Chapter 10: The robbery of the trio
Jack Jankey is 45 years old and has been working in the factory for 20 years, but he lost his job three months ago when the factory's investment company left the United States. Originally, he thought that he would have compensation and go to a factory to continue working, after all, he was an experienced worker.
It's a pity that the times are changing too fast, and it is not easy for a person like him, who is experienced but has no academic qualifications, to find a job, and no one has been willing to ask him for a job since March.
And his wife just yesterday ran away with an old ghost of a bank, who is in his fifties and is said to be a business manager of a bank, and the two of them hooked up because his wife went to repay the loan every month.
His unemployment left his wife completely, and now he is left with three children, the eldest daughter is about to graduate from high school, her grades have always been good, and she is very hopeful of going to a prestigious school, which is an important turning point in her life. However, his daughter's grades could not be awarded a scholarship, so he had to prepare at least $25,000 for tuition, but he could not afford such a large sum of money.
If he only had one daughter, he would sell his house now, raise all the money for tuition, and send her to college, while he was working alone in New York, and he believed he could. But he also has a son who is in his first year of high school and a daughter who is in junior high school, and he can't give them up.
Roy was stunned when he heard Jack's words, and then asked in horror, "Jack, are you crazy?" ”
"No, I'm calm now, Roy, you're just like me, you're going bankrupt. Your wife has been in poor health, you have a son, he is not young, have you considered the problem of college? Your wife's illness has been on hold, and you can only let her take medicine, but you can't completely cure it, because you have no money, and how long can you hold on now? Jack's words were like a sharp sword that pierced Roy's heart directly, and the pain was incomparable.
"But......" Roy didn't know what to say, and thought for a long time before he said, "but we can't rob banks at all, not even pedestrians on the streets!" ”
"Yes, but what else can we do if the banks want to bankrupt us, they want to bankrupt all our workers who have loans, so that they can salvage a sum and our country ignores it? Is the family ruined? Jack's voice was still calm.
Roy's mind was also thinking, how long could he hold out, or could he go find some hourly workers? But how long does it take to treat his wife? The salary he earned in the past couldn't even afford an insurance, and his son is now in high school. Will it be the same as yourself in the future?
Roy's psychology has changed, this speed is very fast, but it is only a few minutes, it is difficult for ordinary people to understand the speed of this transformation, but if people are driven to a corner, they will do anything.
"But what should we do? Is it just the two of us? Although there was a decision, Roy still did not have the slightest confidence, and his voice was very small. And what about Jack?
"We ...... We need three pistols, and we're looking for someone, Jerry probably won't be able to survive it, I only talked to him on the phone two days ago, he didn't get a job either, his savings won't last long, and he needs a lot of money! "Besides, he's got a good driver, and if we succeed, he'll run away with us!" ”
"Okay, I guess we'd better meet and talk, we have to have a plan!" Roy agreed, and Jack breathed a sigh of relief, and in the end there were three of them, and that was enough.
Jack booked the time and dialed Jerry's phone again, this time it was very smooth, Jerry usually likes to drive fast, he is a very bold person, he is also desperate now, just hit it off!
In a small bar, the three of them sat in a corner, each with a large glass of beer, but the three of them were relatively silent at this time, Jack was the initiator, he needed to break the silence, took a big sip of beer and said: "We can't wait any longer, otherwise we won't even have the money to buy a gun." ”
"Jack, do you know where to buy a gun?" Roy asked, looking up at him.
"Roy, this is Brooklyn, New York, you can buy anything from black people!" Jack said as he looked at Roy.
"However, we are white, and we may not be able to come out alive!" Roy looked at Jack with some horror.
Jerry spoke at this time, "Don't worry, I have a way to buy it, don't worry about this, a pistol is only a few hundred dollars cheaper, we can really afford it now, and it may not be in a few weeks." ”
"Okay, so which bank to rob?" Roy asked again.
"It's the one we borrowed from, and they want to bankrupt us, so why can't we rob them? It happens that everyone has a debt problem these days, so we take turns to figure out their situation, so that it is convenient for us to act. "Jack didn't really have any plans, he watched a movie last night all night, all about robbery.
Three desperate men form a robbery trio, and although they don't have any concrete plans yet, they have already made up their minds. Of course, they still have hope in their hearts, and they have not given up on the problem of finding a job, but they have not said it, and once a person finds a job, maybe he will quit.
So, the team is not reliable, either because they are stimulated, or because they don't see hope, so they come together and are ready to do it, but as soon as hope arises, they immediately fall apart.
In the days that followed, the three of them began to prepare for this conflict, with Jerry going to buy three pistols and Jack and Roy going to the bank every day, for a good enough reason, that is, the compensation and debt of the final contract.
And Mo Fei also met the "little sister" Jennifer, a young and beautiful white girl, she seemed to be very happy, and was using her instant messaging software to chat with people.
"Mary, I've got my acceptance letter, UCLA, I haven't told my dad yet, I think he'll be proud of me!" Jennifer shares her joy with her friends.
"Congratulations Jennifer, but the tuition there is not cheap, although you were admitted, but you are not a native of California, even if the tuition is waived, it will cost at least more than 20,000 US dollars, isn't your father unemployed?"
Fire prevention, anti-theft and anti-girlfriends, the ancients did not deceive me, this is Mo Fei's concluding speech!