"After entering the 90s of the 20th century, the problem of urban poverty has become increasingly prominent and has attracted widespread social attention. In the mid-to-late 90s of the 20th century, the rapid transformation of the economic system oriented to the market economy and the gradual deepening of enterprise reform led to many economic and social contradictions. In just a few years, urban poor groups have rapidly formed in the cities, mainly the unemployed, laid-off workers, workers of enterprises that have suspended or semi-suspended production, and some retirees who are in arrears of pensions, as well as their dependents. The basic judgment of the government and academic circles is that the current urban poor population accounts for 4 to 8 percent of the total urban population, and the total number of people is between 15 million and 31 million. According to the known data, the current size of poor children in urban school-age is about 3.7 million, and according to the wide range of 31 million in the school sector, the number of poor children in urban school-age is about 5.15 million ......."

This is a report in some journals, and although it has been greatly reduced, the severity of the problem is also very surprising to look at!

Since many of the so-called bankrupt enterprises were still in production at that time, and everyone still had the idea of the iron rice bowl of state-owned enterprises in their hearts, believing that the state would not ignore everyone, people generally believed that the state would not be like this, except for some who had already prepared for the enterprises, and some who had some social relations were transferred out of their original units. After most individuals began to receive a three-year laid-off transition payment, there was no longer a voice about their policies, and they really passed the period of confusion and realized that they were completely abandoned by enterprises or the social state.

Once "in charge" and "master" like ownership, but was stripped naked overnight, what are you still "proud"? It is really self-deception!

"We are the successors of communism and inherit the glorious traditions of our revolutionary predecessors...... This makes people smile wryly, because a large number of state-owned enterprises and collective enterprises have gradually begun to turn into private enterprises, and everyone has begun to wonder whether this is still the same country as it used to be? The disparity between the rich and the poor is greater than that of capitalism! Is it true that the ideology and moral character that we have learned since childhood are all wrong?

Before the year 2000, it was a time of confusion, not only for ordinary people, but also for many elites, and everywhere was doing what it understood. And the end of 2000 was already the darkest stage before dawn.

——————

"Is the situation so serious now? Is it so difficult for laid-off workers to live?" Xiao Wanting asked in disbelief.

Guo Yi said with a disgusted face, "Of course it's true! Some of the most serious ones don't dare to write." I myself followed the investigators to see several examples. Some laid-off workers are living very badly. You must know that the employees of state-owned enterprises, especially large state-owned enterprises, are often a large family in one enterprise, and when they are laid off, they are not only husband and wife, but also brothers and sisters. plus the brother-in-law and brother-in-law, the sister-in-law and the whole family were all laid off. If only one person is laid off, the other half can still support the whole family, and if only a small family and two people are laid off, they can also seek help from the larger family. But if the whole family is laid off, then who should help whom?"

Zhao Hong also said with a look of approval, "Yes! Guo Yi is right! If only one of the employees of an enterprise is laid off, you can still go to other units to work, or go to other enterprises to make money, but if it is a contiguous area of laid-off workers, even if you go to set up a stall, you will not be able to sell the goods, because everyone has no money!" Moreover, if the number of laid-off workers is not large, then you can also go to find a job or set up a stall, but if the number of laid-off workers is relatively large, then you will not be able to find a unit to work, and your income may be very low if you set up a stall, and you may not even be able to make ends meet, not to mention that you have to provide for your children to go to school! The most terrible thing is not these, but injuries and illnesses! Having worked in state-owned enterprises for many years, many people have more or less occupational diseases! How many toxic and harmful jobs are there? Can the protective measures taken in the past really completely prevent them? Maybe those designers don't dare to say that!"

Xiao Wanting also said helplessly, "I grew up on a college campus since I was a child, and I didn't have the opportunity to contact the factory later, of course I didn't know." So our domestic branch will start to do charity projects from this perspective?"

Guo Yi said with some excitement, "Yes! Some investigators can't help but start it in private, and they all started it spontaneously!"

Xiao Wanting also said with some excitement, "Then let's act quickly! We may be able to reduce a lot of tragedies if we start a day earlier!"

Zhao Hong explained, "So far, the charity fund registered in Australia has begun to prepare, but foreign laws and regulations are more cumbersome, and it also involves the future tax reduction of enterprises, which will be completed by the end of the year at the earliest, and the first phase of corporate donations will be temporarily set at 100 million $, and then continue to increase!"

"Okay! I also urge my brother and them to register with the Charity Fund of Country M as soon as possible, and I will also join this cause! According to the chairman, it is not difficult for a person to do a good deed, but it is rare to do a good deed in a lifetime!"

Xiao Wanting seems to be happier and more positive than Zhao Hong and Guo Yi.

Later, Xiao Wanting's parents also asked her very strangely, "Why did you support their charity activities so actively? Is it really just a temporary rise? That's not good, you must persevere in doing good deeds, you must really do it with love!"

She said with a smile on her face, "Of course I did it wholeheartedly! He who does good deeds is the man who reassures me the most, and a man who is willing to help even strangers must be a man I can trust completely." A good-hearted man will make mistakes once in a while, and he is also a person with a bottom line! He will never act recklessly! He will not ignore it! Of course, he will cherish the happiness of me and my children even more! Why don't I encourage him? As for the money, isn't it necessary to spend it to earn money?"

Xiao Wanting's parents were also immediately persuaded by her! This is indeed the case! When the wealth swells to a certain extent, it really becomes a number on paper, and how to make good use of this wealth to manage one's family life is the key to paying attention!

In particular, although the Zhao Song Group did not become famous, but quietly made a fortune, perhaps the Zhao Song Group itself is not very aware of its increasing wealth, and only the M State Taxation Bureau knows the value of the Zhao Song Group best.