August 26th.
Early morning.
Several people are having an incredibly tasty breakfast. If Tang Qing wasn’t also eating, Li Kai and Shen Yi would have suspected that Tang Qing had spiked the food. It was simply too extraordinary.
The television in the living room was broadcasting a series of special reports about the ’Huaxia Little Angels Charity Foundation.’ The excitement was palpable, even on a repeat broadcast.
"Who do you think it is? So wealthy. Donating billions again today. It seems like someone’s pulling the strings," Li Kai said, glancing at the TV while stuffing his mouth with food.
"I have a feeling there will be more donations coming," Shen Yi ruminated, finding the situation quite peculiar. It must be orchestrated—over ten billion RMB donated every day for three days straight—but the purpose was unclear.
"How is it possible? Even overseas Chinese can’t be that rich, and all donations are anonymous," Li Kai wondered.
"I can’t be sure either. I don’t have enough information," Shen Yi responded while shaking his head, chuckling at the futile guessing game.
Upon hearing this, Lin Jiaxue turned to look at Tang Qing, who was wearing a faint smile. She knew that the money donated today was from Tang Qing and his friend. She felt a little proud knowing how charitable Tang Qing was.
Today was the third donation. Watching the journalist on the brink of tears, Tang Qing was tempted to say, "this is just the beginning." He still has twenty billion RMB left. This round, he’s determined to promote ’Huaxia Little Angels Charity Foundation’ to the world.
Seeing how wealthy the foundation was, other domestic charities quickly mobilized their media connections in hopes of riding the wave and securing some donations as well.
However.
The people’s eyes were sharp as a blade.
If you want their donations, first create a website for financial transparency. You can’t keep them in the dark and still expect them to donate. People aren’t stupid.
If it hadn’t been a peak period of promoting charity and an inappropriate time to criticize, journalists might have written a sarcastic piece about this. While journalists didn’t dare to, internet users did, lambasting those clamoring for donations online.
In the end, seeing no effect, they tried to extract some money from higher authorities or borrow from the ’Little Angels Foundation.’ Whether they will repay is a matter for another day. As in the past, their proposals were harshly rebuked by the leaders.
The head of their management organization also suggested that the ’Little Angels’ share some funds with other charity foundations. However, the proposal was met with an indifferent glare, followed by a firm-- "No".
This money is not just under the watchful eyes of the public but also the mysterious forces behind the donation and the donors themselves. The ’Little Angels’ has come into the global media spotlight.
Domestic issues can be managed, but foreign media are beyond their control. Any inappropriate comments could offend donors. It would be a disgrace to the entire world.
And that was unacceptable.
Therefore, those funds could not be misappropriated. Even if ’Little Angels’ deposited the money in the bank, it would be the organization’s own business.
On this day.
Chai Ren did not call, seemingly accepting the current situation.
But how could Chai Ren accept it? Tens of billions of RMB were tingling his nerves even though it wasn’t his. Is there really such generous people in the world who truly didn’t care about the money?
But without his father’s directive, and with Tang Qing claiming ignorance, Chai Ren did not follow up over the phone.
Chai Ren knew the matter had garnered attention from leading figures, orders were given to investigate the source of the funds. Yet he didn’t hold much hope because... foreign banks wouldn’t reveal financial information.
Meanwhile.
Global casinos also experienced a mini ’Cold Winter.’
The financial statements for the month are a sore sight for casino bosses. But they didn’t worry too much. After all, the high-rollers don’t exclusively aim to win money from the casinos. Since they have money to burn, the casinos are more than willing to help them spend it, in the name of charity.
If they ran out of money, they would just have to work hard to earn more. Instead of lazing around chasing pleasures, why not return to the daily grind and contribute something positive to the world?
Therefore, the second ’Pixiu Plan’ did not result in much disruption. Casinos all over the world do not usually publish financial statements; this made it difficult to ascertain their profits and losses.
The next ’Pixiu Plan’ is set for November. The exact amount has not been determined but Tang Qing estimates that it would not be less than the current thirty billion U.S. dollars.
In the next two days, under Shen Yi’s guidance, they toured almost everywhere in Shanghai and the surrounding areas. However, due to Director Wang Yan’s mother’s presence, the gathering was postponed.
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August 29th.
Monday.
It was time for Shen Yi to go back to work. As a vice president, he had been gone for a week, which led many in the company to suspect that he was going to resign. Only a few deputy managers knew that he had been accompanying the company’s chairman.
They were green with envy.
After breakfast,
Tang Qing and his group arrived at Comet Film and Television Company. The company headquarters was located in the Shanghai Jin Mao Tower. The Jin Mao Tower has a total of eighty-eight floors, and the three to fifty floors are office areas. Comet Film and Television Company was on the nineteenth floor.