For Federation people, marriage is considered a quite private affair. Before a definite outcome is reached, most people will not publicly announce it to others, nor will they discuss it when marriage is not a possibility.

With the Federation's longstanding monogamy system, when Cook said he wanted to marry multiple women, Lynch found out and mentioned it on the phone, which indeed made him feel a bit awkward.

Lynch, however, laughed and said, "If you knew what I would give you for your wedding, you definitely wouldn't feel embarrassed."

Being one of the earliest people to follow Lynch, actually for just two years, Cook had quietly and excellently contributed, capturing a large share of the road transport system in Sabin City and even the whole York State with Lynch's fleet.

Cook used his connections to recruit truck drivers everywhere and managed to acquire many trucks at a low price. His work cannot be simply summarized as "a truck driver."

He is more like the general manager of a transportation company, or even in a higher position; he definitely isn't just a truck driver.

So he deserves better treatment, which is a channel and common knowledge that capitalists have always created for people to realize their self-worth.

Lynch would give him some profit-sharing rights, making him a "senior partner" of the company, a gift certainly sufficient as his wedding present.

Hearing this, Cook was deeply moved. Actually, everyone with life problems is very sensitive inside.

He knew what people outside said about him, saying that at his age, he was still living with his mother, either trying to be a vampire sucking every penny from her, or there might be some… well, unspeakable ethical issues between them.

Such issues in Federation Society are really not as rare as people imagine; they are even quite common, like the most famous ethical family, the Duncan Clan.

To ensure the family's rights wouldn't be lost due to members marrying out or becoming independent, consanguineous marriage became their only choice.

If any of them were unwilling to do so, they must sign legally effective agreements voluntarily giving up all inheritance rights and all rights, renouncing everything they own, and then leaving the family to live like ordinary people.

But this is extremely difficult. Asking those born lying on mountains of gold and seas of silver to work like ordinary people?

Thank you, better just kill them! They would rather have a couple of fool children!

The Duncan Clan has the least external marriages among the Federation's big families, demonstrating these top capitalists' selfishness and greed.

It's noteworthy that consanguineous marriage doesn't necessarily result in children with genetic defects; it simply increases the probability, which also makes the internal relationships of the Duncan Clan more frightening than people imagine!

Uncles marrying nieces, aunts marrying nephews, or close siblings marrying have long been common.

Capitalists and capital, to protect wealth from flowing out, they not only trample laws but also ethics.

Of course, similar situations exist in ordinary people's families, so Cook is always viewed with colored glasses, living in a society where adults move out to live independently, what he does indeed sparks criticism.

But Lynch did not disdain him and even talked about giving him presents. They communicate not like indifferent workplace relations between superior and subordinate, but more like close friends.

This made him quite relaxed. He pursed his lips, with a smile he hadn't noticed himself, slightly turning away from the short-statured Akumal who came crying, a subconscious behavior.

He didn't want to share his joy with others, which is normal, "Thank you, boss. Actually, I came to find you today for another matter; what we need to discuss isn't about our marriage..."

"Haha, I know, go ahead, what's the matter?"

Lynch responded quickly, and this improved Cook's mood. What he initially found hard to bring up became easier to say, "Today the police came to the company and took away a car mechanic, his friend wants to know if there's any way to get him out."

Cook used "get him out," a term most commonly heard from gang members, which is quite normal. The truck driver group isn't an honest one.

After hearing Cook, Lynch didn't think much, "I'll ask the local police why they came to my company to arrest people. Did you just say the person arrested also has a friend?"

"Yes…" Cook glanced back at Akumal, "…he has a friend."

"Arrange a driver to bring him to my office, perhaps some issues need him."

Lynch replied straightforwardly. He actually didn't know exactly who the police station arrested at his company, but he needed to show that he defended his people, even if the person defended was a local.

If the issue isn't big, he'd help this local person get his friend out, and such deeds would uncontrollably spread!

By then people would know Lynch, as a foreigner, generously, selflessly helped locals against the ruling class, rescuing an innocent local from the police station.

This kind of deed can establish a drastically different image compared to past foreigners in local people's minds, which is crucial.

After hanging up the phone, Cook spoke with Akumal, and Akumal immediately rushed out of the office, feeling a bit restless while sitting in the car, not knowing what decision Lynch would make.

This city isn't very big, so shortly afterward the car stopped in front of a three-story building in the city center.

This place was once a foreign merchant's office, but during that terrifying, dreadful turmoil, the foreigner was killed by rioters, and this office formally fell into Lynch's hands through an auction procedure, the money going into Nagariel's local charitable organization.

Because the foreign tycoon's family perished, this money was donated to charitable causes helping more people, and presumably, if the house's owner knew this, he would feel comforted?

When Akumal came to Lynch's office and waited a while, he didn't enter immediately; the guard at the door told Akumal Lynch had a very important phone call, so he needed to wait a bit.

Since last year, the laid underwater cables finally connected today, starting to provide telephone information services locally in Nagariel, meaning from this moment on, Lynch can understand what's happening on the Federation Mainland via phone and redirect the phone signals worldwide.

One must say when capital decides to do something, and it can bring remarkable non-Wealth returns, they would invest a lot of money and effort.

Lynch was chatting with Mr. Truman, talking about simple things like how Federation's weather was today compared to Nagariel's weather.

Or how recent TV shows have been, what complaints the President made.

Generally, it's small talk just for the sake of chatting. By the end, the joy of communication connecting gradually faded, Mr. Truman reminded Lynch about the post-March trip to Gafura and then hung up.

Looking at the phone, Lynch smiled, having heard the Federation later mobilized almost all usable cable-laying ships and even temporarily modified some.

This time, they extended not only phone signals but also TV signals; they want to directly broadcast Federation's TV shows to Nagariel, with even some TV stations coming to prepare to establish local branches.

Cultural output is a very important part of Lynch's proposed Economic Invasion theory, discussing Economic War and Economic Invasion in some salons back home, even in informal settings, he also mentioned cultural invasion.

How to make a nation under invasion accept the fact of being invaded and not resent it?

The simplest way is to create cultural commonality!

Actually, his remarks didn't flow into ordinary society; ninety-five percent of people are unaware of what he said, but five percent know.

Why can Federation's cultural output eventually make the receiving country accept the Federation's economic invasion and even more forms of invasion?

The reason is simple: Federation's culture is full of capital supremacy; capitalists have spent a long time pushing capital from backstage to the forefront, Federation's culture itself is purely capital culture.

But these things can't be told to the public nakedly; it's something all five percent know, also their ancestors' years of work results.

Of course, when declaring externally, these core things would be wrapped up in layers, like the Federation Dream.

The story of a poor boy finding his place in society through effort and realizing self-worth; people love such stories of the poor getting rich but don't notice its core—serving capitalists is glorious, and only by serving them can one truly realize one's value in all aspects and truly own a happy life.

This core will gradually erode people's ability to think, making them believe this is the right way to strive—offering blood, sweat, and loyalty to capitalists.

Therefore, exporting some "Federation culture" to Nagariel becomes imperative; many might not understand why, but people like Lynch, in this tier, more or less know its necessity.

They recognize this culture under the influence of foreign culture, then actively plead for capitalists to exploit them because only when capitalists exploit them do they become valuable and achieve self-worth!

This also hints that going forward, Nagariel society will spread many stories and works related to the "Federation Dream," people will enjoy these, then personally strive to realize them.

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