American Entertainment 1982

Chapter 8

Tommy Hawk returned to the residence, turned on the TV, made a cup of coffee, and then slowly ate the leftover croissant with the coffee in the morning, trying to soothe his numb stomach from hunger.

Providence TV is broadcasting dull and uninteresting documentaries for thousands of years.

Providence TV is a franchised station of CBS TV network, but it is only a franchised station, not a paid membership TV station, which means that only during the prime time every night, Providence TV can broadcast two or three hours of wonderful programs produced by CBS, and the rest During the time period, the TV station can only find some other programs to broadcast.

Of course, Tommy is not going to watch American dramas either, he just likes some noise during meals so that he doesn't feel too lonely.

Now he has $410 and a batch of prescription drugs, which is enough for him to survive until the summer vacation and still have a lot left. As long as he finds a stable part-time job, the money he saved during the summer vacation should be enough to sign up for two cheap summer camps. extracurricular activities.

As for the business of reselling doctor's certificates and prescription drugs, Tommy Hawke is not going to do it again.

Physician certificates are sold too much, which will raise the suspicion of the school. If the university compiles the student data of the previous quarter in the new quarter, it finds that an Asian medical center in Boston, Massachusetts, is always in Providence, Rhode Island. A white student of Adams would issue a medical certificate, which would get him in big trouble.

It’s no problem for Chen Furen to sell to Asian international students, because Asian international students can find excuses such as trusting Asian doctors more, worrying that they can’t explain their illness in English, etc. How can the Virginia white trash deal with inquiries?Because these white people are more willing to trust the medical skills of people of color, they went to Boston to be diagnosed and treated by Asian doctors?

As for prescription drugs, although the "Prescription Drug Trafficking Act" in the United States has not yet been issued in 1982, it does not mean that prescription drugs are unregulated. These addictive drugs are controlled by the "Controlled Substances Act", and it is difficult for ordinary people to get them. Now the black market Prescription drugs circulating on the Internet are basically in the hands of Irish gangsters or Italian gangster families in Boston and Providence.

The channels for them to get a large amount of goods are pharmaceutical factories and large chain pharmacies. Today, the "Prescription Drug Sales Act" in the United States has not yet been issued, and there is no specific response to the recall of expired prescription drugs and weak prescription drugs. The federal government took advantage of the loopholes to obtain a large number of prescription drugs in the name of expired, weak and unsalable waste drugs, and sold them at high prices on the black market. Pharmaceutical companies are also happy to see their success.

If the gang members know that there is an extra guy in Providence to steal business from them, and they don’t need to be dealt with by the police, they can oblige to get rid of Tommy Hawk, a new drug dealer, for the Providence city government without asking for anything in return.

After enjoying the bread and coffee, Tommy Hawke went back to his bedroom and began to review his homework. He is now studying AP courses, which are pre-university courses. If he wants to enter a top-ranked university in the United States, the results of the AP courses are essential. Dog Day American high schools, the courses are divided into three levels of difficulty, namely:

"It's difficult to be illiterate, and it's useless to complete the Regular course except to get a high school diploma."

The Honor course of "After learning it, you will probably be able to get admission notices from second- and third-tier universities".

And the most difficult AP course of "minimum of five electives, and an average of five points to hope to apply to top universities".

Even though Tommy Hawke has tried his best to take core courses such as AP Calculus, AP Statistics, AP Macroeconomics, AP Microeconomics, Language and Writing, which he studied in his previous life and is better at, he still has not Be sure to get 5 points in each subject test, because many economic models and theories learned in the previous life have not been proposed yet, and the teaching materials are completely different, so he needs to study again, which is why he moved out and studied hard .

At six o'clock in the evening, the sun had already set more than half, and when there were only a few rays of afterglow struggling in vain, Tony knocked on the door, holding two tequila shots and a few lemons in his hand.

"I thought you'd find a bar that would allow me in and take me to see the world." Seeing the tequila in Tony's hand, Tommy smiled and gave way to the door.

Tony walked in with the wine, put it on the tea table, and then slumped down on the sofa: "You can't buy two bottles of high-end tequila for 24 yuan in the bar, but you can buy it in the supermarket. I brought lemons. Come on, we'll have a drink with you." Like the actors in the commercials, dip them in salt and drink them handsomely."

Tommy picked up the lemon and walked to the kitchen, cut the lemon into thin slices and placed them on the plate, sprinkled some coarse salt on the side, and then walked back with the plate:
"Give the rest of the money to Dad?"

"Of course, he just took 50 yuan as the lawyer's consulting fee to ask how to bring Bethea home faster." Tony turned on the TV and said.

Tommy took out two wine glasses, then opened a bottle of tequila, and poured a quarter of the transparent liquid into each glass: "There is only one way to bring Bethea back quickly, enough money .”

After finishing speaking, Tommy handed Tony a cup. The two first dipped some salt grains into their mouths with their fingers, then touched each other, raised their heads and drank it, and then each took a slice of lemon and put it in their mouths to neutralize the spicy taste. Choking wine taste.

"I made the right decision." Tony said with a painful expression after drinking a glass.

Tommy looked at Tony: "What?"

"I asked Ashley to bring back some pickled olives, pretzels, fried chicken, etc when she was done, the first time I drank such an expensive wine, this stuff was too strong, just eating lemons I was afraid it would be difficult to drink them all .”

Ashley is Tony's girlfriend, 19 years old, and now works as a clerk in a fried chicken shop.

"Didn't you keep bragging about going to bars and strip clubs in Providence when you were 15?"

"After paying the tickets, I only have enough money for a glass of the cheapest beer. Brother, of course I didn't go to those places to drink." Tony laughed, picked up the bottle and looked at it himself: "This stuff is sold in bars Two dollars a cup, you buy a twenty-cent local beer and you can strike up a conversation with a lady, blatantly admiring her big boobs, why spend two dollars."

"Damn it, hearing about your pub stories is the second-worst thing I've ever felt after get off work, Tony. Hi Tommy, long time no see." Brown hair, pink sport coat, jeans, flats, face Ashley with a few freckles came in from the door holding two large boxes of food, and said to Tony with an unpredictable expression on her face:
"At the age of 15, you know how to go to the bar to strike up a conversation and are willing to pay for the drinks for those women, but I remember you haven't bought me any presents until now."

Tony responded with a smirk, "I buy a Trojan every time I see you, remember?"

"You're a jerk, Tony!" Ashley cursed, laughing, and put the food on the end table.

"Hey Ashley, would you like a drink?" Tommy asked, getting up.

Ashley nodded: "Of course, I'm going to stay and drink up the wine slowly. Maybe Aunt Melonie can accompany me, but you and that bastard Tony obviously can't drink like a commercial anymore."

"Why?" Tommy asked curiously as he handed the wine glass to Ashley.

Ashley took a sip from the glass, shrugged and said: "This is what I want to say, the first worst thing that happened to me after get off work, I saw your dear old Mr. Colin Hawke, in June - Outside Lawyer Crane's house, he was taken into a police car by the police, boys, your drinks may be delayed."

(End of this chapter)