Lynch roughly calculated that just for a birthday, the value of the gifts he received amounted to hundreds of thousands of dollars, not including the share transfer document given to him by Mr. Wardrick.
The lighter factory wasn't the entire share, only twenty percent, but even this twenty percent was worth two or three million.
Combined, the birthday gifts alone totaled over three million, more than what an average person earns in a lifetime.
People often say that those who aren't wealthy or happy simply aren't working hard enough...
Who can say how hard one must work within a fixed structure to achieve so much wealth like this?
Of course, perhaps this is also a form of encouragement, because once someone sees reality clearly, there's only despair; only by indulging in the sweet pursuit of dreams can one find the motivation to live.
The birthday party outside was still ongoing, but Lynch had returned to a side hall with several gentlemen - this was a closed meeting.
