At the end of the election, the Democratic Party suffered an unprecedented defeat, and Truman became a lame president.

The "black cauldron" that caused this result was almost all covered on Truman.

He failed to handle labor relations well, resulting in frequent strikes.

He did not deal with the post-war price control, which caused prices to skyrocket, inflation.

So his approval rating is as low as 32%.

As for his order to use the atomic bomb, to make him surrender, to end the war, and to establish the United Nations...... Nobody cares about this.

Instead of attending the re-election dinner, Evan returned to Los Angeles.

Missing a few days of class is nothing, he just wants to surprise Audrey early with the success of her first stage role.

Back at school, Evan suddenly felt that his classmates had suddenly become enthusiastic about him, and some of the eyes that looked at him were mixed with admiration and admiration.

Evan thought it was strange and asked Werner about it.

Werner tapped him on the shoulder, only prompting him the word "exam" and nothing else.

However, it is enough to have these two words.

It turned out to be the impact of the results of the midterm exams.

This semester, Evan has one physics, one chemistry, one mathematics, one biology, one science writing, one science ethics, and three social and humanities general education courses, for a total of nine courses. Evan's midterm grades in all nine of these classes were "passes".

Just looking at this evaluation, it is not worth being treated so differently, after all, Evan is not the only one who gets all the "passes" at one time.

But it would not be surprising if five of the nine answers were taken out by the instructor as "cases" to comment on in class.

The students who were in the same class with Evan really realized that this was a top student.

At Caltech, top students are the ones who are really popular.

Unlike other comprehensive universities, social influencers are at the center of everyone's attention.

In the face of this change, Evan's performance is calm, and the pace of doing things and learning has not changed at all.

In mid-November, Evan Second Lab officially moved from the garage of the Cabin in the Woods to the Inglewood, APS and ACAH sites.

The basic structure of APS was built by Carl, and he knew it well. Of course, the R&D department responsible for the commercialization of rice cookers was set up by Evan himself, and everyone in this department, from the manager in charge of the overall R&D work to the engineers who implemented it, Evan personally interviewed everyone.

This department is not the same as Chester's laboratory, and it is his R&D descendant.

Evan: This is planning ahead.

At present, the number of people in this department is not large, there is only one manager and four engineers. The manager's name is Joe Wells, who has just immigrated to the United States from the Netherlands, and before that, he worked in the R&D department of Philips for more than ten years as a senior electronics engineer. During the war that had just ended, Wells was so frightened that he traveled thousands of miles to the United States in order to feel safe for himself and his family.

Wells felt that there was no safer place in the world than the United States.

In a sense, Wells was absolutely right.

This time back in Sacramento, Evan also did one thing, and that was to let Magic7 share a dividend. It's not much, that's half a million dollars. The money was taken for APS and ACAH.

After the APS R&D department was formed, Evan immediately asked Wells, who was already familiar with the technical information, to visit and negotiate with the magnet factory in Connecticut.

If the product is viable, Evan hopes to negotiate a supply contract.

It didn't take long for the Thanksgiving holiday to arrive.

This year's Thanksgiving Day falls on November 28, and the holiday lasts until Sunday (December 1).

At first, there was no fixed date for Thanksgiving in various states, and it was not until five years ago (1941) that Congress designated it as the fourth Thursday of November every year.

Thanksgiving is a family holiday for Americans, and this time Audrey certainly can't stay alone in Los Angeles anymore. The last time Evan returned to Sacramento and visited Joseph by the way, he already had a lot of grievances.

Evan and his party returned home on the 27th, driving the car that Virginia bought.

Of course, the money to buy the car came from Evan.

The drivers were Bob and Haines in turn, and Evan sat in the back seat, and the car didn't drive very fast along the way.

Because the car doesn't have seat belts.

That's why Evan uses this car.

At this time, SecurityFitting's seat belts have not yet been shipped, and only the Sacramento lab still has them in stock if you want to install them.

Virginia's car is the same as Evan's, but the color is different, and the lab is easy to modify.

At about four o'clock in the afternoon, the Ford was speeding down the highway, and Evan leaned against the window, watching the scenery on the side of the road quickly retreat, not getting involved in the conversation between the two girls.

They are discussing what to add to themselves or their families before Christmas, and when to go to which department to buy good and cheap.

At a time when Black Friday hasn't really become synonymous with pre-Christmas and post-Thanksgiving shopping frenzy, the two girls are already quite a bit of a shopper style.

Before the holiday, the folks at the Elk Lodge in Los Angeles approached Evan again with Daniel Gray, hoping that he would join BPOE.

Evan still didn't nod in agreement. Daniel was disappointed again.

"Ahh

The car suddenly changed lanes, and the two girls fell backwards towards Evan in unison, and screamed.

Evan hugged Audrey tightly, and when the car regained its balance, he noticed that a sports car with a generic logo was riding alongside him.

At this time, Evan heard the driver Haines scolding: "FXXK, what does this guy want to do?"

Bob, who was in the passenger seat, turned around and asked, "Evan, ladies, are you not hurt?"

Evan replied, "I'm fine!"

At the same time, he saw the appearance of the other driver's face clearly, and ordered: "Lei, park the car on the side of the road!"

Haynes was puzzled, but he faithfully carried out Evan's order, and after the Ford slowly slowed down to the side of the road, the sports car did the same.

The sports car was in front and the Ford was in the back, and the two cars were separated by about twenty meters.

After the car stopped, Evan let the frightened Audrey and her sister stay in the car, and he and Bob got out of the car and walked slowly towards the sports car.

A man with a cigarette got out of the sports car and slowly walked towards Evan.

"Hey, Evan!" After the two parties met, the man first greeted with a relaxed face: "It's not easy to see you!"

He took a box of cigarettes out of his pocket and gestured to Evan and Bob, "Do you want one?"

Evan didn't take the cigarette and said with a calm face: "Jack Warner, your behavior is not a friendly gesture. ”

Warner put away his cigarette and said, "Oh, you said you just ...... It was indeed my fault and I apologize to you for my inappropriate actions. ”

He bowed to Evan and said, "However, you have to understand me, it is only natural that I am a little excited to meet a target I haven't seen for many days on this empty road......

"Hopefully this doesn't affect your perception of Freemasonry. ”

Evan said coldly: "Your hopes are going to be disappointed!"

Warner's face froze, and then he snorted: "Evan, you're still so direct!"

"Evan, this is back in Sacramento for Thanksgiving?"

Warner tried to change the subject, but Evan kept a straight face and didn't respond.

Seeing this, Warner pinched the cigarette in his hand and said again in a much more formal gesture than just now: "Please allow me to apologize once again to you and your friends for that unsafe behavior just now!"

Seeing Warner's move like this, Evan's face softened, and he looked at Warner, who was no longer the same frivolous appearance as he was at the beginning, and said, "This time, I accept it." ”

"I won't think about joining until I graduate from college, but I hope you understand. ”

"We're still on our way, so I'm not going to talk to you here, Mr. Warner, stay safe on the road!"

With that, Evan shook hands with Warner and returned to the car.

Warner stood on the side of the road and lit a cigarette, halfway through it and stomped it out.

Looking at the Ford in the distance, he suddenly laughed.

It's been a long time since I've seen such a decent person, it's interesting.