Qin Yun instructed, "Start purchasing supplies and transport them to these school canteens for preparing lunch from tomorrow."

"Boss, what are the standards for the dishes?" Upon hearing Qin Yun’s words, Lin Yueshan quickly asked.

Qin Yun replied directly, "One main meat dish, one half-meat dish, one vegetable dish, plus a soup."

In Qin Yun’s view, there should be at least three dishes and one soup to ensure nutrition.

Lin Yueshan nodded, having grasped the idea.

She thought for a moment and then said, "President Qin, how long will we contract these five school canteens?"

According to Qin Yun’s plan, it would definitely last for some time.

Qin Yun had obviously thought it out beforehand, and without any hesitation, he said, "The time is temporarily set for one year."

Since he intended to allow these rural school students to eat better, Qin Yun couldn’t just do it for a month and then stop; he planned to do it for a year first.

"One year..." Lin Yueshan nodded.

This is a long time; many people who come to do charity offer some things, then leave after giving just a bit, staying for a very short time.

Few people directly contract a canteen for free like Qin Yun.

"Calculate how much it will cost to contract these canteens for a year?" Qin Yun asked.

Upon hearing this, Lin Yueshan quickly said, "President Qin, speaking of Shanle Primary and Middle Schools in Zhao Family Village, there are a total of 290 students."

There really aren’t many students in these rural schools; even combined, the elementary and middle schools don’t have three hundred students.

There was once a news report about a mountain school with only one student, which shows how scarce the numbers can be.

"Based on the combination of one meat, one half-meat, and one vegetable dish, considering the children’s appetites, and factoring in the salaries of canteen staff and other aspects, we can budget it at eight yuan per person."

This type of combination usually sells for eight to ten yuan outside, but the actual cost is much lower.

However, contracting a canteen involves many other expenses, such as salaries and utilities, which brings the cost of one meal per student to about eight yuan.

"Calculating at eight yuan for one lunch per day, for 290 people, we need nearly 2,400 yuan a day. Considering a year, excluding summer and winter breaks, plus weekends, the class time is about half, which is approximately 180 days. That sums up to forty-something million, close to forty-five million spent on them."

"The situation of the other four schools and Shanle Town School is roughly similar..."

Lin Yueshan quickly calculated that approximately one school providing only lunch for a year requires an investment of forty-five million.

Qin Yun nodded and said, "Start investigating the situation of schools in the surrounding area and report the specific information to me. I will choose one hundred schools for support."

This time, he planned to put out fifty million, which he would naturally use entirely.

One school lunch costs forty-five million a year, and for one hundred schools, that’s 4.5 billion.

"Okay, President Qin, we will quickly clarify the situation." Lin Yueshan responded quickly, her tone carrying a hint of excitement.

She loves doing charity, and seeing those people truly helped, she feels very happy, even happier than if she were helped herself.

"Additionally, use part of the extra five million to design school uniforms for the students. Once the clothing factory finishes production, promptly ship them, two sets for summer and two for winter..." Qin Yun instructed, quickly expressing his thoughts.

He had previously noticed that many students wore tattered clothes.

School uniforms certainly need to be made, and Celestial Fortune is in the clothing industry, so the production cost of clothes is very low.

"Furthermore, we can also provide some help to those particularly impoverished but academically excellent students..."

Qin Yun continued, as he wouldn’t keep the extra money; he’d spend it all on these students.

Lin Yueshan nodded and recorded everything.

...

As one day passed, the online discussions about Celestial Fortune’s charity hadn’t subsided but had rather intensified.

"Junqing Group’s donation of five hundred thousand has already been disclosed for the purpose of sponsoring the tuition of fifty children in mountainous areas."

"Xingwu Group’s five million donation, part of which is used for building a school, with the rest converted into supplies and books to be sent to the children in mountainous areas."

"Lingyang Group..."

Online, the charitable donations from other companies have been disclosed and are known to the public.

"So many have disclosed theirs, but why hasn’t there been any news from Celestial Fortune?"

"Regardless of the form of assistance, at least let us know; what’s the meaning of staying silent?"

"Could it be that Celestial Fortune doesn’t want to donate? Or are they considering a way to scam us with some charity trick?"

At the charity gala, Celestial Fortune donated fifty million at once, attracting everyone’s attention. Yet after a day, people still didn’t know how Celestial Fortune was going to help the children with this fifty million.

So, some people began to wonder if Celestial Fortune might not want to spend that much money after all.

After all, not seeing anything, many had malicious thoughts.

In fact, it was clear that there were people online guiding the narrative, which led to Celestial Fortune’s reputation taking a sharp fall.

...

"President Qin, after the news about the donations came out, sales at our Celestial Fortune Clothing store saw a surge. People were very enthusiastic about shopping, but now the sales momentum is quickly waning."

On the next morning, Zhao Tianqiang called to report.

Giving a large donation sparked a buying spree, which is quite common, but Celestial Fortune’s current lack of response led this surge in sales to quickly fall back to normal levels after a brief burst.

"I know, don’t worry about it." Qin Yun shook his head and said.

"Jin Xin is really adept at guiding the narrative."

He thought to himself.

The rapid change in online public opinion clearly had something influencing it from behind the scenes, and Qin Yun didn’t need to think twice to know that Jin Xin had definitely put in a lot of effort.

However, he didn’t care at all and wasn’t worried about the online impact.

At this point, he only paid attention to the hype; when the hype is high, it would be easy to turn the situation when Celestial Fortune makes their announcement!

After hanging up, Qin Yun looked at the vehicles in front of him.

The vehicles were filled with items like chicken legs, pork, radishes, vegetables, mushrooms, eggs, and more.

These were all prepared for transport to the Zhao Family Village school.

The canteen at Zhao Family Village school has several large stoves, enough to cook all this.

Lin Yueshan was in charge of the school matters, and around eleven o’clock, Qin Yun arrived at Zhao Family Village school.

Upon reaching the school, the principal was already at the gate to welcome him.

The principal was very happy and had a look of excitement on his face.

Last night, Lin Yueshan contacted him, saying that they would be contracting their school’s canteen, providing free, plentiful lunches for the children for a year.

As the principal, he cared a lot about the students’ food and drinks, but he was helpless.

Now, Celestial Fortune’s arrival was undoubtedly great news.

"President Qin, on behalf of the students from the ten villages surrounding Shanle Town, I thank you for your assistance!" The principal expressed his gratitude to Qin Yun upon his arrival.