"Why are you in such a hurry?" the girl who had just gotten into the car asked curiously, having just eaten lunch, Lynch's car was parked downstairs.
In this kind of neighborhood, people's knowledge of luxury cars basically remained on TV or in car shows, they had never seen a luxury car this close.
Some children even wanted to go up and touch the mirror body, which could reflect human shadows like a mirror, but they were stopped by the adults behind them.
There's no telling how much money you'd pay for a paw print on the body of such a luxury car, and it's always been said that someone got screwed by the capitalists for a trivial favor, and they didn't want their children to get caught in the crossfire.
They didn't want their children to hurt their family because of a momentary slip, they could only watch from the sidelines, curious and jealous.
All of this culminated in Catherine's arrival, in this day and age, neighbors, not to mention next-door neighbors, even people on the same street can be called neighbors, because they really know each other.
As they watched the Catherine they knew so well stuff her suitcase into the trunk behind the spare tire of this limousine, their mouths dropped in shock as they watched her get into the car.
It had to be said that even Catherine had a bit of vanity, especially when she got into the car amidst the envious looks and the kind of looks that were tinged with malicious speculation.
It wasn't a fault, much less a sin; people were born with it in their bones, vanity!
Lynch used to have it, until he finally saw through people and life, and that primal need faded away.
The scenery around them began to move and the car soon disappeared into the ordinary neighborhood, but soon some people began to visit Catherine's mother, maybe as neighbors they could get something out of it too.
After the car started, she asked curiously, calling in the morning and having to leave at noon, it wasn't quite like the life of those upper class people on TV who always planned every day half a month in advance.
Every day just need to follow the time recorded on the small book to do some things on the line, rarely will appear today like such an unexpected situation like things.
Lynch explained a little, "My branch in Quriland will have the first mobile auction on Friday night, it's crucial, I need to see it with my own eyes before I can put it down."
Catherine knew what he meant by 'mobile auction', it had been on TV and in the papers for a while now, and it was one of the main policies being pushed by the local mayor.
From Catherine's point of view, it was a good thing, using less money to meet life's necessities, reducing expenses and stress for an already struggling family.
Her father had attended the Mobile auction and brought home a belt and a skillet, although the skillet had only been used once, just once, when he first bought it.
The reason Lynch was looking at the Mobile Auction in Quriland was that it would determine the attitude of these investors, and if the Mobile Auction in Quriland was successful, it would show that the pie Lynch had painted when he had talked to them earlier was not fake, but was real and could be realized.
That fact would break their hesitation and make them put money into Lynch's account as soon as possible as a fact of their cooperation, otherwise they might not even be able to eat soup soon.
Sometimes people hated agents like Mark, but more often than not they all represented some kind of investment windfall, and as long as there was a business with their interference in it, it would be hard to lose money, at least for the duration of their holdings.
Knowing only the surface and not much about the deeper stuff, Catherine just took it and quickly turned her attention to some books she had with her on how to adjust to college life.
Yes, "How to Get Into the College Social Circle Fast" was a best-selling book written by a member of Freemasonry and a very famous social queen, and her book had become almost a must-have for most students who decided to go to college.
It describes the journey of an "ordinary girl" who transforms herself into a high society star during her college years, as well as some of the things to be aware of in social situations and ways to open up.
Whether or not the author hid her identity as the daughter of a plutocrat or the fact that her mother was a bank manager, there was nothing wrong with having some social etiquette and content.
Catherine looked very attentive, she was very eager for college life, as girls of her age, including Lynch before her, were indeed very eager for college.
It wasn't just a hall of knowledge, it was also a place where one could change their life, but unfortunately, some people couldn't come back.
Lynch glanced at the girl's face and then focused on the scenery outside the window.
It was about a three-hour drive from Sabine to Quriland, crossing some four hundred kilometers of deserted and uninhabited wilderness, and for safety's sake, Cook had arranged for four trucks to escort Lynch.
These truck drivers had more than just wrenches in their toolboxes, and the service company in the community where he now lived had replaced him with a legally licensed and armed driver.
It's no joke that some 5,000 to 8,000 homicides occur each year on the highways of the Baylor Federation, many of which go unnoticed in the year of the crime or even years later.
Only after the killer is apprehended does it gradually become clear that it's very unsafe outside the city, and even less so for road trippers like Lynch in a luxury car like this one.
At the end of the slow journey, the barren landscape around them began to change a bit, some farms, ranches began to appear, followed by some sparse clusters of buildings, the road became slightly bumpy, but the buildings on both sides of the road became denser, and in the distance, the appearance of a metropolis could be seen, the city of Quriland had arrived.
The truck drivers separated from Lynch and the others near the center of the city, they would drive their trucks directly to the warehouse of the branch to park, there were no parking lots for trucks in the center of the city, they would only face tickets or even arrest if they drove their trucks in, so they didn't do that, besides, this place wasn't as dangerous now as it was in the wilderness.
The girl also brought her attention back from the book, making a triangular fold to make it easier to read later.
Lynch smiled with a flirtatious tone and asked, "Any insights?"
Catherine thought very seriously, "Positive, optimistic, upward ...", saying this she paused, because of Lynch's questioning she began to seriously think and summarize, but she found that practically everything in this book seemed to be too watered down, so much so that she was unable to summarize anything useful.
At this point Lynch interjected directly, "And money!"
The girl looked at him with some uncertainty, while he laughed and continued, "An ordinary girl can't publish a book, and no matter what she says in the book, in the end it can't be separated from two things.
"Influence!"
"And money!"
"Sometimes they can be seen as one, and the more socio-economically depressed you are, the more useful and influential money becomes, and if you want to get along with your classmates, the easiest way to do that is to emphasize your influence."
Catherine listened intently, anything anyone who has been successful says has a special ability to make people stop and think, Lynch too, except she couldn't help but laugh when she finished listening and said, "It doesn't look like I'm going to have too much fun in my college career.
She said that there was no way that she could do all the things that the heroine of that book did, be liked by everyone, be the center of attention, be the representative of trends and fashions, because she wasn't an influential girl.
Come to think of it, Lynch was right, if she were just an ordinary girl, she probably couldn't even afford a dress, let alone rent a jeweled crown.
Many people only notice "rent", but they don't know that the prerequisite for renting is that the person either has a deposit that can directly buy the crown, or the person has a huge personal influence that can make the jewelry company turn the other party's default into commercial value or wealth.
An ordinary girl from an ordinary family could not do this.
During this period, Catherine had actually "crammed" some books about high society, she was still more or less curious about Lynch's life, but a little intimidated, in short, it was very complicated.
"Looks like I wasted some money, it doesn't seem to suit me very well." Catherine patted the book a little regretfully, a few words with Lynch had made the contents of the book worthless, and she felt a little sorry for her impulsive spending.
Lynch, however, took the book and casually leafed through it, "It's not a bestseller because it describes how an ordinary girl can become the queen of the upper class social circle ...," he turned his head to look at Catherine, his look clear and serious, and "It sells because it satisfies some girls' desires for a future life.
Spending a few dollars to satisfy a girl's dream of a better life, at least while reading it, they could empathize with it as much as the heroine, the money wouldn't be too much to wish for.
If you can't have a realistic life, can't you have a little happiness?
The car slowed to a stop, Lynch looked away and placed the book in the area behind the armrest shelf used for miscellaneous items that the driver would tidy up when the time came.
Lynch got out of the car and opened the door for Kathryn, just outside the door was the Quriland City Hotel, the highest class hotel in Quriland, there was only one hotel named after the city in each region, they might not be the most luxurious but in a sense the class was the highest.
"Let's take a break and then have dinner, would you like to accompany me to the mobile auction on Friday?" Lynch asked casually as he took Catherine's hand and led her out of the car.
Catherine replied casually, "Wouldn't it be more appropriate for me to say 'no' at this time?"
Lynch couldn't help but laugh, "I'll take that as a yes!"