blackstone code

Chapter 1371 Joey's Lucky Day
Joey is a very ordinary high school student, no different from most high school students in the Federation.

His family environment is not bad. His father runs a delicatessen. It is said that the recipes were passed down from their ancestors. It has been passed down for many generations, and they are quite well-known in the local area.

Although his family can't be said to have reached the middle class family, it is much better than most families.

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

He also sent applications to some universities, but unfortunately none of them were willing to give him an interview.

Their reasons vary.

Some universities didn't think his studies were good enough, so they rejected him.

Some universities thought that he did not actively participate in sports activities during high school, so he was not a sports student and rejected him.

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

Some colleges...their sponsorship fees are too high, so Joey dropped it.

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

He didn't want to spend time in the kitchen early on, obey his parents' arrangements to marry a woman he might not really like, have two or three children, and then pass his life in a daze.

He hopes that his life is bright, different and colorful.

But he also understands that he has no hope, the university rejected him, the high-level company doesn’t even say to hire him as a senior management, and even the middle and lower management can’t use him, because he has no “alumni” and is not a member of the “fraternity”, He is just an ordinary high school student.

But at such a time, promoted by the federal president, Mr. Lynch, Sabine city councilor Ms. Catherine and the governor jointly established a university called "Federal Hope Academy", which gave him some new hope!
By the way, Lynch originally applied for "Federal State University", but the Department of Social Services believed that this name might be misleading. Although no one used it, it also rejected Lynch's application.

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

He woke up early in the morning, which is not easy for a high school student who is growing up. After a good brush with the brush used to brush the fur of the horses on the farm, he changed into the high school graduation dress Formal wear.

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

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

The corridors were filled with families like Joy's, parents with children, or a single parent with a child, nervously awaiting interviews.

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 embarrassing.

But at this moment, he desperately hoped that his father could find out something.

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

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

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

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

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

Even Joey's success will feed back their big family, so when Joey proposed that he wanted to go to university and received an interview notice from Hope Academy, he came in person without even going to the deli.

Fortunately, the opportunity looks really great!

After waiting for 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 the child's performance excessively.

There were four interviewers, and a lady in her forties who sat in the middle wore glasses. She looked down at the materials for a while, and then smiled and said hello, "Good morning, Joey."

Joy Federation responded, "Good morning, ma'am." He hesitated, "And gentlemen."

At this moment, his father was so nervous that he couldn't speak. Heck, he thought it was no different from chatting with those customers or haggling with the customers in 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 made a good start."

A compliment made Joey relax a lot, and his father also showed a stiff smile.

What followed was a very regular interview, where some questions were asked about Joey's grades, some comments were made on his performance in high school, and he was asked to describe some of the things he was good at, or something that he could be proud of. .

At the end, the four exchanged ideas, and the woman in the middle gave the Joeys the answer they needed.

"I read your files. You are from this state. This also meets the admissions criteria set by Mr. Lynch. We only recruit students from this state or students from families who have their own real estate in this state."

"Joy, you actually give me a good feeling. Maybe your grades are not particularly good, but at least you meet the standards of federal education and are above the passing line..."

All four are very serious, as if they don't know that the so-called federal education standards are actually a joke.

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

Joey nodded again and again, he has realized something, maybe his life will be different from others from this moment!
The lady continued, "You have excellent self-expression skills, independent personality and emotional expression, and you are not stage fright. These are very good qualities, so we initially approved your application."

Seeing Joey who was about to jump up, the lady raised her hand to stop him slightly, "Of course there are still some procedures you need to go through, such as tuition fees..."

Finally talking about what he was good at, the old father who hadn't happened in the whole process suddenly puffed up his chest at this moment, this is the meaning and value of him being here!
As the father of a family, he may not necessarily do well in many places, but there is one thing he can do well, and that is when he spends money.

"How much does it cost, one semester?"

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

A gentleman sitting by the side who has been silent all the time said with a smile, "It's not too much, it only costs 500 yuan per semester."

When Joey's father heard this number, the corners of his mouth twitched slightly. There are two semesters a year, but it's only 7000 yuan.

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 yuan a year. Except for those who can get full scholarships, the rest are rich people.

Ordinary schools, four to five thousand yuan is more common, three thousand five hundred yuan...

Maybe 7000 yuan a year is an unaffordable figure for many ordinary families, but Joey's father thinks it's nothing.

The gentleman could see the smug look on his face, then drew a form and put it on the table, beckoning them to come closer.

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

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

"Such as all kinds of books needed, various notebooks, library usage fees, additional educational resource occupation fees..."

Joey's father looked down at the form, and the slightly smug smile on his face disappeared. He really didn't know much about the composition of university tuition fees. He thought... 7000 yuan for that year was all.

Now it seems that the 7000 yuan may be the least part of it!

Following the gentleman's explanation, the tuition fee has risen from [-] a year to nearly [-], and Joey's father has also become silent.

After all the contents of the list are explained, the total tuition fee for one year will be about 6000 yuan, and I will also prepare 3000 to [-] yuan, because sometimes I may participate in certain activities, which also require money.

Four years... 10 yuan.

To be honest, Joey's father can't afford the investment. If he really had 10 yuan, he would have expanded his deli.

Perhaps realizing that the father and son were in trouble, the gentleman who had been explaining the fee said with a smile, "This is a normal tuition fee. If Joey can get a scholarship, whether it's full or half, or just some kind of incentive , these costs will be reduced accordingly.”

"If you know anything about universities, you should know that there are some people who go to university not only do not spend money but also make money, and we welcome such students to join us."

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

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.

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

The father and son were a little confused, but the gentleman explained it kindly.

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

"That may have been the case before, but now, for the students in our school, it has changed."

"We have brand new student loans..."

(End of this chapter)