Recently, an entrepreneur donated 1.3 billion yuan to his alma mater, which caused a lot of controversy. One of the points of contention is who exactly should donate the money to
Putting aside the fact that some people have been arguing that donations can be tax deductible, donating is better than the guys who transfer assets abroad, and how much do you donate after people donate, these worthless war of words similar to shrews scolding the street are not mentioned, let's sort out what the purpose of the donation is.
Generally speaking, the purpose of donations is, of course, to do good, and to do good is certainly a good deed, which should be strongly encouraged. But if you dig deeper, what is the purpose of doing good?I'm afraid there are many answers.
Before the liberation, there was a Du Yuesheng among the three major tycoons in Shanghai, and there should be no objection to saying that he was a gang leader. This person has donated countless donations in his life, whether it is to an individual or to a certain group, judging from the frequency and amount of donations, it is not an exaggeration to give the name of a philanthropist.
If the purpose of this gang leader, who started by selling cigarettes and opening casinos, is only for charity, then what he should do is not to close the tobacco house and the casino, which is the greatest charity.
If you have to say that if he doesn't do these things, someone else will do them, and if others do, they will put money in their pockets and don't donate it, then we can't talk. A mistake is a mistake, and how to make up for your mistakes afterwards are two different things. It's like if I shoot you to death, and then hold your funeral in a big way, raise the grave, and give me a thumbs up, what's the point to you, whether you can come back to life.
So Du Yuesheng's philanthropy is made at the expense of those who are overlooked or impossible to see. To take an inappropriate example, it is to tear down the bricks of the Great Wall to build one's own gatehouse. It may be more appropriate to understand that it is more appropriate to accumulate virtue for yourself, spend money to buy peace, win a good reputation, and whitewash black.
Speaking of which, we can think of it this way, that the purpose of doing good as an act is often beyond doing good in itself. So it's easier to win applause and respect for doing good.
Not doing evil, not doing evil, in fact, is the true meaning of good, but the reality is that not doing evil is precisely not an act, and this kind of goodness is often the easiest to be ignored. Besides, not doing evil is very worthless, and cannot be used as a subject matter in exchange for some kind of benefit.
But doing good is different, no matter how much evil you do, as long as you do good, the previous evil will be ignored, and the current evil will be understood. In other words, doing good can become a business act, which is goodwill for goods and reputation for people.
We have an old saying here: good people may not be able to become Buddhas after 9981 difficulties, but bad people can become Buddhas as long as they put down their butcher knives!
Hong Yingming in the Wanli period of the Ming Dynasty also had such a passage in "Caigen Tan": "The sound prostitute has a good evening scene, and the fireworks are not hindered;The virgin is white and out of moderation, and half of the world is miserable".
This all shows that the value of being a good person in the real world is really low.
Or back to the question itself, why don't our entrepreneurs here donate money and be scolded, and donate money to be scolded?
Don't be in a hurry to raise the sign of hating the rich and beat me, because there are too many of me, and I can't beat them if I want to.
How many of the large number of entrepreneurs created by our rapid economic development in the past thirty or forty years are created by the times, and they eat the dividends of the timesHow many are the results of personal struggle, I'm afraid there is no need to give a standard answer, everyone has that answer in their hearts.
It is a question whether the huge wealth of some so-called entrepreneurs is reasonable, or even legal, so when they should give back to the society, they do not give back to the society, or they are just a little bit of water, then they are not wronged when they are scolded.
As for whether it is not not to donate, nor is it to make a show, why are those who really donate scolded. The problem is that the purpose of the donation is very suspicious. The main reason for the suspicion is that the flow of donations is often not necessarily to those who are most in need.
Previously, a real estate developer surnamed Pan donated 600 million yuan to Harvard University in the United States, of course, for the purpose of human civilization.
Theoretically speaking, as long as people's own money is given to whomever they want, as long as the law does not determine that it is black money or stolen money, then they love whoever they want. But you have to use the banner of charity, obviously the house here is leaking rain, and the tables, chairs and benches are missing arms and legs, but you go to Qionglou Yuyu to paint the high wall of the hall with gold edges and tiles, don't complain that everyone suspects that you want to buy a chair there. Scolding you is just complaining that you ran in the wrong direction.
In the end, I still have to say that if you have money to donate to engage in research and development, focus on the long-term development of the enterprise, or improve the welfare of employees in your own enterprise, this is probably the real practice, don't ask me why, you have the answer. But only thinking about personal success and fame is really difficult for some so-called entrepreneurs.