The Devil Comes to America

Chapter 323 Charity Auction

When Xiunuo returned to Los Angeles, he called Jia Yu, Jonas, Jim, Will and Hunter over.

But when it came to the issue of the American military, or more precisely, the navy, Xiuno suffered a major setback.

Jia Yu looked confused: "I am an international student, boss. I can go and learn, but now I am really in a blind spot in my knowledge. I was not a military fan before."

Jim said: "I retired a long time ago. When I retired, the United States was still beating up the Middle East. Now I don't know why they are withdrawing their troops. If you ask me, I can't do it."

Hunter said: "I used to be the boss of the Army's counter-terrorism department. I know that the Navy's budget of more than 200 billion dollars a year makes me jealous. I don't know anything else."

Will was even more outrageous: "Don't look at me. I have the Marine Corps in my name, but the Navy doesn't think highly of me. Even the Army doesn't think highly of me."

Jonas sighed, "You are so useless!"

Xiunuo looked at Jonas and asked, "What do you think?"

Jonas was stunned. "No, Boss, me? I'm just a lawyer. I used to sell contraband. I don't know anything about these military personnel. So don't have any hope for me."

"Then you talk so much!"

Jonas quickly said, "You can look around and see if there are any retired navy soldiers at the homeless shelter."

“Difficult.” This time Jia Yu didn’t even need to speak. Hunter said, “That group of people is notoriously comfortable. Most of the casualties every year are caused by their own ship crashes. They don’t have PTSD. These guys probably haven’t even seen a battlefield with limbs flying everywhere.”

Jia Yu asked, "Boss, do you need someone who knows about the navy?"

Xiu Nuo nodded slightly: "I forgot about this before. Although we intervened to investigate the collusion between the middle-level officers, if we had not intervened, does it mean that these people were actually very successful?"

Everyone was stunned.

Xiu Nuo continued, "The most important thing is, after they are investigated, a large number of mid-level officer positions will be vacant. It would be bad to leave these positions vacant, right?"

"And the incident with the experimental subjects this time has caused the mid-level officers and lower-level soldiers to reach a peak of distrust of the military. Isn't this an opportunity?"

Jim's heart skipped a beat. This time, the boss was planning to extend his hand into the American military!
Jim was silent for a moment. Theoretically, he should be the one with the highest status here.

So Jim said, "There is actually a way to get to know these people. Los Angeles is a good place. It's so good that the officers like to come to Los Angeles when they are on vacation. There are also various parties among them."

Jia Yu also thought of something: "Veterans Association and other various activities, we can even organize a charity fundraiser. For example, donate money to the damaged Port of San Diego. Believe me, they will not refuse."

Xiu Nuo looked around: "Where's Xiong En?"

"I don't know. He seems to be busy with other things recently."

Xiunuo said, "Drag him over here."

"I'll go find him."

Jia Yu said this and walked out. After a while, he came back: "That guy said he would be back soon."

About half an hour later, Xiong En ran in.

"Sir." Xiong En sat down on the sofa carelessly: "Are you looking for me?"

Everyone looked at Xiong En's disheveled clothes and the red marks on his neck and knew what he had been doing before.

Xiu Nuo looked at Jia Yu.

Jia Yu directly talked about what happened just now, and then emphasized: "This is an opportunity. If you want to consolidate your base, it is safest to have a relationship with the military. Your previous cooperation with the Rifle Association was very good, but we should go a step further."

Xiong En's eyes lit up: "Why didn't you tell me earlier? I have someone who recommends me!"

"Someone?"

"Yeah, he's my high school classmate. We were both arrested by the LAPD. We looked for streetwalkers together. He once had sex with a Hollywood woman, and I signed the bill. Because of this, that old bastard Duck beat me up, saying that I was uneducated. Later I found out that the old guy had also taken care of the business of that actress!"

A group of people: “.”

"Say your name, Xiong En."

Xiong En chuckled and said, "Frank Drew! This bastard called me and laughed at me when I was giving a TV speech. After graduating from high school, the guy joined the army and is now the captain of a warship. Drew's family used to run a shipbreaking yard, but his father later studied software and started an Internet company, which is pretty big. But it's obvious that idiot Frank didn't inherit his father's IQ."

"Where is this person?"

Xiong En thought for a moment, then said, "It should be in San Diego. Last time we talked, he complained to me that he had to queue up to get his ship repaired in San Diego. But after that incident in San Diego, two of the already scarce repair docks were destroyed, forcing him to continue queuing. He also said that his grandfather's shipbreaking yard should not have been closed. If it was still there, all the broken ships in the navy would have to be dismantled!"

Xiu Nuo smiled and said, "What do you think of the proposal for a charity gala?"

"That's great, sir! And we can change it into a charity auction." Xiong En's eyes sparkled. "The state government can take the lead, that would make sense, let those officials invite some people to come and support the event! Let that old man Dake pay, he likes this kind of face-saving things the most, and he doesn't care how much it costs!"

Xiu Nuo nodded slightly: "Then do it."

After Xiong En left, Jia Yu said with emotion: "It's great to be rich. In America, it seems that as long as you have money, everything can be solved."

Jonas shrugged his shoulders. "The premise is that you have to be American, without any minority buffs. Otherwise, Jia, do you know how many cases I have dealt with of wealthy people from outside being eaten up by these local people?"

"Fortunately, Xiong En is not one of them." Jia Yu said.

Although Xiong En is a madman, it must be said that he is very efficient.

Just the next day, Xiong En told Xiu Nuo that he had succeeded.

Not only was it successful, but when the navy heard that someone was willing to give them money, they also wanted to attract big shots to come along.

Even after the news spread this morning, some retired generals were ready to join in the fun.

It is obvious that Xiong En is still very concerned about infiltrating the army.

Five days later, a charity auction dinner began at a manor in Los Angeles.

The dinner had already begun before the auction started.

The scale of this banquet even exceeded Xiong En's initial expectations. Many naval officers and bigwigs from various industries in California came.

Even Adam's family, who were temporarily in Los Angeles, came to participate after hearing about it.

At this moment, Xiong En was toasting with someone: "I didn't expect you to be here too, Commissioner Smith."

Smith smiled and said, "The superiors have given a very high evaluation of the auction party of the Bazel family, Councillor Xiong En. You are simply a genius, Xiong En."

Xiong En said seriously, "As an American, this is what I should do! It's just a pity that when the San Diego Port incident happened, all our family's money was used to buy the factory. Otherwise, I would have held this auction a long time ago."

"It's good to have this heart, Xiong En." Smith said, and then took Xiong En to a person and said, "General Dolan."

This was a white man in his fifties. He smiled when he saw Smith and said, "Oh, it's Smith. Also, don't call me General. I'm retired, have you forgotten?" Smith smiled and said, "You will always be a general in my heart. I want to introduce you to a young man. Are you interested?"

Dolan looked at Xiong En and laughed immediately: "Xiong En Bazel, I know him, but this guy doesn't seem to know me."

Xiong En's eyes lit up slightly, and he seemed to think for a moment before he said, "How could I not know you, Lieutenant General Dolan? You are a hero of America!"

Dolan laughed loudly: "I never thought that an old man like me would be remembered by the rising star in the political arena."

"It is the duty of Americans to remember you, and it is the honor of Xiong En Bazel to know you."

"I like this kid Smith." Dolan smiled even more happily.

Xiong En took out a sign and handed it over: "General, you may need this."

Dolan took it and asked curiously, "What is this?"

"I don't like beating around the bush. This is a bargaining chip." Xiong En said, "It's worth one million. If you see something you want to take a picture of, you can use this. The Navy will remember your contribution. This is just a small gift from the organizer. I hope you don't mind. After all, my father is a businessman. He can't think of anything else except this thing."

Dolan's face was full of satisfaction. "Thank you for your kindness. Merchants like the Bazel family are what America needs."

Then, Smith took Xiong En to meet a lot of people.

Some are retired, some are in service.

Until the end, Smith said: "How about it, Councillor Xiong En, am I a good friend?"

Xiong En raised his hand and stuffed the thing in, saying, "There's no need to talk about this between us. This thing can be redeemed, and it's different from what we gave them."

Smith was very satisfied, but still surprised: "How much is your family going to spend this time?"

Xiong En smiled and said, "My old man said that if it's less than 100 million, I have the final say, but I heard that he has prepared at least 1 billion US dollars."

This number made Smith's eyes widen.

Xiong En grinned; "Don't be so surprised, Smith. You know, business in California is still too sensitive, isn't it? The more friends we have, the bigger the business will be. Let those conservative idiots go to the grave with their own ideas? When they go to heaven, they will find that our graves are ten thousand times more gorgeous than theirs!"

"You are such a complete bastard, Xiong En." Smith sighed.

He looked around and said, "Although many people from companies have come to try to get close to you, it is undeniable, Xiong En, that the support you will get this time will far exceed your imagination."

Xiong En said nonchalantly: "Let's make money together."

"I just like you, or the way the Bazel family doesn't care about money."

"We care, and we care a lot." Xiong En said seriously, "It just depends on who the money is given to."

Smith nodded with great satisfaction, and then suddenly said: "I feel a little embarrassed when I hear that. So, Xiong En, let me tell you an inside story."

"what?"

"Keep an eye on your factory recently." Smith said, "Someone is not happy with your family's profit."

Xiong En didn't expect there would be an unexpected gain, and quickly asked: "Someone from the military?"

Smith shrugged his shoulders: "Anyway, they are not our people."

Just when Xiong En was about to ask something else, a voice rang out: "Oh damn! Xiong En! You are here, where were you just now? I couldn't find such a big guy!"

Xiong En turned around and saw a white man giving him a hug.

"Oh, Frank!" Xiong En shouted in surprise, "It's not my fault. I didn't even see you just now, you little guy."

"Fuck you Xiong En! I can beat two of you right now!"

Xiong En didn't bother with this, but turned around and looked at Smith.

Smith smiled and said, "You guys chat, I'm going to go say hello to some friends."

Smith walked away, and Frank, a somewhat short white man, asked curiously, "Who is he?"

"A spokesperson for a big shot." Xiong En said, "Come on, Frank, I'll introduce you to some people. You'd better thank me, because if it weren't for me, you would never have the chance to get in touch with them in your life."

Frank laughed out loud: "It's good that I have a relationship with you, right? I'm waiting for you to become president and let me be the Secretary of Defense."

At this time, Jia Yu's voice came from the built-in earphones in Xiong En's ears: "I used to think you were just an unrealistic big talker, Xiong En, but it turns out that your friends are the same."

Yes, the reason why Xiong En was able to establish connections with those people immediately after Smith’s introduction was because he now had an external brain.

Jia Yu was in a room with many other people, all with computers in front of them, searching for information about everyone Xiong En had met.

Jia Yu was responsible for coordinating the information and telling Xiong En how to speak.

Xiong En thought this was simply amazing and it perfectly solved the problem that his brain was sometimes not enough.

Therefore, Xiong En gladly accepted Jia Yu's ridicule.

He took Frank to meet some people he had just met, and sometimes that's how you make connections.

This is also the reason why some guys try their best to get into a prestigious university, and then after meeting a good roommate, they will have no worries about food and clothing for the rest of their lives.

Using "one's own people" is a consensus around the world, and in America where class stratification is extremely serious, this situation will only be worse.

Frank was extremely delighted with Xiong En's recommendation.

It was not until everyone had met that Frank excitedly said, "Xiong En! How the hell should I thank you! I don't have any money! How about I take off my pants?"

"Get lost, I'm not interested in you!"

"You can take it off."

"Fuck you, Frank!" Xiong En cursed with a smile: "I told you, I'm in great danger!"

"Dangerous?" Frank grinned and said, "How dangerous? Can I use my naval guns to kill those bastards who put you in danger?"

Xiong En chuckled and said, "If necessary, I will definitely let you fire."

"Don't worry! As long as you open your mouth, I will blow up the president's speech!"

Jia Yu in the room sighed, then switched the channel and said, "Boss, birds of a feather flock together. The fact that these two people can get together to exchange interests is a disaster for America, right?"

(End of this chapter)