Even Abel himself didn't expect it.

A chance proposal of his own made David Mellon serious.

In the back, David Mellon even called all the relevant executives of the company to a meeting.

At the meeting, Abel was mostly listening.

But Abel also heard it, these high-level executives of Smith Capital.

All of them are supportive of Smith Capital's online brokerage.

This should be related to the fact that this direction was proposed by the boss Abel.

In addition, the senior management of Smith Capital is generally around 30 to 40 years old.

This age belongs to the young people on Wall Street, to the most enterprising group.

What's more, the reality of the situation is also here.

Smith Capital's background is too poor.

If you want to develop like Merrill Lynch and Goldman Sachs Investment Bank, you have business offices and branches all over the world.

Without more than ten years of accumulation, it is difficult to do.

One business place and one branch, even if it is opened.

If you want to acquire a certain number of customers in the local area, it is difficult to do without a certain period of word-of-mouth accumulation and network building.

After all, people always prefer to believe what they are familiar with.

In other words, if you want Smith Capital to be about the same size as Goldman Sachs in every aspect.

It will take at least ten years to follow their path.

I don't know how many hurdles I have to go through and how many hardships I have to endure in the middle.

But if it could be like Abel said.

Become the first online brokerage commercial investment bank.

That could probably significantly shorten the distance and reduce the amount of time it takes.

If you can really get a large number of customers on the Internet.

Then Smith Capital does not need to open a large number of business outlets across the country or even around the world.

And only need to open some companies in those more important big cities for after-sales support.

This makes it easier to reduce time and investment costs than with locations around the world.

And it was soon suggested that someone was already doing it on Wall Street.

Interactive Brokers, the company has already started to do this, but it hasn't started to do it in a big way.

What's more, there is the support of the boss, there is a certain feasibility, and there is a future that looks very good.

Now someone is already doing it.

Smith Capital didn't hesitate at all.

Under the clap of Abel, the senior management has determined the company's new development route in the future.

Online Brokerage!

None of them have to go through Warren Buffett's shareholders.

Whoever called Abel himself is the largest shareholder, or the kind that is absolutely controlled.

His will is the will of the company.

As long as Abel makes a decision, it can be directly on.

By the time Abel came out of the Smith building after the meeting, it was already dusk.

In New York in May, the weather is neither cold nor hot.

As long as it doesn't rain, it's one of the most comfortable and pleasant times of the year in New York.

Looking at the sun setting in the direction of Manhattan, Able couldn't help but sigh.

I'm probably going to sleep alone tonight.

Just now, Yin Kana called him.

YKM has a bad incident at a store in Los Angeles.

A gangster burst into the store, shot and killed a customer, and subsequently triggered a zero-yuan purchase.

Although no one wants this kind of thing to happen.

It's not YKM's fault too.

But now is the period of the brand's rise.

When this happens, it is impossible for Yin Kana, the general manager, to be indifferent.

She went over there to deal with it.

Paris, her best friend, also followed.

Able had to call his people on the West Coast and ask them to help Kana as much as they could.

No matter how you say that Yin Kana is also his woman, not to mention that he is still the largest shareholder of YKM.

If this happened, of course, he couldn't stay out of it.

In Yinkana's absence, Abel thought about going to the Carnegie Hills Mansion to rest.

This is his and Anne's love nest in New York.

Anne is filming in Queens, and she will come back here to rest without a night scene.

However, what disappointed him was that Anne had a night scene tonight, and the crew estimated that she would shoot all night.

Anne isn't coming back tonight either.

As night fell, Abel didn't bother to go to New York's 13th Road.

He simply lived on the eighteenth floor of the Carnegie Hills Tower.

After dinner, he went to the master bedroom.

I walked into the bathroom, stripped naked, changed into a bathrobe, and walked into the steaming bathroom.

In the large white and smooth bathtub, taking off the bathrobe, Abel stepped up the marble steps, stretched out his feet to test the water temperature, just right, lying in the warm water, relaxing his whole body, and enjoying the pleasure of bathing.

After taking a bath, Abel had just walked out of the bathroom in a bathrobe, and the maid came over with a cup of fragrant coffee.

After taking the coffee and smiling and thanking the maid, Abel leisurely walked to the sofa in the living room and sat down, picked up the remote control and turned on the TV.

The maid brought a plate of fresh fruits and a plate of dried fruits for Abel to make supper, and Abel silently changed the channel to switch his favorite program.

He switched to his own AMC TV station first.

AMC TV is a cable television station and charges the same fee as many other television stations.

What AMC TV is broadcasting tonight is the latest TV series on the line, and the name of the TV series is "Mad Men".

Abel didn't know that in parallel time and space, "Mad Men" was AMC's first self-made original drama.

Before that, AMC TV stations without Abel's financial support mainly purchased products from external TV companies.

After AMC TV was acquired by Abel.

Not only did it receive the support of MGM's resources, but also received a large amount of capital injection.

Coupled with the three new policies required by Abel, three TV series with a single episode investment of more than $3 million will be launched every year.

The stressed and rich AMC TV station came to power after Richard Plepler, a TV maniac.

The action was fast and numerous, and it took a few months to get the first self-made drama.

That is, the "Mad Men" in front of you.

Abel didn't watch much American dramas before he was reborn.

He's seen a little bit of The Walking Dead, Game of Thrones, Sisters in Bankruptcy and Prison Breaks.

Because he has an impression of these four American dramas, he has told Richard Plepler about these impressions.

It may be that Richard Plepler is more confident and does not follow blindly like Robert Iger.

AMC's new TV series are not the ones Abel said.

It's the "Mad Men" in front of me that seems to be more in line with the current mainstream of the market.

I have to say that it is indeed very well shot, at least from Abel's point of view, it can also be watched with relish.

After watching most of the episodes, today's TV series is over, and I want to watch it again tomorrow.

Abel took the remote control and kept changing the channel, watching a few more TV shows until he couldn't find the TV show he was interested in.

Abel walked back to the bedroom, spread his arms and fell directly on the big bed, took off his nightgown, got into the warm and soft quilt, turned off the bedside lamp casually, and fell asleep.

Early in the morning, Abel woke up early.

After washing up, change into a tight-fitting and comfortable running tracksuit.

A hoodie was put on the upper half of his body, and the tight sweatpants on the lower body outlined his leg muscles very obviously.

As soon as Abel stepped out of the apartment building gate, he put on his hoodie and looked at the street at six o'clock in the morning, ignoring the camera lens sticking out of the window of a commercial vehicle across the road.

The reporters who can appear next to him and photograph him are all privileges that can only be obtained by passing the security certification of Rock Security.

And generally as a reporter for the American Sun.

Personal safety is absolutely guaranteed, so he doesn't bother to pay attention to it.

Abel took his four King Kongs, trotted across the road, and ran into the middle. Yang Park.

Behind him and around him, the staff of the rock security also joined one after another, forming an invisible protective net.

In Central Park in early summer, the trees are verdant, the lush lawn is full of life, two squirrels are jumping back and forth on the bench under the black tree, and when they see Abel running over, they are not afraid, but play by themselves.

Abel exhaled air regularly from his mouth, and the other morning joggers in Central Park were not surprised by the combination of the five of Abel.

This is Manhattan, and there's never a shortage of billionaires with bodyguards for morning jogs.

That is, if they try to get closer, they will soon find out that there are not only four of this rich man with bodyguards.

And later, this number also increased.

Half an hour later, a petite girl appeared next to Abel.

It's Laura Jr., Laura Bush Lauren, Laura Lauren Smith in Abel's mouth.

If someone is attentive to observe, you will find that after little Laura came, there were more people around Abel who followed the trail.

For example, Edward's side was followed by a middle-aged man with a white beard who was also wearing sportswear.

The middle-aged man has strong muscles and a tattoo on his neck, which is a trident.

“... Hi and good morning. The middle-aged white man greeted Edward while running: "My name is Marcus." ”

"I'm Edward." Edward responded.

"SEAL Special Operations Brigade?" Marcus said.

Edward nodded, then said, "Secret Service? ”

This time it was Marcus' turn to smile and nodded.

Edward knew in his heart, he knew that there were extra people around him.

Except for the Rock Security staff, they were all Secret Service staff who followed Laura.

The Secret Service, or USSS for short, is now part of the U.S. Department of the Treasury.

In parallel time and space.

It will go to the U.S. Department of Homeland Security in two years.

The agency's main responsibility, at the outset, was to prevent and investigate the counterfeiting of dollars and bonds.

Later, new tasks were added.

The new mandate is to protect the President-General, Deputy President-General, President-elect and Vice-President-elect, former President-in-Chief and their spouses (except for remarriage of such spouses), candidates for President-General and candidates for Vice-President-General, children and grandchildren under the age of 16 of current and former Presidents-General, visiting foreign Heads of State and Heads of State and their spouses, individuals designated by the President-General, and special national security incidents.

It is the American version of the rabbit xx sea bodyguard.

Little Laura is the granddaughter of the former Grand Commander, although she is over sixteen years old.

But doesn't she still have an uncle who has just become a great commander?

It's just a small problem, and it's normal for her to enjoy the protection of the secret service.

Marcus looked around at the rock security crews, combined with the information he had seen about the security company.

Marcus couldn't help but whisper to Edward:

"Hey, you guys look so professional. No matter how powerful it is, it is estimated that it can be compared with some government agencies. ”

Edward said, "We don't have your privileges. We are protectors of private property. ”

"Hahaha~" Marcus laughed, "Okay." Don't do that, friend. We'll probably have to work together for a long time in the future! ”

Edward was silent, he knew that Marcus was right.

Abel has already established a relationship with little Laura.

After that, as long as he was with little Laura.

In fact, you can also enjoy the protection of the Secret Service.

This invisibly increased Abel's personal safety.

From this point of view, Edward thought it was also very good.

In front of the two captains, the two men in the running were also talking.

"You've been running for almost an hour?" Little Laura gasped softly and said softly, "Aren't you going to be tired?" ”

"To me, it's just a warm-up." Abel told the truth.

Once he was bored trying to test his physical limits on the treadmill.

As a result, that time, he ran on the treadmill for almost five or six hours.

The total distance shown on the treadmill has exceeded the 42.195km of the marathon.

But he didn't feel tired.

At that time, he knew that his physique was indeed very perverted, especially in the area of resilience.

"Bragging," little Laura pursed, "but not for long." Running for too long hurt the meniscus. ”

Abel nodded, looking at little Laura, who was a little panting after not running for a while, "Honey, you have to strengthen your exercise." Your physical strength and quality, how can you withstand me in the future? ”

Little Laura was also happy because of one of Abel's "darlings".

Later, because he was a little ambiguous and vulgar, his face became hot and said coquettishly:

"What to bear and not to bear .... What a word! Actually, I have good physical strength, I don't believe you can try it! ”

"Really let me give it a try? Now that you've got a good cold, I'm not welcome. ”

Looking at him was completely unceremonious, even a little direct and rude words.

Little Laura finally really blushed.

She chattered a few times, then blushed and said seriously:

"You can give it a try if you want. But not until after we get engaged. Until then, it's impossible. ”

"Okay, okay." Abel compromised: "Then you have to exercise well." Don't catch a cold so easily. ”

"Hmm." Little Laura replied softly.

The two ran for a while, but little Laura still couldn't do it.

It is estimated that after running for three or four kilometers, I am out of breath and can't run.

Able helped her and sat down on a wooden bench next to the park track.

"Look, your stamina is still poor." Abel said with a smile.

Compared to his own panting, coupled with sweating profusely, he looked at Abel who was calm and didn't sweat a drop.

Little Laura is a little convinced that Abel's physical strength is indeed very good.

But she still stubbornly said: "It's because my cold is just right." If I hadn't caught a cold, I wouldn't have been so tired from running so much! ”

"Okay, okay..." Abel said in a coaxing tone, "That's right, I believe in you, your physical strength is very strong." ”

Little Laura could tell that he was perfunctory, but she also enjoyed the little love of this couple.

"Huh~ look over there."

Little Laura looked out of her eyes and saw a street painter setting up a stall on the lawn across the runway.

She remembered being an art graduate at Abel Les University.

"How about we go and see him draw? I remember you were also very good at drawing. You've got a lot of your work in your house, if it weren't for Emily to tell me. I thought it was the work of some great artist. ”

Abel followed her finger and saw the street painter as well.

Abel felt a little familiar at first glance.

Then I remembered, isn't this the street painter I met when I was running with Yin Kana last year?

This old man is still setting up a stall here?

It just happened to be the same location, the same street painter.

It's the girl next to me, and I've changed it.

"Uhhhh

Although this little red flag is very generous, he is allowed to flutter the colorful flags outside.

But when it comes down to doing it, Abel feels that he should pay attention to it

He thought so.

Little Laura doesn't think so.

"Okay, good, good....."

Little Laura was already tugging at him, standing up and coquettishly, "Let's go over and have a look, or can you help me draw a picture?" ”

Compared to Abel's other women.

Little Laura has an equal status, a very young age advantage.

This makes it natural for her to be coquettish in front of Abel, and Abel is also very useful.

Abel couldn't help but be pulled by her and walked towards the street painter.

The personnel of the Secret Service and Rock Security naturally followed suit and prepared for the transfer.

As a precaution, Abel quietly made a gesture.

Seeing this gesture, Edward wisely sent Lin from the Four King Kongs over.

Lin certainly knew what to do.

He ran to the street painter faster than Little Laura and Abel.

Lin quickly pulled out a few "Franklins" and said softly:

"Uncle, four hundred dollars, sell me this set of things."

When the street painter saw someone rushing over, he thought he was asking for zero yuan to buy himself, and the old man was startled.

Wait for Lin to draw four Franklins, which is four hundred dollars.

The old man calmed down and looked at Lin, and then the old man felt familiar.

"Oh oh oh... I remember. The old guy said, "Last year..."

In an instant, Lin's eyes became fierce, and he looked terrifying.

The old guy was frightened.

"Take the four hundred dollars and leave your stuff behind."

Lin said in a very low voice, "Or shut up and don't say anything." Otherwise.... Hehehe..."

The old man didn't say a word, took the four Franklins in Lin's hand, turned around and left, and didn't want anything.

Wait for little Laura to lead Abel over.

I saw the old man who had fled in the wilderness, and the half-used painting tools left by the old guy.

"Huh? How did he run away? Don't want anything anymore? Hey, don't want your stuff?!

”

Little Laura was surprised and called the other party a few times.

The more she screamed, the faster the old guy ran.

Little Laura turned her head to look at Abel, who smiled and said:

"This is a very poor guy. I've come here for a run and often see him cheating. Watching him draw, it's better for me to paint. I asked my bodyguard to buy his tools, how about I paint them for you? ”

"Of course it's better." Little Laura felt that the truth might not be like this.

But sometimes the truth doesn't matter.

Abel was willing to paint for himself, and little Laura was even happier.

She looked down at the tools left by the old guy, and said casually:

"It's just four hundred dollars. These things look like they're only worth a hundred dollars at most, and probably aren't there yet. ”

"It's okay."

Able smiled and said, "I'll help you draw." ”