There are several conspicuous places with the same number as the [$458] at the end of the invitation.

At first, Soros thought it was a poor-quality print that had been misprinted.

But now there is this number on it, so this is not a printing error.

The suspicious old guy couldn't help but speculate because of this detail.

As for the reception scene, it was exactly as Melio and Barron Hilton said.

Most of the guests have already arrived, and the spacious and huge Hilton golden banquet hall is full of people at a glance.

Smith Capital is using the buffet mode tonight.

There are no tables for guests on site, but there are sofas, tables and chairs everywhere for guests to rest temporarily.

The male and female waiters who looked the same walked through it, adding drinks to the guests from time to time, taking away the glasses, adding food, etc.

Soros doesn't care about any of this, he just wants to find Abel.

"Over there." Timms, who had been following the boss, pointed in a direction and said softly.

Soros, who was not wearing glasses tonight but was wearing contact lenses, looked over at a glance.

Sure enough, he found Abel in the crowd, who was surrounded by a group of people.

With Abel, Soros met Bloomberg, Buffett, Sullivanston, chairman of PNC Financial Services Group, and others.

After hesitating for a moment, Soros did not go over immediately.

Someone discovered Soros's presence and quickly gathered around.

As the top financial tycoon among the Oilers.

Wherever Soros appears, there are Oilers.

Oil people will be involuntarily attracted and gather around him.

Just like now, some Oil financial capitalists and the oil rich people attending the meeting soon came over.

"Here comes George."

Maybe it's true that oilmen attract each other. Bloomberg, who was beside Abel, quickly discovered Soros' arrival and pointed out his location to Abel.

Abel took a quick look and saw that Soros was surrounded by many oilmen.

Abel smiled and whispered to Bloomberg:

"I deliberately didn't invite him, but he came as expected! Warren, get the one hundred dollars right now!"

Hearing what he said later, Bloomberg and Sullivan both laughed softly.

It turned out that a month ago, Abel and Buffett made a bet in front of them.

Bet on whether Soros will come to Abel's year-end investment reception after the Norwegian krone incident this year.

Buffett thinks not, and Abel thinks it should be. And if he also says that he will not send an invitation letter, Soros will most likely come. If he sends an invitation letter, Soros will not come.

The two of them bet one hundred dollars.

"I owe it first."

Buffett glanced at Soros's direction and said expressionlessly.

"Calculate the interest." Abel said directly: "Now the Fed's benchmark interest rate is 0.75%. If you calculate your normal inter-bank lending interest, it should be 4.75%."

Bloomberg and Sullivan laughed directly, and Buffett didn't bother to pay attention to him.

"Hi, good evening everyone. It seems that everyone is very happy. It seems that Smith Capital is going to shock Wall Street again tonight!!"

A gentle voice sounded next to several people.

Everyone looked over and saw that Paulson, chairman and CEO of Goldman Sachs, and David Komansky, CEO of Merrill Lynch, were walking over.

The speaker was Paulson.

The false and simple exchange of greetings and greetings started all over again.

Paulson took a glass of champagne from the plate of a beautiful female student who passed by and took a sip.

The CEO of Goldman Sachs couldn’t help but say:

"Mr. Smith, you will announce Smith Capital's financial report for this year anyway later. How about you tell us directly here now? I think David is also very curious."

Next to him, Merrill Lynch CEO David Komansky smiled reservedly.

At this time, Morgan Stanley's CEO came over, and Philip Purcell heard Paulson's words from a distance.

He walked over and immediately smiled and said, "Yes, Mr. Smith. How about alleviating our curiosity in advance?"

As Morgan Stanley's CEO approached, more Wall Street giants subconsciously gathered around.

Among these people are the heads of the five major investment banks on Wall Street, as well as the heads of large fund investment institutions such as Vanguard Group, Fidelity International Investment Fund, State Street Bank, and Wellington Management Group.

There are also some rich people in other industries.

For example, Mr. Ted Lerner of the real estate industry is standing on the outside with Barron Hilton.

Compared with the first year-end investment reception last year, Smith Capital invited more guests to this event this year.

The number of guests who try their best to come is also increasing.

Last year, there were only over 100 people and less than 200 guests.

This year Smith Capital sent out 200 invitations, and exactly 400 guests came.

However, there are very few guests who bring female companions, and most people choose to bring other companions.

And these companions are either the top elites on Wall Street, or the rich people who came from all over the United States, or the local rich people in New York.

Compared with last year's Smith Capital cocktail party, the scale and specifications of the guests at this year's cocktail party have obviously gone up a few notches.

Like last year, the most famous guest was Buffett.

There was also George who came later, but George was not well-known at that time.

He has not yet decided to officially take office.

And this year, although George did not come this year, Buffett still came, and Soros also came.

In addition to these people, several other important figures came this year.

For example, not far away, a donkey and an elephant are talking to each other.

One of these two is the president of the Senate this year, and the other is the minority leader of the House of Representatives this year.

In other words, one of the dual cores of power in the country, the two giants on Capitol Hill.

They're all here tonight.

This change was noticed by the guests who attended last year's cocktail party.

They all know that this is a symbol that the status and influence of Abel and Smith Capital are no longer the same as last year.

The ultimate reason for all these changes is the tall and majestic Abel Smith standing here in front of him.

He can make money, he can make money for Smith Capital, and Smith Capital can make money for the rich!

Of course, what everyone is most concerned about is how much money Smith Capital has made this year!

Paulson asked, Philip Purcell followed suit, and everyone gathered around.

In the end it's all for this purpose.

This change also attracted the attention of other guests at the reception.

They even looked at the pair of big donkeys and giant elephants.

Facing the gazes of the real top elites in these countries, Abel smiled calmly, his expression calm and calm.

"Well, it will be announced later. There is no need to say it now, right? The most beautiful things should not be revealed last, because they are the most fascinating?"

Seeing that Paulson and Philip Purcell were about to speak again, Abel smiled and raised his hands in a gesture of surrender.

"Okay, okay. I know how you feel now. Then let's announce it in advance."

Abel waved directly to David Jones, who was standing not far from him.

"Let Mellon announce it directly."

The butler nodded, turned and left with a smile.

Seeing that Abel had expressed his stance like this, everyone stopped pressing him, and instead curiously looked for David Mellon.

Last year it was David Mellon who hosted the reception, and he should be the one this year.

Most of the male guests also knew the news.

Everyone is looking forward to it.

In contrast, there are not many female guests tonight, so the main focus is not here.

As the hostess, little Laura was responsible for receiving them, there were only about thirty of them.

The ratio to the number of male guests tonight is simply incomparable.
To be continued...