4. Duplicity (II)
The boat traveled for two hours and docked at a shoal, and the vague shadows of the village and town could be seen in the distance.
On the riverbank, a group of children had been waiting for a long time, and as soon as the boat landed, they cheered under the command of several adults.
Zhu Tong glanced at Uncle Chen in surprise, didn't he say to come and see? How did you make such a grand welcome ceremony?
It's not the weekend, it's past nine o'clock, and these children should be sitting in the classroom, not in the cold on the river beach.
Although the children's clothes looked clean and neat, they were very thin. Farther away, someone who looked like a teacher was guarding a pile of thick clothes. In the remote mountainous area of Xiangxi, it is also possible to make such a nondescript thing.
Yukimi Iike was equally surprised by Ye'er, and as soon as they came ashore, they asked the children to quickly put on thick clothes. It's just that the two of them are now dressed as Miao people, and their faces are still coated with disfigurement potion, and no one listens to them.
Zhu Tong knew that he had to find the highest official here to end the welcome ceremony, and he waited quietly without speaking; Saying anything is a waste of time. According to the rules, someone will definitely come to introduce, and it seems that there should be officials at the township level among them; They love to do this stuff the most.
Sure enough, Zhu Tong soon saw two people who could be in charge, one was the chubby mayor of Ma, and the ** who still had charm was the principal of the town middle school.
Mayor Ma is still young; The clothes are quite simple, the cigarettes he smokes are not high-end, and Zhu Tong sees that the mobile phone hanging on his belt is also very ordinary.
Uncle Chen whispered: "I don't know about the change of principal, the previous principal is my old classmate." β
Zhu Tong nodded, and only after the introduction was completed did he hold Mayor Ma's hand and said, "Let the children put on their clothes, it's cold, don't get frosty." β
"It's okay Director Li, they are all children in the mountains, and the children of Shanghai, who are not older than you, have been pampered since childhood......." **The principal flashed charming peach blossom eyes, and as soon as he said this, Mayor Ma said with a straight face: "Principal Chu, let the children put on clothes." He turned back to Zhu Tong and said, "I'm sorry, it's because we don't work carefully, and I didn't expect the temperature to be ...... today." Ha ha. Director Li, we have been looking forward to your inspection for a long time. Without your help, they would be freezing in a leaky stone schoolhouse. The children are genuinely welcoming and giving them warmth. β
Mayor Ma deserved to be the mayor of the town, and he saw the displeasure in Zhu Tong's expression, so when he said this, the atmosphere that was a little tense just now relaxed.
The children ran to get dressed, and a few people surrounded Zhu Tong in the middle, which made the little liar very unaccustomed. He's just the head of a hospital department, and he doesn't have any connection to the officialdom here, so it doesn't seem like he should enjoy such a standard of hospitality, right?
There was a distance from the river beach pier to the road, and a group of people laughing and talking nonsense soon arrived. There were two official cars parked on the highway, a Santana 2000 and a Poussin, and a 70% new luxury bus, Zhu Tong and Huang Hai were given up to Santana 2000, and the two of them looked most like rich people.
Zhu Tong was not polite, but insisted on waiting for the children to get on the bus, and saw that Ye'er, Jingchi Xuemei and Blossom also got on the bus before sitting in Santana. I laughed in my heart: If these people knew that the Miao family girl who was not amazing was the heiress of a Japanese consortium with a net worth of hundreds of millions, they would not have the honor of making this car.
He can probably estimate what he will face, these people probably think that those who can come up with more than 200,000 yuan at once must be rich people, and want to take this opportunity to ask the director of Shanghai University Hospital to donate some money for the local area. Because of the time, he was ready to spend Matsui's 100,000 dollars here.
However, no one expected them to see that the situation was far beyond their original estimates.
Half an hour later, the convoy bypassed several winding mountain roads and stopped in front of the middle school in the town, and Ye Er and Uncle Chen were stunned. Zhu Tong is the first time to come, I don't know why they are stunned,
Out of the communication room came a white-haired old man, hunched over his waist, wearing a fairly clean Mao suit, and a pair of black-framed glasses on his thin face. He took Uncle Chen's hand and whispered something, and Ye'er also walked over.
Mayor Ma saw that the old man's face sank, turned his head and glared at the principal, and was about to pull Zhu Tong to the office building next to him, but he was politely declined.
Just now on Santana, Mayor Ma has detailed his grand plan for the town middle school, to build a four-story teaching building, but also to build electric classrooms; He even said that the town library and the school library should be merged, as long as there is a suitable place. He may have thought that doctors in Shanghai would not know about the township government and schools, but how can a little liar be so easy to deceive when he has been in the rivers and lakes since he was a child? At least he knew that in much of China today, local governments at the township level rarely had libraries; He thinks Mayor Ma is talking about reading newspapers.
Ye Er walked over and tugged at his sleeve, and Zhu Tong asked in a low voice, "What's wrong?" β
"They ...... your money." Ye Er's eyes were slightly red, and she pointed to the tall and beautiful school gate, unable to speak for a long time.
Zhu Tong glanced at the buildings in the school and understood. His 200,000 yuan was not built into a school building, but was used to build a gorgeous gate and a beautiful wall.
This is a standard face-saving project, and not far from the town government office building is located.
Jingchi Xuemei and Blossom ran over with a bouquet of flowers: "Sister Ye'er, why are you crying?" Did Dr. Lee bully you? β
Zhu Tong sighed, walked to the door of the office building and said to Mayor Ma and Principal **, who were waiting there: "I am disappointed and will not give you another penny." It's a pity that the children didn't make a mistake, but they have to suffer the consequences of you. β
Zhu Tong pointed to the low and dilapidated classroom in the distance, the two-story office building next to him, and the new and gorgeous gate: "I only believe in my eyes, and to tell you the truth, I came here with 100,000 US dollars, and if you build the school building first, this money will be yours." Now, I can't believe a principal who only takes care of. β
**The principal exclaimed in surprise and grabbed Zhu Tong's sleeve and didn't let go, Mayor Ma also had a light in his eyes, and held Zhu Tong's other hand: "Director Li, I won't tell you, it's what I mean to build the gate and wall first." We have been very backward here, the agricultural tax has been abolished, and the town's finances have been strained....... β
This time, Mayor Ma's words were interrupted, and Zhu Tong faced the wall and gate: "It costs more than 200,000 yuan for such a bunch of things?" It seems that although your town's finances are tight, the local consumption level is higher than that of Shanghai. I'm not wronged, the money is donated to the children, and I won't give anyone a faΓ§ade. β
Mayor Ma's face was pale, and the principal stammered: "Director Li, they all complain about me, and the superiors want to carry out the creation and acceptance." I thought, for the sake of the town's image, the gate should be repaired first. In this way, more people will pay attention to our mountainous areas. β
With that said, it's recess time. A group of children ran out of the classroom, some bold and curious around, Ichi Xuemei and Ye Er opened Huang Hai's backpack, took out the pencils, notebooks, ballpoint pens and some children's books they bought in Phoenix and handed them them, and Huahua took out the DV and recorded it on the side. Soon, a hundred and ten happy little faces gathered around them.
Most of the children wore old clothes, but they were clean, but most of them wore thin rubber-soled shoes. It seems that the school is still prepared to welcome them, but due to the poor family situation, few people can wear cotton shoes.
Jingchi Xuemei has been wandering around with Blossom, as if she doesn't care, when Blossom heard that Zhu Tong was not going to pay for the renovation of the school building, she was annoyed without asking: "You want a lot of money?" I'm out, I'm out. "It looks like the road is uneven, and the knife is drawn to help.
"You have a lot of money?" **The principal was happy, but when he saw Huahua's seedling suit, as well as the deliberately smeared black appearance, listening to Huahua's familiar Xiangxi accent, he said disappointedly: "It will cost hundreds of thousands of yuan to renovate those old classrooms." She thought Blossom was just a tour guide.
"More than 100,000, I'm out." Huahua is now worth a lot of money, but she doesn't have much concept of money, so she ran to ask Aunt Die: "Mom, we have a lot of money?" β
Huang Hai and Aunt Die heard the dispute between Zhu Tong and the two leaders, and Huang Hai pulled Huahua aside to explain, but she was still not satisfied, and muttered: "I used to go to such a school." If you go in and see, the classroom is leaking everywhere, and people will freeze to death in winter, so you can't let them affect the children. β
Although I didn't get any new donations, I still had Santana and Lian Bus when I went back. After getting out of the car, the mayor repeatedly said that he should stay for a light meal.
The old principal and Uncle Chen walked at the end, sighing as they went, and he also tried to persuade these people to leave some money to repair the school buildings, which had been used for 30 years, and many of them were already in danger, and if it snowed or rained heavily, they might be in danger of collapsing.
Ye Er's heart softened again, but she was embarrassed to say anything more when she saw Zhu Tong's cold face, she had just given a little boy in thin clothes a hundred yuan; On such a cold day, the child was wearing a pair of worn slippers on his feet.
Sure enough, it was the money that caused the trouble, the old principal was dismissed because he did not agree to repair the gate, ** The principal is the wife of Mayor Ma, the former vice principal.
The old principal said that no one embezzled the money given by well-wishers, that the gate and courtyard walls were in disrepair like the school building, and that the pigs and cattle of the villagers used to run to the campus; The only thing wrong is that for a township primary school, the new school gate is too beautiful.
It's impossible that no one gets the benefits, maybe just a few banquets, but the little crook knows very well that as long as there is a project, there must be a kickback, which is ...... Culture.
Nomura Hanami didn't go to school, and was in a daze with the boatman on the boat, probably guarding the back road.
The boat left for a long time, and Jing Chi Xuemei said to Zhu Tong: "Doctor Li, I don't think they are wrong, you are the one who is at fault." β
"Am I wrong?" Zhu Tong pointed to the tip of his nose, very surprised. Ye Er grabbed his arm and signaled him not to worry, and listened to what he said, although she didn't quite understand what Jing Chi Yukimi said.
"Yes, at least most of your more than 200,000 yuan is used in the school, I don't know much about the situation in China, but you didn't have a clear contract at the beginning, your donation intention may be to repair the school building, and the school gate is also part of the school building. The main reason why I can't blame others for this matter is because although the money is not much, since you donate it, you have to be responsible for it, and you can't donate it all at once. Even if, according to your judgment, some of this money is embezzled, you can't blame the mayor and the headmaster. Money is the litmus test of human greed, and you can't use them to test a person's conscience. β
Zhu Tong had never heard such a theory, and if he thought about it carefully, he really didn't think about how to use the money when he took out it; In fact, the purpose of his donation of money was mainly because of Ye'er. Thinking that he still had a check for $100,000 on him, he humbly asked, "Miss Xuemei thinks I should do it." β
"The main rule of using money is that you can do things for them, provide them with the necessary opportunities or material help, but you can't give money directly. There is injustice everywhere in the world, philanthropy is the lubricant to alleviate social contradictions, almost all large companies and large enterprises will have charitable donations, and their donations are often recorded in millions; This activity is not only helpful for their business activities, but also helps to improve the company's image and establish the prestige of the company in front of the public. This is actually a marketing tool...... β
As a result, most of the return trip the ship became a stage for Yukimi Iike, listening to her explain the rules of charitable donations. As the heir of the family, the education that Iike Yukimi received since she was a child included how to spend money to establish a good social image for the family, and charitable donations are a very important means.
The shadow of Nanhua Mountain appeared in the upper reaches of the Tuojiang River, less than ten miles away from Phoenix City, and Zhu Tong roughly understood. But I still have a headache, not for myself, for Ye'er. I couldn't think of a good way so I had to ask the teacher for advice: "Miss Xuemei, if this money is yours, what will you do?" β
"I don't know, is Mr. Li going to test me?" Yukimi Iike flashed her big eyes and smiled playfully. Although his face was coated with a potion of flowers, it still looked heart-pounding at the moment.
"Just asking." Zhu Tong hugged Ye'er's waist; "It's not good to give up halfway, although I said that I won't give money anymore, but for the sake of the child, I still have to do what I should do."
Ye Er gratefully shook the little liar's hand and said, "Miss Xuemei, we need your help. β
"Sister Ye'er is so polite, I'm embarrassed." Yukimi Iike put away the joke; "If it's just a sum of money, you only need to entrust it to three people, one is responsible for every penny spent on financial approval, one is responsible for the project you want to achieve, and you also need a custodian who is directly responsible for you, preferably an old man with high local prestige, who is responsible for all the review and supervision. In fact, the best way is to establish institutionalized management, but that needs to be based on the law. I don't know much about Chinese law, and in Japan, many of the trustees are older lawyers.
"Mr. Li knows that the Iike Foundation has been funding the Institute of Pharmacology at Kyoto University, and such a donation is tantamount to a disguised investment, and there is a lot of freedom, so we basically don't ask them how to use it. If the amount of money is relatively large, there is another way, Mr. Li can set up a foundation and recruit professionals to do it. There is a financial cost involved, but most of the donations can be put to the best use, and it is still worth it. A lot of things are only known after you have done them, and you will find that there are too many people in the world who need help. After all, the amount of personal volume is small, Sister Ye'er, Mr. Li, I hope you can do your best and don't put too much pressure on yourself. If you're going to start a foundation, I'd consider ...... Well, take out $300,000 to support Mr. β
"Thank you, Miss Yukimi, I'll think about it. Flowers, why don't you take the lead in creating a Phoenix Scholarship Fund? What do you think? I have $100,000 here, and Miss Xuemei promised to give $300,000, so I can do a lot of things. The money will help build several buildings for the school. The little liar had an idea, and stuffed this hot potato into a flower.
"Okay, okay, I'll go find someone to donate; 100,000 plus 300,000...... The exchange of US dollars for ** RMB is ....... Blossom counted with her fingers tucked.
For some it is a hot potato, for others it is a delicacy of the mountains and the sea. If the flower is made, it is a good means of publicity for the image of the Phoenix Fairy, and it can also increase the favorability of fans; It's one by one to get the good stuff in one fell swoop.
Blossom, Yukimi Iike, and Ye Er gather at the back of the ship and discuss how to make a foundation. Who to find, how to call on Phoenix Fairy's fans to donate, how to choose donation recipients, how to avoid misappropriation of donations, etc.
Zhu Tong withdrew his attention to this matter and took the telescope handed by Huang Hai. Huang Hai touched his shoulder just now, probably seeing something unconventional.
On the way back, Huang Hai spent most of the time fiddling with the telescope that Zhu Tong had brought, which he said was better than the Force's professional telescope. Zhu Tong only explained that this is a gadget for outdoor travel, and he has not used the police, so it is not easy to compare.
Zhu Tong adjusted the lens of the telescope in the direction of Huang Hai's finger, and saw two figures on the top of the mountain on the right. The camera zoomed in, and the two shadows gradually became clear, the one in white was the snow mad monk, and the old man in black had never seen it.
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