"Evan, it's fun to talk to you. In the conference room, Thomas holds a cup of black tea in his hand, not to mention how cozy.

At this point, only him and Evan were left in the room. Thomas's butler and Davidson were in a separate room discussing ways to sell Rubik's Cube in Europe.

After some exchanges, Evan can be sure that talking about orders is not Thomas's main purpose, but getting to know himself is the point.

In less than an hour of communication, Thomas was full of words, not only praised Evan and the Rubik's Cube, but also said that his trip to the United States was useless, and then, like a friend for many years, he cared about Evan and talked to him at the same time. Evan was careless for a while, and told him that he had a sister and a sister, and who his parents were. Still, even knowing that Evan and his father were governors, Thomas's reaction was lackluster. Because of this, Evan believed that the man in front of him was really a descendant of nobility.

Evan said with the same look on my face, "Thomas, I'm sorry I didn't know you now. ”

Thomas participated in World War II and had much more experience than Evan, and his eloquence made Evan gain a lot of knowledge. Of course, purely in terms of knowledge, Evan is not far behind, and he also stunned Thomas.

Thomas nodded: "I feel the same way. It's a pity that I can't stay in the United States for long, otherwise we would have become friends who talk about everything. ”

"Actually, even across the Atlantic, you can be friends if you only have a heart, don't you?" Evan smiled as he held out his right hand to Thomas.

Thomas was stunned for a moment, then reached out and shook it.

Evan said, "Nice to meet you, friend, my name is Evan!"

Thomas responded, "Me too, friend, my name is Thomas!"

……

Thomas stayed in Sacramento for only two days before leaving, during which time Thomas introduced his wife to Evan.

By the way, Thomas came to the United States for his honeymoon.

In the matter of extending the Rubik's Cube to Europe, the two sides only negotiated a framework agreement. The follow-up will be taken over by a toy company called Airfix, which Thomas introduced.

Girard and Davidson were relieved by the result. Although the 1 million order was temporarily in vain, it just gave them time to increase production capacity. And that's a good thing.

A week after the sale of the Rubik's Cube, the Magic7 company was bombarded with phone calls again. New orders are coming in like snowflakes, but Magic7 can't open up to receive orders because the production capacity is not yet in place.

After emergency recruitment, the number of workers on the factory assembly line has reached nearly 2,000, almost sweeping away the temporarily unemployed people in the three areas of North Sacramento, nearby Sacramento and East Sacramento. Moreover, if the capacity of the injection molding machine is not increased, it is useless to have more workers.

There is no way, Davidson can only build a new factory on the vacant land, while improving the efficiency of the assembly line, while asking Girard to give dealers a blow, if there is a real shortage of goods, Magic7 may implement different quotas in each region to receive orders.

Girard's blow, the dealers are gone, the goods are selling well, who doesn't want to take more. So one by one, the purchasing representatives rushed to Sacramento.

Girard was about to be hit by a storm, and Evan knew nothing. Of course, even if he knew, Evan would only gloat, and it had nothing to do with him. Anyway, if you want to blame him, who let him only ask for 300,000 yuan in stock!

Although even he himself didn't expect the Rubik's Cube to sell so well.

After sending Thomas away, Evan didn't pay any attention to the sales of the Rubik's Cube. He decided to listen to the report once a week and leave the rest alone. Everything from the factory expansion to Davidson was left to Davidson. As for himself, he devoted all his energy to the laboratory.

Carl was quite competent, and he was able to convince DuPont to provide samples of the type of nylon that Evan needed. For this reason, DuPont even sent an engineer to communicate with Evan to ensure that the samples met the requirements.

Evan was delighted - another talent had come to the door, and this time he said that he was going to keep people.

Rona of United Carbon has not heard from him since he returned, much to Evan's regret.

Evan wanted to concentrate on "inventing" for the benefit of the drivers, but visitors came one after another.

On the morning of July 10, Evan was discussing with Will Parsons, an engineer at DuPont, what materials should be compounded with nylon for seat belts to enhance performance, when Carl suddenly walked into the lab and interrupted them.

"Carl, before I get angry, you'd better give a plausible reason. ”

Evan was visibly angry, even more angry than he was interrupted while interacting with his girlfriend.

In this regard, Carl seemed to be prepared, he didn't say a word, and said bluntly: "Evan, someone is looking for you." ”

"Looking for me?" Carl didn't say who it was, saying it was someone Evan didn't know.

"The other party claims to be from BPOE (The Order of Mercy and Protection of Elk)!"

Hearing this, Evan put down the nylon in his hand and wondered, "Elk Brotherhood, what are they looking for me?"

Instead of answering, Karl asked, "To see or not to see?"

Evan thought about it and decided to meet again.

Who made his family Earl also a member of BPOE, although he has basically faded out of the group now, but I heard that he was an active member when he was younger.

After saying sorry to Will, Evan temporarily leaves the lab and heads to his office.

As soon as he entered, he saw three men sitting on the sofa standing up immediately. On this hot day, the three of them were still wearing full suits and ties, and Evan wanted to ask if they were not afraid of heat stroke.

The leader was a middle-aged man in his thirties, and as soon as he saw Evan, he stretched out his hand and greeted, "Hello, Evan...... Please don't mind, sir, to come and visit. ”

Evan shook his hand lightly and said, "Good morning, I haven't asked you what to call them." ”

"What a faux pas. My name is Daniel Gray and I'm the Lecturing Knight at the BPOE Sacramento Lodge. ”

"Hello, Mr. Gray. ”

After introducing himself, Gray introduced two other young men to Evan.

"This is Harry Lyon, now a Trustee of BPOE. ”

The Trustee is the lowest-ranking member of the BPOE, while the Lecture Knights can be ranked fourth in Sacramento and are part of the management.

Evan and Harry shook hands. Harry was tall and thin, which reminded him of Sheldon (the main character of the American drama "The Big Bang Theory").

Gray added later: "Harry's father is Mr. Charles, the Speaker of the [California] Assembly, and you may have seen it before. ”

Evan replied with a lot of face: "Maybe, but I don't have a reflection anymore." ”

Leon's face darkened when he heard this.

Gray smiled awkwardly, and then introduced another person: "This is Edward Rogers, also a trustee. ”

Rogers looked more normal, slightly taller than Evan, and his limbs could be seen to be strong even if they were wrapped in a suit.

Well...... No worse than Evan not long ago.

After coming to this world for nearly a year, Evan's figure has become significantly thinner, and I don't know if it's because of his height.

After shaking Rogers' hand, Evan invited the three of them to take a seat.

"Excuse me, why did Mr. Gray come to me?" Evan asked straight to the point after taking his seat.

Seeing this, Gray also omitted the greeting link and clarified his intention.

As Evan expected, Gray had come to invite him to join BPOE.

"Mr. Evan, Ling Zun was the Ruler of our BPOE California region, and Ling brother Colin is also an elk. Across the country, we have millions of Elk brothers, and these people are politicians in high positions, millionaires, bankers, and you are not alone wherever you go. ”

"Joining BPOE is both a matter of tradition and mutual fulfillment, Evan, what do you think?"

After pretending to think about it seriously, Evan said, "It's a great honor for a knight to come forward and invite me personally, but I still need to think seriously about whether or not to join, or let's find another time to talk?"

"Also, I remember that to be an elk, you need to be at least 21 years old, don't you? I'm only 17 now, and even if I wanted to, I wouldn't be able to do that. ”

Gray smiled, "Don't worry, Evan, since I'm here to invite, it means that it's in order." Because you are the son of an elk, and you have already received an offer from Caltech, you do not need to comply with the age rule. ”

"Also, the two trustees next to me are members of Caltech. You can chat with them at Elk's Tower about the university and all things Caltech. ”

Faced with Gray's persuasion, Evan was unmoved.

The conversation could not continue, and Gray had no choice but to offer his farewell.

Gray was a little surprised that he couldn't "take" Evan on the spot, he thought it was a sure thing.

Of course, Gray didn't give up, didn't Evan say to think again, he decided to come to talk to him every once in a while, believing that one day he could "take it down".

Gray led Leon and Rogers outside, and did not forget to tell the two to come and contact Evan more often, maybe Evan would "make up his mind" at some point.

When the three came to the side of the road and were about to get into the car, a black luxury Ford sedan suddenly stopped in front of them, and a man in a short-sleeved shirt stepped out of the car.

After seeing the man clearly, Gray exclaimed in surprise, "Jack Warner, a Freemason, why did he come here when he didn't make his movies in Hollywood?"