In the morning, reporter Du Wen arrived at the Good Luck Orphanage feeling refreshed and carrying a bag of chocolates.
Since the beginning of his interview program.
Du Wen is extremely busy. From the Spring Festival to now, he has visited a total of thirty-one orphanages in various urban areas of Yangon. He has written nearly 5,000 words in the outline alone. After the editorial department submitted it, the response was very good.
After reading it, the editor-in-chief praised it greatly.
Especially the photo of a local middle school student dancing with an AIDS girl. It is topical and artistic, but does not carry the same ethical and political risks as some shots documenting famine and war.
It is simply one of the newspaper’s favorite shots.
If this kind of photo works well, it will definitely win the journalism award.
The editor-in-chief looked at the developed photos and almost smiled from ear to ear.
Drug orphans are a big problem in Myanmar.
After discussion with the editorial board, it was immediately agreed that a few weeks before this year’s International Anti-Drug Day, a special issue of Myanmar Mirror would be published to publish Du Wen’s news report.
The premise is that the finished content of his report is of sufficient quality.
This is a special issue
Even Du Wen did not expect that he would have the opportunity to publish a special issue.
Print media magazines are divided into three types: regular issues, supplements and special issues.
Supplements are mostly found in magazines and periodicals, and the content quality is poor. Special issues are different. Only major international news or various national anniversaries will allow newspapers to publish special special issues.
This is a special page that is much heavier than the regular front page headlines.
The Myanmar Mirror is the most important national newspaper in Myanmar. The newspapers it publishes will quickly reach tens of millions of people across the country. Even the major political leaders may not be able to get special editions.
The reason why the editorial department gave Du Wen this opportunity was not only because Du Wen himself chose very good cover photos.
Mainly because this year happens to be the 25th anniversary of the special issue published by the editorial department of Myanmar Mirror after the Golden Triangle drug lord Khun Sa surrendered to the government.
It can be regarded as a retrospective follow-up report on the pain caused by the drug war on a generation.
The topic selection of the report, the right timing, and the touching news photo, all three of which were missing, prevented Du Wen from getting the chance to publish a special issue. It can only be said that it is the result of hard work and luck.
Du Wen is in pain and happiness now.
The press release of a special issue must contain a large number of interviews with people related to the event, and the content can easily add up to more than 100,000 words. When he calculated the deadline for submission, his liver began to hurt.
If the other reporters and writers in the editorial department, whose eyes started to glow green when they heard that there was a special issue, could also join in and follow the news with him.
Du Wen is not willing to kill him.
Investigative journalism is a very hard and risky profession, and you will get shot., those who sit in jails, those who are beaten up, and those who are tied up in sacks and drowned in rivers. At this time, as long as you use your pen more often, special issues of running materials will be published. If your liver hurts, just hurt it a little.
Du Wen often visits the Good Luck Orphanage these days.
This orphanage is operating under financial constraints but has a good reputation. The volunteers who come and go range from underage middle school students to grandmothers in their 60s and 70s. The staff is very diverse.
It is convenient for him to do interviews on the background stories of the characters.
After Du Wen arrived at the orphanage, he did some casual work as usual for a while, then began to wander around the yard. When he saw someone he found interesting, he went over to chat.
The chocolate he prepared is for this purpose.
When I was studying in the journalism department, my teacher taught me some interview tips. A man would hand over a cigarette, and a woman or child would hand over chocolates. It was easy to build a closer relationship.
The chocolates that Du Wen took were all brought back from abroad by colleagues in the editorial department. They were not valuable, but fortunately there was a circle of colorful foreign letters on the outside. In third world countries like Yangon, imported chocolate is sometimes more useful than Marlboro cigarettes.
He went around in a circle today, chatting a lot about the seventh aunt and the eighth aunt, but not much really valuable news.
Du Wenzheng was a little irritable, and saw in the corner of the yard, the Dulwich Middle School student who always came here, holding a dirty, fat baby that looked five or six years old in his arms. Talking babblingly to each other head to head.
This lens is also good.
Secret interviews are not suitable for bringing professional cameras. Du Wen first took out his mobile phone and secretly took a few photos, and then walked over pretending to be casual.
He has always been interested in and quite fond of this middle school student named Gu Weijing.
Unfortunately, this guy is usually very silent.
Except when dealing with the children, he is not very willing to talk and just paints alone.
Du Wen got most of the information about the other party through the female director of the orphanage.
"Brother, brother, do you want chocolate?" He took out a bar of milk-flavored Toblerone and handed it over.
Du Wen could only try to get close.
He was a rich boy from an aristocratic school like Dewey. He had seen it before, so he didn’t expect his little trick of giving chocolates to be useful.
However,
This time, Gu Weijing did not refuse as usual.
Gu Weijing glanced at the fat kid sitting on his lap, looked at the chocolate with longing eyes, and took the chocolate.
He tore open the foil wrapper, broke off a piece and stuffed it into the doll's mouth.
"What's going on with this kid?"
Seeing the drama, Du Wen came over and started chatting.
He randomly found a topic to learn about Gu Weijing, but this fat baby did not look normal.
SendChildren who are raised early often start learning to speak around ten months old.
At his age, he can start to go to elementary school, but the fat doll in the other person's hand still mumbles and cannot speak clearly.
"His name is Budao." Gu Weijing sighed while holding the fat baby.
Many orphans here were abandoned at the door of the orphanage without even their own names.
Myanmar cultural tradition has no surnames, and naming is also relatively random.
The dean used to name them after flowers.
Just like the little jasmine girl, Budao is the Burmese transliteration of the rosewood, the national flower of Myanmar.
“I took him to see a doctor and he was diagnosed with autism and mild language impairment. In theory, he can achieve the same effect as a normal child through companionship and special intervention and correction treatment, but”
Gu Weijing shrugged.
Specialized treatment for autistic children is actually very developed in the world, but it is very expensive.
In developed countries in Europe and the United States, a professional three-hour one-on-one autism correction class with a child expert starts at US$1,000 and requires three classes a week.
It is enough to make the middle-class people who have not purchased relevant insurance tremble.
Not to mention Myanmar.
Language barriers are not like Jasmine’s AIDS, which has special funding from the United Nations. The cost of such treatment is beyond the reach of an orphanage.
We can only ask volunteers to accompany us more.
"Bu Dao, thank you for the uncle who gave you the chocolate"
Gu Weijing raised the fat child high and faced Du Wen on the side.
The little guy looked very reluctant to speak, and Gu Weijing was not in a hurry. He patiently reminded him several times before the baby muttered something in a low voice.
"I want to draw a picture. It looks like you are fine now. Can you give him a hug?"
Gu Weijing felt that he knew almost everything about this little model and could start. After writing, he asked Du Wen on the side.
Du Wen, who wanted to get closer to Gu Weijing, did not refuse.
Gu Weijing took out his drawing board and pen, and handed the chocolate that Du Wen just gave him back to the reporter.
"After talking to Budao for a while, reward him with a chocolate. Yes, give him three at most. The dean said that he is going to change his teeth." Gu Weijing gently patted the fat doll away and stretched it out. The little hand that wanted to grab the pencil sharpener began to outline Budao's appearance on the drawing paper.
He is also a child. Fatty has autism, but he is quite curious.
At least when Gu Weijing was painting, he was far less well-behaved than little Jasmine, and he always liked to scratch her.
He painted Jasmine and never had to ask other volunteers to help look after Jasmine.
Du Wen tried to talk to the fat kid for a while and then wanted to give up. Budao was very reluctant to speak, and when he did speak, he was mumbling so vaguely that he couldn't understand it at all.
"You have to talk more to get candy."
Gu Weijing raised his pen and said something to the fat baby first.
Then he turned to look at Du Wen and explained, "He is worried about you asking for chocolate. Be patient, and you can actually understand what Budao is saying."
"His pronunciation is different from that of a normal child." Gu Wei explained, "I'll teach you, his retroflex sounds like 039zole039, a plosive sound."
Du Wen actually felt quite happy I admire this Dulwich middle school student.
No matter which of the two statements is more correct: being rich is unkind or rich leads to conscience, this boy is indeed very patient with all the children in the orphanage.
As a reporter, Du Wen knows better that compared to many formulaic main theme reports and show-like charity donations, this kind of story full of warm details is the news that can move readers more.
“It’s true that good people are rewarded. A special report in the Myanmar Mirror made the mayor of Yangon cry with envy.”
I dare not say anything else.
As a high school student who can be on the cover of a major national news special issue by doing good deeds in an orphanage, even if your grades are like shit, you can get a full scholarship of less than 100,000 US dollars to go to Stanford, It is also very easy to get into top European and American universities like Cambridge.
After graduation, various non-profit organizations are rushing to hire you with high salaries. n only means that the organization itself is non-profit, and the salaries of senior managers are not low.
As long as you don’t make big mistakes, it is no exaggeration to say that one report will last you a lifetime.
"Humph, you look cool and cold. Kid, if you know what I'm doing, I'm afraid you'll be so excited that you hug my thigh and cry in pain to express your gratitude." Du Wen felt smug in his heart.
"Brother, I heard from the dean that your family runs a gallery and there is no big gallery business in Yangon."
Du Wen said, "That one on Diplomat Avenue." 039 Golden Village 039 or 039 Guli Gallery 039”
The investigative reporters who travel the streets are as familiar with a city as taxi drivers, especially in fields related to the cultural industry.
He casually reported the names of several of the largest galleries in Yangon.
"No." Gu Weijing shook his head.
“No”
Du Wen was puzzled. There were only a few galleries in Yangon.
He could not remember any other great gallery worthy of praise.
Could it be that the family’s business is in another city?
Wait, it’s not that there is no real big business.
A thought suddenly flashed through the mind of the well-informed reporter.
Du Wen took a small step back, and his hand holding the fat boy couldn't help but tighten a little.
"You are not Brother Hao's nephew, are you?" He looked extremely complicated at this time.
"That's not true."
Gu Weijing raised his head and glanced at Du Wen, knowing that the other party had misunderstood.. A well-known underworld godfather like Brother Hao is something that ordinary people are not afraid of.
“Our gallery is called Gu’s Painting and Calligraphy Shop. It is located on the bank of the Yangon River. Compared with the two galleries you mentioned, it sells more Chinese paintings. If you are interested, you can go and see it. Look." Gu Weijing casually asked for business at his family's shop.
Du Wen picked up his phone and searched on oge map.
He looked at the store introduction and display window above and breathed a sigh of relief when he discovered that it was a small private gallery.
If the son of a mafia tycoon is keen on charity, it would be too darkly humorous for this kind of news report to be published.
"It doesn't look like the income is very high."
Du Wen looked at the store homepage on Google Maps.
It is a very small gallery. Generally speaking, the income of such a small gallery is not very high.
"Your parents are willing to send you to Dulwich College." He made innuendo about Gu Weijing's family background.
"It is very expensive, but I have a scholarship, is there any problem?"
Gu Weijing was surprised. He had met this volunteer wearing glasses several times. Always seems to be interested in himself.
"No, no."
Du Wen waved his hand with a smile.
He was not too satisfied with this answer. Du Wen was going to use his connections to find someone to check whether he could get the Dulwich scholarship list.
It is better to be poor, but it is better to be poorer.
If what this guy said is true, a good student with excellent moral character and a scholarship bonus will naturally resonate with ordinary people more than a rich man who is kind and charitable.
Gu Weijing finished the line drawing sketch in his hand and successfully achieved a feeling of evaluation.
As the completion progress of the task bar increased by one, he put the pen drawing into a folder on his side.
Gu Weijing is now collecting character materials for the art exhibition, and he can also speed up the completion of the line drawing task.
"Uncle, why do you always come to the orphanage?"
He took out another piece of sketch paper. There can't be only children in the orphanage. These volunteers are also models that need to be collected. material.
"Oh, my girlfriend is a teacher who pursues DINKism, but I quite like children."
Du Wen repeated the resume he designed in his mind and said casually.
The so-called "DINK" refers to couples who do not want to have children.
This reason is very common among volunteers in orphanages.
While Gu Weijing was painting, he chatted with the uncle all the time.
He always felt that what the other person told was not the truth, as if he was reciting a script. At least he couldn't quite find the emotion of the uncle in his writing.
He didn’t ask any more questions.
Although this uncle is a bit eccentric, he always likes to be close to me. But those who are willing to come to the orphanage should not be bad people.
Even if you are an internet celebrity who just comes to check in and post on social media, there is nothing wrong with the donation and help being genuine.
"The painting is good, can you give me this painting?" Du Wen looked at the lifelike appearance of himself painted by Gu Weijing and felt a little moved.
"If you want it, ask the dean to donate fifteen US dollars or thirty thousand kyats, and this painting will be yours."
Gu Weijing did not agree, nor did he Reject directly.
It is very common to encounter models from the audience who ask for works when collecting works. Direct refusal can easily lead to unpleasantness.
Gu Weijing doesn’t care about the money, but if you are ambitious and determined to be a serious artist, it is not a good thing to have a large number of works leaked before becoming famous.
In order to maintain the scarcity of art, many great painters only put a few works on the market every year.
Gu Weijing is far from ready to consider this, but he doesn’t want to give away his paintings to others just for asking.
That’s why there is a threshold of fifteen dollars.
My grandfather Gu Tongxiang’s first painting in his life was sold for this price.
The vast majority of ordinary people will not think that a middle school student’s work is worth this price. This helped Gu Weijing get rid of most of the requests.
“The street artist who sketched people in front of the Shwedagon Pagoda for 15 US dollars only sold a painting for 2 US dollars. You are so evil, little brother.”
Sure enough,
< p>Du Wen was a little unhappy when he heard the price.Fifteen dollars is not a small amount of money here.
His monthly newspaper salary is less than a thousand dollars, which is definitely a high income in Myanmar. Many workers in factories near the Good Luck Orphanage can only earn ten cents of this amount. one.
But an unknown student sketch would cost him more than half a day's salary, and Du Wen was still unwilling to be taken advantage of.
"Uncle, I didn't want to sell the painting originally, you don't have to buy it."
"Oh, don't buy it if you don't want it." Du Wen raised his head and became arrogant. Please remember to collect it, the latest and fastest website is free to read without anti-theft