Chapter 632 Rescue Hungry Children
"It's almost time. It's time for us to set off when changing the dress." Nicole reminded after sitting opposite him.
"Hurry up!" Taylor threw the clothing bag on the desk and almost hit the LCD monitor. "It's a very rude thing for the owner to be late."
"Give me ten minutes. It'll be fine right away."
After picking up the clothing bag, Ryan walked into the suite of the office. Taylor looked at the closed door and said to Nicole with a smile, "Don't you go in and help him?"
Nicole glared at her, Taylor shrugged playfully, sat in Ryan's position, turned around and said, "It turns out that this is what the chairman of Disney feels."
"Wait until you are eighteen." Ni used gestures to remind her to pay attention to her dress, "You can ask Ryan to give this position to you."
“Where’s the location?”
While tidying up his bow tie, Ryan pushed the door and walked out, and just heard Nicole's last words, "Where is Alison wanting?"
"Chief of Disney." Taylor blinked at him intentionally, "Is it OK, my dear brother Ryan?"
"As long as the other directors have no objection."
While chatting and laughing, the three of them left the office, took the elevator and got off to the ground floor of the Disney building. The convoy had already waited in front of the building. After they got on, they drove directly to Harvey Weinstein's private club in Malibu.
Today, this private club, which is never open to the media, has opened its doors. On the flattest lawn, it was arranged into a temporary venue. Hundreds of reporters gathered in front of the podium with long guns and cannons. On the dozen rows of white chairs behind them, all of them were celebrities from Hollywood.
In addition, there are hundreds of enlarged pictures on the exhibition stands around the venue, all of which are hungry children photographed by photographers from Africa. Although they are of different ages and genders, they are all skinny and bone-like and have a particularly conspicuous big head, which looks extremely miserable.
"It turns out that what George said is true."
After the famous journalist on the stage who often traveled to poor African areas, Taylor, who sat next to him, whispered, "There are such poor children in the world."
"Dear, that's all we can do."
The deep reasons inside were never explained in just a few words. Ryan gently patted her arm, "So, don't think about running to Africa with Scar."
"She is a traitor again!"
After muttering this, Taylor's head drooped.
"Next, please invite Mr. Ryan Jenkins, the founder of the Foundation!"
After the host on the stage sent an invitation, Ryan slightly tidied up his dress, and under the illumination of countless flashes, he stood up and strode over and went to the podium.
Today is the day one of his charitable foundations was established.
Ryan took out all the pay he received in the Star Wars series—about $100 million—to set up this charity foundation aimed at rescuing poor children in Africa, and would also accept donations from Hollywood celebrities.
Of course, this is not a foundation established to avoid taxes. Ryan will let people strictly supervise its operations and disclose all accounts. It will definitely not allow all kinds of scandals like the Red Cross Association in North America.
"ladies and gentlemen."
Standing in front of the podium, Ryan raised his hand slightly, and the somewhat chaotic reporter in front immediately returned to his quiet state. He did not prepare a speech. For him, improvisational speech was not a problem at all.
“My purpose of establishing this foundation is very simple, to eliminate the threat of poverty and to rescue hungry children in Africa.”
"Since this year, a severe drought that has not been encountered in sixty years has spread in the 'Horna of Africa'. Somalia, which has experienced more than ten years of war, has fallen into the 'the worst food crisis in Africa', and official statistics from the United Nations..."
Ryan reached out to introduce the far left position in the front row, and three officials from the United Nations rescue organization stood up and waved to the surroundings.
He continued, “Somalia currently has 640,000 children with severe malnutrition, most of which are facing the threat of death. The United Nations estimates that if real-time actions are not taken, such as providing emergency rescue food, drinking water and housing, the number of people affected may increase by another 125 percent, or even more than one million.”
“It is easy to denounce poverty and hunger, but it is difficult to overcome them. African children suffering from hunger, scarcity and humiliation need more than just words of sympathy, they also need specific support.”
“Over the continent, millions of children still live in poverty, deprived of their rights to food, education and health care. We must help them and lend a helping hand to them.”
The audience burst into warm applause, and after the applause subsided, Ryan continued the following words.
"Hunger is a disaster that all mankind faces together. We should help each other regardless of national boundaries. While we enjoy the peace and prosperity of the United States, we should not forget that there are children waiting for us on the other side of the earth. I call on more caring people to join the rescue of hungry children in Africa and provide necessary assistance to African children who are deeply trapped in humanitarian disasters!"
Warm applause came from the audience again, and Ryan also raised his hand and slowly applauded.
"I will give out $110 million at one time to invest in this charity foundation, and thank Mr. Bill Gates and Mr. Warren Buffett. Although they did not attend, they each donated $20 million. They also thank Mr. David Geffen, Mr. Stephen Spielberg, Mr. James Cameron, Miss Nicole Kidman, Miss Julia Roberts..."
Ryan thanked everyone who donated them one after another, and finally emphasized, "The foundation's accounts will be made public. I will ask PwC to supervise all accounts. All expenses will be listed on the official website. Friends in the media are also welcome to supervise them."
After saying that, he walked off the podium and returned to his seat, with speeches from UN officials behind him.
What Ryan did was nothing but what most wealthy people in the world were doing. On the one hand, they tried their best to squeeze profits from all over the world, and on the other hand, they took out some money to earn a good reputation for themselves.
This is also related to Bill Gates and Warren Buffett who each donated 20 million US dollars.
Not long ago, these two super rich people who ranked in the top two on the Forbes Rich List also sent a charitable invitation to Ryan, with the theme of rescuing poor people all over the world. Ryan immediately responded publicly and then established the foundation.
Chapter completed!