On July 11, a press conference on "Emergency Disaster Relief Appeal" was held in Beijing.
So far, the number of people affected by the disaster nationwide has reached 185 million, with Ansu and Ansu Provinces being particularly severely affected.
The affected population in Ontario reached 48 million, accounting for 70% of the province's total population. 267 people died due to the disaster, and direct economic losses reached 7 billion.
The disaster-stricken population in Jiangsu Province reached more than 42 million, accounting for 62% of the province's total population. 164 people died due to the disaster, and direct economic losses reached 9 billion.
Two million homeless victims set up temporary tents as far as the eye can see on the Huaihe River embankment.
On behalf of the government, the spokesperson urgently appealed to relevant United Nations agencies, governments of various countries, international organizations, and all relevant parties in the international community to provide humanitarian disaster relief assistance to Ansu and Ansu provinces.
Once the news was announced, the governments of Hong Kong and Macao responded positively, each allocating HKD 50 million and AUD 20 million to provide relief to the disaster-stricken areas in East China.
Entrepreneurs from both places, Lao He from the proud family and Lao Huo from Xiangjiang, immediately announced their donation of 50 million yuan in post-disaster reconstruction funds and 50 million worth of daily necessities.
All walks of life took action, and the public gradually turned their attention to Zheng Yaoyang. Ever since Little Overlord went public, he had lived in seclusion and disappeared.
At this critical moment, you can't pretend to be dead.
It also implies moral kidnapping.
Zheng Yaoyang is the richest man in Asia and the richest Chinese. Both Lao He and Lao Huo have donated 100 million. With Zheng Yaoyang's wealth and strength, he must donate at least 3.5 billion.
At the same time, Zheng Yaoyang came to Happy Valley and met Xia Qingdong, the current chairman of the Jockey Club.
Xia Qingdong smiled all over his face: "Yaoyang, what kind of wind brought you here today."
In the past few decades, there has been a saying in Hong Kong's media and public opinion that the Chairman of the Jockey Club, the Chief Executive of HSBC and the Governor of Hong Kong are the three most powerful people in Hong Kong.
They respectively control Xiangjiang's employment taxation, private wealth, and government power.
However, ever since Zheng Yaoyang was born, no one has gradually mentioned this statement. Even if it is mentioned, it is only mentioned by one person, Zheng Yaoyang.
Apart from the government's public power, which company now dares to compete with Xiangjiang Telecom in terms of employment tax revenue. What's more, there have been rumors that Zheng Yaoyang alone has eight tons of Xiangjiang's wealth.
Especially after defeating HSBC, Zheng Yaoyang's reputation was so high that all the stars avoided him, and the firefly's light did not dare to compete with the bright moon.
Zheng Yaoyang smiled and said: "Uncle Xia, you praise me too much. Actually, I came here to ask for something."
The Jockey Club has 200 selected members, including the rich and famous in Southeast Asia.
In a sense, the Jockey Club is actually a different kind of top chamber of commerce. While having fun and talking, members finalize a large business worth hundreds of millions.
Even the quota for ordinary members has attracted countless wealthy people.
Xia Qingdong is the chairman of the Jockey Club, honorary vice-president of the University of Hong Kong, and vice-president of the Chinese Chamber of Commerce.
He only has more connections than Zheng Yaoyang, and definitely not less than him.
Xia Qingdong was slightly surprised, and said with a hearty smile: "If you have anything to ask, just ask for it. Talking about it would be too unreasonable."
Zheng Yaoyang did not exchange too many pleasantries: "Uncle Xia, to be honest with you, Huanyu Group plans to hold a disaster donation performance and plans to rent the venue from you."
The Hung Hom Stadium can only accommodate 12,500 people. The venue is too small and far from sufficient.
After much deliberation, only the Happy Valley Jockey Club is suitable. It is the largest club in Hong Kong and can accommodate 55,000 people.
The Jockey Club often has the experience of hosting tens of thousands of people, so there is no need to worry about accidents during temporary scheduling.
"This is a good thing. We are talking about leasing. After all, charity is also the original intention of the Jockey Club."
Xia Qingdong showed displeasure, then waved his hand and said: "How many days will it take? Is ten days enough?"
"Just one day is enough. If you take too much, you won't have enough food in your stomach."
Xia Qingdong smiled, pondered for a moment and said: "Rescuing disasters is like putting out fires. I will have people set up the site now so that it can be put into use tomorrow."
He called the manager of the Jockey Club and from now on stopped the horse racing events for the next few days and immediately set up a performance stage in the middle of the venue.
"Uncle Xia, thank you so much."
"Yaoyang, then you can also do your uncle a favor."
"What's the rush?"
"Vice Chairman Liu retired recently and his position has been vacant. Are you interested?"
The Jockey Club's vice-president position, as well as the position of selecting members, has been vacant since last year.
It was Xia Qingdong who stayed here specifically for Zheng Yaoyang, but every invitation he sent out seemed like nothing.
Zheng Yaoyang does not need the Jockey Club's selected members to raise his own status, nor does he need to integrate into the circle, but the Jockey Club needs Zheng Yaoyang to add glory to the Jockey Club.
After all, their Jockey Club is one of the top clubs in Southeast Asia, but even Asia's richest man has not attracted it, and it has never been able to lose face.
Zheng Yaoyang smiled bitterly: "Uncle Xia, it's okay to play with the big and small dealers, but I really don't understand horse racing at all."
"No one is born to understand. Let's just say that the last horse racing king, Li Zhaoji, didn't understand either. He was just joining in the fun."
Zheng Yaoyang added: "I have a lot of things to do on weekdays, so I might be able to participate in various activities of the Jockey Club."
"It's very free to join the Jockey Club. If you are interested and have time, you can come and have a look. If you don't have time, you can do your own thing."
Zheng Yaoyang laughed in astonishment. It was hard to refuse such kindness. If he refused again, it would appear that he was a bit ignorant.
Under Xia Qingdong's arrangement, Zheng Yaoyang became an elected member and nominal vice-chairman of the Jockey Club.
To Zheng Yaoyang, it was just an insignificant matter, and he didn't take it too seriously.
In the afternoon of that day, the Universal Group promoted the charity performance held by relevant newspapers, magazines and radio stations, and all its artists came out to perform passionately.
He also shouted the slogan that if one party is in trouble, all parties will support him to raise donations for the disaster-stricken areas in East China.
The Jockey Club in Happy Valley sincerely invites philanthropists from all walks of life in Hong Kong to register.
Woodpecker Fund also used its network to send invitations to investors in the name of Zheng Yaoyang, hoping that they would attend.
For a time, the whole Hong Kong was in an uproar. The handful of people who said in the morning that Zheng Yaoyang was pretending to be deaf and mute had their faces swollen. Zheng Yaoyang still cares about his compatriots in the mainland.
The workers worked overtime all night and finally built a temporary stage at the Jockey Club before dawn.
Early the next morning, the entrance to the Jockey Club was packed with people. More than 200 artists from One World were all on hand.
Everyone is wearing a uniform white T-shirt, and the red pattern is a pair of hands holding tightly, representing the emotional connection between the people of the two places.
Jackie Chan, Andy Lau, Anita Mui, Bion, and countless big-name film and television singers, without any pretense, stood at the door to greet us with smiles and acted as doormen.
It's just that in terms of fan effect among this group of artists, all of them combined may not be as good as Andy Lau alone.
Liu Dehua was surrounded by people, and he could only shout: "Everyone enter first, don't crowd, there will be more exciting performances later."
Not long after, Liu Dehua broke free from the restraints of the crowd. His white T-shirt was torn loose, and there were traces on his face that he was forced to kiss.
Jackie Chan smiled and joked: "Hua Zai is so cool, unlike us who are no longer interested and have already passed away."
Liu Dehua then grimaced and hurriedly held up his hands and begged for mercy: "Brother, please stop laughing at me."
Since being hidden by TVB for two years, even though he is now being praised by the world, his attitude has always been very humble.
He does have a lot of fans, but in terms of quantity and quality, they are several dimensions behind Jackie Chan.
Because movie fans are not as fanatical as fans. Artists are just a job. Even when fans see their idols, most of them just smile and wave.
"I didn't see it, both of them were pretending."
Anita Mui glared at them and asked curiously: "Boss, how much will you donate this time?"
She is known as the daughter of Xiangjiang. She has profound attainments in both shadow and song, and is the only one among female artists.
Therefore, even when facing the popular youngster Liu Dehua and the international superstar Jackie Chan, he is not inferior to them in the slightest, and naturally speaks more casually.
Jackie Chan smiled and said: "The boss used to like to be in the limelight so much, and he will definitely be no less this time."
He has been in a good mood recently. On the one hand, the success of "Eagle Project" starring him has proved that he has the ability to dominate the box office.
On the other hand, I heard that Sammo Hung was doing well in the Cold Country. This was because he was the one who told Zhou Xiaolin that Sammo Hung invited him to go out and work alone.
Regarding this matter, Jackie Chan believed that he had done nothing wrong. Huanyu was so kind to them and they should not be treated like a wolf.
But I have always felt guilty about Sammo Hung. After all, he is a senior fellow in the same school and had mentored him in the early years.
Fortunately, Sammo Hung now has a good home, and Jackie Chan can put his heart in his heart.
Liu Dehua was listening quietly. Compared to the two of them, he was still just a junior.