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He Mei nodded, her expression immediately turning serious.

The experienced cameraman immediately said, "No need to be so serious. I think in this situation, more than your professional qualifications, people will care about how approachable the interviewers are."

Hearing him, He Mei immediately forced a smile. She even took a small mirror from her bag and practiced the curve of her smile in it.

Tao Yan and Huo Baichuan spent the entire morning gathering complete information on all fourteen children at the orphanage. Next came entering it into the computer.

Throughout the process, He Mei and the cameraman had been filming. Once they saw Tao Yan and Huo Baichuan were done, they came over with smiles. "Would it be convenient for you to give us an interview?"

Huo Baichuan turned to look at Tao Yan.

Tao Yan nodded. "But it can't be too long. Ten minutes. We have other things to do this afternoon."

He Mei immediately asked, "Has your company business license come through?"

Tao Yan nodded.

Over the past half month or so, with He Mei's introduction, Tao Yan and Huo Baichuan had sold another three computers. Each one had sold for thirty thousand yuan. They had also rented a stall of less than three square meters on Electronics Street. Their little business was officially underway.

A week earlier, the two of them had received their ID cards. The first thing Tao Yan and Huo Baichuan did after getting them was go to the Administration for Industry and Commerce to apply for a business license and register the website. Along the way, they also handled miscellaneous matters such as renting a server.

Now, everything was ready except the final push.

He Mei knew Tao Yan was someone who disliked showing off and did not enjoy media interviews. Since she only had ten minutes, she naturally had to get straight to the point. "...Some time ago, the news of Jiangzhou City police cracking a human trafficking ring caused a sensation nationwide. As two victims rescued by the police, what motivated you to establish this Missing Persons Rescue Website?"

Tao Yan glanced at Huo Baichuan. Huo Baichuan naturally took over. "Of course, it was to rescue more victims and help more missing children find their biological parents sooner..."

Huo Baichuan then concisely repeated to the camera what he had told Director Shang that night. "Tao Yan and I have also founded a computer technology company. The costs of operating the website will be supported by the company's profits. In addition, we promise that for every computer sold, we will donate ten percent of the sales revenue to fund surgery for the other four children at the orphanage who were harmed by human traffickers. We hope they can recover their health as soon as possible."

Tao Yan added, "If our company can keep operating, then after those four children recover, we will use the money to establish a charitable relief fund specifically to help missing children harmed by human traffickers."

He Mei's eyes lit up as she looked at Tao Yan with open admiration. Behind her, the cameraman, who had barely spoken while carrying the camera, was equally moved.

Taking the opportunity, Huo Baichuan said, "We would also like to recruit volunteers from across society..."

Huo Baichuan briefly explained what the Missing Persons Rescue Website needed from volunteers, then continued, "At present, we urgently need online volunteers and field volunteers. Online volunteers need to know how to use the internet and type, publish posts, and promote our Missing Persons Rescue Website online and offline to call on more people to participate. The main work of field volunteers is gathering and verifying information provided by families of missing children and relatives searching for loved ones. Because our information is limited, the missing-person posts currently published on our website are all for Jiangzhou's local area. Lianhua District Police Station gave us the information, so its reliability is naturally beyond question. There are not many cases either; the two of us spent just over three hours sorting everything out and posting it online. In the future, our website will also accept requests for help from all sectors of society. Whether that information is true and detailed will require volunteers to communicate with the people seeking help and confirm it. There is also a great deal of work involving photography, searching for trafficked children, and more, which will require the cooperation of additional volunteers... We will post a volunteer recruitment notice on the website's homepage, explaining what volunteers can do. We hope that kindhearted members of the public will participate actively."

Ten minutes later, Tao Yan and Huo Baichuan ended the interview right on schedule. He Mei and the cameraman were clearly still wanting more. Whether it was the two victims rescued from a human trafficking ring founding a computer technology company and promising to use ten percent of the company's revenue to treat and assist other victimized children, or the two victims creating a Missing Persons Rescue Website to help more people find their loved ones, both were news stories worth digging into.

Unfortunately, Tao Yan and Huo Baichuan were unwilling to accept an in-depth interview. Otherwise, they could have gathered much more material.

Huo Baichuan glanced at the blazing sun hanging high outside the window. The afternoon sunlight was brilliant, bathing the entire orphanage in golden light.

"How about I take a group photo of you all?" Huo Baichuan eagerly suggested. "Since we have a camera, I can take several pictures for everyone."

"Yay!" The children immediately grew excited, crowding around Huo Baichuan and chattering suggestions all at once. "Let's take them at the entrance. We can get the Red Heart Orphanage sign in the picture too."

"We should take them in front of the flower bed. The tomatoes growing there have all blossomed. They're really pretty."

"We should go to the backyard. The backyard wall is covered in morning glories. The backyard is the prettiest."

"..."

The volunteer aunties looked at one another, then subconsciously glanced at their own drab clothes. "If we're taking pictures, I need to go back and change."

"My hair needs washing too."

"I need to wipe my face!"

Huo Baichuan watched with a smile as the volunteer aunties muttered to themselves and ran off to change. He Mei blinked and asked, "Can you take a few pictures of me too?"

Huo Baichuan raised an eyebrow. He Mei patted her chest. "I'll pay for developing the photos for you."

Hearing that, Huo Baichuan smiled. "No need to spend money. We can develop them ourselves. A photo doesn't cost much anyway. We'll go to the photo studio near People's Square. We know the owner, so we can even get a discount."