Chapter 236

Chapter 236 Daily life in New York

Even Abel didn't think of it himself.

It was one of his own serendipitous suggestions that got David Mellon serious.

In the background, David Mellon even called all the relevant senior executives in the company to a meeting.

At the meeting, Abel mostly listened.

But Abel heard it too, the senior executives at Smith Capital. All of them support Smith Capital's internet brokerage.

This needs to be linked to this direction proposed by boss Abel.

Additionally, senior executives at Smith Capital are typically between the ages of 30 and 40.

This age group belongs to the young people of Wall Street and belongs to the most enterprising group of people.

Furthermore, reality is also there. Smith Capital's track record is damaged.

If you want to develop investment banks like Merrill Lynch and Goldman Sachs, with offices and branches worldwide.

If you don't accumulate more than ten years, it is very difficult to do it.

A commercial site and a dealership, even when it's open.

If you want to get some customers in your local area, it's very difficult to do without a certain period of word of mouth and network building. After all, people are always more willing to believe in what is familiar to them.

In other words, if you want Smith Capital to be roughly the size of Goldman Sachs in every way.

It will take at least ten years to follow their path.

In between, I still didn't know how many obstacles and difficulties I had to go through.

But if possible as Abel said. Become the leading investment banking broker on the Internet.

This will likely shorten this distance significantly and reduce the time required.

If it is possible to get a large number of customers on the Internet.

With Smith Capital, there is no need to open a large number of retail locations across the country or even the world.

It is enough to establish a few after-sales service companies in these relatively large cities. Compared with commercial websites in the world, this approach can reduce time and investment costs in a simpler way.

And it quickly emerged that someone on Wall Street had done it.

Interactive Brokers, which has launched this effort, has not yet begun promoting it aggressively.

There is also support from the boss, certain feasibility and a very promising future.

Now someone has done it. Smith Capital did not hesitate at all.

Following Abel's decision, the top management determined the company's new future development path.

Internet Broker!

No need to go through Buffett's shareholders.

The person called Abel himself is the largest shareholder or the person with absolute control.

His will is the will of the company. As long as Abel makes a decision, he can go straight.

After this meeting, it was dusk when Abel walked out of the Smith Building.

In New York in May, it is neither cold nor hot.

As long as it doesn't rain, this time can be considered one of the most comfortable and pleasant times of the year in New York.

Watching the sun set toward Manhattan, Abel couldn't help but sigh. Maybe I have to sleep alone tonight.

Before that, Ikana called him.

There was a violent incident at the YKM Los Angeles store.

A gangster burst into the store, shot and killed a customer, then made a purchase for zero yuan.

Although this kind of thing happens, no one wants it. That's not YKM's fault either.

But now is a period of growth for this brand.

When something like this happens, Ikana, the general manager, cannot remain indifferent.

She went there to take care of it.

Paris, her best friend, also followed her. Abel must call his people to the west coast and ask them to help Ikana as much as possible.

After all, Ikana is his wife, not to mention he is still the main shareholder of YKM.

When something like this happened, he definitely couldn't stand aside.

Ikana wasn't there so Abel wanted to go to the Carnegie Hill mansion to rest.

It was his love nest with Annie in New York. Annie is filming in Queens and she will come back here to rest if there are no night scenes.

However, what disappointed her was that tonight Anne had a night shoot and the crew estimated she would shoot all night.

Annie won't be home tonight either.

When night fell, Abel did not bother to go to King's Point 13 in New York.

He simply lives on the eighteenth floor of the Carnegie Hill Building. After dinner, he went to the master bedroom.

Entering the bathroom, she took off her clothes, put on a bathrobe and entered the steam bath.

In the large, smooth white bathtub, Abel took off his bathrobe, climbed the marble steps, stretched his legs to test the water temperature, just right, lay in the warm water, relaxed his whole body and enjoyed the refreshing feeling of Soak in the bathtub. bathtub.

After bathing, Abel just came out of the bathroom wearing a bathrobe, and the maid came in carrying a cup of fragrant coffee.

After drinking coffee and smiling and thanking the maid, Abel quietly walked to the sofa in the living room and sat down, picked up the remote control and turned on the TV. The maid brought a plate of fresh fruit and a plate of dried fruit to Abel for dinner. Abel quietly changed the channel, switching to his favorite channel.

He first moved to his own AMC station.

AMC TV channel is a cable TV channel and charges the same price as many other TV channels.

AMC TV channel will air tonight. This is the latest online drama. The name of the TV series is "Mad Men".

Abel did not know that in parallel time and space, "Mad Men" was the first original television series produced by AMC itself.

Previously, AMC television stations, without Abel's financial backing, mainly purchased filming products from outside television companies.

After the AMC television channel was acquired by Abel in that time and space.

Not only did he receive resource support from MGM, but he also received a significant amount of capital. In addition to the three new policies that Abel requested, three television series with an investment budget of more than 3 million US dollars per episode will be released every year.

The AMC television network is rich and under pressure after Richard Plepler, a television maniac, takes over.

The action is fast and plentiful, and the first impressive selfie is taken in a few months.

are "Crazy Guys" in front of you.

Before his resurrection, Abel did not watch many American television series. He's watched a bit of The Walking Dead, Game of Thrones, Bankrupt Sisters, and Prison Break.

Because he was impressed by these four American television series, he shared these impressions with Richard Plepler.

Maybe Richard Plepler is more confident and not as blind as Robert Iger.

The new TV series produced by AMC are not the ones mentioned by Abel.

"Mad Men" is more in line with the mainstream trends of today's market. I must say that it is very well filmed, at least from Abel's point of view, you can watch it enthusiastically.

After watching most of the episodes, today's TV show has ended and I want to watch it again tomorrow.

Abel took the remote control, changed channels and watched several TV programs until he could no longer find the TV program he was interested in.

Abel calmly returned to the bedroom, opened his arms wide, fell directly onto the large bed, took off his nightgown, crawled into the soft warm blanket, turned off the night light and fell asleep.

In the morning, Abel woke up early. After showering, I changed into tight and comfortable running clothes.

His upper body wears a hoodie, his lower body wears tight sweatpants, clearly highlighting his leg muscles.

Abel just walked through the building gate, put on his hoodie and looked out at the empty street at six in the morning. He ignored the camera lens protruding from the window of a commercial vehicle across the street.

Journalists being able to appear next to him and take photos of him are privileges only available through Rock Security's security certification. And often a journalist for the American Sun.

Personal safety is absolutely guaranteed, so he doesn't worry about that at all.

Abel grabs his own Four King Kong, runs across the street, and runs to Central Park.

Behind and around him, the rock's security guards lined up one after another, forming an invisible protective network.

In Central Park in early summer, the trees are green and the grass is full of life. Two squirrels jumped back and forth on the bench under the black tree. When they saw Abel being crushed, the children were not afraid and took care of themselves while playing.

Abel exhaled air steadily, and the other morning joggers in Central Park were not at all surprised by the combination between Abel and the five people.

We're in Manhattan and billionaires never fail to go for a morning jog with their bodyguards.

That is, if they tried to approach, they would soon discover that this rich man had more than four bodyguards. And later this number increased.

Half an hour later, a little girl appeared next to Abel.

This is Laura Jr., Laura Bush Lauren, Laura Lauren Smith as Abel calls her.

If you pay attention, you will see that after little Laura arrived, more and more people followed Abel.

For example, next to Edward, he followed a middle-aged man with a white beard who also wore sports clothes. Middle-aged man with strong muscles and tattoo on his neck. The tattoo is a trident.

".Good morning." The middle-aged white man ran and greeted Edward: "My name is Marcus."

"My name is Edward." Edward replied.

"SEAL team?" Marcus said.

Edward nodded then said, "The Secret Service?"

This time it was Marcus's turn to smile and nod. Edward knew it in his heart, he knew the people around him.

Except for the rock's security staff, they are all members of the secret service monitoring little Laura.

The Secret Service, or USSS for short, is currently a part of the United States Treasury Department.

Parallel to time and space.

It was transferred to the US Department of Homeland Security after two years. The primary responsibility of the original agency is to prevent and investigate counterfeiting of U.S. dollars and bonds.

After that, new missions were added.

The new mission is to protect the Grand Commander, Deputy Grand Commander, elected Grand Commanders and Deputy Grand Commanders, former Grand Commanders and their spouses (unless the spouse remarries), and candidates for election. Candidates for the positions of Commander and Deputy Commander are determined within 120 days before the event. election candidates, children and grandchildren under 16 years old of the current and former Commander-in-Chief, visits to foreign heads of state and government and their wives, special events on personal security individuals and countries as designated by the Commander-in-Chief.

is the American version of the Rabbit XX Sea Bodyguard.

Little Laura is the granddaughter of the former commander, although she is sixteen years old. But doesn't she have an uncle who just became the Great Commander?

It's just a small problem, it's normal for her to be protected by the secret police.

Marcus looked at the security officers kicking around and put together the information he saw about this security company.

Marcus couldn't help but whisper to Edward:

"Hey, you look really professional. If you were stronger, you could probably compete with some government agencies."

"We don't have your privileges," Edward said blandly. We are protectors of private property. »

"Ha ha ha~" Marcus laughed, "Okay. Come on, my friend. Maybe we will cooperate for a long time in the future!"

Edward remained silent, he knew what Marcus said was true.

Abel confirms his relationship with little Laura.

After that, as long as he was with little Laura. In fact, they can also benefit from Secret Service protection.

This virtually increased Abel's personal security.

From this angle, Edward felt very good.

In front of the two captains, the two runners also discussed.

"Have you been running for almost an hour?" Little Laura breathed softly and said softly: "Aren't you tired?

"For me, this level is just the warm-up." Abel said honestly. One time, he felt bored and tried running on the treadmill, wanting to test his physical limits.

As a result, he ran on the treadmill for nearly five or six hours during that time.

The total distance displayed on the treadmill exceeds 42.195km of marathon running.

He still doesn't feel tired.

At that time, he knew that his physical condition was indeed abnormal, especially in terms of recovery ability. "Show off." Little Laura pouted: "But you can't run too long. Running too long will damage the meniscus."

Abel nodded, looking at little Laura who was panting after running for a while: "Darling, you need to increase your exercise. With your strength and physique, how can you support me in the future?" ?"

Little Laura was also happy because of Abel's "darling".

Then, because of his vague and vulgar words, his face became hot and he said petulantly:

"What are you talking about? Can you endure it? Actually, my physical strength is very good. If you don't believe it, you can try!"

"Really, let me try?" Now that your cold is cured, I won't be polite anymore.

He looked completely blunt, if not a little rough and rude.

Little Laura finally really blushed.

She looked around a few times, then blushed and said seriously:

"You can try if you want. But you have to wait until we're engaged. Before that it's impossible."

"Okay okay." Abel compromised: "Then you have to exercise well. Don't catch a cold so easily."

"Correct." Laura replied softly.

The two of them ran for a while, but little Laura was still weak.

It is estimated that I could only run three or four kilometers, panting and unable to run.

Abel helped her sit on a wooden chair next to the railway track in the park to rest.

"Look, your physical strength is still weak." » Abel said smiling. Compared to panting and sweating profusely, he looked at Abel calmly and comfortably without sweating.

Little Laura somewhat believes that Abel's physical strength is indeed very good.

But she still stubbornly said: "It's because I have a cold." If I didn't have a cold, I wouldn't be so tired after running so little!

"Okay okay." Abel said with a loving voice: "Yes, I believe in you, you are very strong."

Little Laura heard that he was superficial, but she also appreciated the small pleasures of this type of couple.

"Hey~ look over there."

Little Laura glanced over and saw a street artist setting up a stall on the lawn in front of the track. This reminded him of Abel's identity as a fine arts graduate student at Rice University.

"How about we go see him paint? I remember that you're also very good at drawing. You have a lot of works at home. If Emily hadn't told me, I would have thought they were the works of a great artist. " ."

Abel followed his finger and saw the street artist. Abel felt familiar at first glance.

Then I remembered, isn't this the street artist I met last year while running with Ikana?

Does this old guy still open a restaurant here?

It also happened in the same place, with the same street artist.

Being the girl next door, she changed to another girl. "Yes" Abel was worried that street artists were stupid so he didn't think much of it.

Although the small red flag is very generous, it is allowed to wave colorful flags outside.

But whatever you say, Abel thinks it is necessary to pay attention or pay attention

he thought.

Little Laura didn't think so.

"Okay, okay."

Little Laura pulled his hand, stood up and gestured: "Let's go see, or should I draw you a picture?"

Women other than Abel. Little Laura had equal status, an advantage being so young.

This makes it natural for her to act suggestively in front of Abel, and Abel also appreciates it.

Abel couldn't help but be pulled by her towards the street artist.

The Secret Service and security guards naturally followed suit to prepare for the transfer.

Just in case, Abel gently signaled. Seeing this move, Edward cleverly sent Lin out of the Four King Kongs.

Lin certainly knows what to do.

He ran to the street artist faster than little Laura and Abel.

Lin quickly took out several "Franklins" and said softly:

"Old man, four hundred dollars, sell me your set."

The street artist saw someone rushing in and thought he would buy it for 0 yuan. The old man was stunned. Wait for Lin to draw four Franklin cards, which is four hundred dollars later.

The old man calmed down and looked at Lin, then the old man felt familiar.

"Oh oh oh I remember." The old man said: "Last year."

In an instant, Lin's eyes became fierce and scary.

The old man was threatened.

"Take the four hundred dollars, drop your stuff and go."

Lin said in a very low voice, "Or shut up and don't say anything." Or hehehe."

The old man took Lin's four Franklin cards without saying a word, turned around and left without asking anything.

Waiting for baby Laura to bring Abel home.

I saw the old man running away with the new and old painting tools he left behind.

"Huh? Why did he run away? Don't you want something? Hey, don't you want something?!"

Little Laura was very surprised and even called the other party many times.

The more she shouted, the faster the old man ran.

Little Laura turned to Abel, he smiled and said:

"He is a very poor man. I often see him cheating when he comes here to race. To see him draw, I better draw. I asked my bodyguard to buy him tools. What if I draw for you? "

"Of course that would be better." Little Laura feels that the truth may not be so.

But sometimes the truth isn't that important. Abel was ready to paint for himself, and little Laura was even happier.

She looked down at the tools the old man left behind and calmly said:

"Four hundred dollars is a bit much. These things seem to be worth a hundred dollars at most, probably not."

"Not important."

Abel smiled and said: "Let me help you draw."

(end of this chapter)