Chapter 157: Prom and Summer League (4,500 Words~)
The prom is a very important event for many American high school students. Pen & Fun & Pavilion www.biquge.info
Because in many cases, graduating from high school means that the child is an adult. Whether you're going on to college, or you're getting ready to work.
After high school, for most people in this country, it means that you can break away from your family and start living on your own.
Because if you go out to work independently, it goes without saying that after having an independent economic income, many young people will choose to rent a house outside, trying to start to break away from the family and the care of their parents for themselves.
And if you go to college, you will most likely go to live in a place far away from home. And going to a prestigious school in the United States is never a small expense.
Take Peter Parker, for example. His uncle and aunt combined earn more than $80,000 a year, which is considered to be the income of the middle class in the United States.
But after removing the expenses, if you want to go to a prestigious school like New York University or MIT. Peter also needs a full scholarship from the school to be satisfied.
If the school cannot provide a full scholarship, only half of the scholarship. Then Peter had to go for help with a hefty student loan.
When he didn't have a job, he was likely to be saddled with tens of thousands of dollars in debt.
However, for the current Peter Parker, the more than $100,000 spent in four years of college has become a small amount of money, and his copyright as Spider-Man has brought him nearly a million dollars (about equal to Hawkeye's income in ten years).
And this is still the income that can be obtained after tax. Even some of it has to be used to cover the costs of maintaining the Night's Watch base and doing charity projects. But the remaining money was enough for Peter to have food and clothing for four years at the university.
So he turned down the more than $20,000 college reserve that Uncle Ben had prepared for him.
"I got a full scholarship to NYU and found a suitable part-time job. I was able to support myself with my own hands for four years of college. So uncle, this money can allow you and Aunt Mei to go on a trip. For example, a trip to Europe or Los Angeles. Peter rejected the cash check from Uncle Ben.
For Peter is now becoming more and more independent and more mature. Uncle Ben and Aunt Mei were still very happy. There is always a day when the young swallows leave the nest, and the young birds will eventually fly high.
"Peter, get in the car!" "It's time to pick up Peter for the high school prom." He has always been relatively low-key, and he has always driven his own second-hand Ford cars.
Even after the establishment of Marvel Comics, he has not changed to a new car. Because the old car is used to driving, I don't think there is any need to change it.
But today, as the last prom of high school, Li Jie made a high-profile gesture for the first time. He went out in a hovercar made by Steck Industries, which was given by Pepp.
The metallic red mirror paint, as well as the supercar appearance that is more explosive than the Lamborghini poison, are absolutely eye-catching on the road.
The hovercraft can reach a maximum speed of 600 km/h, and can fly at an altitude of up to 15 meters if the safety height limit is removed. Of course, it is illegal to do so.
It can be said that this car truly embodies the saying: this car does not run too fast, but flies too low.
The model of the car is the highest-end model of the suspension car launched by Stark Group in the world. Limited to 500 units worldwide. The model is Slebniel, which is the name of the mythical and legendary eight-legged horse.
At present, the car is the plaything of only a small number of wealthy people in the world. If it weren't for the fact that Li Jie was the matchmaker between Stark Group and Osborne Group. With his current income, he may not be able to afford this world's top supercar.
Except for the fact that Lorge drove out once before, and he vomited Thor, Li Jie himself never drove it.
And now the last class reunion in high school, it doesn't matter if it's high-profile and low-key. How happy you are.
"Cool, you should have taken out this car a long time ago. Instead of driving your broken Ford. Peter sat in the Lesbnier and looked at the interior of the car with a sense of exquisite and technological admiration.
"Since you like it so much, why don't you open it today. I remember you got your driver's license. As he spoke, Li Jie left the driver's seat and motioned for Peter to change places with him.
Peter patted Li Jie on the shoulder: "Thanks, man! I've wanted to try this supercar feeling for a long time!"
Peter hurriedly switched places with Li Jie, holding the steering wheel in his hand, Peter felt great.
Li Jie looked at Peter, who had been holding the steering wheel but didn't move, and urged: "Enough, my superhero." Can you drive now, and will you feel the interior of this car next time?"
"Oh, okay. Actually, no. Peter was a little slurred: "I just can't find the ignition, start button and clutch of this car." ”
Li Jie patted his head helplessly, hoping that he would not have a car accident later.
When Peter drove the hovercar to the prom in the school auditorium, the super cool hovercar became the center of attention.
There were almost 200 students who came to the prom in their entire junior year of high school.
Almost everyone who passed by and saw this car wanted to take a photo and post a Weibo or something. Young people's love for supercars is gender-neutral. This cool stuff is just cute.
At the same time, Harry was driven to school by a driver driving a Bentley. He looked at the Lesbnier suspension supercar driven by Li Jie and whistled: "What?
Li Jie shrugged: "It doesn't matter, I'm already going to graduate anyway." Is this the last insolence of adolescence?" Peter and Harry laughed silently.
For the other students of the current three, the small social circle formed by the current three people cannot be inserted into the others at all. Although it is said that whether it is Li Jac, Harry or Peter, the three of them are warm and polite to people.
But for these three people, the other classmates and friends are just classmates and friends. It didn't really go up to the point of [man].
The inner circle of these three partners does not allow others to enter easily. Especially when the three of them had already achieved considerable achievements before graduating from high school, many people now regret not having a good relationship with the three of them in high school.
Harry, of course, needless to say. As the sole heir of the global super group, this kid has always been the pride of the sky, and even if others work hard for a lifetime, most of them will not be able to reach his current height.
And Peter Parker originally seemed to be just a bit of a smart brain, but he was a nerd who was a dead reader. This kind of person always plays the role of being bullied by the football team, the baseball team, the basketball team, the movie club, and the rock club in school (well, that's how it is usually set in Hollywood movies).
But now this seemingly just a little clever guy has been admitted directly to New York University, and several of his published papers on biological research have also been published in professional discipline journals. Although only the worst layouts were given.
But being featured in a professional journal is an honor in itself. Because being featured in this kind of journal is specifically for scientists to accumulate points. Most people who go to graduate school, get a Ph.D., or even become a professor and have published articles that don't necessarily make it.
And Peter Parker, a high school student, has an article selected, does this mean that a new scientist is about to rise? This is something to celebrate for the school, and even the school leaders are already planning it.
If Peter Parker had published several articles of the same quality during his college years, the school would have awarded him the title of Honorary Alumnus.
Many people who look down on nerds are starting to regret a little, why didn't they have anything to do with this kind of big man in the future?
Regarding Li Jie's words, more people have a deeper resentment towards him. If Harry had an extraordinary background, Peter had a genius mind. So what does Lee Kit have?
It's good-looking, but it's not good to see a woman see him to the point where he won't marry. The body is strong, but it is not as strong as the perverts in the football team. Grades are on a level between B+ and A, with moderate to excellent. Smarter than the average person, but not so smart as to go against the sky.
And what he has achieved now is the envy of many students. Driving a food truck can become an urban food legend in New York, and a group of gourmets will be happy to queue up for his cooking.
opened a comic company, and as a result, it collected the copyright of a superhero in just over half a year. And now the copyright of Captain Rogers, who has the highest IP value, is also in hand. Entertainment companies including Sony, Disney, Paramount and other companies have begun to contact this originally small comic book company. Discussed issues such as buying rights to adapt movies, animations, and peripherals.
According to rumors, this guy is also related to Tony Stark. For example, the world-limited supercar he is driving now comes from a gift from Stark Group.
This made a group of Li Jie's classmates feel crazy, and one of them seemed to be just better. But how did people who are not so rebellious get to where they are now?
Obviously, he has just graduated from high school, and Li Jie's achievements are already beyond the reach of many people in their lifetimes.
Of course, this group of classmates did not know Li Jie's other identities and the plans of him and the Illuminati. Otherwise, I don't know how many people will shout "I have lived in vain in this life!" and then commit suicide.
Life has to be tossed in this life, and if you don't go crazy, you can't live. Life is incomplete without tossing, especially when you have some special abilities. Li Jie believes in this sentence very much, so his life is full of tosses.
The system brought him just a starting step, and it really brought him step by step to where he is now. It's always up to him.
Sitting on the sofa booth in the auditorium, Li Kit and two friends discussed something over carbonated drinks (because they were not of legal drinking age, alcoholic beverages would not be served at the school dance).
After rejecting the fourth wave of girls who came to dance, all the girls present were sure that these three guys must be GAY! Otherwise, why don't these guys dance with them if they are so beautiful?
All beautiful girls are confident in their attractiveness, and they can't stand being rejected by the opposite sex, which hurts their self-esteem. So they can only put the culprit on GAY.
A big reason why Harry and Peter don't get entangled with other girls is that they have girlfriends. Harry knew exactly what the girls who lunged at him were thinking, and he wasn't the prodigal Tony Stark of his youth.
Although he is as young as Tony in his youth, he is young and golden, and handsome and dashing. But Harry was much more poised than Tony. He wasn't in the same mood as Tony was for flowers, especially since he had Mary-Jane.
Peter, on the other hand, is afraid that Gwen will suddenly ask about the prom one day, and he will not be able to make a good lie. You know, Gwen's brain is too smart.
As for Li Jie, he didn't look at the other girls, except for chatting with two friends, he kept an eye on another girl in his direction at nine o'clock, this girl was called Roland. It's a classmate of the same grade but in a different class.
Coincidentally, this girl is the one Captain Rogers asked him to secretly help protect. As long as there is a problem with the manpower transfer on the captain's side, the night watchman's gang will shoot someone to mobilize to protect her.
"Hey, hey, hey, I know you're on a mission, but this is a prom dude. Can you not keep staring at that girl? There are three of us here, you don't have to be so serious. Peter waved his hand in front of Lee's eyes.
"Don't forget, there's a beautiful mage living in your house! Peter grumbled.
Harry smiled, "Relax man, it's prom. The two of us don't go dancing, but why don't you find a pretty girl to dance? Maybe something will happen later. Look at the way those hot girls look at you, and Tiffany of the basketball cheerleaders are looking at you, waiting for you to ask her to dance. If I had been proactive, I think something would have happened. ”
Harry didn't mean to instigate Li Jie. Li Jie took a sip of the Coke in his cup and said, "Ha, didn't you hear what Peter just said?
After Li Jie finished speaking, he shook his head and smiled: "I just looked at Roland just because she gave me a special feeling, I can't say why." I felt something strange about Roland, who had been drinking quietly over there. Every time I see her eyes, I always feel like she can see through something. I also felt this way a few times when I was secretly protecting her. ”
"You're thinking too much, man. My spider sense never sounded to her. You're just looking at other people's girls pretty. So hesitate between the female mage and the female classmate!" Peter said, slamming his elbow into Li Jie's chest.
"Don't describe me as a playboy like Tony Stark, okay?" Li Jie waved his hand, since the spider sense hadn't thought about it, it seemed that he really thought too much.
"That's right. As if he had just remembered something, Peter pulled out a few tickets from his arms: "This is what he gave me when I met Eugene Thompson earlier." Our varsity basketball team made it to the quarterfinals of the Summer League. The competition was held in New York. The quarterfinals of our school are held at Knicks Garden Field. Thompson gave me the ticket, are you going to see it?"
Li Jie took a ticket from Peter, and handed Harry one, "Why don't you go?" It just so happened that the NBA was over. It's better to watch the preseason and the water-damned NBA Development League game than the high school summer league finals. ”
Harry looked at the ticket and said, "It looks like Thompson is really apologizing, this is the best position in the front five rows." ”
After Peter, Li Jie and Harry glanced at each other, Li Jie said with emotion: "Okay, anyway, you can't die if you go to watch the game." This world is not on the verge of destruction, and life still has to be normal!"