Darkstone Code
Chapter 171 - 0169 Be an excellent person

Chapter 171: 0169 Be an excellent person

At this moment, the manager of the Dawn Asset Management Company was sitting in Lynch’s room. This manager’s name was Asir, full name Asir Erluk. He was not a native of Bail Federal but came from another country.

In Bail Federal, people are quite casual when it comes to names, but not to such an exotic extent. Combined with his slightly brown skin, he was an immigrant.

Immigrants aren’t all wealthy; most are middle-class immigrants. In recent years, labor immigrants were also very popular.

A few years ago, the Federation received a large investment from international capital, industries began to flourish, and the society started seeing a labor shortage. This prompted the birth of a new industry, human traffickers.

These people, under the guise of labor companies, scour the globe for workers willing to venture out for work or flee wars, and then send them to Bail Federal to engage in heavy labor and low-level jobs, significantly easing some labor shortages at the Federation’s initial high-speed development stage.

As the population later moved from rural to urban areas, the labor issue was alleviated or even resolved. Some believed that these "illegal workers" were taking jobs that should have belonged to the national labor force.

Thus, under the influence of the Conservative Party, the Immigration Bureau came into being. Many early foreign illegal workers, who were possibly sent over by these same people, were caught and sent back by them.

Yet some stayed in the Federation; there are always some lucky ones.

Asir was one of them, cunning and smart, quickly standing out from the ordinary workers. Having been educated, able to write and do arithmetic, he became a foreman shortly after arriving in the Federation.

He spent all his spare time reading and learning, and early on married a local girl—a plain-looking but hefty 200-pound girl. Because of this, Asir dodged a disaster, wasn’t sent back, and even managed to get an insurance number and paid social insurance.

But even so, the entire labor market still had biases against these immigrants. Life was already hard for local people, and even harder for immigrants.

When Lynch was recruiting managers, he noticed Asir, a sufficiently clever young man.

Actually, at that time, there were many more excellent professional managers who attended the interview, having better knowledge and education than Asir, more impressive work experience, but none caught Lynch’s eye.

Contrary to that, this young man intrigued Lynch. It wasn’t Asir’s experiences that interested him, but his smile.

It’s hard to describe that smile. Asir’s smile was very different from Lynch’s.

Lynch’s smile was clean, crystal-clear, sunny, filled with optimism and confidence. His smile was like a spring breeze melting the winter chill, making people feel the sunlight of renewal, giving a good impression on sight.

As for Asir’s smile, it was like a flower frostbitten in late autumn yet unwilling to bow, strong, full of courage, giving the first impression of being reliable, tenacious, never willing to give up.

This kind of smile had a very inspiring feeling, making people seem to be moved by something while watching, filled with vigor.

This kind of smile is what Lynch valued. He was well aware that the first step in any business, whether legal or illegal, is communication and interaction.

No matter how high your degree is, what important positions you’ve held, when sitting face to face with a picky and difficult client, will the other person respect you more because of your excellence?

Absolutely not. Instead, a smile is the most potent weapon; it can quickly break down the defenses of the other person without any language or communication. That is the strongest weapon.

As for other skills, as long as one is willing to work hard, they can always be trained. But this special quality smile is very hard to cultivate.

Lynch spent half his life mastering such a smile, yet it seemed natural on this young man. Sometimes, some people’s talents are really enviable.

At that time, Lynch immediately decided to sign Asir, making Asir the manager of several companies under him.

The tall skinny guy guessed right; behind Asir and the Dawn Asset Management Company was Lynch himself.

Much like the heavy topic of capital plunder, the nature of capital is always harsh. Perhaps they were not like this at first, but now they have come to see reality.

So is it impossible to counteract such plundering?

Not really. The simplest method is to establish other companies to hold shares crosswise, just as it is now. Lynch used another company under his name to acquire stocks of the Interstellar Trade Company. Purely from the Interstellar Trade Company’s perspective, his shareholding ratio keeps declining.

But in fact, besides the shares genuinely sold, he hasn’t lost much power at all.

These small companies typically remain silent, but once the company faces important decisions, needing Lynch’s support, these small companies will stand by his side—without a doubt, all these are his companies.

Thus, he can gain considerable decision-making power, and this is also for future preparations; after all, he intends to split up this company and profit from it once more.

An old man once told him a story: selling something for a sky-high price once is not a skill, many people can do it; it just requires the right timing and pretext.

The true skill is to sell something multiple times for a sky-high price, without breaking the law; that’s real skill!

Asir was sitting on the sofa opposite Lynch, somewhat curious and impressed, observing Lynch’s calm demeanor.

He found it hard to imagine that, having just played two parties, there wasn’t the slightest trace of conceit on Lynch’s face, which left Asir in awe.

Over the years, he had worked many different jobs, met many people, but it was his first time seeing someone so young achieving such a scale.

Initially, he thought Lynch might be someone’s offspring or agent, as such situations were common. Take, for instance, the wealthy tycoon Mark—everyone knows he’s just a front. He’s only a few years older than Lynch.

But soon Asir found out, Lynch was just Lynch himself; he wasn’t anyone’s puppet, which surprised him.

Today was just a part of his daily surprises.

"Tomorrow, when you return to Sabin City, promote our transaction, preferably making it a big deal, buy some newspaper space, and include the acquisition of the newly established transport company..."

Lynch instructed Asir on the next steps. The foreign immigrant manager was jotting things down quickly, not daring to show a hint of disregard. He even felt it was a life opportunity for him; surely he could learn a lot of useful, socially unavailable things from Lynch.

Cook and those people, Lynch let them form a separate transport company. Lynch was the company owner holding ninety percent of the shares, and the remaining shares were collectively incentive-based, awarded to the entire transport team, with the power of specific distribution given to Cook.

Then this transport company would be acquired by the Dawn Asset Management Company, and they would sign an entrusted transport agreement with Lynch, undertaking Interstellar Trade Company’s transportation work in the state exclusively.

Considering some issues in the "Anti-Unfair Competition Law," this agreement has a contract period that is not long, only three years, far from reaching some legal bottom lines.

This necessitates saying Bail Federal is indeed a messed-up country; cumbersome legal clauses were so numerous that Lynch almost gave up the desire to continue reading them.

In general, in the next three years, as long as both parties do not violate the agreement, the transport company acquired by Dawn Asset Management Company will be solely responsible for Interstellar Trade Company’s transportation operations within the state.

All these were completed before those investors took shares. The new shareholders would naturally also have no right to change or interfere with these contracts in the future, unless they compensated millions in breach fees.

This was just part of the lasso, not even all of it, and couldn’t even be considered deceit or anything, because before they invested, Lynch would state these contract terms.

Under the premise that they already knew these things, they still chose to invest, which meant they agreed with this agreement, and the law would stand by Lynch.

Next, there were some other tasks, mainly letting Asir prop up another construction company. In the future, Interstellar Trade Company would have many construction projects; at that time, better to profit oneself than others.

Even if they couldn’t obtain qualifications to undertake large projects in a short time, they could "win the bid" and subcontract it, saving an extra amount of money.

After experiencing once again how terrifyingly evil society is, Asir returned to his room satisfied, starting to study Lynch’s thoughts and guidance carefully.

The next day, Lynch, originally planning to leave, was held back by the local merchants.

Dawn Asset Management Company’s involvement set the base line of this issue. After discussions with Noah, the merchants in Curilan City abandoned the idea of obtaining the majority of shares, opting instead for the right to attend meetings and signed a new agreement with Lynch.

They secured five percent of Lynch’s Interstellar Trade Company under his command by contributing forty percent in cash, along with a supplementary clause, giving them a right of priority increase in shareholding during Interstellar Trade Company’s future refinancing.

In simple terms, after new capital enters the company, they can prioritize funding to keep their shareholding ratio at five percent, rather than being diluted continuously with more capital coming in, losing even the right to attend board meetings.

This is the real business mindset and standard, something those "insiders" looking to take advantage of Lynch would never learn.

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