The 50 million yuan donor to Shenzhen University is not Zhang Zhidong’s son, his father is a printing industry manufacturer

Odaily Planet Daily reported that Zhang Yufeng, a graduate who donated 50 million yuan to his alma mater Shenzhen University, sparked heated discussions today. There are rumors that he is the son of Tencent co-founder Zhang Zhidong. But Zhang Yufeng disclosed immediately in May this year that his father was a manufacturer in the traditional printing industry. Because business in the traditional printing industry was difficult, he persuaded and lent his father a sum of money, and his father bought a UV printing machine, transformed into a high-end printing industry, and staggered markets with Vietnam and Cambodia; he finally received a printing order from a major player card manufacturer , the traditional printing factory successfully transformed. It was previously reported that Zhang Yufeng, a 2018 international trade alumnus of Shenzhen University, personally donated 50 million yuan to his alma mater on the 40th anniversary of Shenzhen University. It is reported that on June 8, 2022, Zhang Yufeng, who was still a senior, gave a lecture at the School of Economics titled "Interviews with Teachers and Students - Zhang Yufeng, a senior majoring in international trade, on his innovative and entrepreneurial path to achieve financial freedom." The lecture The content includes alternative asset trading, how to balance course studies and extracurricular internship schedules, and obtaining internship offers from famous companies, etc. Zhang Yufeng was a partner of Singapore hedge fund ABD Venture at the time, mainly engaged in alternative asset investment and trading (the reporter searched online and found no more information about the hedge fund ABD Venture). Since his sophomore year, Zhang Yufeng has interned at Singapore’s cross-border e-commerce platform Shopee, international consulting firm McKinsey, CICC Capital, Tencent and a leading US dollar fund. In addition, the reporter learned from several Shenzhen University alumni that Zhang Yufeng invested in virtual currencies during his college years and also shared his experience in currency speculation at school. An alumnus said that Zhang Yufeng is a super rich man in his circle of friends and has already achieved wealth and freedom.