America's Road to Wealth

Looking at Charlize, I saw a pitiful expression.

Abel felt complicated at the moment.

Even he himself couldn't describe how he felt now.

regret? accurate? perturbed? Excited? dissatisfied? depressed? excited?

A little bit anyway.

"call"

He took a deep breath.

He realized that his reaction just now might have been a little too extreme.

"What about you?" Abel said softly. He looked at Charlize:

"Do you want to give birth? Have you ever thought that there is a high probability that we will not be able to get married. My family, my career, and my personal reasons do not support me marrying you."

Although I have already been mentally prepared for this.

Charlize's heart still trembled, and she only felt a slight pain.

Fortunately, she already knew that this was an asshole.

A bastard who has the ability to support her for the rest of her life and make her live a better life than anyone else.

Charlize said stubbornly:

"I will not get married. Ever since my mother brought me out of South Africa, I swore that I would never get married again in my life!"

Abel curled his lips.

That's nice to say.

In parallel time and space, although you got married relatively late.

But didn’t you get married in the end?

She also had three children in her life. In addition to her own biological children, she also adopted multiple children.

But he would not say such words.

He also felt that it might be Charlize at that time and her at this time.

Psychology and experience should be different.

Charlize, who now belonged to him, had just turned twenty-five after the Chinese New Year.

The one in parallel time and space who gave birth to three children in a row was already over forty.

Different experiences lead to different attitudes towards life.

Abel thought for a moment, and then he said calmly:

"You can give birth if you want. This child will also be a Smith."

"Now I give you two choices. One is to go to Australia, give birth to the baby and then come back when things calm down. The other is to stay here and give birth to the baby here."

After the sudden mental shock of having a child, Abel quickly calmed down.

He quickly made various judgments based on his emotions and reason.

In the end, he chose the decision he thought was appropriate among these judgments.

"I will set up a family trust for you after the child is born."

"This family trust will guarantee your basic living expenses every year."

"In addition, the "contract" you originally signed also needs to be changed to a new version."

"I remember that you originally signed a mid-term contract, but now it must be changed to a long-term contract, or even a permanent one."

"any questions?"

It looked like he was discussing business or career.

Charlize said it was impossible not to be sad.

She had extravagant hopes, otherwise she wouldn't have taken such a big risk.

In her imagination, there were only three possibilities: upper, middle and lower.

Of course, it was Abel who married her and got started.

This is the most unlikely, but what if?

Charlize is willing to take a chance.

, this is what Abel looks like now.

Charlize thought he would upgrade his treatment and put more restrictions on himself.

The next step is to let yourself give birth to the child, and then give yourself a sum of money to drive yourself away.

Charlize is most worried about this. She is not worried that Abel will not have children.

Because in getting along with Abel and in his daily behavior.

Charlize has long judged that this man is a guy who attaches great importance to family ties and the people around him.

Unlike other wealthy people, he attaches great importance to his family.

More South American and Asian than American.

Because people in these two regions in the world attach so much importance to their families.

Based on this judgment, Charlize determined that there was a high probability that he would give birth to the child.

This prompted Charlize to be willing to take a big risk and do something she had been thinking about for more than two months.

The choice Abel gave her now was Charlize's own choice of top, middle, and bottom.

Charlize thought.

This is already a very good choice for myself.

She did not refuse, but lowered her head and said softly:

"I choose to listen to your arrangements. I will go wherever you ask me to go."

"But I think after I give birth to the child, I can still be his mother, and I can continue acting."

At this time, Charlize looked very humble.

When he said these words, his tone was full of emotion.

There is part of her true feelings revealed here, but more of it is that she is working hard to use her acting skills.

She knew that this was what this man liked the most.

"Why"

"Of course you will be the mother of your child. No one can change that."

Charlize was ecstatic when she heard this.

The mother of a child named Smith?

Is there any better protection than this?

She was so happy.

But on the surface, she still looked a little sad.

Then Charlize heard him sigh again and say:

"As for acting, you can wait until the child turns one year old. But I will put more restrictions on you. Can you accept it?"

"Okay." Charlize was filled with joy. She basically got everything she wanted.

Except for the most extravagant one.

She was full of joy, but still looked depressed on the surface:

"I listen to you, I listen to you. As long as you don't sink me to the bottom of the ocean."

"Why"

She heard him sigh again, then came over and hugged herself.

Charlize hugged him back immediately, then laid her head on his broad shoulder and cried softly.

Soon, she noticed Abel hugging her tightly.

This made Charlize feel happy, glad that she had made the right bet!

It seems that I have firmly grasped this lifelong meal ticket!

After a while, the two separated, and Abel put his hand on her beautiful face to wipe away the tears.

"That's it. You raise the baby here first. I'll make arrangements, and you can choose later. Whether you want to stay in the United States or go abroad to raise the baby, you can."

"Yeah" Charlize responded softly.

"You should take a rest first. Sleep for a while." Abel gently laid Charlize down on the bed and covered her with a quilt.

Then he kissed her on the forehead and turned to leave.

After walking out of the room, Abel closed the door and leaned against the door to think quietly.

In front of him stood two bodyguard captains.

Edward and Dorni.

Both of them knew that their boss was in a bad mood, so they didn't dare to disturb him.

Another thing.

As the captains of the male and female bodyguards of Rock Security, the two of them also have certain responsibilities.

Edward and Tony are now looking at the boss's young and handsome face.

I saw the micro-expressions of confusion, anger, anticipation, etc.

Neither of them dared to speak, and even their own breathing was controlled and became very slight.

After a long time.

Maybe ten minutes or so.

Abel finally sighed.

He finally spoke.

"Donnie, arrange your manpower and protect Charlize."

Abel said:

"In addition, relevant teams, including pregnant women and infant-related medical teams, will also be arranged."

"Okay." Tony said quickly.

"Edward. Inform Rock Security's Special Female Protection Unit."

Abel looked at Edward:

"What happened to Charlize will never happen again. If this kind of neglect of duty happens again, then let all of them go to Alaska to grow potatoes."

"I hate anything that's not under control!"

Edward's heart tightened. It was the first time he saw such an angry and serious expression on his boss's face.

Edward said quickly:

"Okay, and I also promise that this kind of thing will never happen again!"

"That would be great. Let's go, I suddenly miss New York a little bit."

Abel closed his eyes, opened them after a few seconds, and walked forward while talking.

Edward quickly followed.

Dorni will stay and complete the boss's instructions before leaving.

March 8, 2001.

Abel finally returned to New York.

At this time, the coldest period in New York has passed.

Things are starting to recover in the Big Apple.

Just like the last time, he felt a little depressed when he returned to New York.

When Abel felt depressed, he would make more people feel depressed.

So on the second day after he returned to New York.

Smith Capital enters its fourth safe house state.

This time it was the fourth and third floors of the entire Smith Building, which were all accessible but not accessible.

The first and second floors are open and operating normally.

Therefore, the number of traders this time has increased from more than 100 last time to a total of 280.

Two hundred and eighty traders, starting from this day, before the safe house state ends.

He will not be allowed to leave halfway.

Even if they become sick midway, treatment will be provided at their posts.

Compared to the previous safe house status.

Smith Capital, which already has experience, is now more familiar with its operations.

Both the third and fourth floors are covered in electronic barriers.

Apart from physical manual transportation, all other means of contact with the outside world have been interrupted.

In addition, there are heavy restrictions on network routes and telephone routes that are subject to internal monitoring.

This is used in trading.

And when this order was issued, the selected traders were all extremely excited.

On Wall Street, the term "Smith's safe house" already exists.

On Wall Street, everyone said that if Smith Capital opened the safe house state.

Then everyone should be careful.

Because Smith Capital may start to cut off everyone’s flesh again!

This is for companies other than Smith Capital.

But for Smith Capital’s own employees, especially the selected traders.

Then this is a good thing worth celebrating.

In the trading room on the third floor.

Before the work even begins.

An old employee of Smith Capital.

He excitedly boasted loudly to the other three traders who gathered around him, who had just joined and were still in their intern period.

"Hey, guys. Do you want to know how much money we traders actually made during the last safe house state?"

What he said has also become a legend among ordinary workers on Wall Street.

It is said that traders who can enter the safe house of Smith Capital every time to work after the complete house state ends.

Every trader’s bonus is above one hundred thousand dollars.

It is said that as long as you participate in Smith's safe house three times, it is just a bonus.

It’s more than their two or three years’ salary!

Listening to the veteran’s bragging, a newcomer said flatteringly:

"Williams, how many are there? We are all curious. We are all colleagues now, so just tell us."

Looking at the hungry eyes of several people, Williams stretched out three fingers.

"Thirty thousand dollars?" The newcomer who just spoke was surprised.

Don't think that a bonus of thirty thousand dollars is small on Wall Street.

Quite the opposite.

The income of ordinary Wall Street workers is actually not that high.

Among the twenty highest-paid professions in the United States, ordinary Wall Street practitioners are not even among the top twenty.

The 20th position is for judges and magistrates, with a median annual income of about $140,000.

An ordinary Wall Street analyst or trader's starting salary is generally only about $50,000 when he first enters Wall Street.

This is the annual salary!

After 10 years, the salary reaches its peak, usually a base salary of US$100,000, plus a bonus of US$20,000 to US$30,000, for a total annual income of approximately US$120,000.

This is already a veteran-level Wall Street wage earner.

At that time, Smith Capital recruited the first part of its employees.

Most of them are Wall Street workers at this income level.

This time Smith Capital expanded to 596 employees.

There are at least 400 people who were at this level before entering the company.

In Wall Street.

Generally speaking, income grows fastest in the first five years, rising at a rate of 10% to 15% per year. If you change jobs every two years, your salary can double after five or six years.

This is the income of ordinary, outstanding Wall Street workers.

Of course.

This class is the lowest level on Wall Street, only slightly better than interns.

The real attraction of Wall Street and the bulk of income are mainly among the middle and upper classes.

Those at the middle and upper levels are basically relatively good investment managers.

For example, among the more than 20,000 "vice presidents" of Goldman Sachs, those with relatively outstanding performance.

Their annual income can reach about US$500,000-5 million.

The reason why the gap is so large is because this class no longer relies on salary to make money.

They rely on bonuses and commissions.

Above this, there are the real upper echelons of Wall Street.

It's all the management, big and small, even the president and general manager of the company.

In 2000, the top earner on Wall Street was Richard Fuld.

The Wall Street bulldog received $45 million in annual salary, bonuses and dividends at Lehman Brothers last year.

This top-level income is basically the highest among American wage earners.

During this period, the wages of top working emperors on Wall Street were comparable.

Just last year, the heads of Internet companies before Nasdaq was broken.

In fact, except for the middle and upper classes.

The income of most ordinary employees on Wall Street does not exceed $200,000 per year.

Those who can get bonuses above the average are not executives above MD (director, manager).

They are big-name traders, famous analysts or fund managers.

Their annual red envelopes easily amount to millions, tens of millions, or hundreds of millions of dollars.

And these people make up less than 2% of the total number of people on Wall Street.

In fact, ordinary employees on Wall Street.

If calculated on a unit hour basis, they don’t earn much more than people with the same expertise in other industries.

In addition, working on Wall Street is extremely stressful.

These bonuses are simply not worth the gain.

What's more, the turbulent working environment on Wall Street means that ordinary employees' bonuses are not guaranteed.

If you are unlucky, your salary may be reduced even if you encounter a financial tsunami.

In times of economic downturn, bonuses sometimes become severance packages.

Therefore, if Smith Capital can give traders a bonus of US$30,000 in a safe house state.

That's unprecedented generosity on Wall Street.

But Williams scoffed: "How can it be so low! I was the leader of a group at the time, and there were ten people in our group!"

"We are responsible for controlling 50 accounts, five for each person!"

"The bonus I got was three hundred thousand dollars! Three hundred thousand dollars! Listen, the others got one hundred and fifty thousand, one hundred and fifty thousand dollars!"

Several newcomers were dumbfounded when they heard the number Williams said.

The newcomer who kept talking stupidly asked:

"Just in a safe house state, responsible for executing the investment manager's orders, buying and selling mechanically if necessary, and then you can get so much money afterwards?"

"Yes. Just follow the orders of General Manager Mellon and buy, sell and close positions according to the numerical conditions she set." Williams said:

"Manager Mellon, on the other hand, directly obeys the command of our King! Our King Smith, he is our real brain, and we are his tools, his software in the capital market!"

After receiving confirmation from Williams, several new traders looked at each other.

Isn't this something that a freshly graduated intern with a finance major in college can do?

If you do this for a few days, you will get such a terrifying bonus?

To put it even more exaggeratedly, it would be any American with a high school diploma or above and a normal IQ.

After learning the operation for about half a month, I estimate that I can execute trading commands of this level.

There is no need for subjective initiative or one's own judgment and analysis.

It's really not difficult.

Just like that, such an exaggerated bonus?

The newcomers are all a little numb.

But at the same time, everyone was so excited that they couldn't control themselves.

Because this extremely happy thing has now fallen on them.

As long as they can complete the instructions from above, doesn't it mean that they also have the opportunity to receive such generous bonuses?

The 280 traders from Smith Capital have not officially entered the market yet.

Everyone was already excited because of the possible generous bonuses.

On the fourth floor, in Abel's office.

The walls on the left and right here are also arranged as screen walls, which are covered with LCD monitors that were just launched.

What is displayed on these LCD monitors at this time is real-time product information from multiple financial markets around the world.

David Mellon and another deputy manager of the investment department, a white man named Jason who had just been recruited, are waiting here.

Both men were very excited.

David Mellon is excited about another big move.

Jason was excited because he could see the actual operations of "The King", "Financial Moses" and "The Wolf of Wall Street" for the first time.

Abel himself stood in front of the screen wall.

If at this time, pay attention to his eyes.

You will find that his attention is mainly focused on the two precious metal futures: gold and silver.

What Abel is looking at is London Gold, which he has invested in many times.

2001 now.

London gold is currently at 235.55.

This position also represents a gold price of $235.55 per ounce.

Been in the industry for over a year.

Even without talent, Abel can now understand the market.

Now in the daily chart of London gold, it can be seen that the 20 moving average and the 0 moving average have formed a golden cross.

Moreover, the daily K-line of London Gold is oscillating in a large box of 500 points.

There are 5 moving averages, 10 moving averages and 20 moving averages intertwined inside this box!

They are entangled with each other.

The daily K-line of London gold also shuttles among these three moving averages. London gold has risen sharply and fallen sharply recently, which is related to this.

But even though he can understand it, if he is to rely on this knowledge to make transactions.

Abel felt that he would suffer miserably.

Because of this knowledge, people who can understand these K-line charts.

There may be tens to millions of people on this planet.

But among so many people, there may not even be a thousand people who can make money here.

Abel felt that he was not among these thousand people.

Fortunately, he is a talented person.

His talent told him that London Gold was brewing a wave of bull market.

London gold refers to a trading product provided by the London International Financial Futures Exchange.

It is a 99.5% pure 400-ounce gold brick stored in an underground vault in the City of London.

London gold is not a type of gold, but a method of precious metals margin trading.

Named after it originated in London, it has a history of more than 200 years in the international market. It is the most popular gold investment method on the market and is widely sought after by investors and speculators.

Because of its representativeness, London gold is basically the representative of spot gold in precious metal futures.

The gold price in this market is quoted based on international market conditions and has global liquidity.

Every day, gold is traded in trillions of dollars around the world.

The market is so huge that no consortium or institution can artificially control such a huge market.

Unless the big countries come to an end, and only those one or two big countries have such ability.

Talent told Abel that now is an opportunity to build a long position in London Gold.

It will go up a lot in the short term and then fall back down in May or June.

Normally, it would stay that way because of the weak economy.

But this year, there will be an international super black swan.

That black swan will cause global funds to have a risk aversion.

At that time, it will stimulate a super bull market in gold.

Abel's approach is very simple. What he wants to do is to make a lot of money in this wave of bull market.

Then prepare to raise funds to welcome the arrival of the big bull market!

In this small bull market, the profit is probably only about 300 points.

The key to how much money can be made depends on how many long positions Smith Capital can establish near 235.55.

Thinking of this, the king of Smith Capital directly issued an order.

Open unlimited positions before 240.00, and slowly suppress the position after 240.00.

After a week, it doesn’t matter what the market is like.

Then start closing the position before the end of the month.

Of course, he didn't say the timing of closing the position later.

When the time comes, he will naturally let David start to close the position.