America 1982

Otilia took a few deep breaths and slowly walked into Tommy Hawke, who was standing on the balcony on the second floor of the government building, recording the footage with a handheld video recorder as material.

Tommy Hawke did not notice Otilia's approach at all. At this time, he was concentrating on recording a figure on the street not far away, that was the most powerful armed forces commander in the country.

Colin John, the national police chief and Tommy's namesake, is in charge of 17 police stations in the country.

A black elite who had served in the British Army and was trained at Scotland Yard, who had won many medals, was currently listening to Dennis's Walkman with headphones on. He was standing on the road in front of the police station, swaying to the strong rhythm, just listening. In the eyes of others who have not seen the music, he looks like a convulsing fool.

It is hard to imagine that the security of this country is in the hands of such a guy who twists his body at high speed in front of Tommy, as if he is trying to shake off all the fat from his body.

Dennis was standing on the second-floor balcony of the National Police Station. Although he was dressed in casual clothes, he was surrounded by several black police officers wearing gray-blue police uniforms. They seemed to be asking Dennis for instructions on what to do next.

Apparently Dennis is trying to be an experiencer, giving priority to experience the upcoming government affairs simulation activities of their summer camp, and temporarily serving as the police chief of this country. Judging from his expression, he is very interested in this kind of thing.

Because Tommy heard a policeman report to Dennis that a sugar cane field in St. George Parish had been damaged. The local police station hoped that Dennis could lead other people from the police station to the local area for support and arrest the culprit, four wild boars. Wild boars have destroyed many sugar cane fields, and the local police station is somewhat short of manpower and equipment.

Dennis believes that you should not make unnecessary sacrifices, do not let yourself get injured, and be good at using your advantages to fight the enemy.

So after thinking carefully, he came up with a plan of action: Find out where the U.S. Embassy is, and then prepare to drive four wild boars to the embassy with people beating gongs and drums, and trap the wild boars inside the embassy. The U.S. Embassy can use the excuse that the U.S. Embassy has been invaded to request that the U.S. send combat-experienced Marines to help catch pigs in hand-to-hand combat.

The reason for catching the wild boar in hand-to-hand combat was because Dennis thought that after catching the wild boar alive, he could open a zoo. Maybe the marines who came from afar could visit the local zoo as tourists while they rested after catching the pigs, so that they could also learn from them. Earn some dollars and increase national income.

The policemen who heard his words subconsciously wiped their faces hard. Two of them couldn't help turning their heads to look in the direction of the government building, as if wondering, where did their governor and prime minister find such an American youth leader? Did you accidentally fall into the sea when you came here and damage your brain? Or a clown fish that swims along the ear and into his brain? So this young man doesn't look like a leader, but like a clown?

His subordinates were telling Dennis at this moment that there is no US embassy here. More than a dozen Caribbean countries share a US embassy in the Caribbean, with its headquarters in Barbados. There is only one US embassy in the Caribbean in Kingston. Don's Liaison Office, and it is still in the government building. If you drive the wild boar to the diplomatic office, half of the town on the way will be destroyed by the wild boar first.

After listening to Dennis's plan of action and comparing the two, Tommy felt that it would be better to leave the country's security to Director Colin who loves to dance. After all, Director Colin only likes to have physical convulsions to the music, while Dennis's brain is having convulsions all the time. .

"Tommy?" Otilia's somewhat anxious voice sounded.

"Miss Farrell, what happened?" Tommy Hawke followed the voice and turned to look at Otilia.

The beautiful teacher in front of her had an apologetic look on her face. She had her hands behind her back. Judging from her standing posture, it could be judged that she seemed to have done something that she might feel ashamed of.

Otilia looked at Tommy Hawke: "That's right, when my father learned about my recent job, he kindly suggested that in addition to submitting your application to Lincoln High School, you can also prepare an additional one. Submit it to other places, I think his suggestion is good, so I submitted the second copy for you without your consent."

"Besides submitting it to Lincoln High School, I'm not sure where else to submit it." Tommy Hawke shrugged in confusion: "As a school-level club, if there are other issues that require approval, the school administration can also come forward. Help us deal with it.”

"That's true, but you and I both know that because Lincoln High School was not very optimistic about the event you initiated, it didn't apply further at all. It only gave us the minimum support of one thousand yuan to establish a school-level club. This is... …I mean this is a cross-border activity. Of course they know that the money is not enough, but they are unwilling to support it, which means they don’t think highly of you, so… So I submitted another application to the Office of the Superintendent of Public Instruction of the State of Rhode Island before. I hope that if we run out of funds, we can get a little extra support." Otilia told what she had done.

Hearing Otilia's words, Tommy Hawke was a little confused.

The Superintendent of Public Instruction, the seventh-ranking person in the state council, seems to be ranked lower, but is only the seventh-in-line successor to the governor's position, requiring the governor and general of Rhode Island, the lieutenant governor, the secretary of state, and the attorney general. , the state comptroller, and the treasurer must all die before they can take over the position of governor of Rhode Island.

But in fact, this position is not low, because all public education affairs in Rhode Island are led by this superintendent and the State Board of Education of which he serves as secretary.

All public schools need to report to him if they want to apply for financial support. If he does not agree, they will not be able to obtain state financial funding. He will also make the final evaluation of all non-teaching administrative positions in public schools. According to In a simple summary of the federal system in which one state in the United States is equivalent to the same country, this guy is equivalent to the Secretary of Education of Rhode Island.

"So why are you so sure that the other party can accept your overstepping application submission behavior instead of returning it directly?" Tommy Hawk looked into Otilia's eyes and asked.

"Because the current Director of Public Education, Mr. Frank Chaffee, is my godfather." Otilia said: "But I didn't change any words in your application. I just... changed the application with my name on it. The envelope was sent to his office.”

"Then why did you decide to tell me again? You had good intentions, so according to your character, you would definitely not tell me." Tommy Hawk looked at the guilty teacher in front of him and comforted: "It's okay."

Otilia took a few deep breaths: "I'm not sure if I'm doing the wrong thing or the right thing now, because an hour ago, according to the normal work process, I called Lincoln High School to report the situation and learned about an amazing news. News, I think it is unlikely that we can do it because of our own efforts. I am not denying your efforts, but...it seems to have nothing to do with hard work."

"what news?"

"You know that Princeton University doesn't have an official summer camp, right?"

"You said you didn't have any in the previous chat, but you have participated in some unofficial summer activities involving departments or professors."

"Yes, this is the call I received. Princeton University's Woodrow Wilson School of Public and International Affairs knew about the CSLS project, called Lincoln High School to learn about the situation, and said that a professor from the college told us about the Caribbean Sea we mentioned. The Regional Summer Summit is somewhat interested and hopes to know more detailed summer camp content. Please ask Lincoln High School to fax them a more detailed introduction to the activities in the near future. Our principal dialed the number four times to check that the other party's phone number is indeed from Princeton. University, I believe that I am not dreaming. The school is currently in a meeting to calculate the maximum salary the school can pay if the other party is really willing to attend our summer camp. According to the president's already insane statement, even if he is asked to bring Vice Principal Mike Mr. Dais and Mrs. Wharton, the provost, go to dance part-time to make money. They must seize this opportunity. He hopes that you will return to school as soon as possible after the inspection and come up with the most detailed and comprehensive summer camp plan. He will review it verbatim and fax it himself. Give it to the other person.”

Tommy Hawke's eyes widened subconsciously. A professor from Princeton University was willing to attend a summer camp sponsored by a public high school. Not to mention that the principal was willing to dance. Now Tommy Hawke was taking Dennis and Pam all the way from St. Vincent. If you can make money by dancing, you are willing to go back to Rhode Island, but this is Princeton!

Look at how many tour groups there are this summer that just take high school students for a tour around Princeton University without any real academic plans, but with the title of summer camp. There are more than a dozen, and each one is full! Parents of American high school students are willing to pay.

As long as this news is true, Tommy Hawke feels that there is no need to promote other things. Hanging the name of the Princeton professor can get hundreds of thousands of truly elite high school students to spend money.

Otilia waited for Tommy Hawke to come to his senses and whispered again: "And my godfather, he graduated from Princeton University. I think all this may have something to do with him."

"Princeton, which is hundreds of kilometers away, couldn't have come to our door after seeing our promotional advertisement, right? Because we haven't really started promoting it yet, and even if they saw the advertisement, they wouldn't be interested in getting to know a person. A school-level summer camp activity at a garbage high school." Tommy Hawke exhaled, looked at the sea in the distance, took several deep breaths in succession, tried hard to digest the news, and then turned to look at Ottilia:

"So, your father, Mr. Farrell, once wanted me to add something to the application? Don't hide it, he must have wanted me to add something or modify something. I can understand it, and it doesn't matter what I added, it doesn't matter. Question, Miss Farrell, your godfather has given you so much, so much that I don’t think it’s real. It’s just a summer camp. Is it worthy of your godfather’s reputation as a Princeton? This is too scary. Doesn’t he know a Princeton? The name of the school can make countless high school students eager to interact with Princeton flock to it, so you might as well re-establish one yourself."

Otilia lowered her head, as if she was still ashamed of her father's words: "Put your name humbly behind my name. My father said it so arrogantly at the beginning."

"Don't say I'm behind your name. I'll cross out my name completely, and I'll help you silence Dennis and Pam who know about it, so that no one leaks the secret. It'll be fine!" Tommy Hawke made an exaggerated expression. , Otilia said with a smile:

"I already felt that this world was unreal, because this small country was too perfect and existed just for our summer camp. It was black, friendly and open-minded. Now, even more unreal news has appeared. Your godfather has thrown out what made me I feel that the news in this world is even more ridiculous. Even if I change the club to only have your name, I still feel that it is not as much as what he paid. It is too much, really too much. This is a completely unequal transaction."

"I just hope that when we are short of funds, he may see my name and let the school allocate more funds to support our activities. I didn't expect it to be like this, Tommy, I never thought about taking away what belongs to you. I even called him and my father just now, but they didn’t admit it.”

"Whether they admit it or not, it doesn't matter anymore. What's important is that they have made arrangements. What you can do now is not to live up to these arrangements and pampering for you. I will withdraw the application and revise it again when I go back. , I don’t care, I just want to earn tuition and a bright resume on paper. Now he added the four words Princeton, which means that as long as I complete this summer camp activity, I have it all, and you know, with the addition of Princeton With the name, coupled with the ideas provided by the Prime Minister of this country, I suddenly feel that our summer summit seems to be completely possible." Tommy Hawke said to Otilia with twinkling eyes:

"I mean the real elite American high school students, the real Summer Summit, not some teenage American student leader like Dennis who could come up with the idea of ​​getting the U.S. military to help catch wild boar."