The Devil Comes to America

Chapter 324: Officer Replacement Program

The charity auction that night was a great success for both the guests and the hosts.

The companies that came here got to know a group of people from the military.

The retired soldiers got the praise and prestige they wanted and even some extra appearance fees.

Not to mention those in service, this charity auction raised $4.8 million for the Navy.

The official purpose of this money is to be used for many projects such as the reconstruction of the San Diego base, additional compensation for injured soldiers, and improvement of medical care.

This is not because of consideration.

It's just that, with so many channels, it's hard to verify.

As for where the money will ultimately be used, isn't it the navy who has the final say?

Congress has already given money to San Diego for construction and reconstruction, so everyone knows where the money will go.

If this were not the case, why would those people look at Xiong En as if he were their own son?

No, even my own son doesn’t respect me this much.

Xiong En was also very satisfied, because the nearly 500 million yuan was not paid by him alone, but by various companies together.

And compared to what they spent, the Basel family spent less money on the auction.

The money should be spent on steel blades. The Basel family’s money was given to some officers and veterans who wanted to make their presence felt.

The items at the beginning of the auction were not works of art, but small gadgets that allowed everyone to participate. There were ship models brought out by an officer that sold for tens of thousands of dollars, and some NBA star cards and so on. After these people had spent enough money, the big artworks would be sold later.

But what about these works of art?
Xiu Nuo couldn't understand it anyway. For example, a picture with random colors on the canvas was named Modern, and it was sold for 600 million.

There is another masterpiece behind it with only one black spot on the painting. It was sold for 30 million.

After watching it till the end, Xiunuo finally understood.

What kind of bullshit is this modern art? Isn’t this just a way to launder money?
Oh, and there are also people who give money.

If these rich people stop playing, no one will buy something worth thirty million for thirty dollars tomorrow.

But...this is the capital game.

Xiu Nuo felt a little emotional when watching this. If he could play like this in his own world, how many spirit stones could he earn?

However, there is another benefit of this charity auction, which is that Xiong En can be promoted widely.

Although he spent the least money on art at the banquet, that was relative to others, and that didn't stop him from using the money to win votes and win the favor of the lower-level soldiers.

No matter where the money is used, for those soldiers, this man really gave them money.

As for how much they can get and the twists and turns behind the scenes, if they see clearly, those guys who take over as commanders in the United States will not criticize the quality of the current recruits as being too low.

As for those who can understand it, most of them can get some money and naturally won’t say anything.

What about those who didn’t get one?
They won't start cursing, because next time Basel might bring them in to make money, right?
It can be said that everyone got what they wanted. Even for the civilians in the United States, this was the help that the crazy congressman took out in real money.

Especially since Xiong En had previously expressed his high concern about the military's mess.

To the public, Xiong En is a politician who spends money to get things done and keeps his word. To the military, although Xiong En scolds them, this man really gives money. And he doesn't just give money by being stingy, but gives hundreds of millions!

So what if I let them scold me? You can scold me as much as you want!
So after figuring all this out, Xiunuo could only say that this kind of charity dinner might have to be held more often in the future.

Of course, this is not the point; the point is Frank Drew.

Xiong En was telling Frank at this time: "Remember, don't be surprised or dissatisfied, and be respectful. The gentleman is a very easy person to talk to, but the premise is that you are useful and don't provoke him."

Frank looked confused: "So who are you taking me to see?"

“Someone who saw my talent and brought it to its fullest.”

Frank was stunned: "Are you talking about a blind man?"

Xiong En put his arms around Frank's neck and said viciously, "I'm not kidding you, bro! I'm telling you this because we are brothers! I'm really not kidding you! If you offend him, you won't even know how you died!"

Frank patted Xiong En's arm: "Let go! Let go you bear!"

Only then did Xiong En let go of his hand.

Frank touched his neck and said dissatisfiedly: "I am a major commander of the Seventh Fleet of the United States! I am also the captain of a Littoral-class battleship! Do you know what Littoral-class is?"

"Is it the small ship that was outdated when it was produced, with a lot of modular functions but none of them met the standards?"

"You fucking bear! You can insult me, but you can't insult my ship!"

"What if I could make you the captain of a cruiser?"

"Do you want to play with my boat? I can take you up there to have a look."

“But I don’t have the ability.”

"Why don't you just die, Xiong En!"

"But the gentleman I'm talking about can certainly do it."

Frank was stunned for a moment, then he said, "Is he from some big family?"

Xiong En shook his head slightly, then said, "No, he's just an illegal immigrant."

Frank's face turned black: "I'm not here to joke with you, Xiong En!"

"Neither am I." Xiong En said calmly, "What I can tell you is, do you remember the incident involving a large number of officers in your navy?"

"Of course, it's a good thing I didn't join that damn club, otherwise I would be gone too."

"That gentleman was the one who took the lead in exposing that incident."

"How is that possible!" Frank waved his hands: "It's the FBI"

"Didn't you know that the FBI agent was dead?"

Frank was stunned.

But he immediately said, "But what about the Hoodie Man?"

"That's also serving us, don't you believe it?"

"How can it be!"

"Does Patch know?"

"That nigger?"

"He was also the one who rescued him."

"You're talking nonsense, that guy escaped on his own, and the whole of California knows it!"

Xiong En just looked at him with a half-smile.

Frank thought for a moment and asked, "Are you serious?"

"You are my best brother." Xiong En said seriously, "So I don't want to lie to you. I just don't want you to kill yourself. I can still tell you."

"He is the financial backer of our family. The reason why our family can make so much money is all because of the formula he gave us. Even that old man Dake obeys his orders."

"What about it?"

"He made the old guy afraid to hit me in front of him."

Frank's eyes widened: "So amazing!"

This time Xiong En's defense broke down: "What do you mean, Frank! Which of the previous ones was not better than this one!"

Frank sighed, "I know exactly how much of a bastard you are, Xiong En. Unless God comes, I can't imagine Uncle Duck not beating you up."

Xiong En said with a dark face: "You are really mentally ill, Frank. I regret introducing you to them."

"Them? Who else?"

"You should see four people when you go there later."

"One is that old fellow Dark, one is the Oriental student, one is Jonas. The other is that gentleman."

Frank frowned and said, "Besides Uncle Duck, I only know Jonas. He was the one who got us out of the LAPD, right?"

"Yes, that gentleman was also introduced to Dak by Jonas. Jonas is now..."

"I know Jonas is pretty good now, and he was pretty good before, too, but... an oriental student?"

"He once planned a perfect crime." Xiong En said calmly, "He killed a man who looked down on him. The LAPD invited him back for one night, and he was eventually acquitted. The unlucky man's family was ruined, and the state government's finance minister became my man. Otherwise, how do you think my proposal was passed? Even the governor signed it directly."

Frank finally realized the seriousness of the situation at this time: "Are you kidding me?"

"It seems you still don't understand." Xiong En said directly: "Let me put it this way. If that gentleman asked Dak to transfer all the assets of the Bazel family to you, Dak would do it without hesitation."

"Is Uncle Duck out of his mind?"

"You can ask this later and see if that old man will beat you up."

"Forget it then." Frank shrank his neck and gritted his teeth and said, "None of these people in your family should be businessmen. They should go to WWE."

"So, remember what I said, Frank. Perhaps this is the key to whether you can become the commander of the navy!"

"I know." Frank said, "And, thanks to Xiong En, I know you are my best friend."

“I hope you think so in the future.”

The two had already arrived at the place, and Xiong En pushed open the door.

Frank did see a few people when he walked in.

In front of a desk, Dak and Jonas stood like two waiters.

The boss' chair was facing away from him, with a person sitting on it. Opposite that person was a person with an Asian face who was reporting something.

Noticing the movement at the door, Jia Yu glanced at Frank.

For a moment, Frank felt as if he was being stared at by a poisonous snake.

That scrutinizing look made him feel uncomfortable from the bottom of his heart.

"Frank." Dak's voice sounded: "You are here."

Frank finally came out of the weird feeling and nodded to Duck: "Long time no see, Uncle Duck."

Dak nodded, then looked at the chair and said, "Boss, they're here."

Then, Frank saw the chair turn around, but when he saw that it was also an Asian face, Frank was stunned.

He looked at Xiong En, then at the Asian face. He really couldn't equate this person with what Xiong En had said before.

But judging from Dark Bazel's respectful look, all this seemed true.

Xiong En pinched Frank's back from behind, and Frank finally came to his senses.

He said, "Xiong En, tell me, you want to see me, right sir?"

This feels quite strange actually.

Frank has been to bases in South Korea and Japan many times, and he instinctively looks down on these Asians.

But this made Frank realize at a glance that this guy was not from those two countries.

He is an Oriental.

Orientals, South Koreans, Japanese, the soldiers staying at the outside bases can tell them apart at a glance.

South Koreans are easiest to identify because these guys look at them with fear and don't even dare to look them straight in the face.

Although the Japanese are not that outrageous, they still dare not look directly at it.

When he was in South Korea, he discovered that only Oriental people dared to look directly at people like him, and their eyes seemed to be full of curiosity.

It's like. It's like.
Yes, it's like watching animals in a zoo.

The man in front of him looked at him with curiosity. Yes, that was the kind of look that only Orientals would have when looking at American soldiers like them.

Frank swore that the foreign student must be from the East.

"Frank Drew, right?" Xiuno asked.

"Yes, sir."

"Xiong En strongly recommends you." Xiu Nuo smiled and said, "Dake, prepare a seat for Mr. Frank. Don't let him stand all the time."

"Yes."

Frank didn't believe Xiong En's words before, but now Frank had to believe it. In his impression, Dak, the explosive bear from the Bazel family, who could tear him to pieces alive, actually brought a chair to him so respectfully.

And he himself remained standing.

"Please sit down, Mr. Frank." Xiuno said.

Frank looked at the other people in the room. He wanted to sit down, but he felt something was wrong.

After thinking for a while, he said, "Sir, I'm not actually tired."

Dak looked at him and said, "The boss asked you to sit down."

Frank hurried over and sat down. Sometimes, childhood trauma is so useful.

Frank saw with his own eyes how Uncle Duck dealt with the previous traitor of their family.

Xiu Nuo smiled and said, "Don't be nervous, Mr. Frank, relax a little. We asked you to come here to discuss cooperation."

"cooperate?"

"Yes, the situation in the navy." Xiu Nuo smiled and said, "There are a lot of vacancies for officers in the navy, right?"

Frank nodded; "Yes, but many non-commissioned officers have been promoted recently."

"I know this because of the human experiment." Xiu Nuo said, "Before, there was a meeting of mid-level officers in the military. Do you think this could happen again?"

Frank was stunned for a moment, then continued, "To be honest, sir, this... yes... is fine. Even if the supervision from above is stricter, it's no problem. Just give them money. Those guys invited me at the beginning, but I didn't participate because they said that they should make the money themselves. When I heard this, I knew they would be finished sooner or later."

Xiu Nuo nodded slightly, and then said: "Then, are you interested in forming a new middle-level officer union? For example, Tongjinhui or something like that?"

Frank was stunned: "Me?"

He immediately shook his head with a wry smile: "You may have misunderstood sir. This thing is not that easy to set up. Our predecessor had more people in the same period, and then he found the profit point and gradually recruited people to join. As for me, unfortunately, many of my friends are now in military prisons. I don't know the new people very well. The most important thing is the profit. I don't have those resources."

"Isn't it there now?" Xiu Nuo looked at Jia Yu.

Jia Yu then spoke up and said, "You know the current business of the Bazel family. They can supply goods to the military, so they can also supply goods to you, right?"

Frank shook his head. “It’s just that this isn’t enough.”

Jia Yu was a little surprised: "Believe me, the value of contraband outside is far beyond your imagination."

"It's not just that." Frank said helplessly, "It's the personnel. The officers before at least graduated from legitimate military academies, and everyone was sane. But what about this batch of officers now?"

"Maybe it was okay a few days ago, but it's really not okay now. It's hard to describe the officer this time. Let me put it this way."

Frank took a deep breath and said, "Since seven years ago, U.S. Navy warships have collided with each other, warships have run aground, warships have caught fire, and even submarines have crashed into mountains. What is the root cause?"

"The fundamental reason is that the navy is really short of people. As far as I know, there are at least 20,000 vacancies in the navy, causing many soldiers to be overloaded with work."

"In addition to these, Americans are now either taking drugs, suffering from obesity, or preferring to join the financial industry. They look down on the money the military pays and do not want to join the military, which has led to a serious decline in the quality of new recruits in recent years."

"Because they also had to relax recruitment standards, a lot of social scum joined the army, all kinds of drug addicts came. The problem first was the soldiers, and then the officers."

"The Navy previously conducted an officer assessment, and all the participants were lieutenants. Do you know what the pass rate was?"

Xiu Nuo was a little curious: "I'm all ears."

Frank smiled bitterly, "Just three years ago? I think so. The Navy randomly selected 160 newly appointed surface ship lieutenants for assessment. As a result, only 27 of them completed the assessment."

Xiu Nuo was stunned: "How much?"

Frank was somewhat helpless: "You heard correctly, only 27 people completed it. Among the more than 29 people who did not pass, failed directly, and the remaining more than people had various problems and barely passed. Even these people's problems made me doubt how they passed."

"Because the problems they face are that they are not proficient in using equipment, they are unfamiliar with international navigation rules, and their adaptability is poor. These are problems that I find difficult to understand."

Jia Yu was a little curious: "How come you are so familiar with this?"

Frank's mouth twitched. "Because I was one of the people taking the test. You know how desperate I felt when I saw people around me pointing at the territorial waters of other countries and asking if this was the Olympic finish line."

"I've seen people who can't read radars, and people who can't tell friendly signs apart, but that's not the scariest thing."

"The scariest thing is that these new officers were not favored by the previous organization. They found me because I was so outstanding compared to them. Do you know what this means?"

Jia Yu had already reacted and said, "Does this mean that after that group of people were finished, this group of people were promoted?"

Frank sighed, "Yes, they were promoted, and I will probably have to change ships later."

Xiunuo was silent.

Frank continued, "So, it's almost impossible to replicate. Those officers in the past were at least a gathering of middle-level elites, but now, to be honest, I don't know what kind of people they are."

Xiu Nuo seemed to realize something and suddenly said, "What if we have someone who can be sent in?"

Frank was stunned: "What?"

Xiu Nuo looked at Jia Yu and said, "There should be some suitable candidates in the homeless shelter, right?"

Jia Yu smiled and said, "Of course, boss. And you don't have to worry about obesity. In fact, if it complies with some naval policies, Dark Gold Security has a large number of retired people who can re-enlist. The Bazel family also controls a lot of drug addicts. If you solve their problems, they will all be high-quality soldiers."

Frank quickly said, "Homeless people and drug addicts go to the army? No, no, no, that's impossible, because those people don't want to suffer some things in the army."

Jia Yu said: "We can forgive some of their loans and give them additional money on top of what the army gives them?"

Xiu Nuo continued, "What if you also have a considerable amount of funds, Frank? You must know some normal officers, right?"

Frank was a little silent.

At this moment, Frank finally understood what opportunity Xiong En was talking about.

Although the risk is a bit high.

Frank looked at Xiunuo and asked, "How much do you want to give?"

Xiunuo didn't answer, but just said, "Dak."

Dak said calmly, "Trust me, little Frank, I can give you as much as you need."

A bold idea popped up directly from Frank's mind.

He gritted his teeth and looked at Xiu Nuo: "Let me be frank, sir. Xiong En praised you very much, but I really find it hard to believe that an Oriental can do this."

Xiong En's face changed: "Frank! You bastard, you forgot..."

Xiu Nuo waved his hand and said, "Let him continue talking, Xiong En."

Frank also took the risk and looked at Xiunuo and said, "I need to know what's so special about you."

"No problem." Xiunuo looked at Frank and asked, "How tall are you?"

"Mr. 1.76 meters."

Xiunuo stood up, walked up to Frank, and patted him on the shoulder.

In an instant, Frank fell to the ground in pain, curled up and wailed.

Xiong En was terrified: "Sir! This guy is a little stupid, but..."

Xiunuo waved his hand.

After wailing for about three minutes, Frank's pain subsided. He stood up with difficulty, and then he was stunned.

Even Xiong En was stunned: "Oh, fuck!! Frank, you've grown taller!"

Frank was also a little overwhelmed at this time, because he could now look Xiong En in the eye.

"I I." Frank was a little bit unbelievable.

"What exactly is this?"

"Oriental magic." Xiu Nuo was used to it. He walked back to his seat and sat down, saying, "It is also one of the products that Dark Gold Pharmaceutical will launch next. It is a thing that increases the height of adults. The price of this thing will be very expensive, but we can provide you with Frank. Including digestion and weight loss tablets that are more effective than those on the market. You will even get the support of many politicians, including their wives and so on."

Frank swallowed hard and said, "Can I take off my shoes?"

"of course."

Frank immediately took off his boots and lowered his height.

Xiu Nuo was stunned: "Huh?"

Jia Yu explained on the side: "Boss, I thought white people didn't need this stuff."

Frank stood next to Xiong En and said, "It's true. It's true."

He looked at Xiu Nuo and said, "I think I can be a good candidate for the position, sir! As long as I have money!"

(End of this chapter)