The reason it's considered outrageous is because, in reality, it's a very minor matter.
From any perspective, it was a trivial matter.
Doing charity is not a hard and fast rule. No one, whether an individual or a company, is obligated to do charity. It depends on the individual or company's own thoughts. You can do it if you want, or you can choose not to.
Even take those individuals or companies that frequently do charity, do you really think they are kind-hearted and genuinely willing to do charity?
Most companies and individuals are willing to do charity simply because they want a good reputation and because doing charity can provide a certain amount of tax deduction.
If these two things weren't there, take another look and see if those super-rich people and big companies would still be willing to do charity.
Of course, there are also people who do charity without seeking fame or fortune; they simply want to do something practical for the poor. Such people do exist, and Bai Yu knows them and has donated a considerable amount of money to them.
However, Bai Yu is not the kind of person who likes to publicize whatever he does. He is a low-key person, as low-key as he can be.
Therefore, it is basically impossible to find out about Bai Yu's charity work or donations at night. The only things they can find out are donations of money and goods made by Yiyuxue Shipping Company.
Of course, when Bai Yu topped the trending search list, the keywords related to him changed, and he was no longer associated with charitable acts such as donating money and goods.
Instead, the entries were changed to include "Outstanding Youth" and "Ranking of Young Entrepreneurs".
When Bai Yu received the call from Li Shuang, to be honest, Bai Yu was stunned, because she had just finished taking a shower and was about to rest.
Although he slept all afternoon, he was still quite tired overall, but he could still fall asleep if he wanted to.
But before he could even go to sleep, Li Shuang called.
"Hey, Shuangzi, Happy New Year! What's with this guy asking me for a red envelope right away? You know I'm your boss. It's always the employees who give gifts to their boss. This is the first time I've ever seen an employee asking their boss for a gift."
Alright, stop joking with me. What's up, calling me so late at night? Just get to the point.
As soon as Bai Yu answered the phone, Li Shuang immediately wished him a Happy New Year and then asked Bai Yu for a red envelope, without any intention of discussing anything. If Bai Yu hadn't reminded her, it would have been a different story whether or not she had brought it up.
"What? I'm trending again? The most valuable athlete? A young entrepreneur! I'm ranked number one among 25-year-old entrepreneurs? A model of self-made success? A representative of the new generation of youth?"
Good heavens! Who the hell gave me all these titles? Is this really about me? When did I become the most valuable athlete? And a young entrepreneur at that? I've become an entrepreneur?
Am I the best under 25? And I started from scratch? Hmm, that seems to make sense, but it doesn't quite add up. My family contributed money when I bought my first fishing boat. Not only my family, but Wang Hai's family also contributed a lot. So that shouldn't count as starting from scratch, right?
A representative of the new generation of youth? That's even more out of the question. I am myself. Who can I represent? Who the hell gave me these titles? Are they praising me or harming me?
Shuangzi, I have a feeling that the person who posted this kind of news has bad intentions. Isn't this just pure praise to kill?
As Bai Yu listened to Li Shuang recount the titles he was given, he became increasingly confused.
Li Shuang clearly said that these titles were given to him, but no matter how Bai Yu tried to understand it, he couldn't accept these titles as his own.
The only one that comes close is that he started from scratch, but he wasn't exactly starting from scratch in the strict sense, as his family helped him a lot.
As for the other titles, just listen to them and don't take them seriously.
Besides, do you think these titles are all praises for Bai Yu?
That's nonsense. What kind of kind person would bestow so many titles upon someone, especially such exaggerated ones, like "the most outstanding young entrepreneur under 25"?
Stop exaggerating. With Bai Yu's current income, the three companies combined, plus his income as an athlete, add up to quite a lot, probably several billion.
But to say he's the most outstanding young entrepreneur would be an exaggeration. Regardless of his salary, he's only involved in physical businesses. Apart from his live-streaming e-commerce company, which makes money faster, everything else is just hard-earned money.
But if you say that live-streaming e-commerce is a quick way to make money, then those business owners who play the financial game and take their companies public will be unhappy. They might just make a quick buck in the stock market and earn enough money for Bai Yu to work for several years.
Therefore, Bai Yu didn't believe that these titles assigned to him were praises, but rather that someone disliked him and was trying to ruin him by praising him too much.
Bai Yu then had a detailed conversation with Li Shuang and learned the whole story: someone was jealous of him because he made money without paying taxes and didn't do any good deeds.
They're planning to stir up trouble for him online and ruin his public image.
When it came to donating money and doing good deeds, Bai Yu fell into deep thought. He recalled that in the past two years, he seemed to have really not donated much money or done any charity work.
Apart from donating supplies and cash at the beginning of the pandemic, he hasn't donated much else, except for a few times after competitions when he donated his prize money.
But if you put aside his charity work, the amount he has donated in the past two years is quite substantial. In the first year he started live-streaming e-commerce, he donated 100 million yuan to the fleets of the Southeast and South China Seas.
This year, he donated even more. He donated 2 billion yuan to the South China Sea alone, and also a considerable amount to the East China Sea. Bai Yu donated 100 million yuan of the processing plant's profits to the East China Sea.
In other words, the shipping company really didn't make much money today. All of the company's revenue was used to buy ships, and apart from a certain amount of working capital, there wasn't much left, so there was no need to donate.
In just two years, Bai Yu donated 2.2 billion yuan to the two seas of Southeast China. Can you say that he didn't donate?
As for why those who spread rumors about him online couldn't find any record of his donations to Southeast Asia and the South China Sea?
Nonsense! Don't you even know who Bai Yu donated the money to? What kind of good person would investigate the military? Is this guy crazy?
Furthermore, according to the general public's thinking, whether it is an individual or a company, if they want to donate money to do good deeds, they will definitely consider it in the direction of charity.
Whether it's a Hope Primary School in a mountain village, sponsoring impoverished students to attend school, or providing nutritious breakfasts and lunches for children in mountain villages.
The donations are definitely made to charities, and at the same time, there will be a lot of publicity. Even if you don't publicize it yourself, someone will leak the news and spread the word about your donation on the internet.
But who could have known that Bai Yu's ideas were so unique? His donations weren't for charity, but for national defense.
Who is this kind of good person who is so outrageous that even those who expose him online dare not investigate?
So Bai Yu was stunned. He had already reached the top of the list, and many people were envious of his money-making speed, earning billions a year.
If he wanted to dispel netizens' envy of him, it would actually be very simple: he just needed to show off his donation certificates to Southeast Asia and the South China Sea and post a short essay online.
This short essay doesn't need to be too complicated. As long as he makes it clear in the essay that the money was not donated by him personally, but by him and all his family members who support him and his company.
All the family members who placed orders or bought things in their company's live broadcast room are among the contributors to this donation.
All of Bai Yu's fans are also among those who contribute financially. Without their support, Bai Yu could not have achieved what she has today.
If Bai Yu does this, every live-streaming sales event of their company will create one miracle after another in the coming year.
After all, many people believe that as long as Yuxue Shipping Company makes money, they will donate most of it, and specifically to national defense.
For citizens suffering from a fear of insufficient firepower and a fear of low defense budgets, they will definitely place bulk orders in the Yuxue Shipping Company's live broadcast room, adding a little more budget to our defense.
Just like the current disputes in the South China Sea, whenever news about the South China Sea breaks, you can always see comments like "Click it! Click it all!" below these news articles.
Whenever we unveil a new piece of heavy defense equipment, the comments section is filled with comments like "Let's light it up and have one."
Our family members might be stingy with money in other areas, but when it comes to spending money on defense, no one needs to say a word. As long as the higher-ups dare to give us a bank account number, our family members can scrape together the money for thirty-four aircraft carriers in no time.
Why 34 ships?
Our family has 34 provinces, municipalities, and autonomous regions, and our mother is a very fair parent. If we're going to build one, it'll definitely be one ship for each place. That way, we won't have any internal conflicts.
As for whether building 34 ships would be too many, or a waste?
Impossible. It's definitely going to be a waste, but we absolutely have to build this aircraft carrier, and it has to be done quickly.
After all, the world is not as safe as it seems. One second it may be peaceful, and the next it may be war.
What we need to do is plan ahead and fully arm ourselves; it's worth spending any amount of money.
After all, the more money we spend on national defense, the less we can avoid paying reparations to other countries when the war ends.
We have risen up now, and we are no longer the Tartars of a hundred years ago.
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However, this donation certificate cannot be shown casually. At least, Bai Yu did not donate this money to gain fame for himself.
He simply wants to use the money he earns in the Southeast Seas to strengthen our national defense, so that his company can feel safer when operating at sea and deter other countries' ships from provoking us.
Therefore, Bai Yu simply ignores the rumors and gossip circulating online.
Bai Yu simply pretended not to see it and didn't intend to pay any attention, but some people cannot simply ignore it.
On the morning of the first day of the Lunar New Year, Bai Yu was visiting villagers to offer New Year's greetings when he received a message from the propaganda department of the Southeast and East China Sea Fleets. They were preparing to collaborate with Bai Yu on a video.
The main content of the video is Bai Yu's previous visit to these two bases, while the main message of the video is to demonstrate the close relationship between the military and the people.
Bai Yu and his company represent the people and businesses. They are extending their condolences to the people of Southeast China and taking the opportunity to promote recruitment information.
conscription?
Stop joking. If you're talking about the close bond between the military and the people, Bai Yu can understand it. The relationship between the military and the people in our family is indeed very deep.
But if you're talking about conscription, that's ridiculous. Who would choose to conscript soldiers on the first day of the Lunar New Year?
The reason these two official accounts contacted Bai Yu to release a collaborative video at this time was simply to tell those with ill intentions that Bai Yu's company is backed by two fleets.
As for what's behind the two fleets, I don't need to say more, those who know, know. Just shut up.
As for why these two official accounts did not directly address the matter of Bai Yu and his company's donation?
This is really not easy to say, after all, it was Bai Yu and the others' personal actions, and it was also their own choice.
But how many companies in our country are even more successful than Bai Yu and his team, earning far more money in a year?
If this kind of thing is exposed, what are other companies supposed to do? Should they donate the money or not?
If we donate, should the military accept it or not? There are just too many issues involved, and it's impossible to satisfy everyone.
The reason we accepted the donation from Bai Yu's company was that their initial donation was not large, and it was for two different places. Bai Yu's family had a very clean financial situation, and their reason for the donation was very appropriate.
Then, after submitting reports, these two places accepted the money. The same applies to this year's more than 2 billion yuan; all of them accepted the money after submitting reports.
It's possible to receive it, but you can't expect the other party to reveal it voluntarily. Maybe it will be possible in the future, but not now.
Bai Yu naturally wouldn't refuse the invitations from these two official accounts. Besides, he had no reason to refuse. They were official accounts, after all. It was a big favor for them to ask him to co-create a video. How could he possibly refuse?
Then, at noon on the first day of the Lunar New Year, Bai Yu updated two videos at once, both of which were New Year's greetings videos from the Southeast China Sea.
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