America's Road to Wealth

Manhattan, Upper East Side.

Abel was sitting in the back compartment of a black Maybach 62s on the roadside.

He watched Ikana take a Mercedes-Benz S car and slowly drive next to his Maybach 62s.

Ikana lowered the glass in the back compartment of the Mercedes-Benz and waved to him.

Abel also lowered the glass and smiled back at her.

After the Mercedes-Benz S drove away, he raised the glass.

Then lie down on the soft and comfortable seat in the most comfortable position.

He raised his head and looked at the beautiful glazed starlight carriage ceiling.

"Oh, fishing."

"I just don't know who is being caught and who is fishing. Who is the prey and who is the hunter."

He shook his head slightly in amusement.

As far as he knew, Ikana definitely didn't have the calmness she showed now.

The failure of YKM's second round of financing was by no means as easy as she just described.

This time YKM’s second round of financing failed.

The real reason is that YKM’s round of financing and current valuation are too fictitious.

There may even be fraud involved.

If any agency intervenes in the investigation, it may even lead to fraud!

YKM is a clothing brand.

The pace of development is not unsatisfactory.

It has only been established for three years, and its valuation reached US$300 million in the first year.

700 million in the second year, and 1.1 billion in the third year this year.

It doesn't look like much,

But you must know that YKM is just a factory now, not even a factory.

It is only a medium-sized clothing brand with 50 chain stores in a few big cities such as Los Angeles and New York.

The valuation has reached an exaggerated US$1.1 billion.

L Brands, which owns the Victoria's Secret brand and has more than 300 stores in the United States, is valued at about US$1.5 billion.

How can YKM be worth 1.1 billion?

Is it more famous just because it's in the media?

Or is it because she sells a lot of clothes?

Obviously not, and investors are not stupid.

The bank that gave it this valuation is not stupid.

The reason why ykm is so valuable is actually because of its 50 stores.

Almost half of them are self-owned properties. In other words, these stores are not rented.

But YKM's own.

YKM is valued at US$1.1 billion because its own assets are worth more than US$600 million.

Coupled with the brand value, there is also Ikana’s marketing capabilities.

The valuation reached an exaggerated US$1.1 billion.

However, even so, this valuation is obviously too high.

For Ikana’s second round of financing, she wants a valuation of at least US$1 billion.

The investors are not stupid, so of course they won’t.

Its second round of financing has been put on hold.

As far as Abel knows, YKM owns valuable properties.

In fact, it was Ikana's father, D. Ted Lerner.

D. Ted Lerner used these properties for investment and invested in YKM.

Among YKM’s current shareholders, Ikana herself only holds 26% of the shares.

Her father's shareholding ratio is as high as 48%.

That’s why YKM’s name is “Miss Ikana”, and Ikana herself is the founder and CEO.

But you can actually know who the boss of this company is by looking at the shareholding ratio.

The Lerner family's method is not clever, and the investors are not stupid.

This caused YKM’s second round of financing to fail.

Leaving YKM and Ikana in a difficult situation now.

The media and the public are pursuing Ikana, who boasts about her youth, beauty and successful business.

But in the eyes of those who understand everything.

Everyone knows that this is nothing more than D. Ted Lerner, a guy who is super good at hype, using his daughter to carry out capital speculation.

It's just that his daughter is indeed capable, and her appearance and figure are also outstanding.

The hype this time was relatively successful, and she became famous as the number one socialite in New York.

This makes other New York rich people quite envious.

Because their daughters or descendants,

Even if they want to fire like this, they can't be fired successfully like Ikana.

To make iron, you still need to be strong, no matter how good the blacksmith is.

If the iron itself is a piece of waste, you can't make good iron.

The situation of the father-daughter duo Ikana and Ted.

It's just that the iron is a good material, but the blacksmith's skills and strength are not good enough.

Therefore, Ikana still deserves the two honors of "other people's child" and "New York's first socialite".

These are all since the last date.

Abel through David, and other channels.

The matter of D. Ikana Lerner and D. Ted Lerner was discovered.

These things,

In parallel time and space, he didn't know that he was far away in heaven.

Even local ordinary people and media, not many people know about it.

Abel is also surrounded by a second-generation person with top connections like David, coupled with the particularity of his own industry.

Only then can we figure it out so clearly.

Otherwise, he would be an ordinary New York rich man.

It is impossible to know the details about her family and her.

"Since she hasn't asked me for help directly yet, it means that the matter has not reached the point of urgency."

"Then don't worry about it for now."

With this in mind, he took out a piece of paper from his pocket, handed it to the driver in front of him, Dirks, and said, "Go to this place."

The driver Dix took it and looked at it and found that it was in a neighborhood in the uptown area.

"Okay. BOSS." After agreeing, Dix drove away.

A convoy of three vehicles slowly drove into the streets of Manhattan.

Half an hour later, the vehicle arrived at its destination.

This is an apartment building of about 20 stories in upper Manhattan.

This apartment is in a good location, with roads on both sides.

The north side is also separated by a road, bordering the side of the Hudson River facing Queens.

The houses here are cheaper than those in the Upper West and Upper East.

But if you can really buy a property here, even if it's just a small apartment.

Then this person can definitely be considered upper middle class in the United States.

After arriving at his destination, Abel did not get out of the car immediately.

Lincoln and the bodyguard in the car behind him got out of the car first to check the surroundings.

A few minutes later,

Lincoln returned to Abel's car window, and Abel lowered the glass slightly.

"BOSS. No problem, level one security environment." said the black bodyguard Lincoln.

Abel nodded, picked up his cell phone and made a call.

"Hi, Liv. I'm downstairs from you."

"Oh~ I'll go down and pick you up right now!!"

On the other side of the phone,

In an apartment on the seventh floor of an apartment building.

Liv Tyler, who was watching a talk show with a teddy bear in her arms, quickly stood up.

"OK."

Abel's voice rang on the other side of the phone, and he quickly hung up.

Liv stood up. She was wearing pajamas and wanted to go out directly.

But she suddenly stopped and turned back to the bedroom.

Ten minutes later,

Liv Tyler, who changed her clothes and put on a little makeup, returned to the living room.

She found the huge floor-to-ceiling glass in the living room and looked at herself, who was beautiful and tall inside.

Then he nodded with satisfaction, then put on his glasses and a peaked cap.

Then he turned around and left the house, going downstairs to pick someone up.