Chapter Twenty-Six: Impressed

Stacks of documents were loaded onto Dennis' Jeep, leaving the police to block the door to prevent wild boars from escaping the factory, and Dennis himself drove the documents towards the government building.

The photographer apparently didn't notice Dennis's departure, focusing on the more attractive factory, after all, Kevin and Frank were wrestling with several white security guards.

In Dennis's car, in addition to the information, only Chris and the student of the family who worked as a county tax commissioner, were quickly rummaging through the documents at this time.

Waiting for the car to drive all the way to the outside of the government building, Tommy, Stephen, David and others who had been waiting here for a long time all came around, Tommy stared at Chris, who was still looking through the car even if he parked:

"How?"

"It's certain that they're evading taxes, but they're only evading taxes from this country, and they don't want to evade the share that should be paid to the United States." Chris held up a document and handed it to Tommy, "This is the sugar factory's account book that records workers' debts." ”

"The news of the exploitation of blacks as slaves was broken by its opponents, and the president could not save the Burton sugar industry." Stephen spoke affirmatively.

"Go up and take a picture and give it to the lawyer to take away." Tommy motioned for the others to help carry the documents upstairs: "Keep the originals safe, I guess they will come soon to get them, we can't anger them, we have to return them in full." ”

As Tommy expected, within an hour, the head of the sugar mill arrived at the government building with the factory's security personnel and demanded the return of the various account books that had been forcibly taken away.

"It's you who don't have enough respect for us in the first place! That's what we did! The little fat man David made a straight face and said to the person in charge: "You didn't notify us in advance of the power outage, this is the punishment!" ”

"You want punishment, don't you? Let the real prime minister of this country stand up, and I will show him that more than six thousand workers have lost their jobs, and to whom is the punishment. The person in charge said sternly: "I don't care if you are a summer camp or some other program, in short, the factory is not a place for children to play, hand over the account books, I allow you to steal electricity to play games, or I will let more than 6,000 unemployed workers come here to listen to your explanation." ”

David seemed to be frightened by his tone, and at this time lowered his head and exhaled, Stephen walked in from outside the door: "David, let Chris return the account books to them." ”

"Stephen~" David looked at Stephen and was a little unwilling: "He doesn't respect us." ”

"Then teach them to be respectful." Stephen stood beside David, put his hand on David's shoulder, and at the same time looked at the person in charge of the other party with a blank face: "Zoe found a document, the United States promised to aid here 20 million US dollars, but it did not materialize, we are now contacting the United States, if the other party does not pay back, according to the contract, we can shut down the factory." ”

"You can go and get the books, but wait, we'll get back to you soon." Hearing Stephen's words, David came to his senses and said in a provocative tone towards the other party.

……

Caribbean, Barbados.

At the U.S. Embassy in the Caribbean, Zoe sat elegantly in the reception room, next to Kevin, who helped provide security.

"Miss Zoe Winters, when I called home, my kids loved your summer camp program so much, but I didn't expect you guys to show up in front of me, especially Zoe, my wife keeps complimenting you and saying that you are simply the best example of a little lady." A young employee of the embassy walked into the reception room with a smile and took the initiative to greet the two: "I'm Jodi, the embassy secretary. ”

Then he waved his hand at the camera lens next to him who was in charge of recording: "I'll be on camera too, right?" ”

"Mr. Jodi, I have called countless times before offering to summon Ambassador Edward Burton." Zoe shook hands with the other party, and then asked seriously, "But there was no response every time." ”

"Mr. Edward has returned to China for a physical examination, can you tell me any questions?"

"Then why don't you guess what I'm going to talk about next?"

"I thought, that financial aid?" Jody laughed: "Please, kids, that's a lot of money, when the United States does this kind of thing, there is a formal and cumbersome process, it's not as easy as giving gifts between friends, is that okay, let's put this on hold, but I can personally tune in two TVs from the embassy, and when I give a gift to the cabinet of high school students, you can take it back to that country, and they will definitely appreciate your efforts." ”

"We're talking about something very serious, aren't we, Mr. Jody?"

"I don't think you need to take it too seriously, it's like a joke, after all, you brought a cinematographer for the entertainment show."

"It may be a joke for the United States, but it is a disaster for the country."

Zoe lowered her head and slowly raised it after a long time: "I wrote on my personal information for applying to participate in the summer camp, I don't want to be a well-behaved and sensible lady in the eyes of others, and I don't want to be a good girl who smiles and shows that I don't care when others speak badly to each other, I wanted to change from the first day I joined the summer camp, but I was persuaded to wait for a better opportunity, and now I am sure that now, is the opportunity I am waiting for." ”

"What are you talking about?"

"I'm not going to say any more, American bastard! Let you know how the lady exemplar does bad things! Zoe slammed the coffee in her hand at Jody, and then slammed the coffee cup on the ground: "I hope your wife sees this on TV, and praises her as a lady worthy of learning from all girls." ”

……

"Zoe made a big fuss at the U.S. Embassy, and now she is being detained in the embassy, waiting for her parents to pick her up and return home, and more than a dozen newspapers have called Lincoln High School to interview us." Tommy Hawk took a cigarette in his mouth and looked at Stephen.

These days, most of the time it is other people who appear frequently, and Tommy hides in his office, low-key and calm.

"This means that your goal of hoping that the farce will attract attention has been achieved, and it is my turn to appear?"

"Yes, let's go to Washington, D.C., I'll let those newspapers go to Washington to interview you and Zoe, and I've used everything I can think of." Tommy exhaled and leaned back in his chair lazily, "Call your father, he should have a way to make sure the whole thing is like a comedy." ”

"Tommy, we're on our own." Steve frowned slightly: "You command very well, there is no need to rely on other forces." ”

"Don't get me wrong, Stephen, I know your dad is a well-known person, and I didn't think about using his power, I just need his help to deliver a message."

"What's the news?"

"To put it simply, it's to give them a buffer in advance, so that they don't have to be speechless when you question them, so that they can blame the British for everything."

Stephen picked up the phone on the table and dialed a number: "Dad, I hope you've had time to watch Neil Kids Channel recently." ”

"I saw it, even the newspapers introduced the new show, you are actually the Chancellor of the Exchequer, but it doesn't seem to have much chance to appear, son, but the Chief of Police, the Secretary of Taxes, the Secretary of State and even the Secretary of State for Defence are more attractive." Stephen's father teased with a smile on the other end of the phone.

"How's grandfather?"

"The same old way, lying in a coma in a hospital room, using a machine to support life, don't be too sad, your grandfather has been on this for seven years, he is trapped in that bed and can't move, don't be too sad about his death."

"I'm not sad because I haven't seen my grandfather a few times since I was a child, I just want to ask, I'm eighteen years old, as the heir, am I qualified to do some of the adventures I want to do?" Stephen asked calmly into the earpiece.

"It depends on the kind of adventure, Stephen."

"I want to go to Washington on behalf of St. Vincent to attend the weekly meeting of the Organization of American Cooperation, and the Reagan administration promised to pay St. Vincent 20 million in aid in exchange for the country's sugar industry, but the sugar industry was taken away and the United States did not pay, and I will go to the weekly meeting as a representative of St. Vincent to denounce the United States and urge them to fulfill the contract."

"Wow, you're much better than those students, that's what you should do, I was worried that you would catch wild boars and steal wires like them, but now you don't have to worry."

"Yes, I want to go to Washington, D.C., and then I want you to help me pass the news on to the other side, so that they don't fall silent."

"Did you come up with the idea of going to Washington, D.C.?"

"So, I don't think I could have come up with the idea?"

"Of course you can think of it, the thinking is very clear, son, politics is like this, the art of compromise, you impress me."

Stephen hung up the phone and looked at Tommy, "I didn't realize until just now that he complimented me with an impressive look for the first time, but this is not what I thought of at all." ”

"It has to be what you think of, because no one else can even get through the door of the Washington Conference Hall."