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Chapter 433 - 427. The Self-Reliant Qinghe Fund (Third Update)_1

Chapter 433: 427. The Self-Reliant Qinghe Fund (Third Update)_1

When Zhou Wumeng retired, it caused a huge uproar, making national news. At the time, everyone was speculating about who the owner of Qinghe Fund was, to have the clout to decisively make a literary giant leave his original stage and commit to charity.

In everyone’s mind, the big boss of Qinghe Fund was absolutely impressive, and it was said that the rights to several best-selling novels under the fund’s name were also written by the boss himself!

In the past, some had mocked Qinghe Fund for overestimating itself, as it didn’t accept external donations.

Indeed, everyone was well aware that a charitable fund relied on donations, and without them, it might not even be able to pay its own staff.

In the public consciousness, charitable funds were supposed to accept donations from everyone!

However, Qinghe Fund cut off its own retreat, not only rejecting donations now but also formally announcing at an official news conference that it would never accept them.

At that time, Qinghe Fund could only rely on the income from "The Kite Runner" and the "Three Character Classic" to maintain its charity work, and the process was relatively slow.

People in the industry were laughing, wondering just how long Qinghe Fund could last. Even if "The Kite Runner" was currently a best-seller, how long could that last? Generally, the hot-selling period for a popular book was about three months, with the longest being a year.

But Qinghe Fund serenely ignored everyone’s attention, and "The Kite Runner" remains in the top three on the bestseller list for physical books to this day...

At this time on the domestic bestseller list, Kunlun was third, "The Kite Runner" was second, and the first place was taken by "Harry Potter and the Philosopher’s Stone"!

When Harry Potter came into everyone’s view, not many took notice of it, only knowing that it was already blazing hot abroad, topping the bestseller lists in over a dozen countries.

But after six months of domestic fermentation, Harry Potter climbed to the top of all major lists in an unbeatable manner, and everyone was immersed in that magnificent magical world.

A complete worldview, a vast setup, and lifelike mission designs.

In this era, Harry Potter fulfilled people’s inner needs, with Hogwarts Magic School serving as a haven for everyone, allowing each person to experience a unique sense of immersion as they followed little Harry into that magical school.

By January 2007, as booksellers tallied the sales of Harry Potter, they suddenly found that the book not only topped the bestseller list but also set a sales record!

And at this time, the copyright operations department of Qinghe Fund also released their annual sales figures for Harry Potter to the press: a global sales revenue of $120 million!

That is to say, Qinghe Fund earned themselves 960 million RMB without having to solicit donations.

Indeed, with such an ability to make money, why bother soliciting donations...

Moreover, Qinghe Fund announced that there would be a total of seven Harry Potter books, with the second installment being released in April 2007!

Some people started calculating; judging from the current situation, if just the first book could earn so much, what about all seven?

In fact, they were being too simplistic. Only Elder Zhou and Ren He understood where the future of Harry Potter lay.

It was an entire cultural empire, with merchandising, entertainment, movies, comics, and games... anything was possible!

One hundred billion US dollars was Zhou Wumeng’s ultimate goal.

And it was precisely because of the book Harry Potter that Qinghe Fund once again found itself at the center of attention, yet the author of the book remained a mystery.

Was it really the Qinghe Fund’s big boss who wrote this? That’s too terrifying!

And what’s most terrifying is that the other party simply gave away this income for charity.

A whopping 120 million US Dollars for charity, what kind of person has the courage to make such a decision? No wonder Elder Zhou resigned!

It’s no wonder Elder Zhou holds such high regard for this "New Boss"!

To tell the truth, Zhou Wumeng never expected Ren He’s words to come true—the cultural empire the young man had painted for him was slowly taking shape. He used to be skeptical, yet now he began to believe.

This book has indeed become a global sensation!

At that moment, the young man in his own Liu Hai Alley courtyard was laughing confidently, and thinking back now, his confident smile amidst the fluttering leaves was as bright as the stars.

Zhou Wumeng could hardly imagine that such an extraordinary person could exist in this world—initially laughing while teasing him for resembling an ancient literary giant, uninhibited, detached, clear-minded, and unparalleled in elegance, Zhou Wumeng now thought he was not wrong in his assessment.

However, even the brightest moment had to endure scrutiny, this time led by industry peers. A manager of another charity fund casually commented in public, "Who knows if the Qinghe Fund is really doing charity? Otherwise, why wouldn’t they dare to make their accounts public?"

It was this kind of buzz that led some naive netizens to publicly demand that the Qinghe Fund disclose their accounts, not allowing the money to end up in any individual’s pocket.

This incident even caused quite a stir at the time, drawing everyone’s attention to where the Qinghe Fund’s money was going, and whether anyone was embezzling it.

Some even clamored that the Qinghe Fund’s charitable activities were not reasonable, asserting more money should be allocated to build up impoverished mountain areas.

Some people are just like that, believing that if others are wealthy, they should donate; if they’re doing charity, they must go all the way; assuming that if someone sets up a charity fund, there must be something fishy.

But the reason Ren He and Elder Zhou initially decided not to accept outside donations was exactly for today!

To ensure that the Qinghe Fund could stand tall like a relaxed mountaintop amidst all the questioning from everyone!

The reason Elder Zhou resigned was because he wanted to do charity work in Qinghe Fund without asking anyone for favors, robustly!

Zhou Wumeng was a good person indeed, but that did not mean he lacked temper. Qinghe Fund directly held a press conference: "All funds of the Qinghe Fund are self-earned, not a single penny in donations received."

What this meant was, all my money is self-made, and it has nothing to do with you.

"Not a penny in donations received, and we are not a government body that is obligated to disclose our accounts. Unlike some organizations, we don’t have luxury cars, we don’t attend fancy parties, what we have is village life, what we have are now 3127 teachers willing to dedicate themselves to charity!"

"How the Qinghe Fund spends its money is our own decision, and to go back to the first point: after all, the money is our own hard-earned."

At that moment, all the journalists intending to ask questions were dumbfounded; they had not expected the Qinghe Fund to be so assertive!

A bit different from other foundations!

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