Chapter 14: Welcome
"To do business is to show the attitude of doing business, I don't care how much money the professors who are willing to attend at Princeton will take in the end, Mr. President, but together with the donation to the school, I can only take out 20%, I am grateful for the school's small support for a few of our students to start a business, but the material thanks are so much, yes, 20%. Tommy Hawke sat in the principal's office and looked at the principal, Mr. Mendes, behind his desk, with a serious expression.
Mendez took off the glasses on his face, slowly got up from behind his desk, walked to the window to look at the scenery, then slowly pulled down the blinds, walked to Tommy Hawke, took out a box of Marlboro cigarettes from his suit pocket, and fumbled with one in his mouth: "Twenty percent, Grande should learn how to do business with you, borrow a fire, kid." โ
Tommy Hawke took out the lighter and lit it for the principal: "Declare in advance, Mr. Mendez, the lighter was picked up by me on the road and was about to be handed over to the teacher. โ
"I'm sorry for the convenience store owner for the money, kid." Mr. Mendez took a puff on his cigarette, walked back to his desk, and sat down again:
"Forty percent, otherwise I will stop the club's activities on the grounds that you took away the school sports equipment without a normal application, I know it was Dennis who did it, but that doesn't matter, isn't it, the administration department has counted that there are nearly two hundred high school students asking for payment methods, and the number is still increasing, and the price of going to the summer camp of Cambridge University in the United Kingdom for a week is only 1500 yuan! And you just take them to live in the countryside in the Caribbean for a week, where they don't even have a TV station, and they quote a high price of 999 yuan. โ
Tommy Hawk played with the lighter: "You used to be so tall in my mind, Mr. Mendes, you surprised me, and I thought you had better not ruin the image of the great shore in my mind." โ
Mendez spread his hands: "Because I don't know if the professors in Princeton will have a share, and how much is that share, if they want too much, you can't let the school bear it, this is a public high school, not a private school with deep pockets, the school supports students to do some business within their ability to increase social and business experience, but the school doesn't want to be a loser, and your donation of forty percent can make me feel happy and forget the things that some bad boys did before." โ
"Thirty into five." Tommy Hawke spoke.
Mendes nodded, and did not refuse: "If it is three out of five, I will replace Miss Farrell with Mr. McDรจce, an instructor who is diametrically opposed to Miss Farrell, Mr. McDรจce is experienced, Miss Farrell has just joined the job after all, and she ......." โ
"You really know how to do business, Mr. Mendez, forty percent, deal, I don't need to let Mr. McDyce, who is paralyzed, guide me, let the school's legal counsel draw up the contract, and more than half of the achievement when I pay for my own eyesight." Tommy Hawke interrupted and spoke.
Mendes smiled with satisfaction, held up his cigarette case and motioned to Tommy, "Of course, Tommy, of course the school will provide all-round support, Good, can I have one?" โ
"Okay." Tommy stared at his headmaster suspiciously, and slowly got up to pick up the cigarette case in the other's hand.
Mendes retracted it a second before Tommy was about to make contact: "Sorry, I forgot I lit the last one, but I guess you still have a box of picked up cigarettes in your pocket?" โ
"If you were in politics, I would definitely vote for you, Mr. Mendez, giving students cigarettes and witnessing cigarettes smoke on their own, the consequences of these two complaints are different, right?"
"Given that you may be a little dissatisfied with me, I have to guard against it, in case you really give you cigarettes, you complain to me, it will be more than worth the loss." Mendes smiled cunningly: "So how many episodes of this summer camp will be held?" โ
"According to the current plan, four phases, two weeks, and one phase of 60 people, we are ready to stop recruiting 240 people, because I think that country should also be plagued by more than 200 American high school students." Tommy Hawke sat back depressed and spoke.
"Take your chance, Tommy, it's the best moment for Lincoln High School with you." Mr. Mendez said to Tommy encouragingly, "By the way, why haven't you seen Dennis and Pam in the past two days?" โ
Tommy Hawke exhaled: "I was worried that the school would raise the price temporarily, so I thought of earning the money back in advance, so I asked them to take Dennis's mother, Mrs. Herbs, and my brother's girlfriend Ashley, to St. Vincent to open a fast-food restaurant and small supermarket that has only been open for two months, and the price is twice that of the continental United States." โ
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"Kevin Nipfen! Shouldn't you go to Princeton, Harvard, Columbia with a full scholarship? How can I be here like a loser like me. Frank Grillo pushed two large suitcases that his mother had helped prepare, plus a travel bag covering his entire back, to the previously identified meeting place, Lincoln High School Garden Plaza, and saw a familiar figure that had appeared countless times in his dreams, standing there enjoying the scenery.
Kevin Nipfen turned around, a little surprised in his eyes, but his tone wasn't friendly to the opponent he had eliminated from the state league: "Stay away from me, Frank, don't force me to finish you again." โ
"I heard that you have a problem with your lower back, you were forced to retire by your coach, you want to go to college and even have to change to other sports temporarily, are you sure you can still finish me?" Frank's eyes and tone were full of mockery.
"Do you want to try?" Kevin heard the taunt and strode over to Frank.
Frank threw away his backpack and greeted him with a fearless face: "Of course." โ
"You two, can you delay the fight for two minutes? I want to save up for some pocket money from a gamble, and of course, I'll give you a share. David Schaefer, who came in a hurry, pushed his glasses on the bridge of his nose, walked over with sincerity on his face, and said: "I used to do this kind of thing before in Georgia, I have experience, but the previous players were black people with little skill, so they are not well-known." โ
Catherine Naentingting, dressed in a black dress, appeared with her arms folded, looking at the two people who were about to explode, with disdain on her face: "I didn't think that sports students with muscles in their brains would also participate in this kind of summer camp, and the leaflets were written with words such as international strategy and future development, and sports students must be able to understand these?" โ
The two wrestlers turned to glare at the outrageous chick at the same time, and Kevin said in a cold tone, "I advise you to contact the dentist first when you speak again, miss." โ
"Hi guys, I'm Zoe Winters, nice to meet you." Zoe Winters, who is a model of a lady in style, walked over, shook her palm slightly, and smiled sweetly and appropriately at everyone: "Are they all companions who have come to summer camp?" It feels so good. โ
"Two ladies, are you interested in placing a bet?" David Schaefer looked at the two girls: "Wrestling agent David Schaefer works for both. โ
"That guy has a better chance of winning." Chris Ferguson, who was wearing a cowboy hat, pressed the brim of his hat with his fingers, tilted his head in Kevin's direction, and said in an affirmative tone.
Frank looked at Chris dissatisfied: "I can help you treat your eyes first!" Brat! โ
"Huh~" A playing card bounced out of Chris's hand, cutting off a leaf in the flower bed a few meters away, and he looked at Frank with a blank face: "I can also heal your eyes, boy." โ
"Wow, beautiful card skills, it looks like you all have great skills, I'm a lot worse, it's nice to meet you, I'm Stephen Binn, a low-key high school student with nothing but money." Dressed in casual clothes, Stephen Bin stood under a paulownia tree, smiling and clapping.
"According to the normal summer camp process, at this time, the bus driver should show up with a burger bite and call us to board the bus." David Schaefer saw that the two sides had no intention of continuing the fight, and said regretfully: "So, where is the driver?" โ
"That's because I changed the process." Tommy Hawke, accompanied by Otilia, walked out of the school, stood in front of several people, and said:
"Welcome to CSLS, I'm Tommy Hawke, Committee Chair, and good afternoon, new members of the CSLS Committee."