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Since the birth of little Joseph, the whole of the United States has wondered how to get a picture of this little boy. As long as he can be the first to publish his photos, the media will definitely become popular, and even reach the top position.

So the major media began to do everything possible to obtain Joseph Smith's photos. Offer the price to the outside world. First $1 million, then $2 million, then $3 million, then $4 million. Prices are skyrocketing. At that time, all the paparazzi were doing nothing but thinking about how to take photos. As long as they could take photos, they would have nothing to worry about for the rest of their lives.

For a long time, although celebrity photos are ridiculously expensive, magazines are still willing to spend a lot of money, and the benefits behind it are obvious. Therefore, an exclusive photo with a sensational effect can immediately boost the sales of the magazine and take the lead in the fierce media competition.

And celebrities and celebrities have also seen the other side of their own value. Nowadays, more and more celebrities know how to manipulate the media to achieve self-hype or achieve other purposes. The reason why Andy and Ivana are willing to disclose the photos of little Joseph is that In fact, it is also out of the protection of my own children. Since it is destined not to grow up in a low-key manner, it is better to face it with an open attitude from the beginning.

I have to say that "People" magazine is really willing to spend money. Whether it is the 4.3 million US dollars for Jolie and Pitt's children, or the 10 million US dollars for Joseph Jr., they did not hesitate to spend money to win it. "Newsweek" and "Los Angeles Times" are both his media, but in the face of such a crazy "People" magazine, even Andy himself had to convince himself.

"Ka-Ka-Ka-"

Wearing a small white T-shirt and blue trousers, little Joseph lay on his side in a wooden cradle, his fat little arms were placed in front of him, his breasts inherited from his mother were slightly opened, and he slept soundly with his eyes closed It's sweet, and there is a cow doll under her feet.

Andy and Ivana, who were also wearing white T-shirts and blue shorts, leaned together on the side of the cradle. From looking at each other affectionately, Andy looked lovingly at the sleeping little Joseph with loving eyes. Looking at Andy with a happy and sweet face. . .

Dog food was thrown out desperately. After all, they spent 10 million US dollars to cooperate with them in taking pictures. Andy still has this bit of professionalism.

"Ka Ka Ka -"

Standing aside, watching the photographer constantly changing angles and frantically photographing the sleeping little Joseph, Andy smiled, but kept complaining in his heart, "Shoot it, shoot it, it's hard to find such a fool." ..."

Although Andy also knows that when "People" magazine is published, there will be a burst of sales and influence, but he doesn't care, after all, for him, the real benefits have already been obtained.

"...philanthropy will always be something I stick to. Seriously, I really think that if you're alive and useless to other people, your life has no meaning.

This is why I donated the money. The purpose of setting up a charitable fund in the name of Joseph Jr. is to pass on the value to him, and when he grows up, I will often take him to participate in charitable activities so that he can See for yourself the work the charity does. . . "

In the luxuriously decorated living room, Andy held Ivana's hand, sat on the sofa, faced the reporter of "People" magazine, and talked about his philanthropic philosophy and past philanthropic achievements with a smile.

At this point, Andy thinks that it is necessary to learn from Bill Gates, who is known all over the world for doing charity. The thing is not to be too low-key.

"Charity" like Bill Gates has become the world's largest charity, and Andy's charity that spends money with real knives and guns should be well publicized.

From time to time, it is seen that the top richest people in the West donate all their property to foundations established in their own names. These funds are for charity purposes.

The fact that they donated their assets to foundations rather than to their children and grandchildren has led many to say that they acted noble. Later, someone pointed out that they did this to evade the inheritance tax in the West, but such a statement was actually just scratching the surface.

The crux of the matter is, who are the owners of various foundations?

The ownership of private social foundations in the West is not the state, but in private hands, and all foundations are private equity funds. Even though some foundations are nominally social welfare and owned by the whole society, the charter of the foundation is kept confidential. The actual owners of the foundation are the people who work in the foundation. There are secret procedures for the creation of these people, and the rules are determined by the founders. They cannot be known by the outside world, nor can they be determined by the people and the national society. and involved.

The actual result of rich people donating to such foundations is that the real power to control the foundation will always be in the hands of the descendants of these rich families. And tax avoidance is only the most direct and superficial benefit. The core benefit is not here at all, but lies in maintaining the long-term control of the rich family. Just like the well-known Wannian families of international rich people, such as the Rothschild family, MG, and Rockefeller, this is how they were formed!

The foundation is the eternal body that protects these generations of financial families to enjoy wealth forever.

The greater role of the foundation is to prevent the heirs from being the kind of dandies who lose their property. If the wealth is distributed equally to the descendants, it will undoubtedly make more and more descendants divide the property more and more scattered, which will eventually lead to Market competitiveness is greatly reduced.

Therefore, the Gates Foundation, which Warren Buffett joined, is actually a close alliance of interests, bringing the interests of the two families together for a long time. It seems that public welfare undertakings are actually privately owned. But the bottleneck of five bags.

For these foundations, the rules are kept secret, and the assets are also kept secret. Therefore, Andy sometimes feels that the title of the richest man in the world is a bit funny. The rich people seen on the rich list are actually nouveau riche in front of those forces , Moreover, Andy also saw some clues. During the financial crisis, these foundations and other powerful forces cut a lot of wool.

Tax deduction with donations in the West is a basic policy. Many social benefits of donations replace government actions. At the same time, this approach is also a key for various forces to participate in politics, because charity and donations are to obtain political capital.

Therefore, many charitable acts are one of the rules of the game for various forces in the West to play political capital. Many foundations use charity to infiltrate education, medical care, social welfare and other aspects to affect the mainstream consciousness of Western society and penetrate into all aspects of society. .

When wealth reaches a certain level, money is useless. Although this sentence is very pretentious no matter how you look at it, it also makes sense.

"The ultimate goal of an enterprise is to return to charity. As an entrepreneur or entrepreneur, we should follow the basic principle of "coming from the people and going to the people" to transfer the benefits we earn from our consumers through Charity means to help those in need again!" Andy talked about his philanthropic philosophy.

"So, Mr. Smith, will you join Mr. Gates' charitable fund?"

"No, no, Bill has his own philanthropic philosophy, and I also have my own philanthropic philosophy. Moreover, I am still young, and there are still many peaks to climb in my life. You know, I have just started on the road, and one day, I will also be with you. Gates did that."

Andy will not fall into the pit of the chicken thief reporter on the opposite side. Nima, he is only 25 years old, so he will donate all of it unless he is crazy. However, he smiled and said to the reporter: "Seeing that your magazine is so generous. For your sake, let me give you an exclusivity. At the end of this month, I will solicit suggestions for charitable donation activities on INS. From the replies from netizens, I will identify several new charitable areas and will announce them to the public before the end of this year. The tagline for the campaign was, 'Let's do something for the world together!'”