Chapter 291 The 2001 Forbes rankings are released

As one of the well-known cities in the world, London, the capital of the United Kingdom, has always been known as the Fog City.

Within the scope of this city, there are more than a hundred days of fog a year.

Foggy weather covers the four seasons of spring, summer, autumn and winter.

Fortunately, August is the best month in London.

London fog in August is also the best fog.

In the early morning at No. 1 Kensington Palace Gardens, a light mist enveloped the courtyard.

It looks vaguely like a flower fairy dancing in the forest.

The soft sunshine shines on the flowers, trees, and grass in the courtyard, and the lush leaves have deep and light green.

The garden is full of grass, clusters and clusters of famous flowers that are well taken care of. Bathed in the sunshine, they bloom with smiles. The dew on the petals flashes with colorful light under the reflection of the morning light.

In the morning mist, Abel returned to the living room after exercising for a while.

It was only around eight o'clock in the morning, and little Laura hadn't woken up yet.

Abel didn't bother her. He finished washing himself, changed into a set of more formal clothes, and left No. 1 Kensington Palace Gardens.

The convoy drove for about ten minutes, and because there was no traffic jam, it quickly arrived at the City of London.

In this small one square mile in the center of London, the most famous financial companies and business giants in the UK and even the world are gathered.

In this land of high value, there are more than 500 foreign banks and more than 180 foreign securities trading centers.

More than 300,000 financial elites work here together with Britain's long-established banks and exchanges.

75% of the world's top 500 multinational companies have established branches or offices here.

When the motorcade drove in, Abel looked through the car window and saw that it was so early, but there were many people on the road who seemed to be giving speeches.

David on the passenger side noticed the boss's gaze, and he said easily:

"They are giving a campaign speech for the mayor of London. It will be like this for the next few days."

"Mayor's campaign speech?" Abel asked curiously:

"Is there a mayoral race in London? The current mayor of London seems to be Livingstone? Wait a minute, didn't this guy take office last year?"

"Yes." David Jones smiled from the front: "Livingstone is the mayor of London. But what is running here is the mayor of London here."

"What do you mean?" Abel asked curiously, "There is also a Mayor of London here? Two Mayors of London?"

David Jones was quick to explain to his boss.

Simply put, London has two mayors.

One is the Mayor of the City of London and the other is the Mayor of the City of London.

The Mayor of the City of London (City of London) and the Mayor of London are two different positions in the UK.

The former has a long history and is the head of the City of London in the center of London.

The latter was founded at the end of the 20th century and is the head of the entire Greater London.

The Mayor of the City of London has an office independent of the Mayor of London and has a much older history than the Mayor of Greater London.

In addition, this square mile of land has its own court, nearly a thousand police officers, and a strict management system.

Even according to the provisions of the British Royal Charter, even if the "supreme power" of the Queen of England enters the city, she must obtain the consent of the Mayor of the City of London in advance.

At the subway exits of the Financial City, people can see eye-catching signs showing the jurisdiction of the Financial City, and even the unique emblem of the Financial City government is cast on the "fence" that marks the boundary of the Financial City.

It has a very strong flavor of a country within a country, as if this place does not belong to London, or even to the United Kingdom.

Therefore, it is absolutely correct to say that modern financial capital originated in London.

The unique regulations of the City of London are obviously the story of what happened when capital began to dominate the royal family.

Otherwise, how could the majesty of the feudal royal power allow such a thing to happen?

This kind of state within a state was later turned into a tradition and has been passed down over the years.

After hearing these allusions from David, Abel could only lament that the European and American nations were so tormented.

Normally, the Mayor of Greater London is elected only once every four years.

The Little London Mayor of this financial city is elected once a year, and the election takes half a month.

The term of office is only one year. In other words, the mayor will be replaced in more than 300 days.

What can a mayor with such a short term do? Most of them can only follow the rules and do nothing.

Abel felt that this was just like what Humphrey said - "The advantage of cooking is that no one is responsible."

This kind of dishonesty is obviously what financial capital likes best.

Xiaozhengfu is taken to the extreme. There are no real rights, only obligations.

This is the kind of government that capitalists like most.

After David's allusion was finished, Abel's motorcade also arrived in front of a skyscraper in "Square Mile".

This building is located at the Forey Building at 19 Fenchurch Street, London. It is 15 floors high and looks somewhat historical. It is a building from the middle to late last century.

The area of ​​each floor of Furui Building is approximately 1,000 square meters.

Last month, the British branch of Abel's New Starting Real Estate Company purchased the three floors of 13, 14 and 15 here for 18 million pounds.

Subsequently, the three floors here were leased to two companies, Smith Capital (UK) and Smith Media (UK).

Among them, Smith Media (UK) occupies two floors.

Smith Capital (UK) is on level 15.

When Abel came to London, his main office was here.

But the third floor was just rented not long ago.

In the past few days, we have been rushing to install the 15th floor so that Smith Capital (UK) can have an office immediately.

So at this time, the 13th and 14th floors were still being renovated, and Smith Media (UK) had not yet officially moved in.

The fifteenth floor of the building is the headquarters of Smith Capital (UK).

This company is jointly controlled by Smith Capital and Abel, with Smith Capital holding 60% and Abel personally holding 40%. It is registered in Ireland.

The company's staff currently number over a hundred people.

Fifty of them were half recruited and half deployed by Smith Capital and sent from New York.

The other more than 50 people were recruited locally in London, and most of them were hired by headhunters.

After entering the 21st century, the British elite is the same as the American elite.

The smartest people in these two countries have found that engineering and science are useless. After graduation, they will do the most work and earn the least money.

But in IT and finance, not only do the jobs seem easy, but the pay is also higher than the other.

In addition, after Mrs. Thatcher carried out financial reforms, the UK established a national policy of building a financial country at that time and held finance in high esteem.

Therefore, gradually, smart people in the UK are crowding into the financial field.

Just one "Square Mile", the City of London, has about 300,000 financial practitioners.

There are several places like this in London, such as Canary Wharf not far from here.

In other words, the smartest people in the UK, hundreds of thousands of them, have entered the financial field.

So can the UK’s financial sector not be strong?

So can the UK not be weak in other fields?

So can it not be finished?

It is easier to recruit financial elites in the UK than on Wall Street.

It's been a few days, but not all the people from Smith Capital's Wall Street side have arrived.

All the London or European people recruited locally have already arrived.

Already working here under the leadership of Jed, one of the presidents of Smith Capital headquarters.

Jed, the president of Smith Capital, has also been appointed by Abel as the CEO of Smith Capital (UK).

As long as nothing goes wrong, Jed will most likely become the main person in charge of Smith Capital in Europe in the future.

The office area of ​​more than 1,000 square meters is not very spacious to accommodate more than 100 people.

This makes Abel's office here not particularly spacious, only more than 100 square meters.

Taking David and the Four Diamonds, Abel went directly to his British office.

As always, there is always a huge floor-to-ceiling window in his office.

This is not only Abel's personal hobby, but also the hobby of most business and professional elites.

People like them always like to stand in front of the floor-to-ceiling windows of tall skyscrapers and look down at all the living beings on the ground.
To be continued...