America's Road to Wealth

This crazy wave of bullishness turned short, and the short-sellers were cutting off leeks.

International oil prices have also dropped from around 34-35 when Smith Capital was long at the end of September.

It was 3-4 yuan lower in one month.

Within a few hours today, it plummeted by $8.

From the ultra-high oil price of 34+-, it has fallen back to the normal oil price of 22+-.

The big short sellers in the global capital market are all cheering.

The bullish retail investors who were furiously cut off, and the bullish institutions collectively cried without tears.

extended to the country.

Those countries with developed industries and extremely high demand for energy are relieved.

Falling oil prices are better for them.

For example, the United States itself, or China, which is undergoing rapid industrialization.

In the same way, some people are happy and some are sad.

The same goes for countries.

It is certainly a good thing for oil-importing countries to see lower international oil prices.

Oil-producing countries are in tears when they see oil prices plummeting in one day.

Those oil-producing countries want to join forces to cause trouble to make oil prices rise again.

But the United States will not allow it, because the United States is now the world's largest oil importer and industrial country.

A resurgence in oil prices will have an impact on the domestic industry in the United States.

Having been hit for more than half a year, U.S. industrial giants will not allow oil prices to skyrocket again.

At a time when American industrial giants are still able to suppress energy giants.

It is difficult for international oil prices to rise crazily in a short period of time.

And here in Beverly Hills, Cielo DR10066.

When I heard that the profit from this transaction was as high as 3.42 billion US dollars.

Everyone in the entire studio cheered, and many people yelled in celebration, roaring like madmen.

Obviously the money is not his, he is just a bystander.

The kind that don't even get paid.

Ikana, who was in this atmosphere, was also infected by the emotions.

Her whole beautiful face turned red.

"Wow~ Great! Great!" She, like other staff, shouted out of control.

That look of jumping for joy, with a pair of big headlights dazzling Abel.

Seeing Ikana's uncontrollable excitement, Abel's heart moved.

He suddenly leaned over and pulled over Ikana, who was celebrating with the staff.

In the latter's surprised eyes, he kissed her directly.

This move caused the excited Ikana to pause suddenly and her whole body froze.

After the initial stiffness, Ikana struggled subconsciously.

The struggle is futile.

At 1.8 meters tall, she can still struggle a few times against a man of normal size.

He faced Abel, who was 1.92 meters tall, strong and physically fit.

Struggle is like adding spice to both parties.

After struggling for a few times to no avail, she simply gave up.

Seconds later, hormonal attraction.

Let her respond proactively.

In the spacious and bright studio, there was suddenly silence due to this sudden change.

But a few seconds later, more lively applause and whistles sounded.

"Oh~ the beauty throws herself into my arms! The BOSS is mighty and mighty!"

“Long live Abe Smith!!”

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Amid cheers, the two continued their classic French show for several minutes.

"Today~"

The staff who had been cheering for a long time heard the boss raise his hands and shout:

"Everyone has a bonus of 100,000 US dollars ~ and tonight, Project LA will reserve the venue. You won't come home until you get drunk!"

More violent cheers erupted from everyone's mouths, almost as if the dome of the studio was lifted.

"Okay~ That's it." Looking at these staff members who graduated from the finance department of a prestigious university, they were like animals under the stimulation of money.

He smiled and shook his head.

In the movie "The Wolf of Wall Street", the filming of the extravagant life of Wall Street workers is not groundless.

They were still cheering, and Abel left the studio directly with Ikana, whose face was red.

Ikana's mind was still dizzy at the moment.

Having just turned 19, she still lacks experience in this area.

She still doesn't know how to breathe smoothly without affecting the contact when kissing.

She was so inexperienced that she suffered from physiological hypoxia.

Wait until the oxygen supply to the brain is restored and she wakes up.

She found herself in the huge living room of the villa, which was connected to her favorite semi-outdoor and semi-indoor terrace.

"Oh~"

When Ikana woke up, she looked at Abel, whose hands were still on her waist. She blushed and pushed him gently.

"You can't do this. We haven't even confirmed our relationship yet. Abel, you can't do this."

What Ikana didn't expect was that the force she used to push Abel was minimal.

But Abel was pushed away by her easily.

He also let go of the hand holding her.

His tall body took several steps back to the side, more than one meter away from her.

This made Ikana startled, and then she heard Abel say:

"Oh~ Okay, I'm sorry. I did it like this before the relationship was confirmed. It's my fault. I'm sorry, Ikana. I apologize for my behavior just now. I hope you forget what happened just now. According to what I just said reckless."

"Sorry, I was too excited just now."

Ikana stared at him blankly, her mood suddenly changed from the stimulation, nervousness, shyness, anticipation, and excitement just now to a negative mood.

She didn't know what Abel meant by saying that, or why Abel said that.

Her beautiful eyes stared at Abel blankly.

She heard again that Abel actually continued to smile and said to her:

"Just think of it as a misunderstanding? How about that?"

"Besides, Ikana, let's go. I remember you said that you came to me to talk to me about YKM's business. Let's go to the terrace to talk. It's a good place for conversation."

Wait for Ikana to adjust from the negative emotional shock.

Her eyes were already red.

At this moment, all she could think about was "FXXK, was I prostituted for nothing just now?"

Just now, she thought that Abel was going to take this opportunity to confess to her.

After all, the two of them have been ambiguous for almost a month or two.

Otherwise, how could you treat her like this in front of so many people?

What did you think of her?

Those high-end escorts in Manhattan who come and go just as quickly as they want?

When I gnawed it just now, it was called immersion and enjoyment.

Now you want to treat this like nothing happened?

It was hard for 19-year-old Ikana to accept it.

Fortunately, Ikana may not have the highest IQ, and her emotional intelligence may not be able to compare with those people.

But she has strong self-control.

This allowed her to start planning her own life when she was eleven or twelve years old.

At this time, this self-control suppressed her aggrieved emotions.

She tried her best to calm her red eyes and took a deep breath.

She also walked towards the platform that she loved so much and that had made her reluctant to leave just now.

Now, she found the terrace a little boring.

Enter the platform,

Ikana saw Abel, sitting on the sofa in the middle of the terrace.

He also waved to her, "Ikana, come here, let's sit here and talk."

I heard his calm tone, as if he really wanted to discuss business.

Ikana took a deep breath again and walked over.

Ikana sat next to Abel so that Abel could not look directly into her eyes.

To avoid letting Abel, he suddenly realized that her eyes were red just now.

"Okay. I'm here. You say it, Mr. Smith."

After sitting down,

Ikana tried her best to appear calm.

Just saying "Mr. Smith" revealed that her mood at the moment was not so calm.

You know, she has been calling "Abel" for almost two months.

Now Mr. Smith.

Anyone who is not obtuse can hear this change in emotion.

But Abel didn't seem to hear it. He smiled and said:

"Let's talk business first. As the current largest shareholder of YKM, I am interested in knowing your plans for the future of the company, Ikana."

Ikana said: "The business plan I submitted to Smith Capital has already listed my plan in detail."

"Um~Sorry. David sent it to me. But I think that instead of reading the email, it would be better for you to come over and explain it to me in person. This way it will be more detailed and easier for me to understand."

Abel said bluntly.

This made Ikana's heart suddenly feel tight again, and her tone was slightly sad:

"Okay. You are an investor, you are the largest shareholder. You have such rights."

She tried to use a calm tone and said as businesslike as possible:

"Then I, the founder and general manager of YKM, will report to you, the investor."

Abel was expressionless and even nodded slightly, "I'm listening. Tell me, Ikana."

His expression and behavior made Ikana feel sour, and the uncomfortable feeling surged into her heart again.

It also allowed her to start to put an end to all those emotions in her heart.

[Ikana, you have no interest in him to begin with, you have a plan in the first place]

[Ikana, now that you are being treated like this by him, you asked for it]

[If you don’t approach others sincerely, and you don’t get sincere approach from others, then you can’t blame others]

Ikana said to herself in her heart.

At the same time, her strong self-control prevented her from showing any signs of gaffes.

Her voice was calm and she said in a business-like tone:

“First of all, I have to admit that YKM’s development in the first three years was too barbaric.”

"Barbaric growth has brought barbaric valuations. However, it has left intractable sequelae for normal development."

"so."

Ikana tried her best to maintain the standards expected of a top student who graduated from Wharton School of Business.

The wording is accurate, the content is detailed, the steps are clear, and the rhythm is clear to explain to Abel.

She elaborated on her plan to re-make the YKM brand after extensive market research and careful thinking.

It involves a lot of data, some of which is the data of the YKM brand itself.

Some are data on the segmented field of young women’s affordable luxury clothing brand to which YKM belongs.

There are also general development data for the entire U.S. apparel market.

The data was very detailed, which made Abel feel.

Let Wall Street analysts come up with this kind of plan.

That's all, right?

About half an hour or so.

Ikana roughly told Abel the general contents of her plan.

In this process, Abel didn't just listen.

He would also point out things he didn't understand.

It is up to Ikana to explain to him and let him understand before continuing.

Doing this also delays the time for so long.

"In summary."

Half an hour of explanation time had already made her, who has a strong self-control, feel a great deal of emotional relief.

She looked at Abel seriously, it was really business.

"For the next development process of the YKM brand, I think we should refer to the routes of fast luxury brands such as Zara, H\u0026amp;M, and UNIQLO."

"But we need to combine reality and design and produce products that suit Americans."

"As long as we grasp these two points, I believe that YKM will be able to find its own unique development path!"

"The above is my summary and summary of YKM's future development philosophy as the general manager of YKM."

After finishing speaking, she looked at Abel calmly.

She felt that this face was still as beautiful as ever.

She would have felt excited when she saw this face before.

Looking at this face now, she always has the urge to go up and slap her.

"Pah~pah~pah~"

Gentle applause sounded, coming from Abel's hands.

After Ikana finished speaking, Abel clapped gently.

“Excellent business plan. Excellent!”

I can’t write it anyway.

Abel, a Chinese Internet writer + Texas art genius student, thought so in his heart.

Ikana smiled slightly and nodded slightly, which was considered as humility and recognition of his praise.

Anyone with a discerning eye can see that her attitude towards the man in front of her is very cold at this moment.

Change it to half an hour,

When performing that classic French style, she looks like an intoxicated and obsessed girl.

Abel seems to have been very stupid about this change in her, and he has not noticed it until now.

He was still talking about business.

"According to my understanding." Abel said softly:

"If YKM were to take this path, there would still be a funding gap of at least hundreds of millions of dollars in the early stage. In addition, I remember that Gap is also developing its own fast luxury brand for women in the United States."

"YKM is not without competitors in the United States. In addition to competing with established players in the fast luxury lane such as Zara, it also has to compete with other peers in the United States."

"I understand that right, right?"

Ikana nodded slightly.

This is also the reason why her business plan cannot be recognized by investors who do not have strong financial strength.

Those investors did not believe that she could lead YKM to find its own path under the siege of established fast luxury brands and domestic giants such as Gap.

Even her father didn't believe it.

Those investors who have fallen into the trap before have no way to get out of the trap and can only hold their noses and admit it.

And Ikana herself also trusts herself very much.

She believes she can develop YKM.

"I have confidence."

Ikana knew that it was useless to say that she had confidence in the capitalists.

Capitalists do not believe in these things. Capitalists only believe in detailed data and a profitable future.

When she said this, she felt a little weak.

Fortunately, Smith Capital's $50 million has been transferred to YKM's development account.

Even if Abel wanted to withdraw his shares at this moment, it would not be that simple.

Ikana thought like this, and she wanted to add some data to enhance the persuasiveness of her words.

But unexpectedly, Abel had already spoken in advance:

"That's right. I believe in you too. I believe you can develop YKM."

Ikana was stunned, wondering why Abel's attitude had changed again.

Just now, I clearly wanted to get to the bottom of things, insisting on explaining YKM's future development path clearly.

If you are dissatisfied, you will withdraw your shares, and you are not optimistic about the future of YKM.

It has only been a short while, why has it changed again?

She was a little stunned.

Then she heard Abel say to her again.

"Okay. The official business is over. I am willing to believe you regarding YKM."

"In fact, your fourth business plan passed Smith Capital's review. It was because I believed in you that I let them pass it."

"Okay. Let's not mention these things anymore. As I said, the official business is over."

The information revealed in his words made Ikana's heart tremble.

The plan was approved not because of my own good work?

She actually went through the back door. She couldn't help but feel a little frustrated.

"Now let's talk about personal matters."

Ikana was a little frustrated.

She saw Abel's expression changed from the business-like one just now.

He changed back to the way he was when he was having an affair with her.

At this moment, Ikana really wants to say, what other personal matters do I have to talk about with you?

I just did such an outrageous thing, but within a few seconds I could pretend it didn't happen.

Do you really think that I, Ikana, am a high-end escort in Manhattan?

It’s just that people are under the roof, no matter what Abel said, they are the most important supporters of YKM that she values ​​the most.

She didn't want to taint their relationship and cause YKM to suffer.

Let her years of hard work be paid off in running water.

She tried hard to use her brain, trying to break away from Abel as much as possible without angering Abel.

Abel's business-like attitude just now, and his "whoring for free" look.

It has broken the girl's heart.

No matter how much self-control she has. No matter how ambitious, no matter how realistic and snobbish.

This year's Ikana is only a nineteen-year-old girl after all.

There is still some girlish feeling.

But just now, my feelings were hurt a bit seriously.

Suddenly, Ikana, who was racking her brains and couldn't think of any good solution, heard him say——

"Okay. It's almost time to prepare, oh, just right. They're already out."

"Ikana, turn around now, look behind you, look at the sky behind you."

At the same time, he was approaching Ikana as he spoke.

The latter subconsciously wanted to dodge, but was caught directly by him.

Between her own semi-initiative and Abel's slight tug.

Ikana turned around and looked at the sky on the outdoor terrace behind her.

Outside on the terrace, it was a clear blue, cloudless, sunny sky.

At some point, a dozen large airships appeared.

There are also dozens of hot air balloons with people on them.

These airships and hot air balloons fly at just the right altitude.

Not too close to the ground, not too high from the ground.

At the same time, there are many large and long banners hanging on them.

The banner is full of text and pictures.

The airships and hot air balloons themselves also have words and pictures printed on them.

Ikana found her photo and name on it.

No, exactly.

The pictures above are all of her.

All the words above have her name on them.

[Ikana, happy 19th birthday~]

[On my dear Miss Ikana’s birthday, I wish her happiness forever~]

[Happy birthday, beautiful Miss Ikana. 】

[Miss Ikana, you are Helen, you are the muse, I wish you will always be beautiful~]

【.】

Look at the whole sight that fills you.

The sky covering most of Beverly Hills was filled with giant hot air balloons and airships everywhere.

There are also these pictures and words on them.

Ikana was stunned.

At this time,

One is magnetic,

A thick male voice sounded in her ears.

"I didn't expect you to come so early. I originally thought you would come in the evening or night."

"If you come then, in addition to these, I will also prepare a grand fireworks show for you."

"It's a pity that it's daytime and the fireworks show can't happen."

"Today is October 30th, your birthday. Happy birthday, my Ikana~"