Chapter 37

Chapter 37 Focus on the audience

This is Charlie Schaff.

This Merrill Lynch executive was present tonight at a party hosted by Barron Hilton.

Belongs to one of the higher-ranking guests.

His every move can easily attract other guests to the party.

The attention of almost everyone, including owner Barron Hilton. Furthermore, Charlie Scharf did not go there alone.

Behind him, we see four other Wall Street giants.

For a while, this person was in the golden banquet room.

The hidden corner that was originally inconspicuous suddenly became the place that attracted the most public attention.

This phenomenon, let's stay with grandpa Barron Hilton tonight. Paris Hilton, who was always very happy, suddenly became a little less happy.

The reason is very simple.

Because everyone's attention and eyes were on her.

Well, it's actually about his grandfather.

But she was always by her grandfather's side, and grandfather was willing to take her with him.

Paris felt that this was equivalent to herself, attracting so much attention.

This is one of the greatest honors for a girl like her who was born in a rich family.

But now, everyone's attention has gone there.

Especially over there, there is the woman she hates the most in New York.

The young Miss Paris Hilton felt even more upset. It's just that his bad mood has no effect on Charlie Schaff.

After Charlie Scharf arrived, the target appeared to be D. Ted Lerner.

He chatted with D. Ted Lerner with a smile—

"Dear Ted, you did great this year. The audience rate for the Miss Young America pageant is 0.9% and the audience rate for the Miss Universe pageant is 1.2%. "

"Especially later on, it was a great result.

Even when compared to Miss World's score, it's not much worse. "

Charlie Scharf mentioned Miss Teen America and Miss Universe, these are two beauty contests co-hosted by D. Ted Lerner and NBC. Although these are two beauty contests, they are actually one.

The winner of the Miss Young America pageant will be chosen first each year.

Then the champion will represent America,

Participate in the Miss Universe beauty contest.

So both are actually the same and the hosting rights of both are also in the hands of D. Ted Lerner. He bought it in 1996, but it is not exclusive but it is owned and co-hosted with NBC, the US National Broadcasting Corporation.

NBC is one of the three largest commercial television companies in America and its strength is unquestionable.

Otherwise, D. Ted Lerner, a real estate businessman, would not be able to organize a beauty contest that requires the cooperation of television networks.

After listening to Charlie Schaff, Ted suddenly said:

"Charlie, your data could be wrong. On the final night of the Miss Young America contest, the audience was above 1.2%.

Last night's Miss Universe contest, more than 9 million viewers! "

"Compared with 0.6% and 5 million viewers in 1995, this has increased by more than 50%. Especially in the latter case, the increase is close to 100%."

"So I can say I'm not doing very well. I'm doing very, very, very well!"

After talking about this data,

D. Ted Lerner proudly compared his thumbs, looked like he was giving a speech, and said with a smile:

"No one understands beauty pageants better than me! Only I can bring Miss Universe back to life!"

Charlie Scharf: "Yeah"

Chief Financial Officer of Merrill Lynch, the reason he mentioned beauty contests was simply to find something to talk about. For this kind of annual profit, it will not exceed 50 million US dollars, and the risk is extremely high and very heavy.

He doesn't care.

Just when Charlie Scharf was speechless at D. Ted Lerner's "I Get It."

Lehman's chief financial officer, Bryn Bulley, arrived.

CFO is the abbreviation for Chief Financial Officer, this position is very important in financial companies. Sometimes power is greater than the CEO.

Bryn Bulley, like Charlie Scharf, is the chief financial officer of their respective banks.

Compared to Charlie Schaff, who was the first person to talk to D. Ted Lerner after he arrived.

Bryn Bulley is obviously much more direct. This Lehman CEO did not care about D. Ted Lerner, who was hated by New York's wealthy.

He smiled directly at David Mellon standing next to Abel:

"Dear David.

If I guess correctly, the person next to me is definitely Mr. Abel Smith? "

Charlie Shaf next to him couldn't help but roll his eyes when he saw him being so frank. Obviously I got there first!

Charlie Scharf glanced helplessly at D. Ted Lerner.

The latter was very interested and wanted to continue discussing the Miss Universe contest with him.

David Mellon smiled and said gently:

"Yes, he is my boss."

Abel stretched out his hand just in time and smiled and said: "Abel Smith, Smith Capital."

"Hello Mr. Smith. I'm Bryn Bulley from Lehman" Bryn Bulley smiled happily. Charlie Schaaf has thick skin, what's the point of coming first?

After all, he didn't have the thickest skin, so he foolishly went to talk to D. Ted Lerner first.

New Yorkers don't know D. Ted Lerner. Young and unreliable, Bryn Bulley thought.

But he looked at Abel and young David Mellon, hesitant to overturn that idea.

Some of them are very young but seem really trustworthy.

Right away,

Sally Winston, President, PNC Financial Services Group,

Citibank Chairman John Reed and Citibank Senior Vice President William Rhodes also took the lead.

Like Bryn Bulley, these three people don't care about D. Ted Lerner after they got here.

Unlike Charlie Scharf, they just greeted Abel and David and introduced themselves.

Abel's answer is similar to Bryn Bulley's answer.

Smile and say hello, then introduce yourself.

Abel, who felt that the time had come, was ready to contact these Wall Street giants. These Wall Street giants finally had a chance to contact him, and they were all very proactive.

It can be said that both sides love each other and are close to each other.

After making contact and starting a conversation, everything after that went well.

In just a few minutes, these people with extremely high IQs understood what Abel meant.

That's what it says. Before, he was very cold, turning a blind eye to many references to Wall Street.

Even Smith Capital, which treats itself coldly.

I feel like giving up.

This makes the giant crocodiles, who just wanted to come here to get closer and get to know each other better, feel the joy they gained beyond their expectations.

The host of tonight's party is from another place and is always admired by the stars. The second generation leader of the Hilton family, Barron Hilton is considered one of the most notable second generation wealthy men.

The old man also smiled and walked towards this side with his granddaughter and some other people.

36-37 is harmonious, I still don't know how to change it, big changes cannot be released, and it takes two days to continue to request review, it's really heartbreaking.

Probably Ah Dang and his daughter. Other people may write about this, but I won't because I'm probably being exposed. I will edit the borders later to reduce their appearance.

(end of this chapter)