There was a lot of fuss when Zhou Wumeng retired. It was national news. At that time, everyone was guessing who owned the Qinghe Fund. He actually had the courage to let a literary giant resolutely leave the original stage.
Dedicate yourself to charity.???
In everyone's mind, the big boss of Qinghe Fund is absolutely awesome, and it is said that several copyrights of Qinghe Fund's books were written by the big boss himself!
In the past, some people ridiculed the Qinghe Foundation for not overestimating its own capabilities and not accepting donations from outside.
In fact, one thing that everyone knows very well is that a charity fund itself relies on donations. Without donations, it may not even be able to support its own staff.
In everyone’s understanding, charity funds are meant to accept donations from everyone!
However, Qinghe Foundation blocked its own escape route. Not only did it not accept donations now, it also officially announced that it would never accept donations when answering reporters' questions at a formal press conference.
At that time, Qinghe Foundation could only rely on the income from The Kite Runner and the Three Character Classic to maintain its charity, and the pace was still relatively slow.
People in the industry are laughing, wondering how long Qinghe Fund can last. Even if The Kite Runner is selling well now, how long can it be sold? Generally speaking, the sales cycle of a hot book is
About 3 months, the longest is a year.
But Qinghe Fund calmly ignored everyone's gaze, and The Kite Runner is still among the top three best-selling physical books...
At this time, on the domestic best-selling list, Kunlun ranks third, The Kite Runner ranks second, and the first one is "Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone"!
When Harry Potter appeared in everyone's field of vision, not many people paid attention to it. They only knew that it was already very popular abroad and was the best-selling physical book in more than ten countries.
However, after half a year of fermentation in China, Harry Potter has appeared on major lists in an unrivaled manner, and everyone is obsessed with that magnificent magical world.
A complete world view, huge settings, and vivid mission settings.
In this era, Harry Potter meets people's inner needs. Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry is like a safe haven for everyone. Everyone can have a different sense of involvement as little Harry enters that magical world.
Magic school.
When major booksellers counted the sales of Harry Potter in January 2007, they suddenly discovered that this book not only ranked first on the best-seller list, but also set a sales record!
At this time, the Copyright Operations Department under Qinghe Fund also announced to the news their sales of Harry Potter this year: global sales revenue of US$120 million!
In other words, Qinghe Fund made itself 960 million yuan without raising any donations.
Yes, if you have this ability to make money, why bother raising funds...
Moreover, Qinghe Foundation announced that there are seven Harry Potter books in total, and the second volume will be released in April 2007!
Some people have begun to calculate. Judging from the current situation, the first film alone can earn so much, but what about the 7 films?
In fact, their calculation was too simple. Only Mr. Zhou and Ren He understood the future of Harry Potter.
It was a whole cultural empire, including peripherals, entertainment, movies, comics, games, everything!
One hundred billion US dollars is Zhou Wumeng's ultimate goal.
It is precisely because of the Harry Potter book that Qinghe Fund once again stood on the forefront of the limelight, but the author of this book is still a mystery.
Was it really written by the boss of Qinghe Fund? This is too scary!
And the most terrifying thing is that the other party gave up the income and used it for charity.
Currently, 120 million US dollars are being used for charity. What kind of person has the courage to make such a decision? No wonder Mr. Zhou resigned!
No wonder Mr. Zhou admires this "new owner" so much!
To be honest, Mr. Zhou himself didn't expect that Ren He's words had indeed come true. The cultural empire that the young man had described for him was slowly being outlined. He didn't really believe it before, but now he kind of believes it.
Already.
This book is really popular all over the world!
At that time, that young man was smiling confidently in the courtyard of his Liuhai Hutong home. Thinking about it now, among the flying leaves, that young man's confident smile was really as bright as a star.
Mr. Zhou could not imagine that such a strange person existed in this world. At first, he laughed and joked that the other person was like a great writer in ancient times, free and easy, uninhibited, clear, and unparalleled in elegance. Now that he thought about it, he was right.
However, there are dazzling moments that are also subject to doubts. This time it was the rhythm of the peers. An executive of a charity fund said casually in public, who knows if Qinghe Foundation is doing charity? Otherwise, why wouldn’t they dare?
Publicize your own accounts?
Due to this wave of rhythm, many foolish netizens began to publicly demand Qinghe Fund to publish its accounts and not let this money fall into personal pockets.
At that time, this incident caused an uproar, and everyone was paying attention to where the money from Qinghe Fund was spent? Is it possible that someone enriched their own pockets?
Some people even clamored that the Qinghe Foundation's charity work was unreasonable and that more money should be allocated to the construction of impoverished mountainous areas.
Some people are like this. They think that if others have money, they should donate it. They think that when others do charity, they should do it to the end. They think that when others set up a charity fund, it seems like there is something fishy about it.
But Ren He and Mr. Zhou unanimously decided not to accept donations from outside just for today!
In order for Qinghe Fund to remain standing as easily as a mountain top when faced with everyone’s doubts!
The reason why Mr. Zhou resigned was because he was very stubborn in doing charity work at Qinghe Foundation without asking for help!
It is true that Zhou Wumeng is a good person, but it does not mean that he has no temper. Qinghe Fund directly held a press conference: "Qinghe Fund all sources of funds are earned by itself, and not a penny has been donated."
What this sentence means is that I earned all my money myself and it has nothing to do with you.
"We have never received a penny of donations. We are not a government department and have no obligation to disclose our accounts. Unlike some organizations, we do not have luxury cars and we do not attend high-end cocktail parties. All we have is mountain village life. We
Some of them are currently 3,127 volunteer teachers who are willing to contribute to charity!"
"We have the final say on how the Qinghe Fund's money is spent. Going back to the first sentence: anyway, we earn the money ourselves."
At that time, all the reporters who wanted to ask questions were stunned. They did not expect that Qinghe Fund would be so tough!