America's Road to Wealth

Chapter 242 Girlfriend's Best Friend
The arrival of Abel is obviously a big event for the "Spider-Man" crew.

This is like Michael Eisner, the chairman and CEO of Disney, no matter which Disney crew he goes to, he is bound to be extremely valued by the crew.

After all, the status is there.

As the boss of MGM, Abel came to the film invested by MGM.

Then here he is, of course the biggest one.

Sam Raimi and Tobey Maguire, after he made out with Anne Hathaway.

The two of them, the producer and other important crew members came to Abel's side obediently, looking very quiet.

After saying hello.

Abel observed carefully and found that Sam Remy and Tobey Maguire seemed to have a slight similarity in appearance.

Especially at this time Tobey Maguire, in the makeup of "Spider-Man" Parker, is the kind of American version of the honest man.

This makes the two feel more like brothers.

But these two people have nothing to do with each other, they really just look alike.

It fits the appearance of a European and American Caucasian honest person.

This made Abel couldn't help but look a few more times.

Abel's niche in this circle is too high.

With his arrival, neither Tobey Maguire nor Sam Remy dared to speak.

Only when Abel took the initiative to chat with them did they dare to respond.

"Shooting shouldn't be difficult, right?"

"Oh, if you have any difficulties, just tell me directly."

"Well, when you go to Manhattan to film, you can ask Annie to find me."

"Well, not bad. As long as the box office is good, everyone can get their share, or... more."

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It's basically Abe talking, Sam Raimi and Tobey Maguire, the producers are saying yes.

Abel also felt bored.

He also knows that with his current status, even the biggest Hollywood bigwigs.

In front of my eyes at this moment, it is probably better than Tobey Maguire and Sam Remy.

Just like Lao Ma later made a "Offensive and Defensive Way".

The old horse didn't spend much money on this movie.

But almost all the well-known Chinese stars were called together.

Almost zero pay, starred in this movie that made Lao Ma addicted to kung fu and martial arts.

During the filming, Lao Ma, a three-legged cat and a layman, even beat up the actor so badly that the actor didn't dare to say anything, so he gritted his teeth and finished the filming.

It was the time when Lao Ma was at his most energetic.

The same goes for Abel.

What's more, Abel is different from Lao Ma. At most, Lao Ma has the title of the richest man, and Ali Pictures, which is only responsible for investment.

On Abel's side, he has one of the true giants of the industry, the owner of MGM.

Those superstars and celebrities who are high in the eyes of fans and movie fans, shining thousands of times.

In front of him, it was as powerless as in "The Way of Offensive and Defense", where the Chinese hit stars who were hoisted up by old horses.

Chatting and chatting, Abel himself felt boring.

He was bored at noon today, so he came here to visit the class.Curious about how Hollywood makes movies, stop by and have a look.

After thinking about it, he said:

"Sam, right? Don't affect the progress of the movie just because of my arrival. Just keep shooting, and I'll just watch from the side."

The big boss has spoken.

Sam Raimi also breathed a sigh of relief, and immediately greeted the crew and actors, and continued shooting.

It had been half an hour since Abel arrived, after the initial excitement of the crew members had passed.

Filming also began at the request of the director and Rock security personnel.

Abel, accompanied by Anne and producer Peter Passy, ​​watched Tobey Maguire's performance from the sidelines.

Probably because of his presence, Tobey Maguire is under a lot of pressure.

During the filming, Toby kept ng.

Abel laughed, and after confirming that there was no filming task for Annie, he took her away without interfering with the crew.

It was already past four o'clock in the afternoon when I left the crew.

The two found a more upscale restaurant in Queens and had a sweet dinner together.

Return to Manhattan after dinner.

When I returned to the city, I happened to meet the evening rush hour, and I was stuck on the road for more than an hour before returning to the Carnegie Hill Building.

As soon as she got home, Annie couldn't help herself and wanted to take a bath.

In the living room, Abel turned on the TV and turned over in boredom.

The focus was still on AMC, where he found out that the reality show he asked Richard Plepler to find Bear Grylls already had a trailer.

The name of this reality show is "Survival in the Wild".

Bell, who is far younger, more handsome, and more energetic than the parallel time and space, started his famous work under the influence of Abel.

Abel can't remember where the first episode of "Survival in the Wild" in the first season of Master Pei went.

Anyway, the first episode of the first season of the AMC TV version of "Survival in the Wild", the destination is the wilderness of Las Vegas.

But it's just a trailer at the moment. Abel watched it, and it will be the first of next month.

That is, it will be officially launched on June 2001, [-].

Abel, who liked watching wilderness survival programs in his previous life, thought about it and planned to make a call to Richard Plepler.

The big boss of AMC TV station wants to watch the performance of the younger Mr. Pei in advance.

But after looking through the phone, he found that his number two phone did not have Richard Plepler's number.

Originally, it only took one phone call to know Richard Plepler's phone number, and even asked the AMC TV station manager to come over in person immediately.

But he couldn't find Richard Plepler's cell phone number at the first time, and Abel, who was interested for a while, gave up the plan.

Just at this time, Annie came out of the bedroom.

He also put down the phone.

Anne has taken a bath.

She wore a very sexy net gauze and lace suspender nightdress, a white semi-transparent nightdress, the skirt just reached her hips, her white and smooth arms, and slender and slender legs were completely exposed to the air.

Since she had just taken a bath, her skin was extremely white, tender and moist, and she looked almost indestructible.

Water drops were still dripping from her wet hair, dripping onto her clothes, and the wonderful scenery was looming in the white nightgown.

Seeing Abel staring at her, his eyes were full of possessiveness, as if he wanted to eat him, Annie's pretty face flushed, and she giggled: "What are you looking at, you want to eat people!"

"No, I want you to eat it." Abel said.

Annie was taken aback for a moment, then blushed coquettishly.

More than a year of dating has made her an old driver in this respect.

Old Si Ji Anne understood it as soon as she heard it.

"Aha~ Then I'll eat you~" She jumped up and lay on Abel's body.

Abel hugged her tightly, and his hands naturally went where they should go.

Having said that, Abel really "admires" the male protagonists in those novels who hold a beautiful girl who can ask for anything, and who can sit still.

He doesn't have the same ability as a eunuch.

However, it seems that eunuchs also like women, otherwise why would there be the word opposite food?
Even eunuchs know how to find the right food.

What's more, he is a normal man with a healthier body than ordinary people.

He grabbed Annie's round and smooth shoulders.

Another fantastic evening.

the next morning.

Smith Building,
The trading hall on the fourth floor.

David Mellon accompanied Abe, walking among the traders.

The current price of USD/NOK is still anxious between 7.6050-7.6100.

"The Neon people have added some chips."

David Mellon said while sipping his coffee:

"But I suspect that a third party has already entered the market, but the other party is very cautious and the speed of building positions is very slow, so we can't find it for a while."

After a day of betting against each other, Smith Capital and Neon people are on the gambling table, and the combined funds between the two parties have exceeded 50 billion US dollars.

Both sides of the bet let the USD/NOK exchange rate fluctuate very frequently overnight.

This volatility has long attracted the attention of global investors.

Especially retail investors with a large number and average strength.

This can be seen from the sharp increase in the number of USD/NOK transactions in the past 24 hours.

"Normal situation." Abel said softly:

"I suspect that at this time, the entire Wall Street and the City of London are staring at our gamble."

David also nodded, thinking that what the boss said made sense.

It's like 1991, when Soros attacked the British pound.

The side was also surrounded by a large number of onlookers.

"So what should we do now?" David asked his boss.

Abel said: "Didn't I already say it yesterday? The new [-] lots, about [-] lots per day, takes ten days to build a position."

David froze for a moment, is it that simple?

David was not sure, but he believed in Abel's arrangement, so he nodded immediately.

"All right."

Check around to make sure the situation is normal.

Abel leaves the Smith Building.

noon.

Manhattan, Union Square.

Union Square is a large square in Manhattan.Connects Fifth Avenue and Broadway near 14th Street.

There are well-known universities such as New York University and Parsons School of Design nearby, as well as weekend markets and chain stores of major brands.

It's the college town equivalent of Manhattan.

The reason is that the land in Manhattan is too expensive, and there are not many schools that can run schools here.

The campus area is smaller than the other.

The Manhattan campus of New York University is already the largest campus on Manhattan Island.

Abel was waiting for someone at a restaurant called Brandy's on North Houston Street.

After a while, around 12:30 or so.

The door of the restaurant was pushed open, and two slender girls just looked around at the door.

Doni, the female bodyguard captain next to Abel, leaned over: "Miss Shrub, the boss is here."

"Oh, it's you. Donnie, please." Little Laura said with a smile.

"You're welcome." Donnie looked curiously at the Asian girl behind little Laura.

Donnie felt that the Asian girl's figure was not "Asian" enough.

Ordinary Asian girls, but never had such a big bear.

Under the leadership of Donnie, little Laura and her female companion turned around the corridor and came to the innermost position of the brandy restaurant.

Little Laura noticed, at the table where Abel was sitting.

Her security team leader, Marcus, and Abel's bodyguard captain, Edward, were nodding at her.

Little Laura knew it was her and Abel, accepting their protection.

She smiled kindly at the two captains, took the hand of her female companion and walked towards Abel.

"Hi, dear, good afternoon." Little Laura greeted happily.

Abel smiled: "Good afternoon."

While responding to little Laura, he, like Donnie, looked at little Laura's female companion curiously.

Seeing the figure of this Asian girl, Abel also had the same feeling as Doni just now.

That's the body of this Asian teenage girl, not Asian at all.

That was no longer Xiong Da or Xiong Er.

That's the headlights already.

Abel and little Laura had an appointment in the morning.During the lunch break, we had lunch together outside the NYU Manhattan campus.

Then around noon, little Laura called him and said she would bring a girl friend from school.

Of course Abel would not refuse, he came to the restaurant first and waited.

I just didn't expect that the female friend Little Laura met in school would be an Asian girl.

He thought it would be some kind of blue-blooded lady, the daughter of the richest man in the Mayflower.

Little Laura took the restrained Asian girl by the hand and sat down opposite Abel.

After sitting down, she smiled and introduced her female companion to Abel.

"This is a friend I met in school. Her name is Jessica. Oh, this is her English name. I can't pronounce the name in her mother tongue well. It's called Li Xinyu?"

The Asian girl whose English name is Jessica couldn't help correcting her aloud: "It's not Li Xinyu, Lauren, your pronunciation is wrong. It's "Li Xin Yu"."

"What's the difference?" said little Laura.

"Forget it, just call me Jessica." The Asian girl looked at Abel with a smile:

"Mr. Smith, I'm Jessica Lee. Nice to meet you. Lauren has mentioned your name many times in front of me."

Look at this pure and beautiful Asian girl carrying the headlights.

Abel suddenly said in standard Mandarin Chinese:
"Your name is Li Xinyu? Li Xinyu?"

He blurted out natural Mandarin, which made little Laura and Jessica stunned.

Little Laura: "Honey, what language are you speaking? It seems to be. It seems that I have heard it somewhere, but I forgot what language it is."

"It seems to be Chinese? The language of China." Jessica said:
"But I'm sorry, Mr. Smith, I'm not from Huaxia. I'm from Han. Sorry, I can't understand Chinese."

"Oh, stick." Abel muttered in Chinese.

He just thought that this Jessica was of Chinese descent, or Chinese.

Only then will I speak and greet in Mandarin.

Didn't expect it to be a stick, but also a very nice headlight.

"Honey, you speak Chinese." Little Laura was surprised: "I didn't expect you to speak Chinese so well!"

Abel smiled and babbled:

"I studied fine arts when I was in college. For a while, I was very obsessed with Chinese ink painting and traditional Chinese painting. I found a teacher in Huaxia and learned Chinese by the way."

The first half of these words are true.

Abel had really learned Chinese ink painting skills before, and also found a Chinese teacher in related fields.

Even when studying and teaching, the two of them actually use English.

Unless he finds the teacher to confront him, no one will doubt what he said.

After all, who would have thought that there would be such an outrageous thing as another soul in the body of an orthodox Mayflower Angsan?
"All right."

Abel smiled and said:
"Should you still have class in the afternoon? Let's eat first, and you will go back after eating."

Both girls nodded in agreement.

On one side, Donnie, who was acting as a temporary waiter, brought the menu of the restaurant.

The theme of this brandy restaurant is Nordic, Scandinavian cuisine.

Seafood and meat are served with very fresh forest ingredients.

The restaurant was actually chosen by little Laura, and she and Jessica had already eaten there.

While ordering, little Laura also introduced to Abel:

".Although it is a Nordic-style food, the taste is not as light as imagined. I personally think it is very memorable. I like grilled cod with fresh seasonal peas. The taste and texture are very layered."

Abel smiled and nodded, "Then order me the same set as yours."

Little Laura smiled sweetly at him.

The two girls lowered their heads and began to order.

Abel's eyes lingered on them for a moment, then looked out the window.

Abel noticed that there was a Secret Service agent protecting little Laura outside, talking to two Asian men in suits.

The eyes of the two Asian men in suits drifted towards this table from time to time.

This made Abel frown.

On the table in front, Edward, who had been watching his expression, noticed his eyes.

Edward immediately looked at where Abel was looking, and then asked Marcus beside him:
"Marcus. What's the situation with those two people outside talking to your men?"

Marcus looked over, turned around and said to Edward:

"Those two Asians are Miss Jessica's bodyguards. Her family is very powerful in Han Country, and she also has a team of bodyguard assistants around her."

"Oh." Edward nodded, planning to tell Abel later.

On Abel's side, Little Laura and Jessica have already ordered meals.

The food that little Laura ordered was grilled cod with fresh seasonal peas, two servings, one for each of her and Abel.

Fortunately, little Laura also knew that such a little food was not enough for Abel.

She had seen Abel's exaggerated appetite, so she ordered a lot of Nordic-style barbecue and meat.

For example, Swedish venison meatballs, Icelandic-style roasted leg of lamb, Nordic-style cinnamon rolls, etc.

Jessica was surprised how little Laura would order so many, and she herself also ordered a grilled cod with fresh seasonal peas, and a creamy fish soup.

After ordering, everyone started chatting again.

It was mainly little Laura who was talking, Jessica would answer a few words occasionally, and Abel was responsible for listening with a smile, and occasionally asking questions.

"...Who would have thought that Jessica looks so weak and pure, but her favorite thing is racing cars!!"

"Racing car, that's a racing car!"

Little Laura talked and talked about her and Jessica.

It talked about how the two knew each other, and finally talked about Jessica's hobbies.

"Tell me again" Jessica looks pure and weak, and her personality does not seem to be very weak.

She also broke the news about little Laura: "Aren't you the same? Lauren, you also like racing cars."

"Um..." Little Laura tugged at Jessica under the table, telling her not to speak.

But Jessica was exposed a lot by her, and now she knew that Abel in front of her was Little Laura's boyfriend again.

She ignored little Laura's hint, and went on:

"You also said you started driving at the age of 12 and scared your parents. You also said that you went to Indianapolis Motor Speedway last year to see F1. You also said that your dream is to drive F1."

"You still talk! It hurts! Let go, let go, I won't say it, I won't say it."

"Stop it." Little Laura gritted her teeth and gave Jessica a ruthless blow. The painful Jessica swallowed back the words and screamed, and then fought back not to be outdone.

The two girls laughed, and little Laura looked up at her boyfriend's eyes full of deep meaning, and finally stopped in embarrassment.

Jessica also felt that this was a bit impolite, and she blushed and became quiet.

"I've never heard of you having such a hobby."

Abel suddenly said leisurely: "If this is the case, maybe I need to consider adding a racing track for you in Lauren's Flower?"

Little Laura smiled mischievously, just at this time Donnie and the other waiters who played a guest role began to serve the dishes.

Little Laura quickly said: "Ah, don't talk about this, I'm hungry. Hurry up and eat. My dear, you can taste this grilled silver cod with fresh seasonal peas. It's really delicious!"

Abel gave her a look to settle accounts with you later, smiled and took the food she pushed over, and began to eat.

(End of this chapter)