Chapter 399: Forced Donation Turmoil
In the age of the Internet, there is not much private space to speak of.
Especially for public figures, their words and deeds will be analyzed and compared by the public under the spotlight.
Even at a time when the whole people are united in fighting the earthquake and providing disaster relief, it is no exception.
As soon as Weibo's "China Charity List" was launched, the comparison of disaster relief donations among netizens has always been a hot topic on Weibo.
These enthusiastic netizens, after offering their love, began to pick on those groups who were more capable and wealthy, and entrepreneurs naturally bore the brunt.
Those entrepreneurs who had unlimited scenery in the past and talked about it in the mass media, once they were found to be absent and silent in this earthquake relief, or if they did not contribute or did not contribute money, they would definitely be picked out by netizens and posted on Weibo.
As a representative who spoke out and contributed money and contributed money, Ren Pingsheng could certainly stay out of the matter, but several of his business friends were unfortunately swept away by this storm.
The first to be shot was Wang Shi, chairman of Wanke Group.
On the day of 512, after the earthquake, Wang Shi, who was in Yanjing, also received a call from Ren Pingsheng, and readily agreed to Ren Pingsheng's public welfare invitation, and immediately donated 2 million yuan through the headquarters of Wanke Group, reflecting his sense of social responsibility for public welfare.
It's just that Wang Shi, who has lived and flown with Tian Zhuoyun these days and enjoyed the old romance, may not have realized that after the launch of the "China Charity List", the amount of donations to entrepreneurs on the Internet has begun to become harsh.
He has always been accustomed to being an opinion leader on Weibo and the media, and published a Weibo post on May 15:
"Life comes first. On the day of the earthquake, the headquarters of Wanke Group donated 2 million yuan. ”
As a Weibo big V among entrepreneurs, Wang Shi's number of fans is definitely not low, this Weibo has been sent out, and it has quickly received a large number of retweets.
Netizens are looking for targets and grass figures everywhere, and they are very busy.
At this glance, no one else spoke, Wang Shi, you jumped out yourself, so what's polite, everyone copy the guys.
Soon, Wang Shi became the spearhead of public opinion.
Someone asked:
"Wang Shi keeps saying that 'life comes first', so why did his Wanke only donate 2 million yuan, is it in his eyes that so many lives in Wenchuan are only worth 2 million?"
"Last year, Wanke's sales ranked first in the mainland, with more than 52.3 billion yuan and a net profit of more than 4.8 billion yuan, and the donation was less than 4/10,000 of its net profit. Wang Shi, are you really embarrassed to donate this money, are you really embarrassed to show off your kindness on Weibo?"
There are also people who take out their peers in the industry to compare.
"Wang Shi, look at your peers, Country Garden donated 13 million yuan, Overseas Chinese City donated 11 million yuan, and the total assets are less than one-tenth of 10,000 grams of World Trade Shares, Panhe Construction, and people donated 10 million yuan. You keep saying that you want to be the boss of the industry, are you just the boss?"
"Wanke's performance in this disaster is too disappointing, such a irresponsible enterprise, embarrassed to say that it wants to build a century-old store, the longer Wanke you live, the more you earn, the more shame for entrepreneurs. ”
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Regarding the doubts of netizens, Wang Shi did not react at first, and defended himself on Weibo:
"Of course, I admire the enterprises that have donated more than 10 million yuan. But as the chairman, I think the 2 million yuan donated by Wanke is appropriate. China is a disaster-prone country, and disaster relief charity activities are the norm, and corporate donations should be sustainable, not a burden. ”
Wang Shi also revealed a detail on Weibo, "In Wanke's fundraising activities for charity within the group, there is a reminder: for each fundraising, the donation of ordinary employees is limited to 10 yuan. The idea is not to let charity become a burden. ”
As soon as Wang Shi's Weibo defending himself was issued, it was like adding oil to the fire, stirring up the anger and disgust of netizens even more irrepressibly, and the masses were angry, not feeling that Wang Shi's defense had any sincerity at all, but felt that he was quibbling.
These few words, instead of having the effect of justifying, also sent new ammunition to netizens and attracted more attacks.
In the face of the greatest natural disaster in the past half century, is it still the norm? Does the help required for this disaster belong to the normal scope as usual? Mr. Wang Shi is really good at sensationalism, really good at analyzing the national situation, and really good at talking big!
"I really can't imagine that Wanke, as the most respected person in China's real estate industry, has such unbelievable, shocking, absurd and strange regulations! Come to think of it, it may be that Mr. Wang Shi is too thoughtful for Wanke employees who belong to China's most profitable industry! Because donating more than 10 yuan will become a burden for the "poor baba" Wanke employees!
"In this country's concerted efforts to fight the disaster, both the poor and the rich are doing their best to contribute their own strength, not long ago, there were old people who scavenged to donate their only a few thousand yuan, no matter how financially constrained they are, they will not feel that donations of more than 10 yuan will become a burden!"
Wang Shi's remarks not only attracted a bunch of abuse from ordinary netizens, but even many of Wang Shi's friends and fans expressed dissent.
"Mr. Wang Shi is really wrong this time, even if you think that the amount of donation is your only one, but you have no reason to limit the amount of employee donations. Employee charitable donation is voluntary by employees and actively advocated by the society, why should WAGO engage in such a 10 yuan limit! This is too different from Mr. Wang Shi's usual principles of corporate governance, and I really don't understand. “
"To be honest, I have always been a supporter of Wanke before, I live in Wanke's house, and I also bought Wanke's shares, but now I see your Wang Shi's ugly face, and I decided to give up, and mobilize my relatives and friends to boycott this Wanke without a sense of social responsibility, my money does not want to be made by a company without a sense of social responsibility, and I will clear all the Wanke stocks in my hands tomorrow. ”
Soon, the attack on Wang Shi on Weibo spread to other social platforms, forums, blogs, etc., and Wang Shi's statement about "10 yuan" also became the target of netizens' extreme sarcasm.
I don't know who proposed it first and renamed Wang Shi "Wang 10", and soon this title spread all over the Internet.
"King 10, for the rich and unkind, he will be damned. ”
"Thank you Wang 10, you have made us deeply recognize the humble soul of your honest and honest face, and see clearly the essence of your enterprise with a 'conscience'! It is you who have refreshed the bottom line of human moral conscience, and it is you who have set off a wave of justice to crusade against evil. ”
"At this time of national disaster and disaster relief for the whole country, pouring cold water on the fundraising of the people of the whole country also shows his so-called rationality, but what he shows is Wang 10's own beastliness!"
During this period, although there were also some neutral and rational views defending Wang Shi.
"Support Wanke, make a clear distinction between business behavior, management behavior and charity behavior, and give love cannot be blind. Instead of slapping a swollen face and becoming fat, it is better to do something professional, and I believe that Wanke's professional experience can play a more important role than money in the post-disaster reconstruction process!"
This news only shows that Wang Shi is responsible for his business, employees and shareholders. Charity should be voluntary and cannot use ethics to blackmail businesses. ”
But these seemingly objective voices were published at this moment, which could not calm down the angry netizens in the slightest.
Because this disaster is too serious, and the degree of disaster suffered by the compatriots is too miserable, at this moment of national unity, in order to reflect the so-called rationality and objectivity, ignoring the suffering of the compatriots in the disaster area, and ignoring the boiling public opinion, people can only feel that Wang Shi and his company are cold-blooded and lack a sense of social responsibility.
As one blogger put it:
"Any enterprise or citizen should fulfill its corresponding responsibilities. You can't just enjoy the benefits that society brings to you and not fulfill your responsibilities. In the final analysis, the reason why the rich are rich is that your wealth is brought to you by society, and you did not leave society and leave the country to create it empty-handed. So, when you need your dedication, you can't use all kinds of excuses to excuse yourself. ”
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The "donation gate" caused by Wang Shi intensified, not only pulling himself into the eye of public opinion, but also pulling several good friends down.
Pan Shiyi, chairman of the board of directors of SOHO China, who just raised nearly HK$14.8 billion in Hong Kong last year and claimed to be in a hurry to buy land with 15 billion yuan, was quickly picked up by netizens and criticized as a negative example because he only donated 2 million yuan and said a few words of defense for Wang Shi on Weibo.
Ma Yun, chairman of Ali Mama, who has also just been listed on the Hong Kong stock market, was also forced to get involved in a public opinion storm because of an article entitled "Ma Yun advocates donating one yuan".
For a while, all kinds of criticism of unscrupulous profiteers on the Internet climaxed, which also made the employees of Weibo company break out in a cold sweat, and this wave of topics brought a large number of views and clicks, and also made Weibo's various data soar.
Just when the turmoil of netizens forced donations reached its peak, Ren Pingsheng, who had been silently observing the development of the situation in the background, finally took action.