America 1982

"I feel like I'm walking with you on the way to a brothel now, Stephen." In the night, Tommy and Stephen were leaning under a lamppost on Greek Avenue in Stamford, like two young drunkards with nothing to do. Carrying two pink lady energy drinks.

This product is actually a genuine alcohol product. The main ingredients are caffeine, taurine, guarana and absinthe alcohol. The packaging is pink, so it is nicknamed Miss Pink. Minors and college students do not need any restrictions. , you can buy this so-called energy drink in supermarkets.

As for whether energy drinks containing alcohol and caffeine are legal, it depends on who owns the product, Molson Coors Brewing Company, the largest brewing company in the United States and Canada.

Let’s put it this way, when this drink was produced and put on the market in 1980, some parents complained that their children had become addicted to alcohol because of this product. But now three years later, this product still has no impact on normal sales. The main reason is Molson Coors has hired a large number of former senior government officials to serve as directors of its numerous subsidiaries, as well as hired numerous lobbying firms for public relations.

Stanford University stipulates that students cannot drink alcohol in public places, but there is no rule against drinking energy drinks. Therefore, many college students who cannot get beer will buy a Pink Miss if they want to drink and walk along the street. Although the alcohol content is somewhat low, it is better than drinking alcohol. Looking like an adult with a can of juice drink.

"That's our brothel." Stephen pointed to a two-story building not far away with the word ZDB hanging on it and Roman-style door pillars. He smiled and said: "ZDB, everyone is used to calling them Betty Club. The best sorority at Stanford, our VSA fraternity organization, is much more complicated to join than us boys, including height, hair color, eye color, bloodline, clothing, sexual experience, family background... except for a few high-ranking government officials. Except for the naturally ugly girls, the rest are all qualified to participate in the Miss Universe beauty pageant. Each of them can be noble on the outside and wild on the inside. It is said that they will also exchange skills in internal meetings, you know, that kind of skills."

Tommy Hawke was quite fascinated by Stephen's words. You must know that such a traditional sorority that selects members and carefully cultivates bedmates for the fraternity is no longer common in 2022.

Although there are still sororities in 2022, unlike fraternities that rarely change their membership standards, sororities are more in line with the development of the times. They first began to diversify their aesthetics, and then to the culture of ugliness. Of course, it may also be where Tommy was at that time. The Asian fraternities in the school have an average ranking, and the quality of the sororities is so-so. However, the vast majority of sororities are unlikely to screen newcomers according to the standards Stephen mentioned at this time. Otherwise, freshmen will complain to the university, and maybe a few big names will If you deduct it, the sisterhood will be shut down.

"As for the BDP of the White Robe Club, it is called the Blond Club. The screening conditions are much worse than those of the Betty Club. It can only be regarded as the sorority with the most blond girls at Stanford University." Stephen saw Tommy looking at the Betty Club building. Jia's eyes became hot and he added with a smile.

Tommy retracted his gaze, looked at Stephen, and said with a smile: "Actually, I organized a freshman party just to attract the attention of the Order of the Phoenix or the White Robes. These two brothers were the ones I wanted to join before I reported it. , but after I completed the report and understood some information in more detail, I am now more inclined to the White Robe Society."

"Why? Do you want to wear the white robes of the Ku Klux Klan? Brother, you will lose the friendship of Prime Minister Madoff and all the black people in St. Vincent. Those bastards don't know how to treat black friends equally." Stephen heard Tommy's words Plan, showing an unacceptable expression.

In his opinion, there is no doubt that Tommy Hawke will join the VSA with him, firstly because of his friendship with him, and secondly because the VSA is more open-minded and gentlemanly, and those idiots in the White Robe Club would like to have it engraved on their faces. I am a white man, and those bastards regard the executioners who invaded Vietnam, maintained the Vietnamese monarchy, and hindered Vietnam's democratization as heroes, and raise money every year for those war criminals stained with blood.

Tommy lowered his head, seeming to be thinking about how to explain to his friend.

But this question was difficult. He could not tell Stephen that he was from 2022. He found that there was a billionaire tycoon named Ross Perot on the fraternity alumni list of the White Robe Society.

In a sense, he was an American business idol that Tommy admired very much. He had read that guy's autobiography in his previous life. No matter whether he was in business or politics, Ross Perot had achieved a blockbuster success.

When he was in politics, in 1992, he ran for the position of President of the United States on the same stage with George H.W. Bush and Bill Clinton. He suddenly emerged as a new force under the siege of the Donkey and Elephant parties, and won 18.9% of the vote, becoming the highest vote-getter among African Americans since the founding of the United States. Even though he failed in the election, Ross Perot was always the target of the Republican and Democratic parties from the day of his defeat until his death.

He was also a genius in the IT industry when it came to business. After retiring from the Navy in 1957, he joined IBM and became IBM's sales champion on the West Coast in one year. It only took him two weeks to complete the annual personal sales target set by the company. IBM headquarters was led to believe that there was an error in the sales data submitted by the West Coast branch.

He left IBM in 1962 and founded EDS. In 1968, EDS went public. In three days, the stock price of EDS rose from US$16 per share to US$165. It appeared on the cover of Fortune magazine and was called the fastest money maker by the magazine. , the richest Texan.

The internal network of Boston University, where Tommy studied in his previous life, was handled by Ross Perot's EDS company, from construction to maintenance of software and hardware. EDS's customers are not only Boston University, but also many large companies, banks and government agencies. .

If Tommy really decided to start a business and design a good software, he would prefer to submit his plan to Ross Perot's office instead of other Silicon Valley software tycoons. Ross Perot is a typical example. A pragmatist, and Tommy also believes in pragmatism, shares the same view of the world, and may be easier to communicate with.

This guy has no factions or positions in his eyes. As long as he thinks it is helpful to me, he will use it for me. When he founded EDS in the 1960s, the United States was full of hostility towards China. Ross Perot also lacked goodwill towards China. However, when the company distributed the English version of Mao Zedong for free and asked employees to study seriously, and was criticized by opponents for possibly supporting China, Ross's reaction in an interview was:

"China's existence is indeed a threat to the United States, but this book is not. It is a tool for me to learn to think in another way. Those who criticize me have no idea what is happening in the world. They have not even read this book. , just because the author is Chinese, they feel that they have found a reason to criticize me, thinking that it will give me a headache, but in fact, this kind of trick does not hurt me, and they will just wait helplessly. I am constantly being nourished and gradually evolving, and I am completely eliminated. My greatest pleasure in doing business is to eliminate such low-level businessmen who lack structure and vision for the United States."

Compared to IT tycoons like Bill Gates and Steve Jobs, Ross Perot's net worth may be much lower, but the main reason is that the guy doesn't want to waste his life on making money. What he always wanted to do from the beginning to the end was to change the United States, but changing the United States required money, so he went to make money on the way. In fact, he was once an angel investor of Steve Jobs.

And in terms of influence among middle- and lower-class Americans, the two IT tycoons above are unconvincing compared to Ross Perot. Let’s put it this way, write the names of these three people on a piece of paper, let Tommy’s Dad and his co-workers came to identify him, and 100% of the uneducated workers could recognize Ross Perot's name, and then they could tell the other man's legendary experience.

The lower class Americans are, the more they long for heroes in this world, and Ross Perot is a hero to many Americans.

In 1978, the Iranian government imprisoned two senior officials of EDS's Iranian branch for bribing government officials, and set a sky-high bail amount of US$12.75 million per person.

At that time, Iran had not yet revolutionized and had good relations with the United States. What the United States meant was that Ross Perot's company paid for bail. Anyway, the two men did bribe Iranian officials for company business. After bail, the embassy could help This statement also represents the failure of negotiations through formal diplomatic channels. After Ross Perot determined that the US government could not provide help, he finally chose to take out the money himself.

However, instead of paying bail to Iran, retired U.S. Army Special Forces colonel Commander Arthur Simmons was hired as the commander to form a rescue team composed of seven retired U.S. Special Forces elites. Sars built an Iranian Ministry of Justice prison, conducted combat simulations, formulated detailed combat plans, and prepared for armed rescue.

What really makes Ross Perot considered a hero by countless Americans is that he did not hide in the United States, but chose to follow the rescue team deep into Iran when the rescue team set off, just to rescue two of his employees.

Naturally, everyone was happy with the result. After going through untold hardships, the rescue team successfully rescued two employees and took them through the Iranian border and arrived in Turkey. Employees of all Iranian EDS branches also evacuated Iran at the same time.

Afterwards, Ross Perot said in an interview, "No matter what, I will never abandon my EDS colleagues, and I will not give a penny to those bastards who try to blackmail me."

This made Ross Perot and his EDS famous in one fell swoop.

Every American hopes that their boss can be like Ross Perot, who will never give up on them, but this idea is tantamount to wishful thinking, so they prefer Ross Perot who never gives up on his employees. The American TV stations, newspapers, and novels all reported on this rescue operation, and the film and television industry has been preparing to put him on the screen in the past two years.

"Ross Perot, he is a member of the White Robe Society. I hope to have the opportunity to meet him in the fraternity's activities in the next four years. I will help my father get an autographed photo with him as a gift. My father regards him as a Idol." Tommy thought about it for a few seconds, and finally came up with a reason that barely made sense.

It is normal for a boy from the bottom of a small town to admire American heroes praised by his fathers. However, these words may make Stephen realize that he is different from himself. After all, there are quite a few upper-class people and politicians in the United States who do not think Ross -Perot is a hero, but a hypocrite who seeks fame and reputation. He does not want to spend money to pay a high bail. After all, it is cheaper to find mercenaries to save people. The guy just seized the opportunity and successfully completed an image advertisement for himself.

Sure enough, after hearing Tommy's answer, Stephen sighed: "Honestly, sometimes I forget that you come from that rural place in Warwick, and I also forget that you and I are different. You have relatives who put family first, but I only have indifferent family affection." A relative, a son always wants to be praised by his father, right?"

"Don't be too pessimistic. If those guys from SSD don't choose me, then you have to lend a helping hand to ensure that I can join a fraternity, pick up girls, and have a drink." Tommy raised the bottle and touched it. Said with a smile.

Stephen took a sip in his mouth and felt a little disappointed: "I'm starting to hope that those idiots will let you lose the election, but I don't think there is much hope, especially when the idiots from the White Robe Club see me bringing the VSA house manager. You, as long as he didn't shoot his brain out when he went to bed with a girl, he should know to find more detailed information about you right away. Hey, whether it is the White Robe Club or the Order of the Phoenix, it will not affect the two of us at CSLS. Relationship, right?”

"It's hard to say, brother." Tommy said calmly with a straight face.

Stephen was stunned and looked at Tommy. The next second Tommy laughed and pointed in the direction of Betty Club: "Unless you are not going to introduce those girls to me because I joined the White Robe Club."

"Actually, I have a better introduction to you. I'm going to Los Angeles next month. Do you want to go with me? There is a reception held by a Hollywood production company. The financial company that helped me handle the money received a message from the other party. There happened to be two invitations sent to me. The other party hopes that I will use some money to invest in movies. It is said that there will be some very open-minded young actresses at the reception." Stephen breathed a sigh of relief, and then said to Tommy mysteriously said.

Tommy looked at Stephen with a bright smile, hesitated for a moment, and then warned: "Hollywood is said to be very open, but your best choice is not to waste your quota and take me to see the world, but to bring your professional investment." The manager, let him deal with the other party for you. In order to attract investment, the film company will use any means. If you want to sleep with an actress, you don’t have to go to that kind of cocktail party to strike up a conversation with the actress."

Although women's equality has been clamoring for many years in the United States, in places like Hollywood, actresses are just male vassals and corporate resources. From Shirley Temple, Marilyn Monroe, to now well-known Hollywood actresses, they want to be themselves To become a Hollywood movie star, you must first learn to be a Hollywood prostitute.

Even though Tommy lives in Warwick, he has seen various tidbits in newspapers and TV about Hollywood actresses and various rich people or high-ranking officials. In fact, after a little analysis, he will understand that those are bullshit relationships or ordinary chats. Italians and Jews in Hollywood simply treat various actresses as prostitutes and send them to those people in exchange for benefits. Even Americans have become numb to this kind of thing. After all, even the Kennedy brothers and Marilyn Monroe play two queens and one queen. We have already seen all kinds of tidbits. No matter how popular other tidbits are, it doesn’t matter.

Respect women? In male-dominated Hollywood, actresses and high-end call girls are synonymous.

Stephen is young and rich. If a film company really treats him as a fat sheep and arranges for a few female stars to entangle him, this guy has some gentlemanly spirit. He may impulsively spend money to invest in movies, but the result is It's usually not very good. Generally speaking, it's just a matter of waiting for the money to go down the drain.

It’s not that the movie has no chance to be a big hit, but if you are an outsider and have no intention of deeply involved in the film industry for long-term cooperation, the other party will naturally kill you. After all, although the actress is a prostitute, she can’t sleep in vain.

The other party obviously invested your money in a certain blockbuster film, but they will lie and tell you that the money was invested in another money-losing film and nothing was gained. If you want to get your money back, continue to invest and there is a better script in the pipeline. Start the movie, or simply write two movies when attracting investment from outsiders. In this way, even if one is a hit, the other one is still far away from being released. Want to get dividends? Just wait.

There are countless ways for Hollywood Jews to defraud investors of their money.

That’s why Tommy told Stephen not to waste his place by allowing him to accompany him to open his eyes, but to bring a professional investment manager with him, and not to blindly make promises after a few glasses of wine.

Seeing Tommy's serious expression, Stephen nodded: "If you don't go, then I can only call my investment manager. Let's go, change the subject, take me to your dormitory, poor guy, get some real money." Alcohol out, I know you must have it in stock.”

Tommy was relieved to hear that the other party was willing to listen to his opinions, and the two of them walked side by side towards Hope's apartment in the night.

I originally coded a chapter in the middle of the night last night, but my son was still up after one o'clock. This was the first time he slept in the same bed with me, and he was very excited. By three o'clock, he had coded more than a thousand words. It was really I couldn't hold on and went to sleep.

Then this chapter is almost 5,000 words, including last night’s chapter, so it won’t be divided into two chapters...

Also, the editor said that this book will be on the shelves on the 1st of next month. It is very good. I can finally make a living by subscribing and earning some royalties. I will also need the support of all readers. I will go away and continue to take care of the children. After my wife had a high fever, my son also started to have a high fever this afternoon. My parents, my parents-in-law, and the four of us, finally no one in the whole family was spared, and they all got Yang... Readers, please take precautions, whether it is Yang or not, and whether it is Yang or the flu. The difference is quite big. Anyway, I still feel weak and fatigued.