Chapter 280

Chapter 280 Night cruise on the Thames

Abel and little Laura came out, of course it couldn't be just the two of them.

In the United States, Abel did not feel very safe.

Not to mention abroad?

Although people say guns are banned in London, the security effect is not necessarily true.

After the opening of the Niger immigration channel, law and order in Europe is often the same as in the United States, which is difficult to describe. Rock's security staff naturally had to accompany them, and at least a dozen people from the secret service walked out together.

If everyone came out, more than a hundred people crowded into the street, it would be spectacular.

Abel comes to London for the first time. Under the suggestion of little Laura, the group began moving on the streets of London.

The car was driving on London Bridge, the sea and sky were far away, the setting sun was like blood, the scenery was extremely beautiful. For the first time in my life, I left my family and traveled with my boyfriend.

Little Laura was very excited. Along the way, Rare chatted non-stop.

Abel smiled and looked after her from time to time, thinking that then she looked like a real girl.

It's not like the sharp woman from a large family is overly indulgent. The convoy passes over London Bridge. Abel looked at the bustling West Bank of London opposite with its many high-rise buildings, and couldn't help but sigh. This is truly a unique geographical advantage.

Worthy of being the first port city in Europe, countless international financial institutions gather there.

Although Wall Street is powerful, global financial power is not limited to Wall Street. As the starting point for the "finance" sector, London is really important.

In just over ten years, this place has gradually become a branch of Wall Street, and its former glory has completely disappeared.

Abel is thinking about what he can get from this country.

There are still many good things in England right now.

If this had been changed twenty years ago, after Mme. Thatcher came to power.

So not only is it a good thing, it's also super fatty!

Unfortunately, it is now 2001.

Fat has been removed.

If you want to eat again, you have to collect it from others.

Little Laura could see that Abel was thinking about something, so she calmed down reasonably, not bothering him anymore, but just quietly looked at his face. She felt that Abel in this state was unexpectedly handsome, a little more handsome than usual.

She thought it would be good to have a camera at that time, so she could take some photos.

She thinks that in the future if Hollywood makes movies related to Apollo, it would be great if Abel was directly asked to play the role of Apollo.

Just by looking like this, my boyfriend beats most male models and celebrities.

Furthermore, he is like a god in the financial field. Or is he the Apollo of finance?

He is truly a powerful, magical and legendary man.

This man is mine now!

I got the biggest share, even though I had to share it with others.

So he's mine!

Under the sunset in London, little Laura thought she was drunk.

Why you not talking?

A while later, Abel woke up and hugged little Laura, stroking her hair. The girl comfortably moaned a few times and said in a low voice: "I see you are thinking about something, I'm afraid of disturbing you."

"It's nothing, I was thinking about it."

At that time the convoy was passing over London Bridge.

Behind London Bridge is King William Street.

King William Street is a street in the City of London, the historic center of London and modern financial centre.

Its northern end is at the junction with Lombard Street at Woolnorth St Mary's Church, southeast of Monument Junction, where it meets Grace Church Street and Cannon Street, then continues south to London Bridge.

The number of pedestrians on both sides of vehicles on the road gradually increased and became more and more prosperous. When night falls, countless lights are lit, the past is dazzling.

"Let's go to the nearby commercial district first."

Thinking about starting work tomorrow, I don't know if I can go with little Laura or not.

This time she came here in his name, even though she was his biological wife.

But we cannot be ungrateful. I feel more excited and free when I come here today. Abel thought it would be a good idea to go shopping with her first.

In addition, he was also a little curious about London.

You should have known that when he first came to New York, the first time he came to Manhattan, the first time he became rich and free.

At first, I liked driving a sports car and racing around Manhattan.

This is how he met Annie and Jessica back then. Few young girls can resist chasing after super handsome guys driving limited edition Ferraris and Lamborghinis.

Later, he was educated by the traffic jams on Manhattan Island, and at the same time he suffered from lower back and lower back pain when driving a sports car, so he hated sports cars.

After that, he only drove cars, even less SUVs.

In terms of comfort, the car is still the most comfortable car.

Among the personnel brought by Rock Security this time, there are two bodyguards who know London very well.

In the advisory group, the people who follow are all knowledgeable about European issues. At this time, the driver was a bodyguard who knew London and he was previously British.

I moved to the US to develop more than a decade ago and I still have dual citizenship.

David sat in the passenger seat and David arrived in front of the consulting group.

Soldiers and horses advanced without food or grass. In many cases, David was Abel's "community representative" when he was away. Abel planned to go with little Laura tonight, take her shopping for clothes first, then have dinner and walk along the road, without rushing back to the hotel.

Old London driver Carl takes Abel and baby Laura to Fortnum Mason shopping center on Piccadilly Avenue.

It is a centuries-old store that, in 1707, was run by the royal waiter Fortnum and the grocer Mason.

In an ancient building with fairy tale characters.

Fortnum Mason Department Store has served the Royal Family of the British Isles since Georgian times and has been a Royal Warrant Department Store for over 170 years. This is also the reason why.

Fortnum Mason Mall has become one of the favorite shopping centers of London's rich and powerful.

In the food court on the ground floor of the department store, a plush red carpet leads visitors to a variety of products such as tea, coffee, jam and honey, all produced and sold locally.

As the most prestigious large tea shop in the UK, you should come here to buy English tea, from Earl Gray tea to Assam tea, Queen Anne tea and Darjeeling tea.

Above the second floor there are luxury clothes and other things. The car drove to the front gate of the shopping center. Driver Karl parked the car on the side of the road and respectfully said: "Boss, we have arrived."

Abel hummed, "Okay."

After security guard Rock got out of the car to confirm safety, Abel and baby Laura also got out of the car.

Seeing Fortnum Mason shopping center, little Laura's slightly excited eyes became brighter.

It was obvious that she knew this place.

Furthermore, this was also the first time Abel took her to a place like a shopping mall.

"You said you've been to London several times, have you been here yet?" » Abel said smiling. Little Laura nodded then shook her head and said:

"I came here. But I didn't go in. Dad was planning to discuss an oil contract. Mom let us pass but didn't go in.

After all, the Zhengzhi family is different from corporations and chaebols.

The children of conglomerate and chaebol members are profligate and wasteful. In a country like the United States, they are not afraid of criticism.

Some wealthy families are even proud of it, and American society has long turned a blind eye to the subject.

But Zhengzhi is not good enough. If this goes too far, you can easily be seen as a weakness in the election campaign.

This means that even though the US political elite is really rich, they do not dare to spend blatantly lavishly. We still have to take into account a bit of the impact.

Especially in the shrub family, we attach great importance to this aspect.

Before young Laura met Abel, her life often resembled that of a wealthy middle class.

After meeting Abel, she was the girl destined to marry again.

In the bushes, his control gradually loosened. Regardless, his last name will be Smith in the future.

Although lavish and unnecessary, it has little to do with shrubs.

In other words, before establishing a relationship with Abel.

Besides vision and experience, there are also aspects related to family education and personal safety.

In other places. Little Laura's daily necessities are actually similar to those of Anne Hathaway.

It is the joy of the upper middle class and less of the rich.

Hearing her say that, Abel smiled: "So today I'll take you shopping!"

Little Laura said gently: "Okay!

Dozens of bodyguards sneaking in at the same time is not good.

Someone entered first, Four King Kongs and two other members of the secret service.

Together with two Abels, they entered this Fortnum Mason shopping center. At the mall.

Soon, Abel discovered that little Laura also possessed a talent common to women: shopping.

Furthermore, like some of Abel's other wives, she was eager to buy him clothes.

Inside the shopping center.

Little Laura hasn't even bought a few clothes for herself yet, but she has already helped Abel buy a few completely different styles. Fortunately, he is a natural hooker, young, and has the temperament of a person of high status for many years, so he can control any style.

Buy many things.

Luckily there were many bodyguards, but soon, two bodyguards who specialized in carrying things hung seven or eight bags on them.

Seeing the embarrassed faces of the two bodyguards, little Laura smiled shyly and frantically stopped buying clothes.

Instead, she bought a variety of teas on the first floor. After more than an hour of shopping, little Laura was in a very happy mood.

Now she realized that Abel was deliberately accompanying her.

It was intentional, but she liked it.

Because I can carry such a legendary man with me like this.

As a child of a large family, what else is she dissatisfied with? Women in the family and friends of the same age all want to benefit from such treatment!

Little Laura suddenly took the initiative to hold Abel's hand affectionately: "Baby ~ I love you!!"

The slender and lingering voice made her whole body soft.

Abel was more direct, hugged her directly, bowed his head and kissed her.

After a shopping trip at Fortnum Mason Mall, the two planned to head to the River Thames and take a night cruise in London.

This is Laura's little suggestion.

She and her parents played like that when they came to London. Abel of course agreed, going out to have fun must have the mentality of a tourist, the scenery and food are the same.

Compared to the Hudson and East Rivers on either side of Manhattan at night, a night tour in London is indeed a bit different.

Compared to London on both sides of the River Thames, Manhattan and New York seem too young.

Depart from London Tower Bridge Pier, cruise along England's mother river, the River Thames, and admire the scenery on both sides of the river.

Along the way, famous London buildings will appear before your eyes: London Eye, Tower of London, Tate Modern, Shakespeare's Globe Theater, Tower of London and Tower Bridge, etc. Under the magnificent night of London, you can enjoy a panoramic view of the bright scene.

Abel and little Laura blew the cool night breeze onto the deck and suddenly welcomed some unexpected guests.

But after walking a long way, they were stopped by security guards.

"Mr. Smith, Mr. Smith? Is it really you, haha, I thought I was looking at the wrong person."

A fat young man tried to approach. This Englishman is fat and slightly bald, looking like genuine English blood.

At this moment, the fat, bald white man smiled and spoke standard Cambridge English, considered the language of the most respected upper class in London.

Behind the fat man there were two figures that looked like bodyguards and two beautiful foreign girls with beautiful figures. They all looked at Abel curiously.

Abel frowned slightly, next to a consultant David Jones walked over. He leaned into Abel's ear: "Boss, it seems to be William Bute." He is the eldest son of the Bute family.

"About family?"

"Is a marquis family in the United Kingdom. They are especially good at business and are known as "the most commercial noblemen, the noblest merchants". This family is the largest shareholder of the Coal Company He is one of the main shareholders of the British Petroleum Company, one of the most influential families of the British aristocracy.

The person who whispered to Abel was an Englishman in the advisory group.

Abel came to London this time, except as a regular core member of several advisory groups. The advisory group set it up with the side most familiar with Europe.

Like this Schur, he previously worked at Roland Berger International Management Consulting in Germany, one of the world's largest consulting firms.

Schure is very familiar with many things in old Europe. Moreover, he is still British, so he naturally understands the affairs and affairs of this country.

"So why did he come to see me?" Abel was not an English aristocrat.

If this had changed a hundred years ago. A wealthy business owner in the United States would wish to please a British aristocrat.

But today is not a hundred years ago.

Nowadays, the average aristocrat in England has a nicer name than the average middle class.

Most of the former nobles were now ruined.

In other words, these great nobles whose ancestors left behind a lot of land were still able to maintain some dignity to this day. Other Americans would be somewhat curious and respectful when meeting British aristocracy, even the wealthy.

Strictly speaking, America was once a gathering place for British highlanders.

But Abel is not cold.

A group of rotten old mothers walked into the coffin with two feet, the coffin boards were about to close.

Even their lord, the Queen, can only rely on her past reputation to support the royal family. Not to mention a simple marquis?

"William Bout's father owns an investment company in the United States," Shure whispered. The seventh private placement by Smith Capital, the investment company of the Bout family, was registered for $300 million. This time it was William Bout who signed the contract, he saw you."

Oh, it's always the customer.

But Abel was unimpressed. But since he was a customer, it wasn't so bad.

Abe thought for a moment and said softly: "Then let him come." He is alone.

Tonight, the cruise ship Abel is on is called Victoria.

This is the largest cruise ship on the River Thames, with four levels of cabins filled with food, drinks and entertainment.

The 4th floor is the observatory and the 3rd floor cabin is the VIP room. Abel and the others are on the observation deck.

In the VIP room on the third floor, near the window, there were several young men paying attention to the movement above.

Someone asked: "Who did Fat William meet that made him so excited?"

"Does he look like a Yankee? From America?"

Someone recognized him and whispered, "It's Yankee!" Abe Smith!

"Abe Smith?! Oh, I remember that too. Elizabeth Angel's boss? A rich man and very famous financier in the United States! »

Some people say: "That's not all. His investment firm was founded less than a year ago and is now almost the sixth largest investment bank on Wall Street. I read an American report that said he spent more than £4 billion in six months. , sweeping luxury homes across America! » He is also one of the big bosses of Hollywood, like energy companies, TV channels and newspapers! In fact, "The Economist" predicts that he could be a strong contender for the title of richest person in the world this year!"

"Using 4 billion pounds to buy a luxury house? The richest person in the world? My God, is that true or not. Is this too exaggerated? »

"What's more, they say his girlfriend is from the Bush family. Do you know Bush? The Yankee who lives in the White House is named Bush!"

"Son-in-law of the President of the United States?"

"Moreover, he and Buffett seem to be partners. Together with Soros and Buffett, they are called the stable triangle of Wall Street in the United States, and they are the figures supporting American finance!"

"This is even more exaggerated. Both Buffett and Soros are old men. He doesn't look much older than us? He looks younger than us!"

"Hehe, this is the most scandalous thing. I read the news, he just turned 21 this year, 21, oh my god."

"More than that. I heard he was just a farmer's son. He left for New York with 20 pounds. He earned 100 million pounds in just one month, a billion pounds in six months and 5 dollars a year. "A billion pounds! In less than two years, The Economist estimates that he is now worth at least £30 billion."

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Message after message made their scalp tingle.

Is this something normal people can do?

In less than two years, they made more money than the family business that their generations had struggled with for decades, if not hundreds of years.

The key person is the son-in-law of the American leader. British people may not know Buffett, but they just know that he is the god of the stock market.

But the British really know Soros too well.

So familiar that normal British people will swear a few times when they hear this name.

And this Abe Smith is so young that he could be as famous as Buffett and Soros.

These people are going out tonight with William Booth, and England's highest officials and rich kids know it. Even if Abel was actually born the son of a farmer, he would have become famous by this time.

"The money cow is alive, even if he is a Yankee, why don't you come down and get to know him?"

"No need, Eldest William should invite him, it will be the same when we meet again."

Most of those present were descendants of great English nobles.

Belongs to the best group of people in the field of British aristocracy.

This group of people are among the most incompetent and arrogant of British people.

They could hardly do the same as William Bute, the heir to the merchant aristocracy, who lowly rushed to befriend Abel. On the observation deck on the fourth floor.

William Bute smiled, "Mr. Smith, would you like to sit inside?" There is authentic British food inside. And the views you can see are even more amazing.

Victoria cruised for 45 minutes at night, passing the final attraction, the London Eye, and completing the journey.

And when it comes to British cuisine. Always authentic British cuisine.

Abel, who was originally interested in scenery, suddenly lost some interest.

Abel directly refused: "Sir, next time, today I will be busy all day, play all night, and be tired after playing.

William Boot was a little disappointed, but did not dare to force him to stay. He asked, "Mr. Smith, can you leave your contact information?"

"Correct!" Abel did not refuse, and after asking for David's contact details, he took baby Laura to the boat.

The people inside were stunned. Why did you quit?

Or a fat person eating alone?

These people rushed to the observatory, Abel carried baby Laura into the boat and drove away.

William hugged left and right, leaning against the fence blowing the sea breeze, his chubby face inexplicably arrogant.

At this time, all guests on the cruise ship had disembarked. They are all children of rich and powerful people.

They can get off the train whenever they want. If they are tired and sleepy, there is a private room to rest. There is no 45 minute limit.

"William, how's the situation?" » someone asked in a low voice. William pretended to be confused: "What are you talking about?"

"Where is that Yankee? How did he escape?"

"Abel Smith? Of course he's gone, it's not like you haven't seen him before."

"I was just asking why he left."

"Why do not you go?"

William Bout looked at the others: "Didn't you wait for him to visit you? Hurry up, this is super rich America! Do you think Soros or Buffett will come to visit you?"

Laura's last name is fake, Lauren in Laura Bush Lauren, actually it's her husband's last name, I just found out yesterday. Actually, her name at that time was Laura Bush, and she couldn't change it after so much trouble, so this was a special explanation. There will be no more Lauren in the future, I'm so ashamed.

(end of this chapter)