1742 Family Problems

As soon as December is over, it’s New Year.

It’s a busy New Year’s Day, at least around Lynch, or at least around Boo Payne.

People are everywhere holding parties and enjoying themselves. You can also see a group of people wearing New Year's-specific costumes on the street, drinking grape juice with flushed faces.

The Contraband Investigation Bureau, which was established not long ago and already has a certain reputation and influence within the federal government, seems to have acquiesced to people's indulgence at this time.

At least they didn't come out to stir up trouble and ruin people's joyful mood!

If there is anything that people are dissatisfied with in the new year, not being able to drink heavily may be the only regret!

People have begun to adapt to the higher tax standards, and the government has arranged some relief measures. People are no longer complaining as much as they were at the beginning.

People can receive wheat kernels, canned soybeans, sauces and butter packaged in brown paper at relief points every week.

It's not much, but at least it's an attitude.

In the new year, the weather is also extremely cold.

Lynch had just finished his stroke and was lying on the bed watching TV and smoking a cigarette.

Originally, he had some social activities, after all, it was the new year, but he didn't want to participate in any of those social activities, because they were not important.

He arranged for others in the company to attend while he hid at home.

It had been several days since Penny came, and since Lynch's birthday, she seemed to have completely given up some of her unrealistic ideas.

People are like this sometimes, thinking too much can make people look very heavy.

Only by letting go of those things can you become relaxed.

After becoming more relaxed, Penny seemed to be back to the way she was when she was seventeen or eighteen a few years ago, very enthusiastic, very positive, and somewhat indescribably fearless.

Maybe it’s because I really don’t have any ideas at all, but I can treat everything equally.

There were three women on the bed, the two maids and Petunia, but Nellie was not here.

She is gradually moving towards "independence". After Lynch left Fox Pictures, Nellie immediately felt that her status in Fox Pictures had changed somewhat.

Capital is actually very realistic. Even if Fox doesn't say it or the shareholders don't say it, the top and middle management know how to make adjustments.

They have relatively reduced the push of resources to Nelly. In the entertainment industry, especially the film industry, if you don't have resources and don't appear in front of the camera, you will be forgotten soon.

This also made Nelly realize that if she didn't make changes and would just be a vase, her life would be over.

She talked to Lynch once on the phone. She wanted to study while working, and Lynch gave her enough support.

Lynch is not a stingy person, nor does he have such materialistic thoughts as "I have slept with this girl, and this girl belongs to me in this life."

Everyone has thoughts, feelings, and the life and choices they want.

Lynch will not stop anyone from leaving him. When a person has such an idea, no matter what you do, you can't change the ending of her leaving you in the end.

Nellie is now studying at a university related to film, and her idea is to transform from an actor to a director.

In fact, she didn't say anything further, but Lynch also knew.

Her former good friend was also a contracted actor at Fox Pictures.

When nothing changed before, because Nellie had Lynch with her back and a lot of resources at her disposal, she could help her friend to some extent.

But now the situation has changed. Nelly herself doesn't have much resources, so naturally she can't support her friends.

The girl started running around again, and she would drag a suitcase with some uniforms for nurses, police officers, etc.

There are also some costumes from her past roles.

She would appear outside a certain door at a certain time, sort out her clothes, and go in to serve the gentleman or gentlemen inside.

Fox Studios is getting bigger and bigger, and it has more and more difficulties to overcome, and more and more friends to unite with.

Many people are actually not short of money. At least they will not bow down for tens of thousands of dollars, or even more, hundreds of thousands, two or three hundred thousand dollars.

For these people, they don't care about small money, and Fox Pictures can't afford it, so these second- and third-rate female stars have become the key.

They can help the company solve many obstacles, and the company just needs to give them opportunities to dream from time to time.

Nelly's idea is simple. As an actor, she has discovered her upper limit and cannot help those people.

But being a director can.

Lynch supports this choice.

She is willing to be an independent girl, that is her decision, and Lynch will only bless her.

As for the others, some were not used to the atmosphere here, and Penny was just too crazy.

Even Momo can't stand her!

At this time, Penny, who was watching the whole battle from the sidelines, walked to the bed with a cowboy hat and a small whip in her hand with a smile on her face.

She put on something interesting for herself and said to the little maid with a smile, "The night has just begun..."

A crazy night!

Lynch woke up the next morning with a little pain in his waist. He used to ride others, but he was ridden last night.

Sometimes men and women are really not equal, especially in terms of biology!

But overall, it was quite enjoyable.

In the morning, when Lynch was reading the newspaper, Penny also came out of the room dressed neatly.

She sat opposite Lynch and looked at him, "Do you know, she is experiencing a family crisis!"

Lin Qi was stunned for a moment and didn't respond, "Who?"

The little maid curled her lips and said, "Our cook!"

Lynch turned to look at the kitchen, where the little maid was busy.

Lynch is not a picky person when it comes to eating, so he does not hire a special cook to work for him. The maid is responsible for all the food at home.

Sometimes when a banquet is needed, the Community Service Company or Little Earl will be happy to arrange for a cook to come over and help Lynch solve his troubles.

Lynch looked back and didn't understand, "What's wrong with her?"

"Family crisis!" Penny repeated.

"Her husband may be a little suspicious of her. You know, after all, you can't get so much money as a maid in a month!"

She seemed to be gloating when she spoke. The little maid's husband was a plumber, a job with a good salary.

But it was only good. The wages on his and the maid's books were a bit tight to pay the monthly bills.

After the war, the tax rates levied increased a lot. Logically speaking, they couldn't afford so many bills, but they could still pay them!

There is a very interesting phenomenon in the community culture of the Federation.

In the lower-class communities of the Federation, those poor places, if someone becomes rich, people will not ask you where the money came from and whether it is legal.

They just want to work for you, for example, they can hang out with you, become your subordinates, and you just need to pay them a little salary!

The needs of the lower-level communities are actually more realistic. What they care about is whether they can get something from this matter.

In high-end communities, such as mid-level villa areas, residents have little contact with each other.

Only in high-end communities, developers, and community service companies will talk about privacy and other issues.

They will cut off direct contact between the two residents, and any problems will be solved through community service companies.

They won't point fingers at others, they will just be indifferent.

Middle-class communities are at the other extreme. They are very interested in what the surrounding residents do, how much they earn, and whether they have investments.

The social life is also extremely rich. It is normal to invite others to travel or go shopping together.

But this kind of excessive socialization is not a positive thing. They actually show off in this way to satisfy their own vanity or even malice!

For example, if someone offers to give you a ride, it must be because his car is new and he wants to show off his car.

If someone invites you to go shopping, it’s to tell you that he or she made a killing on a recent investment.

If someone does something jealous, there may be some unpleasant rumors circulating in the community without even having to do anything!

This situation is actually very common and happens all the time!

The war raised taxes and hurt the middle class the most!

The middle class enjoys the expenses of the upper class, but they are not as wealthy as the upper class. Many people have a lot of loans.

After the tax rate was raised, some families who were not financially healthy immediately experienced a crisis.

This has caused several families in the community where the little maid lives to start selling off their property to fill some holes in their bills.

But nothing happened to the little maid's family, which had to make some people feel malicious!

"I'm the senior partner of my fucking company and I have to sell the car I just bought to pay the bills. Why can a plumber and a maid live so well?"

"This is fucking unreasonable. Something must have happened that we don't know about!"

When people feel resentful and have nowhere to vent their anger, their first choice is someone weaker than them.

No doubt the plumber and the maid were such subjects.

Some not-so-nice things began to spread in their community. Some people said that the little maid was actually a high-end escort, specializing in servicing rich people.

Some people also say that she has some relationship with her employer, and some even say that her husband is just a means to cover up the illegitimate child!

The plumber didn't pay attention at first, but as more people talked about it, he began to feel a little strange.

They really shouldn't be able to pay their current bills. In order to avoid being influenced by the outside world and making wrong judgments, he deliberately waited for a while.

All the bills that should have been handed over to the maid were taken into his hands first.

Looking at those suffocating bills, his blood pressure suddenly began to rise...