America's Road to Wealth

The sky in New York is completely different from last month.

The sky was overcast and dark, with leaden clouds weighing low. .

It was as if they were going to fall from the sky and wipe out all the skyscrapers in Manhattan.

November 7th.

New York received its first snow of the year.

In previous years, it was the first snow in New York.

It usually comes at the end of November or early December.

Much earlier this year.

This is because this year’s climate is a typical “La Niña” phenomenon.

La Niña and El Niño are two terms in climatology. .

When the El Niño phenomenon occurs in a year, the global climate is basically warmer this year.

Generally speaking, the world will experience a mild winter.

It can be simply understood that the El Niño phenomenon means that summers are hot and winters are also hot.

La Niña is another climate phenomenon.

The hotter it is in summer, the colder it will be in winter.

Generally, after El Niño, La Niña will follow.

It happened to be El Niño last year.

The global climate is generally warm this year, and the summer in New York is extremely hot.

Now winter has arrived. .

La Niña is coming.

The hot summer in New York in turn brings out the coldness of the winter in New York that arrives early.

This year's New York seems much colder than last year.

The first snow came very early in New York this year.

Queens, Smith Building.

In the office on the fourth floor, from yesterday to last night.

Abel was with everyone in the company and never left Smith Building.

Although there are reasons why Abel also attaches great importance to this short-term investment of 10 billion US dollars.

But in fact, he also wanted to practice Smith Capital.

He wanted to give it a try. .

What can Smith Capital do when it comes to large-capital operations?

This will also facilitate his subsequent adjustments.

In order to cope with investment behaviors that will become more and more frequent and larger in the future.

This was a first for the first time, turning the entire company into a financial safe house.

This is not common on Wall Street.

That is to say, Smith Capital is still small and not in the tight environment of Wall Street.

It has its own independent building with sufficient office space.

Only then can you do this. .

If it were Goldman Sachs, they obviously couldn't do it.

At least they can't do it in an office building.

Tens of thousands of employees were asked to stay there for days and nights, eating, drinking and having sex inside.

In contrast, after Rock Security moved in.

Abel also asked David Jones to invite the corresponding service team.

during the next period of time.

The entire Smith Capital staff, including David Mellon. .

They will always be in the Smith Building.

Eating, drinking, sleeping, and working, you can't leave.

There is also no contact with the outside world.

The corresponding chefs, doctors, and even masseurs are ready.

They can enjoy these relaxing benefits without leaving the building.

Outside the building, Rock Security, which had just been expanded recently, sent more than fifty bodyguards to surround the entire company.

While preventing outsiders from visiting, it also prevents people inside the building from going out. .

At the same time, Abel also contacted David Jones and the company's network service provider and other corresponding companies.

Avoid sudden network or power outages during operation.

He only remembered this after the fact. .

This also left Abel to decide.

After this time, the Smith Building should also be in-house, designing its own generators, as well as backup network routes.

Avoid certain physical harassment when conducting big-money operations like today's.

correct.

That's Wall Street.

People can really do things like unplugging network cables!

Since this was the first time this happened, Abel did not leave the company last night.

He also slept one night in the Smith Building.

When I woke up, I hadn’t washed up yet.

Abel was right next to the window and saw the first snow falling from the sky.

Abel, who had no writing skills, used the adjective for this - "stunningly beautiful".

He is in his office and has finished washing.

After changing into a set of clothes prepared in the office.

Then he left the office and walked outside.

Catherine and other secretaries were not seen at the Secretariat.

This capital campaign basically does not require Smith Capital’s administrative department of more than ten people.

They had evacuated yesterday and were going back to Woolworth's for the time being.

To deal with and handle Smith Capital’s external business.

Coming down from the fourth floor, the third floor is the company's trading floor.

It was just past nine in the morning when Abel came down.

He saw David Mellon holding a water glass and a toothbrush.

With his mouth full of foam, he walked around the traders on the trading floor, brushing his teeth and staring at the market.

Seeing this scene, Abel immediately relaxed a lot.

I have to say that the 2% dividend of dry shares is the right thing to give to David Mellon.

Not to mention his poor background in the early days of Wall Street, David Mellon helped form Smith Capital.

Just in the capital market, David can provide him with a lot of help.

Things like this where everyone is watching closely and always paying attention to the global foreign exchange market.

Abel felt that he couldn't do it.

That consumes too much energy and time, and requires a lot of relevant knowledge reserves.

What's more, David also has Mellon's identity, which will be of great help to him to gain a foothold on the East Coast.

After getting along for more than a year, the two have developed a good relationship.

Abel really valued David as his right-hand man.

He took advantage of the fact that David's employees didn't notice him and didn't bother them, so he left quietly.

As the boss, he doesn't need to accompany them in silence here.

That would be too boring.

He only needs to come over occasionally and pay attention to the currency exchange rate of the pound anytime and anywhere.

After leaving Smith Building and passing through numerous obstacles set up by rock security.

Abel's motorcade arrived on Queen's Road.

“Let’s go to Midtown Manhattan.”

In the rear compartment of the black and atmospheric Rolls-Royce Phantom.

Abel ordered calmly.

The weather in New York today is snowy and windy, which is not suitable for helicopter rides.

If Abel wanted to enter Manhattan, he could only choose to go there by car.

In this weather.

Taking a helicopter is too risky.

If you don’t take a helicopter, you’ll have to sit in traffic to get in and out of Manhattan.

Sure enough, it only takes about ten minutes to get there by helicopter.

It also includes takeoff and landing times.

And by car, even if there is no traffic jam, it takes more than half an hour to cover a few miles.

Half an hour later.

The motorcade arrived at 521 West 23rd Street in midtown Manhattan.

No. 521, is a ten-story residential building with seven units.

This house was built in 1914 and has a history of more than 80 years.

Many buildings in Manhattan are that old, but even in 2022 they will still be in use, and they are expensive.

They are some of the most expensive old buildings in the world.

Abel, here, has a two-story duplex.

Located on the top two floors, they are also the two most expensive.

6 bedrooms, 5.5 bathrooms, approximately 7,820 square feet of indoor area.

The condominium fee is $4,182 per month and the property tax is $8,489 per month.

When he bought it last month, he spent almost $23 million.

It was a bit more expensive than the eighteenth floor of the Carnegie Hill Building on Fifth Avenue where he lived with Anne Hathaway.

Not to mention anything else, it’s just US$12,000 per month in land taxes and property fees.

99.9999% of the people in this country cannot afford to live there.

The woman who lives here now, her name is Charlize Theron.

Charlize came to New York this time not just to accompany Abel.

Before she met Abel, her career had actually been on the rise.

After meeting Abel.

After experiencing the Smith storm a while ago, the "Smith Girl" was wildly exposed.

Her popularity, which was already on the rise, has risen several levels in a short period of time.

Although there are no very famous or particularly outstanding works.

But it’s already because of exposure and fame.

In a short period of time, I received multiple invitations for endorsements and commercial activities.

She had been busy with this in Los Angeles before.

This time I came to New York to work on these orders here.

So in the past two days, Abel didn't spend much time with her during the day.

She also has a very fulfilling life, meeting two or three people from brand companies every day.

I have to negotiate contracts and shoot samples, so I can say that I am extremely busy.

Like several of Abel's other Manhattan residences.

Some of Rock Security's staff are also permanently stationed here.

This allowed Abel to enter the house, to Charlize Theron, without any hindrance.

Charlize Theron was not out this morning.

She only has an event in the afternoon and will attend a charity event for a luxury brand in the evening.

So in the morning, she was relatively free.

This made Abel see her in the apartment and found that the future famous Serbian emperor in Hollywood was actually shouting and playing games in the warm living room.

I play on Play Station 2, or PS2 for short.

It is the second-generation 128-bit home game console launched by Sony this year. It is an upgrade of the PS and has greatly improved its functions.

Basically, Abel has a couple of residences here in Manhattan.

All have PS2 game consoles.

This is what he uses to kill time.

We had a great time playing with Jessica last time.

"I didn't expect you to play this too?" Abel said with a smile and sat next to her.

Charlize turned her face sideways, glanced at him charmingly, and said, "I'm only 25 years old, and I'm also a young man, okay?"

"Besides, it's so cold outside today. It's also snowing. I'm fine this morning and don't want to go out."

"Besides playing games here, what else can I do?"

"Hahaha~"

Abel smiled, and then started directly, aiming at the car lights.

"Ah! Wait a minute, wait until I finish this fight!"

"That's not okay. You play your game and I play mine."

"Hmm~uh~~wu."

Charlize Theron, who was being attacked, let out a moan.

She looked up and found that the female bodyguard who was playing games and reading with her in the living room was no longer there.

In the entire living room, only myself and Abel were left.

She immediately understood that she was destined to be unable to escape this morning.

"Hmph~" She snorted proudly and wanted to put down the game controller.

There is no other way, who told the boss to want to eat her peach again?

But this action was stopped by Abel.

Abel asked her to pick up the controller of the game console again.

"Keep playing around."

"You play with yourself, and I play with mine. It's better this way if we don't interfere with each other."

After listening to his words, Charlize Theron immediately understood his intentions.

This guy

She bit her lip and glanced at him.

How can they not interfere with each other?

This hasn't even begun, and I can't bear it anymore.

But you have to carry it if you can't bear it.

Charlize Theron knows this guy is good at this.

She had no choice but to endure the strange, numbing feeling that was getting stronger and stronger.

I continued to play this year’s latest PS2.

A few hours later.

Charlize Theron had to put a break on her afternoon outing.

The meeting with the brand in the afternoon was postponed to tomorrow.

Because she knows that in her current state.

It’s not suitable to meet outsiders, and it’s impossible to work officially.

Rather than do this, it is better not to force it.

Have a good rest in the apartment, go out for activities in the evening, and meet again tomorrow.

After she finished the phone call, she notified this place.

Her whole body was limp and sore.

Charlize hugged a soft wool blanket, lying on the sofa, squinting at Abel, who was feeling refreshed and putting on his suit jacket.

Looking at Abel, he was full of energy and in excellent condition.

Charlize was briefly confused.

Isn’t it agreed that there are only spoiled oxen and no spoiled fields?

Why does it look like the cow is fine now and can still plow dozens of acres of land?

This "field" of my own seems to have been bombarded by hundreds of millions of bombs.

If you can’t get back up, you’re not that far away from being “broken”.

This isn't the first time Charlize Theron has had doubts about life.

It should be said that every time she made Abel happy.

She would secretly doubt her life like this afterwards.

She even secretly consulted one of her female personal doctors about this.

The other party told her.

Some men do have strong dominance in this regard.

This is one of a kind type, maybe even one in a billion.

At that time, the veteran female doctor had an expression that said, "You should cherish it when you meet her."

That expression made Charlize doubt if she ever said Abel's name.

The other party will probably deliver it to your door.

Because the private female doctor is not old and looks good.

There is still some beauty and capital.

If it really comes to your door, Charlize suspects that this guy Abel might not refuse!

This caused Charlize to cut off contact with this private female doctor.

snort!

You, Bichi, want to use my cattle for plowing?

How can it be!

She was holding the blanket like this, covering most of her body, while thinking wildly.

But he saw Abel, who had already put on clothes, walked up to him and kissed him gently on his face, which was still dripping with sweat.

Then I heard him say:

"You should have a good rest. I am going back to Texas in the afternoon and may have to stay there for a few days. I may not be able to stay with you here."

Charlize looked relieved and said deliberately:

"It's just what I wish for! If you were here every day, I wouldn't have to go to work!"

But in reality, I heard that Abel would not be able to stay with him in the next few days.

The young Emperor Sai was still a little reluctant to leave.

"If you say that, then I will take you away?! You can leave your work to CAA!" Abel "threatened".

Charlize was stunned.

Because she thought.

If I were really alone and stayed with Abel for a few days.

She simply couldn't imagine how she would be "tortured".

Occasionally once every one or two days, it can be tolerated.

Come in the morning and afternoon, or every day.

She thought she might all die young!

"I was wrong." Charlize admitted defeat:

"I actually feel sorry for you. But you have to work, and I also have to work. It's my fault that I can't be with you. I'm sorry~"

"Haha~"

Abel then laughed and said, "Okay, then you don't have to go."

"That's right. In the afternoon, someone will send you some optional manuals for private jets."

"You pick and choose, pick some decorations that you like, and then give them to the other person."

Charlize: "????"

What is a private jet option manual?

She didn't quite understand what Abel said.

Abel explained:

"I bought another Gulfstream G400. When it comes down, I will rent it to CAA or MGM. But the right to use it is at my disposal as the chairman. And you, dear Ms. Theron, I am willing to give this control right to you." Share it with you.”

"Simply put." Abel said flatly.

"In half a year or a year, you will have a brand new private jet for your use. And you won't have to spend money to maintain it~"

"Now, you can make your own decisions about some of the decorations and functional options on the aircraft."

"do you understand?"

Abel made it so clear, but Charlize might still not understand.

Her beautiful eyes were widened, and she couldn't believe that Abel actually "gifted" a private jet to her.

Although he only has the right to control and use it.

But you don’t need to raise it. What’s the difference between giving it to yourself?

All over Hollywood, among actors.

Not many people can afford to fly on a private jet!

For a moment, Charlize Theron fell into great joy.

The powerful vanity unique to Hollywood women was greatly satisfied at this moment.

Just like Jessica almost two months ago.

When Charlize wakes up from the state of being greatly satisfied with her vanity.

Abel has left the apartment.

Looking at the empty living room and the mess around it.

And in the air.

If there is, there is a "seafood" smell that even the fresh air system cannot quickly eliminate.

Charlize lay her beautiful body back lazily on the sofa.

She looked at the bright chandelier ceiling above her head and was stunned.

Charlize felt that there was a high probability that she could not live without Abel.

Let's not talk about the contract.

Just in terms of material and that aspect, I might not be able to leave him.

She recalled the conversation she had with her mother that night a month ago.

this moment,

She felt her mother was right.

After all, a woman must have a man, and she must give F to the man after all.

So

What's the use of an engagement contract and a marriage certificate?

It can ensure the purity of marriage and the longevity of love.

Can two people guarantee that they will grow old together?

Not very capable.

At least in the entertainment industry, Charlize Theron knows that the proportion of couples who can grow old together may not even be 1%.

That being the case

My current state.

This is what I look like now.

It seems pretty good too.

He has always been proud and very self-reliant.

When I signed the contract, I was thinking about Charlize flying away after the contract ended.

She could no longer bear the sugar-coated bullets from Abel.