America's Road to Wealth

"Honey, he must be hungry."

In the best and largest special medical ward of Smith Gospel Hospital in the early morning, Abel's voice sounded.

While talking, Abel hurriedly stood up, carefully but skillfully moved his son's position a few times, helped little Laura lift up the hospital gown, helped her slightly sideways, and started the first breastfeeding.

I have to say that the baby's instinct is too powerful. So small, he can't even move his hands and feet, and his eyes are slightly squinted. But he was able to open his mouth and turn it around a few times easily, and his little head found its own exclusive food export position, and began to replenish energy for itself.

Luckily, his mom's grain storage didn't look like a big deal. The production of rations is extremely sufficient, without the slightest failure, which is much better than some mediocre but useless ones.

So much so that the extravagant overflow of the other idle rations appeared.

Geez, what a waste!

Abel looked at it, and couldn't help but smacked his mouth, which attracted little Laura's charming eyes, but his face was always full of happiness, looking at his wrinkled skin son, he was still a girl but he was already a man Mother, with loving eyes.

"Honey, come and help me, don't rush the amount, I'm afraid I'll choke the baby..."

Little Laura said to Abel, it can only be said that it is too much. Abel was helping, and he looked as if he could not lose Ikana's output.

Obviously, in terms of the size of the warehouse, Ikana is at least four or five times the size of Little Laura...

Maybe it's the talent? After all, there are indeed medical studies showing that it seems that the relationship between size and output really doesn't matter?

After the son ate his first full meal after birth, little Laura also fell asleep quickly due to the severe damage to her vitality after giving birth, leaving only Abel sitting beside Simmons, looking at the sleeping mother and child.

Silently looking at the son who has been firmly named Abel Bush Smith by Alex, Alexander, and Alia, Emily, and little Laura herself, and the people on the other side of the bush, Abel Meditate in my heart:

[Welcome to the world, my son-in-law, I hope that life will be difficult so that you can grow, but not so hard that it will overwhelm you. You are born with many burdens, this is your luck and your misfortune. 】

Yes, although the Huaxia soul in Abel's body always felt awkward, he still couldn't resist the insistence of the family in the end, and gave his name to his eldest son.

In fact, it was mainly Little Laura's insistence, and I don't know if it was influenced by Alex and the others, or encouraged by the bushes.

In the end, little Laura insisted on using this name. The reason why Abel could not refuse was because she said: "This name has an absolute meaning in Smith. It is a special case. I think our first child can be the most special one. My dear, please grant me this humble request!!"

Her words were actually a little unclear, but Abel understood what she meant.

It means that no matter how many illegitimate children he has in the future, she doesn't care. But this is the most special name for the Smith family, and she wants to get it for her son first.

To be honest, Abel himself just felt weird about this.

The son has the same name as himself, which really conflicts with the Chinese people's concept. But the whole family, including those from the natal family, and little Laura have such considerations, and there are indeed many families in the United States who have the same name as Lao Tzu and son.

He finally compromised and accepted to give his own name to his most special son.

Because of this, he also thought a lot when he accompanied little Laura in labor in the delivery room just now.

It's not that he only loves the son born to little Laura, but he is thinking that there are so many descendants of him now, and there must be a great possibility that the rich will fight for power and profit in the future.

No matter how well you educate yourself, and no matter how restrictive you are, this is doomed.

Human nature is selfish, the difference between fighting and not fighting is so big, no one in this world can really not fight.

Abel has made a lot of preparations in advance, such as the preparations for the family office and various trust funds and trust funds established in the names of the children.

Now he feels that this is not enough, he feels that he wants to minimize the internal friction of the Smith family in the future. To avoid Smith's fall or weakening due to too much distribution of power after his misfortune or death, he must make certain choices.

The United States has real examples before him.

Mellon and Morgan, Rockefeller, they are ready-made examples.

In the Gilded Age, the Mellon family was far superior to the Rockefeller and Morgan families for a period of time, which can be seen from their second generation being able to easily become the US Treasury Secretary at that time.

Because at that time, the influence of American capital and plutocrats on Washington was really not as strong as it is now.

At that time, there was no Federal Reserve, or there was only a prototype.

But Mellon was able to become the Secretary of the Treasury at that time. Think of how powerful Andrew Mellon was at that time.

What now? Although there is still a Mellon consortium, apart from the name, the influence that the descendants of Andrew Mellon can have on this consortium is already very weak, and it is already a slightly better existence than the mascot.

It can be said that apart from the name, the Mellon family has nothing to do with the Mellon consortium.

Otherwise, there is no need for David Mellon to have been working for outsiders, first Goldman Sachs and First Citigroup, and now he has become one of Abel's cronies.

The reason is that Andrew Mellon and his descendants were particularly able to have children, and they played the game of equal distribution of property when they had more children.

No matter how much property there is, the more people distribute it, the less it will fall into everyone's hands. What's more, when these properties are dispersed, it is difficult for them to gather together and become one.

At that time, when they faced competition from other capital monsters, they would naturally appear powerless.

In the end, although the descendants of the Mellon family are now particularly prosperous, there are hundreds of people in the United States. But the influence on the United States has been very weak, and only the past glory is left. If the direct descendants want to get ahead, they must rely on working for other capital monsters.

Of course, this is from the perspective of capital. From a biological point of view, there is no doubt that Mellon has succeeded in doing so.

His hundreds of biological descendants are doing poorly, which is just compared with the capital monsters. It is still very good if it is compared with ordinary people and grassroots elites.

Other families, such as Morgan, Rockefeller, DuPont, etc., did not do the same thing as Mellon. Hundreds of years have passed, but they are still able to control the inheritance left by their ancestors firmly.

Especially Morgan and Rockefeller, because they have produced capable and ruthless people from generation to generation, and now through the strong national power of the United States, they can secretly influence the whole world, and they have become like world bosses.

DuPont seems to be doing poorly now, which is also compared with Morgan and Rockefeller.

Compared with Mellon and Vanderbilt, the DuPont family is still the first-class upper-class family in the United States.

Decentralization and non-decentralization have such a big impact.

Abel now wants to learn from the Rockefeller family and go a step further in what Rockefeller and Morgan did.

His current plan is to focus on cultivating those who are truly capable and ambitious among his offspring.

Those with mediocre abilities or a Buddhist personality should be a rich man and a playboy.

In this process, the direct line must play a role in tightly uniting other branches.

In order for the direct lineage to play this role, apart from the personal abilities of the direct lineage. Abel knows his attitude matters too.

In order to avoid excessive internal friction that may arise in the future, his current idea is to show a difference in treatment.

He hasn't figured out how to be different, but he feels that the first step is to let others know how much he attaches importance to this son-in-law.

Little by little, let other people know the importance of the direct line, and then let the direct line hold more power, so as to be able to control other branches.

In fact, it is the practice of ancient China, and even the last days of ancient European dynasties.

It is the best way to reduce internal friction and inheritance, which is summed up by human beings in the classical era.

It has experienced thousands of years of development, and it has a certain meaning of existence.

That's why just a few minutes after little Abel was born, the doctors and nurses took care of it.

Abel came out with him in his arms to show off to the outside world, and he was very happy.

Even in order to let others realize how important he is to this eldest son, Abel even cosplayed the classic moves from The Lion King just now...

There is no airtight circle in the world, and Abel believes that by tomorrow night at the latest, everyone around him will know that he is special to Abel Bush Smith.

That's what Abel wants, at least for now.

And Abel knew that doing so would make the Bush family, the current first ally of the Smith family, happier and closer to the Smith family.

Didn't you see that the corners of Herbert's and Barbara's mouths almost reached the sky when they heard that the child was called Abel II?

The old men from the two bushes laughed the entire time without stopping.

The great-grandfather and great-grandmother looked happier than the real great-grandfather and great-grandmother.

After all, no matter what little Abel said, it was not Abel's first child. In private, in addition to little Alia, the Alex couple also secretly met several other descendants of Abel.

Scarcity is not unique, and Smith's two old men naturally do not have Herbert's level of excitement.

Looking at the sleeping mother and child, Abel stayed silent. He didn't leave the room until dawn when the child was hungry and cried again, and helped little Laura breastfeed for the second time.

After a short rest, Abel was full of energy around 10 am.

He first went to the special ward to visit his aunt and little Laura.

After staying for about half an hour, he turned his head and appeared in the biological and medical research department in the back half of Smith Evangelical Hospital, which he seldom came to but always attached great importance to.

Two years ago, when Abel was already well-known on Wall Street.

He asked people to search for talents in Houston, and established two medical research laboratories, Adam and Eve.

In this approach, he imitated the precedent of Bill Gates and many other rich Americans.

The rich Americans set up medical research laboratories, but they don't want to make contributions to human medicine and science like they say in words.

In fact, as a person in the circle, Abel is very clear that everyone has two main purposes for doing this.

One is to make money. The pharmaceutical companies in the medical complex are greedy for making money.

If your own medical research laboratory is lucky enough to produce some special medicine, it will be a lot of dollars

This is an industry with a lot of investment and a very crazy output.

Of course the rich will take this into consideration.

The second reason is that the rich and powerful people in the world are actually very similar in some respects.

This is the same as many emperors in ancient China, or ancient European kings.

That means enough enjoyment, everyone is afraid of dying early, and everyone wants to live longer.

In the past, China relied on seeking immortality and medicine, while Europe relied on belief in God and alchemists.

In modern society, scientific research shows that both of the above are false. Modern medical and biological research is more reliable than these metaphysics.

Even if it is as difficult as it is, there is still some hope.

Therefore, besides making money, the more important consideration for American rich people investing in medical research laboratories is their own longevity and health.

In the parallel time and space, isn’t it revealed in the future that a rich man would exchange his son’s blood for his own in order to live longer or get medical treatment...

Otherwise, in the parallel time and space, Bill Gates' medical research laboratory has invested tens of billions of dollars. In addition to tax avoidance, the annual investment in research is also billions of dollars. nothing?

Because their laboratories are not engaged in medical research, they study genes. The research is on genes or drugs that make humans live longer...

Research in this area, even if it produces results, will not be known or used by ordinary people for a long time.

If it is reflected in the media and the public, naturally there will be no output.

In addition, there are many similar laboratories in the United States, and many of them are not directly named like Bill Gates.

The preferred method of the rich in the United States is to secretly fund various laboratories to carry out research and development on various topics, and then share the results.

Bill Gates does his own research and also does this type of funding.

Abel's Adam and Eve lab does the same thing. The difference is that Abel is very low-key in this regard, unlike Bill Gates who is very lively in the media, because Bill has to do this if he wants to attract other rich people to join.

Abel himself has the ability to support this kind of expensive gold-burning activity, and also has the ability to independently search for high-quality scientists and bioengineers, so he does not need to be as high-profile as Bill Gates.

In addition to the wealthy circle, some people know that he is also working on this project that many people are working on.

The media and the public don't know that this young and strong super rich has started research on longevity or life extension like other old rich.

Smith Evangelical Hospital, in Adam's lab.

Abel is wearing a full set of the most advanced medical research protective equipment, even more than Dabai.

Accompanied by several senior engineers and leaders of the laboratory, he pointed to a petri dish frozen in a transparent medical observation refrigerator and said:

"This thing is the research sample of the thing in Huaxia last year?"

"Yes." The head of the laboratory, who was also neatly dressed and could only see a pair of eyes, said softly:

"This kind of thing has very strong plasticity. The speed and magnitude of mutation exceed that of any bacteria and viruses. We hope that by studying them, we can try to find a path that is beneficial to human beings."

Abel was silent for a while, and he asked again after a few seconds: "I heard you introduce it outside just now, and many people in the United States are studying them?"

"Yes, the industry believes that their changeable characteristics may be some kind of characteristics suitable for evolution, and we must make good use of them."

Abel was silent again, but secretly called out "Made" in his heart.

It seems that the super black swan event ten years later may not really be something evolved by natural selection. And it may really be a super monster that has been specially trained and specially modulated.

Perhaps in the early stage of researching them, Americans may really study them for science, including research on longevity and benefits to human beings.

But just like the beginning of gunpowder, it was just a by-product of alchemy made by ancient Chinese alchemists.

After discovering some of their characteristics that are suitable as weapons during the research process, they will definitely attract people who are interested in using them.

Coupled with Anza's unique weak social morality, Abel felt absolutely as he thought.

Then... do you want Adam and Eve to stop researching in this direction?

It's not necessary, because everyone is doing it, and it seems a bit strange not to do it yourself.

The second is, even if the situation is really what I think. Then it is safe to do research in this area by yourself.

And what if the research in this area can really produce any results?

He was silent for a while, and then, accompanied by the person in charge and the scientists, continued to visit other aspects of research in the two laboratories of Adam and Eve.

The two research laboratories have a clear division of labor, and Adam is responsible for biomedical research at the genetic level and microscopic level.

Eve is at the clinical and application level, mainly for medical breakthroughs.

After all, Abel now owns a pharmaceutical group, so any achievements in this area can be directly used.

There is also the idea that as a reborn person, it will benefit the world and the common people to some extent. If you really want to conquer some disease, make money and satisfy your moral conscience, then it's not a loss.

Two hours later, after extensive disinfection and inspection, Abel came out of the research room.

But considering this, he already planned not to visit little Laura mother and child within two days.

Although the inside is sterile and virus-free, Abel still doesn't want to bring any possible risks to the child and little Laura, both sensory and psychological.

He didn't take advantage of this to leave, but went to Fort Worth, the capital of Tarrant County, intending to inspect the semiconductor silicon wafer production base of Texas Advanced Micro Devices, which had been built for almost a year, and several other factories.

In Fort Worth at night, looking around, you can’t see the bustling New York, the crowded downtown of Los Angeles, the style of Miami, the vicissitudes of Washington. No shots were heard from Chicago.

In many ways, Fort Worth resembled a young cowboy with plenty of energy but not much money.

Now, the "cowboy" in this American city has ushered in a very rich man behind the scenes.

It's growing at a breakneck pace, the way a city as big as New York used to be in America's Gilded Age country.

The entire city of Fort Worth is building roads everywhere, and all kinds of engineering vehicles can be seen everywhere along the way between the downtown of the old city and the new city.

In the suburbs outside the urban area, various large factories and super factories are rising rapidly.

Tesla's photovoltaic factory, automobile factory, Texas Advanced Instruments' semiconductor production base, Smith Agriculture's food processing and production plant, the new F1 racing track in the United States, etc...

All kinds of medium and large projects are crowded together in this city.

Abel is using his ideas and money to transform this old nest base in his mind.

In this city, like China at the moment, it seems to be transformed into a big construction site.

Abel has an unexpected guest.

Or the other party took the initiative to come to see him, to be precise, came to visit him for a meeting.

The man who came was Tom Dray.