The Vida neighborhood is a neighborhood in the northwest corner of Brighton's Fenway District near the Charles River, across the river from the famous Massachusetts Institute of Technology. When Zhou Ming and Huang Yi signed up in the parliament, they immediately rushed here, because according to the unspoken rules of the election, they also need to hand in a sufficient number of voters' signatures to the election committee, otherwise it is very likely that they will not pass the primary election.

"Vinda Community is a community with a relatively high proportion of Chinese residents in Fenway District, and many of our insurance company's customers were from this community, and when Ye Ning and Huang Yi and I visited here before, many Chinese compatriots expressed their support for the election, so I put our constituency here. Today, let's go to the voters for signatures and try to settle the matter within today. ”

Zhou Ming said to the students, and at the same time took out the signature form he received from the election committee and distributed it to each student, and finally with a wave of his hand, all the students in the finance class left one by one to sign according to the tasks assigned in advance.

Watching the students leave one by one with great energy, Zhou Ming also smiled and said to Ye Ning and Huang Yi: "The students have all gone to work, and we can't sit back and enjoy the success, let's go to our area to have a look." ”

Ye Ning and Huang Yi both nodded in agreement, only lawyer Alan looked like he wanted to say something, Zhou Ming saw him like this and said: "Lawyer Allen, I know what you want to say, I can't say that you are wrong, but some things have to be done by yourself before you know, otherwise everything can be decided just by thinking about it, I think there will be a lot of fun in this world, right?"

Alan sighed: "Mr. Zhou Ming is really a big businessman, and this way of thinking is really different from ordinary people. ”

Zhou Ming took Ye Ning and them to the North 1 District, which is the area divided by Zhou Ming, and this area is a high-end community, with many single-family villas, and it is also the area with the most mixed household distribution.

"Teacher, when Xiao Yun and I came here to learn about the situation, we knew that most of the Chinese live in the eastern. ”

Taking out the map of Vinda Community, Ye Ning introduced to Zhou Ming, and because of Ye Ning's introduction, Zhou Ming undoubtedly chose the target.

Zhou Ming and the others walked east, and saw a few young Chinese people skateboarding on the side of the road, Zhou Ming took the initiative to ask: "Hello, we are from the Wharton Campaign Foundation, and we are now collecting voter signatures for our Chinese own congressional campaign, can you help?"

Listening to Zhou Ming's words, these young people's eyes immediately lit up: "Our Chinese parliamentarians? This is really cool, of course we have to support it, where do you want us to sign it?"

"We have special signature forms, as long as you put your name and social security number on it. Ye Ning smiled and explained to these young people, and the social security number in Ye Ning's mouth is actually a social security number, because the United States does not have a household registration system, let alone an ID card, it is generally based on the driver's license and social security number.

Ye Ning said and took out the form issued by the Election Committee, but before that, Alan asked one more question: "How old are you this year, are you eighteen years old?"

Faced with Allen's question, the young people looked at each other and shook their heads and said, "I'm sorry, we are only sixteen years old this year, can't we help you at the age of sixteen?"

"Unfortunately, no, because the constitution says you must be at least 18 years old. Allen said.

"I see, that's a pity, I still want to vote in an election, and I hope that our own Chinese congressman will come out!" the young men were disappointed.

Zhou Ming thought for a while and stood up and said: "Actually, you don't have to be discouraged, because although you can't, but your parents are qualified, if you really want to support us and want to see our own Chinese parliamentarians, you can take us to your parents, okay? I think today is the weekend, your parents should be at home, right?"

A few young people suddenly realized: "Yes, we can't, but my parents can, they are all at home now, so I'll take you to them." ”

As they spoke, they showed Zhou Ming and them the way towards the community, and Huang Yi said to Allen at this time: "Lawyer Allen, it seems that you guessed wrong this time, our compatriots are very supportive of the election." ”

In this regard, Alan just smiled meaninglessly: "I don't want to curse you for anything, but ...... I hope so. ”

A few minutes later, Zhou Ming and the others followed the young people to a small three-story unit, they told Zhou Ming that their home was here, they asked Zhou Ming to wait at the door for a while, and then they went in to find their parents, and after a while, several middle-aged women came out.

These should be their mothers, but why are they the only ones who come out, and those young people don't come out?

This question made Zhou Ming subconsciously frown, and he had an ominous premonition in his heart, but no matter what, their parents came out and did it first.

Zhou Ming thought so in his heart, and stepped forward with a smile, but before he could speak, several middle-aged women over there spoke first to drive people away: "I know what kind of campaign you are, go quickly, we are not interested in the election, you go to other places to publicize, don't come to us again, otherwise we will definitely call the police!"

They waved their hands as they spoke, looking very impatient, which made Zhou Ming and the others very surprised.

"Big sisters, I wonder if you have misunderstood something, we are from the Wharton Campaign Foundation, we are here to collect voter signatures for our Chinese own congressional campaign, or you can listen to our political policy first......

Zhou Ming tried to explain something, but was ruthlessly interrupted by the other party: "I know what kind of election you are engaged in, there is no misunderstanding, we don't care what political policies and policies you have, we are just not interested in participating in any elections, what parliamentarians and voters are you looking for signatures, please go to other places to find others, not with us." ”

"Why is that?" Ye Ning said in surprise, "Elder sisters, isn't it good that there is our own Chinese councilor in the Vinda community?"

"What's the good thing?" the other party quickly replied to the question, "Could it be that we don't have to pay taxes if you become a councilor, can you pay me $10,000 a month? If not, why should I bother to do this? I have time for you to vote, I might as well go out and earn a few more money, you guys go quickly, don't bother us here, if you don't leave, we will really call the police!"

Several middle-aged women waved impatiently to drive people away, and even one of them stepped forward to push Zhou Ming, and Zhang Lin immediately blocked in front of him.

The woman pushed Zhang Lin hard, but she didn't push Zhang Lin, but she retreated a few times, and almost fell to the ground, she immediately shouted: "Oh! You still dare to beat people, don't you? Then you come and hit me, I see what you can do to know how to bully our women?"

The woman shouted and rushed to Zhang Lin, in the face of such a shrew, Zhang Lin Rao was Zhao Yun reincarnated, and there was no way to do it, or Zhou Ming sighed and stepped forward to pull Zhang Lin away, and then said: "Sorry to disturb, we just want to publicize, since you are not interested in understanding, then we will leave, goodbye." ”

After speaking, Zhou Ming took Ye Ning and Zhang Lin and they left, but the middle-aged women didn't intend to let Zhou Ming and them go like this, and they were still chattering behind their backs.

"Who are these people, the community should be stricter and don't allow outsiders to come in, what if they want to be bad for our children, what kind of election, I don't think they are good people, I have to warn my children not to talk to these strangers......"

Listening to the nagging behind her, this made Ye Ning feel very aggrieved, and after leaving, she complained: "Teacher, how can they say that about us? We obviously just came in to promote the election, and we have no malicious intent, and even if we are elected, it will bring them great political benefits, but why don't they listen to our explanation?"

Zhou Ming shook his head: "Maybe they are afraid of trouble, or maybe our way of cutting in is wrong, Huang Yi, what do you think?"

Huang Yi was a little embarrassed by the question thrown by Zhou Ming: "I think it should be that women's political enthusiasm is not high enough, or maybe our luck is not good, maybe the result of our next unit will be different?"

"Huang Yi is right, since we are here, we must take a walk and have a look, and we can't give up hope when we hit a wall. ”

Zhou Ming said this, and then took Ye Ning and them to the next unit, but the result was exactly the same as the first one, when Zhou Ming knocked on the door every time he politely introduced his campaign foundation, the other party was always very impatient and waved his hand to drive people away.

We're sorry, but we don't want to run...... We haven't registered for voters yet, so I'll support you when I register as voters one day...... I'm sorry I'm still cooking, can you leave the materials for me to read before making a decision......

These were the answers Zhou Ming received, and in the end, Ye Ning couldn't stand it: "Teacher, why are they all like this, we have already visited dozens of families in three hours, but now we only have four valid signatures, is there a problem with the area we chose?"

Zhou Ming held the almost blank voter signature form in his hand, he shook his head helplessly, he glanced down at the time and said: "It's hard to say clearly, maybe that's what lawyer Allen said about the low political enthusiasm of the Chinese, now it's almost time for us to gather, let's go to the door and wait to see how the other groups see their results." ”

Ye Ning, Huang Yi, and Allen had no objection to this, and they quickly returned to the door, but when they arrived, they found that the other groups had already returned here and waited.

"Squad leader, did you come back so early? The situation on our side is not good, everyone's political enthusiasm is too low, I don't know what the situation is on your side?"

Ye Ning stepped forward to ask expectantly, but what was waiting for her was Chen Shu's disappointed answer, he said: "We are in the same situation as you, we visited a total of 60 households in the three hours just now, but only got six valid voter signatures. ”

"How can this be?what about the others?" Ye Ning asked again.

But the others were disappointed by the fact that they were only in the single digits, which is far from 120 valid voter signatures.

At this time, Li Yang came back with his group, and he also reported on his situation: "Teacher, I'm sorry that I only got 20 valid signatures, but I don't know what's going on, our Chinese compatriots don't seem to have high political enthusiasm, but there are 18 British and Hispanic Americans, who volunteered to sign after hearing about our political policies." ”

"It's ironic that the Chinese themselves don't support the Chinese running for legislature, but others support it. Zhou Ming said helplessly.