The meeting with the Koch brothers made Yang Jing can't help but go through the two-year development plan again in his heart.I have to say that this is a good era, as long as you seize the opportunity, then there is gold everywhere.As we talked to the Koch brothers, more and more people came together.The man who appeared on this occasion today is too mysterious.Just now, they came out of the cigar house next door with the core figures of the top ten consortiums, and after coming out, the Koch brothers, the top richest people in New York, immediately got up again.Who the hell is this guy?
In fact, Americans' gossip heart is not small, and they often make the most direct moves to understand people or things they don't understand.For example, Yang Jing met Sam Walton, the richest man in the United States in 1985 and the founder of Wal-Mart, among the people who came later.Now Walton is in good health, although Yang Jing knows that this old man will die of illness in five years, but now it does not affect him to make friends with this retail emperor.After all, even after Sam Walton died, his children took over the old man's banner and pushed Walmart to the world.The Waltons are still well worth befriending.Then there's Bernard Arnault, the head of the LVH group, a Frenchman about the same age as Cole Smith, who has just taken over the Louis Vuitton banner.But this guy is very powerful, and as soon as he took over Louis Vuitton, he swallowed Dior like a snake.Bernard Arnault is also often able to be on the top 20 of the Forbes rich list after 30 years, and his luxury empire swept the world in the next 30 years, especially after getting rich, China, and even more flocked to the major brands under Arnault's name.In addition, some financial predators on Wall Street also came over to talk to Yang Jing one after another, until the cocktail party officially began, and this kind of greeting was temporarily over.The reception was held in a large ballroom on the first floor of this building, and the size of this banquet hall was very large, definitely more than 600 square meters, which was more than enough to accommodate the seventy or eighty people who came to the banquet today.At this time, a corner of the hall first burst into applause, and then the applause quickly spread throughout the hall, and everyone began to applaud.Yang Jing was no exception, he applauded and looked in the direction where the applause first sounded, and saw seven or eight people walking out of a door in the corner of the hall.The first is a spirited old man, followed by Mr. and Mrs.
Scaife, but Scaife is still pushing a wheelchair in his hand, and an older man sits in the wheelchair.Yang Jing knew that if nothing else, today's protagonist appeared on the stage.Sure enough, when the seven or eight people stood still, the old man who took the lead picked up the microphone."
Ladies and gentlemen, welcome to Long Island Mellon Estate, and thank you very much for taking time out of your busy schedules to attend the reception commemorating the 130th anniversary of the birth of the Honorable Mr.
Richard Beatitmellon.I'm Paul Mellon, and I'm here to welcome you on behalf of my cousin Richard Kim Mellon and my family" After introducing himself, Yang Jing knew that this old man who was talking turned out to be the other of the two contemporary banner figures of the Mellon family, that is, Andrew Mellon's son Paul.And the old man in a wheelchair is Richard Beatitmellon's son, Richard Kimmerlon.The two old men were cousins.The people in the back are naturally the core figures of the Mellon family now."
One hundred and thirty years ago today, my dear Uncle Richard came into the world.He is one of the most important feats in the history of our Mellon family, and it was under his leadership that our family developed rapidly" Although Paul is not keen on the family business, I have to admit that he is very eloquent, and after this opening remarks, he won a warm round of applause from everyone present.In the United States, Richard Beatité Mellon is a legend, if his father, Mr.
Thomas Mellon, created the foundation of the Mellon family, then he and his brother Andrew Mellon are the key figures in the Mellon family's take-off.The legend has six siblings, but only he and his own brother Andrew Mellon are the second generation of core leaders of the Mellon family.In 2012, Forbes recounted the 15 richest people in American history, and in order to more accurately reflect their impact on the U.S. economy, Forbes converted everyone's personal assets into U.S. dollars in 2006 compared to the U.S. gross domestic product (GDP) at that time.On this list, Richard Mellon ranks sixth with a net worth of $82.3 billion, while his brother Andrew Mellon ranks 14th with a net worth of $50.5 billion, which is also the only pair of brothers on this list.Although such an old man has passed away for a long time, this does not prevent people from respecting him.After Paul finished his opening remarks, Richard Kim Mellon said a few words in a trembling voice, he is almost 90 years old this year, his health is very poor, and it is not easy to insist on appearing at this drinking party.After the two brothers finished speaking, the drinking party officially began.As Bloomberg said before, in the middle of the reception was interspersed with the auction of some precious items.The auction is a charity auction, of course, and all proceeds from the auction will go to the A Mellon Education-Charitable Trust, which Andrew Mellon's $58 million founded.This kind of charity auction is different from the kind of charity auction in Hollywood or other places, this is a really high-end charity auction, after all, the people who can come to this kind of occasion have a personal net worth of at least more than 100 million US dollars.In such a charity auction, the items taken out by these rich people naturally cannot be the kind of things worth tens of thousands, and the items they take out must at least be worth 100,000 US dollars.For example, the auction item that Bloomberg brought today is a necklace of emerald gemstones + diamonds.Bloomberg was still in the car when he took out the necklace.The appearance of this necklace is a bit outdated, and the value of the necklace itself is at most two or three hundred thousand dollars, if Bloomberg does not say the origin of this necklace, Yang Jing really can't look down on this necklace.This is a necklace worn by Marilyn Monroe when she won the 17th Golden Globe Award for Best Actress in a Film-Musical Comedy in 1960 for her "Passionate".I bought it at an auction three years ago for $800,000," Bloomberg's eyes filled with reluctance as he looked at the necklace.Yang Jinglei was not taken lightly by these words, looking at Bloomberg's silver expression, it was obvious that this was also a year when he was fascinated by Monroe's amorous style.In terms of Bloomberg's age, when Monroe swept the United States and the world, Bloomberg was just a teenager who was just a little fresh meat, how could he not be fascinated by that amorous woman?
I just don't know if this guy's wife, Margaret, knew that he actually collected a necklace that Monroe wore back then, would she give this guy a Hedong lion roar Okay, the necklace that this guy took out is indeed quite weighty, although the necklace itself is not valuable, but once it is hooked with Monroe, it is estimated that all the men under the age of sixty present today will be tempted.Yang Jing slandered this old sassy year, but this complaining year was also very interested in the auction items that Yang Jing took out, and he also wanted to see what Yang Jing was going to auction today.To be honest, this was the first time Yang Jing had participated in such a top-level drinking party, and he didn't know that the people attending the drinking party still needed to bring a high-grade auction item, so he didn't have any preparation at all.However, he has good things in his storage, and any random one can be worth millions of dollars at a minimum."
Take a painting of Monet?"
Yang Jing immediately shook his head and rejected the idea, Monet's works are also quite popular in the United States, even in the eighties, a Monet oil painting has to be worth tens of millions of dollars, and it is obviously inappropriate to come up with such a painting on such an occasion.Among the treasures of the last tsar obtained in Siberia, some oil paintings that had been well preserved were put back into storage by Yang Jing, so now there is no shortage of paintings by famous artists."
Then why don't you take a golden scepter?"
Yang Jing then vetoed the idea.There are also two golden scepters found in Gaddafi's treasure in the space, which are made of gold, and they don't need to be maintained at all, and they will immediately turn golden when you wipe them casually.However, the value of this golden scepter is also quite high, after all, it is an ancient Egyptian thing, it is a veritable antique cultural relic, if you really want to calculate the value, it is really difficult to calculate, and it is not uncommon for people to spend tens of millions of dollars to buy it.Yang Jing thought of the figure-of-eight Escudo gold coin in the batch of pirate treasures obtained in Alert, although the value of such a gold coin can be sold for four or five hundred thousand dollars in later generations, but it is not easy to say now, after all, the gold coin collection is not very popular now, it is a niche collection, in case no one allows this kind of gold coin, it will be depressing when the time comes.Yang Jing also has the heart to find a set of jewelry from the treasure of the last tsar, but Bloomberg has already taken out a necklace, if he takes another set of jewelry, it seems to be a legendary crash.The most important thing is that the jewelry that was once worn by the Russian empress or even the empress may be worth far more than the necklace that Bloomberg took out, but it can't stand Bloomberg's necklace that Monroe once wore.This is the United States, and who knows if those rich Americans will not hang the queen or empress of Russia?
Bloomberg has been urging this guy from the side, and Yang Jing, who was urging, had no choice, and finally took out a colorless diamond the size of a broad bean from the box containing many gems in desperation.This diamond is a diamond that has already been cut, such a large size, definitely weighing more than thirty carats, an absolutely extra-large diamond.Even in this era, the starting price of an extra-large diamond over 30 carats was in the million-dollar range.Crucially, even in the United States, it is rare to find a cut diamond of this size