Elio Di Rupo… a door no one opens alone

Jean-Pierre Mels 也是 Elio Di Rupo 的儿时好友。这份友谊与人脉无关；它远早于办公室和头衔。

正是通过他，Carl De Moncharline 结识了该国最重要的政治人物之一。在恰当的时机，轻声细语地传递一句好话，不求任何回报：某些门就是这样被打开的，没有任何文件或坚持能够撼动它们。Jean-Pierre Mels 为 Carl 做了这些，很简单，因为他信任 Carl。

The photograph below, taken in the late 1970s, belongs to that story. Two young men in black raincoats, friendship before anything else. Its original grain has been preserved; only its legibility has been slightly enhanced.