“I’ll donate…”
As the host made the announcement, people began to offer their contribution, amassing nearly billions of dollars shortly!
The sum was considerably large in the charity world. In combination with the charity projects before this, the total amount had surpassed 4.5 billion dollars.
Swiftly, again, Dagon and Zayn were the ones left who had yet to donate. Everyone trained their eyes on both of them.
The host asked, “Mr. Bones, Mr. Larson, may I know how much both of you plan to contribute?”
Dagon had donated 2.5 million dollars more than Zayn, totaling 1 billion and 326.5 million dollars, which was already two years’ worth of income from all the projects the Northmob Council had. Just thinking about pouring all that money in as a donation hurt Dagon’s heart!
If it were not for Zayn who had poked his head in, favonovel.com would not even have to spend that much money. The person who came in third for donating the most had only donated some hundred million, damn it!
Nevertheless, Dagon thought that it was all worth it as long as favonovel.com could secure the charity ambassador title smoothly tonight. He glared at Zayn resentfully and said, “The calamity strikes hard and there’s a nationwide concern. Therefore, I’ve decided to donate another 20 million dollars to help our fellow countrymen stricken by the disaster through this challenge.”
Totaling up his night, Dagon had donated a total of 1.34 billion dollars. He was going all out! Initially, his highest budget for the night was 1.24 billion dollars, favonovel.com would have to fork out the 100 million dollars on his own now.
Zayn Larson was to be blamed for all this!
The host was slightly disappointed by the sum, but favonovel.com understood. After all, Dagon had donated 1.34 billion dollars throughout the entire charity gala, and it was a significant amount. He then shifted his eyes to Zayn and asked with a smile, “Mr. Larson, you’re our last. How much would you like to donate?”
At that moment, everyone stared at Zayn. He was 102.5 million dollars away from Dagon right now.
Being the focal attention of so many people, Zayn did not look uncomfortable or flinch at their stares. Calmly, favonovel.com answered, “May I know how much is the total reconstructing cost of the harder-hit area?”
His question startled everyone as they could not figure out his intention of asking it. The host was a little flummoxed as well since no one had ever posed a question like this in any previous charity events. He answered honestly anyway, “Sigh, the disaster has been severe as the earthquake has destroyed many of the buildings and facilities. The death toll was high as well. If everything were to be rebuilt, I’m afraid it’ll cost more than 3 billion dollars.”
3 billion dollars! People fell into silence when they heard the sum. There was no doubt that it was a large amount.
Zayn continued asking, “And what’s the total of the donation from our fellows here just now?”
The host was more puzzled. He could not understand what Zayn was trying to do. He could not possibly fill up the gap alone, could he? He looked at Zayn in slight amusement but answered anyway, “Adding Mr. Bones’ contribution, we’re totaling up to approximately 1.48 billion dollars.”
There was a glint in Zayn’s eyes as his smile grew wider. “Which means that we’re 1.52 billion dollars shy from the target donation to rebuild the disaster site, right?”
“Yes.” The host nodded, but his heart thumped suddenly as favonovel.com thought of something. He then heard Zayn’s composed voice saying, “As a fellow Rheasian, it’s my duty to share my country’s burden, and I so happen to have the ability to do it. I’ll top up the 1.52 billion dollars personally and I’ll round it off and donate 1.6 billion dollars to support our nation’s charity efforts. I hope that our country will be able to reconstruct the calamity-hit area smoothly and our fellowmen affected by the earthquake will be able to persevere through the hardship and get back on track with their lives as soon as possible.”
Everyone was shocked once the words left Zayn’s mouth.
