Chapter 183: This List Is Useless

The news that Liang Yao placed orders worth a total of US$1.34 million in Texas 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 the newspaper, and the sales volume of the newspaper will directly affect the newspaper's income.

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 were wrecked on 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 a Dutch merchant house. Dutch processing.

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 stimulated 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.

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 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 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 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 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 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 Californian billionaire 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 Cafe.

"This rich list is useless!"

Buckhouse, wearing a pink shirt, pointed to the rich list in the New York Post and questioned Moses Yale Bichi.

"Bichi, you bitch, how can you rank randomly? Do you know what 30 million US dollars in assets means? This money can almost buy half of New York!"

Bichi is a senior writer for the New York Post. His representative works are the American Rich List and the New York Rich List.

Among the many rich lists in the United States, Bichi's list is the most reliable and credible. Almost all American billionaires 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, with an asset of $25 million, Astor Sr. ranked first in the American Rich List and the New York Rich List with an absolute advantage.

Most other rich people of the same period had assets of only one or two million dollars, even Vanderbilt, Astor Sr.'s strongest challenger.

The estimate given by Bichi is that all the current assets and real estate under Vanderbilt's name will not exceed $17 million, which is still a long way from the Astor family's $25 million.

It has only been four years, and the top of the two rich lists has changed, and it changed when he was in charge of the Astor family, which made Buckhouse feel very bad.

In the new American Rich List, Bichi estimated that the assets of Liang Yao, who was at the top of the list, were worth $30 million in gold, which can be said to be full of gold.

For Vanderbilt, who was second on the list, Bichi estimated that his assets were $27 million, just above Buckhouse.

That is to say, whether it is the American rich list or the New York rich list, Buckhouse is not the top.

"My list has always been objective and fair. According to the information I have received on my mobile phone over the past year, Mr. Liang is indeed the richest person in America now."

Bichi insisted on his point of view, and at the same time Bichi asked Astor.

"When the Astor family dominated the list, you never questioned the rationality of the list. Is it only the list where you are at the top that is reasonable?"

"I don't care where your information comes from or whether the source is reliable. In the next list, my name must be at the top!" Buckhouse said in a doubtful tone.

The top position of the American rich list is related to the honor of the Astor family and Buckhouse himself. He does not allow other people's names to be above him.

According to the new list, Buckhouse was stepped on by two people and ranked third.

Even Vanderbilt, who has always been at odds with him, is higher than him on the list, which makes Buckhouse unbearable and feels greatly humiliated.

On the surface, Buckhouse cares about the ranking on the rich list. In fact, Buckhouse cares about the status and benefits that the ranking brings him.

In America, where money is supreme, a person's status and wealth can be roughly equal.

As for the benefits, the status of the richest man in America can bring greater appreciation space to the land purchased by Astor.

After the new list came out, Buckhouse's real estate in New York, Boston, Philadelphia and even Chicago fell to varying degrees, causing his assets to shrink.

"Sorry, Mr. Buckhouse, I can't do it."

Bichi shrugged his shoulders and said to Buckhouse.

"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 lose the trust of the people in me."

"Don't pretend to be noble in front of me. I know the morality of you journalists very well. Name a price. How much money is needed to modify this list? I believe that everything has a price, and people are the same."

Buckhouse 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, including these two lists. You have to think it through."

Faced with Buckhouse's naked threat, Bichi was very calm. He took a sip of coffee and said to Buckhouse with a very firm attitude.

"I'm sorry, Mr. Buckhouse, I tell you very clearly now that I am priceless."

Buckhouse frowned and spoke in a somewhat surprised tone: "Are you sure? You are ruining your future."

"Not really, I am making my future brighter!"

Bichi stood up, he held his head high and said to Buckhouse in a sonorous and powerful voice: "The era of the Astor family is over. I think with my ability and influence, the New York Evening Post will definitely welcome me very much."