On an ordinary Saturday morning in early May, a large number of people gathered in front of the Los Angeles Convention Center, and in front of two different passages, a large number of ordinary Los Angeles citizens and media reporters were waiting to enter, and many people gathered around, or put up banners or posters, as if in response to the event.

Not far from the Palazzo Lien Convention and Exhibition Center, a group of X-Men fans are also engaged in activities, but the momentum is too far from here, even if "Wolverine" just released this weekend.

Robert Barnes, a reporter for ABC TV, stood in the line of media reporters, looking around, and he occasionally raised his camera to take pictures because of the large number of reporters in line, which made the entry too slow.

The procession of ordinary citizens in the vicinity, the huge poster above the convention and exhibition center, and even the procession of peers are all the subjects of his camera.

Not far away, a live broadcast car of the ABC TV entertainment channel is still transmitting real-time footage to thousands of households.

Robert Barnes is well aware that ABC TV, at the behest of its parent company, Disney, recently had an OB truck to follow Matthew Horner twenty-four hours a day.

The camera in his hand swept over the crowd, and the slogans in support of women and children were prominent, giving a sense that a public welfare event was being held.

After a while, Robert Barnes finally approached the entrance of the center of the exhibition with the team, and looked up at the huge poster above.

"We are on the same planet as African refugees. ”

He picked up his camera and took another picture of the poster.

Robert Barnes then followed the team of reporters into the convention center, and then led by a staff member to a large exhibition area, where many photos were displayed, all of which were dark-skinned old people, children and women, all of them skinny and malnourished.

It looks really pitiful.

The big screen in the exhibition hall lit up at this time, and a figure appeared on the screen, and Robert Barnes only glanced at it and recognized it as the famous Matthew Horner, the organizer of this charity exhibition.

He certainly knew that the event was jointly organized by the Matthew Horner Charitable Foundation and the Matthew Horner Foundation for Women and Children, as well as the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR).

With the participation of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR), this event is naturally high-profile.

"In today's society, the economy is developing faster and faster, more and more places are getting rich, and the people are living a good life. However, in some areas, many people are still struggling to survive wars and natural disasters, so let's take a look at the people in the refugee camps in Africa. ”

Listening to Matthew Horner's introduction on the big screen, Robert Barnes stopped and looked intently at the images playing on the big screen.

A series of black figures flashed across the frame, accompanied by Matthew Horner's voiceover.

"Due to the lack of food, there is not enough food every day, and many children live with hunger all year round, which is a group of children who share a little bit of food. ”

Robert Barnes' eyes widened unconsciously, and the dirty, gray, and messy stuff in the middle of those black kids was food? Is there more disgusting food than that? It's really miserable.

The food was covered in dust and dirt, but the black children ate very calmly, as if they were sharing a rare delicacy.

Seeing this, Robert Barnes was touched in his heart, he is a father with two children, what if his own children live this kind of life?

The big screen flashed to a black mother sitting on a dirty floor breastfeeding, and next to a four or five-year-old child, crying with hunger.

Matthew Horner's voiceover rings again, "A mother is breastfeeding, and the lack of food fillers has left her starved, but the baby is hungry and the older child next to her hasn't eaten for a long time......"

Robert Barnes felt sad, his eyes drifted over the faces of the people around him, most of them had a solemn face, and many teenagers opened their mouths in surprise, as if they couldn't believe that such a terrible thing was happening in the world.

But the images on the big screen didn't stop there, and a group of boys with skinny ribs clearly visible and can only be described as skinny bones appeared in a long line.

"It's a group of refugee children waiting in line to get food, and even though they end up with a drop in the bucket, they also have to rely on this handout. With more concern for these refugees, everyone has the right to a better life. ”

At this point, the video on the big screen starts to loop, and Robert Barnes no longer looks at the big screen, but goes around the exhibition hall to look at the photos, one by one shocking, living in a city like Los Angeles, I really can't imagine what life should be like for people there.

How to survive, to be exact.

Robert Barnes held up his camera and kept taking pictures, which should be seen by more people.

There was a lot of discussion among the people around him, and although there was no shortage of critics, the vast majority of them took a sympathetic stance.

After two laps around the room, Robert Barnes moved on to the next one, which was set up similarly to the previous one, but with a lot more walls of apparently non-professional photographs, all of which were African children.

In addition, there is also a large screen in the exhibition hall, but the person on the big screen is no longer Matthew Horner, but Paul Walker, who explains the survival of some African children and then explains a video in a voice-over situation.

The first character in this video, a skinny black child, made everyone at the scene subconsciously cover their mouths, and people with dense phobia no longer dare to watch it.

Robert Barnes listened to Paul Walker's narration and felt nothing but grief.

"How can a little boy be so thin? so thin that he can count his ribs clearly. Why is the little boy crawling with mosquitoes and flies? Why doesn't he get rid of these insects himself? Is it because hunger has left him with no strength to wave his hand to drive them away, or is it because he has become accustomed to crawling with insects? Or is it because he has lost the desire to drive away them? Perhaps, these are the companions who accompany him every day through a childhood without innocence and coquettishness. He was used to their presence. ”

The footage in the video makes people shiver and wonder if the scrawny little boy will be devoured by insects.

Robert Barnes left this room almost trembling and entered the next one.

He had never been to Africa, and he had heard about some of the situations in Africa from the news reports and from the mouths of his colleagues who had gone to Africa, but those were heavenly compared to what he saw today.

If there really is hell in this world, these people live in hell.

They deserve more help! They deserve to be better off than they are now!

With this in mind, Robert Barnes stood in a new exhibition hall and looked at each of them.

Soon, he discovered that the people on the big screen in each showroom were different, with Hollywood stars like Matthew Horner, Paul Walker, and Jordana Brewster, as well as relative strangers like Gal Gadot, Daniel Wu, and Justin Lin.

Isn't this the main creative lineup of "Fast and Furious 4"?

It's not just him who thinks this way, the people around him are talking about it, and most of them recognize these as the actors of "Fast and Furious 4".

As a journalist, Robert Barnes quickly realized that the film "Fast and Furious 4" was also using this opportunity to do promotional marketing.

But it's hard for him to be disgusted, because from the beginning to the end of this event, there is no place where "Fast and Furious 4" is mentioned, but it is reminiscent of this film.

Besides, mentioning "Fast and Furious 4" should also be, unconditional good deeds in this world often can't last for a few days, and conditional good deeds can be more long-term and lasting.

Matthew Horner is going to donate all the profits from "Fast and Furious 4", and no one is allowed to mention the name of the movie?

Where in this world are there so many saints?

Walking near the exit of the exhibition hall, Robert Barnes saw a huge fundraising box, but no one forced to donate, those who were willing to donate were free to donate, and those who were not willing to donate could leave at any time.

Moreover, the staff also left the phone number or other contact information of the donor, saying that they would inform them of the whereabouts of the donation in a timely manner.

Touched by the photos and videos in the exhibition hall, there were many donors, and there were long queues at all eight donation offices, including Robert Barnes, leaving five hundred dollars before leaving the exhibition hall.

"Amanda ......"

On the second floor of the Baiya Lien Convention and Exhibition Center, Matthew looked through the glass window at the flow of people at the exit and said, "This money is donated in full accordance with the law, and all operations must comply with the norms." ”

Amanda gently stroked her short blonde hair with one hand and said, "I know, you can rest assured." ”

Matthew nodded slightly, this kind of large-scale momentum, as well as public welfare activities with the nature of publicity and marketing, the accounts must be clear.

This is a promotion of Fast and Furious 4 and his own image that he and Amanda have carefully planned, and the purpose of this event is to remind the public that you have gone to watch Fast and Furious 4, that you are helping the suffering people of Africa, that you are helping women and children, that you have a great internationalist spirit, that you are not a racist, that you are a good person who supports racial equality, and that you applaud yourself......

In many cases, some subtle psychology can directly affect people's viewing choices.

While Matthew and Amanda were continuing to run the "We Are on the Same Earth with African Refugees" charity campaign, a Latino man who can be seen everywhere in Los Angeles knocked on the door and entered a room in a very ordinary apartment building in Los Angeles.

"How?" asked a bald head in the room, "are you sure?"

The plain-looking Latino man said, "We guessed right, the bodyguard was on vacation. ”

The bald head touched his head, "We've waited so long, and we've finally waited for our chance." ”