America's Road to Wealth

【...Lagoon 99, the latest flagship model launched by the world's top catamaran manufacturer - the Lagoon brand under the Beneteau Group, is officially launched. Lagoon 99 is 99 feet in length and is jointly built by VPLP, Patrick Le Quément and Nauta Design, which are well-known in the yachting industry. She represents a new world of catamaran power yachts combining comfort, luxury, elegance and freedom of movement. 】

【…The flybridge of Lagoon 99 has huge space, which can be customized according to the needs of the ship owner. The flybridge is equipped with a jacuzzi, a large folding table and a sunbathing area. There is also the option of a hardtop or an electrically controlled semi-rigid sunroof to shade the flybridge area. The ergonomically designed operating console is located at the front of the flybridge, and the supporting seat is slightly to the right. When the owner is driving the Lagoon 99, he can not only experience the driving pleasure of the Lagoon 99, but also appreciate the deep beauty of the sea . With an area of ​​30 square meters, the bow lounge area is comparable to a dance floor, providing an unparalleled atmosphere of relaxation...]

【...It is worth mentioning that Lagoon 99 is a special flagship catamaran yacht. What makes it special is that it will only produce 18, and it is a real limited-edition luxury yacht. That's what makes it so special! The reason why the Beneteau Group is willing to invest a huge amount of money to develop this special yacht that only produces 18 limited editions is because the person who placed the order with the Beneteau Group is Abel Smith! 】

[You are not mistaken, that is, Mr. Abel Smith bought 18 Lagoon 99 flagship catamaran yachts worth more than 15 million US dollars at one time. We spoke by telephone to Miss Amanda Hearst, Mr Smith's press officer. Ms. Hurst said that this was indeed the case, and she also said that these 18 special custom-made limited-edition yachts will serve as rewards for Mr. Smith to the 18 most credited models in Elizabeth's back garden who first worked for the company. 】

【…Miss Hurst said that Mr. Smith has always been a generous and emotional person. Elizabeth Back Garden is the first independent company he established, which is earlier than the history of Smith Media. Those 18 models were also his earliest regular employees, and he has always attached great importance to them, and this reward was made this time for this reason...]

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On the morning of May 8, 2004, major American newspapers such as "Wall Street Journal" and "New York Daily" all published an article about the French yacht group Beneteau Group, especially News of the launch of the limited edition Lagoon 99 catamaran sailing yacht.

Although luxury yachts are not so common in modern society, only the rich can own them. But in terms of news, they are not like the old 60s and 70s, they are not big news anymore.

Unless it is the kind of world-class, such as a luxury yacht that costs hundreds of millions of dollars.

Logically speaking, the Lagoon 99 catamaran luxury sailing yacht, which costs more than 10 million US dollars, cannot be featured on the news pages of so many big newspapers.

Even the minor minor editions are the same.

However, who told this time that the Beneteau Group has something to do with Abel Smith, the super darling of the entire American media?

What's more, this time Lagoon 99 is not one, but a total of 18 ships, each at least 15 million, and the combined cost has exceeded 270 million US dollars

From the perspective of quantity or total amount, it is also possible to be on the news.

Plus Abel Smith's blessing, and they were presented as a gift from Abel Smith to 18 supermodels.

Abel Smith, 18 Luxury Yachts, Elizabeth's 18 Supermodels…

It can be said that every keyword is full of news enthusiasm.

Therefore, on the day when the report went online, people on the Internet and offline in the entire European and American world who had read the news started discussing it lively.

Among ordinary people, there are too many big news because of Abel Smith.

For example, on May 1 this year, the richest man in the world donated food worth 200 million U.S. dollars to 11 poor countries in Africa, which attracted a lot of attention.

It's only been a few days, and before the heat dissipates, new news comes out.

With the high-level positive energy donation to help poor African countries in the first place, and the super rewards awarded to 18 supermodels later, no one dared to say anything more.

Among the elite crowd, many rich and powerful people who play with flowers, hate him and feel helpless at the same time.

Because obviously, these people know that the Issa supermodels are Abel's taboo. The eighteen who can get super rewards are probably the most favored group.

Now, Abel just spent so much money at once just to play with women.

With his example first, when the rich and powerful like them play with women, there will often be a lot of unnecessary costs.

Those materialistic women will subconsciously compare them to Abel... Many times they may not dare to say it, but the men can feel it.

This feeling will be very unpleasant. Because successful people tend to be more machismo, and machismo often can't stand this subtle feeling, this feeling of being compared with other men...

It’s okay if everyone doesn’t pretend not to know, but if someone speaks out, it would be too embarrassing.

As for the guys at the top, most of them laughed off the news, and they all knew what it meant.

In general, most people just regard this news as another lace news of Abel Smith, the contemporary Howard Hughes, the real version of Tony Stark's financial version.

Also, his women, who knew Abel's character and habits well, didn't look good after hearing the news one by one.

Of course, there are a lot of people who know the inside story envy and hate this - mainly Issa's remaining 20 supermodels.

That night, they also participated in a party in Times Square. They also contribute, not purely cheerleaders and atmosphere groups. But in the end, they were not included in Cheng Enze's team, nor were they included in the 18 Lagoon 99s.

Of course many of them were outraged.

Fortunately, Abel is not stupid, and knows the truth that people suffer unevenly. So the other 20 supermodels, although they don't have Lagoon 99 rewards.

But they also all got a check for $2 million, and it was after-tax as an incentive.

This high reward somewhat calmed down a little resentment in their hearts.

But Abel doesn't care about these things now, it's just a trivial matter to him.

This afternoon, inside the Smith Tower, on the floor dedicated to Smith Media, he held a meeting of the Smith Newspaper Group.

"Sit down—"

In the conference room, the heads and editors of the major newspapers of the Smith Newspaper Group, which came to New York from many parts of the United States and even the world to participate in the meeting.

They were actually already in the conference room, waiting for about twenty minutes.

It's just that no one dared to show an impatient look on their faces.

Looking at the smiling faces, he got up to greet his subordinates. After entering, Abel just smiled and stretched out his hand to signal everyone to sit down.

However, if he, the boss, didn't sit down, his subordinates naturally didn't dare to take their seats first. When he sat in the chief position, everyone was slowly taking their seats. He smiled and looked around, seeing the smiles on everyone's faces, laughing and teasing road:

"It seems that everyone has been doing well recently. Everyone is radiant and full of energy. I guess everyone has brought good news, right?"

"Ha ha……"

Everyone looked at each other and laughed lightly.

"Then, let's get started—" Abel waited until his subordinates finished laughing, then smiled and looked at his own newspaper group, Dylan, the head of the newspaper group who is expected to be promoted to the CEO of the entire Smith Media Group in the near future, stretched out his hand to signal Said after getting off.