At this time, many people had already come to say hello to Arthur and Miss Dora, but Gao Xi didn't look at it again, but was telling the person in charge about his information, this black card is bound to the data, including fingerprints, etc., even if it is lost, others can't use it.

After the information was filled in, the man helped Gao Xi to make the card, and at this time Gao Xi had time to ask Old Tom: "Old Tom, who is that Arthur, why are you so respectful to him?" I haven't heard of such a politician or family in the United States. ”

In any case, Gao Xi is now an American citizen, and he still has some research on the history of the United States, this country is only a short history of more than 200 years, but it has produced some influential families, but wealth and power are always passed down from generation to generation, but the hegemony is not eternal.

Over the past few hundred years, Americans have witnessed the rise and fall of countless business dynasties that were both powerful and wealthy. Over the course of time, families such as Kennedy, Rockefeller, and Ford have all deeply influenced the lives of ordinary Americans with their proud power and wealth.

Although the wealth and power of the old family dynasty are still not to be underestimated, it is undeniable that with the passage of time, new family dynasties are constantly emerging. These families use their wealth and power to change the world, or focus on a specific field to become a supremacy.

According to Gao Xi's understanding, there are basically five families who currently control the fate of the United States.

In the current political field in the United States, no one can compare with the hot-hot Bush family in terms of influence and wealth. Compared with the ill-fated Kennedy family, the Bush family has not only prospered, but has also been active in the positions of governor, congressman, CIA director, vice president, and president for more than 50 years.

This family has witnessed two generations of presidents, father and son, Bush Sr. and George W. Bush. Today, George H.W. Bush's youngest son, Bush Jr.'s younger brother, and former Florida Governor Jeb Sr. Bush has already joined next year's US presidential election. Who dares to say that the Bush family cannot produce a third US president? In the face of the Bush family, which has been widely photographed, it is no wonder that some conservative congressmen are tired of hearing the name of this family.

In addition to the birth of two American presidents. In addition to a possible third president, the Bush family has no shortage of successful business tycoons and bankers. After all, political prominence has never been possible without the nourishment of money. George W. Bush's great-grandfather was a manufacturing tycoon, and his grandmother came from a family of financial magnates. In the past few decades, the Bush family's industries have spread to oil, banks, military enterprises, and even sports projects, and even some secrets that cannot be said with the Saudi royal family. Such a vast and complex field constitutes the territory of the Bush family's wealth empire.

According to incomplete statistics, the Bush family's wealth is about $60 million. Of course, there is reason to believe that the actual figure will be much larger than that. Despite wealth alone. The Bush family is still difficult to match the predators mentioned later, but it has enormous power enough to make up for this gap.

And then there's the Kardashians.

That's right, it's the Kardashian family who frequently shows their faces in entertainment shows and is associated with big shows and crazy hype.

This once-unknown family has now become the talk of the streets of Americans. This well-known celebrity family in New York enjoys a high reputation and status in the American sports and entertainment circles, and is known as the "Kennedy family of the entertainment industry". In the case of the Kardashians' reality show, KeepingUpWith the Kardashians has an average of 3.5 million weekly views.

Despite the fact that Kim. Kardashian has always been a talking point in the American entertainment industry. Some people love her vulgarity, and some people don't shame her low-level taste. However, none of these rights and wrongs can shake the status of the Kardashian family. Because, the Kardashian family is very good at business. It is the pinnacle of turning fame into financial gain. For example, Kim, who takes the low-level fun route. Kardashian has nearly 17 million Twitter followers.

According to relevant media statistics, in 2010, the Kardashian family raised $65 million. The American media even summed up the "Kardashian effect", saying that as long as a certain player finds a girl from the Kardashian family as a girlfriend. His team will win the championship.

The Kardashian family's net worth is now more than $100 million. Fortunately, the family did not use the wealth to run for office or engage in any struggle for real power. They just use the money to make a splash and start each family member's business by maintaining exposure in the media.

Then there is the Murdoch family, which has exposed a huge scandal.

Rupert. The name Murdoch is certainly not unfamiliar. This Australian did this by founding News Corp. This was followed by the acquisition of the Wall Street Journal and Fox News, and single-handedly built the world's largest media empire.

Having made his fortune in Sydney, Australia, and then moving to London, England at the age of 37 to acquire the News of the World, Murdoch was not satisfied with just buying a weekly magazine, the Sun, and The Times were his coveted objects. Eventually, he got both. He then moved on to his final destination, the United States, where he bought the Herald American in 1982 and renamed it the Boston Herald. Since then, he has continued to make a lot of moves in the American media industry, accumulating a net worth of no less than $14 billion for his family.

In order to increase newspaper sales, Murdoch went off the beaten path, pushing explosive news and increasing publicity as his first choice. Of course, this also planted the fuse of controversy when it brought a steady stream of sales to Murdoch's media group.

In 2011, the "News of the World" was exposed to a wiretapping scandal, and Murdoch's close relationship with the core personnel involved in the scandal was naturally inextricable. Murdoch, then 81, also appeared in court, a climax in the investigation into the wiretapping scandal. The investigation has brought to light News Corp.'s secret relationship with senior British government officials, and it has also raised concerns about the relationship between money and the media. After this battle, the media empire that Murdoch had painstakingly managed was greatly damaged.

Of course, Murdoch's personal love history has also become a topic of conversation after dinner. And this huge media family is not so easy to fall.

In addition to these three families, there are the Waltons and the Cork family.

Walton built the Walmart empire, which is basically the king of retail in the world, and thanks to the efforts of Walton and his children, the family has now amassed a fortune of more than $150 billion. The two female heirs of the Walton family - Alice. Walton and Christie. Walton has become one of the top three richest women in the world. The other heir to the family, Jim. Walton is also among the world's richest people with a personal asset of $36 billion.

As for the Cork family, data from Forbes magazine last year showed that the Cork brothers were the second richest family in the United States with assets of $89 billion, and the Walton family ranked first.

With this nearly $100 billion asset, the Cork family's influence in American politics cannot be underestimated. Although there have not been many prominent politicians in the family, the Cork family enjoys the thrill of manipulating behind the scenes more than the Bush family's appearances, pumping large sums of money into their favorite politicians, especially in election years. After all, canvassing, candidacy, and propaganda in American-style democracy are all money-burning jobs.

Of course, the family cannot be compared with the consortium, but the family has the advantage of the family, the consortium is a huge group of people united, and the family is more closely related.

So Gao Xi searched for the information about the big American family in his mind, of course, not only these five families, but also as many as twenty-three other families with great influence in the United States, but there was no information about this Arthur, which couldn't help but make him a little puzzled, and he thought that old Tom must know.

But Old Tom's answer disappointed him a little.

"You ask me, I don't know where this Arthur came from, but I have to tell you something, this man is very scary, he can even go in and out of the White House freely, and he can go to the Pentagon to date people! Don't look at my Chase Bank so powerful, but I really can't compare to him. ”

Listening to Old Tom's words, Gao Xi muttered a little in his heart, and he didn't know why, but he suddenly thought of many liars in China.

It is a very strange thing that these scammers should receive a very high courtesy from a group of people who are richer and more powerful than them through a series of scams.

Of course, this is just a little speculation on his part, maybe it's just a random idea, maybe there is really such a big family hidden in the shadows in the United States, more powerful than those families on the surface, he controls the entire political situation in the United States, and manipulates everything behind the scenes.

However, Gao Xi thinks that this possibility is really low, if there is really such a family, can those big conglomerates endure being played like monkeys?

"I don't seem to believe you with that expression, I know what you're thinking. I don't know what Arthur's family does, but they don't seem to be very interested in politics, they seem to be more interested in making friends and investing! How many assets, how many people, and how powerful their family is, it is estimated that even if the FBI comes out, it will not be clear to investigate. I don't know that the FBI has their people, so I think it doesn't hurt for you to keep a low profile and respect a little in front of him. Old Tom is worthy of being an old fox, and he can see at a glance what Gossi really thinks in his heart.

"I just heard that Miss Dora call Brother Arthur, they don't look like brother and sister?"

"I've heard of this, Dora was adopted by Arthur's parents. It's an Asian girl, but it's not clear from which country. Anyway, Arthur's parents love this daughter very much, and they are closer than their own daughter. Especially Arthur's grandfather, who is now nearly eighty years old, but his body is still very strong, and he has never been in politics, but it is strange that every president has to go to him to sit down after taking office, do you still think this Arthur is a liar? Old Tom asked with a smile. (To be continued......)