Chapter 422: An Angel Sent by God to Earth
After a long-distance flight of more than 20 hours, the plane finally arrived in New York, which was formed for only one day, in order to participate in the inauguration ceremony of a large welfare home built by his private donation. In other words, at the beginning of this year, Tang Dynasty Holdings donated $200 million to the U.S. Department of the Interior in his private name to build 1oo high-level, well-equipped large-scale welfare homes in the United States, and this large-scale welfare home in Brooklyn, New York was the first to be completed and the largest. And he came this time to be influenced by the Secretary of the Interior Jonathan? Bult's invitation to attend the inauguration ceremony that will be held tomorrow morning at the welfare home.
After resting in the hotel for the night, Gu Chen set off for the welfare home early the next morning, and when he arrived, Jonathan had already arrived first, in addition, there were many reporters, as soon as his car stopped, the originally scattered reporters immediately rushed over, surrounding his car, but was quickly separated by bodyguards who got off the front and rear cars, so that he could get out of the car.
He got out of the car and walked straight over to shake Jonathan's hand, saying, "I'm sorry that the weather is still waiting here today." ”
Jonathan shrugged his shoulders lightly and said, "It's okay, my body has always been strong, and the ceremony started at nine o'clock, and you weren't late." At this point, he paused, turned his body to the side, pointed to a white middle-aged woman standing on his left back, and introduced: "This is Ms. Grace, Ms. Grace has been working for the New York Children's Protection Foundation before, is a very caring person with rich work experience, and he will be the director of the Guchen Welfare Institute in New York in the future." ”
"Hello Ms. Grace, I believe that with you in charge of the orphanage, those children who have lost their families will regain the warmth that should belong to them."
"Thank you Mr. Gu for your compliment, it is my honor to be the director of the welfare home, and I am very grateful to Mr. Gu for his generosity."
Gu Chen smiled slightly, this Ms. Grace is indeed kind-eyed. He also speaks very softly, which gives people a sense of intimacy at first glance, and only in this way is that people who have been committed to social welfare and philanthropy are suitable to be the managers of institutions such as welfare institutions.
Then he suddenly remembered something: "I almost forgot about it, yesterday I heard Mr. Jonathan say that the orphanage has now accepted more than a dozen children, and it will be Christmas in a few days, and I have prepared some gifts for the children, and I should send them later." ”
Said Cao Cao, Cao Cao arrived. As soon as he finished speaking, a small truck appeared in everyone's sight: "It seems that the gift has been delivered." ”
Ms. Grace said happily: "The children will definitely be very happy to receive the Christmas presents, and I thank Mr. Gu on their behalf." I'll be out of company for a while, and Mr. Gu and Mr. Jonathan can go inside and sit in first. With that, she beckoned a staff member standing not far away to walk towards the pickup truck, which was small. But there were a lot of things in the car, and she had to arrange a place to store them.
"I forgot about Christmas, but thankfully you prepared gifts for the children." Jonathan's expression was a little depressed. Gu Chen couldn't help but smile when he saw it, he had always had a good impression of the unpretentious character of Westerners. Raising his wrist to look at the time, it was still almost 2o minutes before the ceremony began, so he said to Jonathan, "If Mr. Jonathan doesn't mind, please give me a few minutes." ”
Jonathan didn't know what Gu Chen was going to do. But he still said cheerfully: "Of course, you can use all the time before the ceremony begins. ”
Gu Chen turned to face the reporter who was blocked by the bodyguards and Jonathan's security personnel one meter away, and said with a smile: "Originally, there was no reporter to ask questions at today's ceremony, but I see that you seem to be quite interested in me, so I can use this time before the ceremony to answer a few questions. ”
Hearing this, a reporter immediately rolled his eyes secretly. The reporters at the scene did not know that this newspaper, which was headquartered in Houston and had a rapid expansion in the past six months, was the industry under Gu Chen's name. Different from the people around her, the female reporter of the "Herald Leader" was very happy, looked at the person next to her with a slight interest, and asked: "First of all, as an American citizen, I am personally grateful to Mr. Gu for donating 48 large-scale welfare homes in the United States, I would like to know what made Mr. Gu have such an idea?" ”
"The United States is a very wealthy country with a robust social welfare system. But no matter how robust the system is, it can't take care of all the corners, otherwise there would be no need for charities, and as far as I know, at least tens of thousands of babies and children are orphaned in the United States every year. Most of these orphans will be adopted by their families, and the rest will live in welfare homes, or wander in society, and later grow up to become moths in society, and I am not despising them, but feeling sorry for their misfortunes in life. ”
"I am also a child and know that every child is so innocent, that they are angels sent by God to earth. But this world is not destined to be fair, some people are born with a happy family, and some have to endure no family, no parents, no warm childhood, especially black children, I am not here to discuss racial issues today. ”
"I just want to tell you the fact that there are now 15 orphans in this new orphanage, most of them black children, not only do they have no physical defects, but on the contrary, they are all healthy, and they are orphaned for many reasons, some of them are abandoned by single mothers who cannot afford to support them; Some went to prison because their parents committed crimes; Some died because their parents were on drugs or in gang fights...... And so on, and so on, for reasons that are even beyond your imagination. ”
"There is no doubt that they are all people living at the bottom of society, and the laws and institutions cannot protect them for various reasons, and now that I have the ability, I feel that I should do something for them, even though it may not change their overall situation."
As soon as the words fell, a reporter immediately asked: "Mr. Gu, based on what you said, can I see you as a supporter of black people?" ”
"I never said that I was a supporter of blacks, I only supported the weak, the reason why I focus on blacks is because their social status is lower than most whites, I believe you will not deny this, and the 5o welfare home I donated has no restrictions on race, and in this welfare home, I adopted two white girls, I heard that they are only 4 years old."
"They were found together by sanitation workers near a garbage landfill pit, they were less than 3 years old at the time, they didn't understand anything, they couldn't even speak clearly, they were only wearing thin clothes, they had been frozen purple by the cold wind, and they almost lost all consciousness, and then they were sent to the hospital by sanitation workers to finally save their lives, and then they have been living in the hospital until some time ago and were sent here, I don't know why their parents abandoned them so ruthlessly, but since the matter has been born, The first thing we need to do is not to pursue the cause and responsibility, but to think about how to care for and protect the two innocent children. ”
"I still say that every child is an angel sent by God to the world, and their innocence and smile are the last pure land left in this world, for this last pure land, I hope that more people can join in this cause of caring for them."
"In the future, I will also set up a charitable fund dedicated to the healthy development of children, which will work to protect children around the world who have lost loved ones, live in poverty, have congenital diseases and do not have access to emergency medical assistance."
"Mr. Gu, if you are the charitable foundation you just mentioned, you have already established three charitable foundations, and the funds invested in charity have exceeded 200 billion US dollars, which is more than the wealth of most wealthy people in the United States, and you deserve to be the largest philanthropist in the world. But some people think that this money is nothing compared to the wealth you plundered in the United States last year, and some people say that your reputation as a philanthropist is based on the suffering of Americans, I wonder what Mr. Gu has to say about this? ”
Gu Chen was prepared for the reporter's question, although more than a year has passed, there are still some Americans who are angry and even resentful of his behavior of taking advantage of the stock market crash last year to plunder the wealth of the United States, which is unavoidable, the only thing he can do is to try his best to resolve it, and this is also the reason why he donated to build a welfare home in the United States. To put it bluntly, $200 million is definitely the largest single donation for children in the history of the United States, and even if the American media does not praise him, at least it can make Americans change some of their impression of him. Taking a step back, this money was originally American's, and now it is used by Americans, and he is still a lonely child, he really doesn't feel distressed at all.
In addition, since he donated to build a welfare home in exchange for the favor of the Americans, today's opening ceremony of the welfare home is undoubtedly a very good publicity opportunity, so naturally he cannot completely ignore the reporters as he did in Hong Kong, knowing that this is the United States, not Hong Kong, where he can make a statement, if these reporters are not happy, who knows what they will write in tomorrow's newspaper.
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