Chapter 174: The Great Philanthropist
When it comes to charity, there are really not many people in the IT circle who can compare with Chen Bo, and just one Ant charity platform has solved the problem of fundraising channels for many foundations, and the total donations of companies and individuals have exceeded 100 million US dollars.
In the United States, Chen Bo not only donated $10 million to the New York City City for the construction of a memorial park, but also donated $50 million for legal aid on racial discrimination.
"And what are you going to do with the rest of the money?" Journalists who don't think it's a big deal to watch the excitement are not afraid of the notoriety of moral kidnapping, and the news material is the first important thing.
"I will set up another $30 million to set up a special scholarship at Berkeley, Stanford University, and Massachusetts Institute of Technology to more overseas students."
Although private universities in the United States have a lot of bonuses, it is extremely difficult for overseas students to apply, and Chinese students are the main force in this, and students from other countries are purely an addition here. After all, Ant is not a purely Chinese company, and its business in the United States is not small, and the demand for employees is gradually increasing in the future.
Bill Gates not only sponsored Harvard, but also gave Oxford University $210 million as a scholarship. Student resources are also one of the focuses of the competition between major companies, after all, talents are rare.
"There are many outstanding students in my country, but they are unable to receive higher education due to family circumstances, and I will donate all the remaining part of the compensation to the cause of education as appropriate, so as to help more poor children realize their dreams in life."
Chen Bo donated all the money in one go, the United States is in the midst of a lively election, Xiao Bushi avoided extraneous troubles, so he hurried to close the case, and the prosecutor has been sentenced to 15 years in prison.
This money is also eye-catching, and it will cost more than 2 billion yuan to exchange it for RMB, and some people pay attention to the trend of this sub, so they simply take it directly from the people and use it for the people, so they should rob the rich and help the poor, anyway, he does not lack channels for money.
In the mouth of the media, although the praise is the majority, there are also many people who will compare it.
Compare it to whom? Of course, it is Bill Gates, the richest man in the same circle, his foundation has donated so far, except for the huge amount of money from Oxford University, the others are thunderous and rainy, compared to Chen Bo, so he made a judgment.
The media holds the pen and has always been morally kidnapped, and one mouth can kill people anyway.
At the beginning of July, it was time to release the second-quarter earnings report, and Microsoft executive Ballmer laid a big golden egg on the Nasdaq that could detonate the Pacific Ocean. Pay $75 billion to shareholders over the next four years in the form of dividends or share buybacks to significantly reduce their cash flow.
This TMD is a pure local tyrant, Chen Bo took a brief look at the financial report, and Microsoft's cash flow was as high as 56 billion US dollars.
No wonder the richest man dared to boast about Haikou in front of him and let him make an offer, but if I opened the price, you can take it?
At the same time, Ballmer pointed out that dividends and share buybacks will not affect Microsoft's investment in research and development, and will continue to invest heavily in the company's various businesses.
It's more like shouting to the ants in the air, see? Lao Tzu has money! Don't know each other, you kid!
Subsequently, Bill Gates, who received the largest dividend, announced that he would donate the full amount of $3 billion in dividends to his foundation, leaving no penny. seems to be a riposte to the media comparing him with Chen Bo, which is really interesting.
But the media people don't sell him too much, you just want to get a foundation to avoid taxes, do you think we are all stupid! Then there was another verbal and written criticism, the richest man did not dare to be interviewed, and the reporters almost gave themselves a medal.
Ant search here is not willing to be lonely, although I am not a listed company, but I can also take the initiative to omit the financial report. Hoffman informed the media that FoxLive is operating well and has entered the profit channel, with global revenue of $230 million and net profit of about $70 million in the first half of the year.
The result of saying this is that Ballmer, who is still at the negotiation table, tightened his chrysanthemum, shook his body, and took the initiative to raise some offers, which has reached 6.4 billion US dollars. It is still 301 degrees away from Chen Bo's initial price.
By them to toss, Chen Bo has quietly embarked on the journey back to China, after the end of the European Cup, the Asian Cup will be held at home, although most things do not have to worry about him, naturally Li Ziqiang will handle it. But after all, it is at the door of one's own house, so it is reasonable to attend the event, and face is given to each other.
And this time, there is also a groundbreaking ceremony for the Football Museum, and FIFA President Seppat will be there in person. Chen Bo first flew back to Qizhou, the provincial capital, and then took a car to Linzi, fortunately, the organizing committee was reasonable, after all, it was the fellow who prepared two business cars for him, so as not to end up with the embarrassment of having to rent a car temporarily.
"My dear old friend, your complexion is not too good, is it insomnia?" Blatter, the smiling tiger, showed a kind smile, came up warmly and gave him a bear hug, and then dragged him to greet him.
"Joseph, I'm not as relaxed as you, I just came back from the United States, and I rushed to the scene after getting off the plane and didn't even drink my saliva." Chen Bo pulled out his hand vigorously and said with a smile, all of them were shown to the reporters on the sidelines, who could not take it seriously.
"Then you have to pay attention to rest, and if you have time to go to Switzerland for a vacation, I'll do it!" Blatter's words were loud, if he really went, this grandson might run away from him, and it was not easy to get a hair out of him.
"Definitely, definitely." The two men smirked and posed for the reporters to take pictures.
As he was talking, AFC President Zhang Jilong also came to the scene, saying that the arrangement had been completed, and Blatter, as the boss of the football circle, had to go over to give a speech, and then symbolically fill in the soil and it would be over.
Chen Bo is just a foil, there are not only football circles, but also sports bureaus and local city governments. I couldn't show the importance of him as a sponsor, so I stood silently in the back row and watched them perform, anyway, it was the official stuff, and this foreign politician was also a politician, and he was not much worse than the village cadres when he spoke clichés.
It was already quite hot in the summer, Chen Bo stood in the back for a long time and finally waited for the end of the performances of all parties, he was also ready to retreat quickly, find a place to rest first, but was stopped by a middle-aged man wearing a white short-sleeved shirt.
"Boss Chen doesn't know if he is free at noon, our Vice Mayor Liu would like to invite you to have lunch."
"Well, since it's hard to be gracious, it's better to be respectful than to obey." Chen Bo frowned, he didn't like the officialdom in his hometown, Confucian culture was prevalent, and the folk customs were more knowledgeable about etiquette, but in the officialdom, Confucianism was prevalent, and there were still many lazy governments who did not want to make progress.
But he can't be exempt from clichés, so let's go and see it first.
The Football Association has someone to take care of, and he follows the city government's car to the booked hotel, and he has gone to many high-end places, and he doesn't care about the best decoration in China, and he just wants to rest after coping with it, and he is not in the mood to watch.
"Oh, this is Boss Chen, I'm Liu Liangming from Linzi, and I'm the deputy mayor, mainly responsible for attracting investment." As soon as he walked into the spacious and luxurious private room, a middle-aged man with a two-eight comb and two catties of hair wax greeted him with a smile.
The Rolex Black Water Ghost on his wrist almost blinded his eyes, it is more expensive than my great kingdom, this is a veritable cousin.
"Mayor Liu is too polite, this time he mainly accompanied Chairman Zhang to participate in the groundbreaking activities of the museum, and they are all foils." Chen Bo said euphemistically, I'm just a passerby, don't treat me as a dish, then I really can't stand it.
"Boss Chen is too humble, you are the pride of Linzi going out, which means that we are Linzi people. Don't talk about anything else, drink two glasses of water and wine to relieve fatigue. Liu Liangming took his hand and pressed him to the seat of honor, except for him, there were some young officials in the office, some men and women.
Here, the dining table etiquette is extremely particular, and the host of the banquet is directly facing the door, with the right hand side as the guest of honor and the left hand side as the deputy guest. With his back to the door is the assistant escort, and at a banquet of this level, the secretary sits in that position, responsible for both blocking the wine and taking care of all the guests, and finally has to sign the bill.
There should also be rules for serving, the waiter has to start the dish from the side of the vice-accompan, first cool and then hot, first meat and then vegetarian, each dish must be transferred to the guest of honor first, and the most distinguished guest will move the chopsticks first.
As the saying goes, no chicken is not a feast, no fish is not a feast, and there is a rule that the fish head should be turned outward to drive away bad luck, and the chicken head should be inward to indicate that it would rather be a chicken head than a phoenix tail. These are all a bunch of poor rules, Chen Bo is a native of Lu, and he still understands these.
Three or five cups of Moutai were down, Liu Liangming took the initiative to bring an active atmosphere, and the scene was very lively for a while, and he could only do it perfunctory.
"Boss Chen is not only a big business, but also a big philanthropist!" Liu Liangmin gave a thumbs up and boasted to others: "Just a few days ago, in front of all reporters in the United States, I donated more than 200 million!" ”
"Wow! That's a lot of money. The crowd exclaimed.
"It's still dollars!" Liu Liangming said in an aggravated tone.
"Ah!!h Now everyone is even more angry, the feeling is eating with people from rich countries, and his monthly salary is only 2,000 less. People threw out close to 2 billion yuan with one hand, and the family didn't dare to spend it like this if it didn't have tens of billions, and then looked at the eyes of this little boss became hot.
"Mayor Liu exaggerated, it was originally a lawsuit claim, and he sold his favor if it was hot." Chen Bo hurriedly explained, and if he waited a while, he might be gnawed by this group of people.
"Hey, Boss Chen, you are just too modest, this is very similar to our Lu people, who are low-key everywhere."
"Yes, yes. If I had so much money, I would have to hug me at the door, take a luxury car to drive a plane, and use gold for the toilet at home. Many people agreed, and it is estimated that this is also the idea of most people.
I can't help but think of a little story, a peasant who plows the land all day long thinks that the hoe that the emperor sitting on the dragon chair must have used is also gold, and every day he eats dumplings and pancakes. Compared with these people, how similar they are.