Chapter 248: Link's "Charity"

Amanda was right, Link didn't actually feel like she was sorry to leave CNN.

Amanda is the only journalist he has a little bit of. But she's a CNN reporter.

CNN is a professional Chinese black, which can be seen from the incident during the Olympic torch relay in 08. Since they are hostile to China, their attitude towards ethnic Chinese is certainly not going to be any better.

Now that Amanda is leaving CNN, he can also try to spread something through her. He could even train her to be his mouthpiece.

He had the idea of finding a reporter to speak for him, or when he talked about propaganda with several directors at a reception the day before yesterday. Movies to promote. Individuals, of course, also have to promote. You shouldn't have a name for doing good deeds, but that doesn't prevent others from helping you spread it.

He remembered that Amanda had just asked him if he had time. He smiled and said, "I can give you half an hour." ”

Catherine immediately arranged a room for Link for an exclusive interview.

Amanda laughs, "I'm honored to say it. As far as I can remember, this is the third interview you've ever received, and all three of them were done by me. ”

"That's right. It makes me feel like I'm not being targeted by you. ”

"That's for sure. The first time I interviewed you, I knew you were going to be a celebrity. I just didn't expect it to be so soon. Can you tell us about the difference between becoming a celebrity?"

"It's no different. You know, most Americans are relatively self-conscious people. Doesn't think that anyone else is better than you. Perhaps this is where the American Dream comes from. ”

"You're definitely going to be more famous this time, as far as I know, Hanse Cheap Apartments is the first charity in the world to help poor families in this model. After learning about this model, I feel that low-rent apartments not only give children warmth, but also allow families to better maintain their self-esteem. Can you tell me how you came up with the idea of using this model for charity?"

"There are many ways to do charity. From donating large sums of money to helping someone in need on the side of the road, it's all charity. The foundation of philanthropy is to uphold a kind attitude towards society. People with such good intentions are or will be philanthropists. I'm doing the same thing as them. It's just that the needy groups we help are different. I focus on helping families who are struggling and raising children. I have a lovely daughter. She is an angel given to me by God, and I always want the best for her. I think all parents think that way. So I hope to give to parents who are temporarily in difficulty, and I hope that they can cheer up as soon as possible and give their children the best again. ”

Amanda laughed and said, "Sounds reasonable. However, some people say that the rich do charity mainly to avoid taxes, especially inheritance taxes. What are your thoughts on this?"

"This needs to be treated differently. Others don't say. I'm just talking about myself, setting up a low-rent apartment, and although the rent is collected, the rent will be used to protect the child residents. The money will be deposited directly into a dedicated account for low-cost apartments. It won't even be transferred to my fund. The Hans Fund will also use trust investment. But I'm not going to take a penny of it for my own benefit, whether it's developing technology or donating it to universities. ”

"You mean don't you give money to those colleges, right?"

"I didn't say that!" Link emphasized. You have to write about it. I didn't say that!"

β€œOK。 I'll highlight it. ”

Link smiled and continued, "At least I know that universities, whether public or private, have high tuition fees. So actually, colleges are usually for-profit. The research results of all professors in the college are to be put into business. So, do universities that have always made money need their alumni to do charity to them? Of course, they will tell us that they donate money to research technologies that are beneficial to human progress or to fight disease. ”

He spread his hands and said, "I just don't get it." Since it is a technology that is researched using charitable donations, it is intended to benefit mankind. Why is it scary that after the development of the product, the sales price is still high? And those technologies are usually available to companies that have a close relationship with donors. I reiterate, I'm not saying there's anything wrong. I just don't think I understand, can charity still do that?"

Amanda listened to him say that there was no accusation, but she dared to say anything. However, such interviewees are the journalists' favorite. She asked, "Then you also agree that doing charity is tax avoidance?"

"Of course not. It's not so much that I'm doing charity tax avoidance, but rather that I'm using the taxes I pay in advance where they should be. You can also interpret this to mean that I am worried that the payment of taxes will end up being misused by some departments. However, I am only responsible for my own actions. ”

"Okay. Let's change the subject. Amanda felt that the topic had been dug deep enough for her to play. "I noticed that your fund already has more than $400 million, but it only took tens of millions to build the first Hans low-rent apartment. Will the rest of the philanthropic fund still be used for this project?"

Link nodded affirmatively, "Yes, my private management team is doing research on some cities. It is planned to set up three to five more low-cost apartments of the same type within the next year. ”

"Do you think building too many low-rent apartments like this will have an impact on the real estate market?"

"Families who can afford to rent an apartment for $400 a month will not want to accept the constraints of a low-rent apartment. The residents are all families who are experiencing temporary difficulties and cannot afford the rent and utility bills. I believe that raising a child involves the greatest sense of responsibility of the parents. Such families are looking forward to returning to normal life with their children as soon as possible. So they're trying to get back into the workforce and regain the ability to pay their bills. When these families leave their low-cost apartments, they will definitely buy or rent a house. Therefore, the impact of low-cost apartments on the real estate industry will only be positive. ”

"You mentioned many times that you want the families to pick themselves up as soon as possible. Will you help with that?"

"Of course. In fact, I'm working on a plan to provide some entrepreneurial opportunities for these families, as well as some job opportunities for some families who are not suitable for entrepreneurship. However, this idea is not yet mature. ”

"Can you tell me about that?"

Link shook his head resolutely: "No, because the current idea may be replaced by a better idea at any time." ”

"Okay. How about we change the subject? Let's talk about your water wells and your oil wells. ”

That's a clichΓ©. But Amanda doesn't ask questions about those things from a different perspective than other journalists.

Link also answered some different answers than before.

At the end of thirty minutes, Amanda consciously ended the visit. Today's interview would have allowed her to write three articles about Link. But now she's not a reporter for a particular outlet, but a columnist, so sometimes she just needs to quote Link's point of view. Without writing Link's news entirely.

Before leaving, she said to Link: "If you are going to publish a story involving you. I'll give you a look at the manuscript in advance. ”

Link thought it would be best. At least make sure that the other party doesn't scribble. He nodded and said, "You can get in touch with Martha." If the cooperation is pleasant, what do you want about my news in the future. I'll give it to you at my discretion. ”

"Happy cooperation!" is also Amanda's initiative is a good purpose. She now decided that he would be a newsmaker in the future. If she can get his interview rights, it will be very beneficial for an independent journalist like her.

Although neither of them explained how they would work together. But both of them know this. It's nothing more than Link providing the news to make Amanda famous, and Amanda reporting on him head-on. Such cooperation can be a win-win situation.

Amanda laughs, "I can probably write an editorial about charity tonight." I'll give it to Martha when the time comes!"

"Just remember to write me nobly. ”

After Amanda left. Link approached Catherine and said, "Keep an eye on Amanda if you think she's worth working with." Some news can be sent to her appropriately. ”

Catherine is already an old bird in terms of publicity, and when you hear him say this, you don't understand that Link and Amanda have made an agreement. And now it's the observation period. If Amanda follows the agreement, Link intends to groom Amanda to be his "press spokesman".

That kind of agreement would also be of great benefit to her work. She immediately said, "I understand!"

After the low-rent apartment was over, Link left him with his bodyguards. He first went to Hans's house. Hannah is there.

He had lunch at Hans's house and talked to Jeff for a while. It's autumn now. Salmon fingerlings raised in the Hans fishery are also able to spawn. He and Jeff had previously mentioned plans to release salmon in Ozet, and this year it could be implemented.

However, he still needs to go back to Ozart and get the release field ready. Jeff simply put the spawning fish that had been injected with oxytocin into the spawning grounds and let them spawn. Whether the eggs can hatch or not is the first threshold. After this threshold is passed, it will be up to the fish to see if the fish will return in a few years.

That was destined to be a long-term plan.

If the eggs hatch, the program will be for several years in a row. Until the fourth year. If no schools of fish come back to spawn, it would be a failure of the whole plan.

But even if it fails, such a project can be hyped for several years. It was probably enough to make him an environmentalist in the eyes of the public.

If there is a good kind of fish to release, it is salmon that is the most suitable. The fish does not eat anything during their migration and spawns, so it does not cause any damage to the local environment. After the eggs hatch, the small fish will quickly swim to the sea, and it will not have much impact on the original ecology.

Then don't worry about someone doing something like this to him.

But for that kind of project, even if it was successful, he didn't think it would produce much benefit. He just used it as a little money to decorate the Ozette farm, or his home, a little better.

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