After the rise of a group of so-called "successful people" in China, they found that behind them was the shadow of the United States.
While these four tycoons are frantically accumulating wealth at home, they have made no contribution to the country and the people, but have sent money to the pockets of Americans.
How did China's wealth become America's ATM, and how did it come from at home and how did it get abroad?
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Ronnie C. Chan: Only funding American institutions will not pull out a dime a dime for the motherland
Hong Kong billionaire Ronnie Chan has also been controversial in recent years for his "selective philanthropy". This is a wealthy real estate tycoon in China, who has helped a lot of prestigious schools in the United States, but has no investment in the social undertakings of the motherland.
In the 80s of the last century, when China's economy was taking off after the reform and opening up, Ronnie Chan smelled the huge business opportunities in Hong Kong's real estate market.
Ronnie Chan
He quickly established a deep cooperative relationship with the mainland, gradually developed his own business, and eventually became the helm of Hengwei Group, a diversified investment group.
With the wealth of real estate development in the mainland, Ronnie Chan began to squander it overseas. According to public reports, he has donated tens of millions of dollars to several top universities in the United States in recent years. These institutions that received his gifts include Harvard University, Stanford University, Yale University, etc.
Ronnie Chan
They believe that these rich people are just trying to borrow money to buy fame and gain status and voice abroad. But for their homeland and hometown, they are not willing to pay attention to it at all.
Ronnie Chan is a typical example of this type of "selective philanthropy". Although he has accumulated a rich family business in Hong Kong and the mainland, he has never taken the initiative to invest in education and public welfare undertakings in China.
Ronnie Chan
When a reporter asked him about this approach, Ronnie Chan's answer was even more outrageous. He said confidently: "Donating money in China will only cause trouble for yourself, so it is better to support foreign universities." Such remarks sparked outrage at home and abroad.
Ronnie Chan's "selective" philanthropic behavior not only allowed him to accumulate a negative image, but also raised deep doubts about his sense of social responsibility.
Capitalists certainly have the right to choose their own investment direction, but it is really incomprehensible that a wealthy man who has a rich family and a business in China should only choose prestigious American schools.
Ronnie Chan
No matter what the motive is, this kind of behavior of beautifying one's image and evading social responsibility with "selective charity" cannot escape people's condemnation, and these rich people who do not know their blessings in the midst of happiness should examine their social responsibilities from a broader perspective and sincerely give back to the motherland and the people.
Pan Shiyi: Investing in the United States and stepping on China, the mean son slandered the martyrs
Pan Shiyi, a real estate tycoon with hundreds of billions of assets, not only invested all the wealth accumulated in domestic entrepreneurship in the United States, but what is even more infuriating is that his son Pan Rui also publicly slandered the mainland's border heroes on social platforms.
Pan Shiyi
Pan Shiyi came to Beijing in 1987 with a dream of starting a business. At that time, he was just a young man from a small mountain village in Gansu Province, with only a few hundred yuan in his pocket.
However, with his market acumen and fearless adventurous spirit, he soon gained a foothold in the metropolis of Beijing.
In 1991, Pan Shiyi established Vantone Company, with a high-interest loan of more than 10 million yuan to devote himself to the real estate industry. Pan Shiyi earned back the principal in half a year and made a profit of more than 10 million yuan.
With this start-up capital, Pan Shiyi's business expanded, and in 1995, he co-founded SOHO China with his wife, Zhang Xin. Known for its innovative design concepts and high-end quality, the real estate company quickly made a name for itself in the industry and became a clear leader.
In this way, Pan Shiyi has ridden at the top of China's urbanization and real estate market, and by 2014, according to estimates, his net worth had exceeded $10 billion, enough to be among the richest people in the world.
Pan Shiyi
But at this moment, Pan Shiyi began to act quietly and transferred most of his assets abroad. In 2021, he has invested at least 30 billion yuan in the United States, buying a large number of real estate and luxury cars.
In the face of public opinion's doubts, Pan Shiyi did not care about the motherland's investment and philanthropy. Sadly, he instead donated a large amount of money to the prestigious schools where his son studied in the United States, such as Harvard University, which received a lot of money from him.
Pan Shiyi
Pan Rui, a wealthy second generation born and raised in the United States, does not seem to value the wealth earned by his parents in China. He openly denigrated the mainland's border heroes on social media, saying that they "eat white rice and have no point in living." even attacked personally: "I give money to people like you, so that you have the face to live." "
Pan Rui's remarks caused a lot of condemnation from netizens, and the father and son opened their eyes to the money, questioning that they have no identity and sense of belonging to the motherland at all.
Pan Shiyi
What makes more people feel angry and disappointed is that when the people of the whole country are fighting hard for the epidemic in Wuhan, Pan Shiyi has no substantive action except for posting a circle of friends to cheer for the motherland.
As one of China's richest men, his wallet seems to be open only to the United States, and to many poor people and regions in China who are in dire need of funding.
Pan Shiyi
"I make money at home, but I only invest in foreign interests, and I don't even have any feelings for the motherland in my bones. A netizen's comment broke the essence of the Pan family's father and son and other "flattering" rich people.
As a public figure, Pan Shiyi should have a pioneering and exemplary leading role in his career and in his words and deeds. But the reality is that instead of giving back to the motherland, they have become a negative guide, which has had a negative impact on our national spirit.
Chen Tianqiao: "Legend" harvests players and goes to the United States with huge sums of money
For many post-80s generations, the name Chen Tianqiao may be a little rusty. But when it comes to the online game "Legend" developed by him, everyone who has played it must still remember it vividly.
Chen Tianqiao
Back in 2001, the Internet industry was just starting in China, and the demand for online games among netizens was growing rapidly. Seeing this opportunity, Chen Tianqiao led his Shanda Network to win the agency of the popular Korean online game "Legend", and quickly released a localized version in China.
By the end of 2002, the number of registered users of Legend had exceeded 70 million, setting the highest record for online games in the world at that time. The popularity of "Legend" not only made Shanda Network a top game company in China, but also made Chen Tianqiao's personal worth skyrocket, and he once became the richest man in China and a benchmark figure in the Internet industry.
Chen Tianqiao
However, what these loyal players of "Legend" did not expect was that after accumulating a huge amount of wealth by relying on their recharge and consumption, Chen Tianqiao chose to abandon this land and resolutely emigrated overseas, never looking back.
In 2005, when Shanda Network was listed and its market value reached its peak, Chen Tianqiao immigrated to Singapore with his wife and children in a low-key manner, and began to gradually withdraw from the company's management affairs. During his time in Singapore, he frequently increased his holdings in the U.S. market and invested large sums of money overseas.
Chen Tianqiao
In 2016, a piece of news shocked domestic public opinion: Chen Tianqiao donated a huge amount of 700 million US dollars to the California Institute of Technology, setting a record for the largest single donation in history.
You must know that the 700 million US dollars is equivalent to 5 billion yuan, and this money is basically accumulated by the hard work of domestic players.
Chen Tianqiao
In the face of doubts from the outside world about favoritism in favor of American education, Chen Tianqiao was very indifferent. He said: "What does the lack of money for education in China have to do with me?" Not only did he not show the slightest concern for the motherland's educational cause, but he was more cold-blooded and selfish.
At the same time that Chen Tianqiao was sending money to prestigious American schools, he broke a scandal in the domestic game company that owed employees wages. On the one hand, he sponsored foreign countries, and on the other hand, he deducted his own employees, which made his image in the hearts of the Chinese people plummet.
He Qiaonu: Donate 9.6 billion yuan to the United States and borrow money without repaying it
He Qiaonu is a rich woman who people love and hate. She not only has a brilliant entrepreneurial career in the industry, but also actively participated in public welfare and donated a large amount of money to the United States. However, her high-risk "generosity" eventually reduced her from the richest woman to the "old man".
He Qiaonu
In the 90s of the 20th century, He Qiaonu started from scratch and started to engage in flower sales. With her business sense and pioneering and innovative spirit, she gradually created a 100-billion-level landscaping enterprise - Oriental Garden. For a time, she became a well-deserved model of a strong woman.
However, just when her career was at its peak and her wealth was accumulating to its peak, He Qiaonu made an unimaginable decision. She actually chose to donate an astronomical amount of 9.6 billion yuan to a series of public welfare projects in the United States.
He Qiaonu
He Qiaonu's "move", although it won the praise of public opinion, soon made her pay a painful price. With the company's cash flow strapped and debts piling up, she could no longer afford to repay such a huge debt, and could only watch her hard work come to naught.
Oriental Garden had to be delisted, and she was personally included in the "blacklist" of dishonest executioners, and overnight she became the "old man" who everyone shouted at.
He Qiaonu
What's even more ironic is that the American public welfare organization, which received a generous donation of 9.6 billion yuan from He Qiaonu, invariably chose to disappear after seeing her bankrupt and ruined. No matter how He Qiaonu appealed, she could no longer get any response or help.
The tragedy of He Qiaonu vividly illustrates the process of a rich man transforming into an "old man", which warns all entrepreneurs that while discovering wealth, they need to use reason and wisdom to discover responsibility and responsibility. Otherwise, even if you are hot-headed, you will eventually be unable to escape the tragic end of being spurned.
He Qiaonu
Looking back at He Qiaonu's heyday, thousands of shareholders once regarded her as an idol and competed to invest in her company. But when her family wealth was scattered and she had no way out, her former supporters abandoned her like a shoe. This contrast can not help but make people sigh, and it also reminds the world that people need to have a clear understanding of the illusory nature of wealth and status.
Reflect on the social impact of the "flattering" rich
These tycoons often ignore the interests of their countrymen and lack a basic sense of social responsibility, and although they have created huge wealth at home, they have turned their attention and money abroad.
For domestic education, medical care, poverty alleviation and other public welfare undertakings, no funding has been given. This kind of selfish behavior of "seizing the day to make money, ignoring the people and the country" is undoubtedly a great harm to social harmony and national development.
There are also some wealthy people who "flatter foreigners" who use various means to transfer assets abroad to evade their domestic tax obligations, which is undoubtedly a blatant damage to national interests.
According to statistics, the mainland loses hundreds of billions of yuan in tax revenue every year due to the tax evasion of these wealthy people, and if these huge sums of money can be used to improve the people's livelihood and enhance national strength, the pace of the mainland's modernization process will certainly be greatly accelerated.
It is the responsibility and obligation of every rich man to always be grateful to the country and the people, and to give back the wealth to the society and benefit the people. We call on those wealthy people who are "flattering" to wake up in time, take practical actions to assume their social responsibilities, and work together with the whole society to create a better tomorrow.
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Today's financial affairs: The four Chinese billionaires supported by the United States began to play a role: "making money" in China and donating their heads to the United States
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