"The veteran will not die?"
Wei Lan heard this phrase for the first time and asked with a bit of surprise: "Are you planning to turn this into a nationwide charity event?"
Li Mu nodded and said, "I told you when I was in the United States that the economic development of the United States has been stable for hundreds of years, and the welfare system is relatively complete, so basically their veterans of World War II, the Korean War, and the Vietnam War All have relatively appropriate arrangements, but our situation in China is quite special, and many issues must not be taken into account. Among other things, it is difficult to complete the household registration statistics alone. Later, there were various movements one after another. I don’t know how many Anti-Japanese War veterans returned home after the war. These people are likely to be scattered in towns and villages all over the world. Those veterans who are still alive may not all live a good life. Although the country is vigorously promoting subsistence allowances, these veterans have hidden secrets throughout their lives. Hiding their names and earning just a minimum living allowance is definitely not enough for their efforts for this nation.”
Wei Lan thought seriously for a moment and said to Li Mu: "I understand what you mean. It is true that there may be tens of thousands of anti-war veterans who are struggling to survive, but you want to find those who have no official records or information across the country. Veterans attest, this workload is too huge, and if you want to carry out the work quickly and efficiently, you must have the support of a huge team."
"That's right." Li Mu sighed: "The biggest problem is the team, and the team's operation model must adopt a volunteer method. Otherwise, it will be difficult to truly carry out this charity activity."
As he spoke, Li Mu explained: "To do this kind of charity, we must involve those who are truly charitable. Simply relying on paying wages to recruit employees to do charity will only end at the end, so my initial plan is to formulate a The plan for public welfare publicity includes the slogan, positioning, and execution plan of this public welfare activity. Then we find an operational talent who understands publicity and let him promote our public welfare plan to the whole society. While recruiting volunteers, we also promote it to the whole society. The society collects information. If we can have a volunteer team of at least ten people in every prefecture-level city, our future work will be very easy to carry out."
Wei Lan asked: "If there are volunteers, what is the next specific implementation process? How to find veterans, how to confirm them after they are found, and how to rescue them after they are confirmed. Have you thought about these?"
Li Mu nodded and said, "I have thought about it. There are two ways to find veterans. One is that we release information to the whole society. Veterans and their family members, friends, and neighbors can get in touch with us, and then we send volunteers to go there. to verify; the other is that we actively search from point to point. For example, we determine the identity of a veteran, and then use him to learn about his unit number, battle conditions, and information about his comrades, and then follow the clues The search for more surviving veterans continues.”
"As for how to help, what I am thinking about for the time being is that myself, Makino Technology, Taobao Technology and Alipay will jointly invest to establish a fund to care for the veterans of the Anti-Japanese War. The starting capital is tentatively set at 100 million yuan, and then we will create something that can impress people. Promote people’s promotional materials through various channels to attract social attention and build momentum. Then hold a charity dinner with the same theme, invite some entrepreneurs and celebrities to participate, and then call on them to donate.”
At this point, Li Mu smiled helplessly and said: "Actually, you also know that many celebrities and entrepreneurs do charity. Their fundamental motivation is to gain a good reputation. The premise for them to decide whether to donate is this matter or the recipient. Does it have a certain social influence? If it has influence, many people will flock to donate. If there is no influence, these people may not even bother to take a look. So if you want them to donate money willingly, you must first let them This charity project became popular.”
Li Mu has seen too many such things in later generations, especially on Weibo. Many people who encounter difficulties send messages for help on Weibo. Occasionally, some of them are popularized by the media, and there will immediately be a large number of big Vs. In Li Mu's view, a considerable part of people who came out to express their opinions and make donations were just to join in the fun.
Therefore, if you want them to contribute money, you must first make the project popular enough.
In later generations, some celebrities established their own charity funds. Because of the influence of celebrities, they attracted a large number of celebrities, celebrities, and entrepreneurs to donate money. They also influenced a large number of ordinary people to donate. Li Mu feels that his current social influence exceeds Like any celebrity, if you initiate such a project yourself, you should be able to mobilize the enthusiasm of donations from the whole society.
So, Li Mu added: "We can also open another public account to raise donations from the whole society. Everyone can donate to this account, ten yuan or eight yuan, three yuan or five yuan, or even one yuan or two yuan, as long as everyone can donate If you are willing to donate, it will help this charity cause.”
"The operation of bank transfer is relatively troublesome." Wei Lan said: "Many people are either unwilling to donate, or the donation process is a bit troublesome. When I was in school, I donated money to Project Hope several times, and I had to do it myself every time. I had to queue up at the bank and fill out a remittance form, and it took me only a few hours to get out, which was very troublesome.”
Li Mu patted his forehead and said, "Thanks to you for reminding me, I didn't even think of this problem."
Speaking, Li Mu said: "Actually, this is easy to solve. I can cooperate with operators such as China Mobile and China Unicom to launch a SMS donation channel. Mobile phone users only need to send the donation amount to the designated number, and it can be directly deducted from the phone bill. For this part of the fee, we can ask the operators to settle with us on a regular basis."
"At the same time, my Alipay can also activate this service and open a special Alipay account for the foundation. All Alipay users can donate to this Alipay account. These two methods should be much more convenient than bank transfers."
Wei Lan praised: "I came up with so many good ideas at once. I think you can really implement this charity project."
After saying that, Wei Lan asked Li Mu: "You haven't said yet, what kind of assistance are you planning to give to the veterans who have confirmed their identities?"
Li Mu recalled the relevant information he had learned in his previous life. It seemed that an authoritative organization had made statistics in 2013. At that time, the number of surviving veterans in the country should have been about 20,000. So now there are still ten years until 2013. The number of veterans should be between 30,000 and 40,000.
Not all of these 30,000 to 40,000 people need assistance. Based on what Li Mu has learned about the situation, among the veterans of the People's Liberation Army, those who have not made political mistakes or have composition problems are basically well taken care of by the state. In addition, Some veterans who were persecuted by various movements in the early years may find it more difficult now. In addition, there are also some veterans of the National Army who remain in the mainland and may not have the opportunity to enjoy the same treatment as veterans of the People's Liberation Army.
However, looking at these veterans from a modern perspective, no matter which army they were from, they all shed blood for this nation in the Anti-Japanese War. As long as such veterans are still alive and have difficulties, they must be helped.
Looking at it this way, it is estimated that there are about 20,000 people in need of assistance.
Li Mu didn't know if there was currently a subsistence allowance policy or the standard, so he asked Wei Lan, "Do you know what the average annual income of farmers is now?"
Wei Lan thought for a while and said: "I have read reports before, it should be a little more than 2,000, and a little more than 5,000 in towns."
Li Mu nodded slightly and said thoughtfully: "Assuming that there are 20,000 veterans we want to provide long-term assistance, and each of them is subsidized according to the per capita annual income in rural areas, then it will cost about 40 to 50 million per year. If we use 100 million, , can last for two years.”
Wei Lan said: "If it's 40 to 50 million a year, this expense is indeed very large, and at present, the number of surviving veterans is gradually decreasing, but the entire assistance cycle will be about 20 years from now, so you You must be restrained and leave a certain amount of space for yourself when doing charity. Be careful not to do it all. If you do it all, you will not only have to carry this project to the end. If the society has other charitable needs in the future, the public may also be interested in it. If you carry out moral kidnapping and ask you to carry it to the end, the burden on you will become heavier and heavier."
With that said, Wei Lan sat cross-legged in front of Li Mu and counted on her fingers: "Let me first calculate for you how much money your project will cost. Look, let's roughly confirm a few data first, and temporarily set the period as Twenty years, assuming that 50 million is invested in the first year, 5 million is invested in the last year, and the intervening 18 years are declining at a constant rate, then the sum of the head and tail equals 55 million, and 55 million times 10. Rough calculation, This project requires a total of about 550 million funds."
Li Mu looked at Wei Lan with a serious face in astonishment and asked her: "How did you calculate it? I don't seem to understand..."
Wei Lan smiled slightly and said, "People who do engineering know how to do cost accounting, so they are pretty good at math. Let me test you with a question. Do you know what 1 plus 2 plus 3 equals to 100?"
Li Mu shook his head: "Give me a calculator, or give me a computer, and I'll run a code, or pull up Excel and do a sum, and I'll be able to figure it out. I can't do mental arithmetic."
Wei Lan smiled and said: "Don't always think like a programmer in everything you do. Look, from 1 to 100, there are 100 numbers in total, and their increasing rules are the same, they all add 1, Add 1, add 1, so we add up the endings, 1+100 is equal to 101, 2+99 is also equal to 101, 3+97 is also equal to 101, until 50+51 is still equal to 101, so how many are there in total? What about the combination that adds up to 101?"
Li Mu's eyes lit up and he blurted out: "50 groups! I understand, so adding from 1 to 100, the final result is 101 times 50, which is 5050, right?"
Wei Lan leaned over and kissed Li Mu on the face, praising: "So smart!"
Li Mu smiled and said: "You are the smart one, not me! Your calculation method is so scientific! Please accept my knee!"
(End of chapter)