"Looks like Trumann admires you very much!"
Mr. Vaudric joked from afar. "But it's not a good thing to be admired by him. He's different from us."
Lynch knew that this was a kind reminder. He looked at Mr. Wardrick seriously, and there was a hint of curiosity on his face. "Why?"
"Why?"
Mr. Vaudric glanced at Trumann again. "Speaking of which, he comes from a military family. His grandfather's grandfather, his grandfather's father, his grandfather's father, his grandfather's father, his grandfather and his father, including himself, were all soldiers."
"Trumann performed very well in the army. If he didn't want to come back, you might have to call him 'Sir General' when you see him now."
Mr. Vaudric didn't seem to have any inclination when he talked about these things. However, Lynch could feel that this gentle gentleman didn't like Trumann.
It was precisely because he didn't like Trumann that he talked about him in more detail. This was actually a way to seek approval from others.
It was not a special social skill to talk about a person's dissatisfaction to arouse others' sympathy and become like-minded people.
"He brought his military style into the presidential palace. I don't know whether it's good or bad. You know, I've heard a joke. On the first day Truman took office, he asked the security guards of the president to exercise according to the military system. The chief security advisor of the presidential palace even quarreled with him!"
Mr. Vaudric clinked his glass with Lynch's. "His style is hard to appreciate!"
In fact, in the mainstream society, whether they were generals or soldiers, those politicians and big capitalists in the mainstream society didn't like soldiers.
They always stereotyped and prejudiced that soldiers were still the same as soldiers from hundreds of years ago. They were all violent gangs formed by thieves, robbers and social trash. They were uncultured and impulsive. Only by being more violent than them could one suppress their violence.
Of course, this was also related to the scandals that broke out in the military from time to time. Those scandals always made people feel that the military had become an independent kingdom of some people, which was hard to accept.
What was even harder to accept was their style. In fact, whether it was politicians or big capitalists, or anyone else, they would never be so inflexible when doing things.
Being flexible had become a code of conduct that the whole society abided by. Standards had become the bottom line. People were used to being a little lower than standards. However, soldiers were different. For them, standards were standards. One was one, two was two.
In fact, Vaudric didn't know that the reason why Trumann left the military and gave up a bright future for a civilian job was because he realized that the military couldn't let him realize his ambitions and ideals.
Trumann was an aggressive and nationalistic soldier.. In fact, the situation in the military was mostly the same. of the situation in the military. During his years in the military, he realized that even if he became a general in the future and a Federation Field Marshal, he still couldn't make any practical decisions..
He had to respect the opinions of the Ministry of National Defense. He had to listen to the requests of the presidential palace, even if he was a Field Marshal!
So he simply quit and turned to the side of the new president. The relationship between the Progressive Party and the military had always been good. The military had basically become one of the representatives of the Progressive Party. Therefore, Trumann easily got a good position in the Progressive Party.
He used his accumulated experience in the military, his connections, and his own ability to quickly make a name for himself.
Especially when the conclusions he drew from his analysis of the trends of international war and relations were roughly the same as the actual development of the situation. When the new president established the Office of International Affairs Policy Research, he was the first person he thought of and made him the first officer of this important department.
He had always been hiding his ambitions and aspirations. He had been waiting all this time!
He knew that many people didn't like him and hated him, but he didn't care. The characteristics he showed were what he wanted people to see.
People hated his unlikable military style, but that was it. He had hidden his true self.
After this topic, Vaudric paused for a few seconds. He quickly changed the topic. "I heard that you have a big plan in York State. You want to build an idle commodity trading center in every city?"
Lynch nodded in agreement. "I noticed that there's no such place in the Federation's city planning. At the same time, second-hand goods are often stolen goods, so it's easy for buyers to encounter some problems here."
"If there's a market and a demand, I'll do it. It's that simple!"
Most of the guys who set up stalls in the alleys or streets of downtown selling high-end second-hand goods were burglars or robbers.
They didn't have a stable channel to sell their stolen goods. They had no choice but to sell these goods on the roadside.
If they were not caught, it would be better. If they were caught, the first thing the police would do was to recover the stolen goods. The buyers were likely to be found.
Then, the goods they bought would be taken away by the police and returned to the owners. As for the money lost by the buyers, the police would provide them with two options.
The first option was to pretend that nothing had happened and that they had accidentally lost a sum of money. The police were already being considerate by not pursuing them for buying the stolen goods.
The second option was to sue the thief and let the court order him to pay back the money. As for whether the cost of the lawsuit would exceed the cost of the stolen goods, that was another matter.
Regardless of the first or second option, it was difficult for ordinary people to accept. Of course, compared to suing, most people would choose to leave the matter unsettled.
Vaudric's face showed that he agreed. "You've seized a good opportunity. Are you willing to accept the investment?"
"Of course, why not?"
Lin Qi's reaction was quick as he immediately asked.
Vaudric thought for a moment. "If I pay two million in cash, how many shares can I get?"
"If you don't have any other requests, you can get about ten percent at the moment."
This company, which had been spun off from Interstellar Trading Company, had only completed the subscription for Old Antique, and hadn't made it public yet. In fact, the money in Mr Vaudric's hands was already more than fifty percent of the company's assets on paper.
But some things weren't calculated purely based on numbers. In a transaction like this, part of Mr Vaudric's two million was actually used to subscribe for shares, while the other part was used to increase the company's capital.
To put it simply, if all of this money was used to buy shares, it would eventually fall into Lynch's pocket. This was a transaction.
Mr Vaudric used his money to buy the shares from Lynch. He got the shares, Lynch got the money, and the shares were transferred. However, the company didn't benefit from this transaction, and didn't make any profit.
The company's net worth was still the same as before.
But it was completely different if it was a subscription for capital increase. First of all, Mr Vaudric used part of the money to buy about ten percent of the shares, and then used the extra money to increase the company's assets. The company's net worth immediately increased tremendously.
In the process of this increase, all the shareholders benefited. The reason was very simple: the company's net worth increased, which also meant that their shares were more valuable.
This kind of investment was very common, and investors wouldn't object. Mr Vaudric might have suffered a little at this stage, but in the long run, he had profited.
Other details would be listed in more detail in the contract, such as adjustments to the shareholding ratio and additional explanations when increasing or decreasing the shareholding. These could very well ensure that this investment wasn't a huge loss.
Moreover, maintaining a certain ratio of capital increase would effectively and quickly increase the company's net worth. Before the company went public, this was an extremely effective way to quickly hype up a company's net worth, and could also make its financial statements look better!
Mr Vaudric's investment in Lynch wasn't an impulsive act. Perhaps he did think highly of him, but that was it.
For people like Mr Vaudric, investing had become a normal part of life.
Although it seemed that he had no other use for Lynch's shares, when he needed, he could convert this part of the shares into cash to exchange for other companies' shares or cash.
Anything of value had become a number in the eyes of these big capitalists. No matter what their external performance was, they were now just numbers.
After confirming the investment, Mr Vaudric and Lynch clinked glasses again and began his own social activities. Lynch also had his own things.
His outstanding performance made some people who might have similar ideas surround him and talk about some things about international affairs, including the upcoming international trade boom.
Unknowingly, everyone had turned from discussing to listening. Lin Qi had made full use of his specialty and had once again become the center of attention.
Regardless of whether the event was a success or not, and whether the president achieved the results he wanted, Lin Qi had completed his plan.
He showed his face in front of so many socialites, earned a sum of investment, and at the same time, instilled a very scary concept in people's minds!
Profits from doing business honestly would never be as fast and abundant as plundering!