Los Angeles, under Beverly Hills.

In a conference room at the InterContinental Hotel.

Abel sat high on the throne, occasionally smiling faintly.

Most of the time, he was expressionless, watching the arguments of the think tanks below.

I have a copy of the data from Fannie Mae. Since January, cities like New York, San Francisco, Phoenix, Las Vegas, D.C., Los Angeles and Miami have all seen home prices rise by more than 20 percent, and Los Angeles and Miami have all risen by more than 30 percent, according to the data. During this period, the Case Shearer Home Price Index rose 39% in 20 major U.S. cities. ”

"Large coastal cities and places like Phoenix and Las Vegas saw the biggest relative increases in home prices."

The person who is speaking is Bertlem Hall in the think tank.

Bertlem Hall worked for the Thor brothers before working for Abel.

The Thor brothers are among the top five real estate companies in the United States.

Bertelem Hall is the company's deputy manager in New York.

He is one of Abel's team who currently knows the most about the real estate situation in the United States.

Facing the gaze of the boss and many colleagues, Bertram Hall, who has not achieved an inch since joining the team.

At this moment, he finally has the opportunity to play, and he naturally does his best.

Due to different market conditions, home price increases across the United States have also shown corresponding regional characteristics."

"The cost of land is the decisive factor in housing prices. Cities like San Francisco, New York, and Miami have physical limits on building space expansion. The rate of increase in housing prices in these cities will naturally be a little higher. ”

These are all traditional large cities that are highly speculated in their respective regions.

The construction period is also relatively long, and the population is also large.

The per capita land area is relatively small, so it is naturally more expensive.

"Cities like Dallas and Atlanta have more land and cheaper, lower housing prices, and slower growth."

"In summary. From the perspective of data and the general economic market. ”

"My personal judgment is that the real estate industry in the United States will usher in a new upward cycle."

"Boss, that's all I have to say."

Finally, Bertlem Hall took the document and nodded respectfully to Abel.

Abel smiled and replied, "Very good data." I've also seen this data, and I personally agree with your judgment. ”

"What about the others? Bertlem Hall has put himself in his shoes and made his point of view. What do you think? ”

His team of thinkers, which now includes the words of David Jones.

There are already twenty-two.

He currently works entirely in a newly formed advisory department at Smiths Capital.

Their identities are also advisors to Smith Capital for the time being.

Most of these people are headhunters, helping Abel recruit elites in various industries.

Everyone has their own areas of expertise, and at the same time, they are very clear about the business doorway.

Alan Baker temporarily served as the leader of this department.

The establishment of this department has been very short.

But two things have been done for Abel, that is, the acquisition of Dark Horse Comics and AMC TV.

Among them, Dark Horse Comics is the third largest independent comic company in the United States in addition to DC and Marvel.

in parallel time and space.

Around 2020, when it comes to superheroes, the world often only thinks of Marvel and DC.

But in fact, the superhero series under Dark Horse Comics is also quite popular.

Like Hellboy, it is a comic from Dark Horse Comics, and the movie is also an adaptation of this comic from Dark Horse Comics.

In addition, "Star Wars", "Sin City", "Predator", "Alien", "Terminator" and other popular sci-fi movies are also owned by Dark Horse Comics.

In this era when DC and Marvel have not yet shined, Dark Horse Comics does not lose much to these two.

That's why the amount of its acquisition will be as high as $210 million.

It's more expensive than Abel's acquisition of Marvel.

Who is called Marvel, and has sold all the rights to the superhero that it currently seems to be the most valuable.

Unlike Dark Horse Comics, the copyright is all in your own hands.

In addition, Dark Horse Comics also actively helps publish superhero comics that he does not have copyrights, but only print and retail rights.

This makes Dark Horse Comics currently the highest published and sold in the American comic industry.

Much stronger than both DC and Marvel.

This makes its price far more than Marvel and only a little worse than DC.

Then again, if DC learns from Marvel and sells Superman and Batman.

It is estimated that the copyright of the remaining superhero IPs can't surpass the dark horse comics.

The brainstorm's negotiations with Dark Horse Comics went well.

Mike Richardson, the founder of Dark Horse Comics, and the company's shareholders.

With enough money, there is not the slightest resistance to selling the company.

After all, this comic company has only been established for 16 years.

It is far less than Marvel and DC, not to mention that Abel was acquired in the name of MGM.

At the same time that both Marvel and DC are in the pocket of Hollywood.

In order to enhance the possibility of appearing on the big screen, Dark Horse Comics was already thinking about finding a thigh to lean on.

Now MGM has found it by itself, and the price is so sincere.

Naturally, Dark Horse Comics will not refuse.

As for the case of AMC TV, it's even simpler.

Although it is the old radio station in the American cable television station.

But because there is no backer in Hollywood, there are still previous positioning problems.

In 1998, after the addition of advertisements to TV programs, the ratings became more and more sluggish.

The ratings are low, and there is no way to raise the advertising fee.

AMC TV has been in revenue for two years, and it doesn't look like it's far from a loss.

Together with AMC Television's parent company, Rainbow Entertainment Holdings is pleased with AB Smith Entertainment's offer.

The two sides quickly cooperate with each other, one wants to buy and the other wants to sell.

In less than half a month, AMC TV officially took the surname Smith.

These two acquisitions, although not difficult.

After all, it involves more than a billion dollars of funds and complicated terms.

In the process of executing these two acquisitions, the think tank advisory group can be regarded as completing the internal integration.

I started to have the ability to work.

Now in the face of Abel's proposal, he is ready to open another real estate company.

Invest in your own real estate as well as real estate in the United States.

At this time, this meeting is going on in this regard.

The result of the discussion was that it was obvious that the boss should open such a new company.

Everyone can see that the boss originally wanted to enter real estate.

Even a Wall Street giant looks weird to engage in real estate.

But then again.

The boss, a Wall Street giant, has not even let go of Hollywood and modeling agencies.

In addition to Hollywood, adding one more real estate doesn't seem to be bad.

Second, it's like what Bertelem Hall's data reports.

Since January this year, the real estate industry in the United States has been heating up visibly.

In less than a year, house prices in large cities have generally risen by more than 10%.

This kind of market is very uncommon in the real estate industry.

It can be seen with the naked eye that in the next year or two, there will be money to be made when entering the real estate industry.

However, in the end, it was Abel who made the decision.

Abel, who was on the throne of the high seat, smiled and said:

"There's a piece of information that I don't know if it's accurate. But the probability of it happening is high. ”

The boss spoke, and everyone naturally looked at him.

In the quiet conference room, Abel's voice echoed.

"According to a mysterious source. Starting next year, the Fed will embark on a period of quantitative easing. ”

"As we all know, in the time of quantitative easing. House prices will get stronger and stronger. ”

"Even if the Fed's quantitative easing is mainly to strengthen the economy and prevent a recession."

"But this will inevitably attract some of the funds to the real estate industry."

"So I personally think that at least in the next two or three years. The real estate industry in the United States will generally rise and not fall too much. ”

It is not uncommon for the boss to think that real estate will rise or not fall.

But the boss can actually know that the Fed's policy changes will be next

Still next year!

The way everyone looked at the boss, there was a change in their eyes.

The advisory group reminiscent of the boss's Texas background.

Among the two candidates who are now in the midst of a lawsuit.

The candidate who looks to have a better chance of winning, he's also a Texan.

Texans help Texans, as if said in the past!

A lot of people in the think tank advisory group.

They don't need anyone to explain, they make up something in their own brains.

Therefore, it is important to open a new real estate company and invest a lot of money in it.

Quickly passed through the think tank advisory group.

Eventually, Abel decided to have Bertlem Hall as the general manager of the new company for the time being.

Let the senior management of this real estate company be responsible for setting up the structure of this company.

The new company name is "Newstartingpoint", and the Chinese name is New Beginning.

That's right, Abel is going to start a new place!

Abbreviated as NSP.

NSP's investment, as always, is 30 percent of each of Abel's three overseas outlying funds.

Abel himself owns another 10 percent of the shares.

It's a one-person company, but it's invested in the name of four people.

This practice is for better tax avoidance.

Second, it is also to diversify the security of shareholdings.

After the establishment of the new company, a large number of properties in Abel's name will be injected as share capital.

The new company will receive a $1 billion capital injection from Abel to land in Tun Houses across the United States.

The company has just been founded, and it hasn't even been officially registered.

It has its first mission, which is near Los Angeles, to choose a house for the boss that he likes.

Before November 20.

It quickly secured Abel's second residence in Los Angeles.

This is a mansion located at 812 North Bedford Road, Beverly Hills, Los Angeles 90210.

It covers an area of 40,510 square feet, which is about 3,763.38 square meters.

This is a luxury villa built in 1987.

It has a reasonable space plan, with a total of 11 bedrooms, 12.5 full baths, and a suite area of approximately 14,218 square feet.

Modern, luxuriously decorated, the sunny living room has a fireplace like any other Los Angeles mansion.

The separate spacious dining room offers a wonderful view of the outdoor garden.

The outdoor courtyard is spacious and spacious, with an outdoor pool, pergola, tennis courts, barbecue facilities, and relaxing tables and chairs, all of which you would expect from a Beverly Hills mansion.

And the location in Beverley is also very good, selling for $18 million.

After Abel looked at the house, he thought it was okay.

I just think it's a little small, but this is Beverly Hills after all.

Land here is very expensive, and it is impossible to have a villa covering tens or hundreds of acres like Long Island.

In Beverly Hills, luxury villas of this scale are already considered to be on the upper end of the mainstream.

Those who can live in such a big house are basically Hollywood giants or simply bosses.

Few celebrities can afford to live in such a big house, and some are also the kind of first-line celebrities who have been famous for several years.

Abel thinks the house is small.

Anne Hathaway, who deliberately took another day off and came to see the house, was not too small at all.

Along with her were her two good friends in the crew, Heather and Julie.

It was noon that day.

Abel was not in the villa.

Anne, who had come back to see the house on leave, came with two friends.

When they arrived, the villa was being cleaned up by the senior property team.

It has also been given a new look, erasing the traces of the owner who used to live here.

It was replaced with a new variety of personal items, as well as some new decorations, and a general cleaning throughout the house.

When the three of them arrived, they were greeted by a brand new Beverly Hills mansion.

As soon as she entered, Heather, who was a little swaggering, was struck by the large and beautiful courtyard garden full of red palms.

Heather, who has little knowledge, has not stopped the sound of "wow" in her mouth since she entered the door.

Compared to Heather's direct performance.

Julie, an older and more stable British actress, at least looks much better.

But she was just as shocked, who called such a beautiful house, it was in Beverly Hills.

Beverly Mansion!

The dream of many Hollywood practitioners.

How many Hollywood workers, hard work all their lives.

I just want to buy a decent house here!!

Suffice it to say, this is almost the entire American entertainment industry.

Even the world's entertainment industry, the dream place that I want to live in the most.

Its lethality against practitioners in the entertainment industry is even higher than that of ordinary people.

Looking at his two friends, they were dazzled by this beautiful house at the moment.

Anne is also very happy, she loves to see the envious expressions of others towards her!

This is her vanity, not as strong as Jessica and others, but it is still there.

"Okay~"

Anne waved her hand haughtily, and she cried out like a hostess, "Let's go inside and have a look!" ”

And just as Anne was looking at the house with her friends, in the other corner of Beverly Hills.

Abel was also showing people the house.

Anne brought two friends she had met on the set.

Abel was accompanied by one of his employees.

Los Angeles, 960 North Alps, Beverly Hills, 90210 Zip Code 90210.

"Employee" Charlize Theron is taking a closer look at the 31,363-square-foot mansion with her boss.

This house is smaller than Anne's, but it is more expensive because it is in a better location.

The price is 25 million US dollars.

The front of this house can overlook most of Los Angeles.

And from the side of it, you can see the sea in the distance, on top of the mountain.

Occupy an exclusive position, which is naturally more expensive.

Just like Anne.

For Charlize Theron, such a house is also her dream mansion.

When he knew the price of the house, Charlize silently calculated.

She found that with her current income, she did not eat, drink or pay taxes every year.

It will take almost 8 years to afford it!

Even if she becomes a Hollywood A-list actress.

When considering paying taxes, raising team expenses, daily use, and then deducting some other miscellaneous expenses.

It is estimated that it will take five or six years to buy such a house.

But now that he has done it in one step, he hasn't even become a real first-line star.

You can live in a house like this.

looked at the tall and strong Abel next to him, who looked better than many Hollywood male stars.

Charlize Theron felt psychologically at this moment.

Maybe it wouldn't be bad to follow him all the time.

There are also career resources and daily life enjoyment.

In that regard

Thinking of this, Charlize's face flushed slightly.

Because at the moment, in the villa, only she and him are looking at the house.

The movements of someone's hands began to be unscrupulous when they came in.

"The courtyard is not big, but it is beautifully made."

Charlleze, who was blushing a little, heard Abel suddenly say this.

Charlize looked over and looked at the lawns in the yard, which were clearly well cared for.

The courtyard is also surrounded by tall trees and shrubs.

There is an open-air swimming pool on the east side of the garden, with a gap in the trees on the east side of the pool, and a small cliff formed by a high platform below, so you can enjoy the morning sun if you want to swim in the morning.

The interior of the villa is luxuriously decorated, with marble floors, all shipped from Italy, according to the intermediary.

All private luxury brands with custom-made furniture and appliances, decorated in a Roman classical and modern style.

9 bedrooms, 11 bathrooms, five and a half bathrooms.

A worker's dormitory with a total of 4 workers' houses.

There are three kitchens, a 40-foot high living room, a gym with equipment as well as outside, a 10-seat home theater, and a video room.

Wandering around, the two of them came to the master bedroom.

This master bedroom is exaggeratedly large.

Visual inspection of at least more than 150 square meters.

On the left is the entrance door. Behind the master bedroom is the wall of the huge soft bed, which is covered with various works of art, paintings, etc.

In front of it is a large sofa that looks very high-end, coincidentally red.

Next to the big couch. It is two high-quality leather chaise longues. It was covered with a large towel quilt.

As for the right side of the master bedroom. It is a huge full-screen panoramic floor-to-ceiling window.

Floor-to-ceiling windows open to a stunning back garden and an indoor swimming pool within easy reach.

I want to swim, I want to go to the garden.

You can get up in the morning and wash up and open the small door of the floor-to-ceiling window.

Go straight into the garden.

It deserves to be the master bedroom.

Think about it all.

Abel turned his head and he looked at Charlize Theron, just about to ask her if she liked it.

As a result, I saw her, with a charming water in my eyes, staring at the red sofa in front of the bed.

"Did you ask someone to move this sofa?"

Abel heard Charlize whisper.

Although this red sofa does not match the decoration style of the house at all.

But to be honest, it really has nothing to do with Abel.

"It's meant to be here." Abel said subconsciously.

But he soon came to his senses, because he saw a charming glow in Charlize's eyes.

Sofa, red.

This is Beverly Hills again.

So what are you waiting for?

Next, it's time for Charlize Theron's Red Sofa!

Although thankless, I must say that any data in this book, as long as it is not specifically stated, is real and I spent a lot of time looking it up, such as the two houses in this chapter. There are really these two houses in the real world, but the price has been lowered a little by me. After all, the price I found is the current price, which should be cheaper for 2000. Although it is written in YY, I also think that YY is reasonable, and I hope everyone thinks the same way.