America's Road to Wealth

among America’s elite.

Marriage is a very common thing that can even be taken for granted.

Like a few months ago, at the Hilton family banquet.

Barry Hilton, the second generation of the Hilton family.

He had wanted to introduce his granddaughter Paris to Abel, hoping to achieve a marriage.

It’s just that Abel wasn’t interested at the time, and Paris didn’t take it seriously either.

The two people didn't have any interaction, which dispelled Barry Hilton's idea.

Even David Mellon

Although this guy is not married, he keeps shouting that he is single.

But Abel knew that David actually had a fiancée.

David's fiancée comes from a relatively remote branch of the MG family.

The marriage was arranged by each other's father when the two were in their teens.

This is also the reason why Abel doesn't want to fall out with Morgenthau directly.

The Morgenthau family, which is backed by MG, can be said to be deeply rooted in New York.

Otherwise, why would Kennedy become president and be brothers with Robert?

David is 33 years old and has been engaged for more than ten years.

But not married yet.

A situation like his is the most common among the American elite.

David Mellon is now talking to Abel about whether Abel is interested in Amanda Hearst.

In fact, it is hinting at this aspect of Abel.

The Hearst family is just one media giant in the United States.

But the Hearst family has been rooted in Los Angeles and New York for many years and has huge influence in these two places.

In David's opinion.

If Abel marries the Hearst family, he will get a lot of help in these two places.

Plus David versus Abel's family, things in Texas are not very clear.

David saw again how much Abel liked to play with Hollywood and the media.

Out of the kindness of friends and the position of Smith Capital.

David felt that Abel would marry into the Hearst family.

It can be said that it is a good win-win choice.

In this way, Abel can take into account the common development in the two fields of finance and media.

The Hearst family still has a very good influence in these two aspects.

Abel didn't know what David meant at first.

After the chat started, he immediately understood David Mellon’s intention.

"Okay. I understand what you mean." He looked at David and said:

"Come on, Amanda is only 16, 16! Do you think I'm that kind of person?"

What he said was righteous, but he received a look of disdain from David.

There is also a long sentence: "I remember Miss Anne Hathaway, before she met someone, she was not even seventeen years old."

"Forehead"

Abel was speechless.

"Okay. Let's not discuss this issue. Anyway, I don't have that kind of interest in Amanda Hearst for the time being."

"And..." he said to David: "I am a non-marriage person. I think marriage is boring."

"If you don't get married, you can live as happily as if you get married. After getting married, you may live an unhappy life. So it's not necessarily that I won't get married in this life."

David Mellon frowned: "Are you serious?"

In the United States, there are not many super-rich people who never get married.

Or they got married and never remarried after the divorce.

But such people do not belong to the mainstream among American wealthy people.

The rich and elite in the United States are still relatively conservative and puritanical.

People in this class take marriage very seriously.

In this class, the so-called non-marriage advocates are pure aliens.

Abel, who was born in Texas, actually understands this.

After all, the Smith family is considered an elite family in Texas.

But from the bottom of his heart, he really never thought about getting married in his life.

The world is so big and the world is so beautiful.

There are so many girls with such good bodies.

Why must he be tied to a tree?

Americans can tolerate an unmarried person who is a playboy and has countless girlfriends.

But if this person is married and still plays like this.

In the mainstream perception of the United States, such people are scum, and even the U.S. government is embarrassed to praise them.

This alone made Abel give up the idea of ​​getting married.

unless

Unless he gets tired of playing in the future, or his body becomes useless.

It is estimated that the idea of ​​​​getting married will come up.

Just what he thinks.

With the virtue of my current body.

Maybe this will never happen in this life.

Then not getting married may be the best choice.

"Let's not talk about this problem. I am only twenty years old this year, and you are a thirty-three-year-old guy."

Abel glanced at David Mellon with disdain.

"Even you, an old guy, haven't gotten married yet. Why should I, a little kid, consider getting married?"

"FxxkYOU!"

David came up with a national curse most often shouted by Americans, but he was speechless.

Because what Abel said is right, Abel is only a little over twenty years old now.

At this age in the United States, you are not even officially an adult yet, so you cannot drink and buy alcohol openly.

Discuss this with him at his age.

David felt that he was worrying too much.

David thought that maybe he would wait until Abel was older.

If your xinxing is more stable, your thoughts will be different.

"Okay. That's it." David Mellon shook his head and said, "Then I'll go out and prepare the cocktail list."

Abel made an OK gesture, and David nodded and turned to leave.

After David left.

Abel was alone in the office and felt a little bored.

He turned on the computer on his desk.

The computer configuration is Ben3 CPU533, 10G hard drive, 128M memory, 693 chipset motherboard, 40X optical drive, floppy drive, and graphics card SIS6326 (16M).

The monitor is a big 18crt one.

This configuration is now the most mainstream and advanced.

But for Abel, the reborn man, it was too backward.

This is why Abel loved playing games before he was reborn, but he basically didn’t play them after he was reborn.

The main reason is that computer games at this time can be said to be lackluster.

in addition

Compared to the days when I was an otaku before my rebirth, I had nothing to do but play on the computer.

After his rebirth, he has obviously more things to play with.

Compared with those virtual characters on the computer, aren’t supermodels and Hollywood actresses more attractive in reality?

Therefore, since Abel was reborn, it can be said that he has had very little contact with computers of this period.

Fortunately, the memory is still there.

Before his rebirth, when he was a child, he also touched a computer with a similar big-ass monitor.

The interface of the Windows 98 system back then is also a very deep memory.

This time I started to learn it again after many years, and there was no time cost in relearning.

With just a little adaptation, he mastered the most fashionable Internet surfing at the moment.

However, for him, the content of computers in this era, or the Internet in this era, is lackluster.

In the United States, the hottest thing right now is Yahoo, even though it was the hardest hit in the Internet bubble.

Second is Microsoft's MSN.

These two portals are the giants in the current American Internet.

Below them, it’s the turn of cutting-edge Google.

This is what the average American chooses to do when they go online.

As for computer games,

At this time there were only early versions of Heroes of Might and Magic, Red Alert and Age of Empires, Warcraft and the like.

For Abel, who has adapted to the exquisite picture quality of various 2K4K3D, he has no interest in opening it.

Finally, I browsed around briefly and turned off the computer without any interest.

Abel raised his wrist and looked at the Royal Oak in his hand, which showed that the time was already a little after eleven in the morning.

He simply got up and left the office.

Outside the office, he encountered Katherine Jones, who was communicating with two other female secretaries.

Speaking of Katherine Jones, David Mellon once told Abel that she was very capable.

Zeta, the head of the human resources department, also expressed his appreciation for this girl to Abel.

Abel himself was somewhat noncommittal, even though he was initially very coveted by this girl's body and appearance.

"Good afternoon, Mr. Smith."

"Good afternoon, Mr. Smith."

Abel's appearance made the three secretaries who were talking to him quickly say hello to him.

Abel also smiled and responded: "Hello, girls."

After saying hello,

He smiled and waved to the three people, turned around and left directly.

He doesn't seem to have much nostalgia for the beautiful Katherine Jones.

This made the latter's face look blank for a moment.

"Wow, I always feel that the boss is getting more and more handsome. No wonder there are so many bitches now, and all of them want to be "Girl Smith"!!"

"Who wouldn't want to be that?" another secretary said:

"Become a Smith girl. In addition to being close to your boss, you will also gain fame and fortune! Like that Gisele Bundchen, she was just a model before. Now I heard that film companies are asking her to make movies. !”

"Yes. There are also several Hollywood actresses who are nothing but good-looking. I heard"

The two female secretaries were in high spirits and wanted to continue gossiping.

"Cough cough cough"

They heard Katherine Jones cough slightly.

Because of his high academic qualifications, he is more valued by Zeta and David.

It was Abel, the boss, who was specially approved to enter the company for interviews.

Katherine Jones is a junior leader in the company secretariat, and she has considerable authority over her two direct subordinates.

Her reaction immediately silenced the two of them.

"Talk about the boss in the company. Do you think you are the boss's girlfriend?"

Catherine said: "Work hard, ladies!"

With these words, Catherine turned and left.

After she leaves.

The two ordinary-looking female secretaries began to whisper again.

"What's so cool about it? Just like us, aren't we just secretaries? At the beginning, I really thought the boss was interested in her!"

"Yes. But now it seems that the boss is not interested in her. If the boss was really interested, he would have taken action long ago."

"That's right! Humph~Bichi is the only one!"

"Keep your voice down, don't be heard!"

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Abel, who left Smith Capital, did not know such trivial matters in the workplace of Smith Capital.

He had already passed the Smith Building tarmac, boarded a helicopter directly, and entered Manhattan.

He landed on the apron on the top floor of a building in Midtown Manhattan, and took the building's elevator directly to Midtown Manhattan.

Half an hour later, around 12 noon.

He was seen again outside the Manhattan District Attorney's Office Building.

At the restaurant where he last had lunch with LaPierre, the NRA CEO.

He saw two people.

Robert Morgenthau,

With his beautiful young granddaughter, Peggy Morgenthau.

"Good afternoon, Mr. Smith." Robert, who was in his eighties, smiled very gently and friendly.

There was no sign that he had ever been annoyed by Abel's storm of litigation.

"Good afternoon, Mr. Morgenthau, and..."

Abel smiled and shook hands with Robert, and then looked at Peggy Morgenthau, who was expressionless and wearing the uniform of a prosecutor's assistant.

".And Peggy, good afternoon to you too."

Paige nodded slightly to him, "Hello, Mr. Smith."

She didn't look like she wanted to shake Abel's hand.

Abel shrugged, let go of Robert's hand, and they both sat down.

After sitting down, Abel spoke before Robert.

"Congratulations, Mr. Morgenthau." Abel smiled:

"Obviously, until you get tired of sitting in this position. No one can compete with you for this position."

"Haha~ No, no, it's just that everyone trusts me and thinks I'm fair, so they're happy to vote for me." Robert responded with a smile.

What the two people were talking about was this year's election for the Manhattan District Attorney.

Because in a few days, the official election will begin.

The district attorney election here in New York will be held early.

in the race for Manhattan District Attorney.

Robert already received 56% of the votes in the first round of voting.

The remaining three candidates divided the remaining portions.

This result can basically be said to officially declare Robert's re-election.

It has been twenty-five years since 1975.

The Manhattan District Attorney is almost as close as Robert Morgenthau.

This is one of the reasons why Abel chose to reconcile with Morgenthau.

Even if he doesn't reconcile with Robert, Robert will probably still be chosen this time.

Robert's advantages were too great, his connections and energy in the Manhattan area were too great.

Now both sides took a step back, Morgenthau showed a slight weakness, and Abel chose to stop.

for the current situation.

For Abel, it was also a relatively mediocre and helpless choice.

Fortunately, it’s October 29th.

Peggy Morgenthau became his girlfriend for a day.

Although she didn't really do anything, it still made her very tired.

Subsequently, her name also appeared in many media outlets.

Said she was the eleventh Smith girl

Fortunately, here in New York, the relevant media is relatively silent.

Peggy Morgenthau has received little or no coverage at all.

But over on the west coast, people are not afraid of you and Morgenthau.

They are not even afraid of Rockefeller and MG.

Naturally, there were various reports on Paige, which made Paige famous.

She responded with silence.

The response was not as great as for the girls who needed fame and exposure.

Gradually, after a few days, it became less noticeable.

But for Abel, it was a relief.

Only now did he feel in the mood to sit with Robert and eat and talk calmly.

But to be honest, Abel didn't know what to say to Robert.

One is that after all, there was a small conflict before.

The second is between the two parties, a judicial and prosecutorial system that is based on politics. One is finance, or finance that does not require financial protection.

If there hadn’t been the previous conflict, the experience with Paige’s one-day girlfriend.

Abel might not even come to Robert's invitation today.

Now after the opening remarks, Abel fell into silence.

do not know what to say.

Really unfamiliar.

Opposite me, Paige was also silent.

Fortunately, Robert is very talkative, the old guy said with a smile.

"Mr. Smith, this time you represented Wall Street and bought MGM. Many of us here are happy."

over a long period of time.

Wall Street represents the East Coast, and Hollywood represents the West Coast.

The two sides have always looked down upon each other.

Because of this, Hollywood came together to deceive Wall Street.

Wall Street is naturally worried about this.

But because there is no profit, the financial capitalists are too lazy to take revenge.

But that tone still exists after all.

This time, Abel, as a member of Wall Street, bought MGM.

For some old guys who take this seriously, old East Coasters like Robert.

It's something that is more fun and boosts the momentum of the East Coast.

Robert brought this matter up as a topic for this reason.

"It's nothing. It's just MGM, not Viacom or Comcast." Abel said disapprovingly.

Compared with the latter two, MGM is a little guy.

"Uh" Robert felt that Abel had exhausted the topic.

If MGM, with a market value of more than 2 billion US dollars, is nothing.

So how many companies in the United States are classified as "what"?

Fortunately, since Abel has chosen to reconcile with the other party, the early dislike is over.

He still showed some respect for the elderly.

It was Abel's turn to change the topic and talk about Wall Street and Manhattan.

In this regard, Robert from the old East Coast was able to chat with him smoothly.

The meal lasted about an hour.

Peggy Morgenthau never spoke much, and Abel, who kept talking to the old man, found it boring.

When he was done eating, he asked to leave.

Naturally, Robert would not refuse.

But before Abel went out, he handed Abel a note from his pocket.

Abel was startled and thought it was a check.

But when I took a closer look, I found that it was just a piece of white paper with some letters written on it.

"This is Morgenthau's compensation to you, sir." Robert smiled.

Abel didn't know what it was.

He looked at Robert, then at Paige, nodded and took it with a smile.

He didn't look at it after taking it, smiled and nodded before leaving.

Robert watched Abel leave.

After Abel left, old Morgenthau looked at his granddaughter.

"Peggy, what happened to you today?" Robert asked with some confusion.

Although before this, Morgenthau did have some conflicts with Abel.

But this was just a minor conflict, and both parties have now reconciled.

There is a high probability that they can still be friends in the future, at least that's what Robert thinks.

He felt that the apple of his eye didn't need to look like this.

"Is it because of the newspaper reports and what happened that day?"

"Didn't you say that he was not rude to you in any way?"

"If that's the case, it's actually just a trivial matter."

"Why are you like this today?"