angeles and the shopping streets below Beverly Hills.

  In an instant, most of the media in the United States began to pay attention to this matter frantically.

  This is the perfect image of the super taxpayer, super philanthropist, and super rich Mr. Abe Smith, the first time a scandal appeared in the media!

   Everyone is curious, what kind of woman can capture the "heart" of this tycoon!

  Many people immediately noticed this young, beautiful, **** supermodel Gisele Bundchen.

   Throughout the United States, at least 20 to 30 million people participated in the discussion on whether Gisele Bundchen is the girlfriend of the super new rich.

   As a result, the next day, the media captured Abel's new scandal.

  The heroine of this scandal has changed to a young supermodel named Carmen Kess.

   In the photo,

  Carmen Kath and Abel, appearing together outside a movie theater to watch the latest MGM movie.

  In the photo, the two look intimate and have an ambiguous atmosphere. They look no different from boyfriend and girlfriend.

   This made American netizens and American audiences shout "FXXK's playboy!"

  But on the third day, another media filmed Abel's new scandal.

  The heroine this time was replaced by the heroine Jessica Alba in the sci-fi TV series "Dark Angel of the Last Days" produced by Cameron, which just went live on October 17 this year.

   Like the previous two supermodels, the young actor Jessica Alba was instantly pushed to the forefront.

  Her name, as well as the newly launched work "Dark Angel of the Last Days", were suddenly known by more than 100 million Americans.

   Like the previous two, Jessica Alba became instantly popular.

  Then on the fourth day, American netizens, American audiences and readers.

   Sure enough, they are in today's new paper again.

  Found news about this super new guy with his new girlfriend.

  The heroine this time was replaced by an actress named Anne Hathaway.

  The same young and beautiful, with a hot body, the same intimate posture with Mr. Abel Smith, ambiguous movements, and a hot atmosphere.

   After the first three, Anne Hathaway followed suit.

  Meanwhile, Disney's Chicken Thieves was announced on the same day.

  The super youth movie "Princess Diaries" starring Anne Hathaway will be finalized in April next year!

  The one with the heat is called a fly.

   Then on the fifth day, the one who appeared next to Abe Smith turned into an actress loved by many American netizens, whose name was Charlize Theron.

   Then MGM also decisively announced on the same day that Miss Charlize Theron will join MGM and become the heroine of super director Cameron's super masterpiece.

  The following things are the same as the first four.

   Then the sixth day, the seventh day, the eighth day, the ninth day

  Under repeated bombing, American netizens, American audiences, and American readers.

  When they see this kind of scandal about Abel Smith again.

  Everyone is a little numb.

  Many people on the Internet claim:

"I don't care about a guy like this anymore, what new super beautiful girlfriend! He's so handsome, so rich, pays so much tax, and a super philanthropist! Such a guy, his girlfriend Twice as many as Hugh Hefner and I don't mind! Please, stop publishing his gossip, we're all sick of it!"

  Hugh Hefner is the founder of the famous magazine "Playboy".

   It is said that there are more than 2,000 girlfriends, and she is one of the most envied and hated objects of many American men and LSPs.

   This netizen's voice is also on the Internet, and has received the support of a large number of netizens.

   "That's right. Such a super rich man has perfect conduct. He is not married, so how many girlfriends he has is not a problem, right?"

   "Don't say that Abel Smith is so rich. Around me, there are many men who are not as rich as him, and their girlfriends change every few days! If possible, I also want to be Smith's girlfriend!"

   "That's right, I think so too. He really looks much better than those old men and rich men. I feel that he is at a disadvantage when those women are with him!"

"I think those girlfriends of his are fake. Check it out. These women are actually actors and supermodels of his company. Although they are beautiful, they are just small roles! Mr. Smith actually wants to indirectly promote these women by doing this. Woman! He did it purely for business."

  “.”

   Similar public opinion is also fermenting, which eventually affects the entire Internet.

   And the super new rich man who has received a lot of attention from everyone, Mr. Abel Smith, seems to have heard everyone's aspirations.

  The eleventh day, which is October 24th.

  The latest news about him appearing in the media is finally not flirting with his new girlfriend and showing dog food together.

   On this day he declared,

   will give away the newspaper bonuses in its own newspaper, the American Sun.

   From $10,000 per day to $1 million per month.

  Seeing this news, many Americans are stunned.

  Most people don't know what the "newspaper bonus" of the "American Sun" is.

   But I heard that there is a one million dollar bonus a month, so many people check it out.

   After checking, I realized that it turned out to be this newspaper after it was bought by Mr. Smith.

   It will get a newspaper bonus every day.

  Just buy a $1.6 copy of "The American Sun", cut out a special part on it, and send it to the newspaper's headquarters.

   Then you can enter the newspaper's daily prize drawing, the prize is a $10,000 check.

  Before this event, the reward was 10,000 US dollars per day.

  After Abel announced this time, the bonus was changed to once a month, one million dollars each time.

  The winning conditions are the same as at the beginning, that is, buying a copy of the American Sun.

   Cut out a special place on the top, and send this small piece of paper to the newspaper's headquarters.

  Then the "American Sun" will randomly select the winners in the second month.

   After the winner is drawn, it will be announced in the newspaper, and a check for one million dollars will be delivered to the winner in person.

  Before this, there have been more than thirty lucky winners who have won a prize of 10,000 US dollars.

  The winners, some of them on the Internet, confirmed the news.

  Plus Abe Smith is extremely hot at this time.

  Let this news and news spread throughout the United States at an extremely fast speed.

   Originally unknown, but in this "Smith Storm", the "American Sun" made a small splash once.

   This time it was completely on fire.

  The 300,000 copies of the newspaper it printed the next day were sold out in one morning.

   On the third day, this number became 800,000.

   On the fourth day, more than one million.

  In just a few days,

   Colleagues in the American newspaper industry were helplessly and shocked to discover.

   In just one month, with the appearance of Abel Smith.

  In the industry, there is such a newspaper with a stable daily sales volume of more than one million copies in a single day.

   In this regard, on October 28th.

  The "New York Times" made a summary of the hot news events in the past month.

  This newspaper summed up the events of this month as "Smith Storm".

   And Smith Storm has become a term for Americans.

  It is used to describe those people or things that suddenly explode into flames.

  (end of this chapter)