America's Road to Wealth

By the time they left Smith Capital, it was already nightfall.

In Manhattan, as long as little Laura is not around, Abel will mostly live in the super flat on the top of the Smith Tower.

There are two dedicated elevators from the area where he works in the Smith Tower to the Daping floor. One of them can only be used by himself, and the other can be used by his women and servants who serve him.

Sitting in the exclusive elevator going to the top floor, Abel looked at the colorful city neon lights flashing everywhere in Manhattan reflected on the transparent elevator glass, feeling indescribably relaxed.

He felt that his preparations were very comprehensive. In fact, even if there is no subprime mortgage crisis, he can still guarantee that he will continue to maintain this foundation and advantage at the top of the pyramid.

Compared with the foresight brought by rebirth, financial talent is his real super cheat.

To be honest, even if so many "hooks" are turned on. Abel is still very crisis-conscious. To put it bluntly, he is not safe. For him, it is inevitable to have a few layers of insurance.

Part of the reason for this is that he is a reborn person, so he feels somewhat insecure.

Therefore, in the face of the crisis that may occur in advance.

On the surface, he asked the think tank to help him plan the balance of investment assets, but in fact he was making preparations to deal with the crisis in a better state and prepare for harvesting various good assets in the crisis.

If the crisis is really brought forward, this subprime mortgage crisis will undoubtedly be an excellent opportunity for him.

Abel remembered that in the parallel time and space, this crisis made the stock prices of a large number of old Fortune 500 companies in the United States as cheap as penny stocks.

But this does not mean that these companies are not good, but that the panicked financial market has brought about unconscious selling and plummeting. The stocks of many high-quality companies are definitely the unlucky ones who have been affected by Chiyu.

Like Wells Fargo, where Keira is now the president of the East Coast region, this is actually a stable and high-quality bank.

At least now and in the next 10 years.

But Abel remembered that in its parallel time and space, the stock price fell very exaggeratedly due to the impact of the subprime mortgage crisis.

For Wells Fargo, this is actually a very wronged thing.

Because Wells Fargo has strongly conservative values, which basically reflect the traditional moral conservatism of Protestantism. The spirit of being responsible to shareholders, employees and customers. This bank not only escaped the 1990-1992 period, but also the 2007 real estate bear market crisis in parallel time and space, all thanks to their conservative and non-radical blessings.

Banks that do not use subprime mortgages and related bonds as their main source of profit actually have little problem in this crisis.

But under the panic of the market and the public, all this seems to be less important. No one cares about Wells Fargo's statement. The market is constantly falling, not to mention the banking industry in the hardest hit area of ​​subprime mortgages.

Naturally, Wells Fargo was unavoidable. At that time, bank stocks fell the most in the United States.

In addition, Abel also remembered that the stock of Coca-Cola Company fell along with the general trend. This is undoubtedly another rare good stock. Who doesn't drink Coca-Cola! ?

Then there are Wal-Mart, General Electric, McDonald's, and even many listed arms companies...all of which will usher in their lowest stock prices during the crisis.

In particular, General Electric is the most exaggerated. This was once the first super company with a market capitalization of US$500 billion in the US stock market, and the mainstay of US high-tech and industry.

At the most terrifying time in the crisis, it even fell into a penny stock...

The so-called penny stock refers to the stock of a listed company, which is not even worth a dollar and can only be priced in cents.

There are no eggs under the overturned nest. After the complete financial crisis is formed, no matter whether you are swimming in pants or not, you will be hit by the fish in the pond and suffer severely.

This is a crisis for most people, and a good opportunity to make money for some short sellers who are not afraid of death.

For Abel, this is a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity to buy a bargain.

Buffett's saying that I am crazy when others are afraid can undoubtedly be used here.

Of course, the crisis has not yet appeared, but the prototype has already emerged.

Even if the crisis will appear in advance, it is actually Abel's own personal judgment.

Abel didn't want to fight against the general situation. He felt that he still needed to wait patiently for an opportunity, an opportunity to make money and be a good person at the same time.

When the stock market falls so badly, he is the real king of the United States who can save the market with hundreds of billions of dollars in cash.

He feels that this opportunity will not be far away, and it will not exceed 2006 at the latest.

It will be at least two years earlier than in the parallel time and space.

The reason why it is so much ahead of time is actually very simple. The butterfly effect caused by his butterfly is getting bigger and bigger.

Who told him that this butterfly can be said to be unexpectedly powerful? The butterfly effect caused by a powerful butterfly is naturally more powerful.

Back on the flat floor on the top of the building, Kayla had been waiting for a long time, and she even got off work an hour early to catch up on a good night's sleep.

Otherwise, when she faced Abel, she who had stayed up for two nights in a row would definitely not look very good.

She is not an animal like Abel. She only needs to sleep for two or three hours a day to ensure a full day of vitality.

She felt that fatigue would affect her beauty and her image in Abel's mind, which was something Kayla didn't allow to happen in her heart.

After eating dinner and taking a break after having a cup of coffee, the two walked into the bathroom together.

In the luxurious large bathtub, Abel hugged Keira, one hand picked up the water and sprinkled it on her shoulder, and the other hand was dishonestly wandering in the water, Keira leaned against Abel's arms, Watching the LCD TV playing on the opposite wall.

September 11, 2002 is getting closer and closer, because it is the first year, and September 11th is the opportunity for George's government to really take power.

It can even be said to be George's power code...

Therefore, under the leadership of the White House, the anniversary of the September 11 incident this year has received the attention of all Americans.

The closer it is to that day, the more American media will get involved, pushing the grandness and importance of this day to a higher level.

In the past few days, whether it is the Internet or the TV media, there are news about how Americans commemorate and mourn the victims all over the United States.

Without the United States in this period, it would be impossible to know how much 9/11 hurt the hearts of all Americans.

The greater the damage, the greater the power and influence that George's government can wield.

George was able to jump from one of the least powerful generals in history to one of the most powerful generals in American history, thanks to this incident.

With such great benefits, it is no wonder that so many Americans have the idea of ​​conspiracy theories.

Seriously, if it weren't for that incident last year. With George's achievements in other areas, it is impossible for him to win the next re-election.

It was 9/11 that gave him power, and it was also 9/11 that gave him the most important support for brazenly launching a war.

He actually paid attention to it. Once he paid attention to it, even if the whole of the United States wanted to not pay attention to it, it would be impossible.

On 9/11, all Americans honor those who lost their lives in the disaster through moments of silence, the reading of victims' names, volunteer work, candlelight vigils, and other observances.

As the site of the disaster, the activities in Lower Manhattan and near the ruins are the top priority.

At that time, most of the media in the United States will definitely broadcast it.

It will definitely get more attention from all Americans than the activities at the White House and the Five Corners.

"Honey, it seems that it will be time for you to come forward and give a speech for the first time."

Watching the news on TV, Keira looked up at Abel, who was holding herself in her arms, and his hands were not neat at all, and gasped slightly.

"Hehe... I actually don't care. I was not in the United States at the time, and the loss was not great. But if I were to be the first to give a speech, I would naturally not refuse." The action continues.

On this anniversary, he will launch a televised speech to the entire United States in front of the remains of the Petronas Twin Towers on that morning.

This kind of thing can definitely be regarded as a beautiful job, especially for regular customers. It was a good opportunity to face all Americans with a very positive image.

Under normal circumstances, the first person to give a speech should be the Governor of the White House or the Mayor of New York, and again, the members of Manhattan.

Then these people had disputes, fought and fought, and finally made a compromise.

George won't be coming, he'll be hosting over there in Washington. Bloomberg, the mayor, changed it to the finale speech.

The first speaker who stepped forward to give a speech, representing New York and Manhattan, and appeared in front of all Americans, became Abel.

Because although Abe Smith is a Texan, in the hearts of many Americans, he has become the representative of the American dream and the ultimate embodiment of New Yorkers.

There's also his show last year, and the patriot image he's projected in the midst of a stock market crisis.

From these perspectives, he is definitely the most suitable one.

Others couldn't compete with him, and finally fell on him.

"Hehe, don't worry about this." Abel chuckled, put his hands on the edge of the bathtub, stood up from the water with a "wow", sat on the edge of the marble covered with a towel, and pointed at Kaila. He raised his eyebrows, as if to say, "You know what to do."

Keira gave Abel an angry look, stretched out her hand, then raised her head, looked at Abel and said with a smile:

"How can you not care about this? This year's first anniversary, there is a high probability that it will be recorded in the annals of history. At that time, you may be directly listed in textbooks in many places in the United States. From this perspective, you are already Great man in history.”

Abel shook his head and laughed, looked at Keira who was getting busy, and said in a hoarse voice:

"Even if I didn't have this opportunity, I'm still a great man who is destined to be included in American textbooks, so this is really not that important to me. Of course, many people just want it. Sigh... Take it easy."

half an hour later.

"call--"

Abel tidied up the white towel around his waist and walked out of the bathroom with a relaxed expression on his face.

As for Kaila's repeated coughing inside, he didn't pay much attention to it, and the two of them had already become accustomed to the fun.

Walking into the kitchen, Abel took out two white porcelain coffee cups, pressed the heating button of the coffee pot, took out the cow girl and cube sugar from the refrigerator, and leaned against the bar, waiting for the coffee, his eyes closed Slightly thinking about things.

Compared with the September 11th commemoration, which is highly valued by the regulars across the United States.

What Abel is more concerned about is naturally the layout of the possible early subprime mortgage crisis.

These layouts can be done slowly. The crisis will indeed come earlier, but it will not happen immediately.

One's own industrial system is actually more important.

According to Abel's plan, Texas is destined to be his most important base in the future.

And California will be his second base, and New York will be the financial hub where he will embody the strength of these two bases into a powerful influence.

It's a pity that the situation in California is too complicated, and my background there is too poor. He can maintain a very strong influence, but it is impossible to achieve complete control or control of the vast majority.

Unless he can completely annex the California consortium, and then carry out reform and reorganization.

But that is impossible. If he really wants to do it, not only many members of the California consortium will oppose him.

Everyone in the United States, except the Texas consortium, may unite to deal with him.

This is a bit like the combination of vertical and horizontal in the Spring and Autumn and Warring States Periods of China.

For the California consortium, the most Abel can do is to influence the Wilson family.

In contrast, the situation in Texas is much better.

Abel remembered that the comprehensive deindustrialization of the United States was carried out after the subprime mortgage crisis.

In just over 10 years, the empire has changed from being number one in the world with 11 aircraft carrier formations to a down-and-out empire with at most three aircraft carriers on duty at a time, and may lie down at any time.

Standing now in 2002, the most daring prophets in the world dare not predict that 20 years later, there will only be one shipyard in the entire United States that can perform maintenance and repair work on aircraft mothers.

Even this dock has only one berth, and it can only work on one aircraft carrier at a time, which makes it impossible to maintain it, leaving those aircraft carriers that need maintenance all rusty and incapable of even leaving the port...

Standing in the position of a vested interest in the United States, Abel does not want this to happen.

Because that means that his influence in the world will also decline along with the influence of the United States.

But the general situation is so, even if he is the richest man in the world, even if he is the core figure of the Texas consortium, it is impossible to prevent the decline of the empire.

He didn't want to stop it either.

That being the case, he was left with only one idea.

That is, in the process of the empire's comprehensive transformation from real to virtual, all those useful industries, technology and other industries will be brought to its own basic market, Texas or go.

At the same time, rely on the strong folk atmosphere in Texas to maintain the upward momentum of the Lone Star State.

When the empire was depraved and faced the challenge of the rising East University.

Abel hoped that Texas at that time would become the core area of ​​all remaining hard power in the United States.

When one day, the Star-Spangled Banner really shatters.

The Lone Star State can become the Lone Star Nation, stepping up to pick up the pieces. Combined with California and New York, Nirvana was reborn in the fire.

Even if it cannot become the number one in the world at that time, at least it must maintain its position as a major country in North America.

To prevent this behemoth from falling completely, causing the biggest parasite to have no place to live...

This is Abel's very long-term plan.

He never mentioned it to anyone, including the members of the Smith Intelligence Group who have been helping him carry out this goal all the time.

His subordinates all know that after completing the layout of finance and media, he seems to have no interest in the fiery Internet and high technology that the United States now attaches great importance to.

Instead, most of the money and energy are invested in energy and industry, which are already "sunset industries".

Many of his non-Texan subordinates still feel that the boss is a bit confused.

Because Abel likes to relocate all companies with factories to Texas, it is almost impossible for Texas to go to Texas.

As everyone knows, this is Abel's slow but firm plan.

He intends to evacuate the empire's high-tech and basic industries, and get all these things that would have been lost or flowed abroad to Texas.

Texas is big enough, the population is large enough, and there are a lot of old ink next to it that can be used as cheap workers to supplement.

More importantly, Texas can be controlled by him. As long as he can continue to earn financial benefits, those inside the consortium will only bow down to him.

Even if he particularly likes to engage in these "unprofitable" industries, no one will object to him.

Because most of the money invested is his own money, and his losses and gains have little to do with other people.

Ding--

There was a crisp sound.

Abel woke up from deep thinking, put the coffee cup under the coffee pot, started to press the switch, poured coffee, added sugar cubes, poured fresh milk, put them on two small trays and walked into the bedroom.

In the bedroom, Kayla, who was blowing her long blonde hair with a hair dryer and wearing only a short white suspender silk nightgown, saw Abel in the mirror, turned off the hair dryer angrily, turned around and said to Abel:

"Next time if you force it again, I will refuse to give it to you!"

Abel, who was still smiling, couldn't help but twitched the corners of his mouth, coughed lightly and said indifferently:

"Practice makes perfect for this kind of thing, and the vomiting will gradually disappear."

"Don't come here!" Keira gave Abel a blank look, turned around and picked up a bag in front of the vanity mirror, took out a white wet mask from it, opened it, covered her face, spread it flat, and walked to the side Big Simmons lay down and began to take care of his skin.

No matter how beautiful a woman is, no matter how good her natural aptitude is. If you don't pay attention to maintenance, or don't have the money to maintain it, it is impossible to keep the beauty for a long time.

In many cases, apart from being born, beautiful women are really made of money and time - the money used for maintenance, and the time used for maintenance.

Abel pursed his lips, shrugged, put a cup of coffee on the long desk, and took a cup to the desk and bookcase next to the wall, sat on the boss chair, turned on the computer, and clicked He opened his e-mail and started to continue his work as a big boss.

It is to read the briefing, and then depending on the mood, or depending on the degree of necessity, send the instructions and requirements of the big boss to the company behind these briefings.

Behind him is Keira's beautiful and infinite body, which is lying on the big Simmons and is being maintained.

And that, plus the day job and meeting Buffett.

It was just a normal day for Abel, the richest man in the world, the invisible hydra in New York.