1850 American Gold Tycoon

The news that Liang Yao placed orders in Texas with a total value of US$1.34 million spread like wildfire without even blinking.

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 rich man in California for several days in the newspaper. article.

As soon as the list of the richest people in America 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 sales of the newspaper would increase 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 with the help of this hot topic.

Compared with the so-called gossip from other newspapers, New York citizens more recognized 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 properties 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 encountered a shipwreck off the coast of Japan, and the American crew members who came ashore for help were mistreated and imprisoned by the barbaric 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.

These two ships, like the Banner, were also whalers that died on the coast of Japan. The crew members of the shipwrecked ships also experienced similar experiences. They were tortured and imprisoned by the Japanese authorities after going ashore for help, and then thrown into the Dutch merchant house. 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 following 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 stimulates the self-esteem of New Yorkers and even Americans.

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.

Give these Japanese people who don’t know the heights of the world a little color and promote the national prestige of the United States.

However, the government and Congress were very cautious and did not take a position on this incident.

Similar articles have been published by other newspapers before, but the New York Evening Post is different from other newspapers. It is not just about fanning the flames and venting emotions in the newspaper.

The New York Evening Post also introduced in detail Japan's customs, history, political system, military, mountains, rivers, mineral resources, and even the physical characteristics of the Japanese people.

People get more information 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 in it, bound it into a volume, and repeated it

These articles introducing Japan were written by the same person, a guy named Five Stars Emperor.

People have speculated who the five-star emperor is, and 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 his face. 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 the two had striking similarities in writing and wording habits.

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 inception, 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 California's gold production. It reports that a large number of gold rich ores have been discovered in the Sierra Nevada foothills. It asserts that California's gold production 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 5:100.

In Doyle's cafe, New York's tycoons were sipping coffee while 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 very good.

It seemed that a new era of prosperity was 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 Café.

"This rich list is ruined!"

Wearing a pink shirt, Backhouse pointed at the New York Post's rich list 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 New York's richest list 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 Astor family's US$25 million.

It has only been four years since the top of the two rich lists have 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 information 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 a doubtful 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 one head above 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 the United States, 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 to the land purchased by Astor.

After the new list was released, Backhouse's 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 that."

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 revise 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 to say, 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 win over the New York Evening Post." I will be very welcome.”