Logically speaking, this amount of money is not too small, but compared with the funds needed for disaster relief in Montaya, it is really a drop in the bucket.
What to do? Only now did Zhou Jiping understand the true meaning of Berlant's words: I hope your delegation will make this trip worthwhile... According to the current situation, this trip to Country M will be in vain.
"Tomorrow we will leave here and go to the next stop." When Johnson informed the delegation of his next step, he still continued to be in a low mood for the past few days. Objectively speaking, Johnson is not a qualified diplomat.
His emotions were too exposed, and he was too kind-hearted to hide them in Johnson's heart. He regarded the Montayas who fought alongside him as his friends, and remembered the merits he had gained because of these natives in their heads.
In this way, he always started from the perspective of a friend, thinking about the Montaya delegation. Seeing that the people who came to the delegation these days were depressed, he also looked worried.
"Is it still like the past two days? In addition to being welcomed by the government, you also visit the university?" Mountbatten asked half-jokingly.
Johnson did not answer his questions, but introduced the itinerary step by step. He had completed his work. Hearing the next itinerary was like a replica of the past two days. Everyone in the visiting group was a little downcast.
"I brought you a newspaper to relieve your boredom." As he spoke, Johnson took out a newspaper, carefully placed it between Zhou Jiping and Mountbatten, then said goodbye and left.
The lounge where the visiting group was resting fell silent. No one wanted to talk at this time. The newspaper was actually just one page, just sitting there alone on the table. Mountbatten was staring at the newspaper bitterly at this time.
, Zhou Jiping looked at the newspaper thoughtfully.
There are only a few people in the whole delegation who understand English. What's the use of bringing a page of newspaper! Mountbatten complained dissatisfiedly and reached out to grab the newspaper to see what he looked like now. The newspaper would definitely be torn if he got it.
Broken results
"Wait!" Zhou Jiping suddenly reached out and grabbed the newspaper in front of Mountbatten. This move made Mountbatten both surprised and a little dissatisfied.
"Look at this!" Zhou Jiping pointed at the news section of the upward page of the newspaper and said to Mountbatten.
"What?" Mountbatten asked casually, and couldn't help but leaned over and asked in confusion.
The upward page of the newspaper was the news page. In the middle, someone used a thick line of ink to outline a piece of news - the Los Angeles Marathon is about to start, and athletes from all over the world are gathering.
"Marathon? Race?" Zhou Jiping and Mountbatten looked at each other, and they both laughed almost at the same time: "Ha, this kid is not in vain."
That night, a member of the visiting delegation, Nwali, a former long-distance runner, took leave and left. The reason was that he was going to visit some friends. Nwali was French and held a French passport. Unlike all members of Muntaya's delegation, they did not even have visas.
, he entered the country with a special permission, his status is different, he acted alone, no one can tell anything else
The next afternoon, there was news in the newspaper - "A young long-distance runner from Africa will appear in the Los Angeles Marathon." This news was not entirely due to Nwali. Zhou Jiping once found out from Laisi that he was originally pursuing
Robert, the French reporter who passed through Les, had already arrived in country m, so he asked Nwali to go out and contacted Robert through Les.
Robert had a soft spot for Lais, and even if his pursuit failed, he still maintained his good impression of Lais. At the same time, this French reporter was also a person with a sense of justice. After figuring out the cause and effect of the matter, he exerted his special energy as a reporter.
, not only gave the late master and apprentice Nwali the opportunity to sign up for the marathon, but also pointed out the real purpose of Muntaya's delegation to come to country m.
Robert doesn't need to explain clearly, he only needs to lay out the doubtful aspects of the matter and let readers think about it. For example, why did Montaya's neighbor Ansol attack Montaya? And why could Montaya be able to do so?
Why was the consul general of Country M in Montaya who defeated Welingala's army in a very short time before the civil war in Montaya? The special relationship between Country M and the previous government of Montaya, and the oil resources in Montaya
Is it the root cause of regional conflicts...
Robert's writing skills are really poor. In just a few strokes, he described the government and military of Country M as a war promoter who intervened in regional conflicts and profited from them. Otherwise, why was Montaya's delegation so big?
They have come all the way to your country to ask for assistance. If the government is honest, why did it restrict the Muntaya delegation to only a small area? It is clearly a private revenge and something shameful.
Guiding public opinion, this is the power of the media. Robert didn't have any real evidence, but his speculations were reasonable. At the same time, because he captured the psychology of the people of country M, he hit the government's weakness in one go. In the past few years, country M has been frequently
In the international arena, many local wars have been launched and many battles have been won, but there has been nothing that can really see actual benefits and get out of the trouble. So, no matter whether it is an ordinary M-country person or not,
, or an opposition party that is deliberately trying to cause trouble for the current government, they are all very sensitive on such issues.
As soon as Robert's news was published, several media outlets reprinted his articles. Then, some reporters who were good at digging for clues obtained more information through many channels, such as what a college student was impressed by a barefoot boy.
A diary written by a certain congressman complained about the government’s negative treatment of the Muntaya delegation; a photo taken by a photographer of a barefoot boy running on the runway...such reports in various media
It can be said that there is an endless supply of
Later, more and more groundless news appeared overwhelmingly, saying that Montaya's new government was here to repair the relationship with the government; the reason was that the people in the new government were basically suppressed by the government of country M...even even
The war that caused a large-scale epidemic more than ten years ago had reporters raising suspicions that it was caused by the shadow of the M government...
For a time, the government of country m fell into an extremely passive situation.
In this case, the Los Angeles Marathon Organizing Committee is a temporary promotion agency for a sports event. They are not worried about government intervention. What they are worried about is whether there are many people paying attention to the event and whether the impact of the event is enough.
Big, is the advertising fee enough?
Now, so many poor children running barefoot can naturally attract the attention of society. This thing in itself is a gimmick. At the same time, these children are members of a visiting delegation from a poor African country that has been plagued by floods. As the organizer of the event,
As long as you spend a small amount of money, you can give this event a charity coat. This is undoubtedly another eye-catching gimmick. Not to mention that a group of media has already heated up the matter. This gimmick is actually
It has something to do with politics. It’s hard to be famous for this event. The attention has increased. Media broadcasts, advertising fees, sponsorship fees... they all came here.
Soon, the Los Angeles Marathon Organizing Committee issued a statement: Donating 200,000 yuan to the people in the disaster-stricken area of Montaya and arranging two friendly matches involving Montaya football players and basketball players.
All the funds will be donated to the Montaya government for flood relief and poor child protection in Montaya. To this end, the marathon organizing committee has also opened a special donation account, and the receipt of donations will be fully verified by the local notary office in Los Angeles.
notarization
In this era when all kinds of media show their magical powers, keeping secrets is a very difficult thing. What's more, the government of Country M never thought of deliberately concealing the affairs of Montaya's delegation. However, some people wanted to suppress the delegation.
He took advantage of the opportunity to achieve his own goals and deliberately limited the spread of the news.
However, when newspapers, TV, and the Internet began to disclose information about Montaya's delegation non-stop, things became irreversible. Especially when the video of the photo of Montaya boy running barefoot in the fog was posted to the Internet, and then
When it was reprinted by major media outlets one after another, the matter had already been determined.
Some opposition members began to use this incident to attack the government, and some charitable organizations also criticized the government's foreign policy. A small incident turned into a big trouble for the government. As a last resort, government officials began to stand up and distance themselves.
"How could such a thing happen? There is no sympathy at all. I condemn it!" said an official.
"I don't know about this, I despise it!" said the head of a foreign affairs department.
"We are investigating this matter. I think it was a mistake," said a person in charge of specific work.
Soon, the results of the "investigation" came out - this was purely a misunderstanding! According to the spokesperson responsible for East African foreign affairs, the diplomatic department had actually arranged a series of rich itineraries, which is why the fundraising specifications in the past few days were not high.
Not much, because the delegation has just arrived in the United States and the members have not yet recovered. After the members of the delegation recover, the diplomatic department will arrange for the delegation to hold some large-scale activities to ensure that the Montaya delegation can
A considerable amount of relief funds were raised
Not only did he explain the previous work of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, but the spokesperson of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs also expressed his opinion on the Montaya boy's participation in the Los Angeles Marathon. According to the spokesperson, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs has long considered the feasibility of arranging for the Montaya boy to participate in the Los Angeles Marathon.
However, since these Muntaya teenagers are all under 16 years old and their nutritional status is very poor, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs believes that it is inappropriate for these children to participate in the marathon.
Accordingly, the spokesman also questioned the Los Angeles Marathon Organizing Committee's move to allow Montaya to participate, believing that this was an inappropriate move by the organizing committee to blindly pursue social attention.