Chapter 1444 The Master of Wealth (Third update, please subscribe)
When the sunset sets, when the golden sunset envelopes Manhattan.
In a private reading room on the top floor of the library, the man put down the book in his hand. He first looked at the time, then he stood up from the big table, walked across the room, and walked to the window.
My eyes stared downstairs at the squirming people and vehicles in Manhattan's central business district. At this time, the door of the reading room was pushed open, and I heard the footsteps behind me.
The man asked:
"Look, where is this place?"
The person who just entered the room replied:
"Manhattan!"
"Yes, Manhattan! Although it is a Geographical terms are also the heart of financial empires. There are people in this world who want to master them. Power, someone has to control wealth.
In the eyes of many people, wealth can control power, and power can gain wealth. Without wealth, power is worthless, but in this world, power is already. Lost his inheritance.
Power may be eternal, but power that cannot be inherited is not threatening. But wealth can be inherited and passed on. What he inherits is not only wealth, but also power.
Just like this financial empire, with the transfer of wealth, the handover of the financial empire is completed.
With the end of World War II, London and New York completed the handover between them, and Manhattan took over London's position and became the financial heart of the world. "
The man looked at the squirming pedestrians on the ground and continued:
"They have different identities, but for everyone, this is a palace of success. Everyone, Everyone is trying to achieve their success here, and everyone seems to be able to achieve their success.
Some of them came here with nothing and became rich instantly, while others lost everything here and jumped from the penthouse apartment.
In short, this is the most real and realistic place in the real world. "
The man by the window did not turn around, but continued:
"Here, the cruelest and most realistic side of the world is displayed nakedly. Anyone who comes here, whether he is a romantic or a realist. Everyone must understand what this place is: it is purely a jungle!
And in this jungle, there are beasts and prey.
Most people think that they are ferocious beasts, but they don’t know that they are just prey!
It’s just a prey that is put into the beast’s mouth! "
The man's words were cold and devoid of any emotion. His cold words without even the slightest emotion caused the temperature in the room to drop suddenly.
"What are the operating rules of this world? ?
There are different opinions!
In fact, the answer is very simple - the rainforest is the most real side of the world.
Human development to this day has actually never left the rainforest - it has only turned the forest rainforest into a reinforced concrete rainforest.
Human beings have evolved to this day. In fact, they are still one of thousands of animals.
Since it is an animal, there are predators and prey.
For the vast majority of people, they are just prey. ”
Listening to these words, the person who just walked into the reading room said:
"This is the rule of this world..."
"That's right!"
The man was slightly He emphasized his tone and said:
"Everyone is looking for their exact position within this rule! Is this position what you are looking for?
No!
It is given!
And we are the givers of all this! "
Gazing at the passers-by outside the window, looking at the people of different identities, the man asked:
"Do you know what they are thinking? ”
The man who had just entered the house at this time had already walked to the window. He looked out the window and the passers-by on the street in a hurry and said:
"Those people long for gifts, they hope to be favored by the superiors. , thus achieving success and being able to transform from prey to predator."
You can tell from his body shape and voice 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. .
The prey in the rainforest is limited. Every time there is one more predator, the food obtained by other predators will naturally decrease, and we..."
At this time, the man turned around and looked at The young man who walked in said:
“We are the distributors of all this, we give, we distribute, we dominate... This is our responsibility! "
When the words fell, 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 looked at each other without saying a word, as if they wanted to see what the other was thinking at this time, but the masks on their faces blocked each other's expressions.
The young man who just came in said one word firmly:
"Master!"
The man looked at him, although he did not see his expression , but you can see his eyes, just like this, after a moment of silence, he looked towards the window He took a look outside and then said:
"Jungle, until now this world is still a jungle, we are just a part of the jungle, this is the operating rules of this world. And we just ensure that this rule can Continue to operate in an orderly manner..."
When they left, the twilight outside the window was getting darker. The streets of Manhattan were still bustling with activity, and people in the twilight were still hurriedly working for the future.
When people passed the library at Madison Avenue and Thirty-sixth Street, they didn't even look inside. At this time, the library has been temporarily closed, and the world outside the library is still running normally as before.
Tens of thousands of people are in a hurry. Like all living beings, they are eager to achieve success through their own efforts and to have wealth. However, as this steel rainforest One of them, they never knew that their lives were being manipulated.
They work hard all their lives, they work hard, but at the right time, there will always be someone who wields the butcher knife of capital and harvests their wealth to their heart's content. Of course, among them, there are also a very few lucky ones. , if they can succeed, they will become representatives of the new era.
...
As the sun sets, Li Yian is running on the garden track of the official residence as usual, but there is someone else beside him, Li Yixuan is also accompanying him, and he has graduated from middle school. , was about to enter university. Unfortunately, he was not admitted to Nanyang University, but to Dongning University.
When he received the admission notice, Li Yian even had the illusion that this kid did it on purpose and just wanted to leave Chang'an.
Of course, Li Yi'an is also very helpless about this. Nanyang University, like other universities, speaks based on transcripts, and there will never be any favoritism. Of course, donations are an exception. If Li Yi'an donates With a few million, he could send his son to college.
Of course he doesn't need to do that at all. All it takes is a phone call to resolve the matter.
But, he really can't pull that face off - my son can't study well, so you have to take care of him alone.
What then?
Your son, his son will do the same.
What was born in the end?
It is nothing more than a privileged group. In this case, it would be better to just donate millions.
At least for ordinary people, money is fair.
So, we can only let our son go to Dongning, thousands of kilometers away, to study at university!
After running a few kilometers, Li Yian stopped and sat directly on a stone chair nearby. After 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, chatting without a word, and talked about many topics, because in a while, he would go to Dongning to study at university. In order to avoid being transmitted "wrong information" point of view".
So now whenever he has time, Li Yian will take his son to run together, chat with him, and talk about the so-called politics. In fact, it is also a kind of indoctrination of opinions, or in other words, to give him some vaccinations. .
"...When Americans say that the "American Dream" is that everyone is equal and everyone can succeed regardless of their background, in fact, this is just a trick to fool people.
Behind the so-called "American Dream", in fact, "nobility" exists, and to a certain extent, this is inevitable."
Li Yian has a clear understanding of this. , not only does he have it, but the children also need it. Only by understanding it can they not be confused by the so-called appearances.
In the garden of the official residence, Li Yian, who was walking with his son, said as he walked:
"Just like the so-called "family" in the United States, they enjoy various privileges. They see He doesn’t seem to have the name of aristocrat, but he is actually a nobleman.”
"Just like Mellon, right?"
Li Yixuan looked at his father and said:
"They seem to be the aristocrats of the United States, or the kings behind the scenes."
He He doesn't know the powerful people in the United States, but he knows Mellon to a certain extent. After all, in a sense, his eldest brother is also a member of the Mellon family. And he is very likely to become Mellon's successor in the future.
“Yes.”
Li Yian nodded and said:
"Americans know this very well. They know clearly that in their world, in addition to a superficial operating rule, there is also a behind-the-scenes rule. This They are well known, so these characters always appear in their newspapers and news. They accept this, and Americans even take it for granted.”
Not only. Just take it for granted, even accept it willingly. Because they know that as long as individuals achieve financial success, they can enjoy the same privileges.
Listening to his father’s explanation, Li Yixuan thought for a while and said:
“Dad, don’t you often say that privilege is the first cannonball that destroys a strong fortress?”
Facing his son's question, Li Yian laughed, and then said seriously:
"It is abnormal for a society to have no aristocratic class. This is common sense. The key is that you have to explain the truth clearly instead of using it. To use big words to fool people, you have to admit it when you enjoy the privilege, rather than blindly deny it with words.
Just like Mellon, all of them. Everyone knows that the Mellon family is rich, and it is well known that the wealth he possesses is the source of all his privileges, and they do not exclude this."
"In other words, you cannot enjoy privileges on one side. At that time, you were denying all this, 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, ordinary people know it very well - there are people who are enjoying all that, and the key issue is that they understand that what they enjoy is taken for granted."< br>
“Of course?”
Li Yixuan said:
“Why do people think this is reasonable? Of course? "
"This is the American rhetoric - everyone is equal, regardless of their background, and everyone can achieve success. The so-called "American Dream" is telling you - this world. There is privilege, but the most ordinary individual can become a part of it through hard work, and to some extent, it is true
And Americans are willing to believe this. In fact, at almost every stage, such rich people will always emerge in the United States.
They have nothing but billions of dollars! Edison, Rockefeller, Mellon, Ford, Morgan, Vanderbilt... In this process, ordinary people became rich, and even became families, and some families declined, but no matter what, you can find that - almost every family At a certain stage, in the United States, corresponding families will rise and corresponding rich people will appear. ”
When mentioning this, Li Yian’s words paused slightly. This is the most magical place in the land of the United States - there will always be those characters emerging, whether in the past or present, or It's the future.
"And these people are the so-called "American Dream" and the core of their rhetoric. "
"Because of them, ordinary people believe that they also have a chance to succeed. As long as they have a chance, they will be favored by fate. ”
Li Yixuan seemed to have thought of something, thought for a while, and then said:
"So, almost every twenty years or so, there will always be new rich people emerging in the United States, Adams, Vanderbilt, Dupont , Stanford, Morgan, Carnegie, Rockefeller, Ford... They always appear one after another, and their appearance is like... hope! "
Li Yixuan paused for a moment. He frowned and said:
"Just like hope, their appearance makes everyone see some hope. It is precisely because they started from scratch that people believe that as long as they work hard, , as long as they are smart, they will still succeed, they will also be favored by fate, and they will also become one of them!"
(End of this chapter)