Chapter 324: Now I'm the No. 1 Snake in New York
Woolworth Building,
Fifty-second floor, in Abel's office.
Standing in front of the floor-to-ceiling windows, Abel condescendingly looked down at the ruins not far away.
Click and Bloomberg stood beside him.
In the ruins in the distance, it still looks a little smoky.
"The air pollution is too bad." Bloomberg said:
"I've asked experts in the field. It will take at least a year for this air pollution to dissipate. Do you really want to work here? ”
The implication is to ask Abel if he is not afraid of air pollution.
"I've got people to install the latest fresh air system."
Abel smiled: "The entire building cost me about five million dollars in total." It's very expensive, but as long as you're in it, you don't have to worry about the air you breathe. ”
After the big event.
In addition to the 110-story Petronas Twin Towers, five other World Trade Center buildings, the Marriott Hotel, four subway stations, and the Orthodox St. Peter's Church were destroyed or severely damaged.
In addition, a total of 25 buildings in Manhattan were damaged, and seven buildings in the World Trade Center were razed to the ground.
Not long ago, news came that the Deutsche Bank building, located opposite the World Trade Center, had also been destroyed due to the unusable toxic environment in the office building.
After the WTO burned, a large amount of toxic gases were produced, and the environment became very unsuitable.
This is what prompted many residents of Lower Manhattan to leave the area.
Fortunately, this kind of problem can be solved many times by krypton.
A set of the latest fresh air system can solve 99.99% of the pollution in the air.
A large number of air sensors are installed to detect the quality of the air at any time.
Then it is enough to ensure the safety of the air inside the Woolworth Building.
All the vehicles in which Abel himself rides. Whether it's the latest Cadillac monster or other modified vehicles.
They all have a three-defense system, and they are not afraid of the attack of biochemical gas, where are they afraid of a little air pollution.
At most, it was just that he might suck in a little bit of polluted air as he moved from the vehicle into the room.
But that's just about it.
That's just polluted air, not poison gas.
Only by living in it for a long time and inhaling this air every day will it affect the body.
In fact, after this big event.
Manhattan has also become the area with the most fresh air systems installed in the United States.
Abel is calling on ordinary citizens to come back here.
He's here a lot, too, yes.
Able himself can breathe in the purified air without affecting himself.
Ordinary citizens will breathe heavily polluted air, and that has nothing to do with him.
Abel thought that would be fine.
Bloomberg thought about it, and so did Bloomberg's founders.
Similar air purifiers have been installed at Bloomberg's headquarters and Mr. Bloomberg's Manhattan residence.
As for Klick. As the largest armed forces headquarters in New York, at No. 1 Police Plaza on Park Street in Manhattan, there has long been a three-defense system inside.
Rather than caring about this, Abel felt that he should be more concerned about Bloomberg's election.
This will determine whether Able can behave recklessly in New York for the next eight years.
"I heard the time was chosen for October 12th?"
In front of the huge floor-to-ceiling windows, Abel asked Bloomberg softly.
The founder of Bloomberg nodded: "It's October 12th, yes." ”
Bloomberg and Abel said on October 12th.
This year's New York election will officially begin on October 12.
The time that was supposed to be set was actually the middle of last month.
Who called that incident that happened last month, so this year's New York election was chosen this month.
In accordance with the relevant laws of New York.
Mark Green, the candidate of the Donkey Party, and Michael Bloomberg, the candidate of the Elephant Party.
The two men had 26 days to advocate for themselves and win votes.
"Have there been polls? What is the current approval rating? Abel asked softly again.
In the distant past, New York was once a red market.
But by now, almost a hundred years old, New York has turned into a deep blue.
Throughout the 20th century, only three Elephants were elected mayor of New York.
The last one is the current Giuliani.
In the past three decades, New York has even had only one elephant mayor, Giuliani.
In such a blue-to-black place, it is still very difficult for Bloomberg to win.
That's why Bloomberg has been a member of the Donkey Party for almost a decade.
In the end, he chose to jump to the side of the elephant party.
It's because on the side of the donkey party, the internal competition is too fierce.
It's as fierce as the real New York election
Because most of the time, the results of the internal elections of the New York Donkey Party are the results of the New York general election.
Bloomberg, who couldn't get out of there, would jump over here.
This time, Bloomberg's rival, Mark Green, is a seasoned political veteran.
He has served as the mayor of Queens and Brooklyn in New York on several occasions.
Faced with Abel's question, Bloomberg said softly:
"The situation is not promising. In a poll conducted by the New York Post, Mark Green's approval rating was 10 percent higher than mine. And in the New York Times and CBS polls, he also has an 8% approval rating that exceeds mine. ”
In fact, Bloomberg is already satisfied with this figure.
Bloomberg knew that if only he had been at the beginning of the year.
If there is no alliance with Abel.
That Mark Green leads his approval ratings, which will be more than he is now.
After forming an alliance with Abel, Bloomberg received the majority of the support of the National Rifle Association in New York.
There is also the strong support of the New York Elephant Party, plus the help of Abel's media forces.
That's where we are now.
Click whispered at this time, "I want to go through today's incident. This situation will certainly be able to change drastically. ”
Crick was Giuliani's appointed NYPD chief, in other words he was also a member of the Elephant Party.
In fact, if he had a choice, Click would rather follow his old benefactor Giuliani all the time.
But Giuliani has been mayor for two terms and can't continue to run.
And Giuliani is also old, and it is not long before he retires from the main altar.
Klick, who had just tasted the taste of power, was reluctant to leave the inner circle so soon.
With Abel's matchmaking, Click decisively turned his head in favor of Bloomberg.
Even Giuliani couldn't say anything bad about Click.
Who said that if Bloomberg failed, Klick would be removed from office by the Donkey Party.
You must know that the position of the boss of NPYD has always been a super fat shortage in this country.
That's the most powerful police department in the United States with an annual budget of $4 billion to $5 billion, employing more than 50,000 people
There are so many benefits to being the head here.
If nothing else, if Click wasn't the head of the NYPD.
Then he is not qualified to stand next to Abel and Bloomberg now.
Hearing Klick's statement, Bloomberg also had a faint smile on his face.
The founder of Bloomberg also felt that today's good show should add a lot of points to himself.
"The concert on the 11th is very important." Abel said, "I think this should increase your approval rating by a few percentage points, Michael." ”
"I understand." Bloomberg's face became cautious.
"Giuliani has agreed." "It's good that we don't have to spend that much money this time," Bloomberg said. ”
Last year, Abel held a Christmas Eve show in Times Square.
Behind the erect a Elizabeth back garden brand.
The brand is now ranked around 450th in the world on the Forbes list.
The brand is worth hundreds of millions of dollars, and the company's market value has exceeded two billion dollars.
Since last year, the revenue has exceeded 500 million US dollars.
It was undoubtedly a very successful marketing campaign that made this up-and-coming brand a reality.
But if it had failed. Abel's investment of nearly $80 million is even a waste.
If there is no 911, any media company or music company wants to hold a concert in Times Square.
Even if there is Abel's connections, it is estimated that it will cost about hundreds of millions of dollars.
In order to get through all the links, like Isha's company, in Times Square, this kind of event is held.
Almost hundreds of millions of dollars in funding.
No music company or media company would dare to take such a big risk as Abel.
Fortunately, thanks to the blessing of 911, righteousness stands in the way, and even the New York City Council does not dare to stop it this time.
Therefore, the cost of this charity concert held in Times Square is much lower.
Abel and Bloomberg each contributed a million dollars.
Most of the $2 million in funding was spent on setting up the stage and specific expenses.
It would have been another time.
It is estimated that it will cost 40 or 50 million US dollars to open up the entire government link in New York. If you add in donations, expenses, and so on, the total is about $80 million or 90 million.
Then you have to calculate the cost of hiring a singer to sing.
The cost of this is also exaggerated.
For example, ask Michael Jay Kerson to play, the appearance fee is more than $5 million, and the VCR is $500,000
A concert has to be at least a dozen or twenty, right?
That's tens of millions of dollars in appearance fees
If you want to hold a concert in Times Square, you can't afford it without a cost of $1.2-150 million if you just throw money at it.
is also the Times Square New Year's Eve concert and the 911 charity fundraising Times Square concert, this special situation, so you don't have to spend so much money.
The two discussed some more concert matters, and Click joined in.
Because the security at that time, the NYPD is mainly responsible for contributing.
Compared to Abel and Click, Bloomberg was clearly more concerned.
Such a good opportunity to win over ordinary voters, if it is missed, it will affect the election.
Bloomberg himself couldn't let himself go.
Abel is a pity, but it's a pity for the singers who were invited by DreamWorks Music.
None of them dared to refuse the invitation, and none of them dared to make additional requests.
These superstars who usually have special personalities and even the bosses of music companies have to coax them to come.
They heard that they could sing in Times Square, or pray in memory of those who died on 911.
Even if the concert will not give a venue fee, not even a carriage fee.
Plane tickets and accommodation to New York, even if they have to pay for it all themselves.
These people are still all here.
This made Abel's already prepared idea of cheating other music companies and record company signed singers come to naught.
It can only be said that ZZZQ, which Americans like to play the most, itself plays the set of moral kidnapping to the extreme.
Under the banner of ZZZQ, even if the singer himself is unwilling. The singer's agent and company will also tie them up.
After noon.
Crick and Bloomberg reunited, and Abel left Woolworth House.
Surrounded by a convoy, he left Manhattan.
He's going to Brooklyn, where he rarely goes.
Brooklyn is the most populous of the five boroughs in New York City.
It has a large population, about 2 million; It covers a vast area of 251 square kilometres. Both of these standards are the highest among the five boroughs of New York City.
If the districts of New York were independent cities, Brooklyn would be the third most populous city after Los Angeles and Chicago, and the fourth largest city in the United States.
As an American immigrant country, especially New York City, the capital of the world, Brooklyn is home to residents from almost all over the globe.
It is for this reason that in the 1980s and 1990s, it was known for its poor security.
Fortunately since this term of New York City. After Elder Giuliani took office, law and order improved greatly, and the quality of living gradually improved.
But even so, after Abel entered the area.
The number of vehicles in his fleet has increased to seven.
Six accompanying Cadillac sedans and SUVs carried a total of 24 Rock Security workers.
plus Lincoln and Edward in the Cadillac monster car, a total of twenty-six bodyguards and a driver accompanied him.
What's even more outrageous is that Click knew that he was coming to Brooklyn when he was separated from Abel.
Today, the chief of the general bureau, who showed the love of the police and the people, also made several phone calls.
The result of these calls going out.
It was Abel's motorcade that crossed the Brooklyn Bridge.
This side of the Brooklyn Bridge.
There were five precincts in Brooklyn, with seven police cars and 21 mounted police officers on motorcycles, patrolling around the convoy within 200 meters.
There are even two police helicopters, which are on standby directly on the helipad overhead of the two substations.
This made Abel in the back compartment of the Cadillac monster feel physically and mentally happy.
It also makes Abel feel that he is now a real snake in the land of New York.
It is not in vain that he has always been tirelessly invested in this place.
"Whew, if a mafia, a blood gang, a lame gang or something comes out at this time and slaps me in the face, how nice it would be."
Boredom knocking on the car window, looking at the Brooklyn street scene passing by outside the window, Abel couldn't help but sigh in his heart.
It's a pity that there are not so many face-slapping links in reality.
Those gangsters are not stupid to see such a fleet of luxury Cadillacs.
It's already been a long time since how far to run.
What's more, there are so many police cars and mounted police in the places that can be seen with the naked eye around.
No matter how arrogant the gang members are, it is impossible for them to come up and send them to death under such circumstances.
I want to slap my face, unless Abel wears a famous brand and runs to the black quarter of Brooklyn alone.
But it's also impossible, and for Abel, who is eager to bring a special PMC personnel from the Rock Security Company, he can't do such a risky thing.
In this way, Abel made a huge noise all the way.
Soon came to Brooklyn's Bensenhe district, a small athletic field on the edge of the East River in New York.
As soon as he arrived at the periphery of the sports field, through the car window, Able could see the parking lot of the sports field, and a large number of vehicles were parked at this time.
There are a lot of luxury cars and nanny cars inside.
Around the parking lot, you can also see a larger number of reporters, photographers, and videographers.
The reason for such a scene is that it has been since October 4.
There are many singers and musicians who are very famous in the United States, and they have suddenly appeared here.
These big stars come in batches every day and leave one after another.
Inside this small stadium, they rehearse for the concert.
They are preparing for a charity fundraising concert in Times Square on the night of October 11.
As Chairman of Smith Media.
The mastermind behind the entire concert, Abel has never been here.
I happened to talk to Bloomberg about the concert today, and he didn't have much to go in the afternoon.
Abel decided to come over and have a look.
The person in charge of this concert is Michael Levine, the son of Anne Hathaway's mother's godfather.
Who called the last Christmas Eve fashion show, Michael Levine, who was in charge of the single-handedly operation, did a very good job.
Michael Levine has more experience in holding concerts in Times Square than others.
Abel naturally handed over the matter to him.
Michael Levine, one of the presidents of Smith Media and the CEO of Elizabeth's Back Garden, has taken on this responsibility.
With the help of David Geffen, the producer of DreamWorks Music, he was in charge of everything for the very rushed, but huge lineup and line-up.
Because the preparation time was less than ten days, even with the help of the huge resources provided by Abel.
Even if it's already an experience.
Michael Levine is just as busy flying, and there are so many things for Michael to worry about.
When Abel arrived.
What Abel saw was Michael Levine, whose mouth was foaming.
He was angrily scolding a black singer dressed in hip-hop in the audience.
"Falk you! I've given you days! That's the answer you gave me!? Fack you!? Fack you!! ”
"We were singing in Times Square! There will be at least hundreds of millions of Americans who can see it, and there are hundreds of millions of people in the world! You want to sing this bullshit in front of hundreds of millions of people!! ”
"Falk you!! Look at the lyrics you gave me! Five songs, what are the lyrics? What kind of police bastard are the lyrics of Farke, this woman's ass is so big, Zhengfu wants to kill our people, Mom is the greatest, the gold chain has to be thick enough to be like words, and kill the enemy with one shot."
"Falk you! Except for a mom the greatest, which one do you think is suitable for singing in the square?!! Fack you! Fack you!! ”
The voice of Falk YOU resounded in the audience.