October 10th—another year, another birthday.
For most young people, birthdays were very important days.
The elderly, on the other hand, generally did not like celebrating their birthdays very much.
If they insisted on celebrating anyway, there were usually only a few possible reasons. Sometimes, a birthday celebration was no longer merely a birthday celebration.
Lin Qi had a mature soul inside a young body. In truth, he had not really wanted to celebrate his birthday these past two years either.
He already possessed sufficient status, prestige, and strength. He no longer needed to use his birthday to expand his influence.
Some people, however, very much wanted him to celebrate. There were also other interests involved.
A little after eight in the morning, Penny came downstairs in a beautiful outfit.
At the same time, she was putting on her earrings.
Not many of the political and business figures Lin Qi had invited today had come. With the war and the influx of foreign capital, Lin Qi had no particularly important matters requiring their presence, so they avoided coming whenever possible.
Of course, the gifts still had to be delivered. The people did not have to come, since they could always claim to be busy.
But if neither the person nor the gift arrived, that would truly be too discourteous.
Thus, Lin Qi had handed this year's invitation list to Penny. After discussing it briefly with him, she produced a reasonably acceptable list of invitees.
There were several rather formidable "Interviewing Politicians" on the list, a new category of politicians that was rapidly emerging.
They differed from the Federal politicians of the past. Quite a few of them had never actually held any significant power.
Whether inside or outside their parties.
But they were very good at promoting and packaging themselves. They