In the E-66 dormitory, Jason White buttoned his shirt in the changing mirror and asked Tommy to help hand him the dark gold tie next to him, while asking Tommy, "Are you sure you don't change into a solemn outfit?" I heard from my cousin that when a freshman visits those fraternities tonight, if you dress modestly and solemnly, you will make the other person think that you are a mature and reliable person. ”

As he spoke, he took the tie that Tommy handed over, but in a hurry, he wrapped the tie around the collar of his shirt, Tommy walked over, motioned for the other party to put down his hand, and then skillfully helped Jason arrange the tie: "I advised you, Jason, but you insisted on wearing it so formally." ”

"Yes, it's the most important night for college freshmen, and it's going to determine whether we're unknown or the stars for the next four years." Jason obediently stood in front of the dressing mirror, let Tommy help him adjust his tie, and said in a serious tone.

Tommy understood and stepped away, watching Jason change into a dark blue double-breasted old-fashioned suit, wearing a bowler hat on his head, and then lying on his hands with a black umbrella, looking at Tommy expectantly: "How's it, Boss, doesn't look like those elites." ”

"Brother, if you put a fake beard under your nose, everyone can mistake you for a big man named Chaplin." Tommy smiled at Jason, "Let's go, the teacher has urged him to go down and gather a few times." ”

Holding an umbrella, Jason said to Tommy, who was wearing only a baseball jacket and a printed T-shirt, "Respect the fraternity." ”

"I respect them, or I wouldn't have worn a jacket to hide that genital* on the back of my T-shirt." Tommy said to Jason, "Not everything your cousin says is true, and sometimes it may be to play you a trick." ”

The caretaker of Hope's apartment accompanied the freshman instructor downstairs several times, and Hope's more than 40 freshmen dragged around the building, some of whom didn't forget to spray deodorant or perfume on their bodies a few times when they went downstairs.

Tonight is recruitment night, and the seventeen fraternities on Stanford Greek Avenue are open unconditionally, allowing new students to enter and visit, learn about the history of each fraternity, the past, and have a frank exchange with the members of the fraternity.

Freshmen who want to join the fraternity will find ways to impress their favorite fraternity members, even if they are indifferent eyeballs, they will go out of their way to find the clothes they think are the coolest.

For example, a four-eyed boy standing next to Tommy at this time, wearing a white sportswear printed with various numbers and symbols, stood like a crowd of chickens, as if he had escaped in a psychiatric hospital gown.

"Okay, guys, for the next four or five hours tonight, I'm going to take you to the Greek Avenue to visit the seventeen fraternity homes, and I need to remind you that if you have any important letters of recommendation, yes, it's your family, friend, or boss who was a member of a fraternity before, and he gave you a letter of recommendation, and you better remember to take it with you tonight, and give it to the person with whom the fraternity will talk to you, tonight is the only time you have unrestricted access to those buildings, and after tonight, If you don't receive an invitation from the Brotherhood, you will be charged with trespassing. The instructor said to the new students in front of him.

As he finished speaking, most of the freshmen took out one or several letters of recommendation from their pockets, including Jason, who took out two, held them in his hand and said to Tommy: "If the Order of the Phoenix or the White Robe Society does not take me in, I will rely on the letters of recommendation from my uncle and cousin to join the fraternity they joined back then, there is no reputation, and there are few fraternity activities, but it is better than nothing in the end, speaking of which, my cousin's first time was ruined in the hands of the black girl of the fraternity, And then he graduated from college and became a staunch white supremacist, racist. ”

"I guess just having sex with a black girl is not enough to make a white person become racist right away, it's probably your cousin's bed skills that have received more direct negative feedback from black girls, making him feel that the other party has insulted him and makes him unacceptable." Tommy chuckled.

The group followed the instructor to the Greek avenue, and the instructor pointed to the first fraternity house and introduced: "This is the earliest fraternity organization established by Stanford University, LIS, if you are interested, you can go in and visit, and others can continue to walk with me." ”

Although the fraternity called LIS put a lot of thought into the recruitment night, almost even the lawn in front of the fraternity house was carefully mowed, and standing far away, you could see a small band and various drinks in the living room where the door was open, but still no new students were willing to go, seeing that the students were silent, the teacher nodded, turned around and continued to lead the team forward: "Okay, it looks like LIS will have many chapters closed this year, the next building." ”

The reason why no one went in to visit, first, was that the LIS in his mouth became the most well-known fraternity in the country last year, and members of a LIS chapter in Montana used the fraternity home to traffic drugs, although the investigation was concluded and found to have nothing to do with the general association, but it was obviously a devastating blow to the reputation of all LIS chapters in the United States, and everyone did not rule out smoking some hemp grass or something to help the fun during the fraternity party, but it did not mean that they wanted to become drug dealers.

Second, you must first walk through the Greek Avenue from beginning to end, know the approximate distribution location of these fraternities, and then choose slowly, after all, when you go shopping in the mall, you also choose the goods slowly after going around.

It took nearly half an hour to complete the journey, and after the instructor introduced the general situation of the seventeen fraternities, he announced that everyone could disband now, and those who were not interested could return to the dormitory directly, and those who were interested could visit their favorite brotherhood, and he would wait nearby, and if there were any questions, they could come to see him at any time.

When he announced his disbandment here, dozens of girls from afar also arrived under the leadership of the instructor, each of them carefully dressed up and put on their most beautiful clothes, completely comparing these raunchy boys.

"Tommy, where are we going first?" After Jason and the other teachers announced their disbandment, he asked Tommy.

Tommy walked straight in the direction of the Order of the Phoenix: "Order of the Phoenix, my friend is there, no matter where I end up, but the first thing to go is there, give him enough respect." ”

When the two of them arrived at the Brotherhood House of the Order of the Phoenix, although they had a hurried look from the outside before, after stepping into the hall, Jason couldn't help but burst into a foul mouth: "Fuck, the big one here can almost fit the entire Mississilie!" ”

The living room on the first floor was divided into two areas, one was the screening area, and the oversized TV was playing the honor documentaries of the Order of the Phoenix itself, interviews with well-known alumni and the like, and one was a communication area, where more than a dozen fraternity members in suits and leather shoes and wearing the phoenix badge on their chests faced each newcomer with a smile on their faces, gently answering any questions they had about the fraternity.

Jason's yuppie outfit had to be said to be very eye-catching, and as soon as he entered the hall, at least four members of the Order of the Phoenix looked at him with admiration, one of them came over with two glasses of juice and handed Jason one:

"Hi, how can I help you, the umbrella can be placed on the umbrella stand at the entrance."

"You bought this house? Sir, it's really big, how many rooms are there? Jason took the juice and asked in the first sentence.

Tommy, who originally thought that his roommate's appearance could last five minutes, knew from Jason's first sentence that this guy had nothing to do with the Order of the Phoenix in his life, so he turned around and walked towards the sofa next to him.

Sure enough, as Jason's words came out, the smile on the other party's face became a little weird, and finally he just responded to Jason with a faint smile: "I'm sorry, I have no comment, welcome to visit at will." ”

Tonight, the freshmen choose the fraternity, and the fraternity chooses the freshmen, because of the time, most of the freshmen will not get too many opportunities to communicate with the members of the fraternity, if the first question is answered, the other party will let the other party visit at will, and are not ready to continue the conversation, it means that the freshman is not the person they want.

Jason was dressed so solemnly at this time, which made Tommy feel that he looked like a yuppie, what is a yuppie, this concept is a noun published by an American magazine in 1980, and it is not a compliment when it appears, used to describe those young middle-class people who are neither poor Americans nor really rich, these people are well-educated, have a certain vision, and are full of yearning for high society, but because their wealth is temporarily not enough to support the high life they desire, so they strive to be within their own capabilities, Create an image that looks a little literary, gentlemanly and fashionable, close to the upper class.

The yuppies are keen to form associations and form so-called business network groups that sound high-end in all kinds of terms, but this kind of thing is completely unbelievable in Tommy's opinion, a group of people even have to use credit cards to installment to buy that designer suit, and the bullshit network is actually not much different from pen pals, writing letters to each other to exchange views, occasionally exchanging some high-class pops, but they can't afford to buy them, so they can only exchange classical music records with their peers.

If Tommy concludes, the current yuppies in the United States are probably American male pseudo-celebrities who are greedy for vanity.

Of course, this kind of dress will attract the attention of the fraternity, and they will think of you as an elite young man, but as soon as Jason speaks, they know that they have misjudged and that they are in front of a hillbilly who has never seen the world.

"Hello, is Stephen Binn here?" Tommy walked over to the couch and asked a member of the Order of the Phoenix.

The Order of the Phoenix member looked at him and then asked, "Who are you?" ”

"His friend." Tommy smiled at the other and replied, "Come and congratulate him on joining the Order of the Phoenix." ”

"How are you? Poor ghost, how did those guys from the White Robe Society treat you? Before they could speak, Stephen stepped out of what looked like a bathroom door and said to Tommy.

"I haven't been there yet, I'm going to congratulate you first, and then ...... What the are you ...... Can I get in the toilet? I mean, I can go in and enjoy that kind of toilet service? As soon as Tommy high-fived and hugged Stephen, he saw a blonde girl in hot clothes walking out of the bathroom, who was arranging her shoulder straps and placket with her hands, so Tommy couldn't help but change his words and ask Stephen.

Stephen turned his head to look at the girl, smiled at Tommy, and said, "I don't need to have a so-called attention conversation with the chairman and vice chairman, there is nothing to do, so the chairman simply arranged for me to have a friendly exchange with the prospective newcomers of the Betty Club in advance to deepen our mutual impression." ”

"I'll go to the White Robe Club now, and if I can't figure it out, remember to open that toilet to me." Tommy smiled at Stephen, "Congratulations, brother, it's my next turn." ”

"Come on, although I don't want the White Robe Society to absorb you, I still want to wish you success, brother, by the way, wait for the well-known alumni of the Order of the Phoenix, Douglas Hofstad, to come, are you sure you don't want to meet you? He and his father, Mr. Robert Hofstad, are both members of the Stanford Order of the Phoenix, his father won the Nobel Prize in Physics, and the fraternity invited his father to appear together tonight, but Mr. Robert was a little unwell, so he had to fly by himself, he had just won the Pulitzer Prize for Literature and the American Science Book Award three years ago, and the brothers in the club said that it was only a matter of time before he won the Nobel Prize to surpass his father. Stephen grinned and spoke.

"Don't tempt me, I know that on recruitment night, each fraternity will have heavyweights on the stage to show off their strength." Tommy walked back to Jason, interrupting Jason's conversation with a member of the Order of the Phoenix, and walked out with his arm around his shoulders: "Jason, let's go, let's go for another turn, trust me, you don't have a chance here." ”

"Why, they have a good impression of me." Walking out of the Order of the Phoenix house, Jason asked Tommy in confusion.

Tommy sighed: "Your cousin must want you to join his brotherhood, that's why he asked you to wear this dress tonight, this dress is really eye-catching, attracting those members of the fraternity to communicate with you, but your first question is to tell them, you are a guy from a small city, think about it, all the fraternities are turning you away because of this problem, do you end up only taking your cousin's letter of recommendation and joining his brotherhood?" ”

"You're saying my cousin has sinister intentions?" Jason's eyes narrowed: "Bastard! May he sleep with someone in the future and have that black girl's words ringing in his ears! ”

"Maybe it's just a good-natured joke, but it's not a good thing to be too conspicuous on recruitment night," Tommy said. ”

The two walked to the House of the Brotherhood of the White Robe Society, which was a little smaller than the Order of the Phoenix, and there was no TV to show the past history, but there was a white veteran wearing an American military uniform without a military rank, who was standing in the living room at this time, talking about the past of the White Robe Society, and listening to many new students was quite fascinated.

"The SSD members of West Point, the U.S. Naval Academy, and some other universities have served in the military, they first joined the military, and then they went to college, so the cohesion and leadership of many SSD chapters, and the sense of responsibility far exceed that of other fraternities, which is why SSD is always excellent, they love this country more, I know you are not interested in listening to me an old guy brag about himself, OK, let's get down to business, first of all, this drink is my own drink." The white veteran took out a metal flask from his pocket, unscrewed the cap and took a sip, and then continued to say to the freshmen in front of him:

"Do you know what you can do when you join an SSD? Priority to apply to join the U.S. Army Reserve Officer Training Corps, and then we can provide scholarships to pay for your college tuition, and you can also go to my territory, which is the military base in Santa Barbara, California, every summer vacation, try to shoot a few field guns, fly into the sky in a helicopter, etc., and most importantly, join the SSD, you are equivalent to a member of the American Student Corps, and automatically receive the rank of private in the army, although this training regiment has no actual station in 1918, Nominally, it still exists, and upon graduation from the university, outstanding performance can be conferred the honorary rank of sergeant in the U.S. Army by the commander of the university's nearest military base. ”

"This old man is ......" Jason was subconsciously about to ask a question to a member of the White Robe Society next to him, Tommy hurriedly grabbed him and took the initiative to say: "That's right, it's him, the commander of the California National Guard, the commander of the 40th Infantry Division of the United States Army, an alumnus of Stanford University, a member of the SSD fraternity, Major General Charles Adam Ott, and the heavyweight of the SSD's recruitment night tonight." ”

Hearing Tommy's words, the members of the White Robe Society next to him were a little surprised, handed Tommy and Jason a drink each, and took the initiative to speak: "Major General Ott, do you know him?" ”

"Of course, I know that he was awarded the Air Force Medal, and as an Army, he participated in twenty-five air assault flights." Tommy said to the other party.

The other man looked at Tommy: "That's true, by the way, what sports do you like?" ”

"Table tennis is good, the state league level, ice hockey is OK, occasionally playing surfing, mainly used to trick girls into wearing swimsuits, as for rugby, so-so, you know, this sport is too intense, the masters are like clouds, it is too difficult to get results." Tommy said in a casual tone as he drank his drink.

The other party put down the cup in his hand and stretched out his hand to Tommy: "What's your name?" Nice to meet you, I can show you around. ”

"Tommy Hawk." Tommy said to the other party.

The other party was obviously stunned for a moment, but then said with a smile: "You are Tommy mentioned by Eric, friend, I didn't expect you to come so early, on the second floor, go straight and turn left at the end, the second room." ”

"He's my roommate Jason, and with me, Eric has seen him too." Tommy introduces Jason.

"Don't worry, I'll show you around as your roommate dressed like he's going to a high school prom." The other party patted Jason on the shoulder: "Let's go, rookie, take you to see the honor room of the SSD." ”

Tommy followed the address the other party said, walked up the spiral staircase to the second floor, turned left along the corridor, walked to the second room, knocked on the door, and a voice came from inside: "Come in." ”

Tommy pushed the door in, it looked like a bachelor dormitory, Eric was sitting at his desk operating the computer, and was a little surprised to see Tommy: "You came too early?" Tommy Hawke, an A-level follower, generally deliberately stalls to visit with the instructor and goes to the meeting on your own, I thought you wouldn't show up, or come late, so you're finishing an assignment. ”

"So I'll go back to sleep now and come back again?" Tommy stood in the doorway and smiled at the other.

Eric stopped, stood up and moved his head and neck, walked to his refrigerator and opened it, took out two cans of beer from it, and threw one to Tommy: "Of course not, but you better talk to me about your bragging, you didn't tell me about your money-making summer camp, and you actually introduced you to a few big names and Stephen Bine, who is the undisputed financial manager of the Order of the Phoenix for the next four years." ”

"That guy used to be the Chancellor of the Exchequer when I formed the Cabinet." Tommy closed the door, took out his cigarette, lit a cigarette, and smiled.

Eric tilted his head and took a sip of beer: "I specially looked for the video of your summer camp program and watched it, and it turns out that my A-level attention was not wasted, so, do you have any questions I need to answer about SSDs?" ”

"Nope." Tommy said frankly.

"Good." Eric laughed, picked up an invitation on his desk and handed it to Tommy Hawk: "Take it, now you can go back to sleep, and then come to Sparta at eight o'clock tomorrow night, which is this house, and there will be an SSD initiation party." ”

"With the buy-one-get-one-free principle of A-level attention, you know, you need a helper if you want me to help with the party, so my roommate ......" Tommy took the invitation and continued.

Seemingly knowing that Tommy would ask this, Eric smiled and said, "Your friends in the Order of the Phoenix have revealed a lot of insider information to you, Tommy, and even told you about the Fraternity rookie benefits of A-level attention buy one get one free?" Well, your roommate's son should get an invitation as long as he doesn't do anything stupid tonight, and we get drunk tonight and wake up the next day remembering his name. ”

"Very well, you made me dissuade me from taking off my coat, Eric." Tommy laughed too: "Thank you, I won't let you down." ”

Eric took a sip of beer and looked at Tommy, "So, if I'm not going to buy one get one free, are you going to undress and sleep with me?" Are you a? ”

"Almost." Tommy took off his baseball jacket and turned around, revealing the pattern on the back of his T-shirt and showing it to Eric: "If you refuse, I'll greet you with this, and then go to the Order of the Phoenix to ask for it, but now, when I'm preparing for the rookie game, I'll greet the other fraternities with this pattern on behalf of the SSD." ”

"That's right, you should greet those people with this pattern."