Reborn Industrial Tycoon

Chapter 531 Conscientious Entrepreneur

Zhao Liang returned to his post as a reporter at Nanzhou Metropolis Morning News. At this time, he was sitting in his original position with a high-spirited expression.

"Xiao Zhao, your special feature this time has been reprinted by many colleagues, but it has helped our newspaper win a big victory!" an old reporter said.

"Teacher Liu, I still have to teach you more." Zhao Liang said modestly, but his face was a bit showy.

Next to him, another reporter said, "Xiao Zhao deserves to be a graduate of the Chinese Department of a prestigious university. His writing skills are very solid, and his articles are also very in-depth!"

Originally it was just a huge loss of foreign exchange, but when you linked it to the purchase of advanced foreign technology and equipment, as well as impoverished mountainous areas and out-of-school children, the purpose of this article immediately rose to a higher level. The readers' attention was also attracted."

"It's all the teachers who teach well." Zhao Liang continued to say modestly.

If it were just a report on a foreign exchange loss of 10 million US dollars, it might not attract such high attention, nor would it be worthy of being reprinted by too many media colleagues. However, with a series of "sublimation" in the comment section, the situation would be completely different.

Mention the purchase of advanced foreign technology and equipment, as well as poverty-stricken mountainous areas and out-of-school children, and linking ten million US dollars to it is equivalent to changing the concept.

In this way, in the eyes of readers, a foreign exchange loss of 10 million US dollars is a heinous thing.

As expected, Zhao Liang's report immediately attracted widespread attention. In the 1990s, keyboard warriors began to criticize Li Weidong in various ways under the banner of impoverished mountainous areas and out-of-school children.

What keyboard warriors are best at is doing to others what they don't want others to do to them, and criticizing others from the moral high ground. They are all good at doing things, but all of them become cowards after being asked to do things.

Other media have also noticed the popularity of this news and want to interview Li Weidong.

Things related to the rich have always been of great concern to the general public, and this will also be true in later generations.3

The gossip about well-known rich second generation may attract more attention than the news with obvious traffic.

If a certain rich man exposes something big, it will definitely be the talk of the common people after dinner, and it will also become the focus of the media.

Now this ten-million-dollar matter is equivalent to exposing Li Weidong, and the media naturally swarmed in like flies.

With this report, Zhao Liang once again proved his ability, successfully returned to his position as a reporter, and became a rising star in the newspaper office.

Just when Zhao Liang was feeling proud, a colleague came over and said, "Xiao Zhao, the director is looking for you."

"I'll be there right away." Zhao Liang quickly stood up.

But the colleague lowered his voice and reminded: "Take it easy, the director's face doesn't look good."

Zhao Liang was shocked and thought to himself, don't let anything happen. Then he ran to the director's office in a hurry.

The director's face really didn't look good.

So Zhao Liang asked cautiously: "Director, do you have something to do with me?"

"Take a look at these!" the director said, throwing several newspapers to Zhao Liang.

Zhao Liang took the newspaper and looked down. The headline read in big letters: "Exclusive interview with Li Weidong, chairman of Fukang Agricultural Machinery, who has helped alleviate poverty in mountainous areas for many years."

Zhao Liang looked at the content again and found that Li Weidong had been helping farmers in impoverished mountainous areas get rid of poverty and become rich for many years. His subsidiary Fukang Agricultural Machinery donated a batch of agricultural machinery to rural areas every year to help farmers with agricultural production and so on.

Zhao Liang read the second newspaper. The content was that Li Weidong's Puppy Group had been recruiting employees from impoverished mountainous areas for many years and had helped more than 50,000 families escape poverty.

Later there are some exclusive interviews with workers, and they are all very touching.

For example, a certain worker had never been out of the mountains since he was a child, and he never had enough to eat. The whole family only had one pair of pants, and whoever went out would wear them. Later, he joined the Puppy Electric Factory, where he had food, clothing, housing, and wages.

He has been working at Puppy Electric for four or five years. Now the whole family no longer has to worry about food and clothing. The family has also built a new house and even bought a TV. The girls in the village want to marry him.

It is a life that is unimaginable.

After reading these two reports, Zhao Liang already realized that this was a public opinion counterattack launched by Li Weidong.

"Every year, we donate farm machinery to impoverished mountainous areas. Who knows if it's true or not? We even wear a pair of pants for the whole family. This is too exaggerated!" Zhao Liang said with a look of displeasure.

The director said: "The donation of agricultural machinery should be true. I learned from the side that Li Weidong has a Fukang Agricultural Machinery Factory, which donates a batch of old agricultural machinery to impoverished mountainous areas every year.

It is said that there is Tianyuan Town in Qinghe City, which is the main producer of canned fruits in China. The agricultural transportation vehicles used to transport fruits there were also donated by Li Weidong.

As for the whole family wearing a pair of trousers, there are so many impoverished areas in the country, and this happened four or five years ago, so there is no guarantee that some families will be so poor that they have no trousers to wear."

Zhao Liang curled his lips disdainfully: "We have just revealed that Li Weidong caused the loss of tens of millions of dollars in precious foreign exchange, and the media has spoken for him. These two newspapers have no bottom line. They actually speak for the black-hearted capitalists. They must be in vain."

Got Li Weidong’s money!”

"Collect money? You should look at the back part first before talking about it!" The director snorted coldly.

Zhao Liang immediately looked at the third blog placement, and his expression instantly solidified.

This is not an ordinary newspaper publication, but a newspaper under the Central Committee of the Communist Youth League, which can be regarded as one of the central media.

Then, Zhao Liang looked at the title of the next report. Although it was not the headline, it was still in the main position on the front page.

"Donate 100 million yuan, private entrepreneur Li Weidong supports Project Hope"

Seeing this title, Zhao Liang's hands shook and he almost lost his grip on the newspaper.

A donation of 100 million was an astronomical figure at the time, a figure that many ordinary people could not imagine.

In an instant, Zhao Liang understood why a newspaper of this level was published.

Project Hope was originally initiated by the Communist Youth League Central Committee and the Youth Development Foundation. Donating RMB 100 million to Project Hope would definitely be no problem for a front-page position in a newspaper of this level.

And if this donation starts to show results, for example, one Hope Primary School is built and a large number of out-of-school children return to school, there will be special reports or in-depth reports in the future.

How come these places where Hope Primary Schools are being built are not allowed to mention Li Weidong, the sponsor of the money, when reporting on them!

Looking at the content inside, it roughly states that Li Weidong will donate 100 million yuan to the Hope Project. In the next ten years, 500 hope schools will be built nationwide, and books, stationery, desks and chairs will be donated to out-of-school children, and school subsidies will be provided.

Miscellaneous expenses, etc.

"Will? Will be? Will be? This Li Weidong really made a good plan! Blow out the lies first, and pay later!" Zhao Liang picked the bone in the egg in an instant.

The director let out a long sigh: "Even if we don't give the money now, Li Weidong doesn't have the guts to rely on the Hope Project! Since Li Weidong has spread the word, this 100 million must be paid for!"

Li Weidong has donated 100 million, and the media above have already issued praises. It is estimated that public opinion will turn positive towards Li Weidong. Please pause the report you made before!"

Zhao Liang was immediately dumbfounded. He had expected this report to be an instant hit, so he wrote several follow-up comments, preparing to continue to take advantage of the popularity. However, he did not expect that the project was terminated before the follow-up comments were published.

Already.

"Rich people don't have martial ethics!" Zhao Liang cursed secretly.

…

At this time, Li Weidong was also discussing with Zhong Yemao about donating to Project Hope.

"Five hundred Hope Schools cannot be built in a day or two. From site selection to actual construction, they all require national and local support. And they also need to comply with the national plan and build Hope Schools where needed.

, to avoid unnecessary waste of resources." Li Weidong said slowly.

Zhong Yemao nodded: "I will contact the Youth Development Foundation in this regard. They should do some research on where the school should be built and how big it should be. I guess we only need to pay for it and we won't have to worry too much."

Li Weidong continued: "Building a Hope School is a long-term project and cannot be done in one bite, but donating books and stationery can be done now.

The time for the start of school is not far away. Go and make arrangements to purchase a batch of books and textbooks and distribute them to various schools before the start of school so that poor students can have books to use."

"No problem, this kind of spending money is my favorite thing!" Zhong Yemao said with a smile.

Li Weidong pondered for a moment and then said: "Although it is money, it cannot be spent in vain. It must be worthwhile. The textbooks for these students should be published by the Education Press, right? Under the Education Press,

You should be able to manage quite a few newspapers and periodicals, right?"

"Chairman, what do you mean, let the newspapers and publications under the Education Publishing House write some articles to praise you?" Zhong Yemao asked.

"What do you mean by praising me? It's to promote Project Hope and mention me by the way!" Li Weidong continued shamelessly: "And as far as I know, many local newspapers also have printing plants, right? These printing plants should

Can you produce workbooks, manuscript paper and other stationery?"

Zhong Yemao nodded immediately: "Understood. When I go to purchase stationery, I will also talk to the printing factory and ask them to write a few reports to promote the Hope Project. I will mention you again by the way!"

…

At a certain local newspaper, the president called the editor-in-chief into the office.

"Old Zhao, here are a few reports about Project Hope. You can dig deeper into them and write a new report and send it out tomorrow." The president handed several newspapers to the editor-in-chief.

"President, where should we dig deeper?" the editor-in-chief asked helplessly.

"These reports all mentioned a private entrepreneur, Li Weidong, chairman of the Puppy Group, who donated 100 million to Project Hope. This kind of conscientious entrepreneur must be highlighted!" the president said.

"Understood!" The editor-in-chief nodded with sudden realization, and then asked in a low voice: "President, have we received another big advertisement?"

The president lowered his voice and continued: "They are our advertising clients, and this time, they have brought a new business to the printing factory!

The printing factory's efficiency has never been very good. This business is done, and at least there will be a year-end bonus. By then, everyone in our newspaper office will be able to have a good year!"

…

With the donation of 100 million, coupled with Li Weidong's secret promotion, many newspapers and periodicals began to vigorously publicize Li Weidong's donation.

The direction of public opinion changed overnight. The original criticism of Li Weidong disappeared, and instead began to say that Li Weidong was a conscientious entrepreneur.

Setting the pace can easily lead to bias. Even in the Internet age, where information can circulate and disseminate rapidly, it is difficult for ordinary people to make their own judgments, and they are often led by the media.

In the 1990s, when self-media had not yet emerged, traditional media had almost all the say and could easily control the direction of public opinion.

A donation of 100 million was definitely a shock bomb at the time. This number alone was worthy of the media’s massive tracking and hype.

What's more, the donation target is Project Hope. Of course, such a positive thing needs to be reported more.

…

On Monday, although it was not yet noon, Zhao Liang arrived at the newspaper canteen early.

Today's canteen has Zhao Liang's favorite braised pork ribs, so Zhao Liang has to come early and pick out a few pieces of ribs with more meat. If he comes later, he will only be left with large bones with less meat.

Zhao Liang is not the only one who likes braised pork ribs. Several reporters who had nothing to do also came to the canteen in advance.

Before the meal started, a few people started chatting.

"Xiao Zhao, why is there no news about the topic you did before on the loss of tens of millions of dollars in foreign exchange?" Someone finally asked this question.

"Killed by the leader!" Zhao Liang sighed unconvinced, and then said, "That Li Weidong actually bribed so many media to say good things for him!"

"I have also seen relevant reports. He donated 100 million to Project Hope! Anyone who can donate 100 million to Project Hope must not be a bad person!" said a person next to him.

"One code equals one code. Even if he donates one billion, he can still cover up the fact that he has caused the loss of tens of millions of dollars in foreign exchange! Ten million dollars, why not use it domestically? Give it to an American in vain!"

Zhao Liang opened his mouth to argue.

At this moment, someone clicked on the TV on the wall of the cafeteria and changed it to the sports channel.

"Viewers, I am currently at Madison Square Garden in Manhattan, New York, USA, bringing you the NBA All-Star Game..." Teacher Su Qun's voice sounded.

"First of all, let's introduce the starting lineups of both sides. The Eastern All-Star team is center Dikembe Mutombo, forwards Shawn Kemp and Grant Hill, guards Anfernee Hardaway and Michael Jordan!

Western Conference All-Star Team, center Shaquille O'Neal, forwards Karl Malone and Kevin Garnett, guards Gary Payton and Kobe Bryant!"

In front of the TV, Zhao Liang was stunned. The name Kobe Bryant was extremely familiar to him.

"Kobe Bryant? Isn't he the substitute rookie that Li Weidong spent 10 million US dollars to sponsor? How could he be an NBA All-Star starter? It's definitely not the same person!" Zhao Liang immediately comforted himself.

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