America's Road to Wealth

To be honest, Carla is not very unfamiliar with this environment.

She comes from a wealthy family, and her father Andre Bernardeau is also a French billionaire.

Even if he is paralyzed, it was only a few years ago.

When she was growing up, it happened to be the glorious era of the Beneteau family.

She is considered a new generation who has grown up enjoying family dividends.

In France, she had attended many similar banquets.

But in the banquets she has attended, the level of guests has never been as high as now.

The Consul General of the U.S. Consulate in Hong Kong helped open the door. The richest businessmen in the cosmopolitan city of Hong Kong were surrounding him. Many people who were important figures even in France greeted him with smiles on their faces.

The key is that this is not the United States yet, and it is not Abe Smith's home court.

It's like this even here. Carla can't imagine it being in the United States or at Abel's home stadium.

What will it be like when Abel appears and is received?

Just thinking about it, Carla felt that it must be very grand, and it would definitely fit in with the powerful scene she imagined.

Thinking of this, Miss Beneteau couldn't help but have a lot of thoughts. She put a smile on her face and let Abel hold her waist.

The two of them posed several intimate poses close to each other, satisfying the requests of the royal reporters.

Carla knew that just these few photos would be enough for her to sell a few more yachts in Hong Kong Island and even in Asia in the future.

The premise is that their jobs will be transferred from the United States to Asia.

is it necessary?

He looked up at the man who was taller than him.

Carla felt that compared with the performance of the regional sales director of the yacht company under the Beneteau Group, holding this man tightly seemed to be more important.

"Mr. Smith, please come this way."

With a smile on his face, Saint Gao Lesheng welcomed Abel into the center of tonight's banquet and gave him a microphone according to the procedure.

Abel let go of Carla and took the microphone handed over by the American Consul General.

"Good evening everyone, I am Abel Smith. I am very happy to come to Hong Kong Island, to this one of the most prosperous cities in Asia and a well-known metropolis in the world."

"I have been here for three days. I feel like I don't want to leave this city. In this vibrant city, I feel energetic, free and efficient."

"This city is an excellent place to live and study. After three days of understanding, I personally think that Hong Kong Island has an excellent and stable business environment, hard-working and intelligent people, a fair and reasonable tax system, Strong rule of law, efficient infrastructure, convenient transportation, beautiful natural scenery, delicious food..."

"This is great. This is a city where Eastern and Western cultures blend. It has a lifestyle that is both Chinese and Western, and you can taste food from all over the world. I like the tea restaurants on Hong Kong Island and the dim sum here."

When Abel said this, standing next to the smiling Huo Yiguan, Lao Huo's son Hao Ting whispered to his father:

"It seems that he really likes to eat. I heard that he has a team of world-famous chefs, including top chefs from the mainland... On the first day we came to Hong Kong Island, he ate dim sum in a tea restaurant. My father , maybe we can let the mainland make a breakthrough from this point. Oh, he also likes beautiful women, maybe..."

Huo Yiguan smiled, his expression unchanged, but his voice was serious: "Silence."

With a calm word, Young Master Huo, who was so powerful in Hong Kong Island, obediently shut his mouth.

However, Lao Huo became active in his heart, looking at Abel's handsome ghost face and the beautiful Carla next to him.

Lao Huo suddenly felt that his son's proposal seemed to be feasible.

He decided to talk to the leaders in the north later.

"...Xiangjiang's strategic location serves as a bridge connecting China and the world, providing international companies with many conveniences."

"For this reason, I plan to extend Smith Financial Group's business here in the near future because I like this city."

"Hong Kong has a unique charm in my heart and it will not change. I believe the future of Hong Kong Island will be better."

After saying some clichés, Abel put down the phone with a smile.

As soon as he made a small gesture to end his speech, many people immediately began to applaud vigorously.

The applause was loud for a while.

A group of big guys who were stomping around in Hong Kong and Austria and could cause an industry earthquake were all applauding crazily at this moment.

Because the speech just made by the world's richest man really gave Hong Kong a lot of face.

Almost all the content is praising Xiangjiang.

If Abel Smith's words were published in the newspapers, they would be headlines such as "The world's richest man is optimistic about Hong Kong Island", "Hong Kong Island's future is infinitely wonderful", "A city even the god of investment is optimistic about" and so on.

If these news can appear in foreign media, it is estimated that it can increase Hong Kong Island's tourism industry by several percentage points.

It may even have a certain effect on boosting the Hong Kong Island stock market and the Hong Kong Island property market.

It is really helpful to improve Hong Kong’s international reputation.

To improve these things, for the dignitaries and celebrities in the city in front of them, it is almost like putting money on their faces.

Let them make more money, make their company's market value higher, and the property under their company's name be worth more...

Returning favors in return is what everyone does.

Of course, they Xiangjiang people would not lack praise for Abel.

Not to mention not considering these.

Wouldn't it be even more beautiful if the world's richest man took notice and could cooperate with him?

The only two who are not comfortable are Andre Bona and Nathan Defuneso.

Because during the day, what the two people discussed with Abel in a good manner was not about this kind of content.

Especially Gao Lesheng, in order to persuade Abel, he was unusually tactful during the day, and he didn't know how many brain cells were consumed.

As a result, at night, they created such an occasion for Abel.

But Abel said this -

What they want Abel to say is actually to boost Hong Kong Island first and then suppress it.

How to promote first and suppress later?

According to the requirements of Gao Leshan and Nathan de Funeso, Abel should first praise all aspects of Hong Kong Island and say a good word first, which is similar to what Abel said just now.

But the difference is that you have to toss and turn again later.

Speaking of the future of Hong Kong Island, due to certain reasons, it may not develop well, so I am worried about this...

As for why it is not developing well, why are you worried?

Of course, it should be as subtle as possible, but it should be obvious and relatable, and the "difficulties" and "problems" that "suppress" the development of Hong Kong Island should be blamed on the north.

Try to keep these people away from the north as much as possible.

In this way, the work of the two of them will become easier.

But now, Abel ended his speech like this.

The "inhibition" at the back is not used at all.

Gao Lesheng opened his mouth, wanting to remind Abel, but he looked at Abel's calm face.

The consul general did not speak in the end.

This excellent diplomat knew that the world's richest man in front of him was different from ordinary American rich men.

Not to mention that the other party is the core figure of the Texas consortium.

Just the fact that the other party has a close relationship with the White House is enough to offset his intimidation to him.

What's more, even ordinary American rich people can say whatever they want as long as it does not harm the core interests of the United States.

The other party didn't want to cooperate. If Gao Lesheng knew that his good words and anger during the day were useless, there was really nothing he could do.

The Holy City of Gaole is like this, and Nathan Defuneso, who was angered by Abel not long ago, certainly doesn't dare to be nagging.

The current situation is that the heads of the two major U.S. agencies in Hong Kong, even if Abel lets them go once and demolishes them.

However, they all only smiled at each other and had no way of fighting back.

In the United States, capital or consortia often do whatever they want.

The thundering applause lasted for two or three minutes before it ended, and the banquet officially began.

"Mr. Smith, we..."

Gao Lesheng looked at Abel as if he was hesitant to speak.

This can be considered the last effort made by Mr. Consul General.

"That's your job. Not my job." Abel said indifferently:

"I just remind these two gentlemen that I have a lot of investments in China. So... you know."

Farke, forget that.

This guy is a businessman and he only cares about profit.

He has a large amount of investment in the Mainland, so of course he will most likely not offend the Mainland openly.

Gao Lesheng figured it out and smiled:

"Hahaha... I understand, okay. Mr. Smith, I understand."

Nathan de Funeso doesn't understand.

Because his boss said that Abel Smith would cooperate with their ClA to do some work.

Does he look like this now to cooperate with ClA in his work?

Now Nathan de Funeso hated Abel with a bit of hatred and was completely helpless.

The United States is responsible for external affairs and has a very large initiative. Sometimes it even dares to take action against some wealthy Americans abroad.

But Nathan De Funeso knew that the gentleman in front of him was no ordinary American rich man at all.

Not to mention the identity of the consortium, as far as Nathan Defuneso knows.

His former boss, Mr. ClA, the new director, had recently started working as a special consultant for a company called Rock Security in Texas.

The son of the current director soon joined Smith Financial Group...

Not to mention, all the old people in ClA know that there once was an American commander who served as the boss of ClA agents.

If he didn't know this, Nathan Defuneso might still be unhappy and might have some thoughts.

But Nathan, who knew all this very well, felt that even if Abel destroyed ClA's entire system on Hong Kong Island, there would most likely not be any big disturbance...

So it is with Saint de Gaulle, so it is with Nathan de Funeso.

The two most powerful figures in the United States in Hong Kong behaved like this when facing Abel.

Of course Abel can do whatever he wants here.

Nathan Defuneso didn't dare to ask for trouble anymore, and the intelligence chief didn't dare to mess with Abel, so he could only continue his work.

Gao Lesheng did the same and began to leave the reception to go to other guests.

Although the station was demolished, the effect the Consul General wanted was not achieved.

But the social interaction that should be had and the influence that should be radiated can still be continued.

As for Abel, Gao Lesheng has given up and allowed the world's richest man to play whatever he wants.

Mr. Consul General no longer cares.

As soon as Gao Lesheng left, Abel saw Huo Yiguan coming over with a group of people.

Abel smiled and stopped. Carla was beside him, looking at a group of Chinese people walking in front of him.

She had seen the short old man before, but she had not known his identity before.

I did a lot of homework during the day today.

Carla now knows that this old man is one of the most powerful people in the city of Hong Kong Island.

"Oh, Mr. Smith. Good evening, what you just said is so good. Thank you very much for your evaluation of Hong Kong Island. It makes us proud. We will definitely make the future of Hong Kong Island better!"

Huo Yiguan's opening remarks were very official, and he did not hide his identity as the representative of the north.

In fact, there is no cover-up. In fact, the whole Hong Kong Island and even the whole world knows...

Because of this status, he himself was suppressed by the British until 1997.

The suppression lasted for more than thirty years, and it was really not easy.

Abel smiled slightly and looked at the people around Huo Yiguan.

"Mr. Henry, good evening. I just felt it, so I gave this compliment. Well... why don't you introduce to me the gentlemen and ladies around you?"

These people are obviously not the wealthy people in Hong Kong, because Abel knows who Cucumber Li is.

In his sight, Cucumber Li and his gang were looking enviously from a distance.

"Allow me to introduce you."

Huo Yiguan smiled and began to introduce Abel.

"This is Mr. John Wing, general manager of Chung Kwok Bank in Hong Kong."

"This is Mr. Jordan Wang, general manager of Hong Kong Island Runhua Company."

"This is Mr. Henry Lam, general manager of Hong Kong Island Merchants Bank."

"This is Hong Kong Island..."

The positions of these people introduced by Huo Yiguan were immediately known to Abel.

The group of people in front of us should be the core force of the North in Hong Kong.

But he didn't recognize most of them, and he didn't recognize any of them who would be the future big shots.

Only when Guan Huo introduced him to the general manager of a mainland Chinese company, Abel couldn't help but look at him more.

This person's name is Ren Zhengfu, the founder and general manager of a Pengcheng communications technology company.

He brought a female companion to the banquet tonight. The female companion was very young. Official Huo Yi introduced her as Ren's daughter, whose surname was Meng...

"I've heard about you. Mr. Ren, Motorola seems to be negotiating with your company. Mr. Ren, maybe you can consider negotiating with Qualcomm? Believe me, Mr. Jacobs is very interested in your company's technology."

Abel showed far more concern for Ren and his daughter Meng than any other official in introducing the Chinese.

This put everyone's attention on Ren, who was talking to Abel.

Ren didn't expect Abel to say these words to him.

He didn't expect that the world's richest man would pay attention to a "small company" in the mainland like himself.

And people are not talking nonsense, his company is indeed in contact with Motorola.

In parallel time and space, Huayao Company developed very rapidly in the future, and even became one of the leaders of Chinese civilian technology companies.

However, at the moment, Ren and his Huayao Company are in trouble.

Let’s talk about Huayao Company first.

After entering the new century, the Internet technology concept bubble burst.

Huayao is also facing a serious crisis. It invested heavily in CDMA and missed out on the once brilliant PHS.

The person whom Ren was very optimistic about as his successor left to start a new business. He himself had two surgeries for cancer, and after his mother passed away, he suffered from depression.

Ren later recalled, "It was a nightmare for half a year, and I often cried when I woke up."

At this time, both the company and myself are in extreme trouble.

A behemoth with an annual revenue of 26.7 billion US dollars, Motorola became interested in Huayao Company and began to contact Ren.

In parallel time and space, this deal involving US$7.5 billion was ultimately unsuccessful due to changes in management personnel within Motorola.

It is estimated that if it succeeds, there is a high probability that there will be no Huayao Company in the future.

And now, it happened that Ren was suffering from depression, wanted to sell the company, and started contacting Motorola.

Like this time when I came to Hong Kong Island, Ren was actually accompanied by his daughter to relax, and at the same time he had preliminary contact with Motorola representatives from the United States.

It happened that Gao Le Sheng held such a banquet, and as a representative of outstanding companies in mainland China, Ren was also on the invitation list.

It was only by chance that I met Abel.

Facing Abel's proposal, Ren Zai hesitated and spoke softly:

"Mr. Smith, although I don't know how you knew about this. But Motorola contacted us first, and I..."

Before he could finish speaking, he was interrupted by Abel waving his hand.

"I will ask Mr. Jacobs from Qualcomm to come here to contact you. Mr. Ren, Qualcomm is more sincere than Motorola. I think Zafirovsky has never been to Hong Kong Island to find you. ?”

Having said this, Abel paused and looked at Ren.

"What's more, as far as I know, Zafirovsky's position at Motorola is not stable at all. I am even a member of Motorola's board of directors. The board of directors is optimistic about Edward Zander taking over as CEO. Zafirovsky's Not much hope.”

After hearing what Abel said, Ren felt a little shaken in his heart.

Because it is true as Abel said, Motorola just sent a deputy manager here to see him.

The president of Huayao Company, Zafirovsky, who had spoken very well to him and said he liked Huayao Company very much, didn't even come over.

What's more, Abel said that Zafirovsky will not become CEO later, but another person.

In addition, the other party was also a member of the board of directors of Motorola, so Ren believed 80% of what Abel said.

"I...Mr. Smith, I will have a good talk with Mr. Jacobs from Qualcomm."

Ren is no fool.

He knew that even if the things Abel said about Motorola were false, it actually didn't matter.

If Motorola acquires Huayao, a competitor may emerge.

Not a bad thing by any means.

If it's not a bad thing, it's a good thing. Of course, if it's a good thing, you have to agree first.

I had a chat with the editor today, and the editor asked me to quickly skip the Hong Kong Island chapter. Because what I wanted to write, the editor said I couldn’t write it all...and March was coming soon, so I couldn’t write the Hong Kong Island chapter. Fast forward, fast forward.