America's Road to Wealth

Monica Bellucci was in a drowsy state. Half asleep and half awake, she had a hazy dream.

In the dream, her husband confronted her and asked her why she was unfaithful.

She argued that it was all for work and that she did it for the family.

She said in her dream that only by working hard can she bring better income to her family and achieve a better life.

In the dream, her husband scolded her.

Said she wasn't at all, because if it was just work.

Then why was she so involved and proactive in the process?

Monica Bellucci continued to argue that that was not what she wanted to take the initiative.

It was when I got to the back that I couldn't help myself and gradually took the initiative.

This is a normal physiological reaction and no one can control it!

Just when she was hazy, having a big fight with her husband in her dream.

She gradually woke up from her drowsiness.

She heard someone beside her yelling and wailing feebly, "God...count me in, the fourth one! Are you a monster? Aren't you tired at all!?"

The music outside is very loud, but isn't the door closed?

Monica Bellucci remembers that the room was well soundproofed.

After closing the door, you can't hear any music outside.

Maybe the door was opened?

Monica, a little confused, thought so.

Suddenly, she felt her body bounced up by Simmons.

Something hit her side so hard that gravity bounced her up.

With such a big movement, Monica finally regained some consciousness.

She opened her eyes hazily and saw Abel standing in front of her.

But beside Simmons, there was someone thrown away. No, not one. Including her, there were already three.

The one closest to her is British actress Kelly Brook, who recently starred with her in a movie in the "Eurostar" project.

The two played sisters in the movie, which made their relationship in real life very good.

Like this time, come to Strawberry Hill Villa and attend this party.

At first, Kelly Brook refused.

She is still young, somewhat aloof, and somewhat reserved.

When asking Monica for her opinion.

Monica told her as a person who had been through it and gave her advice.

"If you still want to stay in this industry. If you want to go better and further in the profession of acting, then I suggest you that sometimes this kind of thing is unavoidable. You know what I mean."

I listened to my good "sister".

Kelly Brook then accepted Penelope’s call.

She appears here with Monica Bellucci and many other women.

Now, the Italian national treasure goddess is still a little unclear.

She saw Kelly Brook falling next to her.

Before Monica could react, she subconsciously whispered: "Kelly. Why are you here?"

Kelly didn't have time to reply to Monica, she was sulking at this time.

When Abel was free, he spread his hands to show that he had nothing to say.

Monica seemed to understand something. She kicked back and tried to stand up twice, but her strength was very weak.

This made her know that she was powerless to resist.

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The next day, Abel woke up and saw the messy scene in the party hall at Strawberry Hill Villa last night.

He shrugged and looked with satisfaction at the battlefield where he fought all night last night.

Turn around and leave here, going to the glass restaurant on the east side of Strawberry Villa.

The restaurant was sunny, and the table covered with white tablecloth was already filled with a sumptuous breakfast.

It was a gourmet meal carefully cooked for him by his team of chefs using the freshest ingredients sent from all over the world.

In terms of personal enjoyment, Abel was never stingy, but was particularly willing to spend money.

He has several chef teams, including three top chefs who follow him everywhere.

A master of Chinese cuisine, a master of Italian cuisine, and a top-notch barbecue and steak chef.

They changed their ways so that Abel could enjoy any delicious food he wanted even when he was away from home.

Like now.

Abel sat down and enjoyed it slowly by himself.

Before he could take a few bites, he saw Monica Bellucci, wearing a baggy T-shirt and bare feet, walking in with some resentment on her mature, feminine face.

Seeing her appearance, Abel couldn't help but raise his eyebrows.

Very few women could get up so early the next day and appear next to him.

But then he thought about it, although Monica Bellucci was the most popular last night.

But after all, they have strength in numbers.

It's understandable that Monica Bellucci can get up so early.

Monica Bellucci came to Abel with some resentment:

"You...you are going a little too far! Mr. Smith."

She speaks English very well, very fluently, and has obviously studied it.

But Abel still liked her last night. When he couldn't help himself, he spoke her native language, shouting Italian with a slight accent from Perugia.

Abel couldn't understand it, but he liked it all the same.

"Hi!" Abel waved, pointed to the breakfast on the table and said: "Dear Monica, don't you have some? I dare say you are so hungry that you can eat a cow. What did you do last night? None of them were eaten.”

Monica Bellucci looked at Abel's sunny smile and heard his gentle words, and she couldn't believe that this was the monster who didn't stop for a moment last night.

More importantly, Anna Wintour's praise is not actually bragging.

Many times, Abel's smile combined with his appearance is indeed very easy to attract the opposite sex.

In addition, the sunlight in the glass room restaurant was just right at this time, which made him feel like the hero in the movie.

Monica Bellucci is not young and knows what is enough.

She took a breath, hesitated for a moment, and then sat next to him.

The distance was so close that Abel could smell the fragrance of Hermès Orange Fountain Shower Gel on her body.

Obviously, before coming over, after waking up.

Monica bathed herself, without perfume, but still made her body smell good.

"Chinese food? French food? Italian food? Or barbecue. What do you want to eat? If we don't have it here, you can ask my chef to cook it for you."

Listen to his gentle words.

Monica glanced at the white tablecloth in front of her, which was filled with a dazzling array of delicacies.

The Italian national treasure goddess cursed in her heart: [Damnable plutocrat capitalist! 】

A breakfast is so luxurious, so much food, aren't you afraid of wasting it?

But she stayed close and chose what she liked to eat, enjoying it slowly and elegantly.

After taking a few bites, she heard him say:

"I have asked whether Smith Media and Vivendi Group will jointly fund a documentary-like film."

"This movie will invite Anna Wintour, Karl Lagerfeld, Alexander McQueen and others to co-star, focusing on fashion style."

"This is a dual-heroine movie that will use a large number of actresses. It will be shot in Hollywood and shot in Europe and the United States."

"The investment is huge, with a publicity budget of up to 40 million US dollars. We have cooperated with many top luxury goods companies."

"I made a suggestion and suggested that you and Sophie Marceau should play the two heroines in it."

Monica Bellucci, who was holding a fine macaron from the Ladurée store and was about to put it into her mouth, was startled. She listened to his speech carefully.

"What is this? Is it ticket fare?"

After listening to it, after a few seconds, she couldn't help but ask in a low voice.

"Whatever you think." Abel shrugged:

"The supporting actresses will be selected from last night's selections."

"Sophie Marceau and I will play the heroines, but...what about Penelope?" Monica Bellucci said.

So many people share in it.

This pimp can't be left out in the cold, right?

"Penny is not participating in this movie. She has other movies to shoot and is not available at all."

Damn pimp, obviously what she did last night brought her huge benefits!

But this guy is indeed like the legend, "clearly marked price", never cheating girls.

Monica had no doubts.

Knowing the nature of the party.

As a married woman, she came to participate because this was all she wanted.

Now that I have these, the other party has no intention of entangled.

She should be happy as she already has a family.

But for some reason, Monica Bellucci felt slightly disappointed.

Because it seemed that even though Abel showed a fascination with her last night, he was very indifferent now.

She was keenly aware of her uncomfortable emotions.

And the explanation she gave herself was——

[I'm jealous of that Spanish woman. We all paid the same amount, but she got more than us. That's right, that's all...]

Monica continued to eat, but Monica didn't say anything else during the meal.

She was afraid that if she opened her mouth, her relatively stable family might have problems.

Half an hour later, Italy's national treasure goddess, a strong contender for the honor of the globe flower.

Monica was a little surprised and her beautiful and bright eyes, like black gems, widened in surprise.

Because in front of her and Abel, there was a large amount of delicious food for at least four or five people. She thought it would be wasted food by the hateful capitalists.

Except for her own share, all was killed and eaten by Abel.

The stomach capacity is also too good, and the food intake is too exaggerated.

Looking at Abel's back after eating, he smiled at himself and then left.

Monica thought: No wonder she has such good physical strength.

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…

Occasionally it’s twenty-five against one, or like last night, sixteen against one.

For Abel, this was just a pastime, an entertainment that made him happy.

Really engage him and give him a sense of security

Or various business practices that add to their own "throne".

Strawberry Hill is about six miles straight from London's Financial Street.

The drive by car is almost 10 miles, and there are traffic jams.

So when Abel arrived at Forey Building, which is the British headquarters of Smith Financial Group.

It was already around 10 am.

In the trading room.

"how's it going?"

Abel asked with a smile at Jace who came up to him while walking towards the LCD glass TV wall.

Without Abel asking carefully, Mr. CEO also knew what the boss was asking.

"The share price is now £15.50, up 21% from yesterday's close. It's very clear that there are a lot of investors betting that you will buy ITV UK. We even found a lot of institutional investors in it. There's even Santander , Lloyds Bank, Barclays and other companies’ investment arms participated.”

"Haha..." Abel laughed.

It seems that the market is still very optimistic about British ITV.

And they are right.

Abel also really wants to annex ITV and turn it into a subsidiary of Smith Media in the UK.

But since they were so optimistic, Abel wouldn't mind playing banker and playing rat barn a few more times.

"Then there's nothing more to say. Let's see how optimistic they are about ITV UK, and see if they are investors or just speculators."

Hearing what his boss said, Jess understood that what he did yesterday could be done again today.

Although this is not very clever, it is also a bit dangerous.

But the benefits are considerable.

Profits of hundreds of millions of pounds a day.

If it weren't for the fear of the regulatory authorities getting angry, Jess would be willing to do it every day.

"As you wish, our Majesty..." Jace said with a smile.

Smith Financial's "dross" corporate culture is not at all acclimatized in the UK.

It is easier to accept this culture here than in the United States.

There are even living royal families.

Ever since, the scene that was played on ITV in the UK yesterday reappeared today.

Big shorts took action, and ITV stock was sold in large quantities.

Within an hour and a half, by the time the market closed in the morning, the highest price of British ITV shares had reached 15.6 pounds per share.

It was suppressed again to around 11 pounds.

Yesterday afternoon and this morning, those leek-level investors, or speculators, who bought British ITV shares were stunned.

Because this means that from yesterday afternoon to now, each of them has lost at least 30% of their capital on average.

It fell too hard!

At this time, some investors finally realized that this was a very abominable way of laundering chips by Gouzhuang!

I'm playing Mouse Barn, and I'm dealing with the banker's plate.

With such bad behavior, is the British Financial Services Authority (FSA) blind?

Are other regulatory authorities blind?

This market sentiment is reflected in the media.

There was a lot of criticism of Abe Smith and ITV stock in the newspapers and news interviews during the midday and afternoon hours.

Immediately after the market opened in the afternoon, the stock price of British ITV began to break away from the decline in the morning and began to rise.

Almost the same script as yesterday.

This adds to the growing skepticism and criticism of Smith Financial (UK) and ITV shares.

Even at night.

The UK Financial Services Authority (FSA) had to step up.

Said that they have investigated all transaction records of Smith Financial Group (UK) for half a year this afternoon.

FAS said.

The investigation results showed that Smith Financial was not involved in market manipulation of British ITV stocks.

All trading activities of Smith Financial related to ITV are in full compliance with relevant British regulatory regulations, and there are no violations.

But given ITV UK's stock, these two days have been very fishy indeed.

Therefore, the FSA decided to suspend the trading of British ITV stocks for three days to prevent market makers from continuing to manipulate the market and avoid losses to investors.

At the same time, at the end of the notice, the FSA once again solemnly stated: Investments are risky and you need to be cautious.

The British ITV stock incident, which caused quite a stir, has been temporarily paused by the regulatory authorities.

A large number of investors were dissatisfied with this result.

If Smith Financial didn't mess up, then who was running the rat warehouse?

But just like what the FSA said, Smith Financial did not violate any regulations at all.

At least on the surface, Smith Financial is not messing around.

In addition to scolding Smith, investors have no other way to punish him.

And many people don't know this night.

The FSA, the head of the UK Financial Services Authority.

Howard Davies, who is also chairman of Royal Bank of Scotland.

He appeared at London's Barbecoa restaurant, accompanied by William Bute, son of the Marquess of Bute.

Barbecoa restaurant is located next to St. Paul's Cathedral, a famous landmark building in London. Through the bright and historic windows, you can see the cathedral.

The restaurant specializes in freshly grilled, tender and juicy steaks, paired with mellow red wine from France.

Many diners agree that this is the perfect gastronomic combination in London.

"Cheers!"

A cheering chorus sounded from a corner of the restaurant.

It can be found that except for this table, there are no other customers in Barbecoa.

Apparently, Barbecoa is booked tonight.

On the wine table, Abel had a crystal glass filled with red wine.

With Howard Davis, Fat William's wine glasses met.

"Ah, Manchester United's derby against Manchester City today, I have to say it was so exciting! With a score of 3-1, I think the Red Devils will definitely win the Three Lions Cup this year!!"

Howard, who is thin and has a rosy face, is holding a red wine glass and talking happily.

The Three Lions Cup is generally what the British call the Premier League championship trophy.

Because the design of the Premier League trophy is based on the traditional "Three Lions" coat of arms of English football, which has a gold crown and three lions.

"Who can say otherwise? Haha, Beckham plus Ronaldo and Ruud van Nistelrooy, no one can beat such a team!"

William Boot also said with a smile.

What the two were talking about was a city derby between Manchester United and Manchester City.

The result of the game was Manchester United beating Manchester City 3-1.

And William is talking about the three giants of the current Manchester United team.

Among them, Beckham is a superstar raised by Manchester United.

Ruud van Nistelrooy was acquired from PSV Eindhoven by Ferguson for a transfer fee of 19 million pounds in April last year.

None of this has anything to do with Abel.

At that time, Abel had not yet taken charge of Manchester United.

Only Ronaldo, who already has the title of alien, was bought from Inter Milan by Ferguson for 32 million euros at the beginning of this year.

At this time, the alien has not yet started his show of tricks in the 2002 World Cup.

Coupled with Ferguson's skill, the current Manchester United team is blessed by the world's richest man, which is extremely attractive to players.

Therefore, Manchester United bought him for more than 10 million euros cheaper than when Real Madrid bought him a few months later.

The three football giants at their peak showed terrifying power under Ferguson.

In the Premier League, he contributed very beautiful games and jaw-dropping scores.

For this reason, Manchester United fans are happy.

According to surveys, the greater Manchester area is now also the place with the best impression of Abel Smith in the UK.

There are even Manchester United fans who call Abel the "King of Manchester United".

After Abel acquired Manchester United, not only did Manchester United's performance explode, but the entire team, including the general manager, head coach Ferguson and the main players, all praised Abel.

Who said that Manchester United now spends as much as the team can make. Whether it's player wages or other employees' wages, they are much higher than those of other teams.

What's wrong with such a good boss, so much praise?

Facing the two people in front of them, they acted as if they were real fans of the Red Devils.

Abel smiled and said nothing.

He has no doubt that if it were Abramovich or other team owners sitting here now.

The targets of praise for these two people in front of them will definitely become other teams.

But the sedan chair was carried by everyone, not to mention that Howard Davis was extra special this time.

Abel then smiled and raised his glass again, "Cheers to the Red Devils, cheers to football!"

Howard and William looked at him, and they smiled and toasted again.

It was as if they were actually celebrating when their favorite team won.

Not because of their private managed funds in Smith Financial, which made huge profits on a single investment.

It’s all about football, isn’t it?