Now We Can Finally Talk Business Properly

From afternoon to evening, the lively atmosphere in the venue never subsided for even a moment. People were vying to raise their paddles, and the atmosphere reached its peak, especially when the two apartments were being auctioned.

Many people come here just to participate; they don't really think they can win the bid for these two villas, but everyone needs a little fantasy, right? This only made the atmosphere more enthusiastic, and it continued until the event ended. Some people were still actively asking when the next auction would be held and what it would include.

This auction, which had captivated many, did not disappoint Lin Qi. The transaction amount of 610,000 set a new record for the highest transaction volume in the history of the Interstellar Trade Company's second-hand auctions. Noah, the investors hidden in the scene, and even the mayor of Sabine City who was waiting for the results all breathed a sigh of relief.

The results in Kuli Lan City are, to some extent, representative of the general results in other cities. Their transaction volumes may not have been as high as today's, but their value is still evident.

People have high expectations for these auctions. In fact, the most direct way to know whether a policy is popular is to see how many people are willing to spend money on it voluntarily.

Behind the transaction amount of 610,000 is the possibility that these buyers saved themselves at least 400,000 yuan from their budgets, not only satisfying their consumption desires and needs for some daily necessities, but also easing their financial burden.

People will buy these things because they like them, know their value and benefits.

Reporters surrounded Lin Qi, with Richard beside him, while Catherine stood outside the crowd, not really fitting into the shot.

Occasionally, reporters would take photos of her standing with Lin Qi, which could be seen as a young woman's flirtatious nature.

However, if Catherine stands with him in a situation that is almost a public interview, it sends the wrong signal to the public, making people mistakenly believe that they are still together.

In fact, neither Lin Qi nor Catherine is ready to embrace this identity.

For Lin Qi, dating is no longer his main job, and even if he let Catherine into his life, they would eventually break up halfway through for many reasons.

An organization once conducted a survey and found that among highly educated married people, couples with similar educational backgrounds lasted longer than couples with one highly educated and the other less educated.

This survey also raises another question, "Are shared interests, similar levels of understanding, and smooth communication necessary prerequisites for maintaining a marriage?"

To put it simply, as Lin Qi's pace quickened and Catherine could no longer keep up, even Lin Qi Lin Qi out to pull her, she gradually became nothing more than a superfluous burden in Lin Qi's life.

Even if Lin Qi doesn't abandon her, she will eventually leave on her own, because more and more outstanding women will appear around Lin Qi. As she gradually feels inferior in the face of these women's dazzling personas, she will only feel self-conscious and desperate.

The same was true for Catherine. Looking at Lin Qi in the center of the crowd, apart from being familiar with his body, she actually felt a sense of estrangement and unfamiliarity towards him.

Although they sometimes feel very familiar with each other, when he starts to get serious, Catherine feels that someone else is more suitable.

She didn't know how to describe this feeling. Perhaps this was what they called growing up. She also wanted to grow up, to grow up to the level that Lin Qi could reach, and then unveil his mask to see which one was the real him.

She is not ready for these things yet. She needs to use this thought as a source of motivation to urge herself to grow and mature as soon as possible. Only in this way can she figure out what happened that changed her and this most familiar stranger.

Watching Lin Qi's retreating figure, Catherine sighed silently. Sometimes being too outstanding isn't a good thing.

Back in high school, it was the same. Lin Qi was the only student in the entire school who could enjoy the air conditioning in the teachers' office while eating lunch. He was also the object of many girls' affections. You can imagine how much pressure Catherine must have felt dating him under those circumstances! Now, she feels that pressure again because a bunch of sluts are on their way. She needs to step up her game!

Meanwhile, Lin Qi was chatting and laughing with the media and reporters, saying, "Of course, we have created a new miracle, but our purpose in creating this miracle is not to make it the benchmark for us, or for the entire industry..."

This statement is indeed a bit too definitive, but journalists seem to enjoy this kind of argument. News without sensational elements lacks appeal, and whether readers buy into it is unimportant; what matters is that their press release fees will decrease.

"... The purpose of our miracles is to create a new miracle in the future to defeat it!"

Lin Qi tilted his head slightly. His smile, his handsome appearance, and his feigned maturity made it difficult for people to dislike him, even if some thought he was exaggerating! He smiled confidently at the camera, his eyes filled with a kind of indomitable spirit, "The only thing that can defeat us is ourselves!"

This statement ignited the reporters' enthusiasm, as did the gifts Lin Qi later sent them: some inexpensive small items and a voucher for an experience.

Using this voucher, one can claim a secondhand item worth no more than fifty dollars from the Interstellar Trade Company's secondhand goods catalog for permanent use. The reporters were overjoyed, and almost instinctively gave Lin Qi a very positive image in their reports.

As the crowd gradually dispersed, Lin Qi arranged for someone to take Catherine home. He had many things to do that evening and might be late.

After seeing Catherine off, Lin Qi asked Richard to celebrate the Young Men' success.

When the Young Men arrived at a place filled with delicious food, fine wine, beautiful women, and plenty of money, they instantly shed their civilized facade and became rough and wild.

It has to be said that Richard is truly Lin Qi's closest candidate to the definition of "success," without exception; at least so far, no one has come close to it.

He was capable when it came to work, and he was also quite wild when it came to having fun. He even had someone crumple up money and fill a single rubber tub with it, then placed two chairs inside.

From the outside, the money looked like water. He had the girls stand on two chairs, half-squatting, and use a special method to take the money. Each person only had one chance, and whatever they got was theirs.

The crazier these lunatics go, the more they become inseparable from this kind of life, and from Lin Qi's company and Lynch himself.

After having a few drinks at the event, Lin Qi encouraged everyone and then left. The hotel staff informed him that the people he was waiting for had all arrived.

He tidied himself up a bit, took off his coat on the balcony in the corridor and shook it to get rid of the strong smell of smoke and alcohol. After waiting a while, he strolled into a small conference room in the hotel.

There were about a dozen people already seated in the meeting room. More than half of them were from Sabine City. They were the Progressive Party Capitalists who Lin Qi had initially contacted and wanted to invest.

The other group consists of local investors, who are also members of the Progressive Party.

Often, capitalists don't take choosing a political camp very seriously. As long as there's profit to be made, they can change their political stance at any time, like that President Neo who's secretly laughing.

These people, recommended by Noah and having personally attended the auction, came here hoping to get a share of the profits from the deal.

In an economic recession, everyone is losing money. Agriculture and animal husbandry are almost entirely controlled by large conglomerates and major economies. No industry dares to claim that it can make a profit without losses. So now that a business that can make money against the tide and is touted as a "People-Benefiting Policy" has suddenly emerged, they naturally want to get involved.

For no other reason than to preserve the money in my hands during this Tidal Wave, so that I can leave some seeds for the future.

Lin Qi was very satisfied with the current situation. When he heard that two groups of people wanted to see him, he asked the hotel to arrange for the two groups to meet together.

Competition is the source of miracles, and this saying is very apt for any game involving money.

Seeing the two groups of people clearly divided into two sides, Lin Qi smiled and sat down on a sofa with a private seat, and had a cup of coffee brought to him.

While waiting for his coffee, he rested his elbow on the sofa armrest, propped his chin up, and looked at the people with a smile. "I believe we will get along very well in the future!"

The thought that these people were about to transfer money to him made Lin Qi find them endearing.

Sometimes he wonders if there's something wrong with him, having experienced so much in his past life, why can't he let go of it?

He had considered this question before. Wealth is nothing more than a string of numbers, and that's how it is to him. He has countless ways to create one miracle after another in this still somewhat backward world.

But so what? In the end, he came to terms with it. After all, he was just an ordinary person who could never escape those numbers and the glitz and glamour of life.

He reveled in the public spectacle; he loved it when these dignified men stood before him, bowed their heads, and earnestly called out, "Mr. Lin Qi!"