Chapter 620

The "American Arts and Charity Ball" organized by Anna Wintour showed the scene content and atmosphere seen by the celebrities at the scene and the TV audience behind them. They were definitely two completely different appearances.

What the audience later saw on TV and newspaper media was a top-level social circle banquet with more exaggerated specifications than the New York Metropolitan Museum of Art charity dinner, with more celebrities participating, and a more glittering level of celebrities.

The celebrities participating in this grand ceremony are undoubtedly the proud leaders in the entertainment industry.

Noble socialites, Hollywood A-list celebrities, leaders in the sports world, and giants in the fashion and luxury goods industries all gathered here, taking out their most solemn equipment to join this gorgeous event, on the red carpet. The competition for beauty is not inferior to the so-called Oscars, or even better.

Everyone on the gorgeous guest list can trigger a large-scale interview or press conference by relying on their own influence and fame.

It was very enjoyable for TV viewers to watch, and it felt like a grander Oscars night, or an enhanced version of the Grammys.

This is a particularly rare scene in the United States, which has a strong entertainment-to-death society.

The ratings for that night were 45.531 million, which was 1/3 more than this year's Oscars rating of 33.043 million, and nearly 4 million more than last year's 2002 Oscars rating of 41.782 million.

The ratings of Grammy are also much higher than in previous years, not to mention that compared with the same type of New York Metropolitan Museum charity dinner, it is a dimensionality reduction blow in all aspects, from ratings to participating guests and so on.

The latter's annual viewership is no more than 10 million. Although it is already very good, it is also called the Oscars of the fashion industry.

But compared to the American Arts and Charity Ball, which was held for the first time and had an exaggerated audience rating of 45 million, it is really quite different.

It can only be said that when Anna Wintour was at VOGUE magazine, the channels and publicity resources she could use were completely incomparable to what she is now at Smith Media.

The Newhouse family is indeed a media giant, and there is nothing wrong with media giants.

Condé Nast is indeed a big brother in the American publishing industry.

But after all, it is not a diversified integrated media giant. Strictly speaking, its business is relatively simple.

It's publishing and magazines. Although there are TV stations, the ratings, coverage areas and number of viewers pale in comparison to several major TV networks.

The publicity resources and channels it can use are far inferior to Smith Media Group, which has excellent capabilities in film, television, publishing, magazines, newspapers, etc.

Not to mention that there is also Abel Smith, a golden American brand.

Even if the fame and influence of the two Newhouse brothers were added together and multiplied by 10 times, they would still be less than 1/2 of his.

This is the "American Arts and Charity Ball" that will be presented to ordinary Americans as it should be as an annual fashion event.

The specific presentation in the eyes of the guests and participants was compared to the glamorous and vulgar Metropolitan Museum of Art charity dinner in New York.

In the eyes of many people in the fashion and entertainment circles, tonight's banquet is actually a bit boring or even serious.

This is very simple and different from the Metropolitan Museum of Art Charity Dinner in New York.

At tonight's banquet, there are too many bigwigs from outside the fashion and entertainment circles.

The first is the American Internet and IT world. Bill Gates and Melinda, who happened to be traveling in New York recently, are the representatives. The two co-founders of Google, Larry Page and Sergey Brin, also appeared. , Larry Ellison, who loves to show off, will not let this kind of scene go...

There are even more giants on Wall Street, and even Soros, who has never appeared in entertainment media, appeared on the scene.

None of this appears in the media.

In addition to them, ordinary people and TV viewers did not see that there were actually more political elders on the scene.

There are also elite bosses, wealthy people, and extremely wealthy people in other industries.

These people will not or rarely appear at the Metropolitan Museum of Art charity dinner in New York.

Even if one or two appear occasionally, they will be highlighted by the media and become one of the highlights of the Met Gala.

The reason for such an exaggerated scene is naturally related to Abel.

It can be said that Abel's enthusiasm for participating in parties and banquets is very un-American.

Normal Americans range from ordinary black families in the slums to the family of a great leader in a white house, or to such relatively unknown national giants as Morgan and Rockefeller.

They almost have one thing in common, that is, they like to attend and host all kinds of banquets, almost without exception.

Compared with them, Abel did not participate in such social activities.

But the number and frequency can be said to be too few.

Not to mention when he was not in the United States, even when he was in the United States, it was basically only two or three times a month.

Compared with other Americans, they often do it more than 20 times a month, sometimes a dozen times a month, and even six or seven times a month if they don't like it. It can even be said that he is very "isolated" in this regard.

In this case, this makes social occasions like his presence particularly precious.

Especially in the circle, there are often rumors that in the social situations where he appears, after some people get various "adventures" from him, more people flock to him.

For example, a certain rich man in New York had a good chat with him at this kind of banquet, and got more investment quota from him in Smith Media, so his assets almost doubled that year.

Another example is that a certain Hollywood star was not a popular star because he caught his eye at a banquet. As a result, in the next few years, he kept getting important roles in A-level Hollywood productions, and he suddenly became a celebrity in the entertainment industry. Super big shots and stuff like that.

It is also said that some little people, because they were attracted by him, flew directly from sparrows to branches and turned into phoenixes...

There are many similar gossips in upper-class circles that are out of reach of ordinary people.

This makes people pay more attention to the banquet occasion where he appears.

Of course, there are actually some operations involved.

Abel really didn't like this kind of banquet social occasion.

His think tanks have managed his "isolation" into what it is today, which can be regarded as turning a bad thing into a good thing.

That's why so many celebrities appeared tonight, making Anna Wintour, the real host of the banquet, as excited as a chicken blood all night long, and her face was flushed and the whole place didn't fade away.

But in fact, fashion celebrities and ordinary wealthy people gather in large numbers, and it is indeed related to this reason.

The real reason why the Zippertons and many political elders also attended this fashionable dinner had nothing to do with them.

It is inseparable from another incident - William Habs Rehnquist, Chief Justice of the U.S. Supreme Court, was diagnosed with cancer.

One of the nine human-god positions may become vacant.

It can be said that this is the most important earthquake in American politics besides the mid-term elections and general elections.

There is no doubt that as the most important supporter of the national giant and the Bush family, Abel Smith, who has great influence on Capitol Hill, is one of the big figures who can influence the direction of this key position.

Many people even knew, if only he wanted, that there would be a vacancy if William Habs Rehnquist really died.

Abe Smith was even able to actually maneuver into the void created by William Habs Rehnquist's departure.

The reason is because there is an unwritten rule in the country.

That is the nine living gods, almost all of whom have one or more financial groups behind them!

For example, one of the justices, Anthony McLeod Kennedy, was born in Sacramento, California, and graduated from Stanford University.

With such a strong California background, it is difficult for him not to be related to the California consortium.

In fact, this is indeed the case. He was promoted to office through the joint efforts of the California consortium and the West Coast Elephant Party. He has been working on this for 15 years since he took office in 1988.

Another example is Ruth Bader Ginsburg, another justice. She was a German-American from the East Coast. She was the second female Supreme Court justice. She was a donkey. One of the representatives promoted by the party and the financial groups on the east coast.

Almost all the nine judges are like this. The forces behind each one are complicated, but they all have very clear consortium lines.

In fact, this is very simple, because after Master Luo. Almost any political figure in the United States who wants to be in power or secure his position must have the support of financial groups behind him.

The oligarchs are all frightened by Master Luo, and they do not want a third Master Luo to appear.

Since then, their control and influence on all aspects of American society has never been loosened.

As of now, among the nine living gods on the U.S. Supreme Court, there is not a single Texan or Southerner...

This was nothing in the past. Although the southern power led by the former Texas consortium was strong, it was understandable that they occasionally had byes in this regard.

In the current life-long tenure system of gods and humans, it is normal for some electoral surprises to occur.

But the problem is that now, since the emergence of Abel Smith, the Texas consortium has expanded its strength and its voice in the country is getting stronger and stronger.

Nowadays, it can almost be compared with any one of Morgan and Rockefeller.

At this time, the southerners have no "one of their own" in the Supreme Court, which seems a bit inappropriate.

Therefore, many people acquiesced that if William Habs Rehnquist was really unlucky, he would die like this.

The vacancy created by his departure has almost become the property of the Texas consortium by default.

Especially the current owner of the White House, George, who is himself a member of the Texas consortium...

And any big boss in the real world will not mind becoming a puppet of the consortium, as long as they can be promoted to power.

So many people came to the scene today, hoping to catch someone's eye and become a replacement for William Habs Rehnquist.

Or it could influence Abel's thinking and make the person they support become this substitute.

This is the real reason why so many high-end Shoji animals appeared at this fashionable charity dinner that had nothing to do with Shoji.