Charity in the dictionary means caring and compassionate. Water drop fundraising in WeChat friend circles, fundraising after classmates and colleagues get sick, donations from all over the country when disasters break out, in this country that has always advocated "one side in difficulty, eight parties support", hundreds of millions of Chinese have done their own charity in different ways.
However, in China, which has a cultural accumulation and population base, the charity industry seems chaotic and even once fell into the vortex of public opinion, and doing charity has gradually become something that the rich are secret. Even Chen, once known as "China's best benevolent," is now silent, and Dou Wentao's comments on charity have prompted people to think about China's philanthropic industry.
The "first goodness" of stealth
When it comes to Chen Guangming today, many people may be confused, and it is an extremely unfamiliar name after 00. But Mr. Chen has really influenced China's philanthropic industry for years. The once glamorous "richest man" is particularly low-key today.
Chen was first known nationwide in 2008. With the Wenchuan earthquake, a huge wound was opened in southwest China, accompanied by the slogan "If one side is in difficulty, all sides support", people from all over the country began to participate in suturing this wound.
At that time, there were two reports, "60 large machinery, a team of 120 people, 30 hours of starry night and thousands of miles to aid Wenchuan." "You are an entrepreneur with a conscience, a soul, morality, feelings, and a heart for the disaster area, and I salute you." , the former is the media report, the latter is Premier Wen's evaluation of Chen Guangming.
During the Wenchuan earthquake, Chen Zhuo's thousands of miles to help Wenchuan was reported by major media, and Premier Wen's affirmation earned him enough reputation, and the image of a great benevolent person was completely neutralized in the hearts of the whole country. Since then, Chen's philanthropic road has become even more "crazy".
It is no exaggeration to describe Chen Guangming's charity as crazy. In 10 years, he spent more than 30 million yuan to build a "money wall" to promote his charity; In 12 years, more than 200 million yuan was piled up, claiming to encourage Chinese youth to invent and innovate; In 14 years, he ran a full-page advertisement in the New York Times to vigorously promote that he would do charity in the United States...
Unlike many billionaires who act low-key, high-profile has always been the most distinctive feature of Chen Guangming's charity, building money walls, piling money mountains, and publishing newspapers to promote his charity, so Chen's name has been active in various media and newspapers.
And this high profile gave Chen Guangbiao enough popularity, and his image of thinking of the world and giving back to the society was once firmly established in people's hearts. But it is precisely this high profile that makes the masses gradually dislike this person who holds a loudspeaker to do charity.
Followed by more and more skeptical voices, Chen Zhuo, who at first claimed that it didn't matter, finally lowered his profile under wave after wave of offensives.
The most direct reason for this former "richest man" from holding high the flag for fear that others will not know is now almost "invisible" is his excessively high-profile style, and under the wave of doubts, Chen Guang's character has also suffered an unprecedented crisis. And this also leads to the problem, as Dou Wentao said, no one dares to donate money to charity after being engaged.
Changed charity
The questioning of Chen Zhuojiao first began with criticism and accusations of his excessively high-profile style, but with the development of events and Chen's continued self-directed style, the character of this "great benevolent man" also began to be questioned.
The recipient unit does not exist, the donation project has not been implemented, and the thousands of miles of aid are only for show, the spearhead of public opinion is pointed at Chen Guangming, and fraud and fake charity have become the most violent points of attack. The investigation records and evidence published in the media and newspapers put Chen in a difficult situation.
Today, the turmoil about true and false charity has subsided, and Chen Guangming has also stopped and began to concentrate on his own business management, first put aside the real and false charity that has been chicken feathers, Chen Guangjiao's body does have many doubts, and his high-profile style seems to have taken charity as his own business in operation.
While throwing money at charity, and at the same time showing his face in his new industry, it is worth noting that Chen Guangming often uses it as a publicity gimmick in promoting his own industry, it is his identity as a "great benevolent", this kind of high profile, has to make people suspect that he is using charity to reap the fame and profit he wants.
In 12 years, Chen Zhuojiao said that he would set up a store in Beishangguang to sell fresh air, and each bottle would be priced at 4 to 5 yuan. Today, selling air may seem like grandstanding, but a closer look reveals that Chen's announcement of the sale of fresh air comes after several high-profile charities.
Similarly, Chen has made many products across industries, from herbal tea to weight loss, and similarly, product promotion will always emphasize Chen's identity as a benevolent person who does charity.
Charity is like the capital of Chen Zhuo's business, using the fame brought by charity to obtain greater benefits, and when charity changes its taste, the revered sacred aura it brings will naturally fade. Beyond Chen, controversy in China's philanthropic community never seems to cease.
As a national-level charitable organization, the Red Cross once fell into verbal criticism when the Guo Meimei incident broke out, and the behavior and vague explanations of the Wuhan Red Cross during the epidemic caused an uproar, and today, as Dou Wentao said, "no one dares to donate money to charity", what should be pure and flawless charity has cast a shadow on China.
Guo Meimei
Return to the purest impulse
"Grace is not a report, a picture is not a gentleman." This is the ancient Chinese concept of charity, and when Chen Zhuo wanted to give money to the Taiwanese people, the Taiwanese also told him. The author believes that charity is only the purest impulse, and the impulse itself is never started or interrupted by the interference of external interests.
Charity is the impulse to fulfill one's pursuits. To a small extent, charity is ultimately a personal action, and whether to do charity is ultimately a personal choice.
The veterans of the Anti-Japanese War have been picking up empty bottles for money for several years, and finally donated all the tens of thousands of yuan they have accumulated to the disaster area. There are many similar news, from the ancient admiration for the world to the promotion of the modern Lei Feng spirit, charity has always been a tradition that Chinese proud of, and charity has also become a way for countless people to realize their personal pursuits.
The simplest and most direct embodiment is that ordinary people will spontaneously donate money and materials to the disaster area, and during the anti-epidemic period, many people volunteered to drive trucks to the disaster area to deliver daily necessities. Therefore, doing charity has been Chinese impulse to achieve personal pursuit since ancient times, and in today's philanthropic world, this purest impulse is precious.
Philanthropy is the impulse to assume social responsibility. Ordinary people donating money and materials to disaster areas is also called charity, and most of this behavior of individuals is spontaneous and unrewarded, and it will not be discussed too much here. On a larger scale, philanthropy is mainly focused on entrepreneurs who have achieved success.
As the new "China's first benevolent", the glass king Cao Dewang also spares no effort in doing charity, but unlike Chen Guangming, Cao Dewang's charity is stricter and more transparent to himself and charities. In the 10 years of drought in southwest China, Cao Dewang donated 200 million yuan to the disaster area through the China Foundation for Poverty Alleviation, and did not donate money hastily and left, Cao Dewang insisted on participating in the supervision of donations.
Finally, under the supervision of the supervision committee composed of the Cao father and son, the donation was truly implemented to the people in the disaster area. Looking back at Cao Dewang's successful history, he not only has his own bold and careful decision-making, but also cannot be separated from the support of national policies.
Therefore, after achieving great success, Cao Dewang will not wait to assume his social responsibility, and this is the purest impulse needed to do charity. Feeding back the society, repaying the society, successful entrepreneurs to do charity, the initial vision should be these eight words, entrepreneurs who grow up under the nourishment of national policy resources should also have this impulse to assume social responsibility.
Chen Zhuo has faded out of people's sight, Guo Meimei's voice has gradually been thrown behind by people, the rectification and restart of the charity industry is still worth people's thinking, in this time when no one dares to donate money to charity, perhaps return to the purest impulse, in order to arouse people's original expectations for charity.
