Chapter 405: Hathaway's Request
Hathaway's personality is not as out-of-the-box as Meghan, she stopped Meghan and motioned for herself to speak. Megan pouted and ran to the side.
"Let's go. Hathaway took the meat plate, walked to the side with Xiao Peng, and asked, "Xiao, what do you think of my father's craft?" Oh, I don't mean barbecue, I mean saddle and 'buckle'. β
Xiao Peng was stunned for a moment, and replied 1510: "Very good, it can be called a work of art." β
Hathaway sighed: "But our family is facing huge financial problems. You've done us a great favor today. Bought so many things. This relieved the financial pressure on our family. β
Xiao Peng was puzzled and looked around: "It doesn't look like it's going bankrupt." I think it's good. β
Hathaway said, "My father was more of a silversmith than a cowboy. He has been putting all his heart and soul into making silver products all these years. β
Xiao Peng nodded: "I can see that your father's craftsmanship is very good." β
"But it can't be sold. Hathaway said: "Now that the economy is sluggish, there is less and less market for such expensive handmade saddles and 'buckles'. Many people buy it as a souvenir, but tourists choose more Indian handmade saddles and silver than our silverware. β
Xiao Peng shrugged his shoulders and said, "Okay, Hathaway, I really can't help you, I'm not a businessman, just a jockey." β
"No, you can help us. You just need to use my father's saddle for the race. That's the best publicity. Hathaway said hurriedly.
Xiao Peng said speechlessly: "Hathaway, do you think it is appropriate to use such a heavy handmade saddle in competitive competitions? β
Hathaway said: "Weight, Mr. Xiao, I specially learned about you, your two horses can be said to ignore the weight, just look at your weight." This is not the most critical issue. Speaking of this, Hathaway looked around, looked at no one around her, and continued: "Mr. Xiao, as long as you can help us, I swear to God, I am a devout believer, no man has touched me until now, as long as you are willing to help us, you can do whatever you ask me to do." β
Listening to Hathaway's words, Xiao Peng was stunned: "Hathaway, I don't understand, what are you doing this for?
Hathaway sighed and said, "Megan graduated from high school this year and is going to college." β
Xiao Peng scratched his head: "This is a good thing, where to go to college?"
Hathaway replied, "Like me, UC Berkeley." β
Xiao Peng whistled: "Awesome!"
The University of California is not a university, but a university system of ten public universities, they do not have a so-called 'main campus', each campus is an independent university, and the 'branch' is a misunderstanding in the history of Chinese translation.
Its origins and earliest campus was the Berkeley campus.
There is also a big gap between different campuses, such as the University of California Riverside Campus is a very ordinary university, while the University of California, Berkeley is a famous school among famous schools.
The best thing is that there are 94 Nobel Prize winners, 23 Fields Medal winners, the highest award in mathematics, 14 Pulitzer Prizes, the highest award for journalism, and 20 Oscar winners or actresses. This is not the best, the best thing is that there are 117 Olympic gold medals!
This is called a school with all-round development of morality, intelligence, physical fitness and beauty. Both sisters go to school here, which can only be described as awesome.
Hathaway smiled wryly, "But we can't afford it, the scholarship system there is too unfriendly to us white people." It's all to blame for Ao Guanhai!"
When Ao Guanhai was in office, in order to eliminate racial barriers, but he worked hard------ black people must be called 'African minority', otherwise it is discrimination, and a course was added to the university, and the content was great: black women and white men married for the great elimination of racial segregation, and yellow women married white men for moneyγγγγγγ There are a lot of scholarships given to African minorities in colleges, and whites have basically no scholarships except for those who are best at studying or sports.
As a result, since his retirement, this ethnic problem has not only not been resolved, but has intensified, and racist demonstrations and conflicts have erupted one after another in various places. It also has to do with the unscrupulous media, which never reports fairly, never reports 'police killed a criminal' or 'police killed a citizen', only 'police killed a young black man', and then African Americans start marching regardless of what happened. Eventually, the conflict between the two sides intensified.
To give a simple example, Xiao Peng encountered the police checking his documents on the way to travel, and the police casually asked: "Are you from Huaxia?" Xiao Peng nodded: "Yes, is there any problem?" This was originally a very simple matter, but the policeman was startled and hurriedly explained: "I don't have an opinion about the Chinese, I have a friend of Japanese descent, and I don't feel like you." No matter what our descent is, they are all good friends of ours. Xiao Peng: "γγγγγγ β
Hathaway said that they could not afford the tuition, and Xiao Peng could also understand that there is a big gap between the tuition fees of public universities and private universities in the Stars and Stripes, generally speaking, if public universities do not include accommodation and food, the tuition fee is about 20,000 yuan a year, while the tuition fee of private universities is more than 50,000 yuan a year.
But there is also a gap between public universities and public universities! The tuition fees of the University of California, Berkeley, are the highest among private schools! It is one of the schools with the highest tuition fees in the whole country, which is higher than that of private schools! More than 50,000 tuition fees per year!
It is not easy for the Freeman family to afford one child to go to school in Berkeley, and the second child has to go to school, which Nima really can't afford! Their family's annual income is less than 100,000 US dollars------ the ranch is quite profitable, but the labor cost is even higher! That's all money, isn't it?
Old Freeman was not a pure cowboy and preferred to be a silversmith. But if there is no ranch, then how can they support their two daughters to go to college? Hathaway and Meghan go to the cowboy beauty pageant to win the prize money, but their riding skills are really γγγγγγ compared to others. The two of them went up to see their luck. After all, this is a rodeo scene, and you are not as good as riding to be more popular. But what if you win?
Just when the family didn't know how to do it, old Freeman happily told them that someone had bought several saddles, and after deducting the cost, he could make two or three thousand dollars. The Hathaway sisters wanted to see who had bought that many saddles, and Megan recognized that it was Xiao Peng, the winner of the Triple Crown of the Stars and Stripes.
Megan was young and didn't think much about it, but Hathaway suddenly thought that she could ask Xiao Peng to help them solve their current predicament. With him to do the publicity, then the old Freeman's craft can increase its popularity and open up sales.
So she hurriedly asked old Freeman to go home to prepare the food, and the two sisters tried to invite Xiao Peng home, and then discussed cooperation.
Seeing Xiao Peng thinking, Hathaway gritted her teeth and said, "Xiao, as long as you agree, I'll go with you now!"
Xiao Peng was thinking about it, and came back to his senses after listening to Hathaway's words: "Ah, what do you want? A gentleman does something and doesn't do something, you are a very beautiful girl, but I won't take advantage of others." β
"But. We really need help right nowγγγγγγ Hathaway was a little anxious.
Xiao Peng waved his hand, signaled her not to worry, and continued: "Don't worry, listen to me." I won't take advantage of people, but that doesn't mean I won't help you, I'll give you a phone number in a moment, that's Pagio Beltri's private number, you can contact him yourself. See if you can impress him yourself. β
"Pagio Beltri?" Hathaway didn't know who it was.
Xiao Peng said: "Prada's CEO. Your father's saddle is more like a work of art, and if you can convince him to work with you, all your problems will be solved. β
"Really?" Hathaway looked delighted.
Xiao Peng nodded: "As a top student at Berkeley, you won't even be able to do such a thing, right?" Oh, don't worry, if he asks you where you got your phone number, you directly say that I gave it to you, and by the way, make an appointment to meet him with the saddle, believe me, as long as you mention me, he will agree to meet you." I don't need to teach you the rest. β
Hathaway nodded desperately, Xiao Peng smiled: "Hathaway, people will definitely encounter all kinds of difficulties in their lives, but the difficulties will pass sooner or later, don't do what you don't want to do because of temporary difficulties, otherwise you will regret it for the rest of your life in the future." You have a devout faith, don't you? You have a problem and pray to God because you believe in God, and God doesn't help you because he believes in you. God Almighty believes in you, so why shouldn't you be strong?"
Listening to Xiao Peng's words, Hathaway was stunned for a while and said, "Mr. Xiao, are you a missionary?
Xiao Peng laughed: "The beliefs of our Chinese people are different from your beliefs, we believe in the family and the country, not in a single religion. Okay, I'll give you the phone number in a moment, and you can take care of the rest yourself, uh, can I go back to the barbecue now? Your father's skills are really good. β
"Of course!" Hathaway said happily.
Xiao Peng turned around and was about to leave, but Hathaway suddenly reached out and grabbed him and kissed him fiercely: "Xiao, thank you! really, very, very much!"
Xiao Peng was forcibly kissed, his face flushed slightly, and he waved his hand and said, "Okay, it's not a big deal, there's nothing to thank." β
Seeing Xiao Peng's shy appearance, Hathaway was also happy, and whispered in Xiao Peng's ear: "It's too late for me to want me now, I'm still willing to give it to you." β
Xiao Peng coughed violently when he heard this, this Texas woman is really not good at stubbleγγγγγγ Evil spirits!
Looking back, Yang Meng and the others were all looking at themselves with a playful expression, and this Nima made people look at it as a joke againγγγγγγ