1115 Running Around All Your Life Just for Money
There is no wind on the quiet lake, and the boat stays quietly in the center of the lake.
No one knew that they met here... Well, this is just a way of fooling yourself. In fact, the people in the Security Committee knew that they met here, at least Austin knew about it.
She knew it, which meant that the Security Council knew it, and the Ministry of National Defense knew it, but it didn't matter. Lynch didn't care whether those people knew it or not, because they were also "one of their own."
At least in this matter, they are one of their own.
The development of any country requires a large amount of funds. To put it bluntly, development means spending money.
Only by constantly spending money can a society develop. If the government of a country has no money, then the country cannot develop.
Of course, if you have money but the government is unwilling to spend it, the outcome will be the same.
The federal government is willing to spend money. In the past few years, its annual budgets have exceeded 2 to 3 billion. This year, it has exceeded 5 billion. Maybe next year or the year after that, the breakthrough will continue.
This has put a lot of pressure on the federal government's finances. In fact, sometimes the government does business, but many people don't quite understand how the government does business.
In their impression, the government of a country does not seem to have some kind of department that makes profits through operations. Is it a certain resource or commodity that is exclusively sold by the country?
Or... some other public-private partnership business?
No, people who think like this can only say that their understanding of the world is still at a not-so-high level. In fact, it is very simple for the government to make money. It only needs to use policies and taxes.
What will happen when a country whose main trade is resource export suddenly announces that it will reduce the number of exports, or cut off the export license of some important and highly demanded resources?
Quite simply, the prices of these resources will skyrocket in an instant. The greater the society's demand for these resources, the faster the prices of these resources in the international community will rise.
This is actually no different from those rare mines blowing up their own mines. The outcome is the same: supply decreases, demand remains unchanged, and prices increase.
Only now, it's up to the state to do it.
As the prices of scarce resources rise, and the government holds the right to allocate these resources, the government has "commodities" that they can use to negotiate business with other countries, companies, organizations, and individuals.
It's just that they don't sell these "goods" at negotiated prices, but impose special tariffs.
You want it, no problem, but you have to pay more taxes or give me what I want.
This is trade between countries. It looks like... there is not so much money relationship, but in fact, countries are also doing business.
Just looking at this from a country's perspective, those who do business with them are often giant forces, such as other countries.
Of course, these methods of doing business are not limited to resources, but also include technology and other aspects.
This is why in the futures market, no matter how powerful the institutions or even bookmakers are, their ability to intervene in market behavior is not as good as that of a small country.
After all, compared to the country, there is still some gap in their influence and economic capabilities.
During the best years of Gefra, they continued to plunder, and used the plundered wealth to accelerate the development of Gefra's island, making it one of the most powerful empires in the world.
If any country wants to develop, it must have money.
The Federation is not afraid to spend money if it has money, but it would be better if it could save a little bit.
Suppose the federal government wants to make money to subsidize its heavy budget, what is the best way to do it?
There is no doubt that sniping silver with Lynch will be fine.
As long as they issue some investigation announcements and announce one or two policies, no matter how high the current price of silver is, they can destroy the price support of silver in an instant!
Do you think this is a personal conspiracy?
No, this is a state act!
Due to Lynch's lobbying, the federal government and the six major banks are now secretly working with him to suppress gold, intending to sink the bottom to absorb it, and then suppress silver and raise gold.
This action of the federal government was not aimed at silver or the Charlie brothers and sisters. It was Lynch who persuaded Mr. Trueman to see the value of the Federal Sol as an international settlement currency.
For the sake of the Federation... even if some little people sacrifice themselves, it must still be worth it!
With a country as his backing, Lynch didn't care at all about the "danger" Mr. Pattu said. He even took the initiative to kill those people, and the federal government would protect him.
This is a barbaric era. Even the Federation and Gaevra are actually just barbarians covered in a layer of civilization. They have not yet fully evolved into civilized humans in a civilized society!
When the federal government sees its interests, people will take off their coats and plunder as much as they want under the influence of this great consciousness!
Mr. Patu looked at Lynch with a serious face. He thought for a long time, "Is there anyone else besides you?"
Lynch shook his head, "No more."
Mr. Patu thought for a long time again and seemed to have made a decision, but he did not show it immediately.
"Judging from some recent signs, it seems that you have a complete plan and have started to implement it?"
"I don't deny..." Lynch took out a cigarette and lit one, "but I won't admit it either."
Mr. Patu looked at this young man, and his rigid and serious expression became a little looser. Anyone who encounters such a person cannot always maintain his emotions.
"Then...take me one?"
After hearing this, Lynch returned what he had just said to himself, "This is very dangerous. You will be the enemy of the whole world, do you know?"
"Those big mine owners who have killed countless miner slaves, those big capitalists, crazy speculators, they will want to kill you!"
Mr. Patu shook his head and asked, using Lynch's previous statement and attitude, "Is it important to make money?"
"And...I'm sure you'll be just as amazing as ever!"
Half an hour later, the two parties left the artificial lake from different places. They spent half an hour deepening and confirming their cooperative relationship with each other.
While sitting in the car, Lynch thought about what Mr. Patu said and couldn't help laughing and calling him "old fox."
A real old fox.
In fact, Lynch could guess that Mr. Patu had realized that the silver had reached its limit. Even if no one touched it, it would soon have problems.
Some people regard twenty yuan as the end point of silver victory, but people ignore that the end point is often a new starting point, and it is also the starting point of failure.
The output of silver is much greater than that of gold, and more importantly, it is impossible for those large mine owners to stop shipping, for example... Mr. Patu.
Mr. Pattu, or rather the Akinl family, also has several silver mines in the Federation, Nagaril and surrounding areas.
Because the price of silver increased rapidly before, and Charlie and his sister were actively speculating in silver, everyone was hoarding it in a tacit understanding.
Now there are mountains of silver ingots piled up in the Ajin'er family's warehouse!
They must face a choice. If they don't want to sell the silver at a high point, then once the silver avalanches, the price of the silver may shrink to one-tenth of its current value, or even less!
A ten-fold wealth gap is enough to make many people die many times!
Mr. Patu seemed to be planning to break their "tacit understanding", or in other words, he didn't want to be the one who couldn't escape, and he was planning to "foul".
But if he is the only one who commits a foul, many people will regard him and the Akin family as unruly players, and they will take revenge on the Ajin family.
So Mr. Pattu urgently needs someone to stand up and become a reason for him to shirk responsibility.
For example... Lynch started it first!
This reason is good. He just saw the crisis of silver avalanche, so he had to clear his position in order to protect himself. This is not his fault.
This reason was so perfect that he could even scold Lynch from the perspective of a "victim" for being "unruly" and causing him to suffer huge losses!
Lynch saw through this from the beginning. Twenty dollars was a dividing line, or twenty dollars was the sound of a starting gun.
Before the gunshot, many people thought too much like Mr. Patu. No one was willing to stand up and become a common enemy with tens of billions of funds. Those capitalists and speculators who were losing money really dared to kill people!
And this has become a tacit understanding. Those who speculate in silver almost all know that silver will collapse, but they just don’t say it and tell the public that silver will definitely continue to rise.
They are all waiting for the gunshot!
When the gunfire rings out, who can run away and who cannot run away all depends on God's attitude.
This is gambling, not a capitalist behavior!
Mr. Patu is not a gambler, he is a capitalist. What he pursues is just maximizing profits, not betting on the heartbeat of that moment!
For Lynch, the presence or absence of Mr. Pattu's involvement actually meant little.
With him, the timing and speed of the silver collapse can be controlled in more detail.
Without him, it would only be slightly less accurate, but the general direction would not change.
Since it makes no difference whether he has it or not, Lynch sold a favor.
Favors are valuable, more valuable than money!
Of course, the prerequisite for this value is related to the situation in which the parties use favors.
A scribe who had just joined City Hall might only have as much favors as... twenty dollars.
But the favors in the hands of Mr. President can influence a country for him!
Back in downtown Bupen, pedestrians on the roadside were talking about the plummeting gold price. Lynch casually found an outdoor cafe on the roadside and bought a few newspapers.
Most of the newspapers were talking about it. Gold's sudden plunge was a little confusing, but it wasn't like it had never happened before.
Sometimes gold will fall, but it will soon rise back up.
But this time it seems different. Many countries have announced that they will give up gold reserves. This has caused the trend of gold to continue downward, as if there is no end in sight!