Darkstone Code-Chapter 773 - 0771 Lively atmosphere

The young Count’s words slightly cooled the atmosphere in the room.

Everyone was too excited. Making money was too easy; all they needed to do was follow Lynch’s instructions, move a finger, and then wait to collect money.

No need to deal with those cunning and deceitful merchants, giving them no chance to discover their "poverty".

Nor need to negotiate with those high nobles who look down on them, trying to scrape some food scraps from their hands and swallowing it gratefully as if it were charity.

Without losing their dignity or face, they can still make money. Clean money. This method immersed everyone in the affirmation that "I can also make big money".

Money, along with confidence and self-affirmation, caused hormones to surge instantly in their brains, making them feel like they’ve soared to the clouds!

Until Lynch’s calm expression dragged them back to the earthly realm.

Lynch did not avoid the problem. "Trouble is certainly there, gentlemen. Do you believe you can earn a little money from this ’incident’ without any worries?"

He shook his head. "His Majesty the Emperor will think we’ve stabbed him in the back when he needed us. While most nobles have lost money, we’ve made money. They will think we are not one of them."

"Whether it’s the Prime Minister or the people, when others have lost so much, yet we’ve profited, do you think they will be happy about our profit and sing our praises?"

"No, they will only be disgusted or even hate us, because the money in our hands, in their eyes, is extracted from them. They’ve handed us their wealth, and they won’t harbor any goodwill toward us."

Lynch’s words suddenly woke the nobles from their blind joy. This aspect of Lynch’s approach was very good; he doesn’t leave a tiny tail in his speech, making people guess it out themselves like some old-fashioned nobles.

He says everything at once, it may lack some artistry, but at least everyone can understand every word he says, even if they are not particularly refined minor nobles.

What he describes is the truth. The minor nobles in the room just slightly replaced the roles, and they felt the negative emotions Lynch talked about.

If someone took their money at this time, they would certainly hate that person, no matter who he is.

"What should we do, Mr. Lynch?" The young Count asked in a timely manner, while others might still ponder what to do if such an event really happened.

The young Count directly abandoned thinking. He believed Lynch surely had a solution since he raised this issue.

"Yes, I have, and that’s what I want to tell you," he said, looking at the other nobles. Although Lynch’s calm gaze brought significant pressure, none avoided it.

These people, at least up to this point, still trust Lynch.

"Regardless of who ultimately triumphs, His Majesty the Emperor and the Prime Minister, our position will be very awkward. They won’t let go of the money in our hands, at least from their perspective, this money belongs to the Empire or to the people."

"So before they react, we must deal with this money."

The atmosphere in the room became slightly heavy, as people doubted whether Lynch’s words were true, yet felt they were very reasonable.

Under their gaze, Lynch slowly said, "Rest assured, I’m not asking you to transfer the money or give it to someone. Rather, you need to invest it."

Investment is one of the best solutions Lynch found. He dared to short the Gafura Financial Index because he considered these issues beforehand.

Many international hot money are reluctant to enter Gafura’s home ground, mainly because it’s a feudal monarchy country. It’s easy for capital to come in, but it becomes very difficult to get out.

A word from His Majesty the Emperor can block funds from leaving. No matter how much money they’ve made here, if the Emperor is not satisfied with them, it’s like working for nothing.

Moreover, it’s not just working for nothing; their principal can’t leave either, ultimately leading to total annihilation within this country.

Gafura has done such things long ago, as has the Federation, many countries have done it.

When the spirit of internationalism is not strong, and the international environment hasn’t developed to easily initiate wars between countries, the action of harvesting foreign wealth has always been a normal operation.

It’s safe to say ninety percent of the countries in the world have done this, including Nagariel.

At the time, Provincial Governor Drag wanted to harvest Lynch’s wealth, which led to a series of subsequent events.

If he hadn’t wanted Lynch to invest locally and plunder his wealth, if he hadn’t thought this was a one-time deal, trying to swallow more basic industrial equipment at once, there wouldn’t be the birth of today’s "New Federation."

Greed harmed him, thinking Lynch was just an insignificant little figure. He mistook the ant in front of him as Lynch, not realizing it was actually his reflection in the mirror.

So from the very beginning, Lynch was certain that the money couldn’t leave, but he still did it, earning a large sum by shorting the Gafura Financial Index. This money wasn’t earned to prove anything; he had already thought of a solution plan.

Since the money can’t leave and may provoke the malice of His Majesty the Emperor, then let’s invest.

Gafura currently has a very special place called the Empire Special Zone. The development in the Amelia Region is in full swing, and many local reconstruction projects are still open for bidding.

Because the competition in this area is very intense, the power of the aristocracy is not very effective here, so many aristocrats are still observing.

Quite a few merchants have gone there. In Amelia, they can cut ties with aristocratic forces and no longer need to find a "master" to avoid oppression from other aristocrats.

There is a free environment, although the competition is fierce and business is difficult to conduct, it is still very attractive to merchants.

If at this time, Lynch, with these minor nobles, were to conduct large-scale investments in the Amelia Region as a form of statement, the money could be recovered.

There is no reason for His Majesty the Emperor to stop them from investing there. For the Emperor, getting more people to invest in the Amelia Region can more effectively and swiftly spur the economic development of the area.

He even needs Lynch and these people to make money, because only when they make money will other nobles follow, and the Empire’s focus will completely shift. 𝓯𝙧𝙚𝒆𝙬𝙚𝒃𝙣𝙤𝒗𝓮𝓵.𝙘𝙤𝙢

These things have been planned from the beginning, so Lynch is not worried about making money and being unable to leave. If he wants to take the money, very few people in this world can stop him.

When Lynch mentioned investing, the nobles did not immediately show expressions of joy. In their one or two, or even two or three generations of aristocratic life, they had not yet mastered the ability of "investment."

Becoming a noble is not an easy thing. A merchant might be a high society figure, but few nobles come from merchant backgrounds.

The struggle between nobility and capital has existed since the time of the Lords. Some merchants smuggled contraband everywhere, like weapons, shields, armor, horses, and they would also occasionally incite wars.

The nobles disliked them since those times, disliked this group of people. They didn’t set any clear rules, but every noble knew that merchants were almost impossible to become nobles, no matter how great their achievements.

These minor nobles have too thin a foundation and have not accumulated that thick heritage. Their investments are often entrusted to others, and the results are not very good.

If it were good, they wouldn’t be so poor, holding so few social gatherings with wine.

When Lynch talked about investment, they instinctively resisted a little, not that they were unwilling to do it, but they had been somewhat miserably advised by bank investment advisors and those merchants who actively came knocking on their doors.

"Mr. Lynch, what kind of projects do you plan to... invest in?" one of the nobles tentatively asked.

Lynch glanced at him and replied with a smile, "If it were me, I would invest in any industry in Amelia that could occupy a large amount of land."

The noble who asked closed his mouth, while the other nobles wore faces full of curiosity as they looked at Lynch, as if subtly expressing their opinion in this manner—tell us, we want to learn.

Nobles are easier to... persuade than commoners; Lynch understood this in another world.

Some people always hear some unbelievable news, like a certain tycoon being swindled out of millions or tens of millions by a fraudster. Society would briefly buzz about "how someone with this kind of intelligence could make so much money."

In the eyes of the lower-tier people, these swindled tycoons seem each to have a screw loose in their brains, unable to see through such obvious scams.

In fact, it’s not like that; it’s just that wealthy people (nobles) are easier to deceive.

A poor person with only a hundred bucks, you want to trick that hundred bucks from his hands into your pocket. Even holding a knife to his chest won’t do; that hundred means everything to him, maybe even survival.

But for the rich, their wealth is so abundant that three to five million is a negligible figure in their eyes.

Using a tiny bit of wealth to attempt to touch some beautiful visions, what if it’s not a con?

The rich, the wealthy, and the nobles are actually the same; they don’t mind using a small amount of money to gamble on a wish, a hope—this can’t even be called gambling.

If they win the gamble, they can realize a beautiful wish with a little money; it’s a deal they don’t lose out on.

If they lose, it’s just a loss of a trivial amount of money. The unfulfilled wish pains them more than the lost wealth.

It’s a foolish act for the ordinary masses in society to try to guess the thoughts of the wealthy using the mindset of the lower levels.

If you’re not rich, you’ll never understand that sometimes wealth doesn’t matter.

Especially in the face of dreams.