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Around the New Year, New York was hit by a blizzard again, and Manhattan was dyed white, but even so, it could not stop the busy pace of the world's financial centers, and the vast majority of companies located in Manhattan were still operating normally, and employees still had to report on time when it was time to work.

A girl with short blonde hair walks into her father's financial trading company and prepares to start her day's work.

"Hi Amanda. ”

The girl at the front desk of the company greeted politely, "It's so early today." ”

Amanda smiled, "The weather was bad, so I went out early for a while." She punched the card and was about to go to her office, when she suddenly found that on the bookshelf at the door of the company, the cover of a magazine was very familiar, and she hurriedly walked over and said curiously, "Hey, this guy is on the cover of Time Magazine." ”

"Annie. Amanda took down the Time magazine and said to the girl at the front desk, "Can I take it and take a look?" ”

The girl at the front desk hurriedly responded, "Yes." ”

"Thank you. ”

Amanda thanked her, picked up the magazine and came to her workstation, and while there was still some time before work, she simply cleaned up the table and put the "Time" in front of her.

The person in the magazine was her old friend, Matthew Horner, who was sitting on a mottled yellowed meadow with a group of black children running past him.

"Is this going to Africa?" Amanda was a little curious, "Looks like Africa, right?"

She saw a line underneath the picture of the person, "Focus on refugee children, Matthew Horner's path to philanthropy!"

In addition to this line of letters, there are text notes on the side of the characters.

"Matthew Horner said: When I see the children in the camp, I worry about it!"

Amanda gradually understood that Matthew seemed to be going to Africa to do charity.

Looking at the cover, some memories suddenly popped up in her mind, when she first met Matthew, he was still a very ordinary one of the young actors in the angel agency, but now he is a big man who can be on the cover of "Time Magazine".

Even if this friend of hers made the most optimistic estimate, she never expected him to become a Hollywood star.

Amanda shook her head and smiled, opened this Time magazine, and the content next to the cover was an interview article with the cover character.

Glancing at the time, it was still early for work, so she simply watched.

In December 2005, Matthew Horner was appointed Goodwill Ambassador for the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) and then traveled to a refugee camp on the border between Kenya and Somalia to investigate the plight of refugees in Africa.

This experience had a profound impact on Matthew. He said it was the purest place he had ever visited, where the people were "so generous and frank, kind and unmaterial".

Before this trip, he had no idea that the children there were still stepping on landmines every day. Matthew was deeply sympathetic to the terrible plight of the African people, and he knew that he had to put those feelings into action as soon as he returned to the United States.

Matthew told the UNHCR that if there was anything he could do, he would do it. He was also smart enough to realize that his status as a movie star would definitely help him do something that nobodies would be hard to do.

"If I use fame in a positive way, it may mean that I can influence young people to get involved, and it's worth it. ”

Matthew came from a poor background and experienced years of poverty, confusion and confusion, and this trip to Africa made him realize that the troubles he endured were nothing compared to the people of Africa.

"I used to spend too much time in my own small world of self-compassion and didn't wake up to see how much advantage I had," he said. ”

Seeing this, Amanda scratched her head, it seems that Matthew, whom she knows, has always been an optimistic and positive person, as if there is no confusion or something, right?

Of course, she also knew that the interview must have been processed.

Amanda continued to read.

Matthew embarks on these journeys not to play the role of a big star doing good, but to listen, to see, and to understand. He had to face terrible situations, face scenes he had never seen before. During the interview, he showed us every emotion he felt, every tear shed, and everyone he touched.

The figures he listed show why he did this: there are now more than 40 million refugees in the world, one in six people live on less than $1 a day, 1.1 billion people lack access to safe drinking water, one third of the world does not have electricity, more than 100 million out-of-school children in the world, and one in six children in Africa dies before the age of five.

"I'm so glad I chose this path in life. He said in the interview, "Thank God for allowing me to meet these amazing people and to give me this incredible experience." ”

At first, Matthew wanted to hide his identity as an actor from people, fearing that his chosen career would appear useless and superficial.

"The work I do is very strange to them. Matthew said. But he soon realizes that these people have no idea about his fame and wealth, and they don't have much sense of his status as an actor. If they seem thrilled to see him, it's because he's coming in a United Nations car, not because he's a big Hollywood star.

In fact, there was even a little girl who asked the Hollywood star for an address, and at first Matthew was hesitant to provide such personal information.

"I thought about it for a while because I'm always told to do that in the U.S. "But they shared their information with me, so I'm going to share mine with them as well." ”

The refugees don't care who he is or what movies he makes, they only care about the fact that he is there trying to help them!

At the end of the interview, Matthew told us that he was planning to set up two charitable foundations, one dedicated to helping refugees in Africa, and the other to provide better health care and education for refugee children......

Seeing this, Amanda stopped, closed the time, and held her chin to think.

My cousin, Helen Herman, is more adept at brokerage and doesn't know much about these financial matters, but unlike her, she focuses on finance and business in the UK, and has been involved in the operation of her father's charitable foundation......

In her father's company, she didn't have many opportunities to show her at all, and the identity of the eldest lady gave her enough convenience, but it also made her constrained.

Helen is different from Matthew's side, she must have more freedom and room to play, she and Helen are like sisters, and Matthew has been friends for many years, such as charitable foundations, they must be handed over to someone who is at ease enough to take care of.

Amanda burst into laughter, after years of professional study and practice, she has grown into a confident girl who thinks she has absolutely no problem managing two charitable foundations.

"I just don't know what Matthew and Helen think......" Amanda thought for a while, "There should be no problem on my father's side, he also wants me to have more experience, and my ability and experience are honed little by little." ”

Amanda looked at the office area, there was no one around, quickly took out her mobile phone, and dialed Helen Herman's phone first, Helen seemed to be pleasantly surprised from her sleep, and her voice was obviously unhappy, but after hearing that it was her, her mood quickly improved, and the two communicated for a few minutes, and the call was over.

Helen's meaning is very clear, the charity foundation is still in preparation, if she can join in, she will definitely welcome it with both hands, but it depends on what Matthew means, as long as he nods and agrees, everything is not a problem.

Amanda is a man of action, and since she has an idea, she will try to do it, and she dials Matthew's private number, but no one answers.

After two consecutive calls, the call went unanswered.

Amanda looked at the time, the time difference between New York and Los Angeles, guessed that Matthew might still be sleeping, and turned her phone to silent.

All morning, Amanda had no intention of working, and from time to time she picked up her phone to see that Matthew had her number, and in the past, Matthew would come back soon.

waited until noon, the phone finally vibrate, Amanda picked it up and looked at it, it was Matthew's number, came to an unmanned reception room of the company, and pressed the answer button.

"I'm sorry, Amanda. Matthew on the other end of the phone explained, "I forgot the phone in the assistant's car yesterday, and I just got it. ”

"It doesn't matter. Amanda was not polite to Matthew, and said directly, "I just read Time Magazine and saw that you said that you want to set up two charitable foundations?"

On the other side, Ma Xian stood in the door of Warner Studios, and could see a lot of reporters gathered outside the door, and said in a slightly lowered voice, "The preparation has begun, and Helen is in charge of the specifics, and the current progress is not ideal, Helen said that she is not very professional." ”

"Need I recommend a professional for you?"

Hearing Amanda's words, Matthew immediately remembered that this girl had a very good family background, and couldn't help but smile and said, "Okay, I'm short of professionals." ”

Amanda's crisp voice rang on the other end of the phone, "What do you think of me?"

"You?" said Matthew, a little surprised, but still asked, "you're coming to Los Angeles to work, and your father agrees?"

"Of course I agree. Amanda's words are also direct, "When I just graduated the year before last, I worked for my father's charitable foundation for a long time. ”

Matthew thought for two seconds and said, "That's it, Amanda. If you have time, come to Los Angeles and we'll meet in person. ”

Hearing that the other side answered, Matthew hung up the phone and beckoned Bella Anderson out of Warner Studios together.

More than two dozen reporters immediately gathered around, and Matthew knew it was the effect of Time Magazine's cover characters.

A male reporter was the first to ask loudly, "Matthew Horner, you're so passionate about charity, why don't you give up acting and devote yourself completely to charity?"