Chapter 300

Chapter 300 Europe Hollywood

English is currently the most influential language in the world.

Hundreds of languages ​​are spoken there.

Although it is divided into two types: American English and British English.

But outside and within these two broad categories, the number of voices is enormous.

In addition, English is also the mother tongue of many third brothers. That's the part of the third brother who has an amazing British accent.

What is surprising is that most English-speaking foreigners do not understand their own English.

They themselves understand.

According to statistics, there are 454 languages ​​spoken in the UK.

There are no statistics for the United States, but this is almost a region where the language spoken will be slightly different. Like Abel himself, he did not bother to find out the cause.

When he first came to New York, the English he spoke was actually typical Southern American English, with a strong Southern flavor.

is the standard accent of a typical red neck in the eyes of foreigners.

It's just that later he didn't intentionally maintain it, the soul came from outside.

Settling permanently in New York, his spoken language gradually shifted to the East Coast. Of course, the nuances of these accents.

For foreigners outside the US, even if they speak English, it is difficult to distinguish.

Like Slim Stard can speak English with a New York accent, but he doesn't know where Abel's accent is.

Even if you knew, you wouldn't care. Linguists and regional artillery experts love to study these. "Soros arrived a few days ago." Face off with Slim Stad, who gets straight to the point.

Abel didn't hesitate and took Soros out directly: "He also told me."

Soros actually didn't say that, he just said to go back and think carefully.

But of course, for business negotiations, if the topic is unbiased, it is possible to be deceived.

"We are more sincere," Slim Stadler said. We can assist you at shareholder and board meetings, Mr. Smith.

"I heard you sold over three billion dollars worth of General Electric stock."

Abel repeated: "How much energy do you have left at General Electric?

Slim Stard confidently said:

"We dare to say this guarantee and of course we are prepared for it. The Dutch pension fund, the European Union fund, the Danish National Fund for the Future and the Swedish Development Fund... are shareholders of GE. They all hoped that General Electric could sell the NBC television network and replace it with lots of cash profits. »

The funds mentioned by Shilin Stadt are all European sovereign funds.

At the same time, he invested in General Electric shares and was one of General Electric's shareholders.

That's right, General Electric, a company considered the national scientific and technological pillar of the United States. It has at least one-third of its shares held by foreign companies

But this is just a holding, at most it can pay dividends.

If there really is a foreign company that wants to acquire and annex General Electric.

The United States will teach this foreign company how to become a business in minutes.

Even for Americans, buying General Electric was extremely difficult.

This is almost like the Chinese wanting to buy a mid-sized state-owned enterprise. "Alright." Abel smiled and said: "Then I will ask Smith Media to write a buyback letter to General Electric." I hope General Electric won't ignore the answer this time.

Slim Stard said affirmatively: "There will definitely be a reaction!

"That's great. Well then."

Abel smiled, changed the subject and looked at Slim Stad.

"What do you want from me?"

"Don't be on the side of evil. Don't be on the side of Soros and the others." Slim Stard sincerely said:

"They are thieves. But we don't think you should, Mr. Smith. You are the financial Moses, and Moses is the existence that guides believers towards the light. »

"I am not a financial Moses." Abel suddenly said:

"That's just a title and nickname that some people on Wall Street and the American media gave me. I've never admitted it and the media company under my command has never promoted me." for me this way."

Slim Stard was surprised, then a look of joy appeared on his face.

"Ah! Of course, of course, you are not Moses. You are definitely not Moses! You are the king of investment on Wall Street and the god of investment in America!"

Slim Stard wears a large hat and a happier expression. This is because Moses is a saint of the three desert religions.

But in many cases, he was considered the national leader of the Oilers.

His status is similar to that of Emperor Xuanyuan of China.

If Moses of Finance is placed in the Chinese dynasty, it means that the Chinese call him Emperor of Finance and Xuanyuan of Finance.

As Abel said, he and his media never acknowledged or uttered the word. And his name is Moses Finance. At first, he was approached by a group of Wall Street oilmen.

The name that the public saw for the first time was mentioned on a platform of Viacom's CBS television network.

From Wall Street oilmen to those who control Viacom Corporation, they all make up America's elite oilmen.

There was also the media following, following the orders of the authorities and polishing the lighthouse's new light beads. Under the influence of media controlled by oil companies, the title of financial Moses was assigned to Abel.

Including Forbes.

If they are not Smith's 19-generation ancestors, they are all of the Anza breed.

It is estimated that these American oil media painted a layer of oil paint on him.

Like Murdoch, he had only one-eighth the blood of an oilman, and he had never admitted to being an oilman. But in America and around the world, at least half the people think he is an oil man.

Tanker propaganda and the one drop of blood principle are truly distorted.

As strong as Abel was, he couldn't even escape the title of Financial Moses on him.

The main reason is that turning back now is not good.

Slim Stard is a smart person, judging by Abel's expression and ambiguous words just now. He found out, and then he was a little happier.

Because Slim Stard thought that Abel was expressing his opinion that Abel was not in the oil business.

And Soros is one of the famous representatives of the Oilers.

Slim Stadt thought Abel was saying he wouldn't mess with Soros.

Norwegians are naturally happy. Unfortunately, Abel was not very pleased.

Abel spent more than two months on this route, wasting a lot of investment money.

It's good to be successful in acquiring the NBC television network.

But the official buyback has not started yet, how can we be satisfied with such a small profit.

"GOOD. Until Soros comes back to me, I promise to stand in the middle."

Abel said to a smiling Slim Stadler:

"But if it was on Soros' side, it would be more beneficial to me. Sorry, Mr. Stadt, you know, I'm a businessman, a businessman. You're a businessman too, sir, you know what I mean Are not."

Sling Stadt's cheerful smile disappeared and the Norwegian realized that he had been happy too soon.

Fortunately, the Norwegians arrived a few days later and were better prepared.

Slim Stard thought for a moment and then said:

"The Norwegian Oil and Gas Fund is ready to sell $20 billion of its fund to Smith Capital Management. At the same time, it can transfer one-third of the fund's transfer account in the United States to Pacific Bank of America.

This gives an advantage.

Replaced by normal Wall Street firms, normal Wall Street giants.

You can receive multiple deposit funds at the same time, and you can also receive one-third of the Norwegian Petroleum Fund transfer account.

Most Wall Street firms would certainly consider this a piece of cake.

Even giants like Goldman Sachs are no exception. If they do well, it is these two companies of the Norwegian Petroleum Fund. At least a billion dollars in profits can be generated each year.

It's a shame that the Wall Street giant in front of Slim Stard is the only Wall Streeter who doesn't see money as money.

is the only Wall Street tycoon who treats money like trash.

Other Wall Streeters want money more than money. Abe is not a pure Wall Street guy.

Compared to money, what Abel wants is influence.

Of course, you also need money, if possible.

"I want all these conditions." Abel looked at Slim Stard, then said softly:

"Besides that, I also want to invest in Norwegian Hydro and Statoil. I think this will make me a bright knight against financial thieves."

"No way! Mr. Smith!" Slim Stard firmly said: "This is absolutely impossible.

Founded in 1972, Statoil is a large and comprehensive group of oil and gas companies. If you include Norwegian Hydro's oil and gas division, these two companies almost represent the entire Norwegian energy industry.

It is also the economic backbone of the Kingdom of Norway and a necessary trust to support the country.

The two companies' partnership will make the country the world's third-largest crude oil exporter, the largest crude oil producer in the North Sea and the second-largest natural gas exporter in Europe.

It is also the most coveted fat in Norway.

In addition to making money, the assets that Soros' international investors want to acquire most are definitely these two companies. They haven't succeeded yet and they are still preparing before the flight.

Abel is fine, he hasn't even finished speaking yet.

I want to choose the two fattiest ones.

How can Slim Stadt and Norway get along?

Seeing Slim Stard react so loudly, Abel didn't expect him to be angry. He smiled and said:

"It's negotiable. I only need a small amount of shares, only about 2%.

No matter how much Abel felt Norway was about to die, he could not agree.

This is equivalent to a foreigner saying to a Chinese person: "I want to buy shares in your Sinopec PetroChina."

This is not the action of a listed company but an action that can have real power and bring in a lot of money.

Can the Heavenly King's people agree? Chances are they won't agree, and of course the Norwegians can't agree.

Slim Stard took a deep breath: "Do it. General Electric, we will continue to support you, Mr. Smith. Fund and account manager, we can support you too."

"Don't talk about stocks. But we hope that when Soros comes looking for you, you will let us know. And before you walk out the door, you can continue to remain neutral. »

Abel also knows not to push people too far, because if you push too fast, you might not even catch a hair.

You should boil the frog little by little in warm water.

It doesn't matter if Soros or the Norwegians are the same.

So Abel smiled and replied to Slim Stard: "No problem. I agree. But I think you can think about the issue of action. »

"Thank you, no need to think. I'll go back first, Mr. Smith, we're busy right now."

"Correct." Abel got up and went with the guests.

Right before Slim Stard was about to leave the room.

He laughed and shouted again: "You really didn't think about that?" Mr. Stadt?

Slim Stard's reaction was to close the door loudly and quickly leave the French villa with his entourage. Abel couldn't help but laugh, then said to David Jones next to him:

"Go get Allen to call Robert. Tell Robert he can send the buyout letter back to General Electric."

David smiled and nodded warningly.

The next day is August 15.

In the morning, Abel sat cross-legged in the car radiantly, watching the news from the "Daily Telegraph" sent from London, the corners of his mouth slightly raised, a happy look on his face.

[. American media giant Smith Media has sent another letter to General Electric corporation, with the aim of acquiring NBC Television, a subsidiary of General Electric. ]

[. NBC TV CEO Bob Wright, when interviewed by reporters, affirmed that General Electric would never give up NBC TV easily and that anyone who wanted to buy NBC TV would not succeed. ]

[However, a reporter interviewed GE shareholders and many shareholders felt that GE should sell NBC Universal, since their investment had paid off and selling NBC TV at this time would at least have could bring GE ten times its current profits. .]

Behind the diary are other issues related to the United States and the world that Abel does not care about.

Abel shelved the international edition of the Daily Telegraph. When the motorcade passed a corner of the Champs Elysées in Paris, it stopped for a moment.

Abel's car door opened, and a pair of long legs wrapped in black thigh-high boots entered the compartment. It was Aymo Alamuddin, who looked a lot like Annie, who had arrived.

Aymo Alamuddin today wore a silver-white dress with a black windbreaker with silver-gray vertical stripes.

Meticulous high black ponytail, gold-rimmed glasses and bright red lips. These are the most stylish gold-rimmed glasses

"Have you been waiting long?"

Abel smiled and hugged the tall, lithe body of the lawyer, kissing his red lips.

It's a different flavor from Annie.

"It's okay. Just for a moment." Aymo Alamuddin muttered awkwardly.

That day in Manchester, Abel gave him several heavy injections. I limped a bit until I could walk.

At first, she thought it would make sense to become part of the Abelians in the future.

But after that day, Abel never found her again.

Two days later, Aymo Alamuddin received the sad news that Abel had left London for Paris.

Luckily, when Aymo Alamuddin was disappointed. She learned from the law firm that Abel came to Paris on business.

Two days later, she was sent by the lawyer to continue acting as an intermediary between Abel and the law firm.

This is why Aymo Alamuddin was sent to Paris today.

Looking at Aymo Alamuddin, whose appearance and temperament were very similar to Anne's, Abel gently said to the driver in front: "Go to Vivendi Universal headquarters."

The convoy started towards La Défense district where Abel lived a few days ago.

La Défense is the tallest and most complete central business district in Europe, and has the most skyscrapers in a European metropolitan area. Abel's target is the headquarters of the Vivendi Universal corporation, in a skyscraper in La Défense.

This skyscraper has sixty-nine floors and the Vivendi Universal corporation alone occupies 39 floors.

In fact, the name of this skyscraper is also the Vivendi building, originally owned by the Vivendi group.

It's just that the group couldn't use many floors so they rented all 30 floors below.

Vivendi Universal Group has a very high status in France and this is even the reason why it has become the leading media giant in France or in Europe. It owns Canal TV Group, Universal Music Group and Vivendi Entertainment.

Even Universal Studios, one of Hollywood's giants, is a subsidiary of this company.

It can be said that this is the leading company in the entertainment industry in France and even in Europe.

Many film and entertainment companies in France, even European film and entertainment companies, prefer to rent their headquarters there.

They all hope to be able to rely on Vivendi Universal group to get some resources from this giant. Gradually, this place also became a mecca for many French and even European entertainment circles.

Except for the British for special reasons.

In recent years, people from other European entertainment circles have indirectly entered Hollywood through Vivendi Universal Group.

Because he is so big and his status is so high, of course there are many people in the entertainment industry who can come here, mainly middle and upper class.

Even though they are stars, they are also the most famous stars in France. In a sense, a small "European Hollywood" has formed around this building.

The scale is very small and almost all depend on the Vivendi Universal group for their livelihood.

It looks a bit like all of Europe, except for the bear.

Basically have to rely on America to live.

Because there is a part of "European Hollywood" here, there are many local French or European paparazzi reporters surrounding the Vivendi building. It's normal.

For example, paparazzi journalists are flies. These stars are their favorite rotten eggs to hunt for.

Wherever there are rotten eggs, of course there will be flies.

Even Vivendi Universal Corporation cannot prevent this situation. The French are accustomed to freedom and undiscipline.

For the French, even the French capitalists often do not have a good path.

After all, this is a former Revolutionary War neighborhood and it's always on the streets. Combat effectiveness in this area still ranks first in the European and American world.

Regardless, it's much better than Feila's insufferable American and British counterparts. It's just that today paparazzi wanting to take pictures of European stars discovered another strange thing.

This is Mr. Jean-Marie Messier, a leading figure in the European entertainment industry, CEO of Vivendi Universal Group.

About ten o'clock in the morning.

He actually brought along some of the group's leaders and appeared in front of the Vivendi building.

This made the paparazzi excited after being surprised. Jean-Marie Messier

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