In the past two days, the news of Evergrande boss Xu Jiayin returning to his hometown has easily occupied the headlines of major media. Xu Jiayin is from Taikang, Henan. Over the years, he has invested more than one billion yuan to build schools, hospitals, and industrial bases, and Xu Jiayin has been "walking" with his hometown frequently. And this time, Xu Jiayin and his wife Ding Yumei accompanied his father back to his hometown. What did he do? The editor will decipher it for you as soon as possible, and the details you want to see are here.
What kind of hometown flavor did you eat back home?
Sweet potato, sweet potato soup, black wotou, boiled cabbage and radish… Returning to the old house in Jutaigang Village, Xu Jiayin, his wife, and the villagers sat around the old house and ate a sweet meal to reminisce about the hard life in the past. On the table was Xu Jiayin’s childhood home-cooked dishes.
In October 1958, Xu Jiayin was born into a poor peasant family in Jutaigang Village. The next year, due to illness, no money and no place to treat, Xu Jiayin became "half an orphan" and grew up under the care of his elderly grandmother. Looking at the mottled walls, potholed floors, worn bed boards and bamboo back baskets of the old house, Xu Jiayin opened the chatterbox: "We grew up eating sweet potatoes and sweet potato noodles. We laid, covered and wore patches and patches. Now everyone’s life is better, and the food, clothing and housing are getting better and better."
Who is the old father?
Xu Jiayin returned to his hometown this time to accompany his 96-year-old father, Xu Xiangao. The Xu family lived in the village of Gaotaigang, which was the revolutionary base of the Ji-Lu-Yu Military Region during the Anti-Japanese War. Xu Xiangao joined the revolution in 1938 when he was only 16 years old. He joined the army that year and joined the party that year. After the war ended, Xu Xiangao was demobilized in 1946 due to injury and returned to his hometown to work in agriculture.
Xu’s father is an old revolutionary party member, and Xu Jiayin, who is "rooted in Miao Hong", also loves the party and is patriotic. As early as August 2002, Xu Jiayin led Evergrande to establish the first private enterprise party committee in Guangzhou and served as the party secretary. Evergrande currently has 140,000 employees and more than 10,000 party members.
What did the boss do when he returned to his hometown this time?
In addition to visiting his hometown parents, Xu Jiayin made a special trip to visit four schools, a hospital and an agricultural base built with a donation of more than 1 billion yuan.
In 1998, Xu Jiayin just started his business, donated 1 million yuan to establish a primary school in his hometown, and donated 5.80 million to build roads and install tap water and drainage systems in the village. Beginning in 2016, Xu Jiayin donated another 1 billion yuan to build Jiayin Middle School, Jiayin High School, Gaoxian Hospital and Modern Ecological Circular Agriculture Base, etc., and also established a 100 million yuan education for poverty alleviation fund.
This time, Xu Jiayin decided to donate 650 million return to his hometown, among which 300 million the construction of Jiayin Middle School and High School, and plans to put it into use before the start of school on September 1, 2019; 250 million yuan to complete the expansion of Jiayin High School; Donated 100 million yuan to purchase medical equipment for Gaoxian Branch of Taikang County People’s Hospital.
During his return to his hometown, Xu Jiayin also made a special trip to his home to see the couple of high school physics teacher Cheng Shoude and high school mathematics teacher Zhou Yuan, thanking the teacher for his tireless education.
Is she the first wife of 35 years of marriage?
When Xu Jiayin returned to his hometown this time, he brought his hair-bearing wife Ding Yumei to visit the parents and villagers, distributed candy to the children of Jutaigang Village, and took photos with the parents and villagers in the yard. Ding Yumei, who was born in an ordinary worker’s family, said with emotion, "When I went home with Jiayin 35 years ago to get married, the poor in the village was so poor that I couldn’t say it. Now it has changed a lot."
It is understood that Ding Yumei and Xu Jiayin have been close to each other and have been silently supporting her husband’s career. This time, she and Xu Jiayin returned to their hometowns to visit their parents and take photos with everyone. It was her first public appearance.