Chapter 301: Forced Donation

As the only theater of the Akebono Cinema Line in Kyoto, because of the shining gold signboard of the Akeno, the reputation of the Akebono Kyoto Cinema in Kyoto is very loud, whether it is fans, media reporters, people in the film industry, or taxi drivers, and the general public almost all know its storage, coupled with the comfortable and luxurious viewing conditions in the theater, the theater has become the first choice for Kyoto people to watch movies, and since its opening, the attendance rate has always been high.

Although it only opened in March, according to the box office situation as of December, it is almost a matter of nine out of ten that Akebono Kyoto Cinema has become the highest-grossing cinema in Kyoto this year.

However, even so, on December 1st, the Dawn Kyoto Cinema was still very lively, and a large number of audiences poured into the mall plaza where the theater was located.

"Here, cheer! Scream! Let's welcome the first actor to shine on the stage, a new-age action superstar from Hollywood, Dwayne Johnson Rock. ”

With the host's shouting, the huge commercial square immediately sounded the shouts of mountains and tsunamis, "rock", "rock", "Johnson", "boulder"

And the huge team of reporters from major media also raised their cameras for the first time to shoot at the burly man who got off the black Mercedes Benz and stepped on the red carpet.

Dwayne "Rock" Johnson smiled and waved to the audience on both sides of the red carpet, and as he walked around, he posed mightily to reporters from time to time, which attracted the sound of continuous photo shoots and made the surrounding audience more fanatical.

When he walked to the end of the red carpet, another black Mercedes came and the host's voice sounded.

"Okay, the second actor is also on the red carpet, who is he, and then let's use the warmest applause to invite Mr. Stallone, a superstar who starred in a series of classic action movies such as "Rocky" and "First Blood".

After the host's words fell, the rear door of the black Mercedes-Benz suddenly opened, and a head with thick black hair poked out of the door first, and it was Stallone with a cool expression.

This is the scene of the press conference held in Kyoto for "Hurricane Rescue", which attracted a large number of Lin Yuquan fans, action fans and media reporters due to the extraordinary influence of Lin Yuquan and Stallone and others.

With the successive appearances of one actor after another, the flash of the camera in the hands of the reporters and the enthusiastic screams and cheers of the audience almost never stopped, and the person who set off the highest * tide of the red carpet show will not be someone else.

"Finally, let us invite Lin Yuquan, the director of "Hurricane Rescue", with the warmest applause."

"Boom", when Lin Yuquan got out of the Mercedes with a smile on his face, the sound like a landslide and the ground cracked immediately appeared, "Lin Yuquan", "Lin Yuquan", "Lin Yuquan" seemed to have an invisible magic that made everyone shout Lin Yuquan's name in unison.

"Wow, Lin's popularity is so high." Dwayne "Rock" Johnson looked at this qiē with envy and hatred.

"Of course, this is the home base of Lin, who is the most prominent commercial director in the country, and is the richest man who has become the second most wealthy man at a young age." Diesel smiled.

Lin Yuquan waved his hand, walked across the red carpet calmly, and came to Rock Johnson, Stallone and others, and after more than an hour of interacting with the audience, it was the interview.

Suddenly, nearly 100 reporters from major media around the world had their eyes lit up, like a hungry tiger pounced on food, surrounded Lin Yuquan and others, they had been waiting for this day for too long, as early as after Alibaba announced the IPO, all media reporters couldn't wait to interview Lin Yuquan, but unfortunately Lin Yuquan was filming in New Zealand at that time, and there was no opportunity, and after more than a month, the urgent interview with Lin Yuquan not only did not disappear with the passage of time, but was like a suppressed active volcano, more and more about to erupt.

Lin Yuquan casually clicked a reporter, and the reporter who was in the middle of the call put the microphone in front of Lin Yuquan, and said excitedly: "Hello, Director Lin, I am Song En, a reporter from Guangming Daily, we all know that many major events have happened around you in the past few months, the most sensational of which is that Alibaba's successful listing on the Hong Kong Stock Exchange has increased your wealth dramatically, how did you feel when you learned this news?" ”

"Of course I'm happy, I don't think anyone would do that, in fact, although I didn't appear on the Hong Kong Stock Exchange because of filming, I was able to witness the moment of Alibaba's listing through the video on the scene, and when I saw the opening price of 30 Hong Kong dollars, I happily returned to the set to continue filming." Lin Yuquan smiled easily.

"After a big rally on the first day, Alibaba's stock fell on the second day, and in the past month, there has been no rebound at all, what do you think about this?" The reporter asked.

"This journalist friend, I am not an economist, nor a stock analyst, so I have no way to give you a professional answer, I want to say that the rise and fall of stocks involves many factors, than the ups and downs of the stock market value, I am more concerned about the development of a company itself, as long as Alibaba can continue to develop healthily, what does it matter if the stock falls for a while?" Lin Yuquan smiled: "Okay, next reporter friend, this is the press conference of "Hurricane Rescue", I hope everyone's next topic can focus on this movie."

This time Lin Yuquan was pointed to by a middle-aged man with glasses, the middle-aged man helped his glasses, and said unhurriedly: "Hello, Director Lin, I am Guo Ziyu of Business Week, this year is a year of earth-shaking changes in the Forbes China Rich List and the Hurun Rich List, due to the double-digit growth of the economy and the booming stock market, not only there are many new riches on the list, but also the wealth of the rich has risen significantly, the most obvious of which is the impact of the company's listing, because the company is listed, As a representative of this phenomenon, how do you view the wealth creation and industry of the stock market? ”

It seems that the person who came is not good, Lin Yuquan's eyes froze, but the expression on his face did not change at all: "These two are not in conflict, are they?" In fact, I have always admired entrepreneurs who do industry, industry is the foundation of the country, and doing industry can rejuvenate the country, which is a very meaningful cause. In addition, I found that many friends seem to simply link listing with wealth, listing can indeed create wealth, but wealth is not all of the listing, we should see that the listing of enterprises is basically for financing, the use of listed financing to achieve further development of enterprises, and the vast majority of listed companies are also doing business. ”

"But at present, what we can see is that the listing creates wealth, which is the most obvious table, and often after the listing, there will be countless shareholders who are trapped, or even bankrupt, so now there is a saying that the listing is to make money, but the bitter thing is that countless people's fat and ointment have been snatched away and put into the pockets of listed companies and investment institutions, what do you think about this?" The middle-aged man said with a little excitement.

"I'm sorry, I'm a director, not an economist, and I can't answer questions about such a social phenomenon." Lin Yuquan smiled slightly, and then he was about to call the next reporter, but the middle-aged reporter preemptively asked.

"What do you think about the hundreds of billions of dollars donated to charity in the United States every year, and a large number of wealthy people devote themselves to it, such as Warren Buffett, the god of stocks, announced last year that he would donate 85% of his wealth for public welfare and charity, while the rich people in China are very indifferent to charity and do not pull out a dime? As far as I know, you also didn't have any philanthropic actions before, so as the second place on this year's Forbes China Rich List, with a huge net worth of nearly 60 billion, are you willing to follow the example of Warren Buffett and Bill Gates, and devote yourself to charity? ”

Lin Yuquan's face turned cold, this middle-aged reporter is really not good!

"This journalist friend, since you asked this question, then you must have done a lot of homework in this area, it is true that there are a large number of rich people in the United States who devote themselves to charity, but why is this phenomenon occurring? The first is the social philanthropic atmosphere in the United States, the second is that charity has a tax policy, donations can be tax-free, and the third is a high inheritance tax, but these are not available in China.

Moreover, as far as I know, there are many wealthy people who devote themselves to charity in China, and not all of them are very indifferent, so why do people always ignore them? And it seems that many people put the responsibility of charity on the rich, as if you are a rich man you must do charity, if you don't do charity you are not benevolent to the rich, this kind of conceptual kidnapping of forced donations is also the reason why the rich are frustrated with charity, and even if the rich really do not do charity, it is not a personal problem, it is a problem of the whole society.

In my opinion, charity is not the responsibility of who and whom, not the patent of the rich, a good charity environment needs to be created by the whole society, charity does not have to donate 100 million, donate 1 billion is called charity, it is precisely because many people see it this way, so many rich people dare not do charity, and can not afford to do charity.

In addition, the reporter said that I did not do charity actions, since 05, I have made anonymous donations every year, basically more than 10 million every year, and as far as I know, there are actually many rich people who donate anonymously every year, and the donations of the rich account for more than 60 of the annual domestic donations. It is not necessary to do charity in a high-profile manner, and in the same way, as I said earlier, charity is not a matter of how much it must be called charity.

Of course, the amount of my donation next year will definitely change compared to the past few years, and the specific amount will not be disclosed for the time being. ”

"Director Lin, you are right, but the wealthy in China generally lack a sense of social responsibility that matches their wealth and a sense of social responsibility that matches their wealth. Too few or no leading figures like Gates and Warren Buffett are also important reasons, and the top 67 billionaires in the Forbes China Rich List this year have not made much philanthropic initiatives over the years. The middle-aged reporter said.

Lin Yuquan glanced at the middle-aged reporter coldly, what he hates most is this kind of self-proclaimed righteous defender, who always likes to stand on the moral high ground and point fingers at others, does not understand the actual situation at all, and always likes to use his own ideas to ask others.

So how much does this journalist friend think we so-called rich people should use for charity? It's like Bill. Gates and Warren Buffett donated more than half of their net worth, or did they simply donate naked? ”

"The greater the sense of responsibility to society, the more donations will naturally be, and that is the case with the wealthy in the United States." The middle-aged reporter said.

"Why do we always have to measure China against the situation in the United States? There are too many differences in the philanthropic environment of the two countries, and there is an obvious gap between the economic levels of the two countries, and domestic charitable donations are not as good as those in the United States, involving many factors, which cannot simply be attributed to the lack of social responsibility of the rich to match their wealth, and also need a good charitable environment to guide and build a social system. In addition, only the rich are allowed to donate naked or high donations, this concept is also wrong, the real charity should be from the heart of the public welfare behavior, not determined by the number of donations, often tens of millions of donations, how many people in the country can afford to do, there is a sense of public welfare at the same time is also very important.

Just like the United States now has an annual charitable donation of more than 300 billion US dollars, such a donation amount can only be achieved by the donations of the rich, and the total wealth of the rich on the Forbes China Rich List in China this year is only 280 billion US dollars, which is still because of the booming stock market and double-digit growth of the economy this year, last year's figure was only 110 billion US dollars, and it is not enough to donate all the money, and there is no next year, no future.

According to the principle of continuity, in fact, every billionaire who gives a tenth of his or her wealth will also have an immeasurable impact on the enterprise, after all, this wealth figure is not the actual amount of liquidity of the billionaire. Well, even if the country's wealthy donate one-tenth of it, this is 28 billion US dollars, and the remaining at least 270 billion US dollars? On average, each Chinese person has to donate more than 1,600 yuan a year, 5,000 yuan a year for a family of three, and 8,000 yuan a year for a family of five, which is simply unrealistic.

In fact, if there is a good charitable environment, under the current economic development speed, domestic philanthropy will inevitably get better and better. ”

"Bang bang." The fans and audience gathered on the sidelines immediately applauded.

There was only one person, and the middle-aged reporter continued to ask: "Then as a new super-rich person, how much are you prepared to invest in what you can?" ”

"There's no exact number yet, it's going to take a closer look, okay, it's not a charity discussion today, it's a press conference for Hurricane Rescue, okay, this friend." Lin Yuquan was really impatient to deal with this middle-aged reporter, and he had nothing to say about such a person.

"There is no exact number, I haven't thought about it at all, doesn't Director Lin think that as a billionaire with a net worth of tens of billions, it is a shameful thing to only invest symbolic millions or tens of millions to do charity?" The middle-aged reporter who did not give up said excitedly.

"It is precisely because you think this way that no rich person dares to do charity, not doing charity is for the rich and unkind, it is too late to do charity, or the donation of charity does not reach your so-called high donation standard is hypocrisy, anonymous donation is inaction, high-profile donation is a show, you say let the rich do how to charity. And as I said earlier, charity is not the preserve of the rich, it should be a kind of public welfare that each of us has. In addition, this journalist friend, you have been asking questions about charity, how much of your income is used for charity every year? Lin Yuquan said coldly.

"Well, I have a limited income, and I certainly don't have any extra money to spend on this." The middle-aged reporter was stunned for a moment, and said confidently.

"Don't you even have 10 or 20 yuan? In fact, you have never thought of doing charity yourself, a person who has no charity and public welfare will talk about charity and keep asking others to do charity, which is really a very ridiculous thing. BusinessWeek? I've been taught. Lin Yuquan said unceremoniously.

The middle-aged reporter's face was pale, and everyone looked at him with disdain, including a group of reporters, this guy is really ridiculous, charity is not an obligation, it is already very encouraging for others Lin Yuquan to donate, but this guy has to ask others how much they must donate, you do it like this, who will do charity in the future!

Lin Yuquan didn't look at the middle-aged reporter, but instead looked at a female reporter wearing a light blue down jacket who was named by him just now, and said with a smile: "This reporter friend, you can ask questions, I hope your questions can focus on the movie "Hurricane Rescue", in addition to me, there are also them waiting for an interview!" If the time is delayed for too long, it will affect the activities to be held. ”

"Okay, Director Lin, may I ask what is the difference between your action design and the previous movies in "Hurricane Rescue"?"

In addition to the unhappiness caused by the middle-aged reporter of "Business Week", the whole interview was carried out in a happy atmosphere, and after the interview, it was the "superstar to watch the movie with you", Lin Yuquan will be divided into 4 groups, respectively, in 4 theaters and fans who won tickets to watch "Huo Yuanjia", Lin Yuquan's famous film, at the end of the film, there is a super long version of "Hurricane Rescue" trailer.

After the end of the promotional event, Lin Yuquan held a grand dinner in the evening, in addition to the management of Dawning Film as the mainland distributor of the film, a group of friends and artists of the Yuquan family in Kyoto who are currently in Kyoto also attended, and it was a rare opportunity for everyone to be able to deal with a group of stars from Hollywood.

"This is Liu Ye, the most outstanding young actor in China at present, this is Gao Yuanyuan, a recognized beauty actor in our country, this is Jiang Qingqing, a popular first-line actress, her temperament and appearance are also nationally recognized" Lin Yuquan introduced everyone to Rock Johnson and others in turn, not many people did not come, Ning Hao's "No Man's Land" was revised, and he got a budget of 50 million, and pulled Huang Bo, Xu Zheng, and Zhou Xun to the northwest to shoot, Zhou Haimei is usually in Hong Kong, after joining the Yuquan family, This year, she has starred in several TV series of Dawning Films.

When Lin Yuquan introduced Liu Yifei and Liu Shishi, Christine. Stewart's eyes lit up suddenly, and then he greeted the two very warmly, of course, mainly Liu Yifei, because Liu Shishi's English is actually not so good.

"Hello, Miss Liu Yifei, it's a pleasure to meet you, you yourself are really beautiful, the last time you came to the studio, I was shooting another movie, so I didn't do it, your English is good, I used to live in the United States for a while, no wonder"

Later, when everyone was chatting, the middle-aged reporter of "Business Week" repeatedly questioned Lin Yuquan's philanthropy and became a hot topic in everyone's mouth.

"It's so hateful, he himself is reluctant to donate even a dime, and he is embarrassed to say that others don't donate, blaming others for donating less, Brother Yuquan's anonymous donations every year are more than he earns in his lifetime." Liu Yifei said angrily.

"There are really a lot of such people, and many of them have a hatred of the rich, thinking about robbing the rich and helping the poor all day long." Wang Luodan said.

"Well, in fact, there are a lot of rich people who do charity in China, but everyone always deliberately ignores them, but always pays attention to the rich people who do not do charity, and for those rich people who do charity, many people also look at their charity with colored glasses."

"Boss, you mean to set up a charitable fund, but it is not easy to establish a private charitable fund in China." Ding Wei looked at Lin Yuquan in surprise.

"No way, in my charity plan, in addition to my personal donation, every company will be included, and the final donation amount is not a small amount, and I am not at ease to hand it over to those charities in China that are not financially transparent." Lin Yuquan said helplessly that he has been donating to the Red Cross Society in the past few years, but it is not clear where the money is being used.

"There is a real lack of credibility among domestic charities in this regard." Ding Wei nodded, there are too many reports about charity corruption in China, and this donor donated money, and that end became a villa luxury car, which is chilling.

"You do your best to go through the relevant procedures, our actions must be fast, and the intensity must be great, although my remarks today will definitely be supported by most people, but there will always be a part of people who will criticize me from a moral height, and it will be troublesome enough for them to make trouble, and I have been doing charity, but this time it is from dark to light, and the intensity is greater." Lin Yuquan said in a deep voice.

"Okay, boss, what kind of charity projects are were, education, infrastructure, poverty alleviation, medical care, or what?" Ding Wei looked at him fixedly.

"Teaching a man to fish is not as good as teaching a man to fish, in fact, I have been thinking about this for a long time, I want to invest in charity in education, in addition to supporting the construction of primary and secondary schools, I want to build a technical school that can really teach people technology."

"Technical school." Ding Wei looked a little puzzled.

"Yes, if you just donate money to alleviate poverty, you can't solve the fundamental problem at all, why people are poor, a lot of time is that many people lack the means to make a living, and what I want to do is to let everyone master this technical skill, so that many people have the hope of changing the fate of poverty, compared to other projects, this may not be built overnight, can be achieved, but I do want to do this." Being in a teacher's family, Lin Yuquan has the deepest feelings about this, and in this regard, he already has a suitable candidate. R1152