A few days later, August 20th.

Downtown Los Angeles, a division of Smith Financial Group.

Abel is holding a video conference.

The British Raiders are now over, and Abel's plan to land on the British Isles has been sniped, not quite achieving the results he wanted.

However, it is also about 1/3 completed, and Abel feels that talking is better than nothing.

Communication with the Morguns continues, and if the negotiations between the two sides can be passed, the outcome will be more successful.

As an investment bank, Smith Capital has now put its predatory eyes and main force on the Canadian dollar.

After the video conference, Abel held an internal meeting on the arrangement of commercial banks.

His U.S. Pacific Commercial Bank, after merging four Texas banks, now has nearly 1,000 branches in the United States.

Although most of these branches are small branches, the main ones are still in the Texas area.

Some branches even have only three or five staff, an ATM machine, and a counter, which is very small.

But on the East Coast and West Coast, mainly in the Greater Los Angeles area, the Old Golden Bay Area, and the Greater New York area, there is still good power due to the previous frenzied annexation.

“…… Advertise it. ”

In a video conference, he made such a decision.

"Smith Bank is not well known, and we need more Americans to know about it and know that it is my bank. Encourage and support people to save money so that they can expand Smith Bank's business. ”

Abel's work model is like this, once he is willing to work, then he will have endless work every day.

When he wants to be lazy or rest, he can leave the big and important things to his subordinates.

This style of work is very different from other rich people.

Over the past few years, a corporate atmosphere has been formed within the Smith department that is suitable for his work style.

It wasn't until around 4 p.m. that Abel was reminded by his work assistant Lydia Hirst that he needed to prepare for the dinner in the evening.

Walking to the floor-to-ceiling windows facing the street wall, I stretched my waist widely, moved my sedentary body, and looked at the few vehicles on the wide road. After all, although the office building leased by Smith Finance is in the center of Los Angeles, it is located in a relatively remote area, and it is a good benefit in the downtown area of Los Angeles, where traffic jams are very serious.

Looking at the large number of buildings outside the building, Abel rose up again.

It's a pity that the lowest point of real estate prices in the United States has passed, and they have risen for two consecutive years. If you make a move now, it is already a high-level pick-up, although there is still money to be made, after all, the real high-level has not yet come.

Fortunately, before this, Abel had already bought and hoarded a large number of properties and land.

He waited for the time around 2006 to ask the New Start Real Estate Company to clear all the properties in his hands.

According to his estimates, this can at least bring at least $40 billion in profits to New Beginnings Real Estate Company.

Compared to the more than $20 billion he invested, the yield is more than 200%.

Over the five-year period, an average of more than 40% per year can be said to be very good.

The premise is not to compare it with his monster annual rate of return on financial investments.

In 2006, at the peak of real estate in the United States, after all these properties were sold.

Wait another year for the real estate crisis and the subprime mortgage crisis to erupt, when the financial crisis swept the world.

New Beginnings Real Estate can once again stand up and act as the savior of high-end real estate in the United States, and continue to buy and buy throughout the United States.

You can even buy a house that was sold at a high price and buy it back at a low price.

At that time, about $10 million of a house was sold, and three or four million dollars could be repurchased.

And the crisis will not last long, after the subprime mortgage crisis, under various measures, the economy of the whole United States began to recover. During the long process of flooding, real estate prices will generally rise across the United States.

As soon as it rises and falls, the scale and assets of the new starting point real estate company will increase by more than three or four times at least in ten years.

By around 2016, it was easy to double five or six times.

This effortless way of making money that completely follows the laws of the economy does not make money in vain.

At 4:30 p.m., Abel's convoy left downtown Los Angeles and headed for Beverly Hills.

But instead of heading to the villa where Charlize and others lived, the convoy went to villa DR10066 on West Ellor Road in Beverly.

The people who live in this villa are Yin Kana and Paris, who have followed him from Santa Barbara to Los Angeles in the past few days, and their children.

Two New York socialites are daughters, and they are mainly raising babies and giving birth to children in Santa Barbara.

Now that the children are out, the peaceful life of Santa Barbara has clearly lost its appeal to them.

As the most prosperous Beverly Hill on the West Coast, it is naturally the best choice for the two.

And West Ello DR10066, a Beverly hilltop room with a super terrace, is the first Beverly mansion in Yin Kana's mind.

It is also what Yin Kana thinks of herself, the main stronghold on the West Coast.

Back at No. 10066 West Ello, Abel didn't see Yin Kana in the living room, so he couldn't help frowning slightly and asked the housekeeper.

I found out that she was applying makeup in the room, and it would take a while to do her hairstyle.

At tonight's banquet, Abel plans to bring Yin Kana, who is recovering well, with him.

Paris is not good yet, she has just given birth to a child for less than a week, and according to the concept of Chinese people, she is still in the confinement period.

The average American does not have the habits and traditions of confinement, and that is because the average American generally does not have maternity leave.

The elite upper class is different, they are free in time, and they know that women do need a period of recovery after giving birth.

Therefore, the women of Abel have a long recovery period to cultivate their bodies.

Yin Kana was still putting on makeup, Abel knew that he couldn't finish it in one to two hours, Paris was resting, and the child was sleeping.

He didn't bother.

Abel walked into the master bedroom, took out a white bathrobe from the closet, and entered the bathroom.

In the luxurious square marble platform white porcelain whirlpool bathtub, the water is tumbling, and there are splashes from time to time, Abel takes off his clothes, the whole person is soaked in the warm bath water, reaches out and takes the remote control from the side, and begins to rummage through the TV program.

When he came out of the bathroom, relaxed and a little lazy, Yin Kana, who had finished his hairstyle, makeup, and manicure, had already changed into a vest-style waist-cinching skirt dress embellished with dark red sequins and appeared in the living room, with two unknown women by his side.

"Honey, this is Jenny the hairstylist and her assistant, ask her to help you get your hair done. They're the best makeup artists and stylists in your studio. ”

Yin Kana said beautifully.

She feels that one of the benefits of living in Beverly Hills is that she can enjoy the benefits and benefits of being close to Abel's powerful media company.

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Like these of the most powerful image design teams in the United States, originally only for superstars.

Originally, she planned to go to the San Francisco Bay Area when she really wanted to open the new company of the "New Age Blog" that Abel said, because Silicon Valley was over there.

But now, Yin Kana is thinking about whether she can open this new company near the greater Los Angeles area.

Anyway, it doesn't matter where the IT company is headquartered, the reason why Silicon Valley can become Silicon Valley is that the housing prices near Silicon Valley are cheap at the beginning, which is suitable for Internet entrepreneurs who are poor at the beginning.

Didn't you see that later, as the rent and land prices in Silicon Valley became higher and higher, Internet entrepreneurs began to choose to stay away from Silicon Valley?

But mainly because of this Beverly Hills, Yin Kana lived really happily.

She felt that it was not as good as New York in terms of traditional luxury.

But in terms of comfort and luxury, it is not inferior to New York at all, or even better than New York.

Living here without having to face the eyes of all kinds of upper-class people in New York is much more comfortable for her.

The American elite pay great attention to their personal image.

Families above the middle class often use stylists and hairstylists when attending various banquets.

The wealthy class even has their own personal image team to help them design and organize the image suitable for various occasions.

This is a country that puts on a show to the bones, from the commander to the common people, all like to put on a show.

And for show, it is natural to need a variety of suitable images.

For this kind of atmosphere, Abel has long followed the local customs. Even with his natural appearance, even if he doesn't have to take care of it, he is far beyond normal people.

"Yes."

Abel in a bathrobe nodded, walked over to the chair that had been set up and sat down, his hair didn't need to be cleaned up too much, just a little trimmed the ends, and then it was blow-dried and shaped.

There is no need for makeup or anything, and even the best makeup artists and plastic surgeons can't make up his face.

As night fell, Abel took Yin Kana in a car and rushed to the venue of the reception.

The venue was in a hotel, but when I got to the door, the car stopped, and there were several cars in front of it, all of whom were guests who had come to the party.

Abel glanced sideways at Yin Kana, who was taking a deep breath and was a little excited with a red face, and couldn't help chuckling, and looked down at the pair of people who were tightly bound and squeezed in the middle.

"I said, aren't you uncomfortable being so crowded?"

It's that big after all.

"That's how it looks good, the front is a U-shaped neck, and it will hang a little bit if you don't squeeze it. It will look particularly ugly, and the collar at the back is large, which is considered an open back, don't you like it? ”

Yin Kana Pu fanned her long eyelashes and explained with a little weak look.

She knew that her man had an unreasonable possession in some way.

If it's too dewy, he'll be upset.

For in his opinion, his woman is his private property, and only he can fully possess it.

Others can only look at the normal places.

Like faces, arms, and so on.

is still within the range of his own acceptance, Abel said casually: "It's okay, you don't feel uncomfortable, just like yourself, don't be nervous for a while." ”

Yin Kana thought to herself, how could she not be nervous, this banquet tonight was the first banquet she had attended since giving birth.

What's more, this banquet is extremely high-level! It was a party in which the Donkey Party in California invited some leaders of the Donkey Party in the United States, and then invited celebrities from all over California and even the West Coast to gather together.

It is said that there will even be one or two former commanders of the Donkey Party who will attend, and she has never participated in a banquet of this level!

It's a super party for a party creature like her.

Of course, she knew that the only reason she could participate was because she was his woman.

The car moved forward slowly, Abel saw that both sides of the hotel door were crowded with reporters, opposite the main entrance of the hotel was a large group of men and women holding up various self-made signs, many people raised their arms very high, were shouting urgently, protesting something across the road, there were several police cars parked on the side of the road, and more than a dozen uniformed police officers with big bellies. Observe the scattered not far apart.

Abel is not interested in knowing what these people are against, anyway, there are really a lot of idlers in the United States, and the protest crowd is very easy to gather, tonight's drinking party is held by the Donkey Party, and there are many elders of the Donkey Party, so these people have heard the news.

Seeing this scene, he secretly laughed in his heart.

In fact, this banquet was originally private and not open to the public.

What kind of show will be played inside, outsiders will never know. And he was not invited to this banquet at the beginning.

It was Abel who heard Neil Bush mention the banquet and offered to attend.

This made the banquet of the donkey party spoil all of a sudden.

First it went from private to public, and then what was originally just a gathering within the Donkey Party of the California faction became a gathering of the Donkey Party of the United States.

The guests who participated in it have also changed from simple important personnel within the Donkey Party to a big gathering of high-class people throughout the West Coast.

The reason for this change is mostly because of Abel.

Who is called Abel, the richest man in the world, has rarely participated in social occasions in high society on the West Coast.

There are not many times, and they are all private parties that are not open to the public.

Abel's main social venues are in Texas, Washington and New York.

Now that Abel is in California, he is willing to attend the banquet held by the Donkey Party.

In order to take the opportunity to increase their influence and allow the upper class of the West Coast to have contact with Abel, the Donkey Party decided to make the banquet public and large-scale.

In fact, in his heart, Abel had no interest in the dispute between the elephant party and the donkey party.

In addition to the irrevocable factor of his background, he has never clearly stood up for any party.

It doesn't make sense to him, well, after all, it's a hardcore family of the Elephant Party, and the Elephant Party's style of acting is more in line with his heart, and in general, he still prefers some Elephant Party in his heart.

But if you have to say what kind of party he is, then Abel thinks that he is a "party of interests".

Whoever gives him greater benefits, who can better help him obtain greater benefits, then he is that faction.

Right now, what he wants to do most in California is push Neil Bush up.

Neil's campaign has been formed and has filed petitions to the state and the federal government.

In a few months, after this year's midterm elections begin, Neil will officially announce his candidacy, and then the fight will begin.

Many people think that with Abel's current financial resources, the best way for him to support a person to come to power is to donate.

The problem is that it is still 2002 and there are still many restrictions in this regard.

Federal law stipulates that individual donations may not exceed $2,500 per election, so individual donations are genuinely part of the program.

A better approach would be to set up a group or make a direct donation to support an organization, which is a kind of governance organization, initiated by a business, individual, or organization, for example, a company announces the formation of such a group, injects a sum of money, and receives donations.

This group cannot work with candidates it supports, but the law allows it to advertise and can praise candidates it supports or disparage candidates it dislikes.

Since advertising spending is the largest expense in every election, it is a way for businesses to directly influence the outcome of the election.

Organizations such as the National Rifle Association rely on this set to achieve the goal of the fourth pole.

If you want your father-in-law to succeed in California, it is obviously difficult to rely on money alone.

Money and power combined, then it's easy.

Through the car window, Abel glanced at the protest sign held alof, well, there are more signs protesting against the current governor of California.

Governor Davis, who is currently a member of the Donkey Party, ushered in the bursting of the Nasdaq bubble during his tenure, and the California economy was greatly affected.

In addition, during his tenure, law and order in California deteriorated significantly, and the number of gangs in Los Angeles and San Francisco doubled.

He himself became the first governor of California to be impeached, and the most protesting person outside was Governor Davis.

But it's not just Davis, the protest signs are actually all kinds of things, that is, a little more Mr. Governor's.

Able could only say that this group of people was just idle eggs, just as if their protest would really make this group of regular guests compromise.

The car door opened, Abel got off the station on the red carpet, turned around and stretched out his hand to support Yin Kana's little hand, when the two stood on the red carpet and were recognized by reporters, the whole audience was full of white light, and shouts one after another, all wanted Abel to cooperate and take a few photos.

How could Abel take care of them, Yin Kana, who was very happy at the moment, wanted to cooperate. But she also knew that the scene was inappropriate, so she just held Abel's arm tightly and walked unhurriedly to the door of the hotel, without the slightest intention of stopping.

In the splendid hall of the cocktail party, Jerry Brown and his wife, Helen Brown, were smiling and entertaining in a straight suit with a bow, chic and calm, very talkative Zipper and his wife of a New York senator who was becoming more and more famous.

A person walked quickly to Jerry Brown's side, and whispered a few words beside him, which made Jerry Brown's eyes light up slightly, and a surging smile appeared on the corner of his mouth, "I'm sorry, you two, I may have to miss a while." I needed to be greeted by an important guest who had arrived......"

"Hehe, is that Smith? I'll go with you. Rest assured, Jerry, for God's sake, we have no conflict with him. Zipper said with a happy smile on his face with a pair of eyes shining brightly.

"yes. We are not his enemies. Silani was also next to her and hurriedly said with a smile.

In fact, she is not so generous, and she is not so grudge-bearing.

The problem is that now she and her husband are not as dominant in the Donkey Party as they were in the future.

The husband and wife can only be said to be one of the princes in today's donkey party.

When the other donkey party elders wanted to win over Abel Smith. When the financiers behind her husband and wife also asked them not to conflict with Abel Smith.

Even if she was unhappy, Sirani had to swallow this breath.

This is going to be replaced by ordinary rich people, offending the couple...... People really dare to kill!