America’s Road To Wealth

  Chapter 549 Peggy takes over

  Looking at the tall, young and handsome Abel in front of him, Robert couldn't imagine that three years ago, this young man was just a voiceless outsider in front of him.

  A "Dixie" who is not popular on the east coast, and is somewhat despised in the wealthy circle of the east coast.

  At that time, it was under the influence of some big East Coast clubs. In addition, the heart is indeed despising and discriminating against each other. Robert Morgenthau stepped forward and, in the name of the Manhattan District Attorney, conducted a financial crime investigation on Smith Capital, which was only considered to be in its infancy at the time.

  If it weren't for the fact that the opponent's political background was not considered, and Abel had already bought New York once at that time.

  Robert is ready to hit hard.

  But Robert couldn’t do it at the time because Abel was very smart. After the freedom of wealth, the young man from Texas wove a decent network of connections for himself in New York.

  This network of relationships captured Robert at the time, as well as many people in New York. Let Abel go through the novice period smoothly, and then at a development speed that made everyone dumbfounded, he left many, many people in a very short period of time and climbed directly to the mountain named "America" pinnacle.

  Heaved a long sigh in his heart, full of emotions similar to "Thirty years in Hedong and thirty years in Hexi".

  Robert continued to explain to Abel in Abel's office why he wanted to retire and why he wanted Peggy to take over.

  "I'm old. Especially in the past two years, I feel more and more that my energy is declining rapidly."

  The windows are bright and clean. Wall Street is not far away from the huge floor-to-ceiling windows. At a glance, you can even see the ruins of the Twin Towers in Abel's office.

  Robert Morgenthau, whose face is covered with age spots and only has a pair of eyes that have not been extinguished, said:

"So I think, before my term ends, before I die or lose the ability to work. I hope that our relationship can continue smoothly. It can be said that it is the best way to let Peggy take over. gone."

  Looking at the tall and thin Robert, Abel didn't speak immediately, but nodded slightly to show that he was listening.

   A moment later, after Robert had finished speaking, he added:

"As far as I know, Robert, your latest term is almost two or three years away. I don't know the relevant laws in New York. If you retire directly, can Peggy take over your position? Or do you have to wait two years? How long will it take for Peggy to come out again?"

   There are multiple prosecutors in the New York District, but there is no doubt that the Manhattan District Attorney, that is, the Western New York District Attorney, has the greatest power and influence.

  The GDP of New York City in 2002 reached 1002.496 billion US dollars, accounting for 59.56% of the GDP of New York State.

   Then a Manhattan accounted for 829.744 billion US dollars...

   In other words, the GDP of Manhattan accounts for almost half of the entire New York State.

  Manhattan's influence on the entire New York State can be seen from this.

  As the chief judicial officer of the district, the Manhattan District Attorney has always been a representative of low weight.

   Many times, the Manhattan District Attorney speaks louder than the mayor of New York City when it comes to economics and finances!

  Like the mayor of New York City, prosecutors are elected every four years. It's just that Robert has been in this position for more than 20 years, and he ran for the same election as Bloomberg in the last election.

  Bloomberg won a bit hard, but Robert won easily.

  The votes that the old man got alone were almost equal to the sum of the other five candidates.

  According to the latest term of office, Robert just took office in 2001, and the position will not be handed over to others until 2005.

   Of course, if he wins the election again at the end of 2004, then he can continue to serve.

   Do it to death, or really can't do it.

  There is no law in New York restricting prosecutors from being re-elected.

   Of course, before Robert. Manhattan has never had a prosecutor who served more than three terms, and he is an exception.

Hearing the question pointed out by Abel, Robert smiled and explained to Abel: "According to the relevant New York and federal regulations. Once my application for retirement is approved, my deputy will directly become the acting prosecutor for the rest of his term. .And in the last month, Paige has officially become my deputy. In other words, as long as I resign now or leave my office. Then she will be the acting attorney general of Manhattan for the remaining 20 months."

"Okay, I probably understand what you mean." Abel also nodded, "But Robert... are you confident that Peggy can win other people after 20 months? Even if her surname is Morgenthau, it's still yours." Granddaughter. But she is too young after all, she seems to be only one year older than me? This will become her shortcoming in the election, and voters and her competitors will definitely use this to attack her.”

"so…"

Robert looked at Abel seriously, his cloudy eyes were a little bumpy: "This is why I am sitting here now. I will go to Bloomberg later, and I will go to see many many people."

   This is seeking as much support as possible for his granddaughter.

  Seeing his statement, Abel knew that this was the old man expressing that he had decided to do this.

   Looks determined.

"Why?"

   After being silent for a few seconds, Abel asked questions without beginning or end.

  Robert understood it all at once, with a wry smile on his face.

   "Actually, I wanted to do what I really couldn't do, so I officially retired."

  The old man said softly: "But now, I think Peggy has every hope of taking over my position. That will ensure that Morgenthau will continue to maintain his current position in New York after me."

"So I need to push her up while I still have the ability and energy, and I will continue to **** her behind. This way, when my brothers and I die, the Morgenthau family can continue Maintain the status it deserves.”

"You know." The old man looked at Abel seriously, with a wry smile on his face, "The Morgenthau family does not have such an outstanding young man or heir as you. I am really worried that after my brothers and I die , Morgenthau did not fall down."

   Abel got it.

   To put it bluntly, it is actually the Morgenthau family who are worried that there will be no successors.

  Robert He and his two brothers are brilliant.

  One of the three brothers is the New York State Attorney, the other is the Manhattan District Attorney, and the third is the State Attorney General of New Jersey next door. It can be said that it completely controls the entire New York State and even the nearby prosecutor system.

  The U.S. prosecutor system almost represents a very important judiciary in the separation of powers in the United States.

   In other words, don't look at the Morgenthau family who are very low-key. But secretly, they actually hold the judicial power of the entire state of New York and New Jersey.

  However, as Robert said, the three brothers are outstanding, but the descendants of the three brothers are worse than the other.

  Robert's sons, George and John, are both middle-aged, which means they are very ordinary.

  The descendants of Robert's other two brothers are similar, and they can hold high positions with the support of the family. But once faced with external challenges, their own abilities are actually insufficient, or even completely difficult to cope with.

  Morgenthau's third generation has more boys and girls. Robert has only three granddaughters and no grandchildren.

  His two brothers are similar, the third generation of the whole family has a total of three men and seven women.

  Then the abilities and IQs of the remaining 9 of these 10 offspring seem to have been sucked by Peggy.

   One is more ordinary than the other, only Peggy Morgenthau is excellent in all aspects, but she is too good, and she is also a woman.

   In terms of patriarchy in the United States, it is actually more serious than some remaining feudal countries in Asia.

  This can be seen from the fact that the women here must all bear their husband's surname after marriage.

  This is actually a general commonality on the earth, and almost all of the top 20 powerful countries in the world are like this.

  The only exception is Huaxia, where the majority of women do not need to bear their husband's surname after marriage.

  So no matter how good Peggy is, unless she never gets married, she will eventually become a member of another family.

   Or marrying into a family. In that case, Mo Genthau has some internal voices, because the family has male offspring, but the male offspring is a little mediocre.

  In short, the three Robert brothers are very troubled, and the trouble is that there is no successor.

   Now it seems that the three brothers seem to have reached a consensus.

   Otherwise, Robert can at least work for another three to five years. It doesn't make sense to think about letting Peggy take over now.

  Although I thought a lot at once, in fact, only a few seconds passed.

   After thinking about it for a while, Abel expressed his attitude: "From my standpoint, as long as our cooperation and my interests are not affected. Then my old friend, I will support you in making any decision."

  The old guy smiled for the first time, looking a lot more relaxed.

   "That's good. But please rest assured, dear Abel. My doing so will definitely not affect our cooperation. On the contrary, I believe that Peggy's existence will make our cooperation a step further."

  Listening to the old man's slightly suggestive words, Abel's handsome eyebrows were raised, before he could speak.

  The old man stood up with a smile, waved his hands lightly and said, "Okay. I have already notified you. I am going to the city hall now. Goodbye, dear Abel."

   Abel, who still wanted to say something, saw that he stood up. He had no choice but to stand up and send the important judicial snake head of the Hydra gang out of the office door.

   Watching him in the elevator hall, he waved to himself, and Abel responded.

   After the elevator door closed, Abel returned to his office.

  Standing in front of the floor-to-ceiling windows, I looked down at all living beings in Manhattan for a while, and digested the possible follow-up impact of Morgenthau's actions.

  咚咚—

  The door behind him was knocked suddenly, and Secretary Amanda Hearst pushed the door and walked in.

   Looking at her boss and lover, Miss Hurst showed a charming smile: "Boss, it's time. According to the schedule, you need to go to the Dyker Beach Golf Course for the rest of the afternoon."

"good."

  Abel walked over with a smile, stood in front of Amanda and looked down at her, and then gently pinched her chin, and kissed her where Chanel limited edition lion velvet lipstick was applied:

   "You can go with me, I don't really play golf very much. I heard that you are very good at this, and then you will be my assistant and coach. How about it?"

  Amanda's beautiful eyes were shining brightly, she seemed reserved but said excitedly: "You are the boss, and I am the secretary. My dear boss, of course you have the final say."

   "Then it's settled."

   An hour later, around three o'clock in the afternoon.

  New York in early March belongs to early spring. In New York, where the four seasons are distinct, it is still a bit cool at this time, but the sun is shining today, and the weather near the Dyker Beach Golf Course is very good.

  Dyker Beach Golf Course is a well-known golf course in New York. It is usually open to the public and the tickets are medium. It is located beside the Hudson River, where you can enjoy the beautiful view of the Welshno Bridge.

  While playing golf, while admiring the bridge and the New York skyline, it can be said to be very pleasant.

  But today, the Dyker Beach Golf Course, which has always been open to the public, put up a sign for rest and inspection in the morning, announcing that it will be closed for the whole day.

  The reason, of course, is that certain power figures who like the scenery and location here are coming here to play golf today.

   In order to let the big shots have fun, it is natural that ordinary citizens can only be wronged.

  In the waiting area outside the locker room.

   "Clatter—"

With the sound of the pages being turned gently, Abel glanced at the plan book in his hand, and quickly turned to the last page. He saw the emblem of Morgan and the seal of the Rockefeller Trilateral Committee on it, and his face showed Playful smile.

   "I didn't expect you to be interested. And I have to admit, according to your plan, the feasibility will be stronger."

  Abel closed the plan book, raised his head with a smile on his face, looked at John Chris Morgan who was wearing soft spiked golf shoes, and smiled.

   "Isn't this normal? Your proposal is very feasible, and at the same time the benefits are very attractive. More importantly, relying on your own strength, you simply cannot swallow this fat prey.

   More importantly, we are allies now. Since they are allies, of course they must share risks. At the same time share the potential benefits too. am I right? "

  John Chris put his shoes on, and calmly explained to Abel, then looked at the time on his watch, put down his coffee cup, picked up the baseball cap beside him and put it on.

"ha…"

  Abel looked a little unhappy and said, "But this is what I thought of first. And..."

   At this time, in the women's locker room behind the two, Amanda Hurst had already changed into golf equipment.

At this moment, Amanda is wearing a red polo shirt, a white baseball cap on her head, and a white golf skirt. You can see that there are shorts in the skirt, and she wears soft spiked golf shoes as usual, which is very standard. golf girl dressed up.

  Combined with her slender figure and good face, and the flying golden hair under the baseball cap, she is a proper golf blonde beauty.

  Her appearance interrupted the communication between Abel and John Chris.

  The little old man stood up, put on his sunglasses, and smiled at Abel: "Miss Hurst is out. Let's go to the court to discuss. Let's go, don't make David wait too long."

   "Let's go, tell the truth, I hate playing golf, every time I see your proud appearance after winning, I want to punch you in the face!"

   Seeing Abel holding Amanda's hand, and hearing Abel's complaints, John Chris twitched the corners of his mouth, rolled his eyes, and was speechless.

  (end of this chapter)