Who are the richest post-80s in the world? It is better to become a little Salman of the highest leadership of Saudi Arabia before the age of 40, holding a country with a specialty of oil, and at the same time ranking first among the strongest countries in the Gulf region, naturally it can be spent like a lot of money. When you go to play in other places, you take a private plane; On your birthday, you have to pack a whole island to party; Even his bodyguard was comfortable and could stay on a luxury yacht. If you have to use numbers, you can only tell that he spent $3.6 billion on yachts, $2.1 billion on castles, and 16 times the wealth of the Salman family, up to $90 trillion, for the British royal family.
But no one can think of little Salman as a fool just because he has money. In fact, he not only cast a good fetus, but also has a very clever mind. The younger Salman's grandfather, Ibn Saud, was also a ruthless man, and in 1902 he dared to raid Riyadh with only 40 people, thus opening the way for the expansion of power centered on Riyadh. In order not to become the target of public criticism, he announced that he would marry other tribes, and those who agreed to the marriage and joined his power structure would not fight. In this way, Ibn Saud had 41 women, 22 of whom had the privilege of being called wives. Ibn Saud thus had 45 sons and several daughters; After his son Salman succeeded to the throne, he also married 6 wives, although there were not many sons, but Ibn Saud gave birth to many sons, each son has dozens of sons, which led to the Saudi royal family has about 5,000 princes, and at least 15,000 members of the royal family.
Moreover, the way of inheriting Saudi Arabia is not passed directly from father to son, but to his younger brother after the death of the eldest brother. When the elder Salman succeeded to the throne, he got it by surviving the death of all his brothers. He was 80 years old when he succeeded to the throne, and the current Saudi King Salman Jr. was already 30 years old.
As early as the age of 24, he served as an adviser to his father, and the elder Salman was the governor of Riyadh. I have to say that the old Salman still has a vision, his son has maintained the top ten in Saudi Arabia since primary school, and after going to university, he can graduate from the University of Saudi Arabia with the second best results in the country. In 2015, when the elder Salman finally became king, he immediately accepted the appointment of this clever son as defense minister. And little Salman also began to have an impact on the political situation from this point on. However, little Salman's ambitions are not limited to this, he wants to reach the highest position.
Little Salman was not the first son of Old Salman, and even if Old Salman died, he would naturally succeed to the throne as Little Salman's uncle, Elder Salman's younger brother; If he lived long enough, it would be possible. Little Salman did not want such a vain opportunity, he wanted to take the position in his own hands. After his ambitions were known to his mother, she persuaded little Salman to give up the position of heir, fearing that her son would not be tolerated by the royal family, but was put under house arrest by her son. The old Salman really cherished the ambition and talent of little Salman, although he had not seen his most beloved woman for two years, but after learning about this matter, he still chose to stand on the side of little Salman and silently allowed his son's power grab. The position of the younger Salman was not affected in any way, but the old Salman, after weighing it up, really abolished the old crown prince and replaced him with the younger Salman as the new crown prince.
This is the first time in Saudi Arabia's history that the grandchildren of the founding king have been selected as crown princes, so little Salman has indeed received some criticism. The elder Salman remedied this by declaring that the younger Salman could not pass the throne to his son; On the other hand, he also appointed Little Salman as the chairman of the Supreme Anti-Corruption Committee to clear the way for his power to advance.
The title of chairman of this anti-corruption committee has a lot to do. As crown prince and prime minister, Little Salman invited the princes and some ministers to a banquet, who could not come? However, this is a complete feast. After seeing that everyone had arrived, little Salman first cut off the communication signal between the hotel and the outside, and the once luxurious hotel was now a gorgeous cage for imprisoning these princes and courtiers. Salman Jr. announced that if he voluntarily pleaded guilty and handed over a high fine, then this time he could not be held accountable. But if you refuse to admit guilt, you will be arrested in a small black room and beaten, then publicly arrested and prosecuted. Of the more than two hundred people present, 104 paid fines, including the middle East's richest man, who had made a big fuss about looking down on Little Salman, and this time was also put under house arrest, eventually paying $6 billion. Another 95 refused to "confess" and remained in custody. The important people on the list are basically the uncles and brothers of little Salman. The fight lasted nearly two years, with Salman Jr. recovering $107 billion for the country, 56 more people charged and 87 acquitted after an investigation.
This action, yu gong, did indeed remove some moths from the government system, which was beneficial to the country; But in fact, it was also The Little Salman who earned a good reputation while hitting the strength of the crown prince candidates. He has been working to create a new image of his innovator and pioneer, such as allowing women to have the right to drive, free to engage in sports activities, and to watch games in various public places, to watch movies in movie theaters, and even to go abroad, join the army, etc., all of which not only aroused the people's excellent feelings for the new crown prince, but also revitalized this and conservative religious country, and also made the world look at Saudi Arabia with astonishment.
However, what he did was not liked by everyone. Just like the anti-corruption thing, although he eventually increased the state's financial revenue, there are still some people who criticize him for pretending to be public and private, clearly in order to eliminate dissidents. Because several members of the royal family have lost their lives outside the course of the anti-corruption investigation. For example, Prince Mansour died in a helicopter that suddenly crashed, and Salman Jr.'s uncle was shot dead by the police on the spot because of his arrest. There was also the death of one person, and the crowd also counted the head of little Salman. Only the individual is the famous Saudi journalist Khashoggi, who belongs to a very powerful figure with a pen as a knife, because his own status is not low, so his press releases are best at exposing various royal misinformations.
He once had a lot of friendship with Saddam, which was enough to see that his friends were wide. However, his manuscripts are indeed very popular, such as the Washington Post in the United States, which must publish his manuscripts. In 2018, however, Khashoggi was preparing to get married in Istanbul, and when he entered the local Saudi embassy, he never came out again. Some of his friends claimed to have obtained khashoggi's Apple Watch, which showed that Khashoggi died of murder, and the perpetrator was a Saudi official, who dismembered Khashoggi after anesthetizing him, and broke Khashoggi's finger alive in the middle, a process that lasted 7 minutes.
The CIA tried to investigate the matter, but Salman Jr. refused to admit it, and some officials defended him, claiming that even if an official murdered Khashoggi, the crown prince would not know about it. However, Khashoggi's death had no effect on Salman Jr., but instead allowed him to seize the opportunity to rectify the Saudi intelligence department and firmly grasp this department in his own hands. And the clever little Salman also knows how to take the country's media mouthpiece into his own hands, so even if he did not achieve any results in the battle with Yemen, because the war did not cause the death of Saudi soldiers, and the country was rich enough to support his continuation of the war, his mistakes in commanding the war did not make him lose much.
Little Salman is not only focused on the struggle for power, he really wants to make a contribution to Saudi Arabia, as we all know, Saudi Arabia is an oil country, its economic Hier international status and other aspects, are too dependent on oil. As a result, he announced that in 2020, at least $600 billion would be invested in state funds as a first step toward reducing dependence on oil. This move hurts the interests of other members of the royal family, so of course there will be opposition. Little Salman did not hesitate, and neatly arrested two princes, his uncle and cousin, for endangering the safety of the king and the crown prince.
Fierce on the inside, clean and clean; Externally, little Salman is also a very strong person. Take his attitude towards the United States. Logically, when the top us leader visits Saudi Arabia, Li Shang should at least send the crown prince to greet him. But little Salman did not go, and only sent a governor of Mecca province; Even the reception point is not in the capital. If the younger Salman did not greet anyone, it was the same day that he personally went to the airport to meet the Crown Prince of Bahrain and the Prime Minister of Iraq, who also came to visit. You know, Bahrain is just an obscure island nation in the Persian Gulf.
In fact, Little Salman didn't welcome Biden, presumably for two reasons. Originally, even if Little Salman led the murder of Khashoggi, it was a matter of Saudi Arabia's own country, but Biden would be thinking about it, saying that this is a very bad murder case, and if there is a similar incident in Saudi Arabia, then the murderer will be treated more severely by the United States. Little Salman promised to help find khashoggi's killer. Second, Biden has called Saudi Arabia a Dalit state and has mentioned it in public more than once, but has never apologized for making such inappropriate remarks. From this point of view, little Salman did not slap Biden twice on the spot, which was his cultivation.
The point is that biden, after arrogantly demanding that Saudi Arabia severely punish the perpetrators of the Khashoggi case, also demanded that Saudi Arabia strengthen cooperation with the United States after claiming that Saudi Arabia is a dalit country and unrepentant. Saudi Arabia, for example, should increase its oil production so that it can help the United States get rid of its high domestic oil prices and alleviate its precarious inflation. He further asked Saudi Arabia to build a telecommunications network project that can compete with China's 5G.
At a press conference held in Saudi Arabia, Biden was pleased to announce that he had reached a consensus with Saudi Arabia. But this is clearly his wishful thinking. After all, in Biden's previous meeting with Little Salman, a Saudi reporter asked Biden: Do you still think Saudi Arabia is a Dalit country? Seemingly worried that Biden wouldn't hear, he deliberately asked a few more times aloud. And the little Salman, who obviously has a strong control over Saudi Arabia, did not say a word, only showing a mysterious smile. And after hearing Biden's unrepentant answer, Little Salman no longer maintains the superficial peace, saying bluntly that the Imposition of values by the United States on other countries is offensive and the United States will not respect it.
Judging from Salman's performances, it seems that he can lead Saudi Arabia on a path of development that started with oil but has a broader investment field. After all, only since 2014, Saudi Arabia's oil can provide jobs that are no longer enough to meet domestic demand, and energy will always dry up one day, so Little Salman embarked on a series of reforms. Looking forward to his next performance.