blackstone code

Chapter 1992

In the evening, it was originally planned to have dinner with everyone after playing cards, but Joanna finally chose to leave early.

She rushed to the foundation's office before she got off work.

She wants to look at the current account of the foundation.

At present, informatization is only a concept, not even a concept, so banks everywhere prohibit inter-bank access.

If you need to deposit money at Bank A and withdraw money at Bank B, you need to make an appointment in advance.

From a commercial perspective, bills of exchange and promissory notes are generally used for large-value trade transactions, with promissory notes being the majority.

Cash checks and transfer checks need to be restated and calculated at night when they are summarized, and the update time is the next day.

There is basically no way to accurately check the large amount of fund changes on the day, except for calling the bank directly.

However, companies also have their own set of accounts, and they don't need to know how much money they have very precisely, down to two decimal places.

They just need to know a rough idea.

This is also the reason why many, many financial frauds occur every year in the Federation at this time. The lack of timely communication of information has led to some unsophisticated fraud methods, which can also deceive many people.

For example, urgent orders after bank hours, check payments...

When Joanna made the request, the bank was almost closed, and she did not emphasize the need to check with the bank.

The accountant was not too troublesome, and gave her a rough figure directly.

"Ms. Joanna, we still have about 600 million in our account."

This made her breathe a sigh of relief, 600 million, a reduction of 140 million, and 460 million.

This amount of money can continue to be supported, and there will be no problems in the short term.

More than 2000 million funds, of which about 200 million, are used to increase holdings of various stocks, financial bonds and other commodities, which is what most commercial foundations must do.

Then there are about 300 million, of which doctors took away more than 100 million for expansion and purchase of some new medical equipment.

Some money was used to help those who applied for assistance, the total amount was about 500 million, but at present, it has not spent so much, only one-third of it has been used.

The remaining about 800 million are used for wages and her personal consumption.

In other words, she has spent about 400 million in the past six months.

Plus today's, she swore that she would never play such a big game again.

When she returned to the presidential palace at night, she was not in the mood to say anything to Mr. Truman.

After the two chatted briefly, she turned her back and closed her eyes.

She kept thinking about why she lost so much, and whether there was something wrong in her game today.

She felt that she shouldn't lose, and she didn't even think that other people did something wrong.

She was thinking wildly all night, and she didn't rest until very late.

Anyone who loses more than 100 million a day cannot fall asleep so easily.

The next day, a lady with whom she had a good relationship at the poker game yesterday invited her out for tea.

"It's hard for me to say something yesterday. Now it's only the two of us. I can talk to you."

Joanna froze for a moment, but her expression didn't change much. She nodded slightly, picked up her coffee and took a sip, "Is there any problem?"

"Didn't you notice that they played too well?"

Joanna froze again, "Yes, they all played very well."

The woman went on, "So we keep losing."

"I don't know how much you lost. In the past six months, I have lost at least two or three million."

"They have a deeper understanding of rules and techniques than we do. If you think about it carefully, do they win most of the time?"

Joanna recalled it carefully, and it was indeed the case!
There are a few ladies who almost never lose!
The woman added, "I feel like if I keep playing with them, I'm going to lose everything."

"However, I recently played a simple game with some other people, which is quite good, and I recommend you to try it."

"The rules are not that complicated, just compare the size according to the rules. If you think your card is small, you can discard it, and you don't need to pay anything extra."

"If the card is good, you can add money to compare with them. If the card is not good, you just put it back in the deck, and you don't need to pay anything for it. They are all ladies, and the atmosphere is also very good."

"No matter how bad your luck is, don't take too much risk. You can lose a few thousand yuan at most in a whole day..."

Joanna was persuaded.

She recalled the past carefully, and indeed, as the lady beside her said, she and some people from the Federation who were not very good at playing cards lost the most.

But those noble ladies of Gefla won more.

Even if she doesn't care much, no one really likes to lose money.

And she always felt that there was something wrong with yesterday's card, and she would always be the one with the second best card!
Perhaps a change of circle can make yourself easier?
Within a few days, Joanna joined a new poker game at the invitation of a friend.

Moreover, the new game and the new playing method are indeed very simple. Each person is dealt three cards...

When Lynch heard that Joanna had joined the new game, he stopped paying attention to it.

The games they played before were too complicated, it was not easy to win money, and it was not easy to lose money.

On the contrary, it is a new way of playing, winning money quickly, losing money faster, and can lose more!
To make a game, you need to arrange a large number of your own people. If you don't have a large number of your own people, you can't set off the atmosphere, and Joanna can stop the loss in time.

This doesn't serve Lynch's purpose.

He didn't mean that Joanna must lose everything or even be in debt, what he wanted was Joanna's chance to choose.

If she chooses not to be corrupted by greed, nothing will happen to her in the end.

But if she is blinded by greed, she will lose everything!
At the beginning of August, there was a breakthrough in the peace negotiations, and the Emperor Penteo agreed to recognize the legitimate political status of the survivors.

They are allowed to develop their own forces on their own private land, but they do not have rights such as tax exemptions.

In the memorandum, the Penteo government requested that the number of armed forces they have should not exceed 5000.

This is their final bottom line, if they cannot agree, then continue to fight.

They picked a good time to become tough, and some federal activities to celebrate the armistice have already been held or are currently being held.

If the flames of war are rekindled at this time, it will bring about many bad emotional changes.

In the end, under the coordination of the federal government, many parties reached a consensus on this issue.

This also speeded up the negotiation process a lot. The Ponteao government was once worried that the federal government would talk about the Ponteao people's regime.

What they didn't expect was that the federal people didn't pay much attention to this issue, and they didn't even talk about people like him!

Next, there are various negotiations related to compensation.

The federal government asked the Penteio people to disband the armed forces of the sea, land and air, and to form a military force with only low-level weapons of war under the joint supervision of the World Development Committee and the Federal Military Commission.

The work of these people is not foreign wars, but it can only be used to maintain peace internally.

In addition, two ports need to be leased to the Federation, and the Federation will send troops...

A lot of details may have to wait until September or October to discuss all the content.

This good news also stimulated the federal financial market to continue to rise, and the federal industrial index created the highest point ever!

A group of young generals were also awarded honors after their debriefing, and the entire federation was filled with vigor from top to bottom!
"I heard that the first lady has set up a charitable foundation. I'll go there tomorrow to have a look."

A middle-aged and elderly man with gray hair was sitting by the bed.

He is only 49 years old, but his hair is already gray, and his hair color is relatively light, it looks like most of it is white.

Looking at his son lying on the bed, he couldn't help feeling a little heartbroken.

His son was a sergeant in the army and participated in the landing operations of Penteo and the later general battle.

22 years old is the best age in his life, but he can only lie in bed forever.

During the war, he was responsible for breaking through a fortification, and the machine guns in the dark suddenly started to shoot, and he was unfortunately shot.

A bullet pierced his body, and although he was lucky to save his life, the bullet permanently damaged his spine.

It didn't appear to be broken, but had been hit so hard that it severed a nerve and left him paralyzed.

The Ministry of Defense and the military compensated him at the highest standard, a total of 25 months' salary, and a long-term eligibility for relief.

To be honest, this little money is not enough for anything.

Even sometimes he and his father would think why they didn't just die in the first place?

He is more painful than dying now.

His father couldn't bear him to lie in bed all his life at such a young age, and found a lot of doctors for him, basically all of them had the worst results.

Now every once in a while, he needs to receive treatment and also need to take some medicine.

The Department of Defense paid a portion of the cost, the insurance company barely covered a portion of the cost, and the 25-month reimbursement also covered some of the cost.

It is estimated that by the end of this year, after all the treatments are over, his compensation will be less than 4000 yuan.

But he is only 22 years old, and he has an unknown amount of life ahead of him. He has no ability to work, cannot marry a wife, and only so much money in his hand...

His father often cried for his situation, worrying that after he died, he would die alone at home because no one would help him.

He, and his family, need help.

He wanted to use better, less reactive medications for his son, but also wanted to buy something that would allow him to at least take care of himself.

Wheelchairs, small things to turn over, and some other equipment, or things.

These all need money, but he doesn't have much money in his hand.

He thought of Joanna's charitable relief fund for disabled soldiers, and now he needs help!
The young man lying on the hospital bed looked at his father with longing in his eyes, full of hope!

(End of this chapter)