Darkstone Code
Chapter 151 - 0150 Lynch has never been afraid of being taken advantage of.

Chapter 151: 0150 Lynch has never been afraid of being taken advantage of.

Widely known and conventionally established is a very special social phenomenon, which appeared from the first day human society was formed and has continued to this day.

People tend to have a kind of consensus mysteriously when they are in a certain stage, on what actions to take. Perhaps no one accurately taught them what to do, yet they have already mastered this skill.

From the first purchase of a second-hand entry-level luxury product, they gradually become seen as "wealthy" by others, accompanied not only by satisfying envious glances but also by people’s respect.

This is a very interesting social phenomenon; while we continuously emphasize respecting knowledge and cultural people, we actually only respect power and money.

The Middle Class, in order to maintain their dignity and status, need Lynch, and those they swore not to speak out about being cheap "high-end" clothing of fake brands.

See, the problem is solved. Lunit doesn’t speak, Lynch doesn’t speak, and those who bought them naturally won’t brag about the fakes they’re wearing. Is there a more perfect link than this?

No, so no one needs to worry.

After leaving Lunit’s factory, what Lynch considered was another matter. He wanted to acquire Lunit’s factory, which is related to his upcoming plans, but he also knew that it’s not a good time now.

The situation hasn’t deteriorated to the point where the mayor or even the whole society has to make concessions, so they are still insisting on deceiving themselves that this is indeed a civilized society.

When they can’t persist anymore to maintain their dignity and kindness, they will tear off the hypocritical coat to let people understand that this is not a civilized society, but a society where people "devour" others.

Only under such circumstances will some regarded ordinances have the opportunity to be changed; Lynch can wait, he has enough patience.

Later on, he met the mayor’s nephew, a big boy named Mark, who looked twenty-five or six or twenty-seven or eight, just under thirty, with some immature traces still on his face.

He was very enthusiastic, and as soon as he talked about his uncle, the controller of this city, and the conversation between him and Lynch’s business intentions.

"I’ve entrusted my friends to conduct investigations, and I must say, Mr. Lynch, you’ve chosen the right business at the right time. My uncle...", he shrugged, "also known as Mayor Landon, highly praises your performance. He always compliments your excellence in front of family members, which is quite enviable."

Mark is a guy who is very good at chatting, people in his role usually are, otherwise they wouldn’t take on such work.

"I believe Interstellar Trade Company is a very promising company, with an outstanding management team and a comprehensive development plan externally. If possible, I’d like to hitch a ride."

In fact, everyone knows, including Mark himself, that he is just a front agent, yet he can clearly understand his job and authority scope; otherwise, the mayor wouldn’t entrust such an important task to him.

Lynch nodded; this was something agreed with the mayor, "Someone has appraised us at seventy million, but Mayor sir has helped me a lot and I am grateful to him. I am willing to take fifty million appraised value as a baseline for financing."

He gave a half-smile while glancing at Mark who was listening intently, "And what about you, how much do you plan to ask for?"

Mark suddenly blushed a bit, scratching his head somewhat awkwardly, making him look a bit like a nerd facing a girl for the first time in school, a bit embarrassed and a bit puzzled.

Yet this situation appearing in the current environment doesn’t mean a good thing; Lynch knew the other side was about to make an exorbitant demand.

Everyone actually has some small actions to conceal their inner thoughts. Lynch forced himself to unify all natural and unnatural habitual actions, emotional expressions, and expression management into a smile; a smile can make people relax their vigilance, and there’s no more suitable control method than this.

Mark’s control method may just be making himself look very "awkward", he’ll cooperate with this set way to use some statements to gnaw.

Next second, just like Lynch anticipated, he said with much embarrassment, "I didn’t know the valuation turned out to be this high. I only prepared eight hundred thousand, but I want 3% of the shares. My information channel seems to have encountered issues, what should I do?"

According to the Federation and finance-related laws, personally owning 3% of a company’s stock qualifies attending board sessions, over 5% allows participation, the share ratio he’s asking for is quite subtle.

3% wouldn’t offend people, as the stockholder isn’t qualified to speak or launch any power-related actions at board level, like initiating votes, breaks, discussions, etc. They can only sit at the rear or near the wall and quietly listen to board meetings, they cannot voice their opinions.

This doesn’t cause significant resentment towards them, they’re merely decorative for the board.

But attending board meetings is highly valuable because they’ve completed the first stage of stock acquisition, and according to securities finance law, one must declare holding over 3% of shares to relevant authorities, and publicly announce.

The second stage is 5%, which means becoming a significant shareholder who can attend board meetings.

If someone doesn’t follow the rules by giving out two statements, being the 3% and 5% ones, then it can be judged as malicious acquisition, implicated with illegal rights transactions secretly, the company involved can sue to delay some issues within.

The benefit of doing so is that once someone acquires 3% of the stock, if the company perceives something is amiss, they can timely respond like raising stock price to force acquirer’s funds insufficient to meet their stock proportion demand, abandoning acquisition.

Mark’s 3% can stealthily, without declaration, increase to 5% unbeknownst to Lynch, gaining board meeting rights.

Imagine the terrifying result when a mayor’s agent gains voting initiation rights at board meetings!

Thus, it shows Mark or the mayor behind him is very shrewd, maybe the shrewdness comes from themselves, but Lynch believes Ferrari surely knows some more specific situations.

Faced with Mark’s demand, Lynch almost had no hesitation or delay; everything sorted through his mind like lightning, just in the blink of an eye he agreed.

"I and the mayor are members of the Progressive Party, we should help each other...", he pursed his lips and nodded, "Contract can be prepared."

Such straightforward declaration instead made Mark a bit hesitant, he talked stocks with many merchants, but these merchants always haggled with him, some even angrily called the mayor thinking Mark was tampering.

These people are dumb. Undoubtedly an agent wouldn’t have his own ideas, Mark’s opinion actually represents the mayor’s opinion; this young man dared not, nor was eligible to freely change the mayor’s will.

Rather than making things unpleasant for everyone, and ultimately have to brace to sign the contract, why not a bit straightforward, perhaps may gain some extra benefits?

Mark looked at Lynch with slightly peculiar expression, especially his gaze, like seeing a fool, or a...

He stifled laughter, "You’re quite interesting, Mr. Lynch, I brought the contract...", he then took out a contract from his briefcase, further assuring Lynch that this price was authorized by the mayor, also there should be another contract in Mark’s briefcase.

If he calls the mayor, certainly would "chat thoroughly" with Mark, then adjust the price slightly but not too much, hence his briefcase definitely contains a second contract.

Lynch looked over the contract; not too many issues, mainly on transfer prices, proportions, and terms on how to dilute or reduce shares when new funds are introduced later.

Lynch flicked the contract, took out a pen, and signed his name onto the contract, then Mark.

Each retained a copy, completing the transfer.

Looking at the eight hundred thousand bank draft, Lynch couldn’t help but laugh; whether happy or unhappy, he expresses with a smile.

Mark saw him smiling, somewhat puzzled, because the essence of this could be said as a coercion using power, yet Lynch not only didn’t resist but always maintained a smile; this made Mark feel very special, very strange.

He couldn’t help but ask, "Mr. Lynch, is there anything happy worth sharing?"

Lynch snapped out of thought and nodded, while packing up the contract and raising his brows saying, "Of course!"

"You know rural mice are very crafty, even the best house cats find it hard to catch those mice, but they’ve recently invented a new method."

"They simmer a pot of starchy soup until it thickens and cools, then pour it in spots mice frequent, in just overnight many mice drown in it."

"Sugar and starch capture the mice’s attention, but they overlook how sticky that stuff can be!"

Lynch smiled while standing up, reached out to shake hands with Mark, "Glad my company has its first partner, but I hope you keep the price of our deal confidential, you know, our market value seventy million, your 3% now also values at two hundred thousand!"

"Certainly, Mr. Lynch, I know how to proceed.", Mark firmly shook Lynch’s hand then released, suddenly recalled something, "Are you available this weekend? Perhaps we could play golf or find a place for a drink."

Lynch shook his head, "I have to attend a meeting at City Hall over the weekend, next week then."

"Okay, next week!"

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