Zero nine years.

Early August.

After a two-month sabbatical, Mark returned to the Federal Building, where he began his daily work of maintaining peace and stability in the Federation.

And Kate?

Let's put it this way, Kate's several speeches have been very successful, and her approval rating is far ahead, if nothing else, the position of mayor of New York City will be in Kate's pocket by the end of December this year.

Isn't this nonsense?

Ma Mou, who was sitting in his office chair, looked at the messages sent by several well-informed friends in Washington, and suddenly thought of it angrily.

Jack and Debbie, who were sitting in Mark's office, were looking at each other.

Long.

Jack asked, "Boss, is Kate really going to be the mayor of New York?" ”

Debbie also replied next to her: "No wonder Kate called me a few days ago and asked for a few more hidden documents." ”

Mark furrowed his eyebrows and looked at Debbie.

Information?

Mader.

It's no wonder that in her campaign speech, Kate's offensive continued to beat the other candidate without a fight.

Mark was a little melancholy, this somewhat criticized method must not have been thought up by Kate, if he was not mistaken, it should have been proposed by Vivien.

According to the normal rhythm, the mayoral election in August is at most in the middle and late stages, how can you know who the flowers will fall so quickly in previous election years?

But what about this time this year?

The candidate of the other party announced that he was withdrawing from the race directly after the speech, and then a new person was put in place, which completely led to Kate's approval rating already leading by several large points.

Manhattan has always been a republican votehouse.

In the past, Queens was a blind election on both sides, but this time it was uniformly cast on the Republic, that is, Kate's side.

As for Brooklyn and Brown and Richmond?

Even if it is half open, there is no suspense about Kate's election after this year.

These idle guys have nothing to do.

Mark could perfectly imagine why Manhattan and Queens were like this, and sure enough, sometimes having too many friends can be a nuisance.

There was a pause.

Mark simply threw the New York Times to the side and coughed a little, ready to do his duty as a federal bureau.

The phone rang.

Mark sighed impatiently.

It's clear that Kate was elected, why would this group of guys call to congratulate him for no reason?

Isn't this neuropathy?

Besides.

There is no doubt whether it is the status of the federal bureau or the status of the mayor of New York.

Ma is a civil servant.

Mayor of New York?

The last term, uh...... No, the current mayor of New York, who is about to step down at the end of the year, has an annual salary of one dollar......

Subsequently.

Mark grabbed the phone next to him, glanced at it casually, and then turned on the flip cover.

Soon.

Mark hung up the phone and glanced at Jack and Debbie, who suddenly felt a not-so-wonderful feeling.

The next second.

Mark got up and said to Jack, "Call me if you have something." ”

Jack was stunned and hurriedly said, "Boss, people are already waiting for a meeting in the conference room." ”

Mark said without replying: "You are the deputy director, you can just open it, and just pass me a copy of the meeting minutes when the time comes." ”

After speaking.

Boom!

Mark pushed the door open, leaving Jack and Debbie to continue peering inside.

Half an hour later.

Uptown Manhattan.

Mark got out of the vertigina and said to Kate, who had been waiting for a long time, "Didn't you say that it would be our turn next week?" ”

Kate, who was carrying a handbag, pulled her hair and said, "How do I know, it was also someone from the office who called me today and said that he could give us an advance." ”

Mark was speechless.

This time, things are actually very simple.

Dorothy and Theodora should be old enough to go to kindergarten, and yes, this time Mark and Kate came over to sign up for the two girls.

Walking in the hallway, Kate said: "There are only sixty-four kindergarten places in Trinity College this year, do you know how many people have signed up? ”

Mark laughed, "I don't know, and I don't want to know." ”

Again, that's the same sentence.

With Mark's current status and net worth, playing the rules, if Kate wasn't willing to let Mark make a few phone calls and take a walk, how could there be today's affairs.

Kate glanced directly at Mark and said, "Sixty-four positions, more than three thousand parents apply, and the competition is very fierce." ”

Mark continued to laugh without saying a word.

As the saying goes, in New York, the competition for admission to prestigious universities officially begins in kindergarten, and some of the top kindergartens have even lower acceptance rates than the most discerning Ivy League schools.

Trinity College, where Mark and Kate now work, is one of them, and one of the best of them.

For example, this year, Trinity College, which has a history of 300 years, has 64 degrees this year, but among them, 33 are reserved for younger siblings of current students, 11 are reserved for the children of alumni, 3 are reserved for the children of school workers, and the remaining 17 are reserved for applicants who do not have any family or organizational affiliation, and for these people, the acceptance rate is less than 2.4 percent......

Compared to Kate, who was a little nervous, Mark was very relaxed.

He couldn't find any reason why Trinity College would refuse.

None of them.

Mark made up his mind that if Trinity College dared to refuse, Mark promised him to experience the fear of being dominated by the FBI.

Half an hour later.

Mark and Kate walked out of Trinity College under the respectful send-off of Trinity College interviewers.

Out of the gate of the academy, Kate looked at Mark speechlessly and put away his federal documents with a smile.

Kate said: "Mark, you are a power bribe. ”

Mark smiled and glanced at the New Yorkers who were still waiting in line and said, "Look, that's where power is sometimes more beautiful than money." ”

Kate didn't bother to speak, but waved the score sheet of the two girls on her hand to take the ERB exam and said, "You two girls really can't be indulgent, Theodora is better, look at Dorothy's score." ”

Mark shrugged his shoulders and said, "My right to education is all for you." ”

The ERB exam, a question used by the Education Bureau to test IQ, has two levels: individual interview and group interview, but the group interview is more important.

For example, there is a question.

The interviewer will ask what a tiger is.

If you answer that it's an animal, you might get half the score, but if you want to get a perfect score, you should describe what a tiger looks like.

But how did Dorothy answer?

Dorothy's answer was, Tiger? I think it's something that can be eaten.

Mark was happy when he first saw the answer.

But Kate's complexion is not very good-looking.

Kate covered her forehead and put the two score sheets in her bag and said, "Go back, we should have a good talk with Dorothy." ”

Mark nodded.

But at this moment.

The phone rings.

……