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Chapter 0, do you still remember the agreement between you and your good friends when you were a child?
For example, "When I have money in the future, I will definitely give you half of it!"?
I believe that many people have had such an agreement.
is just a promise that is too beautiful. Because I am too young, I gradually forget it as I grow up...
Wait until many years later and I will think of it as a child's words.
However, the story I want to tell today is quite special.
It began with a lottery agreement 30 years ago...
In 1992, there were two good buddies in western Wisconsin, USA, Tom Cook and Joe Feeney.
Tom has a strong personality and likes to gambling. Joe is a fisherman who works diligently and also embraces the dream of "get rich overnight".
(Tom on the left and Joe on the right)
This year, the local area began to provide "lottery purchase services" for the first time.
Tom is naturally very looking forward to it. He pulled Joe and started buying lottery tickets. Facing the "number of zeros" on the lottery jackpot poster, the two were salivating.
It was at this time that they made an agreement: if any of the two men wins the first prize in the future, they will be divided by half of the other party!
If you want to win the prize, you will naturally buy.
From then on, the two began to devote themselves to the lottery career.
was bought every week at first, and later they bought it from time to time. In a flash, in 2020, both of them were old lottery players with nearly 30 years of lottery age.
However, the grand prize is still not seen, but both of them are already Buddha, so they buy whatever they have, and they won’t care too much about it.
Until…
In June this year, Tom bought a lottery ticket at a store near him.
A few days later, as usual,
He checked the winning numbers while having breakfast. After this check, he became petrified - He found that he seemed to have won the big prize!
"When I checked the first two or the first three numbers, my feeling was hard to describe, and then, I was petrified." Recalling the scene at that time, Tom still felt a bit like he was dreaming, "I handed the lottery to my wife, and she also petrified after seeing the numbers." Why is the number of the first prize of the
lottery exactly the same as the one on his own lottery?
is still the only bet! Bonus 22 million US dollars!
made money! !
Tom and his wife were immediately in ecstasy...
But when Tom calmed down, the first thing he thought of was his good buddy Joe, and the promise to share the bonus 30 years ago.
without any hesitation. He immediately called Joe, told him the good news, and said he wanted to share half of his money.
received the call, and Joe couldn't believe it, "What are you kidding internationally!"
But Tom didn't joke. He said, "Agreement is an agreement." and insisted on giving Joe half of the bonus,
, then, Joe naturally accepted Liao happily...
Finally, the two brought their families to receive the grand prize together.
Faced with the high bonus, the two chose to withdraw cash directly, so it was $16.7 million, and then deducted taxes and fees. The last person in received $5.7 million , and the second half of his life was basically financial freedom.
got the bonus, how should I spend it?
Tom said that the first thing is to retire! He thought nothing and immediately wrote a resignation letter to his unit, saying goodbye to his social animal life!
And Joe had long retired, so both of them became "undoing old men" and began to live their lives.
Now, both said they did not have a clear consumption plan, but both said they would spend more time with their families and look forward to traveling.
"We should all choose a lifestyle that makes us comfortable.I can't think of a more perfect retirement method than this. "Tom said excitedly.
Thinking back to his past agreement, the two still felt a little incredible.
They never thought that they would actually win the jackpot, nor did they expect that this agreement could last for so long.
When interviewed by reporters, both families were so happy and could not stop smiling with masks.
, 5 million fell from the sky, how could they be unhappy?
Faced with such news, netizens were envious and jealous, and they sighed for the spirit of keeping their promises...
"This is really a heartwarming story, congratulations to them. Hope they can retire and enjoy life. "
" He is really kind and gentlemanly. I hope they retire happily~"
" He is very honest. In addition, many people who have won huge lottery tickets will find that they are slowly losing old friends because no one else can keep up with them. But here, at least, he has a good partner who can have an equal economic status with him. "
" is great! Especially in such an era where integrity is insignificant and promises will be forgotten in a few minutes, such a story is really shining. I hope to see more details about the development of this commitment, and the story behind it. "
" is a real man, honest enough. "
Agreement is an agreement. Characters like
are indeed more valuable than money.
So the question is again, where can I find such a good friend?
Now it's time to start calling...
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2020/jul/23/powerball-lotter-winne r-shares-prize-friend
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-8554289/Wisconsin-man-splits-22-million-Powerball-winning-ticket-friend-handshake-deal.htmlhtml
------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- , Instead of having a estrangement with good friends, we retired at the same age and waved together
A song of righteousness is given to myself: I seemed to have made this agreement with my childhood. Now I think about my childhood, my childhood is shining days! However, I don’t buy lottery tickets hahahahahahahahahahahaha
cat wearing a hairband: Everyone is counting on each other
N nothing A
: This may be the strongest relationship in the world, and money cannot destroy promises!
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