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Give me a story about a celebrity who didn’t love money.

Qian Xuesen has donated huge sums of money awarded by the state several times. However, as a national leader who can enjoy the treatment, he has lived in a dilapidated building and lived a life of poverty for decades. A camera that has not moved for decades, a Chinese tunic suit that has been worn all his life, and a broken handbag that has been used for more than fifty years. He usually publishes articles jointly with others and always gives all the royalties to his collaborators. He once said: "My surname is Qian, but I don't love money." In the autumn of 1947, when Qian Xuesen returned to China to visit relatives, the National Government invited Qian Xuesen to serve as the president of Peking University through Hu Shi, but Qian Xuesen rejected it. In an era when "households worth ten thousand yuan" was still a dream out of reach for most people, Mr. Qian had donated millions of yuan. In 1994, he won the Ho Leung Ho Lee Foundation Award, with a bonus of HK$1 million; in 2001, he received the Fok Ying-tung "Scientific Achievement Lifetime Award", with a bonus of HK$1 million. Before he received the two bonus checks, Mr. Qian asked someone to donate the money on his behalf to the desert management cause in the western part of the motherland. When donating the winnings, Mr. Qian said: "My surname is Qian, but I don't love money.

Mr. Qian "does not love money", nor does he love the so-called "reputation", "status" and "treatment" - after becoming famous all over the world, he insisted not to inscribe an inscription, write a preface for others, participate in appraisal meetings, or serve as any consultant or consultant. He is an honorary consultant, does not attend meetings in other places, and does not go abroad; he does not agree to the construction of a house for him by his employer, and articles praising him in newspapers and magazines are said to be "end of this"...