Chapter 1421 Donate some money to us
Money is not omnipotent, but it can solve 99.99999% of the problems. As for the remaining problems, they may be insignificant.
The people on the safety committee were basically volunteers and had never thought about getting paid. However, on Lei Zhen's first day in office, he felt unprecedented goodwill.
The basic salary is $8,000, plus various subsidies, etc., which is definitely a high salary no matter where you are in this era.
Especially management positions, the starting salary is $10,000.
I have never seen such a good leader before. I never thought I could get such a high salary just by getting experience. I can't even imagine it.
"Chairman Lei Zhen, thank you very much for your consideration for us, but the committee has no funds." Secretary-General Ise Anzi said with a wry smile.
It is true that there is no money, because the Safety Committee is an unnecessary organization, and the little funding it has is only for maintaining its basic operations.
So the idea is good, but without money it is useless, no matter how much salary is promised.
"Chairman Lei Zhen, the Secretary General is right. Our committee doesn't have much funding. This is all we have..."
The accountant in charge of funds handed over the account book, and he was quite helpless.
"The total balance on the account is $1,326.5, but there is still $5,000 to be paid..."
So poor, really poor!
Lei Zhen glanced at the account book and his eyes fell on Ise Anzi: This secretary general is incompetent. If you had just made a few movies, you wouldn't be so poor.
Well, nothing wrong!
It would be the biggest waste of resources for Miss Xingzi not to make films. If she did, she would definitely become the strongest dark horse.
"I still owe money..."
"Yes, it's mainly because we equipped you with new office equipment, so we owe you $5,000. We didn't have to owe you the money."
These words left Lei Zhen speechless. It turned out that he owed the money because of him.
I have seen poor people, but I have never seen people so poor. It is simply unbearable to look at, and it makes me, the new chairman, very embarrassed.
"Chairman Lei Zhen, we're not actually here for a salary," Ise Anzi said with a smile. "So you don't have to worry about it. Once the next round of funding arrives, we'll naturally be able to pay off the debt."
"It's indeed a problem..." Lei Zhen frowned.
Upon hearing this, everyone's expectant eyes suddenly dimmed, including Ise Anko.
Who doesn’t want a high salary?
Although most of us are volunteers and come here mainly to gild ourselves, it would be really exciting to earn tens of thousands of dollars a month while gilding ourselves.
After all, they will only get one or two thousand dollars when they go back, and even in the country with the best conditions, it will not exceed 3,000 dollars.
Now it seems that this is just wishful thinking of the new chairman, because the committee really has no money, so no matter how much promises are made, it will be useless.
"Chairman Lei Zhen, I know you want to improve everyone's treatment, but the fact is..." Ise Anzi smiled and didn't continue.
But no matter what, she still had a good impression of the new committee chairman. At least he knew how to fight for everyone's interests.
"The problem I'm talking about isn't that I can't pay salaries, but I'm worried you won't know how to spend money." Lei Zhen rubbed his solar plexus and said, "For example, do you know how to spend a million dollars? How about ten million dollars? What about one hundred million dollars?"
Everyone was stunned and didn't know what to say.
To pay back $100 million, let’s pay off the outstanding balance on the books first, it’s a full $5,000!
"Hey, Chancellor Sam..."
Lei Zhen made a call and turned on the speakerphone.
"Hey, hello, Chairman Lei Zhen."
"Well, our Safety Committee has prepared a series of tasks, but we're short of funds... How about this, could you donate some money for us?"
"Haha, of course no problem."
"Then let's make it $100 million."
"How many?"
Speaker Sam was stunned when he received the call. He had thought there would be a donation, but he didn't expect the other party to ask for such a huge amount of money, directly asking for 100 million dollars.
Here, Ise Anzi and others were also stunned. Asking for 100 million dollars was simply a fantasy.
"Why, you're not willing to pay such a small amount? My dear brother Sam, $100 million can't accomplish anything, okay? I need your support."
"Chairman Lei Zhen, this money..."
"Fifty million should be enough, right?"
“We simply don’t have the budget for that.”
"Twenty million, no less! Honestly, I don't know how to spend this little money. Is it really a project if it doesn't cost hundreds of millions? It's a one-price deal, twenty million. Just decide whether to donate or not!"
"Okay, we will donate $20 million to the Safety Committee to fully support your work."
"Thank you so much. Will it be in my account in five minutes? Don't tell me about the process. It's just a small amount of money..."
It is indeed a small amount of money for Lei Zhen. The pocket money he gives to Sister Nan every month is more than this, but it is obvious that public is public and private is private, and he can't pay for it out of his own pocket.
After hanging up the phone, Lei Zhen dialed the second number in everyone's shocked eyes.
"I'm Lei Zhen. Our Security Committee has launched several projects to promote world peace, but we need financial support. I hope you can donate $100 million... If that's not enough, $20 million would be fine, it's just a small amount."
"Hello, my old brother, I need a favor. Please donate some money to our Security Committee. I don't need 100 million or 50 million, but 10 million dollars will do."
"It's urgent. Requesting support. Please donate $10 million to our committee immediately. You should know the account number..."
The calls stopped as soon as they started. In just ten minutes, Lei Zhen made more than 20 calls, all asking for donations.
The whole process was on hands-free mode, and everyone was stunned.
Is there anyone else who wants to donate like this?
Yes, that’s what Lei Zhen wanted. No matter if it was 20 million or 10 million, more would not be too much, and less would not be too little.
Anyway, everyone has to donate a little. Who made them dig this hole?
Since we are digging a hole, we have to make it look more realistic, so funds are transferred into the account of the Safety Committee.
"Check how much money is in the account."
"Oh, okay."
The accountant immediately opened the account and when he saw the long numbers in it, he couldn't believe his eyes.
"How many?"
"Two, two, two hundred and sixty million dollars!"
Everyone lost their composure and ran over to check the numbers, only to find that there was indeed $260 million in the account.
It’s not happy beans, it’s real money!
Ise Anzi opened her mouth in shock, her left hand tightly covering her chest, breathing heavily and uncontrollably. When she looked at Lei Zhen again, her eyes completely changed: gratitude, admiration...
Lei Zhen happened to be looking at her, and his expression changed: This little mouth is only this big when it's fully opened. It must be quite difficult to eat. Good, that's great!
"What's with all that expression? I still have dozens of calls to make. I'm going to go to the lounge and make them slowly while you guys figure out how to spend this money."
"Then how do I... spend it?"
"Use Huabei! Miss Xingzi, your mission is to spend all this money within 6 hours. If you can't spend it all, don't blame me for being polite to you!"
“…”
Lei Zhen left in style and returned to the lounge to continue making phone calls to raise money.
Continue read on readnovelmtl.com
