blackstone code

Chapter 1156 Lunch
"I owe you a favor!"

In the manor hidden in the dense forest, Mr. Patu raised the wine glass in his hand, and there were some smiles that were rarely seen on his face.

He clinked glasses with Lynch, and then each took a sip.

Only the two of them and a butler existed in the quiet open-air lunch, and everyone else was far away from here.

"Try this..." Mr. Patu asked the butler to send Lynch a steak.

The butler brought the steak from the cooking cart in front of the cook in the distance. The steak, dipping sauce, and some pickles looked very appetizing.

"It looks great!" Lynch waited for the butler to stabilize the steak, picked up the knife and fork, and cut another piece.

The steak was very tender.

It is not the kind of tenderness that is not fully cooked, it is tender after it is cooked.

The knives and forks do their job with little to no hindrance.

Looking at the steak poked on the fork, it has a beautiful texture and looks very bright, but in fact it has a slightly higher fat content, and some special methods are used in the marinating process to ensure its taste .

This steak comes from a very special breed, top-quality ingredients specially prepared for high society people, and its price is not cheap.

Even if this kind of selected beef is fully cooked, it will not feel dry or hard to bite.

The fat between the muscle fibers has become translucent at this time, and even before putting it in the mouth, one can already imagine the special mellow taste of butter.

After dipping it in some sauce and putting it in his mouth, Lynch nodded in satisfaction with the feeling of melting in his mouth.

The real tenderness is not the same as some tenderness in the world today, which does not seek methods in ingredients and techniques, but plays tricks on cooking heat.

Steak, or beef, is graded, and there are many grades, from grades that are not fit for human consumption to beef that won't appear in the store right now.

If the beef is divided into ten grades, the beef used for feed is grade one, and what Lynch eats is ten grades, then most ordinary families eat about three to four grades of beef.

The second level is the kind of ground beef, which is often used to make meat fillings and make meatloaf.

Whether a person is rich or poor, there will be desires for enjoyment, and the pursuit of food is one of them.

In order to allow ordinary consumers to enjoy the taste of high-grade beef, some restaurants are not frying the steak thoroughly as in the past, but half-cooked.

This can ensure that the low-grade beef can be easily cut and eaten when it is delivered to the guests, and it still has the taste of this high-end steak.

This is a wrong approach, it shouldn't have been born, but... ordinary people don't feel much about it.

When ordinary families make steaks at home, whether they are fried or grilled, they are all well-done.

The only time they get their steak in a restaurant is under-done, which gives them the illusion that they are getting a premium steak.

This approach can indeed bring a new wave of sales to restaurants, but it will also cause some unexpected effects.

But... whatever, the world is like this, there will always be some unexpected changes.

Lynch swallowed the piece of beef in his mouth, and added a small piece of pickled cucumber. The beef was too tender and a bit fat, and it tasted a bit greasy to be honest. It is very suitable to eat some pickled cucumber at this time.

"It's delicious!" Lynch commented.

Mr. Patu kept a slight smile on his face, "I like this kind of beef very much. I bought a ranch for it. If you like it, I can send some to you regularly."

Lynch did not refuse. At the level of both of them, regular delivery of ingredients is not even a "small favor", it is just an attitude.

Seeing that Lynch did not object, Mr. Patu wiped his hands with a towel and lit a cigarette, "Do you know Mr. Wycliffe?"

Lynch also put down his knife and fork. He took a sip of his wine and shook his head, "Sorry, I haven't heard of this guy. What does he do?"

"A...", Mr. Patu thought about what words to use to describe this person better, for about a few seconds, "...a crazy speculator!"

"He can do any business, as long as the rate of return is large enough..."

Later, in Mr. Patu's introduction, Lynch gradually got to know Mr. Wycliffe a little bit more like a rogue speculator.

His obsession with wealth and returns makes him quite famous in certain circles. What is famous is not how precise his investments are, or how impressive returns his investments have created, but his method of doing things.

"He likes to blame other people, and then pass on his losses to others. It's good that the business he targets makes money, but if it loses money, it will often make things very troublesome."

Mr. Patu shook his head slightly, "The private island of the Charlie brothers and sisters was burned, and he did it."

"He is searching for the whereabouts of the Charlie brothers and sisters all over the world..."

Lynch probably understood what Mr. Patu meant, "Do you think he will trouble me?"

Mr. Patu nodded cautiously, "I don't think he will definitely trouble you."

"I heard that he found a lot of connections to borrow a lot of money and spot goods this time, and was going to make a lot of money, but in the end it was all in his hands."

"He has already gone to trouble with the Charlie brothers and sisters. I think it is difficult for him to recover the loss. Some people say that he lost nearly [-] million yuan, of which only about one-tenth is his own, and the rest is from other people. from somewhere."

"He is dragging the pressure from the financial side while trying to find a way to get the money out. Before the whereabouts of the Charlie brothers and sisters are exposed, there are very limited people who can make up for his losses."

Mr. Patu's meaning is already very obvious. There may be only a few people who want to scrape together a large amount of cash in a short period of time, and Lynch is one of them.

If there is no "secret" in the Federation, it may not be long before Lynch's role in the whole thing will be revealed.

At that time, he could easily be regarded as the culprit of his own losses by this Mr. Wycliffe. This is a rogue tycoon, and he is not a capitalist in the traditional sense.

He linked terror and capital together, forming a new form of "terrorist capital," or "violent capital."

In order to recover the loss, he will definitely find a way to find trouble with Lynch. Mr. Patu has a good relationship with Lynch now, and he feels that he needs to remind him.

Lynch smiled after hearing this, "He better not have such thoughts."

This little "reminder" ended here, and then Mr. Patu took a deep breath, "How is Anna doing, I haven't seen her for a while, I heard she is very busy."

Lynch nodded, "I leave all the work of the light of tomorrow to her. It can be said to be a kind of exercise for her. Of course, I can also be lazy."

Mr. Patu nodded his head, "I have known about Tomorrow's Light Investment Company, your investment company is different from other investment companies, it already has the embryonic form of a consortium, but it is not exactly the same as ours... "

A traditional consortium, or a traditional investment company, is like a magnet. The amount of funds it has is equal to its attractiveness.

Ultimately its aim is to control more companies, forming a tight monopoly, in which every subsidiary is a part of the traditional group.

When it is not necessary, it will not be easily divided.

But Lynch's investment company is different. No subsidiary is inseparable from it. As long as there are enough interests, it can invest in subsidiaries, promote the listing of subsidiaries and then sell them.

Or directly split and package.

In short, as long as it can make money, it will do it. It seems... not as stable as a traditional investment company.

Once it holds shares in a company, it will continue to hold it, no matter how it operates, as long as there is no huge trouble that will affect the parent company, it will not easily abandon these subsidiaries.

These subsidiaries are like root systems that firmly grasp the soil, block the enemy's invasion, and then try their best to provide nutrients for the upper-level company. This is the composition of the traditional consortium.

In fact, the traditional consortium still prefers the real industry, which is also to strengthen the monopoly or control of the industry.

Subsidiaries can form a complementary relationship with the parent company or other subsidiaries in terms of business, thus forming an ecological circle.

For example, a consortium like Xingmengdie mainly focuses on the operation and development of mineral resources, so they have their own smelter, their own transportation system, and their own rough processing factory.

This has formed an industrial ecological chain, which has built upstream and downstream industries around some core industries, and it is more inclined to production.

The investment company formed by Lynch is different. It is more inclined to the operation of capital and purely financial operations. It seems that it does not have such a heavy precipitation, but in fact it has shaken off the heaviest burden.

For example, with the development and progress of the society and the recovery of the economy, workers' wages will become an increasingly heavy cost for enterprises in the future.

There are also research and development costs for innovative companies, etc., which will be heavy expenses.

The current Light of Tomorrow does not have more contact with these companies. When a company cannot provide income for the Light of Tomorrow, it will be mercilessly abandoned.

There is not so much warmth in the world of capital, and this is bound to be a trend in future development.

This is not to say that the industry is not good enough. On the contrary, it is very necessary and valuable for a large group company to have an excellent and stable industry as the foundation.

In the final analysis, the core of capital is to pursue more profits. Lynch will completely separate the industry from the capital. Companies are strung together.

If it is not necessary, or if some accident occurs, whether it is the Bright Future Investment Company or the subsidiaries invested by it, they can quickly cut off the connection with each other.

It is more changeable, more flexible, and more indifferent!
When people talk about the consortium chaired by Mr. Patu, they may think of many affiliated companies related to this group company.

But when people talk about Lynch and his investment company, the only thing that impresses them is this company!

(End of this chapter)