'Black Catfish' looked smug: "Dude, I won't hide it from you, I was the best mechanical soldier when I was a soldier." ”

"Wait a minute!" Xiao Peng asked, "Have you ever been a soldier?" After speaking, the letter looked at the small physique of the black catfish suspiciously.

The 'black catfish' choked and waved his hand: "It's too hurtful for you to talk like this." After speaking, he pointed to a photo above the mirror, Xiao Peng looked at it, hey, it's really a photo of 'Black Catfish' when he was in the army, it was a photo of him and a group of soldiers, and 'Black Catfish' looked very young and immature at that time.

In fact, the current military service system of the Stars and Stripes is, to put it bluntly, a mercenary system.

The Ministry of National Defense is the largest employer, and the entire army is actually a mercenary army: employers offer attractive conditions to attract young people to join the army.

Many young people enlist in the Army in the mood of 'looking for a job', and according to the Department of National Defense of the Stars and Stripes, the basic salary of a soldier in the Stars and Stripes is about $20,000 a year. Combined with bonuses, food, clothing and other allowances, a soldier earns an average of $50,000 a year, in addition to free medical care and tax benefits.

In addition to salary, serving as a soldier in the Stars and Stripes also has a high 'added value', the first of which is that you can learn a skill in the military to enhance the competitiveness of re-employment after leaving the army.

As we all know, the Stars and Stripes have advanced weapons and a very fine division of labor. Computers, networks, telecommunications, machinery, construction, driving, vehicle maintenance, and even media public relations administration are all in charge of them. Many soldiers can learn specialized skills in the military.

After passing the test, you can obtain a professional and technical certificate recognized by the labor department of the Stars and Stripes, and you will not have to worry about finding a job after leaving the army. (Don't say that we Chinese people have lived for all kinds of certificates since we were children, everywhere.) ）

Therefore, being a soldier is the first choice for many African Americans from innocent backgrounds. The favorite way out for African-Americans in the Stars and Stripes is to play music, play sports, become a soldier, and become a police officer. For this reason, the Stars and Stripes have the largest number of ethnic minorities in the world.

In order to attract people to serve as soldiers, the Stars and Stripes have also used various means, and many Hollywood blockbusters have been directly or indirectly sponsored by the Pentagon, and the purpose of this sponsorship is only one, to create a good image of the Stars and Stripes Army, and attract more young people to join the army. The most classic example is "Top Gun" starring Tom Cruise.

Even with the military's strong assistance in filming that year, the Stars and Stripes Navy provided five squadrons of VF-1 'Wolf Pack' Squadron, VF51 'Falcon' Squadron, VF111 'Sunset Squadron', VF114 'Aardvark' Squadron, and VF-213 'Black Lion' Squadron to participate in the filming of the film.

In addition, the so-called 'MiG-25' enemy aircraft that appear in the film are actually A-4 attack aircraft and F-5 fighters from a flight school. Its pilots are real flight instructors, (the name of that flight school is TOP GAN, and the English name of the movie "Top Gun" is "TOP GAN"). ）

Moreover, the aircraft carriers "Raider", "Enterprise", and "Carl Vinson" all appeared in the film, how could such a big battle be filmed without the support of the military of the Stars and Stripes?

The Top Gun crew used a total of six cameras and a Lear business jet to follow the Navy fleet for the stunning aerial combat scene, while the F-14 flew in the sky for an hour and spent $7,000 on aviation fuel alone. But with the strong support of the military, all this is not a problem.

And the film was a huge success----- almost everyone who wanted to be a soldier in those years had to line up, which was a rarity in the Stars and Stripes.

You know, although the Stars and Stripes and China are both military powers, they have the largest armies in the world. But what about the facts? Both countries have vast territories and huge population bases. In terms of population ratio and territory, the armies of both countries are considered small.

However, the situation of the two countries is not the same, Huaxia is a lot of people who want to be a soldier but can't be a soldier, while the Stars and Stripes country is because of the Vietnam War and other reasons, people are fierce anti-war sentiment, and many people are reluctant to become soldiers. Like the boom in joining the army after the broadcast of "Top Gun", it is rare.

The U.S. military has also tasted the sweetness, and all kinds of recruitment films, such as "Transformers", "The Battle of Los Angeles", "Doomsday Lonely Ship", "Super Battleship", "Band of Brothers" and other movies, actually have the participation of the military, and all kinds of propaganda as soldiers.

What? "Transformers" is not a commercial? is it also a military recruitment film?

Of course, it is! That is a joint combat exercise of the three armed services of the Stars and Stripes!

In order to shoot this film, the Department of Defense of the Stars and Stripes lent the White Sands missile test site in New Mexico, directly used A-10, F-16 and other aircraft, as well as the "Golden Knight" military parachute team, M1-A2 tanks, V-22 "Osprey" rotorcraft, F-117 "Nighthawk" stealth fighter-bomber, MH-53M "low-altitude pav" helicopter, F-22 "Raptor" fighter, C-17 "Global Supremacy" strategic bomber, MQ-1 "Predator" non-human aircraft, E-3 The Watchtower's 'Aerial Early Warning Aircraft', the AC-130 'Ghost' Aerial Gunboat, the 'Black Hawk' Helicopter, etc., are simply a display of the military strength of the Stars and Stripes.

However, despite the lack of soldiers in the Stars and Stripes, and the fact that they like to have people as soldiers, not everyone can come in. Those who have a vicious criminal record cannot join the army.

The majority of African-American families are poor. As the saying goes, if you are poor, you think about change, and no one is willing to be mediocre, right? So some people chase their music dreams, some people start to play sports, some people study hard, and many people embark on the road of crime. However, there are also many people who have taken it as a way out to become soldiers and policemen.

However, the experience of being a soldier in the 'Black Catfish' made Xiao Peng look at him with admiration, which at least shows that he didn't have any major problems before, didn't he?

'Black Catfish' drove the car and said proudly: "Actually, I originally wanted to be a racing driver since I was a child, but when I was a child, my family was poor, and all good racing drivers were cultivated from an early age. I couldn't chase my dreams, but it didn't matter, I was interested in modified cars. In this way, I went to the army, worked as a mechanic, and learned a lot of related knowledge. I want to be a master like Shelby. ”

"Then why didn't you engage in this industry after you retired from the army?" Xiao Peng asked puzzled.

'Black Catfish' shrugged: "I set up a garage after I was discharged from the army. However, after engaging in it, I found that I was naïve and ----- customers were too difficult to find. There is too much competitive pressure. Later, I went to the 'Home Port Market' to do some small business, although I was not rich, but it was enough for my family to live. But that's what happened!" 'Black Catfish' cursed: "Now it's okay, my wife and children have left me, and in order to prevent my affairs from affecting my children, I even moved to New York State on the other side of the Stars and Stripes!" But I don't blame them, it's my fault. I want to make more money now, so that one day I can make them forgive me and make their lives a little better. ”

Xiao Peng has completely changed his opinion of the 'black catfish', although he has made mistakes, but people who know the family are always good.

"Why don't you get a serious job?" asked Arlie, too.

When the 'black catfish' heard it, he pointed out the window, Xiao Peng and the two tilted their heads to look, uh, a beggar on the side of the road, looking like Yin San's complexion, had a sign on his body, and the words written on the slogan were very interesting: "I'm an immigrant, I'm here to rob you of your job, but there is no job here at all!"

"When I got out of prison, the first thing I did was to get a job as a repairman, and I was only given 1,800 dollars a month, okay, I put up with less money, enough for me to eat and pay the rent, I want to stabilize myself first, right?" I fired me on the grounds that I wasn't skilled!! The fact was that the Mexican repairman who replaced me was only $1,600 a month!

Xiao Peng asked curiously, "Then what are you doing now?"

He didn't say it explicitly, but looking at the bits and pieces of the 'black catfish' and everything, it was hard not to suspect that he didn't do anything illegal. Besides, it is said that 'poor mountains and bad waters come out of the people', Xiao Peng originally thought that this sentence was a bad word of the ancients, but after he came up with it, he found out that this is really the case, the poorer the place, the higher the crime rate.

It is not surprising that the lack of education leads to a weak sense of the law, and the poorer the more they value 'money', so it is not surprising that crime is high.

Looking at Xiao Peng's eyes, the 'black catfish' seemed to sense Xiao Peng's thoughts, and saw him grin: "Dude, it's a bit rude for you to think like this, don't make a conclusion about me because of my skin color, okay?" I admit it, it's a fact that my compatriots have a relatively high crime rate, but not everyone is like this, okay? I haven't had any criminal record in my life except for illegal parking." ”

Xiao Peng hurriedly explained: "Hey, buddy, you think too much, I don't think about it that much." ”

The 'Black Catfish' waved his hand to signal that it was okay: "I understand what you think, but don't treat all African-Americans as enemies just because of what some people do." As for me, I don't have any great skills, and if you let me commit a crime, it will be a theft or something like that, and I will have to bear the risk of going to prison. Rather than do that, I might as well work on my own. Besides, I've already let my daughter down, I can't let her down anymore, can I?"

"As for these things on me, don't worry, they are all innocent, you are sure you won't buy them, right? Then I tell you, I dug through the garbage can. This is a trade secret, don't tell anyone else. ”

Xiao Peng nodded, not only did he not look down on the 'black catfish', but admired him a little. It's a man.

Men can be poor and miserable, but they can't be undignified.

"'Black Catfish', my name is Xiao Peng, I'm from Huaxia, what about you? I can't keep calling you a nickname, right?" asked Xiao Peng Zhengse.

"Ahh

Xiao Peng was stunned for a moment, and the 'Black Catfish' explained: "My name is Blake, my surname is Kate Firth, what is it if it's not a 'Black Catfish'?"

‘BLACK CATFISH’？

This name! Jinnyima has exploded! Your ancestors are so capricious in naming them!