CD: You made up for the shortfall only recently (Feb 8, 2010). Why was that?
ZZY: I was not in China (May 2008). I just gave the instruction to donate and did not follow up. I traveled from the United States to Cannes, France. I take the main responsibility for the lapse and causing my staff to mix it up.
CD: When did you first realize your donation was short of what you had announced?
ZZY: Later, when news came out and we did an investigation.
CD: What exactly went wrong?
ZZY: Some kind of communication problem.
CD: Have you ever said things like: "Please give money to the Red Cross?"
ZZY: Yes.
CD: At Cannes?
ZZY: Yes.
CD: Were you encouraging people to donate to the Red Cross? Or, were you asking them to give you the money and you would pass it to the Red Cross?
ZZY: I was encouraging them to give directly to the Red Cross. Not a penny of other people's money passed through me to the Red Cross.
CD: Have you ever raised money in the name of the Red Cross, but for your own foundation?
ZZY: Never.
CD: Have you ever thought of putting the 1 million yuan you gave to the Red Cross into your own foundation?
ZZY: No.
Fundraising in Cannes
CD: Your fundraising in Cannes (May 21, 2008) got a lot of media coverage in China. But there have been different reports about the sum raised. The oft-quoted amount for cash is $50,000, which includes some Hong Kong dollars and euros converted into US dollars. Is that correct?
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