Chapter 347 Creating a monster interest group

As night falls, the lanterns come on.

Tonight, Abel made an appointment to have dinner with someone.

He came out of the Woolworth Building and was going to a restaurant in upper Manhattan.

Having said that, after it is confirmed that Bloomberg can officially take office.

New Beginning Real Estate, the company that bought the Woolworth Building, has submitted another application to the New York City government and the New York Heritage Conservancy.

Apply to change the name of Woolworth Building to the new Smith Building.

This application by New Starting Point Company is already the third time.

Previously, Xinqidian Real Estate Company had applied twice, but was rejected both times.

This is the third time I have applied, and the first time since September 11th.

Bloomberg made it clear privately that he would fully support the approval of this application.

But Abel should also make some efforts to the New York Heritage Conservancy.

Abel understood instantly and had even done it before.

Over the past two months.

Smith Capital, Smith Media, and New Starting Point Real Estate Company are three companies.

We have made multiple donations to the New York Cultural Heritage Preservation Association several times in batches.

Abel himself also donated twice.

The amount of donations from him and his father-in-law has exceeded US$3 million.

Someone in the association has also made it clear that the New York Cultural Heritage Preservation Association should follow the trend of the times and make certain understandable changes when appropriate.

So after this submission, Woolworth Building will probably never have this name again.

When Abel came out of the future Smith Tower, he did not take the two homegirls who had been staying there for the past two days with him.

I don't know if it's their nature or if they were aware of Abel's intentions.

After that night, Britney and Avril haven't gone out yet.

The two spent the whole day hanging out in the "peak" mansion, either singing and dancing, drinking beer, playing games, or swimming in the small indoor swimming pool on the top floor of the apartment.

I haven't come down yet, I've been staying on the roof.

Avril also discovered Britney and was told about it by Abel.

Abel thought, come back tonight.

I want to bring these two future mainstays of the North American music scene together!

Of course, this will happen after I get back in the evening.

Abel is now going to a dinner.

He made an appointment with Jess, deputy director of the U.S. Federal Tax Service.

The two of them are going to have dinner at a Michelin-level restaurant in Upper Manhattan tonight.

Abel and Deputy Director Jace have always had a good relationship.

Jess has always been an executive at the IRS, mainly responsible for receiving and serving Abel.

The two have a very good relationship in private.

Jace's surname is Harrison, and he is the Harrison of the Harrison family.

This is why Abel developed a personal relationship with him outside of the IRS.

The Harrison family, they are likely one of the owners behind the Federal Reserve.

On the way to an appointment.

The roads in Manhattan are a bit congested during rush hour.

Sitting in the back of the Cadillac Monster in the middle of the convoy.

Abel looked out the window at the scene in Manhattan, feeling lost in thought.

The motorcade had now left Lower Manhattan and entered Midtown Manhattan.

Like downtown, Midtown Manhattan is a street where banks, companies, shops, and offices are densely packed.

The tall buildings tower into the night sky, like steep mountain peaks, and the walls are made of transparent glass, like a crystal palace.

Colorful street lights are twinkling, far and near, high and low, appearing and disappearing, as if they are floating in the sky full of stars.

The car was flying by like wind and dragon, and the taillights on the car were like countless red ribbons extending into the distance.

But in this bustling scene, Abel saw some homeless people on the street corner, spreading out their quilts and starting another night of wandering.

Midtown Manhattan, the most prosperous island of Manhattan in the financial city of New York and one of the gathering places with the most banks, has so many homeless people.

I have to say this is ironic.

Since the September 11th attacks, New York has fallen into recession.

Since entering the recession, according to statistics from a data company, at least 600,000 New Yorkers have been lost during this period.

Half of them occurred in the half month after September 11th.

Among them, Lower Manhattan and Midtown are the most serious.

New York City, which has always been proud of being the "financial capital", has been hit hard by this. Local officials predict that New York will lose at least 55% of its economic growth in this recession.

When people think of New York, a common refrain they hear is: "It's great, but I hate living there."

In the eyes of tourists, New York is always a desirable place.

But despite its luxurious and glamorous exterior, this highly developed capitalist city also reveals its old side, an oldness that is full of depression.

The residents of New York are all outsiders, leaving their hometowns and entering the city to seek shelter, performance, or some goals, big or small.

One of the mysterious characteristics of New York is its ability to distribute such ambiguous gifts.

It can destroy a person, or it can fulfill him, it largely depends on luck.

Unless you are willing to take a chance, it is best not to come to New York.

For ordinary people, New York is not a paradise at all.

It is an all-devouring hell!

In this case, Abel felt that he would be Lucifer or Satan in hell.

This Satan of Manhattan hell.

Although his eyes were looking at the bustling Manhattan.

But what he was thinking about in his heart was what happened during the day.

During the day, he took the initiative to draw Soros into his own interest group.

He is now calculating the gains and losses.

In fact, Abel had already had this idea.

That is to bring together Buffett and Soros at the same time.

Almost most of Buffett's investors are wealthy families from the Midwestern United States, as well as those from traditional political families.

Most of Soros's investors are oil tycoons and a small number of political families.

One of these two people represents the interests of the wealthy families in the American Midwest, and the other represents the interests of some Oilers.

The other two shareholders of Smith Capital also represent different American forces behind them.

For example, Bloomberg, the interest groups behind him are mostly oil people, and a small part are people from Wall Street.

As for PNC Financial Services Group, it is the financial representative of the northeastern region of the East Coast of the United States, mainly the Great Lakes region.

These four shareholders can be regarded as covering the Midwestern United States and the northeastern part of the East Coast of the United States.

There are also more than half of the oil rich and powerful, all of them are included.

A discerning person can observe Abel's shareholder layout.

You will find that he is trying to wipe out all American interest groups.

Like Abel himself, plus the words of the Bush family.

They can already represent the interests of part of the southwestern and even central parts of the United States.

Currently, within this group, from a regional perspective, only interest representatives from the West Coast of the United States are lacking.

According to Abel's vision, he will only hold 60% of Smith Capital's shares in the future.

He will divide the remaining 40% into shares of up to 4% and divide them into a large number of equity interests to attract major interest groups in the United States.

In addition to these representatives of local wealthy power groups.
To be continued...