Blackstone Code

In the evening, they originally planned to have dinner together after playing cards, but in the end Joanna chose to leave early.

She rushed to the foundation's office before leaving get off work.

She wanted to take a look at the foundation's current accounts.

At present, informatization is just a concept, not even a concept, so banks everywhere prohibit inter-bank deposits and withdrawals.

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, large-amount trade transactions generally use bills of exchange and promissory notes, with promissory notes being the most common.

Cash checks and transfer checks need to be re-calculated when summarized in the evening, and the update time will be the next day.

There is basically no way to accurately check the large fund changes on the day other than calling the bank directly.

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

All they need to know is a rough idea.

This is also the reason why many financial frauds occur every year in the Federation. The lack of timely communication of information has led to some unskilled 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 verify it from the bank.

The accountant was not too fussy and just gave her a rough figure.

"Ms. Joanna, we still have about six million on our account."

This made her relieved, six million, a decrease of 1.4 million, and there was still 4.6 million.

This money can continue to support us and there will be no problems in the short term.

More than 20 million funds, of which approximately 12 million, are used to increase holdings of various stocks, financial bonds and other commodities. This is what most commercial foundations must do.

Then there are about 13 million, of which doctors have taken more than 1 million to expand and purchase some new medical equipment.

Some money was used to help those who applied for assistance, and the total amount was about five million. However, so far, not so much has been spent, only one-third has been used.

The remaining approximately 8 million was used for salary and her personal consumption.

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

With today's addition, she vowed that she would never play with such a big one again.

When she returned to the presidential palace in the evening, she had no intention of saying anything more to Mr. Trueman.

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

She has been thinking about why she lost so much and whether she made some mistakes during today's game.

She felt that she shouldn't lose, or even that someone else had done something wrong.

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

No one who loses more than one million a day can fall asleep so easily.

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

"There were some things I didn't feel comfortable saying yesterday. Now that there are only two of us, I can talk to you."

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

"Didn't you realize that they were playing too well?"

Joanna was stunned again, "Yes, they all played well."

The woman continued, "That's why we keep losing."

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

"They understand the rules and techniques better 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!

Some ladies almost never lose!

The woman added, "I feel like I'm going to lose everything if I keep playing with them."

"But I recently played a simple method with some other people that was pretty good. I recommend you give it a try."

"The rules are not that complicated. You just compare the cards according to the rules. If you think your cards are small, you can discard them without paying anything extra."

"If the card is good, you add money to compete with them. If the card is not good, you just put it back into the card pile. You don't have to pay anything for it. They are all ladies and the atmosphere is very good."

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

Joanna was moved.

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

The noble ladies of Gefra won more.

Even if she didn't care much, no one really liked losing money.

And she always feels that there was something wrong with yesterday's cards, and she will always be the second best card player!

Maybe changing circles can make you feel more relaxed?

Within a few days, Joanna joined a new poker game at the invitation of a friend.

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

When Lynch heard that Joanna had joined the new poker game, he paid no attention to it.

The games they played before were too complicated, making it difficult to win and lose money.

On the contrary, it is a new way of playing, you can win money quickly, lose money faster, and you can lose more!

To make a game, it is necessary to arrange a large number of own people. Without a large number of own people, the atmosphere cannot be created, and Joanna can stop the loss in time.

That doesn’t serve Lynch’s purpose.

He didn't mean that Joanna must lose all her money or even be in debt. What he wanted to do was give Joanna a 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!

In early August, peace negotiations made a breakthrough, and Emperor Pengeo agreed to recognize the legitimate political status of the surviving family members.

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

In the memorandum, the Pengeo government requested that the number of armed forces they possess should not exceed 5,000.

This is their final bottom line. If they cannot agree, then the war will continue.

They picked a good time to get tough, as some federal events to celebrate the armistice had been or were being held.

If the war breaks out again at this time, it will bring about many negative emotional changes.

Finally, with the help of the federal government, many parties reached an agreement on this issue.

This also accelerated the negotiation process a lot. The Pengeo government was once worried that the federal government would talk about the Pengeo people's power.

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

Next, there are various negotiations related to compensation.

The federal government requires the Pengeos to disband the army, navy and air force, and form a military force with only low-level war weapons under the joint supervision of the World Development Council and the Federal Military Commission.

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

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

There are many details, and it may take until September or October to discuss everything.

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

A group of young generals were also awarded honors after debriefing their duties. The entire federation was filled with a sense of vigor from top to bottom!

"I heard that the first lady has set up a charity foundation. I will go there tomorrow to have a look."

A middle-aged and elderly man with gray hair sat beside the bed.

He is only forty-nine years old, but his hair is already gray, and since his hair color is lighter, it looks like most of it is white.

He looked at his son lying on the bed and couldn't help but feel a little heartbroken.

His son was an army sergeant and participated in the landing at Pengeo and the later battle.

Twenty-two years old is the best age in life, but he can only lie in bed forever.

During the war, he was responsible for breaking through a fortification. Machine guns in the dark suddenly started firing, and he was unfortunately hit.

A bullet penetrated his body. Although he was lucky to save his life, the bullet caused permanent damage to his spine.

It didn't seem to be broken, but it had been hit hard, cutting off the nerves, and he was paralyzed.

The Department of Defense and the military compensated him at the highest standards, with a total of twenty-five months' salary and a long-term entitlement to benefits.

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

Sometimes he and his father would even think about why they didn't just die in the first place?

He is in more pain than death.

His father couldn't bear for him to stay in bed at such a young age all his life, so he went to many doctors for him, and basically all of them gave him 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 part of the cost, the insurance company grudgingly covered part of the cost, and twenty-five months of compensation covered some of the costs.

It is estimated that by the end of this year, after all treatments are completed, his compensation will be less than 4,000 yuan.

But he is only twenty-two years old, and he still has an unknown amount of life ahead of him. He has no ability to work, cannot marry a wife, and only has so much money...

His father would often cry over his situation, worrying that after he died, he would die alone at home with no one to help him.

He, and his family, need help.

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

Wheelchairs, small things for turning over, and other equipment or things.

All of these require money, but he doesn’t have much money.

He thought of Joanna's charity relief fund, specially for disabled soldiers, and now he needed help!

The young man lying on the hospital bed looked at his father with longing in his eyes, full of hope!