ZZY: That's not correct.
CD: Then, what was the amount of cash raised?
ZZY: About $1,300.
CD: How come it was so little?
ZZY: The fundraising event was hastily arranged. We did not have a place. It was lent to us. I did not have many people with me, and I'm grateful to the volunteers from Sohu. Not many people showed up. At Cannes, everyone was busy watching movies and attending parties. And people do not carry much cash around, especially non-Chinese.
CD: How much did you raise in pledges?
ZZY: We got a little more than $400,000.
CD: How much of that has been honored?
ZZY: Around $39,000.
CD: Did the "almost $500,000" include the $100,000 pledged by Wendi Deng (Rupert Murdoch's wife)?
ZZY: Yes.
CD: In the past two years did you try to get the pledged money?
ZZY: I made calls and corresponded with the pledged donors.
CD: What was the result?
ZZY: I hope to have a concrete project to show them and see whether that will interest them.
CD: What if you fail to collect the whole?
ZZY: (Long pause) If they do not honor their pledges that will give me another chance to give. I'll make up for the shortfall of $400,000 (the amount earmarked for a Sichuan Children's Center).
CD: Have you ever mentioned that you raised more than $500,000, say, $1 million, which is often mentioned in media reports? What about $2 million, $5 million, and the highest I've read, $7 million? Do you know where those figures came from?
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