Darkstone Code

Chapter 1040 - 1038: A New Round of Harvest and the Gospel Project

The empty room held only a large table. Lynch increasingly liked this style of extreme minimalism.

No decoration was needed, no flashy things to display the room’s grandeur or the prestige of the people within; that was the lowest form of display.

As long as Lynch was there, any place was desirable, worthy of respect.

"It seems our shareholders have undergone some new changes."

Lynch looked at some unfamiliar faces and couldn’t help but smile. Future Light Investment Company’s internal mechanisms were functioning very well.

The internal merger and acquisition competition mechanism was steadily proceeding. From the initial over a hundred shareholders to now seemingly only forty or fifty, about a hundred shareholders had been eliminated in this process of filtering out the weak.

Replacing them were strong shareholders, the appearance of this fresh blood meant some financial giants were also entering the scene.

Not selling shares to strangers outside the company ensured every stock was traceable, which also meant it was granted special inheritance characteristics.

Where everyone’s shares came from and to whom they were transferred was all very clear.

This prevented certain accidents, such as someone secretly trying to steal the fruits of victory. When these people first appear, Lynch could spot them.

And during the transmission of these stocks, the people holding them would become increasingly better.

Now it seems there are forty or fifty people, maybe in some time, there will be thirty or forty, and then twenty or so.

Having twenty or thirty major shareholders already satisfies Lynch’s requirements. Subsequently, releasing some equity and recruiting some shareholders, the entire consortium’s prototype would be completed.

The core is a group of big capitalists with countless wealth, around which a group of medium-level capitalists would form a perfect capital ecological chain.

Every penny squeezed out would circulate through every link and eventually return to the hands of the laborers. Just these people could satisfy such a cycle.

A penny is still a penny, but everyone in each link went through the process of gaining—giving—harvesting.

The internal circulation is always impressive; if achieved, it truly is remarkable.

Some shareholders smiled at Lynch, with expressions full of "I am honored to be here" on their faces.

Lynch admired himself; he could interpret such complex expressions.

"Alright, we can put introductions together. There’s only one reason for this gathering."

"That is the investment issue of Darkstone Airlines."

"I personally am willing to release twenty percent of the shares to Future Light Investment Company, to vote according to our respective shareholding proportions."

"If the vote passes, we will conduct a comprehensive assessment of Darkstone Airlines, using the final assessment results as the final index for calculation."

"I have some irresponsible speculation...", he pursed his lips and smiled, everyone could see his unstoppable confidence, "The total market value of Darkstone Airlines in the next five to ten years might exceed fifty billion!"

Twenty percent of fifty billion is ten billion Federation Sol.

All the gentlemen present showed a solemn expression, which quickly transformed into excitement.

They are not afraid of a company’s high market value, they only fear a company is too cheap.

Too cheap means it is meaningless, whereas a continually breaking through market value means their profits would be very high.

As for whether more money would be extracted?

That is not a problem!

The financial market and capital methods gave them many ways to gather enough money. Cross-holding is the simplest way, bank loans also work.

I buy things with money borrowed from the bank, then mortgage the items back to the bank. Annually, I only need to pay some interest.

This playstyle is indeed unsuitable for long-term holding, but for short-term opportunists, it suffices.

These shareholders with insufficiently strong capabilities would employ this method and find successors for these stocks.

Once they find successors, they don’t need to pay much interest, while still relying on these stocks to make a profit.

This is Lynch’s filtering mechanism, only strong capitalists are qualified to "survive" this game about seats.

The expressions of gentlemen seated by the table varied, some seemed indifferent, but their continuous examination of others’ eyes betrayed them.

Some expressed great interest, but their continuously upward-looking eyes betrayed them as well.

This time’s selection would likely remove ten people from this room, and they wouldn’t be seen here afterward.

Lynch observed for a while before continuing, "Darkstone Airlines acquired billions worth of orders from the Ministry of Defense before even being established and this time received foreign military sales authorization."

"Currently, more than twenty countries are inquiring about purchasing new bombers. Our expected sales volume is over a thousand units."

"Maybe you’re not sensitive to this number. Let me put it into a more straightforward number; the sale price is about ten to fifteen billion."

The shareholders collectively gasped, and someone couldn’t help but ask, "Mr. Lynch, approximately how much profit is there per plane?"

"About thirty-five points."

People were once again shocked by this enormous profit, which meant Darkstone Airlines was about to have over a hundred million in pure profit.

Forget about mid-term market value assessment of fifty billion; they even thought a hundred billion was possible.

They had seen products of higher interest rates, but high-interest products weren’t often sold well, for example, sewing needles.

Tens or hundreds of times the profit, yet no one was heard of becoming the world’s richest by selling sewing needles.

The market and demand restrained people’s ability to become richer.

Planes are different; such items don’t compare to traditional goods. Its market has no issues, and now it’s still a seller’s market.

As long as Darkstone Airlines could continually launch replacement products and competitive products, it meant Darkstone Airlines’ market would never saturate, and products could always be sold!

"I agree!"

Someone raised a hand, others also followed suit to indicate agreement.

Soon over half of the shareholders voted in favor, passing the resolution.

Using about ten billion to acquire shares, and then immediately obtaining a sixty million dividend in return, this was decidedly worth it!

Lynch nodded, withdrew his hand, "Very well, it seems everyone is very interested in this project, so next, as usual, we will increase capital proportionately."

"If someone cannot furnish the corresponding money, they may transfer their stocks to friends who can provide the funds, and if there’s still a gap, I will supplement it privately."

"But everyone’s shareholding ratio will decrease!"

"We have one month to handle this matter, hope that the next meeting doesn’t see anyone leaving here!"

Then Lynch had someone report the situation at Every Moment. They had acquired Every Moment shares, which was currently profitable, bringing the company over two million in profit in just two months.

And they didn’t need to do much, occasionally pushing marketing for Every Moment was sufficient.

Someone might think we’ve invested so much, in the tens of millions and billions, yet the monthly return is this little. Is it too low?

If someone says this, they surely don’t understand finance.

With the Federation’s economic improvement, the highest return rate from a Foundation last year was less than fifteen percent annually, without any bottom-line policies.

In other words, investing ten million, the best-case scenario yields only one and a half million annually, whereas in actuality, it’s often only six, seven, or eight percent.

Distributed monthly, it’s even less.

Looking like such a long-term investment, only two hundred thousand in two months, but in fact, the return rate exceeds ten percent.

Together with stock appreciation, their earnings were far more than imagined.

Everyone was optimistic about the company’s current operations, then Lynch presented some new ideas.

"We need a more formal company office, in addition to a small plan..."

His claim was modest, yet everyone took it very seriously, all focusing their attention.

No one would underestimate Lynch due to his youth, not even fools!

"I always believe that as a Merchant, one must have a sense of social responsibility."

"We derive benefits from society to nourish ourselves; when conditions permit, we should also give back to society."

"I noticed now a lot of individuals are starting ventures; we can find some promising, potential startups to support."

"Like technology, I consider that pretty good, there’s a saying I don’t know if you’ve heard, ’Technology changes life,’ and I think it’s very true."

"Now our lives are being transformed by technology; we can not only enjoy the beautiful lives technology offers but also push it forward during technological advancement."

"I call this plan the ’Gospel’ plan; entrepreneurs can receive more funding for development, while we invest heavily in companies and repay society."

"Any company’s success would bring us tenfold, hundreds-of-fold profit!"

This time people weren’t as excited as earlier; instead, they considered the feasibility of such a method.

It sounded good, but no one knows how those startups would develop.

Maybe some companies would thrive, maybe some wouldn’t.

After a minute or two, Lynch spoke about one of his interesting investments—

"Once some guy grabbed me aggressively, wanting me to purchase something I hadn’t heard of — a small yellow form. I listened to that fool’s lengthy introduction and eventually decided to give it a try."

He had a nostalgic smile on his face, "I invested five thousand bucks to acquire all the stock; now this project has been filed by the Ministry of Defense."

"I can’t disclose what it is due to confidentiality, but I’ve received over ten thousandfold returns..."

"We bring ’Gospel’ to those in need, and Lord rewards our kindness!"