Chapter 220: Classroom playing with axe

Death among the rich is a shame.

This is the attitude of Westerners towards wealth, but this can only represent some people today. Countless historical comments and literary works in early history can let us see the various "original sins" of capital. The earliest period of commercialization or industrialization in Western countries began, and charitable activities were not a one-day achievement. Later, the inclusion of inheritance tax in Western countries allowed the rich to pay huge taxes while allowing future generations to inherit the inheritance. The relevant laws also have incentives for charitable donations to deduct taxes, so that the rich can win the reputation of "benefiting kindness and giving" when enjoying the benefits of tax reduction. This is the modern West, but we cannot think that all the rich Western people are greater than our Chinese rich people based on this.

In contemporary China, there is another situation. People who have just become rich at first are still afraid of "discovering their wealth". Some people take the initiative to donate a considerable amount of profits they earn. This is not out of a charity mindset, but "spend money to eliminate disasters." In the late 1980s, a sensational and troublesome "Youth Moral Education Experts and Shekou Youth Symposium" held in Shekou, Shenzhen. One of the focuses is the view of self-employed people doing public welfare undertakings. "Youth Moral Education Experts" believe that "many self-employed people earn a lot of income."

Part of it was dedicated to the country and carried out public welfare undertakings", and this spirit and practice should be vigorously promoted. However, the young people in Shekou believed that the evolution under the shadow of "left" should not be praised. Under the circumstances at that time, "some self-employed people's actions were not voluntary, but expressed their lingering fear of the "left" idea. While making money, self-employed people have already contributed to the country." "Only by putting their labor income into their pockets with confidence, more people can believe in the continuity and stability of the Party's policies."

That was the old emperor's experience. I'm afraid that the parties involved have forgotten it now. Now it was 1995, "I don't laugh at people with prostitutes, but I laugh at people with poverty." The whole social atmosphere has changed. The rich no longer hide it. They can spend a lot of money to buy luxury cars and villas, and can give hotel waiters a lot of tips. But on the other hand, they have also gained a "good" reputation for treating vulnerable groups "for being unkind" to be treated.

Of course, there is another group of people who are keen on charity. Many donate money to build a road for their hometown, but they do not forget to build a monument at the same time, recording their own feats and great deeds. Some people are engaged in political speculation and donate money generously, just to get some political capital and unknown benefits for themselves. This is a historical tradition. In ancient times, the old man Chen, the Zhang Dashi, opened a porridge shop to help the poor, while looking forward to the government, just to get those squats such as "soaking the countryside" and to "glory the family and glorify the ancestors."

But we cannot deny it. There is still hope in our society. There are quite a few people who are enthusiastic about public welfare and do not seek rewards. Some people are kind and generous to help the poor even if they are not rich. Even if they take the initiative to give up their seats on the bus, it is worth promoting. However, this positive atmosphere requires more people to participate and do it with all their strength, rather than complaining about someone being unkind for being rich or accusing someone of being unethical. The important thing is to ask yourself what they have done first.

Chen Cheng's Educational Youth Friendship Foundation has gone through twelve years since its birth in the summer of 1983. At first, there were only 20 staff members, and now there are more than 200 staff members. The members are basically in the state they were first established, with less than 300. In the past twelve years, Chen Cheng has devoted his efforts to this. At first, it was only based in the north and then expanded to the whole country. The main investor Li Siming has repeatedly donated additional funds. Those educated youth members, such as Qian Dahai, who is a private boss, also actively donated money, and some educated youth friends who stood up again because of their rescue, have also donated money to the foundation, which has touched Chen Cheng very much.

Now the foundation is no longer limited to the educated youth, and her assistance targets have been expanded to the education problems in the vast rural areas, especially in rural poor areas. But then again, if it weren't for the large amount of funds provided by Li Siming, nothing could be done with just a charitable heart.

Chen Cheng and his foundation have won a lot of honors. He had a huge box in his office in Beijing, which contained various honor certificates and certificates, including official and private banners. At first, Chen Cheng made a special voucher office in Beijing to "exhibition" various banners and certificates, and later gave up because there were too many. Whether it was central-level media or local media, there were reports on the foundation and they were all generous. However, Chen Cheng's foundation, except for those who had received assistance, did not know about it for ordinary Chinese people, especially those who had not contacted them. This was not his pretentiousness, but principled.

"We are a charitable foundation, not a profit-making institution, nor a news and publicity department. Besides, we are not short of money. The important thing is that we must do our work in a practical way so that those who really need care can get help." Chen Cheng once said this.

However, as the number of groups seeking help from the Education Youth Friendship Foundation is increasing day by day, her influence is also increasing day by day. More and more educated youth friends join in enthusiastically and donate money. The same thing happened to the veteran foundation of Mr. Xia Tian, ​​a former subordinate of Li Siming. Because of Li Siming, many entrepreneurs from military backgrounds also participated. For example, several soldiers who have close cooperative relationships with Li Siming also donated generously. This is exactly what Li Siming said about enterprise management when he was founded at MSI Technology: Enterprises should learn from the People's Liberation Army. There are really many famous entrepreneurs from military backgrounds, including abroad, which makes people think about the knowledge.

It is a good thing to gather your arms and make you look like a fur. But there are always two aspects of things, and there are always people who want to speculate. The Educational Youth Friendship Foundation is truly familiar to the general public in China because of a reputation infringement case that occurred in September 1995, which caused a sensation across the country.

The matter is very simple. A certain educated youth entrepreneur donated some money to the Chencheng Foundation in August of that year. He was not a member. Members were not one of the founders of the foundation. They were also those who were enthusiastic and enthusiastic in the future. Most people were not qualified to be absorbed as members. Later, people also learned that the so-called "educated youth entrepreneur" had just gone to the countryside to work in a lineup for less than half a month, and he donated only 10,000 yuan to the foundation. However, this "entrepreneur" was obviously very smart and used media gunmen to praise his "virtue". The amount of donations to the foundation was wonderfully one million, and he named it "the only recommended product of the educated youth foundation" for a certain health product he produced. As a result, someone bought this health product, but he did not live forever, but got sick.

Someone fed the information back to Chen Cheng. President Chen then realized the serious damage to the foundation's reputation and regretted it. He sent someone to negotiate and asked the person to immediately remove the false advertising and apologize on the report, but unexpectedly, this person sent minions to seriously injustice to seriously injure the foundation staff.

When President Chen received the news, he was immediately furious. This was something that had never happened since the foundation was established. He immediately reported the case to the public security organs and filed a lawsuit with the local court, demanding that the person compensate 10 million yuan in reputation losses at one time and bear the medical expenses and mental losses of the two injured staff for 5 million yuan. Originally, drinking health products caused a very bad social impact in the local area, and this reputation infringement case caused a sensation, because the compensation for reputation infringement alone was an astronomical figure.

This is a very eye-catching news, with many different opinions, and the media is also actively promoting it. Although the Educational Youth Foundation is a non-governmental organization, its energy should not be underestimated. Her educated Youth members are all engaged in various professions, including state cadres, news editors, teachers, writers, painters, entrepreneurs, and very ordinary workers. Beating the Foundation's staff is beating these members, and they empathize with it, and no one is allowed to attempt to destroy this foundation.

The reputation of the Jin Society has shown its capabilities and has sparked criticism from public opinion. What is even more surprising is that those who have received donations from the foundation directly or indirectly have more than 10,000 people, and these people have triggered more people, and this power from the people is growing day by day. While the media is discussing a lot, countless letters of support are flying to the court where the incident occurred like snowflakes. The staff of the local court had to work overtime to count these letters of support, which was under great pressure.

People can't help but ask: Who is this educated youth foundation? Is this ten million a little high? It is also the first time that ordinary Chinese people have learned about the true face of this foundation.

"Our foundation has been 12 years since its establishment in the summer of 1983, but we have directly rescued more than 15,000 people. In addition to Hong Kong, Macau, Taiwan and three municipalities, all provinces and autonomous regions across the country have established at least one primary school and a middle school for free, with 70,000 students benefiting from it. We have allocated a total of 5 billion yuan to date. Some of the earliest minors who received the assistance have graduated from college and started working. If some of them become great scientists, we wouldn't feel surprised. If someone becomes a skilled doctor and brings many patients back from the brink of death, we wouldn't feel surprised. Isn't this worth ten million?

Many of our educated youth members are enthusiastic about donating to the foundation, and some even use their spare time to devote themselves to this kind of loving cause and have won endless good reputations. Can this be measured by money?

Our staff are engaged in the foundation's heavy work and care for and help many people in need with selfless love. Is this kind of love rare to be measured by money? Therefore, it is reasonable for us to make our compensation claims. I don't think that this money can recover the losses of our foundation!" President Chen explained.

Of course, 5 billion yuan can not be simply described as "astronomical numbers", especially for donations, not to mention that this is a non-governmental organization, and people want to know where the money comes from.

When the incident reached its peak, Li Siming was conducting a visit and inspection in various European countries. After learning about the reputation infringement case, he immediately gave instructions:

"Although this happens is a loss and a lesson for us, we can also get inspiration from it. We were still too closed in the past. Hold a press conference to let more people understand us, and don't be too humble and afraid to show their achievements. Although Zeng Zhi and I don't care about the reputation of "Great Charity", if more people understand and participate, we will not be ashamed to promote ourselves at a high profile, but we must also let the world understand the principles of our foundation. This phenomenon of selling dog meat under the guise of sheep is undesirable. The boss must make him regret it and make him lose a hundred times. The name of "Li Da Shanren" is actually quite good!"

President Chen received instructions and for the first time he promoted the composition of the foundation and the source of funds. Only then did people know for the first time that Li Siming had started an unknown public welfare undertaking as early as 1983, and at that time, he was not very generous. A series of charity cases were also known because of more media reports, and even countless people "appeared to speak" and highly praised the greatness of the foundation. Although this is also suspected of publicity, the positive significance is still huge.

At this point, there was a natural ending. The overwhelming force of public opinion condemnation made the person who seeks fame and became a rat crossing the street, and everyone shouted to beat him. His company's business was completely stopped. Who would dare to drink his health products? The car was crushed by an uninvited guest, and even a big turtle was painted at the gate of his house. The Quality Supervision Bureau came to seize the equipment, and the Taxation Bureau came to check whether there were any tax evasions. In short, it could only be declared bankrupt. The boss lamented: "I finally had a character outbreak and donated 10,000 yuan to vomit blood. Why did I donate to Li Siming, a super rich man? Isn't this showing off my skills and playing a big knife in front of Guan Gong?"

The Great Wall is still there, and Qin Shihuang is gone.

No matter how glorious a person is or how huge his wealth he has, in fact, after his death, he will not occupy more external things than others. He will not bring them away without death. Even if he has more burial objects, he will only be cheaper tomb robbers. He may be excavated by someone to make the tombs and make the corpses everywhere. If he can donate his wealth before his death, let the poor master the skills of survival, let the unschooled scholars pick up the books again, and let more people benefit from you, that is eternal life!

For Li Siming and his entrepreneurial partners, the 5 billion is just a small amount and will be more in the future. While ensuring the development of their careers, most of the dividends of listed companies are invested in charity every year. Their behaviors make even those who once expressed disdain for wealthy like Li Siming, have to express admiration. This is also what Li Siming hopes to be able to set an example and thus have a positive impact on this society.

This has caused society to discuss the wealth of rich people. This is nothing new. You can see the rich people experiencing some blood, and it feels a lot more comfortable, right? And those rich people who have never "didn't dime" are very depressed:

"He, Li Siming, of course, is qualified to say this. As long as someone sells it, even if he buys an aircraft carrier to be a yacht and buys 100 World War II tanks to hold a few free exhibitions, it is not a big deal. But we are different. We are small bosses, so it is not easy to make some money!"

The use of every money of the Education Youth Foundation is also made public, so that it can be seen and touched, so that more rich or ordinary people are willing to donate to this foundation. Of course, Li Siming will not require everyone to be low-key.

"I think we have to be more high-profile, and we have to promote it more. In the future, we have to have our own website to publicize it. It is best for those rich people to compete with each other and build a Chinese charity list, which is the best!" Li Siming, after returning to China, said in a public event, "If you want to gain fame, you must also promote it in a high-profile manner within the limits of our limits."

This is a very interesting thing. It cannot make donors too arrogant or too obscurant. It is not ruled out that some people will have intentions. The educated Youth Foundation also meets the reputation requirements of these people, but donors are strictly prohibited from being related to commercial activities.

Although this reduces speculative behavior, due to the increasing influence of the Education Youth Foundation and its strong credibility, the rich also broke their heads and wanted to squeeze into this ranking because they found that the top few are always the bosses of the most famous, influential and respected companies in China. If they can join these people, they will have face. Those in the top twenty have also won a lot of real benefits because of this ranking, because people, including foreigners, are willing to talk about business and cooperation with these people. Of course, Li Siming and his close entrepreneurial partners will always be in the top six.

"Han Xin ordered the troops, the more the better! One advantage we have is that we are not short of that amount of money. If you want to donate, I may not be willing to collect it!" Chen Cheng said confidently to the media. He is probably the most "arrogant" charity worker in China.

Li Siming was embarking on his path of searching for roots with great expectations.
Chapter completed!