America’s Road To Wealth

  Chapter 427 A big signboard

   Early March 2002.

  New York, Fifth Avenue in Manhattan.

  A convoy of 7 black Cadillacs was slowly advancing on the road.

   At this time, if there is someone with a heart.

  Observing carefully, you can find the Cadillac black sedan in the middle of the convoy, its rear compartment has been rising and falling slightly.

   One up and one down, one sit down, very rhythmic.

  Even if the latest electromagnetic suspension technology is used, the stability of the vehicle is guaranteed.

  But when the Abel brand electric "motor" starts to move wildly in the carriage.

  This most advanced vehicle suspension technology also cannot guarantee that it will not be affected under such a strong impact.

  This slightly undulating state.

   The taxi team came out of the building at No. 1 Central Park South, and it never stopped.

   Until about half an hour or so.

   Waiting for the convoy to stop at the Smith Tower in the heart of Lower Manhattan.

   This shaking, it just came to an end a little bit.

  The bodyguards on other vehicles got down and surrounded the car, waiting for the owner of the car to come down.

  The raised partition completely encloses the rear compartment of the silent Cadillac monster.

  Abel is putting on his tie with a relaxed expression on his face.

   Beside him is Miss Amanda Hearst, who is busy arranging her own ol' dress.

   "Don't be in such a hurry. Take your time, there are still 25 minutes before your work time. You can tidy up and get out of the car again."

  Looking at the vanity mirror in the car, he didn't see any lipstick marks on his face in the mirror. Abel smiled and said to Amanda who was wearing a bra.

   "Hey, chick. You took the initiative to sit on it just now. I warned you!"

"snort-"

  Abel smiled and shook his head slightly, "As I said, if you mind, pack it up before getting out of the car. There is still time, so I'll go down first."

   Without waiting for her to respond, Abel stepped out of the car. After the door was closed, he said to Donnie who was standing by the car, "Wait for her later."

  The captain of the female bodyguard nodded silently and stayed by the car, while Abel glanced at the car behind, and then walked quickly into the Smith Tower surrounded by the four King Kongs.

  As soon as he got in, Lydia Hearst opened the door of the car waiting behind the Cadillac monster and got out.

  The lady of the Hearst family, with pink cheeks, walked in front of the window of the Cadillac monster.

   She knocked on the car window.

  咚咚—

"what…"

   After being electronically synthesized and transmitted through wireless devices, Amanda's voice sounded from an inconspicuous small speaker by the window.

   This is one of the modification facilities of this Cadillac monster.

  Cadillac Monster's powerful sound insulation and three-proof ability, so that people outside the car can't hear the movement inside the car at all.

  Similarly, there is no way to hear outside sounds from inside the car.

  The significance of this modification is that it can ensure safety without opening windows and doors.

   Let the people in the compartment communicate with the people outside.

   "Aren't you alright? We're going to report today, and there are only 22 minutes left before work time."

   Lydia said helplessly.

   "Isn't there still 22 minutes? Wait for me for a few more minutes."

  Lydia pouted, but could only wait helplessly.

  After about 5 minutes, Lydia and others wanted to go in first.

   The door of the Cadillac monster was finally opened.

   After re-makeup, the radiant little woman came out from inside.

  Amanda in this state, Lydia thinks it is very beautiful.

   "It's finally ready? Let's go in." Lydia said.

   Before the fall of Amanda, the two of them had obtained internship positions at Smith Media through Abel.

  The duo will intern at Smith Television Group while continuing their college studies.

   This kind of situation of studying while going to work is very common among the outstanding children of the upper class in the United States.

  Many times, the children of the upper class in the United States can easily obtain master's and doctoral degrees from various famous universities, but many times these people rarely appear on campus.

  The reason is that many of these people are studying in school while working in various top companies.

   Have a backer, background, and enough fault-tolerant background.

  In addition, many people in it are still very hardworking.

  With these prerequisites and foundations, these second generations can perform very well with just a little talent.

  At least in the media reports, on the surface, it seems that everyone is the pride of heaven, the elite of the world.

  Amanda and Lydia are members of this gang.

  Don't mention the Hearst sisters, report to the HR department of Smith Television Group.

  Abel's side.

"Hi boss…"

   "Good day, boss..."

  Abel with a charming smile and two not too pretty, but very sweet receptionists nodded in response to their greetings.

  The dedicated elevator goes directly to the personal office. When Abel stepped out of the elevator, his two female assistants were already standing outside the office door waiting.

"boss."

   "Well, bring over the documents during this period, and those invitations that have been screened. After a while, Bloomberg will come and bring us two cups of coffee."

  Abel walked into the office where the female assistant had pushed the door open, took off his windbreaker and threw it to the assistant, and gave instructions quickly.

   "Good boss."

   Watching the back view of two female assistants who graduated from prestigious universities, worked in large groups, and both had excellent figures and looks.

  Abel raised his eyebrows and shrugged his shoulders. He was well aware that the collars of these two men were getting lower and lower, and their career lines were getting deeper and deeper.

  However, appreciation is appreciation, he will not eat grass by the side of the nest.

  Having a Catherine Jones, the Secret Service Catherine Hannah that little Laura is now with is enough of a lesson.

   Even if it can be guaranteed that they are not agents, spies, or spies, Abel has no patience to cultivate two canaries.

  Besides, his women are all goddess-level, although these two are in good shape and good looks.

   But age and experience are not new, so don't mess it up and make some X harassment scandal in the workplace, it will be really disgusting.

   Don’t think that Americans dare not use this method against consortium bosses.

   Even guys like David Rockefeller have had similar scandals and news.

  He Abe Smith is a **** himself, and this kind of scandal really happened, as long as it is not fake news.

  The public must believe that it was he who initiated it.

  As the saying goes, all loyalty comes from interests.

  When one day, the interests of betrayal outweigh the interests of loyalty, you may choose to betray without hesitation.

   Half an hour later.

   "Hey man, you look busy, what are you doing?"

   "I'm writing a check, wait a moment."

  Abel looked up, glanced at Bloomberg who walked in, said with a smile, holding a signature pen in his hand, and quickly signed his name on several documents.

"Cheque?"

  The founder of Bloomberg was not surprised at all, and picked up the checks that Abel had signed in front of him and looked at them.

  The mayor of New York City discovered that they were all charitable donations to some charitable associations that were in the fall.

  For example, digging wells for Africa, changing clothes for Asian children, giving Eastern European girls a new pair of red high heels, etc.

   Many of the items here are nonsense in the eyes of Chinese people.

   But in the United States, where charity is a business, they exist in such a grandiose way.

  Don't think that the corruption of the Cross Society can only happen in China.

   Sheda's America will only get worse.

   Needless to say how far away the time or future is, just a few years ago, a shocking scandal broke out at the United Charity Foundation, the largest charitable fund in the United States.

  Take a first-class plane, pick up and drop off in Lincoln luxury limousine, X harass female employees, spend a lot of money to buy luxury houses and gifts for lovers...

  A few years ago, William Alamone, the CEO of the largest charitable organization in the United States, was revealed to have embezzled donations to satisfy his own extravagant private life.

  This big scandal is even serious enough to set back American philanthropy.

  So...the world is as black as crows, so don't laugh at anyone.

   "My friend, you are so generous."

   After a little counting of the dozen or so different checks on the table, Bloomberg found that they added up to almost $4 million.

   "When I did this, I was paying protection fees. Now I am doing this, and I am paying image maintenance fees."

  Abel shook his head with a smile and said, "Fortunately, it's just a small amount of money, so let's treat it as one of my hobbies."

   "This is not a small amount of money, two or three billion dollars a year... Your hobby is really expensive." Bloomberg said, shaking his head.

  Abel signed the last document without speaking.

  The above is a charity fund run by the wife of one of the two senators from New York State, who is calling on Americans to dig wells for black people in Africa.

   Talking about Abel, but in fact, this kind of donation has not been less than Bloomberg before.

   It means that the amount and quantity are not of the same magnitude as Abel.

  This kind of donation is often very necessary.

   Usually manage well, the requirements of the other party are met, when you need to use these contacts, you can get help with a phone call.

   To put it bluntly, this is also a transaction.

  Similar to the situation of the revolving door, while engaging in the transfer of benefits aboveboard, hang a bright charity plaque.

  With this layer of skin, people who don't know the truth see it and think that every rich man in the United States is a very generous and benevolent philanthropist.

  Actually, if 1/10,000 of the money can go to the donor, then the recipient is already a really good person.

   Tsk tsk, how good is this?

  One side gains, one side gets name and help when necessary.

  At the same time, this kind of behavior can also be used as the content of American foreign propaganda, and it can be given to NGOs as materials for brainwashing the third world.

   Brainwashing leeks, making leeks think that rich entrepreneurs in the United States are all socially responsible and philanthropists.

  The so-called lighthouse of the civilized world is washed out bit by bit like this.

  Close the file, stamp the pen, and Abel looks up at Michael Bloomberg.

  Bloomberg, in fact, is not young anymore, and he will be 60 years old after his birthday this year.

  Fortunately, he is very rich and can enjoy the best longevity medical technology in the world, as well as a powerful personal makeup artist and image designer.

  The pile of money makes the 60-year-old Bloomberg look young and vigorous, and he has the image of a powerful mayor of New York.

   "I've heard about what you did at City Hall, and I gotta say, well done, man."

   Standing up from the boss chair, Abel walks over to Bloomberg.

  The two walked to the sofa in the office lounge area together.

  Bloomberg shrugged, "I have to do something to show the public that I am different from other mayors."

   "Haha..." Abel patted him on the shoulder, "But I heard that you turned the mayor's office into a securities company."

  Last year, Bloomberg was successfully elected mayor of New York City with the slogan of "willing to serve the public with an annual salary of one dollar".

   It has been two months since he took office. During this period, Bloomberg has transformed the traditional layout of the New York City government office for 190 years into a large trading hall-style room, modeled on an investment bank.

  He also put many New York technicians and managers, even bureaucrats, and placed them like traders in financial companies.

  Through this system, real-time monitoring of the city's fire protection, public security, sanitation and other indicators.

  Bloomberg declared to the outside world that the optimization of management also applies to urban management, and he will carefully plan the entire New York City.

  This approach once aroused heated discussions across the United States.

  Many people criticized him for turning the city hall into a financial company.

   Fortunately, New York has always been the financial center of the United States, and even the world.

   Doing this in New York has its own foundation.

  In addition, when the hot discussion just started, Abel's "attack" happened.

  With big Internet celebrities blocking the front, Bloomberg’s reform of the New York City government is not a big deal.

  The two sat on the sofa, and the female assistant brought coffee.

  Abel’s side is the Mecha Coffee as always. Bloomberg has nothing to do with coffee beans, but he likes to drink iced Americano.

  It is the one with ice, bitter and thick, without a little sugar and milk.

  Many Chinese people drink it as a traditional Chinese medicine to boost their spirits.

   Judging from the caffeine content, the iced American style is indeed no different from traditional Chinese medicine.

   "City Council has passed."

  After sitting down, Bloomberg took a sip of coffee and said with a soft smile: "The construction union has also notified it, and the problem is not big. The project can be approved, Mr. Funder."

   "Ha—that's great news."

  Abel happily said.

  He has worked hard for more than a year, and even bet on Bloomberg in advance to get Hudson Square, and now it has finally reached the stage where everything is ready to start.

   "Let's start a Hudson Yards Group as we said earlier."

  For the construction of wonders, the Chinese attribute in Abel's soul was activated at once.

   "The issue of share allocation also refers to our previous decision."

  Bloomberg nodded, "No problem. Come here today, in addition to telling you this. There is another thing."

"Um?"

   "I want to ask you what you think about governing New York, or what are your requirements."

  Hearing Bloomberg's question, Abel couldn't help raising his eyebrows.

   "Mr. Mayor, this issue is your responsibility. You must know that the mayor of New York City is you, Michael Bloomberg, not me, Abel Smith."

   "Don't talk to me like this." Bloomberg said angrily: "You know what I mean, Mr. Abel Smith."

  Bloomberg had a preliminary grasp of the government of New York City. After mastering the work, he came over to ask Abel this question.

   It's not that Mr. Mayor is in a hurry.

   Nor is it that Bloomberg sees Abel as his own Zhuge Wuhou.

   This is because Bloomberg knows, even if he is the mayor of New York.

   But in New York, the mayor has never had the final say.

   In other words, this place has never even been in the hands of the New York authorities.

   If you want to secure the position of mayor of New York City, you must do something, or be able to make money.

  That is not an easy thing.

  Compared to other cities, New York, the largest city in the United States, is too crouching.

  Not to mention other people, Bloomberg knows that the guy in front of him is one of the most terrifying dragons and tigers in New York.

  Although Abel is from Texas, half of his real base is in New York City.

   On Wall Street, Smith Capital has long been one of the six major investment banks, and the new Smith Financial is even more of a behemoth.

  In the media industry, one of New York's dominant areas, Smith Media is one of the giants.

  The most important thing is that while this guy is too rich, he is also too generous.

   Like the donation check just now, Bloomberg guessed that Abel would write at least a dozen of them in an average day!

   Not talking about the rest of the United States.

   Just in New York.

  According to Bloomberg’s knowledge, in New York, at least nearly 90% of all kinds of congressmen and power figures, regardless of donkeys or elephants, have almost all received benefits from Abel.

  All kinds of influential journalists, writers, and influential people have also received his checks.

  If Soros is the whole world, throwing money at the media everywhere.

   That Abel is throwing money all over New York.

   Revolving doors and charitable donations, this guy plays better than anyone.

  A rock security, a 1450 network consulting company.

   Under the names of these two companies, there are thousands of employees who only receive salaries and do not receive work.

   If you carefully check the list of these employees, you can easily find the names of the wife of the speaker of the New Jersey Assembly, the father of the mayor of Brooklyn, and the son of the representative of the Manhattan Assembly among these people.

  Maintaining contact with these people is costly.

   But when Abel is in need, these networks built with dollar bills and benefits can make him invincible in New York.

  Bloomberg knows he can be elected, and 1/3 of this is due to the efforts of himself and the Oilers.

  The remaining 2/3, half of which are Xiangdang's good business in New York in the past few years, and the other half is this guy in front of me.

   For example, when the Bloomberg election was in full swing.

   Although this guy is not in New York.

  But a social welfare charity fund in New York suddenly launched a donation event called "Renew".

  This charitable association raised $6 million in charitable donations during the New York election last year to pay the arrears for 12,000 New York City prisoners who have served their sentences but have no money to pay fines.

  Before Election Day, this charitable association allowed these prisoners to regain the right to vote.

   Any New York City prisoner who is registered to vote and faces a fine of less than $1,500 can receive sponsorship from the charitable society.

  Not long after the event started, Bloomberg suddenly got 1.2 extra votes in one day...

   To be honest, this is a path that Bloomberg himself never envisioned.

  The mayor of New York also knows that this should be the solution that Abel's think tank came up with.

  So even though he became the mayor of New York City as he wished, there is still the support of the entire oilman group behind him.

  Bloomberg, as always, attaches great importance to this "friendship" with Abel.

  Just because Bloomberg knows that in New York, "Smith" is now a big sign.

   With the help of this big signboard, I took this position.

  But I want to sit still and sit for a long time.

  Smith's signboard cannot be lost at any time.

   Didn’t you see that even the guy from the White House still picks up this signboard and waves it around from time to time?

  This proves that this signboard is easy to use in the United States now.

  (end of this chapter)