"Today's money..."
Mr. Fox looked at Lynch, who had exerted a lot of effort, running back and forth twice to transport the bag of money, and remained silent for a while.
Honestly, his people had been watching Lynch all the time, so he already knew how Lynch acquired these coins. He felt curious and amazed about Lynch's mind.
What kind of person would think of such a method to quickly gather these coins without causing noticeable impact on society?
At this moment, he could completely follow Lynch's method in doing so, allowing him to save ten percent on service fees, but he didn't intend to do that.
Suddenly, he realized that what was truly valuable was not the ten percent service fee but Lynch's mind. This always surprising mind was his greatest wealth.
"Should we count it?," Lynch straightened his back to stretch his body, exhaled a breath, and unceremoniously collapsed into a chair, pulling out a pack of cigarettes to light one up and took a leisurely puff, "I can wait."
Mr. Fox shook his head, instructing his men to take these coins away, knowing that later these funds would be sent to the Federal Tax Bureau for counting and registration, subsequently taxed, and then deposited in a bank.
For individuals like Mr. Fox in recent times, they really haven't had a good way or means to solve these issues.
Frankly speaking, those who work in this field are not often part of the societal elite.
They don't have high educational qualifications, they have a complete lack of understanding of many things within professional fields, and some even are not very literate.
Their businesses don't require these, as long as they are not afraid to die and not afraid to stir up trouble, which also leads to many problems.
In recent years, the Bail Federal FBI and Federal Tax Bureau have been watching these people, not only to catch their behaviors but also monitoring the money in their pockets.
They don't have much legitimate business, which leads to a lot of trouble since having money without being able to spend it becomes a silent agony.
Because of this, Bail Federal has also introduced a series of laws to restrict large-scale cash transactions. The rules stipulate that any cash transaction over five thousand dollars must be reported, and any over fifty thousand dollars must undergo scrutiny.
Even depositing large sums of cash in a bank requires informing about the source of the funds and potential use purpose in advance, along with providing ample and comprehensive tax documentation to prove there is no issue with this money.
Comprehensive blockade added to the vigilant guarding of those termed as "Investigator," "Special Agent," and even "Agent" by the Federal Tax Bureau, it has made everyone's life very tough.
Clearly, the vault is stuffed with money, yet it cannot be taken out, even enjoying it once can result in targeted checks and investigations. Such days are really tough.
But now, from Lynch, Mr. Fox saw something special, not just something as simple as coin exchanges; there were more of the things he always desired.
He snapped out of his daze, looked at Lynch, shrugged his shoulders, "I should pay you..."
"After rounding off, five hundred sixty dollars." Lynch generously eliminated minor amounts for the sake of growing mutual trust.
Mr. Fox smiled, reached into his drawer filled with fifties and hundreds.
As his hand reached for the hundred-dollar bills, Lynch lightly coughed, "I think fives and tens would be better, don't you agree?"
Mr. Fox nodded subtly, counted out five hundred sixty dollars for him.
Hundreds are seldom used in daily life, mostly appearing in corporate settlements and some reported large-scale cash transactions.
This society, not equipped with internet and electronic office systems, actually has numerous maddening loopholes across banking.
To circumvent some already discovered issues, large business transactions are still conducted via cash rather than telephone transfers, especially cross-bank transfers, which always encounter problems.
If someone spends hundred-dollar bills outside, certain departments will promptly notice, never underestimate people's sense of justice.
Many shop owners, during official business such as tax reporting, receive booklets or oral instructions informing them of protocols.
For example, what should they do if someone pays with hundred-dollar bills, what benefits derive from doing so, and the consequences of not adhering to it.
This also makes hundred-dollar bills very difficult to spend among lower-middle-class society, if anyone crafts more hundred-dollar bills, judges may consider granting search warrants even if evidence is not soundly sufficient.
This represents the pain of individuals like Mr. Fox, money sits in the drawer or elsewhere, not being able to be spent nor acceptably shared.
His act of reaching for hundred-dollar bills was merely testing Lynch. Had Lynch remained silent, their dealings would be confined to coin transactions.
Someone oblivious to priorities, ignorant of consequences, lacking caution and vigilance, does not realize deeper interaction, fortunately, Lynch smoothly passed this test.
Mr. Fox placed his hands on the armrests of his chair, tilted his head slightly to look at Lynch, "This pace is too slow, do you have any better methods?"
Lynch equally put the counted bills into his pocket without further enumeration, "In a few days there will be more and more, and soon your treasures can see the light."
Mr. Fox didn't pursue the question further, only exhaled relief, "I look forward to that day!"
Sabin City, where Lynch was located, ranked lower among second-tier cities in the Bail Federal, with a population of less than eighty thousand.
But each day, this small city sells at least ten thousand newspapers, which translates, even with only local newspapers, to at least fifty thousand dollars' worth of coins.
In Lynch's plan, coins weren't sourced solely hence, there were other channels from various retail industries alike.
Currently, socially circulating currency mainly includes those coins, as well as one, two, and five-dollar bills, though two and five-dollar bills as often as laundry shops. One-dollar bills could potentially appear.
Once Lynch's influence starts to spread outwards, he could attract the whole city's coins, but this business cannot be sustained long term.
The tax bureau over there will watch him, the investigation bureau will look into whether he is closely connected to these people.
He doesn't want to become someone like Mr. Fox, always hiding in corners and shadows, he strives to be a tycoon, a legend.
He intends to stand under a spotlight, accepted by people's admiration and praise, that is what his life should be.
What he does now is only aiming for the most perfect start possible.
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