Chapter 272: Build a Wonder, Zhuang Family, and Make a Mark!
The morning sun in June and July in New York is Abel's favorite. The warmth is not scorching, and it spills into the bedroom through the white curtains, which gently sway with the breeze.
Not after noon.
It will kill people from heat stroke.
Able opened his sleepy eyes, stimulated by the bright sunlight for a brief moment of confusion.
After a few seconds, he turned his head to look to the side, where Ikana, with her long hair flowing away, was asleep.
Even though she was asleep, there were still a few soft pillows underneath her well-proportioned waist and plump and smooth tun.
Let her maintain a position that is easier to win the bid.
Abel rubbed his eyes, stretched out his arm and took the ruddy and beautiful Ikanna into his arms, and kissed her on the forehead.
This girl, who is still four months old and has only turned twenty years old, has been a little crazy in the past few days in order to get pregnant.
"Hey."
Able sighed, knowing whether what he was doing was right or wrong.
He had thought about it for a long time since Charlize's incident.
Four months have passed now, and he has basically figured it out.
He figured it out with this kind of character of his own, with this kind of wealth and status of his own.
Discussing the so-called love is a luxury in itself. Even if it is a luxury, then Abel no longer longs for love.
He wants just more company now. And in this world, leave more marks of your own.
Without extraordinary power, it cannot last forever.
Then there are only two ways to leave more marks on yourself in this world.
Build a wonder and a strong family!
The spectacle can make future generations look up at it and remember who built it at that time.
A strong and prosperous family with a long history can make people remember you, even hundreds of years later.
The former is the reason why Abel is becoming more and more obsessed with Hudson's Bay Yards.
The latter is the reason why Abel signed the trust fund agreement with Ikana.
is also the reason why he has accompanied the insecure Ikana for the past two days and cooperated with her to conclude a love crystal.
After all, it is the soul of the Chinese people who dominates, coupled with the overly strong male hormones.
The biological instinct, similar to that of many sons and many blessings, is deeply imprinted in his DNA structure and mobilizes his subjective kinetic energy.
"Whew"
Exhaling softly again, Able kissed the sleeping Ikana on the cheek.
Get up, wash up, and get out of the bedroom.
It was exactly seven o'clock, and Paris Hilton was up early, as usual, and was already eating breakfast.
Abel smiled and had breakfast with her before heading out.
Not far from the entrance is the middle. Yang Park, Abel ran for a while.
There were two more girls by his side.
One is naturally little Laura, and the other is Li Xinyu, who seems to have a better relationship with little Laura.
The two of them studied at New York University's Manhattan campus. Yang Park is not far away.
It doesn't take 15 minutes to walk, and if you don't get stuck in traffic by car, you can get there in a few minutes.
Today is June 23rd.
On Saturday, they don't have to go to class today.
「. Are you really going to see the NBA draft tomorrow?"
The three of them jogged together, and little Laura asked curiously. ….
Abel nodded, "The Houston Rockets have already received the No. 1 pick. In addition, this is the first team I bought, so I should support it."
Not surprisingly, the Houston Rockets got the top pick in this year's NBA draft.
According to the rules of the NBA league, the probability of the Houston Rockets getting this year's No. 1 pick is actually only about 14%.
But rules are often meant to be broken.
You can't break it on the open side, and you can it in the dark
Make.
I don't know what Stern used. Anyway, in the end, the champion lottery fell into the hands of the Rockets.
People give face like this, Abel will naturally return the favor, he is an honest and trustworthy Xiaolangjun.
"How about I?" Little Laura tried to ask, "We don't have class tomorrow!"
Abel was stunned, he didn't want to agree.
Because tomorrow Ikana and Paris also said that they were going to go to the draft.
The point is that he has already promised others.
He also thought that this kind of limelight, 100% on TV, little Laura should be reluctant to go.
Little Laura is a smart person, and when he sees his hesitation, he knows that his boyfriend is in trouble.
She panted as she ran and asked, "Does anyone want to go with you?" Or have you found someone to play with you?"
Abel looked down at little Laura with bright eyes and a serious face. But his gaze was involuntarily attracted by Li Xinyu, a good best friend next to her.
This attraction is very natural.
It's like an apple that will automatically land when it's overripe, just like a girl who wants to make a more beautiful girl when you're rich, just like the ghost weather in Lingnan, China in 2022.
It may seem abnormal, but that's the law of nature.
big
It's really big,
It's really, really big.
Running up, swaying up and down, swaying left and right, it looks bigger and bigger.
Li Xinyu didn't notice Abel's gaze. She didn't seem to be running much, and she was already panting for breath.
Of course.
It could also be that the burden is too heavy.
Running with such a big load is naturally more likely to get tired.
Little Laura, who is also lacking in exercise, will not.
She runs with ease without burden.
Little Laura didn't answer immediately when she saw Abel.
She also noticed his gaze, and little Laura took the opportunity to look at Li Xinyu. Naturally, I also saw the exaggerated weight of my best friend.
Little Laura pursed her lips, "Jessica! How many times have I told you. When exercising, wear sports bras! You're like that, that's it!"
Jessica Lee was aggrieved: "I wear sports bras. But it's like this when you wear them, they can't be restrictive."
Little Laura was speechless.
It's already so big that ordinary sports bras, can't you control it?
It seems that it is
I have seen the majestic little Laura of my best friend with my own eyes, and I can't help but sigh in my heart.
In this regard, little Laura is really lacking in strength.
"If you're going. It's not impossible."
Abel's voice drew little Laura's attention back to it.
Abel was no longer looking at Li Xinyu.
My girlfriend is next to me, and my eyes have been staring at my girlfriend's best friend's Xiong Da, which is too much. ….
Jogging gently without any pressure, Abel looked at little Laura, who was also starting to gasp a little, "As long as you don't mind, then we'll go together." You promised me that you wouldn't mind as long as I love you and follow your rules."
Little Laura sighed, a little regretting that she had said too much.
But at that time, in order to be able to start the relationship she was looking forward to, there was also a marriage that the family attached great importance to.
She did promise Abel.
"That's right." Little Laura said, "I promised you. So, can you tell me who you're going with tomorrow?"
"Ikana Lerner."
"D. Ted Lerner's daughter?"
"Yes."
Little Laura was a little depressed again.
She knew that Ikana existed.
It should be said that she has known all the women who have had scandals with Abel and have been on the news.
Little Laura remembered that Ikana was also the same as her best friend Li Xinyu.
With high-quality resources that she can't match, in terms of nurturing offspring.
The bear is not necessarily a quantity, and the bear is likely to have no quantity.
"Do you like this?" Little Laura was depressed, she really couldn't do this. Genes and innate have been decided, and the only way to adjust them is by technology.
She doesn't want to use technology.
"What?" Abel was puzzled.
Xiao Lao stretched out his hand and poked Li Xinyu on the right.
The latter let out a scream, "Laura! What are you doing?"
"Why?" Little Laura pouted, "This one."
"Puff~"
Seeing her depressed and Li Xinyu's jumping feet, Abel couldn't help laughing.
Li Xinyu unceremoniously picked up little Laura and wanted to poke it back.
Little Laura, of course, won't let her succeed, and runs away with a smile.
Li Xinyu gritted her teeth and chased after her, but her burden was too heavy to catch up with the flexible little Laura.
The physical strength is also poor, and I can't stand it after running for a while.
Manhattan. In the morning of Yang Park, the laughter of young people resounded.
Around noon.
Charlie Brown's Pizzeria.
"Congratulations, Michael. Congratulations on winning the party election, and congratulations, the No. 1 candidate of the Elephant Party in New York City."
Across the dining table, Abel said hello to Michael Bloomberg across the table.
Michael Bloomberg himself was smiling at this time.
Although at the beginning of this year, the bigwigs within the New York Elephant Party stood on the platform of Bloomberg.
At that time, Bloomberg's position was preliminarily determined.
But after all, we haven't gone through the formal formalities and campaigns, and everything may still be uncertain.
This time, on June 20, the internal elections of the New York Elephant Party officially ended.
Michael Bloomberg was officially selected as the No. 1 candidate for this year's New York Elephant Party.
"It's not my own effort, it's the success of all of us."
Bloomberg smiled reservedly, "Thank you for your help, too, Abel."
Able shrugged his shoulders and chuckled softly, "That's as it should be, we're friends after all, aren't we?"
"Yes. We are friends." Bloomberg smiled even more.
At this time, the old man, Charlie Brown, came up with a chicken pizza himself.
Abel raised his eyebrows at him, and the old guy glared at Abel unceremoniously. ….
Seeing this scene, Bloomberg, who was next to him, couldn't help but smile.
When the old man walked away, Abel complained to Bloomberg:
"Fack! Didn't this old guy know that the shop he rented had already been bought by me? If he dares to be so arrogant again, I must kick him out and not rent him out!"
Michael Bloomberg laughed, but instead of answering the conversation, he opened up another topic.
"Say it. My friend. The forex market in Europe is so complicated right now, you should be busy. There must be something wrong with you looking for me. With our relationship, it's better to just say it."
"Hey, hey..." Able chuckled and decided to get straight to the point: "Are you free tomorrow night?"
"Huh? There's an unimportant drinking party tomorrow night, but we can put it off." Bloomberg said.
"How about we go to Madison Square Garden?"
"Madison Garden Plaza?" Bloomberg reacted, "NBA league draft? You're going to see it? Oh, you bought an NBA team."
"Yes." Abel smiled, "But I asked you to accompany me to see it, but it's actually for your own good."
Bloomberg's eyebrows, which were already a little white, raised, "What do you mean?"
"First of all, in less than five months, you're going to start the election. From this point on, it's time to start building momentum, right? At this time, I think it's necessary to try anything that can bring you votes."
Abel
In all seriousness, he said, "I think it's a good choice to be in a stadium in New York. It doesn't matter if it's the NBA, or MLB, or the NHL."
Bloomberg nodded, and his team had said the same.
"Secondly. I also invited Warren, Warren Buffett." Abel smiled and said:
"If only you could ask him to help too. Then your chances of success will be a little higher."
Warren Buffett's Berkshire Hathaway is not headquartered in New York, but its influence is present in the financial community throughout the United States.
The support of such a tycoon would also help Mr. Bloomberg's campaign.
Bloomberg nodded, but said with some disbelief:
"Does Warren Buffett go to basketball? He doesn't even think much of baseball or football."
"That's not because of me." Abel said, "I have invited him."
"Oh." Bloomberg nodded, and he believed it.
Because of the current relationship between Abel and Buffett, if Abel really invites Buffett.
There is a high probability that Buffett can really be invited to the scene, and the stock god will be willing to give Abel this face.
"Okay." Bloomberg smiled, "Please give me a front-row seat then."
Abel gave him an OK position.
"You didn't come to me just because of this, did you?" Bloomberg asked.
If it was just that, there would be no need to call Bloomberg over at all, and a phone call would have been done.
"Of course not."
Abel's originally relaxed and happy face became serious.
"Michael. I feel that at this point, we need to be true allies."
"Huh?" Bloomberg looked at him, not knowing what Abel meant.
"Let's exchange shares." Abel said: "I traded 1% of Smith Capital for 10% of Bloomberg. Michael, you know that at that rate, you're earning it." ….
Hearing Abel's request, Bloomberg fell silent.
As the founder, chairman and majority shareholder of Bloomberg Info, Inc.
Bloomberg naturally knows how much the two giants who have invested in Smith Capital have spent for a 4% stake in Smith Capital.
Now in 2001, Bloomberg has not yet become the world's highest-grossing information company.
Although it has not been listed.
But because of its uniqueness and presence in the market, its market capitalization is already very high.
The market values it at no less than $30 billion.
A 10% stake is worth about $3 billion.
Without much hesitation, after thinking in silence for a few minutes.
Mr. Bloomberg agreed to the share swap request.
"Yes." The future mayor of New York stood up and extended his hand to Abel, "But not 10 percent. It's 13.3 percent."
Bloomberg said: "Since both Warren Buffett and PNC agree with Smith Capital's valuation. Then I agree with it too."
10% of Bloomberg shares, worth about $3 billion. 13.3% of the shares, valued at around $4 billion.
According to Buffett's price with PNC Financial Services Group, 1% of Smith Capital shares are worth $4 billion.
The 13.3% exchange for 1% stake is a sign that Bloomberg does not want to take advantage of Abel.
But the reason why capitalists don't take advantage of it is because it's not so easy to take advantage of.
Bloomberg in the case of Abel has given a lot of sincerity and cheap exchange shares.
All things considered, it was decided not to take advantage of this.
If he wants to go with Abel for a longer time, then it will obviously be more appropriate to exchange for the same amount of value.
Abel also understood what Bloomberg meant, and he smiled and said, "Yes, then go for 13.3%."
The two shook hands, and the two let go after a few seconds.
Since then, Abel and Bloomberg have gone from nominal and verbal allies to real allies who hold shares in each other's shares.
Many times, this is how large consortia come together and emerge slowly.
The two chatted for a while, mostly about Mr. Bloomberg's campaign work over the next five months.
At about one o'clock in the afternoon, the two separated.
After the separation, Abel went to the nearby Manhattan District Attorney's Office building, which was not far away.
It was his first time in Robert's lair, and it was Peggy Morgenthau who greeted him at the door.
I haven't seen her for a month, and Peggy has short hair.
After seeing too many beauties, his appearance is no longer the first point that impresses Abel.
A face, a skeleton, or pure, or beautiful, temperament has become a very important point for Abel to evaluate a woman.
Like Cate Blanchett and Li Fuzhen, both of them have temperament that overshadows their looks, making Abel care more about their unique temperament than their beautiful looks.
Temperament is often closely related to a person's cultivation, talent, manners, and so on.
Peggy, who has cut her hair short, has a fresh and peculiar temperament, which makes Abel's heart move.
"Very beautiful hairstyle." He smiled and complimented.
Peggy was stunned, then smiled back.
The two walked into the Manhattan District Attorney's Office building together.
Abel walked to Peggy's left, calmly greeting the gaze from all directions, and he could still talk to Peggy as he spoke. ….
"If it had been months ago. If I come in here, I don't think I'll feel so relaxed."
Peggy smiled softly.
She knew what Abel meant.
Seven or eight months ago, Abel and her grandfather, Robert, were not friends, or even enemies in some sense.
At that time, the Manhattan District Attorney's Office wanted nothing more than to find out Abel's criminal record and send him to prison.
And Abel, on the other hand, invited more than a dozen of the most powerful lawyers in the United States to arrest the Manhattan District Attorneys and go crazy.
The two sides were sharp against Maimang, and there was a period of strong opposition to each other.
Later, it was Robert and the prosecutors, who really couldn't find Abel's handle.
In addition, Abel is not a grassroots who allows others to set up pits, and he also has a footing.
In the end, it was Robert's side who took the initiative to admit defeat, and the two sides only formally reconciled after that.
Later, in turn, they became friends, and friends slowly became allies now.
Since the beginning of this year, Robert has helped Abel several times.
For example, the paparazzi storm involving Abel last time.
It was the Manhattan District Attorney's Office, the first to take a big hit at the paparazzi and the paparazzi media.
As soon as he made a move, more than a dozen paparazzi media outlets were shut down, and more than 30 paparazzi reporters were sent to prison.
Facing the curious gossip eyes of the prosecutors, the two talked softly and came to the third floor through the elevator.
Outside Robert's office, Peggy knocked lightly on the door.
"Mr. Morgenthau." Peggy said, "Mr. Smith is here."
"Let him in."
(End of chapter).
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