Chapter 564 Lecture month on the concept of wealth
Monday, June 27th.
Handong University, counselor Zhang Wei’s office.
"Want to donate again? And, another five million?" Zhang Wei's mouth opened slightly and he couldn't close it for a long time.
This morning, Pei Qian came to his office again and said that he would renew all the previous subsidies for poor students and donate an additional five million.
The last five million was a quota of 2,000 people, and a monthly subsidy of 500 yuan for five months was directly credited to the campus card to ensure basic living.
From December to now, as soon as the time comes, another five million has been added.
In addition to this, Pei Qian will add another five million, which will be distributed in the form of scholarships.
Based on the current quota of poor students, 500 outstanding students will be screened and each will receive a scholarship of 10,000 yuan.
Pei Qian's goal remains as always, which is targeted poverty alleviation without any waste.
There are many poor people in the world. Although they all do charity and give money, the effects they play on different people are completely different.
Some people do not realize that simply giving money cannot change their fate of poverty.
For poor students, especially those with excellent academic performance, receiving this money can change their lives and make outstanding contributions to this society.
Pei Qian currently only has 10 million charity funds on hand, which seems like a lot, but in fact, compared with the poor people in the world who need relief, it is still only a drop in the bucket.
His first goal is to ensure that the money reaches the people who need it most.
"Okay, Teacher Zhang, if there's nothing wrong, I'll leave first."
Pei Qian came here mainly to settle the charity money. Now that the matter is settled, it is time to go back and continue to worry about how to lose money.
Zhang Wan and He Desheng shared a phone booth and came to promote the Hostel with Xueba, but they made clear arrangements for Pei Qian.
"Hey, wait a minute."
Zhang Wei quickly stopped Pei Qian: "Wait a minute, there is something else."
Pei Qian: "Huh?"
Zhang Wei smiled and said: "Donating money to improve the lives of poor students, of course I support it with both hands, but...have you been busy and forgotten the lecture you promised before?"
Pei Qian: "..."
Indeed I forgot.
When he donated money for the first time, Zhang Wei said that he hoped to give Pei Qian a lecture and talk about his experience in employment or entrepreneurship to senior students.
After all, in Zhang Wei's view, Pei Qian is a true business wizard. If he says he has no experience to share, he will never believe it.
But Pei Qian is also very helpless. I really have no experience to share!
Moreover, Pei Qian didn't want to show his face in front of these seniors. He didn't want to become a celebrity in the school and have classmates come to apply for jobs wherever he went.
But after all, Zhang Wei had mentioned it twice, and he had already shied away once, so it seemed inappropriate to refuse again.
Pei Qian thought for a while: "Then... how about this."
"I will find someone to speak for me, and then I will write out the speech. This rounding is equivalent to me going up to speak, okay?"
"As for the content of the lecture..."
"There's really nothing to talk about about my experience in employment and entrepreneurship. As you know, Mr. Zhang, entrepreneurship is very random. My experience is basically not replicable and may be misleading."
"For employment... Tengda now has a unified examination, so answering more questions is better than anything else."
"How about giving these poor students a little talk. The theme is, I hope they will make good use of this money."
Zhang Wei thought about it and realized that this was also the case.
Entrepreneurship experience cannot be replicated, and talking too much about it may be misleading. Not to mention employment experience, that is the responsibility of the human resources department, and Pei Qian will not interfere.
Fifteen million has been donated to poor students. Although it is not a lot of money to spread to each person, it is not a small amount of money.
It is reasonable to give them a lecture so that they can make better use of the money, and it is more appropriate than talking about entrepreneurial experience.
Zhang Wei nodded: "Okay, then I will make arrangements and send the time and location directly to your mobile phone."
…
After coming out of Zhang Wei's office, Pei Qian first called Tang Yishu.
"Xiao Tang, help me give a lecture to all the poor students Tengda has sponsored."
"What? Shy? No, this is a mission, you must go."
"Manuscript? Oh, don't worry, I will definitely send it to you before the speech."
"Okay, then it's settled."
After hanging up the phone, Pei Qian called Assistant Xin again.
"Help me write a speech for poor students."
"There are no requirements on the content. Anyway, you can just write whatever you want and tell them about how to make good use of this wealth."
"When will it be completed?"
"Tomorrow morning? Okay, then just send it directly to Xiao Tang after you finish writing it."
After hanging up the phone, Pei Qian felt relaxed.
Done, done easily!
In fact, Pei Qian didn't think too much about it. After all, he didn't do charity for show or to gain fame. He simply provided help to some poor classmates and also spent the system's charity quota.
The only thing I am worried about is that some poor students will get the money and spend it in the wrong place.
Therefore, arrange a speech to provide some positive guidance to these poor students as much as possible.
Of course, the specific effect depends on how well Assistant Xin writes the manuscript.
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The next afternoon.
Handong University Science Hall.
This is the largest auditorium of Handong University, able to accommodate more than 2,000 people. It is mainly used for holding large-scale lectures, holding welcome parties, performing stage plays, etc.
At this time, all the poor students were present, and the entire auditorium was almost full except for a few seats in the last row.
According to common sense, there should be a banner above the stage at this time to at least point out the theme of the lecture.
However, Pei Qian's manuscript has not been released yet, and he doesn't know what kind of banner is suitable to hang.
But this is not the point after all, as long as everyone knows what they are here for.
Before the lecture started, the poor students in the audience were all talking about it.
"Today's lecture is going to talk about the concept of wealth?"
"There should be no problem with our view of wealth, right?"
"It's hard to say. I've seen poor students eating steamed buns every day and buying pineapple mobile phones."
"That's right, we should talk about it carefully. If someone uses this money to buy shoes, bags, or mobile phones, is that still a person?"
Zhang Wei was also sitting in the audience, thinking that this was too crude.
He originally wanted to add a few more links. After all, he had donated 10 million, so a donation ceremony was not an exaggeration.
However, Pei Qian sternly refused and repeatedly emphasized that he would only give a simple speech without any extra steps, otherwise the speech would be cancelled.
Zhang Wei had no choice but to let nature take its course.
"I don't know who Pei Qian will ask to speak."
"Vice president of the company? At least he must be the director of the human resources department, right?"
"Hey, that's strange, where is Xiao Tang?"
Zhang Wei remembered that Tang Yishu seemed to be a poor student, so why didn't he see her?
However, while he was wondering, he saw Tang Yishu emerging from the backstage with a speech and walked to the podium in the center of the stage.
Zhang Wei: "..."
…
Tang Yishu stood in the center of the stage, looking at the dark crowd under the stage, and became even more nervous.
When she came here to rehearse in the morning, two microphones had an unknown malfunction. Just as the staff was about to take them out for repairs, they were inexplicably normal again, which was confusing.
Now Tang Yishu has no other requirements, she just hopes that there will be no more problems with the microphone.
"Everyone, fellow poor students..."
"Good afternoon everyone."
Tang Yishu carefully spoke her opening remarks. Fortunately, everything on the microphone was normal.
It seems that several accidents in the morning have consumed the bad luck.
"Today, Mr. Pei, who donated living allowances and scholarships, was unable to be present due to his busy work schedule, so I will read this letter to all my classmates on his behalf. I hope it can give you some inspiration."
Tang Yishu paused for a moment and began to read the speech in her hand clearly.
"Hello, fellow students. I'm sorry that I can't be here due to work reasons. I can only use this letter to convey my vision and expectations to everyone, and share some experiences about life."
"Perhaps many people think that what I am going to talk about is how to use the money in hand."
"Perhaps some students may worry that with the money they receive from scholarships, they will buy things that have no practical meaning and can only enhance their sense of vanity."
"But, everyone understands similar truths. I don't want to talk about it anymore."
"I want to change the perspective and explore the issue of wealth."
"That is, what is the real wealth we have that we should cherish?"
"Most of the students here probably don't think that they have ever had, and are currently having, excellent wealth."
"I believe everyone has had this confusion at one time or another: How do I get rich?"
"Some people spend most of their energy on part-time jobs in order to have wealth, which affects their studies;"
"Because of poverty, some people are reluctant to eat enough and buy necessary school supplies. They hoard all their money like misers, as if spending money will make them lose their sense of security."
"I want to tell everyone that this is a wrong view of wealth."
"Please think about this question: What are you going to exchange for wealth?"
"Suppose you were a blacksmith in ancient times and one day you had no food to eat. In order to obtain food, you have three ways to go:"
"Grow your own."
"Go steal, go rob."
"Create a farm tool and exchange it with farmers."
"Most people will choose the third path. Everyone will find that as long as they produce iron tools and exchange them continuously, they will become richer and richer. Therefore, the basis for obtaining wealth is 'exchange'."
"Then, if you choose to grow your own, or steal or rob, does that mean there is no exchange?"
"No."
"The first option is actually to exchange one's own time, labor force, and farming experience; the second option is actually to exchange force, risks, weapons carried, and preparations for committing crimes."
"So, no matter which option you choose, in the final analysis, you are making an exchange, and the cost will not be lower than building a farm tool."
"Every choice you make to gain wealth is essentially an exchange."
"So, apart from those things that are destined from birth and cannot be controlled by you, what is the wealth that we really have that can be exchanged?"
"Is it money? No, it doesn't really belong to us, it is just the digital form of the wealth you have exchanged."
"Is it time? No, the passage of time is not affected by human will."
"Is it your body? This is indeed the wealth you have, but if you exchange it for wealth, you will definitely be in trouble."
"Everyone's greatest wealth is actually 'attention', or 'energy'."
"If you want to make money through work, it's no use just sitting in the office. You have to focus on your work, and then use your own knowledge to solve problems."
"Knowledge is gained through concentration in class and at work."
"Except for what we have no control over, the only asset we have is attention."
"The concept of wealth I want to share with you today is, how should we use our attention?"
"Perhaps, many people will waste it;"
"Perhaps, many people will be harvested by some businessmen with ulterior motives;"
"Perhaps, it will be utilized in the form of big data analysis."
"Many classmates complain about why they were born poor and why they were not born equal. This kind of resentment will destroy you, make you waste your attention, and make your life continue to fail."
"And if we want to change our destiny, we must focus on ourselves."
"Read one more hour a day, even if it only improves by 1%, then after one year, you will be 38 times better than before."
"So, I hope that students who get this money will not save it all and be reluctant to spend it; nor will they buy some meaningless things that are only used to satisfy their own vanity; nor will they spend it on some
Distract yourself with indulging entertainment activities.”
“Spend that money where it’s really needed: improving yourself.”
"Always remember that attention is the most valuable asset for all of us. I hope everyone can make good use of it and treat it well."
