Chapter 633: American Arts & Charity Ball

Gently pulled Lavini, who was tired and paralyzed, and put it next to Spears, who was slumped and asleep.

Abel got up and looked at the time, it was exactly 8:30 in the morning.

That's what Avril is good about, don't look at her petite size. But his resilience is almost the best of all his women.

Even those angel babies of Isha's company are inferior to her in this regard.

She endured most of the night last night, and she was semi-forced to get up by Abel once in the morning, and Abel's other women couldn't do it.

After getting out of Simmons and looking back at the two white crystal bodies lying on it, Abel shook it with satisfaction, turned around and walked into the bathroom next to it.

By the time he stepped out of his bathrobe, it was half an hour later. The two of them slept as sweetly as ever.

Avril, who had worked again in the morning, even let out a slight snoring sound.

Out of the bedroom door, sure enough, the Hearst sisters were waiting for them.

"Good morning, Lydia and Amanda." He greeted the two with a smile.

When he returned to New York last night, the two Hearst sisters, who had been working with him all this time, were also taken time off by him to return to the Hearst family.

In fact, if the two of them are willing, Abel can give them a few days off.

The team of secretaries and assistants who follow Abel is as high as 20 people all year round.

To be honest, even if there are two of them, it's nothing, and it works just as well.

After all, they are still young, and they mainly play the role of "icing on the cake" in this team.

Two elegant flowers that are occasionally used to satisfy the boss's physiological needs.

However, it can be said that none of the women around Abel are without ambition.

From Little Laura and Kayla to Megan Fox, D'Addario and other Hollywood flowers, none of them have fuel-efficient lamps.

With such fierce competition around him, Amanda and Lydia simply didn't dare to stay too far away from him for too long.

If they are not there, they mix in and eat other things to occupy their current ecological niche, it will be more than worth the loss.

It's not, just went back for one night. On the second day, they arrived so early to continue their work as Abel's secretary.

"Good morning, boss." X2, the two responded in unison.

"Let's have breakfast first." Abel said with a smile as he walked towards the restaurant on the east side of the mansion.

Since he bought Woolworth Building and renamed it Smith Building.

The top floor of the Woolworth Building, which was originally used as a huge observation deck, became one of Abel's main residences in Manhattan.

With over 2,000 square meters of 4 floors, the interior includes more than 125 new windows approved by the New York Landmarks Preservation Commission, more than 7.3-meter high ceilings, private elevators, and unparalleled 360-degree views of New York City.

When it came time to renovate the entire Smith Tower, Abel hired Alchemy Properties, a well-known New York architectural firm, to transform the top of the Smith Tower into a special residence.

The faΓ§ade cannot be altered except for the windows, and the interior is directly decorated with the exquisite decoration designed by Thierry W Despont, who is famous for the restoration of the Statue of Liberty.

Alchemy Properties restored the original architectural details to reflect the building's glory days, while modernizing the homes with modern conveniences and amenities.

With a lot of money, the interior is now a place where classic and modern meet.

Even a Californian princess like Kayla is very satisfied with the praise of this place, and the stay is very pleasant, and it has become her nest in New York.

Avril and Britney were given to Kayla directly by Abel, so the two of them can live here as well.

Others don't have that kind of blessing.

Of course, little Laura has. However, she has never seen the king with King Kayla, and Kayla will not go to her place, and she will not take the initiative to come to Kayla's place.

Sitting at the dining table, there are beautiful maids who have been prepared for a long time next to them, serving Abel under the guidance of the housekeeper, including but not limited to serving food, preparing for food consumption, and other meal services that ordinary people can't think of.

Abel invited Lydia and the others, and they both said they had already eaten.

"Then let's report on my itinerary for today. Well, Lydia, you say. Abel put the filthy French blue lobster in his mouth and smiled as he tasted the $500 lobster.

Lydia is wearing an orange suit today, which looks bright and colorful.

The neckline of the small suit is naturally open, revealing the red and white velvet inside, and the velvet is bulging and swollen, proving that her career line is very successful.

The lower body is a pair of lake-blue skinny trousers, which set off her slender legs, and she is a fashionable and beautiful professional woman's outfit, matching her delicate and beautiful appearance, which is not lost to her cousin Amanda next to her.

"Yes." Knowing what Abel liked most about herself at work, Lydia started to report very seriously:

β€œβ€¦β€¦ The itinerary shows that you need to show up at the Smith Capital office at 10 a.m. Today is the day of the announcement of Smiths Capital's 21st fundraising......"

"At 10:35, the management meeting of Smith Media was held, and the rotating CEO for next year will be determined."

"At 10:59, Mr. Bloomberg and Mr. Soros invite you for coffee at Charlie Brown's Pizzeria, which you agreed to three days ago."

"At 12:00, you will attend a press conference for the New York City Council. Because the New York City Council has decided to award you the honorary award of "Chief Citizen of New York......"

"At 13:11, the New York State Senator and former President Zipper invited you to play golf at the New York Wing Feet Golf Club, and you agreed yesterday."

"14:55, you ......"

β€œβ€¦β€¦β€

Lydia spoke briskly and spoke very clearly, and it took less than 10 minutes for Lydia to report to Abel about his general itinerary for the day.

Status, wealth, power, influence, these things are as high as Abel, and they don't even need people as high as him.

It can be said that as long as they want, they have endless work to do and endless people to see every day.

Almost all of them will make their itinerary a day or even a few days in advance to avoid conflicts as much as possible.

Even businessmen at the level of Ikana's father, because they were very, very busy.

Of course, after all, humans are advanced animals that endocrine hormones can affect, not robots.

Therefore, many times, the itinerary will also change, and the itinerary will be changed when you feel tired or unhappy or sick, or if there is any emergency.

At this time, it is necessary to make the daily schedule of the bosses and the assistants, and try not to have conflicts.

Like now, when he hears that he is going to attend a charity dinner in the evening, Abel asks: "Whose charity dinner?" ”

Lydia didn't even look at the itinerary in her hand, and directly explained: "It's the annual fashion charity dinner held by Fashionista. ”

She wanted to continue to explain in detail, but Abel suddenly said, "Oh, I remembered. Did Anna Wintour get that show? ”

"Yes, it was Anna Wintour's editor-in-chief Fashionista magazine who launched the Fashion Charity Dinner this year."

Abel remembered that he had indeed agreed to the request of Anna Wintour and her immediate boss, Dylan, CEO of the Smith Newspaper Group, to attend the American Arts and Charity Ball in October.

The dinner was hosted by Fashionista magazine and run by Anna Wintour, the fashion heroine.

"Fashionista" is an entertainment fashion magazine published by the Smith Newspaper Group, a subsidiary of Smith Media Collective, after Anna Wintour jumped from Vogue magazine and the Newhouse family to Abel's side.

In the past two years, under the operation of Anna Wintour, the former editor-in-chief of the American edition of "VOGUE", coupled with the support of Smith Media's huge internal resources, and Abel's increasingly terrifying influence.

The nascent Fashionista, like its sister magazine The Observer, has risen to prominence in the industry and challenged the hegemony of Vogue.

The "American Art and Charity Ball" held for the first time this year is the "New York Metropolitan Museum of Art Charity Ball" by Anna Wintour according to the American version of "VOGUE", which is the annual event of the famous New York Metropolitan Gala Cosplay.

It can't be said to be cosplay, because although the Metropolitan Museum of Art Charity Ball in New York first appeared in 1971.

But it really shined, and its influence grew to become the "Oscar dinner" of the fashion industry, which began at the hands of Anna Wintour.

UNTIL THEN, THE MET'S CHARITY DINNER, HOSTED BY TWO FASHION MAGAZINES, VOGUE AND BAZAAR, WAS A SMALL FASHION ART SHOW AND CHARITY BALL.

It can be said that without Anna Wintour, there would be no place in the industry for the current Metropolitan Fashion Ball Dinner in New York.

Now, Anna Wintour, who brought her now-fame to the Metropolitan Museum of Art charity ball in New York, is at odds with Vogue.

She was now going to take down the banquet that she had carried forward with her own hands.

So she got a "Fashionista" annual event of her own, the so-called "American Arts and Charity Ball."

The Met Gala Dinner is held in early May every year, and the "American Arts and Charity Ball" is also scheduled for May, which means that it will directly fight "Vogue".

But at that time, Abel was not in New York, and then he went on a business trip to the Asian side.

Of course, Anna Wintour did not dare to force the big boss, and made various accommodations to Abel, and finally set the time for mid-October.

Because she knew very well that the Met dinner was in full swing.

Even if she wants to defeat it, she must use more powerful power.

Abel, who helped her get rid of the control of the Newhouse family and let her get free, became the most powerful she wanted to use.

In fact, when Anna Wintour was still the editor-in-chief of the American edition of VOGUE, the Met charity dinner sent Abel many invitations.

Even after Anna Wintour ran away, "VOGUE" has been inviting Abel.

By now, everyone understands what a beautiful and uplifting it would be if this kind of dinner party had the appearance of Abel.

After figuring out the cause and effect, Abel nodded casually and said, "Then go, well, get the check ready, $5 million." ”

Seeing Lydia nodding yes, and then immediately noted, Abel, who had already eaten two French blue lobsters, began to eat the grilled veal steak, and asked casually: "By the way, I remember that my tax avoidance this year is about the same, right?" ”

In fact, the closer we get to the end of the year, the more charity dinners will be held in the United States. Even many charity dinners are offered to the wealthy to make surprise donations, thus increasing the opportunity for tax exemptions.

It has long been said that the vast majority of donations and the establishment of their own charitable funds in the United States and even in many parts of the world are exaggerated for tax avoidance, and a small number have other purposes.

This is even the case, including Abel, because this tax avoidance method is really beneficial, even if it is donated to other foundations, it is very cost-effective.

According to U.S. law and tax regulations, if a taxpayer puts $10,000 into the Donor Advisory Fund this year and donates it to charity at any time within four years, the income for this year will be tax-deductible $100,000.

And the object of donation can be a charitable fund in your own name.

In other words, Abel has donated $23.15 billion in the United States around this year, and he can get a tax-free credit of $231.5 billion in income.

In fact, more than 95 percent of his $23.15 billion donation went to his own Smith Charitable Fund......

While the Smith Charitable Foundation is doing good, he doesn't want to do good one day.

But it is not an exaggeration to spend more than 20 billion US dollars to do good deeds, and a total of more than 30 billion US dollars has been spent, and there are many things with great purpose such as personal contacts and donations for righteous governance.

Most of the remaining funds, in addition to being provided to several medical research laboratories under Abel's name, are entrusted to Smith Capital for investment in the form of charitable fund trusts......

It is only necessary to spend a small percentage of the money on charity each year, which is reasonable and legal according to the law.

Those wealthy Americans who run their own charitable funds basically avoid taxes through this model.

Of course, this refers to personal income, mainly in terms of personal income tax of the rich.

Like Abel, as long as he doesn't earn more than $231.5 billion in nominal terms this year, then he will not have to pay a penny in taxes......

Not to mention whether Able can make so much money, even if he earns more than this amount, he can actually operate.

Simple bookkeeping and profit transfer are sufficient, and as long as it's not too excessive, the IRS doesn't have any way to check him, because it's allowed by law.

Why are these accounting actuarial firms at PricewaterhouseCoopers so profitable?

Because that's what they're doing.

So there's really no place for the to be reasonable.

The Smith Charitable Foundation, to put it bluntly, after this operation of the left hand to the right hand.

As long as he wants, the country doesn't want to deduct a penny from Abel.

So the rich people in the United States, of course, are getting richer and richer.

However, because of the good relationship with the IRS, Abel will not do too much.

And for the reason of continuing to build a persona, the IRS (Internal Revenue Service) will still be able to get about $500 million in taxes in his hands this year.

Don't underestimate this tax, it's the largest single tax the IRS can receive on a private person.

Compared with Abel, who is really generous in this regard, other American tycoons are much more excessive.

Like Wagon and Rockefeller, they don't mention it, and the IRS can't even receive even a dime from them personally.

Even for a businessman of Ikana's father's level, it would be difficult for the IRS to receive much money.

It's not uncommon to see thousands or even hundreds of dollars a year.

When it comes to personal income tax, the IRS can only scrape money from the middle class, because the truly poor are exempt from tax in this regard.

Those who sell laundry detergent and leaves are counted separately, and they belong to the gray area, even if they are legal, they are gray, so they must be highly taxed.

It's about the same as the gaming tax in Las Vegas and stuff like that.

However, the fact that it is very difficult to collect taxes on the rich has never been unique to the United States.

In fact, the whole world is about the same, even ...... Actually, it's the same.

It's outrageous.