Charlie did not expect that Autumn would turn him down as soon as he contacted her. However, he naturally would not give up so easily. So, he immediately replied: "I thought that you were back in the United States, Miss Hart. I did not expect that you would actually be in Syria instead. I wonder, why did you go all the way to Syria?”
Autumn replied: "I came here with some of my university classmates to film a documentary about the war. We are preparing to use this documentary as an opportunity to launch an anti-war charity fund.”
Charlie hurriedly replied: "Miss Hart, if you are interested to set up an anti-war charity fund, I can personally contribute and donate a sum of money to you too. If you would be willing to collaborate with me for the long-term, I am also prepared to transfer thirty million US dollars to your charity fund in a one-off transaction.”
As he spoke, Charlie continued: "To be honest, you are a talent who majored in finance. So, why would you go all the way to Syria to film a war documentary? This is rather illogical and does not seem to make sense at all. Professional talents like you and your classmates should be doing professional things. The job of filming a documentary should be done by a
professional documentary team, and financial talents such as yourself should be doing everything that you possibly could to generate more wealth and job opportunities for society instead."
Autumn replied: "Mr. Wade, what you said is indeed very reasonable. However, you should also understand that the situation in Syria is much more dangerous. Many professional documentary teams are very unwilling to come to this place or even go up to the front line of war to film any videos at all.”
"Moreover, we have also seen some of the European and American documentary teams' methods of filming and getting things done. They would generally try to stay away from the front line as much as they could, and their filming angles are often very narrow. They are also heavily influenced by the mainstream Western media, and they seem to be glorifying and exalting the war instead of exposing the cruelty of war." 3
"It would be impossible for the public to realize how cruel war truly is based on the videos filmed by them. So, it will generally be impossible for people who are living in peaceful times to truly understand and realize the importance and significance of anti-war."
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