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The foundation established by Roque and Xiao Si is called the Locke and Rhodes Foundation, referred to as the Rolls-Royce Foundation.
The Foundation's headquarters is located in Eagle Town, at the foot of Eagle Mountain, and the residents of this town are all family members of the Eagle Castle staff, and the entire Eagle Castle, including Roque's office, has approximately 500 staff, including a company of security personnel, whose families live in Eagle Town, which is probably one of the most instructive, beautiful, and safe towns in all of Nyasaland.
The town has about 300 residents, although the area is not large, but kindergartens, primary schools, markets, hospitals, libraries and other infrastructure should be available, the headquarters of the Rolls-Royce Foundation, is next to the winding mountain road in a beautiful two-story building, although the scale of the foundation is very large, but the staff is not much, including Phyllis, the chairman of the board of directors, there are only 32 people.
It should be noted that Phyllis, the chairman of the board of directors, works in the foundation, and her salary is not much compared to that of ordinary staff, and it is only 15 rand per month.
If according to Phyllis, the 15 rand does not want to take it, Phyllis wants to invest more money in charity, and does not take this job to earn money at all.
Roque insisted that Phyllis had to take the money, maybe Phyllis didn't need to live on this salary, but the other people who worked in the Rolls-Royce Foundation needed it, and Phyllis could certainly carry forward the style without a salary, so what about other staff who needed to live on a salary?
In addition to Phyllis, several family members of high-ranking officials in Nyasaland are also members of the Rolls-Royce Foundation's board of directors, such as Anton's wife and the wife of Los Angeles Mayor George, both of whom work for the Rolly-Royce Foundation and receive the same salary as Phyllis.
With Mrs. Nyasaland and the Governor's wife and the mayor's wife on board, it was not too easy for the Rollo Foundation to raise funds.
Several women are also very smart, the Rolls-Royce Foundation will hold a charity dinner every month, inviting industry leaders from all walks of life in Nyasaland to participate, and there will be a fixed auction at the charity dinner, the auction things are generally not very valuable, but especially commemorative, for example, Itno will auction the upcoming new products at the charity dinner every quarter, to satisfy the vanity of those wealthy ladies at the same time, but also to raise more funds for the Rolls-Royce Foundation.
Abu came at the right time, and the next night there was a charity dinner hosted by the Rolls-Royce Foundation, and Phyllis warmly invited Abu to attend.
Abu readily agreed, ready to see the Rolls-Royce Foundation's fundraising capabilities.
The dinner was held in the banquet hall of the Eagle Castle office, and was scheduled to start at half past six in the evening, but in fact guests arrived one after another from five o'clock, especially several members of the board of directors, who arrived early at two o'clock in the afternoon to discuss with Phyllis how to raise more donations.
Roque also attends a dinner party with Phyllis in the evening, but Roque doesn't care if Phyllis is not involved in the preparations for the dinner.
In order to set an example, Roque prepared a cheque for 10,000 rand in advance, ready for Phyllis to donate to the Rolls-Royce Foundation when the time comes.
It's really not that Roque is stingy, in order to raise more money, those women have to hold a dinner once or twice a month, and sometimes if there is an emergency, it will increase temporarily, and Roque also donates 1.8 million every time, even with Roque's wealth, he can't stand it.
At six o'clock in the evening, Phyllis, dressed in full costume, appeared at the charity dinner with Roque in her arms, and there were already more than 100 guests who came to the scene in advance, Anton and George were there, and they must attend this kind of occasion.
When Phyllis arrives at the dinner, she goes to her colleagues, and Roque is immediately surrounded by a crowd of people, making it the perfect social occasion to raise money and make the most of the benefits.
"Sir, this is His Royal Highness Said from the Ottoman Empire—" Anton took the initiative to introduce Roque to the fact that although the Ottoman Empire had fallen, there were still members of the royal family alive.
"Your Highness, welcome to Nyasaland—" Roque's enthusiasm begins, regardless of whether he is a prince or a prince, his economic strength should not be underestimated.
"Thank you very much, Lord, Nyasaland is such a beautiful place, impressive—" His Highness stepped aside after a few pleasantries, Roque's work was very busy on this occasion, and Said could not occupy Roque's time too much.
"Locke, this is America's Tom, Tom Dupont." Xiao Si has not yet gone to Europe, and it seems that he does not want to fulfill his responsibilities as the director of the Relief and Rehabilitation Agency.
In the world war, American companies did not reap similar benefits as in another time and space, and southern Africa completely replaced the United States, because of the special relationship between southern Africa and Britain, the United States was very keen to open up the European market with the help of southern African enterprises.
"Hello Tom-" Roque is not very enthusiastic, this time and space America is an unrecognized nouveau riche, if Roque is too enthusiastic, it does not fit Roque's identity.
Roque was a marquis of the British Empire.
"Lord Nyasaland, on behalf of my father, I greet you—" Tom humbled his father, Pierre Dupont, the current head of the American family of Dupont.
Pierre DuPont, the fifth-generation heir to the DuPont family, became the leader of the DuPont family in 1902, under the leadership of Pierre DuPont, who went from strength to strength and was now beginning to attack the chemical industry.
During the World War, the Nyasaland Military Industry cooperated with the DuPont family to purchase explosives from the Dupont family and sell them to Europe as a product of the Nyasaland military industry, and it was not clear that Roque was the commander-in-chief of the British Expeditionary Force at the time.
"Take me to say hello to your father, and if you have time, I hope your father can come to Nyasaland, and then we can have a good chat." Roque sent an invitation to Pierre Dupont, and Roque was still very interested in the chemical industry.
Roque knew that the DuPont family was marching into the chemical industry, but he didn't know how far the DuPont family had studied in this field, and the Nyasaland military industry was also researching "nylon", hoping to make a breakthrough in this area before the DuPont family.
The application prospects of "nylon" are very broad, at present, in the world, the "nylon" market is basically monopolized by Japanese rayon, and the Japanese are relying on "nylon" for primitive accumulation, which makes Roque very dissatisfied, although there is no clear conflict of interest between southern Africa and Japan, but Roque does not mind cutting off the financial resources of the Japanese and creating some trouble for the Japanese.
At half past six, the dinner officially began, and Phyllis, as the chairman of the Rolls-Royce Foundation, welcomed all the guests on behalf of the Rolls-Royce Foundation, and especially welcomed the arrival of His Royal Highness Said and Tom Dupont.
Few of the guests knew His Highness Said and Tom Dupont, but they gave them a polite round of applause.
Tom Dupont was still restrained, and His Royal Highness Saeed blushed with excitement.
Since the fall of the Ottoman Empire, His Highness Saeed has not felt such enthusiasm for a long time.
Then comes the auction session.
The first lot is a 10.5-carat diamond from a South African company, and Xiao Si will donate all proceeds from the auction to the Rolls-Royce Foundation.
The South African company's hype for diamonds is also all-encompassing, obviously it is a diamond composed of a single carbon element, but in the propaganda of the South African company has become a symbol of indestructible love, the advertising slogan of the South African company is the favorite "diamond is eternal, a forever", in the overwhelming speculation, the price of diamonds is rising.
The starting price for this rare diamond was a staggering R20,000, but don't be surprised, it's certainly not the final price.
"Fifty thousand!" His Royal Highness Saeed's first bid pushed the price of this diamond to an unprecedented height.
However, today His Highness Said is not destined to take the lead, and Tom DuPont is not to be outdone, and follows His Highness Said to shout the price of 55,000 rand.
"Sixty thousand—" Christian's wife, Joanna, smiled and raised the price, Southern Africa is also full of talented and wealthy people, and will not let two outsiders steal the limelight.
Said still asked the person next to him to confirm that there was no hidden danger, and then shouted the price of 70,000.
"Seventy-five thousand—" Tom Dupont was light-hearted, his price increase was five thousand five thousand plus, and Said's was ten thousand plus eleven thousand.
In fact, it's all good, Phyllis and Anton's wife Tong Ziyu won't end up, if the two of them make a bid, it is estimated that no one will dare to compete.
Roque and Xiao Si are no strangers to this kind of scene, and the two of them are smiling and not speaking while holding their cups, and Abu is surprised and inexplicable.
That's 75,000 rand, and it's the first time since the establishment of the Nyasaland University Foundation that Abu has personally donated more than that, but only once.
Abu looked around and found that the people around him were not surprised, and could only sigh that Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon in Nyasaland, but he was immediately full of confidence in Phyllis.
The price of the diamond soon shouted to 100,000 rand, and Joanna gave up first, she was originally a trust, and raised a few to 100,000 rand, and had completed the task brilliantly.
"One hundred thousand." Said's face did not change, and the thousand-year-old dynasty did have a foundation.
"115,000-" Tom DuPont is still light, 10.5 carats of diamonds are indeed rare, but this price has far exceeded the value of the diamond itself.
But who would take the value of the diamond itself into account for the charity dinner?
"Twelve hundred and fifty thousand." Said is bound to win, and will always be five thousand more than Tom DuPont's bid.
Tom Dupont gave up and raised a glass to Syed in congratulations.
Said was very personable, and he thanked Tom Dupont with one hand on his chest, and then expressed his desire to give the 10.5-carat diamond to Roque's eldest daughter, Judy.
There must be no other factors in this, it is just a simple overture to Roque, Judy is not yet six years old and has just started elementary school this year.