Abel meeting with Larry Page and Serge Brin.

On the same day, Manhattan, New York.

Manhattan District Attorney's Office, in Prosecutor Robert's office on the third floor.

Robert watched his granddaughter walk in.

In the past, Robert loved to see his granddaughter come in here.

But recently, he was in this office, but he vaguely didn't want to see his granddaughter come in.

It's not that he's starting to hate Peggy, hate his granddaughter.

It's a different reason.

The reason for this is because of recent times.

Most of the Manhattan District Attorney's Office, attorney notices and court notices for indictments.

They were all sent in by Peggy!

Others don't dare to touch his head, and they will be scolded by Robert.

In the office, Peggy is seen pushing the door in.

Basically, it means that there is a new prosecution that makes Robert feel irritated.

"Is there a new one?" Robert Morgenthau looked at his palm with a blank expression.

Looking at Paige, who has been much haggard recently, she feels very distressed.

While hating someone, she nodded and said:

"Yes, this time it's a woman named Maria."

"What's the case this time?" Robert asked.

There are so many people in America who call Mary more than David and John combined.

The cases that Robert handles in Manhattan every year, or that hang in his name.

It is not uncommon for there to be a dozen or twenty Marys in them.

"It's not a case this time." Peggy said helplessly, "Maria was the cleaner you fired last year."

"Oh?" Robert was in a trance, and Peggy's reminder reminded him.

A few years ago, the cleaner in charge of his office seemed to be named Maria.

She was a white woman in her fifties, bloated and fat.

"What's the matter with her?" Robert asked, puzzled.

Peggy didn't really want to tell her grandfather about this Mary.

It's just that this Maria's incident this time may be some kind of change of wind.

She felt a little disgusting though, though it might have made her grandfather angry.

But it is still necessary to let the grandfather know in advance, so that what changes have occurred in the future.

It can also make the grandfather mentally prepared and prepare the means of defense in advance.

So Peggy felt a little inappropriate, but still whispered:

"Grandfather, this cleaner in your mouth. She recently "hired" a lawyer."

"Hehe~"

Robert Morgenthau sneered.

A cleaner who earns about $2,000 to $3,000 a month and asks a lawyer to sue the Manhattan District Attorney?

Are you kidding?!!

Robert naturally knew that Maria was just a front, just a pawn on the surface.

It wasn't Mary herself who was really doing the trouble.

"What did she sue me?" Recently, he has been used to being sued, and Robert is a little numb.

He felt that no matter how outrageous the indictment was, he would not feel anything special.

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However, his granddaughter's words immediately stunned him.

Because Peggy says:

"This Mary, she, through her lawyer, sues you. Say that in March, April, and June last year, you tried to assault her in the office several times in a row."

Robert first thought he had misheard, and then made sure he had heard correctly.

He felt his heart in the position and couldn't help but feel a pang of cramping.

「

I'm shitfxkk this fxxk!"

Holding his heart, Robert pointed one finger up and down, his face turned pale.

Peggy knew her grandfather's reaction would be big, but she didn't know it would be so big.

Fortunately, she was prepared and immediately took out the medicine prepared in advance.

And with quick movements, I poured it on my grandfather and fed him a little water.

Robert Morgenthau felt much better.

Although his face was still a little pale, he was not as angry as he was just now, as if he was about to faint.

「fxxkyou！！」

Robert Morgenthau, who was more comfortable, finally scolded angrily.

This is also the first time since Peggy was a child that she has seen such angry and rude words in her gentle and elegant grandfather.

Peggy regretted it all.

If you had known about it, you shouldn't have let your grandfather know about it.

"Whew~~"

Robert Morgenthau took a deep breath, anxious and angry.

But just like Peggy thought, Robert Morgenthau, who came from an East Coast political powerhouse.

He keenly felt that the matter of Mary might not be so simple.

Robert Morgenthau thought quickly.

After a minute or so, he suddenly asked Peggy softly:

"Tell me, dear. Who is the lawyer representing this Mary this time?"

Peggy was stunned, and before she could realize why her grandfather would ask about this in the first place.

She thought for a moment and said, "It's John Sam's law firm."

John Sam & Associates is a well-known law firm in New York.

Unlike the big law firms at the top of the rankings.

The law firm has only been around for a few years, and its fame depends entirely on its owner, John Sam.

To put it simply, there is only one barrister in this law firm, and the others are assistants and auxiliary lawyers.

This is different from the big law firms that have a lot of people and a lot of barristers.

"Sam John." Robert Morgenthau's face was blue, and a thoughtful micro-expression appeared.

"Well done this time. Honey." After a while, Robert Morgenthau suddenly said.

Peggy looked at him, "Grandfather?"

"Not Abel Smith." Robert Morgenthau said, "I mean, the Mary affair wasn't led by Abel Smith."

"What do you mean?"

"Just like you think. It's like the reason why you told me about this disgusting thing." Robert Morgenthau, who was still angry and angry just now.

At this moment, his tone was steady, and he regained his original gentleness and elegance.

"It's likely that some people are starting to take advantage of Abel Smith's madness to test me."

Robert Morgenthau said.

Peggy immediately understood what Grandpa meant, and that was exactly what she was worried about.

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is also the reason why she chose to risk her grandfather being angry and tell her grandfather about this disgusting thing.

The winds in New York's judicial circles may have changed somewhat.

"And who do you think it will be?" Peggy spoke softly.

Robert Morgenthau shook his head and said:

"It doesn't matter who it is anymore. The important thing is that we have to get Abel Smith to stop as soon as possible."

Peggy nodded.

Although Abel Smith's approach has kept the Manhattan District Attorney's Office busy.

It also made Robert a little angry and disgusted.

But it's still at the level that Robert Morgenthau can accept.

First, Abel did this, within the rules, and talked about the rules.

Second, Abel did this, and it couldn't do it to the Manhattan area

The Prosecutor's Office with Robert Morgenthau, what actual harm was caused.

So many prosecutions are just for the Manhattan District Attorney's Office to waste some of its personnel capacity to respond to the prosecution.

Robert Morgenthau will be funded by more than $100,000 per month.

The biggest damage, that is, the reputation of the Manhattan District Attorney's Office.

But now, Robert Morgenthau is keenly aware of the change in the wind.

Most of the lawsuits filed by the law firms hired by Abel were very formal.

The Manhattan District Attorney's Office, some of the previous cases that may have been unjust, were used to countersue and prosecute.

At best, it can only be said that Robert Morgenthau is not rigorous in handling cases.

This kind of thing is not a big deal in the American prosecutorial circles.

But this time, the name of suing Robert Morgenthau is such a trumped-up thing.

Robert Morgenthau felt that someone was taking advantage of this opportunity.

took advantage of the storm of litigation initiated by Abel against him, and wanted to do something else to himself under the cover of Abel.

Like what

Squirting stinking discredits Robert Morgenthau's reputation.

And then indirectly affect the next Manhattan district attorney election!

That's right, as with any other position.

Regional prosecutors, who are also elected to power.

Robert Morgenthau is a solid man in Manhattan, but he has to re-select every few years.

Every year someone rises up to challenge him, although they fail.

This year it's time for him to accept other people's challenges, and half a month later.

That's when the election season for district attorneys begins.

There is a Chinese proverb that says, "The drunkard does not mean to drink".

Robert Morgenthau now feels that some people are beginning to have this kind of intention.

Maybe even Abel Smith's approach is one of the drunkards!

Robert is not afraid of a storm of lawsuits, but he doesn't want this storm of lawsuits to continue.

Ultimately affecting his throne.

After thinking for a long time, Robert Morgenthau suddenly said directly to his granddaughter:

"Peggy, I want you to put aside all the cases and things you have at hand first."

"Okay. Grandfather." Peggy, who had been quietly waiting for Robert to finish his thoughts, replied without hesitation.

"You're going to California right now." Robert said again.

Peggy asked, "Why did you send me to California?"

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"Abel Smith is in California right now." Robert Morgenthau said:

"I want you to go to him and reconcile with him."

Peggy was stunned, but immediately said, "No problem, I'll go."

Robert Morgenthau nodded, continuing to ponder.

At this time, the matter he considered had become who was behind it.

Who is possible, in this election, really threatens himself.

Peggy no longer bothered her grandfather, and she quietly left the office to prepare for a trip to California.

As Peggy boarded her plane to California.

U.S. West Coast,

Santa Clara Valley, San Francisco, California.

The Santa Clara Valley has an alternate name called Silicon Valley.

The name is due to the fact that this is the place where silicon-based semiconductor chips were first researched and produced.

Silicon Valley is the kingdom of the electronics industry and the computer industry, and the region accounts for one-third of the total venture capital in the United States.

Met Serge Brin and Larry Page at noon, and raised the price again later.

In the evening, in the city of Palo Alto, Silicon Valley.

Abel is in a company called Ideo, yes

When meeting the three co-founders of the company.

He received a text message.

This text message made him laugh in front of the three co-founders of Ideo.

Across from him sat the three founders of Ideo.

They are David Kelly, dean and founder of the Stanford School of Design.

There are also two other co-founders, Mike Nato and Bill Morgrid.

This time, Abel came to IDEO to discuss a business with IDEO.

Second, he simply and directly wanted to take a stake in the already well-known Ideo company.

Just now, Abel received a short message of good news from David Jones.

Between Abel and the other party, the valuation of IDEO is being discussed.

Before the dot-com bubble burst, there was David Kelly, the leading company of IDEO.

At one point, the valuation exceeded a billion dollars.

At that time, the valuations of Silicon Valley startups were generally on the high side.

Install a few computers in the garage, invite a few college students, and do some ID ideas, the cost is less than 200,000 dollars.

When an angel round investor comes to the door, they dare to quote a valuation of one or two million US dollars.

This kind of leather bag company, dare to do this.

Not to mention a unicorn like IDEO.

It's just not anymore.

After the bubble burst, IDEO, like other Silicon Valley companies, went on a crazy rollercoaster ride in valuation.

On the market, IDEO's latest valuation is less than $150 million.

However, the three co-founders of Ideo are still stubborn.

Even though it's a bubble time, IDEO is in a difficult situation.

But the market value of IDEO should be at least more than 200 million US dollars.

Abel didn't seem willing to back down, and the three people at Ideo watched the billion-dollar company fall like this.

Nor are they willing to back down.

When there was a stalemate, Abel saw the new text message and his mood suddenly improved.

This change in him also made the three of them aware of it.

They are not familiar with Abel, and if Abel doesn't say it, they can't ask such a straightforward question.

Fortunately, Abel laughed directly and said:

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"Ha~ Good news. Let me tell you, the person sitting in front of you right now is the largest individual shareholder of Google."

"Just now. Larry Page and Serge Brin, along with a few other independent shareholders, sold me $610 million worth of shares."

"The share of these stocks, in Google's total share capital, currently accounts for about 20%~"

When the news was announced, the three co-founders of Ideo were obviously a little surprised.

Although IDEO is also one of the well-known unicorn companies in Silicon Valley in recent years.

But there's no doubt that there's simply no way to compare it to Google, the unicorn king of Silicon Valley.

Google's 20% stake was sold for only $610 million.

IDEO, which doesn't have one-sixth of Google's market capitalization and volume, is obviously unrealistic to sell for more money.

When David Kelly and the other three looked at each other's eyes.

When they saw Able standing up, they smiled and said to them:

"With a valuation of 180 million, I want a 20% stake in IDEO. And after that, there is a right of first refusal."

"At the same time, after fulfilling this shareholding requirement, I will give IDEO a minimum of $10 million."

"That's my condition. Think about it, tomorrow I'll be leaving San Francisco."

"Hopefully I'll get a clear answer from you before then."

David Kelly, the leader, wanted to say something to save Ya

Uncle.

But Abel had already gotten up and left, so they had to stand up and send him out of the door of Ideo.

When the three of them turned around and returned to the company.

Bill Mogrid, one of the co-founders, couldn't help but say:

"I think so. The first thing we need to do is keep IDEO alive."

"The valuation of 180 million, 20%, is only 36 million US dollars. That's a little bit, isn't it?" The other founder, Mike Nato, was a little unwilling.

You must know that half a year ago, if you wanted to take so many shares of IDEO.

At least $200 million is needed.

After only half a year, the same stake was worth only $36 million.

I hate the dot-com bubble!

Mike Nato thought to himself.

At this time, the leader of the trio, the real head of IDEO, David Kelly, a professor at Stanford University, spoke.

He said, "I agree with Bill. Staying alive is more important than anything else. Not many people are willing to put their money into Silicon Valley now."

Mike Nato actually knows this, he is just a little unwilling.

"Okay. Then I agree." Mike Nato said.

36 million is 36 million, it's better than nothing.

IDEO isn't running out of money right now, but it's really running out of money.

On the other hand, Abel wasn't lying.

After leaving Palo Alto, he literally went straight to Los Angeles and stopped staying near San Francisco.

The main reason is that the purpose of his coming to Silicon Valley this time has been accomplished more than half.

That is to get a stake in Google, which is not yet publicly listed.

In the case of Ideo, he initially wanted to make a deal with it.

Looking at the current depressed valuation of IDEO, it is the most valuable stage for investment.

Thinking about picking grass and beating rabbits, by the way, if you can buy shares, you will buy shares.

The business he wanted to negotiate with Ideo turned into a way to lure Ideo into accepting his request to take a stake.

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Although at this time in Silicon Valley, in addition to Google, there are many companies with great value that are worth his shares.

But Abel knows that there will be a big wave next year.

These high-tech companies, or Internet companies.

It will really fall to the bottom next year.

At that time, it is the most cost-effective.

Google is a special case.

Because this year due to the bubble being punctured, the psychological damage and impact caused

This year, Larry Page and Serge Brin, the two founders with the largest stakes in Google, have strong intentions to sell their shares.

By next year, after Schmidt became the chief EO of Google Inc.

The two founders will no longer be willing to sell their shares in large quantities.

At that time, it will be much more difficult to get a large number of shares in Google.

This year's gap period is the best time.

In the current market, $610 million, 20% of Google's shares are indeed a little more expensive.

But Abel and Silicon Valley don't have any personal affection and contact, and they want it so much.

It is impossible to get so many shares in such a short period of time without spending a little money.

Fortunately, the shares are finally in hand, and if they are left alone in the future, they can appreciate dozens of times.

If the ratio can be maintained, it can be exaggerated into hundreds of billions of dollars.

One of the main purposes of his visit to Silicon Valley has finally been accomplished.

The next only need is next year.

Throughout Silicon Valley,

When they are all mourning again, just come and harvest again.

Without San Francisco, his next destination is the brightest pearl of the West Coast.

The City of Angels, the sea breeze of Los Angeles.

The American Road to Wealth.

The new Siyan reminds you: Remember to collect after reading, next time I update you to continue reading, look forward to the wonderful continuation!