The meeting with the Koch brothers made Yang Jing go over the development plan for the next two years in his mind. It has to be said that this is a good era. As long as you seize the opportunity, there will be gold everywhere.
As the conversation with the Koch brothers continued, more and more people came over.
The man who appeared in this occasion today was really mysterious. He just came out of the cigar house next door with the core figures of the top ten financial groups. After he came out, the Koch brothers, the top tycoons in New York, immediately came up to him.
Who is this guy?
Americans are not gossipy. When they don't understand someone or something, they will often take the most direct action to find out.
For example, Yang Jing met Sam Walton, the founder of Walmart, who was the richest man in the United States in 1985. Walton is in good health now. Although Yang Jing knows that the old man will die of illness in five years, it does not affect his friendship with the retail emperor.
After all, even after Sam Walton passed away, his children took over the old man's banner and promoted Wal-Mart to the world. The Walton family is still worth making friends with.
In addition, there is Bernard Arnault, the head of the LVMH Group. This Frenchman, who is about the same age as Cole Smith, has just taken over the Louis Vuitton banner for a few years. However, this guy is very powerful. As soon as he took over Louis Vuitton, he swallowed Dior like a snake swallowing an elephant.
Bernard Arnault was still often among the top 20 on the Forbes rich list 30 years later. His luxury goods empire swept the world in the next 30 years, especially the wealthy China, which was flocking to the major brands under Arnault's name.
This time, Bernard Arnault happened to be handling a business matter in the United States, so he rushed over after receiving the invitation.
In addition, some financial tycoons from Wall Street also came over to chat with Yang Jing. The greetings came to an end only when the cocktail party officially began.
The cocktail party was held in a large banquet hall on the first floor of the building. The banquet hall was very large, with an area of more than 600 square meters, which was more than enough to accommodate the seventy or eighty people attending the banquet.
At this time, applause first broke out in a corner of the hall, and then the applause quickly spread to the entire hall, and everyone began to applaud.
Yang Jing was no exception. While clapping, he looked in the direction where the applause first came from and saw seven or eight people walking out of a door in the corner of the hall.
Leading the group was an energetic old man, followed by Mr. and Mrs. Skaif, except that Mr. Skaif was pushing a wheelchair with an even older man sitting on it.
Yang Jing knew that if nothing unexpected happened, today's protagonist would appear.
Sure enough, when these seven or eight people stood still, the old man in the lead picked up the microphone.
"Ladies and gentlemen, welcome to the Mellon Manor on Long Island. Thank you very much for taking the time out of your busy schedule to attend the commemorative reception for the 130th birthday of the respected Mr. Richard Beatty Mellon. I am Paul Mellon, and I would like to welcome you on behalf of my cousin Richard King Mellon and my family."
After this self-introduction, Yang Jing realized that the old man who was talking was actually another of the two contemporary flagship figures of the Mellon family, Andrew Mellon's son Paul.
The old man in the wheelchair is Richard King Mellon, the son of Richard Beatty Mellon. The two old men are cousins.
Those people behind are naturally the current core figures of the Mellon family.
"One hundred and thirty years ago today, my dear Uncle Richard came into this world. He is one of the most important contributors in the history of our Mellon family. It was under his leadership that our family developed rapidly."
Although Paul was not keen on the family business, one had to admit that he had good eloquence. After his opening remarks, he won warm applause from everyone present.
In the United States, Richard Beatty Mellon is a legend. If his father, Mr. Thomas Mellon, laid the foundation of the Mellon family, then he and his brother Andrew Mellon were the key figures in the Mellon family's rise.
This legendary figure has six brothers and sisters, but only he and his elder brother Andrew Mellon are the second-generation core leaders of the Mellon family.
In 2012, Forbes recounted the top 15 richest people in American history. In order to more accurately reflect their impact on the US economy, Forbes converted all personal assets into 2006 dollars based on the US gross domestic product (GDP) at the time.
On this list, Richard Mellon ranks sixth with a net worth of $82.3 billion, while his brother Andrew Mellon ranks fourteenth with a net worth of $50.5 billion. They are the only pair of brothers on the list.
Although such an old man has passed away for a long time, it does not prevent people from admiring him.
After Paul finished his opening remarks, Richard King Mellon spoke a few more trembling words. He is almost ninety years old this year and in poor health. It was quite difficult for him to insist on appearing at this cocktail party.
After the two brothers finished talking, the reception officially began. As Bloomberg had said before, there were auctions of some precious items in the middle of the reception.
This auction is naturally a charity auction, and all the proceeds from the auction will be donated to the Mellon Education-Charity Trust, which Andrew Mellon founded with $58 million during his lifetime.
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