"Could be. Suppose we get options, or leases on these pieces ..."
"That was a good phrase," Evin broke in unexpectedly. "Don't you think so, Robert?"
"Yes!" Robert said sharply. He seemed to have suddenly lost his smile. He gave Evin a hard look from under down-drawn brows. He turned to Muldoon. "We are renting this, this tumbledown structure. A two-year lease. H'mm! I see your point. Spending millions in a sudden buying move would make unneeded difficulties. No! Options to buy, but lease for the present. Evin, the list of names, please."
Evin didn't have to go anywhere for the list. He had it with him. Muldoon looked it over. There were thirty-three names, including the County and State.
"Well?" Robert said.
"I'll have to know what you want to lease it for, the name or names of corporations, and so forth."
"Will my own name do?"
"It will. But you can go into the County Court and register a business name under your own, what they call a D.B.A. name—doing business as—name. Register as many as you wish. Doesn't cost a great deal. Or form a corporation, you and your brother."
"No. Let the leases come under my own name. As for what I intend doing, well, I intend to concrete surface the entire area."
"A square mile of concrete?..."