Question: "Who is the most powerful person in the United States?"

There will be many answers.

Some people would say it's Wall Street, others say it's Ayu who controls the media.

Some people say it's those financial groups, or those blue-blood families.

But some people would say that it is the military-industrial complex.

In fact, these answers are both correct and incorrect.

Because to be precise, these forces mentioned above.

They can transform into each other, and they are all very deeply involved. You are part of me, and part of me is you.

If you copy the nine tribes, you can probably catch them all in one go.

But there is no doubt that this country has the most combat effectiveness.

Or the military-industrial complex and the military it domesticates.

Because of the war between the north and the south that year.

In fact, the southern part of the Federation has always been suppressed in terms of military control.

Several states that were the backbone of the Southern Federation have not seen any powerful bosses for so many years.

After entering modern times, this situation has gotten much better.

After that, several political figures emerged in Texas.

The most powerful one is undoubtedly the family of the current candidate for leadership of the Elephant Party.

Abel even got to know each other.

Because Abel’s grandfather, Alex, was one of the supporters of the opponent when they revived the Texas Rangers baseball team in the 1990s.

The Smith family's small stake in the Rangers baseball team came from that time.

Abel's grandfather, who is now almost eighty years old, has always lived in Houston.

When Abel was a child, he received a Rangers baseball cap from his grandfather at his house.

Abel is also speculating, the Manhattan District Attorney's Office.

The reason why he didn't initiate a search warrant for his company was because he thought he couldn't find any evidence.

And besides Caroline and Mellon's relationship.

It may also have something to do with this.

After all, his family is also a well-established old Dixie family.

70 years ago, the family of the current candidate for leadership of the Xiang Party.

That's probably all it is.

It's just that the candidate has a great guy.

Then he got up all of a sudden and climbed to the top of the country.

All in all, Abel is not a grassroots person without support.

In this way, I spread my thoughts and thought wildly.

Abel smiled and said to Edward and Plimpton:

"I'll let you know in advance. You just need to be prepared."

"When it's done, you can just bring people to move there."

"Of course. If someone doesn't want to go there, that's okay. You can leave directly."

Seeing the two men nodding, Abel stood up directly and said, "Then this matter has been decided."

As he spoke, he walked outside the office.

Edward and Plimpton followed.

"Edward, you still have one day off. Today is still your day off. I'm sorry to waste your whole morning."

"You don't have to follow me now, just continue working as usual tomorrow."

Edward nodded and said: "Okay, boss, I understand."

There are four Abel personal bodyguards.

Generally speaking, these four people will have two to three days of rest a month.

Come in turns.

Once Abel leaves New York and wants to go out.

All four people must follow, and sit at the back on rest days.

Behind these four people, there are several other bodyguards as preparation and logistics staff.

It can be said that he is really cautious and careful when it comes to personal safety.

Being so cautious can really put others in personal danger.

There are probably only natural disasters and accidents, as well as measures from the government or those behemoths.

After leaving Rock Security, Abel did not return to Manhattan immediately.

He went to a property he had just bought.

It is a property on the side of the Manhattan coastline in Queens, about 1 kilometer away from the Kauffman Building.

This was originally a medium-sized shopping mall with underground and outdoor parking lots that were relatively large in the New York area.

Last month, Abel bought it.

I plan to renovate it and then move Smith Capital directly here.

Compared with its central location in Manhattan, where there are many high-rise buildings, Queens is actually close to the East Hudson River, which is the entire coastline across from Manhattan.

There are also many high-rise buildings, and the Queens CBD is here.

Just separated by a big river, housing prices here are on average more than 30% cheaper than those in Manhattan.

It's not far from the company's new address from Rock Security, and it's already around ten o'clock in the morning.

The rush hour traffic jam was over, and it only took about ten minutes to get there by car.

When Abel arrived, he found the originally well-decorated shopping mall area.

It has become a small construction site.

The entire building is covered with scaffolding, and the large outdoor parking lot is also used to store decoration materials.

Seeing all this mess, he gave up the idea of ​​going in to see what was going on.

I just took a look outside and asked the driver Dix to drive around in a circle.

He left directly without disturbing Melio's work inside.

Then he returned to Manhattan.

woolworth building,

Smith Capital.

In the chairman's living room, Abel met Charlie Scharf, whom he had not seen for many days.

Charlie Scharf is a Russian-American in his forties, the CFO, or chief financial officer, of Merrill Lynch.

Merrill Lynch is a world-renowned securities retailer and investment bank.

Smith Capital is one of the middlemen in the stock market, foreign exchange market, and futures market, and this behemoth is on the list.

The last time Abel met Charlie Scharf was at the Hilton family banquet.

Today is the second meeting between the two.

The purpose of Charlie Scharf's visit this time is very direct.

In the small living room,

Charlie Scharf cuts right to the point:

"Mr. Smith, I'm here this time.

I heard that Smith Capital has launched its first private placement."

"It just so happens that Merrill Lynch currently has a considerable amount of trust assets, and we are worried about how to arrange it."

"The capital market has been very bad recently. We hope to entrust this fund to an excellent investor to manage this asset."

"Merrill Lynch has been paying attention to Mr. Smith for more than five months. We think you are the manager Merrill Lynch is looking for."

As the CFO of Merrill Lynch, Charlie Scharf said these words.

Those Merrill Lynch investors would be very surprised if they saw it.
To be continued...