"Your Excellency, please speak."
Natasha nodded and the smile on her face became more sincere. It was impossible for this one million pounds to be donated for no reason. If the purpose of donating the money was to let her do something, this was reasonable in her opinion.
Not all donations are selfless. In fact, in most cases, whether from individuals or companies, their donations are highly purposeful.
It is impossible to say whether this behavior is right or wrong. Anyway, as long as real money is donated, such good deeds are worth promoting.
But in essence, some people donate money for advertising or to make friends, some companies donate money for tax exemption, and so on... Others seem to have donated a lot of money, but some people just transfer money from one hand to the other to avoid taxes. There is really nothing to brag about. For someone like Alan, who can take out one million pounds without blinking an eye and donate it, it is considered a very impressive amount in the entire donation community.
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"Some time ago, I accidentally heard a piece of gossip that an international criminal organization in South America controlled a large number of women..."
Alan changed the story a little bit and repeated it to Natasha based on his own understanding.
"I am very sad. Most of these women are in their twenties, the prime of their lives. Some of them are Americans, some are Europeans, and some are Asians. At such a prime age, they are forcibly controlled by criminals to do such things..."
Natasha felt terrible when she heard that this international criminal organization had thousands of women engaged in transnational technical services alone.
Their Women's Association is just an association. It's okay for them to do some literary work, put forward some initiatives, increase their presence, and carry out some rescue operations.
But this time, she really doesn't have the ability to deal with a transnational crime.
There are thousands of hostages alone, so how many criminals are behind them?
This must be several hundred dollars, right?
There must be at least several hundred people, right?
The Women's Association is not the Army of All Women...this...this favor seems to be beyond her ability.
Seeing Alan's distressed expression, Natalie didn't want to show that she was embarrassed, but...what should she do about this?
Just collected the money and now you're not doing the job?
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"At the beginning, I had limited information, and I was somewhat powerless about this matter, just like you are now."
Alan paused, looked at Natalie meaningfully, and then continued, "Later, I sent more people and made inquiries from various sources, and finally got a better understanding of the details of their organization. Now I have made a complete rescue plan, but due to some reasons, the rescue location can only be in America. In addition, my identity is relatively sensitive, so I need you to help me share some of the pressure."
"Sharing the pressure?"
Natalie was confused by what she heard. Before Alan told her the specific plan, she had no idea about this matter. What did it mean to rescue thousands of "fallen women" in a foreign country?
Generally speaking, countries with weak national strength cannot do this!
Now, in this small reception room, an aristocrat actually told her that he wanted to rescue thousands of fallen women in America.
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"Well, the specific plan needs to be kept secret. I'm using some special methods and need to find an excuse to lure them from Argentina to America. After I finish the rescue, I need you to come forward and help me explain. Then... I'll count you as participating in this matter throughout."
"Does it count as me participating in the whole process?"
Natalie was stunned for a moment, and then she instantly understood what Alan meant by this sentence. He wanted to share some of the credit with her!
There was no happiness on her face, instead she looked more worried. Now it seemed that this kind of achievement... would be accompanied by great risks.
As I said, Alan didn't reveal the details of the plan to her. She felt uneasy because she was a woman after all. Faced with such a risky situation, Natalie was a little scared.
Allen narrowed his eyes at the hesitant Natalie, smiled, pointed to a business card he had placed on the table, and said, "I heard that your son is engaged in some packaging business in Vietnam. I also have a factory in China. When the time comes, let your son contact the person on the business card. There may be some cooperation."
"!!!"
Natalie subconsciously picked up the business card on the table. She had never heard of the name on it, but when she thought about the meaning of this business card.
They said it was cooperation, but it was obvious that they were just giving her money.
Alan's donation just now was for the Women's Association. Natalie will not touch this money. This is her principle. Public is public and private is private. This is also the bottom line for her to sit firmly in the position of Secretary-General for so many years.
But when it comes to her son, it is her family business. With the wealth of this gentleman, just a little bit of money that slips through his fingers will be enough for their family to earn.
The meaning is very clear. On the one hand, she is given credit, and on the other hand, she is given money, and there is also an open donation. In this way, even if she is asked to do something risky, she will have no reason to refuse!
The conditions have been given, and now is not the time for her to refuse. If she agrees, she will be making friends, but if she refuses, she will be making enemies!
Natalie silently put the business card in her pocket and said, "Okay, sir... I don't know the specific details. If it's inconvenient to ask, then you'd better contact me as soon as you have any situation. I'm here... waiting for you at any time."
"Haha, Secretary General Natalie, you're too polite. Saving people... there are all kinds of reasons. I just want to rescue them more safely and get them out of their clutches as soon as possible. If possible, I will give them a decent job after they are safe."
After saying this, Alan stood up. Since things had already been discussed, there was no need to waste time. It would be better to get down to business as soon as possible.
"Sir Allen!"
When Alan was about to leave, Natalie stopped him. In Alan's puzzled look, Natalie smiled and said, "Our Women's Association has cooperative relations with media in more than 100 countries and regions around the world. I will let you see the effect of your donation of one million pounds in no more than a week."
Alan looked at Natalie and thought, what does professionalism mean? This is what professionalism is. Even if it is just a donation, she makes him feel comfortable and clear about the money. The money is not wasted!
"Hahaha, okay, then I'll wait for good news from Secretary General Natalie."
"Sir, take care."
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“Tap, tap, tap…”
After the meeting, because Alan had been delayed in the reception room for a while, there were not many people in the corridor. It was just time for lunch, so everyone went to eat.
In fact, it seems very troublesome for Alan to ask Natalie for help with these things, but to make a living in this world, in addition to strength and background, now you also have to consider relationships!
Since it matters, why not use it?
The thought of him inviting hundreds of people to act with him and "save people" made people feel depressed. They were originally happily hugging beautiful women, ready to relax after the banquet, but in the end, the beautiful women in their arms turned into victims who had to be rescued, and they couldn't even play anymore. Who could bear this?
If it was just a few people it would be fine, but this time Allen made a big deal, with hundreds of people coming at once, so Master Allen has to save his face too!
He couldn't possibly go and explain the whole story to those people one by one, right?
Is that necessary?
Do they deserve it?
But after taking advantage of so many people, you should at least give an explanation, right?
So...the last thing Alan thought of was the European Women's Association.
He already had a good reputation in this area, and now by spending some money, he has the endorsement of the European Women's Association.
Allen's plan this time changed from rescuing these women for the sake of his female employees to cooperating with the European Women's Association to rescue people proactively, without purpose, and without asking for anything in return.
In this way...
Allen's positive image can be several levels higher than the original plan, and it will be more credible!
Don't let him say everything by himself; he needs to bring in external forces to prove himself from the side.
It's just a little more money, several million pounds, for these hundreds of female employees, it's only a few thousand pounds per person. As long as they are there, how many times the return rate can they bring to Allen in the future?
Alan has calculated this clearly. By spending a little money, he can have a more legitimate reason and a more justifiable cause. He also has a righteous cause and the plan is more stable. Why not do it?
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As soon as he got in the car, Alan saw Xiao Shitou just hung up the phone and he could hardly stop smiling.
"Let's go to the restaurant. Have they sent the address to us?"
"They've all been sent. I'll leave right away."
Little Stone put the phone away and looked in the rearview mirror while driving. He saw Alan dozing off in the back seat. He grinned and gossiped, "Master, the news just broadcast on TV said that the Americans suffered a great loss in Somalia."
"Oh? What's the matter?"
It couldn't be just a small loss that could make Xiao Shitou laugh so happily. This actually aroused Alan's curiosity. He has been busy making plans recently and hasn't had time to read international news for a long time. Could it be that the Americans are causing trouble again?
"It's because the United Nations was sending supplies some time ago and was attacked by people from Somalia. Didn't they send troops to resolve it later?"
"Yeah, I know that."
Alan squinted his eyes and listened to Xiao Shitou telling him the latest big news.
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Around the end of last year, the situation in Somalia was so chaotic that the United Nations organized a batch of supplies to provide relief to the victims.
That is to ensure that fewer people die of starvation and maintain the minimum living standard.
These things are not valuable. They are food and daily necessities. Unless they are in large quantities, how much can they be worth?
But... there are some people who are short-sighted and have high aspirations. They have set their eyes on these things. In their eyes, these are all money. Instead of giving them to those humanoid animals, they might as well rob them and exchange them for money.
Later...the peacekeeping team delivering supplies was attacked, and dozens of Pakistani soldiers died on the spot.
And then...it became a big deal.
The United Nations' work of transporting supplies has nothing to do with Somalia's internal affairs. This is purely free aid. They fight their own battles, and the United Nations is responsible for rescuing ordinary people.
The two sides were originally unrelated, but just because of this little bit of supplies, more than a dozen peacekeeping soldiers died.
This face must be restored!
As the biggest and most powerful monitor in the class, America took the job and prepared to bring a group of people to get back the face for the United Nations.
But America is very thoughtful...
Wouldn't it be boring just to get back at someone?
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If they are going to do something, they have to do it on a big scale. Not only do they want to get back their vengeance, but they also want to punish the real culprit behind the scenes. It would be best if they could use a decapitation tactic and overturn the situation at the same time. This is in line with their identity as the "squad leader" of America.
Then...a task that was not too difficult was modified by America, which successfully increased the difficulty and scale by several levels.
The number of personnel and weapons and equipment dispatched also increased.
Finally...America is preparing to arrest two important aides of the mastermind behind the scenes, and with the support of intelligence from the "informant", it is preparing to send helicopters to conduct deep combat and make a solo breakthrough.
In the end, although the two heavyweight aides were successfully captured, they were also discovered by Somalia's regular troops and militia.
America's weapons and equipment are advanced, and they also have satellites and reconnaissance aircraft support in the sky.
But their fighters were trapped in the human wave tactics.
This is the prototype incident of the famous Black Hawk Down, now referred to as the Battle of Mogadishu by the outside media.
What it means is that America was careless and underestimated the enemy, and was defeated by the Somali militia using human wave tactics. Two helicopters were shot down, several were damaged, and many equipment such as armored vehicles were destroyed or seriously damaged, with dozens of casualties.
The funniest thing is that this happened just in the past two days. America suffered a crushing defeat this time.
The mission was not a success, and the momentum accumulated in the Middle East in the previous two years was also destroyed. According to reports from Somalia, the US military was... forced to retreat in an embarrassing manner.
But it was not until noon today, just now, that the news on Somali TV reported to the world that their militia was parading the bodies of fallen American soldiers through the streets.
This time...America, which had originally wanted to conceal its "defeat", suddenly became the laughing stock of the whole world. Once the news was broadcast, it shocked the whole world in just half an hour.
It was quite ironic to see the dead body of the American soldier on TV being paraded through the streets like a rag doll.
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"Hahaha……"
Alan couldn't help laughing as he listened to Xiao Shitou's description. Whether the Americans were unlucky or not, he was not in the mood to sympathize with them. Anyway, because of the increasingly arrogant behavior of Americans in the past two years, many people disliked them.
They have been jumping around in the past two years, reaching out their hands to Ermao and making promises to Ermao to quickly destroy the "weapons of mass destruction" in their hands. There has been some progress recently, and it was widely reported a few days ago. Now, only a few days have passed, and so many people have died.
This is America’s first defeat since the Gulf War two years ago!
The main thing is that not only did they lose, but they also suffered huge losses, with a fighter plane crashing and dozens of casualties. In the end, they fled in a panic, and the Somalis even held prisoners!
What's even more ridiculous is that they were defeated by the Somali militias whose equipment was far inferior to that of the US military and the AK47s and rocket launchers in their hands.
When this news came out, the American people, who have a sky-high military budget every year, were a little dumbfounded. They even began to wonder if the US military was no longer capable. With such a huge gap between the two sides, how did they lose?