America's Road to Wealth

Under the guidance of “senior colleague” Liv Tyler.

In addition, someone's moral integrity is actually just like that.

What he says and what he does are always different.

What is on my mind is often easily shaken.

Scarlett Johansson is far earlier than Abel imagined.

Become his real employee much earlier.

On the morning of February 11th.

At around 7:30, Abel had breakfast and started his morning exercise.

Since his rebirth, he has always maintained the habit of going to bed late and getting up early.

Every night, he usually goes to bed at three or four o'clock.

I usually wake up around seven o'clock the next day.

This time made him very worried, worried that there was something wrong with his body.

Later, he spent a lot of money to hire the best doctors to do a physical examination on himself.

At first, he was worried that his secret would be leaked.

Later he discovered that his true secret could not be revealed.

What can be leaked is not a secret at all.

For example, his super high male hormone secretion, abnormal physical recovery and deep sleep quality.

After so many examinations, he was told the results of each physical examination.

He is very healthy.

There were even sleep experts who stayed up for several nights to conduct sleep tests on him.

The test results were also very healthy.

He is a one-in-a-million freak in terms of human physique.

This made him feel a little more relieved, knowing that he was not sick.

But my body is really good.

The reason why those doctors were so good to his health.

Most speculations and studies believe that it comes from genetic inheritance or acquired mutations.

Only Abel himself knew that he had such a healthy and excessive body.

The high probability may be related to my own experiences that are different from ordinary people.

And this also made him cherish his own body even more.

Since then, he has continued to exercise.

No matter how good your kitchen knife is, it will rust if you don't sharpen it hard.

He feels that no matter how good his body is, he will lose shape one day if he is not careful.

If he really deforms, his physical strength will decrease.

That would be too bad.

There is so much beauty in this world, and he wants to enjoy it for a few more years!

At 7:30 in the morning, the exercise was completed.

That is to say before half past eight.

He has already completed a series of things such as getting up, running, bathing, eating, etc.

At this time, there were two "employees" in the room.

They were still fast asleep.

At nine o'clock, Abel left the Paradise Bay Villa.

Around one o'clock noon.

The largest master bedroom in Paradise Bay Villa.

Liv Tyler slowly opened her eyes.

She was energetic but physically exhausted.

Liv looked up at the unfamiliar ceiling above her head and stared blankly for a while.

I stared blankly at the ceiling for a few minutes, spending the hazy time when I first woke up.

Liv turned sideways, and she was already used to the lack of that man beside her.

And another young figure of the same sex appeared next to him.

She was equally unsurprised.

The last time we woke up together in the morning.

The person she shared the same bed with was Sarah Michelle Gellar.

Lying next to her this time, Liv Tyler knew her name was Scarlett Johansson.

Liv Tyler suddenly found out.

Whether it's Sarah or Scarlett, or myself.

All three of them were child stars.

There are people in the family who are involved in Hollywood or the entertainment industry.

My previous experiences were very similar, but my experience in Hollywood was different.

"Amazing similarity, terrible encounter."

Liv Tyler muttered this.

She leisurely saw Scarlett sleeping, her eyes trembling under her eyelids.

Liv knew that was the sign of a sleeping person about to wake up.

Not long after, Scarlett also opened her eyes.

At first, she looked at the ceiling hazily like Liv just now.

"Pa~"

Liv slapped her directly on the shoulder.

"It's one o'clock, it's almost afternoon. Still sleeping? Young man, you don't have to work."

Scarlett, who was a little hazy, was beaten awake by her.

After being stunned for a few seconds, Scarlett's memories continued.

The blonde girl remembered where she was at this time.

The two chatted for a while.

Liv got up first, followed by Scarlett who continued to lie down for a while before slowly getting up.

And waiting for the two of them, it will be around two o'clock in the afternoon.

Just came out of the bedroom.

Abel himself and others have arrived in the Bay Area.

He met Warren Buffett in San Francisco, commonly known as San Francisco in China.

It was Warren who asked him to meet here.

Buffett came here to inspect several companies.

Then the stock god heard that Abel was nearby, so he asked him out.

The two met in an ordinary cafe in San Francisco.

One more thing to mention.

Warren Buffett also has his own security company.

Just in terms of scale, it's nowhere near as big as Abel's rock security.

After all, after Abel, he still wants to play PMC and try his hand at cosplaying as Lord of War.

Both of them had a lot of bodyguards with them.

Two bodyguards occupied the entire cafe.

So among the richest Americans.

The attribute of fear of death is not exclusive to Abel.

Really reach a certain level and become a truly wealthy person.

It can be said that there is no one who is not afraid of death and does not pay attention to his own security work.

This is especially true for the rich in the United States!

The most typical example is Soros.

There are legends around Lao Suo, and within the same class, there are even professional Secret Service and people from FBl or ClA working.

The reason is Soros, who is still the financial sword of Wall Street to this day.

Many times, it doesn't matter whether Lao Suo wants it or not.

Lao Suo will be pushed by the people behind him, even directly the White House, to invade small countries financially.

Lao Suo committed numerous crimes in the financial war.

It was enough for the countries he had invaded financially to launch physical and personal counterattacks against him.

You will know if Lao Suo dares to go to Southeast Asia.

This is also the reason why Soros’s security work has those special staff.

People are really fighting for their country!

Even this "country" is often just a representative of the capitalists.

Compared with him, Abel and Buffett are much more normal.

"Hi, good afternoon. Warren~"

After last year’s Smith Investment Reception.

Abel and Buffett have become friends.

Business cannot be done without benevolence and righteousness.

At that time, although Buffett did not successfully invest in Smith Capital.

But the two of them had quite a good conversation at the time, and their relationship naturally got better.

"Good afternoon." The old guy said with a smile, "You guys have been on the West Coast for a long time. You have disturbed Hollywood for so long. People who don't know think you are really an entertainment tycoon, forgetting that you are the most powerful person on Wall Street. A young giant."

"I'm not a giant." Abel smiled: "My head circumference is so standard, how can I be "giant"?"

"Hahaha~" Buffett laughed in a dignified manner.

As a stock god, few people tell such boring homophonic jokes in front of him.

And with Abel's current status, it is obvious that he can start to be on an equal footing with him.

Even if the influence is slightly worse, the wealth may be lower.

But being equal is enough.

What's more, Buffett has spent thirty-five years accumulating this wealth.

And Abel is less than two years old!

In two years, he saved 70% or 80% of Buffett’s net worth.

This speed is absolutely unprecedented and unprecedented.

"I know you are a guy who never engages in boring social interactions."

Abel had coffee in his hand, but he didn't drink it.

This is what Buffett ordered for him.

As soon as he smelled it, he knew it was the cheap coffee from this cafe.

In addition, it has not been inspected by bodyguards and has not been confirmed to be safe.

When outside, Abel would not enter at will.

He looked at Buffett: "Otherwise, you wouldn't have put Berkshire Hathaway in that little place in Omaha."

"So let's be honest. Warren, what do you want from me?"

Buffett was not surprised by Abel's directness.

Last time in New York, the stock god had already seen Abel's directness in many aspects.

In fact, this is the same as most Americans, including the upper class elites in the United States.

Because we have never learned about moderation or the tactful attitude of Angsa people, we are often so direct.

The stock god took a sip of the coffee, then put it down and said, "Do you want to join American Express?"

Abel raised his eyebrows, neither surprised nor surprised by Buffett's question.

The surprise was because he did not expect that Buffett would directly chat with him and drink coffee because of the American Express incident.

Not surprisingly, Abel knows that Buffett attaches great importance to American Express.

In parallel time and space.

Ever since Buffett became a shareholder in American Express, he has always been heavily invested in American Express, and this was the case until Abel crossed over.

This makes Buffett the major shareholder of American Express.

Today, Buffett ranks first on the list of American Express shareholders.

But Smith Capital, which ranks fourth, and American Pacific Bank of Commerce, which ranks fifth.

The combined shares of the two companies already exceed Buffett's 11.4%.

As Americans know, the two companies appear to be independent.

But there is only one boss behind them.

In other words, just note the percentage of American Express shares held by these two companies.

Then you can find out.

Buffett’s Berkshire Hathaway is no longer the largest shareholder of American Express.

The largest shareholder of American Express has been replaced.

It was Abel who was sitting in front of Buffett at this time.

"Why is there such a problem?" Abel responded with a smile:

"You are optimistic about American Express, and I am also optimistic about American Express."

"After all, it is also one of the constituent stocks of Dow Jones. I think such a high-quality company is worth holding for a long time, and I will naturally buy its shares."

His explanation did not satisfy Buffett.

"I'm studying you."

Buffett said softly:

"In the information I have researched, it shows that any company you invest in that has a shareholding ratio of more than 10% will be slowly cannibalized by you and eventually become your property."

Abel responded: "How many companies have I invested in? Maybe not even one-tenth of yours? With such little data, what can be counted? And what truth can be compared?"

Buffett smiled.

"But more importantly, American Express's business and your American Pacific Banking Corporation complement each other wonderfully."

"If only we could merge American Pacific Bank and American Express."

"The merged bank can make you one of the real giants immediately."

"I think this must be a very big temptation for you."

Seeing Buffett's confident look, Abel knew that people could come to him.

That means I am sure that I will have this idea.

And I really thought so too.

Abel simply showed off his cards.

"Okay. Then why did you find me? Warren, you didn't come to me just to persuade me to quit the board of directors of American Express, right?" Abel spread his hands and looked at Buffett.

"300 billion US dollars, I want 5% of the shares."

Buffett suddenly said: "I will satisfy you with shares of American Express and Berkshire, as well as some cash."

Abel raised his eyebrows again, he knew what Buffett was talking about.

His reactions are also very quick.

"Four thousand. 4%."

"Yes. But the gambling agreement must be changed to 150, 300, 500, 700."

"Deal. Welcome to join us, the fourth shareholder of Smith Capital."

Abel stood up and reached out to Buffett with a smile.

Buffett also smiled, stood up and shook his hand.

After shaking hands for a while, the two people sat down again.

The atmosphere between the two of them obviously improved a lot after that.

Abel asked curiously:

"Warren, do you think so highly of me? You know, even those people in Texas haven't contacted me again."

"Many people say that my investment skills are prudent and value investing."

Buffett said seriously:

"But I don't think so. My real investment philosophy is to invest in "people" and brands."

"I firmly hold shares in Coca-Cola because I recognize the brand."

"When I first invested in American Express, I was investing in the brand. But when I invested in American Express later, I was already investing in Howard Clark."

Howard Clark was the CEO of American Express from the 1960s to the 1980s.

At that time, American Express almost went bankrupt.

It was Howard Clark who brought American Express out of the quagmire and developed into a very good situation.

"This time." Buffett focused on Abel:

"I'm investing in you, dear Mr. Abe Smith."

Abel shrugged.

He was a bit dismissive of Buffett's statement.

Ha. If there hadn’t been that gambling agreement, Abel would have almost believed it!

What is investing in brand and investing in “people”?

In the end, wasn't it because of the gambling agreement?

150,

300,

500,

700.

The four-year gambling agreement requires total profits of more than US$165 billion in four years.

Just the profits from these four years.

It can already allow investors to recover one-third of their capital.

Calculated in this way, the annualized return is almost 10% higher on average.

This kind of annualized return is almost the same as Buffett's own investment in recent years.

What's more, it's such a huge investment.

The difficulty of making them generate profits is inherently much higher than small batch funds.

Abel estimates that Buffett's words are at least half true.

The other half is for the sake of the gambling agreement.

"That's right." Buffett suddenly asked with a smile:

"Just now you said that I am Smith Capital, the fourth shareholder."

"Who are the first three?"

"Me, David Mellon, and a Texan." Abel answered directly.

"Oh, Texans." Buffett understood instantly.

Look at him as if he understands.

Abel chuckled inwardly, in fact, strictly speaking, you are the first real investor.

Those two investors all took dry shares and only had dividend rights in the early stage.

It will take a long time to maintain support for Smith Capital.

Only then can it be turned into real shares.

The right to dividends will always be in Abel's hands.

So whether they can get the money or not ultimately depends on Abel.

After this incident, Berkshire Hathaway officially invested in Smith Capital

After the two leaders have determined their basic intention to cooperate.

In the follow-up, relevant personnel from the two companies will naturally conduct more detailed negotiations and study the contract.

Naturally, professional accountants, actuaries and lawyers are involved in this kind of matter.

Among the top ten private companies in the United States, PricewaterhouseCoopers and other companies account for three to four.

That's what they do.

The two of them chatted for a while.

Soon after, Warren Buffett left.

The stock god will continue to inspect the company.

Unlike Abel, Buffett is thinking about investing in a company.

The old guy will actively research the company, attend the company's shareholders' meeting, and conduct on-site inspections of the company.

It's like playing a game.

Some players carefully search for strategies, study clearance videos, and finally pass the level with great pains.

Some players can enter "greedisgood 9999999999" from the beginning.

The next step is to just buy, buy, buy, build, build, build. If the strength is enough, the next wave will be flat.

What can be cheated, and what cannot be cheated.

The gameplay is naturally different.

After sending Buffett away, the protagonist did not leave San Francisco.

Since you are here, of course you should go and check out some of his companies here.

For example, at the request of his largest shareholder, Google also moved to Palo Alto.