America's Road to Wealth

$70 billion?

There is also a + at the back.

What does + mean?

Abel thought about it carefully, and he was not sure how much net worth he had now.

Just like what he said when faced with the curiosity of several bush bosses in the white house.

What he is more concerned about now is not how much money he has or the number in his bank card.

Because it’s just this number. Abel, who is talented in finance, feels that he can have as much as he wants as long as he gives himself time.

What Abel wants more now is influence in all aspects.

It is power above money and the evolution of money - capital!

Since this year, he hasn't paid much attention to how much money he has.

What he values ​​​​is how much capital he can influence and use.

Abel felt that this number was the core of his influence on his surroundings and even on the world.

When he faced George and the others, he just picked out some things he knew and said them.

The figure he told them at that time, Abel remembered, seemed to be more than 60 billion US dollars.

Judging from this data, it seems that what Forbes said is correct.

Abel looked carefully at Forbes' description of his wealth——

[Abel Smith, this name started last year, and it is obvious that the public around the world is no longer unfamiliar. 】

[What the public talks about most about this gentleman, apart from any of his scandals that make everyone envious, and his appearance as if Apollo were alive]

[Besides these, the one that the public is most curious and envious of is definitely Mr. Abel Smith. How much money does he have? 】

[This is a very good question. After about half a year of research, Forbes finally determined the approximate wealth figure of this gentleman]

[First of all, Mr. Smith has a media company under his name. This media company can be ranked sixth in Forbes' list of global media groups this year. It is Smith Media, which is worth US$17 billion. 】

[Mr. Smith also has a real estate company called "New Starting Real Estate". This company was established less than a year ago and is selling goods all over the United States and the United Kingdom. 】

[New Starting Point Real Estate Company is like us going to the supermarket to buy potatoes, buying luxury houses, land, and office buildings like crazy. It is already ranked fourth on the Forbes list of American real estate companies, and it is worth 8 billion U.S. dollars.]

[Mr. Smith also owns Pacific Energy, formerly Sempra Energy. This is a power giant in Southern California and the West Coast, with a market capitalization of $17 billion. In the same type of company, he also owns half of California Pacific Electric, worth US$8 billion]

[In addition, Mr. Smith is also the sole proprietor of Pacific Bank of Commerce. The bank currently has a market capitalization of $15 billion. 】

[So far, Mr. Smith has a fortune of $65 billion. 】

[In addition to these large companies, Mr. Smith also owns many small and medium-sized companies, as well as the stocks of Internet companies such as Google. We cannot calculate this part of the data. We can only speculate that it is about 5 billion US dollars, which is higher but not lower. 】

[More than US$70 billion, this is Mr. Smith’s current wealth according to the data we collected]

[Careful readers will definitely find that we have not listed one of Mr. Smith's most important companies. 】

[That’s right, Smith Capital. Wall Street’s new investment banking giant! 】

[The reason why Smith Capital is not listed is because it is too exaggerated. 】

[It is reported that Warren Buffett, PNC Financial Services Group and other giants are shareholders of this company. They paid a huge price to invest in this company. 】

[We don’t know the price. We only know that the value of Smith Capital cannot be calculated. 】

[So here, we do not list the value of Smith’s capital. We just add a + sign after Mr. Smith’s wealth number. 】

[The symbol + here means that Mr. Smith’s wealth is by no means more than $70 billion. He may be richer than all of us think. 】

[What is even more exaggerated is that Mr. Abel Smith is only twenty-one years old this year, making him the youngest person on our list. 】

[He is eight years younger than the 29-year-old Daniel Ziff who inherited his fortune. He is a living legend. He is the American dream in living reality. He]

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The second half of the article looks too familiar to Abel.

It’s the same thing again with Lighthouse creating and marketing new lamp beads.

Retelling Abel's "$50 to New York" story in another way of describing it.

Abel did not continue to look.

Over $70 billion?

Abel thought about it for himself, and it seemed to be something like this.

He turned it over again.

On page six is ​​William Henry Gates III, the second-place name of Bill Gates.

The rich people in the front are more important, and everyone has a piece of paper and two pages of content.

There is only one page left of the rich man at the back, and at the back there are two people squeezed onto a piece of paper.

Bill Gates, who is called the dominant figure of the era by Forbes, has a fortune of US$58.2 billion this year.

It has shrunk by several billion US dollars from more than US$60 billion last year.

This is actually easy to understand. The data used by Forbes last year was before the Internet bubble burst.

The impact of the Internet bubble continues this year, and Microsoft's stock price has fallen a lot.

Although strictly speaking, Microsoft is not an Internet company, but an IT high-tech company.

But the stock market does not care about this. In the eyes of ordinary investors, Microsoft is one of the largest Internet companies.

Microsoft's stock price naturally plummeted during the monopoly investigation and the bursting of the Internet bubble.

In other words, Microsoft has indeed achieved a de facto monopoly. After falling for so long, it has now begun to rise again and has stabilized.

This allows Mr. Bill Gates to maintain this level.

Abel turned it over again, and the eighth page started with Buffett.

At this point, Buffett’s wealth figure is $34.5 billion.

Almost exactly half of the first place, and much worse than the second place Bill.

Behind Buffett is Paul Allen, with a fortune of $32.3 billion.

Behind these two people, only 29.5 billion is left in fifth place.

In other words, in this year's Forbes list, there are only these four people with a net worth of more than 30 billion US dollars.

Abel is no longer interested in the following rankings.

He threw the thick copy of "Forbes Rankings 2001" on the solid wood desk in front of him.

Abel raised his head and smiled, and said to the men who were looking at him in the room:

"Look here, take a few more looks. Sitting in front of you now is the richest man on our planet."

Listening to the very young boss' words with a slightly show off tone.

In the office, the Four King Kongs plus David.

Jade and a few others who came in behind all started laughing.

The smile seems to be contagious, and it doesn't take a while.

All the employees of Smith Capital (UK) on the 15th floor of the Furui Building also knew about this.

That is their young boss, who has become the richest man in the world.

The smiles on the faces of these employees are half sincere and half workplace etiquette.

The sincere part is that in a capitalist country, working for the world's richest man will give you more face.

The other half of workplace etiquette is that you don’t smile when your boss becomes the richest man in the world. What do you mean?

And this news quickly spread to the entire world as the "Forbes Ranking 2001" was launched in multiple languages ​​around the world.

Of course, ordinary people are not very interested in who becomes the new richest man in the world.

At most, after knowing it, those who hate the rich will curse a few more times, and those who worship money will become fans.

Ordinary centrists can at most say a few words of awesomeness.

But among business elites, financial people, media people, and people related to Abel.

The power of this news is no less than that of the two huge artificial clouds rising in Lop Nur, China in the 1960s.

East Coast of the United States,

New York.

Hearst Media Building, Manhattan.

in the morning.

Amanda Hearst is working as a summer intern at Hearst Media Group with her cousin Lydia Hearst.

She was the first among the women associated with Abel to receive the news.

Who is called Hearst Group? It is a media giant in itself.

She happened to be interning in the company again today. In fact, it was an elite employee of the company who took the two sisters to familiarize themselves with the work.

It’s a family business, what if there’s hope of taking it over in the future?

"World 's richest man!"

"Abel Smith!"

When Amanda Hester learned the news from a supervisor, she almost jumped with excitement.

Fortunately, this was a company, so she held back her excitement, held her cousin Lydia Hearst's hand and walked outside.

"Lydia! Lydia! Lydia! I have told you before, he is unique in the world!"

Amanda said excitedly to her cousin:

"Look. He's only twenty-one years old, and he's already the richest man in the world! Seventy billion US dollars, which is equivalent to three Hearsts!"

Lydia thought to herself, no matter how unique he is, what does he have to do with us.

People are already marrying shrubs.

All your previous pretense was in vain.

Looking at her excited cousin, Lydia could only say:

"It's very powerful and good. But..."

she reminded Amanda.

"The Bush family has recognized him. Laura Bush is now his girlfriend, so he has nothing to do with us."

After hearing what Lydia Hester said, the excited Amanda calmed down a little.

Ever since that time I came to my door in Hawaii.

It has been a long time since the two sisters talked about this person.

The reason is because after that, after February of this year.

Among the upper-class wealthy families in the United States, there are rumors that the Bush family, who lives in a white house, will marry the Smith family, a small wealthy local family in Texas.

During this period, the shrub family is in its prime.

Rumors about this family spread quickly among wealthy families in the United States, especially among the ladies and ladies who love gossip.

Everyone was surprised that the Shrub family wanted to marry a small wealthy family from the countryside.

It was later determined that this Smith was the one who caused trouble on Wall Street.

Everyone suddenly realized and admired the Shrub Family's quick and decisive move.

As expected, they are indeed a Shrub family that started its business through marriage and quickly rose to prominence through marriage.

The Hearst family, who originally had some thoughts, naturally heard the news.

After a period of investigation and analysis, the Hearst family determined the authenticity of the news.

After that, Amanda's cousins ​​were issued a restraining order by the family elders.

That is, don't get involved with someone who is already married to a shrub.

No matter how crazy Amanda's character is, she is still young after all. She was so proactive towards Abel in the beginning because she had the secret support of her family.

The family now explicitly prohibits it, so even if she is dissatisfied, she can only choose to abide by it.

Not to mention Lydia.

She is often the little shadow next to Amanda in the family, and is dispensable in the family.

Even if she had some feelings, it was completely out of her control.

The two cousins ​​had no contact with Abel since then.

Abel was a little afraid of Amanda's madness, so she didn't bother him and continued to harass him with text messages.

It was too late for Abel to be happy, let alone take the initiative to find her.

Gradually, the two cousins ​​stopped contacting Abel for several months.

This is exactly what Lydia is talking to Amanda about now.

But Lydia underestimated her cousin's craziness, and saw Amanda pursed her beautiful lips in silence, and suddenly said to Lydia:

"She's just a girlfriend. She's not engaged yet, and even if she's engaged, she's not married yet! Besides, he has so many women, and Bush may not marry him in the end! Lidya, I don't think I can give up. !”

Lydia felt a terrible headache.

Lydia wondered if she and Amanda were holding each other in the wrong arms?

I am Aunt Anne's daughter, and Amanda is my mother's child?

Otherwise, how could Amanda be as crazy as her mother?

Lydia had no choice but to persuade: "Amanda! Do you want to make Aunt Anne angry?! The elders will not allow it!"

"Maybe." Amanda Hurst said:

"But he is only 21 years old, and he already has 70 billion! Seventy billion! God, it takes two Buffetts to catch up with him! Lydia, do you think mom and the others won't be moved? I'm going Find mom!"

As she spoke, Amanda shook off Lidya and walked forward.

Lidya showed a headache expression, gritted her teeth and followed.

When Amanda started to go "crazy" again in Lydia's eyes.

On the other side of New York, in a townhouse on the Upper East Side of Manhattan.

Ikana is packing things with her best friend Paris.

After thinking about it, Ikana finally decided to go to the West Coast to raise and give birth to her child.

The weather on the West Coast is much better than on the East Coast in many places.

The climate and weather in the greater Los Angeles area and the Greater Bay Area are very suitable for human beings.

Ikana had already chosen a city to raise her baby, and she finally chose Santa Barbara, California.

Paris will accompany her during the pregnancy and delivery process.

The first is to take care of Ikana, and the second is that after arriving there, Paris will be there to help, plus the secretary team.

Ikana can also control the development of her own YKM company.

At this time, a pair of best friends were preparing their luggage to leave for Santa Barbara.

There is a lot of luggage, and there are several lists alone.

Some things that are not so personal and not so important have been sent before.

The two of them are checking something more important now, or luggage that hasn't been sent over yet.

"I said. Ikana, don't you think it's too early?"

Paris pointed to a few boxes of diapers on the floor, "The kids haven't come out yet. Why did you buy these? You can buy them over there then!"

"Um" Ikana smiled sheepishly, "Sorry, I bought these by the way when I was shopping. I saw how cute they are. You're right, I won't take these with me."

Paris nodded with satisfaction, but she was complaining in her heart——

[This Ikana, after having a child in her belly, all her energy was focused on the child, and her IQ dropped a lot. It’s really...]

I’m so envious.

What I am carrying is not a child, I am carrying a listed company.

Paris only wished that she had not made Abel pregnant.

Suddenly, Paris's cell phone, which was thrown on the table next to her, rang.

"Answer the phone. Let me see what else I haven't brought." Ikana took several luggage lists and began to check them.

Paris conveniently answered her phone, "It's me, Paris."

"Dear Paris, it's me!" A girl's voice came.

Paris thought to herself, who are you? You are not a big shot. How could I remember your voice?

"You are?" Paris asked.

"I'm Kim, it's Kim. Oh, I'm Kim Kardashian!"

"Oh, it's gold."

Paris remembered that this was a "little girl" she had recently adopted in New York.

Because of her good looks and figure, she was selected as one of YKM's long-term clothing models.

Paris is also the design director of the company, and she meets him many times.

Because Kim Kardashian is very obedient and sensible, Paris thinks she is very good and takes her to attend several fashion shows and some cocktail parties.

Kim Kardashian has officially become her bag-carrying girl, so she naturally has Paris’s contact number.

"What's the matter? Jin, Ikana and I are busy. We are going to California tomorrow. By the way, your workplace will also be moved to California in the future." Paris said.

"Oh oh oh, okay." Kim Kardashian also knew about Ikana's existence.

That's her eldest sister's eldest sister

In addition, Kim Kardashian also knows that her eldest sister is one of the girlfriends of a certain super big shot!

Kim Kardashian made this call to Paris at this time today just to talk about something related to that big shot.

"Dear and respected Paris!" Kim Kardashian's voice was filled with excitement, longing and longing. "I'm making this call to tell you a piece of news. I think you may not know it yet."

Kim Kardashian's voice sounded a little excited.

So much so that Paris was a little curious now, "What's going on?"

"It's about the Forbes Rich List."

"What does that have to do with me?" Paris said dissatisfiedly, "It's not a celebrity ranking list. And even if it is a celebrity ranking list, I might not be able to get on it now. Ikana might be able to get on it."

"No no no no no!"

Kim Kardashian said excitedly:

"I would say that in this rich list, Mr. Abe Smith is the richest man in the world."

"Forbes says he has a fortune of over $70 billion!"

"What?"

Paris thought she heard wrong.

"Can you say that again?"

"Abe Smith?"

"More than $70 billion in wealth?!"