Mai Jiexun | Another detail of the Red Cross was exposed

Recently, many areas have suffered from floods, and the Red Cross has called on netizens to donate to the disaster areas.

However, after some netizens donated money, they found some details on the donation list of the Red Cross Society in a certain area:‍‍‍

On the list, there was a short-sleeved T-shirt for 162 yuan, and in the hot weather, there were suits and trousers on the list, and the unit prices of these items were higher than the market price.

For example, the rain boots on the list cost 74 yuan a pair, but in fact, ordinary rain boots rarely exceed 40 yuan:

There are also raincoats on the list, which also cost 74 yuan each, but in fact, ordinary raincoats are often priced like this:

Perhaps some people will say that they just want to get better quality items for the people in the disaster area, so the items are a bit expensive, which is no big deal.‍‍‍‍‍

Yes, the items are a bit expensive, which is really no big deal, but the items you get are thousands of pieces at a time. Can’t you get a wholesale price lower than the market price when you take so many at once?

Moreover, in the hot weather, why buy so many suits and trousers? Will the disaster victims wear them? Do the disaster victims urgently need suits and trousers now?‍‍‍‍

Seeing this, some people may still say that it’s already very good to have these things, and it’s okay if they are a bit expensive. There’s no need to be too entangled in this kind of thing. It’s not a valuable detail to dig into these details.

Well, I consider that the above details are not valuable details.

But in addition to the above details, I also found a more subtle detail.‍‍‍

Take a closer look at the source of the materials in the donated supplies above. They are actually all from this company:

So after checking this company, I found that the legal representative, shareholders, and senior executives of this company are this person:

However, if you search, you will find that the name of this big shot is actually exactly the same as one of the members of the Standing Council of the Beijing Red Cross:

And this big shot’s company, whose name is exactly the same as the member of the Standing Council of the Beijing Red Cross, was found to often donate things to the Red Cross. For example, in May, they donated down jackets, coats, wool vests, and leather jackets, of which the down jackets cost 880 yuan each and the leather jackets cost 1400 yuan each:

And if you continue to dig into the details of their material use on the Red Cross website, you will find that the receiving units of these clothes are all “Beidahua Village, Zhangjiawan Town, Tongzhou District”:

And if you check the address of this big shot’s company, you will find that their address is this:

The location of the receiving unit and the company that supplies the materials are both in the same place, this…

The names are exactly the same, and the addresses are also exactly the same. I don’t want to say more. I can only say that there may be so many coincidences in the world.‍‍‍‍‍

Writing this, I suddenly thought of something unrelated to the above.‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍

This is a passage about He Shen’s relief of a disaster that he once told Ji Xiaolan.

He Shen said to Ji Xiaolan, if you want the relief grain to reach the hands of the disaster victims, you have to mix sand into the grain, because only in this way, those with power and influence will not stare at these grains and take them for themselves, so that the disaster victims can eat these grains. Although these grains mixed with sand are not very good, at least the disaster victims can eat them without starving, at least these grains can keep them alive!‍‍‍‍‍

In fact, when I saw this passage back then, I thought that what He Shen said was a fallacy. But after getting in touch with society more and more, I found that what He Shen said was actually not entirely unreasonable.‍‍‍‍‍‍

After all, disaster relief is actually about saving lives in an emergency. At this time, if you can keep the disaster victims alive, that is the biggest core key point. If at this time, you have to send the best quality suits, trousers, and down jackets to the disaster victims, do you think the disaster victims will need these things? Can these things really reach the hands of the disaster victims smoothly?‍‍‍‍

I also remembered an idea that economist Xue Zhaofeng had said before.

He said that toilets cannot be built in low-rent housing. Only when toilets are not built can these houses reach the poor. Once toilets are built, these houses will most likely be taken over by those with power and influence.‍‍‍

When I first heard Xue Zhaofeng’s point of view, I also felt that Xue Zhaofeng was discriminating against the poor and talking nonsense. But now, thinking about it again, I found that it seems that what Xue Zhaofeng said also makes some sense.‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍

Because when low-rent housing does not have toilets, those with power and influence will not take a fancy to this kind of house, and will not rack their brains to take these houses or let their relatives move in. And once toilets are equipped, those with power and influence will have a hundred more ways than the poor to take these houses and resell them.‍‍

Therefore, in disaster relief and emergency relief, in many cases, what we should prevent most is not the disaster victims and the poor. In many cases, what we should prevent is precisely some people with power, money, and influence.

Never test human nature, and never think that those with power, money, and influence can all discover their conscience and all have goodwill towards the disaster victims and the poor.

After all, if these people really have a conscience, then Zhou Gongzi should be the first to come forward to donate money; if these people really have goodwill, then Beijixingyu should unhesitatingly show off the amount of donations. However, did these people donate?