America's Road to Wealth

Chapter 209 Fear of death is not Abel's exclusive attribute

Guided by "Senior Colleague" Liv Tyler.

In addition, someone's integrity is actually the same.

What you say and what you do are always different.

What is thinking in my heart is often easily shaken.

Scarlett Johansson was far earlier than Aber imagined.

He became his real employee earlier.

On the morning of February [-]th.

Around 07:30, Abel had breakfast and started his morning workout.

Since his rebirth, he has always maintained the habit of going to bed late and getting up early.

Every night, he usually does not rest until three or four o'clock.

I usually wake up at seven o'clock the next day.

This once made him very worried, worried that there was something wrong with his body.

Later, he spent a lot of money and invited the best doctors to give himself a physical examination.

At first, he was worried that his secrets would be revealed.

Later, he discovered that the real secret of himself could not be revealed.

What can be revealed is not a secret at all.

For example, his super-high male hormone secretion, as well as abnormal physical recovery and deep sleep quality.

After checking so many times, he was told the results of each physical examination.

He is very healthy.

There are even sleep experts who stayed up for several nights to perform sleep tests on him.

The test results are also very healthy.

He is the one in a million freak in human physique.

This made him a little relieved, knowing that he was not sick.

But the body is really good.

Those doctors were so good to his body.

Most of the guesses and studies are believed to come from genetic inheritance or acquired mutations.

Only Abel knew that he had this healthy and excessive body.

The high probability may be related to my different experiences from ordinary people.

And this made him cherish his body even more.

He has been exercising ever since.

No matter how good the kitchen knife is, it will rust if it is not sharpened hard.

He felt that no matter how good his body was, if he didn't pay attention, he would lose his shape one day.

If it is really deformed, the physical strength will drop.

That would be too bad.

This world is so beautiful, he still wants to enjoy it for a few more years!

At 07:30 in the morning, the exercise is over.

That is to say before 08:30.

He has already completed a series of things such as getting up, running, taking a bath, eating, and so on.

And at this time, the two "employees" in the room.

They are still sound asleep.

At nine o'clock, Abel left Paradise Cove Villa.

Around one o'clock at noon.

In Paradise Cove Villa, the largest master bedroom.

Liv Tyler slowly opened her eyes.

She was full of energy, but physically exhausted.

Liv looked up at the unfamiliar ceiling above her head and was dazed for a while.

I stared blankly at the ceiling for a few minutes, spending the hazy time when I first woke up.

Liv turned sideways, and she was no longer surprised that the man was not around.

And there was another young man of the same sex beside him.

She is also not surprised.

When we woke up together last morning.

The same sex lying on the same bed with her is Sarah Michelle Gellar.

Lying with her this time, Liv Tyler knew her name was Scarlett Johansson.

Liv Tyler suddenly found out.

Whether it's Sarah or Scarlett, or herself.

All three are child actors.

There are people in the family who have been in Hollywood or the entertainment industry.

The previous experiences are very similar, but the experience in Hollywood is different.

"Fantastic similarity, bad encounter."

Liv Tyler muttered like this.

She leisurely saw the sleeping Scarlett, the eyeballs under her eyelids were trembling.

Liv knew that it was a sign that a sleeping person was about to wake up.

Not long after, Scarlett also opened her eyes.

At first, she looked at the ceiling as vaguely as Liv just now.

"Crack~"

Liv slapped her directly on the shoulder.

"It's one o'clock, it's almost afternoon. Still sleeping? Young man, you don't need to work."

Scarlett, who was a little hazy, became a little sober after being beaten by her.

After being stunned for a few seconds, Scarlett's memories continued.

The blond girl remembered where she was right now.

The two chatted for a while.

Liv got up first, followed by Scarlett who continued to lie down for a while before getting up slowly.

And wait for the two of them, around two o'clock in the afternoon.

Just came out of the bedroom.

Abel himself, others have arrived in the Bay Area.

He met Warren Buffett in San Francisco, also known as San Francisco in China.

It was Warren who asked him to meet here.

Buffett came here to inspect several companies.

Then the stock god, when he heard that Abel was nearby, asked him out.

The two met in San Francisco, an ordinary coffee shop.

Another word.

Warren Buffett also has his own security company.

It's the scale, it's not as big as Abel's rock security.

After all, behind Abel, he still wants to play PMC and try to be the king of war COSPLAY.

The number of bodyguards brought by both of them is a bit too much.

The bodyguards of two people occupied the entire cafe.

So among the richest Americans.

The attribute of fear of death is not exclusive to Abel.

Really reach a certain level, the real rich.

It can be said that there is no one who is not afraid of death and does not pay attention to his own security work.

Especially the rich in the United States!

The most typical example is Soros.

Around Lao Suo, within the same class, there are rumors around him, and there are even professional Secret Service and FBl or CLA people working.

The reason is that Soros is still the financial sword of Wall Street.

Most of the time, whether Lao Suo is willing or not.

Lao Suo will be pushed by the people behind him, even the white house directly, to invade small countries financially.

The numerous crimes that Lao Suo committed in the financial war.

It is enough for those countries that have been financially invaded by him to launch a physical and physical counterattack against him.

You can see if Lao Suo dares to go to Southeast Asia.

This is also the reason why Soros's security work has those special staff.

People are really fighting for the country!
Even this "country" is often just a representative of capitalists.

Compared with him, Abel and Buffett are much more normal.

"Hi, good afternoon. Warren~"

After the Smith Investment reception last year.

Abel and Buffett have become friends.

There is no righteousness in buying and selling.

At that time, Buffett, although he did not succeed in investing in Smith Capital.

But the two chatted quite speculatively at the time, and the relationship naturally settled down.

"Good afternoon." The old guy said with a smile, "You guys have been on the West Coast for a long time. Hollywood has been stirred up by you for so long. People who don't know think that you are really an entertainment tycoon, and forget that you are the most famous person on Wall Street. A young giant."

"I'm not a giant." Abel smiled: "My head circumference is so standard, where is it "giant"?"

"Hahaha~" Buffett laughed out of shame.

As a stock god, few people have said such boring jokes in front of him.

And with Abel's current status, he can obviously start to be on an equal footing with him.

Even if the influence is slightly worse, the wealth may be lower.

But sitting on an equal footing is enough.

What's more, Buffett has spent 35 years accumulating these wealth.

And Abel is less than two years old!

In two years, he saved [-]% or [-]% of Buffett's net worth.

This speed is absolutely unprecedented.

"I know you guys, you never have boring conversations."

Abel had coffee in his hand, but didn't drink it.

This is what Buffett ordered for him.

As soon as he smelled it, he knew it was cheap coffee in this cafe.

In addition, this has not been checked by the bodyguards, and there is no confirmation of safety.

When he was outside, Abel would not enter at will.

He looked at Buffett: "Otherwise, you guy, you wouldn't put Berkshire Hathaway in that small place in Omaha."

"So let's be frank. Warren, what do you want from me?"

Buffett was not surprised by Abel's directness.

Last time in New York, the stock god had already seen many aspects of Abel directly.

In fact, this is the same as most Americans, including the upper elites in the United States.

Because the Angsa people who have never learned moderation or tact, they are often so direct.

The stock god took a sip of coffee, put it down, and said, "Do you want to become the owner of American Express?"

Abel raised his eyebrows, neither surprised nor surprised by Buffett's question.

The accident was because he didn't expect Buffett to talk to him directly for coffee because of the American Express incident.

Not surprisingly, it was Abe who knew that Buffett took Amex seriously.

In parallel time and space.

Since Buffett became a shareholder of American Express, he has always held a heavy position in American Express, and this was the case until Abel crossed over.

This makes Buffett, has always been the major shareholder of American Express.

Today, Buffett ranks No. 1 on the list of shareholders of American Express.

But No.4 Smith Capital, and No.5 Pacific Bank of Commerce.

The combined shares of the two companies have exceeded Buffett's 11.4% by a little more.

As Americans know, the two companies appear to be independent.

But there is only one boss behind them.

In other words, just note the percentage of American Express owned by these two companies.

Then you can find out.

Buffett's Berkshire Hathaway is no longer the largest shareholder of AmEx.

AmEx's largest shareholder has changed.

It was Abel who was sitting in front of Buffett at this time.

"Why is there such a problem?" Abel smiled and responded:
"You're bullish on American Express, and I'm also bullish on American Express."

"Anyway, it is also one of the constituent stocks of Dow Jones. I think such a high-quality company is worth holding for a long time, and I will naturally buy its shares."

His explanation did not satisfy Buffett.

"I've been studying you."

Buffett said softly:

"In the materials I researched, it shows that any company you have a stake in, if the shareholding ratio exceeds 10%, will be slowly eaten away by you, and eventually become your property."

Abel responded: "How many companies have I invested in? Maybe not even one-tenth of yours? With such a small amount of data, what is there to count? What truth can be compared?"

Buffett smiled.

"But more importantly... the American Express business, and your Pacific Bank of Commerce, complement each other beautifully."

"If the American Pacific Bank of Commerce can be merged with American Express."

"The merged bank can make you one of the real giants immediately."

"I think this must be a very big temptation for you."

Seeing Buffett's confident appearance, Abel knew that since he could find him.

That is to be sure that I will have this idea.

And I really thought so too.

Abel simply showed his cards.

"Okay. Then why did you come to me? Warren, you didn't come to me just to persuade me to quit the board of Amex, did you?" Abel spread his hands and looked at Buffett.

"$3000 billion, I want 5% of the shares."

Buffett suddenly said: "I will satisfy you with the shares of American Express and Berkshire, and some cash."

Abel raised his eyebrows again, he knew what Buffett was talking about.

He's also quick to respond.

"Four thousand. 4%."

"Yes. But the VAM agreement must become 150, 300, 500, 700."

"Deal. Welcome to join us, the fourth shareholder of Smith Capital."

Abel stood up, smiling and reaching out to Buffett.

Buffett also smiled, stood up and shook his hand.

After shaking hands for a while, the two sat down again.

The atmosphere between the two was significantly better after this.

Abel asked curiously:

"Warren, are you so optimistic about me? You know, even the people in Texas haven't contacted me yet."

"Many people say that my investment skills are prudent and value investing."

Buffett said seriously:
"But I don't think so. My real investment philosophy is to invest in "people" and brands."

"I hold Coca-Cola firmly because I believe in the brand."

"When I first invested in American Express, I was also investing in the brand. But when I invested in American Express later, I was already investing in Howard Clark."

Howard Clark was the CEO of American Express in the 60s and 80s.

At that time, American Express once experienced a crisis that almost went bankrupt.

It was Howard Clark who took AmEx out of the quagmire and into a very good situation.

"This time." Buffett focused on Abel:
"I'm investing in you, dear Mr. Abe Smith."

Abel shrugged.

He scoffed at Buffett's statement.

Heh. If there is no such gambling agreement, Abel will almost believe it!

What is Investing in Brands Investing in "people".

In the end, wasn't it because of the gambling agreement?

150,

300,

500,

700.

The four-year gambling agreement requires a total profit of more than 1650 billion U.S. dollars in four years.

Just the profit of these four years.

It is already possible for investors to return one-third of their capital.

Calculated in this way, the annualized return is about 10% on average.

This annualized return is almost the same as Buffett's own investment in recent years.

Not to mention such a huge investment.

The difficulty of making them profitable is inherently much higher than that of small batches of funds.

Abel estimated that what Buffett said was at most half true.

The other half is based on the gambling agreement.

"That's right." Buffett asked with a sudden smile:

"Just now you said that I am Smith Capital, the fourth shareholder."

"Who are the first three?"

"I, David Mellon, and a Texan." Abel replied directly.

"Oh, a Texan." Buffett understood in seconds.

Look at the way he understands.

Abel smiled secretly, but strictly speaking, you are the first real investor.

Those two investors. They all took dry stocks, and they only had the right to dividends in the early stage.

It will take a long time to guarantee support for Smith Capital.

Only then can it become the kind of real shares.

The dividend right will always be in the hands of Abel.

So whether they can get the money or not depends on Abel in the end.

After this incident, Berkshire Hathaway officially invested in Smith Capital
After the two heads of state have determined the basic cooperation intention.

In the follow-up, there will naturally be relevant personnel from the two companies to conduct more detailed negotiations and study the contract.

This kind of thing naturally requires professional accountants, actuaries and lawyers to intervene.

Among the top ten private companies in the United States, there are three to four companies such as PricewaterhouseCoopers.

That's what they do.

The two chatted for a while.

Not long after, Warren Buffett left.

The stock god will continue to inspect the company.

Unlike Abel, when Buffett wants to invest in a company.

The old guy will be very active in researching the company, attending the company's shareholders' meeting, and visiting the company on the spot.

It's like playing a game.

Some players earnestly searched for strategies, studied clearance videos, and finally cleared the level with hard work.

And some players can enter "greedisgood 9999999999" at the beginning.

The latter is to directly buy, buy, buy, buy, build, build, and build, and the strength is enough for the next wave of flat push.

Those that can be opened and hung, and those that cannot be opened and hung.

The gameplay is naturally different.

After sending Buffett away, the protagonist did not leave San Francisco.

Since they are all here, I will naturally go to see some of his companies here.

For example, at the request of his largest shareholder, Google also moved to Palo Alto.

(End of this chapter)