America's Road to Wealth

Can Emily take on this responsibility?

Or whether she wants to, that's the question.

Abel thought about it for a long time.

He finally decided to let the headhunting company find some professionals.

Let real professionals make this a transnational and transoceanic agricultural company, and first integrate the early structure.

Even if Emily is really capable, that will happen in the future.

From Emily, Abel also thought about what he should ask little Laura to do in the future.

He thought that maybe little Laura and Emily could take care of Smith Agricultural Company's affairs together.

But these are things for the future.

Little Arya, she was born around eleven o'clock on November 21, 2001.

Abel stayed at home until the 29th.

He originally planned to leave on the 7th or 8th of next month.

After spending more than half a month with mother and daughter, he felt that he had fulfilled his duties as a father and husband.

Later, Abel plans to go to New York to deal with some things.

For example, the 2001 Elizabeth Christmas Eve show.

After finishing the big show, I will come back to Texas for Christmas.

After Christmas.l.

It was his engagement to little Laura.

Available on November 30th.

He got a call.

The call came from little Laura's great-uncle, George Bush.

George invited him to the Crawford farm.

Crawford Farm is the farm where Abel first met little Laura last year.

It was George's own private farm, and it was also the home of George's own small family.

Abel didn't know what he was asking himself to do.

But for both public and private reasons, Abel decided to go there because the little bush was calling him.

Abel himself is in Texas, and it is very convenient to go there by car or by plane.

He agreed to George's invitation, originally thinking of going by helicopter.

But George said no and asked him to wait.

About two hours later, a dark and huge helicopter appeared over the Smith Farm.

Abel knew that this was the helicopter sent by George to pick him up.

"UH-60 utility helicopter, Air Force One version."

Seeing that his boss was a little curious about the landing helicopter, Edward, the former SEAL team leader, said softly:

"Its civilian version is Sikorsky's S-70 helicopter. There are many models of this aircraft, and there are six or seven versions in our country alone. According to relevant regulations, when the commander-in-chief needs to use helicopters, he will usually choose it."

Abel nodded.

He saw that the person coming off the plane was the military attache from the White House. He is also responsible for George's security and is the captain of George's personal guard, Mixon.

At Mixon's greeting, Abel got on the helicopter version of Air Force One.

Of course, it can't be called Air Force One now.

According to relevant regulations, whichever mode of transportation George takes, that thing will become "XX No. 1".

On the helicopter.

Accompanying him are Abel's Four King Kongs, as well as two civilian helicopters that protect themselves with rocks.

The fleet, led by the helicopter version of Air Force One, quickly took off and left Smith Farm. .

After about two hours of flight.

The Crawford farm, owned by George himself, is already in sight.

It flew for another ten minutes.

From a long distance away, Abel's excellent sight had already allowed him to see George and his wife, Ms. Wales, looking over at the farm clearing.

The plane landed and stopped.

Abel came down from above and walked towards Mr. and Mrs. George with a smile.

Wait until he comes over.

George laughed, opened his hands, and hugged him.

"Congratulations, Abel. Congratulations on your baby girl. I know what it's like to be a father for the first time. When Barbara and Jenna were born, I was so happy. I ran down the hospital hallway. , shouting to everyone that I’m a dad!”

"If everyone didn't understand the joy of a new father, I might have been sent to a psychiatric hospital at that time, haha~"

George smiled happily, and the happy Abel almost thought that his first child was born to George's niece, little Laura.

On the plane just now, Abel had thought about the reason why George was looking for him.

Among them are the possibilities related to Little Laura.

Now look at George like this.

Abel thought to himself, could it be that George asked him to come here. Is it really because he gave birth to an illegitimate daughter and he wants to seek justice for little Laura?

Otherwise, why would it be such an opening statement?

He was thinking in his heart, but Abel didn't show any signs of it on his face. He smiled and nodded: "Yes. I'm about the same."

There was joy, but it was not as exaggerated as George said.

Abel, who already knew George's character, knew that this guy would sometimes speak exaggeratedly.

To be honest, Abel felt that without Herbert and the support of the military-industrial complex.

With George's ability, Abel really didn't think he could live in a white house.

In Abel's view, George's greatest advantage is that he is very approachable and easily wins the favor of others.

This makes everyone who works for him like him, but in terms of IQ and emotional intelligence, this gentleman is really average.

For example, in terms of IQ.

Not to mention his stable ability of getting C and D all year round when he was a student.

Not to mention the fact that when he was young, his IQ was measured to be 90.

In fact, if you watch more videos of his live speeches in public, you will find that George often makes many low-level mistakes that "cannot turn around".

He is also the one with more funny scenes among the American commanders.

Different from Aga's bohemian style caused by her crazy style, George's shot is obviously a bit dull...

Let’s talk about emotional intelligence. Now let’s look at the relationship and cooperation between Abel and the Shrub family.

No matter how you look at it.

This was not the right time to talk to Abel or little Arya.

Letting this matter pass like this is actually the best choice.

But when Abel came, he used this as his opening remarks.

Because Abel was thick-skinned and his emotional intelligence was gradually developed, he pretended not to hear.

If it were anyone else, he would probably feel unhappy at this time.

Fortunately, George has a wife beside him, and his wife, Ms. Wales, is a smart person.

She immediately changed the subject and said to Abel and George with a smile:

"What are you talking about? George, you asked Abel to come here to invite him to hunt together and to ask him to taste the Texas-style sausage I made!"

"Oh oh oh! Yes, yes!" George suddenly realized and said with a smile: "I was so happy to see Abel coming that I forgot."

There was no hint of hypocrisy when he said these words.

Abel could only smile next to him, wondering in his mind the purpose of the couple letting him come.

The couple invited Abel into the room, made coffee, and chatted.

The content of the chat was mainly related to Abel and little Laura. Ms. Wales led the conversation, but didn't go into much depth.

No specific arrangements for the marriage between the two were mentioned, and the content and atmosphere of the chat seemed like a family affair.

I have to say that Ms. Wales’ ability made Abel feel very comfortable while chatting.

Coupled with George's kind and easy-going temperament, it is indeed easy for the couple to make friends.

After chatting for a while, George actually suggested that he and Abel go cut down cedars and clear shrubs.

"Christmas is coming. There are too many small cedars growing on the farm. Let's cut them down and have them hauled to town to give to the townspeople. I think they must be very happy."

Abel thought that George wanted to take advantage of the opportunity to cut cedars together to talk to him about some in-depth topics.

He readily agreed.

The two of them were literally under the protective watchful eye of a group of Secret Service agents and Rock Security bodyguards.

Pick up the ax and go to the forest where trees are planted on the farm to cut wood.

What surprised Abel was that George didn't talk to him about any in-depth topics at all.

In the woods, the two were literally like loggers and farm workers, focused on cutting down trees.

Also clean up those obstructive shrubs.

Abel didn't know how many years he had not done this kind of physical work.

Not to mention his wealthy life after rebirth.

Even before he was reborn, it had been a long, long time since he had been so close to nature, or worked hard physically.

Fortunately, his physique is exaggeratedly strong, which is useful when doing exercises, and it is also useful when doing this kind of farm work.

George, who was in his fifties, was out of breath and sweating all over after chopping for a while.

Abel swung the ax so hard that it almost turned over, and he didn't even shed a few drops of sweat.

That kind of physical energy.

George was speechless beside him, and the Secret Service agents' eyes were wide-eyed.

This kind of physical strength is too exaggerated.

"You have great physical strength. Barbara and Jenna, plus the three of me combined, can't cut as fast as you alone."

George said next to him.

"The ax is broken." Abel threw the ax on the ground. The blade had been rotten by Abel's chops.

George looked back at the sun outside the woods, which was already setting in the west.

He then suggested: "Then go back. So many cedars have been cut down, which is enough for the people in the town."

The town of Crawford is a real town of a few hundred people.

Abel smiled and nodded in agreement. At this time, he had already regarded today as just coming here to play with George and relax appropriately.

The two of them walked outside the woods, and heard a pleasant call from a bird. George said it was the call of a bobwhite quail.

The two wandered among the cedar, ash, walnut, sycamore, oak, and hickory trees.

George babbled, saying that tonight’s dinner would include grilled fish, ice tea and diet Coke. The fish was caught from the lake on his farm.

Abel listened with a smile, and his mood changed from impatient at the beginning to indifferent now.

He had regarded today as a day of pure relaxation and leisure.

At most, it's just that the commander-in-chief of the United States is with him, which makes him look a little less ordinary.

Until the simple dinner was really finished.

I don’t know if someone reminded George, or if he really didn’t say it until now.

George finally told Abel the real purpose of calling him here today.

Nothing to do with little Laura.

"Those Bai Lang people, they still want you to join, or join you."

After dinner, Ms. Wales took the maid and put everything away.

Abel and George were sitting next to the small pier facing the lake. In front of them was a beautiful large lake under the setting sun.

The grilled fish we had for dinner just now was caught from this lake.

Abel also breathed a sigh of relief when he heard that George finally got down to business with him.

"What do you mean? Or what does Herbert mean?" Abel asked.

George chuckled and said:

"If it is what I want. Of course I hope you will cooperate with them. You are my relatives, and they are my biggest supporters. It is best for me if you can cooperate."

"Father means the same thing. But we all know that you are very determined and not easily shaken."

He paused here, and Abel continued: "So?"

"So I discussed it with my father, mainly after my father went to contact them. Now there is a compromise. Do you want to listen to it?"

Abel nodded.

He and Davis Brown, the representative of the Texas consortium, broke up on bad terms after the last conversation in the White House.

Abel knew that with more and more allies around him, those people would eventually be unable to bear it.

You must know that last year, the Texas Consortium was the first person to contact and inspect itself.

It is obviously the first, and it also has the advantage of being close to the water, Texas and Shrub.

What if Abel ends up completely switching to another consortium, or succeeds on his own, and has nothing to do with them.

They, who are already weak in the United States, will soon become the biggest joke within the American consortium.

Even the California Consortium behaved very friendly in their interactions with Abel.

Not to mention the Texas syndicate?

Whether it is from the perspective of face or from the perspective of economic interests.

The Texas consortium is unlikely to be willing to miss Abel.

From Abel's perspective, he never thought about completely falling out with the Texas consortium.

There are several reasons.

For example, Americans have a strong sense of region.

Like the Bush family, they actually didn't come to live in Texas until Herbert.

George wasn't even born in Texas.

So for a long time, Herbert wasn't considered a Texan.

Wait until George and his generation grow up and start to enter the stage.

They were regarded as Texans and gained local support.

Abel is a Texan, and after he became famous, this mark was something that could never be washed away.

It is estimated that he would have to grow up in his son's generation or in another state to be able to escape this imprint.

No matter what, there will be a kind of resistance from other states to his large-scale entry.

Unlike in Texas, here he can really be regarded as a lot of "countrymen", and Texans really like him.

Secondly, even if Neil succeeds in developing on the West Coast.

Texas also remains one of Shrub and Smith's prime turfs.

In this case, everyone will look down and see you later.

They are all considered local snakes in Texas, and there is a buffer of shrubs in the middle.

Whether it's from Abel's perspective or the Texas consortium's perspective.

Both believe that cooperation between the two sides is greater than confrontation.

When we were in the White House before, even if Abel said such direct rejection.

Davis Brown didn't even turn his back, he just left.

There were no subsequent hostile actions, as if the incident never happened.

That's why.

Abel is now willing to listen to George's "halfway" approach.

It's also for this reason.

"First National Bank of Dallas, First City National Bank of Houston, Republic National Bank of Dallas, and Texas Commerce Bank."

"Houston First Reinsurance Company, Dallas National Insurance Company, Dallas Commercial Insurance Company."

George slowly read out the names of the only four banks and three insurance companies in the Texas Consortium.

"The seven companies each hold 49.9% of their shares in exchange for the corresponding shares of Smith Capital and Pacific Commercial Bank at market prices."

"Wait." Abel suddenly interrupted George and looked at the owner of the white house.

"I remember that Zapata Investment Company also holds some shares in these banks and insurance companies, right?"

Zapata Investment Company is the core company of the Bush family. Little Laura did not have it before, but now she also holds 10% of the shares of this company.

According to Alex, this 10% share will be transferred to Abel after she and Abel get married.

"Yes." George responded with a smile.

"Are they so willing to give up this time?" Abel was surprised.

George shrugged, "Who's to say otherwise."

After determining this.

Abel quickly thought about the gains and losses on his side if he cooperated like this.

The Texas consortium is much more generous this time than last time.

Last time, they were only willing to take out 33% of the shares of each of the four banks, and the insurance companies were not willing to take it out.

This time I took it all out, and all of it was 49.9% of the shares.

Such a large number of shares, if we also include the small shares of the Shrub family.

Together, Smith and Shrub could completely dominate the financial core of the Texas conglomerate.

If the Texas consortium does this, it will directly hand over all their financial fields to Abel, and then use the Bush family as a buffer and fuse.

Abel didn't know why they did this.

But he speculated that it might be related to Smith Capital’s recent year-end investment reception.

A financial capital company achieved a gross profit of US$45.8 billion and a net profit of US$42.5 billion in one year.

This kind of company would be coveted by everyone.

And Abel’s dominance in the financial field.

Through his long-term and stable performance, he has declared to the top financial groups in the United States that he is not a flash in the pan.

But a dazzling star in the sky.

Among the large consortiums in the United States, the Texas consortium, which has always been the weakest financially, was originally the consortium that was most complementary to Abel.

They had the intention to attract Abel last time and wanted to make Abel their financial leader.

But Abel refused.

That time, Abel felt that their conditions were not good enough.

The Texas consortium simply got ruthless this time and handed over the entire financial field.

Abel could feel the sincerity in this.

This is almost equivalent to the Texas consortium itself handing over half of their eggs to Abel.

If Abel crushes it, the Texas Consortium will be in pain for a long, long time, not to mention being disabled.

Looking at the well-known and powerful consortiums in the world, almost all of them have banks and financial capital as their core.

Whether it's Europe, North America or Neon, all large-scale real consortiums are like this.

The ones on Hong Kong Island don't count. Those on Hong Kong Island are at best real estate capitalists, and each of them is limited to such a small place.

It has no external competitiveness at all and is nothing like a consortium.

Real consortiums attempt to monopolize internally and show their fangs externally.

This is true even for the consortiums and chaebols that are tied up in Nihong and Hanguo.

It can also be said that the financial core itself is the center of the existence of a consortium.

For example, DuPont in the consortium, when it was strong, even surpassed the two California and Texas consortiums combined in terms of military equipment.

But because DuPont lacked a strong financial core and was limited by financial and capital deficiencies, it had to rely on Morgan and Rockefeller.

The final result was that giants such as General Electric and General Dynamics, which were originally solely owned by them, were gradually infiltrated by Morgan and Rockefeller and became held by three parties.

Similarly, there is the Cleveland Consortium, which also has weak financial capital and limited strength. It has to rely on the Eastern Consortium to raise funds, especially the financial institutions of the Morgan Consortium. It has been penetrated into a mess and gradually turned into the shadow of Morgan.

In a consortium with a weak financial core.

Currently, the only country that can still maintain a strong degree of independence is Texas.

But there are already examples like Cleveland and the DuPont consortium.

Texas, which has always been the least confrontational with the Eastern Consortium, is also worried that it will follow in the footsteps of these two consortiums.

Over the years, while maintaining its military base, the Texas Consortium has also tried its best to develop its own financial capital.

The result is to make Texas the most financially powerful state in the southwestern United States.

Even so, the combined financial capital of Texas is no more than one-tenth of an island in Manhattan.

Now that a Texan like Abel has emerged, he can make a name for himself on Wall Street.

The Texas consortium did not want to be controlled by the eastern consortium, but was unable to advance on a large scale due to its weak financial core.

After hesitating for more than a year, I finally made up my mind.

He planned to take advantage of the marriage between Abel and Shrub to draw them into this alliance of local Texas snakes.