In the car heading to the Blue House, Simon ignored the Forbes magazine he received before leaving, while opening his mouth slightly and glanced at his Jiangshanwu frequently. He first opened a briefing document on important daily matters and read it slowly.

First of all, there is a piece of news from North America.

As a follow-up to the Republican Party’s disastrous defeat in the midterm election on November 3, Republican leader and House Speaker Newt Gingrich resigned on Sunday morning, November 8 local time, which is considered to be responsible for the Republican Party’s disastrous defeat in this year’s midterm elections.

Newt Gingridge started politics in the late 1960s, and has been only 55 years old now. He was originally a strong and strong player. Unfortunately, since he became the Speaker of the House of Representatives in 1995, Gingridge has promoted the government's closure from the 1995 budget conflict to the past year's relentless pursuit of the Clinton scandal.

In three years, from Clinton's easy re-election in 1996 to the big defeat in this midterm election, the facts only proved the serious mistakes in Gingrich's party-struggle strategy.

Compared to Clinton's devoted to revitalizing the US economy, the Republican Party has been criticized in recent years. It can be said that since 1992 when Bush Sr. sought re-election, the Republican Party has never proposed a complete political program that can attract voters. Instead, it has spent most of its time on attacking the new president, Bill Clinton, who was born with a red neck, suddenly jumped to the top.

It can be said that the failure of this midterm election has made the Republican Party fully realize its own problems and begin to correct mistakes.

While Newt Gingridge resigned, the second piece of news was that with the acquiescence of the Republican Party, who gave up the scandal offensive, Clinton and Paula Jones quickly reached a settlement. The two sides also secretly signed a settlement agreement on the same day on November 8, and will be announced on Monday local time.

This is basically one thing.

Of course, the impeachment of Clinton suspected of perjury during the scandal investigation will continue. Even if everyone knows that this impeachment is doomed to fail, the Republican Party will be in a difficult situation. After all, once the impeachment is voluntarily cancelled, it is equivalent to admitting its mistake in turn, which will definitely affect the voter's support rate. Therefore, this mistake must not be recognized, and we can only continue with it with a tough needle.

The briefing puts these two things first, of course not the pursuit of Washington's gossip.

The Westeros family's political think tank team judged that as the Republicans reversed their wrong strategy that lasted for six years, the Westeros system would inevitably be affected.

The same sentence is too conspicuous.

According to China, this is called the rafter that comes out, and the wind will destroy it.

"Put my pen," Simon finished reading the first thing, thought a little, reached out to the side, turned his head and noticed that Jiang Shanwu was busy looking for a pen, and smiled and grabbed the girl's chin and pinched her: "What's wrong?"

Jiang Shanwu found a pencil that Simon used to hand it over from her handbag, and smiled and signaled to Forbes magazine in front of her: "But, it's so shocking."

"Ha, I'll take a look."

Simon picked up the magazine casually, but put it under the original folder on his knees, and wrote the comments before turning to the magazine today.

The cover is a photo of Simon.

With a handsome look, he has a bit of vicissitudes of life. Obviously, carefully selected, giving people a feeling of time flies. A young boy who made a big splash back then has come to an end in a blink of an eye.

In addition, the '1.8T' black figure on the cover also directly gives the answer that many people are most concerned about in this issue, 1.8 trillion US dollars, which is obviously Simon's latest personal net worth on the 1998 US 400 Rich Rich List.

A very general number is still a strategy set in previous years.

A general approximation is easy to remember, but it does not make people feel too specific.

In total, the $1.8 trillion is only $500 billion lower than the peak of personal net worth of the Nasdaq peak at its highest point on March 24 last year. The $1.3 trillion from the 1997 US 400 Rich List in the same period last October, the increase is also 500 billion.

It can be imagined that with the current recovery momentum of the new technology industry, perhaps next year, at most, the year after, Simon's personal net worth will once again exceed 2.3 trillion US dollars, which is only a matter of time.

In any case, US$1.8 trillion is equivalent to 20% of the US GDP estimated to be 9 trillion in 1998. The 1.5% of the Rockefeller family that was influential back then is no longer comparable. Even based on the calculation that a country's national wealth is equivalent to 5 times GDP, Simon's 1.8 trillion is equivalent to 4% of the total US$45 trillion in national wealth.

A little higher, 5%, in Simon's opinion, is already a lever that can leverage everything.

Of course, for readers, even if they know the answer from the cover, the analysis topic about Simon's personal wealth should not be missed, and Simon also opened it. For the high-ranking $1.8 trillion, the rankings afterwards were meaningless. Just a glance, Simon turned to the special report.

The article with 7 pages and pictures and texts has made a very detailed analysis of the number 1.8 trillion US dollars.

In fact, Simon also read the sample manuscript in advance, and the special articles that seem to be rich and detailed are also the result of repeated reviews by Westeros family media public relations team, including previous cover photos, and even psychologically considering readers' sensory feedback.

All this is for the purpose of subtlety.

Simon Westeros’ $1.8 trillion is nothing…it has nothing to do with him…it is what the other party deserves…from high technology rather than traditional exploitation…so all kinds of things.

In short, it is a big public opinion guidance project.

For Simon, for the entire Westeros family, Simon is no longer as relaxed as it seems, and has mastered such a huge amount of wealth and controlled the largest business empire on the planet. Simon is always alert to himself, trembling and walking on thin ice.

Let’s talk about the topic in front of you.

The first part is naturally the source of wealth statistics.

Just like the number ‘1.8 trillion US dollars’, of course Forbes could not say it too detailed, but the number given was also quite detailed, and he also made a special table.

The most important thing is the market value of core companies in Westeros system as of November 6, which is the close of last Friday, and Simon's shareholding ratio in these companies. Among them, the most important thing is 11 core giants whose market value exceeds 100 billion yuan and Westeros directly hold more than 10% of the shares.

According to market value and shareholding ranking, respectively:

First place: Igret, US$591.3 billion; holds 55.3% of the shares.

Second place: Daenerys, $463.5 billion, holding 77.6% of the shares.

Third place: Tinkobaier, US$419.6 billion, holding 57.6% of the shares.

Fourth place: Cisco, $3,866, holding 41.9%.

Fifth place: American Online, with US$315.4 billion, holding 60.3% of the shares.

Sixth place: Microsoft, US$263.9 billion, holding 15.6% of the shares.

Seventh place: Nokia, with US$236.5 billion, holding 65.5% of the shares.

Eighth place: Intel, US$212.7 billion, holding 15.3% of the shares.

Ninth place: Verizon, $173.6 billion, holding 76.5% of the shares.

Tenth place: Pfizer, US$111.6 billion, holding 10.3% of the shares.

Eleventh: SUN, US$109.3 billion, holding 14.6% of the shares.

According to the data on the list, most of them are new technology Internet companies. In addition, in addition to Daenerys Entertainment, a veteran American pharmaceutical giant also appeared unexpectedly. Not to mention Pfizer, the 11 companies, with the combined shareholding value, contributed to Simon's personal wealth of US$166.83 billion.

In addition to eleven core companies with a market value of over 100 billion and holding more than 10% of the shares, Cersei Capital, which controls the main financial business of the Westeros system, is still conservatively valued at US$50 billion by Forbes this year, and the Westeros family still holds 100% of the shares.

In addition, Simon holds a 49.3% stake and nearly half of Melisandra, with a market value of US$76.3 billion, and Oracle, a database giant with a market value of US$53.6 billion, has continued to increase its holdings in recent years to 16.3% in recent years, Buffett's Berkshire Hathaway, which has a market value of US$69.2 billion last Friday, etc.

The combined value of these companies has easily exceeded 100 billion US dollars in personal wealth.

In addition, companies that hold 5% to 10% of the shares are more inclined to general investment, and this part of the list is more, 5.6% of General Electric, 7.9% of Boeing, 8.6% of Bank of New York Mellon, 5.1% of Walmart, etc.

On the one hand, Simon is a promising investment, and on the other hand, it is also a way to obtain board seats in related companies through holdings. For a large number of old American giants who have basically become Volkswagen's holdings, the holdings reach about 5% of the shares are basically the top major shareholders, which can affect the control of a company.

Moreover, the Westeros system is actually a two-pronged approach.

In addition to Westeros, Cersei Capital's current total assets under management reached US$2.1 trillion, ranked No. 1 in Wall Street, also holds a large number of stocks in related companies, and the proportion is generally around 5%. Combined with the two, as long as the company is not too sensitive, the Westeros system can basically gain a considerable voice.

The main thing is of course the board seat.

Having a board seat for a series of large companies in the United States is basically equivalent to having a strong influence to manipulate the direction of the United States' economy.

Not only that, a large number of board seats can also be used to accommodate stakeholders of the Westeros system. For example, the just-concluded US midterm elections in 1998, it is inevitable that some veteran lawmakers who are incompatible with the Westeros system will be unfortunately lost or retire voluntarily. These people quickly transferred to the field of private enterprises with generous treatment. Even if the board seats cannot be changed for a while, just greet them and give them a consultant with an annual salary of hundreds of thousands of dollars. For these corporate giants, it is just a drizzle.

Simon gave away favors without spending money.

Although the relevant people have gained benefits from Volkswagen's shareholding companies, they also understand who gave them these things, making a comeback in the future, or relying on their own personal connections established for decades, can bring countless benefits to the Westeros system.

What Simon had to do was to continue weave such a large net until it was the most unbreakable dungeon.

In addition to the openly verifiable corporate shareholding, Forbes' special article also mentioned that the Westeros system is a huge reserve of cash and short-term convertible equivalents.

The article still gives a general figure, $100 billion.

After all, just because of the continuous reduction of holdings this year, Simon has once again recovered more than 10 billion US dollars in cash. Core companies such as Daenerys Entertainment, which had annual profits of more than 7.6 billion US dollars, have also contributed a large amount of cash to the entire Westeros system and the Westeros family.

Including the accumulation of some years before, 100 billion US dollars is also a pretty conservative number.

Of course, Simon himself knows it better. Not to mention the discretionary cash reserves held by various companies, it is just the accumulation of cash, gold and other privately on the books and Westeros family. It is now more than US$60 billion. This is the result of Simon's continued efforts in the past year after he promoted the 3G plan.

Including the cash and short-term convertible equivalent reserves of companies in the Westeros system such as Daenerys, Egrit, Melisandra, etc., this number should be around US$130 billion.

Moreover, it is still the result of Simon's efforts to spend money around the world.

There is no way, just in response to the Matthew effect, the Westeros system has become increasingly huge, and it is easier to make money, because in addition to its own size, related companies, channels and information mastered by them are absolutely crushing compared to ordinary companies and even individuals.

Then, there are overseas investments that have become increasingly conspicuous in recent years.

Although Simon's investment in overseas markets such as China, South Korea, the United Kingdom, Ukraine, Russia, Australia in recent years, is not significant at present, but overall, it still reaches the level of tens of billions of dollars.

Forbes magazine did not give accurate numbers in this regard, but just mentioned companies like BHP.

After listing the holding companies, cash reserves and overseas layouts, all kinds of real estate under Simon's name, which have been paid attention to in the past, is no longer important.

So, subtracting another debt figure that is directly attributed to the Westeros family is equally general, Forbes gives a obviously conservative figure of $1.8 trillion in personal wealth.

Of course, with the long-term authority established by Forbes magazine, since it has given the number 1.8 trillion, whether it is conservative or not accurate enough, it will only become a consensus in the impressions of major mainstream media and even the public. This is the power of mastering the right to speak.

As for the superficial right to speak, it is not worthy of being influenced by the Westeros system.

In fact, if you didn’t understand that Forbes would definitely be listed by other media without mentioning it, there wouldn’t be such a 7-page special report.

After listing the specific sources of the $1.8 trillion figure, several subtitles followed.

First of all, the changes in the investment map of the Westeros system in recent years.

Two highlights are mentioned, the pharmaceutical field, and overseas markets.

In the pharmaceutical field, Pfizer is a typical representative. When Westeros system started to join this company in early 1996, Pfizer's market value was only about US$27 billion. As of last Friday, it was less than three years. With more than two years of continuous mergers and acquisitions and unexpected hot sales of Pfizer's new drug "Viaco", of course, and the overall bull market trend of the US economy, Pfizer's market value has reached the latest US$111.6 billion. In less than three years, the stock price has more than tripled.

Pfizer is just a typical example.

A typical example of the overall rise in the pharmaceutical field, and a typical example of successful investment in the Westeros system.

It is also said that Pfizer has won 10.3% of its stocks in a row, and Simon invested less than $5 billion in total. In more than two years, it has more than doubled.

In addition, in addition to companies such as Gilead, which are still growing quietly, Simon has continued to buy American pharmaceutical giants such as Johnson & Johnson, Merck, and Warner Lambert in the past few years, and his current shareholding ratio exceeds 5%. Even though Warner Lambert experienced the confrontation between the Westeros system and the Mellon family, his stock price has increased by nearly four times in more than two years, with a market value of more than US$50 billion.
Chapter completed!