America’s Road To Wealth

   The banquet hosted by the Morgenthau family invited many, many people.

   It can be said that most of the wealthy families in New York and even the east coast areas that New York can reach have sent invitation letters.

  For those who received the invitation letter, nearly 80% of them chose to go happily.

  Because although the three brothers are old, the Morgenthau family has been entrenched in the judicial circle of New York State for more than 30 years.

  Morgenthau himself has constant connections with the Morgan family, and Robert Morgenthau even joined the camp of the new chaebol giants in his later years.

  This means that even if the three brothers are getting old one after another, the Morgenthau family has no good successors, but at least they will not degenerate too quickly in more than ten years.

  The relationship with Morgan and Smith can at least make them brilliant for more than ten years.

   As for the future, that is a matter of the future.

  At least for now, everyone is still very willing to give the Morgenthau family this face, and many people came here to participate.

   Those guests whose ecological chain is relatively low in this banquet arrive early.

  At this time, the group of people were very surprised to find that the guest who was supposed to show up at the latest came so early.

   "Wow, it seems to be true. It is said that the relationship between Smith and Morgenthau is actually closer than Morgenthau and Morgan! Why? I remember that Robert and Smith almost went to court before!"

   "It's true. I still remember three years ago, when Mr. Smith launched a lawsuit storm fiercely, killing a group of the best lawyers in New York at the time, suing the Manhattan prosecutor's office."

   "Why else?"

A middle-aged wealthy businessman nodded lightly in the direction of the members of the Morgenthau family, "Our **** of investment is famous all over the world for his hobbies and possession of YU. And I remember that in the three years ago At that time, a lady from the Morgenthau family had an affair with him in the newspaper..."

  Actually, many people know about this. But because there were no similar rumors in the follow-up, either in reality or in the news media.

  So everyone is not sure, not sure that Miss Morgenthau really has that kind of relationship with Abel.

  At least on the surface, few people discussed it. Now that the wealthy businessman directly pointed out this matter, everyone's discussion direction naturally changed quietly.

   This is the most content that appeared in private conversations at the banquet after many people discovered that Abel had appeared so early.

  Leaving these things aside, Abel naturally received the most solemn reception from the Morgenthau family.

   Not to mention that the three Robert brothers feel that they have no successors, and they want someone to continue to take care of the Morgenthau family when they are old.

   Even today, Abel's position in the ecological chain of this country is enough for them to attach so much importance to it.

   What's more, in a sense, Abel is also one of the closest allies of the Morgenthau family.

   It is natural that it should be grand for him to receive him grandly.

  Surrounded by the three Robert brothers, accompanied by Peggy, the group walked slowly towards the center of the main field of the party.

   "Happy birthday, Peggy." While chatting with the three brothers, Abel suddenly whispered to Peggy Morgenthau who was a little quiet beside him.

   "Well, thank you. Mr. Smith..." Paige responded softly.

  Yes, this is the theme of the banquet hosted by the Morgenthau family tonight—

   Peggy Morgenthau's 25th birthday.

  Under normal circumstances, the younger generation in such a family does not have a particularly high status.

  A family like Mogenthau would not specially hold such a grand banquet for her, and it was just for her birthday.

   Now that the Morgenthau family is doing this, there are naturally unusual reasons.

  One of the reasons is that Peggy is indeed very important in a certain aspect of the current Morgenthau family.

  Secondly, it is because today is her birthday, but it is also the day when Robert announced his retirement...

   And Miss Peggy Morgenthau, who has become the first assistant prosecutor of the Manhattan District Attorney's Office.

  According to the relevant laws of New York State and New York, she will take office after Mr. Prosecutor retires and become the new Manhattan prosecutor.

  So this party is to celebrate her birthday in name.

   In fact, Robert "washed his hands in the golden basin" and at the same time let her be in the top position, an announcement banquet of the Morgenthau family facing the outside world.

  Won't really launch an announcement, but anyone who can come here knows what's going on.

  This is why the Morgenthau family held the banquet so grandly and invited so many guests.

  The three Morgenthal brothers saw Abel and Peggy talking. They all had a tacit understanding and didn't speak any more. They only communicated with each other with their eyes, allowing the soft conversation between a pair of young people to continue.

   "At the same time, congratulations on becoming the new Manhattan District Attorney. I believe that after you take office, you will definitely improve the law and order in Manhattan, so that the people here can enjoy the real rule of law."

   "This is what I've always wanted to do."

   "Peggy, I wonder if there is anything I can do to help you?"

  Hearing what Abel said, Peggy Morgenthau hesitated for a moment, and she looked at her grandfather, uncle, and uncle.

  The former nodded imperceptibly, because his back was turned to Abel, so he didn't see it at all.

   "Yes, there are many... at work." She replied softly.

   "Um... well." Abel also responded, "As long as I can do it, I will try my best to help."

  Abel always felt that this kind of conversation between the two was weird, and it seemed a little awkward in a business-like way. It's not about business, it's all about work.

   Fortunately, at the back, Bloomberg and Buffett also came. Abel was relieved and immediately got rid of the Morgenthau family and went to chat with some old friends.

   "Hey, I thought you wouldn't be here until after seven."

  Looking at the Stock God and the Mayor of New York appearing together, Abel stepped forward with a chuckle and said.

  Buffett and Bloomberg glanced at each other, and both of them were complaining: We also want to come later, but didn’t you receive the news that you came first?

  Abel actually knew that because of his early arrival at this banquet, many people would definitely arrive early.

He just pretended not to know, and Buffett skipped the question, and said to him softly: "I read the email Mr. D. Ted Lerner sent me. Is this going to work? Free high school, free Talent training, by doing this, aren’t we training Ah San and the others for free?”

  Abel knew what the old Warren was talking about, and it was the big plan jointly operated by himself and Morgan.

  Many people joined in this plan, and Buffett, as a friend of Abel, certainly contributed to it.

   And Ikana's father is one of the specific implementers of Abel and their plan.

  A while ago, D. Ted Lerner went to South Asia for a month, as Abel’s spokesperson for interests, and contacted Ah San there.

  Currently, the contact has been smooth, and several cooperations in real estate have been started, and several high-level talent cooperation training programs have been launched in Mumbai and New Delhi.

   After more than a month of work, D. Ted Lerner is back.

  This kind of thing does not require him to be resident. There will be many professional people doing the specific work, and many of them are even people from CLA or related departments in the United States.

  D Ted Lerner was just a representative in the past, as Abel's spokesperson for the interests of the people over there.

  After returning, according to Abel's request, D. Ted Lerner asked those professionals to make a schedule.

  The big guys who participated in the plan can all get this schedule and understand the progress of this big plan.

  “Any industry has risks, and any investment needs to be cautious.”

Abel shrugged and said, "As I said earlier, this is a big plan that lasts more than 10 years. It may not work, and there may even be losses. But if everything goes well, it may be better than your original harvest. You are more satisfied when you are in West Asia. The potential benefits are so great, and there will naturally be equally large potential risks."

   "However..." Abel smiled, giving his allies a little confidence, "I believe that with the nationality of those third brothers, our plan has a high probability of success."

  Speaking of Ah San's nationality, Buffett thought of the intelligence investigation materials on that place in South Asia that he came into contact with and saw after he joined the project.

   After thinking about it, the stock **** also felt that what Abel said made sense.

   I didn’t understand it before, but now I have a closer look. The miraculousness of the third brother made the stock **** exclaim miraculously. He never thought that there would be such a miraculous place and such a miraculous group of people in the world.

   This aspect really greatly strengthened his confidence in Abel's plan.

   "Well, you're right. Anyway, I'm just one of the investors, and I'm not the one with the most losses or gains." The old man said with a smile.

   At this time, Bloomberg also smiled and participated, "This is our future, let's talk about our present."

   Raiding the South Asian subcontinent is a matter of the future.

  Now... For the Hydra Gang, the most important thing is naturally the Hudson Yards project.

   "I am in favor of an early release." Buffett said directly, "There is this guy, and the name of Manhattan is here. I believe many people will buy it."

   "Ha, even you, a conservative guy, think so. That should be no problem." Bloomberg said happily.

   Last time, Abel mentioned to the Mayor of New York that he wanted to speed up the construction of the city square.

  At the same time, Abel also said that it might be possible to sell those unbuilt properties in advance. Anyway, this is not the case in the United States, but it is rarer than in China.

  Only in those more sought-after real estate and projects, there will be pre-sales like uncompleted properties.

   Without a doubt, Hudson Yards is that kind of project.

  The three chatted about the city square for a while, and it was almost half past seven.

  Most of the guests had already arrived, and at 7:45, even the two old men of Morgan and Rockefeller showed up ahead of schedule.

  Many people knew the reason why they arrived so early, it was not Morgenthau who made them pay so much attention.

   It's a certain gentleman who made them pay so much attention to it. Who knows that this gentleman really rarely appears at banquets.

   As a result, one after another, large and small interest circles, like the waves of the Atlantic Ocean not far away, wave after wave to the small circle where Abel and his Hydra gang are located.

   Not just John Chris Morgan, but people like Rockefeller or the Newhouse family in New York.

  Even the head of the Dupont family, Pierre Eugene Dupont, who rarely came out in recent years, came over to chat with Abel for a while.

  Speaking of the DuPont family, as far as Abel knows, this family has been troubled by a serious inheritance problem in the past ten years.

  That is... this family member has many genetic diseases, deformities and other problems.

  The reason why this problem arises is because this family has very unique family power transmission in the past.

  In the most important third generation, there are at least 10 pairs of cousins ​​in the family who are married. The reason they do this is to prevent the family wealth from being lost.

  Since then, DuPont has become the big family with the most close relatives in the United States.

   Then after a few generations, there will be problems. Many of the offspring will have physical defects due to the marriage of close relatives, resulting in fewer and fewer talents.

   So much so that in 1973, Morgan took advantage of the gap and succeeded in infiltrating.

   Today's DuPont influence is not as good as it was then, and its consortium should be called the Morgan & DuPont Consortium.

  Morgan's name comes first, which also means that Morgan is the leader in the consortium.

  But in order to keep the family business, the DuPont family is willing to do things that violate natural science, physiology and medicine. How could it be possible to succumb to Morgan and lose control of the family business now?

  So the relationship between DuPont and Morgan has not been very good all along, and internal fighting has always existed in various companies within the DuPont consortium.

  The result is that DuPont-type companies are gradually becoming marginalized. Their family is also somewhat marginalized in the United States.

  In fact, looking inside many big families in the United States, almost every family has a wonderful story. Those business war novels, TV dramas, etc., as long as they follow these things, there is no need to worry about lack of sales and ratings.

   But... who dares?

   Few people dare to insinuate, so ordinary people outside can't figure out these things at all.

  Abel also learned so many things after becoming a member of it.

  For example, David Rockefeller, he prefers middle-aged women... When he was ten years old, he liked 40-year-olds, 20-year-olds, 30-year-olds, and now he is almost 80 years old... He is very dedicated.

   Another example is John Chris, as far as Abel knows, his XP is very similar to Dengzi...

  Abel suspected that this guy must be a regular visitor to a place like a certain island!

   Of course, Abel admitted that he wasn't that clean either.

  Scarlett, Avril Lavigne and others were not very old when they were with him.

   This is actually a common problem among the upper echelons of the empire, and almost no one is clean in this regard.

   Act like a saint if you're too clean. Don't say that you are incompatible with this group of people, but this group of people will definitely unite to suppress you!

  Want to stay out of the mud? Think too much.

  The cups and plates are staggered, people come and go, well-dressed, gentlemanly, ladylike.

  From this point of view, this is a successful and typical imperial high-end banquet.

   Both the organizers, the Morgenthau family, and the participating guests were very satisfied.

  Abel thought it was good to participate occasionally, and he slipped away to use the bathroom in the middle.

   At this time, it was about 8 o'clock, and then something embarrassing happened.

  There are too many guests tonight, and there are not enough bathrooms.

   Of course, Morgenthau is not good at letting big shots queue up to go to the bathroom.

  They opened up their own internal restrooms for everyone to use.

  So Abel was taken to the Morgenthau Stone Castle Manor, a relatively rear, independent room with a small garden to solve physiological problems.

  When Abel finished solving and walked out of the room.

  He saw Edward who was guarding the door and gestured to him.

   Before he could react, Peggy's greeting suddenly sounded from behind.

"Mr Smith?"

   "What's the matter? Peggy? Ah, this should be your room?" Abel asked curiously.

   "Yes. Can I...can I talk to you?"

   Peggy actually dodged her gaze a little, as if a little uneasy. "It won't take much of your time."

   "Well, of course, it's an honor." Abel replied.

  Then, the two of them walked together in the long inner garden path of Morgenthau Stone Castle.

  At this time, the moon was already high in the sky. Because there were no clouds to cover it, the clear moonlight poured onto the ground unreservedly, as if covering the ground with a layer of mysterious silver light, both clear and hazy.

   "Mr. Smith, this seems to be the second time you've walked with me like this." After walking for a while, Peggy finally spoke, "It feels...it feels weird."

   "Oh, it's indeed the second time." Abel also remembered that at that time, her grandfather wanted to reconcile with him and sent her to his side. I made an offensive request to let her act as my girlfriend in front of the media.

  At that time, the two of them once walked along the coastline for a long time on the beach in Malibu, and the paparazzi who followed them took a lot of photos.

   "Hehe, time flies so fast, three years have passed in a flash, and I don't feel anything at all."

Peggy smiled, "But if you think about it carefully, these three years are not completely meaningless. Various major events happened in the middle, my grandpa also chose to retire, and we are not as hostile as before. .”

   "Well, time is like this, fast and slow, making people feel at a loss." Abel nodded.

   "Yeah... just like these moonlights, it's confusing..." Peggy raised her head and looked at the sky.

   If Abel realized something, he didn't say anything to disturb him.

  Suddenly, as if inadvertently, Peggy spoke.

   "Mr. Smith, okay..." Seeing that Abel was about to speak, she changed her words, "I know, you want me to call you Abel, okay, Abel."

  Abel nodded as expected.

Then she continued: "Actually... Actually, you already know it? My grandfather chose to retire and let me become a prosecutor. At the same time, he was the first to go to you and say that kind of thing to you. I think you should be I have a lot in mind."

"Um!"

  Although the voice of the question was soft, it made Abel's heart skip a beat.

  He quickly turned his head and stared at Peggy.

  This girl in a white dress and wearing glasses, bathed in the moonlight at the moment, is set off even whiter, as if she has been refined.

  Because she was still looking up at the sky, her already slender neck formed a few wonderful arcs with her collarbone, and the shadow under the moonlight was getting deeper and deeper, as if it was intended to make people peep through it.

   To be honest, among so many women. She is definitely the first and only one who can give him this wonderful feeling right now.

   Maybe it's because she's too smart, or maybe it's the time she shows up around Abel, who doesn't have much social status yet.

  At that time, Peggy, who was much better than Ikana in all aspects, left a heavy psychological impression on him.

  But because of many reasons, I have always had little contact with her.

  At this moment, if Abel has a clear understanding, maybe this is the white moonlight in his heart?

   "You... what do you mean?" Abel asked tentatively.

After he finished speaking, Peggy smiled slightly. At this time when the moonlight seemed to cast a mysterious spell, her tiny smile was like the laurel flowers in the flower bed, adding a little bit to this normally serious and cold girl. charming.

"My uncle and uncle, they all hope that I can marry you. Because they think that, in fact, excluding Texas origin, Morgenthau is not bad for a bush. My grandpa and father actually think so, so this time I want to ask You, can you break off your engagement to Laura Bush and marry me?"

   "They tell me Morgenthau doesn't care about your women. Can be more tolerant of that even than Bush."

   "But I have always known that this is actually impossible. At least it is impossible now and in the future, maybe it was possible before."

   "But they don't give up, and let me try anyway. They think... think you may be a little special to me."

   "So...you were led here, and I happen to be here too."

   "So, is this possible?"

  Her long speech made Abel open his mouth, but no sound came out.

  Because he really didn't know what to say, he didn't expect Peggy to say these words to himself...

   "I...honestly I don't know how to respond."

After a long time, under the quiet moonlight, Abel said: "I can only tell you, Peggy, I really like you very much. But... what you said is impossible. Go tell Robert, our relationship is still the same .But such a thing is impossible, don't think about it."

   After speaking, he didn't wait for the other party to speak again, and strode out.

  Edward followed.

  Peggy watched Abel's leaving back quietly. Under the moonlight, his black suit seemed to blend with the entire night sky, and his short golden hair shone like velvet.

   "Abel. I really appreciate you." After Abel walked more than ten meters, she said leisurely, "Even if you can't be my husband, I still appreciate you very much."

   "Hahahaha, that's my honor!" After hearing the voice from behind, Abel laughed again, "Goodbye."

  Peggy didn't speak any more, just stood where she was, watching him leave in the rippling evening wind.

   After Abel's figure had completely disappeared, she turned around slowly. Go to your house.

   Really, really appreciate it.

  In fact, Peggy was the number one heroine at the beginning. At that time, there was a character list, and she ranked first. Later, the role list was protected and harmonious, and I never opened the role list again. At that time, it happened to be in Texas when it was put on the shelf, and she felt that the shrubs were more suitable, so she gradually disappeared. But I still plan to bury her well, so I published this chapter. I don't know how to write this kind of normal romance, and I spent two hours writing the latter part, so today I only have a chapter of 6,000 words.