America's Road to Wealth

Early March 2002.

New York, Fifth Avenue in Manhattan.

A convoy of seven black Cadillac cars advanced slowly on the road.

If anyone is interested at this time.

If you look closely, you can see that the black Cadillac car in the middle of the motorcade has its rear compartment rising and falling slightly.

One up and one down, one sitting and one down, very rhythmic.

Even the latest electromagnetic suspension technology is used to ensure the stability of the vehicle.

But when in the carriage, the Abel electric "motor" started to move crazily.

Even the most advanced vehicle suspension technology cannot guarantee that it will not be affected by such a strong impact.

This slightly undulating state.

The taxi fleet came out of the building at 1 Central Park South and it never stopped.

Until about half an hour or so.

When the motorcade stopped at the Smith Tower in the center of Lower Manhattan.

This shaking finally came to an end.

The bodyguards in other vehicles came down and gathered around the car, waiting for the owner of the car to get off.

The raised partition completely enclosed and silenced the rear compartment of the Cadillac Monster.

Abel was wearing his tie with a relaxed look on his face.

Next to him was Miss Amanda Hurst, who was busily adjusting her ol' skirt.

"There's no need to be in such a hurry. Take your time, there are still 25 minutes until your work time. You can sort it out and get off the car without any problem."

Abel looked at the vanity mirror in the carriage and saw no lipstick marks on his face in the mirror. Abel smiled and said to Amanda, who was wearing a bra.

"Hey, little girl. You took the initiative to sit up just now. I already warned you!"

"snort--"

Abel smiled and shook his head slightly, "Just do as I say. If you mind, just pack up before getting off the car. There is still time, so I will get off first."

Without waiting for her response, Abel stepped out of the car. After the car door was closed, he said to Duoni who was guarding the car, "Wait for her in a moment."

The female bodyguard captain nodded silently and stayed by the car, while Abel glanced at the car behind him, and then quickly walked into Smith Tower surrounded by the four King Kong.

As soon as he entered, Lydia Hester opened the door of the car waiting behind the Cadillac Monster and got out.

The young lady of the Hearst family, with some pink cheeks, walked to the window of the Cadillac Monster.

She knocked on the car window.

Dong Dong——

"what……"

After being electronically synthesized and transmitted through wireless devices, Amanda's voice sounded from an inconspicuous little speaker next to the car window.

This is one of the modification facilities for this Cadillac monster.

The Cadillac Monster's powerful sound insulation and three-proof capabilities prevent people outside the car from hearing what's going on inside the car.

Likewise, there is no way to hear outside sounds from inside the car.

The purpose of this modification is to ensure safety without opening the windows and doors.

Let people in the carriage communicate with people outside.

"Are you okay yet? We have to report for work today. There are only 22 minutes left before work."

Lydia said helplessly.

"Isn't there still 22 minutes left? Wait for me for a few more minutes."

Lydia curled her lips, but could only wait helplessly.

About 5 minutes later, Lidya wanted to go in first.

The door of the Cadillac monster was finally opened.

After putting on her makeup again, the little woman walked out with her body radiant.

Lidya felt Amanda was extremely beautiful in this state.

"Finally okay? Come on, let's go in quickly." Lydia said.

Before Amanda's fall, the two of them had obtained internship positions at Smith Media through Abel.

The two will intern at Smith Television Group while continuing their studies at university.

This situation of studying while working is very common among outstanding children of the upper class in the United States.

Many times, children of the upper class in the United States can easily obtain master's and doctoral degrees from various prestigious universities, but in many cases these people rarely appear on campus.

The reason is that many of these people are studying in school while having workplace experience in various top companies.

He has a backer, a background, and enough tolerance for mistakes.

In addition, many people inside are very hardworking and diligent.

With these premises and foundations in place, and with just a little bit of talent, these second generations can perform extremely well.

At least according to media reports, on the surface, it seems that all of them are the proud ones of heaven and the elites of the world.

Amanda and Lydia are members of this group of people.

Not to mention the Hearst sisters, report to the human resources department of Smith Television Group.

Abel's side.

"Hi boss……"

"Good day, boss..."

Abel responded to their greetings with a charming smile and the two receptionists, who were not too pretty but had sweet voices, nodded.

The special elevator went directly to his personal office. When Abel stepped out of the elevator, his two female assistants were already standing outside the office door waiting for him.

"boss."

"Well, bring over the documents from this period, as well as the filtered invitations. Bloomberg will be here soon and will bring us two more cups of coffee."

Abel walked into the office where the female assistant had opened the door. He took off his windbreaker and threw it to the assistant while giving quick instructions.

"Okay boss."

Watching the backs of two female assistants who graduated from prestigious universities, worked in a large group, and were both very good-looking and good-looking, left.

Abel raised his eyebrows and shrugged. He knew very well that the collars of these two men were being pulled lower and lower, and their career lines were getting deeper and deeper.

However, appreciation is appreciation, and he will not eat grass on the side of the nest.

One Katherine Jones, the Secret Service Kathryn Hanna who is now with little Laura, is enough.

Even if he could guarantee that they were not agents, spies, or spies, Abel no longer had the patience to train two more canaries.

Besides, his women are all goddess-level, although these two have good figures and looks.

But you are not new in terms of age and experience. Don’t screw up when the time comes and cause a scandal of sexual harassment in the workplace. It will be really disgusting.

Don't think that Americans don't dare to use this method against consortium bosses.

Even guys like David Rockefeller had similar scandals and news.

He, Abel Smith, is a playboy himself, and this kind of scandal really happened, as long as it is not fake news.

Then the public must believe that it was him who took the initiative.

As the saying goes, all loyalty comes from interests.

When one day, the benefits of betrayal are greater than the benefits of loyalty, you may choose to betray without hesitation.

Half an hour later.

"Hey man, you look busy, what are you doing?"

"I'm writing a check, wait a minute."

Abel raised his head, glanced at Bloomberg who walked in, said with a smile, holding a signature pen in his hand, and quickly signed several documents.

"Cheque?"

The founder of Bloomberg was not surprised at all. He picked up a few checks that Abel had signed in front of him and looked at them.

The mayor of New York City discovered that they were all charitable donations to some charitable associations that were fighting against the autumn wind.

For example, digging a well in Africa, giving Asian children new clothes, giving Eastern European girls a new pair of red high heels, etc.

Many of the projects here are nonsense in the eyes of Chinese people.

But in the United States, where charity is just a business, they exist in such an open manner.

Don’t think that the corruption of the Cross Society only happens in China.

Society's America will only get worse.

Needless to say how far away in time or future it is, just a few years ago, a shocking scandal broke out at the United Charitable Foundation, the largest charitable foundation in the United States.

Taking a first-class flight, picking up and dropping off in a Lincoln limousine, X harassed female employees, and spent a lot of money to buy luxury homes and gifts for his lover...

A few years ago, it was revealed that William Aramoni, the CEO of the largest charitable organization in the United States, had misappropriated donations to satisfy his extravagant private life.

This major scandal is so serious that it has pushed American philanthropy into a regression.

So... the world is as dark as crows, so don’t laugh at anyone.

"How generous of you, my friend."

After counting a dozen different checks on the table, Bloomberg found that they added up to almost more than $4 million.

"When I did this in the past, I was paying protection fees. What I do now is because I was paying image maintenance fees."

Abel smiled and shook his head: "Fortunately, it's just some small money, just think of it as a hobby of mine."

"This is not small money, two to three billion US dollars a year... This hobby of yours is really expensive." Bloomberg said, shaking his head.

Abel said nothing and signed the last document.

Above is a charity fund established by the wife of one of the two senators from New York State, who is calling on Americans to build wells for black people in Africa.

He talks about Abel, but in fact, Bloomberg has not donated less of this kind of donation before.

It’s just that the amount and quantity are not on the same scale as Abel.

This kind of donation is often very necessary.

If you take good care of yourself at ordinary times, the other party's requirements will be met. When you need to use these connections, you can get help with just a phone call.

To put it bluntly, this is also a transaction.

Similar to the revolving door situation, while the transfer of benefits is carried out openly, a bright charity plaque is hung.

With this layer of skin, people who don’t know the truth see it and think that every rich man in the United States is a very generous and kind philanthropist.

In fact, if one ten thousandth of the money reaches the recipient of the donation, that means the recipient is a really good person.

Gee, how good is this?

One party benefits, the other party gets fame and help when necessary.

At the same time, this kind of behavior can also be used as the content of the United States' foreign propaganda and used as information for NGOs to brainwash the third world.

Brainwash the leeks and make them think that the wealthy entrepreneurs in the United States are all socially responsible and philanthropists.

The so-called beacon of the civilized world is washed out bit by bit in this way.

Closing the document and capping the pen, Abel looked up at Michael Bloomberg.

Bloomberg is actually not young anymore. He will be 60 years old after his birthday this year.

Fortunately, he is very rich and can enjoy the best longevity medical technology in the world, as well as a powerful personal makeup artist and image designer.

The accumulation of money makes the 60-year-old Bloomberg look young and powerful, and he has the image of a powerful mayor of New York.

"I've heard about what you did in the town hall, and I must say, well done, mate."

Abel stood up from the boss's chair and walked towards Bloomberg.

The two of them walked to the sofa in the office lounge area together.

Bloomberg shrugged, "I have to do something to show the public that I am different from other mayors."

"Haha..." Abel patted him on the shoulder, "But I heard that you turned the mayor's office into a securities company."

Last year, Bloomberg was successfully elected mayor of New York City with the slogan "I am willing to serve the public with an annual salary of $1."

It has been two months since he took office. During this time, Bloomberg has transformed the 190-year-old traditional layout of the official office in New York City into a large trading floor-type room modeled after an investment bank.

He also placed many New York technicians and managers, even bureaucrats, in it like traders at financial firms.

Through this system, the city’s fire protection, public security, sanitation and other indicators are monitored in real time.

Externally, Bloomberg claims that optimizing management also applies to urban management, and that he will carefully plan the entire New York City.

This approach once caused heated discussion in the United States.

Many people criticized him for turning the city hall into a financial company.

Fortunately, New York is the financial center of the United States and even the world.

There is a certain basis for doing this in New York.

In addition, Abel's "attack" happened just after the heated discussion started.

With big influencers standing in the way, Bloomberg’s reform of the New York City government is not a big deal.

The two sat on the sofa, and the female assistant brought coffee.

As always, Abel's coffee is Rosemont Coffee. Bloomberg doesn't have any obsession with coffee beans, he just likes to drink iced Americano.

It's the kind with ice, bitter and rich, without any sugar or milk.

Many Chinese people drink it as a traditional Chinese medicine to boost their spirits.

Judging from the caffeine content, the practice of iced American style is indeed no different from traditional Chinese medicine.

"The city council has passed it."

After sitting down, Bloomberg took a sip of coffee and said with a chuckle: "The construction union has also informed us, so it's not a big problem. The project can be approved, Mr. Funder."

"Ha--that's good news."

Abel said happily.

He has been working hard for more than a year and even bet on Bloomberg in advance to build the Hudson Yards. Now everything is ready to launch.

"Let's do what we agreed to do and form a Hudson Yards group."

Regarding the construction of the wonders, the Chinese attributes in Abel's soul were suddenly activated.

"The issue of share allocation also refers to our previous decision."

Bloomberg nodded, "No problem. Come here today. In addition to telling you this matter, there is another thing."

"Um?"

"I want to ask you what you think about governing New York, or what your requirements are."

Hearing Bloomberg's question, Abel couldn't help but raise his eyebrows.

"Mr. Mayor, this issue is your responsibility. You must know that the mayor of New York City is you, Michael Bloomberg, not me, Abel Smith."

"Don't say that to me." Bloomberg said angrily: "You know what I mean, Mr. Abel Smith."

After Bloomberg initially grasped the New York City government and took control of the work, he came over specifically to ask Abel this question.

It's not like Mr. Mayor has nothing to do.

It’s not that Bloomberg regards Abel as his own Zhuge Wuhou.

This is because Bloomberg knows that even if he is the mayor of New York.

But New York is a place where the mayor has never had the final say.

In other words, this place was never decided by the New York authorities.

If you want to be firmly in the position of Mayor of New York City, you must make a difference, or be able to make money.

That's not a simple matter.

Compared with other cities, New York, the largest city in the United States, is too crouching tiger, hidden dragon.

Regardless of others, Bloomberg knew that the guy in front of him was one of the most terrifying dragons and tigers in New York.

Even though Abel is from Texas, half of his real base is actually in New York City.

On Wall Street, Smith Capital has long been one of the six major investment banks, and the new Smith Financial is even more behemoth.

In the media industry, one of New York's strengths, Smith Media is one of the giants.

The most important thing is that while this guy is too rich, he is also too generous.

For donations like the one just mentioned, Bloomberg guessed that Abel would write at least a dozen checks a day on average!

Not to mention the rest of the United States.

Just in New York.

As far as Bloomberg knows, there are at least close to 90% of the various congressmen and powerful figures in New York. Regardless of whether they are donkeys or elephants, almost all of them have received benefits from Abel.

Various influential journalists, writers, and influential figures have also received checks from him.

If Soros is the world, he is throwing money at the media everywhere.

That Abel was just throwing money around New York.

Revolving door and charity donations, this guy plays it better than anyone.

A rock security, a 1450 network consulting company.

These two companies have thousands of employees who only receive salaries but do not work.

If you carefully check the list of these employees, you can easily find the names of the wife of the speaker of the New Jersey Assembly, the father of the Brooklyn borough president, the son of the Manhattan Assembly representative, etc. among these people.

Maintaining contact with these people costs a lot of money.

But when Abel is in need, these networks built with U.S. dollars and interests can make him invincible in New York.

Bloomberg knows that he can be elected, and 1/3 of this is due to his and the Oilers' efforts.

Half of the remaining 2/3 is due to the Xiangdang's successful business in New York in the past few years, and the other half is the guy in front of me.

For example, when the Bloomberg election was in full swing.

Although the guy in front of me is not in New York.

But a social welfare charity foundation in New York suddenly launched a donation event called "Change Your Mind".

This charitable association raised $6 million in charitable donations during last year's New York election to pay the debts of 12,000 New York City prisoners who had served their sentences but had no money to pay fines.

Before election day, the charity association allowed these prisoners to regain their right to vote.

Any New York City inmate who is registered to vote and faces a fine of less than $1,500 can receive sponsorship from the charity.

Not long after the event started, Bloomberg suddenly received 1.2 more fragrant votes in one day...

To be honest, this is a path that Bloomberg himself never envisioned.

The mayor of New York also knows that this should be the solution that Abel's think tank came up with.

So even though he got his wish and became the mayor of New York, he still had the support of the entire Oilers Group behind him.

But Bloomberg still values ​​his "friendship" with Abel as always.

Just because Bloomberg knows that in New York, "Smith" is now a big sign.

With the help of this big sign, I got into this position.

But I want to sit down well and sit down for a long time.

Smith's signature cannot be lost at any time.

Haven’t you seen that even the man in the white house still picks up this sign and waves it from time to time?

This proves that this sign is very useful in the United States today.