Four hundred thousand a year might be an inconceivable number to many people, but for Lynch, that's probably the amount he can earn in three to five days or a week—just a bit of humility in expression.
In fact, a minor fluctuation in the financial markets can bring profits surpassing this number, but as a person, it's important to remain humble.
However, he wasn't aware that the pride on Kane's face wasn't because he could only see such a small amount of money. Maybe his position indeed doesn't allow him to see higher places, but even so, it's very rare for a professional club to maintain healthy financial conditions, let alone profitability.
Many large professional clubs frenetically burn money each year. What the managers, chairmen, and investors of these big clubs are really interested in is not the sport itself but the extra value that sports extend.
