America's Road to Wealth

The "American Arts and Charity Ball" organized by Anna Wintour presents two completely different scenes and atmospheres to the social celebrities on the scene and the TV audience behind.

Subsequent viewers on TV and newspaper media saw a top-level social circle banquet party with more exaggerated specifications than the New York Metropolitan Museum charity dinner, a larger number of participating stars, and a more shining social celebrity level.

The stars who participated in this grand ceremony are undoubtedly the proud leaders in the entertainment industry.

Noble socialites, Hollywood A coffee stars, outstanding sports figures, giants of fashion and luxury goods all gathered here, and took out their most grand equipment to join this magnificent event. The competition on the red carpet It is not inferior to the so-called Oscars, even worse.

Everyone on the gorgeous guest list, if placed outside, can trigger a large-scale interview or press conference by relying on their own influence and fame.

It’s so entertaining for the TV audience, it feels like a bigger Oscars dinner day, or an enhanced version of the Grammys or something.

This is also a particularly rare scene in the United States, where the social atmosphere of entertaining to death is strong.

The ratings of the night were reported to be 45.531 million, 1/3 more than the 33.043 million ratings of this year's Oscars, and nearly 4 million more than the 41.782 million ratings of last year's Oscars in 2002.

The ratings of the Grammys are also much higher than those of the Grammys in previous years, not to mention that compared with the same type of New York Metropolitan Museum charity dinner, it is a dimensionality reduction blow from the ratings to the participating guests and so on.

The latter's annual ratings are only in the tens of millions. Although it is already very good, it is also known as the Oscar of the fashion industry.

But when compared with the American art and charity ball, which was held for the first time and reached an exaggerated scale of 45 million viewers, it is really not the same.

It can only be said that when Anna Wintour was at "VOGUE" magazine, the channels and publicity resources she could use could not be compared with Smith Media's now.

The Newhouse family is indeed a media giant, and there is nothing wrong with the media giant.

Condé Nast is indeed a big brother of the American publishing industry.

But it is not a diversified integrated media giant after all, and its business is actually relatively simple in strict terms.

That is publishing and magazines. Although there are also TV stations, the ratings and areas covered are nothing compared to the number of viewers and several major TV networks.

The publicity resources and channels it can use are far inferior to Smith Media Group, which has excellent strengths in various aspects such as film, television, publishing, magazines, and newspapers.

Not to mention that in it, there is Abel Smith, the American golden sign.

Even if the fame and influence of the Newhouse brothers are added together and multiplied by 10 times, it can't compare to 1/2 of his.

This is the "American Art and Charity Ball", the follow-up presentation to ordinary Americans, and the due performance as an annual fashion event.

The specific presentation in the eyes of the guests and participants at the scene is compared to the charity dinner of the Metropolitan Museum of New York, which is full of flamboyance and vulgar specifications.

In the eyes of many people in the fashion and entertainment circles, the banquet tonight is actually a bit boring or even serious.

It's simple, and it's not like the Met Gala in New York.

In tonight's banquet, there are too many bigwigs outside of the fashion and entertainment circles.

The first is the US Internet and IT circles. Bill Gates and Melinda, who happened to be traveling in New York recently, are representatives of them. The two co-founders of Google, Larry Page and Sergey Brin, also appeared Now, Larry Ellison, who loves to be in the limelight, will not let this kind of scene go...

There are even more giants on Wall Street, and even Soros, who has never appeared in the entertainment media, also appeared on the scene.

None of this appeared in the media's lens.

Apart from them, the number of bigwigs in the political circles who neither ordinary people nor TV audiences saw the scene was actually more.

There are also elites, rich people, and super rich in other industries.

None or very few of these people will appear in the charity dinner of the Metropolitan Museum in New York.

Even if one or two appear occasionally, they will be featured in the media and become one of the hot spots of the Met Charity Dinner that time.

The reason for such an exaggerated scene is naturally related to Abel.

For a long time, Abel's enthusiasm for participating in parties and banquets can be said to be very un-American.

Normal Americans, down to the ordinary black family in the slums, up to the big family in the white house, or the little-born giants like Morgan and Rockefeller.

They almost have one thing in common, that is, they like to attend and hold various banquets very much, almost without exception.

Compared with them, Abel is not without participating in this kind of social activities.

But in terms of number and frequency, it can be said that it is really too little.

Not to mention when he was not in the United States, even when he was in the United States, it was basically two or three times a month.

Compared with other Americans, there are more than 20 times a month, sometimes there are ten times, and those who don't like it have six or seven times a month. It can even be said that he is very "solitary" in this regard.

In this case, it makes the social occasions with him all the more precious.

Especially in circles, it is often rumored that in the social occasions where he appeared, after some people got various "adventures" from him, more people flocked to him.

For example, a certain New York rich man had a good chat with him at this kind of banquet, and obtained more investment quota in Smith Media that he allowed, so his assets almost doubled that year.

Another example is that a certain unpopular star in Hollywood, because he caught his eye at the banquet, as a result, in the next few years, the important roles of A-level Hollywood productions will not stop, and he will suddenly become a super big man in the entertainment circle. of.

It is also said that there are some little people, because they are taken in by him, they even fly from small sparrows to branches and become phoenixes...

There are a lot of gossip like this in the upper circles that ordinary people can't touch.

This made people pay more attention to the banquet occasion where he appeared.

Of course, in fact, there are some operations in it.

Under the circumstances that Abel really doesn't like this kind of banquet social occasion.

His think tanks have turned his "solitary" into what it is today, and it can be regarded as a bad thing turning into a good thing.

That's why so many celebrities appeared tonight, making Anna Wintour, the actual host of the banquet, as excited as a chicken blood all night, and the red light on the whole audience did not fade away.

But in fact, fashion celebrities and ordinary rich people will gather in large numbers, which is indeed related to this reason.

The reason why the Zippertons and many political leaders also attended this fashion dinner that had nothing to do with them.

It is inseparable from another matter - the Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of the United States, William Habbs Rehnquist, was diagnosed with cancer.

One of the nine positions of the living gods, which may be vacant.

It can be said that this is the most important earthquake in American politics besides the mid-term election and the general election.

And there is no doubt that, as the most important supporter of the giants and shrub families in the country, Abel Smith, who has great influence on Capitol Hill, is one of the big figures who can influence the direction of this key position.

Even many people know, if he wants to, that William Habs Rehnquist really died and there is a vacancy.

Abel Smith was even actually able to maneuver into the void left by William H. Rehnquist.

The reason is because there is an unwritten unspoken rule in the kingdom.

That is, the nine present gods, almost all of them have one or more financial groups behind them!

For example, Anthony Macleod Kennedy, one of the justices, was born in Sacramento, California and graduated from Stanford University.

This extremely strong California background made it difficult for him not to get involved with the California consortium.

In fact, this is indeed the case. He himself was pushed to power by the joint efforts of the California consortium and the West Coast Elephant Party. He has worked on this for 15 years since he took office in 1988.

Another example is Ruth Bader Ginsberg, another justice. She is a German-born oilman from the east coast. She is the second highest. Supreme. Justice. One of the representatives launched by the party and the consortia on the east coast.

Almost all of the nine judges are like this, and the forces behind each are intricate, but they all have very clear lines of financial groups.

In fact, it is very simple, because after Master Luo. Almost any political figure in the United States wants to take the position and sit firmly in his position, and the support of the consortium is indispensable behind him.

The oligarchs were frightened by Master Luo, and they didn't want a third Master Luo to appear again.

Since then, their control and influence over all aspects of the real world of the United States has never been loosened.

And so far, none of the 9 living gods in the Supreme Court of the United States is a Texan or a Southerner...

This was nothing in the past. Although the southern forces headed by the former Texas Consortium were powerful, it was understandable that they occasionally had byes in this regard.

With the lifelong tenure system of human gods, it is normal for some electoral accidents to occur.

But the problem is that now, since the emergence of Abel Smith, the Texas consortium has expanded at a faster rate and its voice in the country has become stronger and stronger.

Nowadays, almost all of them can be compared with Morgan and Rockefeller alone.

At this time, the southerners do not have their "own people" in the Supreme Court, which seems a bit inappropriate.

So many people acquiesced, and acquiesced that if William Habs Rehnquist was really unlucky, he would just go there.

The vacancy created by his departure is almost regarded as the property of the Texas consortium by default.

Especially the current owner of the White House, George, who is himself a member of the Texas consortium...

And any big boss in the righteous world would not mind being a puppet of the consortium, as long as they can get them to the top.

So many people came to the scene today, hoping to catch someone's eyes and become a substitute for William Habs Rehnquist.

Or it could influence Abel's mind to make the person they support be this substitute.

This is the real reason why so many high-level Zhengzhi animals appeared at this fashionable charity dinner where Zhengzhi had no connection at all.