Chapter 4: Hell for the Poor
After dinner, the two little ones watched cartoons in front of the TV and argued noisily about who was the main character.
Mother Carmella, sitting on the couch with a ledger, left a lot of credit card debts after the death of the cheap daddy, and they have to pay back several sums of money every month or risk being sued.
It's like the Brown family who originally lived next door, because of a verbal conflict, the youngest son hit someone. The family could not afford to pay the lawyer's salary, so they had to be appointed by the court. As a result, the lawyer was useless, and the judge directly sentenced him to prison for reform, and he was also saddled with a sum of compensation.
But most of the prisons in the United States are private, and the family can't even afford to pay for prison, so the youngest son is saddled with a prison loan after he is released from prison.
They were overwhelmed by two loans, failed to repay them on time, and then the prison went to court to prosecute him.
The evidence was conclusive, there was nothing to argue, so he went in again, the same private prison, the same loan.
And along with the loan, there is also a high interest rate, and the family sold the house and now it is gone.
If it is not surprising, this young son may have to be stuck in such a cycle in the future, getting out of prison, paying back, being sued, getting out of prison, paying back the money, being sued.
Until he picked up a gun and rushed into some places like a psycho and went on a killing spree.
Tang De was surprised for a long time when he heard about this, and it was at that time that he really realized that America is indeed a paradise for the rich and a hell for the poor.
This society does not talk about conscience, only about interests.
So Don De must get out of this bad situation as soon as possible.
"Hey, buddy, is there a follow-up to what I talked to you about last time?" Tang De stood on the balcony, blowing the cold wind and dialing his friends' phones one by one.
"Didn't you say the movie was about to start?"
"What? Investors have withdrawn? Is the movie over? Alright, buddy, condolences. I'm free to have a drink! ”
"Jack, it's been a long time, how are you now? Live? ”
"You're not doing it anymore? Ready to go to Chicago? What are you doing there? Are you going to join the mafia? Come on, brother, you can't carry a gun with your little body! ”
"Okay, okay, I won't interfere with your decisions, but you must remember to pay taxes!"
"Hey, Judy, is the magazine you work for short of people right now? Lighting and photography are fine. ”
"You were fired? Why? ”
"Just scolding a black man and calling you racist? Bullshit, you should tell your leader that you are a biological female who considers herself male and prefers the same sex! ”
"FXXK's America!"
After talking to several former classmates one after another, Tang De sighed helplessly, everyone in this dog's world is very bad.
He himself graduated from a third-rate university, and the classmates he knew naturally did not have any good grades in school, and they took drugs every day, and the only few who were motivated were now forced to live a normal life by political correctness in society.
On the one hand, anti-racial discrimination has become an absolute political correctness, but on the other hand, such discrimination is ubiquitous.
The upper class and the lower class are almost two species, and the whole of America can be called an experimental base for magical realism.
Although Donde is not black, his mixed-race status as a white man is only slightly stronger than that of a black man, and many job opportunities cannot compete with real white people.
That's why he looks for opportunities every day from newspapers, magazines and phone calls.
And just as he continued to flip through the address book, a familiar phone call suddenly came.
"Jimmy!" Tang De immediately answered the phone, Jimmy was his best friend at school, studied directing, but since he came out, he has been running around as a set clerk in the major crews.
He had told Jimmy to call him as soon as he had a suitable job offer.
"Donde! Listen brother, developed, we are going to be developed! Jimmy's voice was a little excited, a little sharp.
Tang De put down the phone and waited for him to finish venting before reassuring: "Slow down, don't worry, brother, do you want me to be deaf and developed?" ”
"Here's your chance! Really ......" Jimmy swallowed his saliva and finished his sentence: "I've been hanging out with a certain awesome assistant director lately, the kind that is very awesome, and I am very familiar with various Hollywood stars. He thinks highly of me, you know, he keeps saying that I have a lot of potential, just like he was when he was younger. We drank and drugged together, which really saved face! Those chicks pounced on me like they had taken medicine. ”
"Getting to the point! Buddy! Tang De was a little helpless, this guy was still so chattering.
"The point is, when I was drinking, he told me that he had a rare opportunity!"
Tang De couldn't help but urge: "What chance?" Movie? Or is it an advertisement or something? ”
"Advertisement! Yes, advertising. Jimmy laughed happily: "He's going to be the on-set director tomorrow, and he's going to shoot an outdoor commercial for Domino's." There are still two people missing on the scene! You see, as a good buddy, I immediately thought of you! ”
"Wow, that sounds good."
"Of course! Donde, we are really going to develop! "Jimmy was already completely in a state of excitement.
"So what is the position? Brothers! ”
"Lights! Gaffer! Jimmy explained.
Tang De nodded, he is still quite familiar with this position, after all, a photographer who can't shoot is not a good director!
"Thanks, Jimmy."
"Hey, what are you talking to me like that. Remember, Donde, we're good brothers, and good brothers have to help each other, don't they? ”
"yes, what time is it tomorrow?"
"Tomorrow morning at eight o'clock, I'll drive to pick you up." Jimmy's family is fairly wealthy and has a jeep of his own.
"No problem, I'll see you then."
Tang De hung up the phone, although facing the cold wind, his heart was hot.
Turning back into the house, he saw the two little ones bouncing on the sofa, and Tang De stepped forward to pat their buttocks and played with them for a while in laughter......
The next day, early in the morning.
Donde walked out of the house with Carmela's sandwich in his mouth and a brown coat.
The morning air is colder than any other time, and homeless people on the side of the road have built their homes out of cardboard and are still curled up in piles of lunch box garbage.
Even dead people here sometimes take days to find out, after all, there are so many homeless people that no one cares what happened to a homeless guy.
Unless the stench of decay interfered with the rest of the rest, or a friend who was also a homeless man came and found him hard.
And those who came to take the body did not sympathize with it, but would dislike these guys for causing them trouble.
"The America of the Dog's Day." Tang De watched coldly, in addition to the sadness of the rabbit and the fox, there was also a steady stream of motivation emerging from his heart.
"Chance, I need a chance to get out of this bad life." Tang De sighed, and the next second he saw a green jeep speeding towards him from a distance.
After a sudden braking, familiar faces peeked out of the window.
"Hey, Donde!" It's Jimmy, the quintessential white kid.
He wears a red and white coat, yellow hair, and a faint freckle on his face.
Dondra opened the door and sat in the passenger seat, smiled and reached out to shake him tightly, "Hey, Jimmy! ”