The foundation established by Rock and Stoudemire is called the Rock and Rhodes Foundation, or the Rock and Roll Foundation for short.
The foundation's headquarters is located in Eagle Town at the foot of Eagle Mountain. All the residents of this town are the family members of Eagle Fort staff. The entire Eagle Fort, including Rock's office, has about 500 staff members, including a company.
The security personnel and their families all live in Eagle Town. Therefore, Eagle Town may be one of the towns with the best infrastructure, the most beautiful, and the safest in the entire Nyasaland.
There are about 300 households in the town. Although it occupies a small area, it has all the necessary infrastructure such as kindergartens, primary schools, markets, hospitals, libraries, etc. The headquarters of the Luoluo Foundation is located in a building next to the winding road up the mountain.
In the beautiful two-story building, although the foundation is large in scale, it does not have many staff. There are only 32 formal staff including Phyllis, the chairman.
It should be noted that Phyllis, the chairman, works in the foundation, and her salary is not much higher than that of ordinary staff, only 15 rand per month.
If it is according to Phyllis's wishes, she does not want to take the 15 rand. Phyllis wants to invest more funds in charity and does not want to earn money from this job at all.
Rock insisted that Phyllis must get money. Maybe Phyllis does not need to live on this salary, but other people working at the Luoluo Foundation do. Of course, Phyllis can carry forward her style without a salary, so other people who need a salary can live.
What should the staff do?
In addition to Phyllis, there are several family members of high-ranking officials in Nyasaland who are also board members of the Rollo Foundation. For example, Anton’s wife and the wife of Los Angeles Mayor George both work at the Rollo Foundation and receive donations.
The same salary as Phyllis.
With the participation of Mrs. Nyasaland, the governor’s wife and the mayor’s wife, it is not easy for the Rollo Foundation to raise funds.
Several women are also very smart. The Luo Luo Foundation holds charity dinners every month, inviting industry leaders from all walks of life in Nyasaland to participate. There will be a fixed auction session at the charity dinner, and the items auctioned are generally not very good.
It is valuable, but has special commemorative significance. For example, Eterno will auction new products to be launched every quarter at charity dinners, which not only satisfies the vanity of wealthy ladies, but also raises more funds for the Rolls-Royce Foundation.
funds.
Abu came at the right time. There was a charity dinner held by the Luoluo Foundation the next night, and Phyllis warmly invited Abu to attend.
Abu happily agreed and was ready to see the fundraising capabilities of the Luoluo Foundation.
The dinner was held in the banquet hall of the Eagle Fort Office. It was originally scheduled to start at 6:30 pm. In fact, guests started arriving at 5 pm, especially several directors of the Board of Directors, who arrived early at 2 pm.
, discuss with Phyllis how to raise more donations.
Rock will also attend a dinner party with Phyllis in the evening, but Rock doesn't care whether Phyllis participates in the preparations for the dinner.
In order to set an example, Roque prepared a check for R10,000 in advance for Phyllis to donate to the Rollo Foundation.
It's not that Roque is stingy. In order to raise more donations, those women hold dinner parties once or twice a month. Sometimes, if there are emergencies, the number will be increased temporarily. Roque also donates one hundred and eighty every time.
Thousands of dollars, even as wealthy as Roque, he couldn't bear it.
At six o'clock in the evening, Phyllis, dressed in a rich dress, appeared at the charity dinner with Roark on her arm. There were already more than a hundred guests who had arrived early, including Anton and George. They were required to attend this kind of occasion.
After Phyllis arrived at the dinner, she went to look for her colleagues. A group of people immediately gathered around Rock. This kind of charity dinner not only raises funds, but it is also a perfect social occasion, taking full advantage of the many benefits.
"Lord, this is His Highness Said from the Ottoman Empire -" Anton took the initiative to introduce to Rock that although the Ottoman Empire has been destroyed, there are still members of the royal family alive.
"Your Highness, welcome to Nyasaland -" Rock said enthusiastically, regardless of whether he was a prince or a prince, his economic strength should not be underestimated.
"Thank you very much, Lord. Nyasaland is such a beautiful place. It's impressive." His Highness said a few words and then took the initiative to step aside. On this occasion, Roque was very busy with his work, and Said could not occupy Roque's wife.
Much time.
"Locke, this is America's Tom, Tom Dupont." Stoudemire actually hasn't gone to Europe yet. It seems that he doesn't want to fulfill his responsibility as director of the Relief and Rehabilitation Administration.
During the World War, American companies did not gain similar benefits to those in another time and space. Southern Africa completely replaced the United States. Because of the special relationship between Southern Africa and the United Kingdom, the United States very much hoped to use Southern African companies to open up the European market.
"Tom, hello -" Rock is not very enthusiastic. America in this time and space is an upstart that is not recognized. If Rock is too enthusiastic, it will not be in line with Rock's identity.
Rock is a Marquis of the British Empire.
"Lord Nyasaland, I would like to say hello to you on behalf of my father -" Tom acted very humbly. His father is Pierre Dupont, the current head of the DuPont family in the United States.
Pierre Dupont is the fifth generation heir of the DuPont family. He became the leader of the DuPont family in 1902. Under the leadership of Pierre Dupont, the DuPont family has grown stronger and is now beginning to attack the chemical industry.
During the World War, Nyasaland Military Industry cooperated with the DuPont family, purchasing explosives from the DuPont family and selling them to Europe as products of Nyasaland Military Industry. At that time, Rock was the Commander-in-Chief of the British Expeditionary Force and was not aware of these matters.
"Take me to say hello to your father too. If you have time, I hope your father can come to Nyasaland and we can have a good chat then." Rock extended an invitation to Pierre Dupont. For the chemical industry,
Rock was still very interested.
Rock knew that the DuPont family was entering the chemical industry, but he did not know to what extent the DuPont family had already researched in this field. Nyasaland Military Industry was also conducting research on "nylon", hoping to get ahead of the DuPont family in this area.
Make a breakthrough.
The application prospects of "nylon" are very broad. At present, the "nylon" market in the world is basically monopolized by Japanese rayon. The Japanese are relying on "nylon" for primitive accumulation. This makes Rock very dissatisfied. Southern Africa and Japan
Although there is no clear conflict of interest, Roque does not mind cutting off the Japanese's financial resources and causing some trouble for the Japanese.
At 6:30, the dinner officially started. Phyllis, as the chairman of the Rolls-Royce Foundation, welcomed all the guests present on behalf of the Rolls-Royce Foundation, and especially welcomed the arrival of His Highness Said and Tom Dupont.
Few of the guests present knew His Highness Said and Tom Dupont, but they still gave them polite applause.
Tom Dupont was still restrained, but His Highness Said turned red with excitement.
Since the fall of the Ottoman Empire, His Highness Said has not felt this kind of enthusiasm for a long time.
Next comes the exciting auction session.
The first auction item is a 10.5-carat diamond provided by a South African company. Stoudemire will donate all proceeds from the auction to the Rolls-Royce Foundation.
The South African company also goes to great lengths to hype diamonds. It is obviously a diamond composed of a single carbon element, but in the South African company's promotion, it has become a symbol of indestructible love. The South African company's advertising slogan is exactly the popular slogan "Diamonds are forever."
"A diamond lasts forever", amid the overwhelming hype, the price of diamonds continues to rise.
The starting price for this rare diamond reached an astonishing R20,000, but don’t be surprised, this is definitely not the final price.
"Fifty thousand!" His Highness Said raised the price of this diamond to an unprecedented height when he made his first bid.
However, His Highness Said was not destined to come out on top today. Not to be outdone, Tom Dupont followed His Highness Said and shouted out the price of fifty-five thousand rand.
"Sixty thousand——" Christian's wife Joanna smiled and increased the price. Southern Africa was also full of talented people and wealthy people, and they would not let two outsiders steal the limelight.
Said still asked the people next to him to confirm that there were no hidden dangers, and then shouted out the price of 70,000.
"Seventy-five thousand -" Tom Dupont said calmly, his increase was an increase of 5,500, and Said's increase was an increase of 11,000.
In fact, they are all very good. If Phyllis and Anton's wife Tong Ziyu don't leave, if they bid, no one will dare to compete.
Rock and Stoudemire were no strangers to this kind of scene. They both smiled and said nothing while holding cups. Abu was surprised.
This is R75,000. Since the establishment of the Nyasaland University Foundation, it is the first time that Abu has personally donated more than this amount, but only once.
Abu looked around and found that no one around him was too surprised. He could only sigh with emotion about Nyasaland's Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon, but he immediately had full confidence in Phyllis.
The price of the diamonds soon reached 100,000 rand, and Joanna gave up first. She was the one who had been asked to raise the price to 100,000 rand, and she had completed the task brilliantly.
"One hundred and ten thousand." Said's expression remained unchanged. The Thousand-Year Dynasty indeed had a solid foundation.
"One hundred and fifteen thousand——" Tom Dupont remained calm and calm. A 10.5-carat diamond is indeed rare, but this price has far exceeded the value of the diamond itself.
But who attends a charity dinner and would take the value of the diamond itself seriously?
"Twenty-five thousand." Said is bound to win, and will always be five thousand higher than Tom Dupont's bid.
Tom Dupont gave up and toasted to Said from afar.
Said was graceful, put one hand on his chest and bowed to express his gratitude to Tom Dupont, and then expressed his hope to give this 10.5-carat diamond to Rock's eldest daughter Judy.
There must be no other factors, it's just a simple show of goodwill to Roark. Judy is less than six years old and has just entered elementary school this year.
