American Fame and Fortune

Chapter 36 Conservative Diehards

 On the weekend morning, the Carter siblings went out together to repair the fence in the yard.

Mrs. Wood, who was diagonally opposite, came from a distance holding a trolley, stopped in front of the door, and said, "Last night, I saw Scott being picked up by a car."

Elena smiled: "Just right, he won't bother us."

Mrs. Wood is a nice person, a reminder: "You can't live without him."

Elena nodded: "He will be fine."

Mrs. Wood pushed the cart and slowly walked diagonally opposite.

Martin came out of the house carrying the tool box, looked at the slightly worn wood in front of him, and began to give random instructions: "Hall, take your shovel to dig a hole. Harris, find a ruler to measure the height. Lily, help me." "

 He found a handsaw and cut up the wood.

 Suddenly someone blocked the sun.

 Martin looked up and found it was Lily: "Idiot, what are you doing?"

Lily stretched out her hand: "You are as stupid as a pig, give me the saw quickly."

 Martin remembered that Elena mentioned that Lily was the best at Carter's handwork. He handed over the hand saw and asked, "Can you do it?"

 Lily sawed the wood skillfully and kept talking: "I can make it exactly like you!"

 Martin did not tell her to shut up, but said: "I have a handicraft to do." Then thinking of Lily's age: "Forget it, you are not suitable."

　　Lily raised her voice: "Look how I saw this piece of wood to look like you!"

"You better not be bragging, idiot." Martin decided to find a companion for James: "If you can't do it, I will dig a hole in the backyard and bury you."

 Lily blinked: "And then listen to you and Elena every night?"

With a whoosh, the broken rope thrown by Elena hit Lily on the head.

Lily quickly shut her mouth and started working calmly.

 Martin took the shovel and helped Hall dig the hole.

 The body seems to have muscle memory and is particularly skilled at doing it.

Digging a hole to bury someone seems easy.

 Having been busy for most of the morning, a wooden fence was erected on the missing part of the yard's barbed wire fence.

 All the wood materials have strange shapes and are erected in the earthen bed, as if they are dealing with the earth.

 A masterpiece by Lily Carter.

 Martin and Elena were **** with ropes and connected to the barbed wire. Although it was not very beautiful, it was functional.

 Mainly because I am not afraid of thieves.

 Scott should not be interested in worthless broken wood.

 Martin washed his hands, got out of the car, and said: "Idiots, I'll treat you to lunch."

Elena and the four of them got in the car, and Martin drove to a nearby fried chicken and burger restaurant. The average price per person was five or six dollars, which was enough to last two idiots, Lily and Hall, until their eyes turned white and their mouths vomited.

 After dinner, Harris bought some old magazines from a nearby bookstore.

Back at Carter's house, Martin sat on the sofa, casually pulled out a magazine, and said to Elena: "Calculate the rent."

 Then, he turned and pointed at Lily: "Idiot, shut up!"

 Lily's words were stuck in her throat, and she coughed. She tried to defend herself: "I didn't say anything."

Elena goes to find the ledger.

 Martin was flipping through the magazine, and what he picked up at random turned out to be an astronomy magazine. The page he turned to introduced a newly discovered star.

 It seems like many new stars are discovered every year? Martin picked up the magazine and shook it towards Harris: "Have you studied astronomy?"

Harris was reading a book seriously without raising his head: "Forgot? I am a member of the astronomy club. Don't ask me to introduce the stars to you, I am in a public middle school."

 Elena came out of the bedroom with a notebook and said while flipping through it: "I don't know how Emma negotiated with Jack. The half-year rent is 1,000 US dollars."

 Martin thought to himself that he must have talked about it in bed, and said, "I'll forward it to you on Monday."

Just like Fuck, Elena was never polite to Martin when he wanted to get up. She immediately glared: "Idiot, you want to imitate Jack the **** and refuse to pay? This is until the end of March, it's almost June!"

　　Lily finally seized the opportunity: "Because he defaulted on the debt, he would feel better when he was messing around."

The astronomy magazine was thrown out and hit Lily in the face. Martin said neatly: "I'll give you $2,000."

Elena is very generous: “I don’t want the interest.”

“I have an appointment with friends in the afternoon, you continue.” Martin got up and went out.

Elena picked up the clothes basket, followed Martin to the next door, and packed away the clothes that Martin had changed.

The washing machine here was sold many years ago, and Martin’s dirty clothes were washed at Elena’s place.

 Martin was already used to it, so he didn’t say anything nonsense, got in the car and drove to downtown Atlanta, where he went to the last coffee shop.

 Buckley, a reporter from the "Atlanta Star", was already waiting here. When he saw Martin, he said, "I got some news."

 Martin took out the $200 he had prepared and pushed it to Barkley: "This is yours."

Last time, Martin asked Monica’s freelance journalist friend what the market price was for asking reporters for information and buying materials.

Buckley put away the money and said: "In a few days, a director of the Atlanta Methodist Association, a man named Milton, will attend a press conference on a large-scale skills training. He is the strongest conservative opinion in the Methodist Association. leader."

 He opened the bag, took out the collected information, and handed it to Martin: "The remarks that triggered the protest of the Free Society - the view that women are only family subordinates and must follow the will of the family, were what he publicly stated."

 Martin Quick View: “Has this person ever made stronger statements in the past?”

Buckley nodded: "Yes, he is a die-hard conservative."

Martin went to see Milton's information. Of course, what Buckley provided was not secret, and most of it could be found by reporters.

One paragraph caught Martin's attention. Of Milton's three marriages, two failed because the woman cheated. When the woman filed for divorce, she accepted an interview with the media and said that Milton was useless.

 Martin thought for a while and said: "Barkley, my friend, I may need you to help me with a little help in the next few days."

Buckley looked at the money, and then at Martin's very civilized clothes, without any hesitation: "We are friends, and I will definitely help you with this. If you need it someday, just give me a call. I will be on call."

 Martin made a phone call gesture: "Waiting for my call."

Buckley collected the money given by the civilized people and left the cafe in a happy mood.

 I am just writing stories for tabloids. I make money and it is not shabby.

Martin came to the club and went to the office to find Vincent: "Boss, I have carefully read various newspapers in Atlanta these days. The media no longer mentions the name of the House of Beasts, which is not conducive to the further expansion of the club's reputation."

Vincent gained practical benefits from the publicity and was very concerned about it. He said: "We can't really sue the Methodist Church. Civil litigation will take a long time and cost a lot, so it's not worth it."

At the last press conference, Martin made accusations so loudly that he actually issued a lawyer's letter.

Martin said: "Boss, the Methodist Association took the initiative to trouble us last time. Why can't we take the initiative to trouble them? Let's go to the **** of the Methodist Association to protest, and then call the media reporters."

 “Let the media hype it up again?” Vincent thought it could be done: “Are you sure?”

Martin added: "I saved Kelly Gray, the director of the Free Association last time. Ms. Gray hired me as a part-time social investigator of the Free Association. We can borrow the name of the Free Association."

 Vincent thought of Martin's key role in the club's explosion and responded: "Yes, the personnel costs will be calculated as hourly wages."

Martin thought to himself that it was indeed worthless to come to him on his own initiative.

 (End of this chapter)