America’s Road To Wealth

  Chapter 136 Confession on Ikana’s birthday

   This wave of crazy long-to-short turns, after the shorts have cut the leeks.

  International oil prices have also changed from around 34-35 at the end of September when Smith Capital was long.

   It was 3-4 yuan lower in one month.

   Within a few hours today, it plummeted by $8.

  From the ultra-high oil price of 34+-, it fell back to the normal oil price of 22+-.

  The big short sellers in the global capital market are all cheering.

  The bullish leek retail investors who have been cut off by a wave of anger, and the bullish institutions collectively want to cry but have no tears.

   Extended to national impact.

   Those countries with developed industries and extremely high demand for energy are relieved.

  The drop in oil prices is better for them.

  For example, the United States itself, or China, which is rapidly industrializing.

   Similarly, some people are happy while others are sad.

  The same goes for countries.

  Of course it is a good thing for oil-importing countries to see lower international oil prices.

  Oil-producing countries, seeing such a sharp drop in oil prices in a day, are also crying without tears.

  Those oil-producing countries want to join forces to make a wave, so that the oil price will rise a little bit.

  But the old United States will not allow it, because the old United States is now the world's largest oil importer and industrial country.

  The resurgence of oil prices will hit the domestic industry in the United States.

  It has been hit for more than half a year, and the US industrial giants will not allow oil prices to skyrocket again.

  When this American industrial giant was still able to suppress the energy giant.

  It is difficult for international oil prices to rise crazily in a short period of time.

   And Beverly Hills, 10066 Cielo DR here.

  When I heard that the profit of this transaction was as high as 3.42 billion US dollars.

  Everyone in the entire studio, all cheered, many people yelled and celebrated, screaming like crazy.

  Obviously the money is not his own, he is just a bystander.

  The kind that doesn’t even get a salary.

  Ikana, who was in this atmosphere, was also infected by the emotions in it.

  Her whole pretty face was flushed red.

   "Wow ~ Great! Great!" She yelled out of control like other staff.

  That jumping look, with a pair of big headlights dazzled Abel.

   Seeing Ikana's excited and uncontrollable appearance, Abel's heart moved.

  He suddenly leaned over and pulled Ikana who was celebrating with the staff.

  In the surprised eyes of the latter, he kissed directly.

  This move made the excited Ikana suddenly stop, and her whole body froze.

  After the initial stiffness, Ikana struggled subconsciously.

  Struggling is invalid.

  At 1.8 meters tall, she can still struggle a few times against a man of normal size.

  Facing Abel, who is 1.92 meters tall and strong, with inhuman physical fitness.

  Struggling is like adding spice to both parties.

  After struggling a few times to no avail, she simply gave up struggling.

   Seconds later, the hormonal attraction.

  Let her also take the initiative to respond.

  In the spacious and bright studio, there was a sudden silence because of this sudden change.

   But a few seconds later, more lively applause and whistles sounded.

   "Oh oh~ the beauty threw herself into her arms! The boss is mighty and mighty!"

   "Long live Abel Smith!"

  “.”

  Amidst the cheers, the classic French style that lasted for several minutes ended.

   "Today~"

   The staff cheered for a long time, and heard the boss raised his hand and shouted:

   "Everyone will receive a prize of 100,000 U.S. dollars~ In addition, tonight, ProjectLA will be reserved, so don't go home without getting drunk!"

   More intense cheers erupted from everyone's mouths, as if the dome of the studio was about to be lifted.

   "Okay~ that's it." Looking at these staff who graduated from the finance department of famous universities like beasts under the stimulation of money.

  He smiled and shook his head.

  In the movie "The Wolf of Wall Street", the filming of the profligate life of Wall Street workers is not groundless.

  They were still cheering, while Abel led the blushing Ikana and left the studio.

  Ikana's mind is still dizzy.

  She has just turned 19 years old, and she still lacks experience in this area.

  She still doesn't know how to breathe without affecting contact while kissing.

  She is so inexperienced that she is a little physiologically hypoxic.

  Wait until the oxygen supply to the brain is restored and she wakes up.

  She found herself in the huge living room of the villa, connected to her favorite half-outdoor and half-indoor terrace.

   "Oh~"

   Ikana, who was awake, looked at Abel with her hands still on her waist. She blushed and pushed him gently.

   "You can't do this, we haven't even established a relationship. Abel, you can't do this."

  What Ikana didn't expect was that the strength she pushed Abel could be said to be negligible.

  Abel was easily pushed away by her.

   also let go of the hand holding her.

  His tall body stepped back a few steps to the side, more than one meter away from her.

   This made Ikana startled, and then she heard Abel say:

"Oh~ well, I'm sorry. I didn't make a relationship like this. It's my fault. I'm sorry, Ikana. I apologize for my behavior just now. I hope you forget about it just now. According to what I just said reckless."

   "Sorry, I was too excited just now."

  Ikana stared at him blankly, and her mood changed from the stimulation, nervousness, shyness, expectation, and excitement just now to negative emotions.

  She didn't know what Abel meant by saying that, and she didn't know why Abel said that.

  Her beautiful eyes stared blankly at Abel.

  She heard again that Abel continued to smile and said to her:

   "Just take it as a misunderstanding? How about it?"

   "Also, Ikana, let's go. I remember Ni said that you came to me to talk about YKM's business. Let's go to the terrace to talk, it's a good place for conversation."

   Wait until Ikana recovers from the shock of negative emotions.

  Her eye sockets are already red.

  At this moment, her mind is full of "Did FXXK's old lady just get prostituted for nothing?"

  Just now, she thought that Abel would take this opportunity to confess his love to herself.

   After all, the two of them have been ambiguous for as long as two months.

   Otherwise, how could he treat her like this in front of so many people?

  What did you think of her?

  Are those high-level recruits in Manhattan who come and go?

  When I gnawed just now, it was a devotion and enjoyment.

   Now you want to pretend that nothing happened?

  19-year-old Ikana finds it hard to accept.

   Fortunately, Ikana may not have the highest IQ, and her EQ may not be as good as those people.

   But she has great self-control.

  This allowed her to start planning her own life when she was eleven or twelve years old.

  At this time, this self-control suppressed her aggrieved emotions.

   She tried her best to calm her red eyes and took a deep breath.

  She also walked towards the platform that she loved very much and made her linger just now.

  Now, she finds the terrace a bit dull.

   Walk into the platform,

  Ikana saw Abel sitting on the sofa in the middle of the terrace.

   also waved at her, "Ikana, come here, let's sit here and talk."

  Heard his calm tone, as if he really wanted to talk about business.

  Ikana took another deep breath and walked over.

  Ikana sat on Abel's side so that Abel wouldn't look her in the eye.

   Avoid letting Abel, and suddenly found that her eyes were red.

   "Okay. Here I come. Go ahead, Mr. Smith."

   After sitting down,

  Ikana tried her best to appear calm.

   It was just "Mr. Smith", which revealed that she was not in a calm mood at the moment.

   You know, she has been calling "Abel" for almost two months.

   is now Mr. Smith again.

  People who are not a little slow can hear this emotional change.

  But Abel didn't seem to hear it, he smiled and said:

   "Let's talk about business first. As YKM's current first shareholder, I'm interested in knowing Ikana's future plans for the company."

  Ikana said: "The business plan I submitted to Smith Capital has listed my plan in detail."

   "Ah~ Sorry. David sent it to me. But I think, instead of looking at the email, you might as well come over and explain it to me in person. It will be more detailed and easier for me to understand."

   Abel said bluntly.

   This made Ikana's heart suddenly stop again, and her tone was slightly bleak:

   "Okay. You are an investor, and you are the largest shareholder. You have such rights."

  She tried to use a calm tone and said in a businesslike manner:

   "Then let me, the founder and general manager of YKM, report to you, the investor."

  Abel was expressionless, and even nodded slightly, "I'm listening. Tell me, Ikana."

  His expression and actions made Ikana's heart sore, and the uncomfortable feeling came to her heart again.

   Also let her start, cut off the slightest emotion in her heart.

  【Ikana, you have nothing to do with him, you have a plan in the first place】

  【Ikana, now that you are getting this kind of treatment from him, you asked for it yourself】

  【If you don’t approach others with sincerity, if you can’t get close to others’ sincerity, then you can’t blame others】

   Ikana said to herself in her heart.

  At the same time, her strong self-control prevented her from showing any gaffes on the surface.

  She said calmly, in that businesslike tone:

  “First of all, I have to admit that the development of YKM in the first three years was too barbaric.”

  “The barbaric growth has brought about a barbaric valuation. However, it has left unresolvable sequelae for the normal development.”

"so."

  Ikana tried her best to maintain the standard that a top student who graduated from Wharton Business School should have.

  The words are accurate, the content is detailed, the steps are clear, and the rhythm is clear to explain to Abel.

  Explained her re-planning of the YKM brand after a lot of market research and careful thinking.

  It involves a lot of data, some of which are the data of the YKM brand itself.

  There is data on the segmented field of this young women's luxury clothing brand to which YKM belongs.

  There is also the overall development data of the entire US clothing market.

  The data is very detailed, which makes Abel feel.

   Let Wall Street analysts do this kind of plan.

   Is it just that?

   About half an hour.

  Ikana roughly told Abel the general content of her plan.

  In this process, Abel did not just listen.

  He will bring up some things that he doesn't understand.

   Let Ikana explain to him, let him understand before proceeding.

   In doing so, it took so long.

"In summary."

  Half an hour of explaining time, already let her who has strong self-control, get a great emotional relief.

  She looked at Abel seriously, she was really doing business.

   "For the next development of the YKM brand, I think we should refer to the route of Zara, H&M, UNIQLO and other fast luxury brands."

   "But we need to design and produce products that conform to Americans in combination with reality."

   "As long as we grasp these two points, I believe that YKM will be able to walk out of its own unique development route!"

   "The above is my summary and summary of YKM's future development concept as the general manager of YKM."

   After finishing speaking, she looked at Abel calmly.

  She felt that this face was still as good-looking as ever.

  Looking at this face before, she would feel her heart flutter.

   Looking at this face now, she always has the urge to go up and slap her.

   "啪~啪~啪~"

   Gentle applause sounded from Abel's hand.

   After Ikana finished speaking, Abel applauded lightly.

   "Excellent business plan. Awesome!"

   Anyway, I can't write it.

   Abel, a Chinese internet writer + a Texas art genius, thought so.

  Ikana smiled lightly and nodded slightly, which was regarded as a modest and acknowledgment of his praise.

  Anyone with a discerning eye can see that her attitude towards the man in front of her is very cold at this moment.

  Change for half an hour,

  When performing the classic French, that kind of intoxicated girlish appearance.

  Abel seems to have been very dull about this change in her, and he hasn't noticed it until now.

  He is still talking about business.

   "According to my understanding." Abel said softly:

   "If YKM is to go this way, there will be at least a difference of hundreds of millions of dollars in the early stage. In addition, I remember that Gap is also making its own women's fast luxury brand in the United States."

   "YKM is not without competitors in the United States. In addition to competing with established players in the fast luxury lane like Zara, it also has to compete with other counterparts in the United States."

   "I understand that right, right?"

  Ikana nodded slightly.

   This is also the reason why her business plan cannot be affirmed by investors who do not have strong financial strength.

   Those investors didn't believe that she could lead YKM to walk out of YKM's own path under the siege of domestic giants like old fast luxury brands and gap.

  Even her father didn't believe it.

   Those investors who have already entered the pit before have no way to get out of the pit, so they can only pinch their noses and admit it.

   There is also Ikana herself, who also trusts herself.

  She believes that she can develop YKM.

"I have confidence."

  Ikana knows that it is useless for capitalists to say that they have confidence.

  Capitalists don't believe in these nonsense, capitalists only believe in detailed data and a profitable future.

   Saying these words, she herself is a little hypocritical.

   Fortunately, the 50 million US dollars from Smith Capital has been transferred to YKM's development account.

  At this moment, even if Abel wants to withdraw the shares, it is not that simple.

  Ikana thought so, and she wanted to add some data to enhance the persuasiveness of her words.

   But unexpectedly, Abel had already spoken in advance:

   "That's right. I believe in you too. I believe you can develop YKM."

  Ikana was startled, not knowing why Abel's attitude changed again.

   Just now, I clearly broke the casserole and asked the end, insisting on explaining the future development path of YKM clearly.

  If you are not satisfied, you will withdraw your shares, and you are not optimistic about the future of YKM.

   It’s only been a short while, why did it change again?

  She was a little taken aback.

   Then she heard Abel speaking to her again.

   "Okay. The official business is over here. I am willing to trust you about YKM."

   "In fact, your fourth business plan passed the review of Smith Capital. It was because I believed in you that I let them pass."

   "Okay. Don't mention these things anymore, it's still the same sentence, and the business is over."

  The information revealed in his words made Ikana's heart tremble.

  The plan was approved, but it wasn’t because I did a good job?

   She still went through the back door. She couldn't help being a little frustrated.

   "Now let's talk about personal matters."

   Ikana was feeling a little frustrated.

  She saw Abel's expression, from the businesslike look just now.

   Changed back to the same appearance as when he was flirting with her.

  At this moment, Ikana really wants to say, what private matters do I have to discuss with you?

   I did such an outrageous thing just now, and within a few seconds, I can pretend it didn't happen.

  Do you really think that I, Ikana, is a senior call in Manhattan?

   It’s just that people are under the roof. No matter what Abel says, they are the most important supporters of YKM that she values ​​most.

  She didn't want to spoil the relationship between them, so as to bring YKM into trouble.

   Let her spend many years of hard work in the flowing water.

  She tried her best to use her brain, trying to separate from Abel as much as possible without angering Abel.

  Abel's businesslike attitude just now, and that "free whoring" look.

   The girl's heart has been broken.

   No matter how self-control she has. No matter how ambitious, no matter how realistic and snobbish.

  Ikana this year is only a nineteen-year-old girl after all.

   There are still some girlish feelings.

  But just now, my feelings were hurt a little bit seriously.

  Suddenly, Ikana, who racked her brains and couldn't think of a good solution, heard him say—

   "Okay. Prep time is almost, oh, just right. They're out."

   "Ikana, turn around now, look behind you, look at the sky behind you."

  At the same time, while he was talking, he approached Ikana.

  The latter subconsciously wanted to dodge, but he caught him directly.

   While she was half-active, and Abel was pulling slightly harder.

  Ikana turned around and looked at the sky on the part of the outdoor terrace behind her.

   Outside on the patio, on a blue, cloudless, sunny sky.

   At some point, more than a dozen huge airships appeared.

   There are dozens of hot air balloons with people on them.

  These airships and hot air balloons fly at just the right altitude.

   Not too close to the ground, nor too high.

  At the same time, there are many large and long banners hanging on them.

  The banner is full of words and pictures.

  As well as the airships and hot air balloons themselves, text and pictures are also printed on them.

  Ikana found her photo and name on it.

   No, exactly.

  The pictures above are all her photos.

  The words above all have her name on them.

  【Ikana, happy nineteenth birthday~】

  【On my dear Miss Ikana’s birthday, I wish her happiness forever~】

  【Happy birthday, the beautiful Miss Ikana. 】

  【Miss Ikana, you are Helen, you are the muse, I wish you beauty forever~】

  【.】

  Looking at the entire line of sight covering him.

   Covering most of the sky in Beverly Hills, it is full of giant hot air balloons and airships everywhere.

   And these pictures and words on them.

  Ikana was stunned.

  At this time,

  One is magnetic,

  A thick male voice rang in her ears.

   "I didn't expect you to come so early. I thought you would come in the evening or evening."

   "If you come at that time, in addition to these, I also prepared a grand fireworks show for you."

   "It's a pity that it's daytime, and the fireworks show can't appear."

   "Today is October 30th, your birthday. Happy birthday, my Ikana~"

  (end of this chapter)