After finishing a flustered four years at Columbia, Rudy is done with his partying college days and move into meaningful work; eventually, he finds himself working at a charity for lepers in India. His main job is to flatter rich clients into donating a few thousand of the millions of dollars they have. Rudy's resentment towards his line of work has been building for some time now. Limited by the government and rich people who control the government, Rudy has to practically beg for the smallest funds to make a poor person's life less miserable. Despite his efforts in trying to humanize poor people from all around the world, Rudy feels that his words fall on deaf ears because poor people continue to remain highly stigmatized—to such an extent that he finds it difficult to get donors for a cause that isn't photogenic. As his frustrations build throughout the day, Rudy knows that he is going to an event that night to garner donations. Becoming increasingly filled with dread, Rudy prepares to flatter millionaires for some funds. Liliane is a French aristocrat visiting New York for leisure when she hears of a charity opportunity that will give her a good appearance. Despite her distaste for the poor, she opts to attend, but not before going on a spending spree. When she finally finds herself at the dreary event, Rudy drolls into her ear about the need for financial assistance for lepers in India. She is bored and annoyed, and eventually, Rudy catches on to this as well and leaves her alone. Before leaving, Liliane leaves a few thousand dollars in donations, patting herself on the back for it, knowing that both Rudy and the lepers will get a lot out of it.