America's Road to Wealth

Don’t be afraid of old tricks, as long as they are effective.

The trick Abel had already used once on Ikana was equally effective on little Laura.

A quick sketch of little Laura, in exchange for a sweet kiss from her.

Today is the weekend, little Laura doesn't have to go to school.

After finishing the running and drawing, I had breakfast.

Abel took little Laura and boarded the ship at the South Street Seaport in Manhattan.

Although this kind of weather is particularly suitable for going out to sea.

Whether it’s taking a yacht or visiting any small island, it’s great.

But Abel's Ikana ship is now filled with the aura of Ikana.

There was no way he could take little Laura up there.

He is also unwilling to borrow other people's yachts or rent them.

So taking little Laura with you is not as simple as going out to sea.

After spending about half an hour, the two arrived at Great Neck, Long Island, New York.

Great Neck is located on the north shore of Long Island and is one of the wealthiest areas in New York.

It is called Great Neck because the entire town is a peninsula with a neck-like outline, surrounded by water on three sides and with beautiful scenery.

Nine of the 25 towns with the highest average income in the United States are here.

The two of them and their personal assistants and bodyguards came here by sea.

Everyone disembarked at the deep-water dock of a seaside estate.

After getting off the boat, little Laura saw a beautiful and huge classical Western-style manor behind the deep water pier.

She was very interested and said: "Is this your house?"

Abel smiled and nodded: "Yes, let's go in and have a look."

Little Laura walked ahead happily, and Abel followed her.

Marcus, the team leader of the Secret Service who was responsible for the security of little Laura, looked at the luxurious, beautiful and dignified mansion in front of him.

Marcus couldn't help but whisper to Edward next to him:

"Hey, is this your boss's house too? It looks really big and beautiful. It must be worth tens of millions, right?"

Edward glanced at Marcus and spoke out a number concisely: "Fifty million dollars."

Marcus couldn't help but be speechless.

The leader of the Secret Service's Protective Group 7, Marcus knew he would never be able to afford a house like this.

This allowed him to officially start Abel's wealth for the first time.

Marcus couldn't help but asked softly again:

"Hey~ brother, we may see each other often in the future. Can I ask you a question?"

"Say." Edward looked much colder in front of Marcus.

It's not that Edward doesn't like Marcus.

It's not that Edward doesn't like to talk.

Usually, Edward also likes to talk in front of the other three King Kongs, as well as Abel and other bodyguards.

It was someone from the Secret Service that he was facing now.

Edward was afraid that his words might accidentally reveal his boss's secret.

After all, they are professionals.

So when Edward faces Marcus, he will appear taciturn.

"I want to ask." Marcus looked a little embarrassed and embarrassed. "Maybe this question is a little offensive. I'm really curious, brother, how much money can you make in a year under Mr. Abel Smith?"

I heard that this is the problem, and it is not a secret.

Edward thought for a while and said, "The annual salary is fixed at one million US dollars, and there are other benefits."

"One million dollars?!!!" Marcus' voice couldn't help but get a little louder, attracting the attention of several people next to him. Even Abel and little Laura in front of him turned their heads.

Marcus quickly apologized to everyone, saying that he just accidentally made a fuss.

After the embarrassment passed, Marcus whispered in disbelief: "One million dollars per year? Did I hear that right, brother?"

Edward could tell that the shock of the Secret Service team leader was real.

The bodyguard captain thought it was quite funny, but Edward looked serious:

"What's the point of lying to you? Our treatment is public in the company. Also, let me tell you, our salary is after tax."

"After tax." Marcus' voice almost got louder again, but fortunately he reacted immediately and covered his mouth with both hands to control the volume.

This made Edward feel even more funny. The bodyguard captain wanted to tease the team leader of the Secret Service.

Edward said:

"Our boss is the first VIP of the IRS, a super tax-paying citizen. Our weekly salary will go through the IRS process, and we can use it as we please."

Work for a regular company in the United States. Wages are generally paid every Friday, and very few companies pay wages every two weeks.

In the United States, there is generally no monthly salary, and it is basically an annual salary.

If there are 52 weeks in a year, that means 52 salary payments or 26 salary payments.

Adding up these amounts is the annual salary, and bonuses are calculated separately.

Seeing Edward's confident and proud look, Marcus' eyes widened.

After thinking for a while, Marcus asked quietly:

"How come your income is so high? Your income is already the highest in your company, right?"

Edward nodded: "I am the bodyguard captain, and my annual salary is indeed the highest among the bodyguards."

Oh, and the first place salary is only one million dollars a year.

Thinking of this, Marcus breathed a sigh of relief.

That’s okay. What a fart!

Marcus knew that the highest-paid person in the Secret Service did not even have half a million dollars a year.

Not even the commander-in-chief lives in the house!

The standard annual salary of a commander-in-chief is only US$400,000, which was only available after the salary increase in June 1999.

Before that, the annual salary of a U.S. commander was $200,000.

Of course, he can become the commander-in-chief.

That little salary is really nothing.

At this time, Marcus heard Edward say again:

"There is a huge gap in salary among our bodyguards. I earn the most, with an annual salary of about one million U.S. dollars. The lowest earner only earns less than $180,000 after tax."

Marcus nodded repeatedly after hearing what he said before. Marcus felt that the disparity in income was normal.

But the number that came out later made Marcus almost think he had heard it wrong.

"How much?" Marcus couldn't help but approach Edward: "Among the bodyguards you just mentioned, how much is the lowest paid?"

"One hundred and eighty thousand dollars after tax."

"One hundred and eighty thousand dollars!" Marcus suppressed the idea of ​​shouting, "Or after tax?"

Marcus's voice changed a little after this sentence.

Marcus responded with another calm nod from Edward.

At this moment, Marcus wanted to ask if Rock Security was still recruiting.

Compared to the income of a Rock Security bodyguard.

Marcus feels that the income of the USSS, the Secret Service, is pitiful.

Secret Service staff are only recruited internally.

Generally, recruitment targets are selected from the best among departments with armed capabilities such as the US military, US police, FBl and ClA.

Ability must be examined, as well as family background and political review.

This also makes USSS personnel often better.

Better personnel will of course be matched with richer internal rewards.

In the USSS, ordinary Secret Service personnel, if they can become supervisors, can earn an annual salary of $119,554 to $159,000.

The lowest paid are technical support operators, the group responsible for maintenance and repair work, which are basically not dangerous.

These people earn the lowest annual salaries, ranging from $37,720 to $59,976. Then there are the team leaders of these technical workers, whose annual salary ranges from US$51,630 to US$73,917, and the top department supervisor's annual salary ranges from US$105,211 to US$136,771.

The most common is for newly hired Secret Service field officers who have received five months of training.

They are the bodyguards of VIPs, people like Marcus. The annual salary ranges from $50,287 to $78,355, and the annual salary of managers is $107,701 to $140,008. Marcus himself is in this bracket.

His annual salary is about US$130,000, plus various field subsidies.

If you work hard a year, you can earn about 180,000 US dollars.

However, these incomes are all pre-tax income, and as a USSS team leader, you will also have to pay taxes.

The only person the IRS cannot investigate is the current commander-in-chief.

But the commander-in-chief has to leave office, and once he leaves office, the IRS can investigate again.

Fortunately, as a staff member of the special department.

Marcus has certain tax benefits. After paying the taxes, about US$130,000 to 140,000 will fall into his pocket a year.

His income is considered high in the United States.

The average monthly salary of an ordinary person in the United States is around US$2,500-3,000.

The average American earns at most more than $40,000 a year.

There are a total of 50 states in the United States, and each state has different wage levels and different consumption levels. For example, people living in New York need an annual income of US$80,000 to spend, because everything is expensive in first-tier cities.

Except for a few first-tier cities in the United States where consumption is high, consumption levels in other states are not much different.

In other states in the United States, an annual income of US$40,000 can support a family, but if there is no money left in hand, the pressure will be great if one needs to pay off the mortgage.

Marcus' income is enough for him to live well anywhere in the United States.

Before that, Marcus was very satisfied with this.

But today I heard from Edward that the lowest annual income in Rock Security is around US$180,000 after tax.

Marcus felt unbalanced.

In an instant, the USSS team leader felt that his efforts of more than 20 years were nothing.

Looking at Edward with a calm expression, Marcus couldn't help but look ahead.

At this time, little Laura and Abel had already walked near the manor's seaside swimming pool.

Marcus suddenly approached Edward, lowered his voice, and said mysteriously:

"Um, brother, good brother, Edward, good Edward. I want to ask, do you, Rock Security, still want to recruit bodyguards?"

"Uh" Edward looked at Marcus a little speechless.

After thinking about it, Edward could only remain expressionless:

"I don't know about this. But you can go to Tarrant County, Texas, our headquarters and ask."

"There's no need to go to all this trouble." Marcus said:

"You are the captain, and the boss is right there. Can't I just ask you or your boss directly?"

"Then you go ask my boss." Edward said.

Marcus said: "I want to ask too, but that would violate USSS regulations, and that would be illegal."

"Then I can only wait until you take a vacation and go to Texas to ask." Edward spread his hands:

"I don't care about these things. I'm only responsible for my boss's security."

"Okay." Marcus said angrily.

Abel didn't know it yet, but Edward boasted to Marcus.

If he had known, Abel would have just laughed it off at best.

Yes, among the bodyguards of Rock Security, the one with the lowest annual income after tax is indeed around US$180,000.

But there are only about a hundred such bodyguards in the entire rock security.

The bodyguard department of Rock Security is separate from other departments such as the PMC department.

The bodyguard department has the most lucrative income, because the bodyguard department is the elites who follow Abel and Abel's women.

The Four King Kongs, Dorni, Jane, Mary, Jinna, etc., these are the only people with this income.

Outside of the bodyguard department, the salaries of other rock security staff are not that exaggerated.

Rock Security has an internal salary and treatment classification, which are currently levels 1-12.

Level 12 earns an annual salary of one million US dollars after tax, as well as various visible and invisible benefits.

Level 1, the lowest level, has an annual salary of $35,000 after tax and appropriate benefits.

In the entire company, there is currently only one Edward at level 12.

The other three King Kongs, Duoni and others are only given level 8-10 treatment.

What Edward said to Marcus here was actually said from a high level.

But Marcus didn't know that the team leader of the Secret Service had seen the information on Rock Security.

Marcus knew this company, which had thousands of staff capable of fighting. Marcus thought that among the thousands of people, the lowest salary was 180,000 after tax.

In this way, coupled with his own income, Marcus's reaction would be so great.

In fact, Marcus’s income after tax is about US$130,000 to US$140,000.

Even in rock security, it can be ranked around level 6.

Apart from the personal bodyguards who would block guns when necessary, not many people in Rock Security could get this job.

"Huh? Why are there so many construction vehicles?"

In Marcus's depressed state, a group of people had already arrived at the manor.

In the manor, little Laura saw a lot of construction machinery and engineering vehicles, that is, excavators, loaders, bulldozers and the like.

"Because I plan to bulldoze everything nearby and build it again." Abel beside her explained with a smile.

Little Laura: "Why?"

"I bought this house. It's 18 acres for $50 million."

"I bought the house to the left of it, eight acres, for $20 million."

"I bought the house to the right of it, 25 acres, for fifty-five million dollars."

"I bought the two houses behind it. There are two houses in total, adding up to about 30 acres. Because it is cheaper because it is not close to the sea, the total is only 30 million US dollars."

"Everything you can see and can't see in front of you, a total of 81 acres, worth about $160 million."

"They are all mine now. I want to bulldoze them all and build an estate like no other on them!"

"I'm going to name it Flower of Lauren. What do you think of this name, my dear?"

The numbers in Abel's mouth had already stunned little Laura.

The "Flower of Laurent" at the back brought a smile to her young and beautiful face: "Why Flower of Laurent?"

"Don't like Lauren's Flower? Then use the name Laura's Flower?"

Little Laura laughed: "That's still the Flower of Lauren. What are you doing? There are many people here."

She screamed a little, and it turned out to be Abel hugging her.

He also leaned close to her ear, blew hot air on her earlobe, and said softly -

"In two to three years, this place will be completely completed. Then, how about holding our engagement banquet right here?"

Little Laura didn't know it was the smell of him, but the manly breath exhaled from his mouth made her intoxicated.

It was the content of his words that made my heart beat faster.

At this moment, she felt that her whole body was soft.

She gritted her teeth slightly and, ignoring the dozens of bodyguards and assistants around her, raised her head and stepped on her feet - it was a bit embarrassing because she was not tall enough to kiss her.

Fortunately, Abel leaned forward cooperatively, and the two kissed sweetly.

After a few minutes, separate.

Little Laura was panting and said with a tired smile: "I like the name Lauren Flower!"

"I like it too." Abel smiled and leaned over to peck her again.

The noble daughter of the Shrub family, her grandfather is the commander-in-chief, her uncle is the commander-in-chief, her second uncle is the governor and has hopes of becoming the commander-in-chief, her third uncle is about to become the commander-in-chief, and what if her father, at worst, can become the governor in the future?

If the conditions are right, if you throw money at her, she will still get dizzy.

The only reason for those that cannot be smashed is that there is not enough money to smash them.

Or the person who throws money is not of sufficient status.

Ever since No. 13, Royal Point Road, New York, became Elizabeth's back garden.

Abel has always had the idea of ​​buying a house on Long Island.

Originally, he wanted to just buy ready-made ones from Huangdian.

But later I felt that many of them might be dissatisfied with the ready-made luxury houses, and they might need to be renovated later.

Just like No. 1, Huangdian Thirteenth Road.

It would be better to start from scratch and buy the land and build it yourself.

As for the land on Long Island, the land that Abel could like was basically owned, or there were already houses on it.

New Starting Real Estate helped the boss look around, and finally Abel fell in love with this land near Great Neck.

The total of 81 acres of land includes a pond of about 10 acres, a hill with an altitude of more than 100 meters, a private beach stretching for more than 1 kilometer, existing tall forests, grasslands, swamps, gardens and even farmland, etc. wait.

The key is that the location is great.

It is less than 50 miles away from Manhattan in a straight line and can be reached in one hour if there is no traffic jam.

You can get there in ten minutes by helicopter.

It only takes half an hour to take a yacht cruise from the deep sea pier.

The location is excellent. The key is that after buying all the surrounding areas, the concealment and security are extremely high.

All conditions are perfect.

Abel was ruthless and spent US$155 million to buy this huge piece of land in an excellent location.

He plans to bulldoze it and rebuild it, and invite a well-known designer to help him design another residence.

The land purchase contract was negotiated not long ago and the demolition work has just begun.

Currently looking for a designer.

Today he went for a morning jog with little Laura, thinking that since he had established a relationship with the other party.

In the future, I will deepen my cooperation with the Shrub Family, so I will show my sincerity there.

So he brought little Laura here and showed little Laura their "love nest" in New York.

That's why today's scene happened.

Abel took little Laura and walked through the manor that had begun to be dismantled.

He pointed to the core of the 81-acre land behind, which is the hill a hundred meters above sea level.

"Look over there."

Abel said: "It was originally a small summer garden, and the original owner built a swimming pool and a small living room on it."

"I think it's such a waste. I think we could just bulldoze it and build the main part of the house on top of it."

Little Laura looked at the place he pointed at. Although she didn't understand civil engineering or construction, the hill looked too small.

"Build a house on top of it? It looks very small. You can't build many houses on it, right?" Little Laura said.

Abel nodded:

"It's true that we can't build many houses. But we can pile it up around it and build an artificial mountain top with it as the center. Then we can build our future home on the top of the mountain."

Little Laura felt that the amount of the project must be huge, exaggerated.

But hearing Abel talk about "our home" made her feel sweet.

"Okay." Little Laura didn't consider whether it was unrealistic or whether the project would be large or not.

She smiled and said happily: "Then it will be built on top of our home!"