America's Road to Wealth

It’s October 5th.

Abel, who was in Los Angeles, signed a share transfer agreement with Kerkorian, who represented MGM's board of directors.

And that evening, the news was announced to the public.

Soon, the announcement was published in major newspapers the next day, causing a stir.

Unlike the acquisition of Marvel, Marvel in 2000 was just a small shrimp.

Except for its counterparts in the comics industry such as DC, it has changed hands.

Not many people will take it seriously.

MGM is different, as one of the eight major companies with a long history in Hollywood.

Once upon a time in the 1930s and 1940s, he was the undisputed number one overlord in the Golden Age of Hollywood.

Even if it loses money every year, MGM is still a famous film brand in Hollywood and even the entire United States.

Even major non-entertainment industry newspapers were involved in reporting on MGM's change of hands.

The next day was October 6th, which also happened to be a Monday.

Founded in 1889, with a daily circulation of more than 2 million copies, it has become the largest paid-circulation financial newspaper in the United States. The Wall Street Journal published this headline on the second page -

"Wall Street Titans Invading Hollywood?" 》

Right below the news headline was a large black and white photo with the MGM logo on it, the classic roaring lion logo.

In the picture, a huge crocodile with the word "Wall Street" engraved on its body opened its bloody mouth and bit the MGM lion.

[Recalling the founding of MGM, it was the distant year of 1922. Two years later, M. Lowe, the boss of the American Rockefeller Company, merged the company's Metro Film Company with Galwin Film Company and L.B. Meyer Production Company to form MGM. 】

[It started from scratch and created its own Hollywood kingdom step by step. For 78 years now, it has accompanied the growth of more than four generations of Americans. It tailor-made the image of Hollywood. It was once the first king of Hollywood, and now it is changing hands again. 】

[Just yesterday, Kerkorian, the former richest man in Los Angeles, on behalf of the board of directors of MGM, transferred all the shares they held to "ab Smith Entertainment". 】

[Ab Smith Entertainment Company is a wholly-owned company of Wall Street financial capital businessman Abe Smith, which also means that MGM movies have completely changed its genre. 】

[MGM said that according to the agreement, ab Smith Entertainment will acquire MGM stock for US$9 per share in cash, or a total of US$2.212 billion. In addition, it will bear approximately US$800 million of MGM's liabilities. MGM also announced that it had received a guarantee of US$150 million that day. Subsequent payments, according to the agreement, will be remitted in batches within a week. 】

[This means that this is an acquisition of more than 3 billion US dollars. 】

[The author has no way of guessing what Mr. Smith, the owner of ab Smith Entertainment, is thinking. This darling of Wall Street has always been good at fighting in the capital business world, but this time he suddenly invested in Hollywood. This is the first time Wall Street has reached out to a Hollywood giant. What exactly does Mr. Smith want? This newspaper has no way of knowing, but I think Hollywood will be even more exciting next time. 】

The Wall Street Journal has always been relatively professional and is the favorite read by American elites.

But ordinary Americans actually prefer to watch the fun.

They didn't care what Abel was going to do after buying MGM. They just wanted to know how much Abel was worth, how many girls he had picked up, and what other interesting things he had done.

Those popular newspapers, in response to this point, specialize in publishing news that ordinary Americans like to hear.

[Hollywood company bosses, please be careful! 】

Previously on Manhattan District Attorney Robert,

The Los Angeles Times, which accidentally reached a cooperation with Abel that was not considered a cooperation, made a big stunt:

[Mr. Smith has acquired more than one MGM in Hollywood. This gentleman also acquired Marvel and invested in many movies! 】

[Among them, MGM alone, the Wall Street giant will spend $3.1 billion (including liabilities). In addition to Marvel's US$100 million, film investment and other tens of millions of US dollars. It is said that he is still in Silicon Valley and has invested hundreds of millions of dollars. 】

[This time, this gentleman from the East Coast paid close to 4 billion US dollars. 】

[He buys companies like we buy potatoes in the supermarket. The annexation of MGM is by no means the end. Whose turn will it be next? 】

[The youngest billionaire in the world! 】

The boss of the New York Times met Abel once, and they had a pretty good conversation at the time.

This time the other party even called Abel and got some inside information, which was published today.

[MGM will directly swallow up Marvel. It is reported that in addition to more than 4,000 movies and 17,000 TV series per episode, MGM will have hundreds of additional Marvel superhero IPs. 】

[In addition, Mr. Abel Smith will inject US$500 million into MGM for the subsequent development of Mr. James Cameron’s super blockbusters and Marvel superhero movies. 】

[As the boss of all of this, Mr. Smith controls the equity value of these companies approaching US$4 billion. 】

[Even without counting his net worth from several other companies, his wealth is clearly greater than the data shown in Forbes. 】

[The author believes that Mr. Smith’s wealth is much greater than the actual amount announced by Forbes! The author makes a bold guess that Mr. Smith may be worth tens of billions of dollars at this time! ! 】

[According to the "Forbes" list, the youngest billionaire is over 50 years old. Calling him the youngest billionaire in the world will definitely not be questioned. 】

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The series of public opinion storms that began with reporting on the acquisition of MGM began with Abel's coverage.

On this day, the acquisition of MGM became the focus of major media in the United States.

Newspapers were full of buzz, and many people were worried that Wall Street giants would screw up MGM.

But many people stood up and said that MGM was already as bad as it could get. How much worse could it get?

The new boss gave him $500 million as soon as he arrived, brought in Cameron, and stuffed Marvel into the company.

Compared to the previous Kerkorian, it’s more than a hundred times better!

More people are discussing Abel Smith, the super young super rich man himself.

Everyone is curious about how he made so much money at such a young age.

Many people initially thought that the reason Abe Smith was so rich was because he had a good father.

But soon, a post appeared on the Internet.

The author of the post said that he was from Tarrant County, Texas, and knew Abel and his family when he was a child.

In this post,

There's even a photo of Emily Smith, a three-time winner of Tarrant's Wool Contest.

In the photo, Emily, dressed simply, looks no different from most middle-aged American women.

She doesn't have the temperament of a rich wife at all.

In addition, there are photos of Abel’s father, Alexander Smith, wearing a tattered cowboy suit, holding a pipe, and driving an old harvesting machine to harvest grass.

The post claimed that the super new rich Abe Smith derived all his wealth from himself.

Because Abel Smith's family is just an "ordinary" Texas rancher family.

There are hundreds of thousands of such families across the United States!

This post received a lot of praise and likes, and became famous outside the Internet circle at an exaggerated speed in a short period of time.

Even many major newspapers reprinted the contents.

Mainly because the experience of this super new rich man is so in line with the American dream.

Americans love to watch this kind of news.

The U.S. government is also happy to promote this American dream and use it as a beacon embellishment.

thereby attracting people from other parts of the world.

Immediately afterwards, there were many Internet posts, leaking some "secrets" of super new rich Abel Smith.

For example, there is a post in which the poster claims that he is an IRS employee.

The post he posted contained a picture of Abel Smith’s tax returns from the past ten months.

The tax returns show that this super new rich man paid an astronomical amount of taxes in ten months.

This post appeared very suddenly and was deleted when it became popular.

But before it was deleted, the tax return pictures inside had been saved and reposted an unknown number of times.

The numbers in the tax return made many American netizens shout that it was impossible.

They questioned the authenticity of the tax return in this post.

The relevant public opinion intensified, and finally IRS Deputy Director Jed "had to" stand up and accept an interview with the "American Sun" newspaper.

In the interview, Deputy Chief Jed claimed.

That tax return on the Internet is real.

But the staff member who leaked taxpayer information was doing something wrong.

The IRS will punish this staff member internally and apologize for the trouble this staff member has caused to society.

Just when everyone was surprised,

There are really super rich people who pay so much tax.

Ms. Kelly Swenson, President of the New York-based UNICEF, was interviewed by the New York Observer.

During the interview,

At the beginning, this lady

Talk about the various charitable efforts made by the foundation in supporting children around the world.

Near the end, Ms. Kelly casually told a reporter from the New York Observer:

"In previous years, we would have insufficient funds at this time. We need the support of the General Assembly. But this year we don't need it, because this year Mr. Smith donated five million US dollars to us, which makes our next work more important. It went very smoothly”

This interview was reposted on the Internet by many people.

Netizens who already believed that the super new rich pay a huge amount of taxes found themselves once again refreshing their understanding of this super rich man.

Just when someone questions,

It was doubtful that the Mr. Smith Ms. Kelly was talking about was not necessarily Abel Smith.

overnight,

More charitable foundations will step forward,

It was said that they had also received the generous and kind donation from Mr. Abel Smith.

Some "good guys" have compiled statistics published by these foundations.

Then American netizens discovered it.

This super new rich man has donated more than 60 million US dollars to charity in more than ten months.

And none of the donated charitable foundations are under his own name.

This latter point is very important, and many "netizens" who posted this have specially marked this point.

Wait for all public opinions,

By the time it developed around October 15, public opinion about this super new rich man was at its hottest.

Almost all the media in the United States are reporting on him.

As a result, on this day, this super new rich man broke a new piece of news.

In an exclusive interview with the latest issue of the New York Observer, he claims that his superstar lingerie brand, Elizabeth's Back Garden, is known simply as Issa.

It will be on December 24th this year, which is Christmas Eve.

A super grand superstar underwear show will be held in the middle of Times Square in Manhattan, New York!

In addition to Isa's own models, there will also be many Hollywood actors and superstars appearing in the super show called "Isa Show".

This news was quickly confirmed by the New York City Government.

City government spokesman Harry said in an interview with reporters:

"New York is an inclusive and diverse city. It is great. It allows all legal and reasonable cultures to be presented within its own borders to all citizens and Americans. As long as it is in line with this, it will be supported by the New York City Government!"

This news,

In an instant, most of the American netizens who were originally paying attention to the super new rich turned their attention to the so-called "Isa Show".

Within two days, the media photographed Isha's contracted model.

Together with his boss Abel, he appeared on the beaches of Los Angeles and the shopping streets under Beverly Hills.

In an instant, most of the media in the United States began to pay crazy attention to this matter.

This is the first time Mr. Abel Smith, a super taxpayer, super philanthropist, and super rich man with a perfect image, has had a scandal in the media!

Everyone is curious about what kind of woman can capture the "heart" of this tycoon!

Many people immediately noticed this young, beautiful and sexy supermodel Gisele Bundchen.

Across the United States, at least 20 to 30 million people participated in the discussion that day about whether Gisele Bundchen was the girlfriend of the super new rich.

As a result, the next day, the media captured Abel Xin's scandal again.

The heroine of the scandal this time is a different person, a young supermodel named Carmen Case.

In the photo,

Carmen Keith and Abel were outside a movie theater together, watching the latest MGM movie.

In the photo, the two people look intimate and the atmosphere is ambiguous. They look like boyfriend and girlfriend.

This made American netizens and American viewers shout "FXXK's playboy!"

But on the third day, the media again photographed Abe Xin's scandal.

This time, the heroine is replaced by Jessica Alba, the heroine in the science fiction TV series "Dark Angel" produced by Cameron, which happened to be launched on October 17 this year.

Like the previous two supermodels, young actress Jessica Alba was instantly pushed to the forefront.

Her name, as well as her newly released work "Dark Angel of the End of the World", were suddenly known to more than 100 million Americans.

Like the previous two, Jessica Alba became instantly popular.

Then on the fourth day, American netizens, American viewers and readers.

Sure enough, they are in today's new paper again.

Found news about this super new guy and his new girlfriend.

This time the heroine was replaced by an actress named Anne Hathaway.

The same young and beautiful woman with a hot figure, the same intimate posture with Mr. Abel Smith, ambiguous movements and a hot atmosphere.

After the first three, Anne Hathaway became popular.

Meanwhile, Disney's Chicken Little was announced on the same day.

The super youth movie "The Princess Diaries" starring Anne Hathaway will be released in April next year!

It's so hot that it flies up.

Then on the fifth day, the person who appeared next to Abel Smith turned into an actress who was liked by many American netizens, named Charlize Theron.

Then MGM decisively announced on the same day that Ms. Charlize Theron would join MGM and become the heroine of super director Cameron's super masterpiece.

What happens next is the same as the first four.

Then the sixth day, the seventh day, the eighth day, and the ninth day

Under repeated bombings, American netizens, American viewers, and American readers.

When they saw similar scandals about Abel Smith again.

Everyone is a little numb.

Many people claim on the Internet:

"I no longer care about what kind of new super beautiful girlfriend such a guy will have! He is handsome, so rich, pays so much tax, and is a super philanthropist! Such a guy, his girlfriend I don’t mind twice as many as Hugh Hefner! Please, don’t publish any more scandals about him, we’re all sick of it!”

Hugh Hefner is the founder of the famous magazine "Playboy".

It is said that he has more than 2,000 girlfriends and is one of the most envied and hated objects of many American men and LSPs.

The voice of this netizen also received support from a large number of netizens on the Internet.

"That's right. Such a super rich man has perfect conduct. He's not married, so it doesn't matter how many girlfriends he has, right?"

"Don't say Abel Smith is so rich. There are many men around me who are not as rich as him, and their girlfriends change every few days! If possible, I would also like to be Smith's girlfriend!"

"That's right, I think so too. He really looks much better than those old and rich men. I feel like he suffered a loss when those women were with him!"

"I think his girlfriends are fake. If you check, these women are actually actors and supermodels from his company. Although they are beautiful, they only have small roles! Mr. Smith actually wants to indirectly make these women famous by doing this. Woman! What he did was purely a business act."

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Similar public opinions are also fermenting, eventually affecting the entire Internet.

And Mr. Abel Smith, the super new rich man who has received great attention from everyone, seems to have heard everyone's thoughts.

The eleventh day is October 24th.

The latest news about him appearing in the media is that he is finally not flirting with his new girlfriend and showing off.

On this day he announced,

Will give bonuses to newspapers within its own newspaper, "American Sun".

From $10,000 per day to $1 million per month.

Many Americans were confused when they saw this news.

Most people don't know what the "newspaper bonus" of "The American Sun" is.

But I heard that there is a bonus of one million US dollars a month, and many people checked it out.

After checking, I realized that it was this newspaper after it was acquired by Mr. Smith.

It will get a newspaper bonus every day.

Just buy a copy of "The American Sun" worth $1.60, cut out a special part on it, and send it to the newspaper's headquarters.

Then you can enter the newspaper's daily prize drawing, and the prize is a check for $10,000.

Previously, the reward for this activity was US$10,000 per day.

After Abel's announcement, the bonus was changed to one million US dollars once a month.

The conditions for winning are the same as at the beginning, which is to buy a copy of "The American Sun".

Cut out a special place on it and send this small piece of paper to the newspaper's headquarters.

The American Sun will then randomly select the winner in the second month.

After the winner is drawn, he or she is announced in the newspaper and a check for $1 million is delivered to the winner in person.

Before that, more than 30 lucky winners had received $10,000 in prizes.

The winners, some of them on the Internet, confirmed the news.

Coupled with the fact that Abel Smith was extremely popular at this time.

Let this news and news spread throughout the United States at an extremely fast speed.

The American Sun, which was originally unknown, only made a small splash in this "Smith Storm".

This time it was completely popular.

The 300,000 additional newspapers it printed the next day were sold out in one morning.

On the third day, the number became 800,000.

On the fourth day, it exceeded a million.

In just a few days,

Colleagues in the American newspaper industry were helpless and shocked to find out.

In just one month, with the appearance of Abel Smith.

In the industry, there is actually such a newspaper with stable daily sales of more than one million copies in a single day.

In this regard, on October 28th.

The New York Times made a summary of the hot news events in the past month.

This newspaper summarized the events of this month as the "Smith Storm".

And Smith's storm became a term for Americans.

Used to describe those people or things that suddenly become popular and extremely popular.