InterContinental Miami, South Bay.

More than a dozen staff members are putting the finishing touches on the lighting and some of the on-site set-up in the business convention center.

Evan Wood, the deputy manager and spokesman for the election team of the thirty-two-year-old Democratic candidate Rosario Kennedy, stood on the podium with a bust of Rosario hanging on the wall behind him, tapping his finger lightly on the microphone, and a loud knock sound followed by a loud knock on the speaker.

He straightened his arm forward, held the microphone flat, and kept it as far away as he could, then turned on the headset in his ear, and said softly in this strange position:

"Jennifer, two miles away I can smell the stupidity coming out of your head."

Although the microphone was a little far away and the sound effect was a little poor, it still spread his words completely and clearly, and the other workers who were busy at the scene were a little stunned after hearing it, and subconsciously stopped the movements in their hands and looked towards the rostrum.

Evan retracted the microphone and put it to his lips, turning his head sideways to look in the direction of the channel:

"How many times have I said that attention to detail matters, do you want all the guests to know how beautiful your bed call sounds, Jennifer? Keep the headset volume to a minimum! Then, let's swap out this damn microphone for a more professional politician-only type! Avoid listening to the teleprompter in the headset while Lorna is listening to the teleprompter in the headset, and the guests on the scene will also listen to her! ”

A middle-aged woman in the passage with a work card, glasses, and old-fashioned clothes was startled by Evan's actions, but she didn't get angry, but couldn't help but ask:

"Why can't we choose the Four Seasons Hotel, the Miami Convention Center, the Hughner International Hotel, this hotel has too many details, lighting, sound, and microphones that make you angry."

"For the sake of the owner of this hotel, Steve Moose is a Democratic supporter, and he donated 100,000 yuan to Lorna this time, I can tolerate all the bad problems of the hotel, and choose to scold you more harshly, unless you also donate 100,000 yuan." Evan loosened the tie around his neck with his hand: "The poor boss has such a request, he wants Rhona's drinking party to be held here, he wants the big people to mingle in his hotel, and then get to know those people through Rhona's introduction." ”

Tomorrow, there will be a Rosario Kennedy fundraising dinner here, which will be attended by some big names in the Democratic Party, as well as long-time supporters of the Democratic Party, although Evan doesn't want to say it too bluntly, but he has been in this line of business for so long, and this is the case, through the introduction of Rosario Kennedy, the protagonist of this dinner, everyone completes round after round of peace, and then for the sake of Rosario Kennedy's hard pimping, he drops some large checks as pimp fees.

This is the standard process of a fundraising dinner for a candidate for a politician in the United States, where the sponsor finds a new politician who can help him grab more profits, and the politician finds a sponsor who can give him a large check to climb to a higher position, and the organizer gets the support of both parties.

"Evan, something went wrong, we got word that someone was attacking her with the trial bill that Lorna introduced two years ago." A member of the team walked up quickly and whispered in Evan's ear, "Someone shot at the meeting place with a gun, grabbed everyone's attention, and then hyped up Rhona's ...... two years ago"

Evan glanced sideways at the other party, and without waiting for the other party to finish, he immediately asked, "Shooting with a gun?" Were there any people killed? ”

"No, it's a shot at the sky." The colleague shook his head and spoke.

Evan showed a regretful expression on his face: "It's a pity, if someone dies, whoever uses this incident to attack Rhona, we can all find an excuse to bite each other to death, why didn't anyone die, isn't that guy good marksmanship?" Forget it, it doesn't matter, find some serious enough excuse to lock people up until the election is over and then release them. ”

"But the other party's lawyer has already rushed over and arranged for him to pay bail and leave the police station." My colleague talks about the latest information he has.

Evan Wood's eyebrows were almost twisted together, staring at each other in disbelief: "Is the police department crazy?" Guns and meeting places, these two words are combined, even if no one is killed, it is not so easy to let a gunman with bad behavior leave, at least after checking the firearms and other issues first, and then decide whether to allow the guarantee. ”

"The police station found that the gun was not lethal, it was just a prop commonly used in the movie, it could make a sound comparable to that of a real gun, and it could jump bullet casings, but it could not fire bullets, so the other party's lawyer insisted that everything was just a prank, and the most important thing is that many reporters recorded this prank." The colleague sighed and explained to Evan.

"Why didn't you tell me the in the first place!" Evan couldn't help but widen his eyes after hearing the other party say that the gunman was just playing a prank at the rally with a prop gun.

"You didn't wait for me to finish." It was only then that my colleague recounted all the news he had received, from the death of the elderly couple's son and daughter-in-law, to their accusations against the City Council, to the shooting and removal of a campaign rally on Coral Street in the South Side today, and finally the removal of their grandsons after a brief speech by campaign candidate Jeff Rush to the crowd.

After Evan Wood listened, he felt his scalp tense for a while, and then he looked at his colleague: "What do you think about this?" ”

"It can be seen that it is a means designed to target Rhona, but it is not very clever, it looks like a messy farce, otherwise it would not have allowed this to happen outside of the 18th district." Colleagues gave their opinions.

Evan exhaled slowly:

"Farce, messy farce? Any idea why I can be an assistant manager and you can only run errands? You lack detailed observation, this is not a farce, this is an out-and-out tragedy for Rhona, the person who designed this incident can keep all the people at the scene out of the situation, no one is injured in the crowd watching the scene, the criminals with guns are just pranks, the media reporters who came to the scene to interview got the gimmick news, the candidate got the most, he got the child, he got two old people, became the gatekeeper of this miserable family, whoever wanted to contact them, had to give him benefits. ”

"The prop gun pulled the trigger at the sky, and no one was injured at the scene, but Rona, who had never appeared at the scene, was about to be hit by the bullets of public opinion and rumors."

"The main thing is that the gunfire is the signal of the beginning of the battle, the one named Jeff, he doesn't need to fight shirtless, he has a better choice, after the Cuban woman of the Republican Party knows about this, I am afraid that she can't wait to attack Rhona with this, swallow Rhona's Cuban ticket, and then show favor to the Jews."

"What about Rhona and Tom?" Evan finally asked about Rosario Kennedy and the manager of the election team, Tom Chafee.

A colleague said: "Lorna took someone to the city to review all the relevant official statements related to the bill from two years ago to make sure that even if the other party filed a lawsuit, there should be no chance, and Tom is preparing to contact Martin Hart, the head of Jeff LaVine's team, to see if there is a chance to sit down and talk." ”

"Who is Jeff LaVine's financier?"

"On the surface, it is a charitable foundation called Crossroads, and publicly disclosed data shows that Jeff LaVine received a donation of 200,000 yuan from the foundation before, and received another donation of 120,000 yuan two days ago, and the foundation can be determined to be established for Jeff LaVine's campaign, but due to the characteristics of the charitable foundation, the other party has the right not to disclose the source of funds for the foundation, so we don't know who the real funder is."

"Political dirty money, it's easy to check, public channels can't find it, it doesn't mean that unconventional channels can't find out, if it's political dirty money, that foundation shouldn't have too much money to mobilize, add advertising money to the media, let them shut up for a while, drain their funds, and then wait for the funders to surface." Evan said his arrangement clearly:

"Let the secretaries prepare a press release right away, so that Rhona looks shocked, distressed, sad, regretful but don't admit anything, and then let us be next to Republican candidate Ilyana Letty' The friend revealed the news to the newspaper, saying that it was likely that the incident was planned by Iliana Letty in order to pour dirty water on Rhona, because she had no chance of winning against Rhona, Rhona had more supporters in the Cuban community, and the Florida Senate was investigating Ext. Dexter, Illia's husband, resigned as a state senator and became the state attorney general in order to cover up the scandal of falsifying the resumes of students at her private school, and she directly closed the case and stopped the investigation。 ”

"Aren't you going to use that 'friend' when you face off after the party election? And you're not going to make some arrangements for Jeff LaVine? When the colleague heard Evan's arrangement, he asked curiously, and Evan's series of arrangements were not aimed at Jeff LaVine, who really planned this matter.

Evan shook his head slightly: "No, it doesn't matter who the real murderer is, the important thing is to focus on the strongest opponent in the gladiatorial arena first." ”

……

"Political elections are like the Colosseum, once there is a storm, the beast will definitely do its best to attack the opponent who threatens it the most, because if you get rid of it, all that is left is delicious food." Tommy said as he sat on the couch at Jeff's house, nibbling on an apple.

Jessica, Martin, Jeff, Allen, Zach, and Marcus stood in a row by the living room window, looking out at the workers who were removing couches and desks from a van compartment, and Page was taking out the bills and paying them to a big black man with an angry face and looking in the direction of the window from time to time.

"Boss, that's why you were chased and beaten by that furniture store owner, because he thought you were the biggest threat to him at the furniture store at the time?" Martin asked, turning his head to look at Tommy, who was eating an apple.

Tommy sighed: "How else can I say, is it telling the truth?" Because I fell in love with a desk in that store and wanted to buy it, there was a delicate picture frame on the desk, and I liked the frame, but I didn't like the cheap photos in it, so I picked up the colored marker of the pen holder next to me and drew something on the photo, I had no ill intentions, but the boss saw my work and went crazy and wanted to teach me a lesson. ”

"Why?" Martin frowned and asked puzzledly, "Generally speaking, as long as the guests pay generously, the don't care about the details of the guests' rudeness. ”

"Because the black children in the photo were born to him and his wife, and they can really be born, and all six of them are his children, and without my knowledge, I painted three of his children white and the other three yellow." Tommy bites the apple: "It's good that Paige and his badge are more intimidating to blacks, otherwise I guess the guy was going to paint me black with asphalt." ”

Martin was stunned for a moment, then spoke: "You...... Go to a black man's furniture store and buy furniture and paint the skin of a black man's child white? ”

"Don't call me racist, I also painted yellow, I like people of color." Tommy swallowed the apple in his mouth: "To change the subject, how did you talk to Jeff, Allen, and Zach at the union?" ”

Martin retracted his gaze and shook his head: "It's a little difficult, the president of the union has some Cuban ancestry, after learning about Jeff's campaign slogan, he didn't kill Jeff on the spot, I think he is really a well-rounded person, and he can't talk about anything at all." ”

Martin retracted his gaze and shook his head: "It's a little difficult, the president of the union has some Cuban ancestry, after learning about Jeff's campaign slogan, he didn't kill Jeff on the spot, I think he is really a well-rounded person, and he can't talk about anything at all." ”

"Don't say it so absolutely, even Castro can talk, why can't he talk to the president of a mixed-race Cuban mongrel union? The demands of the unions, the demands of the individual leaders of the unions, if you think about it carefully, there must exist, and it is impossible that these plumbers are really all saints, even if they just want to know where to find cheap prostitutes, as long as there is desire, we can find opportunities to entangle. Tommy looked at the four men who had visited the union and urged them to think again.

How could the plumbing workers not have appeals, Tommy believes there must be, but these guys are not observant enough.

Jeff, Martin, and Zach all shook their heads slowly, indicating that they had found nothing, and only Alan thought hard for a while before he said to Tommy uncertainly:

"It's not for nothing, I've heard some rumors that although that guy has a wife and children, he is actually a, I once went to the union to do free legal advice, and when I went to the bathroom to defecate halfway, I listened to two guys who peed outside in the toilet partition."

Tommy immediately came to his senses and sat up straight from the couch: "Look! I said, as long as you are human, you will have desires, well done Alan, I will go to the toilet and squat more in the future, I will suggest that Martin give you double the hourly wage for going to the toilet. ”

"No way, that guy is stronger than me, he's a? He has a wife and two children, and he actually likes men? Jeff looked at his friend with a look of disbelief.

Alan shrugged: "I'm not sure either, I just heard it in the toilet, and I don't even know who said these words." ”

"It doesn't matter, we just have a beauty on our team, Marcus! See, what can refuse your charm. Tommy immediately smiled at Marcus: "I think ......"

"I'm positioned as a stylist on this team, not a prostitute!" Marcus glared at Tommy in displeasure.

Tommy immediately offered the offer: "If Jeff could pay you double, would you be willing to take a part-time job outside of your main job as a stylist?" ”

"I ...... It depends on whether the man is to my taste. Marcus hesitated.

Tommy continued agitation: "You can have a Tom Cruise poster in your pocket and stick it in that guy's face when you!" Or other posters of your favorite male celebrities will do, such as Michael Jackson, Michael Jordan or even Michael Tyson...... And I think ......"

"Uh...... I don't think Marcus is a good fit. Alan interrupted Tommy's temptation.

Tommy looked at Allen, who was preventing himself from instigating Marcus to seduce the other party, "Why?" Whoever the says Marcus is a normal man, I'll throw Marcus and him into a room and be alone for a week. ”

Alan said seriously: "I remembered, that's right, the two people who urinated outside must have said that he was a zero." ”

Tommy's eyes widened: "A man stronger than Jeff?" ”

Seeing Alan nodding, Tommy looked at Martin:

"Okay, Martin, are any of the interns on your team who are for sticks?"

"Nope." Martin immediately shook his head quickly.

Seeing Martin's evasive tone and attitude, Tommy complained very dissatisfied: "Martin, how many times have I said that the formation of a team should focus on diversity, do not discriminate against homosexuals, do not discriminate against black people, the United States is an inclusive country~ I am also a person who supports racial equality, every time I go to the supermarket to shop, I will remember to donate an extra dollar to the colored UNICEF at the same time as paying the bill." ”

"I know, but with all due respect, I've been with you for so long, boss, I've never seen you go to the supermarket to buy something in person." Martin opened his mouth and said a wordless word.

Tommy ate most of the apple in a few bites: "It doesn't matter, what matters is that one of you needs to be willing to stand up and stand up to that Cuba, literally." ”

Seeing that no one was silent, Tommy got up, threw the apple cores into the trash, and looked at the men, "Don't you feel ashamed to think of the generous payment Jeff paid you?" I don't want to sacrifice anything for him! How are you so embarrassed to stand here? Marcus, if you eat some glory and dignity, can you play the second one? ”

Marcus turned around this time and ignored Tommy's crazy words, how unconscionable beasts must have to be to say such things.

But Tommy was obviously unimpressed by this: "Okay, if not, I propose Martin, Allen, Zach plus Lance who is wiping the car outside, the four of you draw lots to decide which one will come forward, Martin, as the manager, be an example, you come first......"

Hearing that the boss asked Martin Hart to stand up first, Martin quickly turned his brain, and suddenly had a flash of inspiration, and said excitedly: "Allen! Allan! Alan is the best candidate! Jeff and I told me that Alan used to go to the zoo and enjoy zebras, giraffes and other animals. ”

Tommy looked at Alan in shock: "Go to the zoo and enjoy?" You're the most member of this team, and we need a gender-diverse employee like you to throw you out when faced with all kinds of problems. ”

"Me? You're going to let me go* a man who's as big as a bear? When did I become a? Alan looked at Martin and then at Tommy with a confused expression, and asked.

Martin glanced at his watch: "A minute ago." ”

"How I didn't know I was a." Alan frowned.

Martin continued: "You don't need to know, you just have to do what you have to do? ”

"What's the matter?"

"."

Page walked in from outside at this point and handed him Tommy's cell phone: "Boss, Mr. Stephen Lane called. ”

"What's the matter? Don't bother me if it's okay, focus on the old man and the child. Tom took the phone and said.

Stephen's voice rang over the phone: "The lobbyist came to the door, and Rosario Kennedy's campaign manager, Tom Chaffee, was waiting in the lobby of the hotel for my announcement. ”

"Didn't I teach you how to deal with this kind of guy?" Tom said dissatisfied.

Stephen continued: "The Republican Iliana-Letty campaign team also sent the number three person to rush over, and he was also waiting in the hotel lobby at this time, so I gave each of them a gun, duel in the lobby, and talk to me if they survived? ”

"No need, let me ask my older mature woman to help the lawyer that the old man specially found to go down, and when I see the lawyer, the battle in the Colosseum will officially begin."

(End of chapter)