Volume 4: White Devil Chapter 205 Tony's Vacation
"The day before yesterday, I went to Washington to attend an industry meeting. After the dinner, I went to VOX headquarters to meet Wolfe and congratulated him on VOX's overnight fame. I also ate one of his burgers, which can be regarded as a small contribution to helping him lose weight." Earl folded his arms, leaned against the door frame of Tommy's office, and said to Tommy, who was sitting on the sofa inside with a murderous look on his face and was madly threatening Martin.
Hearing Earl's words, Tommy didn't even raise his head and continued to concentrate on operating the mini game console in his hand. Martin, his bodyguard, mouthpiece, hairstylist and fake black tycoon, held another one. The two were obviously engaged in a fierce game battle.
"Martin, I'm ordering you as your boss, you must lose to me!" Tommy concentrated on operating the buttons, staring at the rough and simple pixelated football and players on the screen, and said unhappily: "If you don't want Mr. Page to electrocute your club!"
If Tommy had mentioned Paige's name in the past, Martin would have obeyed obediently. But today, Martin didn't care about Tommy's words at all. He was focused and skillfully controlled his players to score another goal, successfully changing the score to 5:0.
Martin let go of the handle after the game was over. He said to Tommy with a look of relief, "If I lose a ball, I have to pay you twenty-five dollars, and if I win a ball, I can get fifty dollars. So, I would rather take two hundred and fifty dollars and then have Mr. Page electrocute the cue. That's a lot of money, boss."
"It's because of your words that interrupted my tactical thinking, Earl. I guarantee that your salary this year will be deducted by 2,500 yuan." Tommy threw away the game console and said seriously to Earl, who looked innocent:
"Also, what did you say just now, going to see Wolfe, and then what? He greeted you harshly?"
Earl shook his head. "I deliberately mentioned that you were going to transfer him away from VOX, thinking that he might pick up the phone and scold you in front of me. But guess what he said to me? He said that one burger was enough to fill his stomach... Wait, shouldn't it be two hundred and fifty dollars?"
"You're a lawyer, don't you understand that you ruined a game in which I could have turned the tables with six beautiful goals, shocked the world and finally defeated Martin. Don't I need fucking mental compensation?" Tommy said as he took out his wallet from his suit pocket, admitted defeat and obediently handed the bill to Martin.
Martin took the bill and kissed it, smiling happily, "I love you, Franklin! I won't bother you blackmailing the lawyer, boss. I'll go outside and wait for Mr. Page. If you're bored next time and want to play another round, you're always welcome."
"Go away, Martin, and by the way, ask Sophia how long it will take Mr. Page to pick up Dorothy and when we can leave." Tommy leaned back on the sofa and said lazily.
After Martin left with a triumphant and happy step, Tommy said to Earl: "Wolf is a good man, so he will never refuse me. He is also an undoubted smart man who knows what he is good at."
"Where are you going? I 'm not here to chat and kill time at work, but to inform you that the California Association for the Advancement of Colored People would like to invite you, a white person who helped many black single mothers with your own programs last year, to attend the awards ceremony next week. I guess they will also present you with a silver palm brooch to commend your help to people of color." Earl asked puzzledly when he heard Tommy was about to leave, and then talked about the real purpose of his visit.
"Didn't you and your rich wife also receive some spiritual award from that association? Please, just accept it for me, Earl. I'm a white person, so why don't you make them feel more at home? And you need that fame more than I do, don't you?" Tommy looked up and said to Earl with a smile:
"Sophia, Paige, Martin, Dorothy and I are going to New York to attend Fleet Week in New York in a few days for my brother's fleet. My father and sister will also be there. We haven't seen each other for a long time. They will probably be back in a week or two."
Fleet Week is a traditional event of the U.S. Navy. When active U.S. warships deployed overseas return home for maintenance or replenishment of supplies and stop at large coastal cities in the United States, it is generally called the local Fleet Week. For about a week, the crew can disembark, rest and visit in the local city, and enjoy long-lost American food. Local Americans can also board the warship for a visit within the time specified by the warship, led by special officers as guides.
Usually on the first or last day, the warships will have military performances, such as carrier-based aircraft aerobatic flights or warships firing salutes.
The most important thing is that if the crew members’ families happen to be near that city, they can rush over to reunite with their long-lost relatives.
After graduating from the Naval Academy, Tony reported to the headquarters of the U.S. Third Fleet on Ford Island in Hawaii. After six months of basic assessment and training, he was eventually assigned to board the USS Nimitz of the Third Fleet's 11th Carrier Strike Group. He now serves as a second lieutenant in the carrier-based aircraft dispatch center on the Nimitz.
In fact, according to normal speed, the USS Nimitz should not have returned to its domestic shipyard for maintenance so quickly. It has not been too long since its last overhaul. The aircraft carrier had been anchored in South Korea for a period of time before that. Mainly because South Korea was worried that North Korea would sabotage the Seoul Olympics held in its own country, so it requested the United States to escort the Olympics, so the United States sent the Nimitz to South Korea.
After completing the mission in South Korea, the Nimitz went to the Mediterranean Sea to provide shelter for Kuwaiti oil tankers. However, after just two months of protection, the USS Kennedy rushed over to replace it and return home. In fact, there was no need for the USS Kennedy to replace the Nimitz where Tony was, mainly because a major accident occurred on the Nimitz during the mission.
Of course Tommy knew what accident happened on the Nimitz, not only because his brother was on the ship, but also because VOX reporters stayed there all year round in the name of helping naval soldiers shoot documentaries. However, that major accident could not be revealed by VOX, but had to be announced by the Pentagon Navy Department itself if Tommy still wanted to maintain friendship with his SSD brothers in the Navy.
The accident occurred when the USS Nimitz was escorting a Kuwaiti oil tanker in the Mediterranean. The ship's weapons maintenance department made an operational error while repairing the carrier-based machine guns and fired live ammunition.
In the words of his brother Tony, it doesn't matter if the car is started by mistake during maintenance. He also made the mistake of forgetting to release the gear and stepping on the accelerator directly when he was repairing the car. However, even if he forgot to release the gear, he would remember to pay attention to whether there was anyone in front of the car.
But Tony's comrades on the aircraft carrier obviously did not have his vigilance. The machine guns were not fired at the sky or the sea. An A-6 Intruder carrier-based aircraft parked on their own aircraft carrier was used as a target aircraft for testing firepower by the machine guns. The powerful firepower directly blew up the A-6 with a factory price of up to 55 million and caused a fire. Two soldiers who happened to be inspecting the aircraft were sent to heaven by the machine guns on the spot...
What's more serious is that the fire caused by the explosion also burned six carrier-based aircraft parked nearby.
This is why Tommy's VOX was not broadcast as news in a timely manner, and why the Kennedy had to replace the Nimitz and return to the United States for repairs.
A news website founded by the SSD brothers, exposing a scandal involving the Navy, which has a large number of SSD brothers? Unless Tommy wants to completely break with SSD for this news and lose his connections in the Navy.
At the same time, personally experiencing the entire accident from beginning to end also made Tommy's brother Tony completely dispel the remaining inferiority complex in his heart. Before, he always believed that he was not worthy of becoming a naval lieutenant because he had not even finished high school. But now, he felt that if he was an idiot, more than half of the people on the Nimitz would be worse than idiots. At least any high school student in Warwick City would understand that when playing with a loaded firearm, do not point the muzzle of the gun at anyone to avoid accidental discharge.
It's no wonder Tony was shocked. Tommy was also shocked when he found out. If he hadn't been sure that Dennis and Pam were not on the ship, Tommy almost thought that these two best friends had gotten carried away and were planning to blow up a plane to help celebrate the disintegration of the Soviet Union.
The accident of the Nimitz not only caused it to miss the opportunity to win commendation for shooting down the Libyan fighter jet because it returned home for rest, but also had to face investigation and punishment . It is said that when all the members of the Kennedy were commended by the Navy for shooting down the Libyan fighter jet, the first sentence of the captain's internal speech was not to thank God, but to sincerely thank the Nimitz for giving the commendation to his comrades rather than being punished himself.
The only good thing was that Tony got a week's vacation in New York.
"I also want to find time to have a serious talk with you about the issue of BT TV's partner TV stations. We now have 167 partner TV stations. Even though we have raised the cooperation standards, there are still TV stations constantly requesting to cooperate with us, and many of them are even Canadian TV stations. The problem is that BT TV's advertising revenue has not increased significantly. Do you understand what I mean? Some TV stations treat us like fools and take away the money that should belong to BT." Earl said to Tommy.
Tommy still shook his head. "Earl, whether it's the cooperation standard or the cooperation method, it's up to you, Sean, and Rick to decide. I'm not as experienced as you in this regard. As for your feeling that someone is treating us like fools, go find out. If it's true, send them to court. But I still say the same thing. I won't use my money to buy a TV station and build a flagship TV station."
At this time, Sophia walked to the door, tapped the door lightly with her fingers, smiled at Earl, and then looked at Tommy: "Tommy, it's time to go."
After that, Sophia left quickly. Tommy got up from the sofa and walked out. When he passed by Earl, he patted his chest and said with a smile, "Earl, I know you always think that I am using black people to gain the benefits I want, but I am just a little greedy, but I am definitely not a bad person, so please, don't be so eager to take it from me. I can assure you, my friend, I will definitely sell BT TV to real black people. God is my witness."
Until Tommy and others disappeared at the end of the corridor, Earl still stood there with a serious expression, because he had not yet figured out why Tommy did not turn against him but gave him a very serious promise.
