Chapter 3488 Getting stronger with old age

Bernard Arno was as stingy as Grandet.

However, he is not stingy with himself, but with others.

Not only should you earn the money you should earn, but you should also earn as much as possible. It is wishful thinking to expect him to spend money for no reason.

The reason why he suddenly decided to donate 50 million U.S. dollars to the Maldives military today was because Tawana was broadcasting live around the world at this moment, and he just happened to take advantage of this opportunity and found the highlight of his life.

Bernard Arnault, who was limping, was standing in front of the Maldivian military commander with his crippled leg. The blood on his trouser leg had seeped out and dried and solidified, giving a feeling of being physically disabled but mentally strong.

The French people, in particular, admired him very much when they saw this scene. They felt that Bernard Arno at this moment was quite like the short Napoleon in his youth, as if Napoleon was possessed.

At this moment, Bernard Arnaud truly became a contemporary national hero of the French, making the French people feel proud.

The reason why the French people are so excited about this matter is mainly that in recent years, the Gallic rooster's international influence has become increasingly weak, and there are few things or things that it can show off in the international arena.

In the 22 World Cup, Mbappe brought the expectations of the entire Gaul village and made it all the way to the finals, but the Gallic rooster was defeated by Argentina in the finals and finally won the runner-up.

In 24, the Gallic rooster hosted the Olympics in a complete mess because of its stinginess, which made the already declining Olympics even worse.

In recent years, there has been very little positive news about the Gallic rooster internationally.

But today is different. Today, a new hero was born in France, a disabled but strong-willed tycoon who saved hundreds of people from the terrorist attack of Blackwater. Most importantly, he saved the pop queen Tawanna Sweet. For this contribution, it is not an exaggeration to erect a statue for him next to the Eiffel Tower.

At this time, Tawana thought about it, took the phone to Elno, and said with concern: "Mr. Elno, your leg was shot, let them send you to Male for treatment!"

As she spoke, she also pointed the camera at Erno's stump.

Bernard Elno was so excited that he almost cried. He thought, "Fuck, someone finally mentioned my injury. I was beaten by the gangsters. This is also a credit! If you didn't notice it, how embarrassing it would be for me to say it myself? It has to be Tawanna, so smart!"

He suppressed his inner excitement, waved his hands, and said righteously: "My injury is nothing, it doesn't matter, my safety is not important, the main thing is to ensure the safety of all tourists."

Tawana thought to herself, you old man are addicted to pretending. If it weren't for Mr. Ye, I wouldn't give you the opportunity to show off.

The Maldivian commander said quickly: "Don't worry, Mr. Elno, we are here to take over the security work here. Our navy is also on the way and should be here in more than an hour. By then, the entire White Horse Island will be on high alert. Don't worry, take our helicopter back to Male for treatment!"

Bernard Elno shook his head again: "It doesn't matter. I'll just ask the medical staff on the island to give me some simple treatment. Once everything is settled, I'll go back to France."

In fact, what he was thinking was, I am worried about your helicopter and your medical level, so it would be most reliable to go back to France or transfer doctors from France as soon as possible.

The commander of the Maldives did not know Bernard Elno well enough. He did not know that he was just showing off. He thought that he was a man of high moral character and great love. He was moved and said, "Mr. Elno, I admire your character and actions very much! On behalf of myself and the entire Maldives, I would like to thank you for all your efforts and contributions. I believe that our government will definitely award you the highest medal of honor!"

Bernard Arno smiled and nodded, saying seriously: "Don't thank me, this is what I should do. After all, I am not only a French citizen, but also an international investor in the Maldives. I will naturally spare no effort to help the Maldives and protect the tourists of the Maldives. As for the medal, I personally think it is just an empty title. It is better not to waste people's money and time."

Although Bernard Elno had no interest in medals for a tiny country like the Maldives, after all, it was being broadcast live around the world, and any icing on the cake, no matter how little, was a good thing, so he gladly accepted it.

However, he also knew that the other party was just a military commander, and he might not have the power to fulfill such a thing even if he said it, so being polite on the surface was a way of showing his grace.

Afterwards, the Maldivian Marines began to take inventory of the scene. Some people were responsible for registering the information of tourists on the scene, while others were asked to go out and deal with the bodies that had been shot in the head.

The combat capability and psychological quality of the Maldives army are far behind those of the militias of major countries, not to mention the regular army.

This country has not seen any serious wars in recent decades. The last war was when an opposition group hired 80 Sri Lankan mercenaries to land in Male and launch a rebellion.

Even though there were only eighty mercenaries, they made the Maldivian President unable to cope. Finally, he asked India for help. India sent more than a thousand paratroopers to land and the situation was finally calmed down.

An army that couldn't even defeat eighty mercenaries was naturally overwhelmed when faced with dozens of corpses with brains spilling out. These soldiers were almost vomiting while barely gathering the corpses together and covering them with the linens on the island.

In the bar, the Maldivian soldiers, with the help of the translator, registered the information of tourists one by one. When it came to Ma Lan, Ma Lan reported her name and nationality, and then asked the other party: "Hey, I say, we encountered danger on your territory and almost lost our lives. Aren't you going to give us some compensation or something?"

The soldier shook his head and said through the translator: "I'm sorry, we are only responsible for registering information, we don't know about compensation."

Ma Lan was a little annoyed and said, “Then let your person in charge come over and talk. We spent so much money to come here, and we haven’t enjoyed it much yet, and we almost died here. You have to compensate us no matter what you say!”

Xiao Changkun fanned the flames and said, "Yes! This experience is extremely bad. It's really unreasonable not to come up with some compensation plan."

Many tourists around also echoed the sentiment. After all, everyone had spent a lot of money to come here, and they deserved some compensation for encountering a disaster for no reason.

At this time, Bernard Arno hurriedly hobbled in front of the crowd and said loudly: "Don't worry, don't worry about the compensation. White Horse Island will definitely give you a satisfactory answer. I can promise you that we will bear all the accommodation expenses, seaplane fees and air tickets to and from the Maldives for your visit to White Horse Island this time!"

Ma Lan looked depressed, and muttered to Xiao Changkun beside him: "This has nothing to do with us. Aren't all our expenses on the island charged to the good son-in-law's friend? We don't have to spend any money in the first place."

"That's right." Xiao Changkun was also a little unhappy, and whispered: "This boss looks quite rich. He donated 50 million to the Maldives military alone. We should ask him to give us some compensation for our mental damage, right?"

While the two were mumbling, Bernard Elno had already seen the dissatisfaction on their faces. He whispered to the service staff beside him and learned that the two had landed on the island with Ye Chen, so he immediately said: "In addition, we have preliminarily decided to provide each tourist with a compensation of 100,000 US dollars. Underage tourists can also receive 100,000 US dollars in compensation. Before everyone leaves the island, this compensation will be deposited into everyone's account!"

As soon as these words were spoken, there was cheering and applause from the audience.

One hundred thousand dollars is not a small amount of money.

The average per capita consumption of everyone on the island is only around 30,000 to 40,000 US dollars. Now the compensation per person is 100,000 US dollars, which is indeed a good deal.

The main thing is that no one was actually injured, and this is just a simple compensation for mental damage, which is really very generous.

Bernard Elno was already addicted to acting at this time. He not only had to satisfy Ye Chen's father-in-law and mother-in-law, but also the majority of netizens. A compensation of 100,000 US dollars per person would mean tens of millions of dollars in expenditure for White Horse Island.

But he felt that it didn't matter.

It's a rare opportunity to be generous, so just be generous to the end.

It feels like a stingy but spending-capable person who comes to a high-end restaurant and feels reluctant when he first orders one or two dishes after looking at the menu. But after ordering more, he gradually develops a sense of heroism: "Fuck you, I can't make it, so I'll just eat as much as I can today."

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While Bernard Arnault was taking the opportunity to build up his persona, the Internet was praising him generously while scolding Blackwater as stinky shit.

More than three million people have voted in favor of the White House petition for a thorough investigation of Blackwater. Now that things have come to this, the U.S. government must give the American people an answer on this matter.

The US officials are also overwhelmed. If you ask who is Blackwater's biggest customer, it must be the US officials.

Blackwater was present in every war they fought in the Middle East. Blackwater was doing all the dirty work for them. Most of the oil that was stolen and sold in Syria was also secretly helped by Blackwater.

In other words, Blackwater is the close younger brother of the U.S. government. Although it is not very visible in public, it has a very good relationship with the boss in private.

Now, people across the country and even the world are calling for severe punishment of this little brother, and the American officials don’t know what to do.

If we really want to deal with it strictly, at least all the senior executives involved should be arrested, and then a comprehensive investigation of the entire company should be conducted to give the public an explanation.

However, senior American officials were also involved in this matter. They hoped that Blackwater would inherit the legacy of the Ten Thousand Dragons Palace in Syria and take this opportunity to bring down the Ten Thousand Dragons Palace.

But how could the American government possibly admit to such a thing? All it can do now is pass the buck and find scapegoats.

So, after an emergency meeting of internal senior executives, Blackwater decided to push forward one unlucky guy to take the blame.

The unlucky guy who was pushed out was a vice president of Blackwater and the one with the smallest shareholding in Blackwater's board of directors.

Blackwater's plan was to let this man take the blame and confess that all this was a personal conspiracy between him and the Syrian opposition and had nothing to do with Blackwater's top decision-makers.

In order to make the show complete, they even asked the unlucky guy to surrender to the US police himself.

According to relevant laws, the final result for this person must be life imprisonment without parole. In order to compensate him, other shareholders jointly gave 200 million US dollars to his family.

Although the shareholder was unhappy, he had no choice.

These shareholders were all tough guys who had served in the military and worked as mercenaries in their early years. If I agree to the deal, they can give me some compensation. If I don't agree, I might die at home tonight, and be accused of committing suicide out of fear of punishment tomorrow, and I will have to take the blame for them in the end.

As a result, the US government immediately announced to the world that the White Horse Island terrorist attack case had been solved, the planner had surrendered to the US police, and the US police were conducting an in-depth investigation into Blackwater.

This is nothing but a smoke screen to fool the public. They think that they should first show an attitude of severe punishment, and then stop the subsequent investigation after the public's attention and anger gradually subside. After another two months, most people will definitely not pay attention to this matter, and then they will directly announce that this matter was the personal behavior of the vice president and has nothing to do with Blackwater, and basically they will get away with it.

However, Ye Chen did not intend to let Blackwater go.

He wanted to make Blackwater pay a heavy price and let them know that the Ten Thousand Dragon Palace was never a target they could ever dream of annexing.

But now, Bernard Arnault is still strong and full of drive. If he holds on to Blackwater, it will surely bring great trouble to Blackwater!