Blackstone Code

The news that Lynch was going to attend the funeral of Uncle Catherine quickly spread in Sabine City, where Mr. Lynch was like the sun in the sky, making it impossible to ignore his presence.

The funeral, which was not very lively at first, could even be said to be very deserted, suddenly became lively.

Everyone wants to meet Mr. Lynch, chat and talk.

Lynch and Catherine returned to her home before the funeral began.

Catherine's parents did not move to the lakeside villa area, the best neighborhood in Sabine City, but bought a house in a middle-class neighborhood, not too far from where they used to live.

The lower class is actually more humane than the middle and upper classes, and they are less willing to leave the environment they have lived in for a long time.

There are traces of their youth, their classmates, and their struggles.

Most importantly, there are people they know.

As for why they moved away instead of staying there, it was also due to some "emotional" issues unique to the people at the bottom.

For most people, they will face the same problem. When they become "developed", they still live in apartments in remote areas or in ordinary community environments.

Then they will face two situations -

In the first case, many people will knock on their door and ask them to borrow money or do other things, as long as they can take advantage.

In the second case, many people will say bad things about them in private, such as saying that they don’t actually make much money, or other unpleasant things.

This situation is actually not very special, because it is common in middle and lower classes of society.

Everyone, especially the people at the bottom, not only hope that one day they can live the life of the upper class, but at the same time they don’t really want their friends to experience this before themselves!

It doesn't need to be too far to move away from the original area, as long as the community level rises to a higher level.

This way, when they come back for a walk, everyone will still be very enthusiastic.

In the living room, Catherine's mother was a little embarrassed because she was the one who objected to their being together in the first place.

At that time, Lynch was like a waste, doing nothing every day, relying entirely on Catherine's work in the supermarket to support him.

This is not what a man should do. Even if he is not as good as he is now, he must at least do something instead of letting his girlfriend support him!

Catherine's mother had no intention of letting Catherine marry a rich man. She simply hoped that Catherine's husband would be a responsible man. At that time, Lynch lacked these the most.

She decisively broke them up, and now she was embarrassed.

She rubbed her hands back and forth, clenched them into balls, and then loosened them again to casually sweep away the invisible dust on her legs.

"Do you... want something to eat?"

"Or maybe a cup of coffee?"

She was at a loss for words, and the atmosphere where no one spoke was more uncomfortable than talking.

Lynch smiled and shook his head, "No, not for the time being. Where is Mr. ... (Katherine's father)?"

Speaking of things that she could understand and control, Catherine's mother felt much better, "He is still working, Lynch. Thank you for giving him a chance. He is very satisfied with his current job..."

Catherine's father managed a large warehouse. From a warehouse manager to a warehouse manager, his income and social status were constantly improving.

This was definitely arranged by Lynch, but there were also reasons for Catherine's father, for example, his work was very solid.

He has a lot of low-level work experience and knows more about some problems in the warehouse than those senior talents who graduated from well-known universities!

And he also has many friends and colleagues here. What he can do is often difficult for senior talents to do.

Lynch also has his own views on business management. He blindly emphasizes that rules and regulations are not fully applicable to all enterprises.

You can require everyone in a financial institution to act in accordance with rules and regulations. When the risk reaches the warning level, no matter how high the probability of profit is or how high the return is, you must do everything you need to do.

But at the bottom level, especially on human resource management issues, a certain amount of flexibility needs to be left.

He has done a good job, at least so far it seems very good. He cherishes his job and is also a fairly upright person.

Lynch praised Catherine's father, which made Catherine's mother smile from ear to ear, and the awkward atmosphere gradually dissipated a lot.

After Lynch asked some more about what she knew, she was finally able to treat Lynch calmly.

At around ten o'clock in the morning, everyone drove to Uncle Catherine's funeral. The small church was crowded with people wearing high-end suits.

This made the ordinary people who came to see Uncle Catherine off look like... a very awkward feeling.

The family members of the deceased were not dressed in high-end clothes, but the guests who came were all dressed up, which gave people the feeling that the family members of the deceased did not pay much attention to the deceased.

But in fact, this is not the case.

Everyone wanted to meet Lynch, even if they could only say a few words, even the mayor came in person.

There are many benefits to being the mayor of Sabine City. For example, he does not need to do too much work, and the city's economy can maintain a sustained growth momentum.

But there is also a disadvantage, that is, he cannot intervene in many tasks because those things are firmly controlled by some locals.

If he wants to forcefully change these spontaneous rules, then someone will call him at night and tell him to stop fucking messing around. This is the rule set by Mr. Lynch.

Sabine City is definitely a suitable place for a mayor who wants to hang out, but for those who are ambitious and hope to make a difference in politics, it is like a prison.

After Lynch asked everyone to respect the deceased and the funeral, the funeral scene became quiet.

Catherine's cousin looked at Lynch, who was sitting in the first row, with a strange expression, and then lowered his head to look at his father lying peacefully in the coffin——

"Today is the most glorious moment in your life, but it's a pity that you can't open your eyes and see it."

"The mayor, the council members, the big businessmen, you really should get up and tell them how honored you are!"

Can't tell whether it was irony or emotion. As a funeral, he needed a speech to seal the coffin.

He cut back quite a bit because he could see that no one cared at all about the death and mourning of a stranger.

They just want to talk to Lynch more!

If it were ten years ago, Catherine's cousin might have insisted on his own ideas and told a lot of boring stories that people didn't care about that happened between their father and son to commemorate this old man.

But now, after being hammered by reality, he just wanted to end this funeral as soon as possible without wasting the time of the gentlemen.

As the bouquets were thrown into the crypt, workers began filling in the soil after the priest prayed.

The coffin, which cost more than two thousand yuan, was gradually covered by mud, and the atmosphere at the scene became much more solemn.

In any case, a person is buried in the soil with everyone watching, and they can also feel the sadness of life here!

Because one day they will become part of this world under people's gaze.

When the funeral was over, the mayor was the first to find Lynch, who respectfully walked aside with him.

After introducing himself first, he began to briefly talk about some of his affairs, "Mr. Lynch, originally I wanted to find a time to talk to you about some issues when you are free."

"First of all, I have to thank you for everything you have done for the people of Sabine City, but now we also encounter some problems."

Lin Qi nodded, "Just tell me the question..."

The mayor quickly said, "Do you still remember the family workshop cooperation project you launched before?"

"Now these family businesses are facing roughly the same problem. They cannot buy medical insurance, and even pensions have become a problem..."

During the Great Depression, Lynch established a family workshop cooperative program in Sabine City.

To put it simply, he dispatches orders to small workshops based on family units, and then these families rent his production tools and raw materials for production, and then sell the products to him.

The advantage of this is that Lynch can get qualified products at almost no cost, and he has compressed the cost to the extreme——

There is no need to build a separate factory, which eliminates the maintenance costs of the factory and the operating costs of the land.

Without any employees, he does not need to bear any joint production responsibility. He does not even need to provide a lunch for the workers because he does not hire any workers!

Even the loss of machines will eventually be calculated on those family workshops, and a little bit will be deducted every month in the name of "production machine loss expenses."

If anyone noticed this, they would find that the cost would actually be a little more over a period of years than they would have paid to buy their next sewing machine outright!

And on top of that they have to pay for renting the machine!

It's like Lynch sold a sewing machine to these people for the money of two or even three or five, and the scrap metal that was scrapped in the end belongs to Mr. Lynch!

Of course, this is definitely not exploitation and oppression by capitalists. After all, not all families could afford a high-end sewing machine during the Great Depression.

For family workshops, they are actually willing to do this.

Because the more you work, the more you earn. In the past, working in a factory could earn around two hundred yuan a month (during the Great Depression).

But after joining this family workshop cooperation plan, they can earn as little as a few cents or as much as tens of ten cents for each product!

The whole family worked together, and many families were able to achieve a monthly income of several hundred yuan during the Great Depression!

In Sabine City, including York State, countless families have been continued and maintained as a result. No one will say anything bad about Lynch, they will only praise Master Lynch's gospel.

And these family workshops continue to this day!

It’s a fucking win-win!