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Chapter 1444 The Master of Wealth (Third update, please subscribe)
As the sun sets, as the golden sunset covers Manhattan.

In a private reading room on the top floor of the library, the man put down the book in his hand, first looked at the time, then he stood up from the big table, walked across the room and went to the window.

My eyes were fixed on the people and vehicles moving in the central business district of Manhattan downstairs. At this moment, the door of the reading room was pushed open, and I heard the footsteps behind me.

The man asked:

"Look, what is this place?"

The man who had just entered the room answered:

"Manhattan!"

"That's right, Manhattan! Although it is a geographical term, it is also the heart of the financial empire. In this world, some people hold power, and some people hold wealth.

In the eyes of many people, power is eternal. But wealth can manipulate power, and power can gain wealth. Without wealth, power is worthless, but in this world, power has lost its inheritance.

Power may be eternal, but power that cannot be inherited is not threatening. However, wealth can be inherited and passed on. What he passes on is not only wealth, but also power.

Just like this financial empire, the handover of the financial empire was completed with the flow of wealth.

With the end of World War II, London and New York completed their handover, and Manhattan took over London's position and became the world's financial heart. "

The man looked at the pedestrians crawling on the ground and continued:
“They have different identities, but for everyone, this is a temple of success. Everyone tries to achieve their success here, and it seems that everyone can achieve their success.

Some of them came here with nothing and became rich overnight, while others lost everything here and jumped out of their penthouses.

In short, this is the most real and realistic place in the real world.”

The man at the window did not turn around, but continued:

"Here, the cruelest and most realistic side of the world is nakedly displayed. Everyone who comes here, whether he is a romanticist or a realist, must understand what this place is: it is purely a jungle!
And in this jungle, there are ferocious beasts and prey.

Most people think they are wild beasts, but they don’t know that they are just prey!

It's just a prey that voluntarily gave itself to the beast's mouth!"

The man's words were cold and without any emotion. The temperature in the room suddenly dropped a little due to the cold words without any emotion.

“What are the rules by which this world operates?
There are different opinions!

In fact, the answer is very simple - the rainforest is the truest side of this world.

Up to now, human beings have never actually walked out of the rainforest - they have simply turned the rainforest of trees into a rainforest of reinforced concrete.

Even with human evolution to this day, we are still one of the myriad animals.

Since it is an animal, there are predators and prey.

To the vast majority of people, they are just prey.”

After hearing these words, the person who had just entered the reading room said:
"This is the rule of this world..."

"That's right!"

The man slightly emphasized his tone and said:

"Everyone is looking for their exact position within this rule! Is this position something to be found?
Do not!
It is given!

And we are the givers of all this!"

Gazing at the passers-by outside the window, looking at those people of different identities, the man asked:

"Do you know what they're thinking?"

At this time, the man who had just entered the house had already walked to the window. He looked out the window, at the passers-by hurrying on the street, and said:

"Those people desire to receive gifts. They hope to gain the favor of those above them, so that they can succeed and transform themselves from prey to predator."

From his figure and voice, we can tell that he is a young man.

Nodding, the man added:

“Yes, this is what most ordinary people desire, but what they don’t know is that wealth in this world is limited.

There is a limited amount of prey in the rainforest. With each additional predator, the food available to other predators naturally decreases, and we..."

At this time, the man turned around, looked at the young man who came in and said:

"We are the distributors of all this. We bestow, we distribute, we dominate... This is our duty!"

When he finished speaking, he stared at the young man in front of him and asked:
"The question is, what kind of person do you want to be?"

At this moment, the two people looked at each other, they just looked at each other without saying a word, as if they both wanted to see what the other was thinking at the moment, but the masks on their faces obscured each other's expressions.

The young man who had just come in uttered one word in a firm tone:

"The Master!"

The man looked at him. Although he could not see his expression, he could see his eyes. After a moment of silence, he looked out the window and said:

"Jungle. Until now, this world is still a jungle. We are just a part of the jungle. This is the operating rule of this world. We just make sure that this rule can continue to operate in an orderly manner..."

As they left, the dusk outside the window deepened, but the streets of Manhattan were still bustling with people still rushing around working for their future.

As people passed by the library at Madison Avenue and 36th Street, they didn't even look inside. At this time, the library was temporarily closed, and the world outside the library was still operating normally as before.

Tens of thousands of people are rushing around. Like everyone else, they are eager to succeed through their own efforts and to have wealth. However, as a member of this steel rainforest, they have never known that their lives are being manipulated by others.

They work hard all their lives, but at the right time, there will always be someone who wields the capital knife and reaps their wealth. Of course, among them, there are also a very few lucky ones who can succeed and they will become the representatives of the new era.

……

As the sun sets, on the garden track of the official residence, Li Yian was running there as usual, but there was one more person beside him, Li Yixuan, who was also accompanying him. He had already graduated from high school and was about to enter university. Unfortunately, he did not get into Nanyang University, but was admitted to Tungning University.

When receiving the admission letter, Li Yian even had an illusion that this kid did it on purpose and just wanted to leave Chang'an.

Of course, Li Yian was also very helpless about this. Nanyang University, like other universities, relies on transcripts to speak, and there will never be any favoritism. Of course, donations are an exception. If Li Yian donated a few million, he could send his son to university.

Of course he didn't need to do that. All it took was a phone call.

But he really couldn't bring himself to say - my son is not good at studying, so you have to take care of him alone.

and then?
Your son and his son will do the same.

What was finally born?
They are nothing more than a privileged group. In this case, it would be more cost-effective to just donate a few million.

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At least for ordinary people, money is fair.

So, I could only let my son go to college in Dongning, thousands of kilometers away!

After running for a few kilometers, Li Yian stopped and sat on a stone bench nearby. Seeing his father stop, Li Yixuan took a towel from the side and handed it to his father.

Then the two of them sat there and chatted occasionally, covering many topics, because he would be going to Dongning to study at university in a while, and in order to avoid being given "wrong views", they talked about many things.

So now, whenever he has time, Li Yian will take his son for a run and chat with him about so-called politics, which is actually a way of instilling some ideas in him, or in other words, to give him some preventive measures.

“…When Americans say that the American Dream is that everyone is equal and that everyone can succeed regardless of their background, in fact, this is just a rhetoric to fool people.

Behind the so-called "American Dream", in fact, "aristocracy" does exist, and to a certain extent, this is inevitable. "

Li Yian has a clear understanding of this point. Not only does he have it, but children also need to have it. Only by understanding it will they not be confused by so-called appearances.

In the garden of the official residence, Li Yian was walking with his son and said as he walked:
"Like the so-called 'families' in the United States, they enjoy all kinds of privileges. They may not seem to be aristocrats in name, but they are aristocrats in fact."

"Just like Mellon, right?"

Li Yixuan looked at his father and said:

"They seem to be the aristocracy of America, or the kings behind the scenes."

He didn't know the American dignitaries, but he knew Mellon to a certain extent. After all, in a sense, his eldest brother was also a member of the Mellon family, and he was likely to become Mellon's heir in the future.

"Yes."

Li Yian nodded and said:

"Americans are very aware of this. They know clearly that in their world, in addition to the superficial operating rules, there are also behind-the-scenes rules. This is well known. Therefore, these people always appear in their newspapers and news. They accept this and even take the privileges they enjoy for granted."

Not only do they take it for granted, they even embrace it, because they know that if they achieve personal economic success, they too can enjoy the same privileges.

Listening to his father's explanation, Li Yixuan thought for a moment and said:
"Dad, don't you always say that privilege is the first shot that destroys a strong fortress?"

Facing his son's question, Li Yian laughed and then said seriously:

"It is common sense that a society without an aristocracy is abnormal. The key is to explain the truth clearly, rather than using big words to fool people. If you enjoy privileges, you must acknowledge them, rather than just denying them with words.

Just like Mellon, everyone knows that the Mellon family is rich, and the wealth he has is the source of all his privileges. This is well known, and they don’t reject it. ”

"So you can't enjoy your privileges and deny them at the same time, right?"

Nodding, looking at his seventeen-year-old son, Li Yian nodded and said:

"Privileges are everywhere. This is the basic rule of this world. And everyone knows it very well, ordinary people know it very well - there are people who enjoy it. The key problem is that they understand that what they enjoy is taken for granted."

"Of course?"

Li Yixuan said:
“Why do people take this for granted?”

"This is the rhetoric of America - everyone is equal, no matter their background, everyone can succeed. The so-called "American Dream" is to tell you that there are privileges in this world, but the most ordinary individuals can become a part of it through hard work. To some extent, this is true!

And Americans are willing to believe this. In fact, such wealthy people always emerge in the United States at almost every stage.

They had nothing, but they were worth billions! Edison, Rockefeller, Mellon, Ford, Morgan, Vanderbilt... In this process, ordinary people became wealthy, and even became families, and some families declined. But no matter what, it can be found that in almost every stage, in the United States, there will be corresponding families that rise and corresponding wealthy people appear. "

When mentioning this, Li Yian paused slightly. This is the most magical thing about the land of America - those people will always continue to emerge, whether in the past, present, or future.

"These people are the so-called 'American Dream', which is the core of their rhetoric."

"Because of them, ordinary people believe that they too have a chance to succeed, and that as long as they have a chance, they will be favored by fate."

Li Yixuan seemed to have thought of something, thought for a moment, and then said:
"So, almost every twenty years or so, new wealthy people emerge in the United States, Adams, Vanderbilt, DuPont, Stanford, Morgan, Carnegie, Rockefeller, Ford... They always emerge one after another, and their appearance is like... hope!"

After a brief pause, Li Yixuan frowned and said:

"It's like hope. Their appearance has given everyone some hope. It is precisely because they started from scratch that people believe that as long as they work hard and have intelligence, they will succeed and be favored by fate. They will also become one of them!"

(End of this chapter)