When Tommy walked into Jeff's house with two solid balls that he personally selected for sporting goods, everyone in Jeff's family was still immersed in a carnival, and Iliana Letty was involved in the Cuban terrorist bombing and the drowning of illegal immigrants.

The Republican National Committee, the Republican Florida Committee, expressed respect for Illyana Letty's decision, while the Democratic Florida Committee, as well as the Cuban American woman Rona Kennedy, who was previously considered by the media to be facing Illyana Letty in the runoff, have expressed regret over Illyana Letty's decision to withdraw from the election.

At this point, Democrat Jeff LaVine is the sole candidate for Florida's 18th district, replacing former Democrat Claude Pepper as a representative of the Florida 18th district of the U.S. House of Representatives.

On election night, Jeff's supporters, neighbors, co-workers, and a whole bunch of non-mainline denominations who came out of nowhere had a night of revelry, and tomorrow, Jeff will go to Congress to take the official oath of office, which means that he will be based in Washington, D.C., and have his own independent office in Washington, D.C., as a congressman, the U.S. government will pay him an annual salary of $90,000 a year, and at the same time allow his congressman's office to employ fourteen full-time staff, and the hired staff will not need to be paid by Jeff himself.

And Congress is already studying the issue of salary increases, and members of both houses agree that an annual salary of 90,000 yuan is not enough to live in Washington, so next year, even a rookie congressman like Jeff, according to the bill, if he is still in office next year, he can get an annual salary of 97,000 yuan.

The annual salary of $90,000 is not enough to live in Washington, D.C., and the chairman of the Congressional Expenditure Committee said that the salary increase for everyone made Jeff, who had already lived a middle-class life in Miami with a wife, two dogs, three cars, and four children, and the group of Florida hillbillies around him completely unimaginable.

Could it be that each of the congressmen in Washington has four wives, eight dogs, twelve cars, and sixteen children to take care of?

When Tommy walked in, Jeff, Gina, Jessica, the driver, Lance, Allen, Zach, and Marcus, Martin, and members of his campaign were holding a small in-house celebration party in the backyard.

"Tommy~" Jeff saw Tommy appear and greeted him happily: "You were late and missed the ...... we held just now." What is it? ”

Jeff looked puzzled when he saw the solid ball Tommy was carrying.

Tommy handed him the solid ball and pointed back to the camera crew shot in the distance: "You're going to Washington tomorrow to give your inaugural address, this is an important tool for you to spread the truth to the American people, I chose these two for a long time, one green, one blue, one looks vibrant, and the other is more like our earth." ”

"I ......" Jeff looked at the two solid balls in his hand, and then at Tommy, and laughed a little: "I ...... In my inaugural address tomorrow, the team has prepared a statement that will focus on two issues: the health benefits of veterans and the proliferation of illegal Cuban immigration in the region. ”

Tommy lit a cigarette and put it in his mouth, and hooked his finger at Alan, who was helping someone open a beer in the distance, "Give me a beer, Alan." ”

Then he looked at Jeff and said lightly, "So what? Then it becomes three questions, and after talking about the two unimportant questions, you have to show the same sincere tone that you did to your neighborhood kids, pick up a solid ball and a solid plank, and tell everyone in Congress that the earth is telling this great truth. ”

"But...... I mean...... The earth may not be flat, Tommy. Jeff looked at the solid ball in his hand again, looked up and said to Tommy.

The kind smile on Tommy's face faded little by little, and he stared straight at Jeff, "What the are you talking about?" ”

"Everyone on the team has reminded me of this problem countless times, and the flat theory is wrong, and they have told me that the earth is round with more reasonable experiments, and they found a big enough globe, put an ant on it, and designed pipes on top of the globe......" Jeff laughed, happy that he could figure out the truth himself.

But Tommy turned his head and looked viciously at Martin's employees who were drinking and partying: "F*ck! Martin, Martin! ”

Martin was dancing with Louise to the music in the corner, and when he heard Tommy's roar, Martin dropped Louise, who had danced with him, and walked over quickly: "What's wrong, Boss?" ”

"Who the let you take matters into your own hands and let Jeff teach a geography lesson? Why is he telling me now that the earth is round! Tommy looked at Martin, "Did I make you do that?" ”

Martin explained: "Jeff tried to promote the Terra Theory at the previous rally, but it was easy to affect his vote rate if he said it at that time, so the team told him that it was better not to mention it, and in order to convince him, they tried to prove it to Jeff ......."

"You can shut him up and say it without mentioning it! But you can't ruin him! Tommy turned his head to look at Paige, "Take Martin outside to sober up." ”

When Martin was pulled away by Page, Tommy took the beer handed by Allen, looked at Jeff in an admonishing tone and said, "Jeff, you can't give up the truth because of other people's interference, you have to stay true to your original intention, understand?" Why did you jump out of the election? Because Jiping said, but you weren't prepared to mention it at all in your inaugural speech? Just because of some stupid* sophistry experiments, you even denied your persistence for so many years and reneged on your beliefs? If that's the case, I promise you won't ascend to heaven when you die! ”

"Tommy, it doesn't matter what shape the earth is, we should care about those veterans......" Jeff clearly didn't realize the seriousness of the matter, still trying to explain with a cheeky smile on his face.

Tommy took a sip of beer, then poked his finger in Jeff's chest: "No, the ground is the reason why you stood up for election!" That's why I'm helping you! Do you think I care about those drunken veterans and how many Cuban smugglers there are in the 18th district? If I cared, why didn't I support that from Gerard Richman and not Rhona Kennedy? What they can say is better than what you do! Am I because the veterans who get into trouble all day long support you? Do I look like I care how many Cuban mongrels there are in the eighteenth district? I'm because the ground is flat! There's only one reason I'm willing to invest in you, as a financier, because I want you to pick up solid balls and planks for me at the inaugural address in Congress, in front of everyone in America, and tell them that the earth is flat! ”

Tommy's furious sound even drowned out the loud music, and the others realized the problem and slowly approached Tommy and Jeff, Tommy pulled Zach by the collar who came over, stared at Jeff, and asked:

"Zach, answer me, in order to help Jeff canvass for votes, you ate five cans of canned chickpeas in a fart contest, and the fart almost broke your rectum! Is it because the fuck you care about those veterans? ”

As soon as Zach wanted to speak, he saw Tommy turn his head to look at him, and Zack's sharp and fierce gaze startled him, and he immediately shook his head: "No! ”

"Alan, you ran to the Miami Plumbers' Union President's ** to help Jeff canvass votes! Is it for the Cubans? ”

Alan hesitated and shook his head: "No, I don't care." ”

But he suddenly smiled again: "But...... That's pretty good, I mean, I can do it for the Cubans, if I need to. ”

This sentence not only made the other people on the scene stunned, but even Tommy was stunned for a few seconds before adjusting his mood and continuing: "Your children were tossed by Marcus and Martin to go to the Boy Scout Association every week to practice, those dogs in your neighborhood were ruined by the male dog stolen by Lance, and Gina canvassed for those veterans in order to help you canvass for those veterans, these great sacrifices are to listen to your hypocritical concern for veterans and Cubans in Congress?" No, all their sacrifices are for your truth! Because they love you! They think you should preach the truth! But what about the you? Are you being brainwashed casually into believing in those fallacies? ”

"But, Tommy, the earth is ......"

Tommy turned to look at the campaign team members gathered around, "Who did that stupid* experiment for Jeff?" ”

"It's me, sir." A young man raised his hand and said.

Tommy snatched the solid ball from Jeff's hand and threw it in front of the opponent: "Give you a chance, give Jeff another science experiment, the earth is flat, now give me my feet on the ball, if you can stand firm on the ball, I believe that the earth is round, and then as a reward, I will ask Martin to give you a state-of-the-art wheelchair for you to spend the rest of your life in a wheelchair." ”

The young man looked down at the green solid ball rolling on the concrete floor with some confusion, and Tommy was already roaring, "Stand up!" ”

He hesitantly stepped out of his feet and carefully stepped on the solid ball, but as soon as he stood up, he immediately lost his balance and fell, and then said seriously: "I'm sorry, sir, my previous experiment was fraudulent, the earth is actually flat." ”

Tommy pointed at the other and asked Jeff, "See?" This is the truth, they lied to you, and like those insidious politicians, you have to stand up for yourself. ”

"Because if you choose to believe that the earth is round, it means that you are sorry for the chrysanthemum that Zack sacrificed for this, and even more sorry for Dick that Allen sacrificed for this! I'm sorry for the pair of Naiko who Gina was looked down upon by countless veterans! ”

Best, Tommy reached out, clenched his fist, and knocked on Jeff's heart:

"Now, tell me, should you stick to the truth, or forget your original intention."

"The earth is flat." Jeff opened his mouth several times in a row before he finally struggled to say this sentence, and then his whole soul seemed to be emptied in an instant, and he stood there with a dejected expression, as if this short sentence was more energy-consuming than the countless speeches he had made during his previous election campaign.

Tommy nodded with satisfaction: "Very good, you now have the basic requirements to be a politician." ”

(End of chapter)