America: I'm causing trouble for environmental organizations

Clarissa felt that the purpose of the garden meat was not simple.

According to the information, this is a Canadian brand that, although it has been established for 5 years, is still in its early stages.

Current annual sales are only a few million Canadian dollars, and profits are probably even less.

The exchange rate between the Canadian dollar and the US dollar is approximately 1:0.77.

Given the size of this company, donating $15 to a Detroit NGO seems completely out of place.

With this money, why not invest it in GG and supermarket channels?

Based on this, Clarissa believes that Garden Meat likely has some special needs, but there is no way to bring them up in public.

She put her sunglasses back on.

He smiled at Meng Ran, who was still looking at documents by the car, and said, "Take these documents back and look at them at your leisure. If you have any ideas, you can call me."

After saying that, she pinched a business card between two fingers and handed it out through the car window.

Meng Ran took the business card and glanced at it. The black business card with gold foil stamping had the full name of Clarissa Maeve O'Connell written on it.

The car window slowly rolled up.

Clarissa was about to leave.

Meng Ran, however, had no intention of letting her leave so easily. He deliberately raised his voice and said, "I've finished reading the documents. We can talk now."

Clarissa, who was looking ahead, suddenly turned her head towards Meng Ran.

The car window rolled down again.

She raised an eyebrow slightly, a hint of disbelief in her deep blue eyes behind her sunglasses: "You've finished reading?"

"I've always read very quickly. The information says that Garden Meat's goal is to enter the frozen food section of 500 supermarkets in North America by the end of the year."

To make plant-based meat a leader in Canada's environmentally friendly and innovative agriculture sector. The term "innovative agriculture" appeared a whopping 41 times in the data, I think…”

"etc?"

Before he could finish speaking, Clarissa interrupted him.

She lifted her pert buttocks slightly from the seat, leaned forward, and took the document from Meng Ran's hand through the window.

Then, while flipping through the pages, he said, "You've only been looking at it for a few minutes, how can you remember how many times a word appears?"

This is exactly the effect Meng Ran wanted.

He stood by the car window without saying a word, just quietly waiting for Clarissa to start counting.

After a moment, Clarissa's eyes started to glaze over from counting.

She tossed the documents onto the center console and said, giving up, "Fine, 41 times. Maybe you're right."

Seeing this, Meng Ran smiled and said, "Actually, the exact number of times is not important. We just need to make sure that this word appears frequently."

"So?" Clarissa realized something.

"Therefore, I think we should examine Canada's subsidy policies for innovative agriculture."

"Do you think the real purpose of Garden Meat is to obtain agricultural subsidies?" Clarissa understood Meng Ran's meaning.

"Possibly." Meng Ran nodded.

As major agricultural countries, the United States and Canada offer a wide variety of subsidies.

Of course, whether these subsidies ultimately went to the commissioners or the farmers is unknown.

Clarissa was clearly aware of this: "In the past, quite a few companies did cooperate with the association for the purpose of obtaining government subsidies."

However, if they were after subsidies, why would they choose to approach NGOs in Detroit? Canada has plenty of NGOs.

"Perhaps the conditions for subsidies include requirements regarding the exploration of exports."

Upon hearing this, Clarissa blinked and fell into thought.

Just then, her phone rang. Seeing the caller ID, she was delighted.

After exchanging a few words on the phone, she gestured with her chin towards Meng Ran: "Get in the car. I've arranged to meet Martin, the vice president of Garden Vegetarian Meat. You're coming with me."

As soon as the invitation to board was sent, the system instantly displayed a task notification.

[Trigger Quest: Clarissa's Assistance Request]

[Mission Objective: Successfully obtain a donation of at least $15 from Garden Meat]

[Quest Reward: 500 Chaos Reputation Points + 2 Random Skill Cards]

Upon seeing the notification, Meng Ran's spirits lifted. Just as he was about to walk around the car to the passenger seat, he suddenly remembered that Xia was still waiting for him.

"Wait a minute, Thea is still in my car. I'll go tell her."

Clarissa's gaze followed Meng Ran's words and turned to the rearview mirror, where a Buick was parked alone on the street.

Soon, Meng Ran's figure appeared in the mirror.

He strode to the car, opened the door, took off his association T-shirt, and bent down to throw it into the back seat.

Thea, who had been waiting in the passenger seat for a while, said with dissatisfaction, "Why don't we chat a little longer? We might as well go to her car and talk it out."

Meng Ran bent over and clung to the car door, staring intently at Xia.

He didn't say anything, he just watched.

Thea felt a little uncomfortable being stared at.

She unconsciously smoothed her clothes, her eyes darting away, and said, embarrassed and annoyed, "Why are you staring at me like that?"

"They say jealousy makes people ugly, but why are you still so beautiful when you're jealous?"

"Damn~~" Thea rolled her eyes, turned to look out the window, and showed Meng Ran the back of her head.

A second later, she suddenly burst out laughing: "How come I never knew you could say things like that before?"

"It seems you still don't quite understand me," Meng Ran said deliberately.

Based on her memories, Thea and the original owner didn't have any relationship beyond friendship.

The two were more like a mentor and apprentice in the workplace. After the original owner joined the association, he always worked with Thea, a senior employee.

Of course, Thea is not old; she is only 23, a year older than Meng Ran and Clarissa.

"You go back to the association first. The director and I are going to meet a client." Meng Ran straightened up.

Thea turned her head abruptly, puzzled. "Meeting a client? What client?"

"I'll tell you when I get back." Meng Ran didn't explain further, smiled at her again, straightened up, and jogged towards Clarissa.

Clarissa then got out of the car.

"You drive. To the Marriott Hotel in the Renaissance Center." After saying that, Clarissa got into the passenger seat.

Meng Ran didn't have many opinions.

Open the door and get in the car.

The scent of perfume lingered around my nose.

Meng Ran struggled to operate the old-fashioned car infotainment system on the center console, and after locating the Renaissance Center, he shifted gears and drove away.

As for Clarissa...

He pulled out a highlighter from somewhere and buried his head in marking the words "innovative agriculture" on the Garden Meat document.

After a while.

She looked at the documents placed on her lap.

He looked at Meng Ran, who was driving, with disbelief and blurted out, "This word really appeared 41 times?"

"You think I'm lying to you?" Meng Ran chuckled.

He might not be able to remember other words, but he can pay attention to these high-frequency words even without the support of high mental strength.

This is based on his past work experience and habits.

Clarissa shook her head and didn't reply, but her surprise remained undiminished.

She didn't understand how Meng Ran had managed to do it.

I marked them with a pen and it took me a while to count them all.

Moreover, this was done without paying attention to other content, specifically focusing on counting this one word.

He was just chatting with me.

In a short time.

Clarissa's mood inexplicably improved a lot.

Thea previously told Meng Ran that she "had no achievements in two months as director," and this wasn't just a sarcastic remark; she genuinely had no achievements.

To date, she has not independently secured any large donations.

This is actually counterintuitive. Given her family background, she should have been able to get donations by pulling some strings, but she just couldn't.

Perhaps she didn't want to do it.

Or perhaps her family didn't want to waste their goodwill on this.

It's also possible that she didn't find the right route.

The specific reason is unknown.

In any case, if Clarissa can successfully secure the donation from Garden Meat, it will be of great significance to her.

Of course, this donation is equally important to Meng Ran.

You absolutely must claim the rewards for the mission.

Therefore, he was considering whether to use the [Basic Information Card] on the Garden Meat person after their meeting.

However, this thing isn't very reliable either; the three pieces of intelligence it gathers are random.

It's highly likely that I'm cursed with bad luck, and I won't be able to gather any useful information.