Chapter 180: Disaster
As soon as Zhou You got out of the car, two little people ran over. Zhongxuan, who is almost five years old www.biquge.info pen "Fun", has become a delicate little Zhengtai, but because Zhou You and Yan Fangqing are not good-looking, Zhongxuan's appearance can only be regarded as medium, not ugly, and not very good-looking.
But Zhou You still likes him, not only because this is his eldest son, but because his character makes Zhou You very satisfied. When he was two or three years old, he still had some dominance, but after having younger siblings, he learned to take care of people, and he had a bit of a big brother posture.
Besides, Zhou You doesn't want boys to be too good-looking, girls are pretty, and men are good-looking, but it's a burden.
Zhongzhen is not very good-looking, purely in terms of appearance, it is a little better than Yan Fangqing, not as good as her cousin Yan Qingya. But the eyebrows are clear, the figure follows the tour with Yan Fangqing, and he is only two years old, and the average child is four or five years old.
In fact, Zhou You's height is 196, Yan Fangqing is 174, Gracia is 180, and Paris is 174, so the size of several children is not short, and tall height has become a common trait of several children.
Zhou You hugged Zhongzhen and kissed her little face, and his little girl with stubble thorns couldn't help but giggle, pushing Zhou You's face and not letting him kiss it.
Zhou You made trouble with her for a while before touching Zhongxuan's head again. "Long Long, is it interesting to go to school?"
"It's interesting, I've met a lot of new people and learned a lot of words."
In the past six months, after he went to school, Zhou You took him to play very little. At this time, he hugged Zhou You's thighs, and his eyes showed admiration, which made Zhou You's heart soften. I simply hugged him up and said with a smile: "Okay, tomorrow Dad will check what words you have learned......"
Yan Fangqing arranged for Batistuta to bring over the suitcase containing a change of clothes and carry it in his hand. "In order to wait for you to come back, the two little ones haven't eaten yet, so let's go eat."
Entering the West Building on the second floor of the Forest Building, there is a small cafeteria that serves food 24 hours a day. As an international company, there are many staff members at the headquarters who work according to the scope of work they are responsible for. For example, the clerks in charge of South American operations work two-thirds of them work according to South American time, and only one-third work according to Singapore time. In addition, there are staff who work according to European time, and there are also intelligence gathering departments who work around the clock, so the food supply is uninterrupted.
This time is no longer the peak time for dinner, but many employees know that the boss of Zhou You, who has never seen the end of the dragon, came to the company in person, and deliberately took advantage of this time to get close to Zhou You.
Yan Fangqing usually talks about the rules, but today she also let go. Because she knows very well that her husband has become a legend, let him appear more in front of employees, and it can also increase the centripetal force of employees.
"Boss, the Prime Minister's Office just called, asking you to come to the Prime Minister's Office at nine o'clock tomorrow morning."
Yan Fangqing glanced at Lin Wei and said with a smile: "Sister Lin, he just came back, let him accompany the children to have a meal, and after eating, he will talk about business." β
As soon as Yan Fangqing said this, everyone else was a little embarrassed and put away all the information in their hands. Zhou You looked at his watch and said, "Let's prepare, and we will have a meeting in the conference room on the tenth floor in half an hour." β
The food in the small canteen of the headquarters is still very good, the buffet has more than 30 dishes, as well as a variety of fruits and drinks, except for no alcohol, it is more sumptuous than the general cafeteria.
With Zhou You and Yan Fangqing as a companion, the two children were also very happy tonight, with Zhou You's encouragement, Long Long even ate two large bowls of rice, and finally Yan Fangqing persuaded him to refuse to let him eat again.
After the meal, Zhou You and Yan Fangqing comforted them for a long time before handing over the two children to the hands of the sister-in-law. Yan Fangqing took Zhou You's arm and took the elevator to the tenth floor.
From an ordinary woman to the head of a large group company that controls hundreds of billions of assets, Yan Fangqing has always felt that she is trembling and walking on thin ice. Although she knows that she is a traveling wife and has a natural advantage, all the affairs she is in contact with now are new to her, and she has no experience to follow, so she has never dared to be careless.
Now that the Zhou Foundation is placed in her hands by Zhou You, there are 200 million US dollars in donations every year that need to be donated, how to make these money play a greater role, Yan Fangqing can be regarded as racking her brains.
At this time, she really understood that spending money was more of a test of a person's ability than making money.
Making money can be done by any means, but it is even harder to get the most out of every penny.
When entering the door, Yan Fangqing let go of Zhou You's arm, pushed Zhou You, and followed Zhou You into the large conference room.
The large conference room on the 10th floor can accommodate 400 people, but now it seats less than 100 people. At this time, everyone was staring at the video of the disaster that was playing on the curtain wall in the direction of the rostrum.
Since the disaster occurred this morning, the Ministry of Intelligence has collected various disaster videos from Southeast Asian countries. Seeing Zhou You coming in, the various videos that had been sorted out were played in turn. Since many of the people involved in the meeting were boys and girls, many emotional women could not help but burst into tears when they saw the images of the disaster.
Although Zhou You had experienced this in his previous life, he was on the freighter at the time, and it was not until a week later, when he docked in the island city to unload the iron ore, that he came into contact with more detailed information.
The mainland controlled some of the horrific scenes, and there was no feeling in the mainland, but later in Singapore, I saw many details of this terrible catastrophe. However, the times have changed, and the impact on travel at that time was not great.
Seeing these now, I was not too touched by the tour, and even had some schadenfreude about Indonesia suffering such a disaster.
The video was played for almost half an hour, giving a brief introduction to the situation in Southeast Asian countries, and finally a summary report by Mortas, the head of the intelligence department.
"At 0:58 GMT this morning, at 7:58 local time in the Indian Ocean, a 9.3-magnitude earthquake struck southwest of Sumatra, Indonesia, and then triggered a tsunami with waves of up to 10 meters, causing a large number of casualties and property damage to Southeast Asian countries, including the east coast of Africa. Although Singapore suffered no casualties in this disaster, ships at anchor in the port and ships under construction also suffered varying degrees of damage. At present, this matter has attracted the attention of the whole world, and we, as a socially responsible company, must respond to this disaster. At the same time, how to use this disaster to publicize the development of the company and better use this disaster to expand the company's influence requires all departments to come up with a suitable plan and work together with all of us. β
Zhou You, who was sitting on the podium, nodded, his eyes swept around the attendees, and most of the women below showed disapproving expressions. They may think that in the face of such a disaster, they still talk about interests so coldly, and they are emotionally unacceptable.
At that time, Zhou You knew very well that if you don't talk about interests, you can do things only by relying on emotional push, and good things can be done badly. So, although what Mortas said was a bit cold-blooded, Zhou You actually agreed.
He interjected: "Mortas, what we need now is a concrete count of the losses of the countries so that we can provide targeted assistance......"
Mortas nodded, flipped through the document in front of him and said: "Since this disaster occurred in the waters of Sumatra, Indonesia, Indonesia is the most affected by the disaster, and there are currently more than 200,000 dead or missing people in Indonesia, more than 50 million people affected, and more than 30 million people are homeless. However, due to the conflict between you and Indonesia, we did not list Indonesia as our aid object. β
Lin Wei stood up and said: "On this point, I have a different opinion, I think that personal conflicts should not take precedence over social morality, and we should not exclude Indonesia from the target of assistance, which has a great impact on our company, including the personal image of the boss." β
Zhou You groaned for a moment, but shook his head in the face of her hopeful gaze. "Since Indonesia has listed me as persona non grata, there is no warmth between me and Indonesia. I don't want to talk about the disaster six years ago, but as a Chinese, I don't feel sorry for what happened to them. Now let's report on the damage in other countries......"
Mortas had long known the mentality of traveling, so he ignored Lin Wei's resentment, and reported: "In addition to Indonesia, Sri Lanka is the most severely affected. In Sri Lanka, more than 40,000 deaths have been confirmed, mostly among children and the elderly; Eight hundred thousand people have been refuged, and the capital's airport and port have been closed due to the intrusion of the sea nearly 2 kilometres inland. Local media reported that many of the mines left over from the long civil war had been exposed to the ground as a result of seawater intrusion. President Mrs. Kumaratunga has declared a state of calamity throughout the country. The Government has no control over the situation in the northern areas of the country that are under the control of the Tamil Tiger rebels. 20,000 troops carried out rescue operations and maintained order in government-controlled areas to prevent looting. The tsunami caused a train to derail, killing at least 1,400 people, more than any previous train derailment accident. The government says at least 3,000 people have died in the south, including at least one orphanage with more than 100 orphans. The official website of the Tamil Tiger guerrillas reports that fifteen hundred people died in the rebel areas. β
"In addition, in both India and Thailand, more than five thousand people have died, and the damage to property is uncountable. In Thailand in particular, the number of deaths has not yet been fully determined due to the large number of foreign tourists during the Christmas season, but just foreigners, the death toll will not be less than two thousand. β
"With the exception of these three countries that have been severely affected, the rest of the world, although there have been some losses and casualties, are not serious. The main disaster in Malaysia was Penang, with no more than 100 deaths, while Myanmar was mainly caused by coastal fishermen, the exact number of casualties is unknown, but the situation is not serious. In the Maldives, the death and missing toll is around 100, but two-thirds of the Maldivian capital, MalΓ©, is submerged by the sea. Remote subsurface atolls can be severely damaged. Some islands are completely submerged. The government declared the country in a state of disaster. The vast majority of the island nation, which is made up of coral reefs, is less than a meter above sea level. Many islands in the Maldives have lost their communication links. Maldives International Airport is closed. The Government has appealed for international assistance, but communications have been severely affected and relief efforts have not been able to begin. β
"In addition, in Seychelles, three people have died and seven people are missing, and the damage to their property is not very serious. Although there were no casualties in the French Reunion Islands, a number of fishing and cargo ships were sunk and suffered heavy losses. The death toll in Bangladesh is in the dozens, mostly among children playing in the water on beaches. Then there is Somalia in East Africa, where more than 200 people are said to have died, but this information is unconfirmed. At present, the specific situation is this, and our intelligence department will pay close attention to the follow-up situation and supplement relevant information at any time. β
Zhou You took a list of the disasters they had listed, looked at it and said: "Sri Lanka, India, Thailand, and Malaysia will be the first level of aid, and the Maldives will be the second level of aid, and we can make some humanitarian donations to other countries." According to their damage situation, the relevant departments will distribute materials in a purposeful manner. β
Lin Wei shook her head and said: "Boss, I hope you can carefully consider the aid to Indonesia, in addition, Malaysia is not seriously affected this time, I don't understand why they should be the first level of aid." β
Zhou You said with a smile: "Penang and Langkawi are the hardest hit in Malaysia this time, and we have to cooperate with the Malaysian government in Langkawi, which is a good opportunity. Although they were not seriously affected, it did not prevent us from spending money to buy fame, which made our investment much less resistant. As for Indonesia, I will not donate a penny to them until they apologize to me, and there is no need to persuade them to do so. Next, each department will report on the mobilization of relief materials......"
Although Indonesia is close at hand, Zhou You does not think that leaving Indonesia will have a big impact on his career. With the hatred of the Suharto family, he will not easily go to Indonesia to invest, so no matter how many people travel around, he will not feel distressed.
Lin Wei looked at the serious Zhou You and sighed softly. Although she really wanted to link the conflict between Zhou You and Indonesia, she was soft-spoken and couldn't persuade Zhou You. She only hopes now that tomorrow she will travel to the Prime Minister's Office, and the Prime Minister will be able to persuade him.
The procurement of materials may be a big problem for others, but for those who have mastered Tmall and Wal-Mart, many materials are simply daily procurement varieties.
What is most lacking in Southeast Asia right now is fresh water and food, which is the easiest way to travel. The transit center in Yangcheng can mobilize fresh water and bread for a freighter in one day, but it is a little far away from quenching the thirst by sea.