Vol 2 Chapter 661: UNICEF

"I just came back from a charity dinner-attending such a dinner is part of the life of Hollywood stars, and I am a member of it, of course."
This is a passage from Tom Cruise's personal biography listed last year. It shows an aspect of Hollywood and even the upper class in the United States-participating in large and small "charity dinners" is the mainstream discourse and life posture of the upper class. .
In other words, charity is ‘upper beauty’.
However, this kind of ‘upper beauty’, just like the upper class society, is also hierarchical.
In 2002, Harry Berry got the ticket for the "Oscar Night" held by Vanity Fair magazine for the first time. She was excited to take her entourage, but the entourage was awkwardly blocked by the door.
'Oscar Night' is the hottest event in the City of Angels. It is an important part of the upper-class social circle in which every Hollywood star wants to be included, but the invitation of '1+n' is usually not allowed. Yes, even if Harry Berry is the current Oscar queen.
However, if you change to Duke, don't say ‘1+n’, even if he wants to bring dozens of entourages, the people of Vanity Fair will not stop him, and will welcome with his hands.
Every year, "Oscar Night" will have the theme of kindness ≮ ↗ kindness.
"Vanity Fair" editor-in-chief Tina Brown regards "charity" as "decoration", and she will provide several additional places each session-whoever can win in an auction that supports charity will have the opportunity to compete with the new Oscar queen and actress. Let’s join this party, meet "Iron Man" Robert Downey, and have dinner with director Quentin Tasino...
Like "Oscar Night", the charity dinner hosted by Duke in the manor also has barriers to entry. Those who can enter are all well-known figures in this circle.
For example, Martin Scorsese, Steven Spielberg, George Lucas and Francis Coppola have all arrived.
Many of the people present and Duke are actually very ordinary, but they are all willing to participate in such a banquet. On the one hand, the place where celebrities gather can naturally attract media attention, and on the other hand, no one will ignore Duke's weight in this circle.
"The most important point is that with Duke's identity and status, the charity party convened must be the top presence in Hollywood."
Sophia Coppola just came back from Johannesburg, and she said to Charlize Theron who was attending dressed up. "Being here will not only attract the attention of hundreds of media outside the door, but also a symbol of identity and status."
"If it was before starring in "The Matrix."
Charlize Theron's eyes turned to the entrance of the banquet hall, looking at Duke and Scarlett standing there to greet the guests, and said, "I have to squeeze my head to participate in this party."
The appearance of so many celebrities, celebrities, and executives from major Hollywood companies makes the banquet hall more like a social forum, with hundreds of people walking around and greeting others at the same time. Exchange business cards constantly.
Not only the upper-class figures in Hollywood, but also many media executives and even the bosses behind the scenes gradually entered the banquet hall. The importance of good media to actors is self-evident.
Even with Charlize Theron's status as a top Hollywood actress, he went to say hello to many people.
Since Scarlett Johansson went to Africa, Duke asked the butler Emma to contact the relevant companies to plan the party. In terms of the level and number of guests, the party was undoubtedly a success.
When it was close to seven o'clock in the evening, nearly 300 guests gathered in the banquet hall.
The charity party was held in the form of a formal dinner. More than fifty oak round tables are scattered in a large enough banquet hall, although no one will feast on such occasions. But all kinds of exquisite food and famous wines were delivered to every table like flowing water.
"Godmother..."
Scarlett sat next to Mrs. Leah and said like a little girl who had not grown up, "You must support this foundation between me and Duke."
"You did a great job." Mrs. Leah nodded to her and Duke, "Some things have reached a certain height. It must be done."
Every top rich man in the world, no matter whether he is sincere or in a good situation, is more or less engaged in charity.
Of course Duke knew this and established a special charity foundation. Only good for him and Scarlett.
He has always been clear that he is not a noble person, and every step he takes always has a different purpose, but in this world, how many other rich people do charity, how many are not there?
"Mom, stay in Los Angeles for Christmas this year?" Duke suggested.
Scarlett also looked at her godmother expectantly.
Mrs. Leah thought for a moment and said, "Then it will be in Los Angeles. It has always snowed in New York these years, and I am a little bored.
This is a charity fundraising party and a reception party for the Children’s Foundation jointly established by Duke and Scarlett.
There were also several senior officials from the UN refugee agency and UNICEF who attended this party. Duke then went to their table to greet a few words. Although in front of the five rogue nations, the UN is nothing, but their names Head and banner, but it is a very good tool.
Even if the party has long become a social forum, charity is still the theme.
Like all charity dinners, as the convener of the party and one of the owners of the d&s Children’s Foundation, which is officially established from today, Duke must give a speech.
"I have Mr. Duke Rosenberg below."
As the temporary host, Leonardo DiCaprio took the lead in clapping his palms on the small stage in front, and then there was warm applause in the banquet hall. Duke stood up and tidied his black dress. While beckoning, he walked onto the small stage, stood in front of the erected microphone, and took out the speech prepared by Penny Kelly from his pocket.
The applause gradually extinguished. At the back of the banquet hall, Taylor Swift looked at the front with envy. When can he become the focus of Hollywood like the other party?
"Honey, wait for your album to be released."
Seeing her daughter's expression, Mrs. Swift patted her hand gently, "Everything will be different."
If it wasn't for agent Nancy Josephson who was optimistic about her and willing to help, how could she get in such a place?
Taylor Swift knows this very well, "Mom, I will succeed. I will."
It won’t be long before there will be a good opportunity for publicity, but I have to sing the theme song of Duke’s new film!
"Here, I first thank you all for coming to this dinner..."
With the sound of speech on the stage, Taylor Swift temporarily gave up other ideas and cast all his energy forward.
"Thank you, thank you, thank you very much, thank you. Everyone, please sit in the chairs, or Leonardo will stare again..."
After teasing Leonardo DiCaprio, who walked down to the stage, Duke turned to the subject.
"Today is an era of highly developed media. The media can always feed back to us the situation around the world in time. Whenever we see the incredible tragedies experienced by mothers and children in developing countries on TV or in the newspapers. At times, I often feel hopeless and helpless."
The banquet hall was quiet, only Duke's voice was floating.
"Now when I see stories like this, I don’t feel so helpless anymore, because I know that UNHCR, UNICEF and other organizations, institutions, churches, and governments are working hard to help them. However, we still More should be done for children in developing countries that are at risk, some of them are now in a situation where they can only survive."
"I often ask myself a question, what have you really done for this world? I think my duty is to make society understand and realize the needs of hungry children through my own efforts. If I were an educator and economist , Politician, religious scientist or cultural expert, I will have a deeper understanding of children’s problems in the world today. It is a pity that children’s cause still needs a lot of support. Many children suffer from malnutrition, diseases and Under death threats."
"I don't want to say the exact number. Just look at those thin faces and sickly transparent eyes, and you will understand what kind of situation they are living in."
Having said this, Duke looked at the table where his mother was sitting, "I have some photos and materials taken by Miss Scarlett Johansson during her field visit to Africa in the past few weeks..."
Scarlett stood up in a tacit understanding, nodded slightly to the front, and sat down again.
The background of the stage was transformed into barren Africa, and pictures of skinny black children appeared on it. Their large heads and the thin bodies with raised ribs formed a sharp contrast, which looked extremely shocking.
These are all real pictures taken by Scarlett’s team. Duke turned around and looked at the pictures and said,
These are the manifestations of severe malnutrition. The most important factor leading to this disease is lack of food and vitamin A. , Which can cause damage to the cornea or even partial or complete blindness, and may die in a few weeks."
He turned around and continued,
In countries such as Sudan, Somalia, Tanzania, Congo, and Ethiopia, millions of such cases occur every year. Today, there are actually millions of malnourished children. Threatened by blindness."
Duke motioned to Scarlett Johansson, "Miss Scarlett Johansson and I jointly established the d&s Children’s Foundation, not only do our best to seek social support for the foundation, but also plan to spread it to people in those areas. The most basic medical knowledge tells them how to raise their children. In fact, it only costs 8 cents a year to prevent a child from going blind, and 8 cents is only the price of two vitamin A tablets.
(To be continued...)
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