Chapter 268 He Said He Wants to Donate Several Hundred Billion

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"Donated fully?" Zhang Menglong blinked in surprise, having never heard of such a phrase concerning donations in all his years. "Mr. Zhang, you may not know this," Director Ding explained, "Our annual funds for urban construction have a set budget, partially coming from municipal taxes and other fiscal incomes, some from corporate sponsorship bids, and also from donations by affluent individuals like yourself." "Ah, that I know!" "But these amounts are not unlimited. The funds we receive each year must be spent within that year; they can't be carried over, as that would cause numerous issues during the year-end settlement." "Is that so?" Zhang Menglong had never heard such a thing before. "Menglong, what Director Ding said is probably true," Lu Yiyao spoke, "Our school, for instance, nearly always engages in some roadwork, planting, or reconstruction towards the end of the year. Take the road by our main entrance at Gusu University. Since I joined, it's been resurfaced 21 times!" "Do the roads deteriorate often?" Zhang Menglong asked. Explore new worlds at My Virtual Library Empire "Of course not. At most, a few marble tiles crack. There's really no need for such frequent repairs. Each paving costs hundreds of thousands, if not millions," Lu Yiyao explained, "It's because by year-end, a large part of our budget remains unspent, so the administration has to find ways to spend it! We can't carry the money over to the next year." "So that's how it is." No wonder Zhang Menglong always saw the school engaged in roadwork or building repairs before the winter break; it was all such clever maneuvering. "Although there are some differences, city planning works similarly," Ding Youguo said, "and city planning is even stricter than university finance. If there's extra money, you can't just casually decide to fix a road, right?"@@@@ "Hahaha, that makes sense," Zhang Menglong said, "So, what's the budget for this year's urban development in Dongji City?" "This year's city planning only totals 3.5 billion US dollars, and two billion of that has already been secured through bids. That's why I said your donation of one hundred billion has already filled our quota for this year's road construction!" "That filled it up?" Zhang Menglong muttered to himself, "I was hoping to donate a hundred or two hundred billion each month. Spending money is harder than I thought." Hearing Zhang Menglong's mutter, Director Ding's mouth twitched. Was this money cursed or something? A month yielding one or two hundred billion? Not even the top-tier cities spend that much on their road planning! "Director Ding, have there been any notable projects in Dongji City over the past few years?" Zhang Menglong was still not giving up. "I haven't just returned home for the New Year; I also want to see if there's any part of our hometown's development where I can contribute," Zhang Menglong said, "Twenty billion isn't too small for me, and two hundred billion isn't too much!" This month's donation of $100 billion would bring him 100 Cred Points, and he was determined to find a way to spend that money. "Hello, this is Zhu Guangwei!" "Mayor, this is Ding Youguo." "Oh, Director Ding, what's the matter?" "Mayor, it's like this, something happened in our city today involving a scam incident." "Very special?" Mayor Zhu asked. Although scam incidents were bad, they surely didn't need to be reported to him, did they? "Yes, the person scammed was Zhang Menglong." "Zhang Menglong? The world's richest man?" As the city's mayor, Zhu Guangwei was naturally familiar with such matters. "That's right, you wouldn't have guessed, but he's from our Dongji City!" "Oh?" Mayor Zhu was somewhat surprised. The world's richest man was from their Dongji City, and having been mayor for so many years, he didn't know about it at all? How low-profile must this family have been so far? "Zhang Menglong said he wants to donate to the construction of our Dongji City, but my current planning projects really can't accommodate such a huge donation, so I wanted to ask if you have any needs on your end?" "Can't accommodate?" Mayor Zhu was shocked. As the city's second-in-command, he naturally knew exactly how much money each system's plans required. According to this year's plan, the urban road construction of Dongji City needed funds amounting to 3.5 billion US dollars, with about 1.5 billion still unaccounted for. Such a large amount of money, and it still couldn't accommodate Zhang Menglong's donation? How much money was he planning to donate? "Did he mention how much he wants to donate?" "He didn't specify," Director Ding said. "His exact words were, 'Tens of billions is not too little, hundreds of billions is not too much!'" "What? Hundreds of billions? He wants to donate hundreds of billions?" Hearing Director Ding's words, Mayor Zhu's heart suddenly started racing.

Chapter 268 He Said He Wants to Donate Several Hundred Billion

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