Chapter 575

"...Why did I leave the United States at this critical time? Hahaha, George, I think it would be good for everyone if I leave at this time. Didn't you see that even the regular meeting of the Federal Reserve has been postponed for a week? It's said to be coming It won't be officially held until the 12th. I think even if you don't know the reason, someone will tell you!"

Melbourne.

Route 112 in Maroubra at the southwest end, in a mansion on the coastline.

Abel was wearing a casual shirt, holding a satellite phone, looking at the roaring Pacific Ocean in the distance, laughing softly while talking to the man who was nominally the most powerful man on the planet.

"Okay, okay, I understand what you mean. You mean for me to be more cautious. But George, in fact, judging from the current situation, it is good for everyone that I leave temporarily."

"They will calm down and communicate with each other about greater interests. By then, whether those in Cleveland or DuPont, they will make a more calm judgment. I believe that as long as they are not stupid, they will eventually choose me."

"Hmm... I know, I know, safety is the most important aspect to me. If I were not from Texas, if I did not have a good relationship with Californians. If you were not the owner of the white house, then I would definitely shrink back. In New York or Texas!"

"That's it, I'll go back soon."

After a while, he hung up the phone.

When Yin Kana began to "connect" in private, she planned to be the first diplomat among Smith's women.

Abel is no longer in Los Angeles. He has come to Australia, located at the southern tip of the Pacific Ocean, and is now in Melbourne, Australia's second largest city.

In addition to being the second largest city in Australia, Melbourne is also the capital of the Australian state of Victoria, a world-famous tourist city, and has been rated as the most livable city in the world for many years in a row. It is also a world-famous international metropolis.

Because it is located in the southern hemisphere, June is winter in Australia, and the overall temperature is low. In southern and southeastern Australia such as Sydney and Melbourne, temperatures are generally between 10°C and 20°C. The lower temperatures are completely opposite to the climate in June in other parts of the northern hemisphere.

Fortunately, even if it is a bit cold, it won't snow. At most, it will be colder when it rains, which is still very good.

As for him at this time, he left Los Angeles and came to Australia. What is announced to the outside world is that they are here to travel and conduct some business activities.

Secretly, he told people that his child was born here.

In fact, the main reason why he chose to leave was to temporarily avoid the prelude to the huge storm he caused among American consortiums.

Don't look at it. When Abel approached the Cleveland Consortium and DuPont, his conversations with them were very calm.

But in the eyes of others, this kind of dialogue is no less than dropping a foreign egg in the United States.

It was almost the clarion call for war. Several powerful financial groups became active almost instantly, and various connections and private negotiations of interests almost never stopped for a moment.

The Federal Reserve's regular meeting, originally scheduled to be held in Los Angeles, was postponed by a week.

It may even be canceled and then moved to Washington.

Because in a sense, what Abel did this time is much more important than the last time he voted for the Federal Reserve.

The voting power of the Federal Reserve is actually, to put it bluntly, a manifestation of the empire's internal strength.

If you are strong enough, even if you don't have any voting rights in the Federal Reserve, people inside will drag you in.

If you are not strong enough, like DuPont or the Cleveland Consortium, their votes at the Federal Reserve will also be challenged.

Hmm... It has a bit of a Wuchang flavor.

It can be said that the Federal Reserve is the five permanent members of the United States. The Federal Reserve exists not because it is the Federal Reserve. It's because of the bankers and consortium that make it up.

Compared with this time, the last decision on the Fed's voting rights was slightly inferior.

What was decided this time was the possible integration between the financial groups. Once it happens, no matter what the outcome is, it will change the balance of power between the entire American conglomerates and plutocrats.

Later, the Federal Reserve may reshuffle its cards again.

The chaebol giants naturally attached great importance to this, and wave after wave of people came to Cleveland and DuPont.

There are also many people who come to Abel, and there are countless people in Washington who hope that he will use more drastic methods or cancel this idea.

The former are the people who are close to him, or the group of people for whom his actions can bring benefits.

Some of the latter are people from other financial groups, and some are neutrals who don't want the United States to cause trouble.

Anyway, it has all the ingredients. Abel accepted the advice of the think tank and Herbert and chose to leave Los Angeles temporarily.

He came to Australia by chance and happened to come here to visit his two illegitimate children.

Yes, two. Cate Blanchett and Nicole Kidman gave birth as early as April this year.

At the end of last year, they didn't know what to think and chose to leave the United States and return to Australia to give birth.

Abel was indifferent to this, so they returned here.

Because it's too far away, and now is different from before. Nowadays, Abel has many children, and two more children are not taken as seriously as before.

Until now, Blanchett's child is three months old, and Nicole's child is also one month old.

Only then did he see them, two American-Australian mixed-race little boys.

The villa he was in now was one of the residences of Nicole and Kate.

New starting point real estate company invests in luxury homes not only in the United States. Europe, Asia, Australia, and those slightly larger and well-known cities all have investments from New Starting Point Real Estate Company.

In Australia, major cities such as Sydney, Melbourne, Gold Coast, Perth, and Canberra all have Abel's mansions.

As Abel's women, they are currently the only two Australians. Naturally, they can choose all these houses and live wherever they want.

The current house is built on a rock platform about 20 meters high. It is a super luxurious seaside house.

From the perspective of the growing number of local Chinese people, it is a good Feng Shui experience to sit on a mountain and look at the sea.

Facing northeast, with 180-degree unbounded sea views, sparkling white sand beaches, and a prime location, you can enjoy enough privacy and security while being high up in the sky, and at the same time, you can watch the bustling scenery of crowds of people during holidays.

Just as he handed the satellite phone to David next to him, Abel heard footsteps behind him. He turned around and saw Kate walking towards him in a beautiful bohemian style dress.

The fiery red color of the long skirt looked dazzling. The skirt was layered with hollow patterns, and the gorgeous and delicate tassels were flowing around her ankles.

Even though the temperature outside is only about ten degrees, it's a bit cold today.

But in a warm room, her temperament is as outstanding as ever dressed like this.

"Ah ~ it's out? Little Amber is asleep, right?" Abel waved lazily, and Kate snuggled in, sat next to him, and listened to his question.

Amber Smith is the name of Cate Blanchett's son.

Names starting with A represent the tradition of the Smith family.

Nicole Kidman's younger child is named Olivier Smith. Both are two male names of the Angsa origin that are relatively common in Australia.

"Yes, he won't sleep until he's full."

"Well... then I guess I won't have to drink."

Kate patted him gently with a little warmth.

I don't know why, but Kate's baby food warehouse, although not particularly big, is a little bit more than a B+.

But in terms of the output of baby food, the output is really not high. Let alone the father who feeds the child, even if the child feeds himself it is not enough.

Poor little Amber has been eating more female noodle powder since she was born, which makes Kate herself a little depressed.

Now that Abel was joking about this matter again, she was naturally a little unhappy.

And looking at her more delicate appearance after giving birth, she recently got tired of the blond and wavy Abel in the United States and wanted to change her taste. Calculating the time, Amber Smith has been more than three months old, and his mother can start giving him another brother or sister.

So, according to Abel's request, Nicole, who had just finished her confinement, took care of the baby and came out of the room.

Then he saw the two people already entangled in the living room.

Tu'ao Aries was a little jealous and wanted to join in.

But she knew that someone took physical health very seriously.

It was impossible to eat her at this time, even if she wanted to join. Out of sight, out of sight, Nicole could only choose to go back to the room and sleep with her baby in her arms.

Of course, when Abel came to Australia this time, apart from avoiding those old men, he didn't just come here to play with two local Australian goddesses.

He may have been a bit undisciplined before. But after reaching my current identity and status, I started to feel uncomfortable if I didn't work for a day.

So here in Tu'ao, on the third day after he arrived, he began to contribute to the growth of Smith Agriculture Group.

He came to the border of Queensland and South Australia in Australia.

After arriving at your destination.

Abel got off the car and looked far into the distance. Under the blue sky, there was an endless grassy slope. There were tall and short light-colored fences scattered in the grass. There were cattle and sheep grazing leisurely and dotted with red houses. Among them, it is like a completely natural picture.

This is a ranch called Cudleston Ranch.

The office and living areas of the ranch are located at the foot of a hill. They are all bungalows that look a bit brand new. To be honest, this ranch has not been around for a long time.

The scale is quite large, like a relatively large village.

"Boss, this is the Cudderston Ranch. It is the second largest ranch in Australia and the fourth largest in the world! It has a total area of ​​20,000 square kilometers and is mainly engaged in beef cattle production and breeding. The grassland here is vast and the resources are extremely rich, so every year It also attracts a large number of tourists to visit and sightsee."

Abel's chief think tank pointed to the large group of buildings in the distance that looked like a small town. "There are hotels, various shops and even supermarkets there. They mainly provide various services for tourists who come here." Services and goods. It is also one of the main sources of income for Cuddeston Ranch."

Abel nodded, looking far into the distance, he felt that the sky was vast, the green grass was blowing in the wind, and cattle and sheep could be seen below.

Even though it is a little colder, after all, it is winter in Australia, the grass is not too dry and yellow. Tu'ao is really unique in terms of grazing.

"Buy it and it will become Smith Agriculture, one of the largest producers of beef cattle and wool!"

Abel made his decision directly. Allen next to him didn't ask, just nodded in agreement and wrote this down in his notebook.

In fact, raising cattle or sheep can also be done in the United States, and land is not expensive. And there is a more complete agricultural and feed system to support it, not much worse than Australia.

But Abel chose to buy this place and start large-scale breeding. His purpose was actually to see it a few years later.

In my impression, in a few years, there will be a long period of time in China where beef from the United States will not be allowed to flow in. The reason is because of mad cow disease and the crazy use of drugs in the breeding industry in the United States.

Clenbuterol, which is banned in China, is legal in the United States... and there are various other veterinary drugs, and the standards in the United States are far higher than those in China and Europe.

So why is beef so cheap in the United States? Because in addition to the suitable environment, the cost of breeding is indeed relatively low, and Americans can legally use various technologies in breeding.

With the entire breeding environment in the United States being like this, it's not impossible to do something special, but you won't be able to compare with others in terms of cost, so you can only go in the direction of high-end or special supply.

Abel's approach to this is - what is raised in the United States is for Americans to eat, and what is exported must abide by other people's rules.

Tu'ao is very suitable here. The key is that it's a big place and cheap. The Cardleston Ranch covers an area of ​​20,000 square kilometers, which is equivalent to the size of Belgium.

But it only takes less than 800 million Australian dollars to win.

The exchange rate between Australian dollars and US dollars is about 1.5 Australian dollars to one US dollar.

Less than 800 million Australian dollars is only about 520 million US dollars, but it can buy 20,000 square kilometers of land... It can only be said that the land price in Tu'ao is indeed very cheap.

But in fact, there are cheaper ones. There is an Anxi cattle farm in Australia that is larger than Cuddeston Ranch. It covers an area of ​​more than 23,600 square kilometers, but the price is only half of Cudleston Ranch!

If Anxi Cattle Farm were a country, it would rank 153rd among countries in the world!

The place is so big that if a patrolman is asked to patrol on horseback, it will take about a week on average. If he patrols the surrounding area carefully, it will take nearly a month.

With Abel's character, big is beautiful and expensive is good, he should have bought Anxi Cattle Farm.

However, apart from being big, that place has almost no advantages. First of all, there are insufficient water resources, there are very few grasslands, and most places are desert environments. It's hard for people to stay here, let alone raising cattle and sheep.

Such a large cattle farm can only raise less than 20,000 cattle at most. When the weather is bad and water is scarce, you can only raise more than 1,000 heads...

So Abel simply gave it up and chose the more valuable Cudleston Ranch.

Abel didn't stay long at Cuddeston Ranch, he just came over to take a look. After taking a fancy to it, someone will naturally communicate with the other person and then make a purchase.

If the other party refuses, his subordinates will not notify Abel. They will use every possible means to directly get what Abel wants.

Unless he really couldn't complete the task, the only thing waiting for Abel would be Smith at Cuddeston Ranch.

The same is true in other industries.

Now, he no longer needs to do many things personally, he only needs to point out the direction.

In the evening, he returned to Melbourne.

Hua Hua——

When he came back, he didn't see the two Tuao goddesses and the children. Because he had been running for a day, Abel chose to take a shower first.

Turn off the shower, tie a bath towel around your waist, wipe the water drops on your body, and walk out of the bathroom.

In the bedroom, Abel had just asked the maid to clean his body and put on his clothes before he walked out when the door opened.

The person who walked in was Nicole Kidman. She quickly regained her figure after giving birth and is as beautiful and charming as ever.

And unlike after Kate gave birth, she became a little smaller because she didn't have a baby.

She is actually two cups bigger in this aspect, but it's a bit fancy but useless. It's big enough, but the output is only enough for Olivier to feed himself.

"Hi, honey, you're back!"

"Yes." Abel smiled and stepped forward, grabbing the Xiangkou Wu she offered.

When she let go a few minutes later, she was already panting.

Abel hugged her and was about to go find Kate to defeat the fire, but he heard Nicole say mysteriously: "Let's go, my dear. You will be away today, and Kate and I have prepared a surprise for you!"

"Surprise?" Abel raised his eyebrows, "What surprise?"

"Well...it can be regarded as a gift. Some Australian local specialties, yes, Australian local specialties!

"Nicole chuckled and pulled him outside.

When he arrived in the living room, Abel saw that Kate was there. At the same time, there were three large gift boxes placed in the living room. The gift boxes were all beautifully decorated, all red, and even had large bows tied with wide and beautiful colorful gift ribbons.

"Is this a surprise for me? What kind of gift? Australian specialty? It won't be a kangaroo or a koala, right?"

Abel held the Tu'ao big white sheep in his arms and walked up to the gift boxes with a little curiosity. He knocked on them gently and found that they were made of paper and not very strong.

The first thing to rule out is kangaroos, unless they are tied tightly or anesthetized. Otherwise, such large cardboard boxes cannot close them.

There is a possibility of lightning koalas. They are slow and seem to be able to hide in.

"Yes~choose one to open, or open them all! I believe you will be very satisfied! This is Australia's special product dedicated to you!"

Nicole smiled coquettishly.

Abel looked at Kate, her eyes were a little strange, but he still said the same as Nicole: "Open, this is the gift we prepared for you. Just like, like Nicole said, well, souvenirs..."

In fact, at this time, Abel's hearing and perception were far beyond that of normal people, and he could already hear the subtle breathing sounds inside the gift box, as well as the very slight scratching sound.

There was definitely a living thing inside, and judging by the size of the box, it was probably a relatively petite person or animal.

And if their gifts want to come in, they must be inspected by rock security.

Being able to pass the inspection means there is no risk.

So Abel guessed that it was either a human or a larger and harmless animal.

And he was not a kind-hearted little animal protector, so he felt that there must be people inside.

Tear--

He had already opened the box in the middle, tore off the gift ribbon, and opened the lid. Inside, there lay a little girl wearing a white Lolita dress, with a bright red face and a shy expression.

In the hand of this beautiful girl, she also held a small sign, which read in English: Abi Le Kesha.

Probably her name. In addition, there are two cardboard boxes of the same size next to it.