America's Road to Wealth

Emily and Aaliya, mother-in-law and daughter-in-law, didn't stay in Abel's room for long.

After a while, after the two people left.

Abel picked up the cell phone on the bedside table and dialed.

"What's going on outside? Everyone has finished leaving."

"Then come in."

He confessed softly.

A few minutes later, Edward and David Jones entered the room.

After removing the decorative bandage, Abel lay on his huge Simmons.

He looked at his two cronies.

"Tell me about the situation." Abel said softly.

Edward spoke first: "Currently, we can roughly identify 386 people. Among them, 35 are ClA people and 69 are FBl people. The rest include IRS, Office of the Director of National Intelligence, AFISRA, DIA, NRO, ONSI, etc. Waiting for the organization’s people.”

"Wow--"

Abel couldn't help shouting and smiled to himself: "How many intelligence agencies does our country have? Do you think they are all there? People who don't know think that I am going to betray the United States, or that I am going to make changes. Woolen cloth."

Seeing his boss like this, Edward explained softly:

"BOSS, in fact, this is almost the case for all the larger PMC companies in China..."

Abel actually knew what Edward was talking about.

The title of the world's number one spy power is really not fraudulent at all.

The entire federal government has a budget of tens of billions of dollars invested in intelligence work every year.

In addition to these official budget funds, many intelligence agencies themselves can also make extra money outside.

For example, in the United States, part of FBl's various fishing enforcement and various fines does not need to be turned over to the national treasury.

Another example is ClA, the organization responsible for U.S. foreign intelligence work. It is even more expensive than FBl.

ClA can be found in various laundry detergent industry chains in the Triangle and Crescent regions.

There are rumors that besides the official annual budget of the federal government.

ClA earns at least tens to tens of billions of dollars every year from its overseas laundry detergent industry and other industries.

If you can receive official wages, you must have a strong ability to make extra money.

There are more than a dozen similar intelligence agencies in the United States, each with its own small treasury.

This gives the intelligence agencies themselves, which already have some independence.

Sometimes even their superiors, such as the Department of Defense or the White House, are unable to fully command these agencies and departments.

Just like Edward said.

These institutions with money and people take credit for their performance and their upward climb.

Many times, they dare to do some bold things.

For example, the DEA and ClA, these two departments often fight each other abroad. Sometimes the conflicts lead to the death of some agents, which happens once or twice a year.

It has been almost three years since Rock Security was established and developed.

Its scale has grown from a few dozen people at the beginning to four to five thousand people now, not including family members, and tens of thousands of family members.

Although it does not accept much outside business, such a huge scale has given it a certain reputation within the American industry.

Such a large scale will naturally attract the attention and attention of relevant departments.

It is perfectly normal for these intelligence agencies to mix sand into rock security and send undercover agents.

Katherine Jones, the current Katherine Hannah next to Laura, can happen to Abel, and naturally it can also happen inside Rock Security.

Abel knew about the existence of these undercover agents from the special department from the beginning.

He also knew that it was impossible to completely exclude these people.

That is something that other powerful countries in the world find difficult to do.

Even Eastern countries with different cultures and races will be affected and controlled by it.

This kind of infiltration, whether it is one's own side, or one's own armed forces such as rock security.

Abel knew that there was absolutely no way to avoid this.

Taking advantage of his sudden idea, he caused the attack.

Abel had asked Edward to make arrangements with his real cronies in advance.

That is, through this incident, there will be turbulence and mobilization within Rock Security.

Then use this unrest to find out the undercover agents hidden inside the rock security.

Although it is impossible to find out completely, at least you can have a preliminary list.

This is for Abel, who has never felt safe in this regard.

It can make him feel somewhat safe.

"How many intelligence agencies are there in the country?" Abel asked casually.

Edward said softly: "There are 16 public ones. There are not public ones...then I don't know how many there are."

"Haha... It's almost done." Abel sneered.

"Forget it. This is something that cannot be avoided. Just pay attention to surveillance. Anyway, I don't want to treason, nor do I want to change."

Abel gave instructions casually, and then looked at David Jones.

"David, tell me about the family office, if anything happened."

David Jones nodded, and the family butler lowered his head and replied softly:

"Ms. Hathaway, Ms. Alba, Ms. Lerner, Ms. Hilton... they all came to Texas as soon as possible. The other ladies are generally relatively quiet. It's just that in Elizabeth's back garden , several contacted other modeling agencies today.”

"Haha..." Abel sneered.

Just as he thought, he caused the attack this time.

It was a test, a rehearsal he wanted to do.

Test the private armed force of Rock Security, test his business partners, and even test his women.

Although human nature cannot stand the test, once tested, one will know the false and the false; the human heart cannot withstand the temptation, and once tested, it will be easy to see the true and the false.

But he, Abel Smith, can also pass this test and adjust some future practices.

After all, in Abel's view, whether it is business partners, employees, or women who can give birth to children for themselves.

Basically, he got it all by himself, using the profit net.

Apart from himself, Abel actually didn't even trust little Laura in many cases.

He thought such a "test" was necessary, and so he did it.

"List the list." Abel said directly: "Let me see who it is."

David nodded slightly.

Abel looked at the time and knew it was almost time for little Laura to come in.

"That's it. The follow-up matters will continue as planned."

David and Edward nodded and left the bedroom.

Sure enough, half an hour later.

Dong dong dong——

Little Laura, with a relaxed expression, knocked on the door and walked in before Abel could speak.

She was obviously one of the people who knew that Abel was not hurt.

"It looks pretty good, doesn't it? Honey, you look relaxed."

Abel leaned against Simmons, smiled and spoke.

Little Laura's beautiful eyebrows were raised, her golden hair fluttered in the air as she moved, and her whole body exuded an aura of youth and beauty.

"It's really not bad... They all seem a little afraid of me. Even the arrogant New York socialites are the same."

Little Laura came to him with a smile, climbed directly onto Simmons, and snuggled into Abel's arms.

"My dear...it's so tiring to fight with them like this."

Little Laura lay on Abel's chest and whispered.

Without waiting for Abel to reply, she immediately added: "But there is a strange sense of satisfaction and accomplishment. What on earth is going on?"

Abel did not want to continue this topic.

He was subtly letting little Laura get used to the existence of his Crystal Palace.

Including putting little Laura in a high position in this Crystal Palace system.

Faced with little Laura's emotion at this time, Abel directly responded to the most direct action between husband and wife.

He turned over directly and pressed little Laura's slender figure underneath him.

"Wuwu...ah, wu...you are the injured one, why are you like this!"

"It's just that I'm injured, so I need your warmth even more."

Little Laura wanted to say something else, but her mouth was blocked and she could no longer say anything.

A night of silence.

Wait for Ikana and the others to see Abel in Abel's bedroom the next day.

Abel was wrapped in bandages again, but not as many as last night.

But it seems to be quite serious.

But his bright eyes still looked piercing.

This made the women feel somewhat relieved.

"I kid you not. Your man is injured, a little badly and a little badly. Look, now tell him yourselves."

Little Laura, who was wearing a white Abel shirt and looked like she was wearing a nightgown, was standing next to her and she spoke.

"Hi--"

Abel smiled and said, "My dears, I'm okay... As you can see, I encountered a little accident. But don't worry, everything will be fine!"

…

…

A few days later.

January 25, 2002.

Downtown Los Angeles, California, USA.

Staples Center is a sports venue located near the Los Angeles Convention Center in downtown Los Angeles.

It started construction on March 31, 1998, and was officially opened to the public on October 17, 1999.

In terms of scale, Staples Center can accommodate 18,997 spectators under normal circumstances.

It cost a total of US$375 million to build. It is owned by AEG, and now the title has been taken away by Staples.

This famous sports and entertainment center itself is designed strictly in accordance with modern professional basketball venues.

From any angle on the three-tiered stands, you can clearly see everything on the court.

It has nearly 300 luxury boxes, a total of 1,200 TV monitors, a sound system worth $1.5 million, 675 sound microphones, and a lighting system worth $2 million.

In addition, Staples Center has 55 lounges and gyms open to the public; it has 23 food and beverage service points, and an outdoor restaurant from which you can see a panoramic view of Los Angeles.

Various concerts and meetings with big-name Hollywood and Grammy stars, as well as commercial sports such as the NBA, all use this place as their home venue.

But not long ago, an accident happened here. It was briefly cordoned off, for three days in total.

It was unblocked two days ago.

On January 25th, an NBA game will be held at the Staples Center.

This game itself does not exist on the NBA's schedule this year.

However, due to some accidents, the schedules of the Houston Rockets and Los Angeles Lakers were adjusted.

This season, the two teams that were supposed to meet only twice before the preseason have now met three times.

One of them is today at the Staples Center, a regular season game at the Lakers' home court.

Because on January 20, elements of the KB attack occurred both inside and outside the Staples Center.

Tickets for this game were sold very well, but after the Staples Center was blocked, there was a dispute about ticket refunds.

In New York's Madison Square Garden, the NBA has been let go once.

After encountering this kind of thing again, I can only lament my bad luck this time.

Fortunately, the top brass of the NBA league can also give an explanation to other members of the league this time.

After all, the KB attack happened that no one wanted, and no one could find fault in this matter and use it to attack David Stern.

Faced with fans' requests for refunds.

The approach of the NBA and Staples Center is to provide certain compensation and refunds.

Good thing David Stern is excited.

But things took a turn for the better on January 23, the day the Staples Center announced the unblocking.

That is many Hollywood stars, as well as some celebrities in the United States.

They have been interviewed by some media and on some TV stations, claiming that Americans should not surrender to KBFZ.

That's what happened at Staples Center.

It's KBFZ that's wrong, not the NBA and Staples Center.

Hollywood A-list celebrity Tom Hanks, when interviewed by a reporter from the "Hollywood Express" on January 24, claimed -

"I'm not afraid of them. Those nasty hellhounds, their attacks don't scare real Americans. I'm going to the Staples Center tomorrow to watch the Rockets and Lakers game."

Tom Hanks isn't the only one saying this.

There are also many other celebrities who have also announced that they will appear at the Staples Center on January 25.

Go to Rockets and Lakers games and lead by example against the KBZY threat.

The appearance and claims of these celebrities changed the game.

Fans who originally clamored for refunds immediately regretted not refunding their tickets.

Scalpers even increased the price of game tickets for January 25th from the original normal price to more than ten times.

But demand is said to still exceed supply.

The reason is actually easy to understand.

In newspapers and TV stations, celebrities, singers, and celebrities claimed that they would appear at the Staples Center on January 25th.

The total number of these people is more than twenty.

Fans of these people are willing to spend a little more money to get up close and personal with them.

Coupled with the quick response of David Stern, when things turned around on the night of January 23, he began to increase the advertising budget to heat up the game.

After many plans, this game was originally gloomy due to the KB attack.

In the blink of an eye, it became perhaps the most eye-catching game in the NBA this year.

It also made the Staples Center and its surroundings very lively tonight.

Someone who was interested discovered that the security force near the Staples Center today is obviously very strong.

A large number of police cars and even some special service vehicles can be seen everywhere nearby.

These numbers are several times greater than when Staples Center usually holds events.

Everyone understands this very well, after all, that kind of thing happened here not long ago.

Today there will be so many celebrities and celebrities coming here to watch the game.

If something unexpected happens again, then things will really get serious.

With this premise, it seems that it is not incomprehensible if we are more cautious about security work and have higher safety requirements.

Some people have complained about it in recent chapters, and I understand. Because this is the content after castration, if there is no romantic idiot incident, the full version will involve some 404 content. This part is now skipped and will be written in the later stages. It seems incoherent and disharmonious. Sorry, this is my lack of writing skills.

As for updates, the rest of this month is probably only about four to five thousand words per day.

The first is to prepare for the possible arrival of XBB1.5 and the Chinese New Year. Secondly, COVID-19 has done a lot of harm to me...I now get tired very easily, and I still want to sleep even after sleeping fifteen hours a day. But when I went for a checkup, everything was basically fine. The CT scan was OK, and other aspects such as blood oxygenation were also normal. I just really wanted to sleep. I went to the hospital and checked for over 1,000 yuan, but everything was normal... I used to drive on the highway for four or five hours without any rest except to go to the toilet. Now I go back to my hometown from the county town for an hour, and I have obviously slept enough, but I almost fell asleep while driving on the road.