The journey starts from the Titanic

"Howard Hughes. A businessman from Texas who is interested in movies." Situ Nan said as he waved to a man in his 50s and 60s in the distance.

"This is Miss Rose Dawson, my partner. This is Howard Hughes I mentioned to you, from Houston, the president of Hughes Tool Company." Situ Nan introduced.

"It's an honor to meet Miss Dawson, you are so beautiful!" Old Hughes complimented, and his eyes were directed at Rose, as if fascinated by beauty.But Yu Guang was secretly paying attention to the expression of Situ Nan next to him.

"Hello! Mr. Hughes, welcome to join our Twentieth Century William Company." Rose said enthusiastically, but in her heart she didn't like this old man who looked a little fanciful!

"I'm lost for a while. See you later, let's talk slowly!" Situ Nan saw Laura greet him not far away, and hurried over.

Seeing Situ Nan leaving, Rose stomped her feet. She was in a bad mood tonight!Standing with Situ Nan, the old Hughes became bean curd dregs, which made Rose not interested, so the two talked to each other in a perfunctory manner.

The words were not very speculative, and the old Hughes pulled away after a while and left.Although Rose's beauty fascinated old Hughes, he knew it was not something he could touch!After all, Situ Nan is still the big boss of Hughes!

Since the acquisition of the Hughes Tool Company by Halliburton, the largest integrated oilfield service company in the United States, the scale of the Hughes Company has increased several times, and the value of Hughes has risen accordingly.

With money, the old Hughes likes to patronize Hollywood more and more, chasing the moving female stars on the screen is his big preference.He has a younger brother named Rupert Hughes, who is a Hollywood playwright and director. He joined the Twentieth Century William Film Company a few days ago and became one of Delpp's generals.

At the encouragement of his younger brother, Hughes Sr. also became a minority shareholder of William Films in the 20th Century.I have to say that the old Hughes made a shrewd move, which not only satisfies some of his curiosity, but also became a partner of Situ Nan, which is very important for him to maintain his position on the board of directors of Halliburton!He still doesn't know what impact his move will have on his son.

A few years later, when he left his hands, the inheritor of the Hughes family will be another more outstanding playboy, a little boy whom Situ Nan likes very much.

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"Stone, come and have a look, these photos are so beautiful!" Laura raised the photos in her hand to Situ Nan, touched her protruding belly, and smiled happily.

When Situ Nan looked at it, in the photo, Situ Nan and Laura were hugging on a bridge in the snowy world, smiling very happily.

"Isn't this the photo of the two at Nicara Falls last year when the snow was frozen? Where is George? Is he here?" Situ Nan asked, looking around.

"Over there! Talking to Andrew!" Laura smiled and pointed to two little white-headed old men not far away, while holding Situ Nan's hand.

"George, Merry Christmas! I thought you couldn't come anymore? You really gave me a surprise!" Situ Nan hugged, with a little bit of snow still on the shoulder of George Eastman.There was some snow in Los Angeles today, which is very rare.But it does not affect the hot Christmas atmosphere at all.

"It should have arrived long ago, but the flight was delayed. Have you seen those photos? I specially asked someone to zoom in and wash them out. Congratulations, I didn't expect Laura to be pregnant with a baby in just one year! So happy!" George Eastman said kindly.He is more than sixty years old, but he has never been married and has no children. He has always liked Situ Nan and Laura.

"Very beautiful! It's more beautiful than the guys who make movies in Hollywood!" Situ Nan praised.

The speaker has no intention, the listener has the intention.George Eastman flashed his inspiration and said: "Many film companies here in Hollywood will definitely need a lot of photographic equipment. How about investing in a new film factory in Los Angeles?"

"Oh? Good! Very good idea." Situ Nan nodded and approached the market. Kodak couldn't be more right to open a new factory in Los Angeles.

Situ Nan thought that George Eastman had been spoiled for his whole life. If Kodak were to set up a factory in Los Angeles, he would spend more time living here, saying: "George, Beverly Hills is nice here, or you Also moved to be a neighbor with me? I still have a lot of land in my hands."

"I'm talking about it! I'm too old to retire!" George Eastman replied nonchalantly, but he felt Situ Nan's love in his heart.

He said again: "By the way, what's wrong with the school? It's almost half a year, right?"

"Come on! Tomorrow morning, you can see the school from here. Don't worry, I personally nailed the plaque of Eastman Medical College." Situ Nan smiled without embarrassment.He respected this old man who was enthusiastic about charity education.

After the great philanthropist George Eastman knew that Situ Nan was going to donate to build the school, he generously donated $200,000, but this time he didn't need to use the pseudonym "Smith".

"Really? Great! Maybe it's good to live here!" George Eastman laughed.In the next few days, he will inspect the investment environment of Los Angeles on the spot, and it has become a certainty to open the factory here.

The next day, when the weather was clear, a convoy drove out of William's Manor in Beverly Hills, and after a while it came to Situ, William University, under the mountain.

Donors from Andrew, Robles, Henda, George and other schools have all come. These people were all pulled over by Stuart. One is to show off, and the other is to let them inspect the goods, showing that Stonney William himself can They did not embezzle their money, and all the money was invested in the school.How can a new school be built without money?

"Oh! My goodness! Airplane! That's an airplane! It's so beautiful!" the young man said in surprise, pointing excitedly at an airplane lane on the grass.

"Howard, be polite!" Old Hughes whispered, frowning at his son.

Today, he specially brought his son Howard Hughes Jr. to inspect the new school. He hoped that his troublesome son could successfully complete his studies. Old Hughes took a lot of work, but every time he went to a new school, Within a few days, Howard Hughes Jr. no longer fell in love with school, and even dropped out a few times.What a problem boy.

Little Hughes ignored the gaze of Old Hughes, he stared at the plane in the distance, and the man who pulled the wind from the plane!The leather flight jacket, surrounded by silk scarves, with a confident smile on his face, was so handsome when he got off the plane.

"Paul! Is your hand healed so soon?" Andrew frowned and said, he couldn't find this guy when he just set off, it turned out he had slipped out early.

What's more, this guy drove the plane directly from the runway in the backyard to the school after the convoy set off.I really love to show off, I don't know who I learned from, and there is no low-key style of the Mellon family.

"Oh. Okay, it's all done! Look!" Paul moved his arms nonchalantly, but he was proud of his heart and said, "Don't say that the hand is good, even one hand can fly by itself."

These days, Paul was suffocated.All of a sudden, I returned to calm California from the fierce West Line, always looking for something to do.Now I can’t go to the army, Laura’s belly is big, and Paul is about to take on school affairs.He came up with a brilliant idea, and he drove the plane to work every day.Relying to ask Situ Nan to build a simple airport in the backyard, he would fly from home to university as soon as he slipped away.

Andrew shook his head and sighed softly to Situ Nan, "Usually you pay close attention to him, don't let him run back to France."

"Okay! I'll figure it out." Situ Nan quickly agreed.

In fact, did he not want to be like Paul in his heart?Otherwise, he would not agree with Paul's absurd idea of ​​building an airport in his backyard.

"Boy! Do you like airplanes too?" Paul asked, seeing Hughes staring at himself and the airplane.

"Yes. It's so fascinating. Can you call me?" Hughes looked at Paul expectantly.

"No problem. I'm actually a flight instructor in the aviation department of this university!" Paul touched Hughes' head and snapped his fingers.

"Dad, I'm going to school here!" Hughes announced with clenched fists.

"Ah? Didn't you say you want to major in film?"

"I changed my mind!"

"why?"

"Because flying is more exciting than women who fascinate you!"

Everyone laughed, old Hughes was embarrassed!

Be a rich man, send the most magnificent movie, get on the most beautiful woman, fly the fastest plane!Sure enough, you still haven't changed!

Looking at the father and son, Situ Nan thought triumphantly, touching his chin.

Chapter 209-Counting the Russian Revolution of 1917

1917 was an important year in the history of mankind. The European war should have tilted the balance of power between the two sides due to the participation of the Americans.

The Americans finally found an opportunity to intervene in European affairs. This is an opportunity for them to show the power of the United States to the European world.They are strongly and clearly aware that Uncle Sam’s influence is not only in the Americas, but should also be respected all over the world.

The entry of the United States made the British and French see the hope of victory. They had never thought that the war would last so long. After spending infinite manpower and material resources, they would still get an annoying and embarrassing situation, if there is no breakthrough progress. (The Americans join), the Germans will almost die with them.

Enough of the Queen’s people have died, and the French citizens have been almost consumed. Facts have proved that it is too costly to compete with the barbaric and stubborn Germans. It is a pity that it is difficult to ride a tiger and can only go to the dark. .Wait for the Yankees, take a break, everyone will work together to teach the Germans.

The performance of the Italians can only be described with two minds and two minds. Just like Italian macaroni, the Italians are a bit noodles, a bit hard to get up, and cannot expect too much. Fortunately, their "quarrel" with the Austro-Hungarians has been It dragged some of the German troops, and dragged the once-beautiful Habs dynasty down the altar, and it will soon be wiped out.

Interestingly, the Habbs dynasty, which became stronger hundreds of years ago by resisting the Turks’ western invasion, will also end up with the Turkish Ottoman Empire in this war, even though they are allies this time.The old troubled empire is hard to return. Perhaps the ending of the Romanov dynasty in Russia has given other European empires a warning that no matter how prominent the empire was, it will fall, because this is a war to eliminate the monarch.

The German is a trapped beast. Although he shed a lot of blood, no one would think that this beast would be easily conquered.

Compared with the dying brother of the Austro-Hungarian Empire, Germany obviously still has a powerful force and can still fight.Because they had defeated the Russians on the Eastern Front, they were finally able to mobilize tens of millions of troops to the Western Front, freeing up their hands to fight against the British, French and American forces.