Chapter 882: A Ten Billion Dollar Foundation
It is a shame for a person to have a huge fortune when he dies! - Andrew Carnegie
In the United States, people do not look up to the rich, but to the rich who give back to society.
The reason why Sun Ziming is nicknamed China Ming by Americans is mainly because he has contributed wonderful movies to the American people, not because of how much money he makes. In this land where only one civil war has broken out, there are countless people and families who are richer than Sun Ziming.
In Hollywood before, Sun Ziming's reputation can be described as mixed, allies, partners, employees, and his popular actors naturally praised him to the sky, and brokerage companies, other giants, and film investment funds, actors, and film companies that had no chance to cooperate with him naturally hated him to the core.
Now, with Sun Ziming's announcement that he will lose all 62% of the shares of the soon-to-be-listed Light and Shadow Company held by him to build the first non-profit-oriented private university in Red China, in the applause of the people and the media, even those who hated him in the past have to admit that he has done something admirable. For example, CAA, who was crushed by him, their president Meyer? When Viotz was stopped by reporters, he also said with a complicated expression, "Well, he's a good guy."
The market value of the company is more than 15 billion US dollars, and Sun Ziming controlled nearly 80% of the shares before going public, which means that he will donate 12 billion US dollars at one time! In other words, Sun Ziming set a world record - the largest private donation in the history of the world.
Stimulated by this news, and the fact that the light and shadow company brought together four of Hollywood's top five directors, their listing ceremony on the New York Stock Exchange attracted the attention of almost all fans and mainstream media, and the major TV stations broadcast the whole process live.
Sun Ziming, who usually sees people in T-shirts and jeans, rarely wore a suit and tie seriously, and his leather shoes were so shiny that even flies couldn't stand.
"Hello everyone, I think today is a very milestone day, in fact, there are a lot of things to say, but I don't know where to start today. At this moment, my heart is full of gratitude, gratitude, thank you to all the people, thank you to all the fans, thank you to all the shareholders.
I believe that what happened today will mean great things for those of us who are obsessed with movies for the rest of our lives. I hope that when you are ringing the bell, everyone will pay attention to the gentlemen and ladies who are ringing the bell. They are all representatives of the behind-the-scenes staff of our films, and when a film is successful, actors and directors can become famous, but few people pay attention to the cinematographers, lighting, artists, costumes, makeup stylists, .......
In fact, our success today is all because of their silent support behind us!
Light and Shadow is a very lucky company, and our luck comes from the fans who like our films, from directors like Lucas, James, Chris, and the hard work of our employees. So we are grateful to the whole company, to the fans, and to the great Hollywood.
Finally, I also hope that in the years to come, everyone will continue to make the best films to give back to fans and audiences. I firmly believe that as long as we persist and work hard, the films of Light and Shadow will always be the best movies in the world!
Thank you all again, thank you to all your loved ones, without the support of your wife, your husband, and children, we would not be where we are today. See you soon, and see you when the bell rings! ”
Half an hour later, Lao Du, Jesse, Tim, and Yuan Heping, the representatives of the behind-the-scenes staff, rang the bell of the listing in applause. On the same day, the stock price of the company exceeded $100, and the market value reached $21.4 billion, giving birth to hundreds of millionaires, tens of millions, and billionaires in one fell swoop. Even the front desk lady of the light and shadow company has become a small billionaire with assets of more than 300,000 yuan, and Jiang Peng, Chris Columbus, etc., have increased their assets by hundreds of millions, which can be said to make Hollywood envious and jealous.
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Principal Gao is very busy, and the school's infrastructure construction is in full swing, and after attending the listing ceremony of the light and shadow company, he can't wait to go home. It's just that when he came empty-handed, he took with him more than $4.16 billion in cash and more than $6 billion worth of shares.
In the 21st century, information has developed highly, and as soon as President Gao and they appeared at Huanghua Airport, they were surrounded by a large group of reporters. The vast majority of domestic media could not go to the United States to witness the birth of a legend of wealth and philanthropy, so they had to interview the president of the 'richest university in China'.
I heard that Director Sun sold more than $4 billion in original stocks just before going public, and there are also stocks worth $6 or 7 billion, so he donated them all? Oh my God, that's more than 10 billion dollars, tens of billions of yuan!
Looking at the crowded reporters in the waiting hall, President Gao smiled helplessly, why didn't everyone ask about the preparations of Jingshi University, and only care about how much money it was? Fortunately, the airport was notified in advance, and a large number of police officers lined up in a wall to escort President Gao and his wife out of the waiting hall to the arranged press conference.
However, to the surprise of the reporters, the high president of Jingshi University was only standing next to the speaker, and standing in front of the speaker was a foreigner with blue hair, dressed in a professional dress that was worth a lot of money at first glance. Everyone was stunned for a moment, and they recognized her as Jill, the president of the Light and Shadow Company, and the North American member of the Preparatory Committee of Jingshi University.
"Ladies/and/gentlemen, I now give the floor to Ms. Claudia Moser, President of the Juan Ming Education Foundation."
After the accompanying staff finished interpreting, Claudia, who had already begun to be wide and fat, walked to the speaker in applause and said slowly in broken Chinese: "Ladies/and/gentlemen, on behalf of Mr. Sun Ziming, I announce that the 'Ming Juan Education Foundation' will be committed to the cause of education, in strict accordance with the laws of China and the United States, and adopt an open and transparent operation mode. All expenditures and donations received by the Foundation will be disclosed on the website and subject to public inquiries and supervision, so as to eliminate any form of corruption, malpractice and ....... ”
After explaining the Foundation's purpose and operating regulations, Claudia continued: "Now, Mr. Gao introduced to everyone that the funders of the foundation are welcome. ”
Principal Gao is not Jill and Claudia, seize this opportunity to promote the Light and Shadow Group and earn reputation for their boss, he only thinks about how to run Jingshi University well and attract enough excellent teachers and students.
"Hello everyone, this time I brought back $4.1 billion in cash and $6.5 billion worth of stocks from the United States, all of which will be used for the construction and development of Jingshi University.
According to my agreement with Mr. Sun Ziming, this is only the funding of Jingshi University for ten years, and he will inject more funds in the future! ”
There was an exclamation at the venue, nearly 10 billion yuan a year?
"In the second half of this year, we will admit the first batch of students at Jingshi University, and the tuition fee is 85,000 yuan per academic year."
Yes? Now in China, even if the tuition fees of Tsinghua University and Yan University are only 1,000 yuan a year, and the commission trainees are only in their early 4,000s, and Jingshi University actually costs 83,000?
"Yes, you heard it right, our professors will be hired from the world's top universities, and their salaries will have to be such high tuition fees to keep the university running.
However, our school also provides scholarships to outstanding students, up to $90,000 per academic year, and there is no quota for them. In other words, as long as students study hard, they don't have to worry about tuition fees or even living expenses. ……”
The reporters took a breath, the chairman of the US board of directors had made it very clear just now that the operation of the foundation would be open and transparent. Now how many families can pay more than 80,000 yuan a year in tuition, doesn't that mean that students at Jingshi University must devote themselves to studying, otherwise they will be forced to drop out of school at any time because they cannot afford to pay the tuition?
Hehe, this Jingshi University is not easy to get into! I am afraid that in the future, the graduates of Jingshi University, not to mention that all of them are pillars, at least their professional ability will be second to none among domestic university graduates.
What the reporter thought in his heart, that is, Sun Tzu, who was preparing to go to the UK for casting, thought that he had paid so much money to run a school, would he still let those guys 'play by you for four years (university Chinese homonym)' or talk about a campus love?
"My/god, it's clear that you're unfair to students, and you're making it clear that students can only focus on their studies and can't slack off in the slightest."
This is for sure, although Sun Ziming himself had time to play in his college days, he spent most of his time in the library and large classrooms. If you can do it yourself, why can't others?
However, when the words came out of Sun Ziming's mouth, it was another tone. It is useless for a university to have a building, the key is to have masters, and a world-famous female writer like J. K. Rowling is the professor he prepared for the Faculty of Letters.
"Rowling, if you hadn't been working in such poverty, would you have succeeded today? Jingse University is not a university of universal education, it is a university that cultivates the elite of society! ”
With such an explanation, Rowling had no choice but to stop persuading that the world is fair, and if you want to succeed, you have to work hard, and put in more effort than ordinary people, even geniuses.
"Oh, by the way, I have something to ask you for."
"What's the matter?"
Sun Ziming's request, Rowling never refused, this is the six-year friendship between the two. However, as soon as Sun Zi Ming finished speaking, Rowling hurriedly refused: "Ming, it's not that I don't help, it's just that my level is limited." A professor is not a writer, and if he has no academic level, how can he be a professor? ”
"NO, no, you misunderstood. I'm not asking you to be a research-oriented professor, I'm asking you to be a hands-on mentor. Can professors who have published countless academic papers be as successful as you?
Rowling, if we want to succeed, we need to rely on our own creations on the one hand, and learn from the wisdom of our predecessors on the other. What I would like you to ask you to do is to introduce your understanding of English and European literature and some of your experiences with writing to students who aspire to become writers. At the same time, give them guidance on how to deal with some of the problems in their creation. ”
Rowling hesitated for a while, but could not refuse Sun Ziming's request, in a sense, he was more important to her than her boyfriend, Neil Murray.
"Ok, I accept your invitation, but I can't guarantee that I will be able to attend class on time like the professor."
"Hahahaha, you are a great writer, of course there will be full freedom."
Sun Ziming looked down at his watch, the time was almost up, he got up and said, "Let's go, it's not early, we have to go to the airport!" ”
Rowling also hurriedly called her boyfriend, who was reading the newspaper, "Ok, Neil don't read the newspaper, we have to go." ”