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“It’s a little spicy, but not too painful.”
Eugene first relieved Adeyemo’s fear.
“Hmm. Then it doesn’t matter.”
Adeyemo answered, gently sweeping her chest.
At best, I came in time for lunch in search of delicious food, but if it had been a hellish spicy dish, I would have been sad.
“Do you like crab?”
“If it’s a crab, it’s also a throwing scrap. If it is a Korean-style crab dish, it must be full of spicy seasoning.”
“There are two things. One was spicy crab and the other was cooked with soy sauce. It’s from a famous Korean restaurant in New Jersey, and I hope you like it.”
Eugene smiled, hoping to see his startled face after a while.
“Soy sauce and crab, I can’t imagine. Anyway, I am already looking forward to it.”
And Adeyemo’s eyes widened once more when he saw the soy sauce and seasoned crab prepared after a while.
“this… … It looks like it hasn’t been cooked yet?”
Few people, with the exception of people from a few Asian countries, would not be surprised to see a crab with its raw flesh exposed.
“ah! Are you going to cook it right here?”
Adeyemo asked, recalling Korean BBQ.
“no. The cooking is already finished. You can enjoy it as it is.”
Eugene said as she placed a crab marinated in soy sauce with chopsticks on Adeyemo’s plate.
“yes? Do you just eat live crabs?”
“It’s not alive. It was marinated in soy sauce for two days.”
“uh… … However.”
Anyone who encounters crab for the first time in their lives has no choice but to hesitate.
“I know that Adeyemo enjoys sushi quite a bit, right?”
Joanna, who was watching the scene, intervened.
“Even so… … .”
“Sushi is one of my favorite foods. Don’t the flesh of raw fish and soy sauce go very well together?”
“Of course. I think it’s a very nice dish, but… … .”
Adeyemo was talking, but couldn’t take his eyes off the uncooked crab.
It’s still unbelievable to eat that as it is.
“In a sense, the best match for soy sauce would be crab rather than fish.”
While talking, Joanna took a crab in soy sauce and took a large bite. And on her face, a happy smile that is rarely seen appeared.
“When I visited Korea, my favorite dish was this crab stew.”
Joanna, who ate a crab with only a spoonful of rice, continued.
“To be honest, it’s a bit scary to look at, but once you taste it, you can never forget it.”
She reached out to the second crab again.
“uh… … If Joanna recommends the same… … .”
Adeyemo crouched and carefully picked up the crab in front of him.
And he brought it to his mouth with trembling hands. He probably didn’t even know that the moment he bit the crab in his mouth, his eyes were tightly shut.
“greatly… … It’s creamy.”
After taking just one bite, the fear had already disappeared from Adeyemo’s face.
“I don’t understand. How did the flesh of uncooked crabs get so… … .”
“Is it like butter?”
Joanna nodded happily, but Adeyemo couldn’t answer because she was already biting the crab in her mouth and squeezing the flesh with her teeth.
“I still don’t know. It doesn’t taste like the crab I know. No, it’s unlike any food I’ve known.”
“Right. It’s so strange. It’s hard to be so different in appearance and taste.”
Joanna had already slaughtered her second large crab, this time holding a crab full of red sauce.
“I think that going to Korea was meaningful enough just to meet the crab.”
“okay. I already want to congratulate myself for having decided to have lunch here today.”
“Didn’t Adeyemo always have lunch here together?”
“ah! Was it? haha! If possible, I want to have many conversations with Eugene.”
“And try various Korean dishes?”
“Of course there is a reason for that. It’s always fun to meet a variety of cuisines that I haven’t encountered yet.”
Adeyemo seemed to have fallen in love with the soy sauce crab, so he reached out for the second crab.
Even today, Eugene was able to continue eating with a happy heart to the fact that he was able to bring joy to Adeyemo.
Lunch time passed so happily.
However, at other tables, employees who had never touched them at all eventually gave up and ran out to buy hot dogs and sandwiches.
Again, overcoming prejudice and putting in food that looked dangerous was not an easy task.
“Actually, I have always been thinking about contributing to society.”
After clearing the table with Joanna, Eugene opened her mouth.
As soon as the meal is over, it goes on to work.
As in Korea, lunch time is not clearly defined, so some people spend more than an hour leisurely, and many more people are absorbed in their work without a lunch break with sandwiches in their mouths.
Fortunately, Eugene and his assistants enjoy a leisurely lunch.
Including the past life, Eugene has been living in the United States for over 30 years, but perhaps because he lived as a Korean from childhood to the height of his life, Eugene still enjoyed his lunch break.
“Now there are very few Americans who do not know Eugene’s name. Even an old man in rural Kansas would not be wrong if he knew about Eugene. The problem is that everyone only knows that Eugene is rich.”
One thing that Adeyemo did not bring out is that Eugene is a foreigner, and that he is also an Asian, unfamiliar to most Americans.
Still, most Americans have an aversion to other races, especially when it comes to the Asian minority.
The fact that an outsider made money in the United States and became the richest person in the world is a huge advantage in Korea, but it is difficult to say that it is good in this place, which will be Eugene’s home.
It is true that the United States is the most faithful country to capitalist ideology, but the image of a person who only reveals money is not helpful.
Moreover, it is even more so when it comes to Eugene, who has a racial disadvantage.
“good. If that’s the case, then I think we need a more in-depth discussion about Peter Rooster’s plan. Tomorrow is Peter Rooster and Campbell Holt, and um… … Let Brian Deeds get together.”
“And Brian too?”
“I think it will be a pretty big project if we go ahead. I think Brian would suit him. Of course, your will is important.”
Brian Christopher Deeds, along with Wally Adeyemo, is one of the most representative young powers of the White House.
At the White House, he has been primarily responsible for coordinating policy development, particularly as its climate and energy adviser.
He is also a talent that Eugene obtained after fierce competition with Black Rock like Adyemo.
Originally, he would have been destined to be re-elected in the next administration, the Biden administration, after working for BlackRock with Adeyemo.
It would be nice if there was no question about his ability if it was important to use Biden after Obama.
“Hey, I’m sure Brian would do a great job.”
Adeyemo also agreed with Eugene’s opinion.
At lunch the next day, more people than usual had lunch with Eugene.
On this day, I ordered a few dishes at the Plaza Hotel for some strangers to Korean food.
Eugene recommended Korean cuisine to people she knew, but did not do anything stupid by inviting people and forcing them to cook Korean food.
On this day too, kimchi fried rice was rolled up on the table and fried arancini was lightly served.
“Bill Gates had such a predatory and ruthless image as a businessman that he was called the Devil of Silicon Valley. But after I started doing philanthropy through the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, I became a man admired by Americans.”
After the meal, the people immediately entered into a heated discussion.
A donation was necessary in any way, whether for Eugene’s image or for tax reasons.
Even with the exception of Bill Gates, the richest Americans have always donated a considerable amount in various ways.
In 2017 alone, the 50th richest people in the United States donated more than $15 billion.
In this situation, it is absolutely not a good thing for Eugene, the richest person in the world, to wash his mouth.
Everyone gathered here, including Eugene, had no disagreement about it.
Rather, the problem was the methodology of how to proceed with the work.
“It’s better to create a fund than a simple one-time donation.”
Peter Rooster, who posted the plan, suggested a sustainable plan rather than a one-time event.
“That would be better. Like Bill Gates, we tend to raise a certain amount of money.”
“How much money are you thinking of?”
Most importantly, it was also a matter of scale.
“I’m thinking of starting with at least $5 billion.”
“At $5 billion, it would be a pretty decent fund.”
In 2017, Bill and Melinda donated $4.7 billion to their fund.
Eugene’s $5 billion isn’t enough, if not enough, considering that Bill is primarily philanthropic and not currently on the job.
“I am only thinking about that amount this year. The size will continue to increase. By 2025, it will probably be worth 100 billion dollars.”
“uh… … 100 billion dollars, not 10 billion?”
Brian put on a puzzled expression.
The Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, the charitable foundation of the Bill Gates couple, is said to have raised $40 billion in funds over 20 years until recently.
This is not the total amount donated by the two people, but the participation of other wealthy people such as Warren Buffett and small donations.
“A $100 billion charitable fund is an exceptional number. But considering the size of Eugene’s assets, it’s also not that I don’t understand.”
As a person with the title of the world’s richest person, I thought that only that level could reduce Eugene’s racial disadvantage.
“Considering the amount of revenue we earn, we expect to be able to deliver that much.”
Eugene said casually. If it’s $100 billion over the next seven years, you can put it out with your eyes closed.