America's Road to Wealth

Chapter 126 South African Diamond Charlize Theron

Fortunately, it was later discovered that it was not a shooting incident.

A few minutes later,

Two bodyguards, Lincoln and Lin, came over escorting a man.

Abel noticed that this man was one of the real guests at the two tables in the restaurant just now.

There was only one table with one customer.

After confirming safety, Abel never left his original position.

He looked at Lin and Lincoln, and then at the man being escorted over.

One last look at Edward.

Edward immediately said softly:

"Lin just discovered this guy and his camera was pointed here."

It was a camera, not a gun, and Abel was relieved.

He confirmed that he was not an elementary school student with a death constitution, and that he did not have the aura of a shooting happening wherever he went.

"What's going on?" Abel asked softly.

Lin handed Edward the camera that he had probably snatched from the man.

Edward worked for a while and found the film of Anne Hathaway and Abel being secretly photographed.

The man who didn't look very panicked after being escorted over finally said:

"You can't do this. I'm a reporter for "Happy Hollywood Daily." You are obstructing my right to interview and the media's right to know! What you are doing is illegal!!"

His voice was loud enough that the whole restaurant heard it.

In fact, he didn't need to shout so loudly.

Late night restaurant,

There was so much movement here that everyone had already looked over.

The restaurant staff, probably the lobby manager or something, has come over to inquire about the situation.

It was just blocked by Johnson arranged by Abel.

Edward answered his boss softly.

"In addition to the photo negatives of you and Miss Anne, there are also photos of the guests at that table."

After listening to Edward's words, Abel subconsciously looked at another table of real guests in the restaurant.

Then he looked at Edward again, "Let me handle it here. Anne and I are leaving first."

Being disturbed like this, he lost interest in continuing to eat here.

"no problem."

Edward replied directly.

Two other bodyguards came up to take Lin and Lincoln's place.

Abel stood up directly, held Anne Hathaway's hand, and left the restaurant under the escort of Lin and other bodyguards.

Half an hour later,

In the living room of another suite on the top floor of the Four Seasons Hotel.

Edward came up to report and let Abel know the whole story.

The thing is very simple. This man named Steve is indeed a reporter for a newspaper.

To put it mildly, he is called a reporter, but in fact he is just a paparazzi among paparazzi.

Paparazzi Steve, the reason why he showed up in the restaurant of the Four Seasons Hotel.

Still at this time tonight, it's because he has a relative who works in the restaurant.

This relative discovered a celebrity in the restaurant.

Steve happened to come to him with something, and he informed Steve about it.

Steve immediately pretended to be a hotel guest and went to the restaurant to eat.

His real purpose was, of course, to take some pictures of this star.

If you can take photos of aniseed, that would be great.

Of course, the star here does not refer to Anne Hathaway.

Anne Hathaway is only a little better in Hollywood now than 18th Line.

It can be considered fourth or fifth line.

Except for the fact that at the end of last year and the beginning of this year, she appeared in several tabloids because of her first TV series "The First Experience of Love".

She was in the newspaper this year because she became the heroine of "Princess Diaries".

Disney's publicity department deliberately prepared several exposure opportunities to prepare for the subsequent release of the movie.

In addition, except that she looks radiant and looks more like a star than many big Hollywood stars.

She has no reputation.

Coincidentally, she was not well-known, but Steve happened to be one of the reporters who recognized her.

Based on the attitude that one sheep can be gathered, two sheep can be gathered equally.

While Steve was photographing the star, he also quietly pointed the camera here.

It happened that Annie threw herself passionately on Abel, which made Steve's eyes light up.

Steve probably had already thought of tomorrow's title at that time.

——"Hollywood N-list actress attacks tall and strong man at night"

It’s just that Steve had just taken two pictures when he was discovered by professionals here.

Then Lin and Lincoln went up to arrest people, and Edward interrogated them.

"Okay." Abel was speechless, "Have all the negatives been deleted?"

Edward nodded: "They have all been deleted. In addition, the manager of the Four Seasons Hotel is outside now. He wants to apologize to you."

In a luxury hotel like the Four Seasons, such a flaw occurs.

The hotel manager would come right away and apologize, which is as expected.

If this kind of thing is exposed, no celebrities will come to this Four Seasons Hotel in the future.

If it gets serious, the reputation of the entire Four Seasons Hotel may be affected to a certain extent in a short period of time.

"Ignore him." Abel was also dissatisfied with the Four Seasons Hotel. This experience made him have a bad impression of the hotel.

But he was curious about another thing, "By the way. Edward, the other star that the paparazzi followed and photographed, must be another table of guests, right? Who is it?"

Edward said: "The other party later sent someone to inquire. It was a female star named Charlize Theron and her assistant."

"Charlize Theron?"

Abel, who had no feelings at first, suddenly became interested.

"Yes. It is indeed Charlize Theron." Edward confirmed:

"Although I haven't seen her in person, her assistant and the paparazzi all said so."

"Okay." Abel was a little regretful that he didn't see the legendary "Sai Emperor".

For someone whose biggest knowledge of American Entertainment is almost all from Marvel and DC superhero movies.

Charlize Theron is one of the few Hollywood beauties he knows.

Fortunately, he was no longer a rookie, he met Ovitz and Levine, and became the chairman of CAA.

I also learned a lot about the inside story of Hollywood, as well as many things behind such dazzling beauties as Charlize Theron.

Although that wouldn't stop him from thinking about these beauties.

After all, in terms of looks and figure, they are indeed tops.

As a normal man, he must be greedy for their bodies.

It's just that the bright and bright impression they had in Abel's mind when he was still an ordinary person has disappeared.

Today there are great beauties like Charlize Theron.

In Abel's heart, daffodils are no longer something that can only be viewed from a distance but not played with.

But if you have the opportunity, you can play with it as much as you want and play with it as much as possible with a top-notch real-life doll.

At the moment, he's "disappointed" that he didn't get to meet Charlize Theron.

It's just that little emotion of missing out on a top-notch figure and later finding out that you feel a little regretful when you think about it.

"Then, follow the procedure. How should this kind of thing be handled?" Abel looked at Edward.

"I'm referring to the handling of this paparazzi."

Edward actually didn't know that he was a professional special forces soldier before.

Not long after joining Rock Security, I met Abel.

In subsequent training, he became a professional bodyguard.

But his employer is not a Hollywood practitioner.

He hasn't had time to learn relevant coping knowledge yet.

Fortunately, there is more than one Hollywood practitioner around Abel.

Due to the demand in this area, Rock Security has also recruited many security talents in this area.

Edward didn't know how to deal with this kind of thing. Someone else knew.

Edward said: "Generally speaking, Hollywood stars can keep things private when faced with this kind of thing. As long as the other party does not break the law, they have no means."

Abel nodded, "Did this guy break the law?"

"It is said that there is not. On the contrary, our methods are a bit rough. If the other party wants to pursue the case, we will have some troubles."

"But for related issues, it's better to find a lawyer." Edward said.

"How about this."

Abel said: "Break his camera, take him outside and beat him up. Then let him go. Then find a lawyer here and find someone to take the blame. The person who takes the blame will have his treatment doubled during this period. There will be rewards later.”

There's not much a Hollywood star can do about this kind of thing, that's Hollywood stardom.

Abel is not a Hollywood star, he is a capitalist.

When capitalists encounter this kind of thing, they have too many ways to solve it.

It's just that this guy didn't deserve death, and Abel didn't want to kill himself by shooting him eight times in the back.

Then give him a lesson and vent his anger.

"If you encounter similar things in the future, do it this way." Abel said softly.

"Understood." Edward nodded immediately.

"So be it."

Abel said: "I'm going to rest. I'll leave this matter to you, Edward."

Edward nodded in agreement and watched his boss walk into the bedroom before he turned and left the suite to settle the matter.

On the other side of the hotel,

Charlize Theron's assistant, who had just finished apologizing to the hotel staff, returned to her boss's room.

I saw Ms. Charlize Theron, the "high-end doll" and "high-end figure" in Abel's mind, currently applying a facial mask and lying on the sofa in the living room in pajamas.

"How's it going? How's the paparazzi doing?"

Charlize Theron asked quickly after seeing the female assistant return.

The female assistant replied:

"The deputy manager of this hotel has been apologizing to you. He also said that if you come to stay here in the future, you will get a 50% discount."

"Haha~" Charlize Theron laughed, "Does she still want me to come and live here in the future? Where is the paparazzi?"

"That's what the reporter said. He was kidnapped by that table of guests, and he hasn't seen anyone yet." The female assistant said.

"Then we can't get back the photos that were taken secretly?" Charlize Theron asked.

"I'm not sure about this. Maybe we can think of a way to contact each other again?"

Charlize Theron shook her head slightly: "No need. Those photos are not something that cannot be published. And didn't you notice that the guests at that table were very big? They must be very important people, and they probably don't want us to go. Disturb him."

Charlize Theron knows it.

Regardless of herself, she is a dazzling star in the media and is known as South Africa's diamond.

In the eyes of fans and ordinary people, he is one of the famous stars.

But she knew deeply that in the eyes of many people, she was just an actor, or even just a good-looking female cousin!

The customer who has so many bodyguards and is not afraid to arrest people directly in public.

Probably such a big shot.

That handsome young man, Charlize Theron guessed that he might be the descendant of some powerful family, or the descendant of some big business owner.

Charlize Theron doesn't want to provoke such a person.

Because even those Hollywood giants can't afford to offend this kind of person.

She is currently a slightly stronger big shrimp in Hollywood.

If he really got into trouble with the other party, the outcome would probably be the same as that of the paparazzi named Steve.

Charlize is ambitious, deeply self-aware, and has a high IQ and EQ.

She thought it would be best to stay away from such big shots.

When the female assistant saw her boss say this, she naturally did everything.

This is the end of what happened to the team.

Next, Anne stayed with Abel for two days.

She asked for leave later, and the crew agreed.

Two days later, Anne returned to the set.

Abel continued to stay near San Francisco.

October 1st is the birthday of another country.

He has now become famous in Silicon Valley.

Although not as good as Microsoft and Yahoo, the two founders of Google have already become princes.

Larry Page and Sergey Brin founded the "BackRub" project, the predecessor of Google, in 1997.

It officially changed its name to Google in 1998, and received an investment of US$25 million in the same year.

After two years of development, the biggest thing that caused Google's market value to start to soar happened this year.

That is this year, the giant Yahoo said that the company would choose Google as its search engine provider.

Yahoo originally had its own search engine business, and before that Google also regarded the other party as a competitor.

Prior to this, Yahoo and Microsoft were competing for share in the search market with Google, which had an absolute advantage.

Yahoo's decision made Google completely bigger.

Yahoo made this decision because it wanted to acquire Google.

The original plan was very good, but Larry Page and Sergey Brin also relaxed due to each other's sincerity.

Then came the dot-com bubble that everyone knew was going to happen but everyone thought it would take a long time to happen.

Yahoo, which has a lot of money and seemed to be richer than anyone before, is out of money.

It lowered its offer for Google, but still wanted to acquire Google.

Although the entire market is in recession, Larry Page and Sergey Brin have no intention of reducing the company's value.

The two rejected Yahoo's new offer for Google, a worthless offer.

Compared with the peak this year, it has been going downhill.

Its market value will drop from hundreds of billions of dollars to several billions, and finally to Yahoo's billions of dollars.

This is the general situation of Google today in 2000.

"good afternoon."

Looking at the strange-looking Google founder dressed as a typical Silicon Valley programmer, Abel smiled and said:

"Mr. Larry Page, Mr. Sergey Brin, nice to meet you."

Larry Page and Sergey Brin are actually as young as Abel.

But in the past year, with the rapid development of Google.

There were too many VCs and financial firms coming to block these two guys’ doors waving checks.

Both of them are used to the experience of meeting investors today.

In the past six months, due to the Internet bubble.

Far fewer investors are coming through the door, and the numbers on the checks they're waving are far lower.

This also made Larry Page and Sergey Brin have a much better attitude towards investors.

It is no longer as condescending as it was at the beginning of this year.

"Hello, Mr. Smith." Larry Page smiled back.

Sergey Brin also smiled and said hello.

After the simple words in the opening scene, Abel's words were very direct.

He got straight to the point: "I invite you two to come over and meet. My purpose is very simple. That is, I want to become a shareholder of Google!"

He said it so directly that Sergey Brin and Larry Page couldn't help but look at each other.

Every investor who came to see the two of them wanted to become a Google shareholder.

But it’s the first time I’ve seen someone like Abel be so direct.

Larry Page said: "Sir, every investor who meets us wants to be a shareholder of Google."

Sergey Brin said nothing. Generally, when facing outsiders, Larry Page was in charge most of the time.

Even in terms of interpersonal relationships and company management, Larry Page actually has average abilities.

Abel didn't hesitate. He directly gave a quote that made Larry Page and Sergey Brin sit up straight.

"I want 20% of the stock, and I am willing to pay $500 million. And I can always grant you the voting rights of my stock to ensure your management and control of the company."

Larry Page glanced at Sergey Brin again, and he found that the latter was also looking at him.

After hearing the offer, both of them sat up straight.

Google is valuable. This is indeed the current perception of the entire Silicon Valley.

At the beginning of this year, Yahoo made a $2 billion offer to Google.

That was the price before the dot-com bubble.

After the Internet bubble burst, Yahoo's next offer was only $1.2 billion.

In other words, Yahoo now thinks Google is only worth so much.

However, Abel knew that in parallel time and space.

Next year, when Yahoo has regained some of its strength, it will spend $3 billion to acquire Google again.

But at that time, it was not September 11th yet.

The entire Internet responded with more or less anger.

Sergey Brin and Larry Page, as well as other shareholders of the company.

They are no longer satisfied with Yahoo's offer.

They want more.

Again they rejected the offer.

Then on September 11th, the Internet, which had just started to improve, collapsed.

Larry Page and Sergey Brin, who wanted to sell Google for a good price, suddenly found that no one was willing to take over.

The two people who relied on misfortune to continue to hold and develop Google will make even more money later.

But before that, the two really wanted to sell Google.

The reason is that, so far, Google has never made a single profit.

In addition, now is the period when the Internet bubble has been most severely burst.

The entire market was extremely pessimistic, which also affected the two co-founders.

Between now and next year, when Sergey Brin and Larry Page want to sell Google the most.

This is why they were particularly excited when faced with Abel's offer.

What's more, Abel was willing to hand over his voting rights to them, which was a factor that made the two of them even more excited.