Early the next morning, the doorbell rang.
The postman from the post office stood outside the yard with a cart, along with the community staff.
"What are these?"
Lynch got up early to finish his morning exercise. He picked up the box on the top and glanced at it.
"For the person I love the most …"
There was Lynch's name on it, as well as the sender's name, Penny.
Lynch suddenly thought of something. Although the Federation people did not have the custom of "New Year's greeting," they would give each other things to express their feelings.
Places farther away would send New Year's gifts in advance. Those closer, such as those in the same city as him, would send gifts in advance on the last day of last year to ensure that the gifts could be delivered to people on January 1st.
Of course, it was also a good choice to deliver gifts in person, but there would be very few people who could visit, so most people still chose to let the post office and the postman help them.
Penny was still in Boone. She could have sent the gifts herself, but she still went through the postman.
In addition to Penny, there were gifts from Catherine, Vera, and a large number of individuals and companies that had a relationship with Lynch.
Sometimes, being a "big shot" was also an interesting thing. Regardless of the fact that work was busy, just receiving various gifts during the holidays could make people feel physically and mentally happy.
After asking the postman to send these things into the room, Lynch opened some of the gifts sent by the girls. Most of them were wrapped small pastries, most of which were biscuits.
The price was not high, but … there was still some value. After all, the word "handmade" was always given a lot of special meanings.
In the process of opening the "blind box," Lynch found a very interesting phenomenon. Those who were not very rich always gave some "sentimental" things, almost all of which were handmade products.
For example, Vera's child had given Lin Qi a painting of a mother, her son, and Lin Qi standing on a grassy field.
You could say that this painting was not worth much, but it was very valuable, and it could not even be bought with money.
Those who had achieved financial freedom would send some exquisite gifts, such as tie clips, cufflinks, belts, and wallets.
At nine o 'clock, the whole family got up. After a hearty breakfast, Sella said goodbye.
On the one hand, she didn't want to see Nell with two girls in front of her. On the other hand, she did have a plan with Kerman.
"We're going to spend the winter in the south. We'll go back to Sabin at the end of the month or next month. It depends on when the weather gets warmer …" Sela was very well-dressed now. She was getting closer and closer to her rich friends.
Of course, this also had something to do with Lynch's growing influence. Lynch even heard that a store had opened and invited Sela to attend the opening ceremony. He even paid Sela some money for this.
This time, Sela was not going to the south alone. Her friends were going with her.
Life was so interesting. Three years ago, Sylar would not even consider going to the south to spend the winter. Now, it was like talking about something that could not be more trivial.
Lin Qi nodded as he understood the situation. He then looked at Neil.
"Do you have any plans today?"
Nell asked this question first.
The Federation would have a day off on January 1st every year. He planned to take the two girls out for a walk, but he had to consider Lynch's feelings.
As a parent, Nell's attitude towards Lynch was not as calm as Sela's.
Lynch thought for a while. "I'm going to attend a party at the president's house in the afternoon. You know, a New Year's party."
Kerman, who was sitting aside reading the newspaper, suddenly looked up at Lynch. Only when he really came into contact with the life of such a big figure could he feel the difference in this kind of life.
The president invited Lynch to a party. When this kind of plot that could only appear in novels or movies happened right beside him, the shock was really indescribable.
He also wanted to go, but Sela gave him a sidelong glance. He could only lower his head again.
Nell breathed a sigh of relief. "Then I won't disturb you. I'll walk around. I don't know when the next time I come is."
After the conversation ended, everyone left the table. Lynch held Sela's hand and walked her out of the community gate. Her ticket was for the afternoon.
"Call me if you need anything."
Lynch reminded her.
Sela did not refuse. "Don't worry, I will."
Lynch hugged Sela and then watched Kerman busily serve Sela to the car. He suddenly felt a little funny.
This kind of funny content might be a little disrespectful, because at this time, Lynch was thinking about the relationship between Sela and Kerman. Who was playing who?
After a while, Nell also left with the two girls, leaving only Lynch, a few maids, and his temporary housekeeper in the house.
Lynch originally wanted to look for Catherine, but then he thought about it and gave up the idea.
Last night, Catherine participated in a very important event. Lynch even saw her on TV.
The people of the Federation might not pay much attention to the night of December 31st, but for the church, the last day of the year was obviously very meaningful.
There were many reasons why Ms. Tracy did not leave Bupayne, one of the most important reasons was to participate in the New Year's ceremony in the Holy Cathedral of Bupayne.
They would pray together around the Patriarch, do religious ceremonies together, sing together, and enter the new year under the gaze of God.
There were a total of three Holy Cathedrals in the Federation. The "Holy" was not a name, but a title similar to an official rank. It also indicated that this was one of the churches with the highest specifications.
The Patriarch of the Central Pastoral District of the Empire and important religious figures would gather in the Holy Cathedral on this day. From eight o 'clock in the evening, the religious ceremony would begin until the arrival of the New Year.
There were a lot of believers in the Federation. It was impossible for everyone to participate in the ceremony, so many people participated in it through live broadcasts. Even live preaching was accepted by the people. This way of watching live broadcasts in the living room to participate in religious activities was also accepted by the believers.
After all, God was holy and omnipotent. There was no difference between participating in the ceremony in the church and in the living room for the holy and omnipotent God.
This also meant that at least 20 million people watched the religious New Year's ceremony in the Holy Cathedral of Bupayne last night.
Ms. Tracy's uncle was one of the Central Patriarchs. His status could be said to be very high. Naturally, he was one of the main hosts.
As the niece of the Patriarch, Ms. Tracy was naturally qualified to stand in the front, and Catherine, as the link between Ms. Tracy and Lynch, was also qualified to stand beside Ms. Tracy.
More than 20 million people could see her for four or five hours. The impact of this was absolutely unprecedented. This kind of opportunity was also very rare.
The ceremony lasted until midnight. Catherine should still be resting. At this time, it would disturb her rest. She had to work tomorrow.
This appearance would be of great help to her future in politics. Politics and religion were always an inseparable pair.
After thinking about it, Lynch decided to go out for a walk, stroll around casually, and buy a suitable gift for the party in the evening.
January 1st in Bupayne was not as leisurely as January 1st in other places. People here were still busy.
Maybe the holidays would stop work temporarily, but money would not.
As long as the money didn't stop, there would naturally be people chasing after the money, and people being chased by the money.
Lynch walked around and ate a scone at noon. In the afternoon, he went to the President's house at the agreed time.
It was his home, not where he lived.
The President had a relatively secluded large house in the suburbs of Bupayne. When he was not the President, he would come back to live every day. When he became the President, he had to live in the President's Palace.
Naturally, this party could not be held in the President's Palace. Maybe some media would make a big news story, "Live Broadcast of the President's Party," and the venue would be his own home.
After verifying his identity, Lynch's car was allowed to enter. Austin was left in the house, and Lynch was led by the housekeeper to the garden behind the house.
Although it was called a garden, it was not exactly a garden. In addition to the huge garden and grass, there was a small golf course and a huge artificial lake.
It was said that not long after the President paid the down payment to buy the house, there was a problem with the developer responsible for the development of the house.
They had just finished building the supporting facilities in the community, including many small golf courses and an artificial lake, when they had to stop selling.
It seemed that the specific construction plan they implemented was different from the project plan they applied for, and it also involved some funding issues.
In the end, the project was put on hold indefinitely. As for the few houses that had been sold, according to the law of the Federation, the Federation government had no right to take them back, so they could only be in a deadlock.
Later, the developer was involved in a series of lawsuits, and there was no result until now. This also led to the project not being unsealed until now.
The President had mentioned many times that he wanted to complete his obligation to buy the house and give the rest of the money to the developer, but because the developer's bank was frozen, his idea did not succeed.
He could only continue to pay after all the lawsuits were over.
The President did not spend much money to move in, and he also enjoyed complete supporting services — this was the developer's obligation, and he had to fulfill his service obligations for the houses that had been sold.
There were not many people who were as lucky as the President. There were only a few people, and the houses they bought were very far apart. If they did not take the initiative to disturb each other, it was unlikely that they would meet in their lifetime.
Other than the occasional greeting when they were fishing on the lake, most of the time, they did not meet.
Some people said that this was a transfer of benefits. Some capitalists used secret methods to occupy large areas of land, and then built this heaven-like place for a few people.
However, these speculations lacked evidence, and in the end, they could only be left unsettled. It could only be said that the President's luck was really too good!
By the way, before the President ran for the presidency, he was a senator …
Of course, his identity at that time had nothing to do with whether he could buy such a house or not. It was purely his good luck.
That was all.
After all, the Federation was a fair and just country. Everyone abided by the law and respected the law!