Chapter 367 - Marrying Bill Gates' Daughter?
Everyone looked at Li Zetian and Yu Jingqiu on the stage, and they all smiled.
Li Zetian smiled slightly and said, "I'm Chronos· Li, welcome everyone to this charity gala. The purpose of this charity gala is to raise funds for orphans. The staff of the Y Foundation are here, and they will count the funds donated by each of them. As one of the initiators of this charity gala, I will take the lead in donating $10 billion to the L.Y Foundation on behalf of Umbrella Corporation!!"
As soon as these words came out, the audience was in an uproar.
Everyone was shocked, the party was so sensational at the beginning, donating 10 billion US dollars as soon as you donate, is it so exaggerated, it's just too scary, Chronos· Li, you're too rich, don't you want this!!
Many people were dumbfounded, and the reaction did not come back to their senses.
10 billion US dollars, an astronomical amount of money, was actually donated like this, such a big courage?
At this moment, the audience was so quiet that it could be heard almost when a needle fell on the ground.
However, for Li Zetian, a mere $10 billion is nothing, the umbrella company earned 1.5 trillion US dollars from the collapse of the Soviet Union last year, and this money was used by Li Zetian for investment, even if it is only 10% of the investment yield, the annual profit is more than 100 billion US dollars. In addition, the dividends of the company under Li Zetian's name are now more and more, let's say that in 1992, the umbrella company received a dividend of 25 billion US dollars!
So, $10 billion is nothing.
Li Zetian is now also sincerely doing charity, as the so-called "poor are good alone, and good is good to the world", Li Zetian's ideological consciousness is very high!
However, for others, $10 billion is an unimaginable wealth, which cannot be earned in a lifetime, or even several lifetimes, but it was donated so lightly by Li Zetian, how can this not shock them?
Of course, the others present didn't know how much wealth Li Zetian had now.
In their speculation, Li Zetian should be worth hundreds of billions of dollars, but most of those are company shares. The company's shares are not accurate, and once the company collapses, the shares are worthless.
“Chronos· Li, do you really want to donate $10 billion?!" The old man in the audience couldn't help but feel excited and shocked in his heart, and asked.
"Of course. What I say, it naturally counts!" Li Zetian smiled faintly.
"You are such a good person!!" the old man praised, he also did charity, but he did not have the courage of Li Zetian, and he actually donated a large part of his worth. Therefore, he sincerely expressed his admiration.
Many people looked at Li Zetian with envy, jealousy and hatred in their eyes, and even ridicule and sarcasm, and said in their hearts, what's wrong with money, although you have money, but your brain is not good, donating so much, it's really funny!
didn't know that the money was just a drop in the bucket for Li Zetian!
What money is, it's just numbers.
Even if 1.5 trillion US dollars are spent, in 1997, a few years later, when the Southeast Asian financial crisis comes, Li Zetian can salvage again, what Vietnam, Thailand, Japan, South Korea, Indonesia, etc., must let them scrape off a layer of skin!
In particular, Indonesia actually rejects the Chinese and kills indiscriminately, Li Zetian is a Chinese, can he watch it without watching it? If Indonesia is not killed economically, he will not give up!
Li Zetian ignored everyone's surprise, and then said very humbly: "Do charity according to your ability, everyone doesn't have to learn from me!" After speaking, he looked at Yu Jingqiu, as if to say, dear, how did I behave, I donated 10 billion US dollars, okay?!"
Yu Jingqiu winked at him, her beautiful eyes flirted and expressed her affirmation.
A pot-bellied real estate super-rich man in the audience said very arrogantly at this time: "Chronos· Li donated $10 billion, and although my wealth is far less than his, I am willing to donate $100 million!!"
After speaking, his eyes swept around proudly.
100 million dollars, that's a lot of money!
Everyone was stunned, and their eyes looked at this rich man.
Some people are not ashamed to be affected by the Chronos· Li's stimulation, vanity increased greatly, and I wanted to show it in front of everyone, so I donated $100 million!
Bang Bang Bang!
Li Zetian applauded: "Well, thank you very much for your help in charity things, I thank you for the millions of L.Y orphans!"
The super-rich man's face was slightly red, he waved his hand, and said in a grand manner: "It's nothing, as a rich man, it should be like this." Wealth is taken from the people and used by the people!"
"Good people have good rewards, I believe that the more you donate, the more you will earn in the future!" Li Zetian said with a smile, "I heard that you are in the real estate business, and I also have a company under my name that is also in the real estate business, so we can sit down and talk together when we have time." ”
"It's an honor to sit down with you and talk about business!!"
The real estate tycoon was suddenly pleasantly surprised, but he didn't expect to donate $100 million and get a Chronos· Li's favor, I can still do business with him in the future, hahaha, it's just too profitable!!
Others were shocked, what is the situation, after donating money, they can talk to Chronos· Li cooperate, why don't I give the money in a hurry?!!
For a while, the audience was in a hurry, and a group of people rushed to donate money.
Li Zetian smiled faintly, "It seems that everyone is very keen on charity, and they are all rushing to donate money, and the amount is quite a lot!"
When Yu Jingtian heard this, the corners of his mouth twitched slightly, and he tried his best to hold back and not let himself laugh.
Every time she raised money, it was not easy, and the number of people who donated $100 million was very rare, and usually after a fundraiser, the L.Y Foundation raised less than $100 million, and sometimes even less than $10 million. Even if there are so many people in this world who are really willing to do charity!!
Let's just say that she herself was also utilitarian when she started doing charity, which can reduce taxes for the company and gain a good reputation. But after experiencing too much and seeing too many orphans with pitiful appearances, Yu Jingqiu's heart gradually changed, and she became a real philanthropist.
Li Zetian was influenced by Yu Jingqiu, and he became enthusiastic about doing real charity.
At this moment, Yu Jingqiu looked at everyone in the audience, and couldn't help but want to laugh. went to invite these people to participate in the charity gala, although they would also donate money, but they were very reluctant, and now they are rushing to donate money, and they have to donate more than anyone else, for fear that they will donate less, Li Zetian can't notice it.
In less than an hour, the L.Y Foundation raised nearly $11.1 billion, of which $10 billion was donated by Li Zetian.
In other words, nearly $1.1 billion was donated by others in the room.
The $1.1 billion raised alone is unprecedented, let alone $11.1 billion!!
People at night are secretly frightened!
Reporters from major media outlets were full of excitement on their faces, and the headlines were already there.
"Haha, this charity gala is destined to shock the world!" said a reporter with a flushed face.
Another reporter said, "This is the craziest charity gala I've ever had!"
"Haha, Chronos· Li is awesome, he really has a lot of money, and he donated $10 billion at once, and his strength is terrifying!"
"$10 billion can be in the top five of the world's richest people. ”
"It's not 10,000, 20,000, it's 10 billion, if only I had so much money!"
"One thousandth, no, one in ten thousand, as long as one in ten thousand, I'm already satisfied! To be a millionaire, I will have a house, a car, and beautiful women!"
"Alas, don't be envious, hurry up and go back to the codeword, it's important to write a press release!"
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After the party, Li Zetian, Yu Jingqiu, Bill Gates, and Buffett stayed in a box in the hotel.
"Chronos, you are really cunning, whoever donates more, you will take care of his business!" Bill Gates took a sip of red wine and looked at Li Zetian with a smile.
"Business, who to cooperate with is not cooperation. People who donate a lot of money donating a little bit of money are fine to take care of their business. After a pause, a smile appeared on the corner of Li Zetian's mouth, and then said, "Hehe, through this incident, it will be much easier for the L.Y Foundation to raise funds next time." ”
Warren Buffett smiled: "Haha, it is worthy of Mr. · Li, what a shrewd!"
"Hehe, it's just driven by interests!" Li Zetian said modestly.
Yu Jingqiu didn't speak, her chin was supported with her left hand, and she looked at Li Zetian quietly with a pair of beautiful eyes, with a hint of adoration in her tenderness.
Bill Gates said, "Oh, by the way, Chronos, what did you call us for?"
"Naturally, it's a good thing that I said before, didn't you say that you want me to find a good project and invest together. I thought about it for a while, and it really made me think of a good project!" Li Zetian said with a smile.
Buffett said before that he wanted Li Zetian to find them a good project, and there was no lack of joking.
With Li Zetian's financial resources, if there is a good project, there is no need to bring the two of them in. Buffett didn't expect Li Zetian to take it seriously.
However, Buffett did not refuse this kind of kindness, he was very curious about what the project Li Zetian was talking about, and if he could, he was naturally willing to invest.
What kind of person is Li Zetian, recognized as an investment genius, rich and rivaling the country, none of the projects or companies he has invested in have failed, it is simply a legend!
Bill Gates's eyes lit up, and his understanding of Li Zetian was far greater than Buffett's understanding of Li Zetian. Li Zetian is not an ordinary genius, but a super genius, ord, Excel, ppt, Hotmail, etc. are all designed by him, Microsoft can achieve such an achievement, Li Zetian has played an absolute role.
"Chronos, what kind of project is it?" asked Bill Gates.
Li Zetian smiled faintly, took a sip of wine, and said slowly: "A tourist project!"
Bill Gates, Warren Buffett and Yu Jingqiu all looked puzzled, what kind of good tourism project is?
"Huh,"
Li Zetian smiled, "Now that the Internet era is coming, haven't you thought about moving tourism projects to the Internet?"
Warren Buffett didn't seem interested in tech companies, and frowned slightly when he heard this.
Bill Gates suddenly realized, and his heart seemed to flash with a flash of inspiration, and he was inexplicably excited.
Yu Jingqiu smiled beautifully, very interested in this very novel online travel project.
Li Zetian looked at Buffett and said, "Mr. Buffett, do you think this project is not good?"
"It's not bad. It's just that I don't know much about technology companies personally, so I don't dare to invest rashly. ”
Li Zetian smiled: "That's right, technology companies have ups and downs, and they are not as stable as traditional enterprises. Many tech companies in Silicon Valley were guests of the VC firm one day before, and they may close down the next day, and they will be disliked!"
“Mr· Li, I'd like to hear your detailed plan before making a decision. Buffett said in a deep voice, out of trust in Li Zetian, he said this, if others persuade him to invest in Internet companies, he will definitely not want to listen. Warren Buffett's investment philosophy is incompatible with Internet companies, and the Internet in his previous life was so hot that he couldn't resist investing.
"Okay, then I'll talk about it carefully. ”
Li Zetian pondered for a while, and went through Ctrip, eLong, Tuniu, Tripadvisor, Priceline, etc., and then said, "This online travel project is to create a travel website, build a huge database, it has a lot of information about tourist destinations, including flights, hotels, attractions, restaurants and other information, netizens can log in to the website, you can browse attractions, book air tickets, hotels, etc., ......"
Although Li Zetian didn't say much, he was concise and to the point, and as soon as he finished speaking, Yu Jingqiu, Bill Gates and Buffett were all shocked!
In fact, Bill Gates also has an idea in his heart, but when compared with what Li Zetian said, it immediately pales in comparison.
"Chronos, what a shocking idea!" exclaimed Bill Gates.
Buffett was stunned, he was more stable and thought a lot, and after half a ring, he said: "Mr· Li, this project sounds good, but I'm afraid it's easier said than done!"
When Li Zetian heard this, he couldn't help but glance at Buffett.
"Hehe, Mr. Buffett looked at the problem and saw the essence at once! That's right, the travel website is indeed easier said than done!" Li Zetian said, "In the final analysis, the travel website is just an intermediary company, and it is indeed not easy for it to collect so much information and make so many companies willing to cooperate with it! However, it cannot be denied the development potential of the tourism website." Once the tourism website is successful, it will change the future tourism market and promote the development of tourism! In reality, many people want to travel, but it is just an idea and has not been put into action. But if they see the travel website and see a lot of beautiful attractions, they might be able to make a deal!"
After a pause, Li Zetian said a very philosophical sentence: "If you don't go to the store, there will be no transaction!"
Warren Buffett was thoughtful.
Bill Gates has already been moved by Li Zetian's words, "Chronos, no matter what, I want to invest in this project!" Although this project seems difficult to implement, Bill Gates knows that as long as Li Zetian is there, there is a great possibility of success.
Buffett saw that Bill Gates agreed, and the project was proposed by Li Zetian, so he finally nodded: "Mr. · Li, since Bill Gates is willing to invest, then I am willing to invest!"
Li Zetian smiled and nodded: "Okay!"
Warren Buffett and the Bill Gates family have a lot of influence in the United States, and Li Zetian is very cost-effective to woo them with a travel website company. In addition, Bill Gates's daughter is the same age as William, and Li Zetian has seen photos of her growing up in her previous life, she is quite beautiful, and her tutor is good, maybe she will become his daughter-in-law in the future...... Marriages or something, it's very common between big families.