Blackstone Code Chapter 71: Roundtable Social
A small round table surrounded by five well-dressed men who were concentrating on playing poker in their hands.
Gambling is always an effective way to quickly build relationships. When Lynch, who officially entered the community, first expressed his desire to hold a small friendship card meeting at a community event, he quickly attracted some people's attention. look.
Thanks to Lynch's frequent appearances in the newspapers recently, and even the head of the investigation team of the Tax Bureau of Sabine City, some people may subconsciously avoid excessive close contact with him, but some people are willing to get close to him .
The tax bureau is the enemy of every high-income group. Someone can make the tax bureau fall for it. For these people who rack their brains every month to avoid tax, it is definitely a happy thing.
What's more, being able to move into this community means that at least Lynch already has the ability to talk to them on an equal footing financially, and they don't mind broadening their personal connections.
In such an environment and atmosphere, this first friendship with card members was successfully held.
This is a game that is different from any game that Lynch knows in another world. It has five players, each with ten cards. The rules are simple, and the core is the exchange. When the exchange is over Then compare cards.
Before the game starts, everyone has to put on the next ending card for themselves. After the final hand is formed, they must meet the requirements of the card type they put forward, and then score and deduct points according to the size of everyone's card type.
In addition to the "cards" used to exchange cards, there are also game points. Before the game, everyone took out 200 yuan, of which 100 yuan became their bottom score - 100 point.
The remaining 100 yuan will become the public points in the point pool, that is, the remaining five percent.
After the game is over, everyone can get the same amount of money in their hands.
This is a very popular game that has swept the whole world. Many people think that it has the core foundation of commercial trade. Every game is a fierce trade war. Everyone represents a A company, a chamber of commerce or even a group, the point pool represents the bank.
Victory is not just as simple as winning as much as possible, because the transaction of points often occurs in the process of changing cards. This is a real game. Sometimes the person who wins all the time loses money in the end. The one who always loses may also win some.
The name of this kind of gameplay is called "Piava", which is a word with many meanings. It can be regarded as the "payment" at the core of the game, and it can also be regarded as the "request" after victory. Unstoppable charm, sweeping the world.
Not far from these gentlemen, several ladies are sitting on rattan chairs near the floor-to-ceiling windows, sipping high-quality scented tea, and competing for beauty.
Of course, their topics are always inseparable from those fashionable things, from fashion conferences, to the jewelry design exhibition of the new season, to the newly released movies and the movements of some celebrities and dignitaries.
Sometimes it's hard for men to realize that their wives are so well-informed and multi-talented, they seem to know a little bit about everything, and it's completely different from the stupidity and ignorance of being alone.
Just like when women sit together, their vanity grows and starts to compete, so when men sit together, they also talk about something, not just on the poker table, but also off the poker table.
"The economic development index in the first half of the year dropped by 11 percentage points compared to last year. The economic recession is already very obvious. How long do you think it will last?"
The speaker was a gentleman sitting across from Lynch. He was wearing a shirt with silver trims. At this time, he tugged up his sleeves in a less refined manner, and the thick body hair on his arms was exposed, giving a sense of Weird feeling.
It's like..., an orangutan disguised as a human and mixed in between us.
He is a factory owner. The low labor and various expenses in second-tier cities have become the favorite places for factory owners to gather. Opening a factory in a second-tier city can save a considerable amount of various expenses compared to opening a factory in a first-tier city. .
Land use costs, warehouse rental management costs, including the largest expenditure, labor costs.
Another gentleman shook his head, "We all feel that the market is shrinking rapidly, commodities cannot be sold, and profit margins are falling, but the financial market is still very prosperous. It is said that the Bayer Industrial Index has created a new high! "
The other gentlemen, including Lynch, couldn't help laughing, and the laughter was full of sarcasm. Maybe they didn't know why they had such emotions and why they laughed.
They just rely on their own feelings to think that these things are not normal. The stagnation or even regression of economic development not only does not affect the performance of the financial market, but instead frequently creates miracles. There is a problem here.
In fact, long before Lynch crossed over, some economists had already expressed their views that the federal economy would soon be hit hard, but most people ignored it in a frenzy that seemed to be brainwashed. these views.
The truce around the world has brought the long-lost peace to the world. Most people's view is that the war is gone, and people start to develop the economy. The economy will only get better and better, not worse.
Some economists timely put forward the unheard of "topping and rebounding", which has successfully become the only cognition in the eyes of the public. They believe that the current short-term downturn is just the whole society digesting the economic achievements. , and soon the economy will usher in another round of rapid development.
People are willing to believe those statements that are beneficial to them, even if they know deep down that it may be incorrect, they have to force themselves to believe that it is correct.
The gentleman sitting on Lynch's left took out a card and placed it on the table. Now it was his turn to bid, "One point, I need a Ⅸ◆...", he picked up the card and put it on the ashtray. The solid color on the tank took a sip, and slowly spit it out, "If the financial market always maintains such a high momentum, it may continue for a long time."
After he said this, the other gentleman took out a nine of diamonds and threw it to him, and took from him his exchange card and a chip representing one point.
The game is still in progress, and everyone knows that the unexpected prosperity of the financial market means that there are still many people who are benefiting~IndoMTL.com~ The financial market gains make up for the current situation that they are losing, and there are even a large number of people. surplus, so more money starts flowing from the real economy into the financial markets.
The digital game market has become more prosperous because of the rapid inflow of hot money. Many business owners are shrinking their physical business and investing their money in the financial market to make money, which is better than waiting for those who can't sell. It is much simpler and easier to get things back.
The gentlemen in this room almost all have their own stock accounts and futures accounts. In addition to socializing every day, they listen to stock brokers or futures brokers telling them how much money they have earned today. .
Although they have been making money, they are still worried that this is a phenomenon that goes against common sense, but they don't know what to do. towards the unknown front.
"By the way, Lynch, can I call you that?", after being confirmed by Lynch, the guy who spoke continued, "What business are you in?"
Lynch and another gentleman reached an agreement to exchange, and while sorting out the sorting in his hand, he replied, "I have a service company, an auction house, if you have any good business that can take care of me, Come to me anytime."
People are always curious about things they don't know, "Auction houses? Is it easy to make money in this industry?"
Lynch shook his head, "No bank is easy, gentlemen, all we earn is hard-earned money."
People asked some more questions, like the name of Lynch's auction house, and lost interest when they heard that Lynch's auction house was not aimed at serving the upper and middle classes of society.
Of course, the game continues...