America's Road to Wealth

Chapter 141 Smith Capital Reception

New York, Queens.

After a long absence from Smith Tower for a month.

Abel again,
Appeared in the most important company under his name now, Smith Capital.

Smith Capital hasn't changed much during his absence this month.

The structure of this financial company is too deformed.

There are more than 100 people in the whole company, all analysts and traders.

There is no trader with trading qualifications and trading authority.

In large and medium-sized financial securities companies, various "vice presidents" are common, that is, sales elites.

That is also not one.

Such a deformed architecture.

When there is no task, the staff of the company, their job is to collect as much information on the market as possible.

in other words.

Most of the time, these people are idle.

Fortunately, in the past two months, Abel has made many moves in the capital market.

He has made many big moves in London gold, foreign exchange market and international crude oil.

Especially international crude oil.

There are two fluctuation periods, each of which is more than one month.

During this period, the staff of Smith Capital and David Mellon will not be empty because of no work.

As before,
Before nine o'clock in the morning, he had already left No. 13, 1th Road, King Point, New York.

Even last night,
He played with two young supermodels until four o'clock.

At seven o'clock the next day, he also woke up as usual.

And full of energy.

A few hours of sleep had already restored him to full blood and mana.

He was very satisfied with Kurkova and Lima last night.

He was more satisfied than the previous Gisele Bundchen and Carmen Keith.

The young Lima gave him the idea of ​​"signing a contract".

Those beautiful, somewhat rebellious wolf eyes.

Let him have the urge to severely insult and profanity.

Especially when you get it on top.

As for Karolina Kurkova, the big KK is too young.

It is also a bit biased towards the traditional European supermodel, with little meat.

Good looking, too bad it wasn't Abel's preference.

That is to say, it is better to be young, and still a little shy and ignorant.

It also makes him feel good.

Lima and Kokova this time, Kath and Giselle last time.

These are in parallel time and space.

The top supermodels who once shined in the age of the Victoria's Secret gods and made countless LSPs around the world murder countless descendants.

The pleasant experience with them made Abel deeply feel that he created Isha Company.

The way of snatching them from Victoria's Secret is really correct.

Even after that, Isha didn't make much money.

Or if he loses money, he thinks it is worth it.

Money can't buy happiness, for him money is numbers.

Consuming these numbers can keep him in a good mood.

Can let him get this kind of enjoyment.

Then he thinks it's all worth it!
In addition, he was going to spend a sum of money to renovate No. 13 Huangdian [-]th Road.

after this.

He will no longer use this mansion to receive other women.

This will be his back garden with Isa's babies.

Only Isa's babies can live here.

That would be his own Elizabeth's back garden filled with a group of supermodels with the best figure and the most beautiful appearance in the world.

It is also his own back garden.

This is what Abel thought when he left No. 13 Huangdian [-]th Road in the morning.

He quickly took action and took out the money to find a designer to redesign and decorate.

And he himself, before ten o'clock, came to the Smith Building.

There is a parking lot in front of the Smith Building, and the gate is in front of the parking lot.

Outside the gate is the East River, overlooking Queens Boulevard in Manhattan.

On the roof of the Smith Building, four helicopter pads are planned.

Abel came from Long Island, and the helicopter landed on it.

He had just arrived at his office in the Smith Building.

Not 2 minutes,

There was a knock on the office door.

"Come in."

Abel's voice just fell.

The door was pushed open, and David Mellon walked in from the outside.

"Oh, you're finally back." David Mellon shook his head with a smile:
"Want to meet Smith in Smith Capital, I didn't expect it to be so difficult!"

"The angels in the city of angels are too beautiful, aren't they? Let you linger there and forget to return."

Facing the poor-mouthed David, Abel said directly: "Talk about the business."

"Ha~"

"Okay." David Mellon said: "If it's business, if you, the leader of the wolf pack, don't start hunting, what business will our little wolf cubs have?"

"If you have to find one, it might only be the year-end reception we talked about yesterday."

Abel nodded: "Then let's talk about this first."

Abel was on the plane back from Los Angeles yesterday.

Speak to David Mellon on the phone.

David was on the phone and gave him a suggestion.

The suggestion is that David Mellon thinks the end of the year, or even the end of this month.

Smith Capital should hold a year-end reception like other Wall Street firms.

Giants like Goldman Sachs, MG, Merrill Lynch, and medium-sized financial companies.

Most of them will hold such banquets at the end of the year or in the middle of the year.

At this reception, all the senior management of the company were present.

A customer favored by the company.

For example, other Wall Street giants, or other influential and wealthy investors, or elites in other fields.

will be invited.

To put it bluntly, it is to show off your muscles and make more allies and customers at the same time.

In the world of capital, the ability to make money is the only muscle.

Abel understands all these.

At the end of last year and the beginning of this year, he had received many invitations to such receptions.

Goldman Sachs, MG, Chase, Merrill Lynch, Lehman, and the top and bottom-ranked companies on Wall Street all sent him similar invitations.

He didn't even go.

"Smith Capital has been established for almost a year."

David Mellon said: "There hasn't been a reception until now. It's very abnormal in the industry."

"You don't know how many people have asked me when Smith Capital will hold a reception."

"Okay, now my boss finally agrees. When I meet these people asking again, I can finally answer directly."

"I don't need to mention the past. Let's talk about the reception at the end of this year."

Abel said:

"I think the Waldorf Astoria or the Hilton are good. Well, let's take the Hilton Hotel. Anyway, I also talked to Barry Hilton a few times."

David Mellon raised his eyebrows, "Is that all?"

"What else?" Abel said angrily, "Do I have any other relationship with Hilton?"

"Paris" David muttered in a low voice.

"Okay, okay," he said again:
"Then let's go to the Hilton Hotel. What about the guests? Guests are always invited to a reception. You should give me the list of guests, right?"

"First and foremost our clients. The folks at Private Equity One."

Abel thought for a while, and he said:

"The second is the banks we mainly cooperate with. In addition, some leading figures in New York should also send invitation letters to them."

David nodded.

"So... Boss I respect, do you have any special guests you want to invite?"

Abel thought for a while and replied:
"I didn't think of it for the time being. I can give you another ten places, and you can invite anyone you want. I will give Meriot five more places. I will think of someone to invite later, and I will notify you later."

"OK." David gestured, nodded and said:
"Okay. The last time is time, Boss, when will our reception be held?"

"I remember that many companies seem to be in December, and others are in January and February?"

asked Abel.

"In general."

"Then let's not join in the fun with them." Abel said directly:

"It's just this month. Today is the fifth day, so let's just make NO.15. There are still ten days left."

"OK~"

David made the OK gesture again.

Smith Capital's first year-end reception was decided so simply.

After talking about this matter, David Mellon chatted with Abel about another matter.

"Boss, you asked me to pay attention to energy companies that are not doing well. Although I don't know the reason, there is just such a company right now, and its ownership structure is in trouble."

"Oh?"

Albert suddenly became interested.

His confession,

He had commanded David when he set off from Houston to Los Angeles.

At that time, his idea was to acquire some small and medium-sized energy companies, or listed energy companies.

Merge and reorganize with Ales Energy, which he bought in Tarrant County.

Directly use the way of buying, buying, and buying to achieve your own layout in terms of energy.

For a month, there was no news from David.

Except that he is in Los Angeles, and the exchange of information is somewhat inconvenient.

It was also because Abel asked David to pay attention to those medium and large energy companies.

Although there are many such energy companies in the United States.

But under normal circumstances, their operating conditions are not bad.

It takes a certain amount of time to wait for the right opportunity to win such a company.

"Which company is it?" Abel asked.

"Sempra Energy."

David Mellon said a name: "Sampra Energy Corporation, you may have heard of its name."

"Sampla Energy Company?" Abel thought for a while.

He remembered that this seemed to be West Coast, a large energy company that had just been established but was not small.

The reason why it has not been long since its establishment is that the scale can reach a certain level.

At the same time, it has been established for two years and has been listed for two years.

Abel remembered that this was because this company was a new company after the merger of two listed energy companies.

David confirmed this as well.

"The predecessor of Sempra Energy was Pacific Energy and Enova Natural Gas."

"They merged in 1998 and then went public again. At present, the company's total share capital is 2.5 million, about 70+ US dollars per share, and its total market value is 176 billion US dollars."

With a market value of US$176 billion, Abel raised his eyebrows.

this volume,

In the current US energy market, and even the global energy market.

It can already be called one of the energy giants.

"What about the ownership structure? What is Sempra Energy's ownership structure?" Abel asked.

"Currently, the company's largest shareholder is the Martin family of the former Pacific Energy Company. After the merger of the two companies, the Martin family currently holds about 23.5% of Sempra Energy's shares."

"The second largest shareholder is the Taylor family of Yinova Natural Gas, with a shareholding ratio of about 16.73%."

"The third largest shareholder is Buffett's Berkshire Hathaway, with a 5% stake."

"The stock god bought it at the end of 1997. When he bought it, he spent [-] million US dollars. Now these stocks are worth more than [-] million US dollars."

"In less than three years, the stock god has earned more than [-] million U.S. dollars in profits from Sempra Energy."

"This income ratio can only be said to be worthy of Buffett."

It can be heard that David Mellon still has some respect for Buffett.

This is also normal.

Buffett became famous in the mid-80s, when David was a kid.

His family is also a financial family, which probably belongs to the kind that grew up listening to Buffett's stories since childhood.

After the 90s, due to the vague guidance of the relevant departments of the United States.

Buffett and Soros are known as the two imperial financial swords all over the world, and they are very famous.

"With [-] million US dollars, I only made [-] million in three years, which is too slow." Abel commented like this.

David was a little speechless.

Because David knows that most people in the world dare not, and are not qualified to comment on Buffett in this way.

But Abel happened to have such qualifications.

Abel was even okay, pointing to Buffett's nose and saying that to Buffett.

"Okay. I forgot that you are a super pervert." David Mellon shrugged:

"Compared to you. Any investor in this world has become an ordinary person."

"Okay. Don't talk about this, let's talk about Sempra Energy. Why do you think that now is the right time to buy it?"

Abe is not interested in being compared to Buffett.

Buffett, that's half talent and half family background.

Which part accounts for more, it is really hard to say.

As for Abel himself, he felt that he was pure talent!
"It's something wrong with the Taylor family."

David Mellon said: "Old Taylor from Innova Gas is dead. Mark Taylor died suddenly half a month ago."

"Due to sudden death, Mark Taylor left no will."

"Without a will, there is no clear heir to his huge property."

"The three Taylor brothers began to compete for property. Because of their large shareholding in Sempra Energy, even Sempra Energy's stock has been affected."

"In addition, because there is no will, the Federal Department of Justice and the District Attorney may both intervene."

"The three Taylor brothers reached a temporary settlement in a short period of time."

"They insisted on first selling all the shares of the Taylor family and exchanging them for cash."

"Then the three brothers will "discuss" the distribution of the inheritance."

David looked at Abel: "Now Taylor, waving stocks and selling them all over the United States."

"A lot of people have expressed interest. Including the Martin family of Sempra Energy."

"In addition, Con Edison Electric, American Electric Power, and Duke Energy, three giants in the same industry, have also expressed clear interest."

"Even Wall Street, some people are very excited."

Sempra Energy Corp. is an upstart company, an electric and natural gas utility company.

It has six subsidiaries, which basically cover the functions of all energy companies.

Its business scope is almost equivalent to China's Sinopec + State Grid.

Of course, the scale is far inferior to these two.

It is energy and electricity, which is how many energy companies in the United States play.

Even the Ales company in Abel's hands is the same.

They also develop power plants, open gas plants, dig natural gas mines, sell electricity through wires, refine oil, and even dig other mines.

In a capitalist country, they can do whatever they want with money.

Among them, Sempra Energy can probably rank around 9-11 among the same type of electric and natural gas utilities in the United States.

It's unquestionably a behemoth, with around 1.3 employees.

This time, due to internal reasons, there was an opportunity to get a large amount of its shares.

David Mellon felt that Abe really wanted to enter the energy industry.

Sempra Energy would be a good choice.

And Abel's reaction was——

"What are you waiting for?"

Abel said to David: "Hurry up and send invitations to the three Taylor brothers. Ask them to come to our annual meeting and tell them that we will be more sincere than everyone else."

"I knew you would do this." David said with a smile:
"No problem, I'll invite them right away."

"If they heard your name before, they might have hesitated."

"But now...I think they'll hear Abe Smith is interested in their stock, and they'll hold on to your offer."

Abel raised his eyebrows, he looked at David and said:
"Now, that's the good thing about being famous. It's one of the reasons why I'm in Hollywood."

David responded with a "huh" smile.

"That's right," David Mellon said again.

"The little girl from the Hearst family wants to do an internship in our company again. The little girl couldn't find you, so she came to me. Dear playboy, do you want to bring the little girl in to be your secretary?"

Amanda Hearst?

Abel thought of the eldest lady of the Hearst family he met at the reception a month ago.

Amanda Hearst is only 16 years old.

The little girl looks very good, even a little prettier than Ikana.

Abel remembered that she had a tear mole on her face.

When she laughed, that tear mole would add a bit of mature female charm to the young girl.

Speaking of this Amanda Hearst, Abel remembered that she had a cousin who also belonged to the Hearst family.

Abel scratched his head, and he looked at David Mellon.

"What do you mean, David, do you think I should let her in again?"

"It depends on what you mean," said David Mellon softly.

Abel raised his eyebrows, wondering why David kicked the ball back again.

"What I mean by this sentence" David Mellon said softly:

"Depending on what you mean to Amanda Hearst, you can make a better decision."

"What do you mean?"

"Meaning do you mean something to Amanda? Like you mean it to Ikana."

David's tongue twisted a bit, but Abel understood him right away.

What David Mellon was talking about this time was what he meant to the little girl.

Is there any intention of being malicious like Ikana?

"So what if there is?"

"What if it doesn't." Abel looked at David and said.

(End of this chapter)