Joan Irvine Smith, the object of her revenge has a lot of origins.

Irvine has produced many successful businessmen, including one who is the richest man in Southern California and one of the richest real estate businessmen in the United States.

His name is Donald Brun, and he looks like a brother to Kana's father's original name.

In fact, except for the fact that they are both Americans, the two have nothing to do with each other.

Donald Bren is a well-deserved real estate tycoon, ranked in the top 10 real estate tycoons by Forbes in the United States, with a net worth of about $10 billion.

This Buren did not inherit any of his ancestors' inheritances and was completely self-made.

Today, he is a 100% shareholder of one of the largest real estate companies in the United States, Irvine Real Estate.

It also has more than 400,000 square feet, 500 office buildings, about 8 million square feet of 50 shopping centers, at least 50,000 condominiums, three golf clubs and five marinas.

But what most people don't know is that Irvine Real Estate was not Donald Bren's company, but owned by the century-old Irvine family.

In 1977, Bren was 45 years old, and he was already a billionaire.

With the help of some people, he took advantage of the fact that the century-old company of Irvine Real Estate had no successor and the company was struggling.

He persuaded several investors to buy a portion of Irvine's shares for $337 million.

Among them, he alone owns 35% of the shares of Irvine, and he values the land resources in the hands of this company.

It then took him nearly two decades to slowly buy out his partner's stake in Irvine.

A few years ago, in 1996, the 64-year-old Buren made a strong attack on the Irvine family.

With the help of the court, Joan Irvine Smith, the great-granddaughter of Irvine founder James Irvine, was ousted.

The California Supreme Court ultimately ruled that Bren paid Joan $240 million, less than half of the family's property she originally claimed.

Eventually, Bren became the sole shareholder of Irvine, taking sole rein, and a powerful real estate empire was born.

Donald Bren's experience seems incomparably inspiring.

started from scratch and relied on his own ability to seize the property of the wealthy family, replacing the wealthy family as the new wealthy family......

Just looking at these, he is more than 100 times stronger than Yin Kana's father, who was born in the second generation of wealth and has been bankrupt so many times.

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But in reality?

In fact, Donald Buren's entry into the Irvine Company and the timing of his defeat of Joan Irvine Smith in court were very coincidental.

He took a strong stake in Irvine when he was the governor of California at the time, whose name was Jerry Brown.

Decades later.

He was in court in California, when he defeated Joan Irvine Smith.

The Attorney General of California, whose name also happens to be Jerry Brown.

Jerry Brown, who served two terms as governor of California, has been the California Attorney General since 1994.

If someone else continues to observe.

You will find that throughout Donald Bren's fortune, Jerry Brown's shadow can be seen everywhere. ….

Still don't get it?

One of the famous top real estate tycoons in the United States and the richest man in Southern California, Mr. Donald Buren.

In a way, he is one of the biggest white gloves controlled by the Brown family, which has risen to prominence in recent decades.

Behind Donald Bren stood Jerry Brown and his allies.

Jerry Brown's father was Pat Brown, and he was already the governor of California in 1960.

As the governor of California, Pat Brown awarded the construction project for the 1960 Winter Olympics to a pair of business partners.

One of these two men is named William Newsom, while the other is called John Pelosi.

William Newsom's daughter is named Naria, and she is Beau Dunber's mother, but she has died.

Bo Dunberd has a great father who will achieve a lot in the future.

William Newsom's grandson is Gavin Newsom, who is now the most famous and youngest handsome guest in California.

And John Pelosi, his daughter's name is Nancy...... The future nickname is the old witch.

This is the quintessential American network.

A network with the Browns, Newsoms, and Pelosi at their core, with power throughout California.

Similar networks, in all states of the United States, can be said to be everywhere.

Like Texas, the current Bush, Smith, Walker, Pierce, and many other families have just as intricate relationships.

It looks so powerful, it's Donald Brun, the super-rich man in the United States. In fact, it is only an important member of one of the family networks in California.

Maybe not even a core member yet.

Whether he can continue to stay in that family network depends on whether his descendants can integrate into it.

If you can, in the future, there will be a place in the family network called Bren.

If he can't, Donald Bren will only be glorious for a while.

As for Joan Irvine Smith, who found Abel in front of him.

She has also been planning for a long time.

The Irvine family was also a century-old wealthy family back then. Otherwise, there is no way to get such a large area of Irvine in such a good place in Southern California.

But the wealthy family has declined after all, and the most core assets have been snatched away by outsiders.

The Irvine family worked hard to seize power for more than 20 years, and in the end, there was not a single hair left.

The land worth tens of billions of dollars now, the Irvine family can only take a few hundred million dollars.

Even if there is only one Joan Irvine Smith left, she will naturally be unwilling.

What's more, the Smith family in California she married is not too weak.

Joan Irvine Smith has enough motives to take home property, or even just to get revenge.

And now Abel's appearance, in Joan Irvine Smith's view, is her only chance to turn the tables or succeed.

Plus everyone is "Smith". Although it didn't matter a dime, one was Irish and the other was English.

But...... No matter how you say it, it's Smith, at least when you come into contact, there will be a little bit of intimacy.

This is the fact that the Smith family here in California, John Smith accompanied his wife, Joan Irvine Smith, to appear in the living room of the villa at 60 Golden Eagle Road in Irvine. ….

「…… I'm afraid it's going to be hard."

In the living room, Abel smiled and said to Joan Irvine Smith and her husband:

"It's already 1996. The California Supreme Court's verdict is now more than six years old. It is very difficult to regain control of Irvine through legal means. Not to mention......"

Abel looked at Joan and John, "California's Attorney General, and now our dear Mr. Jerry Brown."

In the face of Abel's "resignation", Joan and her husband John did not seem to be surprised at all.

It's its own.

If it wasn't difficult, the Smith family here in California wasn't very weak.

The people are regular professional leaf growers in California, and they open estates in related areas, and the road is very wild.

If things were easy, the Irvine Company, worth tens of billions of dollars, would have been taken back by the California Smith family long ago.

Even John Smith, who married the daughter of a ruined wealthy family, was most likely for the Irvine Company.

It's just that I didn't expect that behind Donald Brun was actually involved in recent decades, California new

Jin rises to a terrifying network of Masaharu family relationships.

Encountering such an opponent, this Smith, who is not weak in California, is also weak.

After all, it's California Smith, not the current Texas Smith......

"Mr. Smith."

Joan Irvine Smith is very talkative, she is a woman in her 40s.

Her husband, John Smith, who grows leaves professionally and runs the largest legal leaf industry in California, is actually the godfather of legal California leaves, but looks a little shy.

"The California Attorney General is re-elected every four years, up to a maximum of two terms. And Mr. Jerry Brown has served two terms. Even if he is very vocal, he will step down this year. Not long ago, he made it clear that he will run for mayor of San Francisco this year."

"In other words......" Joan looked at Abel seriously, "he won't be the California Division anymore. Law. Master of the hall!"

Able shrugged, "And then?"

"And then our chance came!"

Joan Irvine Smith said excitedly:

"Mr. Smith. The verdict of that year was unlawful. It's just that the jury, and Mr. Attorney General, are all on Donald Bren's side!!"

"As long as a new Attorney General takes office. Then we can file an appeal. Overturn that verdict."

Abel remained silent, he hugged Jessica, who was a little nervous.

The latter only felt that the past two days had been the two days when she had seen the most big people in her life.

Jessica didn't know Joan Irvine Smith, but she had seen John Smith, who looked shy in front of Abel at this time.

When she was filming "007", there was a scene that needed to be filmed in the leaf field.

The venue borrowed by the crew at that time was the John Smith family.

Because John Smith's last name is the same as her boyfriend.

At that time, Jessica asked the director a few more words curiously.

The director told her that he was curious to come to the scene to see the "master" of the crew's shooting, that is, John Smith. ….

Speaking of this actual identity, he is one of the uncrowned underground godfathers of California and even the West Coast.

There are too many addicts and gang members who need to rely on John Smith for food.

said that this is one of the most unprovoked elders in California.

Because of the other party's surname Smith and the director's warning, this made Jessica remember deeply.

Now the other party is in front of Abel, as quiet as a roadside worker.

Jessica was nervous and proud.

Nervous about John Smith's gray identity.

Proud that even a gray tycoon like John Smith is not so well-behaved in front of his own men?

John Smith is just a California Smith.

And Abel Smith, Jessica feels that he is no longer just a Texas Smith, he is a Smith of all America!

"Say so much. Dear Mrs. Smith, you have said so much. I just want to ask."

Abel looked at the "Mr. and Mrs. Smith", and he smiled and said:

"I just want to ask, what do I get? Or rather, what should I do, and then what can I get?"

Let's get to the point.

Joan Irvine Smith mustered up her strength and continued to be her lobbyist.

"We Californians know that by now. In the case of Pacific Electric in California, it was Jerry Brown who was ...... with Mr. Smith."

Suddenly, Joan Irvine Smith was interrupted in the middle of her sentence.

The person who interrupted her was her husband.

"Dear Joan, I don't feel the need to say these things to Mr. Smith, because it doesn't matter."

For half an hour, John Smith, who had been very quiet and had been smiling and not speaking the whole time, looked at Abel with a serious smile.

"Mr. Smith. There are two things you have to do, one is to provide $5 billion in funding. There is also help from the Supreme Court, or the White House, in the administration of justice. You have the resources to do that, and that's what we're missing."

"And you're going to get a 50 percent stake in Irvine and at least 500,000 Californians," John Smith said. San Bernatino, St. Louis-Obisburg and Kern will all have elections this year. If Mr. Neil Bush had been willing, he would have received a majority of votes in all three places......

"And we're going to take the lead, and we're going to take out $5 billion and get only 50 percent of the shares."

"Mr. Smith......"

John Smith looked at Abel seriously and said very sincerely:

"For everyone's sake, the descendants of blacksmiths. I think Smith in Texas is a great fit to have a close-knit Smith family in California!"

It's like the surname of the little Laura family, which means shrub.

The surname Smith was originally used in the English context as a blacksmith, a blacksmith, a craftsman, and the like.

The earliest group with the surname Smith is estimated to be the descendants of blacksmiths.

This is similar to the surnames of the well, mountain, and river on the neon side.

It's the same as the family name of the ancestor's work, or the place where the ancestor was born.

Listened to John Smith's conditions, and there are requirements. ….

Abel smiled and said to Joan Irvine Smith, "It's easier to understand when Mr. Smith says that."

Joan had to smile.

If she can call the shots, she can also talk about the conditions directly!

But she can't, the former daughter of a ruined and wealthy family.

The only thing she can rely on now is the strength of her husband's side.

Naturally, the husband can only be the mainstay.

"50% is too little. $5 billion is too much. The power of the White House and the Supreme Court is not without a price."

Able looked at John, "I need better conditions. After all, my relationship with Jerry Brown is not so bad that it can't be reconciled."

"But if I cooperate with you."

He looked at the couple.

"That means that in California, Jerry Brown and his friends will be my enemies for a long time. It wasn't a good experience for me."

Abel seemed to be talking to himself, and as if he was putting pressure on the Smiths.

"If I had informed Mr. Brown of your visit today. Maybe the problems of Pacific Electric in California will be solved."

"You can't do that!" Joan Irvine Smith screamed.

Her husband was breathless, she couldn't breathe.

If Abel, a strong dragon, really did this.

Then in her life, it may really be difficult to regain the Irvine Company.

If you can't get back the Irvine Company, let's not talk about the trivial matter of revenge for the family.

Even if this is possible, it will inevitably make it difficult for her to maintain her status in the California Smith family, and she may even be expelled.

After all, the California Smith family has invested in her for more than 20 years for the Irvine Company.

In the end, if you don't get the slightest benefit.

She couldn't believe her relationship with John Smith.

"I'm just talking about a possibility." Abel smiled.

"Okay." John Smith said:

"Next, Mr. Smith. I will show you our sincerity. We hope that after you see our sincerity, you can consider cooperating with us. Trust me, it won't be the wrong choice."

Abel raised his eyebrows: "I'm looking forward to ......."

"Excuse me."

John Smith stood up directly

, holding Joan Irvine Smith, who wanted to speak and stopped.

Take his wife away directly.

Abel asks David Jones to see each other off, leaving only Edward, Jessica, and him in the living room.

Jessica didn't dare to disturb Abel, he looked pensive.

In fact, it is.

At this time, Abel was thinking about the feasibility of working with John Smith.

As the largest state in the United States in terms of economy and population, California's situation is the most complex among the 50 largest states.

In addition, it has been established for a short time, and it is also very young in the fifty states.

In fact, there is no old American state like Texas and Massachusetts, which have been inherited for more than 100 years.

Including the California consortium, California's landlord snakes are relatively young and more numerous than the East Coast and the South Coast. ….

The California consortium is also not like the Texas consortium, which has an absolute dominant force in the local area.

On the contrary, the California consortium is just one of the local snakes in California.

Jerry Brown and his gang have more of a relationship with the California consortium than a subordination.

And John Smith, the elder of the special plantation economy, and his large group of people, are also one of the local snakes in California.

In terms of the impact on the local California, it is not much lost to the California consortium, the Brown family, etc.

Let's put it this way, the status of the princes within the other 49 states of the United States has been established.

They were all two or three overlords, united or cooperative, surrounded by a dozen other families controlling the entire state.

Here in California, there is a bit of a taste of spring and autumn hegemony.

Many internal forces are still fighting, and they have not yet come out with results.

Because the degree of fighting is relatively gentle, it is a Spring and Autumn period for hegemony, not a Warring States period with bad manners.

As for Abel, he is one of the strong dragons who have entered the chaos in this Spring and Autumn California.

Abel knew he wanted to plant a nail in the California side.

It is better to cooperate with the local "princes", which is a safer way.

Then, what follows is obviously a multiple-choice question.

Whether to choose Jerry Brown, who has already shown favor, or John Smith, who came out halfway, or the California consortium with an ambiguous relationship.

Or look again and see if there are any new collaborators.

When the choice is decided, the cooperation begins.

Then his tentacles are officially established here.

A new thought