Blackstone Code

While Lynch was living it up outside, they were on the streets handing out flyers, hunting clients, even sacrificing some dignity to maintain relationships.

While Lynch feasted and mingled with high society, they checked the auction goods against low prices and past sales, scrutinizing their client base to find interested buyers.

While Lynch enjoyed the wealth inside his glass villa, they were running under the scorching sun through every street of the capital.

Why?

Why should you take more than half of the money we earned with our sweat and blood?

Richard was the first to want to go solo. He fully understood Lynch’s system—selling auction spots with guarantees meant he could earn steadily even if nothing sold.

He shifted all losses onto the salespeople, never losing money himself, only making more or less profit.

But what about them? Every month, some lost money, teams cycled through salespeople, some even sold their homes to chase dreams, only to end in bankruptcy.

The rules were brutal. Everyone had to keep up, or be left behind forever.