Chapter 175

Chapter 175: Charlize's manor and the red sofa

Los Angeles, below Beverly Hills.

In the meeting room at the Intercontinental Hotel.

Abel sat above the main chair, occasionally smiling slightly.

Most of the time, he remained expressionless, watching the focus group debate below.

".I have the data in hand. Data comes from Fannie Mae. Data shows that since January this year, cities such as New York, San Francisco, Phoenix, Las Vegas, DC, Los Angeles and Miami have seen median home price increases of more than 20%, Los Angeles and Miami is even closer at 30%. . %. During this period, the Case-Shiller home price index in the 20 largest US cities increased by 39%.

"The largest relative increases in housing prices have occurred in large coastal cities and places like Phoenix and Las Vegas."

The person speaking is Bertram Hall from the research team.

Bertram Hall worked for Thor Brothers before working for Abel.

Toll Brothers is one of the five largest real estate companies in the United States. Bertram Hall is the company's vice president of sales in New York.

He is the person on Abel's team who knows the most about the real estate situation in the United States.

Facing the watching eyes of his boss and many colleagues, Bertram Hall, who has not achieved anything since joining the team.

Now that he finally has the chance to compete, he will of course do his best.

"As market conditions change, U.S. housing price increases correspond regionally."

"Land price is the deciding factor in real estate prices. Cities like San Francisco, New York and Miami have physical limitations on expanding building space. The growth rate of house prices in these cities will naturally be higher."

These are large, traditional cities that are highly speculative in their respective regions.

The construction period is relatively long and the population is also large.

The average area per capita is relatively small, so the price is naturally higher.

"Cities like Dallas and Atlanta have more abundant and cheaper land, relatively lower real estate prices, and slower growth."

"Summary. From the perspective of data and the situation of the big economic market."

"In my personal judgment, the real estate industry in the United States will usher in a new upward cycle."

"BOSS, the above is my speech."

Finally, Burtram Hall took the document and nodded respectfully to Abel.

Abel responded with a smile: "Very good data. I have also read this data, and I personally agree with your judgment."

"What about the others? Bertram Hall has already stood in his position and expounded his views. What do you think?"

His brain trust team now includes the words of David Jones. There are already twenty-two people.

All are now working in the new advisory department at Smith Capital.

Currently, their identity is still a consultant for Smith Capital.

Most of these people are headhunters, helping Abel recruit elite people in various industries.

Each person has their own area of ​​expertise and they are also very clear about their business methods. Alan Baker temporarily holds the position of head of this department.

Since the establishment of this department, time is running out.

But Abel did two things, which was to buy Dark Horse Comics and AMC Television.

Among them, Dark Horse Comics is the third largest independent comic company in the US, after DC and Marvel.

Time and space are parallel. Around 2020, when mentioning superheroes, people around the world often only think of Marvel and DC.

But in fact, the superhero series from Dark Horse Comics is also very popular.

Like Hellboy, this is a Dark Horse Comics and the movie is also adapted from that Dark Horse Comics.

In addition, Dark Horse Comics also owns the comic book adaptation rights of famous science fiction films such as "Star Wars", "Sin City", "Predator", "Man alien", "Terminator"...

In an era where DC and Marvel were yet to shine, Dark Horse Comics didn't lose much to these two.

This is also the reason why its acquisition amount will be as high as 210 million US dollars.

More expensive than Aber bought Marvel.

Who is Marvel? It has sold all the copyrights of superheroes that it seems to be the most valuable at present.

Unlike Dark Horse Comics, the copyrights are all in their own hands. In addition, Dark Horse Comics actively contributes to the publication of superhero comics for which it does not have the copyright, only printing and retail rights.

This makes Dark Horse Comics, currently the work with the highest publishing revenue in the American comic book industry.

Much stronger than DC and Marvel.

This makes its price much higher than Marvel but slightly lower than DC.

That said, if DC learned from Marvel, they would sell Superman and Batman too. Copyright estimates for the remaining superhero IPs cannot surpass Dark Horse Comics.

Negotiations between the consulting organization and Dark Horse Comics went smoothly.

Mike Richardson, founder of Dark Horse Comics, is also a shareholder of the company.

With enough money, there is no resistance to selling the business.

After all, this comic book company has only been in business for sixteen years.

It is far inferior to Marvel and DC, not to mention that Abel was acquired in the name of MGM.

While both Marvel and DC are in the pocket of Hollywood.

In order to enhance the possibility of appearing on the big screen, Dark Horse Comics was already thinking of finding a thigh to rely on.

Now that MGM has found it by itself, the price they offered is still so sincere.

Dark Horse Comics would naturally not refuse. As for the situation with AMC television channel, it is even simpler.

Although it was formerly an American cable channel radio station.

But because there was no support in Hollywood, there were also previous positioning problems.

In 1998, after advertisements were added to television programs, viewership ratings became increasingly slow.

The audience is low and advertising costs cannot be increased. The amc television channel has seen its revenue decline for two years and it looks like the channel is about to lose money.

Besides AMC TV's parent company, Rainbow Entertainment Holdings is delighted with the offer from ab Smith Entertainment.

Between the two parties there is an intention to cooperate quickly, one side wants to buy, the other side wants to sell.

In less than half a month, the AMC television network officially carried the family name Smith.

These two acquisitions were not difficult. But combined, it involves more than a billion yuan of money and complicated conditions.

Thanks to the implementation of these two acquisitions, the think tank's advisory team has also completed its internal integration process.

Start being able to work.

Before Abel's suggestion, he planned to open another real estate company.

When you invest in your own real estate, you are also investing in real estate in the United States. This meeting is currently addressing this issue.

As a result of the discussion it became clear that the boss should open such a new business.

Everyone sees that the boss intends to enter the real estate field.

Even for a Wall Street giant, investing in real estate can seem strange.

But again.

The boss, a Wall Street giant, has not spared even Hollywood and modeling agencies.

In addition to Hollywood, it seems that there is nothing wrong with adding another real estate.

Secondly, as Bertram Hall's data reports.

Since January this year, the real estate industry across the United States has seen a visible heatup.

In less than a year, housing prices in big cities have generally risen by more than 10%. This type of market is rare in the real estate sector.

It can be seen with the naked eye that in a year or two, entering the real estate business will make money.

However, at the end of the think tank's discussion, Abel still made a decision.

Abel sat on a high chair and smiled and said:

"There is a message, I don't know if it is accurate. But the likelihood of this happening is very high. »

The boss spoke up, everyone naturally looked at him.

In the quiet meeting room, Abel's voice rang out.

"According to a mysterious source. Starting next year, the Federal Reserve will begin a period of quantitative easing for an undetermined period of time."

"As we know, during the period of quantitative easing, real estate prices will become stronger and stronger."

"Even the Fed's quantitative easing is primarily aimed at strengthening the economy and preventing a recession."

"But this will definitely attract some capital into the real estate sector."

"So personally I think it's at least for the next two or three years. The real estate sector in the US will generally grow and not decline too much. »

It is not unusual for the owner to think that real estate will increase, not decrease.

But the boss may actually know the Federal Reserve's next policy change.

It's next year again!

The way people look at the boss begins to change.

The consulting group believes the boss is from Texas.

Of the two candidates currently standing before the court.

The candidate who appears to have the best chance of winning is also a Texan.

Texans help Texans, it seems to be the past!

Many people in the think tank advisory group.

No need for anyone to explain, they just made up something by themselves.

That's why we opened a new real estate company and invested a lot of money in it.

Quickly pass through the think tank advisory group.

Finally, Abel decided to let Burtram Hall act as the general manager of the new company for the time being. Let the senior leaders of this real estate company take care of arranging the company structure.

The new company name is "Newstartingpoint", the Chinese name is New Beginning Point.

It's true that Abel is about to have a new start!

English abbreviation NSP.

NSP's investments, as before, are Abel's three offshore island funds, each holding a 30% stake.

Abel himself owns an additional 10% of the shares. It is clear that this is a one-man business but uses four people's names to invest.

This approach is aimed at better tax evasion.

Second, it also aims to ensure asset diversification.

After the formation of the new company, a large number of assets in the name of Abel will be included as equity.

The new company will receive billions of dollars in capital from Abel, which will be used to build homes and land across the United States. The company has just been established and has not even been officially registered.

His first assignment near Los Angeles was to choose a house his boss liked.

Before November 20.

They quickly settled into Abel's second residence in Los Angeles.

It is a mansion located at 812 North Bedford Street, Beverly Hills, Los Angeles, zip code 90210. It covers an area of ​​40,510 square feet, or about 3,763.38 square meters.

This is a luxury villa built in 1987.

It has a reasonable spatial layout, a total of 11 bedrooms, 12.5 full bathrooms and a suite area of ​​approximately 14,218 square feet.

Luxuriously decorated in a modern style, the sunny living room is like other luxury homes in Los Angeles, it's a useless fireplace.

In the independent and spacious dining room, you can enjoy beautiful views of the outdoor garden. The outdoor courtyard is spacious and spacious, an elegant courtyard environment, with an outdoor swimming pool, pergola, tennis court, BBQ grill and relaxing tables and chairs. In short, it has everything a luxury home in Beverly Hills should have.

And a nice place in Beverly, $18 million.

After Abel saw the house, he thought everything was fine.

It may seem a bit small but it is Beverly Hills after all.

The land here is very expensive, and it is impossible for a villa to occupy dozens or even hundreds of acres like Long Island.

In Beverly Hills, luxury villas of this size are considered to be above the mainstream.

Those who can live in such a big house are basically high-level Hollywood giants or simply bosses.

Few celebrities can afford such a big house, and some of them are the kind of first-line celebrities who have been famous for several years.

Abel thinks the house is too small. Specially asking for an extra day off, especially going to see Anne Hathaway's house, is not small at all.

with her, as well as two of her good friends from the group, Heather and Julie.

Today is noon.

Abel is not at the villa.

Annie asked permission to visit the house with two friends. When they arrived, the villa was being cleaned by the senior real estate team.

has also been renewed, removing traces of the previous owner who lived here.

Replaced with a variety of new personal items, as well as new decorations and a general cleaning of the entire house.

When the three arrived, what they saw was a brand new mansion in Beverly Hills.

As soon as she entered the door, a somewhat carefree Heather was overwhelmed by the large and beautiful yard filled with red palm trees in front of her. Heather, who had little knowledge, kept making "wow" sounds after walking through the door.

Compared to Heather's straightforward performance.

British actress Jolie, a little older and more stable, at least looks much better.

But she was also shocked that no one would call this house in Beverly Hills so beautiful.

Beverly Villa!

How many Hollywood students dream. How many Hollywood workers have worked hard all their lives.

I just want to buy a decent house here!

It can be said that this is almost the entire American entertainment industry.

Even entertainers around the world want to live in a dream location.

Its lethality for practitioners in the entertainment industry is even higher than for ordinary people.

Looking at my two friends, they are currently stunned by this beautiful house. Annie is also very happy, she likes to see other people's jealous eyes looking at her!

This is his vanity, not as strong as Jessica and the others but it still exists.

"Okay~"

Annie waved her hand proudly and she shouted like a hostess: "Let's go in and see!"

And just as Annie was looking at the house with her friends, she was on the other side of Beverly Hills.

Abel also showed everyone the house.

Annie brought along two friends she met in the group.

What Abel brought was one of his employees. Los Angeles, #960 Northern Alps, Beverly Hills, in a mansion in the same zip code as 90210.

"Employee" Charlize Theron closely observed the 31,363 square meter mansion with her boss.

This house is smaller than Annie's house but the price is more expensive because it is in a better location.

The price is 25 million US dollars.

The facade of this home overlooks most of Los Angeles. And its slopes allow you to see the sea from afar, at the top of the mountain.

Occupying a monopoly position will naturally be more expensive.

Like Annie and the others.

For Charlize Theron, such a house is also her dream mansion.

After knowing the price of the house, Charlize silently calculated. She discovered that with her current income, she wouldn't eat or pay taxes every year.

It will take nearly 8 years to have enough money to buy it!

Even if you become a top actress in Hollywood.

I'm looking at paying taxes, fleet maintenance costs, daily usage costs, and deducting other miscellaneous expenses.

It is estimated that it will take five or six years to buy such a house.

But now that he's immediately promoted, he hasn't even become a real top star yet. can live in such a house.

Look at Abel, tall and healthy, more handsome than many Hollywood actors.

Charlize Theron feels psychotic at this point.

Maybe following him like this isn't so bad.

Have career resources and joy in daily life. about this issue

Thinking of this, Charlize blushed slightly.

Because right now in the villa, only he and she were looking at the house.

Someone's hand movements began to be immoral when he entered.

"The yard is not big but the landscape is very beautiful."

Charlize was blushing a little when she suddenly heard Abel say this.

Charlize looked back and forth at the lawns in the yard, it was obvious that they had been very well taken care of. The yard is also surrounded by tall trees and bushes.

There is an outdoor swimming pool on the east side of the garden. There is a gap between the trees on the east side of the pool. Below is a small cliff formed by a high platform. If you want to swim in the morning, you can also enjoy the sunshine. The villa's interior decoration is luxurious, with marble floors. According to the dealer, all are shipped from Italy.

All bespoke furniture and appliances from private luxury brands, the décor combines Roman classics and modern fashion.

9 bedrooms, 11 bathrooms, 5 and a half bathrooms.

Dormitory area for workers, with a total of 4 rooms for workers. There are three kitchens, a 40-meter-high living room, a gym with equipment that is second to none, a 10-seat home theater and an audio-visual room.

Walking around, the two reached the master bedroom.

This master bedroom is too large.

At least 150 square meters by visual inspection.

On the left is the entrance. Behind is a wall attached to a giant soft bed in the master bedroom, covered with many works of art and oil paintings.

In front is a large red sofa that looks very classy.

Next to the large sofa. These are two high-quality leather recliners. It is covered with a large towel. To the right of the master bedroom. This is a large floor-to-ceiling full-screen bay window.

In addition to floor-to-ceiling windows, there is also a lovely garden out back and another indoor swimming pool nearby.

I want to swim, I want to go to the garden to relax.

You can open the small bay window after waking up in the morning and taking a shower. Go straight to the garden.

Just as expected from a master bedroom.

reflection is global.

Abel turned his head, he looked at Charlize Theron, intending to ask her if she liked it.

I finally saw her, with seductive eyes, staring at the red sofa in front of the bed. "This sofa, did someone move it here?"

Abel heard Charlize whisper.

Although this red sofa does not match the room's decoration style at all.

But honestly, it really has nothing to do with Abel.

"It's already there." Abel said unconsciously.

But he quickly realized this, because he saw the seductive water in Charlize's eyes. Sofa, red.

Beverly Hills again.

What are you waiting for?

Next up is Charlize Theron's red sofa!

Although it is ungrateful, I must say that all the data in this book is real unless otherwise noted, and I spent a lot of time researching it, like the two houses in this chapter. Is the real world really The prices of these two houses have been lowered by me a bit. After all, the price I found is the current price, which will certainly be cheaper in 2000. Even though I wrote a YY novel, I also think YY is reasonable, and I hope everyone thinks so too.

(end of this chapter)