Chapter 249

Chapter 249 The richest person in the world?

How much money does Abel have?

Not to mention George, Neil and Jeb were also very curious about this matter at this time.

Everyone wants to be voyeuristic and is naturally curious about other people's private lives.

This is why the gossip media exists and still exists. The identities of the Jeb brothers, etc. Likewise, at most it is the intimacy of others that makes them curious, the level is only a little higher.

The three bush brothers all looked at Abel.

Facing the eyes of the old man and his brothers.

Abel raised his eyebrows and said a number.

"What!"

Hearing this number, George's voice suddenly became louder. "What are you kidding? Are you kidding me? Many people in Abel say I'm not smart, but you shouldn't be like that, right?"

Neil and Jeb were nearby, helplessly looking at George like that.

Jeb couldn't help but say:

"George, pay attention to opportunity and status. Brother, you are not currently the governor of Texas, nor are you a businessman."

"cough cough cough~"

George coughed lightly, "Okay, okay." I'm no longer interested."

Then he looked at Abel with evil eyes: "Hey, Abel, are you sure you're not making fun of us?"

"ARE NOT."

Abel smiled and said: "Both Buffett and PNC Financial Group have invested in Smith Capital. 4% stake worth 16 billion USD. Smith Capital's current market value is $400 billion.

"I own 92% of Smith Capital. I said I have a net worth of more than $360 billion. Is what I said true?"

"Um" George slipped his tongue. Because according to what Abel said, Abel was right.

Most wealthy people in the United States, especially those who own shares in publicly traded companies.

The majority of their assets are also in the stock market or valuation.

A typical example is Bill Gates, the richest person in the world last year.

Mr. William Henry Gates III, more than 80% of his assets are in stocks. "Alright." Abel looked at George's mistake, but didn't know how to continue asking.

Abel smiled and said: "360 billion USD is fake. But honestly, I don't know how rich I am.

"Actually?" Georges doesn't believe it.

No one knows how much money they have.

Like George himself, even if he lives in a white house. But George was always very clear about how much money he had.

"Actually." Abel said sincerely: "I only know at most a rough number, I don't know if these numbers are accurate or not.

At this time, Neil, who had been standing on the sidelines watching, without speaking from beginning to end, Laura's father, finally couldn't bear it.

"Hey, Abel. Raw numbers are nice. We're not the only ones curious about this question. All Americans are curious," Neil said.

Abel actually didn't want to hide it, because even if he didn't say this kind of thing, Forbes would say it a few months later.

Forbes' data may not be exact, but a number can be estimated.

I didn't realize that the Koch brothers' company was not listed and that their assets were too numerous to count.

Forbes still has them on the list. Perhaps not exactly, but the approximate numbers remain roughly the same.

Abel believes that given the current circumstances of himself and the Smith family, showing off one's wealth properly is about flexing one's muscles.

Smith is not the richest person in the Internet and high-tech field like Musk and Bill.

Abel's wealth, beyond financial.

Whether it is media or energy, the only difference is the military industry and people's livelihoods. These industries are all influential muscle industries in the United States.

It is different from the Internet where there are only loud voices.

After thinking, Abel gave a rough calculation to the three brothers.

"I have some business. Smith Capital is the hardest to value.

"Don't think ahead, leave first. Consider Smith Media first. Smith Media owns MGM, Marvel, DreamWorks, Pixar, Dark Horse Comics, two newspapers, a television station and a modeling agency. »

"With so many assets, the market value must be at least 15 billion US dollars?" If it can be listed, the estimate will double? Even if it does not double, it is expected to reach more than 20 billion USD. or 15 billion US dollars. "

Having said this, Abel smiled and said to George who was listening attentively:

"Can you memorize it for me?"

"Oh no problem." George raised two fingers and curled one finger: "One finger is worth 10 billion dollars, and one and a half fingers is worth 15 billion dollars."

Witness the boring interaction between the Commander's brother and Abel.

Neil and Jeb couldn't help but look at each other.

Although they both felt powerless, they were also shocked by Abel's incredible wealth.

A media conglomerate worth about $15 billion

This division alone far exceeds the richness of the shrub family.

Bill Gates, the richest person in the world last year, Forbes announced a net worth of 63 billion USD. Bill's net worth is $63 billion, of which more than 80% is Microsoft stock.

Bill's real wealth must be reduced by at least half.

If you include cash flow, it's even worse.

15 billion USD is already a quarter of Bill's assets.

This is just a part of the property of the young man in front of him. Two bushes full of thoughts.

Another bush, still carrying Abel's somewhat childish appearance, continued to count Abel's luck.

"The value of Smith Capital is difficult to measure. But at Pacific Bank of Commerce, its value is visible to the naked eye. I don't remember the exact number. It looks like their private assets are about $15 billion and deposit assets are about $180 billion," Asia Burr said.

At first, the American Pacific Bank of Commerce was essentially just a small bank in the California area.

It only has a total of two branches, with assets worth hundreds of millions of dollars.

It was later acquired by Abel in a small bank merger initiated by Abel.

Because Abel liked this name better, he used it as the main agency to continuously annex small and medium-sized commercial banks. After spending nearly 15 billion USD of Abel.

In the US banking industry, there is a very average sized bank.

After nearly six months of development.

Thanks to Abel, the "Financial Moses," it has grown significantly in every aspect.

Assets owned have increased from about $13 billion at the beginning to about $15 billion today. Assets under custody have grown from nearly hundreds of billions of dollars to nearly $200 billion today. .

Above all, many wealthy Americans trusted Abel and the Pacific Bank of the United States.

Extra attention is also a good thing. Many people entrust their assets to Pacific Commercial Joint Stock Bank. But George didn't care. George directly raised three fingers.

"That's $15 billion. Two $15 billion is $30 billion."

Abel nodded and said:

"There is also Pacific Energy. The predecessor was Sempra Energy. I bought it for about 17 billion USD. Before delisting, its market value was about $16 billion. But then I let it swallow my original energy company, which I think is now worth at least $18 billion.

In fact, to acquire Sempra Energy, Abel used just over 7 billion USD in capital.

Most of the capital comes from Pacific Bank of Commerce.

Up to now, the majority of shares of Pacific Energy Company are still pledged by Pacific Commercial Joint Stock Bank.

Pacific Energy Company now has to repay a large monthly loan from Pacific Bank of Commerce. This acquisition model is the most common in the modern business world.

In the last century, Liu in Hong Kong Island liked to play this game the most.

is to borrow money from banks, buy and attack listed companies.

Once successful, let the listed company repay the loan to buy it.

In ancient times, it was equivalent to a certain master relying on his own credit, borrowing money from the bank to marry a concubine. After marrying his concubine, the homeowner was happy but at the same time he also wanted his concubine to work hard to earn money and pay off the loan shark.

The words are crude and the excuses are not crude, this regime certainly is.

Abel did the same, the difference was that he borrowed from his own bank to buy a "concubine".

As long as his bank can maintain normality, there is no need to rush.

Compared to Liu and the others, Abel will come here more safely. At least the "little card" he bought doesn't have to worry about being dragged to the auction market because the debt hasn't been paid.

George still didn't care, directly raised two fingers:

"Eighteen billion dollars is too difficult to calculate. Let's count it as 20 billion. Six fingers, 60 billion dollars"

Abel wanted to say more, but George faced him and put down six fingers.

The owner of the white house said in a weak voice:

"No need to say more. With 60 billion dollars, he is clearly the richest person in the world. Besides, my heart will hurt a lot. »

"Actually, there's more." Abel said:

"I also have a real estate company. There's also a plane and yacht rental company, as well as a lot of private real estate, stocks and a lot of venture capital investments in Silicon Valley . There is also Smith Capital which is more valuable." , has not been counted."

"Forget." George waved to him. "I don't care how much money you have. Needless to say."

Seeing the little bush's lack of interest, Abel couldn't help but laugh.

Abel finds the owner of the white house more and more interesting. Being with George, Abel will feel comfortable physically and mentally.

Abel felt there was no air on his body.

Abel doesn't know if that's George's nature or if he's pretending.

Or maybe both.

But George Shrub like this actually makes Abel less suspicious of him. "Alright." George raised his hand and checked the time on his watch.

"It's almost nine thirty. I have to go to work. I have to meet the Armenian commander later. I can't stay here with you anymore."

Neil, Jeb and Abel all nodded.

American leaders are sometimes very busy. George smiled and nodded to the three people one last time, turned to leave, but before taking two steps, he pointed at Abel and said with a smile:

"Mr. The richest man in the world, when you have free time, you miss Washington more often. Talking with you is very interesting, a hundred times more interesting than talking with Jeb."

Jeb: "."

Abel said nothing, just smiled and gestured to agree with her.

George also smiled and responded with an OK gesture, then put his hands in his pockets and gracefully left.

The sun gradually rose and the lawn became a little warm.

Other members of the shrub family also entered the house one after another after George left. Neil and Proposal returned to the room.

Abel suddenly had an idea and he whispered to Jeb and Neil:

"One thing, I don't know you two, I don't know if you two elders are interested or not."

"OH?" Neil looked at Abel, "What's wrong?"

After George left, Jeb was about to walk away when he stopped.

The governor of Florida is also very busy.

But after learning Abel's approximate wealth, Jeb was also willing to listen to Abel. In this country.

To some extent, wealth is synonymous with power and energy.

Wealth is muscle.

"Well," Abel thought for a moment, and after thinking about his tone, he said, "Dear John and Neil."

John is actually Jeb's name.

Jeb is short for his full name, John Ellis Bush, and is his nickname. After seeing both people looking at him, Abel opened his mouth and said:

"I don't know about you, have you ever heard of Hudson's Bay Square on Manhattan Island, New York?"

It's true that Abe is trying to push the Hudson Bay projects again.

As Abel told Bloomberg and Robert Morgenthau.

In financial and capital markets, no matter how successful you are.

Abel has no sense of accomplishment.

But in other fields, like the media industry, or even filmmaking. Success in areas where he has no "talent" can give him a sense of accomplishment and happiness.

According to this premise, what happiness could be greater than building a grand real estate project on the island of Manhattan?

He wanted to build the tallest building in America in the most luxurious plot of land on the island of Manhattan, and write Smith in the most eye-catching spot in the building!

Because of such a mentality, Abel will attach great importance to the Hudson Bay City Plaza project.

Just now George left, he accidentally remembered.

As soon as George left, he thought about trying to talk to Neil and Jeb. Let's look at the shrub family and see if they are interested in this very large project.

"Where in Hudson Bay?" Jeb frowned.

The Florida governor, who hadn't been to New York in years, couldn't remember where Hudson Bay was for a while.

"Hudson Bay in Manhattan?" » Neil said next to him.

Neil is currently President of Zapata Offshore Oil Company and Chief Executive Officer of Shrub Overby Oil Company. Both of these companies were founded by their father.

He and his younger brother Marvin now run the family bush business.

As a businessman, although the main base is in Texas and other oil-producing states.

But New York, an international metropolis, is the commercial center of the United States.

Neil also goes there often so of course he knows where it is. Plus, Hudson Bay itself is very famous in the United States and Jeb hadn't remembered it for a while.

Abel smiled and nodded to the two bushes: "It's Hudson Bay above Manhattan."

"What do you mean?" » Neil asked with uncertainty.

"I don't know if you've ever heard of it." Abel smiled and said:

"Super project at the southern tip of Manhattan Island, related to the Hudson Bay City Square real estate project."

Jeb looked at Neil, the governor of Florida who now also knew about Hudson Bay.

But Neil, who had lived for years in Texas and Florida, knew nothing about New York.

Neil clearly knows something. "Are you referring to the project that was abandoned by the New York City government? Neil said, "Ten acres of land next to Hudson Bay?

"Correct." Abel smiled. It would be great if Neil knew something.

To save him from having to explain carefully to both of them, it would be a waste of time.

Neil thought for a moment then frowned and said:

"If it's a project like this, it won't be easy at all. There is so much at stake that no one can really get it right. »

Abel nodded but still said:

"But now I am making the impossible possible." And now I have allies, powerful people in New York.

"EQUAL?" » Neil asked.

"For example, Bloomberg, the Elephant Party's candidate in this year's election in New York and the founder of Bloomberg."

"Like Robert Morgenthau, district attorney for the Manhattan district of New York."

"For example, the famous Wall Street tycoon, Mr. Abel Smith ~"

The two bushes listened attentively and heard Abel appear majestically behind them.

Even Jeb smiled, Neil even smiled and said:

"Is it just the three of you? The three of you might not be enough."

Jeb had been listening for so long that he understood what was going on.

This kind of thing also benefits Jeb, because the interests of the Bush family are the same. Their family and intra-family relationships are too good.

Jeb and George can focus on their careers.

The two younger brothers are in charge of the business, which will also make the older brothers feel secure.

Jeb patted his brother on the shoulder and said to Abel:

"Business. As long as Neil or Marvin agrees, they will agree on behalf of the Bush family. Abel, you can talk to Neil. I will go back to Florida first."

"Alright." Abel nodded and smiled.

Jeb gave a friendly smile, patted his brother's shoulder again and then left directly.

"Alright." After Jeb left, only Laura's father and Abel remained under the shade of the tree. Abel said: "Dear Neil, are you interested?

Neil thought for a moment, still not giving a clear answer, but asked: "What is the success rate?"

"Very high." Abel said firmly. Parallel in time and space, since the Hudson Bay City Plaza project could be implemented.

This means it is more or less feasible.

Even if it is impossible now, with time it will be possible in the future if it is the same as in parallel time and space.

Seeing Abel confirm, Neil felt it was hard for him to refuse.

After thinking, little Laura's father replied:

"I need to discuss this with Marvin. In fact, he manages most of the Bush family's affairs.

Abel smiled: "No problem."

For Abel, it's good that the shrub family can get in.

But the bushes did not enter, which did not cause great loss to Abel.

The Shrub family's home turf is in Texas, after all, and their voice in New York is not loud.

If George did not live in the White House now, perhaps the Bush family would not have had the opportunity to come into contact with this issue.

Because New York was not originally the territory of the shrub family. After talking about business, Abel suddenly asked about a personal matter.

"That's right, Neil." Abel said gently:

"Lauren said you'll stay in Washington for a few days, will she stay here with you for a few days?"

"Open?" Neil said: "No? We'll leave later. Marvin has gone to England and Texas can't do without me. I have to get back to work."

"OH." Abel smiled: "I must have heard wrong.

(end of this chapter)