America's Road to Wealth
Chapter 429 A Big Signboard
Chapter 429 A Big Signboard
Early March 2002.
New York, Fifth Avenue in Manhattan.
A convoy of 7 black Cadillacs was slowly advancing on the road.
At this time, if there is a caring person.
If you look carefully, you can find the black Cadillac sedan in the middle of the convoy, whose rear compartment has been rising and falling slightly.
One up and one down, one sit down, very rhythmic.
Even if the latest electromagnetic suspension technology is used, the stability of the vehicle is guaranteed.
But when the Abel brand electric "motor" started to move crazily in the carriage.
The most advanced vehicle suspension technology also cannot guarantee that it will not be affected by the impact of this strength.
This slightly undulating state.
The taxi team came out of the building at No. 1 Central Park South, and it never stopped.
Until about half an hour or so.
Waiting for the convoy to stop at the Smith Tower in the heart of Lower Manhattan.
This shaking, it just came to an end a little bit.
The bodyguards in other vehicles got down and surrounded the car, waiting for the owner of the car to come down.
The raised partition completely encloses the rear compartment of the silent Cadillac monster.
Abel was putting on his tie with a relaxed expression.
Next to him, Miss Amanda Hearst was busy arranging her own ol' dress.
"Don't be in such a hurry. Take your time, there are still 25 minutes before your work time. You can tidy up and get out of the car again."
Looking at the makeup mirror in the car, he didn't see any lipstick marks on his face in the mirror. Abel smiled and said to Amanda who was wearing a bra.
"Hey, chick. You took the initiative to sit on it just now. I warned you!"
"Humph--"
Abel smiled and shook his head lightly, "As I said, if you mind, pack it up before getting out of the car. There is still time, so I'll go down first."
Without waiting for her to respond, Abel stepped out of the car, and after the door was closed, he said to Donnie who was guarding the car, "Wait for her in a while."
The captain of the female bodyguard nodded silently and stayed by the car, while Abel glanced at the car behind, and then walked quickly into the Smith Building surrounded by the four King Kongs.
As soon as he got in, Lydia Hearst opened the door of the car waiting behind the Cadillac monster and got out.
The young lady of the Hearst family, with pink cheeks, walked in front of the window of the Cadillac monster.
She knocked on the car window.
dong dong——
"what……"
After being electronically synthesized and transmitted through wireless equipment, Amanda's voice sounded from an inconspicuous small speaker next to the car window.
This is one of the modification facilities of this Cadillac monster.
The strong sound insulation and three-proof capabilities of Cadillac Monster make it impossible for people outside the car to hear the movement inside the car.
Similarly, there is no way to hear outside sounds from inside the car.
The significance of this modification is that it can ensure safety without opening windows and doors.
Let the people in the car communicate with the people outside.
"Aren't you alright? We're going to report today, and there are only 22 minutes left before work time."
Lydia said helplessly.
"Isn't there still 22 minutes? Wait for me for a few more minutes."
Lydia pouted, but could only wait helplessly.
After about 5 minutes, Lydia and others wanted to go in first.
The door of the Cadillac monster was finally opened.
After re-makeup, the radiant little woman came out from inside.
Amanda in this state, Lydia thinks it is very beautiful.
"It's finally ready? Let's go, let's go in quickly." Lydia said.
Before the fall of Amanda, the two of them had obtained internship positions at Smith Media through Abel.
The pair will intern at Smith Television Group while continuing their university studies.
This kind of situation of studying while going to work is very common among the outstanding children of the upper class in the United States.
Many times, the children of the upper class in the United States can easily obtain master's and doctoral degrees from various famous universities, but many times these people rarely appear on campus.
The reason is that many of these people are studying in school while working in various top companies.
There are backers, backgrounds, and enough fault-tolerant background.
In addition, many people in it are still very hardworking.
With these prerequisites and foundations, these second generations can perform very well with just a little talent.
At least in terms of media reports, on the surface, it seems that everyone is the pride of heaven, the elite of the world.
Amanda and Lydia are members of this gang.
Don't mention the Hearst sisters, report to the personnel department of the Smith TV group.
Abel here.
"Hi boss……"
"Good day, boss..."
Abel with a charming smile and two not too pretty, but very sweet receptionists nodded in response to their greetings.
The special elevator went directly to the personal office. When Abel stepped out of the elevator, his two female assistants were already standing outside the office door waiting.
"boss."
"Well, bring over the documents from this period, and those invitations that have been screened. After a while, Bloomberg will come and bring us two cups of coffee."
Abel walked into the office where the female assistant had pushed the door open, took off his windbreaker and threw it to the assistant, and gave instructions quickly.
"Good boss."
Looking at the backs of two female assistants who graduated from prestigious universities, worked in large groups, and both had excellent figures and looks.
Abel raised his eyebrows and shrugged his shoulders. He was well aware that the collars of these two men were getting lower and lower, and their career lines were getting deeper and deeper.
However, appreciation is appreciation, he will not eat grass by the side of the nest.
There is a lesson from Catherine Jones, the Secret Service Catherine Hannah that little Laura is now with.
Even if it can be guaranteed that they are not agents, spies, or spies, Abel no longer has the patience to train two canaries.
Besides, his women are all goddess-level, although these two are in good shape and good looks.
But age and experience are nothing new, so don't mess it up and make some X-harassment scandal in the workplace, it will be really disgusting.
Don't think that Americans dare not use this method against consortium bosses.
Even guys like David Rockefeller have had similar scandals and news.
He, Abel Smith, is a playboy himself, and this kind of scandal really happened, as long as it is not fake news.
The public must believe that it was he who took the initiative.
As the saying goes, all loyalty comes from interests.
When one day, the interests of betrayal outweigh the interests of loyalty, you may choose to betray without hesitation.
After half an hour.
"Hey man, you look busy, what are you doing?"
"I'm writing a check, wait a moment."
Abel looked up, glanced at Bloomberg who walked in, and said with a smile, holding a signature pen in his hand, he quickly signed a few documents.
"Cheque?"
The founder of Bloomberg was not surprised at all, and picked up the checks that Abel had signed in front of him and looked at them.
The mayor of New York found out that they were all charitable donations to some charitable associations that were in the fall.
For example, digging wells for Africa, changing clothes for Asian children, giving Eastern European girls a new pair of red high-heeled shoes and so on.
Many of the items in it are nonsense in the eyes of Chinese people.
But in the United States, where charity is a business, they exist in such a grandiose manner.
Don't think that the corruption of the Cross Society can only happen in China.
Sheda's America will only get worse.
Needless to say how far away the time or future is, just a few years ago, the largest charity fund in the United States, the United Charities Foundation, had a shocking scandal.
Take a first-class plane, pick up and drop off in Lincoln luxury limousine, X harass female employees, spend a lot of money to buy luxury houses and gifts for lovers...
A few years ago, William Alamone, the CEO of the largest charitable organization in the United States, was revealed to have embezzled donations to satisfy his own extravagant private life.
This big scandal is even serious enough to set back American philanthropy.
So... the world is as black as crows, so don't laugh at anyone else.
"My friend, you are very generous."
After a little counting of the dozen or so different checks on the table, Bloomberg found that they add up to almost $400 million.
"When I did this, I was paying protection fees. Now I am doing this, and I am paying image maintenance fees."
Abel shook his head with a smile and said, "Fortunately, it's just some small money, so let's treat it as one of my hobbies."
"This is not a small amount of money, two or three billion dollars a year... Your hobby is really expensive." Bloomberg said, shaking his head.
Abel did not speak, and signed the last document.
The above is a charity fund run by the wife of one of the two senators from New York State, who is calling on Americans to dig wells for black people in Africa.
They are talking about Abel, but in fact, this kind of donation has not been less than Bloomberg before.
It's just that the amount and quantity are not of the same magnitude as Abel's.
This kind of donation is still very necessary in many cases.
If you manage well at ordinary times, the requirements of the other party are met. When you need to use these contacts, you can get help with just one phone call.
To put it bluntly, this is also a transaction.
Similar to the situation of the revolving door, while engaging in the transfer of benefits openly, a bright charity plaque is hung.
With this layer of skin, people who don't know the truth see it and think that every rich man in the United States is a very generous and benevolent philanthropist.
In fact, if one ten-thousandth of the money can go to the recipient of the donation, then the recipient is already a really good person.
Tsk tsk, how good is this?
One side gains, one side gets name and help when necessary.
At the same time, this kind of behavior can also be used as the content of the United States' foreign propaganda, and it can be used by NGOs as materials to brainwash the leeks in the third world.
Brainwashing leeks, making leeks think that rich entrepreneurs in the United States are all socially responsible and philanthropists.
The so-called lighthouses of the civilized world are washed out bit by bit like this.
Closing the file and stamping the pen, Abe looked up at Michael Bloomberg.
Bloomberg, in fact, is not young anymore, and he will be 60 years old after his birthday this year.
Fortunately, he is very rich and can enjoy the best longevity medical technology in the world, as well as a powerful personal makeup artist and image designer.
The pile of money makes the 60-year-old Bloomberg look young and vigorous, and he has the image of a powerful mayor of New York.
"I've heard what you've been up to at City Hall, and I gotta say, well done, man."
Standing up from the boss chair, Abel walked over to Bloomberg.
The two walked to the sofa in the office lounge area together.
Bloomberg shrugged, "I have to do something to show the public that I am different from other mayors."
"Haha..." Abel patted him on the shoulder, "But I heard that you turned the mayor's office into a securities company."
Last year, Bloomberg was successfully elected mayor of New York City with the slogan "I am willing to serve the public with an annual salary of one dollar".
It has been two months since he took office. During this period, Bloomberg has transformed the traditional layout of the New York City government office for 190 years into a trading hall-style room modeled on an investment bank.
He also put many New York technicians and managers, and even bureaucrats, and placed them like traders in financial companies.
Through this system, real-time monitoring of the city's fire protection, public security, sanitation and other indicators.
Bloomberg declared to the outside world that the optimization of management also applies to urban management, and he will carefully plan the entire New York City.
This practice once caused heated discussions in the United States.
Many people criticized him for turning the city hall into a financial company.
Fortunately, New York has always been the financial center of the United States, and even the world.
Doing this in New York itself has a certain foundation.
In addition, when the hot discussion just started, Abel's "attack" happened.
With big Internet celebrities in the way, Bloomberg's reform of the New York City government is not a big deal.
The two sat on the sofa, and the female assistant brought coffee.
Abel's side is the same as always, Mei Xia Coffee, Bloomberg has no entanglement with coffee beans, but likes to drink iced Americano.
It's the kind with ice, bitter and thick, without a little sugar and milk.
Many Chinese drink it as a refreshing Chinese medicine.
Judging from the caffeine content, the iced American style is indeed no different from traditional Chinese medicine.
"The city council has passed it."
After sitting down, Bloomberg took a sip of coffee and said with a soft smile: "The construction union has also notified it, and the problem is not big. The project can be approved, Mr. Funder."
"Ha—that's good news."
Abel said happily.
He has worked hard for more than a year, and even bet on Bloomberg in advance, and Hudson Yards, which is about to be produced, has finally reached the stage where everything is ready to start.
"Let's start a Hudson Yards Group as we agreed earlier."
For the construction of wonders, the Chinese attribute in Abel's soul was activated at once.
"The issue of share allocation also refers to our previous decision."
Bloomberg nodded. "No problem. Came here today, besides telling you about this. There's one more thing."
"Ok?"
"I want to ask you what you think about governing New York, or what are your requirements."
Hearing Bloomberg's question, Abel couldn't help raising his eyebrows.
"Mr. Mayor, this issue is your responsibility. You must know that the mayor of New York City is you, Michael Bloomberg, not me, Abel Smith."
"Don't talk to me like that." Bloomberg said angrily, "You know what I mean, Mr. Abel Smith."
Bloomberg had a preliminary grasp of the government of New York City, and after mastering the work, he came over to ask Abel this question.
It's not that Mr. Mayor is in a hurry.
Nor is it that Bloomberg sees Abel as his own Zhuge Wuhou.
This is done because Bloomberg knows that even if he is the mayor of New York City.
But in this place of New York, it has never been decided by the mayor.
In other words, this place has never even been in the hands of the New York authorities.
If he wants to hold the position of mayor of New York City, he must do something, or be able to make money.
That's not an easy thing to do.
Compared with other cities, New York, the largest city in the United States, is too crouching.
Others don't say that Bloomberg knows that this guy in front of him is one of the most terrifying dragons and tigers in New York.
Although Abel is a Texan, half of his real base is actually in New York City.
On Wall Street, Smith Capital has long been one of the six major investment banks, and the new Smith Financial is even more of a behemoth.
In the media industry, one of New York's dominant areas, Smith Media is one of the giants.
The most important thing is that while this guy is too rich, he is also too generous.
Like the donation check just now, Bloomberg guessed that Abel would write at least a dozen checks a day on average!
Not to mention the rest of the US.
Just in New York.
As far as Bloomberg knows, in New York, at least 9% of various congressmen and power figures, regardless of donkeys or elephants, have almost all received benefits from Abel.
All kinds of influential journalists, writers, and influential figures have also received his checks.
If Soros is the whole world, throwing money at the media everywhere.
That Abel was throwing money all over New York.
Revolving doors and charitable donations, this guy has played it better than anyone else.
A rock security, a 1450 network consulting company.
Under the names of these two companies, there are thousands of employees who only receive salaries and do not receive work.
If you carefully check the list of these employees, you can easily find the names of the wife of the speaker of the New Jersey Assembly, the father of the mayor of Brooklyn, and the son of the representative of the Manhattan Assembly among these people.
It costs dollars to maintain contact with these people.
But when Abel needs it, these networks built with dollar bills and benefits can make him everywhere in New York.
Bloomberg knows that he can be elected, and 1/3 of this is due to the efforts of himself and the Oilers.
Of the remaining 2/3, half of the Xiangdang's operations in New York in the past few years are good, and the other half is this guy in front of me.
For example, when the Bloomberg election was in full swing.
Although the guy in front of him is not in New York.
But a social welfare charity fund in New York suddenly launched a donation event called "Renew".
The charitable association raised $600 million in charitable donations during last year's New York election to pay arrears for 1.2 New York City prisoners who had served their sentences but had no money to pay their fines.
Before Election Day, the charitable society allowed the prisoners to regain their right to vote.
Any New York City prisoner who is registered to vote and faces a fine of less than $1500 can receive sponsorship from the charity.
Not long after the event started, Bloomberg suddenly got 1.2 extra votes in one day...
To be honest, this is a path that Bloomberg himself never envisioned.
The mayor of New York also knows that this should be the solution that Abel's think tank came up with.
So even though he became the mayor of New York City as he wished, there is still the support of the entire oilman group behind him.
Bloomberg, as always, attaches great importance to this "friendship" with Abel.
Just because Bloomberg knows that in New York, "Smith" is now a big sign.
With the help of this big signboard, I sat in this position.
But if you want to sit still, you want to sit for a long time.
The signboard of Smith cannot be lost at any time.
Didn't you see that even the guy from the White House still picks up this signboard and waves it around from time to time?
This proves that this signboard is easy to use in the United States now.
(End of this chapter)
Early March 2002.
New York, Fifth Avenue in Manhattan.
A convoy of 7 black Cadillacs was slowly advancing on the road.
At this time, if there is a caring person.
If you look carefully, you can find the black Cadillac sedan in the middle of the convoy, whose rear compartment has been rising and falling slightly.
One up and one down, one sit down, very rhythmic.
Even if the latest electromagnetic suspension technology is used, the stability of the vehicle is guaranteed.
But when the Abel brand electric "motor" started to move crazily in the carriage.
The most advanced vehicle suspension technology also cannot guarantee that it will not be affected by the impact of this strength.
This slightly undulating state.
The taxi team came out of the building at No. 1 Central Park South, and it never stopped.
Until about half an hour or so.
Waiting for the convoy to stop at the Smith Tower in the heart of Lower Manhattan.
This shaking, it just came to an end a little bit.
The bodyguards in other vehicles got down and surrounded the car, waiting for the owner of the car to come down.
The raised partition completely encloses the rear compartment of the silent Cadillac monster.
Abel was putting on his tie with a relaxed expression.
Next to him, Miss Amanda Hearst was busy arranging her own ol' dress.
"Don't be in such a hurry. Take your time, there are still 25 minutes before your work time. You can tidy up and get out of the car again."
Looking at the makeup mirror in the car, he didn't see any lipstick marks on his face in the mirror. Abel smiled and said to Amanda who was wearing a bra.
"Hey, chick. You took the initiative to sit on it just now. I warned you!"
"Humph--"
Abel smiled and shook his head lightly, "As I said, if you mind, pack it up before getting out of the car. There is still time, so I'll go down first."
Without waiting for her to respond, Abel stepped out of the car, and after the door was closed, he said to Donnie who was guarding the car, "Wait for her in a while."
The captain of the female bodyguard nodded silently and stayed by the car, while Abel glanced at the car behind, and then walked quickly into the Smith Building surrounded by the four King Kongs.
As soon as he got in, Lydia Hearst opened the door of the car waiting behind the Cadillac monster and got out.
The young lady of the Hearst family, with pink cheeks, walked in front of the window of the Cadillac monster.
She knocked on the car window.
dong dong——
"what……"
After being electronically synthesized and transmitted through wireless equipment, Amanda's voice sounded from an inconspicuous small speaker next to the car window.
This is one of the modification facilities of this Cadillac monster.
The strong sound insulation and three-proof capabilities of Cadillac Monster make it impossible for people outside the car to hear the movement inside the car.
Similarly, there is no way to hear outside sounds from inside the car.
The significance of this modification is that it can ensure safety without opening windows and doors.
Let the people in the car communicate with the people outside.
"Aren't you alright? We're going to report today, and there are only 22 minutes left before work time."
Lydia said helplessly.
"Isn't there still 22 minutes? Wait for me for a few more minutes."
Lydia pouted, but could only wait helplessly.
After about 5 minutes, Lydia and others wanted to go in first.
The door of the Cadillac monster was finally opened.
After re-makeup, the radiant little woman came out from inside.
Amanda in this state, Lydia thinks it is very beautiful.
"It's finally ready? Let's go, let's go in quickly." Lydia said.
Before the fall of Amanda, the two of them had obtained internship positions at Smith Media through Abel.
The pair will intern at Smith Television Group while continuing their university studies.
This kind of situation of studying while going to work is very common among the outstanding children of the upper class in the United States.
Many times, the children of the upper class in the United States can easily obtain master's and doctoral degrees from various famous universities, but many times these people rarely appear on campus.
The reason is that many of these people are studying in school while working in various top companies.
There are backers, backgrounds, and enough fault-tolerant background.
In addition, many people in it are still very hardworking.
With these prerequisites and foundations, these second generations can perform very well with just a little talent.
At least in terms of media reports, on the surface, it seems that everyone is the pride of heaven, the elite of the world.
Amanda and Lydia are members of this gang.
Don't mention the Hearst sisters, report to the personnel department of the Smith TV group.
Abel here.
"Hi boss……"
"Good day, boss..."
Abel with a charming smile and two not too pretty, but very sweet receptionists nodded in response to their greetings.
The special elevator went directly to the personal office. When Abel stepped out of the elevator, his two female assistants were already standing outside the office door waiting.
"boss."
"Well, bring over the documents from this period, and those invitations that have been screened. After a while, Bloomberg will come and bring us two cups of coffee."
Abel walked into the office where the female assistant had pushed the door open, took off his windbreaker and threw it to the assistant, and gave instructions quickly.
"Good boss."
Looking at the backs of two female assistants who graduated from prestigious universities, worked in large groups, and both had excellent figures and looks.
Abel raised his eyebrows and shrugged his shoulders. He was well aware that the collars of these two men were getting lower and lower, and their career lines were getting deeper and deeper.
However, appreciation is appreciation, he will not eat grass by the side of the nest.
There is a lesson from Catherine Jones, the Secret Service Catherine Hannah that little Laura is now with.
Even if it can be guaranteed that they are not agents, spies, or spies, Abel no longer has the patience to train two canaries.
Besides, his women are all goddess-level, although these two are in good shape and good looks.
But age and experience are nothing new, so don't mess it up and make some X-harassment scandal in the workplace, it will be really disgusting.
Don't think that Americans dare not use this method against consortium bosses.
Even guys like David Rockefeller have had similar scandals and news.
He, Abel Smith, is a playboy himself, and this kind of scandal really happened, as long as it is not fake news.
The public must believe that it was he who took the initiative.
As the saying goes, all loyalty comes from interests.
When one day, the interests of betrayal outweigh the interests of loyalty, you may choose to betray without hesitation.
After half an hour.
"Hey man, you look busy, what are you doing?"
"I'm writing a check, wait a moment."
Abel looked up, glanced at Bloomberg who walked in, and said with a smile, holding a signature pen in his hand, he quickly signed a few documents.
"Cheque?"
The founder of Bloomberg was not surprised at all, and picked up the checks that Abel had signed in front of him and looked at them.
The mayor of New York found out that they were all charitable donations to some charitable associations that were in the fall.
For example, digging wells for Africa, changing clothes for Asian children, giving Eastern European girls a new pair of red high-heeled shoes and so on.
Many of the items in it are nonsense in the eyes of Chinese people.
But in the United States, where charity is a business, they exist in such a grandiose manner.
Don't think that the corruption of the Cross Society can only happen in China.
Sheda's America will only get worse.
Needless to say how far away the time or future is, just a few years ago, the largest charity fund in the United States, the United Charities Foundation, had a shocking scandal.
Take a first-class plane, pick up and drop off in Lincoln luxury limousine, X harass female employees, spend a lot of money to buy luxury houses and gifts for lovers...
A few years ago, William Alamone, the CEO of the largest charitable organization in the United States, was revealed to have embezzled donations to satisfy his own extravagant private life.
This big scandal is even serious enough to set back American philanthropy.
So... the world is as black as crows, so don't laugh at anyone else.
"My friend, you are very generous."
After a little counting of the dozen or so different checks on the table, Bloomberg found that they add up to almost $400 million.
"When I did this, I was paying protection fees. Now I am doing this, and I am paying image maintenance fees."
Abel shook his head with a smile and said, "Fortunately, it's just some small money, so let's treat it as one of my hobbies."
"This is not a small amount of money, two or three billion dollars a year... Your hobby is really expensive." Bloomberg said, shaking his head.
Abel did not speak, and signed the last document.
The above is a charity fund run by the wife of one of the two senators from New York State, who is calling on Americans to dig wells for black people in Africa.
They are talking about Abel, but in fact, this kind of donation has not been less than Bloomberg before.
It's just that the amount and quantity are not of the same magnitude as Abel's.
This kind of donation is still very necessary in many cases.
If you manage well at ordinary times, the requirements of the other party are met. When you need to use these contacts, you can get help with just one phone call.
To put it bluntly, this is also a transaction.
Similar to the situation of the revolving door, while engaging in the transfer of benefits openly, a bright charity plaque is hung.
With this layer of skin, people who don't know the truth see it and think that every rich man in the United States is a very generous and benevolent philanthropist.
In fact, if one ten-thousandth of the money can go to the recipient of the donation, then the recipient is already a really good person.
Tsk tsk, how good is this?
One side gains, one side gets name and help when necessary.
At the same time, this kind of behavior can also be used as the content of the United States' foreign propaganda, and it can be used by NGOs as materials to brainwash the leeks in the third world.
Brainwashing leeks, making leeks think that rich entrepreneurs in the United States are all socially responsible and philanthropists.
The so-called lighthouses of the civilized world are washed out bit by bit like this.
Closing the file and stamping the pen, Abe looked up at Michael Bloomberg.
Bloomberg, in fact, is not young anymore, and he will be 60 years old after his birthday this year.
Fortunately, he is very rich and can enjoy the best longevity medical technology in the world, as well as a powerful personal makeup artist and image designer.
The pile of money makes the 60-year-old Bloomberg look young and vigorous, and he has the image of a powerful mayor of New York.
"I've heard what you've been up to at City Hall, and I gotta say, well done, man."
Standing up from the boss chair, Abel walked over to Bloomberg.
The two walked to the sofa in the office lounge area together.
Bloomberg shrugged, "I have to do something to show the public that I am different from other mayors."
"Haha..." Abel patted him on the shoulder, "But I heard that you turned the mayor's office into a securities company."
Last year, Bloomberg was successfully elected mayor of New York City with the slogan "I am willing to serve the public with an annual salary of one dollar".
It has been two months since he took office. During this period, Bloomberg has transformed the traditional layout of the New York City government office for 190 years into a trading hall-style room modeled on an investment bank.
He also put many New York technicians and managers, and even bureaucrats, and placed them like traders in financial companies.
Through this system, real-time monitoring of the city's fire protection, public security, sanitation and other indicators.
Bloomberg declared to the outside world that the optimization of management also applies to urban management, and he will carefully plan the entire New York City.
This practice once caused heated discussions in the United States.
Many people criticized him for turning the city hall into a financial company.
Fortunately, New York has always been the financial center of the United States, and even the world.
Doing this in New York itself has a certain foundation.
In addition, when the hot discussion just started, Abel's "attack" happened.
With big Internet celebrities in the way, Bloomberg's reform of the New York City government is not a big deal.
The two sat on the sofa, and the female assistant brought coffee.
Abel's side is the same as always, Mei Xia Coffee, Bloomberg has no entanglement with coffee beans, but likes to drink iced Americano.
It's the kind with ice, bitter and thick, without a little sugar and milk.
Many Chinese drink it as a refreshing Chinese medicine.
Judging from the caffeine content, the iced American style is indeed no different from traditional Chinese medicine.
"The city council has passed it."
After sitting down, Bloomberg took a sip of coffee and said with a soft smile: "The construction union has also notified it, and the problem is not big. The project can be approved, Mr. Funder."
"Ha—that's good news."
Abel said happily.
He has worked hard for more than a year, and even bet on Bloomberg in advance, and Hudson Yards, which is about to be produced, has finally reached the stage where everything is ready to start.
"Let's start a Hudson Yards Group as we agreed earlier."
For the construction of wonders, the Chinese attribute in Abel's soul was activated at once.
"The issue of share allocation also refers to our previous decision."
Bloomberg nodded. "No problem. Came here today, besides telling you about this. There's one more thing."
"Ok?"
"I want to ask you what you think about governing New York, or what are your requirements."
Hearing Bloomberg's question, Abel couldn't help raising his eyebrows.
"Mr. Mayor, this issue is your responsibility. You must know that the mayor of New York City is you, Michael Bloomberg, not me, Abel Smith."
"Don't talk to me like that." Bloomberg said angrily, "You know what I mean, Mr. Abel Smith."
Bloomberg had a preliminary grasp of the government of New York City, and after mastering the work, he came over to ask Abel this question.
It's not that Mr. Mayor is in a hurry.
Nor is it that Bloomberg sees Abel as his own Zhuge Wuhou.
This is done because Bloomberg knows that even if he is the mayor of New York City.
But in this place of New York, it has never been decided by the mayor.
In other words, this place has never even been in the hands of the New York authorities.
If he wants to hold the position of mayor of New York City, he must do something, or be able to make money.
That's not an easy thing to do.
Compared with other cities, New York, the largest city in the United States, is too crouching.
Others don't say that Bloomberg knows that this guy in front of him is one of the most terrifying dragons and tigers in New York.
Although Abel is a Texan, half of his real base is actually in New York City.
On Wall Street, Smith Capital has long been one of the six major investment banks, and the new Smith Financial is even more of a behemoth.
In the media industry, one of New York's dominant areas, Smith Media is one of the giants.
The most important thing is that while this guy is too rich, he is also too generous.
Like the donation check just now, Bloomberg guessed that Abel would write at least a dozen checks a day on average!
Not to mention the rest of the US.
Just in New York.
As far as Bloomberg knows, in New York, at least 9% of various congressmen and power figures, regardless of donkeys or elephants, have almost all received benefits from Abel.
All kinds of influential journalists, writers, and influential figures have also received his checks.
If Soros is the whole world, throwing money at the media everywhere.
That Abel was throwing money all over New York.
Revolving doors and charitable donations, this guy has played it better than anyone else.
A rock security, a 1450 network consulting company.
Under the names of these two companies, there are thousands of employees who only receive salaries and do not receive work.
If you carefully check the list of these employees, you can easily find the names of the wife of the speaker of the New Jersey Assembly, the father of the mayor of Brooklyn, and the son of the representative of the Manhattan Assembly among these people.
It costs dollars to maintain contact with these people.
But when Abel needs it, these networks built with dollar bills and benefits can make him everywhere in New York.
Bloomberg knows that he can be elected, and 1/3 of this is due to the efforts of himself and the Oilers.
Of the remaining 2/3, half of the Xiangdang's operations in New York in the past few years are good, and the other half is this guy in front of me.
For example, when the Bloomberg election was in full swing.
Although the guy in front of him is not in New York.
But a social welfare charity fund in New York suddenly launched a donation event called "Renew".
The charitable association raised $600 million in charitable donations during last year's New York election to pay arrears for 1.2 New York City prisoners who had served their sentences but had no money to pay their fines.
Before Election Day, the charitable society allowed the prisoners to regain their right to vote.
Any New York City prisoner who is registered to vote and faces a fine of less than $1500 can receive sponsorship from the charity.
Not long after the event started, Bloomberg suddenly got 1.2 extra votes in one day...
To be honest, this is a path that Bloomberg himself never envisioned.
The mayor of New York also knows that this should be the solution that Abel's think tank came up with.
So even though he became the mayor of New York City as he wished, there is still the support of the entire oilman group behind him.
Bloomberg, as always, attaches great importance to this "friendship" with Abel.
Just because Bloomberg knows that in New York, "Smith" is now a big sign.
With the help of this big signboard, I sat in this position.
But if you want to sit still, you want to sit for a long time.
The signboard of Smith cannot be lost at any time.
Didn't you see that even the guy from the White House still picks up this signboard and waves it around from time to time?
This proves that this signboard is easy to use in the United States now.
(End of this chapter)
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