Blackstone Code

Joey is a very ordinary high school student, no different from most high school students in the Commonwealth.

His family environment is not bad, his father runs a deli, and it is said that the recipes are handed down from their ancestors, passed down for many generations, and they are also well-known locally.

Although his family is not yet middle-class, it is much better than most.

Originally, according to the original history of the world, after graduation, he would go to a deli to inherit the "family business". The Great Depression made their business not very good, and there was no hope for expansion, and they could only maintain the current business.

He also sent applications to some colleges, but unfortunately no colleges were willing to give him an interview.

Some colleges rejected him because they thought he wasn't active in sports during high school and wasn't an athlete.

Some colleges rejected him because they thought he didn't show good student qualities in high school.

Their reasons are various.

Some universities thought his studies were not good enough, so they rejected him.

He didn't want to swirl around in the kitchen early, and then follow his parents' arrangement to marry a woman he might not really like, have two or three children, and then be confused and pass his life.

He wants his life to be bright, different and colorful.

Some colleges...their sponsorship fees were too high, so Joey gave up.

It's not that he doesn't want to go to college, it's just that he really can't.

By the way, Lynch originally applied for "Federal University", but the Department of Social Services thought the name might be misleading, and although no one used it, it also rejected Lynch's application.

And today, the weekend of the first week of August, is Joey's interview time.

But he also understands that he has no hope, the university rejected him, the high-level companies will not hire him as a senior management, and even the middle and lower management will not use him, because he has no "alumni" and is not a member of "fraternity", He is just an ordinary high school student.

But at such a time, promoted by the federal president, Mr. Lynch, Sabine City Councillor Ms. Katherine and the governor jointly established a university called "Federal Hope College", which gave him some new hope!

"There are a lot of people here..."

The hallways are filled with families like Joey, parents with kids, or a single parent with kids, nervously awaiting interviews.

He got up early in the morning, which was not easy for a growing high school student. After brushing his body well with the brush used to brush the horses on the farm, he changed into the one he wore for his high school graduation ceremony. Formal wear.

Under the leadership of his parents, they came to the interview site of the university together.

But at this moment, he desperately hopes that his father can find out something.

After a while, his father came back with a cigarette, and Joey and his mother immediately stared at the head of the family.

Whenever someone came out of the interviewer's office, the surrounding parents stepped forward to ask about the content of the interview, and Joey's parents also learned to squeeze forward.

Originally, Joey didn't like this. It would make him feel that his father was very ignorant and shameful.

When Joey marries another woman of almost the same class and status, or is his colleague, his small family will be able to leap over the bottom handcraft workshop family and become the middle class of society.

They will enjoy a better life, earn a higher salary, and have more opportunities for their own children in the future.

"They said that the content of the interview is very simple, that is, to ask some simple things, grades, hobbies, etc., and do you have any plans for the future."

A man is very relaxed at this time, and he also knows what it means to go to college at this time. After graduation, as long as he works hard, he can at least get into the middle class.

After waiting for about forty minutes, someone called Joey's name and let him enter the interview office with his father, while his mother stayed outside.

Only one parent is allowed to accompany it, which is also to prevent parents from interfering with their children's performance excessively.

Even Joey's success will feed back to their big family, so when Joey proposed to go to college and got an interview notice from Hope College, he didn't even care about the deli and came in person.

Fortunately, the opportunity looks really big!

At this point, his father was so nervous that he couldn't speak. Heck, he thought it was no different from chatting with those customers or haggling at the deli, and he was even worse than his own son!

Perhaps seeing their nervousness, the lady in the middle smiled, "Don't be too nervous, this is just a chat, and you got off to a good start."

There were four interviewers, and the woman in the middle who looked to be in her 40s was wearing glasses. She looked down at the material for a while, and then smiled and said, "Good morning, Joey."

Joey Commonwealth responded, "Good morning, ma'am." He hesitated, "And gentlemen."

By the end, the four had an exchange of opinions, and the woman in the middle gave Joey and his son the answer they needed.

"I read your files, you are from the state, and this also meets the admissions standards set by Mr. Lynch. We only recruit students from the state or families who have their own property in the state."

A compliment relieved Joey quite a bit, and his father gave a stiff smile.

What followed was a very routine interview, asking some questions about Joey's grades, giving some comments on his performance in high school, and asking him to describe something he was good at or something he was proud of .

Maybe they had to endure it at first, but now they're used to it.

Joey nodded again and again, he has realized something, maybe his life will become different from other people from this moment!

"Joey, you feel really good to me. Maybe your grades are not particularly good, but at least you meet the federal education standards and are above the pass line..."

All four were serious, as if they didn't know the so-called federal education standards were actually a joke.

Finally talking about what he was doing, the old father, who had never happened in the whole process, suddenly puffed up his chest. This is the meaning and value of his being here!

As the father of a family, he may not do well in many places, but there is one thing he can do well, and that is when he pays.

The lady continued, "You have excellent self-expression skills, you have your own independent personality and emotional expression, and you don't have stage fright. These are all very good qualities, so we initially agreed to your application."

Looking at Joey who was about to jump up, the lady raised her hand to stop him a little, "Of course there are some formalities you need to do, such as tuition fees..."

A gentleman who was sitting beside him said with a smile, "It's not too much, only 3,500 yuan per semester."

When he heard this number, the corner of Joey's father's mouth raised slightly. There were two semesters a year, but it was only 7,000 yuan.

"How much does it cost, a semester?"

These years of work have allowed Joey's father to save some money. He has no bad hobbies and saved some money, so when he said this, he was very confident.

Maybe seven thousand a year is an unaffordable figure for many ordinary families, but Joey's father thinks it's nothing.

The gentleman, who could see the smugness on his face, drew out a form and placed it on the table, motioning for them to come over.

In fact, the tuition fee is not too expensive. For example, the tuition fee of the Holy Harmony College is more than tens of thousands of dollars a year. Except for those who can get full scholarships, the rest are rich people.

Ordinary schools, four or five thousand are more common, three thousand five hundred...

"Like all kinds of books needed, all kinds of notebooks, the cost of using the library, the cost of additional educational resources..."

Joey's father looked down at the form. The slightly smug smile on his face disappeared. He really didn't know much about the composition of university tuition fees. He thought... that seven thousand dollars a year was all.

It was only after the father and son walked in that they realized that this was another fee.

"The tuition fee I mentioned just now is just the tuition fee, but it doesn't include these."

When all the contents of the list are explained, the total tuition fee for a year will be about 26,000 yuan, and there are two to three thousand yuan to prepare, because sometimes you may participate in certain activities, which also require money.

Four years... 100,000 yuan.

Now it seems that these seven thousand yuan may only be the least part of it!

Following the gentleman's explanation, the tuition fee had risen from seven thousand a year to nearly twenty thousand, and Joey's father also became silent.

"If you know about college, you should know that some people go to college and make money without spending money. We also welcome such students to join us."

"Of course, if you're not too confident about these, and your hands are a little nervous..."

Honestly, Joey's father couldn't afford the investment, if he really had $100,000 he would have expanded his deli by now.

Perhaps realizing that the father and son were in trouble, UU reading www. The gentleman who has been explaining the cost of uukanshu.com said with a smile, "This is the standard tuition fee. If Joey can get a scholarship, whether it is full or half, or just some kind of incentive, these fees will be reduced accordingly. ."

But in the most eye-catching position, the name "Blackstone Insurance" is printed impressively.

The father and son had some doubts, and the gentleman explained it kindly.

The man took out a business card and handed it over.

There are many titles on the business card, most of which are managers or account managers or operations managers.

"Blackstone Insurance is Mr. Lynch's insurance company. He knows that children from many families are full of visions for college and the future, but certain problems restrict their pursuit of their dreams."

"It may have been like this before, but now, for the students in our school, it has changed."

"We have brand new student loans..."