A Sense of Ceremony

After the miscellaneous items were finished, there were various transfer documents. Since Mr. He Bosi was dead, no one would question the legality of these transfer documents, and they had already acquired full value.

All he needed to do was submit copies to the countries where these industries were located for registration and declaration of the transfer of ownership, and all the assets would belong to Lin Qi.

The bank also helped with these tasks. As a senior client of Jinhui Bank, Lin Qi was treated like Sugar Daddy, with the bank taking meticulous care of him and ensuring that every hair on his body exuded satisfaction.

The inventory and subsequent storage work lasted for more than an hour, followed by packing. In the presence of Lin Qi and Carl, and with the video recording, different items were packed into different drawer-style, removable small safes, and then registered with numbers and lists.

If Lin Qi suddenly has any needs in the future, such as needing that Yellow Gem the size of a child's fist carved into a lion's head, the bank can send the safe over without opening it so that Lin Qi can open it himself.

After the entire service was completed, it was already noon, Carl warmly invited Lin Qi to have dinner together.

They ate in the restaurant on the third floor of the Jin Hui Bank headquarters. It's hard for most people to imagine that the Jinhui Bank headquarters has a restaurant specifically for entertaining clients. Not only is the decor satisfactory, but the chef is also quite skilled.

As soon as they entered the restaurant, Mr. Carl exclaimed, "We're lucky!" He then explained to Lin Qi the reason for his exclamation, "Our chef for the time being is a chef from a Small Country who serves the royal family. He wants to come to the Federal to enjoy his retirement, so he comes here for a period of time each year to prepare some dishes for the bank's distinguished clients."

He tilted his head to face Lin Qi, lowering his voice slightly, "You know, the cook isn't in our Skilled Worker Immigration program..."

In addition to Investment Immigration and Labor Immigration, there is another immigration option in the Federal open immigration program: Skilled Worker Immigration. People with a skill can quickly obtain permanent residency, but first you must have a skill.

You can be a building engineer, a doctor with many years of experience, or a scientist, but you can't be a cook.

Federal residency is not as easy to obtain as one might imagine. The lower classes have always been the most opposed to open immigration policies because new immigrants would take their jobs and shrink their living space. Working-class people often hold various marches and demonstrations against immigration policies, organized by certain individuals.

For Federal politicians to achieve a successful political career, they must gain public support. Since the working class is the largest group in the Federal, most politicians will not risk being targeted by this largest group by advocating for a complete liberalization of immigration.

Since it cannot be completely liberalized, each type of immigrant must follow the application process they are given.

Those applying for Investment Immigration must invest real money in real businesses or finance; those applying for Skilled Worker Immigration must participate in jobs requiring technical skills; and those applying for Labor Immigration must work diligently.

The Labor Immigration review system is very strict, and there are also strict regulations for applicants in the observation period, such as that they must engage in certain jobs and cannot work less than a certain number of hours.

This has led to a situation where some elderly people who are waiting for approval are still engaged in heavy physical labor.

This somewhat famous and skilled chef clearly didn't want to be subject to such strict management. Fortunately, some members of the bank's Board of Directors had eaten his food and knew him, which allowed him to enter as a "Skilled Worker Immigration."

In return, he must set aside time each year to prepare exquisite dishes for the bank's guests.

"I'm really looking forward to it!" Lin Qi appropriately displayed his gentle and approachable attitude, and Carl's smile widened.

After the two sat down, Lin Qi took out two cufflinks from his pocket and handed them over, saying, "I noticed that your cufflinks don't quite match your clothes. Perhaps these would be more suitable."

Sunlight streaming in from the window cuts into the gemstone mirror of the cufflink at a specific angle, reflecting a deep blue halo on the other end, as pure as the sky and as deep as the sea.

Blue seems to possess a natural, magical power to calm people down, and it deeply attracts people.

Carl touched his cufflinks, his gaze lingering for a moment on the pair of gemstone cufflinks that projected a Deep Blue glow.

He knew how much these cufflinks cost; they weren't particularly expensive, around 120,000, but the maker was very famous in the industry, so the price of these cufflinks couldn't be calculated simply.

If someone likes it and is also wealthy, they might offer an even higher price.

This is a good pair of things, Carl knew it perfectly well.

He hesitated for less than three seconds, then smiled and said "thank you," before calmly replacing his own pair with these cufflinks, not forgetting to praise how well they suited him.

"You know, for us, every day at work is a very formal and ceremonial occasion. These cufflinks will definitely enhance my work. They're fantastic, I love them, thank you, Lin Qi!"

"We are friends, and friends should be generous to each other, and you have helped me so much." Lin Qi rested his elbows on the armrests of the chair, leaned back slightly, and loosely interlaced his fingers.

He withdrew his hand, flipped his wrist, and said, "You're more suited to it than I am."

It really was just an insignificant little thing, but for both Lin Qi and Carl, its significance far outweighed its value.

For a bank shareholder and Senior Partner like Carl, a few hundred thousand dollars worth of cufflinks is not a burden. He can afford to buy them and enjoy them. But buying them for himself and receiving them as gifts are two different things, and it has nothing to do with money.

With this tone in mind, the atmosphere between the two was very harmonious.

Carl then introduced Lin Qi to some delicious food and had the chef prepare lunch for Lin Qi.

As they prepared, Carl glanced around. There were no fools sitting at the tables near them, but Carl still lowered his voice slightly. "You know what? The Financial Supervisory Authority is internally discussing and preparing to approve an economic stimulus plan."

Lin Qi, who was shaking his napkin, paused for a moment, but quickly resumed his movements. He spread the napkin out and shook his head. "I don't know much about these things. I haven't heard of them. Do you have any information?"

This statement is essentially meaningless, but the sense of social ritual is very important in the Federal, and it can be considered part of the social culture.

The question-and-answer format fosters a more immersive social experience, creating a stronger sense of community and fostering closer relationships.

Carl nodded. "There's been a lot of good news from Nagaril, and you've also finalized a bunch of business contracts with Gefra. Many entrepreneurs are ready to make a big splash, but you know, everyone's situation is very difficult right now."

He said this with a smile on his face. It was more than just difficult. Not long ago, Bu Peien had sent down a "Human Rain." People on the higher floors had to line up before they even reached the rooftop, jumping off one after another as if possessed by a demon, like the end of the world.

This devastating blow to Galil also dealt another heavy blow to financial investors in the Federal, who had not yet recovered from the previous disaster and were hit hard again.

There are now all sorts of contracts and favorable plans, but not everyone can actually set up a business.

Take the business cooperation with Gefra as an example. Everyone fought for the same treatment as Gefra merchants for the Federal merchants, but you always need money as start-up capital for bidding.

Or, for various foreign trade orders or commercial orders, the other party has paid a deposit, and you yourself need some money to reorganize production, right? This is the biggest problem right now. The idea is perfect, but the reality is too damn harsh.

These Federal Government initiatives are not intended to make the top trusts in various sectors stronger. Mr. Truman even expressed strong demands in a closed-door meeting to reduce the proportion of large conglomerates in these cooperative projects and business orders!

It is said that he had a very unpleasant argument with some capitalists' representatives after the meeting because some people had their eyes on these lucrative opportunities and hoped to use lobbying groups to swallow most of the orders themselves before they were even distributed.

Regardless of what happens later, the current message is that large conglomerates will have to step aside. Apart from a few important multinational business collaborations that only large conglomerates can complete, other orders will be allocated to the wider society, giving more ordinary people opportunities.

This was an extremely wise decision, limiting the unchecked expansion of top-level capital power and allowing all the positive news to fully benefit the Lower-Middle Class. However, it also presents some problems.

Of all the problems, the biggest one is that we don't have money!

The wealthy are still a minority in the general public. Two financial disasters and an Economic Tsunami directly destroyed the financial reserves of the Federal lower class, causing a large number of factories to go bankrupt and a large number of Middle Class to fall into poverty overnight.

Currently, there are orders but no capacity to start production. Therefore, after discussions among multiple Federal departments, the Big Six Banks and the Financial Supervisory Commission and other institutions jointly came up with a solution that would allow those who want to start a business but do not have the money to obtain funding.

Seeing Carl's somewhat mysterious demeanor, Lin Qi became a little interested. "Are you planning to loosen lending restrictions?"

If anyone still has enough money to support the development of this country and society, then without a doubt, it is the six major Federal banks.

Carl shook his head. "No, the banks don't have any money either. You know the government requires us to promote Credit Loan, and now we can't recover many Bad Debt. We don't have any money."

"We may not have money, but society does!"

Are there any Delphi experts here?