Regarding the explosion the day before, with the cooperation of Xin, the newspaper only used a few sentences to cover it. The first round of business meetings ended on a bad note and was suppressed by the document "out of consideration for the big picture."
Then, the media was flooded by the new event.
Future Group's president, Jiang Chen, held a press conference at the Shangjing Hotel and announced the establishment of the Jiang Charity Fund in his own name with a registered capital of 300 million USD. He also stated that he would invest at least 500 million USD per year into the fund. The charity fund was non-public in nature and the main purpose of the fund was to assist education, medical, and public facilities in impoverished areas.
To Jiang Chen's generosity, the president of the Hua Charity Association and the mayor of Shangjing all gave high praise. The media also gave high praise. Xin's president, Zhang Yaping, spoke in front of the media, saying that charity had no borders and Jiang Chen's move would become a symbol of friendship between the two countries.
At the same time, the top leader of Hua also expressed his approval.
The fund manager was a man named Wu Botao, who was arranged by the Liu family.
As for the operation of the fund, Jiang Chen didn't want Future Group to be too involved, so he delegated full authority to the Liu family. If the truth was exposed, he only needed to use Wu as a scapegoat and it wouldn't have too much impact on Future Group.
300 million USD was almost one-tenth of Future Group's annual profit in Hua. Of course, the number would more than double next year because the server of the Phantom helmet would be turned on at the beginning of the year and the world-class virtual reality MMORPG would be officially released. A lot of analysts on Wall Street already estimated that as long as there were no operational issues, the MMORPG alone would bring Future Group no less than 2 billion USD in annual revenue.
This didn't include the one-time profit from selling the helmet.
Interestingly enough, Jiang Chen being on the "visit" team made the Celestial netizens quite dissatisfied since they always treated Jiang Chen as "one of their own."
The reason why no one brought this up was because the two countries' national power was incomparable. Their diplomatic relations were good, there was no competition, they shared a high degree of cultural identity, and they had a common enemy, Country F. If Jiang Chen immigrated to another country, he would be criticized by the keyboard warriors.
However, as soon as the news about the charity fund came out, no one cared about his nationality anymore. With Future Group's deliberate promotion, the social media was once again flooded by this generous billionaire. Although Jiang Chen didn't care what others thought of him, to be honest, seeing so many people flatter him, he was secretly pleased.
Especially when the girls on Weibo sent messages like "Jiang Chen, Jiang Chen, I want to give you babies" and "Nation's husband" …
Why do I feel like something is wrong?
Forget it.
Put aside the idea of charity.
The Zhou family, who were already in position, saw that Jiang Chen hadn't contacted them for a long time and began to feel anxious.
When Zhou Antai saw that Jiang Chen suddenly began to do charity, Liu Xiangguo suddenly changed his mind in the internal meeting and targeted the Wang family that advocated for a tough approach to Future Group and Li Yanhong's backer, Zhou Antai suddenly realized that the Liu family had already contacted Jiang Chen and obviously reached some kind of cooperation!
Zhou Antai cursed Liu Xiangguo in his heart for being unkind, but there was nothing he could do. From the beginning, the Zhou family stood on the side of Future Group because of their conflict with the Wang family. Now, even if he suddenly changed his mind and stood on the opposite side, the people on the other side wouldn't like him.
Regardless of where it was, the grass on the fence would never be welcomed.
The Zhou family, who couldn't keep their cool, began to lower their stance and began to contact Jiang Chen.
Jiang Chen found it funny that the Zhou family came to him through Zhou Zihao. How could he not guess that the Zhou Clan was here to ask for benefits?
But different from the Liu family, whose power was concentrated in the political field, their connections and resources were mainly concentrated in the military, energy, and other state-owned enterprises. The Zhou family, who were good at managing their businesses, didn't lack money like the Liu family. Jiang Chen also knew that they didn't want money, but technology that could help them gain more power in Han.
Jiang Chen didn't let the Zhou family return empty-handed. Instead, he took out the cake of nutrient supply and tied the Zhou family to Future Group's chariot.
With the Zhou family taking the lead, they established a food company with an import and export license in the Yangcheng area. They purchased the military high-calorie nutrient supply from Xin, repackaged it, and sold it to the military department. In principle, Han's military and military industry didn't directly cooperate with foreign companies. But with the Zhou family's operation, this problem was solved.
Compared to the economically weak Russia, the wealthy Hua was undoubtedly a more promising partner. The Zhou family waved their hand and signed a contract for three million boxes of nutrient supply. Just this batch of nutrient supply alone earned Jiang Chen at least 600 million USD. As to how much the Zhou family would earn from this and how much political achievements they could gain with the long shelf life, high efficiency, and low logistical pressure, it wasn't something he cared about.
The three-day visit quickly ended.
With a total of 2 billion USD worth of cooperation orders, the Xin president and the accompanying delegation boarded the plane to the capital airport.
According to the original itinerary, Jiang Chen would follow the Xin delegation to the Capital. But because of the "incident" at the hotel, he changed his mind at the last minute.
Before he was certain if the attack was related to the CIB, he didn't want to risk his own safety. Therefore, Jiang Chen temporarily canceled the plan and chose a representative from Future Group to replace him on the trip to the UA with Zhang Yaping.
To Jiang Chen's decision, some people were secretly delighted, some expressed deep regret, and some were indifferent. But regardless, Future Group was only a company in name. The absence of a president wouldn't affect the relationship between the two countries.
While welcoming the Xin delegation, the new UA president sent an email to Jiang Chen personally expressing his regret that he couldn't personally visit the UA and participate in the Wall Street Internet Business Forum.
However, this Mr. President only expressed regret from his personal standpoint and did not express any other unnecessary thoughts. The attack at the hotel in Shangjing, regardless of whether it was related to the CIB or not, it was impossible for them not to know about it. Therefore, they could only express their understanding of Jiang Chen's decision.
Since the CIB had attacked Jiang Chen without authorization, it was understandable for him to suspect that the CIB was behind this attack. But Naomi in Virginia was the one who felt wronged. This incident really had nothing to do with the CIB, but because of this incident, he was called to the Rainbow House many times by the president.
The newly appointed president's intention to rope in Xin through Jiang Chen was clear. No matter how stupid he was, he wouldn't make a move against Jiang Chen at this time. What's more, the last operation in Hua already seriously damaged the CIB's power in Hua. Even if he wanted to do something, he didn't have the ability.
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