America 1979

Chapter 77

On Monday night, after finishing training, Bill dragged his sweaty body back to his new home.Although the training intensity between seasons is not high, it is mainly to maintain the feel of playing and enhance coordination, but it is very easy to sweat.

Not long after he finished eating, the second uncle came to his brother's house on a very rare weekday. The reason was very simple. Wednesday was the day when his niece Dorothy went to report to the university.

"Our family and my sister's family must go. The adults send Dorothy, and the children follow to see what the upper-class society is like, so that they will be motivated to study and work hard to climb up."

He waved his chicken paw gesture to his family.

The uncle agreed, "All go, all go, we probably don't have enough cars, let's rent an extra car!"

"Don't forget to call Anthony from the north, and people from Rennes, they also said to go." My aunt reminded me.

At the banquet, those who followed the money almost all said that they would follow to be a group of relatives and friends. After a month and a half, more than a dozen people confirmed that they were responsible for what they said.

What's more interesting is that Ryan and the bartender brother, who gave the most money except relatives, insisted on sending Dorothy to college. When Ryan was not free, he sent Anthony and another subordinate to represent him, which made them The gift money has a feeling of human investment.

The adults were discussing their business, and Bill called his younger brother down from the third floor, "You skipped school for a day tomorrow, let's go buy a good thing, you have to learn how to use it."

Neo looked at his brother suspiciously: "What good thing? Good thing can I use?"

He didn't quite believe his brother's words.

"Video recorders, you know, the kind of thing that's been popping up lately."

Since the 80s, portable video recorders have gradually entered the lives of ordinary people.Many people find that they have changed from content consumers to producers. All interesting moments in life can be recorded and shared with friends. Sharing happiness with other people has become a necessary social behavior. Wait until the president becomes a comedian , they will understand this more deeply.

"Cool!" Neo jumped up happily, "It's so cool, I don't even need to learn how to use it, just getting it in front of my classmates is very face-saving."

Holding his brother's bear waist, he raised his head and begged, "What are you waiting for tomorrow, we can go buy it now."

Although he thinks that big thing should be quite expensive, but his brother has recently acted very rich, not to mention adding furniture to the house, and even bought a new set of football protective gear for Neo, so Neo didn’t care about it. To consider whether my brother can afford it.

Bill stroked his brother's hair, "Now the store is closed, and the profit of the store selling such good things is very high, and they will get off work in the afternoon."

Neo was a little disappointed, but soon became excited again, "Did you buy the portable video recorder for me? I'm so touched, how did you know that I need this thing to impress my female classmates?"

He hugged his elder brother and chattered non-stop.

Bill explained: "I didn't actually think of you. The main thing is that Dorothy is going to college tomorrow, and we have to record important moments in her life. I also need to follow up. You have to find the stadium where I play every Friday. Take a video for me. This season may be my most dominant half year in the game. After going to college, it will not be so easy. The highlights of my life are these few years, and the records are used when I enter the NFL professional team. "

This is true. The intensity of the high school league is not high. Bill made up for his shortcomings after strengthening his skills in catching, dodging, and running this spring and summer. Currently, he can easily hold the entire offensive time and even decide the tactics and rhythm of advancement. .

However, the special invitation mechanism of the NFL draft camp forced outstanding high school students who performed well in high school to enter the university to play for at least two seasons. Therefore, the university's D-1 school team brought together the best football players from all over the country. The professional reserves are no worse than NFL games.

For the audience, the university team is exciting enough, but for individual players, the performance of the university is far from being as strong as that of high school. After all, the opponent's size and strength have followed, and the coordination of skills and tactics has also tended to be rounded.

So the real highlight of Bill's life is the first half of the 80 season, and his playing career in the future will not be as easy as it is now.

"Okay! But besides shooting you on Friday, I'm going to play with the camcorder at other times. Don't worry, I won't break it. It's my baby."

Although the video recorder has not yet arrived, Neo has already started to think about showing off in front of his classmates.

"Be careful, as long as you can guarantee to shoot my game every Friday."

After the matter was settled, Bill and his younger brother skipped class together on Tuesday, first went to rent a Toyota car as ordered by their uncle, and then went all over the world to electrical stores to ask if there was a portable video recorder.

Because this thing is too rare, there is not a lot of goods on the market. I even asked several electrical appliance chain stores in Brooklyn. The clerks shook their heads and said no. Bill and his brother had to go to the shopping area of ​​Manhattan Island to see the situation.

It is indeed the most prosperous shopping paradise in the city. After searching for a while, the two brothers found the target. The JVC brand, but the style is too simple, only black and white, and it is very large. When Neo picked it up, it was only bigger than him. The head is slightly smaller.

Of course, the performance is also very average, and it can roughly restore the shooting picture, but a lot of details are lost, and the noise in low-light environments is unbearable.

That's not bad, it's only 80s, what kind of long guns and short guns do you want.

"This is subject to federal consumption tax, do you really want to buy it here?" the cashier kindly reminded in front of the cashier.

Bill waved his hand, "What I want is the federal consumption tax. I don't like things that aren't federal consumption tax. Let's pay!"

The price of the white JVC video recorder he chose was more than $850, far more than a second-hand car, plus 11.00% tax, and it was gone for as little as $[-].

……

In one of the girls' dorms at Columbia College, freshman Linda was complaining about her parents.

"Why are you here? I'm 19 years old, it's time to become an independent adult and live alone. Besides, how can parents enter the girls' dormitory? My roommate also has privacy, and she must not be happy to see you come in."

Although the other roommate has not yet arrived, Linda already believes in her heart that the roommate is an independent and capable high-quality woman.

Linda's parents had no choice but to explain in a low voice, "We are also worried about you. It is the first time you have lived away from home for such a long time, and the family members are worried..."

The three of them were talking, when the door was suddenly pushed open, and then a dozen or so people poured in. Visually, there were more people following behind, and each of them came in with a little luggage in their hands, and said strange words on their lips. The language suddenly made the whole dormitory cramped and noisy.

Dorothy, who was the leader, quickly locked on her roommates, and first apologized with a smile: "I'm sorry, my family members are all coming, and some good friends are arguing that they must send me to school..."

The sudden situation made Linda's head short-circuited, "Hello!"

After greeting the new group, she stopped complaining about her parents.

And Linda's father raised his chin and asked his wife, "Is it because we have too few people coming, and our parents want to come too, but the ignorant Linda refused."

PS: Ask for a recommendation ticket and ask for a monthly ticket.

(End of this chapter)