America 1982

When Tommy walked into Jeff's house carrying two medicine balls that he personally selected at the sporting goods store, everyone in Jeff's house was still immersed in the carnival. Ileana Leti was involved in a terrorist bombing in Cuba. The case and the drowning case of illegal immigrants had a great impact on their reputation. In order to preserve the few remaining support and chips, they finally announced their withdrawal from this special election in the 18th district.

The Republican National Committee and the Republican Florida Committee expressed respect for Ileana Letty's decision, while the Democratic Florida Committee and the Democratic Party's Cuban-American woman Rona Kennedy, who was previously considered by the media to face Ileana Letty in the runoff, have expressed their respect for Ileana Letty's decision. Expressed regret over Ileana Leti's decision to withdraw from the race.

At this point, Democrat Jeff Lavine, as the sole candidate for Florida's 18th District, succeeded former Democrat Claude Pepper and became the representative of Florida's 18th District in the U.S. House of Representatives.

On the night of his election, Jeff’s supporters, neighbors, workers, and a lot of non-mainstream believers who came out of nowhere spent a carnival night. Tomorrow, Jeff will go to Congress to formally take the oath. Taking office means that he will be based in Washington and have his own independent office in Washington. As a representative, the U.S. government will pay him an annual salary of US$90,000 every year, and at the same time allow his office to hire fourteen full-time staff. And the hired staff does not need to be paid by Jeff himself.

Moreover, Congress is already studying the issue of salary increase. Members of both houses of Congress agree that an annual salary of 90,000 yuan is not enough to live in Washington. Therefore, even a rookie congressman like Jeff next year, according to the bill, can get 97,000 yuan if he is still in office next year. annual salary.

An annual salary of US$90,000 is not enough to live in Washington. The chairman of the Congressional Finance and Expenditure Committee said that he wanted to raise everyone's salary. He used to work as a water pipe repairer, and his annual income was only over 20,000 US dollars at most. He was already living in Miami with a wife and two children. Jeff, who lives a middle-class life with a dog, three cars, and four children, and the group of Florida bumpkins around him are completely unimaginable.

Do the members of Congress in Washington each have four wives, eight dogs, 12 cars, and 16 children to take care of?

When Tommy walked in, Jeff, Gina, Jessica who was recovering from injury, driver Lance, Alan, Zach, Marcus, Martin and members of his campaign team were having a small internal celebration party in the backyard.

"Tommy~" Jeff saw Tommy appear and came up to him happily: "You were late and missed what we just held... What is this?"

Jeff looked puzzled when he saw the medicine ball in Tommy's hand.

Tommy handed him the medicine ball and pointed back to the camera crew shooting in the distance: "You are going to Washington to deliver your inaugural address tomorrow. This is an important prop for you to spread the truth to the American people. I chose it for a long time. There are two, one green and one blue, one looks vibrant and the other looks more like our earth.”

"I..." Jeff looked at the two medicine balls in his hand, then looked at Tommy, a little dumbfounded: "I... my team has prepared a speech for my inauguration speech tomorrow, mainly focusing on veterans' medical benefits and These two problems are the proliferation of illegal Cuban immigrants in this area.”

Tommy lit a cigarette and held it in his mouth, waving his fingers towards Allen who was helping someone open a beer in the distance: "Give me a beer, Allen."

Then he looked at Jeff and said lightly: "So? Then it becomes three questions. After talking about those two unimportant questions, you have to use the sincere tone when you treated those neighborhood children, pick up the Medicine balls and solid boards tell everyone in Congress the great truth about the Flat Earth."

"But...I mean...the earth may not be flat, Tommy." Jeff looked at the medicine ball in his hand again, raised his head and said to Tommy.

The warm smile on Tommy's face faded little by little, and he looked directly at Jeff: "What the hell did you say?"

"Everyone in the team has reminded me of this issue countless times. The flat earth theory is wrong. They used more reasonable experiments to tell me that the earth is round. They found a globe big enough, put an ant on it, and Pipes are designed on top of the globe..." Jeff laughed, happy that he could figure out the truth.

But Tommy turned his head and looked at Martin's employees who were drinking and partying fiercely: "F*ck! Martin, Martin!"

Martin and Louise were dancing to the music in the corner. When he heard Tommy's roar, Martin left Louise, who was getting the rare honor of dancing with him, and walked over quickly: "What's the matter, Boss?"

"Who the hell asked you to give Jeff a geography lesson without permission? Why is he telling me now that the earth is fucking round!" Tommy looked at Martin: "Did I ask you to do that?"

Martin explained: "Jeff tried to promote the flat earth theory in several previous rallies, but at that time if he said it, it would easily affect his vote rate, so the team warned him not to mention it. In order to convince him, they wanted to Way to prove to Jeff..."

"You can make him shut up and not mention the flat earth theory! But you can't destroy him!" Tommy turned his head and looked at Page: "Take Martin outside to sober up."

After Martin was pulled away by Page, Tommy took the beer from Allen, looked at Jeff in an admonishing tone and said: "Jeff, you can't give up the truth just because of other people's interference. You must never forget your original intention." , understand? Why did you jump out of the election? Because of the flat earth theory, but you were not prepared to mention it in your inauguration speech? Just because of some stupid sophistry experiments, you even negated your persistence for so many years and abandoned it. Your own beliefs? If that’s true, I guarantee you won’t go to heaven after your death!”

"Tommy, it doesn't matter what shape the earth is, we should care about those veterans..." Jeff obviously didn't realize the seriousness of the matter, still trying to explain with a simple smile on his face.

Tommy took a sip of beer, and then poked Jeff's chest with his finger: "No, the flat earth theory is the reason why you stand up for election! That's why I help you! Do you think I care about those alcoholic veterans? How many Cuban smugglers are there in the 18th district? If I care, why don't I support that nigger Gerald Richman or Rona Kennedy? They can say more wonderful things than you! I'm fucking because of that Do the veterans who cause trouble all day long support you? Do I look like someone who cares about how many Cuban bastards there are in the 18th district? Because of the flat earth! As a funder, there is only one reason why I am willing to invest in you. , because I want you to give me a medicine ball and a solid plank of wood in your fucking inaugural address to Congress, in front of everyone in America, and tell them that the earth is fucking flat!”

Tommy's furious voice even overwhelmed the loud music. Everyone else realized the problem and slowly approached Tommy and Jeff. Tommy grabbed Zach's collar as he walked over and stared at Jeff. He opened his mouth and asked:

"Zach, answer me, in order to help Jeff get votes, you ate five cans of chickpeas in a fart contest and farted so much that your rectum almost burst! Is it because you care about those veterans?"

Just when Zach was about to speak, he saw Tommy turning his head to look at him. His sharp and fierce eyes made Zach startled, and he immediately shook his head: "No!"

"Alan, you went to the president of the Miami Pipeworkers Union to help Jeff get votes! Was it for the Cubans?"

Allen hesitated and shook his head: "No, I don't care."

But he suddenly smiled again: "But... it still feels pretty good. I mean, I can do it again for the Cubans if I need to."

This sentence not only made everyone else at the scene stunned, but also Tommy was stunned for a few seconds, and then he adjusted his mood and continued: "Your children have been tortured by Marcus and Martin to the point where they have to go to the Boy Scout Association for drills every week. , the dogs in your neighborhood were ruined by the male dog that Lance stole, and Gina helped you canvass votes for those veterans Xiunoko. These great sacrifices were made to listen to your hypocritical words of concern for veterans and Cubans in Congress. ? No, all their sacrifices are for your truth! Because they love you! They think you should preach the truth! But what about you? Are you being brainwashed by others and believing in these fallacies? "

"But, Tommy, Earth is..."

Tommy turned to look at the gathered campaign team members: "Who did that stupid experiment for Jeff?"

"It's me, sir," a young man said, raising his hand.

Tommy snatched the medicine ball from Jeff's hand and threw it in front of the opponent: "Give you a chance. Let Jeff do another science experiment. The earth is fucking flat. Now put your feet on the ball." , if you can stand firm on the ball, I believe that the earth is round, and then as a reward, I will let Martin give you a state-of-the-art wheelchair so that you can spend the rest of your life in a wheelchair."

The young man looked down at the green medicine ball rolling on the concrete floor with some confusion. Tommy had already roared: "Stand up!"

He hesitantly took out his feet and stepped carefully on the medicine ball. However, as soon as he stood on it, he immediately lost his balance and fell down. Then he said seriously: "I'm sorry, sir, my previous experiment was fraudulent. The earth is actually flat. "

Tommy pointed at the other person and asked Jeff: "See? This is the fucking truth. They lied to you. Like those insidious politicians, you have to stick to yourself."

"Because if you choose to believe that the earth is round, it means that you are sorry for Zach's sacrifice for this, and even more sorry for Alan's sacrifice for Dick! I'm sorry for Gina's Naiko who was looked down upon by countless veterans!"

Best, Tommy reached out, made a fist, and knocked on Jeff's heart:

"Now, tell me, should you stick to the truth or forget your original intention."

"The earth is flat." Jeff opened his mouth many times in succession, and finally said this sentence with great difficulty. Then his whole soul seemed to be evacuated in an instant, and he stood there with a dejected expression, as if this short sentence, It was more energy-consuming than any of the countless speeches he had delivered on the campaign trail.

Tommy nodded with satisfaction: "Very good, you now have the basic conditions needed to be a politician."