For the top rich people in the United States, they have very rich experience in charity. Almost every rich person has more than one charitable foundation in his name. Some foundations are used to help specific groups of people, and some are used for certain groups. Public welfare projects, or scientific research projects that are helpful to mankind.
Americans have long been accustomed to the philanthropic routines of rich Americans, so the social impact that rich Americans can bring to charity now is not great. In addition, Li Mu disclosed the "charitable foundations" of the top rich in his speech at Harvard "The gameplay has allowed many fake charities and genuine tax evasion foundations to be seen through by the discerning public, so the society has become even more disapproving of the wealthy people's actions to establish charitable foundations.
Before the exposure of the Veterans' Immortal Charitable Foundation, the wealthy people in the United States could not believe that setting up a charitable foundation with 100 million yuan could actually arouse such great recognition, response and strong support in society.
The social influence brought to Li Mu by the Veterans Immortal Charitable Foundation can be said to have completely surpassed all private charitable foundations in the world, and has been completely elevated to a new level, allowing those wealthy people who have a large amount of wealth and hope to gain greater social recognition While they were stunned, they were also envious.
Nowadays, the public's eyes have indeed become sharper, and it is no longer meaningful to simply gain popularity, so some people have set their sights on Li Mu.
Li Mu is the founder of the Veterans’ Immortal Charitable Foundation. This foundation has brought him great recognition in China and even the world. If at this time, he can join forces with Li Mu to establish the Veterans’ Immortal Charity Foundation in other countries, then The public's attitude towards this charitable foundation will definitely improve a lot.
If you want to ride on Li Mu's popularity, you can only have the greatest effect if you get Li Mu's approval.
Within a day, Li Mu received direct contact from several top American billionaires, including the world's richest man Bill Gates, stock investor Warren Buffett, Google founder Larry Page and Oracle boss Larry Ellison. I had phone calls with Li Mu successively, and made a very sincere request on the phone to cooperate with Li Mu to establish the 'Veterans Never Die - American Charitable Foundation' in the United States.
The specific needs of several big bosses are quite consistent. They all hope that this foundation can be nominally attached to Li Mu's Veterans Immortal Charity Foundation, so that the bloodline can be guaranteed to be pure; in addition, they also hope that the foundation can Maintaining independence in actual operations, even if it is said to be independent, actually means that the specific operations of this foundation have nothing to do with Li Mu. Li Mu does not need to, let alone have the qualification to dictate.
Several big bosses knew that it was inappropriate to take advantage of something like this, so they all gave their own "prices". Bill Gates was willing to donate 10 million to Li Mu's Veterans Immortal Charity Foundation for this purpose. In U.S. dollars, Buffett’s price was 15 million yuan. Larry Page and Larry Ellison both quoted prices in RMB, and they all invariably quoted 100 million yuan.
The reason why they chose the price of 100 million yuan is probably because they saw the news reports and knew that Li Mu took 100 million yuan to establish the Veterans Immortality Charitable Foundation, so they also offered this price, and at the same time they thought they had already made the move. Very generous.
Li Mu is particularly dissatisfied with the behavior of these "big guys". The first dissatisfaction is that he feels that these people take reputation too seriously. In their eyes, the primary purpose of charity may be reputation, and the second is that charity can provide help to those in need. What kind of help can the group bring? The second dissatisfaction is that I feel that these big guys seem to treat me as a child.
In other words, they underestimated their size and their appetite.
Li Mu is indeed a rising star among the world's richest people, and he is also the youngest one. The most important thing is that although Li Mu can already rank among these big guys in terms of wealth, most of Li Mu's business is in China, so these The boss didn't know enough about him.
Moreover, Li Mu felt that they were overthinking and making themselves stupid by asking for 10 million U.S. dollars or 100 million yuan to "buy" this charity project that was currently praised all over the world.
As a result, Li Mu made a decision. He decided to personally carry out the "Veterans Never Die" charity project in the United States. However, his energy was indeed limited, and Liu Xinyin could not have the time. Therefore, Li Mu thought of a new one. Method.
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On the morning of the "Veterans Never Die - China Internet Industry Spring City Charity Night", Li Mu made a call to Elon Musk.
It was evening time in the United States. Elon Musk received a call from Li Mu and congratulated him as soon as he got up: "Mr. Li, I really want to congratulate you! Your charity project for veterans to survive has really become popular all over the United States. , the United States is full of praise for you and this charity project. You are definitely the most socially respected and recognized entrepreneur in the United States. Even local entrepreneurs in the United States may not be able to compare with you. This project has social influence. From a perspective, it’s really a success.”
Li Mu said with a smile: "As long as you do charity with sincerity, it is inevitable to gain social recognition. Although I don't do charity for reputation, it feels good now. At least it can influence many rich people and make them appreciate it too." Charitable interest.”
Elon Musk laughed and said: "I heard that many big names in the United States are contacting you, hoping to borrow your light. What conditions have they given you?"
Li Mu said: "Their conditions are not of interest to me, but they gave me some inspiration."
With that said, Li Mu asked Elon Musk: "Elon, how much cash do you have on hand now?"
"Cash?" Elon Musk said awkwardly: "Not much. I used the cash in exchange for transferring PayPal shares. I did some investment and financial management, and also paid off part of the debt. There are still tens of millions of dollars left."
At this point, Elon Musk asked again: "Mr. Li, why do you ask this?"
Li Mu hummed, and suddenly asked him: "Are you interested in spending five million US dollars, and I will ask Makino Technology's US branch to spend another five million US dollars, and we can establish a Veterans' Immortality American Charitable Foundation in the United States?"
Elon Musk was stunned for a moment.
His current net worth is still far from the top billionaires in the United States, but he is very well-informed. When American billionaires wanted to set up charitable foundations similar to the veterans' immortality in the United States, he had already captured the intentions of these big guys. , I also heard today that several top bosses have contacted Li Mu, hoping to get the derivatives of the Veterans Immortality project from Li Mu. The prices offered by these rich people are quite generous. Not only do they have to promise A considerable amount of money was invested in the foundation, and Li Mu was promised a certain amount of "copyright fees".
However, he never expected that Li Mu would take the initiative to take out this project and work on it with him.
Elon Musk was so surprised that he asked for a long time: "Mr. Li, why me?"
Li Mu said: "Because I know you best."
Elon Musk added: "But they should have given you very good offers..."
Li Mu snorted and asked him, "What bullshit offer do you think I need from them?"
Elon Musk understood it instantly!
I see!
Although Li Mu is young, it does not mean that he is immature, nor does it mean that he really wants to respect the old and love the young in this circle of top rich people. Although it is rude to refuse the olive branch offered by others, he really does not need any offer from the top rich people. , although many people check their age, their net worth and future development space are really not much different.
Later, Li Mu continued: "Makino Technology has not long since entered the U.S. market, and there is still a long way to go in the U.S. market in the future. I not only hope that YY can gain a firm foothold in the United States and develop in the long term, but I also hope that Makino Technology can become a company that is loved by the American people. As an Internet company that accepts, welcomes and respects, this opportunity for a charitable foundation is the best choice for Makino Technology, which can allow Makino Technology to gain sufficient respect in the United States."
"Of course!" Elon Musk said: "In this case, it would be best for Makino Technology to run this project by itself. There is no need for you to let me get involved!"
Li Mu smiled slightly and said: "Elon, we are friends. I admire you very much, and I believe that there will be many cooperative projects between us in the future. I hope that we can be closely tied together in the future, so this foundation is At that time, it was the beginning of our cooperation. If you are interested, give me a clear answer, and I will ask Xue Qingying to contact you immediately to discuss follow-up matters. If you are not willing, I will not force it."
Li Mu is several years younger than Elon Musk, but he said the sentence "I admire you very much" very naturally, and Elon Musk did not feel any sense of disobedience. Although Li Mu is much younger than himself, But he is indeed more successful than himself, so Elon Musk feels very grateful to get such a direct affirmation from him.
At the same time, Elon Musk also knows very well that Li Mu’s words are actually more of a solicitation, hoping to tie himself to him and Makino Technology in the future.
For Elon Musk, he also hopes to become a community of interests with Li Mu. It is best to cooperate more with him. The most ideal situation is naturally to become an equal and reciprocal partner with Li Mu. However, After all, this is not realistic. With Li Mu's current status and status, he no longer needs equal partners. What he needs are unequal followers.
Li Mu is the founder of an ecology. This ecology is like a towering tree in the forest. In the process of growing, it will not and does not need to cooperate with towering trees of the same level or taller than itself. He needs What is important is to continue to grow taller and continue to flourish, while nurturing more creatures in your own big tree.
What it needs are birds on the treetops, monkeys on the branches, squirrels in the tree holes, mushrooms under the tree roots and moss in the shade.
These are all dependents of the towering trees and part of the ecology of the towering trees.
Now, the implicit meaning of Li Mu's olive branch is to ask Elon Musk if he is interested in becoming a part of this huge ecosystem.
(End of chapter)