To the people of the Federation, marriage was a relatively private matter. Without an accurate result, most people would not announce it to others with great fanfare. It was even more impossible for them to talk about it when there was no possibility of marriage.
In addition, the Federation had always had a monogamous system. When Lynch found out that Cook wanted to marry more than one woman and told him about it over the phone, he did feel a little embarrassed.
Lynch said with a smile, "If you know what I'm going to give you when you get married, you won't feel embarrassed."
As the first person to follow Lynch for two years, Cook had been quietly contributing and doing a good job. In the road transportation system of Saibin and even the entire state of York, Lynch's fleet had taken a large share.
Cook used his connections to rope in truck drivers everywhere and got a lot of trucks at a low price. In fact, his job could no longer be described as "a truck driver."
He was more like the general manager of a transportation company or a higher position. He was definitely not just a truck driver.
Therefore, he should also enjoy some better treatment. This was also a channel and common sense that capitalists had always created for people to realize their self-worth.
Lynch would give him some rights to dividends and make him a "senior partner" of the company. This gift was definitely enough to be his wedding gift.
When he heard Lynch's words, Cook was very touched. In fact, everyone who had problems in their life was very sensitive.
He knew what the people outside said about him. They said that he was living with his mother at such an old age. They said that he either wanted to be a vampire and suck his mother dry of every penny, or that there might be some … unspeakable ethical problems between the mother and son.
In the Federation society, such problems were not as rare as people thought. In fact, it was even more common. For example, the most famous ethical family, the Duncan family.
In order to ensure that the family's rights and interests would not be lost due to the marriage and independence of the family members, the Duncan family's only choice was to marry close relatives.
If any of them were unwilling to do so, they had to sign a legally binding agreement to voluntarily give up all inheritance rights and all rights. They had to give up everything they had, then leave the family and live like an ordinary person.
However, this was very difficult. These people had been living in a golden mountain and silver sea since birth. How could they work like ordinary people?
Thank you, but it would be better to kill them. They would rather have one or two of their children be fools!
The Duncan family's marriage was probably the least among the big families in the Federation. This also reflected the selfishness and greed of these top capitalists.
It was worth noting that marriage between close relatives did not necessarily result in children with genetic defects. It was just a higher probability. This also contributed to the degree of chaos within the Duncan family....................
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In order to prevent wealth from flowing out, capitalists and capitalists would not only trample on the law, but also on ethics.
Of course, there would be similar situations in ordinary people's families, so there would always be some people who looked at Cook with some colored eyes. In this society where people would leave their families and live independently when they reached adulthood, his actions would indeed be criticized.
However, Lynch did not dislike him. Instead, he said that he would give him a gift. The attitude between the two of them when they communicated was not like the cold workplace relationship between a superior and a subordinate, but more like two good friends.
This made him very relaxed. He pursed his lips with a smile on his face that he did not notice. He turned his back slightly to Akumali, who was not tall and had come to complain. This was also a subconscious action.
It was normal that he did not want to share his joy with others. "Thank you, boss. I'm looking for you today for another matter. What we want to talk about is not our marriage …"
"Haha, I know. Tell me, what's the matter?"
Lin Qi answered quickly, which made Cook feel better. Originally, he felt that it was not easy to say it, but now it was easy to say. "Today, the police came to the company and arrested a car mechanic. His friend wants to ask if there is any way to get him out."
Cook used the word "get him out", which was the most common word used by street gang members. This was also very normal. The group of truck drivers was not an honest group.
Lynch did not think much after hearing this. "I will ask the local police why they came to my company to arrest someone. You just said that the person who was arrested has a friend?"
"Yes …" Cook glanced back at Akumali. "… He has a friend."
"Arrange for a driver to send him to my office. There may be some problems that I need him to solve."
Lynch's answer was very simple. He actually did not know who the police had arrested in his company, but he needed to act like he was protecting his own people, even if it was a local.
If it was not a big problem, he would help the local get his friend out, and these deeds would spread uncontrollably!
By then, people would know that Master Lynch, as a foreigner, was generous and did not ask for anything in return to help the locals fight against the ruling class. He even rescued an innocent local from the police station.
This kind of deed could maximize his image in the minds of the locals, which was very different from the foreigners in the past. This was very important.
After Cook hung up the phone, he spoke to Akumali. Akumali immediately rushed out of the office. He was a little uneasy when he sat in the car. He did not know what decision Lynch would make.
The city was not very big. In less than a moment, the car stopped in front of a three-story house in the city center.
This used to be the office of a foreign businessman, but in the terrible and frightening turmoil, the foreigner was killed by the mob. This office fell into the hands of Lynch through the normal auction process, and the auction money went to the local charity organization in Najalil.
Because the whole family of the foreign businessman was killed, the money was donated to charity that could help more people. Presumably, the owner of the house would feel gratified to know this, right?
When Akumali came to Lynch's office, he waited for a while but did not go in immediately. The guard at the door told Akumali that Lynch had a very important phone call, so he needed to wait for a while.
The submarine cable that had been laid since last year was finally connected today, and it began to connect to the local telephone information service in Najalil. This also meant that from this moment on, Lynch could understand what was happening in the Federation through the phone, and transmit the phone signal to the whole world through the transfer.
It had to be said that when capital decided to do something, and this thing could bring a considerable non-financial return, they would also invest a lot of money and energy to do it.
Lynch was chatting with Mr. Trumann. The two were talking about some very simple things, such as how the weather in the Federation was today, compared to the weather in Najalil.
For example, how the recent TV programs were, and what the president complained about.
In short, it was all very ordinary things, as if they were just chatting for the sake of chatting. In the end, the joy of the communication connection gradually faded. Mr. Trumann reminded Lynch not to forget the trip to Gefra in March and hung up the phone.
Looking at the phone, Lynch smiled. He heard that the Federation had brought out almost all the usable submarine cable laying boats, and even temporarily modified some of them.
This time, they were not only exporting phone signals, but also TV signals. They wanted to move the TV programs of the Federation directly to Najalil, and even some TV stations came here to prepare to set up branches here.
Cultural export was a very important part of the economic aggression theory proposed by Lynch. He had previously talked about economic war and economic aggression in some of the domestic salons in some informal occasions, and he also talked about cultural aggression.
How to make an invaded nation accept the fact of being invaded and not be disgusted?
The simplest way was to make everyone have a common culture!
In fact, these ideas did not flow into ordinary society. Ninety-five percent of people did not know what he was talking about, but five percent did.
Why could the cultural export of the Federation make the exporting countries accept economic aggression and even more aggression from the Federation?
In fact, the reason was very simple. The culture of the Federation was full of the supreme capital. The capitalists took a long time to bring capital from behind the scenes to the front. The culture of the Federation itself was a pure culture of capital.
But these things could not be said to the public so directly. This was something that five percent of people knew, and it was also the result of their and their ancestors' work for so many years.
Of course, when it was announced to the public, these core things would be wrapped up in layers of things, such as the dream of the Federation.
The story of a poor boy finding his place in society through hard work and realizing his self-worth. People liked to watch the story of a poor man becoming rich, but they did not notice the core of it – it was glorious to serve the capitalists, and only by serving the capitalists could one really realize his value in all aspects and truly have a happy life.
This core would gradually erode people's ability to think, and make people think that this was the most correct way to work hard – to offer their blood, sweat and loyalty to the capitalists.
So, it was imperative to export some of the "Federation culture" to Najaril. Many people may not know why they had to do this, but people like Lynch and people of this class were more or less clear about the necessity of doing so.
They recognized this foreign culture under the influence of this culture, and they would take the initiative to beg the capitalists to exploit them, because only when the capitalists exploited them, they were valuable and could realize their self-worth!
This also implied that there would be many stories and works related to the "Federation dream" circulating in Najaril society. People would like these and realize them themselves.