The Wolf of Los Angeles

Chapter 118 Atonement Day

Dodger Sports Park, team buses and other vehicles set off on time to the Batia Welfare Center located in the city.

This is a disability assistance agency, and the NAACP is one of the main donors, so the target population it serves is mainly black.

On a business car, Hawke took out the intercom and asked, "Manager Maduke, what's going on with you?"

"Steve mobilized the players' emotions, and they were enthusiastic," Maduke said.

Hawke asked the other side: "Carolyn, where are the media you are in contact? Let them keep up."

Caroline sat in the car on "Sports Picture" and said, "After filming."

The Dodgers drove out of the sports park, and many media vehicles followed one after another, and then some Dodgers supporters drove spontaneously to follow the convoy.

A team of dozens of cars drove towards the north.

In the business car, Hawke took out his cell phone and called Megan Taylor: "I'm leaving here, are you ready?"

On the side of the door of the Batia Welfare Center, a broadcast car from Fox TV was parked. Megan sat in the broadcast car: "I have to ask for it for a period of time and can broadcast live at any time, only on Channel 11."

Hawke looked outside the window: "It's only ten minutes at most."

Megan hung up the phone, put on the headset, and shouted, "Prepare for live broadcast!"

At the entrance of the Batia Welfare Center, many black and white people came, holding various slogans supporting the Dodgers, waiting for the team to come.

In the welfare institution that had been contacted, volunteers pushed out some disabled Lao Hei from the house to facilitate visitors' condolences.

Just in case, Hawke sent Caroline and Edward to communicate yesterday.

The team slowed down slowly, the team bus stopped at the gate of the welfare home, and security personnel separated a passage.

Hawke held the intercom and said, "People, cheer up, pay attention to emergencies, and report to me as soon as possible if there is any situation."

Everyone responded one after another.

The bus door opened, and Steve Nat got off the bus first, waved his arms, and responded to the enthusiastic shouts of the crowd on both sides.

The rest of the Dodgers got out one after another and followed Steve towards the welfare center.

Dozens of media reporters followed.

There are also hundreds of people from the society prepared in advance by the Association for the Association and entered the welfare center together.

Hawke put on his headphones, put his intercom on his waist, got off the car and slugged into the media reporter, and also entered the door.

Everyone rushed into the front yard.

Hawke walked out of the crowd, showed his temporary ID to the security guarding one side, and entered the room next to him.

He walked through the house and along the long corridor to the physical therapy room near the disabled old blacks.

Edward, along with several volunteers from the NAACP, is here.

When he saw Hawk, he quickly walked over and pointed to a large pile of foot basins next to him: "I came here to collect the basins. The basins were of different styles, the old and the same degree, and the quantity was not enough."

Edward has made significant progress in the past few months, and Hawke is very satisfied: "Wait for the outside signal."

He asked the volunteers of the Association for Advancement to bring a vest and put it on his body.

There was some chaos outside, but the volunteers and security sent by the Association of Associations maintained basic order.

Hawke came to the window and looked out quietly.

Accompanied by the black teammates with a broken arm, Steve came to the disabled old blacks, hugged them one by one, and stood in front of everyone and had a simple chat.

The rest of the teammates followed suit.

The media reporters were all a little disappointed. They followed along and showed this?

What's the highlight of this? The news value is average!

Many people's eyes fell on Caroline, who was in charge of contact.

Caroline was wearing a Chanel short windbreaker and handmade high heels, lifting her small chin slightly, waiting for the group of unsavvy idiots to be surprised.

She and Hawke are ready for the highlight!

In front, Steve hugged a one-armed black man in slippers and found some oil stains on his legs and feet.

"Didn't you get enough care?" he asked the one-armed Lao Hei loudly.

The one-armed Lao Hei spoke loudly: "They took good care of him. I had a right arm amputation surgery not long ago. I just started eating with my left hand. I was not very skilled and dripped during lunch."

Steve turned to look at the volunteers following one side and asked, "Do you have a basin? Please bring a basin of water."

"Yes." The volunteers ran into the physiotherapy room where Hawke and Edward were.

Edward picked up the used-hand basin, put half a basin of clean water, and followed the volunteers out.

Steve took the foot basin, bent down and placed it next to the black man, and asked someone to bring in a chair and ask the one-armed black man to sit down.

"I'll wash your feet." He asked the black man to take off his slippers and put his feet in a basin.

Steve was shorter, but he was not bent down or squatted down, but as Hawke said, kneeling in front of the one-armed black man!

Kneel on one knee!

Steve washes black people's feet.

At this moment, media reporters with keen sense of smell realized that a hot news happened in front of them.

They scrambled to lift their cameras and filmed Steve kneeling on one knee and washing the black people's feet.

Other white players of the Dodgers have already been done by the club and have come to the other disabled blacks, asking staff to move chairs and fetch water with their feet basins.

One by one, the half-new foot basins were brought up by someone.

There were also staff who brought chairs to let some disabled black people sit down.

Those who are originally in wheelchairs are more convenient.

The white Dodgers players gradually lowered their bodies and knelt on one knee to wash the feet of disabled black people.

Then the black players also knelt on one knee and started the same job.

Several white players who didn't get the foot basin simply knelt on one knee on the ground, took out the wet wipes from their pockets, and cleaned their hands and feet for disabled black people.

Media reporters took photos like crazy.

The live broadcast footage of Fox Channel 11 first gave Steve a close-up, and then took a panoramic view.

Meghan had already written the copy and broadcast it in a voice-over manner on the broadcast car: "This is the glory of human nature, this is the progress of society..."

There was a commotion at the place where the reporters gathered, and Caroline gently poked the female reporter from "Sports Pictures".

The female reporter asked loudly, "Steve, what are you doing?"

Steve kneeled on one knee, scrubbing Lao Hei's feet with both hands, turned back his face with a heavy face: "We should be ashamed of the way we have treated black people over the past 300 years, our ancestors, including us now, enjoyed it. All of this is based on the once exploitation of black people. I just want to fulfill my responsibility and take good care of those who need help, and for my ancestors..."

He shouted, "Atonement!"

After saying that, he turned around and continued to wash his feet.

Among the crowd, the white leftists from the Association for Advancement clapped Steve with great force.

"Atonement! That's right! I should atone for my ancestors!" I don't know who was going to open my head, and more than a dozen white men knelt on one knee.

The white leftists who were distributed in advance followed one after another and knelt down a large area.

The reporters quickly turned the camera over.

More and more white people were kneeling on one knee at the scene, and some people greeted him in advance, but most of them did not.

But those who can come in today are basically all white leftists.

Infected by the emotions around them, or for other purposes, these white people followed suit and knelt on one knee on the ground.

There are even radicals who take out tissues or silk scarves from their pockets and wipe the shoes of black people nearby, so that they can be clean and bright.

Not only these people, the overall direction of the media in California is to the left, and the trend will affect many people.

The white left reporters felt guilty of standing and filming black people, and they all knelt on one knee.

Among the black men standing, Dodgers manager Madukai looked solemn, but he was filled with joy.

There is no doubt that starting today, for several days, from sports news to social news, the front page headlines are all from the Dodgers.

So what if you win the MLB championship?

The popularity depends on the Los Angeles Dodgers.

The courtyard of the welfare center suddenly became quiet.

All the blacks were standing, and the whites were kneeling on the blockbusters, and the reporters who were still standing still looked a little abrupt.

But I finally held on.

Steve and other Dodgers players washed their feet for disabled blacks.

Some white left wiped the black people around them cleaned their shoes.

The reporters took photos of the hot news they wanted. The show was initially completed, with Dodgers players and welfare center staff helping disabled old men back into the house.

Meghan sent his right-hand man Claire to enter the welfare center from the other side to conduct an exclusive interview with Dodgers players, including Steve.

There is still some time to 8 pm now, and online media will be the first to release reports to warm up the "Ace News" in the prime time of the evening.

An office in the welfare center was temporarily requisitioned by the Dodgers.

Hawke regards this as a temporary media center.

Several Dodgers' team photographers took videos and photos from multiple angles respectively.

Hawke asked the team's media officials to deal with it quickly and posted it on the official website as soon as possible.

Caroline hurriedly came in from outside and reported the latest news to Hawke: "The reporters from Yahoo Sports, the open-air sports stands and ESPN asked for a place to edit the news. At most, the relevant news will appear on these portal sports websites. .”

Hawke said, "Have I asked you to write the copywriting?"

Caroline took it out of her bag and handed it to Hawke: "The latest version, you are not satisfied with what I wrote last night, I just finished this morning."

Hawke opens to browse quickly.

No mistakes, one song, one content, one in 6, one book, one bar, one reading!

"Steve Nat: America's atonement for blacks begins today, starting with you and me."

The copywriting was long and made Hawk dizzy. He handed it to the team media official and said, "Only use the title, not the content, match the pictures and videos of the team, Steve and the live audience, and upload them to the official website."

The media officials hurried to do it.

Caroline said, "The title is still the title of yesterday. You asked me to rewritten the content. I thought about it all night and wrote it all morning, but you don't need to..."

Hawke raised his hand and interrupted her: "The response at the scene was very enthusiastic, and even many white reporters knelt down. The video and pictures were enough, so there was no need to guide them with words."

"You are the boss, you have the final say." Caroline took out her makeup mirror, sat on the sofa chair, looking at her dark circles.

Of course, the person who took the commission could not rest. Hawke took a laptop and stuffed it to her: "Follow the Internet dynamics."

Caroline, next, suddenly thought of the words of cow and horse that Hawk had said.

They eat grass and do heavy work, and are on standby 24 hours a day, seven days a week.

This is my own portrayal.

The knock sounded, Edward went over and opened the door, and Meghan came in from outside.

Hawke asked, "The interview is over."

"It's very smooth." Megan rubbed his face gently and said in an unknown way: "Los Angeles should erect a statue for Steve."

Caroline muttered to herself that the Lincoln Memorial should be given up and invited Steve's statue to the Steve Nat Memorial from then on.

"You have the hot news you want." Hawke called Megan to the window and whispered: "The Dodgers have already contacted and will hold a charity game with the Caltech Baseball Club this weekend."

Megan nodded: "Channel 11 cannot broadcast sports events live."

Hawke understands this: “I’ve talked with the team and you still have exclusive internal interview rights.”

He specifically emphasized: "Before the game, the Dodgers will communicate with the university team. When the game starts, the two teams will kneel down on one knee and call for anti-racism."

Megan and Hawk knew the truth and immediately guessed his intention: "You intend to make Steve's movement a sign of the equal rights movement."

"I'm the most principled person, Steve paid the money," Hawke said.

Megan understands what he means: "I will reflect this in news reports, just like the interest you pay."

She is also very particular: "In news reports, as an intermediary, you can get some money, which is certainly not as good as scoops. There is still $50,000 like this kind of news. I am already going to go through the TV station for approval and may have to wait for a few days. .”

"After Sunday's charity match, Steve's family was a guest on your Ace News section."

Megan grabbed his hand: "Thank you."

"Next week, I will go back to Wyoming to deal with some private matters." Hawke said in advance so as not to suddenly receive a call: "You can find a way to do what's happening behind Ace News."

Megan nodded gently: "You helped me to this level. If I still can't grasp it, just quit."

Hawke, the shameless person, said, "For the sake of our familiarity, I won't talk about your commission. I will not violate the principles in the future. Please help me with my affairs."

"As long as the principles are not violated, there is no problem." Meghan knew very well that as long as the director Cynthia did not interfere, the so-called principle was stipulated by her.

In essence, they are the same. When you need it, you should pay attention to principles. When you don’t need it, what is the principle?

As time goes by, reports of this incident began to appear online.

The reports on the Dodgers' official website received a warm response.

California is the base camp of the left, and fans left messages.

“Steve is a role model for society!”

"The Dodgers are a team full of social responsibility!"

"I will also kneel down and atone for my sins!"

Needless to say, Steve and the Dodgers are going to make a big splash again.

Caroline, who was flipping through the notebook, said: "The news was released in Yahoo Sports and the open-air sports stands, and the comments had exceeded 10,000, and the number of forwardings exceeded 500."

Hawke nodded slightly: "It's almost the same as expected."

Caroline looked at Megan, inexplicably disliked, and said, "The TV station responded too slowly."

Megan replied casually: "The depth of the TV station's reporting is unmatched by the Internet."

Caroline was still talking, and the door was knocked by someone again, and team manager Maduke came in from outside.

His black face was full of smiles and he said, "I chatted with my media friends for a while and the response was really too enthusiastic."

After saying that, Madukai saw Megan and quickly changed his words: "I laugh."

Hawke said, "Don't worry, you are your own."

Meghan stepped forward, stood beside Hawke, and said with a smile, "Congratulations, once again at the forefront of the times."

Maduke was righteous: "The Dodgers have assumed the responsibility of the times and will continue to be responsible for social values."

Megan took a quick look at Hawke, suspecting that all these words were made by Hawke.

The hot news this time did not happen naturally, but was extended to fabricate it again by Hawk using Steve Horner, whom he created.

When Megan left, Maduke said to Hawke: "The news here is posted online. The college team, who was a little hesitant, immediately call me to confirm the weekend charity game, and they will use Steve's same. , anti-discrimination propaganda. ”

Hawke reminded: "Time is tight, can the game be held on time?"

Maduke is not as good as Hawk, but he is much better in the event organization, saying, "Don't worry, the Dodgers have rich experience in hosting events, and three days are enough."

Hawke said: "Start preparations immediately, and the ticketing reservation will be released after the exclusive interview with Ace News in the evening."

As for how to organize it, he, as an outsider, will not interfere, the Dodge Club will do it.

Maduke left here and contacted the team to launch a charity tournament in full swing.

Hawke sat next to Caroline, grabbed his laptop and checked the news online.

The news immediacy of the Internet is much faster than traditional print media.

Reports that favor leftists praised Steve.

“It is a blessing for our time to have Steve Nat.”

"Steve is Martin Luther King of the 21st century."

“It is highly recommended that the LA City Hall set up Steve Nutt Day.”

The last point depends not only on Steve's reputation, but also on politics. If it wants to achieve it, the NATO needs to work in many ways.

The activities at the Batia Welfare Center ended successfully and were very successful.

When Hawke and his group left in a car, the activities organized by the NAACP were not over.

There were hundreds of white men, imitating Steve's movements, kneeling on one knee at the door of Batia Welfare Center.

It seems that in this way, they "atoned" their ancestors.

At night, relevant news spread completely on the Internet and TV stations, and of course, the audience's abuse and criticism are indispensable.

But no media actively attacked Steve's behavior and instead sang praises.

Fox 11, "Ace News" managed by Meghan Taylor, broadcasts news on the theme of "Atonement and Anti-Discrimination" during prime time.

Meghan reviewed the serious racial discrimination incidents and played an exclusive interview with Steve and Madukai to promote the warm-up charity events on the weekend.

At the end of the show, it said that today will become a day that will be recorded in history because it is a special "Yongpu Day".

A close-up of Steve Nat kneeling down on one knee began to become a signature move in the anti-discrimination movement.

The next day, paper media followed suit, and the most famous left-wing newspaper, the Los Angeles Times, even covered the entire front page with a close-up of Steve Nat kneeling down on one knee!

Steve and the Dodgers also accounted for the vast majority of headlines in other newspapers.

The Los Angeles Dodgers also started ticketing pre-sales for Sunday's charity tournament, and several major equal rights organizations in Los Angeles alone bought tens of thousands of tickets.

(End of this chapter)