Late at night, Jeff lay on the bed in the bedroom and looked at the information Martin gave him, Jessica put all the children to sleep, and gave a good night kiss intimately, returned to the bedroom, and then saw the exaggerated tattoo on her man's back, she covered her forehead in pain, stood on the edge of the bed and looked at Jeff for a long time before hesitating:

"Jeff, we're going to talk."

Jeff put down the information: "Yes, we're going to talk, Martin told me that my best result is the fourth place in the party, and I need more support from the party votes, before Zach left, he thought of a way, he said that he could plan a competition, and then set the championship prize high enough to attract everyone to participate, but the only requirement to sign up is that the contestants must be Democrats, and they must promise to vote for me in the party primary, he lives with Allen tonight, and is ready to choose one of several alternative competition options, You should give us some advice, which one do you think is more appealing, the ugliest chest hair contest, the canned chickpea eating contest, the ankle wrenching contest, or the beach heel sprint contest? ”

"Jeff, I'm not talking about your election ......," Jessica said with a sigh.

"Ringing ring~~" Before Jessica finished speaking, the telephone extension next to the bed rang, and Jeff pressed the speakerphone button, and before he could speak, there were already excited voices from his two smart friends:

"Jeff, we've got it! Eating canned chickpeas and wrenching ankles into one, just now I thought of it with Alan, the two of us lay down in the living room of Alan's house and stretched out our feet to wrench our ankles, Allen's mother Melissa helped us as a referee, but at the beginning, Alan was killed by me with one blow, guess why he lost the game he is best at? He's the best of the three of us at wrestling ankles! ”

"Let me tell him! Because Zach let out the smelliest and loudest fart since Florida was born! As soon as I straightened up and exerted my strength, I felt a cloud of gas hit my face, and then I passed out! Alan then rushed to the phone and said, "I only later figured out why he was able to let out such an exaggerated fart, because he ate the fried chickpeas that my mother prepared and drank two cans of iced Coke taken out of the refrigerator!" ”

"Think about it, if we have a chickpea wrestling ankle competition, there will definitely be a ......" Jessica stepped forward and hung up the phone directly, looking at Jeff, who was already full of excitement and eagerness: "I said, we want to talk, Jeff!" ”

Jeff looked at his wife blankly: "But...... Zach: They're not done yet, don't you think this game is very interesting? Do we still have canned chickpeas in our fridge? ”

As she spoke, she was about to pick up the phone and call back, Jessica ripped off the phone line: "The competition is very interesting, I think the three of you will definitely win the championship, second and third place, Jeff, I support you to hold this competition, there is only one condition, you have to withdraw from the election." ”

Jeff was stunned for a moment, and asked in disbelief, "What did you say?" ”

"I said, I want you to withdraw from the election, I don't want to live the life I have now, I want to go back to the way it used to be, four children and you, two dogs, every day you go to fix the water pipes, go to the school to volunteer after you are busy, and the family sits in the living room at night and watches popular dramas." Jessica pursed her lips and stared at Jeff as she said seriously.

Seeing his wife's serious expression, Jeff sat up from the bed: "There is no difference in life now than before, just a few more people, I understand, tomorrow I will go to the furniture store to order two sofas of a larger size, to ensure that everyone can sit comfortably on the sofa, I ......"

"Nothing to do with the couch! Look at you, look at your messy tattoos, your home that looks like a military base, and the bad dog with the American flag scarf on his head that has ruined all the in the neighborhood! Jessica sat limply next to Jeff and looked up at the photo in front of the two in the bedroom of herself practicing shooting in camouflage uniforms in high school:

"And this ugly picture, it's not my life, it's not our life, Jeff!"

Jeff rubbed his face and sighed, "Jessica, I also feel that this life has made me a little ...... lately Not very used to ......"

Jessica's eyes suddenly lit up, staring at her husband expectantly, but in the next second, Jeff put down his hands and said to his wife seriously: "But Tommy, Martin, Marcus and everyone on the election team are trying to help me find a chance to be elected, and everyone is busy for me, and I can't hide and be lazy." ”

"And those veterans who are like my father, remember, I promised them that I would go to Washington to get justice for them, and it was my responsibility to run for them."

Jessica roared angrily, "No! That's not your responsibility at all! That's what Tommy and Martin guys made you think, and it wasn't your dream at all, remember why you ran in the first place? You and Zach, Allen want to convince everyone that the earth is flat, remember? You've been replaced by Tommy, Martin, and they've got a brain! Those veterans are not your fathers! You're you, Jeff LaVine, and you're just a logistician in charge of loading and unloading musical instruments in the National Guard military band! You're just a plumber who is good at repairing all kinds of pipes! You're just a good neighbor in the eyes of your neighbors! Tommy and Martin brought us the life we wanted at all! ”

"I'm also a good neighbor and a great plumber now." Jeff couldn't understand his wife's anger, but he tried to gently wrap his arms around his wife's shoulders and whispered to reassure, "I'll always be who you said I was." ”

Jessica leaned her head on her husband's chest and said slowly in a gentle voice: "I want you to be the same as in the past, lie in bed every night and tell me about what interesting things they did with Zach Allen today, instead of now, tell me every day, how miserable those veterans are, I want you to evaluate the food I make at the table as in the past, not like now, you don't care about what you eat at all, you only care about what Martin says, Jeff, that kind of politician's life is not for ordinary people like us, I think our two dogs ......."

At the same time, in the office of Tucker Consulting, the conversation between Jeff and his wife relied on the telephone tapping device in the bedroom to get into Martin's ears.

The two staff members who were reporting to him in the office also heard the conversation between Jeff and his wife, and looked at Martin with a puzzled look.

If their employer decides to quit, then a lot of the work they are doing now can be considered useless, of course, the other party needs to continue to pay the bills, but everyone can relax and not have to be so busy.

"Anyway, 200,000 yuan has already arrived in the account, if he insists on withdrawing from the election, the company can make this money more easily." A subordinate saw that the expression on Martin's face was quite tangled, and said tentatively.

As long as Martin agrees, everyone can call it a day now and give themselves a vacation, and both subordinates feel that Martin will not stop the employer's decision to withdraw from the election, after all, he earns 200,000 yuan in two weeks, and he doesn't even need to participate in the party primary, even if he is a random idiot, he knows that he should nod and agree.

Martin picked up the phone and broadcast the phone number of Lance, a black man who slept in Jeff's pickup truck and worked as Jeff's driver, bodyguard, and pet dog sitter: "Lance, I'm Martin, Jeff was fooled by Jessica in bed to the point that he wanted to withdraw from the election, as a lifesaver who provided you with a valuable job opportunity as a veteran homeless man, do you have anything to repay me in this matter?" ”

"You get up early tomorrow, first go find a few veterans to stay near his house, let them see Jeff, be grateful to him, be sincerely grateful to him as a veteran, tie him up, tie him up like the heroine of some small Japanese movie with moral shackles, make him unable to move, if you mess up, I'll send your pet dog who has a whole street to euthanasia, and then pick up your ex-wife who broke your three ribs and was furious because you stole the dog, and reunite with you."

After explaining, Martin hung up the phone, leaned his head on the back of the chair, learned from the boss Tommy to make a thinking shape, clenched his hands into fists, gently tapped the back of the chair, and soon came up with another idea, picked up the phone again, and called Gina:

"Hi Gina, did you sleep? This is Martin, and you're about to call Marcus and ask him what kind of clothes he wears to make a man named Stephen like you? I don't think it's a good idea, no, no, no, Stephen is not a liar, of course he is a real California veteran billionaire, but there is a problem, we don't need you to partner with Stephen temporarily, because your sister persuaded Jeff to quit, you know? You can go ahead and look through the job ads in the newspapers, good luck, unfortunately, I have to call Stephen and tell him about it, in the next three days, I am going to introduce my half-sister to him, I hope I have the opportunity to have an extra brother-in-law of billionaires, I hope I will become the uncle of several future billionaires, I ......"

Martin heard the busy phone from over there, looked at the two subordinates, and shrugged: "Gina was so angry that she hung up the phone directly, Page used this similar trick to trick me into being the boss's bodyguard back then, and I now understand how cool this feeling is." ”

"So, we're going to keep working?" Two of his men looked at Martin.

Martin smiled perfunctorily: "Of course, we still have a chance to make more money, why not?" We have to get Jeff to continue doing what we think is right. ”

"If the boss threatens you...... No, I'm saying that your retention doesn't work for Jeff, and what about his insistence on withdrawing from the election? ”

"I'll let those angry veterans slaughter me before my boss sends Page to kill me." Martin took a deep breath and said unhappily to his subordinates, and then suddenly seemed to think of something, and slowly spoke:

"yes, I now finally understand why there are all sorts of bizarre deaths in the United States of America, because they don't listen to their bosses and don't do the right thing."

A college intern said in a humorous tone, "Isn't that a matter of course? ”

"Do you know what a miller means?" Martin asked, staring at a pair of big eyes.

The other party shook his head blankly.

Martin smiled abruptly: "I now understand why I'm a miller." ”

……

Stephen poked his head out of the hotel's swimming pool, brushed his wet hair with both hands, walked up the ladder, took a glass of mead from the swimsuit girl by the pool, and let the girl wipe the water stains on his body with a towel, while he sat by the pool and looked at Tommy, who was still swimming in the pool:

"I've heard from Jim that there's a reporter at KeyBank investigating how it works, are you sure there's no going to be a problem?"

Tommy didn't respond to him, and insisted on swimming two rounds before crawling out of the pool: "I arranged it to put those shareholders behind you at ease and reassure them, I'm only going to let the reporters investigate the results I hope they can find, and it's good for us." ”

"That's it, no, there's another thing." Stephen laughed, took a sip of his wine, and said to Tommy.

"I guess, is Bill coming to Miami to help that Cuban woman stand up for the platform? And you and your father, as the big donors of the Democrats in Congress, also want to come and see how much that woman is worth donating, and by the way, help Bill show off his muscles at the Florida Democratic Party headquarters? After all, maybe the lawmakers here can not buy Bill's account, but they must buy the account of the Bingan family, an old Democratic supporter. Tommy said indifferently with an expression I already knew.

Stephen looked at Tommy in surprise: "How did you know Bill was coming to Miami?" ”

"The newspaper wrote that President George W. Bush will come to Miami next week to help the Cuban woman who is the Republican candidate, and that Bill is trying to unite factions within the Democratic Party to prepare for the next president. Tommy looked at Stephen suspiciously: "I've told you many times to keep a good habit of reading the newspaper and watching the news every day. ”

Stephen drained the mead from the glass, motioned for the girl to refill another glass for him, and then continued to explain to Tommy: "Explain in advance, I don't care who enters the House of Representatives, the fool you voted, the Cuban woman that the local party is more optimistic about, it doesn't matter, but the woman's ex-husband is from the Kennedy family, and you know that my son Pete served as assistant secretary of health during the tenure of President Kennedy and President Johnson, so I am going to sit at the fundraiser that Bill held for the woman and write a check." ”

Tommy touched his glass: "My only suggestion is that Bill's drinking party should be considered after the party primaries, that Cuban woman is finished, and even if she insists on wearing her ex-husband's Kennedy surname after the divorce, she can't save her, I said." ”

"I'm going to say, OK, let's get back to business, when are we going to go to church to collect donations? It was the first time I had such a strong interest in religion. Stephen finished his business and asked Tommy warmly.

Tommy draped in a bath towel and wiped the water stains on his face: "Those female believers are far worse than the girls in Hollywood, they only have a beautiful skin, and the skin is empty, you won't like it, so, except for the material of my group, the material of Jason and the Order of the Phoenix guy is also useless?" ”

"As usual, I talked to Mr. Turner about the general situation, and he didn't think it was a big problem, and if he thought it was okay, I would have no problem, anyway, it was broadcast on his TV station." Stephen says:

"He thinks that the gimmick you come up with is more exciting than the script, and he only needs to cut some overly sensitive and controversial scenes, which should be fine, he runs three television networks, and his connections in the FCC should be very deep, if the Australian Fox TV network can broadcast programs like "America's Most Wanted", then why can't the Turner Network broadcast the more inspirational "Flying Yellow."

"For example, Jason and Susie, while starting their own businesses from scratch, did not forget to provide training for illegal immigrants and find job opportunities, which shows the helpfulness of Americans."

"For example, Belt's stupid*, his greenhouse planting training business, allows farmers living in the bitter cold land of Washington State to grow the plants they want in the cold season, so that the people of Washington State can taste the vegetables they want to taste in all seasons, or other plants."

"The only problem is your group, Mr. Turner and I both think that helping a fool run for a seat in the House of Representatives is a bigger gimmick than the first two, but buddy, you're scary, the pigeons in front, the veterans, the neighborhoods don't matter, it's okay, but the cult church can't broadcast this part of the self-sacrificing sermon, how many donations you have raised, and even leave some of them in the foundation These unimportant ......"

"Wait until the election is over, make up a plot and replace the church's donation with a visible donor?" Tommy sighed, "If you're willing to help me go to the Jewish Quarter for a rally in three days' time, I'll agree to make it up with your script." ”

Stephen said to Tommy seriously: "Very good, the plot is like this, you raise money for Jeff, go to be a cowherd and sell yourself to the fat woman, and then those fat women donate a lot of money, I can personally help you choose those fat women's actors, you believe me, Tommy, we are good brothers, I guarantee that every one picked out is definitely fat." ”

(End of chapter)