Chapter 761
After Li Linfei finished rewarding An An, the anchor, he opened his computer in his office to watch a movie for a while.
"Mr. Li, your coffee." At this time, Wang Nini came with a steaming cup of coffee and placed it in front of Li Linfei's desk.
Li Linfei picked it up smoothly and took a sip, continuing to read the report.
Two minutes later, when he looked up and saw that she hadn't left, he asked, "You still have something to do?"
"Well, I just received a message that the Red Cross Society of the Central and Southern Provinces has invited a charity gala led by the government to be held at seven o'clock tonight, and there is an invitation sent to ask you to go ahead and attend." Nini Wang nodded her head and replied, this was the news she had just received shortly.
A charity party? Li Linfei's gaze flashed, the so-called charity gala was basically a gathering of entrepreneurs and some celebrities, and then in the name of morality and kindness, they were asked to donate money.
To put it bluntly, this is moral kidnapping, this stuff is not to say that rich people must donate, after all, no one owes anyone anything, but in the business world doing charity has basically become an unwritten rule, any entrepreneur who makes a lot of money and doesn't do charity will be overwhelmed by public opinion and spurned by the public.
For most entrepreneurs, many are reluctant to go to charity events, because money is not easy to come by and no one wants to give it away in a bewildering manner.
No one wants to donate their money in a bewildering way. It's good to see it being put to good use, but if it's not, then it's chilling.
Of course, there is no shortage of caring people in society, and there are many loyal charity entrepreneurs, but unfortunately, Li Linfei is not a good person and cannot be one of them.
However, now that he was not short of money, he was happy to do charity to help some poor old people within his means.
"What do you think about this matter?" Li Linfei asked Wang Nini to see what unique insights this girl had.
"Me?" Wang Nini didn't expect Li Linfei to ask for her opinion.
Pursing her watery mouth and turning her crystal eyes, she pondered for a moment before replying, "I think ...... this charity gala is not an opportunity for you, Mr. Li."
"Opportunity?" Li Linfei gave a smile.
"Well, Mr. Li, you have made so much money and are now the country's richest man by name, so far, you have rarely done any charity work in large public places, I think that with this charity gala, you can put this matter into practice." Nini Wang voiced out her opinion.
She believes that in society nowadays, the most powerful force is often not fixed rules, but public opinion.
Public opinion can make a person or instantly wipe out a person. A very simple example is the cheating of those entertainment stars, which can knock a star of ten thousand lights down into the abyss in an instant.
Li Linfei is now a top entrepreneur in China, and it has been rumoured for a while that he is the richest man in China with a fortune of hundreds of billions, and the whole internet is reporting on this matter, so if he does not do some charity work in public, he will inevitably be slammed by some cynics in the future.
Although Li Linfei was not afraid, what should be prevented and avoided, he still had to be a little cautious.
"Right view, but thinking too much of course." Li Linfei smiled.
"But the charity gala is going to be there, so go down and get ready, and come with me tonight."
"Okay."
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The afternoon passed quickly, after calling to inform Wu Yuting and the other women that he was going to the charity gala tonight and would probably be back late or not, Li Linfei led his little secretary, Nini Wang, straight to the venue of the charity gala.
The venue for the gala was at the Jiangnan International Hotel. From what Nini Wang said, the gala was led by the provinces in the south of China and Shen Yajun, the secretary of the Jiangnan Provincial Party Committee, was responsible for preparing various matters.
The main objective of the party was to strengthen the exchange between major enterprises and to give donations to support children in poor mountainous areas.
After parking his car, Li Linfei crossed into the Jiangnan International Hotel with Nini Wang and was guided by a waiter to a huge banquet hall.
In the ballroom, a red carpet was laid out, many journalists and various people watching the event stood in the empty space outside, rows of seats were installed in the VIP seats inside, and a high platform was built at the innermost part.
As they walked along the red carpet, many people waved to greet Li Linfei when they saw him, and when the journalists saw him, they were all excited to get in front of him and raised their microphones to ask him questions.
With all the questions being asked on this informal occasion, Li Linfei didn't bother to give an answer, so he squeezed his body and walked further inside, where he found a seat under the guidance of a staff member.
The reporters gathered on both sides of the aisle, holding up their cameras and taking pictures of his handsome face, much to Li Linfei's displeasure.
It is worth mentioning that during his time at the company, Li Linfei had been informed that the charity gala would be held in the form of an auction, where the organisers would put up dozens of auction items for the entrepreneurs who came to the gala to bid on, and the money paid for the items would be used for the charity fund.
If you don't want to participate in the auction, you can also make a donation in cash, but Li Linfei is not going to donate money honestly anyway, he has some new ideas and has implemented them.
At this point, the VIP seating area was already filled with three to four hundred people, where Li Linfei met many famous entrepreneurs in China, the most qualified being Papa Ma of the Ali Group.
Headmaster Wang and his dad also came also came, Principal Wang smiled and nodded towards Li Linfei.
"Look, it's Su Cheng from Future Technology who's here!"
"Tsk, this guy is so young, I heard he's already the richest man!"
Chapter 762
"It's hard to say if this is true or not, but Future Technology has been making a lot of moves lately and has a tendency to dominate the entire Chinese mobile phone market."
"Humph, young people don't know how to restrain themselves, sooner or later they will suffer a big loss."
The rise of Future Technology in a short period of time, some people are envious, naturally some people are jealous, this is inevitable, after all, all people have selfishness, there are some people who are arrogant in nature, not willing to admit some facts in the bottom of their hearts, it is also very normal.
"It's a pity that I don't have a daughter at home, otherwise I would have to recruit him as a son-in-law."
"Come on, even if there was, he has assets of over 500 billion I heard, and he can look at the daughter you gave birth to?"
"$500 billion in assets? This is a good show, I wonder how much money Li Linfei will be pitched today, it hurts to donate more, but it's not appropriate to donate less."
"Hello, Mr Li, it's been a long time, can I be here?" At this time, Papa Ma, who was originally sitting a few rows in front of Li Linfei, got up and came next to Li Linfei.
Both were currently the top tycoons in China, and sitting together immediately drew many reporters with their cameras raised, standing at a distance to peek in.
"Be my guest." Li Linfei nodded and smiled.
After Ma's father took his seat, he took a sweeping look at Li Linfei and found that the young man was even more refined and sharp than before, and he could not see through him at all.
Unlike other entrepreneurs, Papa Ma's own personal assets are over two hundred billion dollars, and he once said that he was not interested in money, and many people in the outside world said that he was pretentious, but he was really not that kind of person, just the truth.
This time, he came to attend this charity gala purely because he happened to pass by and sold a face to the government.
"Your recent moves, Mr Li, are not small, you've done big things in both China and North America, remarkable!" Papa Ma smiled and spoke to Li Linfei.
Hearing this, Li Linfei smiled modestly and said, "Compared to your experience, I'm just playing house, it's not worthy of the stage."
Li Linfei was not flattering Papa Ma, in the business world, Papa Ma was indeed a legend, at a time when everyone did not believe that e-commerce could make money, but he brought it to the world, brought benefits to people and made it profitable.
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As the evening wore on, 7pm arrived. The VIP seating area, filled with people, apart from big name entrepreneurs and business leaders from all walks of life, there were also some official officials, and that guy Chen Qing was also here.
After he arrived, his eyes flashed, and after catching sight of Li Linfei, he immediately ran to the other side of him and sat down. After greeting Papa Ma, he chatted with Li Linfei.
Soon after, on the high stage, the host cleared his throat and said, "Thank you, leaders and bosses, for taking time out of your busy schedules to attend this charity gala, and on behalf of the people in the poor mountainous areas, I would like to thank you all for your warm helping hands ......"
After a not too long and not too short opening speech, Wei Chun, the mayor of Xiangzhong City, spoke on behalf of Shen Yajun, and then the special guest, Papa Ma, also gave a speech.
It was not until half an hour later that the real auction officially began. At the beginning of the auction, a box for cash donations was set up on the side, so that those who wanted to make a direct donation could use the paper and pencil provided by the auctioneer to write down the amount of their donation and then put the paper with the amount written on it into the box.
At the end of the auction, the box will be displayed, read out and thanked by the MC. The first item in the auction, a celadon from the Yuan Dynasty, was sold to a middle-aged man who owns a supermarket chain for $8.8 million.
The second item, an ink painting by a modern painter, was sold by a man selling furniture for $570,000. The third item, a pair of jadeite bracelets, started at $2 million, but unfortunately, the auction was aborted.
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The auction was extremely boring and Li Linfei was so drowsy watching it.
An hour later, the auction came to the tenth item.
At this time, Chen Qing said to Su Cheng, "Boss, why don't you bid, with your current situation, it would be good for you to bid for a few more pieces, it just so happens that these lots are not worth much now."
What Chen Qing meant was to let Li Linfei bid for a few more worthless items, to show his face more, and to facilitate spending less money unjustly later. "Don't rush, it's still early."
Li Linfei leaned back in his chair and said indifferently, "All right." At that.
Chen Qing couldn't say anything more, and had to continue watching the auction.
At the charity auction party, the hood was bright and the auctioneer's voice was high.
In a flash, the time lapsed to 9.30pm and the two-hour auction came to an end.
The final item, a statue of Buddha, had a starting bid of 9 million RMB.
With some entrepreneurs yelling and shouting, the price was quickly raised to 20 million.
But after this price, the bidding became less loud, after all, 20 million is not a small amount.
After all, they were here just to go through the motions, they didn't need to expose their good deeds, so choosing not to bid at this point and casually putting some money in the donation box to show their appreciation was the right choice.
"Mr Li, you're still not bidding?"
On the side, when Ma's father saw that Li Linfei was still calm and steady as a mountain even though the auction was almost over, he was a little puzzled and could not help but ask.
"Aren't you also still not bidding?" Li Linfei smiled.
Papa Ma laughed and said, "I made my move a long time ago."
"Oh?" Li Linfei was stunned, he remembered that Boss Ma hadn't called for a bid once, did ......
"I'm not going to hide it from you, this Buddha statue is a piece of my company's collection, if you want it, Mr. Li, 30 million or less is the right price." Papa Ma said.