Chapter 372: Great achievement of magical power or death by explosion

Abel finally understood that tonight's cocktail party was not a party specially hosted by Soros.

It was probably a special internal cocktail party held by Soros at the end of the year.

It is similar to a financial company and an end-of-year investment reception.

Strictly speaking, it might even be just an internal end-of-year party with Soros, the group of Oilers who have the closest relationship.

This can be seen from the fact that the number of people at the entire cocktail party was not large, and most of them were Oilers financial elites.

As the only male guest in the entire cocktail party who is not an Oilman.

Abel obviously attracts more attention than Li Xinyu and little Laura.

Like Alan Greenspan, and Leo Melamed, and David Rene Rothschild.

These three old men have been surrounding him, and you can tell.

Compared with these three people, even Soros's status within the Oilers seems to be inferior to them.

"Mr. Smith, you did a great job in Korea this time. You were clean and tidy, and the initial preparation was perfect. It was really an extremely successful raid."

David Rene Rothschild said softly with a smile.

Leo Melamed was also talking about South Korea, "The bad thing is that South Korea is too small and too thin. Even if it can be operated perfectly, the profits that can be extracted will not be too much."

Alan Greenspan said nothing, holding a glass of wine and smiling next to him.

Abel also smiled and looked very reserved, "This is not my success. Without George's help and the local people's contribution, there would be no need to talk about it."

"That's not what it says." David Rene Rothschild continued:

"Mr. Smith, your ability to take advantage of the situation is also very important. Without you, George would not believe those local people. Those local people would also not believe George."

"Without you in the middle, it would be impossible for them to work together and cooperate. Mr. Smith, your role is obviously very important."

"Okay." Abel raised his glass, "Then I finally have some merit. Come, cheers for your health!"

The three old men all smiled and raised their wine glasses, and took a very honorable sip.

After drinking red wine, the three oily old men forgot about each other.

Alan Greenspan and Leo Melamed both nodded slightly towards David Rene Rothschild.

Abel soon heard David Rene Rothschild's very concerned question:

"Mr. Smith, I wonder what Smith Capital's plans are for next year?"

Abel thought it was finally here.

These three fat guys were surrounding him, but he didn't believe that they just wanted to drink and chat with him.

It can be said that this sentence represents the character of most Oilers.

Abel replied with a smile: "Of course it is to earn more profits. I am working hard to earn more money for my investors and my shareholders."

Seeing what he said, David Rene Rothschild also directly expressed his attitude.

"So... Smith Capital, are you interested in adding a few more shareholders?"

"oh?"

Abel looked at the three people, wondering what these old men meant.

Because according to Abel's thoughts.

These three old men should have some shares in their own companies.

It is part of the 4% owned by Soros in Smith Capital.

The total value of Soros's 4% stake is nearly US$20 billion.

Soros doesn't have that much money. He can't even get 4% of Smith Capital's shares from all his wealth.

But Soros took this share.

It was obvious that the oil people behind him asked Soros to hold the shares on his behalf, and then jointly invested to acquire these shares.

Given the status of these three old men in this circle.

Among these shares, they should be able to occupy a relatively large number.

In other words, these people are already shareholders of Smith Capital.

Now that he said this, Abel was a little curious.

Judging from Abel's appearance, David Rene Rothschild also decided not to be tactful.

In the hearts of these oilmen, they also know that they should be more direct when talking to the Ansa people.

Obviously, the guy in front of me is very young, very successful, and very powerful in finance.

But he's also an Ansa guy.

People think that it is more direct to talk to him and just talk about interests.

David Rene Rothschild puts it straight to the point:

"Too little. Even if you add in Bloomberg's 4% and Soros's 4%, the number is still too small. The total is only 8%. Mr. Smith, we want to better cooperate with you. I hope you will

I understand."

This time the other party spoke directly enough, and of course Abel understood it.

He asked calmly: "Then... what do you mean by these gentlemen?"

"Add that 8%, add another 12%, and you get a total of 20%," said David Rene Rothschild.

Abel understood what these oilmen meant, and he couldn't help laughing.

This is too little.

So far, Smith Capital has four shareholders: Buffett, Soros, Bloomberg, and PNC Financial Services Group.

And the Bush family, and Abel himself.

The Texas consortium is still discussing the details.

This part of the work is not expected to be completed until next year.

The cooperation between two huge consortiums is relatively simple when making the initial decision.

All it takes is the leader nodding.

But all the details below, as small as 0.1% of the shares of a company controlled by one of its affiliates, must be negotiated to avoid wrangling after the merger.

This part of the work, even with the help of elites such as PricewaterhouseCoopers and Ernst & Young, will take a long time.

For example, the cooperation between Rockefeller and Morgan, that is, the merger of Morgan Chase, has been discussed since the 1980s.

Speaking of the middle of last year, it may have been after a mutual decision was made.

Only then did the two parties reveal to the public that they might merge.

At first, the market thought it was a joke.

But by the end of last year, they really merged.

Not counting the negotiations that the two sides may have involved in the previous ten or twenty years.

Just based on the time from the announcement in the middle of last year to the actual merger, the total time took more than half a year.

Therefore, the Texas Consortium and the Smith Consortium have in-depth cooperation.

If you want to figure it out, it will take at least April or May next year until the detailed discussions are completed.

Prior to this, the Texas consortium could not be regarded as a shareholder of Smith Capital.

Among the original shareholders, Soros and Bloomberg held shares.

In fact, it was Abel, specially reserved for the oil people.

The combined total of the two people's 8% shares is the position and voice of the Oilers within this consortium.

Abel knew that the actual shares of Smith Capital held by these two people may not even add up to 3%.

The remaining shares should have been divided among other Oilers.

See what these oil people mean.

They want to continue to add chips and increase the Oilers' share in this joint consortium.

After thinking about it, Abel did not refuse immediately, but he also had no intention of agreeing.

He said with an ambiguous smile:

"If it's this question, I can't decide now. I am not the only shareholder of Smith Capital now. If a new shareholder wants to join, other shareholders will need to nod."

"Of course." He changed the topic and said with a smile: "I personally welcome everyone to join. Because I have always believed that - "You can never have too many friends." You are all my friends, just like George

Same as Michael."

Hear Abel's friendly remarks.
To be continued...