America's Road to Wealth

Chapter 463 The Black Ship Attack of the New Century
Abel declined Mukesh Ambani's invitation in the end.

Firstly, he was not familiar with the other party, and it was even his first time in India.

I really don't have much impression of Mukesh Ambani.

Secondly, before coming to Abrahim India, of course the Smith Intelligence Group made preparations.

The situation here has been investigated in advance.

So Abel knew that in recent times, Mukesh Ambani and his younger brother Anil Ambani had been at their worst.

The father of the two brothers is Dhirubhai Ambani, the former richest man in India.

Dhirubhai Ambani passed away two months ago, leaving behind a huge fortune.

Let's die, Dhirubhai Ambani is old after all.Moreover, no one really knows how much affection the two sons have for him.

The point is that Dhirubhai Ambani didn't leave a will at all.

Tens of billions of dollars worth of property was in front of them, and of course Mukesh and his younger brother Anil started fighting openly and secretly, which can be described as a "big fight".

Because he is the eldest son and he has a relatively high position in the company.

After Drubhai's death, Mukesh became the successor chairman of Reliance Group and Anil became the general manager.

Since Anil Ambani entered the group, his position has been under his brother.

And he feels that his contribution to the group is not inferior at all.

Such a result naturally made Anil dissatisfied.

However, Mukesh thought that everything was logical, but his brother's complaints threatened his status.

Therefore, since he monopolized the power for the past two months, Mukesh Ambani has carried out a series of actions to weaken Anil's power.

One of the most powerful moves is to turn the Reliance Oil Refining Company controlled by Mukesh into the base camp that controls the operation and ownership of the entire group.

For this reason, Anil secretly joined the board of directors to fight, but was refuted by an email sent to all employees by his brother.

In the email, Mukesh declared that he would take full responsibility for Reliance and that the "group ownership issue" had been properly resolved.

This move completely angered Anil, so much so that he directly sued his brother to the court on the grounds of making false accounts.

After this behavior was reported by the media, it even triggered a big shock in the Mumbai stock market.

At this point, Mukesh Ambani found himself.

Abel didn't think it was as simple as just "meeting by chance".

Based on the idea that one thing more is worse than one thing less, Abel took the initiative to avoid suspicion.

After all, the main purpose of Abel's visit to India this time was to go to the Padmanabhaswamy Temple.

In addition to things related to the achievement of this purpose, other aspects of India.

Abel wasn't very interested.

Yes, helping Mukesh Ambani may facilitate his progress towards Padmanabhaswami Temple.

Don't underestimate, Ambani has this level of influence in India.

The problem is that Mukesh Ambani's younger brother, Anil, is no good either.

Anil was able to fight Mukesh evenly in a disadvantaged situation.

Either there is someone standing behind, someone supporting Anil Ambani.

Either Mukesh Ambani is inferior to Anil in terms of ability to fight.

Only in this way will the result be almost the same when they have the upper hand.

Obviously helping Mukesh Ambani will inevitably attract Anil Ambani's jealousy.

It is easy for the other party to make a fuss about the Padmanabhaswamy Temple.

Abel didn't have much interest in developing in India.

Naturally, he didn't say much about Mukesh Ambani's overtures.

The next day, the contract was signed smoothly.

Indians love the limelight and are famous all over the world.

Since they liked the mouthful, Abel did what he liked.

Abel gave them a chance to show off, and the richest man in the world personally accepted a large number of interviews with famous local media in India.

What Zee-TV Indian TV station, Awakening Daily, Indian Times, Pascal Daily, Beautiful Malayala...

Because they knew that Abel was coming, almost all the well-known Indian journalists were present on this day.

During the interview, Abel naturally praised the three buddies.

It doesn't cost money to say good things, not to mention that many conditions in India are indeed not bad.

In Abel's mouth, he almost said that "the 21st century is the century of Indians".

His praise naturally made the Indian media practitioners present very happy.

Everyone knows that once this kind of news spreads, the sales and ratings of our newspapers or TV programs will definitely be very exaggerated.

This is the richest man in the world, and the American consortium boss praised India so much!
On the surface, he is more patriotic than anyone else.In fact, Indians, who worship foreigners more than anyone else, like to watch this kind of news the most.

In this way, in the interview, Abel said a good thing about not spending money, and since then his joint venture company in India has been established.

On the third day, the Smith took Abel and left New Delhi.

Little Laura returned to the United States as early as yesterday.

That is, when Abel was bragging to the Indian media, she boarded the business jet of Smith Financial Group and left New Delhi.

After 8 hours of flight time.

A Boeing 747 taking off from Indira Gandhi International Airport and starting to land at London Heathrow Airport.

After taxiing on the airstrip for a period of time, the flight engines of the four Rolls-Royces were shut down one after another.

The sound of the engine disappeared completely, the plane came to a complete stop, and Abel and his party started to get off the plane.

It's different from the last time I came to London.

When Abel came to London last time, although he already had a certain reputation.

But most of the fame was limited to the United States at that time.

In Europe, his name occasionally appears, but his influence is not very great.

This time he came to London again, although the interval was less than a year.

But his influence in London and Europe is no longer the same.

Among other things, just the arrangements he left here made many people in Europe pay special attention to his coming again.

Secondly, he is now the richest man in the world.

"Multi-millionaires in America" ​​are coming to Europe, no big deal.

"Buffett", "Soros", and "Bill Gates" come to Europe, and they sound very different.

In the world of capitalism, well-known super businessmen, their status is often not lost to national leaders.

But now, the name "Abel Smith" is actually more resounding than the above three names in many cases in Europe.

Therefore, although he came here this time, although it was not the most anticipated, it was also under the close attention of many parties.

Not to mention the three days he stayed in India.

In the international financial market, many things related to him have happened.

Since the so-called Iron Lady, the UK, which regards the financial industry as the pillar of the national economy, has paid more attention to his arrival.

Abel led the accompanying assistants and bodyguards, a total of about a dozen people walked down the hanging ladder.

Through the business passage, I saw Jess, the president of Smith Capital (UK), who was coming to pick me up at the entrance of the passage.

Oh, and Jess is no longer the president of Smith Capital (UK).

He is now CEO and Chairman of Smith Financial Group, Europa Region.

Jess is now in charge of Smith Financial Group, most of its business in Europe.

Looking at this able-bodied general, Abel smiled, nodded in satisfaction and said, "You did a good job this time!"

"Thank you boss for your appreciation, boss please..."

Jess had a bright smile on his face. He knew what aspect the boss was boasting about.

Although David Mellon went to Singapore this time.

But in fact, Jess, who is in London, the European financial center, has made a lot of contributions.

Such a huge amount of funds, so many foreign exchange futures positions.

It is impossible to operate only by those dozens of people in Singapore.

Among them, the staff on the London side and the staff on the New York side also contributed a lot.

On the other side of New York, because they are worried about some unspeakable Wall Street tricks.

Such as physical power failure, or even physical interference or something.

With the strength and means of Rockefeller and Morgan, this is completely possible.

So New York is not the place to contribute the most, because it dare not contribute.

In the end, it was naturally the people from London who contributed the most.

Abel's praise of Jess at this time was referring to this aspect.

Coming out of the airport, the ostentation of Abel and his party naturally aroused the curiosity of many people.

When walking to London Heathrow Airport, an arranged place.

The reporters and paparazzi swarming from both sides immediately surrounded the way of Abel and his party.

"Mr. Smith, what do you think of your investment company taking away tens of billions of dollars from Neon Bank in a few days?"

"Mr. Smith, Yu Hayami, President of Neon Bank, claims that you are "the most savage financial barbarian, the most unpopular person in Neon". What do you think of this?"

"Mr. Smith, during this dollar/yen financial turmoil. It is said that you finally joined forces with Morgan and Rockefeller to star in all this. Is this true?"

"Mr. Smith, since you bought the Manchester United club last year, you haven't been to the Red Devils to watch the game. Is it true that you don't like football?"

"Mr. Smith, which industry will you invest in the UK this time?"

"Mr. Smith, what do you think of the Neon Man's anger at you?"

"What do you think of the current financial risks in the UK?"

"..."

The frantic flashing lights and the noisy and crowded scene made Abel's bodyguards feel like they were facing an enemy.

But in fact, rock security has long been prepared for this kind of scene.

The bodyguards shoved away the reporters who were pushing forward from time to time with stern faces, and the familiar scene unfolded, covering Abel's figure.

Abel raised his eyebrows. Before he came to London, he knew there would be such a scene.

But I didn't expect the scene to be so big.

A bunch of British journalists don't care what he wants to do in the UK.

And almost all of them were questions related to Neon people.

It is obvious that there must be funds from the Neon Ministry of Foreign Affairs at work.

After all, as the second country in the world to do foreign propaganda for its own country.

Neon's influence on the global media is only slightly worse than that of the United States.

But this time, Abel somewhat understood the panic of the Neon man.

It is absolutely impossible for anyone who has been robbed of tens of billions of dollars to be calm.

What's more, it is still a powerful economic power, anger and anger are certain.

It's just that it was the Americans who did this, and the Neon people could not use physical means to retaliate.

Then why not allow the other party to use some means of public opinion and money to vent their emotions?

After thinking about it, Abe made a gesture.

The rock security staff quickly paid attention.

After selection, reporters from several newspapers of the Smith Media Group in Europe were selected.

The Daily Telegraph, The Daily Mail, The Daily Express, The Daily Star, The Glasgow Herald...

The lucky reporters of these media, after their microphones were checked, were brought to Abel.

Other British journalists envied it.

But I also know that these reporters are all British who work for Abel.

Abel is their boss, and of course they can enjoy some privileges in front of Abel.

With the microphones of his own newspaper reporters in front of him, Abel showed his signature smile.

Faced with this group of British and European journalists who are more tricky and rude than American journalists.

"Let me clarify, Nihong's Mr. Hayami, he has been pursued by the Neon Tokyo District Prosecutor's Office for economic crimes. It is said that no one has been able to find him so far. So what the criminal said is not at all There is no credibility."

"Secondly, winning and losing in the financial market is very normal. It's like when you go to Las Vegas or Monaco to play, you can't win money because you are highly skilled or favored by the goddess of luck. Then you lose money, blame and Are you against the other gamblers you bet on or the casino itself?"

"Essentially, the international financial market is a super big gambling field. If you want not to lose money, it is very simple, that is, never, never end."

"I suggest to the gentlemen of Neon, if you feel resentment against me because of investment losses and lost money, then there is no need to be afraid of me, then just don't engage in this industry in the future."

"And if they don't listen to my advice and stay in the industry."

"Then I can only say..."

Facing a large number of flashing lights, there are also reporters with collective expressions of excitement.

Abel smiled again and concluded:

"The next time they face me, they will still lose. And they will only lose more."

"Wow—"

The reporters confronted Abel's relentless rebuttal to the neon man who accused him.

It almost caused the European and British reporters present to climax directly.

Two days ago, when Abel was still in India.

In the international financial market, the financial turmoil of USD/JPY has finally come to an end.

As a result of this financial turmoil, the neon people and many unresolute bulls suffered heavy losses.

Among them, the Neon people lost the most. The Wall Street Journal said that they lost hundreds of billions of dollars because they frantically covered their positions after the previous losses.

The "New York Post" is even more exaggerated, saying that the loss of neon lights this time is second only to the bursting of the bubble ten years ago, and the value cannot be estimated.

The more pertinent "New York Observer" believes that the direct economic loss of the Neon people this time is about 800 billion U.S. dollars.

If the position is not covered, it may only be 500 billion US dollars.

However, its indirect losses, such as the short-term sharp rise and fall of the yen exchange rate, and thus the impact on the neon economy, are difficult to estimate.

In short, this time, the Neon people must have lost the most.

This can be seen from the drastic personnel changes in the neon bank of the neon people in the past two days.

For example, Yu Hayami, the president of Neon Bank that the reporter mentioned earlier, is now the former president.

Has been clearly dismissed, and a series of position changes have taken place at the top of the Neon Bank.

Then in Tokyo, there were news reports that Hayami Yu was investigated.

In addition to these, many people in the economic and business circles of Neon have come forward to accuse Abel Smith implicitly.

Like Yu Hayami, he was interviewed by the neon "Yomiuri Shimbun" just a few hours before the case was filed for investigation.

"Yomiuri Shimbun" is a national and very influential one of the Neon family.

At its peak, it once achieved the achievement of daily newspaper sales of 2000 million copies.

Even bigger than The Wall Street Journal.

In an interview with the Yomiuri Shimbun.

Yu Hayami directly said that Abel Smith was the financial barbarian who targeted Neon this time.

It was the disaster that Neon Bank encountered after the 21st century, like a black ship attacking.

In the interview, Yu Hayami played up Abel's crimes so badly that he almost said that Abel was a sinner of Neon.

Except Hayamiyu.

This time, there are also many famous business people on the Neon side.

People like Ito Masatoshi, Yanai Masa, Takei Yasuo and others also said something during the interview.

These people are not as direct as Hayamiyu.

What they said was relatively cryptic, but they were all easily associated with Abel.

Abel was in India for the last two days.

The international financial and financial media suddenly discovered that there was another big job, and it was related to Abel Smith.

That's why the Neon people are blaming Abel because Abel has made money from the Neon people.

So these British journalists, European journalists.

When they interviewed Abel just now, most of the questions they asked were related to the Neon people.

Of course, as Abel thought.

Many people also received funding from the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, and the questions they asked would be a little more intense, and they would be more inclined towards the neon people.

And Abel's reaction just now was almost saying to the Neon people:

"Cai, don't play. If you still want to play, I will continue to mess with you next time."

Such a direct and domineering statement.

Naturally, the good Europeans who have always looked down on neon, but are very jealous of the development of the neon economy collectively climaxed.

Taking funds from the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and discriminating against Neon people do not conflict with some European journalists.

What's more, Abel's direct confrontation is more likely to attract readers and audiences.

That's the kind of drama that readers love to see.

The news of Abel's statement can bring greater help to their ratings and sales.

Of course, the reporters were happier and more excited to want Abel, and then fired on the Neon man.

To their disappointment, Abel's bodyguards had come over and blocked them all.

Although not reconciled, the reporters could only watch Mr. the world's richest man "go away" with his entourage.

Looking at the back of the crowd disappearing.

William, the reporter of "The Times", while checking the negatives of his camera, couldn't help sighing in a low voice:
"As expected of Americans, they are tough when facing neon signs."

Next to him, who has always been familiar with him, the colleague of the "Guardian", the reporter Jack said with a smile:
"The neon people were too arrogant before. They still wanted to buy the United States. I was taught a lesson 10 years ago, and now I have been taught a lesson again. Tsk tsk, these little potato chips, being targeted by Abel Smith, really If you are targeted, there will be a good show in the future."

The reporters were all moved and agreed with the opinions of these two reporters.

(End of this chapter)