The aftermath of the ice storm in New York is long-lasting, and the 29 shelters set up by the government are already overcrowded.

The consumption habits of Americans, coupled with the high prices and high housing prices in New York, doom ordinary people and low-level people here to have almost no ability to resist risks.

It's okay in normal times, and the moonlight clan can survive a busy month.

In the event of such a sudden disaster, coupled with the capitalist government, it is not a big parent. The assistance will be provided, at most, to ensure that you try not to starve to death by cold.

Sometimes even this guarantee is not enough.

In other respects, humans here are just as particular about natural selection as jungle societies. You don't have the ability to do it yourself, so you can't blame Zhengfu for starving or freezing to death.

Therefore, this sudden severe ice storm and extreme cold made all ordinary New Yorkers feel the cold to the bone, and also added a lingering haze and sadness to the upcoming Christmas in 2003.

Whether it's for a show or for the sake of votes. New York Manhattan District Attorney Elephant Party candidate Carolyn Renquist joins hands with the city. Mr. Long Bloomberg, with the help of the Smith Charitable Foundation, has been showing up at various aid stations with a large number of cold supplies. Mr. Chang's kindness undoubtedly brought a lot of warmth to those homeless people in this cold and helpless period.

Of course, many media under Abel will naturally follow up and report the whole process. Doing good deeds without leaving a name is not a practice in the American philanthropic community.

Look at the other rich people, who are not shouting at each other, everyone knows that this is not only to promote charity, but more importantly, to tell everyone that I am very rich, but I have also been sparing no effort to give back to the society.

To be honest, Abel had no concept of philanthropy, from the beginning in order to avoid taxes and have a good reputation, as the wealth accumulated to a certain height, there were some ideas to do charity in his heart.

His charitable fund, because of this idea, has become the one with the most money in the United States.

Many middle-class elites in the United States are well aware of this. So if you want to pick one of the American giants that they have the most favor, Abel Smith will definitely be ranked No. 1.

And through skillful media control, this charity is presented to the world from different angles.

The people of New York who were affected by the disaster will see Caroline, a kind lady and a loving city. Mr. Chang brought warmth to them.

Outside of New York, the rest of the audience saw Mr. Smith on television and on the news, and he was doing good again.

In short, after this ice storm, in terms of charity, there are naturally Caroline and Bloomberg, two members of the Hydra Gang who need more opportunities to brush their faces and maintain their image, rush to the front line.

Abel himself became busy in the next few days.

After all, it's the end of the year, Christmas is just around the corner, and there are too many things for him to deal with.

He can be the shopkeeper and leave most of these things to his subordinates to deal with, such as various middle-level and senior managers' year-end dividends, promotions and other welfare matters.

But Abel had always believed that "names and instruments should not be faked."

If even this kind of personnel and financial power is delegated to subordinates. Then don't blame your subordinates for being able to compete with you one day, or even override you.

So this kind of thing of brushing the loyalty and favor of his subordinates, Abel has always chosen to do it himself.

Therefore, in the past few days, the floor of the chairman's office in the Smith Building, which has always been relatively quiet, has ushered in the busiest period, with people coming and going, never stopping, and in the super large conference room on the side, there is one meeting after another.

The main reason is that there are just a few large M&A projects, which are almost at the end of the stage at this time. This kind of big plan involving tens of billions of funds, it is impossible for him, the boss, to leave it alone.

Cooperation with Mitsui Zaibatsu in American entertainment, integration of Anadarko Petroleum Company, acquisition of railroad companies, intervention of hospital groups, etc.

Abel, who has rarely been so busy, is a little unbearable with his extraordinary energy for a few days. Just because it has been screened by various departments and think tanks, there are many important documents that need to be reviewed by him, which makes his brain hurt to read, and constantly complaining about the original ability to remember may also be a pit.

Fortunately, there are only a few days at the end of the year, and he needs to be so busy. The rest of the time, you can still shake your hand.

Of course, even if it's so busy. During the lunch break at noon, Abel can still be busy. Spend some time refueling Amanda and Lydia on the two Hearst supercars, overhauling and maintaining them.

When I returned home in the evening, I naturally had to feed Britney Spears and Kayla, who wanted to have their second child, to be fed. So he is really not only busy at work, but also has no time in life.

At the end of the year, everyone is like that. What, you're not, you don't? Then who called you not Abel Smith.

"How many more meetings are there in the afternoon? I want to go straight on vacation, it's boring. Abel closed his eyes and lay lazily in Lydia's arms, muttering softly to Amanda who was gently massaging him on the other side.

December 10th, noon.

I used my lunch break again to maintain the two Hearst luxury cars in my garage, and I worked hard for an hour, carefully wiping their whole bodies, especially the lights and tail, which were almost shining.

"If you're tired, take a break." Lydia's fair skin, which was full of crimson and had obvious watery light between her eyebrows, showed a light beige color, the corners of her mouth were raised, and her satisfied expression was very bright, she reached out and stroked Huairiab's hair, and said gently.

Amanda next to her, who was in a similar state, didn't say much, but increased the strength a little bit to make Abel feel more comfortable.

"Hey, no, no way, I have to decide a lot of things at the end of the year. Several mergers and acquisitions have been launched in succession, each involving tens of billions of dollars...... By the way, Lydia and Amanda, are you interested in returning to Smith Media? ”

"I'm going to set up a European and Asian department to be responsible for business operations in these two regions. To show the importance I attach to these two markets, the heads of these two departments also have the right to participate in the CEO rotation at headquarters. In other words, as long as you become the head of these two overseas companies, then you can have the opportunity to become the rotating CEO of Smiths Media Group. ”

Abel arched and hummed comfortably to the two.

And his words also made the beautiful eyes of the two Hearst sisters light up.

(End of chapter)