The surroundings are quiet and peaceful, and the distant sound of the waves and the wind interweave a distant melody. The birds singing among the flowers in the courtyard are very harmonious.

The shadows of the new green leaves swayed gently, the leaves churned in the wind, and the sound was rattling.

Winter in the Southern Hemisphere is very different from that in the Northern Hemisphere, except that it is a little colder, it looks almost the same as summer.

In the room, half of his face was covered by his light golden hair dyed by the early morning sun, his contours were bright and handsome, his nose was straight, his skin was white and smooth but lined, no matter from which angle, which race's aesthetics, he was a first-class and beautiful man, and he slowly opened his eyes, even if he only slept for a few hours, he did not see a trace of fatigue in his eyes.

"Whew—"

Looking down and seeing the pretty white and ruddy face of Abili curled up in his arms, and several other people around him, he sighed with satisfaction, this is life.

By the way, he turned his head and pressed a button next to it.

After a few seconds, there was silence.

Clicka –

The door was pushed open.

Lydia, dressed in OL makeup, opened the door and walked in with a couple of real rock security maids.

As soon as she entered the room, Lydia smelled a strange and familiar scent, and they came to her face, and they were very rich.

The daughter of the Hearst family looked at the scraps of clothes scattered everywhere on the floor, and the marks of some liquid after it had dried up. She didn't have to guess where the smell in the room was coming from.

An unpleasant feeling rose from the bottom of her heart, but she quickly suppressed it well.

She knew that the reason why she was able to follow Abel more than her cousin Amanda was. The most important reason is because he is more tolerant than Amanda.

Amanda can't get used to it, or it will be very unpleasant to watch. She can turn a blind eye, her growing up environment and her mother's experience have made her want to some extent much lower than Amanda, and much lower than most of the top celebrities.

Social status, being valued in the family, and having enough material comforts—as long as she can satisfy these things, Lydia has more endurance than anyone else.

Able looked up at Lydia standing in the bedroom, who had already directed the maids to clean up.

Usually when Abel goes out, most of his life is taken care of by her and these maids who accompany him.

Abel yawned, kissed Abiri, who was sleeping soundly, on the cheek, then sat up from the octopus-like entanglement, raised his arms, stretched and said, "What time is it?"

"Half past eight in the morning. BOSS, take a bath or have breakfast first?" Lydia has a serious and businesslike face, which is why she is loved by Abel and is often taken with her.

Because even though negative distance contact has occurred, she can still grasp her identity well when she is working, and her sense of proportion is much stronger than Amanda.

"Let's eat first, and then go for a swim in the indoor pool after eating."

Abel stood up without an inch, and under Lydia's service, put on a wide nightgown, "What's the situation in the United States?"

"The latest briefings have been sent. In Los Angeles, DuPont, Rockefeller and others have already left Los Angeles one after another."

"Tsk......" Abel sighed lightly, and said with a playful face, "It seems that the regular meeting in Los Angeles is really going to be canceled." The meeting may be held in Washington."

Lydia nodded slightly, she was thrilled that she could join in this kind of thing that was changing at the top of the Light Empire.

Even if it's just a simple handing over a message, it's the same with the paperwork in the relevant areas.

After all, their Hearst family, even when they were at the peak of the top, were much worse than her current height!

"Leave them alone. When I go back to the United States in a few days, I will go to Washington. They have to wait for me, too...... Send the briefing to the heated indoor pool, and read it to me after breakfast and swimming."

Abel chuckled and gently pinched Lydia's pretty face, who let out a girlfriend-like smile and seemed to enjoy him doing so

of contact.

After breakfast with Nicole, Abel went to the heated pool in the villa.

The pool water has a constant temperature of 26-28 degrees, which is the most suitable temperature for the human body. After eating well in the morning, it is very comfortable to soak in it without strenuous exercise.

What's even more comfortable is that while you're in the pool, two beautiful maids gently massage you on your left and right sides.

And then in front of you, there are two big beautiful women who have already given birth to you, wearing Abiakiani and playing in the water, like two beautiful mermaids.

And behind you, there is a beautiful female secretary in a standard OL small skirt suit, holding a thick document to report to you on the situation of hundreds of companies under its umbrella.

「…… Smith Media yesterday announced its half-year earnings report for the first half of the year 200211-2002305. Because the financial report is gratifying, its stock price has exceeded $256 to $256.9, and its market value has reached $256.9 billion, ranking 19th among listed companies in the United States."

「…… According to market research, Pacific Energy's average gas price per cubic meter in California was reduced by 0.013 cents. Its Pacific gas stations have reduced gasoline by an average of $0.1 per gallon. Texas has also made price adjustments, but not as much as in California......

「…… Qualcomm and Chaowei Instruments (the merger of Texas Instruments and AMD, the full name of Texas Chaowei Instruments) officially launched the latest generation of 3G communication chips and information processors. The companies refer to it as SOC, short for System-on-Chip, or System-on-Chip. On the basis of this system, mobile phone companies can easily make new mobile phones that can use 3G communication and have stronger information intelligence processing capabilities. However, it is only an exhibit at the moment, and it will take about half a year before the official start of sales to the public."

「…… Smith Capital currently holds shares of 269 companies in the U.S. stock market, with a total value of $103.656 billion as of yesterday. In the global stock market, a total of 136 companies are held, with a total value of $36.55 billion as of yesterday. International spot gold US$32.5 billion ......"

「……」

Lydia is well-organized and articulate as she reports one corporate briefing after another to Abel, while Abel closes her eyes slightly, enjoying the services of the beautiful maids and learning about the general development of her own business.

When Lydia reported to Google's briefing, Abel heard CEO Eric Schmidt and the two co-founders Larry and Sergey agree to develop a smartphone system, but Sergey Brin believes that Google needs to break new ground outside of search engines.

The mobile phone system is one, and cloud computing is another.

"Cloud computing? Sergey mentioned cloud computing?" Abel, who had his eyes closed, finally couldn't help blinking and said with some surprise.

Lydia looked down at the briefing, then reconfirmed, "Yes, it was brought up at an internal high-level meeting of Google."

Abel raised his eyebrows, he remembered that cloud computing had indeed been all the rage in alternate planes for a while.

At that time, almost all IT companies in the world invested heavily in the development of this project. But it doesn't seem to be going to be over later, and the biggest result is that it has become more annoying in terms of advertising push.

It cannot be said that there is no output, that is, almost all companies that invest in cloud computing have a very disproportionate input and output.

However, if you look at it from a capital perspective, most of these companies are profitable.

At least in the years when the concept of cloud computing was very hot. The stock price or market value of those companies with better cloud computing technology has been speculated very high.

At that time, if the shareholders cashed out, they would definitely make a lot of money.

"Is there any more information in the briefing on cloud computing?" Abel asked.

Lydia shook her head directly this time, "No, do you need me to ask Mr. Baker to send the relevant information immediately?"

Baker is Allen's last name, Smith Intelligence

General Manager and Chief Think Tank.

Gathering intelligence for Abel was one of their jobs.

Abel nodded slightly, he personally believes that cloud computing can be used as a big gimmick for Google in the future, and it can be used as one of the capitals when Google goes public in the future.

Yes, as Google's largest shareholder, Abel, who holds more than 1/3 of the shares, already has the idea of making Google public.

One is the two co-founders, Larry and Sergey have been annoying him about this matter. The two co-founders who were seized of power are both thinking of taking advantage of the company's listing opportunity, hoping to weaken Abel's influence and control over Google as much as possible.

Abel has been annoyed for a long time, and he is somewhat bored. And he knows very well that if he really wants to push the smartphone era to come early, Google and Apple had better let one out.

Apple is more profitable and has a stronger ecosystem, so Google was chosen by Abel to be released.

He plans to wait for Google to finalize the development of Android before letting Google go public.

By going public, you can control your own shares at about 10%, a measure that can influence Google, but will not make others retreat.

At the same time, the 20% or so shares can make him at least two or three billion US dollars. Compared with the original investment of billions of dollars, it has been several times more ruthless.

And Google's stock price will not be particularly exaggerated before 2010. When the financial crisis comes, you can also inhale the dip, and when the time comes, whether it is to increase control again or just invest, it is a good choice.

And cloud computing, even if it's just a gimmick concept to hype up the stock price, can also be used as a pillar of Google's hype before Android is accepted by the market.

Whoever calls it an Internet company, they don't need any real product power in many cases. In many cases, being able to speculate and make people believe in its future is the biggest support for the stock price.

That's how the NASDAQ dot-com bubble came about. A company that is not even profitable, and the market value and stock price are often calculated dozens of times, so it is unreasonable for such a bubble not to burst.

Lydia took the pen and quickly jotted down what Abel had explained, mainly about cloud computing.

In fact, the concept of "cloud" appeared very early in the Internet. It first originated in 1988 as the co-founder of SUN Microsystems. Gage first proposed the concept of "the network is the computer".

But when it was first used as a concept, it was very ambiguous. Together with the many concepts of the Internet at the time, it seemed bizarre and unrealistic in the past.

The exact concept appeared in the 1994 issue of the IRED journal. An outline of the concept of the cloud is clearly seen in this article. Its description seemed rather sci-fi at the time.

However, in 1996, Compaq's designers and software engineers wanted to realize it, but due to the development of technology and technology, the product at that time was relatively unsuccessful, and it was eliminated before it was even listed.

In parallel time and space, cloud computing was definitely proposed in August 2006, and it was also the first to be proposed by Google.

So three years in advance, it's normal for Google's co-founders to be able to think of cloud computing.

The difference is that when Eric Schmidt proposed the concept of cloud computing, Google had been studying it for a long time, and it didn't take long for related products to be on the market, and the gimmick was full of appeal.

Like now, Abel came up with this gimmick, and Google estimates that it will take a year or two of research and development before it can be officially launched, and it is estimated that it will not be until 2005.

It's just a year or two earlier than parallel time and space.

In the morning, the briefing was processed in the villa. At noon, Abel finally made an official appearance in front of the Australian media.

He appeared at the signing ceremony of the agreement of intent to acquire Cadreston Ranch, Australia's second largest ranch.

Negotiations between the two sides have been going on for a long time, because one is willing to give a high price and the other is willing to sell.

So it took a few days to finalize, and after signing the agreement of intent, the transaction was submitted to the Australian Foreign Investment Regulatory Commission for approval.

After signing the agreement of intent, the transaction can be regarded as a legal constraint on both parties, and whoever wants to reverse the contract will face liquidated damages compensation for the transaction amount.

Once approved, Australia's second-largest and actually largest usable ranch will become an industry under Abel's name.

However, at the press conference, many Australian media or reporters from foreign media in Australia showed no interest in the transaction itself, the sellers and the representatives sent by the Queensland and South Australian state legislatures, which are responsible for overseeing it.

Their interest is obviously in coming to Australia quietly, and they directly bought Abel Smith of Cadrelston Ranch.

After obtaining permission for interviews, the number of reporters, who were significantly larger than the normal number of business signing ceremonies, frantically raised their hands and asked questions, hoping to get the opportunity to ask questions.

「…… Mr. Smith, did you come to Australia just for ranching? Or do you have some other purpose?"

「…… Mr. Smith, it is said that you have a close relationship with Ms. Nicole Kidman, Ms. Cate Blanchett, etc., what do you think of them?"

「…… Mr. Smith, I'm the Australian correspondent for The American Sun, and I ......."

「…… Mr. Smith......"

「……」

But Abel didn't care about their dissatisfaction, because Abel knew very well that the local media in Australia was basically monopolized by Murdoch.

There was no media controlled by Murdoch, and that was also heavily influenced by him.

That's why Abel didn't bother to pay attention to the local media, anyway, there were so many American media present, as well as international media.

The Wall Street Journal reporter was so excited that he was the first to ask, "Mr. Smith! In fact, I have a lot of questions I want to ask, but since I can only ask one, then I would like to ask you which is the second listed company? As we all know, Smith Media has exceeded $260 billion in market capitalization today, making it the most valuable media company in history! So which company would you let go public after Smith Media?"

It is worthy of being the first mouthpiece of Wall Street, and their reporters are still very professional in this regard.

After thinking about it, Abel whispered, "Maybe it's Pacific Energy, or maybe it's Smith Financial Group. If I had to pick one, it would be one of these two companies."

This answer made the reporter of the "Wall Street Journal" very satisfied, and many reporters at the scene also "uproared" at once.

The content of this news is obviously not *** explosive.

Isn't the news that Pacific Energy and Smith Financial could go public in the near future, at least in a few years?

In particular, Smith Financial Group, a financial giant that is no less than Murgun Chase and far above Goldman Sachs, Merrill Lynch and other investment banks.

If it really wants to go public, it will definitely become a hot topic in the U.S. stock market for a long time.

In the past, there was the exaggerated performance of Smith Media, and the performance was even better, so good that it was almost like the listing of the Smith Financial Group, which was bragged, there will definitely be more exaggerated and outrageous performance.

A Smith Media IPO has created more than a dozen billionaires, dozens of multimillionaires, and hundreds of millionaires so far.

Changed to Smith Financial Group, not to mention that these numbers have increased by 10 times, it should be normal to increase by five or six times, right?

That is to create dozens of billionaires, hundreds of multimillionaires, maybe thousands or even thousands of millionaires at once......

Such a myth of wealth creation can attract attention anywhere, and it can make the sales and ratings of TV stations and newspapers at least increase by more than 50%, even if it may only be for a few days.

Naturally, the media love to report such newspapers and like this kind of news.

So these people subconsciously forgot that in Abel's answer, in addition to Smith Financial, there is also a Pacific Energy option......

But Abel didn't care about any of this, and he had already asked David to signal the New York Watch

Home" reporter asked a question.

"New York Watch" has changed from a weekly magazine to a biweekly magazine, which is more professional and more essential. Internationally, however, its name has also been changed to The International Observer.

Among them, the "New York Observer" version, the main content is related to the United States.

The "International Observer" version, on the other hand, has a broader vision and focuses more on the United States and abroad.

Therefore, the content of the questions asked by the reporters of the "International Observer" has nothing to do with the United States.

And because he is his own person, it is impossible to ask Abel too hot questions, and the questions asked are related to Australia, after all, Abel is in Australia now.

Abel's answer is also very official, I can't find fault, but it's not very brilliant either.