Chapter 1495 - 1493: A Week Passed

Chapter 1495: Chapter 1493: A Week Passed

Lynch’s operation is indeed amazing; no one has played the game like this before him, which is also the reason for his success.

However, to say he truly succeeded, there’s still one step left—monetization.

Monetizing without selling your shares.

This is also a problem that stumped many capitalists: how to pocket the value of a company without reducing stock holdings and still maintain a certain degree of control?

Lynch set a good example for them, taught them a trick, but there’s a problem here too.

Like the hosts who were busy trying to earn Lynch’s forgiveness said, Lynch was too impatient.

Too impatient to monetize, which gives off the impression... is he setting a trap? What if people buy the bonds, he cashes out, then reduces his holdings or even forces the company into bankruptcy to avoid paying huge interest. Could this be possible?

Very possible!

Everyone knows that wealth and rate of return behave differently at different levels.

For instance, when the cost is only a hundred dollars, these capitalists can quickly turn it into ten thousand, which is a hundredfold return.

But if you give them ten thousand, they might only be able to turn it into tens of thousands in the same period.

If you give them a million, maybe in a year, they can only give you a return of ten or twenty thousand.

Lynch got five hundred million, five hundred million, three years, a 45% increase, how is this possible?

Even Bupen’s most profitable hedge fund can’t promise a stable annual return rate of 15%. If they dared to promise that, they would immediately become the largest foundation in Federation funds!

No!

No one dares to promise that. In the absence of guarantees, getting a return of 7% to 11% is the most normal, and most of the time the return rate is in single digits, not double.

It’s very normal to get no return or even suffer a loss when luck is bad, no investment is a sure-win, including keeping money in the bank!

The interest given by the bank can never outpace the growth rate of consumption, which is the inflation rate, so even if you think you put money in the bank and got some interest with no risk.

In reality, this is not a "profit," but a "loss," because the purchasing power of the money you stored in the bank has decreased since you deposited it!

Your wealth numbers are increasing, but the market purchasing power generated by your wealth is continuously shrinking.

No one can do what Lynch promises so steadily, so when the corporate bonds were open for pre-order, the outcome was poor, and the stock market started to cool as well.

If this is a scam, the overheated stock market would clearly become the second disaster area.

Many are waiting to see Lynch’s joke, and some brave people even come out to continue challenging the magical legend, the "Lynch never loses" legend.

They firmly believe that this time, Lynch can no longer magically "win".

Facing the diverse opinions outside, Lynch did not come forward to make a statement; instead, he remained silent, further leading some economic experts in Bupen to think they have seen through Lynch’s hollow surface.

They started to criticize Lynch’s operation and said he "overplayed".

Take the words from a relatively famous economic expert on the TV screen now. Lynch always lucks out and succeeds, so he underestimates the Federation’s financial market and overestimates his ability.

He is always dancing on a tightrope, always succeeding, thus ignoring that there are no absolutes in this world!

Previously, he always managed to get what he wanted, but this time, he overplayed, he is too arrogant, he can’t clean up this mess.

With the help of the host, this expert evaluated that Lynch’s operations would affect his other industries; due to the capital chain, if he can’t pay for the Lemar Republic Government’s bank acquisition fees, the risk control of listed Lemar assets might face delisting.

At the same time, the investigation for possible fraud involved would also start, and Lynch would encounter many troubles by then.

The host was very intrigued by this claim and specially asked the economic expert, since Lynch is short of money, why not go to the bank for a loan?

The economic expert explained briefly, but his explanation was completely different from Lynch and the reality.

"Because banks have more mature analysis departments, they can see major loopholes and risks in Lynch’s operations. If they lent money to Lynch, aside from the risk to their own funds, it might affect others more broadly!"

"So from the bank’s perspective, considering loan security and financial safety, they would not easily lend money to Lynch, which is why Lynch didn’t try looking for banks to solve his financial dilemma, instead directly pushing for company listing."

The economist glorified the bank’s value in the whole matter, making their greedy faces look like guardians of the Federation’s financial order.

However, from a non-professional perspective, the economists’ words were very effective for the Federation’s middle and lower-class investors and those working in the financial industry.

They lack sufficient information and are not privy to many things’ inside stories, so their limited information is not enough to support them to see the truth.

At this time, whoever can convince others, people will believe them.

"Aren’t you worried?"

Severa, sitting across from Lynch, was a bit curious. She looked at Lynch, carefully observing his expression, trying to discover something, such as the truth.

Lynch’s expression didn’t change a bit, and when he smiled, it was still as bright and sunny as years ago.

"You know, the reason the Lord doesn’t respond to believers’ prayers is the same way humans never look down to move the foot they’re about to step on ants."

"If I am God, they are mere mortals. Humans cannot fathom the actions of deities with mortal thinking, and they definitely can’t guess my thoughts!"

Confidence bordering on arrogance can sometimes be very attractive; that aura of having no rivals in the whole world can make women fall deeply into it.

Severa "complimented" him with a smile, "Should I call you King of Bragging?"

Lynch’s chuckle made her want to say more, but she held back.

She came this time for the renewal matter; the Millionaire program has exploded completely. After two seasons of baptism, every episode, every season’s ratings are exploding, and no one questions its value anymore.

Severa, who had signed a two-year contract with Lynch, had already started working on early renewal, and it is said that many people are now vying for the contract, whether it’s the naming rights or other insert ads, people are crazy!

Having benefited a lot from it, Severa was even more reluctant to let go.

She didn’t want to negotiate with that bitch Momo; every time she saw Momo, she felt sick. A bitch relying on climbing into Lynch’s bed, pretending to be a successful person every day, made Severa feel disgusting.

Even though Momo is still a small figure to her at the moment and is very respectful to her, she just doesn’t like something about that woman.

She went straight to Lynch to talk about the upcoming cooperation.

"What’s the content of the third season, will there be new projects?"

Lynch shook his head. "People are still very interested in the content of the second season. Moreover, we conducted a poll at ’Vanguard,’ and 78% of viewers hope that the third season can make use of some tracks from the later part of the second season."

"You know, at the beginning, we designed the game too difficultly, resulting in some tracks not being used yet, the final tracks!"

Originally, Lynch thought that in this competition style, which only required physical quality, there would definitely be people who continuously clear levels. Once someone clears a level, you have to change tracks for the sake of fairness.

Otherwise, if someone clears a level and you let him race against others on the same track, having the experience of clearing a level is inherently unfair; he would continue to win until you change tracks, then it’ll be fair again.

Unexpectedly, it was too hard, and until now, several final tracks have not been used.

Influenced by the bodybuilding trend, Federation people are very fascinated by the body lines showcased by the contestants during the competition, they love watching contestants, covered in oil and sweat, vying for the first place on the track.

In brief, according to the poll, the third season is still the "Physical Fitness" season, with little change.

As for the content of the new season, it’s actually already prepared. Lynch has already arranged for massive capital to purchase several plots of land on the outskirts of Laridemo City, building several large-scale installations similar to haunted houses.

The fourth season is an escape room season, competing on observation skills, thinking abilities, imagination, and ability to handle all kinds of unexpected situations.

There’s still no threshold; from youths to the elderly can participate, as long as you don’t have a heart condition.

Even though these things cost a lot of money, after the competition ends, they will become tourist attractions and can also be leased to filmmakers for on-location shooting.

At worst, spruce them up into castles and manors; the real estate in Laridemo has been heating up, these investments won’t lose money no matter what.

The two chatted for a while and quickly got to the most core topic—money!

Neither of them was poor; Lynch quoted a price of five million annually for naming rights, Severa didn’t object, so this matter was settled.

They even had dinner together at night; throughout the process, Severa never saw Lynch in any kind of hurry.

She was very curious about how Lynch would resolve the current troubles and break through the situation, but she didn’t ask. She wanted to make some effort; perhaps she could guess it herself.

In the blink of an eye, it was Monday...