"How long have you been waiting?"
Mr. Trumann, who had just entered the office, threw the documents in his hand on the table. He asked his secretary to bring in two cups of coffee, pulled his tie, and sat in his seat.
This was the office in the presidential palace. Trumann had been so busy these days that he could not find the time to sit down alone with Lynch.
Lynch shook his head. "Not long, about ten minutes."
Ten minutes was not a short time. Mr. Trumann's face showed a look of annoyance. "I have to apologize to you, Lynch. I didn't expect them to delay me for so long!"
Lynch made an indifferent gesture as if he was shooing away a fly. "It's okay. I don't plan to go anywhere else today …"
While they were talking, Mr. Trumann's secretary came in with two cups of coffee. After the two thanked him, the secretary closed the door when he left.
Enclosed spaces gave people a sense of security, but sometimes it also brought uneasiness and fear. It all depended on whether the people in the room were strong enough.
"I heard you made a lot of money?"
Mr. Trumann sipped his coffee while looking at Lynch. "Now the whole of Bu Payne has gone crazy, saying that you are the one who makes the most money."
The skyrocketing of Galil had created countless rich people in an instant. The financial practitioners of Bu Payne relived the last madness here not long ago. People excitedly exchanged their money-making experiences and talked about how much money each other had made.
Almost everyone was making money. It had been like this from the beginning. This was the typical speed of information. Before the news of the Confederation had spread completely, the financial practitioners of Bu Payne had already entered the market and made the most money.
When people made money, their mood would become better, and they would start to ask around about how much money others had made.
According to reliable sources, Lynch had actually begun to plan to promote the appreciation of Galil a few months ago. No one knew how much money Lynch had made, but they could see from the expressions of the rich people who had entrusted their accounts to Blackstone Capital that they were very satisfied with this operation.
Gradually, people began to spread the news that Lynch was the biggest winner in the appreciation of Galil. Even Mr. Trumann heard the news.
Of course, he did not hear the news entirely because Lynch had made money, but because the Financial Management Committee had begun to file a case to investigate the operation of Blackstone Capital. According to the financial laws of the Federation, financial practitioners were prohibited from making advance transactions through "insider information."
For example, a certain tycoon intended to acquire a listed company and contacted the major shareholders or the entire board of directors of the listed company.
Before the news was disclosed, the major shareholders or board members would frantically suppress the high price and buy the company's shares at a low price. Then they would announce the acquisition, and the stock price would soar. Trading purely for profit was a criminal act.
When Lynch made money, some people were envious and jealous, and some people would hate him. The reason was simple: everyone was having a hard time. Since he was making money all the time, then they had to find something for him to do.
This kind of hostility and even hatred did not happen often in the Federation, but it did happen quite often. Most of it was done by Lynch's opponents, or people who had a direct interest in him. They wanted to use the hands of the Financial Management Committee to trip Lynch up.
After receiving the report, regardless of whether it was true or not, and regardless of whether Lin Qi's actions were illegal or not, in short, in order to show their value and usefulness, the Gold Management Association would definitely ask for the opinions of the relevant personnel first.
Then, they asked the higher-ups about what to do about the case, so Trumann happened to know about it. He put forward his own opinion, and then the president's opinion was to investigate first and consider the results later.
The general meaning of this opinion was that it would be best if they could obtain evidence that Lynch was indeed suspected of committing a crime. If they could not, it would be a good opportunity to announce the answer to society. Mr. Trumann's opinion played a big role in this.
But at this time, when he faced Lynch, he did not show the exact attitude that he had in the president's office to support the filing of the case. Instead, he was very cordial with Lynch.
After the painful failure last time, Mr. Trumann had completely distrusted all capitalists. The richer they were, the more he was wary of them, including Lynch. But now they were still in the honeymoon period, and everyone had the same goal, so they could seemingly cooperate intimately.
If one day in the future, their goals diverged, and their interests conflicted, all the evidence today could be used as important evidence to bring down Lynch tomorrow.
Lynch smiled and shook his head. "The bank earns much more than I do. Compared to them, I'm not eye-catching at all!"
His words made Mr. Trumann frown, but he soon relaxed. He knew what Lynch meant. In this incident, the bank did not seem to have much to do with it, but in fact, the bank was the real beneficiary, and the bank could earn a lot of money.
This was also the reason why Mr. Trumann hated these capitalists so much. They had plenty of ways to suck blood, from ordinary people, from fellow capitalists, and even from the country.
"That's a matter for the future. I asked you to come here because I wanted to hear your thoughts. What you did today was too high-profile. In the future, when we deal with this money, people will always pay attention to it!"
What Mr. Trumann meant was that Lynch had shown his money to the public too much. Ten billion Garier. People might have a short memory of a few dollars, hundreds, thousands, or tens of thousands of dollars, but ten billion was not so easy to be ignored.
This kind of shocking incident would remain in people's memories for a considerable period of time. When the money was dealt with later, it was inevitable that people would associate it with Lynch, and it might even cause some twists and turns.
Lynch shrugged his shoulders indifferently. "You know, I arrived at the port five minutes later than planned this morning. Do you know what I did?"
Mr. Trumann shook his head. He was not the omniscient and omnipotent God, and he knew what everyone had done. "What did you do?"
Lynch smiled like a smiling fox, his eyes turning into crescents. "I called and reported that the immigration custodian had accepted a bribe. It might be because of this position. Anyway, it's just a job and a person. He accepted the bribe and let a batch of containers that did not have the qualifications to enter the customs into the port."
Mr. Trumann frowned again. He did not quite understand. "And then?"
"When our plan is over, you can seize this batch of money. Ten billion Garier."
When Lynch casually stated his thoughts, Mr. Trumann sucked in a breath of cold air.
Lynch was still looking for a suitable reason for him. "Illegal currency smuggling is also a serious crime. Confiscating the stolen goods and seizing the stolen money reflects the Federation's judicial justice and the determination of the judicial personnel to uphold justice."
"As my direct victim, although I am unwilling, for the sake of justice, I agree to cooperate with the investigation!"
Mr. Trumann did not know whether to laugh or cry at Lynch's words. He did not care whether the person in charge of approving the customs declaration documents had committed a crime or not. Anyway, this matter had been decided.
He had to admit that Lynch was always able to find ways to solve problems that made people lose their ability to think from an incomprehensible angle.
In fact, this batch of money could not leave the Federation easily. Even if it was "dumped" or something, it could not leave the Federation easily. This was the plan they had made from the very beginning.
However, Mr. Trumann and his assistants had thought about how to prevent this batch of money from leaving the Federation for a long time. There were not many good ideas. The only suitable reason they could think of was that the receiver was also a member of the Federation. However, this was not in the interest of the Federation.
They had been having a headache. If Lynch was not so high-profile, it would not cause too much of a visual impact. It would also be easier to deal with this batch of money.
Now, the problem was solved.
As usual, it did not leave a trace. Mr. Trumann sighed. He did not know if this was the so-called "wonderful idea". Some people attributed Lynch's strange ideas to his youth, but there was only one Lynch in the entire Federation. He thought that simply because Lynch was young, his ideas were strange. This was not a valid argument.
More than that, he thought it was because of God's love. This was the real miracle.
"You should go into politics, Lynch. We have the same ideas on many issues. If you want to go into politics, you can start as my assistant. We can work together very happily."
"Some of your ideas may even directly become national policies of the Federation. The president will even sign your proposals. Think about it, how exciting is that?"
If he could pull Lynch into his camp, he could avoid the fact that they would eventually collide. Politicians and capitalists would either work together or become two extremes of fire and water. Mr. Trumann did not think that he was a person who would compromise easily. In that case, he and Lynch would inevitably become enemies in the future, if Lynch was still a big capitalist at that time.
He gave Lynch a very high bargaining chip. He wanted to avoid a battle between the two, so he gave Lynch a starting point that everyone had to look up to — the president's team of advisors.
In a sense, Lynch was actually an office worker and not part of the president's team of advisors. However, Mr. Trumann was the president's most important assistant and advisor, and Lynch was his assistant. It could be said that his starting point in politics was higher than 90% of people!
As long as he did not make any mistakes in the future, he was basically qualified to be a governor. He might even have a chance to become the president.
This was Mr. Trumann's sincerity. He wanted to resolve the possible conflicts and battles in the future.
However, Lynch still shook his head. "I appreciate your kindness, but we have different goals!"