Chapter 2439 Life Foundation (Ⅱ)

After the charity dinner, Joan's next work shifted from the laboratory to the "pharmaceutical factory", using engineering spells such as "earthquake" and "supernatural workmanship" to assist the workers hired by the mentor to level the ground, build the factory building and aseptic workshop.

During this period, Mrs. Josephine occasionally took Ruby to see the progress of the construction, and her main focus was still on fundraising. She also placed a public service advertisement for the "Life Foundation" on newspapers and "Cloud Network" .

In the twinkling of an eye, two weeks later, the pharmaceutical factory started trial operation. In addition to Professor Moriarty and Qiao An, teachers and students, Hailaer, Audrey, Holden, Angel and Ryan who had just completed their graduation defense all came to help. There are more than 20 students from Austrian Law School and Theological School who also work part-time in the pharmaceutical factory.

Joan personally formulated the standard production process. In fact, most of the production links of vaccines can be easily handled with engineering magic, and thousands of vaccine injections can be produced in batches with one "magic workmanship".

The problem is that this production method relies heavily on high-level magic, and factory employees can only use the magic device specially made by Joan and Professor Moriarty for the production of vaccines to cast spells, which is expensive.

Fortunately, Mrs. Josephine’s fundraising activities were very effective. In addition to her own contribution of 1 million, she also received 2 million financial allocations from the colonial government. Colonial businessmen, bankers and manor owners, including David Kaufman, donated a total of There are also more than 2 million.

What makes Joan even more incredible is that the Countess has also received funding from the royal family of Canaan and the Far East. Both the "Zion Royal Family Fund" and the "Korath Sovereign Fund" provided the equivalent of 100 yuan to the charitable projects she presided over. God knows how she built up such a network of overseas relationships with Wan Jin Dujia's donation!

Among all these donations, there were two that touched Joan the most.

The first donation came from the Port of Leiden.

Master Rawls saw the fundraising advertisement of the "Life Foundation" in the newspaper, and was surprised to find Joan's name in the list of directors of the foundation, so he told his students about it. , feel obliged to join in the grand event.

Master Rawls took the lead in contributing 300,000 yuan, and Thomas, Edward, and Allen also donated generously, sending a total of 500,000 gold Duga, which moved Joan deeply.

The last and largest private donation came from "the Custis family".

Sir Custis, Vasa and Martha, and Rebecca jointly donated 2 million, most of which came from Sir Custis' savings.

Martha and Rebecca arrive in Hot Springs with a donation check. When meeting with Joan, Rebecca revealed to him that her father often talked about his old friend Logan Walsunger recently. To some extent, this donation also has the meaning of atonement and repentance.

Sir Custis buried his like-minded friend Logan Walsunger with his own hands, and Joan was also present at the funeral. From that day on, both he and Sir Alex had a deep knot in their hearts.

Sir Custis felt deeply indebted to his old friend's family. He was sorry for those Asa people who had expected him to bring permanent peace to the New World. He hoped to make up for this guilt by subsidizing the aboriginal epidemic prevention. Why not Joan? .

Mrs. Josephine solemnly received the Custis sisters and expressed her deep gratitude to their family for their generosity.

Joan has always felt that Mrs. Josephine's outstanding achievements in public affairs can provide a reference for Rebecca.

This is indeed the case. The countess fell in love with this little girl when she first saw Rebecca. Rebecca also showed her admiration for the countess from the bottom of her heart. When the countess invited her to be her assistant, dealing with the foundation and pharmaceuticals Regarding the daily affairs of the factory, Rebecca didn't even ask her sister and father for their opinions, and agreed on her own initiative.

In the evening of that day, Joan finally had the opportunity to be alone with Rebecca, and walked in the pasture holding her hand. Thinking of the helpless expression on Miss Martha's face when she left, she couldn't help but complain to her.

"You are too impulsive. You should discuss this matter with your family before making a decision."

Rebecca smiled and nodded, accepting the criticism but refusing to correct it.

"In my life, I have only had a feeling of friendship at first sight with two people, and one of them is the countess."

"Uh-huh."

"Why don't you ask me, who is the other one?"

"Don't dare to ask, if it's not the person I expected, wouldn't it be very depressed." Joan said honestly.

"You..."

Rebecca was so angry that she put her hands on her hips and puffed up her cheeks, like an angry pufferfish, but she couldn't help laughing when she saw Joan's innocent face.

"Forget it, to be serious, when I saw the countess, I seemed to see myself many years later. Can you understand this feeling?"

"Then you have to take good care of it. There are very few women who can maintain the beauty and vitality of their youth at the countess' age." Joan said earnestly.

"That's not what I mean! Of course, it's true to take good care of yourself...but I'm more concerned about the Countess' achievements in social activities. She doesn't depend on powerful men, and she's not a 'social butterfly' , she is a real social activist serving the well-being of all mankind, do you agree?"

"Basically agree."

Joan felt that Rebecca's impression of Mrs. Josephine had a bit of an "idol halo".

Had she known Madame Josephine's youthful ordeals, and had known that Madame Josephine had been forced to get her hands dirty in order to acquire wealth and titles of nobility, she might have made a more pertinent assessment of her idol . Of course, this does not affect the final conclusion - Mrs. Josephine is indeed worthy of her admiration.

"I said to the Countess: Seeing you, I seem to see my ideal self. Maybe I will not be able to catch up with you in my life, but your existence is enough to prove that my dream is not a castle in the air, and provides me with unremitting efforts. Motivation to work hard!" The girl's eyes seemed to be shining, "How do you guess the countess answered me?"

"I can't guess, but I'm sure she's not going to dismiss you with a few nice words."

Rebecca nodded, and said quietly: "For a moment, I saw an uncontrollable sadness in her eyes. Later, she told me that it was because she suddenly remembered her child who died young."

"The countess also told me frankly that she has been full of hardships in her life, and she has walked very hard all the way. Until now, she often feels confused and cannot see the direction of the future. If I were a clear-headed, smart and sensible girl, I would not She should be a role model for a fool like her who charges towards the windmill again and again, otherwise one day she will suffer."