Chapter 1273: Different Treatment

On one side is the bottomless "compromise education." Now it's not very possible to use the word "happy education." Now it's just a compromise between education and the tense relationship between families.

You send children to school, no matter what their grades are, they will get an A. This is a compromise between the school and parents.

Some schools are still emphasizing the importance of learning and knowledge, but it won't take long. After a few more conflicts between parents and schools, civilians and education, "compromise education" will become "happy education."

One or two dollars a month, every student enjoys the best ten-plus years of life in advance, and then is kicked into society to feel the most cruel life.

And on the other side, it is the core private elite education of federal talents.

The little secretary looked at her child, and her eyes became much softer. She wouldn't let him go to a public school. Although some experts she consulted also told her that one could learn knowledge in public schools and become a talent, the probability is too low.

She can't afford to gamble, and she can't afford to lose.

Going to a private school also has a benefit, that is, if one is really not that excellent in learning in the future, one can also become someone else's lackey. There will always be a way out.

Being a lackey is definitely not the best choice, but it also depends on who one compares with.

Compared with those workers on the assembly line in factories, even the lackey of the privileged class is countless times better than them!

She watched the entire program quietly in front of the TV.

There are many people who have made the same choice as her. This political show program is too popular. Many people are watching it, including the participants of this program themselves.

William and Emily are also watching the program, with Patricia and Victor.

They have been traveling, sightseeing, and shopping in Manton for the past few days. As the core city of Laizhou, it gathers almost all brands that can be on the table in the Federation, as well as some playgrounds and some iconic buildings, zoos, circuses, etc.

These are good places for people to relax. They shopped in the city center in the morning and bought a lot of things, things worth tens of thousands of dollars.

In the afternoon, they went to Manton's bird zoo to play. This place gathered almost all birds that can survive in Manton in the world.

They built a huge cage and then divided the cage into many pieces, separated according to different birds.

Everyone who enters this huge bird cage will be given a very wide-brimmed straw hat, and then something like a coat.

At first, none of the family members knew what these things were for, but when a lump of bird poop hit William's hat, everyone understood.

Those birds fly unrestrainedly in the huge bird cage. Because there are many tourists and many children, they like to use the food in their hands to lure those birds to stand on their arms and peck at the food in their palms.

This also caused the birds to always be too full.

This kind of animal, the bird, is like a straight intestine. After they eat how much, in order to make more space for food, they will excrete the things in their intestines.

So one can see bird poop falling down with a crackle at any time and any place. Of course, this might be described a bit exaggeratedly, but————roughly it is like this.

This also caused this zoo tour to observe birds not to be truly completed, and the whole family ended it in advance with the feeling of "it's too damn disgusting."

Subsequently, they turned around outside, went to other attractions, and then enjoyed a sumptuous dinner at the "rooftop restaurant" in Manton, and then the whole family returned home and began to watch today's program.

"Standing from the perspective of an audience, William, you look sexier than in reality!", Emily touched William's cheek and praised.

"Of course, my little baby is also very cute!", she gave Victor some praise, and the latter immediately expressed his gratitude for her recognition.

Patricia rolled her eyes on the side, "Too cheesy. Although I am still very young, I can't stand this either. I'm going back to my room!"

The couple took the little boy and watched the entire program. They performed very well, and of course, it was edited very well, which can be called perfect!

After the program ended, William and Emily chatted, "They asked me whether to let Victor go to school locally."

Emily's attention shifted from the TV to William. She also paid great attention to this son.

Actually, people in any world have the phenomenon of valuing boys over girls. The richer and more powerful they are, the more so!

This is a very simple truth.

In a society dominated by men, men are the ones who can pass on the family surname, not women.

Federal couples change to the man's surname after marriage, just like Emily now. No matter what she was called before marriage and what her father's surname was, now she is called "Emily Lawrence," which is the "Mrs. Lawrence" in people's mouths.

Before, they didn't care much about whether there were boys. At that time, William was just an insignificant bottom-level civil servant under the city hall. He had no property and no power for anyone to inherit.

Having a girl was enough, and they had no energy to have another child.

But with Lans's strong rise, now William not only has a lot of wealth that needs someone to inherit, but he will also leave a lot of political heritage waiting for people to inherit.

So, there must be a boy, and they are very concerned and concerned about this boy, Victor.

Emily looked at the little boy writing and drawing on the table in the dining room, "The best school?"

William nodded and said, "The best school. Several children in Terry's family go to that elementary school, and several children of the board of directors of the Jincheng Consortium also go there."

Emily knew who Terry was and also knew what the Jincheng Consortium was. She frowned, "What about the family tutor?"

"We can't run back and forth.", she meant the family tutors on the farm. In order to take care of the family, and of course to let the children in the family grow up better, Lawrence Farm hired many family tutors to educate the children.

The fees for these family tutors are not low. Hundreds of dollars are the lowest level, and thousands of dollars are the relatively normal price, and even thousands of dollars.

William was also looking at Victor, "Those teachers stay on the farm. We will re-hire a few teachers here, two or three are enough."

"Learning ones, interest ones, and life ones!"

"Three family tutors are enough, and the expenses won't be too big, at most five or six thousand dollars."

The wages in Manton are a bit higher. Most people can get about ninety dollars, and some people can get one hundred or more than one hundred, and the monthly income of three family tutors is equivalent to the income of more than fifty ordinary people.

A bit exaggerated, but not that exaggerated, because this is not the best family tutor.

Some more advanced family tutors almost only serve a certain family, or a few families.

Like the Lawrence family, these "local upstarts" are not qualified to recruit them, let alone pay them a salary of thousands of dollars per person per month.

William continued to add, "And more children from the farm will come to school here in the future. He will adapt, and he also needs to contact the next generation."

"You know, power is always constantly inherited. We pass it to him, our friends pass it to their children, and then their children become friends with Victor, and everything will become stable."

"And I will soon come to Manton, and this stay might be more than ten years."

Emily's eyes carried some confusion. She didn't react. William explained, "I will serve as mayor for at least four years, letting people here know me better, or six years?"

"I'm not sure about this point. This depends on how Lans and the others arrange subsequent work, but it is at least four years. I think the possibility of six years is greater."

"Then I will run for governor. After being elected governor, it will be four years or more. We will live here for more than ten years."

"When I retire, it will be more than ten years later, so we spend more time here than on the farm. After we completely retire, we can return to the farm to live."

Emily nodded, "I have no reason to oppose. You operate this matter, and by the way, do we just live here?"

She looked around this house again. She knew this was Lans's house, and also knew William bought it.

William nodded, "Yes, live here for the time being. If you have a better proposal, we can also move over."

Emily considered for a while, "No, it's very big and convenient here. I have to ask someone to send some of my things over."

She said and asked again, "Will Ace also come to school?"

"He has also reached the age of going to school."

William just thought of this, "I have to ask Lans."

He glanced at the time, and then called Lans. Lans didn't have any big thoughts about this matter.

Although he could send Ace to Xinjin City to go to school, after considering it, he still let him stay here. After all————for these children, this place is their safest and most reliable "old nest."

Emily then called Patricia down and talked about this matter. For moving from the farm to the city to live, Patricia seemed somewhat reluctant.

She likes farm life, likes wearing canvas suspender pants, riding her horse, and carrying a hunting gun to ride and hunt in the countryside.

She likes the smell of cow dung there, lying on the haystack and looking up at the sky without any pollution, even the night is illuminated by the moon and starlight.

Unlike the city, the night sky is covered by neon and dust, and even the stars are hidden.

And she doesn't like socializing.

Emily gave her an option, letting her also come to live, so that mother and daughter together, if they encounter some problems, it is easy to solve————

The matter was roughly decided like this. After Ace came over, they took the two children to the school to see.

The next day, the whole family rested in the villa for a day, but William was still busy.

As the person who is "about to" become the mayor of Manton, he certainly needs to participate in more exposure activities, and also get to know some local people, increasing understanding and communication.

Some local capitalists and public representatives are very important to the election results. He needs to let these people understand that he is not an enemy, nor is he here to make trouble.

And he also needs to contact the Federal Party side.

It is very embarrassing

Up until now, the Federal Party has had no idea that William intends to run for mayor of Manton, nor that he plans to run for governor afterward; after all, the Federal Party has been off the political stage for a long time.

When the Liberal Party split, they were actually happy about it for a while, feeling that with the powerful Liberal Party in internal turmoil and division, the Federal Party would be met with new opportunities.

As it turned out, inexplicably, the Liberal Party continued to hold onto political resources in the North, while the breakaway Socialist Party quickly swallowed up the political resources in the South, squeezing the Federal Party's space once again, to the point where they now have no significant influence in Congress at all!

If they could produce a Federal Party governor, it would be a good thing for the Federal Party camp.

A full day of busyness made the passage of time feel very fast, and before they knew it, the sky was brushed with a layer of night.

After finishing his day's work, William sat in the car and said to his secretary, "We need to rent an office; I can't always be chatting with people in hotels and such places."

The secretary nodded and recorded this on a small notebook. "Should I ask Mr. Lans about it?"

"He might have an office in Manton."

William shook his head. "Lans's status is still somewhat special; if we obtain too much from him, people will always have some misunderstandings."

"Even if we pay to buy it, there will still be those who think this is a transfer of benefits."

"Even if we are family!"

Federal politics is indeed a very messy thing; they allow politicians to do business, but they don't want politicians to make money doing business, because people worry that the money they earn comes from money-power trading, which is very troublesome.

Therefore, most Federal presidents do not engage in any commercial activities while in office, including their family members.

If they do, they will downplay these relationships as much as possible, so as not to let people always seem to link them with investment and profit-making.

"I understand. I will go find a suitable location tomorrow."

Over the next two days, Ace was also sent over from the Lawrence farm, and upon seeing their "good friend," Ace and Victor were happy about it for a while.

Subsequently, Emily and Patricia took them to the best private school in Manton to register and arrange their schooling.

William was busy with his new office and socializing, so this time the two ladies took the children themselves, along with bodyguards and such.

Unlike the exam the young secretary encountered when trying to enroll her child, the moment Emily's car arrived at the school gate, several executive board members were already waiting at the entrance to greet them.

This wasn't them being overly dramatic, but rather that the forces these two women represented behind them were the "heavens" of Liklai State!

They had to take it seriously; just having received the call, they immediately made all the arrangements.

Unlike the young secretary who had to wait in line to face "judgment," the board members and the principal who arrived shortly after led Emily and Patricia—and of course the two children—to begin touring their school.

They proudly and boastfully introduced all the attractive aspects of the place to this family, such as the best teaching staff, the most perfect environment, and those several "alumni walls."

On this wall appeared at least fifty mayors, five governors, seven senators, over a dozen representatives, and a whole bunch of Federal politicians.

Of course, besides this part, there were also many wealthy individuals; for example, some members of the board of directors of the New Jincheng Consortium came from that batch of students from several decades ago.

This is the source of a private school's influence in the education sector and society!

Even after a long time, when the school contacts these "alumni," as long as they aren't thinking of anything too excessive, these alumni will, more or less, still provide some help!

Walking to the end, on the newest wall, the principal indicated that two spots had already been reserved for Ace and Victor to install their photos, and they too would become one of the school's important alumni!

Besides these, they also introduced the school's teacher situation, noting that they could choose their favorite teachers to form a class for their children, rather than the teachers choosing the children.

Privilege—the reason why so many people like it lies right here.

People with privilege, even in the worst country, live as if in heaven!

And people without privilege, even living in the best country (the Federation), are as if in hell!

In the words of the board members and the principal, Ace and Victor choosing their school is the school's "honor."

Meanwhile, William sat in his new office and also received a phone call.

A call from New Jincheng.

"There is a lady who says she wants your contact information; she says she has something very important that she needs to contact you about. I don't know who she is, so I didn't give her your contact information."

This was the call from the secretary at William's office in New Jincheng—the office there hadn't been closed just because he left, but had been retained.

Some work related to New Jincheng still required his handling, and he had also presided over the advancement of some projects during his time as a municipal councilor, all of which required his continued attention.

William had originally wanted to have the secretary simply ignore the matter, but for some reason, as if he had thought of something, he said, "Give her my number; perhaps it is something important."

It was hard for him not to have that woman appear in his mind.

Only about an hour later, a call came into his office in Manton.

"This is William Lawrence."

There was no sound from the other end of the receiver, but one could hear the faint sound of someone breathing.

"Who is there?"

"If you don't speak, I'm going to hang up the phone."

About twenty seconds later, William didn't really want to continue playing this silent game, and just as he threatened to hang up, a voice came from the other end of the receiver.

"It's me. I need your help—"