Chapter 710 (1/2)
I noticed that someone was looking at me. The girl leaning on Simon turned to look at me. Simon and others also noticed Barbara Brockley.
Barbara Brockley gave up guessing Simon's identity as a young girl with a little baby fat on her face and took the initiative to say hello. Jonathan Friedman and Kim Carey say something. The actor gets up and leaves, and Barbara takes advantage of each other's position.
During the greeting, Simon didn't introduce the identity of the girl around him. Barbara Brockley sat down and looked at her curiously, but the man didn't seem to notice her exploring eyes. He continued to talk with Jonathan Friedman on the other side of the sofa: ”Bill Clinton won the presidential election he didn't think he would win, and George Bush lost the same thing I don't think I will lose the White House. That's why there have been all kinds of troubles in the last two years. In the final analysis, the Clinton family has too little foundation, and the Bush family has begun to pave the way for the next generation. ”
”It's no surprise that George W. Bush will be elected governor of Texas easily next month,” Jonathan said
Simon said with a smile: ”of course, Texas is the base of the Bush family. In fact, we can see the biggest disadvantage of the Clinton family from this. Do you know what it is? ”
Jonathan thought for a moment and said, ”in terms of foundation, the Clintons have been in Arkansas for more than 20 years, which should be no worse than the Bush family.”
Simon shook his head and said, ”Arkansas is just a state in the middle of the Federation with a small population and underdeveloped economy. Even there are only a few electoral votes. Compared with Texas, Arkansas is far from being the foundation. And I don't mean that by disadvantage. ”
This time, Jonathan didn't remember.
Barbara Brockley felt that the two men around her must be very serious about male chauvinism, so she deliberately ignored her existence. At this time, she couldn't help interrupting: ”what's that?”
Simon turned to look at Barbara and quickly cracked the mystery with a smile: ”there is no successor to the Clinton family.”
Barbara Brockley is not familiar with the White House, but she also knows that the Clintons have a daughter whose name seems to be Chelsea. How can she say that there is no successor.
Jonathan didn't know if Simon was referring to a rumor that Chelsea was not born to Clinton, but he probably understood something and said, ”Simon, it seems you are very optimistic about the Clintons.”
Simon nodded: ”of course, Clinton is now beset with scandals, but there is nothing wrong with the White House's ruling idea of focusing on economic policy. The possibility of re-election is very high. Both the Clintons are very capable. After eight years of operation, a new political magnate has emerged in the Federation. It's a pity that this rich political family only has a very mediocre daughter. Well, it's said that she is not her own daughter. ”
Barbara Brockley retorted: ”Mr. westrow, I think your idea is too biased. One should pay more attention to the realization of one's own value rather than the narrow blood inheritance.”
Simon looked at it with a smile: ”Barbara, in the future, you will understand that only when you live long enough, can you have enough time to realize your own value and be a winner. However, our life is limited after all, so it is the most important way to realize our own value to inherit our blood as much as possible. Morgan and Rockefeller, who almost ruled the United States at that time, are still strong because of their numerous descendants. In contrast, because of the small number of people and the lack of successors, everything that John Morgan once created has nothing to do with the Morgan family. If you were John Morgan, would you feel a little sorry? ”
Barbara Brockley is a celibate. She is 34 years old, but she doesn't have a regular boyfriend. She belongs to the type of Princess Huahua, which is rare among women. This is also the heart disease of Albert Brockley who has been in bed.
In fact, like Monica's parents who worry about their children's marriage in friends, some of the most basic concepts are the same in both eastern and Western societies. Western society is far from the idea that 18-year-old children are driven out of their homes by outsiders. Even on the contrary, many people in western society, especially in the United States, are more concerned about family inheritance than on the other side of the ocean.
At the reception, Barbara Brockley listened to a guy's argument and thought of her father's constant nagging over the years, which made her feel relaxed.
However, Barbara quickly responded, looked at Simon and said, ”Mr. westrow, I suddenly feel that you are a bit of an antique. Are you really only 26 years old?”
”Oh, I calculate,” Simon raised a hand to twist a few times. It seemed that it was not enough. He grabbed the slender hand of the vase beside him and then calculated. Then he said, ”all in all, I'm about, um, 550 years old.”
Barbara brockleton rolled her eyes when she was walking.
Watching a young man go from penniless to rich, Jonathan Friedman listened to Simon's seemingly joking words, but his eyes flickered. Perhaps, only a 550 year old man can create such a miracle as the westero system in just eight years.
Thinking of this, Jonathan couldn't help asking, ”Simon, Forbes, have you got the list data ahead of time?”Today is October 7. On Friday, the new Forbes list of the 400 richest people in the United States will be released next Monday. According to convention, many media and rich people can get Forbes list data in advance in private.
Simon did not hide, very casually said: ”in fact, it is the number of media reports during this period.”
Of course, both of the girls around them knew the Forbes list, and they couldn't help pricking their ears.
Jonathan listened to Simon and said, ”300 billion dollars.”
Simon nodded.
Simon has not been involved in the Forbes list data in the past few years. However, with the continuous increase of personal wealth, he has to intervene.
Just like this time.
The $300 billion personal wealth figure is actually the result of negotiation between the Westeros family and the Forbes group. It is obviously a very general statistic, which is not in line with Forbes's previous meticulous and prudent style.
In fact, Forbes has another relatively accurate statistic.
But whether it's more than $300 billion or less than that, it's not what Simon wants to see.
It is mainly due to the consideration of public psychology.
The ultimate goal of this mentality manipulation is not to attract too much public attention.
The reason is very simple. It is self-evident that ”a 300 meter high building” or ”a 312 meter high 92 story glass fiber reinforced plastic building in Manhattan” can give people more imaginative space. Therefore, not only the figure of 300 billion US dollars, but also the statistics of 300 billion US dollars in Forbes magazine's release next Monday will not be as specific as before.