Helen also read this report in the report collected by the reporter of Time Magazine's Beijing Station, but she didn't take it seriously, and when she heard Wu Yue confirm it again, she said in disbelief: "Are you serious?" ”

Wu Yue nodded and said, "Of course." ”

Helen couldn't help but exclaim: "You are so caring, what is the reason why you are so keen on charity?" ”

"The biggest influence on me should be Chinese studies."

"Chinese Studies? Are you talking about the traditional Chinese culture taught by the Confucius Institute? ”

Wu Yue didn't expect this ocean. Ma Zhilu said quite a lot, nodded and said, "Yes, Confucius once described a Datong society. The road is also a trip to the world, the world is for the public, the selection of talents and abilities, and the belief and harmony. Therefore a man does not kiss his own kinsman, nor does he have only his son. So that the old have the end, the strong have use, the young have growth, and the widows, lonely and disabled people have all been supported. Men are divided, and women are returned. goods, evil is abandoned on the ground, do not have to hide themselves; Force, evil does not come from the body, and it does not have to be for oneself. It is because of the plot that it is closed and does not prosper, and the theft and thieves do not do it. Therefore, the outside door is not closed. It is said to be the same. ”

This is a passage from the Book of Rites, everyone has learned it, but it is basically forgotten after the exam.

Meng Tong and Xu Nan were a little admired when they saw Wu Yue say this fluently, they couldn't do it.

Helen patiently listened to Wu Yue's words, her mind was already full of question marks, and when she saw Wu Yue finish speaking, she immediately said, "Can you tell me what this passage means?" ”

Wu Yue smiled and explained, "Let's briefly say the meaning of the first half, when the Great Dao was implemented, the world was shared by people. We will select people with high moral character and talent, and everyone should be honest and harmonious. Therefore, he does not only support his own parents. It is not only to raise their own children, so that the elderly can enjoy their old age in peace, so that the middle-aged can serve the society, so that the children can grow up healthily, and the old, weak, sick and disabled can be supported. This is the ideal society described by Confucius, and it is also the direction of the struggle of the reformers of our country for generations. ”

This time Helen understood, and said puzzledly: "According to what you said." Your traditional culture is so people-like. Lordship and humanism. Please forgive me for speaking bluntly, for what is the lack of a little people in China. Lord, there are very few rich people in China who do charity? ”

Wu Yue shook his head and said, "Your words are unfair. The people of the West. The Lord is also flawed, and it seems to me that your people. The Lord is nothing but a people controlled by corporations. Host. Our people. Although the level of the Lord is not high, we are constantly moving towards the true people. The Lord strives. As for the wealthy people in China, there are relatively few people who do charity. I think so. I think the reason for this phenomenon is related to the lack of traditional culture in China. ”

Another thinker, Mencius, once proposed that if you are poor, you will be good to yourself, and if you are good, you will be good to the world, that is, you should improve your moral cultivation when you are unwilling, and when you have ambition, you must strive to make everyone in the world better. He also put forward a social outlook, going in and out of friendship, watching and helping each other. If the disease supports each other, the people will be friendly. In other words, everyone should be friendly. Help each other in times of difficulty so that everyone can live in harmony. This kind of value has continued in our country for more than 2,000 years, and many of the ancient squires in our country, that is, the rich people now, would build bridges and roads in their hometowns, and in case of famine, they would take out food to help the people. There will be a lot of philanthropists in every dynasty, and there are also a lot of philanthropic poems, and one of my favorite poems is, there are thousands of mansions in Ande, and the poor people in the world are happy. ”

When it comes to the last verses, Wu Yue is also arrogant, which attracts Meng Tong's eyes next to him with love.

That's what masculinity is!

Xu Nan looked at Wu Yue, who was swallowing mountains and rivers, and was also very emotional.

Although Helen couldn't understand this poem, she still felt an amazing pride from Wu Yue's words, and couldn't help asking, "Can you explain to me the meaning of the last poem?" ”

Wu Yue said to the Chinese young man who had been taking notes seriously, "Can you help me answer Helen?" ”

Chen Zhiping nodded and said: "Literally, I hope to get thousands of spacious and bright houses, which can shelter all the poor people in the world and make them all smile happily." This poem expresses Mr. Wu's ideal of making everyone happy. ”

Hearing Chen Zhiping's explanation, Helen's eyes lit up again, and she looked at Wu Yue hotly and said, "You are so great, your thoughts are fascinating." ”

Hearing Helen express her love so nakedly, Wu Yue was also a little unnatural, and said with a smile: "This is just an ideal, just like the Datong society described by ancient thinkers in our country, we are just working in that direction, but it may not be realized in a lifetime." ”

"Then you're great too."

"Ahem, cough, cough"

Photojournalist Jim saw that his colleague was falling into a nymphomaniac, and quickly coughed twice to remind her that it was working time.

Helen also reacted, a hint of red appeared on her snow-white face, and said: "According to the information I collected, you have established the Wuyue Charity Fund, and you are also planning to invest in a hospital to help people who cannot have children due to illness give birth, and also let the children in your hometown go to school for free for life, how much money have you invested in charity now?" ”

Wu Yue shook his head and said: "I haven't calculated either, we can calculate now, I have injected a total of 1.3 billion into the Wuyue Charity Fund, the hospital has preliminarily decided to donate 1 billion, the hometown student aid is also 1 billion, and the Yanran Angel Charity Dinner donated 100 million." That's probably that, 3.4 billion, almost 500 million dollars. ”

Helen looked at Wu Yue with admiration and said, "Your worth is two billion dollars, which means that you have donated 25% of your worth?" ”

Wu Yue nodded and said, "It's about the same, but when I pay my taxes, I won't be worth two billion dollars." ”

Helen asked, "How much tax do you have to pay?" ”

"According to our system, the income of the capital market should be taxed at 20 percent."

Helen said: "Then you should pay $400 million in taxes, isn't it tax-free to do charity?" ”

In the past two days, Zhou Yue and others have transferred the money to him one after another, and he asked the lawyer to check how much tax he should pay, and he also knows more about the knowledge.

"Personal donations can be reduced within 30% of the taxable amount, that is to say, the $500 million I donated can be exempted from paying taxes, I have taken out $550 million before, plus the existing assets, the total amount of tax should be more than $2.7 billion, even if $500 million is deducted, the tax should be paid more than $400 million, and the $500 million donated has not yet been fully received, I am afraid that there is still some trouble in tax deduction, I will not deduct it, pay more than $500 million in taxes. After paying the taxes, my worth has shrunk again, hehe! ”

Helen saw Wu Yueyun talking about astronomical numbers lightly, and said, "Money seems to be just a set of numbers in your eyes, and I have never heard of someone as open-minded as you." You can pay $100 million less in taxes, so why do you want to give up your rights? You can hire a lawyer to help you with this for tens of thousands of dollars, right? ”

Of course, Wu Yue also wants to pay less than 100 million US dollars in taxes and hand it over to officials to squander, it is better to put it in his fund to do charity, but the lawyer said that although there is a legal basis for charitable tax deduction, there will be many problems in implementation, especially the money donated by Wu Yue is basically not in place, and the student aid plan and the hospital have not been implemented, it is difficult for the tax department to deduct this part of the tax, and the most likely deduction is the part of the money invested in the Wuyue Charity Fund, and it is easy to be suspected of doing charity because of tax avoidance.

Wu Yue also said this at the beginning, and he couldn't go back on his word, so he could only give up the right to pay less taxes. Fortunately, his hukou has been transferred back to the ancient city, and his personal income tax is also paid at the local taxation bureau, and most of it will stay in the ancient city's finances to build his hometown.

Wu Yue couldn't say why he gave up paying less taxes, and said with a smile: "In my eyes, money is indeed just a set of numbers, and it is for this reason that I can make the most rational choice in the capital market, without being affected by money." ”

Helen nodded, "That's a big factor in your success, right?" ”

"Well, if you can't treat him as a set of numbers, as you get more and more money, when you invest, you will hesitate, miss opportunities, or influence your judgment and make you make wrong decisions."

"Then do you think the economy of the world is starting to recover now?"

Wu Yue nodded and said: "Just like what you said in the person of the year selection that you just concluded some time ago, the US economy is recovering under the stimulus of the Federal Reserve's easing policy, but the European debt crisis will affect the pace of global economic recovery." ”

"You mean that the European debt crisis will spread?"

"Yes, Greece's current debt crisis is only the beginning of the European debt crisis, and Portugal, Italy, Ireland, Spain and other countries also have serious debt problems."

"Then do you think the euro will collapse?"

Wu Yue shook his head and said: "Several major European countries have worked hard for many years to form the eurozone, and they will definitely try their best to bail out countries in crisis, but they cannot pay for those lazy countries without limit, so in the end there may be countries that withdraw from the eurozone and get out of trouble, and the euro will not collapse, but fluctuations in the exchange rate are inevitable." Perhaps after leaving these baggage, the euro will be healthier. ”

"Then what do you think of China's economy?"

Wu Yue said with a smile: "In 07, you once said that this century is the Chinese century, and the title of the cover is Huaxia, the beginning of a new dynasty. You just described the global expansion of China's trade and China's growing influence, and then you came to that conclusion, in my opinion, China's economy is fatally flawed, China's trade is only some primary products, and China's real economic pillar is real estate, and domestic housing prices are outrageous. Especially after the financial crisis, the investment of four trillion yuan has filled the real estate industry with bubbles, and it is expected that there will be many ghost towns across the country next year. It is impossible for a big country to rise on the back of the real estate industry, and Japan in the 80s of the last century is an example. (To be continued......)

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