Abel was in Alexander's office for about an hour or so.

During this time, he ate a working meal at the county seat in Tarrant County.

Probably because of Abel, today's working meal is also more abundant.

Chicken cutlets, stewed pork chops, biscuits with gravy, tortillas and fruit tarts are all synonymous with home-cooked food that Texans dream of.

Abel, who was accustomed to fine food in New York, occasionally ate such a meal after returning to his hometown.

He made himself feel physically and mentally comfortable, as if the Texans in his body had been reawakened.

After eating, he didn't leave immediately.

Accompanied by Alexander.

Father and son, near a plaza at 33-39 South Avenue in Fort Worth.

Originally known as South Plaza, the plaza was later acquired by a consortium and renamed Pacific Plaza.

The consortium that bought the square, as well as the many commercial buildings on the square, was Abel's Pacific Supermarket Company.

Pacific Supermarket Company, which currently has only one subsidiary under its name, is Pacific Mall.

The South Avenue plaza in Fort Worth was Pacific Mall's first store in the United States.

The first Pacific Mall has two floors, each with an area of 66,453 square feet.

That's a little more than 130,000 square feet in total, which is more than 12,000 square meters when converted into square meters.

It is undoubtedly a large supermarket and the largest supermarket in the entire city of Fort Worth and County Tarrant.

A large supermarket of more than 12,000 square meters, if it is in Huaxia, it is estimated that it can already rank first in the country.

Like the imperial capital Zhongguancun Carrefour supermarket, which was once known as the largest supermarket in Asia, its business area is 11,600 square meters.

But in the United States, a 12,000-square-meter supermarket is indeed a big supermarket, but there is nothing new.

Because there are many supermarkets that are larger than it in terms of area.

The supermarket industry in the United States can be said to be a miracle composed of modern food, daily chemical industry, and light industry.

In the larger supermarkets, everything from homegrown goods, canned goods, meat and poultry, seafood, dairy, baked goods, frozen foods, beverages (including alcoholic beverages in some states), household essentials, ready-to-eat foods (a wide range), to delicatessen such as sushi, pastrami sandwiches and roast chicken, can be described as diverse.

Some supermarkets even sell cars, small speedboats, and motorboats.

There are also pet markets and plant breeding markets inside.

According to the Food Marketing Research Institute, which is one of the most authoritative stores in the United States, each supermarket in the United States distributes more than 33,000 kinds of goods on average.

So supermarkets in the U.S. are all huge, with a median area of 41,561 square feet.

The median area of supermarkets is more than 4,000 square meters.

It can be seen from this that this kind of large supermarket with a large area and a large variety of types, like a small city, is very common in the United States.

The more well-known of them, such as the Woodman chain in Kenosha, Wisconsin, occupies almost 245469 square feet.

A supermarket with an area of about 23,000 square meters.

But that's not the biggest.

Florida's mass supermarket company in Miami has a 45,000-square-meter supermarket.

This supermarket is the largest supermarket in the United States and probably the largest in the world.

Supermarkets in Huaxia can only be said to be shopping malls.

Supermarkets in most parts of the United States, they really are "supermarket" markets.

Super large, and a huge variety of goods in the market.

Imagine a supermarket with such a large area.

Even with the help of some mechanical tools, the number of staff it needs will undoubtedly be large.

That's why Abel wants to invest in an industry where profits aren't very good.

According to the U.S. Department of Labor, in 2000, almost 4.8 million people worked in tens of thousands of supermarkets across the United States.

Abel's Smith Intelligence Group has information showing that it is the undisputed world's number one retail hegemon.

In the U.S. alone, 1.6 million people work for Walmart.

In second place is Kroger, a century-old American supermarket with about 350,000 employees.

That's a terrible statistic, equating to almost 0.5 percent of Americans working at Walmart and 0.13 percent at Kroger.

The American mass supermarket company, which has tried to enter Texas before, but has not developed very smoothly here, also has about 100,000 employees.

Not counting Wal-Mart, a listed outlier, half of the top 10 retail groups in the United States are private companies that are not listed.

The controllers behind these guys, they are one of the masters of this country.

They controlled the people's livelihood, spread across the states of the United States, and affected the local governance and economy, which can be described as a prince.

In contrast, Walmart, which has more employees, is not a cause for concern.

Who calls Wal-Mart a listed company, and the control is no longer in the hands of the Wal-Mart family.

It is precisely because of the infinite decentralization of power that Wal-Mart can spread throughout the United States, and then go out of the United States to the world.

And these private retail giants, they can't do it.

The reason is that the controlling family behind them refuses to hand over control.

As a result, giants such as mass supermarkets in the United States are often limited to one or two states, or at most three or four states.

It's not like a publicly traded company like Wal-Mart, which can open stores all over the United States.

Since it is a prince, there will be territory.

It's okay to open a store in your own territory, and you have to go to other "princes" to open a store.

Either you accept the other party's shares, or you start a "war" and carry it out in the struggle on all sides.

Like the American mass supermarket company, it is mainly rooted in several places near Florida and Alabama.

In the past two years, if you want to come to Texas to develop, you will be pitted by the local snakes in Texas.

This piece of land on South Avenue was negotiated and built by the Mass Supermarket Company at that time.

But when it was built, it gave them a backstab.

In desperation, Volkswagen had to withdraw from Fort Worth.

And the development in other Texas areas is not very smooth.

From these things, we can see the terrifying and low-key influence of these private retail giants on the local areas of various states in the United States.

Let's put it this way.

In the United States,

Wall Street and the financial oligarchy have mastered finance.

The military-industrial complex mastered the armed forces.

The energy complex has mastered the energy source.

These retail giants, and the agricultural companies with which they are inextricably linked, control the lives of the people in the United States.

In addition to these, there are industrial giants who have mastered American industry.

Finance, armed forces, people's livelihood, energy, industry.

In the bodies of these behemoths, countless large and small Zhengzhi gate valves were born.

They are like shadows, hanging over the heads of all Americans.

Many times, elephants and donkeys are "farce" in the White House and Capitol Hill.

Even the Grand Commander.

It's just a trick for the American people to see after these beings have struggled, confronted, and compromised with each other.

It is not that the United States does not have a great commander who cannot see this kind of drawback.

Yes, the last Grand Commander of Vothroh saw it.

And determined to change.

He began to "eat" a capitalist every day.

He wants to carry out a series of social reforms to change the national character of the United States.

The result?

The result was that he was about to lead the United States to victory in World War II, and on the eve of victory, he died of an inexplicable cerebral hemorrhage in the White House.

Since then, there has never been a ruler at the level of a righteous ruler in the United States.

Even if there really is such a strongman, then he will not be able to get to that position.

The capitalists were all frightened by Forthro.

Since then, only the capitalists themselves have been able to go up.

In this way, the retail group that can directly affect the livelihood of the people at the bottom has also entered Abel's field of vision.

It is for this reason that Abel decided to enter this seemingly unprofitable industry that does not seem to be lofty at all.

Just like he invested in Tesla, he wanted to shape a new track of new energy for electric vehicles.

In these areas, he doesn't want profits.

What he wanted was the immense influence that was often invisible in the local area, like the uncrowned princes of the United States.

This led to the emergence of Pacific Mall, or Pacific Supermarket to be exact.

Walking around the outside of the first Pacific Mall, Abel didn't go in.

It's noon, and business in the mall is doing very well.

You can see that outside the mall, the plaza that serves as a parking lot is full of a large number of cars, most of which are pickup trucks.

This is also a major feature of the United States and Texas.

That is, when Americans go shopping in supermarkets, they usually buy enough food for a week.

Naturally, you need to drive home to buy more.

So all of these large supermarkets in the United States will have a very large parking lot.

In other supermarket parking lots, there is a parking car with everything.

In Texas, it's mostly pickup trucks or off-road vehicles.

To sum up, it is because the land is vast and sparsely populated, the material is abundant, and the world can be harvested with the dollar tide.

This allows the ordinary people of this country to share the little juice that leaked from the capitalists.

So that the people here can live more comfortably than most of the people in the world in terms of food.

World bandits, under the tidal harvest of the dollar, all Americans can benefit.

The difference is that the capitalists take the lion's share, and the average American enjoys a small one.

After walking around the periphery, Abel didn't want to go in.

In the carriage, father and son talked softly.

"The other one is a little smaller than this one." Alexander said: "There are two in Fort Worth. There is one in the city of Arlington. There's one in Lincoln City, and one in Bloomand. ”

This is Abel's five Pacific Malls in Texas, in fact, mainly in Tarrant County.

These five Pacific Malls were actually after Alexander came to power.

Through a part of the official power, and then directly smashed with money, the chain supermarket was set up.

It is the second most populous continent in the United States, the largest state in terms of area, and one of the top five states in terms of economy.

Texas has a very developed retail sector, and Walmart is strong here, with more than 11% of its stores on this side.

Fortunately, there are no giants like Volkswagen Supermarket in Florida.

The retail industry in Texas has always been in the "Warring States Period".

Outside retail giants, such as Walmart, as well as giants such as Volkswagen and Kroger supermarkets, as well as some local mid-sized retail companies, are very competitive in Texas.

Abel knew that he wanted to expand Pacific Mall to all of Texas, and even the entire southern United States.

And not just the words of Tarrant County.

Then there is a high probability that the power of the shrub family will be used.

Otherwise, it will be difficult to get out and it will take a lot of time.

Thinking of this, Abel nodded and said, "I won't look at those first." I'll go back to Smith Farm and see Emily and Charlize first. I'll go to Houston to see Alex in two days. ”

"Alex isn't in Houston."

"My mother and father went to Austin, and Herbert invited the two over to visit, and they've been there for over a month," Alexander said. ”

Abel really didn't know about this, and he was stunned when he heard his father say this.

I was invited to be a guest and was a guest for more than a month

Abel couldn't help but have a little conspiracy theory again.

If you count the time, his grandparents were invited by Herbert just two days before that event.

Either it was a coincidence, or Herbert knew that Abel was in Europe, so he called his old friend to his side so as not to run away.

"Whew"

Abel smiled: "Okay. Then I'll go to Austin later. ”

Austin is the capital of Texas and the educational center of the state.

But as the capital of a state, it is magically neither an economic center nor a political center.

It's understandable that it's not an economic center, after all, many local capitals aren't economic centers.

The status of the economic center is generally related to geographical location and industrial development.

But the capital of Texas is not the center of governance, and there is only one place in the United States, Austin.

And most Texans don't like Austins.

Austinians, on the other hand, don't like other Texans very much.

The reason is that the whole of Texas is basically conservative, and in the words of the election, it is crimson.

But Austin, the capital city, is as blue as New York City, a blue-to-purple place.

The capital of the reddest state is a dark blue, which is very strange.

But in reality, it happened.

This makes the vast majority of Texans reluctant to recognize Austin's status.

Most Texans prefer Houston and Dallas, and would even prefer Fort Worth to Austin.

In the end, it basically has no status as the center of Zhengzhi, and can only play its own game, which is very magical.

After chatting with his father a few more words, Abel's convoy slowly left Southern Avenue.

The convoy returned to the county headquarters of Tarrant County and dropped Alexander out of the car.

The convoy restarted and left downtown Fort Worth.

Soon after, the convoy drove out of the city of Fort Worth and headed northwest of the city.

At this time, the car Abel was sitting in was no longer the Cadillac monster.

He put the Cadillac monster with his father.

Whoever calls back to Smith Farm is on the road to more than seventy percent of the way unpaved.

Walking on this kind of road in extremely poor condition, even if the Cadillac monster has good shock absorption and comfort, it is not comfortable to sit in the back.

If the vehicle is damaged, it is better to go back in an SUV.

Abel switched to a modified Cadillac Escalade.

At about four o'clock in the afternoon, when the sun began to set in the west, the convoy returned to the long-lost Smith Farm.

On the Smith Farm side, whether it's to protect Emily or Charlize.

The rock security is all here, with a large number of staff.

The arrival of Abel and others naturally notified this part of the company's employees in advance.

From afar, there were people from the rock security guards who came to greet them.

All the way to escort Abel to the spacious plaza and parking lot in front of the main entrance of Smith Farm.

Emily, who knew that her son was back, and Charlleze, who was very excited, had been waiting there for a long time.

Emily laughed happily when Abel jumped out of the car.

Charlize's eyes were slightly red.

He walked over and gave his happy mother a hug first.

After hugging her mother, Abel came to Charlize and looked at the whole round, but on the contrary, she looked more plump and sexy, full of the taste of a pregnant mother.

"I'm back."

Abel smiled and opened his hands to her, and Charlize pounced on him without hesitation, hugging him tightly.

Abel carefully guarded her belly, holding her with one hand and gently soothing her with the other on her back.

Although Abel was angry with her at the time, and had little affection for her at the time.

It's more about the possessiveness of her beauty and the desire for conquest of men.

But Abel really can't pull X ruthlessly.

In addition, she has become the carrier of her own genetic reproduction, that is, the mother of the child.

There is still more than half a year, which dilutes a lot of his unhappiness and dissatisfaction at that time.

Coupled with little Laura's tolerance and calmness about this, Abel is no longer angry with Charlize now.

After not being angry with her, a little guilt rose.

He hugged her and coaxed her softly for a while, which also made Emily next to her smile.

As the mother of her son's first child, plus get along day and night.

Charlize is naturally in Emily's place, so he naturally has some status.

Soon Abel was holding Charlize in one hand and his mother in the other, and walked towards Smith Manor.

That night, he had another meal of true hometown flavor, cooked by Emily herself.

Texas is known as a melting pot of North American history and culture, and is also recognized as an emerging food destination in the United States.

It is home to world-renowned German/Mexican cuisine, gold medal grilled meats, hand-cut steaks that everyone loves, and freshly caught seafood from the shores of the bay. It can meet the diverse taste buds here.

But traditional farm families or cowboy families generally eat those few things-

Chicken cutlets, braised pork chops, roast beef ribs, biscuits with lamb broth, tortillas and fruit tarts.

No matter how delicious it was, Abel had already eaten at his father's place at noon.

Another meal in the evening. If it weren't for his mother's expectant eyes, he would have been a little unable to eat.

After the meal, the wives of farm workers came to help clean up the kitchen.

Emily also accompanied her son and her son's mother to the living room to watch TV and talk about family life.

Once in a while, this kind of family warmth is also very good.

Emily's maternal love and Charlize's dependence and tenderness.

Let his tense spirit in New York also be able to relax a little.

At this time, on the TV, it was the channel of Abel's own AMC TV station.

What's playing inside is a replay of last night's Times Square concert.