Jimu news reporter Zhang Hao
This year, the construction industry is not having a good time. However, Hubei "Charity Star" Yu Youwang is still gritting his teeth like an ascetic on the road of love and education, maintaining the greater intensity of recent years, and raising 2 million yuan to donate to fund education.
Since 1993, Yu Youwang has donated more than 70 million yuan in the past 28 years, helping more than 15,000 students in need to realize their dreams of university.
Before the eleventh, Yu Youwang had completed this year's study tour. A few days ago, when the Jimu news reporter saw him in his leisure time, he could not help but sigh: "Time is easy to throw people away, this year is 60 years old, time is pressing, I will at least insist on 5 years until I retire." ”
"Put your limited money to the knife's edge"
In addition to Wuhan, Yu Youwang also went to Huangshi and Shiyan. He said that both places he had been to for the first time.
On June 2, Yu Youwang went to Hubei Institute of Technology in Huangshi City, his first stop for this year's study. Here, he donated 500,000 yuan for the first time, funding 125 students in need of 4,000 yuan each.
On September 28, Yu Youwang went to Hubei Automobile Industry Institute in Shiyan and donated 1 million yuan to establish Yu Youwang Scholarship and Bursary, and 1 million yuan of donations will be granted in installments and batches to support the school's cold students and public welfare organizations. On the same day, the first batch of 45 students, 12 outstanding student clubs, and outstanding volunteer service organizations received scholarships ranging from 4,000 yuan to 6,000 yuan.
Yu Youwang distributed financial aid to students in need
Yu Youwang has been to many colleges and universities in Hubei to donate funds for education, and choosing a place for study assistance is a homework he must do every year.
Yu Youwang said that many years ago, Liu Qiangdong donated more than 10 million yuan to Chinese Min University, and after two years, the school said that the bursaries were really difficult to issue, and few people applied. Liu Qiangdong remembers that when he was a member of the National People's Congress in 1992, there were only two indicators of assistance for poor students in the class, and 70% of the students competed for places. The leader of the National People's Congress said that it is completely different from that era.
"So, spend all the limited money on the blade." Yu Youwang said that in colleges and universities in prefectures and prefectures, there are definitely more difficult students, and they need more charcoal in the snow. In addition, non-211 and 985 key universities, the starting line of students is not the same, and the pressure to find a job after graduation is naturally greater, and it needs more social care.
Wu Rui, a student assisted, spoke on the spot
"It's hard not to forget why you set out"
Putting aside the honorary aura of provincial and municipal people's congress deputies and Wuhan's moral model, Yu Youwang, who is the chairman of Zhongxin Construction Group Co., Ltd., said that he is not a big boss, but a construction project manager, to put it bluntly, he is a "contract foreman", not as rich as some people think.
In recent years, the entire construction industry has been cold, and Yu Youwang has also faced difficulties many times. This year, in addition to the causes of the epidemic, the prices of various construction raw materials have also risen sharply, which has a greater impact on the construction industry, and the industry's profits are getting thinner and thinner.
"No matter how difficult it is, the original intention is very important, even if it is to borrow money, you can't cut off the 28-year donation to fund the study road." Yu Youwang said.
His original intention stemmed from the poverty of his middle school years. In the second year of high school, for the 50 cents of information fees, my mother went out to borrow three in a row, and still returned empty-handed. At that time, his mother's helpless eyes stung him deeply. After failing the college entrance examination, he made up his mind to try to change his fate: if he had money in the future, he must try his best to help the students of the cold door.
On June 2 this year, when meeting with the students at Hubei Institute of Technology, Yu Youwang's opening remarks were full of apologies, but he won a wave of applause from the scene. He said: "Sorry, students, I was scheduled to come in mid-May, in order to ensure the normal operation of the company, the funds on the project could not be withdrawn for a while, so I had to find a friend to borrow money to help students, so I came two weeks late." ”
On August 28 this year, Yu Youwang awarded 5,000 yuan to 100 students admitted to university this year through the "Helping Troubled College Students Pay Tuition" Hope Project Dream Realization Action. This 500,000 yuan bursary is also looking for friends to turn around.
"I'm not a big boss, my son's money to buy a house is to find a bank loan, I like to donate money to fund education, but also let the people around me have the impression of 'singing a high note' and so on." Yu Youwang said that with the passage of time, both family and friends have more understanding and support for his student assistance actions, and some friends will join the donation team together.
The original intention is also reflected in his attitude towards his career. Yu Youwang said that in the construction industry, not only the quality should be passed, but also higher pursuits should be pursued, and efforts should be made to be a high-quality product. The two student apartments of Wuhan Software Engineering Vocational College and the Caidian District Experimental School, which covers an area of hundreds of acres, have become provincial and municipal structural quality projects respectively.
"Motivating students in difficult situations is also self-improvement"
On the afternoon of June 2 this year, after Yu Youwang donated 500,000 yuan to Hubei Institute of Technology in Huangshi, he declined the invitation to dinner and rushed back to Wuhan.
On the morning of September 28, when Yu Youwang went to Hubei Institute of Automobile Industry to donate money, because the road was long, it took 5 hours to drive, and quietly arrived in Shiyan one night in advance. After the donation was completed in the morning, he also politely refused the school's lunch invitation, and the dust servants rushed back to Wuhan.
Every time the student assistance activities, Yu Youwang can not eat, do not rest, but also insist on making inspirational reports for the students of Guangdong University.
Yu Youwang gave an inspirational report for the students
With his personal experience, Yu Youwang shared with the students his life insights such as doing things, persevering in struggle, and charity and gratitude. He told his classmates that difficulties are also a kind of wealth, and young people should sharpen themselves more and must believe that the rainbow is always after the storm. He encouraged the children not to forget their first dreams.
In Yu Youwang's eyes, every sponsored child is a "seed of love". A child may affect a family, the seedlings of love grow into towering trees, can affect more people, "help them, is to water the seeds of tenacity, will be able to blossom the flower of dreams."
"Donating some money may not solve the fundamental problems of difficult students." Yu Youwang said that the reason why he insisted on making inspirational reports, he wanted to achieve his wish to cheer, encourage, and cheer up the vast number of students in difficulty, bring them the spiritual strength to move forward, and let the students in difficulty feel the concern of society and see love and hope.
The power of love is mutual. Give someone a rose and leave a lingering fragrance in your hand. Helping others is also improving yourself. These are the deepest insights of Yu Youwang on the road to study in the past 28 years.
"Not long ago, I shook hands with a disabled student who did not have five fingers on his right hand at the scene of the student aid, which touched my heart a lot. That student was still able to enter the university in such adversity, presumably because of the unimaginable efforts of ordinary people. Yu Youwang said that while inspiring students in difficult situations, he was also touched and inspired by the spirit of self-improvement of the other party, which is also the spiritual source that motivates him to forge ahead. He wants to work hard to help more students in need, but his personal ability is very limited, and he also calls on those who have become rich first in society to pay more attention to the vulnerable groups in society, especially students in difficulty.
Yu Youwang took a photo with the student.2
As for the future study plan, Yu Youwang said with a smile: "I am 60 years old this year, I set myself a goal, at least until the age of 65, if you have the ability after retirement, you will not give up easily." ”
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