Ethan thinks this is pretty good. After all, the secretary has something to do, so it’s okay...
"By the way, did Jim interview you this time?"
"Of course, he went straight to Canoga Park High School, along with a lot of other media."
"The media should pay attention to maintaining good communication, especially the TV media." Lisa specially warned.
In today's era when the Internet is not yet developed, television is the most common and intuitive way for viewers to get to know a football player.
"It's best to choose a regular news partner..." she said again, starting to plan for Ethan's future.
"You probably haven't forgotten that fox sports female reporter from before." Ethan said about what happened before.
"Her? I think you just want to sleep with her. Her position is too low and there is no value in using her." Lisa directly exposed Ethan's little thoughts.
"The FX program director I told you before may have some connections in FOX Sports. The sports station was established through the acquisition of Prime Network. She worked there before. There are many of her old colleagues in Fox Sports. I mentioned your matter to her last time, but she didn't give me a definite answer. Let's do it this way. One night when you are free, the two of us can visit her." Lisa made a new suggestion.
Lisa worked so hard to plan a camp for herself, and of course Ethan would not refuse.
"Probably... the night after tomorrow, tomorrow is Catherine's signing day." Ethan thought for a while and said.
Tomorrow is the last day for Catherine to choose a college.
Afterwards, Ethan contacted Susan and asked her to establish contact with the intermediaries by phone first to test their intentions.
After finishing all these matters, it was already nightfall, and Ethan decided to go to Jennifer's home to pick up Catherine from get off work and give her a surprise.
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"Catherine...has gone back. She just left twenty minutes ago."
It was Jennifer who opened the door. She was wearing a purple nightgown and a pair of pink plastic slippers on her feet, looking a little cute.
"Oh." Ethan nodded, just missing this time. No surprise was given, and he had to go back the same way.
"Uh... I just have to go out, why don't I send you back?" Jennifer said at this time.
"Thank you so much. Do you know where Catherine and I live now?" Ethan agreed directly without any politeness.
"I don't know, Bel Air? Holmby Hills? Beverly Glen?" Jennifer mentioned several famous upscale communities in the Beverly Hills area.
Ethan shrugged: "It's Compton."
Jennifer trembled with fear.
There is no doubt that Compton is the "sewer" of Los Angeles. From the perspective of crime rate, although it is not as good as "Baltimore" and "St. Louis", the two real Gothams, it is more than three times the national average. 1,113.8 violent crimes per 100,000 people. This is only violent crime, "theft", "flesh" and "chemical" are not included.
"What, you're not scared anymore, are you?" Ethan asked with a smile.
"I don't have any, it's just not going my way." Jennifer shook her head repeatedly.
"It doesn't matter, I'm here. I'll show you the beautiful street scenery of Compton at night." Ethan shrugged his eyebrows.
He really didn't want to take the bus back. In the middle of summer, there were black people and white people in the bus. The taste was more satisfying than Laotan pickled cabbage... Ethan felt that he should be marinated in the taste after taking a few more rides.
"Okay." Jennifer could only nod.
"Wait while I go change my clothes."
Ethan was invited into the room. Judging from the furnishings and furniture in the room, Jennifer's parents were not very wealthy.
Ethan also met Jennifer's mother, who just nodded and didn't say much.
After a while, Jennifer changed her clothes and came out. She was wearing the same ripped jeans from the last concert, with a short gray T that exposed her waist. Very common campus hottie style.
Before leaving the house, Jennifer took a bunch of keys hanging on the wall and walked to the garage.
She didn't have a vehicle of her own. She drove her father's Ford Explorer, but her driving skills weren't very good and she couldn't even drive up the hill in the garage.
Ethan was so worried that he went into battle himself and drove the car out very skillfully.
"Listen to Catherine, you don't have a driver's license." Jennifer was confused.
"But I'm an experienced driver." Ethan returned to the passenger seat.
Heading all the way to Compton, south of Los Angeles, Ethan asked Jennifer the reason for this trip. It turned out that the recording studio was occupied during the day and could only be recorded at night. Judging from her tone, she is very busy on weekdays and doesn't earn much money. Most of it has to be left to her parents to support the family. I'm afraid she doesn't have as much fun in life as an ordinary high school student.
As for the experience going forward, it was no different for Jennifer. Her family moved to Los Angeles a few years ago. She had no friends around her and was bullied in middle school. I also traveled back and forth outside of school, and I didn't even experience the urban scenery of Los Angeles.
Not long after, the vehicle entered Compton's property.
"Yes, that's it. Slow down. Did you see that?" Ethan pointed to the woman standing on the street in front of her to the right. She was wearing overly revealing clothes and high heels with waterproof platforms like stilts. Fishing nets were also indispensable. .
Jennifer's eyes were opened to the bright lights and greenery of Compton at night. She originally thought they were all working in clubs, but she didn't expect there were so many on the street.
"How much?" Jennifer couldn't help asking.
“Most of them cost no more than fifty dollars at a time, and the larger the opening of the fishing net, the stronger the taste will prove acceptable.”
"You know all this?" Jennifer looked very surprised.
"I heard it all from that guy Rice." Ethan nodded.
Along the way, Jennifer learned what it means to look at the mountains from the side and the peaks from the side. The clothes of some women made her ask "Where are the pants?" "Is this a swimsuit?" "Whose passenger will she be tonight?" etc. doubt.
And her somewhat stunned expression also indicated that the artistic content of tonight was indeed very high.
The short art trip ended, and the car stopped at the door of the motel.
But Ethan didn't get out of the car, and Jennifer didn't urge him. The two of them even stayed quiet for a few seconds, and looked out the window at the same time.
There were only the sounds of vehicles whizzing by on the road not far away, the faint sounds of children crying nearby, and the rustling of palm trees in the night wind. Through the front windshield, you can see a stray cat standing on tiptoes, tail erect, entering the corner...
"Do you still want to experience more of the scenery of Los Angeles?" Ethan said slowly.
The back of Jennifer's head rested on the seat cushion, she looked sideways at Ethan, and said with a smile:
"You don't really want to take me to the club, do you?"
Her voice sounded sweet and slightly childish.
Ethan shook his head repeatedly: "No, I am not referring to the scenery just now, but the real scenery, the Hollywood Hills in Los Angeles, the Sunset Boulevard in Los Angeles, the Santa Monica Pier in Los Angeles, Keyes Point in Los Angeles, Figueres observatory……"
These places are all pictures in the memory of the original owner. Ethan also wants to visit them in person. Catherine has gone to these places. Ethan can only find another female companion.
"But...I'm very busy."
"I know that."
"I mean...you must at least have a car, right?" Jennifer flipped her hair.
This is not to criticize Ethan for being poor. It is easy to buy a car in the United States, and it is just a means of transportation in the literal sense.
"So, you promised me?" Ethan confirmed.
"Of course, I promise you!" Jennifer grinned, showing her white teeth, and nodded firmly.
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Ethan arrived home earlier than Catherine.
And when Catherine came back and was about to take out the key to open the door, she saw that the light in Ethan's room was on. She walked over and opened the door. When she saw Ethan actually appearing in the room, she immediately dropped it. With the large cloth bag on his shoulders, he took three steps and two steps at a time, ran over quickly, and then jumped, his whole body hung on Ethan, and his upper body hugged Ethan tightly.
"When did you come back?" There was extra surprise on her face.
Ethan held her and spun her around twice.
"This morning, I came back early specifically to play the game."
"Besides, we have to move out of Compton as soon as possible. It's not safe for you to come back alone at night. We also have travel commitments. We can relax briefly after the finals..." Ethan talked about the subsequent arrangements.
"I'm afraid the travel will have to be put on hold. Now I have to help Jennifer with her homework. Her brain is not good at all." Catherine complained.
This is only relative to Catherine herself. In fact, Catherine thinks most people are stupid.
Even the former owner.
The two were intimate for a while, and Catherine talked about the choice of college. Just at this time, Mia also came back from get off work.
"I didn't expect that Ethan was the one who came back first. I don't know what happened to William. He stayed out even though he was already on vacation. Tonight is very important for Catherine. Let's ask Ethan where he is. Are you there?" Mia seemed a little angry. William had said before that he would definitely come back today, but he has not been seen yet.
Ethan had no choice but to call his own brother.
But I heard the phone ringing downstairs.
