America 1982

“The day before yesterday, I went to Washington to attend an industry meeting. After the dinner, I went to the VOX headquarters to meet Wolf. I congratulated him on VOX’s overnight fame and ate one of his burgers, which was considered a small contribution to helping him lose weight. Earl crossed his arms, leaned against the door frame of Tommy's office, and said to Tommy, who was sitting on the sofa inside and was frantically threatening Martin with a murderous look on his face.

After hearing Earl's words, Tommy didn't even raise his head and continued to concentrate on operating the mini game console in his hand, while Martin, his bodyguard, mouthpiece, hairstylist, and fake black big shot, was holding another one. The two of them were obviously A fierce game battle is taking place.

"Martin, I order you as the boss, you must fucking lose to me!" Tommy concentrated on operating the buttons, staring at the rough and crude pixels of the football and players on the screen, and said unhappily: " If you don’t want your club to be exploded by Mr. Page!”

If Tommy usually brought out Page's name, Martin would have already obeyed, but today, Martin didn't pay attention to Tommy's words at all. His expression was focused and he skillfully operated his own players, scoring another goal and successfully turning the score into 5. :0.

When the game was over, Martin let go of the controller and said to Tommy with a post-disaster expression: "If I lose a goal, I have to pay you twenty-five yuan, and if I win a goal, I will get five yuan." Ten dollars, so I’d rather have the club exploded by Mr. Page after holding two hundred and fifty dollars, that’s a lot of money, boss.”

"It's all because your words interrupted my tactical thinking, Earl, I guarantee that 2,500 yuan will be deducted from your salary this year." Tommy threw away the game console and said seriously to the innocent-looking Earl:

"Also, what did you say just now, go to see Wolfe, and then what? He greeted you fiercely?"

Earl shook his head: "I deliberately mentioned that you wanted to transfer him away from VOX, thinking that he might pick up the phone in front of me and scold you. But what do you think he said to me? He said, A hamburger is enough to fill his stomach...wait a minute, shouldn't it be two hundred and fifty bucks?"

"You are a lawyer. Don't you understand that you ruined a game where I could have used six beautiful goals to complete the comeback, shock the world and finally beat Martin? Don't I need fucking mental compensation?" As Tommy spoke, he took out his wallet from his suit pocket, accepted his bet and handed the banknotes to Martin.

Martin took the banknote, kissed it, and said with a smile: "I love you, Franklin! I won't interrupt you to blackmail the lawyer, boss. I'll go outside and wait for Mr. Page. If you're bored next time and want to play again, you're welcome at any time."

"Go away, Martin. By the way, ask Sophia how long it will take for Mr. Page to pick up Dorothy and when can we set off." Tommy slumped on the sofa and said lazily.

After Martin left in a triumphant and cheerful manner, Tommy said to Earl: "Wolf is a good man, so he will never refuse me, and he is also an undoubted smart man who knows what he is good at."

"Where are you going? I'm not here to chat and pass the work time, but to inform you that the California Association for the Advancement of Colored People would like to invite you, a white man who helped many black single mothers with his homemade program last year, to attend the awards ceremony next week. I guess they will also award you a silver palm brooch in recognition of your help to people of color." Earl asked confusedly when he heard Tommy was about to leave, and then talked about the real purpose of his coming.

"Didn't you and your rich wife also receive some spirit award from that association? Please, just accept it for me, Earl, I am a white man appearing there, why don't you make them more friendly, and you You need that publicity more than I do, don't you?" Tommy raised his head, smiled at Earl and said:

"Sofia, Paige, Martin, Dorothy and I are going to New York to attend the Fleet Week event in New York in a few days with my brother's fleet. My father and sister will also go. We haven't seen each other for a long time, maybe a day or two. Zhou Cai will be back."

Fleet Week is a traditional activity of the U.S. Navy. When active U.S. warships deployed overseas return home for reasons such as maintenance or replenishment, and stop at large coastal cities in the United States, it is generally called local Fleet Week, which lasts about a week. During the time, the crew can disembark, rest in local cities, visit, and enjoy the long-awaited American food. Local Americans can also board the warship for a visit, led by specialized officers as guides within the time specified by the warship.

Generally, on the first or last day, warships will have military performances, such as aerobatic flights by carrier-based aircraft or gun salutes fired by warships.

The most important thing is that if the crew's family happens to be near that city, they can rush over to reunite with their long-lost relatives.

After Tony graduated from the Naval Academy, he went to report to the U.S. Third Fleet Headquarters on Ford Island, Hawaii. After six months of basic assessment training, he was finally assigned to board the 11th Aircraft Carrier Strike Group of the Third Fleet. Nimitz aircraft carrier, now serves as an ensign officer in the carrier-based aircraft dispatch center on the USS Nimitz.

In fact, according to the normal speed, the Nimitz aircraft carrier should not return to the home shipyard for repairs so quickly. It has not been too long since its last overhaul. The aircraft carrier was parked in South Korea for a period of time, mainly because South Korea was worried that North Korea would do something to it. The Seoul Olympics were being held to sabotage, so the United States was asked to escort the Olympics, so the United States sent the Nimitz to South Korea.

After the mission in South Korea ended, the Nimitz went to the Mediterranean to provide shelter for a Kuwaiti oil tanker. As a result, just over two months after providing protection, the USS Kennedy rushed over to replace it and return home. In fact, the USS Kennedy was not needed to replace Tony. The Nimitz aircraft carrier was heading to the Mediterranean. A major accident occurred during the mission of the Nimitz aircraft carrier.

Of course, Tommy knew what happened on the Nimitz, not only because his brother was on the ship, but also because VOX reporters stayed there all year round in the name of helping Navy officers shoot documentaries. However, that major accident could not be reported by VOX. The revelation must be announced by the Pentagon's Navy department itself if Tommy still wants to maintain friendships with his SSD brothers in the Navy.

That accident occurred when the Nimitz was escorting a Kuwaiti oil tanker in the Mediterranean. The ship's weapons maintenance department made an error while inspecting the ship's cannon and fired live ammunition.

In the words of his brother Tony, it doesn't matter if he accidentally fires the gun during maintenance. When repairing his car, he also made the mistake of forgetting to take off the gear and press the accelerator directly. But even if he forgets to take off the gear, he will remember to pay attention to whether there is anyone in front of the car. .

But Tony's comrades on the aircraft carrier obviously did not have his sense of vigilance. The cannon was not fired at the sky or the sea. An A-6 Intruder carrier-based aircraft parked on their own aircraft carrier was used as a test by the cannon. The powerful firepower of the target drone directly exploded the A-6 with a factory price of 55 million, causing a fire. Two soldiers who happened to be doing maintenance near the aircraft were sent to heaven by the cannon on the spot...

What's more serious is that the fire caused by the explosion also burned six carrier-based aircraft parked next to it.

This is why Tommy's VOX was not used as news for timely broadcast, and why the Kennedy was to take over from the Nimitz and return home for repairs.

The news network founded by the SSD brothers exposed the scandal of the navy with a large number of SSD brothers? Unless Tommy wanted to completely break with SSD and lose his connections in the navy because of this news.

At the same time, experiencing the entire accident from beginning to end also allowed Tommy's brother Tony to completely eliminate the remaining inferiority in his heart. Before, he always believed that he was not worthy of becoming a second lieutenant in the Navy because he had not finished high school. But now, he I felt that if I was an idiot, most of the people on the Nimitz would be worse than idiots. At least any high school student in Warwick would understand that when playing with a loaded firearm, don’t point the gun at anyone to avoid misfire.

No wonder Tony was shocked. Tommy was also shocked when he found out. If it weren't for the fact that Dennis and Pam were not on the boat, Tommy almost thought that these two best friends had a hothead. Seeing that the Soviet Union was about to disintegrate, they were ready to blow up a plane to help. celebrate.

The Nimitz's accident not only missed the opportunity to shoot down a Libyan fighter jet and win a commendation because it returned home to rest, but it also had to wait for investigation and punishment. It is said that when all members of the Kennedy received a commendation from the Department of the Navy for shooting down a Libyan fighter jet, the captain The first sentence of the internal speech was not to thank God, but to sincerely thank the Nimitz who would rather be punished than give up the award to his colleagues.

The only good thing was that Tony got a week's vacation in New York.

"I would also like to find time to have a serious chat with you about BT TV Network's cooperative TV stations. We now have 167 cooperative TV stations. Even though we have improved our cooperation standards, TV stations still continue to request to cooperate with us. There are even many Canadian TV stations. The problem is that the advertising revenue of the BT TV network has not increased significantly. Do you know what I mean? Some TV stations treat us as fools and take away the money that should belong to BT." Earle Said to Tommy.

Tommy still shook his head: "Earl, whether it's the standard of cooperation or the method of cooperation, you, Sean, Rick and others have decided that I'm not as experienced as you in this area. As for if you think some people treat us as fools, just go and understand." , I will take them to court if it is true, but I still say what I said, I will not use money to acquire TV stations and act like a flagship TV station."

At this time, Sophia walked to the door, tapped the door panel lightly with her finger, smiled at Earl, and then looked at Tommy: "Tommy, it's time to go."

After saying that, Sophia left quickly. Tommy got up from the sofa and walked outside. When he passed Earl, he patted the other person's chest, smiled and said: "Earl, I know you always thought I was taking advantage of you. Black people grab the benefits they want, but I'm just a little greedy, but I'm definitely not a bad person, so please, don't be so eager to take it away from me, I can promise you, friend, BT TV network, I will Will sell to real black people, God witnesses.”

Until Tommy and others disappeared at the end of the corridor, Earl still stood there with a serious expression, because he had not yet figured out why Tommy did not turn against him, but gave him a very serious promise.

I'll update another chapter during the day. I can't write anymore. The kid has a fever again~He has a headache.