America's Road to Wealth

For a long time, the Morgenthau family has not been visible on the bright side of New York.

Even many ordinary people don't know the existence of this rich and powerful family on the east coast.

But as long as a person climbs to a certain position in New York, such as being worth tens of millions of dollars or something like that.

They would soon learn what the word Morgenthau meant in New York.

It almost means the judicial authority of New York!

The three Robert brothers can be said to control the judicial power of New York City and even the entire New York State from top to bottom.

Almost half of the New York-born prosecutors are students or subordinates of the three brothers.

In the New York judiciary, Morgenthau can be said to be the ceiling.

Replaced by the previous Ted, he was not eligible to receive the invitation letter from the Morgenthau family at all.

Unlike now, he can even come here grandiosely to attend this important dinner of the Morgenthau family.

Reining in his energy, D. Ted Lerner tried his best to look more energetic.

He is also looking forward to the banquet tonight.

His car pulled onto a road leading to Morgenthau's stone castle.

After passing through the inspections of the New York police who temporarily set up inspections, they followed some other vehicles that arrived almost at the same time, and slowly moved into the stone castle.

Excellent eyesight and the bright headlights of the Cadillac sedan allowed Ted to see clearly the stretched Lincoln in front of his car, with the license plate number "NHS1111".

Compared with the license plates of China and other countries, the license plates of the United States are simply a variety.

Different state license plates here have their own characteristics. For example, the license plate of New York State has a string of words under it, "empire state".

Literally understood as "Empire State", at the same time, this line is also a bit of a privilege. The privilege is that a New York State license plate can drive in any other state of the United States without restrictions.

However, license plates in certain states may restrict travel to other states.

Moreover, compared with other countries, which have relatively uniform and rigorous license plates, the license plates in the United States are particularly personalized, and there are many personalized and unique license plates.

The "NHS1111" in front of him, Ikana's father knew that it was the license plate of Donald Newhouse, a New York tycoon whose name resembled him.

Like Ted himself, he also has his own distinctive license plate, such as CP1946, which is the initials of his name and year of birth.

When it comes to privilege, the rich in America are better than the rich in any other part of the world.

Because here, being rich really means everything. And even ordinary people here are much more tolerant of rich people than other places.

Especially in New York, money can really walk sideways here.

It wasn’t long before Abel came to New York for wealth and freedom. With his wealth, he easily made the New York police officers his good friends.

So much so that he and his team can walk around casually in New York, and a large number of "friends" will appear immediately no matter where they are.

This is characteristic of New York, and indeed of the United States as a whole.

After queuing for about ten minutes, Ted's car finally drove into the party scene.

After getting out of the car, he looked around and found a strong party atmosphere dotted everywhere. The colorful spotlights in the Morgenthau Stone Castle create a dreamlike atmosphere. Every long table in the banquet venue in front is filled with various fruits and delicacies, which are unique and exquisite. Every guest present has a smile on their faces. Filled with smiles and demeanor.

Oh, I love this scene!

He yelled happily in his heart, and then hugged and shook hands with brothers George Morgenthau and John Morgenthau who were in charge of welcoming guests today, and laughed and greeted each other to enhance their relationship.

D. Ted Lerner enjoyed this process very much, because he also knew the two brothers before.

But in the past, they had never been so kind to him, and their attitude was always high.

Where would it be as peaceful as it is now.

Ted, who was in a good mood, strode inside with big strides. Before he reached the inner layer of the banquet scene, many people gathered to chat with him.

The welcoming appearance made the Morgenthau brothers, George and John, who were in charge of welcoming the guests, very jealous.

"John, let me tell you...if Paige had taken the initiative at the time, maybe things would be different now."

Taking advantage of the interval before the guests came, Robert's eldest son whispered to his younger brother.

John Morgenthau was the second son of Robert Morgenthau and the father of Paige Morgenthau.

He is now in the Hudson Yards Group, serving as a middle and senior manager of the supervision department.

Of course, John Morgenthau, who studied art in college, doesn't know what construction supervision is. He's just a mascot there.

A mascot who can get a high salary of 800,000 US dollars per year, and also includes various holiday subsidies, travel expenses subsidies and other super benefits...

Simply because he was Robert Morgenthau's son and Paige Morgenthau's father.

As the elder brother, George Morgenthau, although he is also Robert's child, is still the more important eldest son.

But although his daughter is also very beautiful, she doesn't have the same relationship as her cousin.

So although George also served as the honorary president of a small charitable foundation related to the Smith Charitable Foundation, his total remuneration in all aspects was at most only 1/3 of that of his younger brother.

Of course George understood why.

So now I see D. Ted Lerner, who used to be a rat shit in the wealthy New York circle, but now he is doing so well.

George, who had a better background, of course had some thoughts before he said the above words.

It may be because the two brothers have relatively mediocre talents and were not valued by their father early on.

There is no possibility of seizing power from each other, so the relationship between the two brothers has always been very good.

Hearing what his brother said, John Morgenthau smiled wryly, "We don't have the ability to predict the future. Dear George, we had the opportunity to know him before. Remember? David Mellon introduced us to When his boss wants us to invite his boss to our banquet. We're all... very disapproving."

"But who would have thought? A newcomer in New York that no one cared about at the time, it's only been about four years. He has grown to the point where even our father wants to cling to him. Even my elder brother, I wish my daughter could be his lover..."

George was a little embarrassed by his brother's words, but it didn't last long, because there were new guests.

Coincidentally, the new guest was Barron Hilton, who was on good terms with D. Ted Lerner.

Seeing Baron Hilton approaching with a smile on his face and another granddaughter, Nikki Hilton, George gave his brother a look, implying—

look! Another guy who made the class jump because of a woman.

But this is the granddaughter, not the daughter.

After welcoming Baron Hilton, taking advantage of the pause again, George Morgenthau spoke again.

"Guess, John. Barron Hilton, the old guy, would he want his granddaughter to be like his other granddaughter? Just like the two daughters of the Hearst family..."

John is getting annoyed by his elder brother, which pot is not mentioned but which pot is mentioned!

Don't you also have a daughter, who is also very beautiful? Why only mention me!

John complained unhappily, but said, "Who knows, maybe the probability is very high."

"Actually... John, there are some things that you don't need to worry about." George suddenly said leisurely:

"Anna told me that her dearest sister used to stare at a picture of a certain Texan. Maybe that's what Paige wanted?"

Anna Morgenthau is George's daughter, Peggy's cousin, and a member of the family who has the best relationship with Peggy Morgenthau.

John curled his lips, thinking you guys want my daughter to be someone else's lover. Man, why don't you go with your own daughter?

And it's not that I don't want to, it's the problem of my father, Peggy and that guy!

John wanted to find an excuse to slip away and let this annoying brother welcome guests here alone, while he rested for a while.

However, John saw sharply that his father, uncle, uncle's three brothers, and his daughter Peggy came out of the stone castle and walked towards himself and George.

Originally wanting to run away, he stopped, not knowing what happened, but actually let the three elders whom he feared come outside in person.

Georges Morgenthau certainly noticed this, as did many of the early guests in the banquet hall.

Everyone looked at this side curiously, not knowing what happened.

After hesitating for a while, John glanced at George, and the two brothers walked towards the elders at the same time.

"Dad, what's the matter?" George was actually more liked by Robert before, since he was the eldest son after all.

"A guest has arrived, let's come out to greet him." Robert responded calmly.

Robert's extra liking for George had vanished after Peggy was born and was exceptionally good.

Now he might even value John a little more, simply because John is Paige's father.

George nodded quickly and joined the queue of elders, wondering what kind of guests would make his father and elders attach so much importance to him.

You must know that it is still early and the sky has not yet darkened.

Generally speaking, during such an early time period, distinguished and important guests would not come so soon.

Could it be someone from Morgan?

Morgenthau and Morgan have a close relationship. The two families come from the same ancestor, but the Mogenthau branch is an illegitimate child.

Therefore, the relationship between the two families is still very good. The three Morgenthau brothers were able to take the position in New York and hold on for so long because the Morgan family has been supporting them.

But soon George knew that the important guest who came so early was not from the Morgan family.

A long Cadillac convoy stopped at the gate of Stone Castle Manor.

The particularly long Cadillac sedan in the middle was parked at the main entrance. The bodyguards and driver in front quickly got out of the car, took their seats and opened the door to the rear compartment.

A young and tall figure stepped down from the Cadillac sedan.

A black classic suit, with a white shirt and gray tie, handsome and handsome smile. Who else could it be if it wasn't Abel Smith?

Seeing this figure, George Morgenthau couldn't help opening his mouth in surprise.

Everyone in the Morgenthau family knew that he would come tonight.

Because of Robert, the Morgenthau family is his friend.

At the same time, this banquet tonight is very important to Peggy.

He has been said to have always had problems with Peggy.

So he will definitely come, everyone in Morgenthau knows this very well.

But George didn't expect that Abe Smith would come so early.

Because with his status, he could be the last one to come, and it doesn't even matter if he showed up at the end of the party.

In the past, people from Morgan's side, even if it wasn't the owner John Chris Morgan, when they came to Morgenthau to attend the banquet, they would usually be so late.

Because of their high status, they are the stars of any banquet when they appear!

If Morgenthau and those ordinary wealthy families in New York are the literati class and ordinary nobles in this country.

Namogen and Rockefeller are equivalent to the royal family of this country.

As for Smith himself, he is naturally one of the kings, and he is also the latest one to appear particularly powerful.

But now Abe Smith came so early!

This is rarely the case at upper-class American banquets.

Because generally the guests who came to the scene early, or they are not of sufficient status, they attach great importance to the contacts and social interaction brought by the banquet.

So come early, make more friends, and have more space and time to play.

Either you have something to ask for the organizer of the banquet, come early to show your sincerity, you can also have more opportunities to communicate with the organizer, and have more time.

Does Smith need any contacts? No, he himself was the biggest network in New York.

Smith asked for something? Maybe, but never the Morgenthaus.

So... George's eyes quietly looked at his niece Peggy next to him.

Sure enough, on the face of his beautiful and cold niece, he saw the excitement that she rarely showed.

It's just very faint, if it's not a member of the Morgenthau family, or someone who knows her very well, they will definitely not be able to see it.

George thought he understood.

Smith came so early, what else could be the reason.

Thinking of this, Georges Morgenthau was like a background board, following his father and elders with a smile on his face, and greeted the young man who came over.