America 1982

InterContinental South Bay, Miami.

More than a dozen staff members are making final adjustments to the lights and some on-site decorations in the business conference center.

Evan Wood, the 32-year-old deputy manager and spokesman for Democratic candidate Rosario Kennedy's election team, stood on the podium. At this time, a huge bust of Rosario was hung on the wall behind him. , he tapped the microphone lightly with his finger, and a loud tapping sound came from the speaker.

He stretched his arms forward, holding the microphone horizontally, keeping the microphone as far away from himself as possible, then turned on the headset in his ear, maintaining this weird posture and whispered:

"Jennifer, I can smell the stupidity emanating from your head from two miles away."

Although the microphone had poor sound pickup due to the distance, it still transmitted his words completely and clearly. Other workers who were busy at the scene were a little stunned when they heard it. They subconsciously stopped what they were doing and moved toward Looking from the rostrum.

Evan put the microphone back to his mouth, turned his head and looked in the direction of the passage:

"How many times have I told you to pay attention to the details? Do you want all your guests to know how beautiful your voice is when you wake up, Jennifer? Keep the volume on your headset to a minimum! And then, let's change this damn microphone to something more professional. Special type for politicians! This prevents Lorna from listening to the prompts in the headset while the guests on site also listen with her!"

In the passage, a middle-aged woman with a work ID, glasses, and old-fashioned clothes was startled by Evan's actions, but she didn't get angry. She just couldn't help but ask:

"Why can't we choose Four Seasons Hotel, Miami Convention Center, Huona International Hotel? This hotel has too many details, lighting, sound, and microphones that make you angry."

"Seeing as the owner of this hotel, Steve Moose, is a supporter of the Democratic Party and he donated 100,000 yuan to Rona this time, I can tolerate all the bad problems in the hotel and choose to scold you more harshly, unless You also donate 100,000 yuan." Evan loosened the tie around his neck with his hand: "The poor boss just has this request. He hopes that Rona's reception will be held here, and he hopes that the big shots will drink and mingle in his hotel, and then through Lorna Get to know those people through introductions.”

Tomorrow, a Rosario-Kennedy fund-raising dinner will be held here, and there will be some big figures in the Democratic Party and donors who have long supported the Democratic Party. Although Evan does not want to be too straightforward, he is in this industry After hanging around for so long, this is the fact. Through the introduction of Rosario Kennedy, the protagonist of this dinner, everyone completed rounds of peace talks, and then lost it because of Rosario Kennedy’s hard work as a pimp. Write some large checks as pimp payment.

This is the standard procedure for a fundraising dinner for an American political candidate. The donor finds a new political thug who can help him grab more benefits. The politician finds a donor who can give him a large check to help him climb to a higher position. The organizer , then get the joint support of both parties.

"Evan, something went wrong. We received news that someone was attacking Lorna with the pilot bill she introduced two years ago." A team member walked up quickly at this time and whispered in Evan's ear: "Someone is here Guns were fired at the gathering place to attract everyone's attention, and then they loudly publicized what Lorna had done two years ago..."

Evan turned his head and glanced at the other party. Before the other party could finish speaking, he immediately asked: "Shooting with a gun? Were any people killed?"

"No, I shot into the sky." The colleague shook his head and said.

A regretful expression appeared on Evan's face: "It's a pity. If someone dies, whoever attacks Lorna with this incident, we can all find excuses to bite each other to death. Why doesn't anyone die? Isn't that guy bad at shooting? Forget it. , it’s not important, just find some serious enough excuse to lock people up until the election is over and then release them.”

"But the other party's lawyer has already rushed over and arranged for him to pay the bail and leave the police station." The colleague said the latest situation he had.

Evan Wood's eyebrows were almost twisted together, staring at each other in disbelief: "Is the police station fucking crazy? Guns and gathering places, these two words are combined, even if no one is killed, We cannot let a gunman with bad behavior go away so easily. At least we must first investigate the firearms and other issues before deciding whether to allow a guarantee."

"The police department inspected and found that the gun was not lethal and was just a prop commonly used in movies. It could make a sound comparable to a real gun and could bounce bullets, but it could not fire bullets. So the other party's lawyer insisted that everything was just a prank. The main thing is that many reporters recorded this prank." The colleague sighed and explained to Evan.

"Why the hell didn't you tell me right away!" Evan couldn't help but widen his eyes after hearing the other party saying that the gunman just used a prop gun to prank the rally.

"You didn't wait for me to finish." At this time, the colleague told all the news in detail, from the death of the old couple's son and daughter-in-law, to their lawsuit against the city council for no response, to today's meeting on Coral Street in the South District. After breaking into a campaign rally and shooting, candidate Jeff Rush took away the two grandchildren after giving a brief speech to the people present.

After listening to this, Evan Wood felt his scalp tightening. Then he looked at his colleagues: "What do you think of this?"

"It can be seen that it is a method designed to target Lorna, but it is not very clever. It looks like a messy farce. Otherwise, this matter would not have happened outside the 18th District." A colleague gave his own opinion.

Evan slowly exhaled:

"A farce, a messy farce? Do you know the reason why I can become the deputy manager and you can only run errands? You lack observation of details. This is not a farce. This is an out-and-out tragedy for Lorna. The one who designed this matter People can keep everyone at the scene away from the incident. No one onlookers at the scene was injured. The criminal who shot the gun was just a prank. The media reporters who came to the scene to interview got the news. The candidate got the most, he got the child. I got two old people and became the gatekeepers of this miserable family. Anyone who wants to contact them must give him benefits."

"The prop gun was pointed into the sky and the trigger was pulled. No one was injured at the scene, but Lorna, who had never appeared at the scene, was about to be hit by the bullets of public opinion and rumors."

"The most important thing is that the gunshot was the signal for the battle to begin. The man named Jeff did not need to go out to fight shirtless. He had a better choice. After the Republican Cuban women knew about this, I am afraid they can't wait to fight. Use this to attack Lorna, swallow Lorna’s Cuban votes, and then show favor to the Jews.”

"Where are Lorna and Tom?" Evan finally asked Rosario Kennedy and the manager of the election team, Tom Chaffee.

A colleague said: "Rona took people to the city hall to check all the official speeches related to the bill two years ago to ensure that even if the other party files a lawsuit, there should be no chance. Tom is preparing to contact Jeff LaVine's team. Martin Hart, the person in charge, let’s see if we can sit down and have a chat.”

"Who is Jeff LaVine's sponsor?"

"On the surface it is a charitable foundation called Crossroads. Publicly disclosed data shows that Jeff LaVine previously received a donation of 200,000 from the foundation, and two days ago received another 120,000. Donating money, that foundation can definitely be established for Jeff LaVine's campaign, but due to the characteristics of a charitable foundation, the other party has the right not to disclose the source of the foundation's funds, so we don't know who is the real donor. "

"Political dirty money is easy to investigate. Just because it cannot be found through public channels does not mean that unconventional channels cannot find it out. If it is political dirty money, the foundation should not have much money to mobilize to increase advertising fees for the media. They shut up for the time being, drained their funds, and then waited for the sponsor to surface." Evan stated his arrangement with a clear mind:

"Let the secretaries immediately prepare a smooth press release, let Lorna look shocked, pained, sad, regretful but not admitting anything, and then let our 'friends' next to Republican candidate Ileana Leti give The newspaper revealed the news and said that this incident was probably planned by Ileana Leti in order to throw dirty water on Rona, because she had no chance of winning against Rona. Rona has more supporters among the Cuban community, and Florida The state Senate is investigating Elijah's husband, Dexter, who resigned from the state senator and became the state attorney general in order to cover up the scandal of falsifying students' resumes at her private school. He directly closed the case and stopped the investigation. She regarded Lorna as He concocted this fictitious scandal in order to be the scapegoat."

"Aren't you going to use that 'friend' in a head-to-head confrontation after the party election? And aren't you going to make some arrangements for Jeff LaVine?" A colleague asked curiously after hearing Evan's arrangement. , and Evan's series of arrangements did not target Jeff LaVine, who actually planned this matter.

Evan shook his head slightly: "No, it doesn't matter who the real culprit is. What's important is to target the strongest opponent in the arena first."

…

"Political elections are like a colosseum. Once there is any disturbance, the beast will definitely use all its strength to attack the opponent that threatens it the most on the field, because if you remove it, all that will be left is delicious food." Tommy He said while sitting on the sofa at Jeff's house, chewing an apple.

Jessica, Martin, Jeff, Alan, Zach, and Marcus stood in a row by the window of the living room, looking outside at the workers who were unloading sofas and desks from a truck. Page was taking out The banknotes were paid to a big black man with a scowl on his face, who looked towards the window from time to time.

"Boss, is this why you were chased and beaten by that nigger furniture store owner, because he thought you were the biggest threat to him in the furniture store at that time?" Martin turned his head and looked at Tommy who was eating an apple and asked. .

Tommy sighed: "Otherwise, what can I say? Am I telling the truth? Because I have taken a liking to a desk in that store and want to buy it. There is also an exquisite photo frame placed on the desk. I also like that. Photo frame, but I didn’t like the cheap photos inside, so I picked up the colored markers in the pen holder next to me and drew something on the photo. I didn’t mean any harm, but when my boss saw my work, he went crazy and wanted to teach me a lesson. I."

"Why?" Martin frowned and asked in confusion: "Generally speaking, as long as the customer pays generously, the niggas won't care about details such as the customer's rude attitude."

"Because the black children in the photo were born to him and his wife. If they were born, six of them were his children. However, without my knowledge, I painted three of his children white and the other three. The other one was painted yellow." Tommy bit the apple and said, "Fortunately, Page and his police badge are more intimidating to black people, otherwise I guess that guy was going to use asphalt to paint me black."

Martin was stunned for a moment, then said: "You... went to a black furniture store to buy furniture and painted the skin of black children white?"

"Don't say that I'm racist. I'm also painted yellow. I like people of color." Tommy swallowed the apple in his mouth: "Change the topic. How did you go to the union with Jeff, Alan, and Zach to talk about it? ?”

Martin withdrew his gaze and shook his head: "It's a bit difficult. The union president has some Cuban ancestry. After learning about Jeff's campaign slogan, he didn't kill Jeff on the spot. I thought he was such a well-educated person and couldn't talk about anything at all. question."

"Don't be so absolute. Even Castro can negotiate. Why can't we negotiate with a half-blood Cuban bastard union president? The demands of the union, the personal demands of the top leaders of the union, if you think about it carefully, they must exist. You can't do it with these pipeline workers. Really all of them are saints, even if they just want to know where to find cheap prostitutes, as long as they have desire, we can find opportunities to get them." Tommy looked at the four people who visited the union before and urged them to look more carefully. Think about it.

How could the plumbers not have any demands? Tommy believed they must, but these guys were not observant enough.

Jeff, Martin, and Zach all shook their heads slowly, indicating that they had not found anything. Only Allen thought hard for a while, and then said to Tommy uncertainly:

"It's not impossible. I've heard some rumors that although the guy has a wife and children, he is actually a gay. I once went to the union for free legal consultation. When I went to the bathroom to defecate, I listened in the toilet partition. Said by two guys taking a piss outside.”

Tommy immediately became energetic and sat up straight on the sofa: "Look! I'm just saying, as long as you are a human being, you will have desires. Well done, Alan. Go to the toilet and squat more frequently in the future. I will suggest Martin to give You get double hourly pay for using the restroom.”

"Impossible, that guy is stronger than me, and he is actually gay? He has a wife and two children, but he actually likes men?" Jeff looked at his friend with a look of disbelief on his face.

Allen shrugged: "I'm not sure, I just heard it in the toilet. I don't even know who said these words."

"That's not important, there happens to be a gay beauty in our team, Marcus! Look, no gay can resist your charm." Tommy immediately smiled at Marcus: " I think……"

"My position in this team is that of a stylist, not a prostitute!" Marcus glared at Tommy dissatisfied.

Tommy immediately gave the bid: "If Jeff can pay you double the salary, will you be willing to work part-time in addition to your main job as a stylist?"

"I... also want to see if that man is in line with my taste." Marcus hesitated.

Tommy continued to encourage: "You can carry a poster of Tom Cruise in your pocket, and when you go to bed, stick the poster on that guy's face! Or other posters of your favorite male stars, such as Michael -Jackson, Michael Jordan and even Michael Tyson...and I think..."

"Uh... I don't think Marcus is suitable." Allen interrupted Tommy's temptation.

Tommy looked puzzled at Allen who stopped himself from encouraging Marcus to seduce him: "Why? Who the hell said Marcus is a normal man? I will throw Marcus and him into a room alone for a week."

Allen said seriously: "I remembered, yes, the two people peeing outside definitely said that he was a size zero."

Tommy's eyes widened: "A man stronger than Jeff?"

Seeing Allen nod, Tommy looked at Martin:

"Okay, Martin, do any of the interns on your team have any gay guys who serve as stick men?"

"No." Martin immediately shook his head quickly.

Seeing Martin's evasive tone and attitude, Tommy complained very dissatisfied: "Martin, how many times have I said that when building a team, you must pay attention to diversity, don't discriminate against gays, don't discriminate against black people, America is a tolerant country~ I I am also a person who supports racial equality. Every time I go shopping in the supermarket, I will remember to donate an extra dollar to the Foundation for Colored Children while paying the bill."

"I know, but with all due respect, I have been with you for so long, boss, and I have never seen you go to the supermarket to buy anything in person." Martin opened his mouth and said speechlessly.

Tommy finished most of the apple in a few bites: "That's not important. What's important is that one of you needs to be willing to stand up and stand up to that Cuba, literally."

Seeing that no one said anything, Tommy stood up, threw the apple core into the trash can, and looked at the men: "Think about the generous compensation that Jeff paid you, don't you feel ashamed? You are not willing to sacrifice anything for him. ! How do you have the nerve to stand here? Marcus, if you have some glory and dignity, can you play the role of the next best? "

Marcus turned around and ignored Tommy's crazy words this time. What kind of heartless beast would it take to say such a thing.

But Tommy obviously didn't care about this: "Well, if not, I propose Martin, Alan, Zach and Lance who is cleaning the car outside. The four of you draw lots to decide which one will come forward. Martin, as the manager, Set an example, you go first..."

Hearing that the boss asked him, Martin Hart, to stand up first and give a demonstration, Martin quickly turned his brain, suddenly had a flash of inspiration, and said excitedly: "Alan! Allen! Allen is the best candidate! Jeff told me Ever since, Alan once went to the zoo and enjoyed animals like zebras and giraffes."

Tommy looked at Alan in shock: "Go to the zoo to enjoy it? You are the most fucking important member of this team. We need employees with diverse sexual orientations like you. When faced with various problems, it would be easy to throw you out. It can be said to be invulnerable.”

"Me? You want me to fuck a man as big as a bear? When did I become a gay?" Allen looked at Martin and then Tommy in confusion and asked.

Martin looked at his watch: "One minute ago."

"Why didn't I know I was gay?" Allen frowned.

Martin continued: "You don't need to know, you just need to do what you need to do?"

"What's up?"

"Dry."

Page walked in from outside at this time and handed Tommy his cell phone: "Boss, Mr. Stephen Penn called."

"What's the matter? Don't bother me if you have nothing to do. Just focus on the old man and the child." Tom took the phone and said.

Stephen's voice rang on the phone: "Lobbyists are at the door, and Rosario Kennedy's campaign manager Tom Chaffee is waiting for my notification in the hotel lobby."

"Didn't I teach you how to deal with this guy?" Tom said dissatisfied.

Stephen continued: "Republican Illyana Leti's campaign team also sent number three, who was also waiting in the hotel lobby at this time, so I gave each of them a gun and they had a duel in the lobby. Whoever survived Talk to me?"

"No need, just ask my older mature female concubine to help the old man find a lawyer. Once you see the lawyer, the fighting in the Colosseum will officially begin."