I am a Big Player
Chapter 266 - 264. Qinghe Fund’s Ambition (Fourth Release)_1

Chapter 266: 264. Qinghe Fund’s Ambition (Fourth Release)_1

For the Qinghe Fund, the most suitable income model is the kind that brings sustained benefits.

The lifespan of a human is very short in the grand scheme of the world. How long can Ren He himself live? He wasn’t sure either; being long-lived now seems more like a beautiful blessing than an assurance.

If it were about donating money, the Qinghe Fund would have no problem while Ren He was around. But what if he, too, disappeared from this world someday?

What would become of the Qinghe Fund?

Therefore, the best approach was to leave behind some eternal classics. He wasn’t afraid of others questioning why he could write these things; why should he feel guilty for things earned through his own abilities?

The most important reason for leaving behind classic works was that, if Ren He one day left this world, the Qinghe Fund’s income would never cease.

So the current model was what satisfied Ren He the most.

Elder Zhou asked with curiosity, "Have you conceived another idea?" When it came to literary works, Ren He really hadn’t let Elder Zhou down.

Ren He smiled, "It’s too early to tell you now, it’s just a piece of children’s literature, but I believe it will definitely make a lot of money. You don’t think talking about money smells of copper anymore, right?"

"No copper smell, in fact, there is a special fragrance, haha," Elder Zhou knew Ren He was teasing him about something he had said before. He laughed and said, "In the past, I used to think what’s so great about money? Now it’s different, I think every penny is hope for these mountainous areas."

But, how can children’s literature make money? Elder Zhou was somewhat baffled.

Harry Potter.

In the past life, you could say you had never read the Harry Potter novels, or even never watched the Harry Potter movies, but you would be a laughingstock if you said you had never even heard of Harry Potter.

In 1996, a British publisher finally agreed to publish Harry Potter and the Philosopher’s Stone. At that time, apart from the author, not many people in the world knew about Harry Potter, and the publisher wasn’t very optimistic about the book, symbolically printing only 500 copies.

But through the efforts of the author, literary agents, publishers, film producers, and a series of marketing specialists, Harry Potter became a household name and at the center of an unimaginably wealthy empire.

The Harry Potter series consists of a total of seven books, selling a staggering 370 million copies with total revenues of 12 billion US dollars.

The book was just the first step.

Warner Bros. had acquired the movie rights to Harry Potter, with box office revenue totaling 21 billion US dollars and revenues from DVDs and other publications reaching 10 billion US dollars.

Books, DVDs, and movies are not the entirety of the Harry Potter wealth chain but just the first half. Beyond the film rights, Warner Bros. also secured the merchandise rights for Harry Potter.

Coca-Cola alone paid 150 million US dollars for the exclusive global marketing rights to Harry Potter and the Philosopher’s Stone, undoubtedly building a beverage market worth many times more than that.

At the same time, pharmaceutical giant Johnson & Johnson, toy manufacturers Mattel and LEGO, and game company EA had already bought Harry Potter licensing rights from Warner Bros. Harry Potter was appearing on thousands of products, just like Mickey Mouse and Garfield.

For Harry Potter, a hundred-billion-dollar industry chain was not a dream, but a reality that was about to be realized.

Ren He, looking at the devastated poverty-stricken mountainous area, was thrilled at the thought of having a hundred billion US dollars to fund educational construction in these regions.

This feeling was as if... he truly was changing this originally troubled world.

Whether it was earning money or being favored by beautiful women, probably nothing was more exhilarating than the firsthand experience of changing the world. This pleasure was the highest level of satisfaction in the spiritual realm!

With Harry Potter, Qinghe Games would be able to build Hope Primary Schools anywhere across Jiang Nan, and even establish its own teaching teams, offering them better treatment.

Of course, Ren He felt it necessary to get slightly involved in management. He had to advise Elder Zhou to establish a robust internal monitoring mechanism within Qinghe, with separate departments for oversight, funds disbursement, and internal adjudication, all restraining one another.

After returning to the pickup truck, Liu Bing and the others couldn’t wait to distribute their brought snacks to the children gathered around them, giving it all away without keeping a single piece for themselves. Ren He had previously thought about confiscating their snacks since they were brought here to experience hardship. Now, it seemed unnecessary; Liu Bing, Jiang Haoyang, and Li Yifan hadn’t left anything for themselves.

There was no need to confiscate mobile phones since there was no signal here anyway; the signal towers of communication companies hadn’t reached this place yet.

Money, however, had to be confiscated. Ren He spoke with righteous indignation, "You’ve all seen the situation here, and I presume you understand the meaning behind coming here to teach. So, would you feel comfortable to feast here? We can indeed buy food from the locals at very low prices, their own chicken eggs and poultry, but then what would be the meaning of our teaching trip? None!"

Liu Bing, Jiang Haoyang, and Li Yifan reluctantly pulled out thousands of yuan, "No need to say more, we understand..."

Liu Jiamin also took out 500 yuan from her pocket and handed it to Ren He. Although her family was struggling, parents must still give their daughter some emergency money when she’s away from home, in case she gets separated from the group and needs to buy a train ticket home. In truth, Liu Jiamin’s parents do love and care for her; it’s just that her grandmother’s illness cannot be taken lightly, preventing the family from saving any money.

Moreover, to spend all family savings on an elderly person for so many years is in itself a great act of filial piety; such a filial person is unlikely to be a bad person.

However, in this place, sometimes you can’t even spend money if you wanted to.

Elder Zhou led them to the school building; Liu Jiamin got a room to herself, the others stayed in a large dorm, which had several bunk beds. There was also a table, a lamp, and a large cauldron used as a fire pit with some leftover firewood in it.

This village hadn’t even been electrified yet; can you imagine that by 2006, there were still places in China without electricity? When the Hope Primary School was constructed, even the construction teams complained about the hardship and could only bring small generators.

Coal stoves couldn’t be used here because coal was not available, so the most primitive method—burning wood—was the only option.

Ren He didn’t know how Elder Zhou and the others had managed these past days...

But now that they had arrived, Elder Zhou could leave, not to return to the city, but to continue on to the next impoverished mountainous area.

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In addition to the Silver Alliance’s Soul Cloth updates, I forgot to mention that the third Chapter is also an additional update for the Soul Cloth.