Blackstone Code

After returning home, Lynch sat on the sofa. Catherine would be back later. They had met before, at the Congress.

So they would have dinner together, and Catherine's mother would come over with Figali, who lived next door.

Most of the mid-level villa area was also vacated, and Lynch's neighbor gave his house to Lynch.

Lynch found someone to decorate it and gave it to Catherine.

Perhaps the acquisition of properties in the mid-level villa area was one of the few losses incurred by Lynch, from a long-term perspective.

But today, these losses may not be as much as a fluctuation in his total wealth.

After Catherine gave birth, her mother took the initiative to come over to help her take care of the child. Other members of her family also wanted to come over, but Lynch refused.

He doesn't like too noisy environments, and Catherine's family is different from Sera's.

After Lynch became rich, Serra quickly completed the transformation from a poor person to a rich person mentally, and he was still a very refined rich person.

She read a lot, studied, and tried things she had never tried before. Now there is no trace of the poor life left on Sera.

No matter who it is, they will feel that she must be from a famous family, or at least have a family background.

But in fact, she is just a girl from an ordinary family, married to an ordinary worker with no ambition.

The only thing that is different from others is that she has a child named Lynch.

Catherine's mother was completely different from Sierra. After Catherine got money, she also arranged a good job for her.

She spent most of her time and energy socializing with her neighbors all day long, and didn't even care much about her work.

She is still the same person she was in the past, and you can find things in her that belong to the bottom of society at a glance.

Fortunately, she is very satisfied with her life and doesn't care so much about what others think.

"what's for dinner?"

Lynch turned on the TV and turned down the volume.

The little maid has become a senior cook. She is actually still working as a housekeeper, but when it comes to serving Lynch, she still does it herself, such as preparing food for Lynch.

"The main course is orange-roasted deep-sea fish fillet, pan-fried veal strips, side dishes include vegetable and fruit salad, a tomato cream soup, whole wheat bread, and several side dishes, such as tuna."

Very ordinary menu, nothing has changed over the past few years.

Although it seems that its ingredients have not changed much from a few years ago, many ingredients are no longer available, at least for ordinary people and the middle class.

For example, fresh orange.

It’s already winter and fresh oranges are needed, which is unbelievable to many people!

But to Lynch, it was just an ordinary meal.

Lin Qi did not continue to ask, and the little maid began to cook seriously, and a tempting aroma soon came from the kitchen.

Lynch watched the news on TV, waiting for Catherine to return.

About twenty minutes later, Catherine came back from outside looking slightly tired.

When the little maid saw her coming back, she immediately started to put the finishing touches on the dinner.

"I thought you would come back earlier." Lynch turned the sound of the TV to mute. There was only the picture but no sound, just like a pantomime.

Catherine took off her coat, fluffed her hair, and sat down next to Lynch, "I left early. There are still many of them who are still discussing some things."

"Are we really going to get this far?"

"I mean, let the federal government gradually withdraw from the stage of history?"

Today's proposal to let corporations capture a portion of tax dollars essentially shakes the foundations of the federal government.

Once this hole is opened, does it mean that people can also open a hole for something else in the future?

If you open too many holes, you will eventually be unable to hold anything in them. At that time, the federal government will no longer have the need or value to exist.

Catherine didn't understand. She felt that retaining the federal government system might be good for the future.

At least she couldn't see the harm in it now.

On the contrary, after the federal government steps back and companies take over, some problems may arise, including issues of fairness.

The larger the company, the more serious the internal corruption problem.

Many consortiums in the Federation may sound like they have no problems, but in fact there is corruption from top to bottom.

It's just that corporate corruption is not as easy to expose as the federal government. Even if it is exposed, no one will step down due to some scandals.

Once businesses replace the government in performing government responsibilities and functions, the problem of corruption becomes troublesome.

Lynch listened to Catherine's thoughts in her heart, and finally he asked, "Do you think the strong will be restrained by the weak?"

"When there are no rules on both sides!"

Catherine was stunned by his incomprehensible question. They were just talking about the management system of the Shelter Society, but Lynch was asking about the strong and the weak. This is not the same thing at all!

But as the person who knows Lynch best, she still took the question very seriously and replied, "Definitely not."

Lynch spread his hands and said, "Look, you have the same opinion as me."

"After the shelter era begins, companies, as more specific responsible institutions, will assume more social responsibilities, including those parts that the federal government should bear but cannot afford."

"This will lead to companies far surpassing the federal government in all aspects."

"The era of the federal government, where each sanctuary is a relatively independent little kingdom, is actually over."

"Even if we ultimately choose to continue to have the federal government control every shelter, this federal government is not the current federal government."

"There will be interest groups with the refuge as their core, and this interest group will be more difficult to control."

"What we have to do is to prevent such independent small kingdoms from appearing, or since independent small kingdoms are bound to appear, then we might as well choose a small kingdom that is easier to manage to replace the one that is not easy to manage."

"And this replacement, this is business."

"The federal government will be diluted, but that doesn't mean it will disappear completely. It will still be there in name."

"When we need the federal government, it's there, and when we don't, business takes over."

"No matter whether a company's rules and regulations are strict or weird, people are easy to accept them."

"But if the federal government does this, not only will people not enforce it, they will ask everyone else not to enforce it."

"So at this stage, it is very necessary for the federal government to make concessions and for companies to come forward."

"At least we leave judicial interpretation to the federal government, right?"

In fact, when companies start to really play a role in shelters, people will not abide by federal laws, but company rules and regulations.

However, these Catherines may not necessarily understand that centralization with the federal government as the core and centralization with enterprises as the core have different effects.

The latter is obviously more plastic and controllable in all aspects.

"Dinner is ready. I'll ask the old lady to come down for dinner."

The "old lady" she refers to refers to Catherine's mother, who watched over the child in the nursery.

Lynch and Catherine also ended their chat and came to the dining table. Soon Catherine's mother came down and sat next to Catherine.

She rambled on about some things about children, mainly stories about other people's children.

Fei Jiali is too young and not much can happen yet.

She basically doesn't do much else except wet the bed and nurse.

After talking for a while, Lynch seemed to be very focused, but in fact he had been dealing with it. He was not interested in this kind of thing at all.

I don’t like children in the first place, let alone stories about other people’s children.

Catherine's mother didn't see this, but Catherine did, and she let her try more of the food, which distracted the old woman's attention.

Lynch finally focused on dinner.

Fresh orange and deep-sea fish steak are a very common and very suitable combination. Orange juice can improve the texture and taste of the fish steak, and the fruity sweetness and a little sourness can stimulate more appetite.

Pan-fried veal strips refer to the cucumber strips of veal, a kind of tendon that is completely wrapped by fascia. It is very tender and is suitable for almost all cooking methods except that it is not suitable for grilling!

What the little maid did was to cut it into strips of meat about one centimeter square and about ten centimeters long.

Then add salt and pepper, put it on the hot iron plate and briefly fry it with olive oil and butter.

Because it is heated on all sides, it doesn't take too long to fry. It tastes very tender and delicious, and has a lot of juice.

Lynch praised the little maid's cooking skills. In the past, she was more than capable of opening a restaurant and being her own chef!

The other dishes were also delicious, a great dinner!

After dinner, Catherine originally wanted to chat with Lynch, but her mother always talked about things related to Fei Jiali and dragged Catherine to see the child, so the trip ultimately failed.

After several days of discussions, on the last day of the year, the talks finally came to fruition.

The federal government agreed to transfer the part of the tax that belongs to social security payments to the companies responsible for people's social security, and also gave companies the right to collect this part of the tax from their employees.

The federal government has completely separated the social security system from the scope of the federal government's rights and no longer assumes anyone's social security obligations.

Some people think that the federal government should not do this, but more people think that it is good to do so.

Only in this way can we quickly promote the process of enterprises assuming social security. They still think about their children and grandchildren using the same pension account!