Chapter 83: Powerful People
Los Angeles, Elmont.
Tommy Hawk arrived accompanied by Lott Page, and when he met Dennis, this guy was sitting on a bench in the community square, smiling as bright as the sun, surrounded by a group of children, and Dennis grabbed a handful of candy from the plastic bag next to him and distributed it to the children, like a sunny young man coming to a strange area, meeting a group of cute children, and giving them a welcome gift.
The picture is beautiful, like a realistic oil painting full of humanistic care.
There is no picture of Tommy's imagination at all: in a dark and cramped room, Dennis's limbs are fixed to the iron frame bed, and then two tall black women stand guard at the door, selling tickets to the ugly girls lined up outside the door, and the strange ugly girls hand over the money in turn, and then walk into the room with a cruel smile, and greet Dennis, whose mouth is sealed with duct tape and his eyes are desperate:
"Baby, mom and you play a game called Donkey Punch......"
Tommy motioned for Mr. Page to wait not far away, and he walked over to sit down next to Dennis, and turned his face to Dennis who was kissing the forehead of every child who came to receive candy: "It's completely different from what I imagined." ”
"I know." Dennis waited until all the children had gotten the candy before motioning for the little ones to run away, and then looked at Tommy: "I suddenly fell in love here, Tommy, I have found meaning in my life in the two days I have been here, and I love everyone here." ”
"All people or all women of the right age, the two words mean completely different things." Tommy said with a smile.
Dennis scolded F*ck with a smile, and then said: "Look here, there are more than a hundred families, children can't see their fathers all year round, and wives can't see their husbands all year round...... I want to stay here, they need men, they need a strong guardian, that's why I'm here, God has guided me here and wants me to change the bad environment here. ”
"Would you like to hear my analysis of what you have to say? It's just a act of vanity, trying to be worshiped by a bunch of poor people for cheap spiritual gratification, because you can't get that kind of gratification anywhere else, but it's full of vulnerable women, and you can reap their desire and dependence on you. Tommy took out his cigarette, lit two in his mouth, and then gave one to Dennis and spoke.
Dennis took a drag on his cigarette: "There is nothing wrong with those women who know my plans and worship me like a god, and I will not have the same sense of accomplishment as I do now when I become a garbage station administrator." ”
"Their adoration of you will only last until they figure out that you are just a drug dealer who makes the difference, and at that time, you will be the first to be kicked away, and those tough mothers will buy and sell by themselves, don't think that the poor are just idiots who don't know how to think, once it comes to interests, and your role doesn't mean much to them, you will definitely be killed by borrowing a knife." Tommy leaned forward, his arms resting on his thighs, and said with a smile:
"For example, if you have a beautiful mother who is your deputy, she listens to you for everything, if you want to sleep with her, she will be able to untie her clothes immediately, if you ask her to pick up the goods, she will immediately go out and drive out, but when she figures out that you only have such a little ability, and you can't learn anything else, what will she do? It's as simple as calling her close friend's husband and telling him that his wife has been taken over by you, and that he has come back and shot you, and that she is the new boss of the community. ”
"How is that possible?" Dennis is shattered by Tommy's words that the other party has shot him down, but he still refuses to accept reality.
Tommy shrugged his shoulders and looked at the children running around playing in the distance: "Why is it impossible, if I were that woman, I would kill you so easily, anyway, you have nothing to draw on, why keep you and give you an extra share of the money?" ”
Dennis opened his mouth, he wanted to say something but didn't know how to speak, and finally lowered his head and was silent for a moment before he whispered: "Brother, you really know how to shatter your friends' illusions, yes, a garbage station administrator, how can it help this community?" The drug dealer's tricks only need to be followed by me a few times to learn, and at that time, I will have no use value. ”
Dennis really felt that it was good to stay in this little daughter country and be a king at some point, he fantasized that he would make money by being a drug dealer and help women bring profits, and the children liked him, and he could also like the wives of those soldiers.
Until Tommy, the bastard, punctures his dream bubble in a calm tone.
"Remember when I said you would do me a favor? If you really like it here, if you really want to help these women, these children, I think you should consider helping me. Tommy said to Dennis.
Dennis pouted and looked at Tommy, "Jason said, most of the help you do is make small movies, so you're saying I'm going to make small movies and then hand out the tapes to every woman in this community so that they can relax in front of the tapes I starred in when they need solace late at night?" ”
"West Point, U.S. Naval Academy, which one do you prefer? I'll send you to college. Tommy flicked the ash of his cigarette and looked at Dennis.
Dennis was stunned for a moment, then touched Tommy's forehead with his hand: "The California sun must have radiation, Tommy, you'd better go to a brain doctor to check your brain, you don't have a fever, but it's more troublesome, because it's probably the kind of disease that requires surgery to find out the cause." ”
Tommy ignored the guy's teasing, and just said what he had said to his brother again.
"You're saying you're going to give me a sum of money to spend in New York with those SSD guys?" After listening to this, Dennis said to Tommy: "I can also send you the bill for my prostitution*, and you will reimburse me in full, the cost of my drug abuse with them, and the cost of making a girlfriend ......"
"Yes, as long as it's not too excessive, it's okay, so you agreed?" Tommy nodded earnestly at Dennis and asked.
"The most important question, Tommy." Dennis also straightened his face and looked at Tommy very seriously: "There is only one last question left, if my girlfriend is pregnant, can the abortion fee be reimbursed?" Or child support, you know, I don't like to use Trojan ......"
Tommy sighed: "Dennis, I'm asking you to go to college as a midshipman, not to raise the birth rate of New York State, according to your sowing method, the annual GDP of the United States can't afford your child support, so don't want me to raise a child for you." ”
"I decided to go, I'm going to be an officer guarding America, you know, I came up with a great idea, I'm going to wear an officer's uniform, I'm going to come back here one day, and then comfort the woman here, maybe while comforting in bed, the other person's husband suddenly comes back, I'm really looking forward to that scene, imagine, imagine, Tommy, do you guess that woman's husband will salute me when he sees me, and say hello sir?" Dennis suddenly thought of a question that excited him, and said to Tommy with some excitement:
"It is my duty for the soldiers to carry out overseas missions, and as a commander, I must take care of their household affairs and let them go into battle without distractions."
Tommy nodded painfully: "Love soldiers like children, Dennis, American soldiers need a warm-hearted commander like you." ”
"Will Pam also go to West Point with me?" After Dennis finished fantasizing about himself, he thought of his old friend Pam again: "If he also goes, he can let me out of the door while I comfort the families of my subordinates, and make sure that I will not be shot and killed by my subordinates." ”
"No, I've only got two letters of recommendation, one for you, one for Tony, and besides, Pam can't pass the medical exam, and he's blind when he takes off his glasses." Tommy dropped the cigarette butt, picked up a toffee, peeled off the package and put it in his mouth, feeling the pleasure of the sweet taste filling his mouth:
"If he goes to West Point, he has a chance of starting World War III."
"I didn't expect you to think so highly of Pam, you mean that if Pam is a soldier, there is a chance of triggering World War III?" Dennis asked with some surprise when he heard Tommy's words.
Tommy nodded: "Yes, think about it, Pam was in the graduation exercise, because his glasses were shattered by the shock, he could only operate the artillery to shoot blindly, and then successfully hit the viewing platform with a shell accurately, and sent the principal and senior military officials who were watching the graduation exercise to heaven, and then the president announced to the whole people on the TV the next day with a solemn expression that the West Point bombardment incident was planned by the Soviet Union, and Pam Marwel was a top agent carefully cultivated by the Soviet Union and infiltrated into the United States, In view of this heinous terrorist assassination of the United States by the Soviet Union, he decided to declare war on the Soviet Union, and World War III officially broke out. ”
"So, Pam, I can only be an air conditioner repairman, it's a pity, I thought he was ...... You can be my adjutant. Dennis said with some regret after listening to Tommy's words.
Tommy spoke: "The U.S. Naval Preparatory Academy, located in Newport, Rhode Island, he needs to complete a one-year preparatory course there, and get a letter of recommendation from the dean of the preparatory college, before he can go to the Naval Academy to study those non-military majors such as logistics supply, engineering or ship repair, whether he can get out of it is up to him, I am not God, sending you and Tony to the military academy is already the limit of what I can do now." ”
"Very well, I knew that I could not be a mediocre garbage station administrator, I always believed that I was a genius, wait and see, Tommy, Denise Herbs will one day lead the army into Berlin, plant the Star-Spangled Banner on the Kremlin dome, and let Stalin hand me a letter of surrender." Dennis stood up, moved his body, and said excitedly.
The corners of Tommy's mouth twitched a few times: "But Stalin died long before you were born, and the Kremlin is fucking Moscow, not East Berlin......"
"Really? It doesn't matter, it's the same with Stalin's children writing surrenders. Dennis looked at Tommy, saw that the other party was not joking, and changed his words.
Tommy also stood up: "Stalin's daughter defected to the United States, and now she is an American, are you sure you want to bring her back to Moscow and let her sign the surrender on behalf of the Soviet Union?" ”
"It sounds like the relationship between the Soviet Union and the United States is more complicated than my relationship with 120 nightclub girls." After listening to this, Dennis patted Tommy on the shoulder: "You go first, I will go back to Stanford to find you in two days." ”
"You're not going to go with me?" Tommy was stunned for a moment.
Dennis walked towards the community: "Of course not, I want to hurry up and satisfy my vanity, and in my capacity as a future officer, comfort my future subordinates with their empty wife, Tommy, do you know what is the reason why you are inferior to me?" Kindness, you have to remember, be kind, be kind, don't be stingy with your kindness and **. ”
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"Dick Cheney, a member of the House of Representatives and White House chief of staff under President Ford, stepped down with Ford's defeat after less than a year."
"Donald Rumsfeld, White House Chief of Staff during the Ford presidency, Secretary of Defense, and Dick Cheney's guide, went to Xaar Pharmaceuticals as CEO after Ford's defeat, and the military has a very good impression of the former Secretary of Defense."
"Thomas Hayward, the former chief of naval operations of the United States, retired in '81, is now going around helping the foundation he founded, trying to get the country's prestigious universities to provide more educational opportunities for ordinary soldiers."
Jim Mantz was so efficient that within a week, he put three of his hand-picked names and information in front of Tommy, telling Tommy that all three of them were willing to speak at the charity dinner.
Tommy has some impressions of the first two names, one claiming to be the most powerful vice president in the history of the United States, and the other being the U.S. Secretary of Defense who managed to make his death a pleasure.
However, he had the impression that Rumsfeld seemed to be Bush Jr.'s secretary of defense, but now Jim told him that Rumsfeld had served as secretary of defense as early as '75 when Ford succeeded Nixon?
"Secretary of Defense under President Ford? How old was he then? Tommy asked Jim with some surprise as he flipped through Rumsfeld's information.
Jim put his feet on the table and shook his legs lazily: "Forty-three years old, the youngest Secretary of Defense in the history of the United States, President Ford's sharpest dagger, personally helped Ford plan the Halloween massacre, completely cleaned the cabinet, and purged the people left by Nixon." ”
Tommy heard Jim's comments about the other party and said curiously, "You seem to appreciate him very much." ”
"Of course, isn't it worthy of admiration and admiration for a man who can sit in the House of Representatives at the age of 30 and become a member of the House of Representatives, enter the White House at the age of 36 and serve as an assistant to President Nixon and director of the White House Economic Office, become President Ford's White House Chief of Staff at the age of 40, become Secretary of Defense at the age of 43, become the CEO of the private company Cellpharma at the age of 45, and make the company go from a Fortune 500 company to a Fortune 100 company at the age of 47?" Jim looked at Tommy:
"But it's just appreciation, that guy's era is over, look at the information, I prepared it in detail."
Tommy looked at the information in his hand, and Jim listed the reasons why Rumsfeld was chosen.
First of all, he is now the CEO of a pharmaceutical company, and he is interested in Jim's military prescription drug assistance program, and if anyone is willing to push for it, Xaar is willing to cooperate.
Secondly, he is German-American, born in the U.S. Navy, and after graduating from Princeton University, he served in the Navy for four years, during which he spent a short time at the U.S. Naval Academy, and can barely be regarded as an alumnus of the U.S. Naval Academy.
Thirdly, during his tenure as Minister of Defense, he gained friendship with the military.
Ford originally wanted to sacrifice Rumsfeld, because Ford wanted to thoroughly investigate the false accounts and corruption of the US military, and once the investigation was launched and the progress of this work was announced, Rumsfeld's fate must have been shot in the back by a machine gun, and then the police gave the results of the investigation and died by suicide.
After all, the military is extremely corrupt, and even the president does not know which problem will completely detonate the point, and he does not dare to take the liberty of attack, but he needs political achievements and means to show the people that he has replaced Nixon, not because of good luck, but because of stronger ability and determination.
In the end, he asked Rumsfeld to settle the matter.
However, Rumsfeld, the secretary of defense, did not die by suicide; after his investigation, he chose a low-key policy of softness, and all military officials of the Ministry of Defense were arranged by him to be equipped with assistants, and then arranged all kinds of itineraries for military officials, such as going abroad for exchanges or going to various bases for research, and so on, in short, so that those people could live a fulfilling enough life every day, so that they could only hand over a lot of the internal work of the Ministry of Defense to the assistants they were equipped with.
In the eyes of military officials, the assistant is an untrustworthy outsider, and the corrupt behavior naturally cannot be understood by the assistant, so Rumsfeld first used this means to force the military officials to temporarily stop to avoid continuous corruption, and in a sense, to empty the officers and officials.
Those embezzlers believe that as long as they remain vigilant against these assistants, they will not be able to get any inside information about the previous corruption, but Rumsfeld did not think about going through the old accounts of the past, but compared the accounts after these assistants took over with the accounts handed in by the military before, so as to infer which links were seriously corrupt and which accounts had false accounts, so as to make the direction of the investigation clearer.
After discovering the specific problem, he did not immediately attack, but introduced a computer network in the Ministry of Defense, announcing that all the financial work and housekeeping of the Ministry of Defense need to be handled by computers, which once again increased the difficulty of the military's falsification, and because computer accounts and paper account books exist at the same time, the other party needs to operate twice to falsify, just like that, in less than a year, he found out the silverfish network of the Ministry of Defense, and did not take the merit on his head, but quietly sorted out all the lists and evidence, and handed it over to President Ford. Let the president decide what to do.
President Ford's face was very wonderful when he got the evidence, he really wanted to use Rumsfeld's means to clear up the Department of Defense, but he was not prepared to open his mind like Kennedy, in his opinion, it should be Rumsfeld, the Secretary of Defense, who should die, not his own president, and if he declared himself responsible for this investigation, he would probably lie in the hospital morgue tomorrow.
Therefore, he can only delegate power again, saying that he will hand over the full power to Rumsfeld, and Rumsfeld seems to have guessed that the president will kick the ball back to him, he just needs the president to give him full authority to dispose of it, and after getting the power he wants, he revealed the list in his hand to the military bigwigs who did not know that they had been held egg.
After getting the list, some of the military minions involved in corruption immediately died of all kinds of bizarre suicides, and after the deaths of those people, Rumsfeld then applied to the president for a pardon, pardoning all the military bigwigs who seemed to be involved in a deep crime, mainly being deceived by his subordinates, and announced the end of the investigation, winning the favor of the military.
So in the end, the Ministry of Defense was cleaned up, and he who should have died by suicide not only did not die, but gained the friendship of the military.
"The means of cleansing the Ministry of Defense are excellent." After reading it, Tommy said to Jim: "Only one wrong step, maybe this step is the reason why he was not activated by Reagan, that is, he should let the president gain the friendship of the military, not himself, a little too anxious, and then exposed his ambitions, otherwise Ford would not have let him sink in the business world for so long." ”
Jim nodded: "That's right, National Review also thinks so, I am afraid it will be a little difficult for him to win the presidential nomination in the Republican Party in the future, when he was in power, he cleaned up several opponents of the Republican Party who were qualified to compete with him, Kissinger, George Bush, etc., George Bush is now Reagan's vice president, Kissinger is now the chief of staff of David Rockefeller, the biggest benefactor of the Republican Party, do you think they who were almost wiped out by Rumsfeld back then will give him a chance to come out now?" So I say that his political life is over, and of course, the youngest secretary of defense in the history of the United States, this record is already dazzling enough, and I think it is enough to attract students to come and see for themselves the holder of this record. ”
"Counting Pete Wilson, we have four powerful people, among whom Mr. Rumsfeld and Mr. Hayward are attractive to cadets, but they are both predecessors, so they are not attractive to guests, and people pay a thousand dollars for a ticket, not hoping to have a photo with the former secretary of defense, but also to find a reason to trick them into paying obediently." Tommy said to Jim after reading the profiles of several people.
Jim didn't bother to look at Tommy, and turned his head away: "You only asked me to help you find a few powerful people to attract those cadets, and you didn't say that I would help you sell tickets to rich guys." ”
"I didn't ask you, I thought about it, fooling those nerds, veterans' associations and SSDs in Silicon Valley need tech products, and only those tech companies that are enthusiastic about charity can get orders." Tommy spoke.
Jim turned his head to look at Tommy and asked curiously, "So, what order?" ”
Tommy spread his hands at him: "I don't know what kind of order it is, I just make up a random reason and then let it out, so that they think they have a chance to get an order and buy tickets, not to mention that even if I really think of any order, I will only tell Jason or Holly that I earn money from the Veterans Association and SSD, how can I cheapen others." ”
The second update, 6,000 words ~~ 10,000 words goal achieved, get down to sleep, good night everyone.
(End of chapter)