Chapter 249: How Much Money Does Abel Have
「. I've had breakfast here many times."
Breakfast table.
Little Laura whispered to Abel:
"When my grandfather and grandmother were the owners of this place, my cousins and I often lived here. Later, when my grandfather went back to Texas, he never came. But who would have thought that almost ten years later, because of my great uncle, we would be able to come in and have breakfast again?"
When Herbert was the owner here, she was probably about five or six years old.
Five or six years old already have a memory.
Abel said to her, "Breakfast here will not be particularly nutritious."
At this time, Abel wanted to say to Alexander: Daddy, you have to fight for it, your son and your grandchildren actually want to live here.
Of course, what you think in your heart is naturally different from what you say.
Facing Laura's Versailles Jr., he countered back in a more bland way.
"That's just as well." Little Laura smiled.
She's too smart.
It's too good at improvising and catching the reactions of the people around you.
This will make her very tired, but it will also make her have a very perfect image in the minds of everyone.
Including Abel.
"That's right." Abel suddenly whispered to her, "When are you going to go back to New York?"
"Huh?" Little Laura was stunned, and her expression was a little unnatural:
"Mom and Dad are going to spend a little more time in DC this time. Dad wants to change jobs. I'm going to be with my parents, and I'm probably going to be here for a while."
"Oh?"
Abel raised his eyebrows deliberately: "How long will you stay?"
"Number 10, no, probably number 11." Little Laura said in a soft voice, "It may not be until the 11th that I will return to New York."
Without waiting for Able to speak, little Lauren glanced at him charmingly, "Wouldn't it be better for you that I'm not in New York?" Then you can go with your Annie, or Ikana, or Hearst, or whatever."
Many of Abel's women, little Laura already knew some clues.
It's not like Abel told her, Abel hasn't been so big-hearted.
Abel suspects that little Laura may have told Charlize the last time she went to Sunnis Farm.
Or maybe she knew it through her own channels.
Like FBl or CAl or something.
"Until the eleventh?" Abel didn't answer her words, but instead said, "I still want you to do something with me next?"
"Huh?" Little Laura said curiously, "Do things with you? Do you have to do anything with me?"
"Yes." Abel said in a soft voice:
"Two days later is my mother's birthday. I want to bring my grandparents, grandmothers, and you, all together at Smith Farm to celebrate my mother's birthday."
"Oh~" Little Laura showed a slightly embarrassed expression, and then raised her beautiful eyebrows.
"That's not right." She said, "I've seen Aunt Emily's profile. I remember her birthday in September."
Abel didn't expect her to even know this.
Fortunately, he was in a hurry, and deliberately showed a little heavy expression on his face.
"Yes." Abel said, "Mother's birthday was indeed in September."
Seeing the change in Abel's expression, little Laura did not doubt it, and said with concern, "How did that become what it is now?"
"Honey." Abel whispered, "I don't know if you've heard of it. Actually, I originally had a brother, an older brother."
Little Laura nodded, she had heard her grandfather talk about it.
At that time, Alex gave birth to his first grandson.
During a hunt organized by the Rifle Society.
When the two old comrades-in-arms meet, Alex shows off the incident to Herbert.
Herbert congratulated him with a smile,
He also said that he would visit Alex's house when he had time to see Alex's first grandson.
At that time, Herbert was the deputy commander of the United States.
And the deputy commander of the United States, under the American system.
As long as the Grand Commander is not hanging, the Deputy Commander is a mascot, the kind that is idle every day.
Herbert did want to visit Smith's house at that time, and his comrades were already dead to the point where only one or two remained.
But when Herbert was about to visit Alex's house, he heard that his three-month-old grandson had unfortunately died.
Herbert had no choice but to abandon the plan.
Later, after little Laura and Abel confirmed their relationship, Herbert told little Laura about it when he was chatting with his granddaughter.
Thinking of this, little Laura gently placed her left hand under the table on Abel's thigh and patted it.
"It's in the past. My dear, even more so that you were not born at all. It's none of your business." Little Laura said softly.
Abel smiled at her, then nodded and said:
"Exactly. But my unfortunate brother, he died in September, the day after my mother's birthday. Since then, my mother hasn't celebrated her birthday in September."
"Oh, and then it was June 9th?" Little Laura asked.
Although she is not yet a mother, little Laura feels that she can empathize with Emily.
Abel nodded, "Because June 9th happens to be the birthday of my brother who unfortunately died."
"Okay." Little Laura understood.
She fought a little psychologically, and finally felt that it was more important to accompany her boyfriend's family and her future mother-in-law for her birthday.
Indiana or something.
It's okay to go back next year.
Just let Jessica go on her own.
She thought.
"Okay." Little Laura said, "Then I'll go back with you, and we'll go to celebrate Aunt Emily's birthday!"
"Okay." Able smiled, withdrew his right hand on the table, and took her small hand on his lap under the table.
The two held hands and looked at each other sweetly.
"Ahem, cough~"
A soft cough sounded on the head of the long table.
I saw George jokingly say, "Ah~ young love is wonderful. I want to stick together all the time, and I have to hold hands even for breakfast. Laura."
He looked to the side of his wife, Laura Sr., Laura Welsh.
"When we were young, we were like this!"
The first lady gave her husband a blank look, but looked at Abel and little Laura with a smile.
Little Laura had already reacted, and she was so ashamed that she withdrew her hand and ate breakfast with her head bowed with a red face.
How thick is Abel's skin?
He wasn't afraid, anyway, no matter which shrub family looked at him, he looked back kindly.
This cheeky look.
It was boring for George to tease him a few more words.
And as the time spent together grew, Abel discovered that the four bush brothers, except for the fourth brother who had only one side of his own.
The character of the other three shrubs, none of them is the same.
The third Neil, Abel's cheap father-in-law, and little Laura's father, is the best-looking of the four brothers in the bush family.
That's why little Laura will grow so beautiful.
In addition to this, Neil is very responsive and seems shrewd, giving the impression of a good businessman or politician, and looking very smart.
Then there's the second Jeb Bush.
The current governor of Florida, he gives Abel the feeling of calmness, and he is very sophisticated in speaking and doing things.
I don't know if it's a deliberate imitation, or if it's just like that.
Jeb Bush is particularly similar to his father, Herbert, in his demeanor.
Combined with the evaluation of him by his own advisory group, Abel is also the same as Herbert
, I feel that this shrub is more promising to settle in the white house.
But the reality is that Jeb's brother, who seems to be more out of tune, has successfully settled in the White House one step earlier.
Finally, the biggest reliance of the shrub family at present, the representative of the military-industrial complex, George shrub.
George had a bad reputation as a child, and he was a prodigal when he was young.
In order to evade military service and avoid the war, he also went to the Texas National Guard for a few years.
But after he started politics, the wind changed a lot at once.
People who have been in contact with him say that he is very easy to get along with and very close to.
Abel also felt this in his brief contact with him.
In addition, this is also the most humorous and cheerful and witty of the three people in contact with Abel among the four bush brothers.
Jeb didn't talk to Abel much, and neither did Neil's father-in-law.
On the contrary, George talked the most, and liked to make kind jokes about him and little Laura when he was fine.
But on the contrary, if he does this, it will make people feel that he has no shelf, and it will make people more willing to get close to him.
Abel felt that no matter whether the character of the little bush was pretended or was originally so.
This kind of personality, as a superior, will undoubtedly attract subordinates.
Because the superior with this kind of character is the friendliest and best to the subordinates who do things for him.
Abel was eating breakfast and mentally appreciating the bush brothers.
After breakfast.
George didn't leave for office right away, breakfast was followed by a family walk.
It's a whole bunch of shrub families, strolling in the lawn behind the White House, basking in the sun and talking.
The sun on the morning of early June in the SAR is neither hot nor cold, and it is very comfortable to shine on people's bodies.
Walking on the lawn.
Abel noticed that there were four or five photographers not far away taking pictures in this direction.
Little Laura noticed Abel's gaze.
"That's the photographer of the White House." Little Laura whispered:
"They'll take some pictures of the Commanders. There are daily work, and there are family activities like we do now."
"The White House also hopes that the people will feel that the leader they elected is actually the same as them in their ordinary life, focusing on family, loving life, and working hard."
Abel nodded, knowing that it was the official photographer, the meaning of royal propaganda.
Those American commanders, published in the media and the Internet all over the world, look elite and beautiful.
It should have been filmed by these people.
"I'm not going to be in the newspaper because of this, am I?" Abel smiled and said:
"If it's in the newspaper. If you see Abel Smith, with a bunch of bushes. What will the people think? They must be weird, right?"
"Are you afraid?" Little Laura smiled and said, "Are you afraid of being tied up in the bush family?"
"As long as you're willing to give me a baby." Abel had no good intentions and whispered in her ear, "Then I will not be afraid!"
"Ah! So many people, saying such things!" Little Laura shyly slapped him.
"Ahem~"
Just as Abel was about to fight back, the familiar coughing sound sounded behind the two of them.
Little Laura stood up obediently, and Abel turned around to see George standing behind him with Jeb and Neil.
George said gently, "Would you like to talk?"
Able looked at the three brothers, and he looked back in the direction of the photographers and saw that they had already begun to pack up their camera equipment.
Seeing these actions of Abel, George smiled and said:
"The daily life of the Grand Commander's family, this daily task has been completed. Then there is a private conversation, and even if it is a picture, it is better not to let the people know about it."
Abel smiled and nodded, "Then I will be happy to listen to the will of your elders."
Then the three old and one young, walked together and walked on the White House lawn.
The other bush families followed from a distance, and further away were followed by the Secret Service and White House staff.
Of the three brothers, George is clearly the main one.
He is the boss again, and now he has a high status.
Abel's father-in-law and Jeb basically didn't say much.
「. I heard that your Smith Media has sent an acquisition interest to GE to buy GE's NBC network?"
"That's right." Able nodded in confirmation.
After that unpleasant conversation with Bob Wright.
Abel's advisory group sent a letter to GE in the name of Abel and Smith Media.
"Disney, News Corp., Viacom, they all have a big public commercial television network."
Facing the three bush brothers, Abel talked eloquently:
"I think my media company, if it wants to stay out of fashion, would have its own public television network. But if Smith Media is allowed to create it from scratch, the time cost is too high, and it may not be successful. Murdoch, that Aussie, took almost ten years of hard work. So I think the quickest way is to get the NBC network."
Hearing his long words, George nodded, "You're not wrong."
Not long after he came to power, the owner of the white house, who was ridiculed by some people on the Donkey Party's side as "the most intelligent commander in history", looked beyond the lawn, looked at the big lake in front of him, and looked at the buildings opposite.
The Waldorf Astoria D.C. Hotel, where Abel stayed last night, was in that complex.
"But it may not be easy. GE didn't give up on NBC so easily."
"And," George added, "now in D.C., everybody knows your relationship with the bushes. A lot of people don't want the son-in-law of the bush to master one of the three major television networks in the country."
Abel raised his eyebrows, knowing that one of his least favorite things had happened.
That is to form an alliance with the shrub and have the support and protection of the shrub family.
It will also usher in the enemies of the shrub family, hateful and scrutinizing eyes.
"In business." Abel whispered:
"I don't believe that these resistances can withstand hundreds of millions of dollars. Unless GE doesn't like dollar bills, there's a chance it's going to sell the NBC network."
When Abel said these words, he looked too confident.
It's almost written on his face, "I have money, I can throw money".
George couldn't help but ask, "That's right. I want to ask a privacy question, I don't know if I can ask it."
"Since it's a matter of privacy." Abel smiled and said, "Then don't ask."
George was stunned, then laughed.
Then the guy patted his left-hand brother Neil on the shoulder.
Then he smiled and said to Abel:
"Don't worry, I know your father-in-law is here. I'm not going to ask you how many girlfriends you have besides little Laura."
Abel: "."
Neil: "."
looked at the younger brother and Abel, both of whom were a little helpless and a little embarrassed.
The guy laughed again, this time to his other brother, Jeb.
"John, I'll just say it. This guy is so attentive, but fortunately it wasn't Ainosh who was with him. If Ainos were with him, he would probably quarrel every day and cause scandals every day."
Jeb Bush was expressionless, "George, get down to business, don't talk about these little kids."
Jeb's daughter, Inoche, has a well-known personality in the family.
She was a grumpy child with a narrow heart.
My father knew all these things.
So Inoche thought it was his grandfather Herbert, and the chosen little Laura became Abel's marriage partner.
In fact, the shrub four brothers, plus the old
Barbara and Herbert.
The elders of the family unanimously agreed that little Laura was more suitable than Ainosh to be the marriage partner of Abel Smith.
Because of Ainoche's character, it is clear that he is at odds with Abel Smith.
Inos needs the kind of husband who can swallow his anger and follow the rules.
Abel Smith is not.
The key is that Abel is not a pure marriage tool, he himself is the object that the bush family wants to unite.
This cannot be done in the same way as other marriages, regardless of the situation of the two marriage tools.
In contrast, she is the most beautiful in appearance, and her personality is like her father Neil in some ways, her grandmother Barbara Sr. in some ways, and more like Herbert's Laura Bush Lauren in some ways, and she is obviously much more suitable for shrewdness and loveliness.
Inoche was then excluded and replaced with a much younger cousin.
But as Abel Smith's influence grew, his wealth and social status grew.
Jeb was somewhat mindful that Abel had become his brother's son-in-law, not his own son-in-law.
And his brother, George, saw this problem a few months ago.
And then George has been mediating Jeb's feelings.
What George said to Jeb just now was actually a subtle way to say that Abel and Ainosh were really inappropriate.
"Alright." George looked at Abel with a pleasant face:
"The question I wanted to ask was just a whim of mine. There is indeed some privacy, and you can choose not to answer."
When George said this, including the two brothers, Abel and George, they were a little curious.
Everyone looked at George, not knowing what privacy question he was going to ask Abel.
"Hehe~" I saw George smiling very unimaged, and asked Abel softly:
"It's a bit of a privacy issue, that is. Dear Abel, how much wealth do you have now? Two tens of billions? Three tens of billion? Four tens of billions? I heard that the price you paid to NBC was $20 billion!"
It turned out to be the problem.
After hearing George's question, even Neil and Jeb looked at Abel curiously.
In fact, this question is also a question that many Americans want to know now.
In September last year, Abel was already on the Forbes American 400 rich list because of his huge wealth, and he was still at the top of the list.
It's been almost a year.
The speed at which Abel amassed wealth, the whole of America knows how crazy it is.
Everybody's good now, Abel Smith, this new American legend of wealth, the new American dream.
How much money does he have now.