Expected value of the sum

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Let $S = \sum_{i=1}^{N} X_i.$

$\mathbb EX = 1, \mathbb DX = 2.$

$N$ has a negative binomial distribution with parameters $k=80$ and $p=0.4.$

$$\mathbb P(N=l)=\begin{pmatrix} k+l-1 \\ l \\ \end{pmatrix} p^kq^l, l=0,1,2,.. .$$ Find $\mathbb ES = (\mathbb EN)( \mathbb EX).$

(The answer is 120.)

How to find $(\mathbb EN)$?