"How do you plan to celebrate your birthday?"
In the brightly lit office, Lynch was looking at some of the income of the second quarter.
He always believed in one thing: don't put all your eggs in one basket. The Federation government was not necessarily completely reliable.
If there were some capitalists behind the scenes, then Lynch might not be able to stop them.
The best way was to find a few more baskets and hide a few more.
From the books, all of Lynch's businesses maintained very low profits.
For example, he had sold all of his shares in the second-hand goods auction center in York State. Now that the market was good and the second-hand goods trade was booming, he easily sold his shares to those who wanted to get them.
But he kept the shares of these "shopping malls".
Although these shopping malls didn't make much money, the management fee of each unit was pitifully low. Even the management fee received by some cities couldn't cover the workers' wages and other expenses.
But the land under these "shopping malls" was very valuable, and it would continue to be valuable.
The world would always develop. Lynch firmly believed in this. As long as the world developed, as a limited and non-renewable resource, the price would get higher and higher.
Nothing could be faster than the appreciation of land. Even if it didn't seem that valuable now, as long as they waited for a few years for the war to break out and they won, the world's capital would begin to converge towards the Federation. The era of huge profits for these lands would arrive.
This was a result that didn't need to be questioned. Capital would never become a dam against the tide, it would only follow the tide.
When people realized that it was safer to invest in the Federation, and that the rate of return was faster and higher, the funds would return to the Federation.
The flow of capital would bring more "gold miners" looking for opportunities, and the population would also increase rapidly.
When that day came, these businesses that might not be able to bring him huge wealth would quickly expand into cash monsters.
Among the many companies, the most profitable were the aircraft research institute and Blackstone Security.
Blackstone Security's income mainly came from Gefra's national military outsourcing. This kind of business was simply giving Lynch money. Lynch's fee standard was a little higher than the Department of Defense. His annual profit was more than ten million.
In this era, a profit of tens of millions was already very shocking.
Including the military sales, Lynch still made money in the first half of the year. Tens of millions?
As for the income and accounts that would never be discovered by others, they would never be discovered by others.
Lynch closed the report and looked at Vera. "I want to have dinner with you."
"I'm afraid you don't have the time."
Vera said as she tidied up the things on the table, "When I saw the news today, I found out that your little girlfriend is here. She said that she's going to throw you a lively birthday party."
She was referring to Penny.
"I don't know what will happen on my birthday. Actually, to me, birthdays are the most normal. Celebrating birthdays is not normal."
Lynch thought of the same thing.
When he was still "Lynch", or when he wasn't "Lynch", he almost never celebrated his birthday.
In his memory, the former was because his family didn't have much money to buy him birthday gifts or organize a party. They could only sit together as a family and eat some delicious food. That was how his birthday was counted.
As for the latter … He didn't like to celebrate his birthday. Celebrating his birthday meant that he was one year older and one step closer to death. He couldn't be happy.
Lynch looked at Vera. "Cook some dishes on the 9th. Let's have dinner together at home."
Vera's eyes softened immediately. Lynch asked her to cook and called that place "home." This made Vera's heart boil with emotions that she didn't even know about.
Sometimes, people would suddenly become very emotional. When they were vulnerable, when they were in pain, when they were happy, or when they were sensitive.
Vera held Lynch's hand. "What do you want to eat?"
"I'm not picky. I'll like whatever you cook."
In the past three years, Vera had experienced a lot. Her husband cheated on her, she was investigated, she met Lynch, then she got divorced, moved, and got a good job …
And all of this was related to Lynch. At every important turning point in her life, Lynch was there.
It was amazing. She didn't know if he was the one who was influenced, or if he was the one who influenced everything.
Vera was very satisfied with her current life.
She recognized what kind of society this was. In fact, in some ways, what happened to Gap also happened to many people in many places.
Bob Payne magnified all of this. Just some of the companies she knew that had a relationship with Blackstone Security had many people who were controlled by sex, similar to office slaves.
This was a crazy era, and there was a group of crazy people. Even looking back at what had happened in the past, Vera felt that it was normal.
Of course, she was also very satisfied with her current life and had no intention of changing it.
She only hoped that her child could grow up healthy and happy. This might be her only wish.
It was now October, and the smile on Lynch's face had increased by quite a bit. Blackstone Security's progress in Marillo was satisfactory. They had already completed their investigation and were preparing to take down a city controlled by a small warlord.
As long as they controlled the city, it was equivalent to controlling the river transport network between the Federation and Marillo. In this way, the Federation's supplies could reach these people faster.
The Department of Defense said that some new weapons wanted to be tested. They were in the final stage of the test and would send them to those people after the test.
Lynch's research institute was not the only one researching new weapons. Other companies were also constantly developing new things. This was an era of technological explosion. Every day, new things would appear in front of people's eyes.
At the same time, the follow-up was basically over. The board of directors submitted an application for re-listing to the Financial Management Committee. It should also be re-listed in the middle of this month.
Every shareholder was looking forward to it at this moment. Although they had lost an important tobacco supplier and encountered many difficulties, they had overcome them one by one.
This time, it would return to people in a new form and appearance.
Some evaluation agencies believed that the market value of Every Moment would soon return to its peak. Because of the participation of the two financial giants, Lynch and Vaudric, the stock price of Every Moment would rise to more than 1.2 billion yuan.
This was already one of the top 50 companies in the Federation. Everyone was looking forward to it.
There was only one day left before October 10th. This seemed to be nonsense, but it was this nonsense that made people understand the time at this moment.
Lynch came to Vera's house early in the morning. Vera also asked for leave … She approved it herself. Then she drove to the market and bought a lot of fresh and expensive ingredients.
A servant helped her in the kitchen, while Lynch sat in the living room and chatted with the little boy.
"Mr. Lynch …"
"Call me uncle."
"Uncle!"
The little boy looked rather restrained. He sat obediently on the sofa beside Lin Qi. He did not move around, nor did he make any meaningless noises. He was very obedient and very quiet.
"Mom is very happy that you can come. I don't know if she told me or not, but she has been changing clothes since yesterday and repeatedly asked me if I look good …"
When the little boy said these words with a serious expression, Lynch suddenly wanted to laugh.
In the kitchen, Vera seemed to have heard something. She took a few steps back and looked at the two sitting on the sofa. "I'm sure I heard you talking about me behind my back. What did you say about me?"
"That your cooking skills are good."
Vera looked at the two with a face of distrust. "You definitely didn't say that, but please remember, it's not gentlemanly to talk behind a lady's back."
This was just a joke. The little boy's hands were between his knees. When he saw Lynch looking at him, he opened his hands helplessly.
"I'm telling the truth."
Lynch nodded. "I understand."
After a few seconds of pause, Lynch asked, "How are you getting along with your classmates at school?"
This was probably the way to find a topic to talk about when there was nothing to talk about. In fact, Lynch was not very good at dealing with children. In his previous life, he did not have much interaction with children.
The main reason was that he could not squeeze any money out of children. In this life, he did not have much interaction with children, so he could only ask some very 'formulaic' questions.
The little boy did not seem to think that the question was boring. He tried his best to show his interest. "Of course, of course, I get along very well with them. The people here are much friendlier than the people at Sabin School."
They were not really friendly, but they had to be friendly because of the money.
When a teacher faced a group of children who did not spend money or spent very little money to come to school, they might not be very happy. It was just a job, and they were not nannies. They would not be so considerate to every child that they treated them well.
However, when a teacher had to face a group of students who spent a few thousand yuan for a semester, they would be very gentle. For the sake of money, they knew very well that they could not afford to offend the parents behind the students.
Perhaps if any of the parents said something wrong, the school would expel them. In this day and age, it was easier to find a teacher than a student. As long as there was a vacant position, the line of applicants would stretch from the school gate to more than a kilometer away.
It was probably the same between students. Under a proper education, children with extreme emotions should not be born. Tutors and whips would make them understand from a young age how important it was to be curious and respectful of the world!