Cosma Empire

July 7th, sunny.

There was no sudden heavy snowfall, and the sun was very face-saving as always, making the whole city of Otis seem to be locked in a steamer.

The weather in July, even in the central part of the empire, began to heat up rapidly. According to the weather forecast, the daytime temperature in Odis City is between 27 degrees and 31 degrees. This temperature is enough to make people afraid of going out. . But today, it’s impossible not to go out. A grand charity auction is about to start. All the people who are invited are famous people. If you don’t show up, you will lose face and offend Du Lin. door, and walk out.

The original plan was a charity gala, but there were quite a lot of people who came. There is no hotel or venue in Odis City that can fully accommodate all the guests and service personnel. Finally, the time for the charity auction was rescheduled for daytime. , and the venue was set on the lawn of the most luxurious hockey field in Odis City.

The tender green turf and the clean white exhibition style perfectly blend together, giving people a sense of vitality and purity. As soon as you enter the venue, you can see Du Lin, the representative of the organizer of this charity auction.

Du Lin was chatting with a cardinal sent by the church at this time. The church had already awarded Du Lin two medals. The photo hangs in the most conspicuous place in the hall of honor.

The church has developed very slowly in the past few years. The take-off of the empire's economy has made people pay more attention to economic effects. People are focusing on how to earn more money, ignoring issues of faith. Because earning money from work can fill the stomach and support the family, allow the wife to wear nice clothes, enable the children to go to school, and add some furniture to the home.

But the old man who believes in God cannot get these things.

In the only religious newspaper in the empire, the Gospel, the archbishop of the church published an article asking everyone, whether the satisfaction brought by harvesting money can beat the peace of mind?

The answer is of course "yes".

The archbishop believes that people are now lost in the fantasy created by money, ignoring spiritual satisfaction, forcing themselves to become walking dead without faith, and have become an unsound human being. The so-called healthy human beings must have pious beliefs. It is God who led mankind from the barbaric age to the civilized age, and let the sun shine on the earth and warm people's hearts, but people have forgotten where the soul's home is.

This argument was sprayed as fallacy by a group of sociologists. For this reason, the talents of the church and these sociologists fought in the newspapers for a while, but finally nothing happened. But this also reflects one of the most realistic problems in today's society, that is, money is far more important to life and human beings than faith.

This made the church very troubled. Fewer and fewer believers joined the church means that the influence of religion is getting weaker and weaker. Over the years, the church has reached the most dangerous time in history under the double suppression of the royal family and the cabinet. Once there is a generation of believers Even the issue of severance is very likely to really affect the inheritance of the faith. For this reason, many church leaders are trying their best to expand the church's impression.

Awarding church medals to famous people is the cheapest and most effective tactic. Dulin is definitely not the only one who has received church medals in the past few years. He is just the most famous one, and the church has also received some good returns. .

This time, Du Lin invited the church to participate in this charity auction, and included the church as one of the organizers, which made the church's senior management very happy.

This is a good signal. Maybe Du Lin will change his family and not believe in gods or God? Coupled with the gorgeous invitation list, Sunset City immediately sent a cardinal to participate in this charity auction, giving Du Lin enough face.

In fact, they don't know that the cabinet intends to relax some restrictions on religious beliefs. Maggs promises that Dooling will pass legislation,

Using laws to ensure equal relations between clans, and to ensure freedom of belief, means that in the next period of time, various religious organizations will spring up like mushrooms, and they may grow three to five meters overnight. the height of.

Religion and belief have always been the things that rulers are most wary of. If some openings in religion are opened, there must be a means of restraint and counterbalance. The idea of ​​the cabinet is to set up a new institution-the Imperial Religious Administration to do it These things, at the same time, brought the church back to confront all kinds of religious beliefs that are coming. With official policy support, if the Orthodox Church can't defeat these scattered small religions, then the church can die.

The high-level information has not been fully disclosed, and Du Lin doesn't mind taking this opportunity to be a good person first. The foundation of the church is still there, and there will be a short period of explosion after some prohibitions are lifted. As Du Lin, who was bound to shoulder the mission of honoring the former king and the gods, naturally got closer to the church first, so that the initial development of the association of gods would 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 deeply felt that we didn't notice that in this corner of society, there are still some poor people who urgently need our help." , Du Lin smiled and looked at the cardinal wearing a long waistcoat with gold borders on a purple background, and talked about the small activities he took Ophelia to participate in in the imperial capital. When the fruit came to this world, they were all blessed by the gods and gods, they came naked and were equal to the world, but in the process of growing up, they encountered some terrible things."

"They need help, and we have the ability and can reach out to help them. This is a very meaningful thing and the main reason why I held this charity auction."

"We can't think that those places don't exist just because our eyes don't look at the places covered by shadows. Today, I will donate one million to the church in my own name. I hope the church can uphold the belief in the equality of all beings." , and love and help all those in need!"

Du Lin's whole body exuded a holy brilliance, even the cardinal found it a bit dazzling. Of course, the cardinal felt that Du Lin raised the gods and the righteous Lord to the same height. not a problem. With Du Lin as a base of one million yuan, those who will donate later will feel ashamed if they only donate three to five hundred yuan. Thinking that this charity auction may create millions of charitable funds, Du Lin's image and He was much taller, and the cardinal decided to discuss it with everyone after returning home, and award Du Lin another medal or something to praise his actions.

"May the light of God fill the world!" The cardinal nodded slightly, his voice was very magnetic, like many liars, when he spoke very gentle and attractive, "Mr. The recognition and attitude of caring cannot even be covered by the sun. It is precisely because of the lack of caring people like you that this society has become so muddy. On behalf of the Church and His Majesty the Pope, I would like to express my deepest condolences to your kindness. respect!"

He said what he thought of here, "There will be a grand celebration at the end of this year to commemorate and celebrate the birthday of Pope Rossi, and all high-level church leaders and charitable people from all walks of life will be present. I hope you can also come to Sunset City, if you have time."

Du Lin did not refuse, "Of course, please give me an invitation letter, I will definitely go!"

The cardinal was overjoyed and said that someone would send the invitation letter later. There are so many problems in the church now, and they urgently need the help of these rich people. The more money they donate, the more charitable activities the church will do in various places, and the more beneficiaries, it means more potential believers. .

After the two chatted for a few words, the cardinal left very understandingly. It was rare for him to chat alone with Du Lin for so long, and there were still many people around waiting to have a private chat with Du Lin.

The second person who approached Du Lin was Henry, who was also invited. As the son of a steel tycoon, just this name was enough to give most people a shocking effect. Behind every industry trust are countless interest groups. Perhaps in the eyes of most ordinary people, the steel tycoon is just a person's title, but in the capital forces, behind this title are countless capital tycoons. crocodile.

Compared to the cardinal's humility, Henry seemed a bit... Du Lin could also feel the feelings of his father and brother. He directly asked Du Lin, "How much should I donate and how should I donate."

Is this question just asked out? Of course, this is also the reason why Du Lin asked him to come this time, but some things can't be said so directly, can't they?

This is like "Why don't you stay at night", which is a subtle but clearly expressed sentence, which is more in line with contemporary values ​​and easier to accept than a bare-bones sentence like "I want you to fuck me". , and has a higher artistic style.

Regarding this mentally handicapped child, Du Lin did not criticize him harshly, but just explained a few words in a low voice, and then sent him and his little girlfriend away.

Looking at Henry's cynical expression and the little girlfriend beside him, Du Lin suddenly felt that this might be the real winner in life, and he didn't need to think about too many complicated things, as long as he was happy. For example, he just cast a million-dollar production for his little girlfriend. Two major production companies participated in it, and Du Lin's TV Group also got involved. Screenings are also available on TV.

This was requested by Henry himself, because he felt that everything went smoothly after he got to know Du Lin, so in order not to lose too much, he might as well recruit Du Lin's TV group.

But he didn't understand that the six major production companies have always had doubts about TV-on-demand. Up to now, no film in theaters has accepted on-demand. Henry's movie will be the first "full-line release" in the true sense. Film. If the on-demand data performs well, the six major production companies will plan to deepen business cooperation with Durin's TV group.

This lucky idiot doesn't even know what he's doing and how it's going to make a difference.