American Entertainment 1982

"I went to Washington DC to attend an industry conference the day before yesterday. After the dinner, I went to the VOX headquarters to meet Wolff. I congratulated him on VOX's overnight fame. I also ate one of his burgers, which was considered a small contribution to helping him lose weight. "Ear folded his arms, leaning against the door frame of Tommy's office, and said to Tommy, who was sitting on the sofa inside, frantically threatening Martin with a murderous look.

Hearing Earl's words, Tommy didn't even raise his head, and continued to concentrate on operating the mini game console in his hand, while Martin, his bodyguard, voice assistant, hair stylist and fake black big man, was holding another one. The two obviously A fierce game battle is underway.

"Martin, I order you as the boss, you must fucking lose to me!" Tommy focused on operating the buttons, staring at the football and players made of rough pixels on the screen, and said unhappily: " If you don’t want to be electrocuted by Mr. Page!”

If Tommy used Page's name in the usual way, Martin would have given in obediently. But today, Martin didn't care about Tommy's words at all. He focused on his expression and manipulated his players skillfully. He scored another goal and successfully turned the score into 5. :0.

After the game was over, Martin let go of the handle, and said to Tommy with the expression of the rest of his life: "If I lose a ball, I will pay you twenty-five dollars, and if I win a ball, I will get five dollars." Ten dollars, so I'd rather have the cue blasted by Mr. Page after holding two hundred and fifty dollars, that's a lot of money, boss."

"It's all because your words interrupted my tactical thinking, Earl, I guarantee that your salary will be deducted by 2,500 yuan this year." Tommy threw away the game console and said seriously to the innocent Earl:

"Also, what did you just say, go to see Wolfe, and then? He greeted you severely?"

Earl shook his head: "I said on purpose, you are going to transfer him away from VOX, thinking that he might pick up the phone in front of me and scold you, and guess what he said to me? He said, A hamburger is enough to fill his stomach... Wait a minute, shouldn't it be two hundred and fifty dollars?"

"You're a lawyer, don't you understand, you ruined a game where I could have reversed the game with six beautiful goals, shocked the world and finally killed Martin, don't I need a fucking mental compensation fee?" While talking, Tommy took out his wallet from his suit pocket, conceded the bet and obediently handed the money to Martin.

Martin took the banknote and kissed it, smiling happily: "I love you, Franklin! Don't bother you to blackmail the lawyer, boss, I will go outside and wait for Mr. Page by myself. If you want to play another game next time you are bored, you are welcome at any time."

"Go away, Martin, by the way, just ask Sophia, how long will it take for Mr. Page to pick up Dorothy, and when can we start?" Tommy said lazily, leaning on the sofa.

After Martin walked away with triumphant steps, Tommy said to Earl: "Wolf is a good man, so he never refuses me, and he is also an undoubtedly smart man who knows what he is good at."

"Where are you going? I'm not here to chat to pass the time at work, but to inform you that the California NAACP would like to invite you, a white man who helped many black single mothers with his homemade program last year, to the awards ceremony next week. I Guess they will also award you a silver palm brooch in recognition of your help to people of color." Earl asked suspiciously when he heard Tommy was about to leave, and then talked about his real purpose for coming.

"Didn't you and your rich wife also receive some kind of spiritual award from that association? Please, just accept it for me, Earl, I'm a white man there, why don't you make them feel more friendly, and you You need that popularity more than I do, don’t you?” Tommy raised his head and said with a smile to Earl:

"Me and Sophia, Paige, Martin, and Dorothy are going to New York for Fleet Week in New York in a few days with my brother's fleet, and my dad and sister will be there too, we haven't seen each other for a long time, probably in a couple of days Come back in a week."

Fleet Week is a traditional event of the U.S. Navy. Those U.S. active-duty warships deployed overseas return home for reasons such as maintenance or replenishment. When they stop at large coastal cities in the United States, it can generally be called the local Fleet Week, which lasts about a week. During the time, the crew can disembark, rest and visit the local cities, and enjoy the long-awaited American cuisine. Local Americans can also board the warship for a visit, led by a special officer as a guide, within the time specified by the warship.

Generally, on the first or last day, the warship will also have military performances, such as carrier-based aircraft aerobatics or warships firing salutes.

The most important thing is that if the family members of the crew happen to be near that city, they can rush over to reunite with their long-lost relatives.

After graduating from the Naval Academy, Tony went to the headquarters of the U.S. Third Fleet on Ford Island in Hawaii to report. After six months of basic assessment training, he was finally arranged to board the Nimi of the No. 11 Carrier Strike Group of the Third Fleet. The aircraft carrier USS Nimitz now serves as an ensign officer in the carrier-based aircraft dispatch center on the USS Nimitz.

In fact, according to the normal speed, the Nimitz aircraft carrier did not return to its home shipyard for maintenance so quickly. It has not been too long since the last inspection. The aircraft carrier was parked in South Korea for a period of time, mainly because South Korea was worried that North Korea would attack its own shipyard. The Seoul Olympics was being held to sabotage, so the United States was asked to escort the Olympics, so the United States sent the Nimitz to South Korea.

After the mission in South Korea ended, the Nimitz went to the Mediterranean Sea to provide shelter for the Kuwaiti oil tanker. As a result, just over two months after providing protection, the USS Kennedy rushed to replace it and returned home. In fact, the USS Kennedy did not need the aircraft carrier to replace Tony. The Nimitz aircraft carrier where it was headed to the Mediterranean, mainly because a major accident occurred during the mission of the Nimitz aircraft carrier.

Of course Tommy knew what happened on the Nimitz, not only because his brother was on board, but also because VOX reporters stayed on it all the year round in the name of helping the navy officers to shoot documentaries, but the major accident could not be reported by VOX Breaking out, it has to be announced by the Pentagon Naval Department itself, if Tommy still wants to maintain his friendship with his SSD brothers in the Navy.

In that accident, when the USS Nimitz was escorting the Kuwaiti oil tanker in the Mediterranean Sea, the weapon maintenance department on the ship made an operation error while overhauling the ship's cannon and fired directly with live ammunition.

In the words of my brother Tony, it doesn’t matter if you misuse the fire during maintenance. I also made the mistake of forgetting to take off the gear and step on the accelerator when repairing the car. But even if I forget to release the gear, I will remember to pay attention to whether there are people in front of the car. .

But Tony's comrades on the aircraft carrier obviously did not have his awareness of vigilance. The machine guns were not fired at the sky or the sea. An A-6 Intruder carrier-based aircraft parked on his own aircraft carrier was used as a test by the machine guns. The firepower of the target plane, the powerful firepower directly exploded the A-6, which had a factory price of 55 million yuan, and caused a fire. Two soldiers who happened to be overhauling near the plane were sent to heaven by the machine gun on the spot...

What's more serious is that the fire caused by the explosion also burned the six carrier-based aircraft parked next to it.

This is why Tommy's VOX was not used as news and broadcast in time, and why the Kennedy was going to replace the Nimitz and return to China for repairs.

The news network founded by the SSD brothers exposed the naval scandal with a large number of SSD brothers? Unless Tommy wants to completely break with SSD for this news and lose his contacts in the Navy.

At the same time, experiencing the whole accident from the beginning to the end, Tommy's brother Tony completely dispelled the remaining inferiority complex in his heart. Before, he always thought that he didn't deserve to be a Navy second lieutenant without finishing high school, but now, he He felt that if he was an idiot, more than half of the people on the Nimitz would be worse than idiots. At least any high school student in Warwick City would understand that when handling a loaded gun, don't point the gun at anyone to avoid it going off.

No wonder Tony was shocked. Tommy was also taken aback when he found out. If it wasn't for sure that Dennis and Pam were not on the boat, Tommy almost thought that these two buddies were crazy and wanted to blow up a plane to help when they saw that the Soviet Union was about to disintegrate. celebrate.

The accident on the USS Nimitz not only made it miss the opportunity to shoot down the Libyan fighter plane and win the award because it returned home to rest, but also waited for the end of the investigation and punishment. It is said that when all the members of the USS Kennedy were awarded by the Ministry of the Navy for shooting down the Libyan fighter plane, the captain The first sentence of the internal speech was not to thank God, but to sincerely thank the Nimitz who would rather be punished than give the award to his colleagues.

The only good thing is that Tony can have a week off from New York.

"I also want to find time to have a serious chat with you about BT TV Network's cooperative TV stations. We now have 167 cooperative TV stations. Even though we have raised the cooperation standards, there are still TV stations asking to cooperate with us. There are even a lot of Canadian TV stations, the problem is that the advertising revenue of BT TV network has not increased significantly, you know what I mean? There are some TV stations who take us for fools and take money that should belong to BT." Earl Said to Tommy.

Tommy still shook his head: "Earl, whether it is the standard of cooperation or the way of cooperation, you and Sean, Rick and the others decided that I am not as experienced as you in this regard. As for you think someone treats us as fools, just go and understand If it is true, I will send them to court, but I still say that, I will not spend money to buy TV stations, and engage in flagship TV stations."

At this moment, Sophia walked to the door, tapped on the door panel with her fingers, smiled at Earl, and then looked at Tommy: "Tommy, it's time to go."

After finishing speaking, Sophia left quickly. Tommy got up from the sofa and walked out. When he passed by Earl, he patted Earl's chest and said with a smile, "Earl, I know you always think I'm taking advantage of you." Black people take what they want, but, I'm just a little greedy, but definitely not a bad person, so please, don't be so eager to take it from me, I can assure you, friend, BT Network, I will Will be sold to real niggers, God witnesses."

Until Tommy and others had disappeared at the end of the corridor, Earl still stood there with a serious expression, because he hadn't figured out why Tommy didn't turn against him, but gave him a very serious promise.

Let’s update another chapter during the day, I can’t write anymore, the child has a fever again~ headache