Chapter 553: The Charitable Activities of the Bodhi Foundation
On the border of Sichuan-Yunnan-Tibet.
Liangshan.
On a winding mountain road with nine twists and eighteen bends, a convoy of four off-road vehicles is slowly driving.
"The northwest is remote enough, but compared to the southwest, it's not bad!"
Song Shan pinched the bridge of his nose and said in a low voice.
"It's a regional difference!"
Song Jiang smiled and said: "We are partial to the northwest, and the altitude is also high, but the terrain is open, even if it is a backward and remote mountain village, under the influence of the loess high slope, even if the road is rugged, it is also spacious, and everywhere is endless, but in the southwest, such remoteness is really remote, the small mountain road is circuitous, and what you can't see at a glance is the overlapping mountains!"
"It makes me wonder when we used to study!"
Song Shan said bitterly: "Going over the mountains and mountains, the taste is really uncomfortable!"
"We're actually happy!"
Song Jiang shook his head, he has also been a little knowledgeable over the years, what the world is most afraid of is comparison, there is no harm if there is no comparison.
It is a fact that Fengsheng Village is remote and backward.
But compared to the more backward and more remote mountainous areas, Fengsheng is simply a paradise, even if the news of the cliff village has not broken out, there are countless things that have broken out in the poor mountain villages over the years, and it is difficult to go to school.
"In these remote places, it is more difficult for children to go to school, instead of donating money and things for them to live, it is better to fund them to improve their education, so that knowledge can change a place!"
Song Jiang sighed: "I am rich enough to come to this day, speaking of which you Song Shan can read, even if you are not admitted to university, but your knowledge is beyond the reach of many people, especially your speech on the campus of the National People's Congress, which expounded the concept of the farmer, which impressed many people!"
"Brother, how do you know about this?" Song Shan blushed slightly.
He expounded the concept of a farmer because he wanted to make achievements in agriculture, but in front of his relatives, he was still a little restrained, and he blushed a little bit.
"Nonsense!"
Song Jiang glanced at him and said, "You are making so many things in Yanjing, if I don't see that your sister-in-law is about to give birth, I will go directly to Yanjing, even if I can't go to Yanjing, then I have to understand it, it's all nonsense, but for the sake of you protecting my sister, I won't worry too much about you!"
"Hehe!" Song Shan smiled.
He also knows that there are some things that can't be hidden from Song Jiang, Song Jiang has done such a big business over the years, and the relationship network has spread so big, he can't hide it.
Fortunately, Song Jiang didn't care too much, returning to the original topic, he looked at the mountains and forests around him, and said: "Your original proposal to establish a Bodhi Fund is good, the Bodhi Fund is pure, and we will do our best to do something that is beneficial to the people and useful to others, which is a happier thing!"
After Fuwa was born, Song Jiang's temperament also became a lot softer, and when he had a child, he knew how to cherish blessings, and blessings sometimes needed to accumulate virtue.
So this time, even if he was busy in the company, the charity activities of the Bodhi Foundation, in the face of Song Shan's invitation, he still came forward to participate.
"We ourselves have become rich, wealth accumulation, just a game, do something meaningful, in my opinion, more important!" Song Shan smiled slightly.
When wealth reaches a point, there is actually only one number left.
I didn't feel that way before.
Because they never got it.
But now, it is very clear that when you are poor, you have to calculate every dime, but now, one billion and eight billion is just an insignificant number.
As the saying goes, there are thousands of buildings, eight feet of sleep, one headrest, and the largest heart.
In fact, happiness has nothing to do with money.
Of course, this is also a relatively high statement.
Sometimes, wealth represents the influence, don't look at this number is simple, but now the wealth number of the Song brothers brings them an unbeatable status.
At least in the northwest, the Song brothers can already be listed as the richest man in terms of property combined, and this year's Furun List may have the status of the Song brothers.
Nine bends and eighteen turns, walked for more than half an hour.
I arrived at a village.
At first glance, poor.
Second impression, partial.
Third Sense......
The people here, looking at them, have a kind of burning heat, and the eyes of those old and young seem to be watching the arrival of hope, which makes people feel weird.
"You're here!"
Mengyue is wearing a very sporty sense today, with a tall body and blue sportswear, this sportswear has a Bodhi tree logo on the chest, and the nameplate of the Bodhi Fund is behind it, which is the uniform of the staff of the Bodhi Fund.
"Let's go change clothes, the inauguration of the new school will start immediately, and the media from all sides are almost in place, you should prepare as soon as possible, and you will be interviewed at that time, and I have asked people to prepare the interview for you!"
Meng Yue was resolute.
"You're making such a big fuss!" Song Shan raised his eyes and looked over, before a five-story building covering an area of about one acre, it was already crowded, with most media friends, and countless anti-aircraft guns and short guns
"Otherwise?" Meng Yue grinned and responded to Song Shan's with a smile.
She has regarded the Bodhi Fund as an indispensable work in her life, and she has invested a lot here, but what she wants is not obscurity, and of course, it is not the so-called display of her noble qualities.
What she wants is to be able to pass on a belief in helping others through the Bodhi Foundation.
"Okay!"
Song Shan shrugged: "We will listen to the arrangement throughout the whole process!"
As he spoke, he and Song Jiang changed their clothes together, blue sportswear, plus the logo of the Bodhi Foundation, and both of them wore a more special feeling.
At this time, the directors of the Bodhi Foundation also arrived one after another.
At the beginning, the Bodhi Fund was jointly established by Fengsheng Agriculture, Jiangshan Grain and Oil, and Huating Agricultural Institute, and a large amount of money will be invested in it every year.
But the current Bodhi Fund is not a small fund, and the Bodhi Fund that has flourished in Mengyue's hands, but there are more than a dozen of them in the position of directors alone.
In addition to Song Jiang, Song Shan, and Hua Zhenbang, there are also Meng Chengfei, chairman of Tianmeng Fund, Li Lan, president of Jiangshan Supermarket, and Xu Changming, chairman of Shenzhen East China Fund......
Some are hearty partners, some are strangers and come in the way of dreams.
But the Bodhi Fund is relatively pure.
Meng Yue personally checks the checks, if it is just soy sauce, it is estimated that even if you are willing to spend money to come in, you may not be willing to let it in, it is all like-minded people who have this qualification.
In addition, as Mengyue's best friend, Fang Nanyi is also one of the alternate directors, and Baofang, as a rising star in the auction industry, invests not a few dollars every year.
Ten o'clock in the morning.
The sun was shining, and a row of Bodhi Foundation directors in blue sportswear appeared in succession, standing in front of the ribbon-cutting ceremony.
"Welcome to all dear media friends!"
Meng Yue personally walked to the front, picked up the microphone, and made an opening statement: "Let me introduce myself, I am Meng Yue, the chairman of the Bodhi Foundation, and the initiator of this Bodhi charity activity!"
"And the building behind me is the largest poverty alleviation plan of the Bodhi Foundation this year, the first school to be completed in the 100-school plan, Liangshan Bodhi Hope Primary School!"
"Now, we invite the directors of our Bodhi Foundation to come to the stage together, as well as the children of our poor villages in Liangshan area, to cut the ribbon and unveil it for us!"
Meng Yue's voice fluctuated appropriately, and she said it very affectionately, which brought up the atmosphere and emotions at once.
As his voice fell, music played.
The ribbon-cutting ceremony begins.
After the ribbon cutting, all the directors on the table pulled up a red cloth corner, and each of the directors had a child next to him, children from the local area, from eight or nine years old to teens.
The purpose of arranging these children to travel together is to better show the spirit of this activity.
Rumble!
Everyone pulled their hands, the red cloth fell, and above the building, a horizontal plaque was revealed, and several big characters of Liangshan Bodhi Hope Primary School were revealed.
"Bang Bang!"
Bursts of applause rang out.
The event went well.
However, Song Shan felt a little bored, Mengyue was committed to expanding her influence, so she would naturally make this event wonderful, but there were gains and losses.
Sometimes it's better to help people, just a little bit.
Of course, it can't be said that Meng Yue is wrong, Meng Yue is right, it's just that her ideals are too great, after all, she will put herself in first, and if she doesn't establish herself as a city saint, no one will believe her.
Song Shan can't do it, he can do things in a high-profile manner, but he is more willing to be a low-key person, if he puts himself under the laser light, he will be very bored.
And once this kind of image is established, even if there is even a little sexual error, it will be fatal, and it will be inevitable that it will end up with a thousand people.
It's okay to be charity and help people, but if you put yourself in it, it will be too much of a loss.
Maybe this is the gap between Song Shan and Mengyue.
Mengyue, this girl, looks gentle and soft, but in fact, she has a very difficult personality, she has resisted the disease over the years, and has developed a tenacious fighting spirit, if she wants to do something, she will work hard.
People began to be interviewed by the media.
Song Shan retreated slightly, this kind of limelight thing, he didn't want to mix too much, it was just a ceremony, he wanted to see this newly completed school even more, it was really the case.
He pulled the little girl who accompanied him.
"Classmate, what's your name!"
"My name is Han He!"
"Han He?" Song Shan felt that this name was more special: "You are a girl, why did you choose such a name!"
"I don't know, Dad took it!"
"What grade are you in?"
"Didn't read it!"
The little girl shook her head: "Dad said that from September 1st, I can go to school here!"
Her gaze looked at the building in front of her with some hope.
"Didn't read it?"
Song Shan sighed, this little girl is eight or nine years old, she hasn't gone to school yet, she is very surprised, but he is not surprised by this situation, sometimes after watching too much news, people will become numb.
At that time, abundance was poor, but the nine-year compulsory education was still somewhat guaranteed.
But in fact, in many places, the so-called nine-year compulsory education is difficult to guarantee, some people, in the city, normally speaking, should go to school at the age of five or six, but in backward areas, there are not a few people who do not go to school at the age of eight or nine.
Song Shan likes to chat with children, he just sat in the corner, and with this little girl, he had a match, but he didn't have a match.
"Xiaohe, you are a Yi tribe!"
"No, our family is Han!"
"Oh, how many people are in your family?"
"There's me, there's my sister, there's my brother, there's my sister, there's my brother, my father, my mom, my grandfather, my grandma!" the little girl counted, and she was dizzy.
Song Shan stuck out his tongue, no wonder some people say that the poorer you are, the more you have to give birth, the more remote it is, the more you don't have the concept of family planning.
For example, the old Song family, the four children, were already very tormented, and they were also punished by family planning back then, and they almost didn't toss Song Jifang and Chen Ruhui half to death, and even ran to the mountains to hide in order to escape family planning.
But this family of five children, and two old people, in such a remote mountainous area, how to feed a large family, not much studying, that is a normal thing.
"Xiaohe, do you like going to school?"
"I like it!"
"Are you happy that you will attend this school after that?"
"It's a pleasure!" the little girl's voice was unfaked, and her words revealed a yearning for learning.
......
At this time, Meng Yue was still receiving questions.
"May I ask Chairman Meng, how much money will be spent on poverty alleviation education for such a big project of the Bodhi Foundation?"
"Initially, we will invest 50 million yuan, but the follow-up plan will invest about 10 million or 20 million to ensure that after the completion of these 100 hope primary schools, with the help of the local government, they can continue to operate and ensure that there will be no other problems in school education!"
"Chairman Meng, may I ask what kind of reason you set up the Bodhi Fund!"
"This has something to do with my own experience, I used to be a person who struggled with illness for a long time and had no hope, but God's merciful man, let me pick up a life from the hands of Lord Yama!"
Meng Yue replied solemnly: "So I hope to use my useful body to repay this society, instead of wasting my time!"
"Chairman Meng, I don't know what the philosophy of your Bodhi Foundation is?"
"We Bodhi Foundation are committed to all charitable activities, our philosophy is that helping is a virtue, you help people, people help you, this society needs the existence of positive energy to make the world a better place!"
The so-called positive energy has not yet come out, but Song Shan inadvertently reminded Mengyue at the charity event in Yangcheng back then, which made Mengyue use it.
"Chairman Meng, you Bodhi Fund has invested so much, I don't know the source of funds, would you like to disclose it?"
"Of course, we are happy to make our finances public and accept the supervision of the society!" Meng Yue pulled over with a smile, but did not say too much about this aspect of things.