Chapter 696 Terrific! Really Terrific!
As expected.
The next morning. When everyone was filled with curiosity and antic.i.p.ation, another newsflash appeared.
“Breaking news… after a donation of 500 million yuan, Fang Qiu donated another 100 million yuan to the National Foundation for Poverty Alleviation of the Ministry of Civil Affairs!”
Early in the morning.
Just as everyone was in high spirits, the news stirred up a public outcry instantly.
“Oh my G.o.d! Is Fang Qiu crazy?”
“He has already donated 600 million yuan. Does Fang Qiu really intend to give away all the money?”
“Think about it carefully. In fact, Fang Qiu will not be able to spend so much money in his lifetime. He has donated 600 or 700 million yuan and still has 200 or 300 million with him. That amount of money is enough to last him for a lifetime. By doing so, isn’t it better for him to have both money and reputation?”
“600 million yuan. Incredible!”
“There has never been anyone who has ever made such a large donation. There will definitely be no one who is able to do so.”
The netizens were amazed and praised him wholeheartedly.
Fang Qiu’s fans were even more active.
“I just found out that the happiest thing I’ve done in my life is to be Fang Qiu’s fan.”
“When I see how the guru keeps donating money and recall how the guru was slandered before the donation, I could not help sighing with emotion that money is really a good thing. Since the guru has donated the money, who would dare to slander him now?”
“This has nothing to do with money. He is the idol in the real sense as he is unselfishly donating all this money. Fang Qiu is good!”
On the Internet.
Fang Qiu’s fans kept his flag flying high. More and more people became Fang Qiu’s fans, even many anti-fans converted to become Fang Qiu’s fans. Under such circ.u.mstances, the number of Fang Qiu’s followers on Weibo skyrocketed to nearly 30 million, more than some famous stars.
What was most rare and commendable was that Fang Qiu did not purchase any “artificial fans” from the beginning to the end, which meant that the 30 million people truly followed him. Except for some who lost interest in Weibo, some who were off-line for 10 days or more and some lurking on the Internet, there were at least nearly 20 million fans who were actively supporting Fang Qiu on the Internet.
As a result, every time Fang Qiu made a post, the number of comments, shares and likes far exceeded those of the popular stars.
Every time the big stars saw Fang Qiu’s Weibo, they were very embarra.s.sed.
That was the scenario.
Fang Qiu’s fans were active on the Internet.
In the afternoon.
Another startling piece of news came out.
“Breaking through the limit, Fang Qiu donates 200 million to the National Food and Drug Administration!”
At the same time.
The National Food and Drug Administration confirmed the news on their official website and thanked Fang Qiu for his trust and help toward the National Food and Drug Administration.
If Fang Qiu’s previous donations shocked all the people, this time the news overawed them.
Completely overawed!
“200 million?”
“National Food and Drug Administration?”
This time.
This time, the money that Fang Qiu donated was 100 million more than before, making the total of his donation amount from 600 million to 800 million in an instant.
Before that, the netizens praised Fang Qiu, thinking that he was so smart and bold to clear his name in this way.
But now, the netizens were completely dumbfounded.
Yes.
Dumbfounded!
Even if they were beaten to death, they could not believe that Fang Qiu would continue to donate.
Just in an instant.
He had already donated 800 million.
What the h.e.l.l was he doing?
What the h.e.l.l was going on?
The donations came successively.
Before Fang Qiu’s fans could end their celebration, another greater incident occurred which gave them even more cause to celebrate.
“200 million yuan again!”
“Speechless. His donation makes me feel embarra.s.sed.”
“I remember someone who said previously that Fang Qiu did not support Chinese Medicine and the pharmaceutical companies?”
“Fang Qiu is supportive. How can guru Fang not support the pharmaceutical companies? Didn’t he help the pharmaceutical companies to rectify their mistakes? And now he has donated 200 million yuan to the National Food and Drug Administration. It is 200 million yuan, which will definitely help the Administration to provide better supervision.”
“Haha, well done. Don’t you know how much Fang Qiu cares about you?”
On the other side.
Compared with Fang Qiu’s fans’ revelry and the spectators’ shock, all those insiders were astonished by the news and immediately came to a conclusion as to why Fang Qiu was doing all this.
In Luhai.
On the top floor of a famous company’s office building, a thin middle-aged man, dressed in a white s.h.i.+rt that was not tucked into his pants, sat on a sofa which had a value of hundreds of thousands of yuan. He looked like he was in his forties but had a youthful charm about him. Seeing the Weibo page on the computer on the table, he was slightly taken aback.
Then.
“Haha…”
He leaned back and laughed.
“Good idea, good measure, good thinking and good talent!”
Staring at the news on the computer that Fang Qiu had donated 200 million yuan to the National Food and Drug Administration, the middle-aged man smiled for some time, his eyes full of praise.
“Terrific, really terrific.”
The more he thought about it, the more he felt that Fang Qiu’s method was so wonderful.
“No one would ever have thought of this move.”
“First, Fang Qiu could not take the money. If he took it, his reputation would be tarnished. Although he would not be vilified as fis.h.i.+ng for fame and credit, at least he would descend to the state as not being as perfect as he used to be. Instead, he donated the money.”
“Willing to give, great!”
Speaking of it.
The middle-aged man smiled brightly and continued to mutter, “Second, how to donate the money was also a problem.”
“One, as long as he donated, he could fall into the hands of those behind the scenes. Amidst the heated discussion of netizens, will he continue to donate the money he will earn in the future or not?”
“Two, after his donation, will the other Chinese Medicine pract.i.tioners donate as well when earning money?”
As he a.n.a.lyzed the situation.
The middle-aged man smiled, wagged his head as if he were an ancient scholar and said, “The story of how Zi Gong paid the redemption in order to save the person has made it clear and both situations should be avoided. But it’s not easy to avoid both. I didn’t expect that Fang Qiu could find a wonderful way out.”
“The money was donated to the government.”
“Everyone knows that if the money is donated to the government, there will be a lot of benefits in the future.”
“Other Chinese Medicine pract.i.tioners don’t have to follow the move to donate to the government, because an ordinary pract.i.tioner might not have the channel to donate even if he wants to do it and even he had the channel, the government might not accept it. Besides, if the money donated to the government was less than tens of millions, do you have the guts to donate? And a common Chinese Medicine pract.i.tioner would not have the means to donate tens of millions of yuan.”
“This is to avoid the dilemma which Zi Gong faced when he paid the redemption to save the person.”
“What’s more.”
“Fang Qiu’s move won favor from all departments of the government. This can be regarded as directly making a good impression with the money. From the Ministry of Public Health to the Women’s Federation, who will dare to make trouble for Fang Qiu in the future?”
“This move is so fantastic.”
“But the most important fact is the last move where he donated 200 million yuan to the National Food and Drug Administration!”
“First, he donated 100 million yuan to the Administration rather than to the other departments. The 100 million yuan is definitely aimed at paving the way for him in the future. Perhaps this guy might have some commercial activities in the field of medicine.”
“With the 100 million yuan donation, who will investigate him in the future?”
“30 million yuan to the Fire Department, 100 million yuan to the Ministry of Environmental Protection. For the National Food and Drug Administration? 200 million yuan!”
“Terrific!”
“It’s really terrific. Not only did he donate the money, but he also paved the road well and did not affect the profits of the other Chinese medicine pract.i.tioners. On one hand, he could clear his name of the slanderous rumors circulating on the Internet; on the other hand, he could boost his reputation with the huge sums of money he donated.”
“This is simply achieving many things at one stroke. He gained all the advantages, except for some monetary loss.”
“But, is this really a lot of money for Fang Qiu?”
He mumbled to himself.
The middle-aged man suddenly ceased talking.
He then smiled thoughtfully.
He knew.
At present, Fang Qiu was still too young. This was just the first bucket of gold that Fang Qiu had earned. With his ability, Fang Qiu would never have to worry about the second or third bucket of gold. According to Fang Qiu’s ability to create heated topics, any stunt would help him to easily earn the money back in the future.
Moreover, after this time, Fang Qiu became a bigger sensation than before. So the benefits that the next stunt would bring would definitely be bigger than this time!
At that time when Fang Qiu made money, what else could the others say?
Nothing.
Since he had already donated 800 million yuan, who would dare to say anything about him? Who could say anything about him？
“Wonderful, extremely wonderful.”
After figuring out the whole thing, the middle-aged man praised him wholeheartedly and then took out his mobile phone to find the phone number with the name “Yang Ningyuan” in the contact list. He then dialed it.
“Mr. Lee?”
Yang Ningyuan’s surprised voice came from the other end of the phone.
“It’s me.”
The middle-aged man said smilingly, “Are you surprised?”
“How can I not be surprised when a business bigwig is calling me personally?”
Yang Ningyuan laughed and said, “I wonder why is Mr. Lee calling me.”
“I want to ask you a question.”
Mr. Lee asked him directly without preamble, “As far as I know, it was you who stepped in to help Fang Qiu donate money to the government. So I wonder who came up with the idea. Was it you or Fang Qiu?”
“It’s Fang Qiu.”
Yang Ningyuan answered and then asked, “What do you think of it? Amazing, right?”
“It’s really amazing.”
Mr. Lee nodded and commented, “There is a genius in the Chinese Medicine circle.”
“This genius might even cause trouble in the circle.”
Yang Ningyuan said with a bitter smile.
“Yes.”
Mr. Lee nodded with a big smile and asked, “You’ve gained a lot of benefits too, haven’t you?”
“Of course.”
Yang Ningyuan did not deny it at all and said frankly, “The money was donated by me and those departments should remember my efforts and hard work for it.”
“What a talent!”
Mr. Lee nodded and said, “This boy even took your benefits into consideration.”
“That’s right. Mutual benefit.”
Yang Ningyuan laughed and said, “Mr. Lee, if there is nothing else, I’ll hang up first because I still have money here to donate.”
“Continuing to donate?”
Mr. Lee said in surprise, “He has donated 800 million yuan already.”
“Just wait and see.”
A mysterious smile appeared on Yang Ningyuan’s face and he said, “When you see the coming situation, you will know how perfect Fang Qiu’s plan is.”
“Oh?”…
Upon hearing this, Mr. Lee immediately became curious and said, “Your words fill me with expectation. Since you can’t tell me straight, then I’ll just have to wait and see.”
In the meantime.
Other people in the business circle also saw the news and heard the bigwigs’ discussions about it and they were also impressed by Fang Qiu’s amazing move.
Fang Qiu’s move was a cla.s.sic strategy!