Chapter 1278: People in the sky

"My dear, we are going to be late!" Patricia looked at Lanse, who was standing in front of the mirror checking his appearance, and urged somewhat complainingly.

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They were active until very late last night, so they couldn't get out of bed in the morning.

Although Lanse is in his prime, it is also the best time to sleep. He only needs a little "primer," and he can fall asleep very quickly.

Lanse turned around with a smile and walked to her side, "Don't worry, we won't be late."

Patricia looked at her watch; there were still more than ten minutes left, "But it takes at least fifteen minutes from here to the school!"

This is Ace's first time going to school, and it is also an important entrance ceremony, which relates to some things he will have to face in school in the future.

Although Patricia hasn't been ravaged by real life in these years, she is also very clear that this world is not as beautiful as people imagine, even in school.

It can only be said that when she was young, William and Emily protected her very well.

After she got married, Lanse protected her very well again, but this doesn't mean she can't see the things happening outside.

Television and newspapers always report these things.

School is also a huge—complex society. This society is like a primitive forest. People live in it and have to face the cruel forest law of the jungle—a world where people eat people.

School is actually also a closed forest. There also exist some societies of the jungle.

Patricia doesn't hope that because of their lateness, Ace will be disliked by some people before he even enters school, or be labeled with something. This is undoubtedly the worst start for his school life in the next few years!

Looking at the thick worry in Patricia's eyes, Lanse walked to the phone and picked up the receiver, starting to dial the dial.

Although Patricia has a good temper, she was still a bit angry. She put her hands on her hips, "What time is it, and you are still making a phone call?"

Lanse made a gesture to be quiet, and the smile on his face never changed.

The phone was soon connected. He looked at Patricia and said softly, "I am Lanse, Lanse White. I will arrive at the school in about twenty to twenty-five minutes to attend my son's entrance ceremony. I hope I won't miss your opening ceremony."

Some sounds came from the receiver, but Patricia couldn't hear them very clearly, but she could vaguely hear someone talking.

After the sound ended, Lanse said with a smile, "This won't cause any unnecessary trouble, right?"

"Thank everyone for me; I will be there soon."

He said, putting down the phone, and then looked at Patricia, "The entrance ceremony opening ceremony has been postponed by fifteen minutes."

Patricia stared at him with wide eyes, "Is this what you meant by not being late?"

Lanse shrugged, "They are very happy to do so."

"We aren't making things difficult for them, but giving them an opportunity to call me directly when necessary. This is a good thing, understand?"

He paused, "Then now, can we leave?"

"After all, there is still a ten-plus minute journey."

Patricia was somewhat helpless, but also looked at him somewhat amusedly, "You are always right!"

The two left the house, got into the car prepared by Ma Duoer, and soon drove out of the manor's gate.

It wasn't a long distance from here to the school, just over ten minutes.

These excellent private schools are often in relatively remote places. It's not that they can't afford to buy land in good locations to build schools, but there is no need.

Families who can afford to send their children to schools with tuition fees of one thousand dollars per semester can basically be said to have cars, and perhaps even full-time nannies who have mastered driving skills. They can pick up and drop off children to school and after school, so distance is not a problem.

Besides, there will be a more secret and closed environment in the suburbs, and they can decorate the school to look better, build more functional teaching buildings, and it is also quieter.

This is not like being in the downtown area, where the sound of car horns can make children put their minds on other things, and there are more temptations.

When the motorcade entered the internal road leading to the school from the main road, one could feel the luxury here.

Very wide roads, with trees at least twenty or thirty meters high on both sides, carefully trimmed. Sunlight shines on the ground through the constantly shaking leaves. With the summer wind blowing, the entire road seems to come alive at this moment, giving people a feeling of being in a dream!

There are not many fallen leaves on the ground, and pedestrians on both sides of the road. Everything here can make people quiet down.

The motorcade continued forward until it reached the school gate.

The school board member was already waiting here. When he saw Lanse's motorcade arrive, he finally breathed a sigh of relief.

He picked up the phone and said "He's here," then put down the phone and walked out of the security room. At the same time, melodious music began to play on campus, and the entrance ceremony was about to begin.

The school board member arrived at the side of Lanse's car. He bent over, stuck out his butt, and his face was full of flattering smiles, "Mr. White, the time is just right."

Lanse looked at him through the car window, "I hope I haven't caused you any trouble."

"No, no, this was originally our scheduled plan, and it also leaves more time for some families living further away."

"Then—shall I take the two of you to the auditorium?"

Lanse let him get into the car in front to lead the way, and soon the motorcade stopped outside the auditorium.

In fact, vehicles are not allowed to enter and exit the campus casually, especially the main campus. This is not a high school or a university. Children's early warning and judgment of danger are not perfect. If vehicles enter and exit, it is easy to cause danger.

But the people sitting inside are not ordinary people, and naturally, they cannot be restricted by ordinary rules.

When the motorcade stopped, Lanse and Patricia, under the agency relationship of the school board member, entered the auditorium from the side door, and under the gaze of many people, walked to the first row of the school auditorium.

"Mr. Lanse, here!" Just as he walked over, a guy greeted him enthusiastically, which also let many people know who this "distinguished guest" who arrived late was.

Lanse White, a legendary figure in Licalai State, only took ten-plus years to go from an inconspicuous bakery apprentice to a super "star" with huge influence across the entire Federation!

Most people here hold a positive and supportive attitude toward Lanse's lateness and the school postponing the entrance ceremony to wait for Lanse.

For these people, they themselves might be part of the privileged class, or those who yearn for and are eager to become the privileged class.

So they won't feel that there is anything wrong with Lanse possessing such privileges, and might even think that when they also possess the power to override the rules, they can also enjoy all this as a matter of course.

There is also a very small number of people, very few, very individual, who are somewhat dissatisfied with Lanse and the school's behavior.

However, this dissatisfaction can only be held in their own hearts; they can't say it, even to their children, they dare not say it.

The guy who greeted Lanse is very similar to Governor Terry; he is Governor Terry's youngest cousin.

Every family is like this: some people are specifically responsible for political things, some people are specifically responsible for making money, some people are responsible for law, and then some people are responsible for logistics.

Lanse had met this guy once, on Governor Terry's side. He smiled and nodded at Terry's cousin, then walked over and exchanged pleasantries for two sentences.

Subsequently, he arrived at his position.

Ace was already here. They followed William and Emily. They stood beside Lanse. The school knew their relationship very well and also knew how to arrange these people.

"You have a big face!" William said softly, "I thought you were going to be late, or had other things and couldn't come. As a result, the principal said there were some temporary matters, and the ceremony had to be postponed by fifteen minutes. They were waiting for you, right?"

Lanse nodded slightly, more like tucking in his chin, the movement range was very small, "Patricia was worried that we would be late, so I let them postpone it for a while."

Emily looked at her daughter with a smile, "You make all the girls in the Federation envy you, my dear."

Patricia kept a straight face, but couldn't hide the corners of her mouth that were raised, "Clearly he got up late. I already called him, but he always said sleep for a while longer—"

The two children stood on the side. Their attention was placed on these adults, seemingly wanting to discover something and learn something from them.

After a few more minutes, the music in the auditorium gradually stopped. In the host's voice full of emotion, the entrance ceremony officially began.

School board members appeared on the stage one by one, as well as the principal, and the substitute teachers for this new class of students.

This is the school's tradition. They will introduce the school board members to every parent, and then the school's substitute teachers, telling all parents what they and their children can obtain in the school.

After this, it was the speech by the school board chairman. He first thanked every family who chose this school, then chatted about the school's long history, and those influential people on the alumni wall.

Although he didn't explicitly express his thoughts, everyone could feel that he wanted to tell people that school is not just school, but a higher-level social place.

Here, students can get to know each other and leave behind deep friendships.

Parents can also get to know each other and make friends along with the fixed family activities every semester.

He talked about many things, the students' future, the school's future, and some very empty things.

The whole time of speaking wasn't long, about seven or eight minutes, followed by the speech by the old student representative—

After that, accompanied by the school board members, everyone visited the entire campus together, and completed some processes for each new student along the way.

For example, receiving some personal materials and documents, and so on.

They visited many facilities, such as the library, gymnasium, music hall, and other places. The buildings here can be said to be beautiful. It's not the kind of building built casually, and then stuffing things in, but carefully designed.

And the school is very large. While they visited, they explained, and time passed very quickly.

Before they knew it, it was near noon. The school also prepared a sumptuous lunch for each new student family, right in the school cafeteria.

This is also a form of showing the school's faculty strength to each family—many public schools not only don't provide lunch, but also don't have perfect cafeterias. Students can only bring some food themselves and eat in their classroom seats.

Fighting, chaos, there might also be some dining dangers.

But here, they provide paid lunch, which is very sumptuous, just like the buffet in those big hotels.

Lanse and Patricia also took some. Ace held his own plate and was with Victor. Everyone got some food, not much, just tasting the flavor, which also counts as completing a process.

The food was delicious and fresh. There are many children of power and wealth here, so there is absolutely no need to worry about them faking it in this regard.

Moreover, these are also paid, and the cost is very high!

"What do you think?" William sat with them. He also got a plate of food for himself.

Lanse said while eating, "If you are talking about the food, then I think it's okay, at least not hard to eat."

William shook his head, "I'm talking about the school."

Lanse looked left and right; they were all people eating in family units, "It's okay, much better than I imagined!"

In the huge gymnasium, Lanse also saw four swimming pools, including two constant-temperature swimming pools.

It is said that the water in the swimming pool is changed every once in a while, instead of using chemical agents for cleaning. Just changing the water in the swimming pool once costs several hundred dollars.

The school's fees are indeed very high, but the expenditure is also not small, and it provides the best of everything within its power, which makes every family gradually begin to feel satisfied with the expensive tuition fees they paid.

William sighed while eating, "I never thought a school could be so luxurious. I'm thinking about a question, Lanse."

"You say, the distance between the children here and the children outside, is it something that human power can make up for?"

From the bones, William also doesn't count as a member of the "privileged class." He was just a low-level civil servant. Although the Lawrence family is an old family, it has no influence in politics, and it is not successful in business.

He didn't go to such a good school when he was a child. Now, because of some coincidences, he has come to a higher position and seen more scenes he hadn't seen before, so it is inevitable that he will have some emotional fluctuations.

"They will walk at the forefront of the times because of the beginning, choices, and development of their lives, leaving the children outside far behind."

"The Bible tells us that everyone is fair and equal when they come to this world."

"But the facts are not like this. From the moment a person is born, there is already a distinction between high and low, and a distinction between noble and lowly."

"Some people are born in the mud, while some are high above!"

Lanse looked at him, "I didn't know you had the talent to be a philosopher!"

He said, laughing twice, "But look, didn't we change the life that was framed for us through our own efforts?"

"William, although I don't like those capitalists, nor do I like them always trying to find ways to enslave people."

"But there is one sentence they said very correctly."

"That is, if a person doesn't try, they will never change!"

"You can arrange for the children in the family to come here to go to school. From this moment on, they are born in the sky!"

After lunch, there was a rest time, free activities. At this time, many families' parents took the initiative to walk toward Lanse's side. They wanted to make friends with Lanse, William, and other big shots.

Usually, they might not have such an opportunity, but today, on such an occasion, they had such an opportunity.

This is also the reason why they are willing to spend a lot of money, and even use human favors to send their children in!

At the same time, another "person in the sky" had a look of unbelievable shock on his face. He held the receiver in his hand, not daring to believe his ears.

"I—I'm still continuing to suffer here?"

"Wang Defa?"

"Whose decision is this!"

Middle Porter received a call from his uncle. His uncle told him that the plan that was supposed to let him leave the army and go home during this period had fallen through.

This made him angry to the extreme!

He had been sent to the army for almost two years. The motivation that supported him to hold on was the moment he left here!

In fact, he could often leave the military base to go to the surrounding living areas to play.

The supporting industries extended from the naval base in Licalai State set an example for all military bases in the Federation.

As long as it is not a military base with a very high level of confidentiality, there are living areas outside the military alert zone.

Although the enjoyment here is not very high-end, there is no big difference from being in the city. For soldiers, this is already enough.

Not to mention that the military will also issue a kind of massage voucher that can let them relax. There are three vouchers a month. After using them up, they can also spend their own money to find those girls.

The Department of Defense and the military believe in internal meetings that these fixed girls have greatly alleviated the soldiers' anxiety and irritability problems. Plus the precedent of Licalai State, the Department of Defense using military budget to recruit prostitutes for soldiers can also be counted as a feature of the Federation.

The current military life is actually much more humanized than before, which also has a relationship with the excellent performance of the army in the war.

But for the Middle Porter who is a person in the sky, this is not enough.

He misses those female stars, misses those expensive wines, and all the luxurious enjoyment!

He is the President's grandson; he should enjoy better things, but he is now required to stay here?

"Tell me, who the hell won't let me go back?"

"I'm going to beat him up!"

His uncle said after a moment of silence, "It's your grandfather, the President." ===== CHAPTER 1279 =====