The first crowdfunding of the public welfare project "Gathering the Stars" was for a rural teacher in a remote mountainous area in Southwest China. He sent his children home from school in a heavy rain. On the way back at night, half of his body was buried in the sudden rolling rocks and under the dirt.
The staff of Star Technology launched the first public welfare crowdfunding with their real names after visiting the site and consulting the other party's opinions.
The total amount of crowdfunding is 200,000 yuan, which includes not only medical expenses, but also his future life, because this rural teacher who has been in the mountains for nearly 20 years has no budget.
This also means that he cannot enjoy many benefits and guarantees.
On the first day of the crowdfunding project's launch, in six hours, the total amount of donations was 30,000. In this era, prices and wages have not completely taken off. Three yuan, five yuan, or even one yuan and fifty cents are all hard work.
The project period is ten days.
Xu Tingsheng thought about it, there should be no problem in reaching the crowdfunding goal this time. Of course, he has the ability to pay the fee independently, and he is not reluctant, but if that is the case, the meaning of crowdfunding and gathering love seems to be somewhat missing.
What he wants to develop is a channel, even a thinking, a consensus, and a system. This will be long-term, and in the long-term, it is impossible for him to bear all public welfare expenditures by himself, which requires the strength of the entire society.
The gathering of countless people for one piece and fifty cents represents the direction of a society, and this is the true meaning of public welfare crowdfunding.
But on the first night, Xu Tingsheng's thoughts were shattered.
When the total amount of donations reached 50,000, Apple alone donated 100,000. Then her fans poured in, and tens of thousands of people worked together to make up the remaining 50,000 in less than an hour.
Xu Tingsheng took out his phone, hesitated for a while, but still didn't call.
Just this weekend, Xiao Xiang Ning was going to take away her 100,000 yuan bonus. According to the projects she was raising at the time, she selected ten and donated 10,000 yuan each.
"It hurts a little, so much money, but I'm very happy." Sitting sideways on Xu Tingsheng's lap, Xiao Xiang Ning said with his shoulders.
Xu Tingsheng just hoped that she wasn't competing with Apple.
Her past life and present life are all good, Xiang Ning is pure, tolerant, and kind, but she is still an ordinary girl who is jealous, quarrelsome, and narrow-minded... in her eyes and heart, she can't rub the sand.
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January 1, 2006.
"Crazy Stone" opens.
WeChat is online.
At the beginning of the new year, the two battles started on the same day.
The film release starts at midnight at zero o'clock, and starts one step earlier. In terms of film schedule, although Tianyi has made great efforts, the investment amount varies greatly after all. The overall film schedule, "Stone" is less than a quarter of "Endless", which was released at the same time.
At two o'clock in the morning, the first batch of moviegoers returned home, some still alive, and began to express their opinions online.
Or Weibo, or forums, the first batch of movie reviews appeared.
"Crazy Stone":
"Oh my god, I laughed so hard. The whole theater burst out laughing."
"There was no urine point during the whole process."
"The actors are really good."
"Fire..."
"Recommend to see."
"Endless":
"The picture is really gorgeous, um, it's worthy of praise, but, he XX, what is the story about? My mother can't understand it. Don't say that my mother is uneducated, my mother graduated with a Ph.D. Could it be that I am too educated?"
"You're not alone. I graduated from elementary school, and I didn't understand the same thing."
"No wonder the shit poem... epic, sorry for the typo."
"Trick me for money, wait for the shoe shine."
"A lifetime of blackness."
"Sleep, look at the stone tomorrow."
Huang Yaming waited until 3 o'clock, read most of the reviews on the Internet, saw the movie ratings on Weibo, "Stone" 8.1 vs. "Endless" 4.3, and saw Jin Datang posted a Weibo angrily: Someone is controlling the ratings, Misleading public opinion, I hope everyone will not be deceived.
Then, Xu Tingsheng received a call from him at 3:30 in the morning.
"Come to the bar for a drink?" Huang Yaming was very excited on the phone.
"Drink your sister, and don't even check what time it is." Xu Tingsheng scolded.
"But I'm excited, the movie reviews are so good, Jin Datang probably needs to shine my shoes for me," Huang Yaming said without giving up, "How about I go find you?"
"As expected," Xu Tingsheng said, "Don't torment me, I still have a battle to fight tomorrow."
After speaking, he hung up the phone, but he couldn't fall asleep again.
Xiao Xiang Ning next to him opened his eyes in a daze, and said, "Are you nervous?"
Xu Tingsheng nodded and said, "A little bit."
He was really a little nervous. The down-and-out man who used to look at the small shop at the entrance of the alley now started to try to challenge Teng Xun. Xu Tingsheng's not-so-strong mentality is still a little unbelievable and flustered.
Xiao Xiang Ning stretched out her hand and stroked his chest lightly.
"Don't be afraid, in fact, you don't need to be so powerful to be fine."
She didn't say that you will definitely win or be successful, she said, in fact, you don't have to be so good, it's fine... She didn't ask him to be very successful, this is just like the previous life.
It's just that in his previous life, Xu Tingsheng couldn't even provide him with the most basic life.
And he always thought that she deserved a better life.
In this life, according to the standards of the previous life, the current Xu Tingsheng can indeed stop. He is not such a self-motivated and ambitious person. Everything in the present may be enough for him and Xiang Ning.
But today, it is actually very difficult for him to stop.
There are too many people on his shoulders, and there are so many people, the future is in his hands. If he wants to stop, what about the people of Xingchen? They have paid so much and stayed up countless nights, just because they are full of expectations for the future and have full confidence in Xu Tingsheng...
How do you make them stop
"Actually, what about me? If I can get rid of the expansion of my ambition, but I can't get rid of the greed of human nature, I will be reborn, and a great opportunity is in front of me, as if it is at my fingertips...Give up, will I really be willing?"
In many cases, human nature always has some completely opposite confrontations, even in the same person.
"Do you want me to chat with you?" Xiao Xiang Ning looked at Xu Tingsheng who was frowning and distracted, and asked in a soft voice.
In fact, Xu Tingsheng's attitude toward Xiao Xiang Ning was also the same. Every time, there are two villains fighting in my heart...
Only when he looked into her eyes, with green and ignorant eyes, could he convince himself.
"Okay," Xu Tingsheng said, "What are we talking about?"
"Let's talk, the time you came to school to celebrate my birthday, did you like me then?"
"Um."
"Actually, I like you too, but I didn't know it at the time."
"Then how do you know now?"
"That night, I dreamed, I dreamed..."
"Dream what?"
"I dreamed of marrying you..."
"Then what?"
"Then you ran away. I couldn't find it anywhere, so I cried...and woke up."
Xu Tingsheng hugged him, and said softly, "I won't run away this time, never again."
"This time? So you ran?"
"... in your dream."
"Yeah. Who told you to come and treat me well? I can't do without you. Xu Tingsheng, you can never do without me."
"Um."
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On January 1, 2006, at eight o'clock in the morning, WeChat went online.
The biggest battle in the field of domestic instant messaging software in recent years has finally begun.