Blackstone Code

A few minutes later, Mr. Fox's assistant delivered two newspapers, one from four months ago and one from this week.

Financial companies like Mr. Fox are actually very concerned about the financial trends of the entire country and the international community. They deal with money every day, and they are very clear about what these represent.

In addition, they are also very concerned about some social changes, such as employment rate, unemployment rate, and social security issues.

If the unemployment rate continues to rise, they will lower interest rates and reduce large borrowings to reduce risk, which will also make their business more attractive.

When the country's economy improves significantly, they will increase some interest rates and at the same time encourage people to borrow more, because people can afford it.

Every day, Mr. Fox's assistants read a large number of newspapers to analyze the next situation in the country, and then decide whether to terminate certain businesses early, or pretend to forget about it.

This is definitely not a very simple and straightforward business. Those people are not big, and it is difficult to do it for a long time. Only people like Mr. Fox can run such a business for a long time.

This is why he spent a lot of money and hired a college student to help him. He regarded this as a career, not a way to make quick money.

Lynch opened the newspaper and read it for a while. For about ten minutes, Mr. Fox didn't bother him and even sent him coffee and cigarettes.

There is a faint expectation in his heart that this ordinary person named Lynch will definitely give him a surprise.

This is not a guess without reason, this is what he observed.

It is impossible for an ordinary person like Lynch to remain calm when invited, let alone look at him when he shows his killing intent.

He was no ordinary boy—for Mr. Fox's age, Lynch was just a boy, twenty years old.

Ten minutes later, Lynch drew some lines with the pen in his hand, and then put the two newspapers in front of Mr. Fox at the same time, "I have drawn horizontal lines under the content that you need to read, so that you can read more clearly. See them intuitively."

Mr. Fox and his assistant looked at it seriously. After reading it back and forth several times, they didn't have the slightest clue. It was full of information about real estate agencies, but they didn't find anything at all.

Mr. Fox was a little puzzled, "I don't know what these represent, do they have any special meaning?"

Lynch was not irritable at all, he was very patient. After all, facing an excellent client and the money in his pocket, anyone who needs money can be patient.

He walked up to Mr. Fox, and his subordinates wanted to stop him, but Mr. Fox stopped him. This also meant that Lynch had gained the trust of Mr. Fox for a short time.

If he can live up to what he said earlier, that trust will last a long time.

"This newspaper provides rental information for two apartments facing the street, and the rent for this apartment is...", Lynch pointed to the place where he had drawn a horizontal line, and did not continue.

Mr. Fox subconsciously answered, "One hundred and thirty-five dollars."

Lynch nodded in affirmation, "Yes, one hundred and thirty-five yuan, let's ignore other things first, and then see how much the house next to it is..."

Mr. Fox very cooperatively shifted his gaze to the horizontally lined information in another newspaper, and continued to say very cooperatively, "One hundred and seventy-two dollars!"

"These two apartments are on both sides of the road, and the distance in a straight line is no more than 100 meters. From these price changes, Mr. Fox, what have you found?"

After pondering for a moment, Mr. Fox began to think seriously and said, "The monthly rent has increased by thirty-seven yuan!"

In Lynch's mature and successful cases in the past, he always believed that allowing these participants to participate in the case at a deeper level can save a lot of time and avoid some problems that people may not have thought of.

They will convince themselves and firmly believe that the conclusions they draw are correct, which is especially evident in math problems.

Before clearly pointing out that the answers to some math problems are wrong, everyone answering the questions firmly believes that their answers are right and others are wrong.

Mr. Fox completed the in-depth participation process through a simple "mathematical formula". This feeling made him begin to be surrounded by a false illusion, a self-created and false sense of security.

He would not think that Lynch was a liar, because these were not what Lynch told him, but the conclusions he came to through his own clever mind and serious thinking, and he believed in his own conclusions.

"The increase in rent means that it will take more money to buy these houses. It will take four months..." Lynch said and paused, "No, it is actually increasing every day. If you increase it a little, you may not be able to notice , but it does change, don't you admit, Mr. Fox."

Mr. Fox nodded, "So what does this have to do with our previous business?"

"Of course it is, Mr. Fox. These houses are there. It will not change with the passage of time, say, a few more bricks, or a few tiles less."

"What did it look like when it was built, what does it look like now, it hasn't changed, it's constant, but the price has changed, what does that mean?"

Before Mr. Fox could think about it, Lynch gave the answer, because Mr. Fox's head couldn't think of this answer.

What he does is to guide people towards the corners they need to discover at the right time, instead of encouraging them to diverge their thinking!

"If the value of an item has not changed, but it has changed during the 'payment' process, it can only be said that the value of the item used for verification has changed."

"In other words, in the past four months, the currency in our hands..." Lynch did not know when he took out a coin from his pocket and got stuck between the knuckles of his thumb and index finger.

He flicked lightly, and the slightly hidden but audible metal tremor attracted people's attention. Mr. Fox, his assistant and the bodyguards beside him all focused on the flying coin.

Lynch said confidently, "It has been depreciating, and it has depreciated by about 22% to 25% in four months, Mr. Fox."

Mr. Fox's attention was withdrawn from the five-cent coin that fell motionless on the newspaper, he began to think seriously about Lynch's words, and looked at the assistant beside him.

The assistant was a little embarrassed, he didn't major in finance, he just studied management, if it wasn't for Mr. Fox's higher salary, and if Mr. Fox wasn't his father, he wouldn't be here.

He felt that Lynch's words were not right, but he also felt that there were no obvious mistakes or omissions. In the process, Lynch also used gold to give the second round of examples, and used "devaluation" and "currency is also a kind of goods". The concept was instilled in the people in the room.

He didn't lie, because these are all true, and his examples are not problematic. It even involved the fact that ten years ago people could buy a newspaper for five cents, but now it takes fifty cents.

Newspaper or newspaper, whether it is ink or paper, the production process and process have not changed much. It is not that newspapers have become expensive, but that money has depreciated.

Mr. Fox, who gradually understood, suddenly felt a little horrified. He changed his sitting position and said bravely, "But our interest is very high, and some of it is compound interest!"

He wanted to use this method to give himself some sense of security, but this fragile sense of security was destroyed in Lynch's laughter a few seconds later.

"I know, Mr. Fox, the problem is that the currency we devalue is not the ones you can take out and put in front of people, but all your assets!"

"All your assets are depreciating at a rate of 5% per month, and this is also a kind of 'compound interest'. If you can't send all your money to the Federal Tax Service as soon as possible to complete the final procedures..."

Lynch returned to the chair across the table and sat down. He shrugged and spread his hands, "The wealth you are proud of now may not even be a fart in a few years!"

"Do you still care about that paltry ten percent?"