America's Road To Wealth Chapter 502

  Chapter 502 The only future savior of the United States

  Abel is very interested in many large companies in Europe.

  The centuries-old history of old Europe is actually not much worse than that of the United States.

  If they can unite to form a true European Union instead of a mess in reality.

  Then they can completely compete with the United States today and China in the future, and exist as the third pole in the world.

  Unfortunately, this possibility has been fundamentally rejected in the "Marshall Plan" proposed by the United States after World War II.

  The Marshall Plan looks very good, saving the ruins of old Europe after the war.

  However, the American Marshall Plan has too many political conditions.

   Europeans accept this plan, they must accept the possibility of American influence and start to intensify in Europe.

  For decades, American penetration in Europe has become ubiquitous.

   Even if the European Union is established, the euro is officially issued.

   In fact, a unified and united European Union is no longer possible.

  The European Union that is emerging now is already the last legacy left to old Europe by the older generation of European politicians.

  These legacies will be in the next ten years in parallel time and space. Under the infiltration of the Americans, under the agitation of the British, under the failure of the Europeans themselves.

   eventually came to naught.

  The Europeans pushed far away those who could complete the European territory in terms of force and energy, and turned them into enemies.

  Among so many companies in old Europe, Abel's most important thing is the three giants of Germany, France, and the United Kingdom.

  Among British companies, what Abel attaches the most importance to is HSBC, a British bank whose main business is not in the UK!

   This bank owns 1/2 of the money-issuing rights on Hong Kong Island! More than 85% of its annual profits come from the Pearl of the Orient.

  Be able to indirectly control HSBC, that is, indirectly control Hong Kong Island's banknote issuance rights and financial rights.

   This is a very important thing for Abel who knows that China will rise in the future.

   To acquire HSBC, the worst thing is to buy a stake in it and become its important shareholder.

   This idea was born when he visited Hong Kong Island not long ago, when Glass Flint, the new chairman of HSBC Bank, made a special trip from London to Hong Kong Island to meet him.

  The video conference is still going on.

"...In the past ten years, the overall performance of each sector of the FTSE 100 Index and the current data analysis, the future gains are ranked from high to low are health care, consumer staples, consumer discretionary, IT, industrials, public utilities, materials, telecommunications ..."

   “Energy and financials have little upward momentum going forward.”

   "From the perspective of the main line, there are basically two main lines: innovative industries and the recovery of the old economy. This innovation includes category innovation such as pharmaceutical companies, model innovation such as hotel chains and new media, and Internet innovation."

"The biggest opportunity for the recovery of the old British economy comes from the recovery of the real estate industry. As we all know, London is becoming the most popular city in the world for the rich. Its low taxes, sound laws, and perfect social system are very It's easy to attract the wealthiest people in the world.”

  “Based on this reason, we conclude that high-end real estate in the UK will definitely become more and more popular. This is exactly how we can lay the foundation for the next opportunity.”

  After revealing his next plan to his subordinates, Abel didn't explain too much.

   Instead, let Jess and David continue to report more detailed and specific content to him.

   Want to complete this "landing in Britain plan" and take a strong stake in the invasion of various industries in the UK.

   Naturally, Abel would not buy or spend money blindly like an idiot.

  In addition to the media industry he has been involved in, there are many other companies worth investing in in the UK.

  What Abel needs is to pick out the most valuable group among these companies.

  So, now is the time for his think tank and big data analysis team to play a big role.

  Spent so much money to support this group of people, isn't it just for the current situation!

  After the report, Abel asked clearly, "What about individual stocks?"

   It is mainly Jess, the person in charge of the UK, who is responsible for answering.

"In terms of medicine, our main target is GlaxoSmithKline. In terms of essential consumer goods, there are two targets, one is the British Brewers Group and the other is Unilever. In terms of non-essential consumer goods, there are also two targets. Dyson and Burberry."

   "However, the most valuable is the HSBC Group that you are optimistic about, the boss. And BP, which has many contenders."

  Abel kept nodding his head when he heard these all-too-familiar company names. To be honest, if he really had to decide for himself, he would also buy these companies.

  The reason is very simple. The names of these companies were very familiar to him in China until he was reborn.

  This situation will happen, which proves that these companies still have great influence in the world before his rebirth, and these influences are so great that even an ordinary Chinese youth can know their names.

  Since they can have global influence, it proves that their operations have been doing well.

   "Add a Land Rover Motor Company. Rolls-Royce Motor Company is almost in hand. In my automobile group product lineup, I need a special off-road brand. The Royal Land Rover is very good."

   Abel proposed.

  Hearing the boss's request, the business elites at both ends of the video conference communicated quickly for a while.

   Finally, David Mellon responded to Abel's request.

"Boss, Land Rover is not British anymore. It is our American company now. Ford Motor Company bought Land Rover and Jaguar two years ago. Ford paid BMW Group $3.9 billion to buy all four wheels under Land Rover. Drive family products, including RangeRover, Discovery, Freelander and Defender."

   “So if we want a Land Rover, we don't buy it from the British, we need to ask the Ford Motor Company.”

"Unfortunately or fortunately, after Land Rover and Jaguar were acquired by Ford Motor Company, their brands were not taken seriously. What Ford needs more is their technology and patents. Ford has better choices in terms of brands. Americans prefer Practical F-series pickups. For luxury, there's Cadillac's Escalade. For cheap, there's Neon Man's Redshirt, Cruiser, and Tuda.”

   "These factors make it difficult for Land Rover Jaguar to sell in the United States."

   "I'm sure Ford would be happy to sell Land Rover and Jaguar if we sent out an inquiry. It's just that the price can go to two extremes."

   "If you only buy brands, the price will be very cheap, about 1 billion to 1.2 billion US dollars, you can buy them from Ford. But if you want to have the corresponding matching technology, the difficulty will be very high."

  Abel understood David's lengthy report.

   Simply put, Land Rover and Jaguar are now Ford's.

  Ford bought them at the time mainly because of the technical patents of Land Rover and Jaguar for many years, but the brand was secondary.

  Now if Abel wants to buy them, it will be easy to just buy the brand name.

  If you want the brand and the corresponding patented technology that has become all of Ford, it will be difficult or even impossible to buy.

   "Technology can be researched, and it is really hard to buy. Send an inquiry to Ford, we only want those two brands. Although Americans don't like them, there must be a huge market for it in some places."

   Abel gave the order with certainty.

  He knows that although in parallel time and space, Land Rover is not selling well all over the world.

  Available in the UK and another country, it is the #1 choice for luxury off-road brands.

  The key point is that the Land Rover at that time, apart from its brand name, its technology was actually bought or developed by Ah San himself.

   How better is the technology bought, or the technology developed by Ah San himself?

  In terms of technology, if the third brother said "No. 1", then it really is No. 1.

   The first bad, that is also the first.

  Because of poor technology, this luxury brand is prone to failure, and it is not very good in all aspects.

   Even if the problem is like this, it can reach an annual sales volume of 400,000 to 500,000 vehicles.

   You must know that this is a luxury car brand, and the annual sales volume is already very good.

   If only its technology could be better, it wouldn't be so prone to failure. Its sales are estimated to increase by another 20%, or even higher.

   Such a brand, Abel thinks it is very suitable to become a part of the product series of his own automobile group.

  According to his vision, in the future, it will belong to his automobile group.

  Rolls-Royce will always be at the top, an ultrluxury brand.

  Bentley is an ultrluxury brand that is younger and more suitable for young rich people.

  Under Rolls-Royce and Bentley, Land Rover specializes in luxury off-road.

  Jaguar will take the line of first-line luxury brands to compete with BBA.

  Tesla behind is taking the mid-range and mass-market brand route.

   When the time comes, wait until the era of trams. Tesla's electrification technology can be fed back to the upper luxury brands.

  The chassis and interior details of the upper luxury brand can also be transferred to the lower Tesla after the replacement.

  Abel hopes that such a combination can form a virtuous circle of positive feedback.

   As for the technology that is lacking now, Rolls-Royce is not bad in terms of engines, and the British in the automobile industry have a solid foundation.

   Coupled with the large amount of research and development expenses, with the United States, which has extremely strong automobile technology, as the basic base, it is easy to catch up in this regard.

   In other respects, Abel can't guarantee that, at least the technology of Land Rover Jaguar will definitely be stronger than the one acquired by the third brother in the parallel time and space.

  After the video conference, Abel sat in the boss's chair all the time, thinking about the feasibility of the Automobile Group.

  Abel has always attached great importance to the automobile group.

  Even in the United States, there are already not weak Ford and GM.

   This is because of the automotive industry, which belongs to the high-end industry and is one of the jewels in the crown of the industry. It can provide a large number of jobs, and it is a relatively high-quality one.

  According to Abel's thinking, this kind of industry is a high-quality industry that can expand its influence.

   If his automobile group can succeed by then, the area where the automobile group's production base is located will inevitably be covered and infiltrated by him over time.

  Imagine, when tens of thousands to hundreds of thousands of high-quality jobs in a region are all provided by his automobile group.

   There are also substantial taxes.

  The votes and finances in this area, can he have the final say?

  This is something that finance, the Internet, and high-tech companies such as Apple simply cannot do.

  Even if the market capitalization of these companies in the stock market is more than ten times the same.

  This is also the reason why Abel has never paid much attention to the Internet and high-tech companies.

  Including finance, these companies can make money, and they can make a lot of money.

  But it is difficult for them to affect the middle and lower levels, so it is difficult to lay a stable foundation for a huge consortium.

  So this is why one or two of these companies are ranked so high in the global top 500.

  But their controllers, basically in their respective countries, have at most a louder voice. In fact, none of them are indispensable figures in the region.

  Like an old horse, isn't Ahri strong enough and socially influential enough? If you say masturbation, you can masturbate, and if you masturbate, there is nothing wrong with it.

  Because no matter how big Ahri is, it is only a service company.

   Another example, China's Pengcheng.

   Speaking of Pengcheng, the most famous company has always been Penguin.

  However, in Pengcheng, since 2010, there are actually only one and a half people who have a real influence and can make the authorities change their policies.

  Half of it is the chrysanthemum before leaving Pengcheng. Chrysanthemum is very special. It is a high-tech enterprise, but it has a strong impact on industry, and the industrial chain formed around it is indispensable.

  The remaining one, always BYD.

  When BYD was first listed, its market value was only 1/5 of that of Penguin. BYD has always had a strong influence on the local area.

  Who told others that BYD is all engaged in industries, with a very complete industrial chain, affecting hundreds of thousands to hundreds of thousands of local jobs.

  Penguin, which has a higher market value and higher revenue, has only tens of thousands of employees, and almost no industrial chain.

  In addition to being able to raise taxes, it is also used as a city business card.

  Penguins don't even have 1/10 of BYD's benign impact on the local area.

  For a country or region, no matter how strong the service industry is, it can only be the footmaid of industry.

  Once this law is violated, the country and region will not be far from decline.

  The United States of the future will violate this law...

  Abel knew that it would be difficult for him to bring the big ship of the United States back to the correct course he envisioned.

  It cannot be done, and it is not necessary.

  Capital is highly profitable. Since the service industry is more profitable, it is of course impossible to invest money in industry.

  In this case, Abel decided to do it himself!

  He wants to create an industrial empire of his own in the United States.

   Texas, which is more pragmatic, is a good basic market.

   Of course, this does not mean that Abel will give up the service industry and finance.

  On the contrary, what he was thinking about was to use the financial collection to earn more money, use this money to develop himself, and burn his own industrial empire.

  At that time, when American capitalists face strong competition from new competitors in all aspects.

  When they need a strong industry to ensure that they will not lose in the competition.

   These people will be horrified to discover the remaining elite industrial power in the United States.

   Only the group under Abel's hand remained, or in other words, it was all in Abel's hands.

   At that time, it was Abel who officially "enthroned".

  When he became the uncrowned king of America.

   This is a big plan, a plan that Abel has already started when the industrial strength of the United States still exists.

  Now everything has not yet appeared, and the prototype of Abel's industrial empire is naturally only in the foreshadowing.

   Industries that can provide a large number of high-quality or ordinary jobs while also ensuring technological advantages are all steps in the Alberta plan.

  Tesla Corporation, Automobile Group, Agriculture, Supermarket Group, Energy Group, and the Arms Group that can already be affected...

   These are all in the big plan he envisioned.

   "Hoo..."

   Letting out a long breath, Abel smiled.

   "In the future, labor and capital will be the only savior of the United States!"

   "Dengdeng—"

  As soon as I finished installing 13, there was a knock on the door.

   "Boss, what do you want for dinner?"

   After Amanda opened the door and came in, she asked softly, interrupting Abel's 13, "Is it already evening... Oh, I'm going to have dinner near New York University, and I promised little Laura last night."

  He came to work in the Smith Tower at noon after he had settled down with Keira, whose safe menstrual period was over.

   In the middle, I dealt with some official business, and then held a video conference for so long.

   Unknowingly, time passed quickly, and it was dark outside at this time.

   As he spoke, Abel stood up, and Amanda stepped forward quickly, took off the suit from the clothes rack, and helped Abel put it on.

   "Well, do you want to go together?"

   After Abel walked out of the office, he looked at Amanda who was standing at the elevator door and did not follow him and asked subconsciously.

   Amanda complained in her heart, with a smile on her face, "Boss, you are going to have dinner with your fiancee. I don't think my identity is very suitable."

   "Hmm." Abel also realized this. He just invited Amanda casually because he was thinking about his future plans.

   Now being reminded by Amanda, he hummed lightly and watched the elevator doors slowly close.

   "Hoo—"

  Amanda exhaled foul breath, curled her lips, "I don't want to see the face of that little shrub!"

   At this time, her beautiful mobile phone rang.

  Amanda took it out and saw that it was her cousin Lydia calling.

   "This is also a small table."

   After muttering, Amanda still answered her cousin's call.

   "Amanda, is the chairman gone? Or are you going to have dinner with him tonight? I'm going back, and the driver at home is here to pick me up."

   "No." Amanda responded: "He's gone to accompany his fiancée. Wait for me, Lydia. I'll go back in our own car today too."

   It was Lydia's turn to be silent.

  Before, every time Amanda got off work, the car she took was the Cadillac that Abel gave her.

  The driver and bodyguard are of course also Abel's.

   Now suddenly not taking Abel's car, Lydia guesses Amanda is sulking.

   As for the reason for the sulking, that's too easy to guess.

   "Okay. Then we'll wait for you at the door." Lydia said.

"Um."

   Abel driving away from Smith Tower.

   Surrounded by cars everywhere in Manhattan, they drove towards Washington Square, where the New York University campus is located.

  New York University has an excellent location in "the most breathtaking city in the world", it has three campuses, two of which are in Manhattan.

  Location in lower Manhattan, Washington Square is the main campus, and most of the colleges are in the main campus.

  The second is the campus in midtown Manhattan, located in Bryant Park on 42nd Street, where the courses of SPS College are mainly offered.

  SPS College is the abbreviation of "Professional Studies College". In fact, this is a "Continuing Education College", similar to the top correspondence schools in China...

  Students in this college usually have a work background, or have other reasons to interrupt their studies and then come to study, so it is actually a bit watery.

  The last campus is in the downtown area of ​​Brooklyn, where Anne Hathaway's university major in humanities and philosophy is located.

  Little Laura and Li Xinyu both studied international finance.

   This is one of the strong majors of New York University. After all, it is backed by Manhattan, and it is not far to go to Wall Street. It is no wonder that the finance major is not strong.

   When Abel's convoy arrived near Washington Square, it was almost 7 o'clock in the evening.

  In a Japanese restaurant called "Hi-Collar", Abel met Little Laura and Li Xinyu.

   and their new girlfriends and classmates.

  A beautiful neon girl.

  (end of this chapter)

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