This allows his shares in the company to remain at around 50.9%.

You know, at the beginning, he had 51%.

I had no choice but to sell 0.1% to the California government.

This is also the attitude of the local authorities.

And he himself only held the position of chairman.

However, they do not have much power to appoint and remove senior executives of this company.

It’s not that the shareholders are powerful, it’s that when he wants to take certain actions, the California authorities will react violently under the instigation of local snakes.

There are 50 states in the United States, and each state has a king.

This sentence is not false, the United States is such a country that is loose to the extreme.

Every state has a few families, which are among the invisible warlords.

In other words, the federal government is very powerful, and together it is more beneficial for capitalists to plunder all over the world.

It was only because of this that it did not split and could remain in this bulk state.

It is united by interests, but when one day its divided interests are greater than the combined interests.

That means no one can stop it from splitting.

The real manager of California Pacific Electric is a CEO named Shoups.

If something goes wrong with California Pacific Electric, it will naturally be up to Shoups, the CEO, and the company's senior executives to handle it.

It was Allen who called Abel, and he continued to answer on the phone:

"Asia Pacific Electric's CEO, Shoups, has held a press conference overnight and apologized to the media. He has also arrived at the site of the incident, as well as the investigation team, FBl, and local police."

"That's good. Let them handle the matter."

Abel said: "Although I am the largest shareholder and chairman, until now, I have not had any actual power in California Pacific Electric. This has nothing to do with me, do you understand?"

"I understand...BOSS, I know how to do it."

"That's good."

Things obviously won't be that simple.

The next morning.

When Abel accompanied Avril and Xiao Tiantian, their best friends, to have a rare breakfast together.

The CEO of California Pacific Electric, Shoups, called me on the phone.

"Mr. Chairman, this is Shoups. Good morning, sir."

"Ah~ Good morning, Shoups. Your voice sounds very tired. How are things going? In half an hour, the stock market will open. I don't want my property to be affected by this.

"

Abel said in a calm tone while eating the sandwiches, milk and grilled steak that Avril and Britney had fed him.

Shoups' voice on the other side of the phone sounded a little tired.

Maybe I really didn't get a good rest last night.

"Mr. Smith, things may be a bit troublesome. The substation suffered serious damage and was completely burned down. There was an explosive incident later. Affected by this, more than 135 families' houses nearby suffered damage of varying sizes."

"Ah...that's so unfortunate. They are really poor people. I hope God can heal their wounded hearts."

Listening to Abel's compassionate tone, Shopus curled his lips near the substation where the accident occurred.

He didn't believe that Abel was really so kind, even if Abel's personal donations exceeded all the rich Americans.

Do capitalists have a conscience? If they did, they would not be called capitalists.

In fact, if he had a choice, Shopes would definitely not want to make this call to Abel.

Even if Abel is the largest shareholder of California Pacific Electric and is also the chairman of the board.

Because if it were within California Pacific Electric, Shoups, who was supported by the California authorities and other major shareholders, would have been on the opposite side of Abel.

In terms of preventing and fighting against Abel's complete control of California Pacific Electric, Shoupers had always been at the forefront.

If it weren't for the current situation, we could say very bad things about California Pacific Electric.

Shoups would never make this call.

"Mr. Chairman, there was an accident at the substation, causing a series of explosions. Although there were not many casualties, the area affected was large. The impact on the public and the media was very bad."

Shoups implored: "We hope that because you are the chairman of the company and the largest shareholder, you can help California Pacific Electric in the media."

Shoups expressed his reasons for looking for Abel.

After causing such a big accident, it is conceivable that California Pacific Electric will have a very bad impression among the public and the media.

Shoups made this call because he hoped that Abel, a media tycoon, could mobilize the power of Smith Media to help California Pacific Electric in the media and public opinion.

On Abel's side, Avril and Britney, one was feeding Abel milk, and the other was wiping his mouth with a tissue.

At this time, they saw Abel sneer silently, but his tone was very calm:

"Oh, of course it's no problem. After all, this is related to my interests. Don't worry, Mr. Shopes. How could I not help California Pacific Electric?"

"Thank you, thank you!" Shoups had doubts in his heart. He didn't believe that Abel could be so easy to talk to.

But at this time I can only say thank you to Abel.

"That's it. You should be very sleepy or busy now, go do your work or take a rest, Mr. Shoups. In terms of public opinion, I will watch it."

"Thank you so much."

Abel hung up the phone.

Seeing him put the phone away, Avril asked strangely: "Why do you feel that your expression when you answered the phone just now and your tone of voice were completely two different attitudes?"

Britney also nodded: "The expression is very sarcastic, but the tone is very good. They are like two people."

Abel laughed, stretched out his hand and pinched their tender faces gently.

"For example, you bought half of the equity of a cake shop. But the original owner and local people of this shop do not allow you to interfere in the operation of this shop."

"You can only be a big boss in name only. You can also accept possible dividends or losses every year. How will you feel?"

Avril thought for a while, "I will be very angry. I will sell all the shares and open another store opposite. If it doesn't make money, I will close it!"

This approach was indeed very Avril-like, and Abel smiled after hearing it.

"If it were me, I would be very angry too. But maybe we can discuss it?" Britney said.

"Let me add something more. It's the same analogy just now. If this store suddenly encounters trouble when it is operating, for example, its cakes will spoil the stomachs of many people and affect the health of many people, and the matter will be very big."

"At this time, the manager of this cake shop, as well as other shareholders and local people, came to ask you for help, because you are the nominal boss. So what do you think and do?"

"How can I help?! I wish it would close down!" Avril, who only turned 18 in 9 months, said loudly.

Britney also nodded.

Abel smiled and spread his hands, "That's why my expression and tone were different just now. The call just now was made by the "cake shop manager". He wanted me to help."

"Do you own a cake shop?" Avril said a little naively.

Britney's beautiful eyebrows wrinkled slightly.

This most popular young idol actress has been cheating on her since she was cheated on by Abel last year.

Her mental state gradually became normal, and her IQ gradually became normal as well.

After her IQ became normal, Britney developed some symptoms of Stockholm Syndrome towards Abel.

She especially likes to collect news related to Abel, and especially wants to know all aspects of Abel's things.

Now Britney is wondering if Abel opened a cake shop.

"Yes." Abel said with a smile: "This cake shop also supplies most of California. It's just that the "cakes" it makes are quite special."

When Avril wants to ask what special cake to eat.

Abel had already stood up and said to the two men:

"I'm going out for a trip. You can move around freely. Just don't go too far away from California. The Grammys are about to start in a dozen days."

Britney and Avril both nodded obediently and watched him leave.

After Abel left, Avril looked at Britney and said, "Has Abel opened any cake shop? I've never heard of it."

Brittney shook her head. She had been thinking about it for a while but didn't remember it.

After Abel left the door, the motorcade set off directly to the center of Malibu.

Malibu was officially established as a city in 1991.

It is located in the west of Los Angeles with a population of 12,000. It is surrounded by the Santa Monica Mountains to the north and the Pacific Ocean to the south.

It's not so much a city as it is a small town.

There is only one commercial center in its city center, with a large number of luxury brands and fast food chains such as Starbucks, McDonald's, Subway, Pizza Hut, KFC, and some restaurants.
To be continued...