Chapter 292: Love Fundraising (Part 2)

But more or less, they have all donated to petitioners on these platforms.

What most of them don’t know is that out of the 10 or 100 yuan they donated, the patients ended up receiving less than half, with the rest being divided up by the platform and its affiliates. As a result, the creators and employees of the platform could make a fortune, but the goodwill of the donors and the money received by the seekers were disproportionately small. Over time, this would only lead to increased distrust among people.

There were even media exposures of fundraising scams.

Falsifying information.

Deliberately concealing.

Creating the most tragic situations to deceive kind-hearted people into donating.

Perhaps in the eyes of these platforms, patients were no longer patients, but bait.

And the donors? Just fat sheep.

Public welfare platforms were no longer about public welfare, but merely tools for amassing wealth.

This reminded Zhao Qingfeng of the story mentioned in the article about ‘medicine’ he had studied, where they were essentially eating ‘steamed buns made of human blood’.

“Just like this, we can make big money. Although taking a cut of over 50%, neither the patients nor beneficiaries like orphanages could do anything but seethe silently, or else they wouldn’t get the money!”

Zhao Qingfeng ‘transformed’ into a ruthless boss, elaborately discussing how to make money through a public welfare platform.

This infuriated Shen Lingyao, who puffed up her cheeks and pinched him hard several times, “Brother Qingfeng, I didn’t think you could be so bad. If you really dare to do this, I’ll break up with you!”

Zhao Qingfeng chuckled, “Yaoyao, are you worried I’ll be discovered? Don’t worry, we can place the responsibility on the intermediary company of the public welfare platform. The intermediary doesn’t need to fear either. When journalists, media, or victims come knocking, just run away with the donations, by then we’ll have already fled abroad. We take the lion’s share, yet shift the conflict between the public and the intermediary. All we need to do then is publicly apologize in the media and make some minor compensations, and we can continue as before. To be honest, if done right, this could make even more money than LeXin. So, do you want to quickly become a little rich lady worth hundreds of millions or not?”

Shen Lingyao grew angrier the more she listened.

She couldn’t tell if Brother Qingfeng was being serious or not.

Listening to his logical analysis, exploiting the kindness of the common people, as long as one is ruthless enough, the money is easy to earn.

“If you dare, I’ll tell Aunt Feng, and I… I’ll also make you a eunuch before breaking up with you!”

The young lady was truly angered.

Zhao Qingfeng quickly hugged her again and kissed her firmly twice, “I’m just teasing you. What I mentioned is what others might do, I definitely can’t do it. Besides, you’re free all day, so why not manage this platform once it’s created? But to be honest, although we’re doing charity, we can’t earn nothing. We at least need to maintain a balance of income and expenditure.”

That sounded more reasonable.

Shen Lingyao knew Brother Qingfeng’s capabilities; who knows, the platform might be up any day now.

She counted on her fingers like a primary school student, adorably calculating, “Wow, now my LeXin has over a million users. If each person donates one yuan, that’s a million! If each donates ten yuan, that’s ten million, and if each donates a hundred yuan, that’s… wow… a hundred million! If, as you said, we ruthlessly take a 50% cut, we could instantly make fifty million, almost on par with our tech company’s level. But are there really such heartless people in the world? Hmph, even if there are, they shouldn’t succeed. Brother Qingfeng, get it started quickly. I, Shen Lingyao, will personally manage this platform and see who dares to embezzle a penny. I’ll execute them!”

Anyone could figure out that the heartless make more money.

Zhao Qingfeng nodded, “Let’s do it. After visiting the children and the elderly, it’s the Mid-Autumn Festival gala, and after the National Day holiday, I’ll discuss it with the company.”

“What should we name the platform?”

“What do you think about ‘Love Fundraising’? Just a little bit of love from everyone, and the world will become a beautiful place.”

“Yay! Brother Qingfeng, come…”

“What, hey, you silly pika, daring to steal a kiss from me, watch me bite off your little lips!”

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