Chapter 182: Chapter 162: Qian Gen Sheng Torch Relay Initiative
This is the third day since Gu Bai arrived in Xuyong County.
Yesterday, he held an online meeting at the Black Swan Charity Foundation, increasing the foundation’s funds to 2 billion and launching a new charity project named the Qian Gen Sheng Sparks Charity Plan.
The entire upper level of the foundation had no objections to this.
It should be noted that the foundation’s original name was the Sparks Foundation, but it was renamed the Black Swan Foundation to expand the Black Swan Group’s influence. Although not many people know who Qian Gen Sheng is, as the actual controller of the foundation, Chairman Gu Bai had decided, so no one would oppose it.
As a non-public raising charity foundation, all internal assets belong solely to Gu Bai, including the staff salaries which are all paid by Gu Bai, so no one questions any of Gu Bai’s decisions.
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No one knows how long it has been raining in Xuyong County, nor when it will stop.
At this moment, Gu Bai is being surrounded by a group of people as he heads to the local government’s meeting room, where the leaders of Xuyong County are waiting for him.
Walking into the meeting room, Gu Bai also sees Shi Haishui sitting there.
And the county magistrate of Xuyong County, Xue Lin, stands up with a full smile to welcome him, "Welcome, Chairman Gu, to our Xuyong County. Please have a seat."
Gu Bai also sits down in front of him with a smile.
"County Magistrate Xue, I apologize for taking up your valuable working time, but there are some matters that still need to be communicated with your local government, otherwise it will be difficult for us to implement them."
Xue Lin responds with an official smile, "No need to be so formal, President Gu. I’m well aware of the purpose of your charity foundation’s presence in our Xuyong County. Rest assured, all our local departments will make maximum efforts to cooperate with you."
Gu Bai is here for charity, which is usually hard to come by. Would he dare go against Gu Bai?
Hearing Xue Lin’s assurance, Gu Bai nods and then takes a document from Yi Jiahui’s hand, pushing it towards him, saying, "County Magistrate Xue, this is a series of charity plans our Black Swan Foundation intends to implement in Xuyong County. You can take a look first."
Upon hearing this, Xue Lin takes the document handed over by Gu Bai and begins to read it carefully.
Gu Bai also picks up the tea in front of him, quietly waiting for his response. As for Shi Haishui on the side, he’s sweating coldly, already organizing the embezzled 2 million, just dreading Gu Bai making things difficult on the spot.
More than ten minutes later, after seriously reading the document, Xue Lin raises his head and with a slightly trembling voice says, "Chairman Gu, is all this true?"
"Of course."
"I’m not questioning you, it’s just that the content in this document is so beyond my expectations that I find it a bit hard to accept."
Gu Bai smiles lightly; Xue Lin’s reaction was anticipated. The contents of this document are indeed quite shocking for a poor county.
The conversation between the two leaves the surrounding staff a bit bewildered.
Xue Lin glances at the expressions of those around and says, "Why don’t you have President Gu explain it to everyone."
Gu Bai nods with a smile, opening his mouth to speak to the crowd.
"Just yesterday, we held an online meeting at our foundation, and I plan to invest another 1 billion, increasing Black Swan’s total foundation amount to 2 billion, to officially launch a large-scale nationwide charity project.
This plan is named Qian Gen Sheng Sparks Plan by me.
The first step of the project is set to begin in Xuyong County and then extend nationwide. Regarding the specific content of the project, let’s have my assistant, Ms. Yi Jiahui, introduce it to everyone."
As soon as Gu Bai finished speaking, everyone present was shocked.
billion.
Saying this number is simple, but in the eyes of the leaders of Xuyong County, it is not simple at all.
To make a simple comparison, Xuyong County has a population of 280,000, and its total GDP is only 4.8 billion.
This 2 billion is almost half of Xuyong County’s total annual production value, leaving them astounded.
Yi Jiahui picks up the document and stands up, slowly beginning the introduction.
"I am Yi Jiahui, an assistant to the chairman of the Black Swan Foundation. Next, let me announce to everyone the details of our Qian Gen Sheng Sparks Plan.
First, we plan to decide on building five Hope Primary Schools within Xuyong County, each accommodating a thousand students, and one middle school accommodating 2,000 teachers and students. But this construction number is not fixed; if it’s unable to meet the local students’ educational needs, we can continue to contribute more.
Additionally, we will use our foundation’s influence to appeal for more teachers to come to Xuyong County for volunteer teaching roles. Besides the local education bureau’s monthly salary of 600 yuan, we will reimburse each volunteer teacher with a monthly 3,000 yuan education subsidy, all funded by our foundation without any impact on local education resources.
Since Xuyong County is the project’s trial site for our Sparks Plan, we will significantly favor it in resource allocation; regarding educational support matters, we will allocate 20 million in funds. Any surplus will be overseen by your local government departments, all of which will be subsidies for volunteer teachers and impoverished students. If insufficient, we will continue to invest funds."
Previously, Gu Bai had evaluated that due to transportation issues in Xuyong County, building schools here is expected to incur significantly higher costs, but 10 million should be nearly enough, with the remaining 10 million donated to aid local impoverished students.