America 1982

Los Angeles, El Monte.

Tommy Hawke arrived accompanied by Lott Page. When he saw Dennis, the guy was sitting on a bench in the community square, his smile as bright as the sun, surrounded by a group of children, and Dennis came from He grabbed handfuls of candies from the plastic bag beside him and distributed them to the children. It was like a sunny and cheerful young man came to a strange area, met a group of lovely children, and thoughtfully gave them meeting gifts.

The beautiful picture is like a realistic oil painting full of humanistic care.

It was completely different from the scene in Tommy's imagination: in a dark and cramped room, Dennis's limbs were fixed to an iron frame bed, and then two tall black women were guarding the door, selling tickets to the long queue of ugly women outside the door. , all kinds of ugly ugly women handed over the banknotes one after another, then walked into the room with a grin, and said hello to Dennis, whose mouth was sealed with tape and his eyes were desperate:

"Baby, mommy is playing a game called Donkey Punch with you..."

Tommy signaled Mr. Page to wait not far away, and he walked over and sat in the empty seat next to Dennis. He turned his head and looked at Dennis, who was kissing the forehead of every child who came to receive candy: "This is exactly what I imagined. completely different."

"I know." Dennis waited until all the children got the candies, then motioned the little guys to run away, and then looked at Tommy: "I suddenly fell in love with this place, Tommy, during the two days I was here, I have found the meaning of life and I love everyone here.”

"Everyone or all women of legal age, those two words have completely different meanings," Tommy said with a smile.

Dennis smiled and cursed F*ck, and then said: "Look here, there are more than a hundred families. The children can't see their fathers all year round, and the wives can't see their husbands all year round... I want to stay here, they We need a man, we need a strong guardian, that’s why I’m here, God guided me here, hoping that I would change the bad environment here.”

"Do you want to hear my analysis of what you said? You're just out of fucking vanity and want to be worshiped by a group of poor people to get cheap spiritual satisfaction, because you can't get this kind of satisfaction elsewhere, but here They are all vulnerable women, and you can harvest their desire and dependence on you." Tommy took out cigarettes, held two in his mouth and lit them, then gave one to Dennis and said.

Dennis took a puff of his cigarette: "After those women knew my plan, they worshiped me like a god. There's nothing wrong with that. If I were to be a garbage station manager, I wouldn't have the same sense of accomplishment as I do now."

"Their admiration for you will only last until they figure out that you are just a drug dealer making a profit. At that time, you will be the first to be kicked away. Those tough mothers will purchase and sell by themselves. Don’t think that poor people are just idiots who don’t understand how to think. Once interests are involved and your role doesn’t mean much to them, you will definitely be killed with a borrowed knife.” Tommy leaned forward and supported his arms on his thighs. went up and said with a smile:

"For example, there is a beautiful mother who is your second-in-command. She will listen to you in everything. If you want to sleep with her, she will immediately undress and take off her clothes. If you ask her to pick up the groceries, she will drive out immediately. But when she understands you What will she do when she only has this little ability and can't learn anything else? It's very simple, call the husband of her close friend and tell him that his wife is occupied by you, and he will kill him with a gun when he comes back. If you kill her, she will become the new boss of this community."

"How is that possible?" Dennis was shattered by Tommy's words that the other party had killed him with a gun, but he still refused to accept the reality.

Tommy shrugged his shoulders and looked at the children running around and playing in the distance: "Why is it impossible? If I were that woman, I would kill you so easily. Anyway, you have nothing to draw from, so what are you doing?" If I want to keep you, how about giving you an extra share of the money?"

Dennis opened his mouth, wanting to say something but not knowing how to say it. Finally, he lowered his head and remained silent for a moment, then said softly: "Brother, you really know how to shatter your friends' illusions. Yes, a garbage station manager, for this How can the community help? You only need to follow me a few times to learn the methods of drug dealers. By then, I will have no use value."

Dennis really felt at a certain moment that it would be pretty good for him to stay in this small daughter country and be a king. He imagined that he could make money by being a drug dealer and help the women bring profits, and the children would also They all like me, and I can also like the wives of those soldiers.

Until Tommy, that bastard, burst his dream bubble with a calm tone.

"Remember when I asked you to do me a favor? If you really like this place and really want to help these women and children, I think you should consider helping me." Tommy said to Dennis.

Dennis curled his lips and looked at Tommy: "Jason said that most of the help I can do to you is to make small movies, so you are saying that I will make small movies and then distribute the video tapes to every woman in this community so that they need comfort late at night. When you are here, relax in front of a video tape starring me?"

"West Point or the U.S. Naval Academy, which one do you prefer? I'll send you to college." Tommy flicked the ash from his cigarette and looked at Dennis.

Dennis was stunned for a moment, then touched Tommy's forehead with his hand: "The sunshine in California must have radiation. Tommy, you'd better go find a fucking brain doctor to check your brain. You don't have a fever, but you are in more trouble." Big, because it’s most likely a disease that requires surgery to find out the cause.”

Tommy ignored the guy's teasing and just told Dennis the same words he said to his brother.

"You mean, you're going to give me a sum of money so that I can have sex with those SSD people in New York?" After Dennis heard this, he said to Tommy: "I can also send you the bill for whoring, and you will give it to me. I fully reimbursed the expenses for taking drugs with them, the expenses for having a girlfriend..."

"Yes, as long as it's not too much, it's okay, so you agree?" Tommy nodded seriously to Dennis and asked.

"The most important question, Tommy." Dennis also straightened his face and looked at Tommy very seriously: "There is only one last question left. If my girlfriend gets pregnant, can the abortion fees be reimbursed? Or the alimony? You know, I don't like using Trojan..."

Tommy sighed: "Dennis, I asked you to go to college and become a probationary officer. I didn't ask you to increase the birth rate in New York State. According to your way of sowing, the annual GDP of the United States will not be able to bear your burden." Child support, so don’t ask me to raise your kids for you.”

"I decided to go, I'm going to be an officer who protects the United States, and you know what, I came up with a great idea. I'm going to wear an officer's uniform, come back here one day, and comfort the women here, maybe in bed. The other party's husband suddenly returned. I'm really looking forward to that scene. Imagine, imagine, Tommy, do you think that woman's husband will salute me and say hello to me when he sees me?" Dennis suddenly thought asked a question that excited him, and said to Tommy excitedly:

"Soldiers are performing missions overseas. As a commander, I must take care of their housework and let them focus on fighting. This is my bounden duty."

Tommy nodded painfully: "Love your soldiers like your own children, Dennis. The American soldiers need warm-hearted officers like you."

"Will Pam also go to West Point with me?" Dennis finished imagining himself and then thought of his best friend Pam: "If he also goes, he can stand outside the door for me while I comfort the families of my subordinates to ensure that I He won’t be shot to death by his subordinates.”

"No, I only got two fucking letters of recommendation, one for you and one for Tony. Also, Pam couldn't pass the physical exam. He's blind if he takes off his glasses." Tommy threw away the cigarette butt and picked up the Take a piece of toffee, open the package and put it into your mouth, feeling the pleasure of sweetness filling your mouth:

"If he goes to West Point to study, there is a chance that he will trigger World War III."

"I didn't expect you to have such a high opinion of Pam. Are you saying that if Pam becomes a soldier, there is a chance of triggering World War III?" Dennis asked in surprise when he heard Tommy's words.

Tommy nodded: "Yes, think about it. During the graduation practice exercise, Pam's glasses were dropped and shattered by the shock, so she could only operate the artillery to blindly fire, and then successfully hit the audience with a cannonball accurately. Taiwan, sending the principal and senior military officials who were observing the graduation exercise to heaven. Then the president announced to all the people on the TV the next day with a solemn expression that the bombardment of West Point Military Academy was planned by the Soviet Union, and Pam Marvel was the Soviet Union's mastermind. A top agent who was carefully cultivated and infiltrated into the United States. In view of the Soviet Union's heinous terrorist assassinations against the United States, he decided to declare war on the Soviet Union, and World War III officially broke out."

"So, Pam can only be an air-conditioning repairman, which is a pity. I thought he... could be my adjutant." After hearing what Tommy said, Dennis said with some regret.

Tommy said: "The U.S. Naval Preparatory Academy is located in Newport, Rhode Island. He needs to complete a one-year preparatory course there and get a letter of recommendation from the dean of the preparatory academy before he can go to the Naval Academy. Whether you can succeed in non-military majors such as logistics, engineering or ship repair depends on yourself. I am not God. Sending you and Tony to a military school is the limit of what I can do now."

"Very good, I know I can't be a mediocre garbage dump manager. I have always believed that I am a genius. Just wait and see, Tommy, Dennis Herbers will definitely lead the army into Berlin one day and kill The Stars and Stripes were planted on the dome of the Kremlin, and Stalin handed me the letter of surrender." Dennis stood up, moved his body, and said excitedly.

Tommy's mouth twitched a few times: "But Stalin died long before you were born, and the Kremlin is in fucking Moscow, not East Berlin..."

"Really? It's not important. It's the same with Stalin's children writing a letter of surrender." Dennis looked at Tommy and realized that he was not joking, so he changed his words.

Tommy also stood up: "Stalin's daughter defected to the United States and is now an American. Are you sure you want to take her back to Moscow and have her sign a surrender letter on behalf of the Soviet Union?"

"It sounds like the relationship between the Soviet Union and the United States is more complicated than the relationship between me and 120 nightclub girls." After Dennis heard this, he patted Tommy on the shoulder: "You go first, I will go back to Stanford to find you in two days. "

"Aren't you going to go with me?" Tommy was stunned for a moment.

Dennis walked towards the community: "Of course not, I want to seize the time to satisfy my vanity, and as a future officer, I will comfort my future subordinates' empty wives. Tommy, you know you are not as good as me." What’s the reason? Be kind, you have to remember, be kind, be kind, and don’t be stingy with your kindness and passion.”

…

"Dick Cheney, a member of the House of Representatives and White House chief of staff under President Ford, only served for less than a year before stepping down when Ford lost the election."

“Donald Rumsfeld, White House Chief of Staff and Secretary of Defense under President Ford, was also Dick Cheney’s guide. After Ford lost the election, he went to be the CEO of Xaar Pharmaceuticals. The military was very interested in this The impression of the former defense minister was very good.”

"Thomas Hayward, the former Chief of Naval Operations of the United States, retired in 1981. Now he is helping the foundation he founded, trying to let famous domestic universities provide more educational opportunities for ordinary soldiers."

Jim Manz's work efficiency is amazing. Within a week, this guy put three names and information he carefully selected in front of Tommy and told Tommy that these three people were willing to attend the charity dinner to speak.

Tommy had some impressions of the first two names. One was known as the most powerful vice president in the history of the United States, and the other was the U.S. Secretary of Defense who successfully turned his own death into fun.

But in his impression, Rumsfeld seemed to be George W. Bush's Secretary of Defense, but now Jim told him that Rumsfeld had served as Secretary of Defense as early as 1975 when Ford succeeded Nixon?

"Secretary of Defense during President Ford's time? How old was he then?" Tommy asked Jim in surprise as he opened Rumsfeld's information.

Jim put his feet up on the table and shook his legs lazily: "Forty-three years old, the youngest Secretary of Defense in the history of the United States, President Ford's sharpest dagger, personally helped Ford plan the Halloween Massacre, and completely completed the cabinet Purge, clearing out the manpower left behind by Nixon.”

Tommy heard Jim's comments about the other party and said curiously: "You seem to appreciate him very much."

“Of course, a person can sit in the House of Representatives as a member at the age of thirty, enter the White House at the age of thirty-six, and serve as Assistant to President Nixon and Director of the White House Economic Office, and become President Ford’s Chief of Staff at the age of forty. Isn’t a man who became the Secretary of Defense at the age of three, the CEO of the private company Xaar Pharmaceuticals at the age of 45, and the man who transformed his company from one of the top 500 companies in the United States to one of the top 100 companies in the United States at the age of 47, worthy of admiration and admiration?” Jim looked at Tommy:

"But it's just appreciation. That guy's era is over. Look at the information. I prepared it in detail."

Tommy looked at the information in his hand, and Jim indeed listed the reasons why Rumsfeld was selected.

First of all, as a pharmaceutical company CEO, he is now interested in the military prescription drug assistance program proposed by Jim. If anyone is willing to promote it, Xaar Pharmaceuticals is willing to cooperate.

Secondly, he is a German-American who was born in the U.S. Navy. After graduating from Princeton University, he served in the Navy for four years, during which he briefly studied at the U.S. Naval Academy. He can barely be considered an alumnus of the U.S. Naval Academy.

The third point is that during his tenure as Minister of Defense, he gained the friendship of the military.

Ford was originally going to sacrifice Rumsfeld because Ford wanted to thoroughly investigate the U.S. military's falsified accounts, corruption and other issues. Once the investigation was launched and the progress was announced, Rumsfeld would definitely end up being shot in the back by a machine gun. Then the police gave the investigation result that he died of suicide.

After all, corruption in the military is extremely serious. Even the president does not know which issue will completely detonate the explosive point. He does not dare to attack rashly, but he needs political achievements and means to show the people that he can replace Nixon. It is not because of good luck. , but because of stronger ability and determination.

Eventually, he left it to Rumsfeld to sort it out.

But Rumsfeld, the Secretary of Defense, did not die of suicide. After his investigation, he chose a low-key and tolerant policy. He arranged for all military officials in the Department of Defense to be assigned assistants, and then arranged various schedules for the military officials. , going abroad for exchanges or going to various bases for research, etc. In short, those people can live a fulfilling life every day, so that many internal tasks of the Ministry of National Defense can only be handled by the assistants equipped.

In the eyes of military officials, assistants are untrustworthy outsiders. Corruption behavior cannot be understood by assistants, so Rumsfeld first used this method to force military officials to stop temporarily to avoid continued corruption, and a certain In this sense, officers and officials are emptied out.

Those who were corrupt believed that as long as they were vigilant about these assistants, they would not be able to get any inside information about previous corruption. However, Rumsfeld did not think about going over the old accounts. Instead, he used the accounts after these assistants took over to compare them with the previous military accounts. By comparing the accounts submitted by the parties, we can infer which links are seriously corrupted and which accounts contain false accounts, making the direction of the investigation clearer.

After discovering specific problems, they did not immediately launch an attack. Instead, they introduced a computer network to the Ministry of National Defense and announced that all financial work and internal affairs of the Ministry of National Defense needed to be handled by computers. This once again increased the difficulty of military fraud, and because computer accounts are different from paper The quality account books existed at the same time, and the other party's falsification required two operations. In this way, in less than a year, he found out the Ministry of National Defense's silverfish network, and did not take the credit on himself, but quietly sorted out all the lists and The evidence was handed over to President Ford and let him decide how to deal with it.

President Ford had a wonderful expression when he received the evidence. He did want to use Rumsfeld's methods to investigate the Department of Defense, but he was not prepared to be as imaginative as Kennedy. In his opinion, it was Rumsfeld who should die. If the Secretary of Defense, not the President himself, claimed responsibility for this investigation, he would probably be lying in a hospital morgue tomorrow.

Therefore, he could only delegate power once again, saying that he would give it to Rumsfeld with full authority. Rumsfeld seemed to have guessed that the president would kick the ball back to him. He just needed the president to give him full authority to handle it. After gaining the power he wanted, he revealed the list in his hand to the military bosses who had no idea that he had been seized.

After obtaining the list, some military minions involved in corruption immediately died of various bizarre suicides. After the death of those people, Rumsfeld subsequently applied for a pardon from the president, pardoning all those who seemed not to be involved in the crime. Shen, mainly a military boss who was deceived by his subordinates, announced the end of the investigation and won the favor of the military.

So in the end, the Ministry of National Defense was cleared, and he who was supposed to commit suicide not only did not die, but gained the friendship of the military.

"The method of cleaning the Department of Defense is very good." After Tommy read it, he said to Jim: "He only made one wrong step. Maybe this step is the reason why he was not activated by Reagan, that is, he should let the president gain the friendship of the military. , rather than myself, who was a little too impatient and exposed his ambition, otherwise Ford would not have let him sink in the business world for so long."

Jim nodded: "Yes, National Review thinks so too. It may be difficult for him to obtain the presidential candidate nomination in the Republican Party in the future. When he gained power, he eliminated several opponents in the Republican Party who were qualified to compete with him. It’s tragic, Kissinger, George Bush, etc. George Bush is now Reagan’s vice president, and Kissinger is now the chief of staff of David Rockefeller, the largest financier of the Republican Party. Do you think Rumsfeld almost drove them to death? Will they give him a chance to come forward now? So I say that his political life is over. Of course, as the youngest Secretary of Defense in the history of the United States, this record is already dazzling enough. I think it is enough to attract those students. See with your own eyes the holder of this record.”

"Including Pete Wilson, we have four powerful men. Mr. Rumsfeld and Mr. Hayward are very attractive to cadets, but they are exes, so they are not attractive to guests. People spend a thousand dollars to buy a picture." For the tickets, I don’t just want to take photos and chat with the former Minister of Defense, but I also want to find a reason to trick them into paying." Tommy said to Jim after reading the information of several people.

Jim was too lazy to look at Tommy and turned his head away: "You only asked me to help you find a few powerful people to attract those military students. You didn't ask me to help you sell tickets to rich people."

"I didn't ask you, I thought about it, fooling the nerds in Silicon Valley that the Veterans Association and SSD need technology products, and only those technology companies that are enthusiastic about charity can get orders." Tommy said.

Jim turned back to look at Tommy and asked curiously: "So, what order?"

Tommy spread his hands towards him: "I don't know what the hell the order is, I just made up a random reason and let them out to let them think there is a chance to get the order and buy tickets. Besides, even if I really thought about the order, I will only tell Jason or Holly how I can benefit others by making money from the Veterans Association and SSD."

Second update, the goal of 6,000 words~~10,000 words has been achieved, go down and sleep, good night everyone.