In the same year, 88-year-old Yu Pengnian made a "naked donation" will, saying that he would donate all his property to the charitable foundation he founded after his death.
Just five years after making a will, Yu Pengnian died in Shenzhen. According to the evaluation of professional institutions, the total value of real estate under his name exceeds 654.38+0 billion. According to his last wish, he will soon be included in the charity foundation.
As long as 654.38 billion yuan enters the foundation, it has nothing to do with future generations. Can't inherit, can't give, can't get back, can only be used for charity.
But at this time, the second son Peng Yafan stood up and questioned the will, fighting for his own share, which triggered a dispute over the ownership of tens of billions of estates.
However, people are more interested in the legend of Yu Pengnian than the result of the struggle. Why does China, who pays attention to "carrying on the family line", "donate naked"?
If you count the top 1 billion rich people on the Hurun Charity List every year, you will find that those who donate a lot often come from poor families, like Xu Jiayin, Cao and Yu Pengnian.
Yu Pengnian, whose real name is Peng Lishan, 1922, is from Lantian Town, Lianyuan County, Hunan Province. Although his father saved some money from businessmen for many years, his home was washed away by the flood and he became poor overnight. Thanks to the help of neighbors, the family was able to rebuild their homes.
My father was grateful for the kindness of the villagers, so he kept whispering in Yu Pengnian's ear that he would never forget the elders in his hometown when he grew up. This sentence was printed in Yu Pengnian's heart from an early age.
After liberation, Yu Pengnian decided to go to Shanghai to have a rest, naturally thinking that he would make a career, shine a bright light, and at the same time, he could do something good for his hometown in return for his kindness.
It is not easy to travel to the beach. Pulling rickshaws and setting up stalls make hard money. It's good to support yourself, let alone bring clothes back to China.
Until 1958, Yu Pengnian was half aware of the first calculation, and it was almost 10 years since he arrived in Shanghai, and the future was uncertain if he continued to rush. When he returned to his hometown, he felt ashamed and happened to meet an opportunity to go to Hong Kong. Yu Pengnian followed him sideways.
In Hongkong, the name Yu Pengnian was changed.
It is worth mentioning that Yu Pengnian was 36 years old and had married and had children in Shanghai. Because he went to Hong Kong in an improper way, he couldn't take his wife and children, so he asked his wife to take his son back to his hometown in Hunan, where he took them all after he gained a foothold.
Yu Pengnian has been here for nearly 30 years. Until the 1980s, when Yu Pengnian returned to his hometown in Hunan and found his wife and children, his grandson was over 10 years old. Of course, this is another story.
When I first arrived in Yu Pengnian, it was much more difficult than in Shanghai. I don't understand this language. The only thing I can do is to move bricks on the construction site, because that only requires strength and no communication.
I have worked on the construction site for more than two years. Many people who entered the construction site with him couldn't hold on. Only Yu Pengnian stayed, not only promoted to foreman, but also ushered in a turning point in life.
1960, a real estate boss in Taiwan Province province took a fancy to Yu Pengnian's down-to-earth work and took him to Taiwan Province province, where he invested in real estate and earned 50-50 profits.
Yu Pengnian never mentioned who is the boss of Taiwan Province province. Years later, he recalled this experience and simply said:
"When you meet a noble person, your fate will change greatly."
But when he said this, Yu Pengnian's eyes were moist, and you could see that he was deeply grateful.
It is also with the support of Xianda that Yu Pengnian did real estate in Taiwan Province Province for several years, which not only saved the first bucket of gold in his life, but also accumulated valuable resources and experience for himself to enter the business alone.
1967, Yu Pengnian returned to Hongkong. Seeing that the Hong Kong stock market was soaring, he put all his money into it. As a result, he suffered a stock market crash and lost 20 million Hong Kong dollars.
This lesson made Yu Pengnian realize that quick money is hard to earn, and turned his attention to Hong Kong real estate.
At that time, Liu Baoshan, Li Ka-shing, Henry Fok, and Yu Pengnian had no background and little money, so he could only speculate in uncompleted flats.
At the same time, Yu Pengnian also invested in unpopular real estate, which was despised by others at that time. Of course, one of the most direct reasons is the low purchase price.
Yu Pengnian unpopular real estate has two successful classic cases, one is Bruce Lee's house, and the other is a lady's house, both of which were bought after the owner died.
Hong Kong people believe in geomantic omen, and think that the death of the owner is related to the geomantic omen of the place of residence, so no one wants to buy such a "haunted house". But Yu Pengnian did not believe in evil. In the early 1970s, he bought these two luxury houses for 654.38+0 million and 2.5 million respectively.
Unable to sell at a good price, they simply redecorated the house and rented it to foreigners who didn't believe in Feng Shui. In the 1990s, when Yu Pengnian asked about these two houses again, it had already appreciated to HK$ 6543.8+RMB 500 million.
It was through similar real estate investment that Yu Pengnian accumulated a lot of wealth and accumulated a lot of real estate assets in Hong Kong, which laid the foundation for his later charity in Chinese mainland.
In the mid-1980s, Yu Pengnian, who was over 60 years old, finally returned to his hometown in rags. He found that his hometown in Hunan was still so poor, so he began to donate money, medical care, education, infrastructure construction and disaster relief, and slowly fulfilled his promise to repay his kindness as a child.
Yu Pengnian's mood has been changing. Since he started to do charity in Chinese mainland, and after he read the biography of Lin Zexu, what Lin Zexu said never left his mind.
"If children and grandchildren, like me, leave money for what to do and be virtuous and have more money, it will damage their ambitions; My children and grandchildren are not as good as me. What do you do with money? Stupid people make more money and will increase their profits. "
And Yu Pengnian began to encourage himself in public after donating money:
"My son is stronger than me, what do you need money for? My son is weaker than me, what do you need money for?".
What needs to be added here is that Yu Pengnian has two sons. The eldest son went farther than him because of illness, and the second son Peng Yafan didn't come to Hong Kong until the 1980s. It should be said that he owed money to his two sons.
However, this debt did not change his determination to do charity. In his view, if children and grandchildren have a house to live in, a car to drive and a job to do, giving them more money will hurt them.
This may be the initial stage of Yu Pengnian's thought of "naked donation".
So in 2000, when Yu Pengnian invested 2 billion yuan to build Pengnian Hotel, Yu Pengnian publicly stated that all the net profit of the hotel was used for charity.
However, in 200 1 year, Yu Pengnian was once blind due to cataract. Later, after he recovered his eyesight after treatment, he strengthened his determination to "donate naked".
20 10 when Buffett and bill gates held a charity dinner in Beijing to persuade China entrepreneurs to donate money, Yu Pengnian held Buffett's hand and said:
So there is the story at the beginning of the article.
Why the second son Peng Yafan opposes naked donation is unknown to the outside world, but the final outcome is beautiful.
Peng Sun, the eldest son of Yu Pengnian, has been doing charity with his grandfather since he graduated from college, and he has a deep understanding of the elderly's "naked donation" will.
So Peng and his uncle Peng Yafan failed to negotiate for half a year, so they took their uncle to court and asked the court to decide the validity of Yu Pengnian's will.
There are not many details about the duel between the two sides, but on that day, Yu Pengnian, his eldest son Peng and his second son Peng Yafan all appeared at the old man's grave together.
They reconciled, and Uncle Peng Yafan has submitted a letter of no defense to the court, giving up competing for production and resolutely supporting his father's last wish of "naked donation".
As a result, the "10 billion legacy case" was settled, and Yu Pengnian was able to fulfill his promise of "naked donation", which was also recognized by the industry as "the first naked donor in China".
Up to now, Yu Pengnian has passed away for six years, and the Yu Pengnian Charity Foundation is still active, making donations every year, especially since 2003, when the "Peng Nian Guangming Action Plan" was implemented for 17 years, which enabled more than 500,000 cataract patients in China to see the light again for free.
In the official website of the Foundation, there are also charitable acts in 2020, such as education, infrastructure, epidemic prevention and disaster relief, which are the continuation of Yu Pengnian spirit.