Chapter 732: I Don't Want Money
As night fell, the day ended, and instead of leaving, the delegation chose to spend the night in the city, which is close to the Somali border, and it is better to wait until dawn than venture back to Nairobi at night, after all, there is a regular Kenyan border guard.
As a border city, the accommodation and dining conditions of the hotel are certainly not much better, and Matthew came once and made enough preparations.
The biggest trouble is that there are too many mosquitoes in the hotel.
"Fortunately, I brought the wind oil essence with me, and this time I also brought mosquito repellent. Matthew sat in the room, smelling a pungent smell, and the mosquitoes seemed to fly away through the open door, "It's really a must-have medicine for home travel." ”
This time, among the gifts he gave to the refugee camps and orphanages, there were a lot of wind oil essence and cool oil.
Judging from the feedback, the Black Uncles seem to enjoy these little gifts.
"Ahh
Suddenly there was a sound of sneezing at the door of the room, and Emma Watson appeared at the door, knocked lightly on the door, and asked, "Matthew, can I come in?"
Matthew hurriedly said, "Please come in." ”
Wrapped in a thin blanket with only her head exposed, Emma Watson walked in, rubbed her nose lightly, and asked, "What's sprayed in your room?" ”
"Oh......" Matthew picked up a small green bottle and shook it, "insect repellent." ”
Emma Watson tilted her head, paused carefully, looked around again, and said, "Like, like you don't have mosquitoes in your room?"
Matthew shrugged, "They're all driven away." ”
"Hurry up and close the door. Emma Watson turned around and closed the door and said, "Don't run in again in a moment." ”
She walked a few steps to the couch in the center of the room and sat down, pointing to a few red spots on her face, "There are so many mosquitoes, I'm about to be bitten to death, I doubt I can suck human blood dry in one night." ”
Matthew grabbed a large box of wind oil essence and a bottle of insect repellent and placed them on the coffee table in front of Emma Watson, "It would be better to sprinkle a little in the room." ”
"We'll talk about that later. Emma Watson picked it up and looked at it, "I don't want to go back, I will be disfigured if I get bitten a few more, and there are still a lot of Harry Potter promotional activities to participate in when I go back to Europe, how thick is the foundation to cover?"
Matthew picked up a jar of herbal tea and handed it to Emma Watson, "You stay with me for a while, and I'll go to your room and spray you with some mosquito repellent." ”
Emma Watson glanced at the unfamiliar herbal tea and asked, "Is there anything to eat?"
"Didn't eat dinner?" "Matthew opened his suitcase, found the bread he had prepared, picked a few with different flavors and handed them to Emma Watson, "That's all there is to it." ”
"You're so well prepared. Emma Watson was not polite, opened a loaf of bread and ate it.
Seeing that she was not interested in herbal tea, Matthew took out a bottle of mineral water from his suitcase and put it in front of her.
Emma Watson unscrewed the water bottle and took a sip and glanced at Matthew's suitcase, "You won't have a suitcase, will you?"
Matthew nodded, "I've been here once, and I know that the situation here is not very good, so I specially asked people to purchase it before leaving." ”
Emma Watson ate a small loaf of bread and drank a third of the bottle of water before stopping, like the actresses in the circle, apparently controlling her calorie intake.
"You said you were going to donate all of Fast & Furious 4 in the afternoon, couldn't it be true?" asked Emma Watson tentatively.
Matthew said this out of many considerations, after all, the real control is in his hands and David Ellison, this kind of thing is not suitable to say, so I have to be vague, "I just look a little farther away, I still want to shoot a lot of "Fast and Furious" series. ”
Emma Watson tilted her head to look at Matthew and asked, "Is it worth it that you put so much into charity?"
"You'll understand later. Matthew smiled and didn't answer directly, just said, "Emma, I'm not only an actor, but also a businessman. ”
The meaning behind these words, of course, Emma Watson can hear it, how can a businessman make a loss-making business?
Matthew's donations come from his two charitable foundations, and while some of the funds come from him personally, more are raised.
This is the advantage of top stars doing charity.
"Emma ......," Matthew said, pulling out an armchair and sitting across from Emma Watson, "judging from the current social development situation, the feminist movement is getting stronger and stronger, and children's rights and interests will always be the core of the family. ”
He said very seriously, "Stick to the public welfare undertakings of women's rights and children, and don't care about the pay and harvest for the time being, it will be good for you in the future." ”
What Emma Watson lacks is experience, but he is very smart, and nodded slightly.
"This is an experience that has been summed up by people who have come before. Matthew said again.
"I went around the Dadaab refugee camp twice. Emma Watson sighed, "I feel that the resources of the United Nations, as well as the large amount of philanthropic funds from charities, are really wasted on these people." ”
Matthew asked directly, "You saw that too?"
Emma Watson replied, saying, "If all the donations and the resources raised by the UN are spent on refugees, it's worth it, why do I hear so many people talking...... I also saw a lot of arguments at the food distribution as to why there were so many Kenyans in the Dadaab camps, which were almost a third of the total. ”
She was only 19 years old, and she was somewhat excited, "Isn't Kenya the most socially stable and economically developed country in East Africa?"
Matthew didn't answer for a moment, because he knew about the situation before he came.
Emma Watson asked strangely, "Matthew, I don't understand, what do normal people do when they go to a refugee camp to eat and drink?"
Matthew was silent for a while before he said, "It's better to have free food and drink than to work hard, even if the conditions are worse, but you can fill your stomach without working." ”
"Don't they want to make their lives better and live with more dignity?" said Emma Watson wasn't asking Matthew.
"We walked along the way, and we saw a lot of barren farmland, especially the closer we got to the camp, the more people we were, and I heard from the interpreter that they were all eating and drinking in the camps. ”
"I've heard that, too. Matthew said.
This is not a secret for a long time, he had heard Amanda mention before he came here that many of the refugees in the Dadaab refugee camp were not refugees at all.
Emma Watson put her fingers in her hair and tucked her brown hair back to her head, saying, "It's disgusting to think that the supplies I've raised will also be distributed among these people." ”
Matthew comforted, "There are many things in this world that are more complicated than you think, don't be angry about this kind of thing." Emma, it's not worth it. ”
Thinking of some of the supplies sent out today, Emma Watson was indignant, "There were people and the media before that these people were very lazy, as long as they could stutter and live, they were too lazy to work, I didn't believe it at the time, today ......"
"Emma!" Matthew interrupted and walked over and patted the girl lightly on the shoulder, "Don't say that again." ”
He specifically reminded, "It's okay to say in front of me, don't say anything like that in front of other people." ”
"I understand. Emma Watson whispered, "I'm just in front of you." ”
She looked up at Matthew, raised the corners of her mouth and smiled, "These words will be accused of discrimination, so I won't say it outside." ”
Matthew nodded, "You're a smart girl. ”
Emma Watson said in distress, "But I still can't let go." Still looking at Matthew, she asked, "How did you do that?" ”
"There are things that inevitably go to waste on unnecessary people, and I can't avoid it. Matthew said slowly, "However, both of my foundations have professional teams here, adhering to the principle of helping the emergency and not the poor, if you really want to save the poor, it is estimated that the wealth of the top 100 richest people in the United States will be used in Africa, and these people will not be saved." ”
What he meant was that the whole of Africa was too big and too chaotic to take care of so many people.
But Emma Watson misunderstood the meaning and said, "It's just that there are too many people here who are lazy to eat and give too many things, so they can only raise a bunch of rice worms." ”
She lowered her voice slightly, "I heard the interpreter say that the seeds distributed by the United Nations WFP are directly eaten by them, and they don't plant them at all, they eat them and wait for new ones to be sent." ”
Matthew didn't say much, talking too much about these bad things will only make people feel bad.
There are people like this not only in Africa, but also in every country.
Subsequently, he took the initiative to change the topic and chatted with Emma Watson about some film topics, especially "Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince", which will be released this summer.
In addition, Emma Watson will also go to North America to study in college after the summer, probably considering the personality of the top student, she chose Brown University, an Ivy League school.
The two talked until it was nearly eleven o'clock, when Emma Watson returned to her room, and because of the nonsense, Matthew had forgotten about spraying mosquito repellent.
As a result, before he could fall asleep in the shower, the door of his room was knocked by Emma Watson.
Matthew opened the door, looked at Emma Watson holding a large pillow, and asked, "What's wrong?"
"There are too many mosquitoes. Emma Watson pointed to the red envelope on her forehead, "I can't stay over there." ”
Hearing her say this, Matthew took the initiative to open the door and said, "Come in." ”
Emma Watson was also not polite, and when she came in, she directly put her big pillow on the only bed, and lay down as soon as her body was crooked.
Matthew closed the door and walked over, ready to go to bed.
"You ......" Emma Watson turned to look at Matthew, "what are you going to do?"
Matthew sat cross-legged next to her and said, "You robbed me of my place, and I have to charge for it." ”
Emma Watson buried her whole face in the pillow and said in a sullen voice, "I didn't bring any money." ”
"Rest assured. Matthew's fingers wrapped around her smiling hair, "I don't want money." ”