In the afternoon, the raging wind and snow stopped a little, and on the helicopter, Abel rested his head against the window pane, looking down from the sky.

The snow-covered landscape of New York City is magnificent, and the layers of ice accumulated on some of the water surface reflect the crystal blue of the sky in the sunlight, which is breathtakingly beautiful at first glance.

However, the suddenness of this ice storm has brought huge disasters to the entire New York City, and even several states near New York State, and the subsequent effects of this snow storm and freezing will not be eliminated for a while.

Well, the vitality of the Americans is very tenacious. Many people have experienced disasters of this magnitude at least a few times in their lives, and many have experienced them.

What's more, in a socially developed country like the United States, it doesn't matter if you don't have experience, at most you will become an obsolete product.

After all...... Only the garbage dump does not need to be cleaned up.

The apron on the roof of the annex building of the Smith Building, where Smith Capital is located, has been cleaned, and with the whirlwind blowing by the helicopter propeller, all the snow around it has been blown up, making a group of people waiting not far away can't help but squint their eyes slightly, and slightly turn sideways to resist the cold wind and the white sky full of snow and sand.

Abel, who was dressed in a dark blue straight cashmere coat, stepped down from the helicopter whose propellers had stopped spinning, and saw a group of people who were tightly wrapped and had a little red on their faces quickly greeted him, and Abel couldn't help but smile slightly.

In addition to their own think tank, there are also executives from Smith Capital, as well as other Smith executives such as the Department of Media and Energy, and of course, the Hearst sisters who wear different colors of fur trench coats but all wear leather gloves.

It seems that none of these people present are a little eager to see themselves!

Who told him to go to Washington this time, and he went for so long.

Soon a Smith company's internal executive meeting began.

Several issues were discussed at the meeting.

There are Smith Media's collaborations with Sony Colombia and Sony Music, as well as mergers.

This is the result of Abel Neon and his party.

He supported Mitsui Fuyuko's father, Mitsui Suki, to ascend to the throne, not just for Fuyuko's beauty.

Drawing his own forbidden realm on RBQ in the United States is the biggest purpose of this trip.

The Mitsui chaebol is the confinement of his new giant.

The return of the Mitsui father and daughter is that since then, Sony Columbia Pictures Association and MGM Pictures have cooperated deeply. Sony Music Group and DreamWorks Music then cross-owned each other, and the business was integrated to achieve a merger reality without a merger.

This is the main work of Smith Media in the past six months, and it has almost been completed.

Now it is up to him, the boss, to close the coffin and directly make the final decision to achieve the final integration work.

Smith Media will not officially announce the news until the meeting is over.

However, the actions between the two giants have long been frequent, and the outside world has been speculating and curious. In order to increase each other's stock prices, the two sides have been implicitly promoting from the side in the morning.

This has made Smith Media's stock price rise by about 8% in the past six months, and the sideways trend is more stable than anyone else.

Sony Columbia and Sony Music, the latter is not listed. In the former, the stock price has risen by almost more than 25% in half a year.

And that's when the news hasn't been officially announced.

After the official announcement of some news a little later, the stock prices of both sides will definitely usher in a rise.

At that time, Smith Media's market capitalization could exceed $350 billion. That would make Smith Media the 15th largest company on the U.S. stock market, ahead of many giants, such as General Motors and Ford.

It's also good for Sony, whose share price has been depressed for so many years. Now that I have taken Smith Media, I am finally on the fast track.

This time, it is estimated that it can skyrocket, at least more than 10% of the increase will not be able to run.

After discussing Smith Media's work, the next step was Pacific Energy Group.

Pacific Energy's acquisition of Anadarko Petroleum has been going on for more than a year.

Resistance in this regard, because there are many blocks from other energy giants, such as the Oil Seven Sisters, etc. So even if both parties have concubines, the work is very difficult to do. The total amount spent on lobbying on both sides is estimated to be in the hundreds of millions of dollars.

But fortunately, because both sides did have intentions, even if there were many ways to stop it, now it has finally come to the last step.

Recently, all obstacles were cleared when Pacific Energy acquired Anadarko for $24 billion in 50% equity and 50% cash.

The transaction has been approved by the boards of directors of both companies and is expected to close in the first half of next year. Upon completion of the transaction, Pacific Energy will issue approximately $200 million in new shares and pay approximately $12 billion in cash. At the same time, Pacific Energy is expected to take on $8 billion of Anadarko's original debt. The total M&A deal will be nearly $32 billion.

There is no doubt that the actions of the two sides have already attracted widespread attention in the industry. Some analysts say that if the acquisition is completed, Pacific Energy's operating cash flow will surpass ExxonMobil and become the world's second largest crude oil company.

It is generally believed in the industry that this acquisition war has opened a new round of arms race in the US oil industry - shale oil preparation!

Fit, CEO of ExxonMobil, bluntly told the media that Pacific Energy's acquisition of Anadarko is a bet on the Permian Basin underground.

Occidental Petroleum CEO Vicky Holub also said that Pacific Energy values Anadarko oil because of its Permian Basin shale oil and gas assets in Texas and New Mexico.

According to relevant information, the Permian Basin is about 400 kilometers wide and 480 kilometers long, with a surface area of more than 120,000 square kilometers, including 43 counties in western Texas and southeastern New Mexico. The basin consists of three small basins: Midland, Delaware, and Marfa.

According to the U.S. Energy Information Administration, the basin accounts for two-thirds of the national shale oil content, and oil production in the basin is expected to double within five years. As Bloomberg noted: "In the future, a significant portion of total global crude oil production will depend on the Permian Basin." ”

It is precisely because of this importance that Pacific Energy's acquisition of Anadarko Petroleum Company has been delayed for so long and so long.

In the end, Toanadarko Petroleum Company itself was a blessing to the Texas company, and despite many obstacles, Pacific Energy successfully completed its biggest move since its establishment, establishing its new position in the crude oil industry.

Finally to Smith Capital.

Last month, Abel was still in Washington. Therefore, the Smith Capital Investment Reception that was supposed to be held at the end of November was postponed to December by Smith Capital.

In this regard, both Wall Street peers and LPs at Smith Capital strongly agree.

Without him, everyone knows that Abel Smith is the real creator god and core of Smith Capital.

With him, Smith Capital is the No. 1 investment bank on Wall Street. Therefore, if Abel did not attend the Smith Capital year-end investment reception, it would undoubtedly overshadow this gala of Wall Street and American tycoons.

The Lord didn't come back, David Mellon, they couldn't arouse everyone's interest at all.

Naturally, everyone is willing to wait for the return of Abel Smith.

At the meeting, the main discussion was also where to hold the investment reception at the end of this year.

For the first time in the past three years, the Smith Capital Investment Reception was held at the Waldorf Astoria Hotel in Manhattan. The second time was in the original Smith Building, the building in the LIC area of Queens.

At the end of last year, the investment reception was also held in the hotel.

This year, Abel wanted to make something different.

"My company doesn't seem to have held a joint annual meeting until now? At the annual meeting every year, everyone seems to have their own way? As your boss, I either don't participate, or if I do, I have to run up and down. ”

In the conference room, Abel looked at everyone and directly expressed his thoughts.

"So I thought, at the end of this year, it's going to be a different show. I hope that all of my industries, all of my executives and key employees, can come together at the end of the year after a busy year. ”

"Let's have a big party to celebrate this year's harvest and look forward to the coming year to inspire more motivation for everyone's bright future!"

The boss's idea, everyone in the audience instantly understood what it meant.

Soon, many people's eyes couldn't help but light up.

A year-end reception for the entire Smith department, or even the entire Texas Consortium?

Just imagining it made everyone present tremble with excitement.

You know, not long ago, WSJ (Wall Street Journal) did a report on Abel Smith and how many people are currently working for him.

In that report, WSJ claimed that there are at least a million Americans working for Abel Smith in the entire United States, or indirectly for him.

If you expand to the whole world, there may be more than 1.2 million people working for Abel Smith.

And the number of people who work for him is still growing. WSJ says in a few years, it could be more than 2 million.

Imagine a year-end joint cocktail party for a huge business group of millions of people.

Even if only one in 1,000 of the top elites and executives were able to attend, it would be a grand and unbeatable business party.

"Plan well. When the time comes, I'll invite some more friends, everyone has worked hard for a year, let's get together and celebrate. ”

Seeing everyone's excited looks, Abel laughed, "In this way, each company will send two people to participate in the discussion and discuss what should be done at the end of the year." As for the candidates, you decide internally. Leave it to me once you've got the plan in place, and I hope to get it done by the end of this month. ”

After giving this last order, Abel directly announced the adjournment of the meeting.

After the meeting, Abel made another round around the Smith Building.

It's like the lion king of the African savannah, who occasionally makes routine rounds around his territory.

When he decided to leave, he appeared on the helipad in the annex of the Smith Building.

The sky had already darkened, and the wind and snow had clearly abated under the overcast night. The weather forecast said that the negative pressure that caused the snowstorm had moved southwest.

New York State and several nearby states can finally take a breather, at least without worrying about the wind and snow continuing to rage.

Able sat in the helicopter and looked down at the still brightly lit Midtown Manhattan, and couldn't help but smile slightly. Although the United Edison is very weak, everyone is also accustomed to the temperament of this monopoly power giant.

Here in Manhattan, each building and commercial building has its own independent power generation system. In the current state of large-scale power outage, there is no pressure to generate your own power and supply power for a short time.

After all, this is Manhattan, and if the power is really completely blacked out, the face of the empire will not look good.

In contrast, in places like Brooklyn, Queens, and New Jersey in the distance, the lights are not so brilliant.

Only some skyscrapers are brightly lit.

After all, there is no electricity yet, and the East Coast power supply system is just like that.

Pulled off the collar of the windbreaker on his body, slowly closed his eyes, and waited quietly to reach his destination.

The propeller raised the white snow and sand in the sky, and Abel bent down slightly, squinting his eyes under the human wall formed by the bodyguards around him, and walked quickly towards the gate of the manor.

"Whew-"

After entering the door, Abel exhaled a breath of heat, and let the two maids come forward to help him clean the snowflakes on his body, help him take off his coat, and Avril, who was standing on the side, with the corners of her mouth raised and a sweet smile on her face, stepped forward to kiss Abel.

"Why are you here? What about Kayla and Britney? Abel and she hugged each other, and after parting, they were curious.

"Miss Wilson hasn't come back yet, and she's gone to work in Manhattan since you're gone. Britney is sleeping with Attisia and Orlando. And I'm ...... I've been waiting for you to come back! ”

"So well-behaved? It's not like your style. Abel said with a smile.

Don't look at Avril when he first got started, he called a cautious, obedient to everything, obedient like a puppy that had just been brought home.

After getting acquainted, I learned all kinds of postures, and I had feelings later.

She began to sprout her old ways.

After all, her character is more flamboyant and punk, and Abel also likes her own women with their own characteristics, so she doesn't restrict them in this regard.

So now Avril dares to be naughty in front of him, and occasionally makes a little bit of a petty temperament or something.

Abel took this as love. Otherwise, if they are all the same like puppet toys, it will be too boring.

"Hey, hey~" I saw that the dress was completely different from the smoky makeup in the parallel time and space, and this Avril was dressed as pure as a white lotus, giggling and snickering, "Bell~Bell~Bell~"

She jerked out a report from her pocket.

"Just look at it."

Abel took it and took a look at it, and found that it was an obstetrics and gynecology examination sheet issued by Williams Hospital in Manhattan, which he had just acquired.

Abel, who is already a father of more than a dozen children and will become a father of more children in the future, is no stranger to this thing.

The simple data above shows that the owner of the examination, Miss Avril Lavigne, who had not long since her 19th birthday.

She is pregnant.