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My name is Warren R. Schmidt and I am your new foster father. Say personal information. All right, ahem. I live in Omaha, Nebraska. My older brother, Harry, lives in Roanoke, Virginia with his wife, Estelle. Harry lost a leg two years ago to diabetes. I am 66 years old... ...and recently retired as assistant vice president and actuary... ...at Woodmen of the World Insurance Company. And goddamn it if they didn't replace me with some kid who... All right, so maybe he's got a little theory under his belt... ...and can plug a few numbers into a computer... ...but I could tell right off that he doesn't know a damn thing... ...about genuine real-world risk assessment. Or managing a department, for that matter. Little cocky bastard. Anyway, 66 must sound pretty old to a young fellow like yourself. The truth is it sounds pretty old to me too. Because when I look in the mirror and see the wrinkles around my eyes... ...and the sagging skin on my neck and the hair in my ears... ...and the veins on my ankles, I can't believe it's really me. When I was a kid, I used to think that maybe I was special... ...that somehow destiny had tapped me to be a great man. Not like Henry Ford or Walt Disney or somebody like that... ...but somebody, you know, semi-important. I got a degree in business and statistics... ...and was planning to start my own business someday. Build it up into a big corporation. Watch it go public, you know? Maybe make the Fortune 500. I was gonna be one of those guys you read about. But somehow, it just didn't work out that way. You've gotta remember, I had a top-notch job at Woodmen... ...and a family to support. I couldn't exactly put their security at risk. Helen, that's my wife. She wouldn't have allowed it. But what about my family, you might ask. What about my wife and daughter? Don't they give me all the pride and satisfaction I could ever want? Helen and I have been married 42 years.

我叫沃伦·R·施密特，是你的新养父。 说说你的个人信息。 好吧，咳咳。 我住在内布拉斯加州的奥马哈。 我哥哥哈里和妻子埃斯特尔住在弗吉尼亚州的罗阿诺克。 哈里两年前因为糖尿病截掉了一条腿。 我今年六十六岁…… ……最近刚退休，退休前是副总裁助理兼精算师…… ……在世界伍德曼保险公司。 结果他们真他妈的拿一个毛头小子顶替了我，那家伙…… 好吧，也许他肚子里是有点理论…… ……也会往电脑里输几个数字…… ……但我一眼就看出他屁都不懂…… ……真正的现实风险评估。 更别说管理一个部门了。 这个自以为是的小混蛋。 总之，对你这样的年轻人来说，六十六岁肯定听着很老。 说实话，我自己听着也觉得挺老。 因为我一照镜子，看到眼角的皱纹…… ……脖子上松弛的皮肤、耳朵里冒出来的毛…… ……还有脚踝上的青筋，我都不敢相信那真是我。 我小时候总觉得自己也许不一般…… ……觉得命运不知怎么就选中我，要我成为伟人。 不是亨利·福特或华特·迪士尼那种大人物…… ……而是那种，怎么说，有点分量的人。 我拿的是商科和统计学的学位…… ……原本打算哪天自己创业。 把它做大成一家大公司，看它上市，你懂吧？ 也许冲进《财富》五百强。 我本来会成为你读到的那种人物。 可不知怎么，事情就是没按那样发展。 你得记着，我在伍德曼有份一流的工作…… ……还有一家人要养。 我不能拿他们的安稳去冒险。 海伦，那是我妻子。 她不会答应的。 你也许会问，那我的家人呢？ 我的妻子和女儿呢？ 她们难道没给我想要的全部骄傲和满足吗？ 海伦和我结婚四十二年了。