America's Road to Wealth

Greater Los Angeles area, Santa Barbara.

Donald Bren, who was smiling all over his face at the moment, froze a little. It can be said that he is really smiling now, or not.

This very influential real estate tycoon in the real estate industry in the California area did not expect Abel to come out like this.

But even if Abel did this, he couldn't turn his face or leave right now.

He couldn't afford to offend Abel. If Abel really helped Irvine, he and his Irvine real estate company would be in great trouble.

In just a split second, Donald Bren figured out these things.

His froze expression quickly returned to normal.

"It seems that Miss Irvine and Mr. Smith from Northern California are also very interested in your paintings. I have a competitor this time."

His calm look made Abelgao look at him instead.

Being able to react so quickly, and then immediately clean up the mood, and even directly give the best feedback at the moment.

This Donald Bren, no wonder he succeeded. This kind of xinxing is not something ordinary people can have.

Abel thought so, and responded with a smile: "It is true, Ms. Joan Irvine Smith and her husband, Mr. John Smith, are very interested in my paintings. I only painted one painting, everyone I want them all. Then I have no choice but to invite you to come together and see who is more sincere."

Abel was smiling when he spoke, but the old Baron next to him felt that Abel at the moment was very much like the oil man in those stereotypes, as if "mercenary" was engraved on his face.

But Baron knew that even if it was him, he would most likely do the same.

Maximizing the benefits, this is the correct option that any outstanding or normal businessman will choose.

Seeing that Donald Bren didn't leave right away, nor did he look angry.

Barron knew that Abel was right to do so.

To Donald Brun's surprise, Joan Irvine Smith and his wife came in after a while, led by Abel's bodyguards.

Now Donald Bren has come to his senses.

That is the cousin Joan Irvine Smith, who has been in contact with Abel for a long time.

Otherwise, she wouldn't be able to do it to the extent that her husband and wife would come right away as soon as she came to the door.

And the smiling world's richest man in front of him is definitely not a good person.

Can a person who can do such a thing as having two competitors meet directly in front of him be a good person?

But Donald Bren thought it was normal.

If Abel Smith was a good person, he would definitely not be the richest man in the world now, and he would definitely not be the core figure of the Texas consortium.

In this world, good people will be respected. But good people, you will never go far on the road to power and success.

It's like Carter, the only good man among the previous U.S. presidents. He only served for one term, but later became the worst-rated one among the U.S. presidents.

At least now in 2002, Carter is the worst.

As for the maga king and rare king in the future, that's another matter.

The so-called enemies were extremely jealous when they met. As soon as Joan Irvine Smith came in, his eyes were fixed on Donald Brun.

On the contrary, the latter has completely calmed down after experiencing the shock in the early stage.

When Joan Irvine Smith and his wife came in, the old man even smiled and nodded at each other, and he was the first to say hello.

"Joan, John, good morning. I didn't expect to see you at Mr. Smith's place."

Joan was about to speak, but her husband, who ran the plantation, was already smiling and speaking first:

"Ah, there's no need for an accident. Am I right? Mr. Brun, you should have known we would meet again. Someday, and that day could be later, or it could be now."

"You're absolutely right, John. You're not wrong. Today is actually pretty good and very appropriate." Donald Bren responded quickly.

Looking at the two sides full of gunpowder, Abel smiled slightly in his heart.

The more you fight, the better. If you are harmonious, then I will be a villain in vain.

"Okay, okay, okay. Ladies and gentlemen, you don't come here to fight. I know that by now, people may not be interested in my paintings. Let's be honest and have a good time How about talking about something that everyone is really interested in?"

Abel's words made Donald Bren and Irvine calm down a little, and then they all looked at him.

In fact, if you can, whether it's Donald Bren or Joan Irvine Smith's side.

They absolutely do not want to find Abel.

Because it's definitely not a good thing for them to let people like Abel insert themselves in this kind of thing.

But neither side has a choice.

If Joan Irvine Smith doesn't do this, it can be said that she will completely lose the possibility of inheriting the family wealth, and it will even make her lose the greatest role in her current husband's family.

The consequences were dire and might even result in her being divorced by John Smith.

She had to find someone, someone with enough power to help her, even if she paid most of the benefits for it.

Besides, these benefits will only be given to Abel if they succeed. If she succeeds, she can share some of the benefits, making her life easier in the future.

If she couldn't succeed, she wouldn't have been able to obtain these benefits.

What she has now is a very important name and the help of her husband's family.

Under such circumstances, after weighing the pros and cons, she approached Abel, the raptor who crossed the river.

As for Donald Bren, he also had to come to Abel.

Because his backer Jerry Brown told him that if Abel Smith really wanted to intervene in this matter, it would really embarrass him, and it might even cause him endless disasters.

Who told Joan Irvine Smith to have the ability to make this matter out of California.

Once the lawsuit reaches the Federal Supreme Court, they will no longer have an advantage and will become very passive.

The Federal Supreme Court is now stronger than the Elephant Party. The donkey party is not only weak, but one or two donkey party chief judges may be influenced by Abel, and their position is biased towards Abel.

If the lawsuit really escalated to that level, it would be too bad for Donald Bren.

The best way is to settle Abel Smith before then, and let Abel withdraw from this dispute with satisfaction.

If Abel is willing to withdraw, the Joan Irvine Smiths will not be able to turn the tide at all.

As the current California Attorney General Jerry Brown, he can handle this lawsuit alone.

Donald Bren came to the door for this, but he didn't expect Abel to be so shameless that he directly asked Joan Irvine Smith and his wife to come to the scene.

This means a public auction, allowing both parties to bid directly in front of Abel's eyes.

Now after Abel's opening remarks, everyone knows.

Here comes the drama of this dispute.

Next, it depends on who comes up with the conditions, which makes Abel Smith more satisfied.

"20% of the shares of Irving Real Estate Company will be donated to the Smith Foundation free of charge to help Mr. Smith's benevolent charity. At the same time, many Southern Californians think that perhaps it is a good idea to let the brother of the President and the Governor lead everyone. A very good choice. I think that is enough proof of my sincerity, my dear Mr. Smith."

Donald Bren pre-empted the strike, and the old man watched Abel make a direct offer with great sincerity.

Irving Real Estate Company can be said to be the number one real estate company in California. It's in Southern California and has close to 100 million square feet or so of land.

100 million square feet, roughly equivalent to more than 9 million to tens of millions of square meters.

Most of it is high-quality land, and there are even wealthy areas such as Beverly Hills in Los Angeles, Paradise Bay in Malibu, and Maria Bay in Santa Barbara.

20% of the shares, even if there is a high probability that they will be dry shares, but the annual dividends are not a small amount.

Adding a hint from Donald Bren later would help Neal Shrub in Southern California for picks.

This assurance, Abel suspects, may even be a hint from Jerry Brown and other donkey gangsters.

The reason why the Donkey Party can make these hints is because last month, Neil Bush had secretly quit the Elephant Party in California and joined the Donkey Party...

Neil's switch to this kind of thing should have caused huge waves, causing the media to revel in a big news.

But whether it is the donkey party or the elephant party, many bigwigs at the top know what is actually going on.

During this period, when the donkey/elephant can still be a duality, everyone tacitly suppressed this news.

In addition, Abel, a media tycoon, was helping to cover up secretly.

Therefore, the fact that the leader of the Elephant Party and the younger brother of the Governor of the Elephant Party has changed from the Elephant Party to the Donkey Party is not yet well known to the public, and it is only news in the top circle.

After the elephant jumped the donkey, it was obvious whether it was to win over Neil to show favor to Abel, or to drive a wedge between the shrub and the elephant party.

The donkeys in California will most likely give Neil some benefits.

And obviously, they now want to add these benefits to the matter of Donald Bren and the Irvine family.

The current Abel is no longer the amateur when he was just reborn. He thought through the possible content of Donald Bren's words in an instant.

Abel was not very picky about this kind of free benefits. He nodded with a smile, and then looked at Joan Irvine Smith and his wife.

It was clear that the couple was still dominated by John Smith, the plantation boss.

The king of the invisible gray zone in Northern California is not much inferior to Donald Bren in terms of status.

What is worse about John Smith is that the backing behind him is not as hard as Donald Bren.

"With 49% of Irvine's shares, in many places in Northern California, the Smith family speaks as loudly as the Smith family in Texas, and many people are willing to listen. Mr. Smith, this is our condition."

John Smith looked at Abel and said.

Abel looked at the reactions of the two and the price they offered. He now deeply understands the proverb of the Chinese ancestors - "The snipe and the clam compete for the fisherman's profit".

At this moment, I am the fisherman who picks up cheap things for nothing.

It's just that the cheap price is not so easy to pick up. Whether you choose the snipe or the clam, you still have to put in some effort.

He put forward a "compromise" suggestion, "Maybe everyone can discuss it and resolve it peacefully. For example, Irvine Company and Irvine Company will hold each other's shares and re-integrate the company? I am willing to join in and integrate Irvine Company A beautiful city, built even better."

That way, I can maximize my profits. If it is done properly, Neil may be able to rise to the sky in one step, starting in California as a state member, or even a member of Congress.

thought Abel.

Of course, it is impossible to pick up cheap things for nothing as well and as smoothly as he thought.

"This is impossible, Mr. Smith. I established everything in Irvine as early as 1977. Even a few years ago, I bought out the ownership of the Irvine company. Even if Miss Joan's surname is Irvine , but Irvine has nothing to do with her, and it has nothing to do with John Smith." Donald Brun said seriously.

Joan Irvine Smith and his wife can actually accept this ending.

In this dispute, they are on the weak side.

The Smith family in Northern California is eager to go ashore. If they can get the shares of Irvine Company and become one of the major shareholders, it will be a good choice for them even if they pay some money.

But now that Donald Bren is directly opposing it, it is naturally impossible for Joan Irvine Smith to be weak.

"Mr. Smith, since James Irvine got the land to build the Irvine Farm from the Spanish and Mexicans in the 1860s, this land has always belonged to the Irvine family. Now Mr. Bren uses the despicable The means have been taken away, and I don't think we can accept that way of being dealt with."

"Hehehe... despicable means? Means are meaningless and despicable, they are only divided into useful and useless. If it comes to despicableness, I think that I, who have provided housing for millions of Californians, must still be inferior to providing housing for tens of millions of people. Mr. Smith of DAMA." Donald Bren said with a sneer.

"The government of California allows my plantation to exist, so my business is legitimate." John Smith said quite naturally:

"I have provided tens of millions of Americans and Canadians with the highest quality products. I have done more than you in saving them from the poison of inferior leaves, dear Mr. Bren."

"hehe……"

"..."

Looking at the two parties who were arguing, Abel and the old Barron next to him looked at each other.

The old man shrugged his shoulders, expressing his eye-opening. It turned out that the plantation owner thought so in his heart.

It seems that those tens of millions of Americans should really thank him...

In the end, Abel came out to smooth things over.

"It seems that everyone still can't negotiate amicably in a short period of time. If this happens, then we have to calm down for a while and think about it for a while."

He smiled and gave the order to evict the guests, telling the snipe and the clam to quarrel outside, and then talk after thinking it over.

Donald Bren bid him good-bye politely, and left quickly.

Mrs. and Mrs. Joan Irvine Smith obviously wanted to discuss with Abel for a while, but Abel declined, saying that he was very busy and we would talk about this matter later.

Joan Irvine Smith and his wife just left.

After everyone left, Old Barron said: "It seems that the benefits are not so easy to get for nothing."

"Who said it wasn't?" Abel was about to joke a little before going to see Ikana, Paris and the kids before heading out to work.

At this moment, Edward hurried in from the outside.

He came to Abel and said softly to Abel:

"Boss, just now. Donald Bren's car was attacked by gunmen about three miles away from us. Donald Bren's driver was directly killed, and Donald Bren himself was injured. He was rescued by a Santa Barbara police vehicle and has been taken to the hospital."

The smile on Abel's face cooled down after hearing the news.

He frowned, just in time to see Barron staring at him.

"Guess who?" Abel asked with a smile, seeing the surprised look of Patriarch Hilton.

"I'm not familiar with the situation in California. But in this kind of thing, generally speaking, whoever benefits the most is the most suspected." Barron said.

"It seems that I benefit the most?" Abel was uncertain.

Barron raised his eyebrows, looking like that might be what you did.

"At first, I wanted to pick up the benefits for nothing, but now it seems that it is not so easy."

Abel smiled and ordered Edward, "Let's find out, let's see how things develop later. I suspect that the old man is directing and acting on his own."

Barron also laughed. He was just teasing Abel just now.

Although Abel had a motive for this kind of thing, it was really unnecessary.

The subsequent development of things can be said to be very Hollywood.

Donald Bren was taken to the hospital and survived, but was seriously injured.

The gunman's identity was soon exposed, and he was a black man in the Outland area.

This guy with a typical black name, Lashawn, is also a member of the gang "Border Brothers" in the Outland area.

The Border Brothers are now the most powerful force in the San Francisco area. Founded in 1989, it was first formed in the Tijuana City Prison in northern Mexico, also known as the prison gang.

After being released from prison, members of the Frontier Brothers began to develop their influence, and then slowly extended to San Diego, Los Angeles, Oakland and Fresno.

As you can tell from the name, most of its members are Latino, and the number currently exceeds 10,000.

Don't think that the Greater Los Angeles area is the capital of gangsters, and the San Francisco Bay Area is also a bird.

So now it is a black member of a Latino gang who went to shoot a rich white man, and a big boss was involved in it, and there may be a super big boss behind it, which can be described as a very typical Hollywood plot.

Abel didn't need to think about the follow-up things. There was a high probability that he would pull out the influential plantation family Smith in the gangs in Northern California.

After that, I was entangled, and then I kept going to court, and I kept making trouble.

Very old-fashioned way, but not necessarily useless.

At least on the bright side, it can prevent the Irvine company from reopening the lawsuit a few years ago before the matter is completely over.

Even that night, Abel received a call from Neil Bush.

"Abe, Jerry Brown called me. He said he had a party, a party inside the California Donkey Party, and I had to go. What do you think?"

Abel wasn't really worried about the shooting.

Don't talk about it, it has nothing to do with him. Even if this matter has something to do with him, those people dare not lead the matter to his side.

If he really did it, at this stage, it's too late for those people to help him cover it up.

The new lamp beads of the American Lighthouse are still shining brightly.

The donkey party still wanted to win him over, so there was no reason to pour dirty water on him.

What's more, it's useless to splash him, and it may attract his counterattack.

People in their right minds are unwilling to do things that are not worth the candle.

He doesn't worry about his own affairs, the problem is Neil's affairs, so he really can't relax.

Abel didn't want his father-in-law to appear on the list of Epp Island in the future.

If this kind of thing really happened, it would be complicity.

Although in fact everyone is a scumbag, but this scumbag is a bit beyond Abel's ability to accept.

He didn't want his side, at least the Texas department, to have problems in this regard.

In the future, Texas is the new engine of his planned empire.

in various senses.

No need to wait for later, I took the kids and my wife out to play on the weekend, and I was very tired, so I will update it tomorrow.