"Mr. Dam, I received a message that sounded like a joke that St. Vincent had appointed an American high school student as a plenipotentiary to attend the regular weekly meetings of the Organization for American Cooperation." Deputy Secretary of State Kenneth Damm had just finished signing his name on a document when he heard his assistant walk in and speak.

Kenneth laughed and took a sip of his coffee: "Cooperation OAS? How? Those small countries in South or Central America can't even find representatives who can speak English? So you hired a high school student from the United States to translate on your behalf? ”

"No, there was a children's program with high ratings recently, a group of high school students used their methods to manage the country of St. Vincent, it was a summer camp, and now they found that the United States did not fulfill the promise made three years ago, maybe the program team wanted to attract attention, maybe the young people themselves wanted to be in the limelight, in short, they wanted to stand out for the small country of St. Vincent and get the money back."

"What's the case when you don't keep your promises?" Kenneth frowned slightly: "I just sat in this position, what promise?" ”

"The United States has invited St. Vincent to join the Organization of American Cooperation (OAS) and is willing to give St. Vincent $20 million in aid on the condition that the country allows U.S. companies to build factories in the region and operate the sugar industry exclusively." The assistant said.

Deputy Secretary of State Kenneth exhaled depressedly: "Did the previous Deputy Secretary of State Mr. Stossel make it again?" ”

The assistant nodded.

"Whatever I say, Stossel should always be his ambassador to the Soviet Union, and career diplomats will just talk empty words without thinking about the consequences." Kenneth grumbled in an unhappy tone.

The U.S. Deputy Secretary of State needs to hold many council or committee titles, such as the member of the Permanent Council of the Organization of American Cooperation (OAS) that the assistant is talking about at this moment, and he is the deputy secretary of state, because the president and the secretary of state are not interested in this kind of committee, but they cannot be completely ignored, and the deputy secretary of state can only hold the power.

But he didn't know much about the organization, because he had just been deputy secretary of state for two weeks, and the previous deputy secretary of state, Stossel, had been diagnosed with advanced leukemia, so he was invited by President Reagan to come out again and replace Stossel as deputy secretary of state.

"I received the news that the high school student named Stephen Pen came prepared, if we don't respond, I'm afraid that all the American viewers will know about it through that program, which is not very good for the image of the government, and that high school student seems to be very rich, and the family behind it is the big benefactor of the Democratic Party, and before he came to Washington, he was already arranging press conferences, media meetings and other activities, and he would hold a press conference after attending the meeting."

"But he chose to let us know in advance." Kenneth rubbed his eyebrows: "This is a sensible child, or rather, his elders taught him to do well." ”

"Are we going to pay? If there is a payment, as far as I know, there are four or five small countries whose aid has not been delivered, and if other small countries do the same......"

"Those small countries will not have a chance to make trouble, but this has already made trouble must be appeased first, and the problem is pushed to the British, they evacuated the colony too hastily, and did not do a good job of handing over at all, resulting in the inefficiency of St. Vincent's work, the United States has long been ready for funds, but they have always had some problems with the communication channels, so they set the tone according to this idea, if there is no efficient working method of American high school students to help them smooth out their thinking, they will not be able to get the money in another ten years, this is all the sin of the British, The audience likes to watch comedy, it's a comedy, there's nothing wrong with the United States, there's nothing wrong with American high school students, we're all seriously helping that country, and it's a beautiful solution. Kenneth turned the pen in his hand and said clearly:

"Twenty million is paid through the Inter-American Development Bank, so that even if it is paid to them, the money is in our hands, and we can monitor their spending."

……

Washington, United Pan American Building, OAS Headquarters.

Stephen glanced at Zoe, who was ordered by his parents to take him back to his home country for assaulting an embassy employee in Barbados, and Zoe responded with a smile.

"How does it feel like the whole country has seen your determination to be a shrew?" Stephen asked.

"It's great, I like to look at my friends, my family is obviously angry to death because of my rudeness, but they try to squeeze out a smile and say that I did a good job, I try to solve problems for a country, I hope they understand what duplicity feels like, and they always like to teach me to be a lady I don't like to do, that's it." Zoe said with a smile.

Stephen looked at Zoe: "But this is the United States, you're sure you won't hit people anymore, right?" ”

"I went to a summer camp so far away because I didn't want to beat people in the United States." Zoe shrugged cutely.

Stephen said about the arrangements he made: "OK, I'll go inside to the meeting, you go to the press conference site for an interview now, show your ladylike appearance, tell everyone, you are so angry that you transform, there is a reason for it, wait for me to get those people inside, and then go back to meet everyone." ”

"Mr. Stephen Binn, I'm Brad from the Inter-American Development Bank." After parting ways with Zoe, Stephen walked towards the main entrance of the building, and an old white man stopped his way with a smile on his face and took the initiative to greet him: "Can we talk about the speech you are going to speak later?" ”

Stephen smiled at the old man: "Of course, sir, the Prime Minister told me before he left that as long as the aid is delivered, everything can be discussed. ”

……

Tommy hung up Stephen's call, looked into the eyes that looked at him in the room, and shrugged: "That's it, the promised aid has gone into St. Vincent's national account at the Inter-American Development Bank." ”

To the cheers of the cadets, Tommy walked out of the government building and onto the beach, where Marduf was still fishing as before.

"Mr. Prime Minister, I have just received news that the money has arrived, everything is the fault of the British, if they had not been in such a hurry before leaving, there would not have been such a situation, and the United States promised to have more necessary exchanges between the two sides in the future." Tommy looked at Marduf and spoke.

Marduff put the rod down, slowly turned to look at Tommy, and said in surprise, "You did it?" I knew you could do it, and I knew it! American high school students are more useful than me, the prime minister. ”

"So, I don't have to share the money I earn with you, right?" Tommy asked, crouching in front of Marduff.

Madouf shook his head: "Of course not, even if you don't help, we don't think about making your money, you have done a lot, raised a lot of books, equipment, and now you have helped us get funds, we can build hospitals, schools, roads...... This country owes each and every one of you. ”

"Remember what I said that day? Americans hold grudges, and they will know that you are using American high school students to do this. Tommy reminded Marduff, "I think you should consider what I'm talking about......

"Tommy, don't teach me, I understand your good intentions, listen to me, I'm not the smartest person in the country, I'm not an idiot either, I'll avoid what you say." Marduff smiled and said to Tommy, "Thank you and your friends for everything you have done for this country, Tommy. ”

Tommy shrugged and looked into the distance: "It's nothing, by the way, tomorrow we will return to China, and if we don't go back, we won't have time to add the word Princeton to our resume, and the parents of the students will pay us for those four words, and the house games are just a pastime." ”

Marduff smiled and patted Tommy on the shoulder: "Believe me, Professor Princeton, he will definitely wait for you, he is a smart man." ”

Then he slowly stood up and walked along the path in the direction of the city, gently beating his back as he went: "I'm going to go and tell the governor the good news, tell Colin, tell Susan, tell every St. Vincentian citizen that they, like me, have been waiting too long for this news. ”