1850 American Gold Baron
Chapter 186 This list is abolished
Chapter 186 This list is ruined
Without blinking, the news that Liang Yao had placed orders worth a total of US$1.34 million in Texas spread like wildfire.
The news quickly spread from Houston, Texas to New York, New York and beyond.
In countries where money worship is prevalent, wealth is always the most talked about topic.
How much gold the Californian gold tycoon held and whether his net worth broke the record in the history of the United States became the hottest topic in the United States in 1851.
It is naturally impossible for newspapers to let go of this hot news. For them, the popularity is the sales volume of newspapers, and the sales volume of newspapers will directly affect the revenue of newspaper companies.
As the most influential newspaper in the United States: The New York Post immediately updated the ranking of the richest people in the United States after learning the news, and published articles about this mysterious California rich man in the newspaper for several consecutive days.
articles.
As soon as the list of America's richest people was updated, the circulation of the New York Post doubled. In the following days, as long as there were reports related to Liang Yao, the newspaper's sales increased accordingly.
The major newspapers in New York seemed to have mastered the code of wealth and rushed to publish articles about Liang Yao, hoping that their own newspaper sales could increase through this hot topic.
Compared with the so-called gossip from other newspapers, New York citizens more recognize the news published by the New York Evening Post and the newly founded Wall Street Journal.
Because these two newspapers are directly controlled by Liang Yao, New York citizens believe that the editors of these two newspapers know more about the assets of their major shareholders behind the scenes than other newspapers.
Unfortunately, these two newspapers did not follow suit in reporting on this hot news.
The New York Evening Post continued to report repeatedly on the incident where the American whaling ship Banner was shipwrecked off the coast of Japan, and the American crew members who came ashore for help were mistreated and imprisoned by the brutal Japanese.
The article's inflammatory language inspired Americans to hate the Japanese.
News of the mistreatment of American whaling ship crews by the Japanese in Japan has appeared in newspapers not once or twice.
The New York Evening Post's report reminded New Yorkers of the Lawrence in 1846 and the Lagoda in 1848.
Like the Banner, these two ships were also whaling ships that were wrecked off the coast of Japan. The crew members of the wrecked ships also experienced similar experiences. They were tortured and imprisoned by the Japanese authorities after going ashore for help, and then thrown into the hands of the Dutch.
The Dutch deal with it.
In the article that first reported the Banner incident in the New York Evening Post, the article ended with the sentence: If the American whaling ship was flying the British Union Jack flag, the Japanese would never dare to embarrass the crew members who came ashore to seek help.
This sentence deeply stimulated the self-esteem of New Yorkers and even Americans.
The people indeed felt that the American government's attitude towards the Japanese authorities was not tough enough. Some people with more extreme sentiments even petitioned the government to form an expeditionary force to attack Japan, just like the British invaded the Qing Dynasty.
Let's show some color to these ignorant Japanese people and promote the national prestige of the United States.
However, the government and Congress were very cautious and did not make a statement on this incident.
Similar articles have been published by other newspapers before, but the New York Evening Post is different from other newspapers in that it does not just fan the flames and vent emotions in newspapers.
The New York Evening Post also introduced Japan's customs, history, political system, military, mountains, rivers, mineral resources, and even the physical characteristics of the Japanese in detail in the newspaper.
People get more news about Japan from the New York Evening Post than ever before, and all the information is detailed and specific.
Many politicians bought the New York Evening Post, cut out all the information about Japan, bound it into a volume, and read it again and again.
These articles introducing Japan were written by the same person, a guy named Five Stars Emperor.
People have been speculating about who this five-star emperor is and how he knows such detailed information about Japan.
Some speculated that it was Henry, the newspaper president, and others speculated that it was a Japanese traveler who did not want to show up. President Fillmore also read these articles.
Fillmore was a very shrewd man. After careful comparison of these articles and correspondence with Liang Yao, he found that there were striking similarities in writing and wording habits between the two.
He was very convinced that this mysterious five-star emperor was California State Speaker Liang Yao.
The newly founded "Wall Street Journal" is a newspaper that mainly reports financial news. Since its establishment, the "Wall Street Journal" has been in a tepid state.
However, an article published by the Wall Street Journal today caused quite a shock on Wall Street.
This article is about the judgment of gold production in California. It reports that a large number of rich gold ores have been discovered in the foothills of the Sierra Nevada. It asserts that the gold production in California this year will be more than twice that of 1850.
The emergence of this news caused a slight decline in the price of gold in the United States, and the exchange ratio of the U.S. dollar to gold fell from 118:100 to 117.5:100.
In Doyle's cafe, New York tycoons were sipping coffee and talking about the American economic model.
The peaceful coexistence between the North and the South, the elimination of cholera disease, and the gold in California made the American economy great.
It seems that a new era of prosperity is coming.
The news that the mysterious California rich man was about to arrive in New York was like a bombshell, exploding in New York.
This was also the focus of discussion among the tycoons in Doyle's Cafe.
"This rich list is ruined!"
Wearing a pink shirt, Backhouse pointed at the rich list in the New York Post and questioned Moses Yale Bitch.
"Bichi, you Bichi, how can you rank randomly? With assets of 30 million US dollars, do you know the concept of so much money? You can buy almost half of New York with this money!"
Bichi is a senior writer for the New York Post. His representative works are America's Richest and New York's Richest.
Among the many rich lists in the United States, Bichi's list is the most reliable and credible. Almost all the rich Americans are proud to be on Bichi's list. This is an honor.
Previously, this list was dominated by the Astor family for a long time.
In 1847, the elder Astor ranked first on the list of richest people in America and the richest man in New York with an absolute advantage of $25 million.
Most other wealthy people at the same time had assets of only one or two million US dollars, even Vanderbilt, the most powerful challenger to old Astor.
The estimate given by Bichi is that the total of all current assets and real estate in Vanderbilt's name will not exceed US$17 million, which is still some distance from the US$25 million of the Astor family.
Only four short years have passed, and the top two rich list names have already changed hands, and they changed hands when he was in charge of the Astor family. This made Backhouse feel very bad.
In the new list of America's richest people, Bi Chi estimated that the assets of Liang Yao, who topped the list, were gold worth US$30 million, which can be said to be full of gold.
For Vanderbilt, who is second on the list, Bichi's asset estimate is US$27 million, just ahead of Backhouse.
In other words, Backhouse is not at the top of either the American Rich List or the New York Rich List.
"My lists have always been objective and fair. According to the news on my mobile phone over the past year, Mr. Liang is indeed the richest person in the United States."
Bichi insisted on his point of view, and at the same time Bichi asked Aster.
"When the Astor family dominated the list, you never questioned the rationality of the list. Is it reasonable that only the list with you at the top is reasonable?"
"I don't care where your news comes from. The source is unreliable. In the next issue of the list, my name must be at the top of the list!" Backhouse said in an unquestionable tone.
The top position on the list of America's richest people is related to the honor of the Astor family and Backhouse himself. He will not allow other people's names to be above his.
According to the new list, Backhouse was stepped down by two people and ranked third.
Even Vanderbilt, who had always been at odds with him, was ranked higher than him on the list. This made Backhouse unbearable and felt extremely humiliated.
On the surface, what Backhouse cares about is his ranking on the rich list. In fact, what Backhouse cares about is the status and benefits that ranking brings him.
In America, where money is paramount, a person's status and wealth can be roughly equal.
As for the benefits, his status as the richest man in the United States can bring greater room for appreciation in the land purchased by Astor.
After the new list was released, Backhouse's real estate properties in New York, Boston, Philadelphia and even Chicago all declined to varying degrees, causing his assets to shrink.
"Sorry, Mr. Backhouse, I can't do it."
Bichi shrugged his shoulders and said to Backhouse.
"The reason why people believe in this list is their trust and recognition of me. If I rashly modify the list, this list will lose its original meaning, and I will also lose the people's trust in me."
"Stop pretending to be arrogant in front of me. I know the moral character of you reporters very well. Please set a price. How much money will it cost to modify this list? I believe everything has a price, and so do people."
Backhouse said confidently, and at the same time he did not forget to remind Bichi.
"Don't forget, I am the largest shareholder of the New York Post. If you reject me, the New York Post will no longer publish any of your articles and lists in the future, including these two lists. Do you want to
Think it through."
Facing Backhouse's naked threat, Bichi acted very calmly. He took a sip of coffee and said to Backhouse very firmly.
"I'm sorry, Mr. Backhouse, but I can tell you clearly now that I am priceless."
Backhouse frowned, and his tone became a little surprised: "Are you sure? You are ruining your own future."
"No, this is making my future brighter!"
Bichi stood up, held his head high, and said to Backhouse in a sonorous voice: "The era of the Astor family has passed. I want to use my ability and influence to help the "New York Evening Post"
I will be very welcome."
(End of chapter)
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