Chapter 77

Chapter 77 Hyenas visit the capital

Question: "Who is the most powerful person in America? »

There will be many answers.

Some will say that it is Wall Street, and others will say that Ayu is the one who controls the media.

Some people say they are blue-blooded corporations or families.

But some would say it's a military-industrial complex.

In fact, these answers are both right and wrong. Because strictly speaking, these are the forces mentioned above.

They can transform into each other and are both deeply related. There is me in you and you in me.

If you copy the Nine Clans, you can catch them all in one go.

But there is no doubt that this country is the most warlike. It is also the military-industrial complex and the army it tames.

Because of the civil war that year.

In fact, the Southern Confederacy was always suppressed militarily and politically.

Some of the central states of the Confederacy at that time had not seen powerful bosses for many years.

After entering modern times, this situation has gotten a lot better. Later, Texas also produced several Zhengzhi families.

The most powerful is definitely the family of the Xiang Party leadership candidate.

Abel even knew himself.

Because Abel's grandfather, Alex, was one of the rival fans during the resurgence of the Texas Rangers baseball team in the 1990s.

A small part of the Smiths' Rangers baseball team, that's where it happened. Abel's grandfather, now nearly eighty, has always lived in Houston.

Abe Yuanzheng received a Rangers baseball cap from him at his grandfather's house when he was a child.

Abel also speculated, the Manhattan district attorney's office.

The reason he did not issue a search warrant for his business was because he thought there was no evidence.

And beyond Caroline's relationship with Mellon. It may also be related to this side.

After all, his family is an old Dixie clan with good roots.

70 years ago, the family of the current candidate for party leadership.

Maybe that's all.

It's just that the candidate's family turned out to be geniuses. Then suddenly I stood up and climbed to the top of the ground.

In short, Abel is not without roots.

Thinking like that, I thought wildly.

Abel smiled and said to Edward and Plimpton:

"Let's learn a little first. You just need to prepare a little."

"Once things are stable, you can convince people to move there."

"Of course. If someone doesn't want to go, that's okay. You can resign directly."

Seeing the two nodding, Abel stood up and said: "So this matter is decided like this."

As he spoke, he left the office.

Edward and Plimpton followed him.

"Edward, you have one more day off. Today is still your day off. I'm sorry for ruining your morning."

"You don't have to follow me now, just continue working normally tomorrow."

Edward nodded and said: "Okay, boss, I understand."

There are four personal bodyguards for Abel.

Normally, these four people will get two to three days off each month.

Sequence.

When Abel left New York and wanted to go out.

All four must keep pace and return to the back row on rest days. Behind these four people, there are a number of other bodyguards who are responsible for preparation and logistics.

It can be said that in terms of personal safety, he is really careful and careful.

Being so careful could actually get him into a dangerous situation.

Perhaps just natural disasters and accidents, as well as the methods used by officials or these giants.

Leaving the safety of the rock, Abel did not immediately return to Manhattan. He went to a property he had just purchased.

This property is located in coastal Manhattan, Queens, about a mile from the Kaufman Building.

It was originally a medium-sized shopping mall, with underground parking and outdoor parking, relatively large for the New York area.

Last month, Abel bought it.

I plan to renovate and move Smith Capital directly here. Compared to the central location of Manhattan, where many high-rise buildings are concentrated, Queens is actually located near the East Hudson River, covering the entire Manhattan coastline.

It is also full of high-rise buildings and the Queens CBD is also located here.

It is only separated by a large river and home prices here are on average 30% cheaper than Manhattan.

Not far from the new address of Rock Security company, it was about ten o'clock in the morning.

The days of rush hour traffic are over, it only takes about ten minutes to drive. When Abel arrived, he saw the shopping mall with its original decorations.

It has become a small construction site.

The entire building is covered with scaffolding and a large outdoor parking lot is also used to store decorative materials.

Seeing the chaos, he gave up the idea of ​​going to see the situation.

I just glanced outside and asked driver Dex to drive. He left directly without disturbing Merio's work inside.

He then returned to Manhattan.

Woolworth Building,

Capital Smith.

In the living room of the presidential conference room, Abel saw Charlie Schaff, whom he had not seen for many days.

Charlie Schaff is a Russian-American in his forties, CFO of Merrill Lynch, that is, chief financial officer. Bank of Merrill Lynch is a world-famous securities retail and investment bank.

Smith Capital is one of the intermediaries of the stock market, forex market and futures market, and this giant is on the list.

The last time Abel and Charlie Schaaf met was at the Hilton family party.

Today is the second meeting between the two.

Charlie Schaaf's purpose here this time is very simple. In the small living room,

Charlie Scharf gets straight to the point:

"Mr. Smith, I'm here this time.

I heard Smith Capital has launched its first private placement. "

"The reality is that Merrill Lynch now owns a significant amount of trust assets and I'm wondering how that can be arranged."

"The capital market has been very bad recently. We hope to be able to entrust this fund to an excellent investor to manage this asset."

"Merrill Lynch has been following Mr. Smith for over five months and we believe you are the manager Merrill Lynch is looking for."

This was stated by Charlie Schaff, Chief Financial Officer of Merrill Lynch.

If Merrill Lynch investors saw this, they would be very surprised. Merrill Lynch itself is one of the world's largest securities retailers and investment banks.

Investment and asset management are Merrill Lynch's strengths.

As a result, Merrill Lynch now wants its customers' money.

Transferring it to another company as an investment fiduciary was something that brought reputation to Merrill Lynch.

If it forms a point of public opinion and conveys it to the media. could cause a drop in Merrill Lynch stock.

But he doesn't really care about capital.

It only takes into account added value and added value.

As long as someone can do more and faster.

Merrill Lynch doesn't care about losing its reputation, and neither do most of the big guys on Wall Street. In many cases, these giants actually do nothing more than pool the money of individual investors.

Then give the money to managers who can make money.

At the end, they earn some commissions and most of the profits they make are mainly these commissions.

Like Buffett, among his investors.

There is no shortage of giants like Merrill Lynch and Goldman Sachs. Whenever Berkshire Hathaway launches a private equity fund, the happiest people are usually these giants.

As long as it is guaranteed or can be seen to be profitable.

These giants are then willing to take risks and give their money to others to invest.

In general, what matters is the ability to make money.

Faced with Charlie Schaff's somewhat flattering attitude,

Abel briefly asked: "How much?"

Charlie Shaf hesitated for a moment then said, "$800 million."

"Too much."

Abel shook his head and said: "I didn't say you have too much money. Instead, it means that $800 million this time is too big for my private equity stake. "

"This private placement, Smith Capital's target, my original plan was only one billion dollars."

"The situation has since changed and I intend to increase this figure to $3 billion."

"But I'm sorry, before you come, Mr. Scharf."

"Mr. John Reid and Mr. Bree Brin, along with companies such as Bank of New York and Mellon Financial Corporation, subscribed to buy $1.9 billion in shares."

Looking at Charlie Schaff a little surprised, Abel shrugged and said:

"So if Merrill Lynch wants to register, the share can only be less than 500 million US dollars."

"Because there are still many gentlemen who want to sign up to share."

(end of this chapter)