Chapter 44: Telling the Truth
"I hope you can agree to the Spartans terminating the equipment contract with LeBron's team and changing to Under Armour's equipment sponsorship contract, of course, all the liquidated damages required will be borne by Under Armour." Vitra said with a pleading expression on her face.
"Why? Can you explain why? Hoggist asked curiously, "You know I have a good relationship with LeBron, he stood up and supported us in the team's most difficult time, and I would hurt everyone's feelings greatly if I did that!" ”
"My father was the sales manager of the marketing department of Under Armour, Vegas, and during the holidays, the senior management found out where I was related to Joseph, so I asked my father to sign sponsorship orders with the school. They know that you and Joseph are like brothers, and they hope to influence Joseph through me, and then Joseph will persuade you to agree, you know, the company is mainly to let you wear Under Armour's equipment to increase exposure, so as long as you agree to the school, there will be no problem, and the sponsorship amount given by the company is much higher than that given by LeBron! As long as you say yes, the whole team will get a new sportswear every month, and two pairs of sneakers a month. Of course, these details can be discussed later. ”
"It's impossible for me to default on Under Armour's girlfriend's girlfriend because her family is Under Armour, even if Under Armour's offer is too high, it's not in line with my morals and values, not to mention that LeBron, who gave me the sponsorship order, is also a good friend of mine." Hogist said categorically.
"But...... But ......" Vitra stopped talking.
"Do you have something unspeakable? Since you said that Under Armour's executives wanted to influence my decision through Joseph, why did you say it behind Joseph's back! ”
The company's senior management said that the company is entering an important node in the basketball equipment industry, and if it can successfully sign the Spartans, the company's influence in the basketball industry will increase significantly. The instructions given to my father by the senior management were to submit the contract and the letter of resignation to the general manager's desk. Although I would love that my father would negotiate this contract, I also don't want the failure of the negotiation to affect your relationship with Joseph. ”
"This is too much for the company's top leaders!" Hougist slammed the table hard, startling the entire second-floor guests.
"Alas, what can be done, business is business, although my father has been working there since the company was first established in the late 90s of the last century, but this company is like this, and if you are not satisfied with your work, you can only leave!" Vitra looked at Haugist with red eyes and tears, and grabbed his hands tightly, "Our whole family lives on my father's income, and I can't let him lose this job!" As long as you can agree to sign this sponsorship contract, you can do whatever you want me to do! ”
Hearing this, Hogist trembled as if he had been stung by a wasp, and quickly shook Vitra's hand away, "Vitra, please respect yourself!" ”
"I also have two younger sisters, we can ...... together," Vitra said shyly.
"Shut up!" Hougist lowered his voice and shouted, he didn't expect the Latino girl to be so unrestrained, and she actually wanted three sisters...... Hogist shook his head and shook the evil thought out of his mind, "You can find it again if you have a job, you give up your dignity and betray morality, and you will never get it back for the rest of your life!" ”
Although Haojist is only 14 years old, he has a set of big truths, and even Qiu Jingli couldn't help nodding when he heard it in the back, and said secretly: This kid talks about this big truth one by one, it's a pity not to join the party!
Vitra sobbed: "My mother died early, and our three sisters are all dependent on my father to support him, if my father loses his job, our family will have no way to live, we must live before we can care about dignity and morality!" ”
"Wouldn't it be nice to lose your job and find another point, your father has more than ten years of work experience in sports equipment brands, isn't it easy to find a job?"
"My father contacted Nike and Adi, but they didn't get a response. We can't take the risk of losing our jobs, we'll be kicked out if our mortgage is broken! ”
"Don't you never save money? Don't have savings? Hougist found Vitra's claims unbelievable.
"All our family's expenses are from my father's credit card, and we don't have any savings! Isn't that what everyone is? ”
"You Americans have a strange way of thinking, you don't know how to save money, you only know how to overdraw." Haugist pouted.
"Speak as if you're not American...... "Vitra muttered.
"I am a member of the socialist family, and as a Chinese, what my father is best at is saving money." Hougist muttered to himself.
"What about the sponsorship contract......
"I can't say yes, but I could consider getting your father a new job at Nike." Hoggist said after a moment of silence.
"Really? But how long will it take? Senior leadership only gave my father two weeks to negotiate. Vitra said.
"It's simple, at the end of the two weeks, if there is no news about the new job, you can ask your father to report to the top and say that I have agreed, but it will take time to negotiate an amicable termination with the LeBron team, so that you can buy some more time." Hogist gives Vitra a bad idea.
"Is that okay? You won't be discovered! Isn't it illegal to do so? ”
"Of course it's not illegal, I'm a high school student with an immature mind, and my thoughts change at any time, what's so strange about this, maybe I want to wear Under Armour after talking to you today, and I want to wear Nike back to Nike after talking to LeBron tomorrow, it's all possible, what can they accuse me of being a high school student? You can rest assured! ”
"Then I'll thank you in advance, I'll let my father do his best to hold the company back." Vitra nodded gratefully.
"Go to the basketball arena and see Joseph, don't let him be heartbroken, I'll entrust him to you!"
"Well, I'm going to find him! Thank you so much, my heart is already Joseph's, but I also have two younger sisters, one is 10 years old and the other is 7 years old, although it is still a little small, but if you don't mind......"
Before Vitra could finish speaking, he was categorically interrupted by Haugist: "Okay, don't mention this matter again, I am a dignified gentleman, is it greedy for your two sisters to do these things?" What's more, neither of your two younger sisters has yet ...... developed."
Vitra listened to Haugist's last sentence, and thought to himself, the two younger sisters are not yet sensible and undeveloped, and they can't attract Hoggist at the moment, so he showed an expression of "I understand what you mean", "I will tell them that you are the great benefactor of our family, and I will repay you when they grow up!" Then I'm gone, goodbye. ”
After saying that, Vitra got up and left, seeing Vitra walk down the stairs, Qiu Jingli immediately got up and came to Vitra's position to sit down, leaning on the backrest and squinting at Hogist, with a honey smile on his face, looking at Hogist's creepy.
"Ancestor, which of my words was wrong? Why do you look at me like that? In short, although he didn't know what he said and did wrong, he couldn't help but feel that he was wrong.
"No! I didn't say what was wrong with you, but I didn't expect you to be quite righteous, and my friend's girlfriend's family affairs are also in charge. Qiu Jingli's smile was even bigger.
"Joseph is not just a friend, he is my good brother, and they are all Chinese, uprooted from their hometowns, if they can help them, they can help more!" Hoggist said.
"Come on, you two are both born and raised in Vegas, what a fuss! You're still playing official with me, to tell you the truth. ”
"What did you say?"
"Why did you agree to help her? This kind of person who can sell himself and his sister for the sake of his father's work is simply degraded and morally distorted, don't say just because she is Joseph's girlfriend. Even with sunglasses, Hoogist could still see Qiu Jingli's frowning brow.
"You can't look at him with the eyes of an adult! He's just a 14-year-old like Joseph! The three views have not yet been established, as long as they are guided, they will be good children in the future. How terrible it is for a 14-year-old child who has never been exposed to adult society to lose his job, cut off his mortgage, whose house has been taken over by the bank, and the whole family being kicked out to sleep on the streets. Anyone will have no master, I see that she has been with that kind of preoccupied expression for the past two days, and I guess I can't think of any way to make this decision out of desperation, right? Hogist explained.
"Hey, you're quite understanding of others, aren't you only 14 years old?"
"Can that be the same, I'm almost 15 years old! I have been influenced by the ideological education of socialist core values since I was a child, and I naturally understand more truths and are more mature, and I have always hated the practice of eating food and grain advocated by the US imperialists, and I have only seen exploitation and cannibalism in the evil capitalist society! Haugist grimaced.
Qiu Jingli stared at Hogist with a surprised gaze as if she had witnessed the Loch Ness Monster with her own eyes, "Are you really a 14-year-old high school student born in the United States?" I wonder if you have the soul of a Chinese department-level cadre living in your body? Why is it that when you are reasoning, your ideological maturity is almost the same as that of an old cadre? Who taught you all this? ”
"Didn't I say that! I have been influenced by the core values of socialism since I was a child, not only have three positive views, but also have compassion for others! I have great sympathy for the working people at the bottom of the US imperialism, they are all proletarian forces that can be united! "The more Hougist said it, the more outrageous it became.
"Stop, stop! The more you blow it, the more exaggerated it becomes, and if you continue to talk about it, will you launch a revolution from the bottom up, overthrow the rule of US imperialism, and establish a proletarian regime? Qiu Jingli finally heard that Hoggist was addicted.
"I'm sorry, Ma Zhemao likes to quote scriptures when he talks too much, and he can't hold it back. My meaning is very simple, I may not spend much effort to help her, but I can save a lost soul, isn't it a merit! Let Vitra be by Joseph's side in the future, I will often educate Joseph, she will follow Joseph's ears and eyes, and sooner or later she will establish a good three views. ”
"So you're doing this as a 'gift of roses and a lingering fragrance in your hands'?" Qiu Jingli suddenly leaned over, holding her cheeks and asked.
"Yes! Although I can't help every stranger in need for free, I will try my best to help if my family and friends can help. ”
"Then you didn't help Vitra to covet their sisters' beauty?" Qiu Jingli pretended to ask casually.
"What are you kidding, Vitra is Joseph's girlfriend, and she is not as beautiful as you, will I fall out with Joseph for her? And her two younger sisters, one is 7 years old and the other is 10 years old, and they haven't started to develop yet, so what's so beautiful? Hogist was pleased with his answer, believing that there was nothing flawed.
After hearing this, Qiu Jingli took off her sunglasses and threw them on the table, and asked angrily: "According to what you say, if the current situation is that Vitra is more beautiful than me, and her two younger sisters have grown up and are slim, you will covet their beauty?" ”
In Haugist's fantasy, he has already opened his bow left and right and pumped his countless big mouths, women are too terrible, this ability to jump in thinking is as traceless as the movement of electronics, it seems that his usual thoughts are a little Jianghua, careless, careless!
However, even if you slap your face into a pig's head in fantasy, what you say in reality is like water that can't be changed, so you still have to find a way to justify yourself. Suddenly, a bold idea flashed in his mind, and he was instantly caught by Haugist, repeatedly scrutinized, demonstrated, and everything was done between lightning and fire, and Hougist made up his mind to say so!
Hoggist calmly picked up the coffee, took a slow sip, smacked the taste in his mouth, and replied unhurriedly: "Yes, if they are prettier than you, I will indeed covet their beauty!" ”
"You ......" Qiu Jingli was stunned, she didn't expect Hoggist to admit generously, could it be that he liked himself just because he was beautiful? Will he change his mind if he is more beautiful in the future? Thinking of this, Qiu Jingli was still a little sad.
Seeing that Qiu Jingli's face became ugly, Haojister continued: "It's a pity! It's a pity ......"