Chapter 272

Chapter 272: Ikana in a crazy pregnancy

Manhattan District Attorney's Office.

"I have returned." Behind the desk, Robert Morgenthau, who was reading documents with reading glasses, spoke and smiled gently as he took off his reading glasses and put down the documents.

"Yes." Abel reluctantly sat down in front of him.

Behind Abel is Peggy gently closing the door.

"Usually you come see me and you have something to do." Robert placed his hands on the table and crossed them in the "Ikyuantang" position, gently looked at Abel and said. "I want to invite you to a show."

Robert frowned: "Your underwear company's fashion show?" I can't go there.

Take an eighty-year-old man to see an underwear show, I dare say, if you made me fifty years younger it would be almost the same, Robert thought.

"No, it's not. It's clearly not for you." Abel smiled and said:

"You're old. Robert, there's no point in you enjoying this."

Robert, who was in a calm mood, became a little angry. "What show is this?" » Robert frowned and asked.

"Tonight. Madison Square Garden, NBA Draft show. Shall we watch?"

"I can't even go." Robert's expression was completely bad: "Do you want me to watch Mr. Nee play a lot of football?" I decline."

Robert Morgenthau is the most typical type of old white man on the East Coast. Don't think he belongs to the Donkey Party, the Donkey Party is the party with the most black supporters.

But if you look closely, you will see that this old man doesn't even have a single black friend.

After all, he is already eighty years old.

When I was young, black people were not considered human in America

Abel knew he would be like that so he said:

"Buffett and Bloomberg are leaving. Is it normal for Bloomberg to say: you don't want to talk to Buffett?"

Robert Morgenthau seemed hesitant a bit: "No, I don't want to go there, I don't like places that are too noisy."

The former prosecutor appeared determined and had no intention of backing down. "Alright." "Then forget it," Abel said. By the way, Robert, would you like to own shares in Smith Capital?

"Capital Smith?"

Robert Morgenthau stood up straight, the gray-haired old man looked at Abel: "Tell me your plan.

"0.2% dry matter." Abel said:

"Leave it to Peggy or her father. The rule is that the position of Manhattan District Attorney must always be Morgenthau. When you lose this position, you will also lose the right to enjoy the 0.2% dividend from this stock. "

Abel's words made Robert Morgenthau fall into thought.

Abel did not bother him but turned his head to look around, looking at the layout of Robert's office. 0.2% only has the right to pay dividends and give shares to Robert Morgenthau. Abel had already planned this.

In addition, he also plans to withdraw 0.6% of the dry shares that only have the right to pay dividends and hand them over to the remaining 3 people to sell.

These three people are the President of the New York City Council, the Mayor of New York City and the District Attorney of the Eastern District of New York.

The reason is very simple. With the addition of the Manhattan District Attorney (Western District of New York), these four local snakes are the largest and strongest in the New York area.

Anyone holding these positions will be able to benefit from dividend rights throughout their vested period.

Anyone who loses these positions will also lose the right to receive dividends.

It is very possible that the right to receive dividends is not directly held by these four people and the game rules do not allow that.

But they have the power of arrangement. Who wants to give the right to receive 0.2% dividends, Smith Capital will give it to anyone.

The practice is also very simple.

Smith Capital will recruit the designated individual to the company.

These benefits are legally and properly granted to the person in the form of an annual salary or stock options.

This is essentially a variation of the "revolving door" that is very popular in the US and is completely reasonable and legal. The difference is that a typical revolving door is usually implemented after the affected party has retired or left the job.

Smith Capital's revolving door simply opened when the other side took charge.

The difference between the two is that obviously Smith Capital's 0.2% dividend would be absolutely incredible.

"I agree." About two or three minutes later, Abel wanted to stand up and look at the vase in the corner of Robert's office.

Robert said. "It can't be Peggy." Robert Morgenthau calmly said: "She will be my successor. Leave it to her father."

Abel looked away from the beautiful vase.

He smiled at Robert: "No problem. Attorney General, this is your authority."

Robert suggested: "You should show generosity to more people. Smith Capital didn't even rehire someone who retired, which is substandard.

Re-employ retirees. Robert's words were mysterious, but Abel understood them.

Probably refers to the conventional version of how revolving doors work.

The so-called revolving door is typical of the United States and other European and American regions.

Refers to a number of high-ranking government officials who, after resigning, retired and were rehired, worked at several large companies.

The content of the work is often of a consulting nature, the type of person who only takes money and does nothing. Usually companies allow them to retire and work again.

They often "happened" to work in the field before retiring.

For example, officials of the Ministry of Health or the FDA review committee, ladies and gentlemen.

After retirement, they often become consultants and executives for companies such as Pfizer, Johnson and Johnson, Merck and AbbVie.

Another example is the Pentagon generals. After discharge. In general, you can find a good job at companies like Boeing, Raytheon, and General Dynamics.

This is called a revolving door, an American specialty.

Unfortunately, a large country in the east and a large company then started to follow suit.

Robert probably reminded Abel of this.

Because Abel's current company does not have such consultants, nor does it have such retired re-hired employees. It's not that Abel didn't do it.

These are all Abel companies, whether they are newly founded or recently acquired.

Wanting to play the revolving door but don't have time to spin yet.

Even if you want to hire retired people and rehire them, there are currently no suitable opportunities.

"I see what you mean." Abel thanks Robert for his reminder: "Thank you Robert. I will do it."

Robert smiled and nodded.

"Alright." Abel smiled and said: "It's over. Robert, do you really not want to go to Madison Square Garden with me? You don't need to go to the ball, it's just a draft, consider it an entertainment act." ."

"I don't like seeing so many Nee brothers appearing in front of me." Robert Morgenthau was expressionless.

"But Peggy can go. As long as she's willing to go. »

Abel thinks that Ikana and a little bit of Laura can go there.

Adding Peggy, who is not important, wouldn't there be a world war?

He couldn't refuse so he had to turn to Peggy.

Fortunately, Peggy, who was next to her, remained very quiet and gently said:

"I don't like basketball either. If it were Major League Baseball, I'd probably watch it."

"Ha~" Abel breathed a sigh of relief and said with a smile: "Very simple. I will buy the Yankees in two days, then I will invite you to watch baseball. »

The New York Yankees are one of the American Major League Baseball teams of the American League.

The team's home field is in the Browns' neighborhood in New York. In the American League, it belongs to the American League East, and because the team has a history of more than 100 years, it also has some of the most famous historical events in American sports history.

It is also one of the commercial sports teams with the most fans in New York, much more famous than the Knicks in basketball.

Likewise, there are also teams like the New York Giants, and any of them can beat the Knicks in the NBA. However, there is only one Knicks team in New York, and the Knicks did not have better results, and they also became the most profitable and richest team in the NBA.

Today, in 2001, the total market value of the 30 teams in the entire NBA league is estimated to be around $12 billion.

But the New York Yankees have a market value of about four billion US dollars.

In other words, a top MLB giant is worth more than a third of the value of an NBA team.

In the pre-NBA era, when China was not fully developed, the NBA still ranked last in the four major leagues. Following the development of the Chinese market, the NBA's value has been firmly established as the third largest league among the four leagues.

But even so, the NBA still has a character like Thunder.

This is a typical pattern of picking up the bowl to eat, then putting the bowl down and scolding the mother.

Faced with Abel's declaration that he wanted to buy the New York Yankees, Mogenthau's nephew did not have many doubts.

Because no matter how big the New York Yankees are, Abel's wealth still has the potential to succeed. Peggy's response to this is a weak reply: "Okay. Then I'll go."

Robert hasn't been invited yet and Peggy won't go.

Abel is not on this floor either.

He is escorted by Peggy.

As soon as he got in the car, he immediately took out his cell phone and made a call. "Hello, Warren."

"Good afternoon, Abel."

"How about going to New York tomorrow night? »

"Any problems?"

"Let's go to Madison Square Garden tomorrow night, let's watch the NBA Draft."

As soon as he finished saying this sentence, Abel was afraid that Buffett would refuse, so he said before Buffett spoke:

"I invited the Mayor of New York, the Speaker of the City Council, Bloomberg, the Elephant Party candidate, and Robert Morgenthau, the Western District Attorney. These people will appear at that time. Warren, are you sure are we winning? are you coming?"

Buffett was silent for a few seconds then said: "What's the big plan?"

"You'll know when you get here."

"Okay. Then I'll go tomorrow."

Okay, I'll wait for you.

The phone hung up and Abel breathed a sigh of relief. In fact, Bloomberg has promised to solve the problems he just mentioned.

And only after learning that Buffett would leave did Bloomberg agree to leave.

In fact, Abel had never invited Buffett before.

Until now, he has only invited Buffett.

As for the New York City mayor, city council president, district attorney Robert the West, and more. Abel was either completely uninvited or rejected.

But. What the hell.

Even Buffett and Bloomberg later discovered the truth.

Would they argue with Abel over such a trivial matter and be dissatisfied with Abel? At best, he will be speechless and angry for a while.

The current Abel still has this face.

Through this incident, Abel also discovered that no upper-class white men in America really care about the NBA.

It seems that even Obama, as the only black general, has never participated in a black-dominated NBA.

In the United States, things with too many black and strong attributes will only belong to the rank. No matter how hard the NBA executives try, until this point is changed, it will never be able to compete with the NHL and MLB.

Take full advantage of the influence of the international market, placing the ice hockey tournament under him as the fourth child and him as the third child.

But that doesn't matter to Abel.

Much of his interest in the NBA came from his youth.

belongs to the nature of the cricketing game. Whether the NBA can rise or not, I don't care.

After hanging up, Abel's motorcade drove to the Woolworth building.

Through negotiations, this building was built in 1913 in the Gothic Revival architectural style, with a height of 792 feet (241 meters) and a total of 57 floors.

It has now become one of New Start Real Estate's properties.

Taxes related to the cost of purchasing the building cost Abel a total of $1.635 billion. In midtown Manhattan, the price is too high to buy a famous building.

After taking full ownership of it, Abel asked the New York City government to change its name.

If it is approved, there will be no more "Woolworth Buildings" in New York.

Instead there is a mansion with a prefix named Smith.

Like Papa Ikana's Ted Lener Building, the original name was the Chase Bank Building in Manhattan. After the old man finished buying it, he changed his name to his full name.

Abel also imitated him.

It's just that Abel's side is more difficult.

Because the Woolworth Building is more famous, taller, and more prominent, it is already a historic landmark-level building.

This is a bit difficult to change. The current Woolworth building is starting to collect rent and more than 400 businesses inside are being evacuated.

It was a loss-making job but luckily the difficulty was not great, it was just time consuming.

In addition, the renovation and cleaning of the building's facade has begun, which will last a month or two.

After six months, there will be a skyscraper that will not change its original appearance but will have a completely new look.

Abel doesn't go up to the building and there's nothing to see. He was at the entrance of the building, observing its appearance.

Maybe he felt something, looking at the Woolworth building, he couldn't help but look towards the south side of the building.

There, there were two buildings that looked identical and were much taller than the surrounding buildings.

They lie in the late June sun in New York, reflecting the bright light, sparking the city's prosperity and modernization.

"Twins~"

Abel sighed softly. He decided to stay in New York for more than a month and leave New York after a month.

He won't go back to New York until this is over.

He'll wait for the dust to clear before returning to New York traumatized.

If possible, he will come here as the savior of New York or Manhattan to establish his new image in this city!

This plan was stopped long ago.

It's just that you can't tell others, you can only know yourself. Hold on a little tight.

Furthermore, he was also very curious whether this incident was a conspiracy or not.

Or is it simply the inevitability of random events formed by many coincidences.

He didn't know these things, but he knew his own life was very important.

During this time, he also kept his wife, important employees, away from Manhattan for a time under various names. In fact, he was not the only prophet to do this.

Parallel to time and space.

When that day comes.

There isn't even a single Wall Street executive around these two buildings.

Type no. Either they were on a business trip, on vacation, or they were simply not in Manhattan at the time.

It is coincidence.

This coincidence has caused Hollywood to make many movies later and it is also mentioned in the movie.

Even American TV series have it, and the American TV series "Billions" also mentioned this coincidence.

It's just that it's so confusing that I don't dare mention it blatantly. After looking deeply at them for a while, Abel decided to get in the car.

"Let's go, Andy." He said to the driver.

Driver Andy turned on his turn signal, was surrounded by a convoy of vehicles, and then headed toward the large line of cars in Manhattan.

Unfortunately, today is Saturday.

A large number of foreign tourists have flocked to Manhattan to visit this capital, one of the most developed modern wonders. As a result, Manhattan was locked down.

Departing at three o'clock, it's only four or five kilometers away and an hour's drive.

About four o'clock in the afternoon.

Abel, who had been out all day, returned to 8 East 63rd Street on Manhattan's Upper East Side.

Paris and Ikana didn't go out all day today. Paris is in the room working on the project. YKM's design director worked on sketches all day.

This is the result of a lack of strength, talent but heavy responsibility as the design director of a fashion clothing company.

Ikana seemed very comfortable.

When Abel returned, he saw her wearing loose, casual clothes that she rarely wore, reading a book in the second floor living room. Ikana looked at him seriously, so seriously that Abel didn't recognize him as he walked towards her.

Abel looked at the cover of the book she was reading in Ikana's hand.

The name of the book is "The Perfect 40 Week Pregnancy Guide, Best-Selling Edition".

This discovery caused Abel to reaffirm his determination.

Because of the child, she is a little obsessed. There are some other books on the table.

Abel picked it up and saw that it was "Mary's 100 Tips for Permanent Pregnancy", "How to Conceive a Healthier Baby", "How to Eat During Pregnancy, Nutrition Books and Recipes Full of enough during pregnancy".

is scandalous.

"啪~"

Abel closed the book he was reading, surprising Ikana.

She raised her head and saw that it was Abel who had just returned with a happy face. Ikana heard Abel say: "If you want to have children, why read these books?" Of course, the activity itself is more useful! Go ahead and get the actual surgery done so you can have a baby as soon as possible. ".

Ikana smiled shyly, wanting to say something but cried out in fear. It turned out that the person hugging her was Abel.

Abel still held her in his arms so he went up to the third floor.

"Be careful. It will be very troublesome if you fall. Maybe now that I have it, I should pay more attention to safety!"

"What are you afraid of? It's not that you don't know my strength. Like you, I can hold two at a time, one on my back, one in front of me."

"Exaggerated ~ ah, don't hit, don't hit, don't grip too hard." I believe, I believe, I believe, right?

"Haha."

While the two were laughing, they met Paris Hilton on the third floor, who was holding a design sketch and preparing to go to the second floor. "Hello Paris, how are you?" Abel hugs Ikana and greets her.

Paris nodded. Just as she was about to say something, Abel carried Ikana into the room.

Paris: "What are you going to do?"

Ikana smiled without answering, her eyes shining.

it's spring,

is the light of water,

is a bright light. Don't answer Paris.

Luckily, before entering the master bedroom and closing the door, Abel winked at Paris: "Of course."

boom,

The door is closed.

Paris froze for a moment.

Then he reacted again.

"Damn oil!"

She gestured internationally toward Ikana and Abel's master bedroom. In the afternoon, I took my third child to the hospital for examination. The three-month-old coughed for two days and returned at six o'clock. So sorry.

(end of this chapter)