On October 1, 1945, lawyer Albert Patton arrived at the governor's mansion as agreed, and at first he did not take today's trip to heart, but only regarded it as a social event to strengthen his relationship with the governor's family, but he did not expect this day to be remembered by him in his future memoirs.

He vividly remembered the day he was dressed in a decent black suit, wearing his favorite brown hat, without an assistant, carrying a briefcase himself, and ringing the doorbell around nine o'clock. He was received by Susan, a maid hired by Mr. Governor. Ascending the stairs through the familiar hallway, Albert made his way to the living room and met the owner who had made an appointment with him

Two teenagers and girls of about the same height stood in the living room, and when they saw Albert, who had been brought in by Susan, they greeted him with a smile.

As the personal lawyer for the governor's family, Albert naturally knew them.

The teenagers are none other than Evan and Virginia.

As the host, Evan was the first to greet him, "Thank you for coming, Mr. Barton, I haven't seen you in a while, but you are still so energetic. ”

As he spoke, Evan held out his right hand.

Albert replied, "Thank you, little Evan, and I'm glad to be of service to you. ”

The two shook hands, and then Virginia stepped forward to give Albert a closet salute.

"Have a great weekend, Mr. Albert!"

"Miss Virginia is pretty again!"

After a brief greeting, the guests and hosts were seated.

Evan didn't waste any time and went straight to the point: "Mr. Patton, I invite you here on the weekend because I have a patent case to entrust to you. ”

"Patent case?" As a lawyer, Albert naturally doesn't like nonsense, and the governor invited him to come, and what he has to do is naturally inseparable from his profession, but he is still a little surprised to hear that it is about patents.

Before he came, he imagined many possibilities, and even guessed whether Gongzi had committed something and needed him to help him get rid of the crime, but he never thought that people would do such a serious thing.

Albert was stunned for a moment, then quickly returned to normal and asked, "Evan, can you elaborate?"

"What exactly does the patent case you are talking about, is it simply a patent application, or does it require other additional work?"

"Well, I'll talk about that later," Evan smiled mysteriously, "Before I do that, can I treat you to a special treat?"

"Uh...... I've already had breakfast......" Albert was about to refuse, but immediately reacted that the so-called food should be related to patents, so he changed his words: "It's my pleasure." ”

As soon as Albert agreed, he saw Susan, the maid, walking towards the living room with a tray. A round stainless steel tray is topped with a soup bowl with a lid and a kettle.

"Excuse me, Aunt Susan!"

"No, that's what I'm supposed to do. ”

Susan placed the tray on a low table in the center of the living room, holding the handle of the kettle in her right hand and lifting the lid with her left hand to reveal the contents of the bowl.

Albert looked at it and saw that it was a yellow dough that he had never seen before, dotted with some green and red, and he guessed that it should be diced vegetables and diced meat.

Seeing Susan's movements, Albert understood that she was going to make the mysterious food in Evan's mouth on the spot.

But what's so mysterious about this thing?

What does this have to do with Evan's so-called patents?

Albert was both puzzled and curious.

Under Albert's slightly curious gaze, Susan tilted the kettle and poured the water into the bowl until the water was above the dough, then closed the lid back. Seeing the rising mist, Albert knew that Susan had poured boiling water into the bowl.

This is going to cook noodles directly in boiling water? I've never seen them before? This is also passable? The noodles made are edible?

Although full of questions, Albert endured and did not speak. After a while, Susan lifted the lid and nodded at Evan.

Without waiting for Evan to speak, Albert got up and walked over to the low table, crouched down, picked up the fork on the tray, and began to taste it.

Albert first stirred the noodle soup, then rolled the noodles with a fork, put them in his mouth, and took a small bite.

After eating only this one, Albert put down his fork and did not move again. Albert wasn't a foodie, but this bite was enough to let him know that this was not a delicacy and that it was only edible at best.

But...... Taste is not the point.

Albert thought keenly.

Sitting back on the couch and wiping his mouth with a tissue from Susan, Albert, who was thinking about the real point of the food, heard Evan ask, "Mr. Barton, how do you feel?"

Without time to think about it, Albert looked at Evan and said, "If Evan cares about the taste of food, I can only say two words, can I eat it,"

At this point, Albert paused deliberately while carefully observing Evan's reaction. Seeing that Albert didn't continue, Evan was not in a hurry, but looked at Albert with a smile.

After a while, Albert continued: "Other than that, there is only its unique way of cooking that makes me a little curious. ”

"Smack!" Evan snapped his fingers and smiled, "Awesome, worthy of Albert, with keen eyes." ”

"So, Albert, do you think he has the value of commercial exploitation?" Evan's question was a little thoughtful.

Albert is the family attorney for the Warren family and has been friends with Earl Warren for decades. It seems a bit rude and big or small for Evan to do this. But Albert was not offended in the slightest, but was full of interest, his heart was like lightning, and after a moment of thought, he replied, "Yes, of course." ”

"Come to think of it, this kind of noodles ......"

"I call it instant noodles. Evan duly explained.

"Well, that's a good name," Albert approves, "instant noodles, its advantages and disadvantages are clear at a glance." The most outstanding advantage should be its simple and time-saving way of cooking, and other than that, judging by its appearance, I guess it should be cheap enough. ”

"Simple, time-saving, low price. How can a product with such attributes have no commercial value. I think that at least the Allied High Command in Japan will like it very much, both as a refugee relief material and as a military ration. ”

In addition, a large number of workers in the middle and lower classes will also like it. ”

Evan nodded when he heard this, and said with the appearance of a confidant: "Albert, I agree with you, except for the military rations. ”

"Am I not right?" Albert asked exaggeratedly.

Evan smiled and said, "As you just commented, it doesn't taste very good, and I don't want to be the culprit for causing the military mutiny." ”

Albert was stunned for a moment, then laughed.

Obviously, Evan was just joking. But from another perspective, it also shows that Evan is cautious enough. This quality is especially important to him as the son of the governor.

"Evan, you think so much. ”

Albert complimented again.

"Thank you!" Evan ended his idle conversation with Albert and moved on to today's topic: "Albert, since you also think that instant noodles have commercial value, then, let's cooperate?"

"Cooperation?" Albert bowed slightly, asking, "What kind of cooperation?"

"Two ways! Evan cocked his index finger, "First, I entrust you with full responsibility for applying for patents and finding suitable buyers, and you charge commission service fees and intermediary fees. ”

Speaking of this, Evan raised another finger, "Second, help me register a company, you become a member of the company as a partner, I put the patent of instant noodles under the name of the company, and the company is fully responsible for the patent application and action of instant noodles." ”

After speaking, Evan stretched out his hand to Albert and said, "Please choose." ”

There is little difference between Evan's two ways of cooperation for Albert, the key is that the two have different degrees of closeness to Evan. The former is just an ordinary and commercial cooperation, while the latter represents the two sides becoming one and their interests are more closely related.

In a sense, if the latter is chosen, then Albert and Evan are on no worse relationship than they are with Mr. Governor, who has decades of foundation.

So, in the face of Evan's choice, Albert fell silent as a matter of course.

While Albert was pondering, Evan did not bother, but sent his sister Virginia upstairs to her room to take down the patent application materials that had been prepared long ago.

Virginia went upstairs and downstairs for two minutes, and when it was time to give the information to Evan, Albert made a decision.

"Mr. Albert, what is your choice?"

Albert held out his hand to Evan and motioned for him to give him the information, "I will register the company as soon as possible." ”

"By the way, do you have a proposal for the name of the company?"

Virginia interjected, "I think VW is good. ”

Evan glanced at his smiling sister and said, "Mr. Albert, don't listen to her. ”

"I think Alphabet is good. ”

"Alphabet?"

"Yes. ”