Chapter 675: Chapter 675: Four to One, Complete Victory!
“You—” Song Xiaoxin was immediately choked by Ye Shu’s retort and struggled to speak, taking a while before she finally said, “Alright, making yourself sound so noble and impressive— I’m actually eager to see how you’ll get yourself out of this one!” ᴛʜɪs ᴄʜᴀᴘᴛᴇʀ ɪs ᴜᴘᴅᴀᴛᴇ ʙʏ ɴovelfire.net
At this moment, Ou Linlin was absolutely thrilled. She was increasingly noticing that Ye Shu’s presence had become incomparable to what it once was. That’s a whole billion yuan she was turning down!
In just one word, cool!
Sure, it was cool, but by rejecting Mr. Sheng’s one billion, could she really manage to turn things around with her own abilities?
Sun Nanjue was also somewhat worried, concerned that Ye Shu was being impulsive in order to avoid having any financial entanglement with Sheng Shaochen.
Only An Zhe had a smile on his face. Like Sheng Shaochen, he was full of confidence in Ye Shu at this moment and looked forward to her performance with great anticipation.
Ye Shu then picked up her teacup, took a sip, and after moistening her throat, turned to face Song Xiaoxin, who stood beside the reporters, and said, “President Song just bombarded me with several fundamental questions. I’d like to counter-ask, Miss Song, do you really understand the essence of poverty alleviation?”
“Pfft, as if you know all about it. The essence of poverty alleviation is money, isn’t it? With money, you can alleviate poverty. Without it, you can only pose as an intellectual like you’re doing now, reject Brother Chen’s money in a show of false purity, and babble on and on. Let me ask you, where’s the money?”
“Money is the essence?” Ye Shu laughed and said to the reporters, “What I actually want to say is, simply giving money to those remote and impoverished areas doesn’t solve the root problem. The reason they are poor is not only due to geographical factors but fundamentally, it’s the lack of knowledge!”
“Ye Shu, when will you ever stop? What exactly are you trying to say? Can’t you get to the point and stop wasting everyone’s time?” Song Xiaoxin appeared to be incredibly impatient.
She was in a hurry, but Ye Shu wasn’t about to rush with her. Instead, she spoke even more calmly, “What I’m trying to say is that it’s better to teach someone to fish than to give them a fish. Rather than donating a large sum of money all at once and letting them remain impoverished after they’ve spent it, we should help them through education, raise their ability to survive through knowledge. Even though a degree doesn’t equate to ability nowadays, knowledge can broaden their horizons, enhance their perspective, and let them see more and better ways to become wealthy. That is the way to truly aid them at the root.”
Yu Manting then stood up and said, “That’s right, I’ve already discussed it with Mr. Ye. We will not a penny less than the promised five hundred million but will do so in various forms, such as building schools, establishing scholarship funds, and training and deploying high-quality teachers.”
A reporter asked, “Given your current economic capacity, how can you ensure the entire five hundred million will be accounted for?”
“Great question!” Sun Nanjue stepped forward and said, “Rely on Teacher Yu’s prestigious reputation combined with my, Sun Nanjue’s, superb directing skills. The film we produce will make that amount on the opening day!”
Song Xiaoxin immediately scoffed, “Wow, what a bold claim. Director Sun, as far as I know, you’ve been blacklisted from the directing industry for many years now. Do you think you can still produce a hit film? What do you have to guarantee that five hundred million?”
An Zhe also stood up and said, “Let An’s Law Firm be the guarantee. I won’t say much more, ensuring a mere five hundred million is well within our capabilities.”