Chapter 278

Chapter 278: Angel paradise island

Time does not wait for anyone.

The 2001 calendar quickly moved to the seventh month.

New York in July is sunny, this can be considered the most beautiful time of the year.

First Tuesday of July.

The New York Post, a subsidiary of News Corporation, published a story about Abel Smith. The headline of the newsletter is "America's No. 1 Home Buyer."

In this news, "New York Post" reported that Abel is buying real estate and land across the United States.

According to reports, Abel bought a third of Malibu's 300 villas in one go.

Of course, that doesn't mean there are only three hundred houses in Malibu.

Malibu beach has a large area. If you include urban areas, there are at least tens of thousands of houses worth millions of dollars. This is deliberate rhetoric from the New York Post.

It's just that Abel just bought 100 sets so they only used the 300 set quantity.

If Abe buys 50, it is estimated that the New York Post will use 150.

This is the reporting style of the "New York Post", which likes to use diverse, unsurprising and relentless words, greatly stimulating readers' reading pleasure.

The report also confirmed that Abel did not just quietly buy villas worth $100 million. Among them, 12 sets are located in Paradise Bay, which is known as "Billionaire's Beach", with a total value of 350 million US dollars.

The reason for the surprise is that these 12 villas are located next to each other on a beach.

That is, he not only bought the villa, but also the entire beach.

Make half of the entire Malibu Paradise Bay your private beach.

In the words of a Malibu property manager in the report: "There are only a limited number of front row seats available. If you choose the best property in the best location, it is a good investment in itself. The opportunity that Bo Smith saw. Is there anyone who doesn't believe in Financial Moses' investment vision? So rich people of America, get out your credit cards and checks, Malibu Beach is the next Beverly Hills.

This does not include Abel's purchases in major cities in the United States, New York, Los Angeles, San Francisco, Houston, Miami and others.

Sweeping frantically as if the dollar in his hand was waste paper. In addition, he also invested heavily in office buildings, buying the Woolworth Building in New York and a 50-story building in Hollywood and Los Angeles.

Not to mention Smith Capital, the Smith Building is currently in use.

In addition, "New York Post" also claimed that Abel is frantically buying commercial real estate in the downtown areas of major cities in the United States.

Little did the "New York Post" know that it was Abel who was preparing the Pacific Mall for the future.

The newspaper asserted that Abel was the sole owner of "New Start Real Estate Company". It only took half a year to become one of the top ten real estate companies in the US thanks to Abel's significant investment, despite the costs.

In terms of pure real estate value, New Start Real Estate is likely to be in the top 3 in the US real estate industry.

At the end of the article, a New York Post reporter commented that Abe Smith is definitely "America's most avid luxury home buyer."

This report increased New York Post sales by more than 10 percentage points that day.

Fortunately, Americans have heard too much of this type of news.

Similar news appeared countless times after Abel Smith's new lighthouse beads appeared. This kind of news is actually the same as the news about Abel's acquisition of famous companies such as MGM and DreamWorks.

It is being shocked at Abel Smith's wealth, then what to do or what to do.

In addition to this shocking fortune news.

What usually appears on Abe Smith usually has two other types of information.

One is a new bright red color. That means, Abel Smith allegedly had an affair again and was photographed.

And these photos seem intimate and vague, but there is no intimate photo at all.

There are no photos of them kissing, at most they are kissing each other.

In fact, these photos have been reviewed.

After the paparazzi storm earlier this year. The only people who could take intimate photos of Abel and the women were privileged journalists with his permission.

The photos taken by these journalists had to be reviewed by Abel's team.

The photos have been examined, the content inside is of course visible to ordinary Americans.

This type of content, in addition to allowing Americans to talk about the romantic adventures and love of Abel Smith.

This does not harm Abel's personality at all. In addition to Scarlet News and Fortune News.

There is another kind of news that has appeared about Abel.

News in the field, after ordinary Americans have seen it.

This will make them immune to the first two newcomers in Abel.

Let them read the Scarlet News and the Lucky News. This is why he has always been able to maintain very good popularity and a gentle feeling with Abel Smith.

The third type of news concerns Abel Smith

is news related to his philanthropy.

Almost every two weeks or two months you can read news reports.

Tell which charity Abel donated to and how much he donated.

Or enter the amount of taxes Abe Smith paid to the IRS this month. Or Abel Smith, to which US regional government, school or administrative department should he apply?

Or simply residents of a certain area donate buildings or facilities.

Almost once a week.

This type of behavior has never appeared in the European and American world, more like Anh Su than Anh Su.

This has left ordinary Americans a little numb.

This type of news sometimes appears many times, and normal people see it and think it might be true. appears many times and the average person will suspect that it is fake.

has appeared countless times and no one has stepped up to crack down on counterfeit goods. , no one came out and said it was wrong.

Then everyone will guess that it is true.

There are a large number of such information providers. The scarlet news and rich news that appeared on Abel were not so blatant.

At the same time, from time to time, many people who were favored by Abel personally came forward to speak and were even interviewed on television.

These are commonly reported.

Let Americans know that these statements are true, at least most of them.

Such a series of combined punches fell. The average American would think so. The more super-rich people like Abel there are in America, the better.

So this story from the New York Post, like the rest of the news about Abel's wealth.

Many Americans enjoy watching it, but after watching it, it will not arouse hatred or other negative emotions from ordinary people like other news stories about rich people showing off their wealth.

This is a human design benefit brought about by a charity that invests real money. Of course, the support of public opinion and the promotion of new lamp beads by relevant departments also contribute a lot.

Especially when the person living in the white house is little Laura's uncle.

Advancement and dynamism in this field are simply inevitable.

Compared to Buffett and others before, I don't know how many times stronger.

This is probably the American version of "There are people in North Korea and China who are easily manipulated." Soon the first Saturday of July will come.

At Merrill Lynch headquarters.

David Komansky has bad news.

This is Smith Capital's $50 billion private placement registration package, officially completed!

50 billion money has been transferred to the account designated by Smith Capital.

The subscription contract has been officially signed. Smith Capital also announced it to the public.

The private placement was a complete success.

It took a total of seven days to recruit a total of 125 investors. On average, each investor contributes 400 million USD.

The total registration intention, the registration amount of the signed registration intent letter, even exceeds 100 billion US dollars. "How's it going ?"

At the office, David Komansky confronts Charlie Sharf in blackface.

"What about our $1.5 billion quota? David Komansky shouted.

Charlie Schaff felt a bit wrong and said tactfully:

"Sir, it's obvious that someone came first. Someone signed a contract with Smith Capital in advance and established a contractual relationship in advance."

David Komansky certainly knows this.

It's just that he didn't expect Smith Capital to raise capital so quickly this time. Merrill Lynch, who wants to wait and see will soon arrive. Before he could react, all shares were withdrawn.

Charlie Schaff actually wanted to say that he reminded the CEO several times five days ago.

It was David Komansky, who kept saying calm down, review.

By observing and observing, the capital that belonged to Merrill Lynch was observed and disappeared. Private equity investors can reconsider what they said before signing the formal contract after signing the letter of intent to register.

When you hold back on your word, the best thing you can do is offset the penalty stipulated in the letter of intent.

Usually not much, depending on the amount, it is usually around 0.1% of the subscription amount.

Now that it's all right, Merrill Lynch doesn't need to pay 0.1% anymore.

But he missed out on Smith Capital's seventh private placement. David Komansky forced himself to calm down.

He asked Charlie Schaff: "Can you identify specific investors?"

"Of course." "Smith Capital has gone public," said Charlie Schaff. Of the 125 donors, all but 35 were institutional users. The remaining funds are all personal funds.

That is, except for successfully underwriting 35 Wall Street financial firms.

The rest is bought by companies outside the industry or wealthy individuals. "90 people signed up? Such a large amount of money, each person must be at least 100 million US dollars?

Charlie Scharf shook his head: "I don't know."

David Komansky could only sigh: "Then we stop here. I will explain to the board."

Charlie Schaff also sighed, wondering if he would be used as a scapegoat this time.

In fact, it wasn't just Merrill Lynch that failed to register due to close "observation".

There are many institutions on Wall Street, but they all look like Merrill Lynch. These Wall Street giants did not expect that so many rich people would recognize Smith Capital.

Or recognize Abel Smith's investment ability and dare to invest so much money in him.

This time, many unregistered Wall Street institutions made a mistake.

But because of this incident, Wall Street realized something else.

This is the name of Abel Smith, recognized by many wealthy Americans outside of Wall Street!

With this level of recognition, Smith Capital's future private placement will also go smoothly during this time. Many institutions that were unable to get shares this time are prepared.

Just Smith Capital's seventh private placement could generate a lot of profit.

In Smith Capital's next private placement, one share will have to be redeemed at any cost.

Time continues to move forward.

Mid-July, the exact time is July 15. Today is News Corp's shareholder meeting.

News Corporation's headquarters are currently in Adelaide, Australia.

I have not yet moved to America, where Rupert Murdoch made his fortune.

But News Corporation's center of operations is no longer Australia but the United States.

The Murdoch family is even stationed in the US year round. This year's News Corporation shareholders' meeting will naturally not allow valuable shareholders to come to Adelaide.

This shareholder meeting, Rupert Murdoch announced that it will be held in New York.

The location is the headquarters of Fox Television, a subsidiary of News Corporation.

is a skyscraper in Lower Manhattan in which News Corp. occupies five floors. Abel initially owned 5% of News Corp.

2% comes from the desert stock god and 3% comes from Wall Street.

Then, to buy back Pixar Animation, he gave 3% to Jobs.

He currently only has 2% of News Corp's shares remaining.

Only 2% of shares are enough for him to attend today's general meeting of shareholders. In other words, if you want to serve as a director, this section may not be enough.

At least about 5%.

Of course, with his reputation and status, if he insists, News Corp. will probably give it to him.

For this meeting of shareholders of News Corporation. Abel didn't want to go, so what could he do with 2% shares?

Besides being more valuable, he can't do anything else.

Only later did he see a news report on TV.

The magnificent scene in the news immediately made his heart flutter.

In terms of time, it coincides with this year's general meeting of shareholders. He came here on his own.

At the entrance to the building where the News Corporation is located, Abel met an acquaintance at the door.

That's knowledge, and there's really not much to deal with.

That's Jobs.

It's normal to appear here. All the shares he held were purchased from Abel.

3% stake, plus Jobs' reputation.

this was enough to get him a seat on News Corporation's board of directors.

"Hey, Steven." Although he was not satisfied with this barbarian, the other party was finally very straightforward in the Pixar deal.

Abel still waved at him, "I didn't lie to you, right?" News Corp shares are worth more than MGM! »

When Abel reached an agreement with Jobs, Jobs initially wanted shares in MGM.

Abel refused or offered too high a price.

Jobs was upset and Abel dismissed News Corporation's actions.

At the time, News Corporation's market value was approximately $45 billion.

A few months have passed and its market value has now reached a market value of about 50 billion US dollars. From this perspective, Jobs, who acquired a 3% stake in News Corporation, certainly made a profit.

Perhaps this is the reason today Jobs smiled at Abel and took the initiative to go to News Corp. with Abel.

"Steven, do you want to be the director of News Corporation? If so, I will definitely vote for you in the future." Abel smiled and said to Gang Jing. Unexpectedly, Jobs nodded: "Are you sure?" If you are really willing to help me then I will be very grateful.

"Do you really want to be a director of News Corporation?" Abel was curious.

Just now he was just talking casually.

In Abel's mind, shouldn't Jobs put all his effort into saving Apple during this time?

"No error. I really think so." Jobs said:

"You and I are different. You are the boss of a media corporation. If I can become the director of News Corporation, it will help Apple to a certain extent."

Speaking of this, Abel felt that there was some truth in it.

Apple is not happy right now but a new product is coming soon.

It seems that it was the iPod that helped Apple successfully turn the situation around. At this point, if we can get help from the media team, let's let iPod get some media resources.

Perhaps, this will have a good advertising effect for the launch of a new product.

Currently working as a director of News Corporation has a certain ability to obtain these resources.

Even if it costs money, as a major shareholder, he will spend a little less than outsiders.

After this negotiation with Jobs. In fact, it started gradually absorbing Apple stock, i.e. Abel, which was less volatile.

He simply decided to help Jobs.

"Let's put it this way. You owe me a favor, I will support you in the future as a new board member." Abel patted Jobs on the shoulder and said.

The latter nodded directly. At the shareholder meeting that followed, Abel spoke little but his presence was noticeable.

As Jobs said, Abel is the president of Smith Media.

Smith Media has certainly become one of News Corporation's main competitors.

The Chairman of today's largest competitor sat at the News Corporation General Meeting of Shareholders

No matter what you say, it's not appropriate.

But there is no way for people to expel him, his identity and wealth are all there. And Abel was very calm, very gentle.

During the shareholder meeting, they simply supported Jobs as the new director.

At other times, Abel can be considered harmless.

But even so, Rupert Murdoch, who owns 30% of News Corporation's shares, could not stand it at all.

Because of Abel's existence, the shareholders' meeting did not dare to touch any secrets within News Corporation. This also helps this shareholder meeting to end quickly.

Apart from electing new board members, nothing else can be done.

After it was over, Rupert Murdoch approached Abel.

This is actually exactly what Abel wanted.

Abel came here this time because he wanted to find Murdoch. In Rupert Murdoch's private office, the Australian received Abel with the utmost sincerity and courtesy.

"Mr. Smith, with all due respect. Smith Media has been incorporated. You are no longer eligible as a shareholder of News Corporation."

When only the two of them and a few entourage remained, Rupert Murdoch was not so tactful and the Australian was blunt in his opinion.

"Ah, what a coincidence." Abel's response was: "I think so too."

Rupert Murdoch was stunned, the Australian did not expect Abel to talk so much. "Rupert." Abel got straight to the point and called Murdoch by name: "How about you take over the shares of News Corporation that I own?"

2%, 1 billion USD.

Rupert Murdoch thought quickly, wondering whether he should take these actions or not.

"But there is a premise." Abel continued to smile and said: "I want to use these shares to exchange something with you.

Abel said so, but Rupert Murdoch was reassured.

If Abel does not mention any conditions and directly chooses to sell the shares.

Murdoch may still have doubts. Now that the conditions have been added, Murdoch believes the credibility will be much higher.

"What conditions?" » Rupert Murdoch asked calmly.

"Lanai, Hawaii."

Abel said directly: "Sell it to me." According to current market price. If you have any left over, exchange it for money and give it to me. Well, other stocks of similar value are also suitable but must be approved by me.

"You want the island of Lanai?" Murdoch asked: "Other than pineapples, there are only seabirds on this island. Are you sure? Its price is not cheap.

"I'm on." Abel smiled and said, "I even came here today because I came to this island. Because I want to find an ideal vacation spot for the models of my modeling agency!

Lanai, Hawaii.

This is the new garden prepared by Abel for his Elizabeth angels, an island paradise that belongs only to him and them!

(end of this chapter)