What are the reasons for being rich and benevolent?

Yu Pengnian's father Peng and his mother Xiaoshi are both from Lianyuan, Hunan. Their father has been doing business in Lantian Town, Lianyuan County for decades and engaged in small business. Before graduating from Yu Pengnian University, he followed his father's example and engaged in small business in Changsha and other places. However, it seems that Yu Pengnian's business experience of running around in his early years was not smooth. In the calligraphy works of Yu Pengnian 198 1, there are memories of this period. "Shopping malls are like battlefields, from north to south, from east to west, and they lose their direction and position."

Yu Pengnian also served as a special correspondent for Changsha Volkswagen Evening News. He even kept his article "Peace Talks between China and Peace" published in the bimonthly issue of Hong Kong People on June 1 982+1October/0. He is very proud of his journalistic experience and writing style. Yu Pengnian suggested in the article: "The two sides of the Taiwan Straits should hold peace talks on absolute equality and create an atmosphere for peace talks. * * * all have the desire for peaceful reunification. " 1949, Yu Pengnian came to Shanghai. Here, he was wrongly accused of "escaping from the landlord" and "having overseas relations" and sentenced to three years in prison. During his prison term, Yu Pengnian was arranged to open and distribute prisoners' foreign letters in categories because of his "good behavior" and "good education", which made Yu Pengnian almost understand human nature. "Every prisoner goes to prison and almost repeats the same experience: at first, lovers write letters and swear to each other; Letter from husband and wife, heavy righteousness; A letter from a friend, do your best; Parents write letters and drink blood to persuade. But several times in the spring and autumn, the stars moved. Lovers turn against each other, friends report it, and wives change their minds. Regret letters, divorce letters, and disclosure letters fly around like snowflakes. " Two months before the expiration of the three-year reeducation through labor, Yu Pengnian's crime of "escaping from the landlord" was not verified, and Yu Pengnian seemed to have no choice but to go to Hongkong after his release.

Yu Pengnian, who first arrived in Hongkong, was in a miserable situation and had some experiences of the older generation. While sleeping on the street in Hongkong, Yu Pengnian was mistaken for a thief and was beaten. He was detained as a stowaway while wandering the streets; Just because I was curious to watch the gang fight, I was mistaken for an accomplice and was chased.

In the early 1960s, Taiwan Province Province began to engage in real estate construction, and Yu Pengnian followed a boss to enter the market in Taiwan Province Province, which ushered in the first real chance to change his destiny in his life.

In Taiwan Province Province, he was appointed as a manager by his boss with a monthly salary of NT$ 10000. The boss asked Yu Pengnian to organize his own company and run it in the way of "separate contribution and equal profits". Middle-aged Yu Pengnian found the "first bucket of gold". In order to turn the money in his pocket into more money, he chose the stock market. However, Yu Pengnian didn't know this, so he put all his money into it, and disaster followed. 1967, Hong Kong stocks plummeted, and Yu Pengnian lost 20 million yuan, almost pulling him back to the starting point. After the failure of stock trading, Yu Pengnian returned to his familiar real estate industry. 1967, Yu Pengnian was badly hurt, and Hong Kong movie star Bruce Lee died of illness, leaving a mansion of 1000 square meters. Hong Kong people are superstitious, thinking that the houses where people who are too famous can't live, so no one dares to buy this "haunted house". Yu Pengnian seized the business opportunity, borrowed 700,000 yuan from the bank, and took out 300,000 yuan to buy this mansion with a swimming pool and decorate it.

Later, it was rented to foreigners for eight years, and after eight years, the bank loan was paid off only by rent. 1996, the value of this house reached 70 million yuan. In 30 years, the price of this house has soared by almost 70 times in his hands. 1975, the mistress of a country leader who lived in Hong Kong died, and Yu Pengnian also spent HK$ 2.5 million to take over her mansion and redecorate it. 1995, this house has appreciated to HK$ 80 million. Since then, Yu Pengnian's business road has been on the right track. In Yu Pengnian's eyes, the struggle in Hong Kong in the Middle Ages was minor. "Doing real estate in Hong Kong is also big and small, and I am actually very small." His favorite sum should be to invest in Shenzhen real estate and build Pengnian Hotel in his later years. 1990 Yu Pengnian predicted in the Hong Kong Wen Wei Po article entitled "Taiwan-funded consortium invested in Futian and bought six pieces of land with a price of over HK$ 100 million-Yu Pengnian predicts that the property price in Shenzhen will increase five times in two years" that Shenzhen is the city with the most real estate investment value in China.

199 1 year, 63-year-old Yu Pengnian established Hua Fu (Shenzhen) Real Estate Development Co., Ltd. with a registered capital of 2.6 million US dollars. Through the development of Hua Fu Company, he made a lot of profits at the beginning of Shenzhen's development and opening up, and began to build his own Pengnian Plaza and five-star Pengnian Hotel in Luohu City, Shenzhen. "The 57-story Pengnian Hotel was built without borrowing a penny from the bank or renting a piece of land. Many companies can't stand it, but Yu Pengnian, as he wrote,' let the wind and waves rise and sit on the Diaoyutai'. "

Yu Pengnian's self-made album shows his pride in establishing Pengnian Hotel. According to Time Weekly's survey of Yu Pengnian's assets, Yu Pengnian's total net worth is about 3 billion RMB, including 2.4 billion RMB from Pengnian Plaza and Pengnian Hotel, and about 600 million RMB from Hongkong. Faced with many questions about the source of Yu Pengnian's assets, he rarely defended himself. He often only repeatedly affirmed to the media, "There are many upstarts in the mainland, but my money is hard-hitting, which is different from their level."

198 1 year, at the age of 53, he returned to his hometown of Lianyuan, Hunan Province and began his charity activities for more than 20 years. Yu Pengnian's initial impulse to do charity came from his father's last words.

When Yu Pengnian was a child, his hometown was flooded, and all his family and property were washed away by the flood. After the flood, with the full support of the people in his hometown, his parents and brothers reunited, rebuilt their homes and continued to engage in small businesses. Therefore, before his father died of illness, he said to his children in front of his hospital bed, "If you have any future, don't forget the kindness of your hometown and do a few good things for it." "I like to help the poor directly, and I can't hide the sadness of the poor. It was the first time to build roads and run schools in my hometown. I did these things without leaving a name for the history of history, just because I suffered too much myself. I know the difficulties of the poor, and people who have money can't forget their roots. "

1998 during the Yangtze River flood, local people saw Yu Pengnian look guilty on TV and explained, "The Asian financial crisis has affected my fund mobilization, and the Pengnian Building under construction needs funds. I can only donate 1 10,000 yuan, sorry ... "Yu Pengnian's donation to his hometown was recorded as early as 1988. There is a monument in the corner of the underground passage of Wuyi Square in Changsha City, Hunan Province, which lists in detail the donation projects of Yu Pengnian since 198 1.

1988, Yu Pengnian also established the "Peng Lishan Changsha Welfare Foundation" to make better use of the money donated by itself. After donating to his hometown, Yu Pengnian will gradually focus on Shenzhen and Hongkong. Yu Pengnian donated millions to 1989 Shenzhen fire, 199 1 primary and secondary school teachers' incentive fund, 1994 Shenzhen university, 1997 Shenzhen social security fund, 2000 "Peng nian science and technology award" and 2003 medical personnel who were active in fighting SARS. In recent years, Yu Pengnian has expanded the scope of charity to nine provinces and cities in China. In 2003, the "Pengnian Guangming Action" was launched, costing 500 million yuan. It is planned to use five years to restore the vision of 200,000 cataract patients in 9 provinces (regions) 1 city, including Qinghai, Tibet, Gansu, Ningxia, Jilin and Liaoning. The characteristics of charity in Yu Pengnian are obvious. First, he pays great attention to publicity. At the end of 2004, on an ordinary street in Xiangtan City, Hunan Province, local residents could hear the broadcast of "Yu Pengnian Bright Action" to help cataract patients almost every day: "Folks and villagers in Hunan, don't need money to restore the light, go to Peng Lishan at once." Yu Pengnian specially ordered 15 surgical medical vehicle from the United States to meet the needs of street mobile surgery.

On the car body, in addition to the photos of Yu Pengnian, there is a big slogan "Don't charge for restoring the light, go to Peng Lishan at once", which is widely publicized and used, so that more patients with no money can get treatment. Yu Pengnian's charity also has an obvious feature, that is, everything is done by hands, and goose plucking will never be tolerated.

Every time "Operation Bright" goes to a province, Yu Pengnian, who is over 70 years old, takes his own medical team to the countryside for treatment, so he should personally check and strictly check. Every time, he first signed a contract with the local provincial government, and then asked the civil affairs, the Disabled Persons' Federation and other departments to help organize patients. Even if you don't lead a team for treatment, you should keep in touch with "Bright Action" every night to keep abreast of the progress information. "In the process of doing charity, I have some unpleasant memories. In the mainland, I donated 10 fully equipped ambulances, which were dismantled and turned into cars for local officials. At that time, the construction of Wuyi Square tunnel and railway station fountain was not satisfactory. I want to make sure that my donation doesn't go against my original intention, and no one pulls hair from my donation and benefits from it. "

Hurun commented, "He is more concerned about how charitable donations are spent. This is the hardest step for charity in China. It also sets an example for other philanthropists in China. His success will certainly promote the development of philanthropy in China. " As the first charity hotel in China, Pengnian Hotel has been controversial since its establishment. Pengnian Hotel was built on the day when the Southeast Asian financial turmoil spread to Hong Kong. In a new project summary of Pengnian Hotel, it is said that Pengnian Hotel has a total investment of 500 million yuan, including infrastructure investment of 6,543.8 billion yuan and decoration investment of 200 million yuan, of which 500 million yuan is wholly owned by Shenzhen Yu Pengnian Industrial Co., Ltd. It is reported that Yu Pengnian is not fully responsible for the construction of the whole building. It is said that a considerable part of the funds come from loans from Hunan banks. He was rather depressed. "I earned this money after doing business for 50 years. I haven't done any business with Hunan, I haven't borrowed money from Hunan, and I have worn a hat from Hunan. I built this hotel myself. As for my money, it was stolen and cheated. You should investigate. "

On June 2, 2000, 26 days before the trial operation of Pengnian Hotel, Yu Pengnian announced that Pengnian Hotel was a "charity hotel", and Pengnian was already famous before its opening. Not long after, in June, 2002, Yu Pengnian sent a letter to the Legal Affairs Committee of Shenzhen Municipal People's Congress, requesting the Standing Committee of Shenzhen Municipal People's Congress to legislate for its "charity hotel" to ensure that the promise of "four prohibitions" can be implemented after his death: the property rights of Pengnian Hotel shall not be mortgaged, transferred or inherited, and the profits obtained shall not be used for other purposes, but must be donated to the society. The Legal Committee of Shenzhen Municipal People's Congress made a high-profile response to this. On February 9, 2002, the Legal Committee of Shenzhen Municipal People's Congress passed the Regulations on the Management of Charity Assets in Yu Pengnian, Shenzhen Special Economic Zone (Draft), which is to be submitted to the Standing Committee of the Third Shenzhen Municipal People's Congress for deliberation and adoption.

Draft *** 1 1, including the definition, protection regulations and management institutions of charitable assets in Yu Pengnian. However, after a tumult, this legislation came to nothing. The reasons are: "First, it is not appropriate to make a regulation specifically for individuals. Second, the state already has special laws on donations. " When it comes to the specific reasons, a person from the Shenzhen Municipal People's Congress Law Committee is unwilling to analyze this, saying only that "the reasons are very complicated." At this time, some people think that Pengnian Plaza and Pengnian Hotel are not worth 2 billion yuan, and Yu Pengnian is actually "protecting private property in the name of protecting donations". Some people even think that this is just a "marketing activity" used by businessmen.

Looking back on this view four years later, in 2004, the National People's Congress wrote the clause "Citizens' legitimate private property is inviolable" into the Constitution, even if it requires legislation to protect private property, it is aboveboard. Speaking of the "marketing activities" of Pengnian Cishan Hotel, all its net profits are invested in charity, and the ultimate beneficiaries are those who need help. From another point of view, these views just show that it is not easy for "charity hotels" to go deeper.

In 2004, Yu Pengnian signed an agreement with the internationally renowned Hilton Hotel Management Company. According to the agreement, Hilton will take over the day-to-day management of Pengnian Hotel, and Pengnian Hotel will pay the other party an annual management fee of 20 million yuan. According to Yu Pengnian, "foreigners are reliable and won't mess around, which can keep the hens in Pengnian Hotel laying eggs." However, more than a year after Hilton International Hotel Group officially took over Pengnian Hotel, Yu Pengnian immediately terminated the cooperation on the grounds that "the profit growth did not reach the expected target of 65,438+00%" in March 2006. Pengnian Hotel has a long way to go to learn to do value-added charity.

A few years ago, Yu Pengnian was diagnosed with diabetes. Every morning, he injects himself with insulin. As he grew older, his health became worse and worse. In addition to injections twice a day, he has to take medicine seven times in the morning and evening. Yu Pengnian takes good care of his employees and relatives from Hunan. Some relatives working in hotels, because they couldn't keep up, Yu Pengnian sent them home and paid them as usual. Only for children and grandchildren, Yu Pengnian is "cruel". In Yu Pengnian's industry, children and grandchildren have a good job, but in the face of more than 3 billion property, they have no inheritance rights. According to many media reports, Yu Pengnian's children and grandchildren seldom complain about this. Sun Zipeng said to him, "If you don't understand, you have to understand. You have to see if you can learn something from him and make your own money. " Peng Yafan, the youngest son of Yu Pengnian, praised his father's business skills. "Compared with him, he is in the sky and I am on the ground, so much difference." "A gentleman is rich and good at his virtue." Rich and benevolent people are heavyweight leaders on the road of social civilization.