Chapter 296: Sworn Brothers (Part 1)

Zhao Qingfeng spoke eloquently.

From the nation’s grand strategy to individual benefits, he explained the social and personal impacts of Love Fundraising to Deputy Mayor Gao.

“Speaking broadly, our planning of Love Fundraising is to contribute to the nation and to offer love to society.”

“Speaking specifically, once Love Fundraising is successfully launched, it will not only help Lingfeng Technology gain more honors, facilitating the smoother promotion of LeXin, but also allow Lingfeng Technology to be supported as a technology company in the province, winning more honors for the entire province.”

There was no need to spell it out.

Winning honors for the province was essentially adding luster to Deputy Mayor Gao, wasn’t it?

After all.

He was the first person to ‘fully support’ the development of Lingfeng Technology.

Deputy Mayor Gao was no fool and immediately made a decision.

But then came the question, “Look, Little Feng, your intention is very good, and I support wealthy and kind-hearted people helping the government alleviate concerns by donating to the impoverished. But how do we donate? We can’t just set up donation boxes at every nursing home or orphanage and then have the government call on TV for everyone to actively respond, can we?”

Of course not.

That would be futile.

Zhao Qingfeng chuckled, “That’s exactly why I came to you.”

LeXin will definitely have a mobile app in the future.

Mobile payments will undoubtedly be a great way to bind users and increase stickiness.

Zhao Qingfeng had always been contemplating how to develop more comprehensively in the future, including payment methods.

After all, the music module and other projects would be tied to Lexin, so how to bridge the gap between banks and the internet had become a critical aspect of future development.

Now.

The opportunity had come so swiftly.

Deputy Mayor Gao still had doubts, “But with donations, once it involves money, it will inevitably lead to some unnecessary speculations and conflicts. Moreover, there’s no specific law or guideline currently regulating private fundraising enterprises. If we are the first to break the ice, wouldn’t others say there’s some underhand deal between the government and Lingfeng Technology?”

It’s not the lack of good deeds, but the lack of good people.

Even though Zhao Qingfeng had decided never to embezzle a penny from Love Fundraising and to have it all managed by kind-hearted girls, he still had to guard against the rumors that might blow in from all directions.

“Uncle Gao, that’s why I want to do this with the government, to attach it to the government’s name and status for charity work. My company and I would merely be responsible for development and maintenance, charging only the operational fees and salaries for the employees, nothing more. As for whether people believe it or not in the future, it’s actually easy to solve. Just make the accounts public, once a month, and naturally, it will shut many malicious mouths.”

In the past, not many were willing to disclose their fundraising projects publicly, leaving Deputy Mayor Gao somewhat stunned, “You really won’t take a penny more?”

This sounded somewhat unbelievable, as the public might believe a charity organization claiming not to profit, but Deputy Mayor Gao had seen too much.

Zhao Qingfeng shook his head, “Not that we won’t take a penny, but we’re not taking from the donations. What we want, with this project as a basis, is for you to help us contact the banks, also under the guise of joint charity, to open up our company’s future capability for online payments.”

Hearing this, Deputy Mayor Gao finally understood Zhao Qingfeng’s real intention, “You kid… clever kid, brilliant! Pretending not to want a penny to negotiate with the government, knowing full well the government won’t refuse, forcing them to act. Claiming not to take a penny, yet you want me to bridge the connection between your company and the banks, to make a fortune from your future online payments, that’s a far-sighted plan. And you say you don’t want fame, but in reality, you’re avoiding public speculation and unnecessary trouble, how could there not be fame? All the good deeds are yours to claim, at just nineteen, I really don’t know what you’ll grow into in the future…”

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