Chapter 357: Fundraising

“…… Now at the helm of Leighton has become Manson. Leighton's granddaughter, Oyani. Layton. ”

Justin said to Su Peng.

"His granddaughter? Does he have no other heirs? ”

Su Peng listened, felt a little strange, and asked Justin.

"Manson. Leighton has two sons, but as I said, he was assassinated once, and that assassination almost served its purpose. He was shot four times and almost died, and his two sons were also attacked in the same place, one was unlucky enough to be shot in the head by the gunman, and the other is now paralyzed in bed, with two shots in the spine, and it is impossible to stand up in this life. ”

"The rest of the people are only the third generation of the Layton family, and his two sons are Manson. Leighton left behind two grandsons and a granddaughter, but Manson. Leighton seems to prefer his granddaughter, well, actually, I've seen her on the boardroom, a very grandfather-style woman, very principled, very tough, just not on good terms with her two cousins. ”

Justin explained to Su Peng.

After listening to Justin's explanation, Su Peng suddenly remembered the Guo Feiyi he met at the auction in the game. Leighton seems to be very similar to Guo Feiyi's background.

"As far as I know, Oyani. Leighton has been doing her best to maintain the Leighton family, the status in the Leighton company, and the assets of Leighton company, but her luck is not good, except for the first year of taking over Leighton company, after the company's stock rose thirteen yuan, Leighton company has been having various problems, mainly the development of firearms is always compared with other companies in the past, I know a little news, there are rumors, there are rumors that there are ghosts in the company, and in recent years have been stealing the company's design drawings to other companies, will make Leighton's products always weaker than others. The company has been secretly investigating this matter for two or three years, but there is still no clue. ”

"As for the economic situation of Leighton, according to the board of directors on Ouyani. According to Leighton's written documents, the company's cash flow has entered an extremely tight state, and the company has begun to consider shutting down some of its facilities and considering layoffs...... As for the current funding gap, it is at least more than $400 million. ”

Justin kind of told the bottom of what he knew about the situation of Leighton.

Su Peng listened and nodded, about the current situation of this company. There is also an intuitive impression.

If most of what Justin said is true, then the current situation of Leighton Company is really miserable enough.

The company has not made any money in recent years, and has invested a lot of money in weapons development, and the development of weapons cannot be stopped, and once it stops, it will not be able to catch up with the footsteps of other companies.

However, once developed, there is no guarantee that the blueprints will be leaked. If it leaks, it will be even worse for Leighton.

At the same time, companies cannot publish public financial statements for financing. In recent years, the company's performance has not been good, and the financial report will make more stockholders lose confidence, but it is difficult to get support from within the company. Now the situation is not clear, and everyone doesn't know that this company can be rescued. It's still a bottomless pit of money.

For the time being, the company is in trouble.

Of course, Su Peng will not fully trust Justin's family, and he will have to do a lot of investigation later.

"Justin, I know about this matter, I will investigate it in a week, believe me, don't rush to sell the stock first, wait for a while."

Su Peng said to Justin, Justin nodded suspiciously, Su Peng exchanged business cards with him, said a few words, and said goodbye to him.

After a while, Su Peng saw Kirk walking towards Justin with Salin, and the three of them began to speak, just looking at Justin's appearance, they kept shaking their heads, I don't know if Kirk and Salin didn't talk well, or if Justin listened to Su Peng's words.

Su Peng was in a quiet corner, watching all this, slowly tasting the wine, thinking about what he should do.

Contact with the people of Merrill Lynch Bank to launder their own money, which is about to be done, and the other thing is to entrust Merrill Lynch or other investigation companies to check the situation of Leighton Company, whether it is the same as what Justin said, and then there is, if your own funds are not enough, you can consider selling some more gold in a small part.

Thinking about these things, time passed quickly, and soon, it was time for the climax of the dinner.

Salin, the host of the dinner, and his beautiful blonde lady, walked to the center of the banquet hall, and the guests gathered around them, as if he were about to make a speech.

"Ladies and gentlemen, my dear neighbours and friends, thank you for joining us today, and I would like to thank Kevin Rudd, our future Prime Minister of Australia, for joining us."

Salin said the opening sentence first, and applause rang out all around, and many eyes were also focused on Lu Kewen beside Salin, and the man smiled and greeted everyone.

"Thanks to the stable financial order in the past two years, we are proud to slowly recover from the blow of the economic crisis, as far as I know, most of the gentlemen and ladies here have received quite rich returns in the past one to two years, whether it is business or investment, which needs to be thanked by the Australian government, Australia under their governance is still stable, so that we can accumulate wealth."

Salin said with a smile on his face, when it comes to the economic environment in the past two years, most of the dinner guests still feel good, and after listening to Salin's words, he expressed his deep sympathy, and many people nodded again and again.

Salin looked at the reaction next to him and felt satisfied, but he immediately changed the topic and said: "Most of this prosperous economic situation is due to the relatively stable political situation in Australia, and the stability of the political situation is due to the stability of the society, and the stability of the society is due to the reasonable operation of each class in the society, and to the fact that each class is content with its own social responsibilities and completes its own work without complaint, without crime, dissatisfaction and conflict." ”

"However, the fly in the ointment is that there are still some hidden dangers in this stability."

"Among them, there are two more serious problems, one is the existence of extremely poor families, and the other is the existence of Australian gangs, which seriously affects our security and social stability."

"Because of laziness, depravity, low education, or stupidity, as well as luck and some cause that can be attributed to God. Of Australia's 20 million people, there are about 7,000 people living in poverty, and they can only have the assets that the government uses for basic living security, many of whom are addicts, their children are unable to get education, and they are also the main force of violent crime. ”

"The other problem is the gangsters, and according to the data I have, the whole of Australia is not talked about for the time being, in the case of Canberra. Every year, there are more than 100 cases of gangsters committing crimes against people of our class, don't think that this is very few, as far as I know, most of the victims are ashamed or do not want to report to the police for various reasons. ”

"These two problems are the two threats and cancers that our class is facing"

"I feel that since we are here gentlemen and ladies, we are generally safe. And with wealth, should we do something to make us more secure and comfortable? ”

"For example, giving a small amount of money to help those who are stuck in poverty. Let them get medical care, get the opportunity to re-educate, get the opportunity to educate themselves, so as to increase the safety factor of our society as a whole. ”

"Or. Funding Canberra's police station to set up a gang crime fight team to make our safety even safer? ”

"I believe it. Both of these are sensible, intelligent and decent investments. ”

"I have two proposals right now, one is to fund a charity project for the poor to get better education and health care, and the other is to fund the Canberra Police Service to set up a gang crime task force."

"The purpose of the dinner is to raise funds for these two projects."

"These two projects, one is to contribute to our class and society in the long run, and the other is to protect our safety, and I believe everyone understands this."

"Here, I have deliberately set up two donation boxes, corresponding to two projects, gentlemen and ladies, please raise funds for these two projects according to your own wishes."

Salin said, as he spoke, he first spoke, "I, Salin. Mansaton donated $150,000 to education and medical projects for children from poor families, and $100,000 to fund the establishment of a special team at the Canberra Police Department. ”

Listening to Salin's words, there was a burst of applause around him.

Immediately after that, donations began, and donations continued to be poured into the two donation boxes.

It's just that because this is a dinner party, not everyone carries a cash check, and some people who don't have a check, if they want to donate, they can write down a card with their name and the amount of the donation and throw it in.

Of course, these cards have to be cashed, and it's okay not to cash them out, but in the future, this person will become a laughing stock in Canberra's upper-class social circles, which is disgraceful and difficult to move an inch.

Su Peng was there, watching these gentlemen and ladies donate money for the two donation boxes, Justin, Kirke, the other two rich men, and Lu Kewen, all donated one after another.

Donations range from hundreds to tens of thousands of dollars.

Although everyone here is relatively wealthy, it is not someone who has to come up with so much money for a random donation dinner.

Su Peng looked at Salin, this Salin was talking to a man in a police uniform, looking at that person's outfit, he should be a person with a high position in the police world.

However, this is also normal, one of the two donations is to raise funds for the establishment of a new team in the police department, and the Canberra Police Department will definitely come to show it.

It's just that I don't know if the person who came from is the director or deputy director of the police station.

Su Peng looked at Salin, this man's speech made Su Peng understand him better.

This Mr. Salin, who only listened to his speech, was a very sane man.

The angle of his speech is not from the point of sensationalism, nor does he emphasize the difficulties of the aided, but focuses on the consideration of the interests of the class in fundraising, and from this point of view, if it is not deliberately said to stimulate donations, then it is the person's way of thinking that is the way of thinking, and everything likes to be considered from this point of view.

Of course, it may also be that this is the mainstream thinking mode of Australia's rich people, and Su Peng himself is an outsider, so he feels a little strange.

Looking at the senior policeman who was talking together, as well as Salin and Lu Kevin, Su Peng thought, maybe he should be in the limelight and leave some impression on them?

This is not to cling to them, but at this time, Su Peng vaguely thought of a vague plan......

With a smile on the corner of his mouth, Su Peng had already made a decision, he put down his wine glass and walked to the place where the donation was made.

Next to the donation box, Su Peng picked up a card and wrote down a number.

A waiter who was recording the list and amount of donors on the side, saw the number written by Su Peng, his eyes changed, he looked up at Su Peng, and asked, "Sir, are you sure?" ”

"Sure."

Su Peng nodded, picked up the card, and the waiter nodded, raised his head and said, "Walter. Mr. So donated $250,000 to charity projects and $300,000 to Canberra Police Department projects. ”

The surrounding guests, hearing this amount of donations, many people let out exclamations, and even Lu Kewen, Salin and others, who were talking in a whisper on the side, also turned their heads to look at this side.

Su Peng looked at the eyes cast over, smiled and nodded, then walked over and gently placed the two cards in the two donation boxes.

At this time, the gentlemen and ladies around looked at Su Peng's expression, and there were some changes.

Although there are basically no guests who are worth less than one million Australian dollars at this dinner, it is rare to find a gentleman who has millions of dollars and can put out 550,000 yuan in cash for charitable donations at any time.

The number of assets and cash flow are two different concepts, and being worth millions is not the same thing as taking out millions.

If he can easily take out 550,000 yuan in cash for casual donations, according to the estimation of the gentlemen present, his cash flow should be more than a few millions, because very few people use up one-tenth of their total assets with a one-time donation.

And the cash flow is five million, then the total number of assets, theoretically, should be more than ten times the cash, most of the gentlemen here are like this, if there is one million cash, then there should be ten times as many other assets or equity, after all, most of the people here are investors, not drug dealers or gangsters with terrible cash flow and few fixed assets.

In that way, Su Peng's total assets are about to come out...... At least more than $50 million.

This value level, although it is not the most outstanding in the circle of today's dinner, is also ranked in the top few.

What's more, having 50 million Australian dollars and being willing to sell 550,000 Australian dollars at will are also two different things, especially when this gentleman is still an Asian, it is even more eye-catching.

After a few seconds of astonishment and staring gaze, a round of applause erupted in the surroundings.

Su Peng smiled slightly and gave way to the position of the donation box, but he had already become the focus to some extent.

For example, Salin, the host of the dinner, walked towards Su Peng at this time and said to Su Peng with a smile...... (To be continued......)