Chapter 530: 526. Death and Dementia (Seeking Subscriptions and Monthly Tickets)

Zhang Ran gave Liu Lu some startup capital here; he let her handle the hospital matters herself, which could also be considered a bit of training for her.

Of course, Zhang Ran would also arrange things well for her; at the very least, there would be no shortage of management personnel in the early stages.

On the third day after returning from Su City, Zhang Ran received another call from Yu Qingyu.

"Brother-in-law, Dad is gone," Yu Qingyu said, though her tone was very calm.

In fact, given Yu Xingguo's state at the time, if not for this incident with Zhang Ran, it would not have been a problem for him to hold on for another year or so.

But after Zhang Ran went over, he directly cut off the future of Yu Mingcai, whom he valued more than his own life, which left him in complete despair; coupled with his extreme anger and distress, he was finished.

Zhang Ran did not speak, just remained silent, not knowing what he was thinking about.

Yu Qingyu continued: "Yu Mingcai has been diagnosed by doctors with dementia and has already stepped down; he will likely only be able to live in a nursing home from now on, needing someone to take care of him for the rest of his life."

Hearing this, Zhang Ran smiled, "Fine, then you tell him that as long as his dementia doesn't improve, then as long as the Yu Family members don't violate those two rules, I will treat them as if they don't exist."

Those two rules were the prohibition against engaging in business and politics.

Yu Qingyu also knew that Zhang Ran was suspecting that this was intentional on Yu Mingcai's part; in fact, she wasn't sure herself now, so she just said, "Mm, I will pass on the message."

After finishing, Yu Qingyu thought for a moment and continued: "After seeing my dad off on his final journey, I will also leave; I expect I will only come back one more time in the future."

When she would come back was also obvious: it would be when Wang Xiuying leaves, she would return again.

Zhang Ran nodded and said, "That is also good; you can also begin a life that belongs to yourself."

Yu Qingyu had actually lived half her life under the shadow of the Yu Family, never being valued since she was small, and being told to do this and that.

After growing up and becoming independent, she could have had it easier, but in order to take revenge on the Yu Family, she chose work she didn't like and did things she didn't enjoy.

And from now on, Yu Qingyu could truly live as herself.

Now that she also had a brother-in-law like the Richest Person in China, Zhang Ran, her future should be relatively easy.

The two chatted for a few moments and then hung up the phone.

Zhang Ran looked out the window and whispered in his heart: "Qingwan, don't blame me."

The discussion on the internet regarding the newly promoted richest person, Zhang Ran, was still continuing; it was truly because Zhang Ran was too mysterious.

Someone who had never been heard of before, in just over half a year, had leaped to become the Richest Person in China; such an experience gave many people a desire to investigate.

At the same time, everyone also began to care about Zhang Ran's history of making a fortune; after all, in this society, the influence of money was still very great.

However, because Zhang Ran was too mysterious, basically no one knew how Zhang Ran had made his fortune, which led to a large amount of fresh speculation.

At the same time, there were many wild imaginings, and even some relatively absurd guesses, but the more absurd the guess, the more people paid attention to it.

What exactly was the origin of Zhang Ran's first pot of gold, how did Zhang Ran make his fortune, and did Zhang Ran have any Original Sin—these were all subjects of discussion for everyone.

And those who supported the idea that Zhang Ran had Original Sin were in the majority; there was no other reason, it was just that Zhang Ran was too mysterious, too low-key, and hidden too deeply.

In many people's minds, if Zhang Ran didn't have Original Sin, would he need to be so low-key?

Such rhetoric had many supporters, and for a time, many people actually began to petition online for the state to investigate Zhang Ran.

This was, of course, laughable in the eyes of many who knew the situation, but it could not be denied that this did indeed cause some impact on some of Zhang Ran's reputation, although Zhang Ran did not care.

Or perhaps there were people with ulterior motives fanning the flames; in any case, many people on the internet now began to denounce Zhang Ran.

There was also the matter regarding charity.

The current China Rich List was also called the Slaughter Pig List; in any case, the people on the list all donated quite a lot of charitable funds.

And under the collection of people with ulterior motives, the name Zhang Ran seemed to have never appeared on any charity lists.

This made quite a few people begin to suspect even more.

Zhang Ran did not care about these comments, as they couldn't affect him anyway, but someone did care, such as Huo Zhiyuan.

In the Kangshilan Building, Huo Zhiyuan was so angry she almost smashed her computer; Zhao Jingyu on the side watched with some helplessness. In any case, whenever matters involved Zhang Ran, her boss would become extremely irritable.

"Sister, calm your fire, drink some tea," Zhao Jingyu said, hurriedly trying to soothe her.

Huo Zhiyuan said indignantly: "They don't know anything, they only know how to talk nonsense. Saying Brother Zhang is some family disciple, saying Brother Zhang's first pot of gold was obtained illegally, and saying Brother Zhang has always been engaged in gray matters—I really don't know what they are thinking."

Zhao Jingyu said: "The netizens on the internet don't know the situation, so they can only guess like this. Please don't be angry; it will be better after a while."

Huo Zhiyuan, however, did not calm down; instead, the more she thought about it, the angrier she got. "No, I cannot let Brother Zhang's reputation be damaged. You go, change the shareholders of the Yuanran Charity Foundation to Brother Zhang. Also, announce to the public that the Yuanran Charity Foundation has always been established at the initiative of Brother Zhang."

Zhao Jingyu said speechlessly: "Sister, if we do this, won't Kangshilan be exposed?"

She was referring to the fact that Kangshilan was part of the Zhang Ran System, which many people still didn't know yet.

Huo Zhiyuan hummed: "Exposed is exposed; it belongs to Brother Zhang anyway, it doesn't matter."

"Alright then, I'll go do it right away." Seeing that Huo Zhiyuan had already decided, Zhao Jingyu did not try to dissuade her further.

In any case, there was no need to hide this matter anymore; those who should know already knew.

Just as the internet was still denouncing Zhang Ran, Kangshilan released information, exposing the matter of the Yuanran Charity Foundation.

At the same time, they announced that the Yuanran Charity Foundation had always been advocated by Zhang Ran, and for the first time, they fully published the things the Yuanran Charity Foundation had done over these years.

Huo Zhiyuan had been very low-key about this matter in the past, basically doing her own thing; in any case, she had not solicited funds from society.

Although over these years, due to the development of the internet, many people had begun to become familiar with the Yuanran Charity Foundation, no one knew the specific details.

This was the first time the Yuanran Charity Foundation had publicly announced its charity projects, and when they saw the charity work the Yuanran Charity Foundation had done over these years, everyone was struck dumb!

The Yuanran Charity Foundation had spent nearly ten billion in funds on charitable causes over so many years; this was real, tangible money, and because of effective supervision, plus the fact that Huo Zhiyuan was very firm on this matter, this money was basically all spent where it was truly needed.

Ten billion in funds spent on real, tangible results could accomplish a great many things; at the very least, these figures made many people's scalps tingle!