Chapter 342 Assistance from all sides
Of all this international aid, it is certainly the Chinese who live abroad who are more sincere in terms of attitude!
After the news of the Wenchuan earthquake reached the United States, under the organization and mobilization of the "American Chinese Entrepreneurs United and Mutual Aid Association," regardless of whether there was a showman's attitude among these people, at least, as soon as all the Chinese businessmen in the United States got the news, they immediately began to mobilize to donate money and materials. Then, the organizers also directly transported all the relief materials to the affected areas in the form of chartered flights.
The arrival of these relief supplies was even earlier than the official donations from the United States.
Among these Chinese businessmen, after the "Kangmei Group" represented by Li Chenghua donated $10 million in materials, Chairman Li Chenghua, in the name of the charitable foundation under the family's name, donated another $15 million in materials to support the motherland to tide over the difficulties.
After the news of the Wenchuan earthquake came, she immediately decided to take out 50 million US dollars in cash without hesitation, ready to buy various disaster relief materials and donate them to the motherland.
To this end, she also urgently summoned Zhang Yinuo and Ruixi to rush to her side, and instructed them to quickly buy all kinds of disaster relief materials - medicines, fast food, warm clothes, tents, sleeping bags, cleaning items, emergency lights, personal protective equipment, etc
While preparing these relief materials, Pei Pei also chartered a transport plane in her own name. The first batch of relief supplies worth $10 million raised is requested to be delivered to the affected areas as quickly as possible!
Even Mr. Peng, who was far away in Xiaoquan Villa, specially called his apprentice Pei Pei and asked her to immediately exchange the one million dollars he spent on selling the shop last time for various disaster relief materials and help him transport and donate them to the relevant disaster relief departments in China.
In addition, Mr. Li, who is also in Xiaoquan Villa, waited for Mr. Peng to finish explaining the phone, he grabbed the phone and specially instructed his granddaughter that he was personally ready to donate another five million US dollars. Since Peng Lao happened to make this call to Pei Pei, he would not call his son Li Chenghua again. The money will be transferred to the granddaughter's account within a day. Let Pei Pei exchange all this money for various relief materials and send them to the affected areas.
At this moment, in the face of such a painful and unfortunate event, all overseas Chinese are united, even if some are for show. But it still represents the patriotism of overseas Chinese who do not forget the motherland!
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After the first batch of food and clothing relief materials prepared by Peipei were urgently delivered to the affected areas. She immediately ordered Zhang Yinuo and Reese. In the second batch of disaster relief materials that are being prepared, in addition to food, clothing and medicines, more practical life-saving equipment is required. For example, demolition equipment, excavation equipment, various transportation equipment, search and rescue equipment, and so on.
After receiving the news on May 13, US time, Pei Pei's energy was all focused on the Wenchuan disaster relief process on the other side of the Pacific Ocean
Although the natural disaster event of the devastating earthquake in Wenchuan, China, was tracked and reported on the three major television media in the United States, it did not affect the timely opening of the Kentucky Derby Contest in the United States.
On the afternoon of May 15, the third day of the Wenchuan earthquake, U.S. time, Pei Pei suddenly reacted when she received a call from Thomson - it turned out that tomorrow was the opening match of the Kentucky Beat Competition! At this time, she is still in Los Angeles, following her father, raising and contacting the delivery of various disaster relief materials.
The first Kentucky Derby of the year will be held at Suffolk Dangles Racecourse, a landmark in Boston, the capital of Massachusetts.
Tomorrow is the opening of the Kentucky Derby Race, and Peipei, who has already signed up for the competition, is still in Los Angeles at this time.
- To go or not to go?
After hesitating for a moment, Pei Pei quickly made a decision - of course she wanted to go! And you have to go!
Don't look at the tens of millions of dollars donated by her and her family, it seems to be quite a lot of money, but when it is exchanged for various disaster relief materials, this money is not used at all! Especially for those special disaster relief equipment, one can cost tens of thousands of dollars, and some large equipment can even cost hundreds of thousands of dollars! If you don't find something to make up for it from this old beauty company, the money is not spent at all.
So, Pei Pei, who made the decision, immediately asked her husband to dispatch his Gulfstream G550 Shark in the air, and airlifted the young couple to Boston's Logan International Airport that night.
As soon as they got off the plane, the couple made a beeline for the Taj Mahal Hotel, the only five-star luxury hotel closest to the racecourse. Austin's parents, the old Hercules, also stayed at the hotel tonight.
Here is a digression -
Before the news of the Wenchuan earthquake reached the United States, the Li family and the old Hercules had already agreed that when the Kentucky Beat Contest started, the two families would go to Boston to cheer for Peipei and the "Triple Crown" as the support group for Pei Pei and the "Triple Crown".
But the unfortunate thing happened so suddenly!
The comet hit the earth did not happen, and such a large natural disaster occurred in Chinese mainland on the other side of the Pacific Ocean. Therefore, as one of the members of the "National Chinese Entrepreneurs United and Mutual Aid Association", Li Chenghua, the head of the Li family, was too busy to raise all kinds of disaster relief materials, and of course he did not have the time or heart to rush to Boston to watch his daughter's horse race.
As for the old Hercules couple, as in-laws, whether they stand on a humanitarian standpoint or because of the idea that charity can be taxed back, the head of the Heckles family, Topher Sr., immediately notified the charitable foundation in the family's name, and then passed the disaster relief channel of the "All-American Chinese Business United and Mutual Aid Association". A humanitarian donation was made in the name of the family.
Personally, the amount of money donated by the elder Hecklesss is not small - three million dollars can buy a lot of food and clothing.
However, if we compare the three million dollars donated by the old Hecklesss and his wife with the handwriting of their son Austin, it can only be said that the handwriting is simply too small to read!
When the news of the Wenchuan earthquake reached the United States, Pei Pei happened to take her husband to eat in the Li family's mansion. After getting the news, the Li family didn't have the heart to continue to eat happily in the restaurant, and after dealing with it hastily, they immediately began to mobilize the whole family.
At that time, Li Chenghua, a member of his family, was busy taking out his mobile phone to call those friends of the "Chinese Business United and Mutual Aid Association" one by one, urgently contacting the question of how to raise funds for disaster relief.
Meanwhile. The two lords of the family, the old lady and Qin Wanyu, both made the same decision - the masters returned to the masters. The women are also required to make additional private contributions in their own name.
The old lady and Qin Wanyu had a lot of private money, and the two lords of the Li family discussed it privately and decided to each take out a private donation of 1.5 million US dollars to make a whole amount of 3 million.
And at this time. Li Peihao, the youngest in the family, did not forget to come over and express his attitude to his mother. He is willing to donate all his pocket money from childhood to adulthood.
Even. Even Aunt Qin and Uncle Ham, who have been working in the Li family for a long time, eating and living in the Li family for more than ten years, and feel like family, hurriedly went back to the room to take out their passbooks, and then donated as much as they could.
Not to mention the rich man Pei, who has just made a windfall. After getting the news, the rich man Pei proudly expressed his attitude to his family, waved his hand, and expressed his willingness to spend 50 million US dollars to buy various disaster relief materials and send them to the disaster-stricken areas in China.
Tell me, in this atmosphere, as the Chinese son-in-law, can Austin, be indifferent?
The Chinese son-in-law originally planned to donate two or three million dollars, but his mother-in-law and the eldest old lady in the family did not hesitate to make a whole number of three million to donate.
Therefore, when the "bookkeeper" Li Peihao walked in front of his brother-in-law with a pen and paper, and then looked at his brother-in-law with a blank eye-
Austin immediately swallowed the original plan of "three million", and then under the expectant eyes of his wife and brother-in-law, he quickly made a decision and reported the donation figure of 10 million US dollars!
When Austin enjoyed his wife's grateful "Moma" kiss, he didn't dare to confide in his heart - this is a charity, whether it is in the name of the company or the name of the family, you can enjoy tax rebates!
Anyway, the Heckles Investment Bank under his name has to set aside such a fixed amount of charitable donations of 10 million US dollars every year. I can't enjoy such a warm thank you kiss from my wife when I donate to Ethiopia!
Thinking about this, Austin immediately made up his mind, and later called the company's accounting director, informing the other party that starting this year, the company's annual fixed charitable donation will be invested in charity in Chinese mainland. Anyway, he still has the title of "Chinese son-in-law", isn't it!
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When the couple arrived at the hotel, they exchanged pleasantries with the old Hercules, and then Peipei immediately took out her mobile phone to contact her Marseille agent, Mr. Chatter Wilkes.
As a participating rider, Peipei's name has already been reported to the organizer of Marseille, but she herself has not been able to go through the various medical procedures before the race. So, she had to give it to Chase Wilkes and take care of it for her!
On the other end, Charter-Wilkes, who received a call from the BOSS, finally breathed a sigh of relief.
He was still thinking that if the boss himself didn't arrive today, he was going to temporarily adjust the roster of participating riders early tomorrow morning and let the substitute Thomson replace the boss.
Now that the boss has finally arrived in Boston, Charter-Wilkes is of course relieved.
Therefore, Chatter Wilkes immediately told the boss on the phone that she must arrive at Suffolk Dauntens Racecourse by eight o'clock tomorrow morning. At that time, he will take the BOSS to go through various pre-game physical examination procedures.
According to the rules and regulations of the racecourse, as long as the race is not officially started, the roster of participating riders can be adjusted at short notice, so for Peipei, she can still be a rider as long as she arrives at the racecourse an hour before the official start of the Triple Crown.
(This rule is designed to deal with temporary accidents!) Under normal circumstances, a professional Marseille agent will report the names of two participating riders to the main board before the race, one is the main rider and the other is the substitute rider, just to deal with unexpected accidents before or during the race! (To be continued......)
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