My Peninsula 2007

Chapter 450 A Supplies of Money
"Rumble"

A flash of lightning followed, and a short breath later, a muffled rumble of thunder swept across the eaves outside the window.

In the study of the Renwang Mountain villa, An Rusong had just hung up the phone with Jin Zhongtai. He tossed his phone onto the desk in front of him, picked up a half-pack of cigarettes, and lit one for himself.

Just then, the study door, which was slightly ajar, was pushed open from the outside. Jenny, wearing a white halter-neck dress, walked in with a cat-like gait, carrying a decanter of red wine in one hand and two wine glasses in the other, her face full of charming smile.

She had clearly just taken a shower; her long hair was wet, even dripping with water. Strands of hair clung to her beautiful face, giving her a delicate and vulnerable sexiness.

After entering June, business at the toy factory seemed to enter the off-season. Coincidentally, Sun Manzhu, who was trying to conceive, suffered another failure. To cheer herself up, she took Li Caicao and Rubin to Japan for a two-day trip over the weekend.

Upon learning that the lady of the villa on Mount Renwang was not home, Jenny immediately seized the opportunity to have an affair with An Rusong.

Jenny has been riding high lately because she successfully captured international arms dealer Victor Boot and received a commendation from NSA headquarters. Although her position has not changed for the time being, her rank has been promoted, which makes her very happy.

Viktor Butt's whereabouts were discovered by her team through monitoring the NGN server, so in essence, An Rusong did her a great favor.

Of course, that's secondary. The key point is that, after several months of cooperation, the NSA has determined one thing: the valuable intelligence obtained from monitoring NGN is much greater than the valuable intelligence obtained from monitoring platforms like Google and Facebook.

Platforms like Google and Facebook are fundamentally different from instant messaging platforms like NGN in terms of functionality. The latter is a communication software whose users mainly use it for information exchange. Therefore, eavesdroppers like the NSA can naturally obtain more valuable information from the massive amount of information exchanged by NGN users.

Therefore, NGN's value to the NSA is obviously much higher, and considering the rapid expansion of NGN software users, its value is undoubtedly even higher.

From this perspective, it is even more necessary for Jenny to maintain an absolutely close relationship with An Rusong, because this is directly related to her own interests.

"Whose call was that?" Swaying gracefully to the inside of the desk, right next to An Rusong, Jenny placed the decanter and wine glass on the table. Then, she gently lifted her bare feet, her long, glossy black legs rising up and placing her pert buttocks on the edge of the table.

“Jin Zhongtai,” An Rusong said, reaching out to steady a wobbly wine glass.

“Oh, it’s that Jiang guy again,” Jenny said, raising her hand to touch her forehead.

“Jiang Youli,” An Rusong picked up the ashtray on the table, placed it in front of him, flicked off the ash, and then spoke.

“Yes, Jiang Youli, is it still about him?” Jenny asked.

“Hmm,” An Rusong hummed in response.

"How did it go?" Jenny asked curiously. She had heard An Rusong mention this before, but she didn't know what happened afterward.

“It’s been resolved,” An Rusong said with a sigh of relief.

After lengthy negotiations, the 55th Division finally reached a settlement with Jiang Youli's family regarding the death of soldier Jiang Youli.

Just as An Rusong had guessed, after receiving a large sum of compensation from the 55th Division, Jiang Youli's family, who had been clamoring for justice for the deceased, finally signed the investigation report provided by the 55th Division, and the case was finally brought to a complete end.

To be honest, in the whole incident, it wasn't that An Rusong had foresight, nor that Jiang Youli's family was excessively greedy. Rather, it's just that the world is like this. Those with high moral standards will never know how heavy a large sum of money is for a family that isn't wealthy.

Just like in Jiang Youli's case, even if his family didn't covet the money, but simply demanded that the military punish the perpetrators and give the deceased justice, and the military accepted their demands, what good would that do? Can the dead come back to life? Since the person cannot come back to life, how can the Jiang Youli family be compensated for the loss caused by the death of an adult male? Most importantly, in this case, there are two victims: the deceased Jiang Youli and his girlfriend Pei Yina.

During the assault committed by Park Se-yong and his gang, Kang Yoo-ri died, but Bae Ina did not; she simply disappeared. However, An Ru-song learned from Kim Jung-tae that this woman named Bae Ina had been hidden by Park Se-yong and his men after the incident.

After Jiang Youli's family caused trouble again, the 171st Infantry Brigade reached some kind of agreement with Pei Yina. An Rusong didn't know the contents of the agreement, but he was certain that if Jiang Youli's family really escalated the situation and the military procuratorate began investigating the case, then the testimony the prosecutor obtained from Pei Yina would definitely be detrimental to Jiang Youli's family.

Indeed, the videos provided by Jiang Youli's family are very impactful and substantial evidence, but no matter how substantial such evidence is, it cannot compare to the weight of one of the parties' testimonies.

So, in the end, even if Jiang Youli's family doesn't want the compensation and insists on seeking justice, and keeps making a fuss, what they will ultimately gain is not so-called justice. They will likely end up with nothing. No, not nothing; they will only bring more disaster upon themselves and their family.

An Rusong wasn't trying to take credit for himself. To be honest, if Jiang Xiuyuan hadn't come to him for help, and if he hadn't asked Jin Zhongtai to help with the matter, Jiang Youli's family might never have had the chance to receive the compensation. The 171st Infantry Brigade could have easily dealt with these "troubles." These days, is it that hard to cause a car accident or two?
"This result is already quite good. Is your little lover satisfied?" After An Rusong briefly recounted the outcome, Jenny reached for the decanter and poured wine into two wine glasses as she spoke.

Jiang Xiuyuan is a very sensible girl. She is already very satisfied that Jiang Youli's family was able to get sufficient compensation. The key is that the family is not making any more trouble, so she can't make any additional demands.

However, An Rusong didn't need to tell Jenny about things like this.

He stubbed out his cigarette in the ashtray, reached out and touched Jenny's sexy thigh, asking, "Was what Leonard said last time reliable?"

“It’s not a big problem,” Jenny said, placing a glass of red wine in front of him. “I heard that Cheminics International is already going through the procedures. The NSA has always had a cooperative relationship with USAID, and assisting the NSA’s key partners has always been one of USAID’s main tasks. Leonard’s report is unlikely to be rejected.”

Just last week, after Victor Boot was captured by NSA agents, Leonard treated An Rusong to dinner. During that dinner, Leonard mentioned that the NSA planned to give An Rusong a reward—or more precisely, a reward for NGN.

Americans are known for their wealth and generosity, and the rewards they give to their partners are very substantial, consisting of real money in US dollars—a full twenty million US dollars.

According to Leonard, the money could not be directly transferred from the NSA to NGN under the guise of a reward; that would be too conspicuous and would be detrimental not only to the NSA but also to NGN.

Therefore, this money will be paid by USAID, the United States Agency for International Development, or more precisely, by Chemonics International, USAID's main partner.

Leonard will submit a report to USAID on behalf of the NSA, requesting the latter to pay NGN the money. In turn, USAID will require its partner, Cheminics International, to sign a $2000 million technical training contract with NGN under the pretext of supporting its cybersecurity protection and response technologies.

Once NGN receives this funding, Cheminics International will send a learning team of no more than 50 people to NGN for five years of technical training.

Of course, this team of 50 people were not actual trainees; they were actually NSA agents sent to NGN. As NGN establishes new data centers overseas, these individuals will be deployed there to undertake corresponding surveillance work.

“Hmm, $2000 million,” An Rusong said thoughtfully, crossing his legs and bringing his glass to his lips. He didn’t drink, but instead said, “How much should Leonard get?”

Jenny didn't say anything. She raised her right leg and placed her foot on An Rusong's leg. Then she stretched out her left hand, raised her pinky, ring finger, and middle finger, and waved them at him.

“He’s really greedy!” An Rusong said, taking a sip of his wine. “But, well, this greed is also reasonable. I have no objection.”

“I don’t think he’s greedy enough,” Jenny said with a smile. “Part of this money is to be given to General Thurman. If he only takes this little bit, how will the remaining portion satisfy General Thurman’s appetite after deducting the amount that needs to be distributed?”

An Rusong glanced at her and smiled, "I understand what you mean."

(End of this chapter)