1850 American Gold Tycoon.

Chapter 186 This list is abolished

The news that Liang Yao had placed an order in Texas with a total value of 134 million US dollars 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 this California gold tycoon held and whether his net worth broke the record in the history of the United States became the hottest topic in the entire United States in 1851.

It is naturally impossible for the newspaper office 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 income of the newspaper office.

As the most influential newspaper in the United States: "New York Post", after learning of the news, it immediately updated the ranking of the richest people in the United States in the newspaper, and published an article about the mysterious California rich man in the newspaper for several days article.

Once the list of the richest people in America was updated, the circulation of the "New York Post" doubled directly. In the next few days, as long as there were reports related to Liang Yao, the sales of the newspaper would also increase accordingly.

The major newspapers in New York seem to have mastered the wealth code, and they are scrambling to publish articles about Liang Yao, hoping to increase the sales of their own newspapers by taking advantage of this hot topic.

Compared with the so-called gossip of other newspapers, the citizens of New York recognized the news released by the "New York Evening Post" and the newly launched "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 property of their major shareholders behind the scenes than other newspapers.

It is a pity that these two newspapers did not follow suit and report on this hot news.

The New York Evening Post, as always, repeatedly reported on the incident that the American whaling ship Banner was shipwrecked off the coast of Japan, and the American crew went ashore to ask for help but were abused and imprisoned by the brutal Japanese.

The inflammatory language of the article inspired Americans to hate the Japanese.

The news of American whaling crews being mistreated by the Japanese in Japan has appeared in the 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 died off the coast of Japan. The crew members of the shipwrecked suffered similar experiences. They were all tortured and imprisoned by the Japanese authorities after going ashore to ask for help, and then they were thrown into the Dutch business house and handed over to them. Dutch deal.

In the article on the "New York Evening Post" that first reported the Banner incident, the sentence at the end of the article: If the American whaling ship was flying the Union flag of the United Kingdom, the Japanese would never dare to embarrass the crew who went ashore to ask for help.

This sentence deeply stimulated the self-esteem of New Yorkers and even Americans.

The public also 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, requesting that an expeditionary force be formed to go to Japan like the British invaded the Qing Dynasty.

Give these ignorant Japanese a little bit of color, and promote the national prestige of the United States.

It's just that the government and Congress are very cautious and have not made 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, not just fanning the flames and venting emotions in newspapers.

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 get more news about Japan from the New York Evening Post than ever before, in more detail.

Many politicians bought the "New York Evening Post" and cut out all the information about Japan from it, bound it into a volume, and read it repeatedly.

These articles introducing Japan were written by the same person, a fellow with the pseudonym Five Star Emperor.

People have speculated about who this five-star emperor is, and they know such detailed information about Japan.

Some guessed it was Henry, the president of the newspaper, and some guessed it was some Japanese traveler who didn't want to show up. President Fillmore also read these articles.

Fillmore is a very shrewd person. After carefully comparing these articles with the correspondence with Liang Yao, he found that the two have striking similarities in writing habits and wording habits.

He is very sure that this mysterious five-star emperor is Liang Yao, the speaker of California's state assembly.

The "Wall Street Journal", which has just been published, 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 stir on Wall Street.

This article is about the judgment of California’s gold production. It reports that a large number of gold rich deposits have been discovered in the foothills of the Sierra Nevada. It is asserted that the gold production in California this year will be more than twice that of 1850.

The emergence of this news led to a slight drop in the price of gold in the United States, and the exchange rate between the US dollar and gold fell from 118:100 to 117.5:100.

Inside Doyle's Café, New York tycoons sip coffee and talk about the American economy.

Peace between the North and the South, the eradication of cholera, and California gold kept America in good economic shape.

It seemed that a new era of prosperity was upon us.

The news that the mysterious California rich man was about to arrive in New York exploded like a blockbuster in New York.

This is also the focus of discussion among the tycoons in Doyle's Cafe.

"This rich list is abolished!"

Backhouse, in a pink shirt, pointed at the New York Post's rich list and heckled Moses Yale Beetch.

"Bichi, you bitch, how can you rank indiscriminately? Thirty million dollars in assets, do you know what the concept is with so much money? This money can almost buy half of New York!"

Peter Pitt is a senior writer for the New York Post, and his masterpieces are America's Rich List and New York's Rich List.

Among the many rich lists in the United States, the list of the United States is the most reliable and the most credible. Almost all the richest people in the United States are proud to be on the list of the United States. This is an honor.

Previously, this list was dominated by the Astor family for a long time.

In 1847, the old Astor ranked first in the richest list in the United States and the richest list in New York with an absolute advantage of $2500 million in assets.

Most of the other rich men in the same period had assets of only one or two million US dollars, even Vanderbilt, the most powerful challenger of the old Astor.

The estimate given by Picchi is that all the current assets and real estate under Vanderbilt’s name add up, and its assets will not exceed 1700 million US dollars, which is still a long way from the Astor family’s 2500 million US dollars.

It has only been four short years, and the capitals of the two rich lists have changed hands, and they changed hands when he was in charge of the Astor family, which made Backhouse feel very bad.

In the new list of the richest people in the United States, Bichi estimates that Liang Yao's assets at the top of the list are worth 3000 million US dollars in gold, which can be said to be full of gold.

For Vanderbilt, who is second on the list, the asset estimate given by Pittsburgh is 2700 million US dollars, just ahead of Backhouse.

In other words, whether it is the American Rich List or the New York Rich List, Backhouse is not at the top of the list.

"My list has always been objective and fair. According to the news on my mobile phone over the past year, Mr. Liang is indeed the wealthiest person in the United States."

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

"When the Astor family dominated the list, you never questioned the rationality of the list. Could it be that only the list where you topped the list is reasonable?"

"I don't care where your news comes from. The source is not reliable. In the next issue of the list, my name must be at the top of the list!" Buckhouse said in an unquestionable tone.

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

According to the new list, Backhouse was trampled down by two to come in third.

Even Vanderbilt, who had always been against him, was higher than him on the list, which made Buckhouse unbearable and felt a great humiliation.

On the surface, what Buckhouse cares about is the ranking on the rich list. In fact, what Buckhouse cares about is the status and benefits brought to him by the ranking.

In America, where money is paramount, a person's status and wealth can be approximated.

As for the benefits, the status of the richest man in the United States can bring greater value-added space to the land purchased by Astor.

After the release of the new list, Backhouse's real estate properties in New York, Boston, Philadelphia and even Chicago all fell to varying degrees, causing his assets to shrink.

"I'm sorry, Mr. Backhouse, but I can't."

Bichi shrugged and said to Backhouse.

"The reason why people believe in this list is because of their trust and recognition in me. If I rashly modify the list, this list will lose its original meaning, and I will also lose people's trust in me."

"Don't pretend to be arrogant in front of me. I know the morality of you reporters. Let me set a price. How much money does it take to revise this list? I believe that everything has a price, and so do people."

Backhouse said with confidence, and at the same time he did not forget to remind Bichi.

"Don't forget, I am the largest shareholder of "New York Post". If you reject me, "New York Post" will not publish any of your articles and lists in the future, including these two lists. Think it through."

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

"Unfortunately, Mr. Backhouse, I can now tell you very clearly that I am priceless."

Backhouse frowned, and his tone of voice became a little surprised: "Are you sure? You are ruining your own future."

"No, I'm making my future brighter!"

Bitch stood up, held his head high, and said to Backhouse forcefully: "The era of the Astor family has passed, and I want to use my ability and influence to win over the New York Evening Post." I will be very welcome."

(End of this chapter)