A small round table was surrounded by five well-dressed men, who were concentrating on playing poker in their hands.

Gambling is always an effective way to quickly build relationships. When Lynch, who officially entered the community, first expressed his desire to hold a small friendship card meeting at a community event, he quickly attracted the attention of some people.

Thanks to Lynch's frequent appearances in the newspapers recently, and even the head of the investigation team of the Sabine City Tax Bureau, some people may subconsciously avoid excessive close contact with him, but some people are willing to get close to him.

The tax bureau is the enemy of every high-income group. Someone can make the tax bureau fall for it. For these people who rack their brains to avoid tax every month, it is definitely a happy thing for them.

What's more, being able to move into this community also means that at least Lynch already has the ability to talk to them on an equal footing at an economic level, and they don't mind broadening their personal connections.

In such an environment and atmosphere, this first association of card members was successfully held.

This is a game that is different from any game that Lynch knows in another world. It has five players, each with ten cards. The rules are simple, and the core is the exchange. Card.

Before the game starts, everyone has to put up an ending card for themselves. After the final hand is formed, they must meet the requirements of the card type they put forward, and then score and deduct points according to the size of everyone's card type.

In addition to the "cards" used for the exchange, there are also points from the game. Before the game, everyone took out two hundred yuan, of which one hundred yuan became their bottom score - one hundred.

The remaining 100 yuan will become the public points in the point pool, that is, the remaining five percent.

After the game is over, everyone can get the same amount of money in their hands.

This is a very popular game that has swept the whole world. Many people think that it has the core foundation of commercial trade. Every game is a fierce trade war. Everyone represents a company, a The chamber of commerce is even a group, and the points pool represents the bank.

Victory is not just as simple as winning as much as possible, because the transaction of points often occurs in the process of changing cards. This is a real game. Sometimes the person who wins all the time loses money in the end, and always loses. The guy who probably won some more.

The name of this kind of gameplay is called "Piava", which is a word with many meanings. It can be regarded as the "payment" at the core of the game, or it can be regarded as the "request" after victory. Its charm is unparalleled. Can stop, swept the world.

Not far from these gentlemen, a few ladies were sitting on rattan chairs near the floor-to-ceiling windows, sipping first-class scented tea and competing for beauty.

Of course, their topics are always inseparable from those fashionable things, from fashion conferences, to the jewelry design exhibition of the new season, to the newly released movies and the movements of some star politicians.

Sometimes it's hard for men to find that their wives are so well-informed and multi-talented, as if they know a little bit about everything, and it's completely different from the stupidity and ignorance of being alone together.

Just like when women sit together, their vanity grows and starts to compete, so when men sit together, they talk about something, not just at the poker table, but also outside the poker table.

"The economic development index in the first half of the year dropped by another 11 percentage points compared with last year. The economic recession is already very obvious. How long do you think it will last?"

The one who spoke was a gentleman sitting opposite Doolin. He was wearing a shirt with silver trimmings. At this time, he tucked up his sleeves in a less elegant manner, and the thick body hair on his arms was exposed, giving a very strange look. Feel.

It's like..., an orangutan disguised as a human and mixed in between us.

He is a factory owner. The low labor and various expenses in second-tier cities have become the favorite places for factory owners to gather. Opening a factory in a second-tier city can save a considerable amount of various expenses compared to opening a factory in a first-tier city.

Land use costs, warehouse rental management costs, including the largest expenditure, labor costs.

Another gentleman shook his head, "We all feel that the market is shrinking rapidly, commodities cannot be sold, and profit margins are declining, but the financial market is still very prosperous. It is said that the Bayer Industrial Index has created a new high!"

The other gentlemen, including Lynch, couldn't help laughing. The laughter was full of ridicule. Maybe they didn't know why they had such emotions and why they laughed.

They just rely on their own feelings to think that these things are not normal. The stagnation or even regression of economic development not only does not affect the performance of the financial market, but instead frequently creates miracles. There is a problem here.

In fact, long before Lynch crossed over, some economists had expressed their views that the federal economy would soon be hit hard, but most people ignored these views in a frenzy that seemed to be brainwashed.

The armistice around the world has brought the long-lost peace to the world. Most people's view is that the war is gone, people start to develop the economy, and the economy will only get better and better, not worse.

Some economists put forward the unheard of "topping and rebounding" in a timely manner, which has successfully become the only perception in the eyes of the public. They believe that the current short-term downturn is just the whole society digesting the economic achievements, and soon The economy will usher in another round of rapid development.

People are willing to believe those statements that are beneficial to them, even if they know deep down that it may not be true, they have to force themselves to believe that it is true.

The gentleman sitting on Lynch's left took out a card and put it on the table. Now it was his turn to call, "One point, I need a Ⅸ◆......", he picked it up and put it on the ashtray. The solid color he was wearing took a sip and slowly spit it out, "If the financial market always maintains such a high momentum, it may continue for a long time."

After he said this, the other gentleman took out nines of diamonds and threw it to him, and took from him his exchange cards and a chip representing one point.

The game is still going on, and everyone knows very well that the unexpected prosperity of the financial market means that many people are still benefiting. The gains in the financial market make up for the current situation that they are losing, and there is even a large surplus, so more money Begin to flow into the financial market from the real economy.

The digital game market has become more prosperous because of the rapid inflow of hot money. Many business owners are shrinking their physical business and putting money into the financial market to make money with money, which is better than waiting for those things that cannot be sold to be paid back. Much simpler.

The gentlemen in this room almost all have their own stock accounts and futures accounts. In addition to socializing around every day, they listen to stock brokers or futures brokers telling them how much money they have earned today.

Although they have been making money, they are still worried that this is a phenomenon that goes against common sense, but they don't know what to do. Unknown ahead.

"By the way, Lynch, can I call you that?" After getting Lynch's confirmation, the guy who spoke continued, "What business are you in?"

Lynch and another gentleman reached an agreement to exchange, and while sorting out the sorting in his hand, he replied, "I have a service company and an auction house. If you have any good business that can take care of me, please come to me at any time. I."

People are always curious about things they don't know, "Auction houses? Is it easy to make money in this industry?"

Lynch shook his head, "No bank is easy, gentlemen, all we earn is hard-earned money."

People asked some more questions, like the name of Lynch's auction house, and lost interest when they heard that Lynch's auction house was not aimed at serving the upper and middle classes of society.

Of course, the poker game continues...