America 1982

Tommy Hawke returned to his apartment, turned on the TV, made a cup of coffee, and then slowly ate the leftover croissant from the morning with the coffee, trying to soothe his already numb stomach from hunger.

Providence TV stations are showing a steady stream of boring documentaries.

Providence TV is a franchise station of the CBS Television Network, but it is only a franchise station and not a paid member station. This means that only during prime time every night, Providence TV can broadcast two or three hours of exciting programs produced by CBS. Time slot TV stations can only find other programs to broadcast.

Of course, Tommy doesn't plan to watch American TV series either. He just likes to have some noise while dining so that he doesn't feel too lonely.

Now he has 415 US dollars and a batch of prescription drugs, which is enough for him to survive until the summer vacation and still have a lot left. As long as he finds a stable part-time job, the money he saved during the summer vacation should be enough to sign up for two Cheap summer camp extracurricular activities.

As for the business of reselling doctor's certificates and prescription drugs, Tommy Hawke is not prepared to do it again.

Selling too many medical certificates will arouse the suspicion of the school. If the university compiles the student information of the previous quarter in the new quarter, it will be found that an Asian medical center in Boston, Massachusetts, is always in Providence, Rhode Island. If a white student in Sri Lanka had to produce a medical certificate, that would get him into big trouble.

There is no problem for Chen Furen to sell to Asian international students, because Asian international students can find excuses such as trusting Asian doctors more and worrying about not being able to explain the condition in detail in English. How can Virginia white trash deal with inquiries? Because white people like them are more willing to trust the medical skills of people of color, so they go to Boston to be treated by Asian doctors?

As for prescription drugs, although the Prescription Drug Trafficking Act in the United States had not yet been promulgated in 1982, it does not mean that there is no supervision on prescription drugs. These addictive drugs are controlled by the Controlled Substances Act and are difficult for ordinary people to obtain. Today, there is a black market Prescription drugs circulating in the world are basically in the hands of Irish gangs or Italian gang families in Boston and Providence.

The channels through which they obtain large quantities of goods are pharmaceutical factories and large chain pharmacies. The Prescription Drug Sales Act in the United States has not yet been promulgated, and there are no specific measures to deal with the recycling of expired prescription drugs and weak prescription drugs. Therefore, gang members, pharmaceutical factories, and large chain pharmacies are exploring the United States. The federal government has used loopholes to obtain a large number of prescription drugs as expired, weak and unsaleable waste drugs, and sell them on the black market at high prices. Pharmaceutical manufacturers are also happy to see this happen.

If the gang members knew that there was an extra guy in Providence who was trying to steal business from them, and they didn't need to be dealt with by the police, they would be obligated to get rid of Tommy Hawke, the new drug dealer, for the Providence city government without asking for anything in return.

After enjoying the bread and coffee, Tommy Hawke returned to his bedroom and began to review his homework. He is currently studying AP courses, which is college preparatory courses. If he wants to enter a top university in the United States, the results of AP courses are essential. In American high schools, courses are divided into three levels of difficulty, namely:

A regular course that is "difficult for illiterate people and will be of no use except getting a high school diploma".

An Honor course that "you can probably get admission to a second- or third-rate university after studying it."

As well as the most difficult AP courses, "take at least five electives and get an average of five points to hope to apply for a first-class university."

Even though Tommy Hawke has tried hard to find ways to take core courses such as AP Calculus, AP Statistics, AP Macroeconomics, AP Microeconomics, Language and Writing, etc. that he studied in his previous life and was better at, he still hasn’t. He was sure to get 5 points in each subject because many of the economic models and theories he studied in his previous life had not yet been proposed, and the textbooks were completely different, requiring him to study again. This is why he moved out and studied hard. .

At six o'clock in the evening, when most of the sun had set and only a few afterglows were left struggling in vain, Tony knocked on the door, carrying two bottles of tequila and a few lemons in his hand.

"I thought you would find a bar that would allow me to enter and take me to see the world." Seeing the tequila in Tony's hand, Tommy smiled and moved away from the door.

Tony walked in with the wine, put it on the coffee table, and then slumped down on the sofa: "You can't buy two bottles of high-end tequila for 24 yuan at the bar, but you can in the supermarket. I brought lemons. Come on, let's Just like the actors in the commercials, drink them with salt and look cool."

Tommy picked up the lemon and walked to the kitchen. He cut the lemon into thin slices and placed it on the plate. He sprinkled some coarse salt next to it, and then came back with the plate:

"The rest of the money was given to Dad?"

"Of course, he can just use fifty yuan as a lawyer's consulting fee to ask how to bring Bethea home faster." Tony turned on the TV and said.

Tommy took out two wine glasses, then opened a bottle of tequila, and poured a quarter of the transparent wine into each glass: "There is only one way to bring Bethea back quickly, with enough money. .”

After speaking, Tommy handed Tony a glass. The two of them first dipped their fingers in some salt and put it in their mouths. Then they touched it and drank it. Then they each picked up a slice of lemon and put it in their mouths to neutralize the spicy taste. The taste of the wine is choking.

"I made the right decision." Tony said with a painful expression after finishing a drink.

Tommy looked at Tony: "What?"

"I asked Ashley to bring back some marinated olives, butterfly pretzels, fried chicken and the like when she finished work. It was my first time to drink such expensive wine. This stuff was too strong. I was worried that it would be difficult to drink them all just eating lemon. .”

Ashley is Tony's girlfriend. She is nineteen years old and now works as a clerk in a fried chicken restaurant.

"Don't you always brag about going to bars, strip clubs and the like in Providence when you were fifteen?"

"After paying the ticket, I only had enough money to buy the cheapest beer. Brother, of course I didn't go to those places to drink." Tony laughed, picked up the bottle and looked at it: "This thing is sold in the bar. It’s two dollars a glass, why spend two dollars when you can buy a twenty-cent local beer and strike up a conversation with a lady and blatantly admire the barmaid’s big boobs.”

"It sucks. Hearing you talk about the past in the bar is the second worst thing I feel after work, Tony. Hi Tommy, long time no see." Brown hair, pink sports coat, jeans, flat shoes, face Ashley, who had a few freckles on her face, walked in from the door holding two large boxes of food, with an unpredictable expression on her face and said to Tony:

"When you were fifteen, you knew how to pick up people in bars and were willing to pay for drinks for those women, but I remember that you haven't bought me any gifts until now."

Tony smiled evilly and responded: "I will buy Trojan when I see you, and I will buy it every time, remember?"

"You're an asshole, Tony!" Ashley cursed with a smile and put the food on the coffee table.

"Hey Ashley, would you like a drink?" Tommy asked as he stood up.

Ashley nodded: "Of course, I'm going to stay and drink all the wine slowly. Maybe Aunt Melonie can accompany me, but you and Tony, that bastard, obviously can no longer act cool and perform commercial-style drinking."

"Why?" Tommy handed the wine glass to Ashley and asked curiously.

Ashley took the glass and took a sip, shrugged and said: "This is what I want to say, the first worst thing that happened after work, I saw your dear father Mr. Colin Hawke, in Joan -The police took him into a police car outside Lawyer Crane's home. Boys, your drinks may have to be postponed."