373 [New President of Taurus Capital]
It was a handsome young man who came in, wearing a T-shirt and jeans, and he said in fluent Mandarin when he met: "Hello Mr. Song, my name is Chung To, the person in charge of the Chi Heng Foundation." Our foundation is dedicated to the education of AIDS prevention and the relief of AIDS patients and their families. ”
Song Weiyang frowned: "AIDS?"
Chung Du hurriedly said: "Mr. Song, not all AIDS patients have a corrupt private life, and many people are accidentally infected. In particular, in a certain province on the mainland, the situation is simply shocking, and entire villages are suffering from AIDS. Just because they are so poor, every household sells blood to make money, and the blood station often does not even change the needles for blood drawing, nor does it do any sterilization. ”
Song Weiyang was surprised: "Have you been to an AIDS village on the mainland?"
"Been there several times. Chung To said.
Song Weiyang asked, "Where are you from?" ”
"I was born in Hong Kong City and immigrated to the United States with my parents when I was 14 years old. He received his bachelor's degree from Columbia University and his master's degree from Harvard University, and at the age of 27 he became an associate director of UBS in Hong Kong City and at the age of 29 he became a vice president of investment banking at BNP Paribas. This year, I quit my job and founded Chi Heng Foundation with a few friends, which specializes in promoting HIV/AIDS prevention knowledge and helping AIDS patients. ”
"How much did you earn a year before?" asked Song Weiyang.
"A fixed annual salary of $800,000, as well as other investment and commission earnings. Chung To said.
Song Weiyang smiled: "All these have been given up?"
Chung To said: "If you don't give up, you can't do it, I spent one-fifth of my time in the rural areas of the mainland last year, and I can't take care of the AIDS prevention and relief cause with my personal work. ”
Song Weiyang asked, "What is the specific situation?"
Chung To said: "My savings for many years are almost exhausted, and there is still a house in the United States that I want to leave for my parents to live in. As for the house in Port City, I don't want to sell it for the time being, because the current housing prices are too low. I have about $100,000 in my account, which is not enough. So I founded the Chi Heng Foundation with a few like-minded friends, hoping to attract more donations. ”
"Have you gotten a donation?" Song Weiyang asked.
Du Chung smiled bitterly: "Not a penny." For the wealthy people in Hong Kong City, it is more practical to ask them to donate money to African disaster victims than to donate money to AIDS patients on the mainland. Nowadays, both in the East and in the West, people are ashamed to talk about AIDS, and they do not want to have anything to do with it. Mr. Song, I'm not a moral kidnapper, but you've made so much money speculating in futures this time, why don't you set aside a little bit to help AIDS patients?"
Song Weiyang asked, "What are the main projects of your foundation?"
Chung To said: "First, it is the promotion of AIDS prevention knowledge. Through my field visits, more than 99 percent of the farmers in the mainland do not know that AIDS is transmitted through blood transfusions. More than 80% of farmers do not know that AIDS is sexually transmitted, which leads to many tragedies. That's one thing. On the other hand, there is an extreme fear of AIDS, and if anyone in the village is infected, it will be regarded as a heresy, and even if you touch a patient, you will be contagious. This knowledge needs to be widely disseminated, and it was also my main work last year. I printed a large number of pamphlets and distributed them in rural areas of the mainland, but on the whole I had some results. The second is the treatment of AIDS patients and the help of their families. In fact, there is nothing I can do in terms of treatment, I mainly help AIDS orphans to go to school and live, and I personally sponsor more than 10 orphans. ”
Song Weiyang was silent, not knowing what he was thinking.
Chung To suddenly took out a large number of photos, took out one at random, pointed to the little girl in the photo and said: "There are four people in this family, and when I went to visit, my father had been infected with AIDS and died. The son was lying on the ground, skinny, and not far from death. The little girl snuggled up to her mother on the bed, looking helplessly at her brother. Her mother said to me, 'Save my son.' A few days later, the boy died, and there was nothing I could do to save him. Not long after, my mother also fell ill and died, and I could only say before she died: 'I'll take care of your daughter's tuition.'" ”
Song Weiyang only glanced at the little girl's helpless eyes in the photo, and felt a throbbing pain in his heart, and immediately looked away.
Chung Toh pulled out another photo: "When I met this boy, it was raining heavily that day, and he was only 11 years old......"
"Don't say it. Song Weiyang didn't want to hear it.
Du Chung stood up with a wry smile: "It seems that Mr. Song doesn't want to have anything to do with AIDS, but I took the liberty to bother and say goodbye!"
"Wait a minute. Song Weiyang shouted.
Hearing this, Du Cong sat back and waited for Song Weiyang's decision.
What Song Weiyang didn't know was that until he was reborn in his previous life, Chung To was still insisting on doing AIDS public welfare. In the past 20 years, he has sponsored more than 20,000 AIDS orphans, of which 2,510 children have been admitted to universities, some of them have been admitted to Tsinghua University and Peking University, and several have taken scholarships to study in the United States and France.
Song Weiyang asked: "Is the name Chi Heng Foundation taken from the 'unity of knowledge and action'?"
Chung To said: "I immigrated to the United States at the age of 14, and I don't know much about Chinese culture, which can also be understood as the unity of knowledge and action. I just think that it is not advisable for a person to have wisdom and only think about making money for himself and not contributing much to society, and life is incomplete. People should have wisdom and benefit more people through their own wisdom, which is the original intention of me to establish Chi Heng Foundation. ”
Song Weiyang suddenly said: "You come to be the vice president of Taurus Capital, the president doesn't care about anything, you are equivalent to the actual person in charge." Give you 0.5% equity, an annual salary of $1 million, and as long as you can manage Taurus Capital properly, I will give you two months of paid leave every year. ”
"I don't have enough time. To Chung said.
"Isn't there anyone else in the Chi Heng Foundation?" Song Weiyang said, "You have several like-minded people, and you can pick one or two to take full responsibility." As long as you promise to manage Taurus Capital, I will donate 5 million yuan to Chi Heng Foundation every year, and add another 1 million every three years. How much can you get by running around all day long? I will solve this problem of donation, I will not only donate funds, I will pull my friends to donate together. In addition, I have a good relationship with Shenghai Youth Volunteer Organization, and there are always a few volunteers who are willing to fight for AIDS. In this way, whether it is manpower and material resources, it is stronger than running on your own. You all say that you have to act with wisdom, and your wisdom can create more value, so why do you have to give it up?"
Chung To was silent, not knowing how to answer.
A top student at Columbia University and Harvard, a 27-year-old co-director of UBS in Hong Kong City, and a 29-year-old vice president of investment banking at BNP Paribas, such a person left his job to do charity?
What a waste!
Moreover, the most important thing is that he showed a moral character, which Song Weiyang admired. Leaving Taurus Capital to such a person to take care of, Song Weiyang is a hundred at ease.
Song Weiyang added: "I will contact the local government and personally donate money to build a school specifically for AIDS orphans. ”
Chung To said: "That's not necessary. AIDS orphans are actually healthy, but their parents have AIDS. It is better for them to go to a regular school and grow up with other children, and it is not beautiful to be placed in a special school alone, which is easy to cause long-term psychological problems. ”
"The question is, with their special status, how many schools are willing to take them in?" Song Weiyang thought for a while and said, "In this way, I will donate to build an ordinary school to resettle those AIDS orphans who have lost their families, and their identities will not be revealed." I am responsible for the living expenses and tuition fees of 100 AIDS orphans every year until they graduate from university. ”
"That's great!" Chung Du said in surprise.
Song Weiyang smiled and asked, "So, you agreed to be the vice president of Taurus Capital?"
Chung To said: "Mr. Song is benevolent and righteous, I am happy to serve you." ”