July 7, sunny.
There was no sudden heavy snow. The sun always gave face, making the whole city of Otis like being locked in a steamer.
The weather in July, even in the middle of the Empire, began to rise rapidly. According to the weather forecast, the daytime temperature in Otis was between 27 and 31 degrees, which was enough to make people afraid to go out. But today, if you don''t go out, you can''t. a grand charity auction is about to begin. All the people invited are dignitaries. If you don''t show up, you will not only lose your face, but also offend Du Lin. the only thing you can do is to open the door and go out.
The original plan was a charity party, but there were a lot of people. There was no hotel or venue in Otis that could fully accommodate all guests and service personnel. Finally, the charity auction was rescheduled for the day, and the venue was set on the lawn of the most luxurious hockey court in Otis.
The tender green turf and the white exhibition style are perfectly integrated, giving people a feeling of vitality and purity. As soon as you enter the venue, you can see Du Lin, the representative of the organizer of the charity auction.
At this time, Turin was chatting with a cardinal sent by the church. The church had awarded two medals to Turin. Although Turin didn''t get them, they all mailed them, registered and hung Turin''s photos in the most prominent place of the hall of honor.
The development of the church has been very slow in recent years. The take-off of the imperial economy has made people pay more attention to economic effects. People focus on how to earn more money and ignore the problem of faith. Because working to earn money can feed the family, make the wife wear good-looking clothes, let the children go to school, and add some furniture to the family.
But the old man who believes in God can''t get these.
In the gospel, the only religious newspaper in the Empire, the Archbishop of the church published an article asking everyone whether the satisfaction brought by the harvest of money can surpass the peace of mind?
The answer, of course, is "yes".
The Archbishop believes that now people are lost in the illusion of money, ignore their spiritual satisfaction, force themselves to become a walking corpse without faith, and have become an imperfect human being. The so-called sound human beings must have a devout faith. It is God who led mankind from the wild era to the civilized era, and let the sun shine on the earth and warm people''s hearts. However, people forget where their hearts belong.
This argument was spurned as a fallacy by a group of sociologists. For this reason, the talents of the church also fought with this group of sociologists in the newspaper for a while, and finally ended. But this also reflects the most realistic problem in today''s society, that is, money is far more important to life and mankind than faith.
This makes the church puzzled. Fewer and fewer believers join the church, which means that the influence of religion is getting weaker and weaker. Over the years, under the dual pressure of the royal family and the cabinet, the church has reached the most dangerous time in history. Once there is a problem of dating or even cutting off believers, it may really affect the inheritance of faith. Therefore, many church leaders are trying every means, Expand the impression of the church.
Awarding church medals to celebrities is one of the cheapest and best ways. Dooling is definitely not the only one who has received church medals in recent years. He is only the most famous one, and the church has received some good returns.
This time, Dooling invited the church to participate in the charity auction and included the church as one of the organizers, which made the church leaders very happy.
This is a good signal. Maybe Dooling will change his family and not believe in the gods. Do you believe in God? In addition to the gorgeous invitation list, sunset city immediately sent a cardinal to participate in the charity auction, which gave Dooling enough face.
In fact, they do not know that the cabinet intends to liberalize some restrictions on religious belief. Margus promised that Turin would adopt legislation to explicitly ensure equal relations between clans and freedom of belief, which means that various religious organizations will spring up after the meeting in the next period of time, and may grow to a height of 35 meters overnight.
Religion and belief have always been the most vigilant things of rulers. If some openings in religion are opened, there must be a means of restriction and confrontation. The idea of the cabinet is to establish a new organization - the imperial religious administration to do these things, and at the same time, hold the church up again to face up to all kinds of religious beliefs. With official policy support, if the Catholic Church can''t beat these scattered small religions, the church can die.
These high-level information has not been fully disclosed, and Dooling doesn''t mind taking this opportunity to be a good person first. The foundation of the church is still there. There will be a short outbreak period after some prohibitions are released. As durin, who is bound to shoulder the mission of honoring the first king and the gods, naturally first get close to the church, so that the early development of the gods will not be deliberately targeted.
"When I was in the imperial capital, I went to some places with Ophelia and participated in the charity activities organized by the church. I felt that we didn''t notice that there were some poor people in urgent need of our help in this corner of society." Turin smiled at the cardinal wearing a purple gold long waistcoat, He talked about the small activities he took Ophelia to participate in in the imperial capital. At this time, his face was compassionate. "When everyone came to this world, they were blessed by the gods and God. Their red fruits came on an equal footing with the world, but they encountered some terrible things in the process of growing up."
"They need help, and we have the ability and can help them. This is a very meaningful thing and the main reason why I hold this charity auction."
"We can''t think that those places don''t exist because our eyes don''t look at the places covered by the shadow. Today, I will donate one million to the church in my own name. I hope the church can stick to its belief in the equality of all sentient beings and love and help all those in need!"
With both voice and emotion, Turin''s whole person was emitting holy brilliance, and even the cardinal felt a little dazzling. Of course, the cardinal felt that it was not a problem for Turin to lift the gods and the righteous Lord to the same height. With Dolin at the bottom of one million yuan, those who donate money behind will be ashamed if they only donate three or five hundred yuan. At the thought that this charity auction may create millions of donations, Dolin''s image is much taller. The cardinal also decided to go back and discuss with you what medal to award to Dolin to praise his actions.
"May the glory of God spread all over the world!" the cardinal nodded slightly. His voice was very magnetic. Like many liars, he spoke very gently and attractive, "Mr. durin, your recognition and attitude towards charity and love can''t even be covered up by the sun. It is the lack of loving people like you that makes this society so turbid. On behalf of the church and the Pope, I would like to express my deepest respect for your kindness and kindness!"
What he thought of here, "there will be a grand celebration at the end of this year to commemorate and celebrate the coronation birthday of Pope Rossi. At that time, all senior church leaders and philanthropic people from all walks of life will come. Here, I earnestly hope you can also come to sunset city if you have time."
Durin did not refuse, "of course, please be sure to give me an invitation, I will go!"
The Cardinal was overjoyed and said that someone would send the invitation later. Now the church has so many problems that it urgently needs the help of these rich people. The more money they donate, the more charity activities the church will have everywhere, and the more beneficiaries, which means the increase of more potential believers.
After chatting for a few words, the cardinal left very wisely. It''s hard for him to talk with Turin alone for so long. There are still many people waiting to talk with Turin alone.
Henry was the second one to find Dolin. He was also invited. As the son of an iron and steel tycoon, just this name is enough to shock most people. Behind every industry trust are countless interest groups. In the eyes of most ordinary people, an iron and steel tycoon is just a person''s title, but in the power of capital, Behind this title are countless capital predators.
Compared with the cardinal''s modesty, Henry seemed a little... Turin could also feel the feelings of his father and his brother. He directly asked Turin, "how much and how should I donate."
Is this the right way to ask this question? Of course, this is the meaning of Du Lin''s asking him to come this time, but some things can''t be said so directly, can''t they?
This is like the implicit but clear sentence of "why don''t you stay at night", which is more in line with contemporary people''s values, easier to accept and has a higher artistic style than the red fruit sentence of "I want you to grass me".
For the mentally retarded child, Du Lin didn''t blame him, but whispered a few words and sent him and his little girlfriend away.
Looking at Henry''s cynical expression and his little girlfriend, Dooling suddenly felt that this might be the real winner in life. He didn''t need to consider too many and complex things, as long as he was happy. For example, he just made a one million level production for his little girlfriend, with the participation of two major production companies, and Dooling''s TV group , the film will not only be fully released in theaters, but also accept TV on demand.
This was Henry''s own request, because he felt that everything was going well after he knew Dooling. In order not to lose too much, he just pulled Dooling''s TV group.
However, he did not understand that the six major production companies have always had doubts about TV on demand. So far, no film in release has been accepted on demand. Henry''s film will be the first film in the real sense of "full release". If the on-demand data is good, the six major production companies will plan to deepen business cooperation with Dolin''s TV group.
The lucky fool didn''t even know what he had done and how it would affect the change.