America's Road to Wealth

When Kuroda Akihiko worked hard all night and stayed up until morning when he just had a rest.

Singapore is 5,300 kilometers away from Tokyo.

The bright sunshine shone into the bedroom, waking Abel up from his sleep.

He stretched out his hand to cover his sleepy eyes, yawned, and stretched out comfortably on the big Simmons.

"call--"

It has been almost a week without a woman around.

To be honest, it feels a bit lonely.

The key is that what I was holding in has overflowed several times.

If he had known earlier, he would not have let Carla go back first, but would have asked her to accompany him.

He lifted off the blanket and walked into the bathroom. After washing and rinsing, he changed into a set of white shorts and a T-shirt and went downstairs.

In the living room, Abel took a glass of warm water from David Jones, took a big sip, put it on the table, turned on the TV, picked up the newspaper on the table and opened it.

After browsing a local newspaper, Abel couldn't help but shake his head.

Singapore is so small that the local news content reported in newspapers here is almost the same as that in Hong Kong Island.

In Abel's eyes, they were all trivial matters.

As for such a small country and region, it is difficult for it to cultivate elites with a broad vision.

There are some local elites, but compared with the elites raised by big countries, they are far inferior in many aspects.

This is not the elite of these places, and it is not as good as the elites of those big countries and regions.

They are inherently limited, and this is a situation that is difficult to change.

Putting down the newspaper, Abel picked up several other English daily newspapers. These newspapers cover all international news, focusing mainly on Europe and North America.

But what Abel cares about now is more news in Asia.

He picked through it and found the news about Asia.

As expected, in these newspapers, there are many reports about Neon's recent economy, politics, and even military.

In the newspapers, it can be seen that Neon's recent economic situation is very unstable, and it is full of bullish and bearish arguments.

People who don't know may think that Neon has experienced some special period or event.

In fact, Abel knew that this was the result of the fierce confrontation between his own media power and the enemy's media power.

Many times, there are battles and confrontations within the international financial market and even the international business community.

It is often not just the industry itself that is up against it, there are also endless outside moves outside the industry.

The typical example is Huayao, which has withstood the competition from Europe and the United States head-on.

As a last resort, the Americans chose to take extra measures, and various sanctions finally killed its mobile phone business.

With the power of the world's most powerful country, doing so seems a bit unviable.

But this is the character of the Americans, or the Americans.

They are a group with particularly double standards.

I can fuck you, that's for the seed oil and boiling.

But you can't mess with me. If you mess with me, you are immoral, unfair, and disrespectful.

Abel could see that, at least according to international opinions, our country was still at a disadvantage in its confrontation with the enemy.

This is already commendable.

This is because the Oilers are basically in a neutral state and even secretly help their side.

If it were someone else to fight against this enemy, public opinion around the world would be one-sided.

Putting down a few English newspapers, Abel raised his hand and motioned to David Jones to have breakfast brought up.

Today’s breakfast is very Singaporean style kaya toast, soft-boiled eggs, coffee, and rojak.

The Southeast Asian characteristics of these breakfasts are very obvious, integrating the food characteristics of the three ethnic groups: Chinese, Malay, and Indian.

These three ethnic groups also account for more than 95% of Singapore's population.

Abel, who was used to eating big fish and meat for breakfast, thought it would be nice to have something light every now and then.

At this time, Edward walked in, "Good morning, boss."

"Good morning, sit down first and let's have something together." Abel invited with a smile.

"Thank you boss, I've already eaten."

After speaking, Edward sat down and glanced at David, who was standing elegantly next to Abel.

There was also the maid who was waiting carefully next to her, and then she made eye contact with Abel.

Abel nodded to David, and David smiled and said to the maids: "You go down first."

"Okay, sir, you can enjoy it slowly. If you need anything, please feel free to ask me."

The maids bowed slightly and spoke softly before leaving.

When the maid left and only David, Abel, and himself were left, Edward lowered his voice and said:

"Boss, we have found it. It is indeed as you said, the treasure exists, but the quantity and value are not yet known."

Abel nodded, looking at Edward's somewhat shocked expression, he smiled slightly.

I previously left Hong Kong Island and stayed in Thailand.

Abel was there, but he didn't sit around and do nothing all day long.

In Thailand, Abel asked Johnson and several other rock security staff to quietly break away from the main force.

This team left Abel and traveled from Thailand to India.

Their mission to India was to verify Abel's unclear memory.

This memory is that before Abel was reborn, he read a news article about the treasure of an Indian temple on the Internet.

The news article said that there is a Padmanabhaswamy temple in Asan, Kerala.

Most of the apparent treasures of the Padmanabhaswamy Temple were wiped out during the rule of the Mahayana Empire, which was not the son of man.

But some survived, and 6 secret rooms have not been opened.

Later, in the first secret room that was opened, the third brother discovered that the treasure inside was of astonishing value.

According to reports, there are more than 1,200 gold chains about 2.7 meters long and weighing 2.5 kilograms, 3 pure gold crowns, various gold jewelry, diamonds, antiques, gemstones weighing nearly 1 ton, and 17 kilograms of East India Company period. gold coins, 18 coins from the Napoleonic period, a baby elephant made of gold, a 3.5-foot statue of Vishnu studded with diamonds and gems, and other treasures, and these are just the treasures contained in a secret room.

There are five more places at the back. The media from Third Brother said that the total value of the contents inside may exceed 100 billion U.S. dollars.

After Abel read this report, he was amazed in his heart, but he didn't quite believe it.

The reason is simple. The third brother is famous all over the world for bragging.

If it were another country that issued such a great treasure, Abel would have believed it.

But this is the third brother’s news.

In addition, Asan's palace did not release any actual photos of the treasure until Abel was reborn, which caused a lot of controversy among people from all walks of life about the value of the treasure.

With the character of the Indians, if they were to dig out such a huge treasure, Abel felt that they would definitely want to travel around the world for people to see it.

But there was no movement at all behind, which really didn't suit the third brother's character.

So Abel felt that there might be two truths.

One is the Padmanaba Swamy Temple, which may have really unearthed so many treasures.

Just because the treasure was too valuable and too tempting, the third brother's superiors swallowed it themselves and digested it internally.

That's why there was no movement from behind.

This is completely possible in India.

In this magical country, any magical thing is possible.

Another possibility is that the Padmanaba Swamy Temple does not have so many treasures at all.

Maybe there was a small part, and then it was wildly exaggerated by the third brother's media and made a big news, just to attract people's attention and for the inexplicable self-confidence and pride of the third brother.

However, there may not be so many treasures after all.

In order to avoid blowing the whistle, the authorities of Sange chose to downplay the news about this treasure.

However, these two possibilities have nothing to do with Abel.

Based on this part of his memory, Abel selected a group of trustworthy people in the rock security and asked these people to investigate quietly.

And now, what Edward came to report was the result of the investigation by this group of people.

"Since it really exists, let's follow the plan and start preparing."

Abel said to Edward: "Secrecy is paramount. After all, India is different from other countries. It has strong independence. Do you understand what I mean?"

Edward nodded, knowing that his boss was right.

Although the third brother likes to brag, after all, such a good treasure land is there and the population is very large.

Even if most of them are "livestock", the greater the base, the greater the number of geniuses and elites.

Coupled with its strategic location and its connection with the UK.

Facing the Asan authorities, at the company level, the pressure is still great.

And this kind of thing cannot be done with too much fanfare.

We cannot allow the U.S. military to march straight into a small country like Afghanistan.

We can only do small groups of special operations slowly.

Fortunately, before the treasure was discovered, Padmanabhaswamy Temple was a place that neither father nor mother loved.

The Varma royal family, the remnant of the earth king, who is responsible for managing this place, has long-term mismanagement of the temple because it does not have much oil and water.

In parallel time and space, the treasure was discovered because the Varma royal family did not pay enough attention to the temple, causing it to be somewhat abandoned.

In the end, they were appealed and the management rights were taken back by the Asan authorities, and then they were discovered during the inventory.

"Let's use plan A first." Abel directly set the tone, "David, let Alan start the operation. And Edward, always be ready with plan B. If plan A doesn't work, start plan B."

This time it was David and Edward's turn to nod together.

After finishing talking about the temple.

"Boss, I think the security level needs to be improved. If possible, it would be best to live in the Changi base." David suddenly said softly.

Abel understood what David Jones meant.

The confrontation has begun.

Although there is a bottom line in terms of unspoken rules, sometimes the benefits are touching.

In the face of huge interests, the bottom line can be completely thrown away.

Don’t overestimate the moral values ​​of the Ansa people. Marine civilization has never attached great importance to this aspect.

If possible, Abel would even like to return to the United States now.

But didn’t this happen to me on the way out?

Until the dust settles, it's safest to stay still for the time being.

Abel shook his head, "I can't guarantee the reliability of Ellis and Benjamin. What's more, even if they are reliable, what about the other people at Changi Base? Who can guarantee that all the tens of thousands of soldiers in the base will be obedient? Unless they are reliable. There will be unrest, otherwise living in the base is not a good option.”

Seeing Abel's statement, David nodded slightly again and stopped continuing the topic.

After breakfast, Abel went to the financial safe house in the beachside manor house.

Although land is very expensive in Singapore, villas are still available.

But the price is as high as the sky.

Not much worse than the villas on the Upper West and Upper East sides of Manhattan.

Not to mention that Abel entered the safe house and continued his daily routine.

Not far from his villa.

Siloso Beach, in a temporarily closed bar.

Last night, Chen Xiuli, who had just returned from a busy life in mainland China, met Guo Feili in the bar, who had recently filmed "The Legend of Heaven and the Dragon Sword" with her in the mainland.

In the TV series, Chen Xiuli plays Zhang Wuji's maid Xiao Zhao.

Guo Feili plays Zhang Wuji’s mother Yin Susu.

The two have a good relationship on the set because they are both Singaporean actors.

However, Guo Feili's role was small and she had already finished filming and left the scene.

Unlike Chen Xiuli, filming will take place at least until June or July this year.

So in the bar, when Guo Feili saw Chen Xiuli who had rushed back, she couldn't help but show a little surprise on her face.

"Phyllis, you are here too!"

Seeing that Guo Feili was also at the scene, Chen Xiuli, who was originally a little nervous, suddenly felt relaxed and greeted her with a smile.

And Guo Feili, who already knew why she was gathered here with these people today, was not as relaxed as Chen Xiuli.

Guo Feili smiled reluctantly, "Fros, you are back from the mainland."

Singaporeans and Hong Kong Islanders have the same personality, they like to be given English names, and they like to be called by English names.

Only those with a truly close relationship will be called "Ah XX".

The relationship between Guo Feili and Chen Xiuli is not really that good. They just got along well with each other when they were filming in the Mainland because they are fellow villagers.

I used to call her Ali or something like that, but after two months of separation, I felt a bit unfamiliar, so I called her by her English name.

"Yeah. I don't know what happened. I still had to shoot, and my manager told me to come back. I had to take a week's leave and came back right away."

"Fortunately, in that drama, I didn't have too many storylines, so it was okay to take some time off." Chen Xiuli said with a bright smile.

Strictly speaking, Chen Xiuli is not an actress in Singapore

She is a Malaysian Chinese and made her debut in Malaysia. However, in this area, Singapore is a nearby entertainment center because of its developed economy.

Many artists in Malaysia will come here to develop, and the same goes for Chen Xiuli.

"By the way. Phyllis, is there a big cast? I heard that it's not just you and me, there are many people coming."

Chen Xiuli asked curiously: "I saw Lin Xiangping and Zheng Xiuzhen's managers outside, which means they are also here. Me and you, plus the two of them. What scene are you going to film?"

Lin Xiangping and Zheng Xiuzhen, together with Guo Feili and Chen Xiuli themselves, they are the most famous female stars among the younger generation of Singaporean and Malaysian Chinese stars.

During this period, among the Chinese in Singapore and Malaysia, they were almost equivalent to the four singles and doubles in the mainland.

Looking at Chen Xiuli who was still a little confused, Guo Feili smiled bitterly and said, "Floss, don't ask. You will know later."

Once you know this, you probably won't be so relaxed.

Guo Feili thought to herself.

Chen Xiuli twisted her beautiful eyebrows, feeling a little weird.

But I didn’t think much about it.

And just like Guo Feili said.

It didn't take long for Chen Xiuli to find out why they, the fourth-level skaters from Singapore, gathered here.

The Singaporean version of "Four Danshuangbing" is Guo Feili, Lin Xiangping, Chen Xiuli, Zheng Xiuzhen, Fan Wenfang and Guo Shuxian.

All six people arrived, and it was their respective agents and companies who asked them to come.

It was the bosses from the Singapore Broadcasting Authority, the Singapore Film and Publishing Department, and the Singapore Film Commission who made their company make such a decision.

Appearing with them at the same time, there are also several Miss Singapore, Miss Chinese Malaysia and other beauty pageant champions in recent years, as well as some well-known beautiful models from Singapore and Malaysia.

About a dozen people, a big leader said something, and then their respective agents and even bosses hinted at a lot of things in private.

By the time they left, it was already noon that day.

Chen Xiuli found it unbelievable and found it difficult to accept what happened in the morning.

When leaving, he deliberately got into the same car as Guo Feili.

"Sister Feili!" After a morning of contact, Chen Xiuzhen started calling her sister again.

"How is this possible? Those officials actually asked us to do such a thing? Do they regard us as the former top brothels?"

Seeing Chen Xiuli's reaction which was a little fierce, Guo Feili actually felt even worse.

Because she is a little older than Chen Xiuli, she already has a boyfriend, and recently she even talked about marriage.

Chen Xiuli was forced to do this kind of thing because she didn't have a boyfriend. Apart from her moral issues, she didn't have much pressure in other aspects.

But if Guo Feili agrees, she will be betraying her boyfriend!

"Then what do you want to do?" Guo Feili asked without answering:

"Didn't you listen to what those officials said? Are they threatening?!"

"Rotten eggs!" Chen Xiuli cursed.

In Singaporean Mandarin, "egg" is a curse word, equivalent to "holy shit".

Adding the word "stinky" means "TMD" in Singapore in the Mainland.

"It's so insulting. If pressed, I will immigrate to the mainland, or go to Hong Kong Island and Wanwan to develop!"

Guo Feili's lips twitched.

Then, then at night.

Chen Xiuli, Guo Feili, and a dozen others.

He was sent to Siloso Beach, a luxurious seaside manor villa.

After receiving half a day of maid training, they will start working as maids in the manor villa in the next few days.

Abel, who left the financial safe house, also received goodwill from Mr. Li in Singapore.

The other party claimed that since Abel was going to live in Singapore for a period of time, he had to experience the pure Singaporean style.

After understanding the so-called Singaporean style, it is a maid team composed of some Chinese, Malay and Asan beauties.

Abel refused at first because this was a sensitive period.

It is somewhat of a problem to have such a group of unknown women around him.

But Abel found out later.

These dozen beautiful maids are actually among the most famous actresses, models, and beauty pageant champions in Southeast Asia in recent years.

His refusal was not so firm.

At the same time, he also learned that these people could be free only after he left Singapore.

Otherwise, even if Abel doesn’t want it.

They can only stay in this villa for the time being.

It's just that you can't move around at will, it's like being imprisoned.

Without much hesitation, that night.

He met Xiao Zhao and Yin Susu in "The Legend of Heaven and Sword of the Dragon" and Ding Xiang in "The Lotus Lantern".