"These are the most popular characters among the freshmen. We have to invite them to the Kappa Sigma fraternity for a test party. Find some hot blond girls. We will borrow them from the sorority sorority. As soon as they hear that there are blond girls Handsome guy, he will come running by himself."
Ronald had mentored the suitors of a red-haired female classmate who was doing photography work, and that second-generation Hollywood star was also among them. He was able to become a senior member of the Kappa Sigma fraternity only because his father knew some actors. People in the fraternity had the opportunity to attend celebrity parties and sign autographs.
"Why is Ronald Lee here?" Xing Erdai asked, pointing to Ronald's photo. It is a tradition at Tisch College that portraits are taken of freshmen when they enter school. During the four years of college, the portraits of each freshmen are hung in the teaching building.
Ronald's photo is a one-time snapshot taken by someone with a Polaroid camera. Under low light, it looks like dark brown, but it is actually blond hair. With facial features like ancient Greek sculptures, it is quite photogenic.
"He is a celebrity in the first year of Tisch. He has participated in the shooting of MGM's new movie and is one of the screenwriters." The deacons of the Kappa Sigma fraternity have already done background checks on freshmen. Anyone who can increase the attractiveness of the fraternity Can't let go of any candidate.
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Ronald returned to Tisch Academy. The image and sound editing courses were relatively boring to him. After all, he had already undergone intensive training on the set. In addition, the knowledge taught by the professor was relatively old, so Ronald could escape whenever he could.
Except for his favorite Martin Scorsese's classic film appreciation class, Ronald didn't go back to the academy much during the period of filming commercials.
There were a lot of party invitations stuffed in the mailbox, and Ronald put each one aside, preparing to throw it into the trash can later.
"Oh, how many frat party invitations did you get, bro?" Spike Lee walked over and asked after seeing the stack of invitations.
"Six or seven copies," Ronald picked them up and counted them roughly, "I'm not interested in these."
"Actually, there are some professional fraternities that you can join, or like me, there are many benefits to joining the black fraternity Alpha phi alpha. The film funds I received from the equal rights organization were introduced to me by people from the fraternity. Opportunity."
"That's good. I thought fraternities were just about drinking, partying, and picking up girls..."
"The kind of fraternity you are talking about is a social fraternity, but there are also fraternities for professional purposes, or fraternities with ethnic ties." Spike Lee knew more about black fraternities. "It's a pity that you are not African-American. , otherwise you can also add alpha phi alpha"
"But it's such a waste of time to attend such parties one after another." Ronald threw the invitation aside, "I'll just pick two to attend."
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The uniformly dyed blond hair, uniformly made jackets, leather shoes, and pants with the fraternity logo made Ronald feel that this kappa sigma fraternity for social purposes was a bit pretentious.
In addition, the girls from the sorority who were invited also dyed their hair blonde and wore pink T-shirts, which gave people the illusion that Barbie and her boyfriend were alive.
The bad disco music "Hot Stuff" made Ronald have the urge to spit out his lunch. After months of fermentation since the disco night of destruction at the Chicago Stadium, the top 100 disco songs have been purged one by one.
"Traditional" music styles such as pop and rock have begun to occupy the charts and record sales charts again. But these living Barbies and Ken still have a soft spot for the rhythm of bouncing and slapping. The sound was turned up to the maximum and the floor in the room started to vibrate.
The Kappa Sigma fraternity owns a two-story house that is used exclusively as a party venue. The room was filled with the smell of whiskey, and there was also a suspicious smell in the bathroom upstairs.
Ronald regretted coming here to the party. These fraternities, which were named after Greek letters, may have played a role in enhancing social interaction among college elites in the puritanical and conservative social atmosphere when they were founded.
But now it has become a stage for brainless rich white kids to show off their wealth, pick up girls, and party wildly.
Shaking his head, Ronald opened the door and went to the balcony to breathe some fresh air.
"Hey, we were here first." A pair of blond wild mandarin ducks were hiding in the shadow of the curtains on the edge of the balcony, gnawing together.
"Sorry." Ronald didn't expect there was anyone here and quickly exited the balcony.
"You have to fit into this group, Ronald. Find a beautiful blonde from the sorority, talk about it, drink whiskey, you will like it here." The speaker was a deacon of the New York branch of Kappa Sigma fraternity.
"I don't really like such noisy parties. I would rather have quiet discussions with thoughtful people." Ronald stabbed him.
"You can't do this. You have to practice your communication skills. We have meetings twice a week to discuss various matters of the fraternity. Ronald, don't follow the alpha sigma tau of those nerds in the engineering school. There are actually people here Fraternities exchange academic matters.”
The deacon of the Kappa Sigma fraternity is the son of a New York City Councilman. He wears a pink T-shirt, light blue pants, fluffy white socks, and boat shoes. It is the most popular preparatory college style in the Northeastern New England region of the United States ( preppy).
Unlike the special high schools that Ronald tried to send his cousin Donna to, which focused on students' IQ, prep schools were a fast track for the children of old money and powerful people to enter college.
Preparatory schools are all private, with high tuition fees, and many have the qualifications to be admitted to prestigious Ivy League schools. In addition, most of their parents are Ivy League alumni. It is not difficult for these children to enter Harvard and Yale.
Ronald was a little tired of them, and he played the simulation games in the fraternity as if they were real games, as if by meeting with a group of people to discuss what snacks to eat and what cocktails to drink at the party tomorrow, he would be able to join his father's company when he graduates in a few years. business meeting discussion.
This idea is as ridiculous as those young people who desperately join the United Nations simulation in middle schools, thinking that they will be able to represent the five permanent members in the closed-door meetings of the United Nations Security Council in the future.
"They are a fraternity that focuses on professional fields. If I hadn't majored in film and television, I would have really wanted to make friends with them."
"Hey, I told you, Ronald is not the same kind of person as us. He doesn't understand the importance of connections in American society." The second generation of Hollywood stars appeared again, complaining to the butler that they shouldn't Invite Ronald, who is from a poor background, to the party.
"Our membership fee is quite high. If you want to join, do you need me to introduce you to a bank loan manager?" After the second generation Xing finished speaking, he laughed first, expressing that he was very satisfied with his joke.
"Seriously, Ronald, I don't mind your family background. Aren't the resources of the fraternity a fast lane for you to realize your ideals? Look, the girls in our sorority all like you."
Ronald looked back at several blonde girls whose faces were swollen from drinking. Their bodies had been destroyed by alcohol, food and partying, and they had begun to gain weight. This deacon just wants to use himself as a cover to attract some beautiful beauties for himself and his members to have fun.
"But I mind." Nodding to the blonde girls in the sorority, Ronald walked towards the door. He wanted to leave this big time-wasting party as soon as possible.
"You will regret it. There is no better fraternity at NYU than ours at Kappa Sigma. If you walk out the door now, we will not give you a bid to join.
Think about it, you can't even get an invitation to a fraternity in college, or you can only go to those crap fraternities and hang out with poor and nerdy people. If you don’t hang out with us winners, you will become a habitual loser.”
Many of the terms used in the fraternity are very secondary. The invitation is not called an invitation, but called a bid, as if the new students are pieces of goods waiting for the big brothers of the fraternity to bid on them.
Old members who help newcomers are not called study partners, but senior dads.
"Really? What's the least popular fraternity at NYU?"
Deacon and Star II looked at each other, and then said, "You still want to join the least popular brotherhood? Is there something wrong with your brain? The worst brotherhood in the New York area is of course the Delta Omega Epsilon Brotherhood founded on Staten Island. It’s just right for you, they don’t even have a house to hold the party, they have to rent a school classroom, hahaha..."
Founded at the University of Staten Island? That really suits him. Ronald smiled and waved to Barbie and Ken, "We'll see."
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"Welcome, which college are you a student at? Tisch College of the Arts? Oh, I didn't expect that we could also attract students from the College of Art. You can fill out the form here. Our delta omega epsilon was founded at Staten Island Community College. Um, now it’s called Stanton University’s fraternity.”
The poor delta omega epsilon brotherhood only has two or three kittens. In addition to the Chinese student who came up to say hello, the other two were Latinos and an international student from China. He has very mixed tastes, which is different from those predominantly white fraternities who all have blond hair.
"Our membership here is very simple. There are no bullying initiation ceremonies like other fraternities, and there are no high membership fees. We are truly a social stage for minorities, international students, and non-Christians. Although We also use Greek letters for names, but we are not inheriting the Christian tradition. Anyone with any faith can join, including atheists..."
"How many members do you have now?" Ronald interrupted the introduction.
"Well, the NYU chapter is all here."
"Listen, my name is Ronald Lee, and if you let me be the president, I will make Delta Omega Epsilon the most popular fraternity in New York."
Several kittens looked at Ronald, suspecting that they heard what he said wrongly.
"Seriously, the development of your brotherhood is not going well anyway, why don't you let me try? I am an official film director and screenwriter, believe me, I have a way, just throw a party..."
Several members decided that they would not lose anything anyway and could have a party, so Ronald became the interim president.
After signing the membership formalities, Ronald went to make a call to his agent Eddie:
"Eddie, it's me, Ronald. What are the cover girls of your adult magazines busy with these days?"
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