blackstone code

Chapter 1399 Some things are not the more the better
Lynch is a very special person.

Mr. Patu's real willingness to become friends with Lynch is based on the fact that Lynch was personally canonized by Emperor Gafla.

Because he is an aristocrat, a real aristocrat, an aristocrat without any fictional elements, and although the Akiner family is also a "noble family", its authenticity is doubtful.

The legends circulating outside are the biggest proof of doubts. No one has ever pointed to a nobleman in Gefra and said that there is something wrong with this guy's noble title.

Because everyone knows that their noble titles come from the emperor's personal canonization.

Yes, or no, there is a legacy.

Who is the heir of each generation, and under the witness of which nobles, they have obtained the emperor's permission to inherit and confer titles. These are all inherited and recorded.

Every generation is like this, so who is aristocratic and who is not, can't be fake.

But the Akiner family is different. They just keep talking about their ancestors. The first Earl Akiner was the first pioneers on this continent and the only nobleman.

They can also list who the head of each generation is, when they succeeded to the throne, and when they passed on the throne.

But... this kind of thing, you say it is enough?
There are no more noble witnesses, no royal canonization, sometimes you say yes, it may not be!
People prefer to believe that Akiner was originally a lowly guard of the nobles, and killed the real Earl Akiner to take his place in order to seize the property of the nobles, and they are unwilling to believe that the blood flowing in the Akiner family It is true noble blood!
So Mr. Patu needed some Austrian aid. He tried to open up the situation from Gefra, but obviously he was born and raised on the Federation side, and he didn't understand the brain circuits of the nobles.

Those poor nobles would rather starve to death than prove something they didn't know - the Akiner family has noble blood!
Yes, they didn't want to admit it, and those nobles who really had the power to rule did not look down on Mr. Patu, so this matter has been dragged on.

Lynch became the second aristocrat of the Akiner family outside of the Continent of the Federation, and was conferred by the emperor himself. As long as he admits that the Akiner family is a nobleman, many rumors will end!

This is also the core of Mr. Patu's acceptance of Lynch as his equal. In the final analysis, it still has something to do with some interests.

Until the silver case broke out, Lynch's outrageous end made Mr. Patu gulp at the countless benefits. In the end, the expression on his face, like ice that would not melt for countless ages, finally changed.

It's better to say that it's a secret output behind the scenes than joining forces with Lynch, but it also gave him a lot of benefits.

The two sides have made great strides in the pursuit of interests, so they have the foundation to truly become good friends.

Like Lynch and Mr. Wardrick, there has to be something to bridge the gap between them.

Faced with Lynch's question at this time, Mr. Patu pondered for a while, his tone did not look like a storm, but in fact he said softly like a thunderstorm, "You know, there are always many mine disasters every year."

"There are mining disasters in mines, and there are mining disasters in oil fields..."

When science and technology were not developed enough, underground mining was indeed a very dangerous job. It can be said that everyone was playing with their lives.

Although those structural designers told the mine owners and miners every day that the internal tunnels they designed were absolutely impossible to collapse, and the mine owners also found out at this time that they used high-quality materials.

But when it is time for a mining disaster, the mining disaster will never stop.

Landslides, water seepage, the most common situation, every mine disaster can take away the lives of many people and cause huge economic losses to resource companies.

They need to pay various pensions, to heal the scars they have brought to society, and to pay various fines and various payments.

The mining area will be temporarily closed for a safety assessment, until the investigation team in charge of the investigation believes that it is no longer a big threat, and can only be reopened after some supervision and rectification.

That period, which could last for several months, would be enough to cut off the flood of cash that oil fields bring in.

As for why there is a problem in the oil field, even the oil tank has a problem, that is another question.

Mr. Patu told Lynch frankly that he could use some tricks not allowed by the legal rules to deal with these industries, which is to show that he is willing to have a deeper cooperation with Lynch.

In fact, looking at the upper echelons of the entire Federation, "plundering" is often illegal, but the law has given them a legal cloak.

Just like before the Great Depression, the federal government known as the "capital engine" had excess capacity, growth began to fall, and various aspects of society began to expose some problems, and a large amount of funds began to withdraw.

In order to keep the money from leaving the federation, the federal government and large companies in various regions have tried their best to "retain" these companies.

The methods are a bit low-handed, nothing more than various lawsuits, various punishments, various methods of capital and political collusion, everyone knows that these methods may not be legal, but at this moment the law turns a blind eye to them, then they are It's all legal!

To some extent, this sentence is actually true.

The purpose of the law is to protect the rights and interests of ordinary people, and keeping these foreign-funded enterprises is also to protect the rights and interests of ordinary people.

Only this time, the target of the federal government is not those foreign-funded enterprises, but the Duncan family. With the help of the federal government, Mr. Patu's idea will definitely be realized.

Lynch nodded, "You are an expert in this area, and you must know how to avoid these tragedies from happening."

It was a very cautious statement, but fortunately, Mr. Patu could understand, and he also expressed some extra thoughts of his own.

"Actually, I'm not very interested in these resource businesses..."

Seeing the dubious expression on Lynch's face, Mr. Patu explained.

"Now our family, and under the name of the group company, already have a lot of resource industries. We have two of the five major oil fields in the Federation, the Duncan family has two, and one belongs to the Northern Energy Company."

"If I, or the group company, get these two oil fields again, it means that we have the right to distribute and price the oil output in the federal territory. You know, this has violated the federal law..."

The Antitrust Act is designed to address these things, as long as the federal government and the Department of Justice believe that you have de facto control over the industry in which you operate, then there is a monopoly.

After further investigation, it is found that there is indeed a monopoly phenomenon, then the next step is to file a case for investigation, then impose a huge fine, and finally split the relevant company to allow more investors to buy shares.

This is the federal law of the game. You can make money, but you can’t close the door and make money by yourself. You have to open the door and let everyone make money together. Only then can you legally “monopoly” this industry.

The "Anti-Monopoly Law" looks like a joke in some respects. It cannot be said that because a company is split into several companies and then recruits a group of social investors, it is not a monopoly to continue to engage in this industry.

If the core controlling members of a company remain unchanged, even if it is split into one hundred or one thousand companies, it is still a monopoly.

It's just that its monopoly becomes less conspicuous, and people will be overshadowed by the "internal competitiveness" they see.

This is like the Congress - a monopoly of political resources, but politicians use the rules to protect themselves legally, so that people do not realize that Congress is always an absolute expression of political monopoly!

That's what Mr. Patu means. He runs two oil fields, and the business he is doing now is legal.

But if he runs four oil fields, then his business becomes illegal, which is funny, but that's the reality.

Sometimes big shots have to abide by the rules of the game, because they make the rules, and when they want more people to abide by them, they must first obey them themselves.

If you don't follow the rules you make yourself, how can you make others follow them willingly?
"so?"

Mr. Patu smiled, "I am very interested in their security company, and some other industries, some emerging industries."

"Families like ours, financial groups, are actually facing a problem that is difficult to transform. This incident is an opportunity for us."

"We can get the best possible result at a lower price and cost!"

Directly plundering some mature emerging industries from the Duncan family is tantamount to helping his family avoid many failures in the process of transformation and innovation, and directly enjoy the fruits of success.

If these industries do not shrink, then Mr. Patu will increase investment to build these emerging industries into future family pillar industries, and improve the scale and chain around these industries.

In this way, even if they encounter the financial tsunami in previous years, they can persist.

Lynch thought for a while, "It's just not enough to contribute in this area. You have to understand that the more we give, the more we get!"

"Honestly anyone can do what you said, so you have to come up with something real, money, or resources, or whatever!"

If you set off a few fires and do some destruction, you can get millions of industries, and there will be no poor people in this world.

Lynch discussed with Mr. Patu for several hours before leaving. Before leaving, he noticed that there were a lot of concentrates in Mr. Patu's horse farm, including soybeans, and he asked for some.

Those sun-dried soybeans are yellow in color, and some people call them soybeans.

Soybeans have always been high-quality crops and can be used in many places.

Even in supermarkets, you can see all kinds of canned soybeans.

Even in the relief food distributed by the government now, soybeans will always be the most important crop.

Inexpensive, high in nutritional value, these are enough!
(End of this chapter)