On the last day of July, Magic7 held a small celebration. At the celebration party, Evan fulfilled his promise and awarded a special bonus to all employees of the marketing department - a Rubik's Cube and an envelope with cash. As the boss of the marketing department, Girard, who is now well-known in the advertising world, gets a particularly thick envelope and a special Rubik's Cube. He played with the Rubik's Cube on the day of his interview, made by Evan's brother Robert, and later gave it to Dora but she didn't want it.

This Rubik's Cube was the trigger for Girard to join the company, and Evan gave it away, which made a lot of sense.

Because many marketing employees were on a business trip, Evan also specifically told Davidson not to drag them out, either to let Girard arrange a rotational break, or to have someone from the finance department send them.

There is not only the marketing department, but also the entire company, from the management to the front-line workers. Of course, the amount varies from person to person. They also know that the marketing department must take the most.

In the month of the Rubik's Cube's release, the company was tired up and down. In order to ensure production capacity, Davidson soaked in the production line every day, found a problem and solved a problem, and increased the daily production capacity from 27,000 at the beginning to 29,000 at the current level in a short period of time. Don't look at the number and only increase it by 2,000, in fact, it is a big improvement. In addition, Davidson has to care about the construction of the new factory, the condition of the employees, and even the payment of bonuses. This amount of work is not small for a middle-aged man who is already forty-five years old.

Therefore, the envelope that Evan gave him was also thick enough.

Throughout July, Magic7 produced about 650,000 Rubik's Cubes, bringing the total number of Rubik's Cubes to 950,000 in June. However, the total sales of the Rubik's Cube in the country this month were as high as 870,000 (a little less than the 900,000 estimated by Evan), and more were sold each day than the previous day.

This is the most preferred curve of all manufacturers.

In this regard, Girard judged that with the popularity of the Rubik's Cube, the monthly sales of the Rubik's Cube could reach one million until the market was saturated.

At this time, the population of the entire United States was about 100 million, and according to Girard's estimates, about 20 to 40 percent of them were likely to buy Rubik's cubes. Therefore, the hot selling period of the Rubik's Cube product will last for about 20 months. Girard reminded Evan that when the time comes, either a new product will be launched or layoffs will be required.

Of course, it's too early to think about it, and Girard just casually mentioned it.

However, Evan took it to heart.

Now that the company is on the right track, it will continue if it can continue.

The plan doesn't dare to change!

As for what to transform into production at that time, although Evan has not yet thought about it, he already has a clue.

……

As the time entered August, the weather was getting hotter and hotter, and Evan's energy was getting softer and softer like rubber that was constantly exposed to the sun.

Ever since the patent for the seat belt was submitted to the patent office for review, Evan has lost interest in continuing to work. Therefore, he handed over the subsequent improvements to his assistants who had been poached from Chesterna. Of course, Evan also promised that if Rodgers is still interested in getting better from his injury, he can also join in.

Will returned to DuPont after a successful seatbelt test. As for Will, Evan didn't bother to keep him. Helplessly, the contact time was short, and I failed to convince him. However, Evan thought that the raw materials for the seat belts still had to be produced and provided by DuPont, and with Will here, he might be able to help a little. If so, that's pretty good.

Evan could only console himself with this.

Now that the harness has produced a sample, the next thing to do is to put it into practice as soon as possible. This reality has two meanings, the first level refers to loading it into the car to perform its function, and the second level, of course, refers to monetizing it.

You know, it costs a lot of money to engage in research and development and do experiments.

So, Evan's assistant, the dedicated liaison, Carl Barton, was sent on another business trip. This time he went to Detroit, the city of automobiles.

As for Evan himself, he first added four pairs of seat belts to the SuperDeLuxe car, and then spent half a day following Nina and selling her the benefits of seat belts, until Nina couldn't stand Evan's nagging and had to agree to Evan's request to add seat belts to the car. Afterwards, Nina also listened to Evan for half a lesson, learned how to use the seat belt properly, and paid Evan a large amount of modification fees.

As for Earl's car, Evan couldn't do it. The car was the property of the government, and Earl only had the right to use it and wanted to modify it, but Evan didn't have that "qualification".

In this regard, Evan can only be anxious, but there is nothing good to do. At most, I scolded in my heart: damn bureaucracy.

……

That evening, Evan came to Audrey's house with a bouquet of lilies and a bottle of red wine.

"Ding Dong!"

Evan rang the doorbell, only to hear a slight sound of footsteps, and the door opened.

Looking at Audrey in an apron, Evan gave the lily in his hand and said with a smile: "For you!"

"Thank you!" Audrey happily accepted the bouquet, the lily was her favorite flower.

"Come on in!" Audrey said, holding the flower, glancing at the contents of Evan's other hand, "Red wine, yes? Joseph will like it." ”。

"Wait!" Evan didn't move, and a hand on Audrey's shoulder stopped her. He whispered, "Audrey, are you sure it's Joseph who is going to invite me to dinner?"

Audrey nodded.

Evan couldn't help but get nervous, his muscles tightened, this is an official meeting with his parents, right? In the previous life, Miao Miao's several times to this point of love ended in nothing, don't repeat it in this life, otherwise I'm too sorry for this luck.

Audrey saw that Evan was a little uncoordinated, took his hand, led him to the house, and whispered encouragement: "Evan, don't be nervous, show your confidence!"

Led by Audrey, Evan walked through the hallway to the living room. Joseph was sitting on the couch, drinking beer with peanuts alone.

"Daddy, Evan is here, you guys have a good chat, dinner will be ready soon!"

With that, Audrey left Evan behind and went to the kitchen.

"Good evening, Joseph!"

Evan said hello, and then didn't know what to say.

"Good evening!" Joseph stood up, his face not sad or happy, and nodded as he looked up and down at Evan, who was dressed in formal, impeccably well-dressed. Seeing what Evan was carrying, he said, "Give it to me?"

"Yes!" Evan remembered that the thing was still in his hand, and quickly handed it over: "I hope you like it!"

Joseph took it and saw that it was a winery he hadn't seen.

"Dominus Estate, a winery from Napa Valley, California, is not very well known internationally, but the flavor is good," Evan said. Of course, that's what the taster said, I don't know!"

"Thank you!" Joseph put the wine on the side of the cabinet, "You sit!"

Seeing Joseph so kind, Evan suddenly felt a little unaccustomed. From the first meeting in the park, to every subsequent meeting, Joseph did not have a good face for him.

Well...... I'm not in the right mind...... Do I have a masochistic hobby?

Evan sat down on the couch closest to him, reflecting on himself, and shivered at himself.

Joseph returned to the couch and took a sip of his beer.

After a brief silence, Joseph spoke, "Let's talk?"

Evan nodded hurriedly: "Okay!"

Joseph asked, "Are you Earl Warren's son?"

Evan replied: "Yes!"

Joseph took the cigarette case, lighter, and ashtray from the desk in front of him, and said, "I understand, your father joined the army, does he have a gun at home?"

"Well, there used to be, but now I don't live in the mansion. Evan thought for a moment and added, "My father had a Colt revolver, an M54 rifle. ”

Joseph pulled out a cigarette, flipped the lid of the IMCO lighter he brought from Europe, lit the cigarette after the lighter, and asked, "Will you shoot?"

Evan nodded, "Yes!"

Joseph spat out a smoke ring, paused, and asked, "Have you ever beaten someone?"

“…… No!" Evan thought to himself, and in fact it wasn't himself who would shoot.

Joseph glanced at Evan expressionlessly, then leaned back on the sofa with a cigarette that was still burning in one hand, and said faintly, "I've beaten it!"

"You know a little bit about my past, I've come from the battlefields of Europe, I've seen dead people, I've killed people. ”

"So ......" Speaking of this, Joseph shrouded his gloomy gaze on Evan, looked at Evan, who didn't dare to move, and said proximously: "Since you like Audrey, Audrey likes you, please keep liking." ”

"If you can't, please don't hurt her. ”

"Otherwise, I don't care if you're the son of a bullshit Californian son or an underage millionaire, I ...... Absolute...... Guarantee...... The gun won't shoot crooked!"

"Understood?"

This is a father's love, can Evan have any other answer?

"Understood!"

Evan's voice wasn't loud, but it was clear and firm. As he spoke, he did not avoid Joseph's gaze the whole time.

Therefore, Joseph nodded in satisfaction and smiled for the first time in front of Evan. He pinched the cigarette butt, picked up the flat glass with beer, and raised it at Evan, "Would you like a drink?"

A courtship from his future father-in-law, Evan could not possibly refuse. Although it is illegal for him to drink alcohol at his age, it ...... And who will arrest him?

With Earl at home and Nina in charge, he himself is not addicted to alcohol, so for nearly a year in this life, Evan has not touched any alcoholic beverages. So, he was also curious to see if the beer tasted any different in this era.

Evan was about to take the cup when Audrey came out of the kitchen to reconnoitre, and she was a little uneasy, after all, Joseph's attitude was not much better.

Unexpectedly, not only was there no tension between Joseph and Evan as expected, but it was so good that they had to raise a glass to drink.

Seeing this, Audrey pretended to be dissatisfied and said, "Joseph, don't force Evan to drink!"

As soon as Evan heard this, he immediately stopped, and Joseph also took the wine back, and sneered at Audrey, "No, no!"

"That's good!" Audrey turned back to the kitchen.

Joseph turned his head and suddenly sighed at Evan, "Audrey has been getting stricter and stricter lately...... Whoever eats and wears is about to become a housekeeper......"

"Evan, are you sure you like a woman like that?"

Evan looked at Joseph, who had a big turn in attitude, and said bad things about his daughter in front of his daughter's boyfriend, are you such a father?

"Come on, come on, while Audrey is away, let's touch a glass, by the way, this is what I have drunk, I'll bring you a cup......"

So saying, Joseph was about to get up.

At that moment, a crisp sound of glass falling to the ground and shattering came from the kitchen.

Joseph asked as he walked, "Audrey, what's wrong?"

I only heard Audrey's voice coming from the kitchen, "It's okay, I accidentally dropped the cup...... Ahh

With a cry of pain, Audrey's voice stopped abruptly, and Joseph and Evan both changed their faces in unison.

Joseph quickened his pace and exclaimed, "Audrey?"

Evan also immediately left the living room and chased after him.

The two of them came to the kitchen one after the other, and saw Audrey holding her right index finger in her mouth. Fragments of glass were scattered at her feet, some of which still had a hint of crimson on them.

What happened at the scene is clear at a glance.

Joseph breathed a sigh of relief, it was just that his finger was cut by the glass, it was not a big deal.

Evan came to Audrey with an arrow and asked anxiously, "How is it, is the cut deep?" Show me the wound, if there is a foreign body left in the wound, you have to go to the hospital to clean it up." ”

After speaking, Evan couldn't help but speak, holding Audrey's injured right hand with both hands, Audrey's mouth loosened, and the saliva stained finger and its wound appeared in front of Evan's eyes.

Seeing that Evan was so nervous, Audrey let him check it, and did not forget to comfort her: "Evan, it's okay, the wound is very shallow." ”

After careful examination, it was indeed as Audrey said, the wound was shallow. In this way, Evan was completely relieved. However, he still advised: "If there is bleeding, it means that the dermis and blood vessels have been injured, so let the kitchen matter go first, and don't touch the water for the time being." ”

As he spoke, he suddenly remembered that something worked well for this kind of wound, and asked, "By the way, Audrey, do you have a Band-Aid at home?"

"Bundy Band-Aid?" Audrey repeated with a puzzled look on her face, "What's that?" ”

"No, no, you have to use Bundy!" Evan described Bundy's appearance, "It's a finger-sized strip of adhesive bandage that sticks to the skin to prevent wound infection......"

Seeing that Audrey was still confused, Evan asked, "I really haven't seen it?"

Audrey nodded, she turned to look at Joseph and asked, "Daddy, do you know about it?"

Joseph shook his head.

Evan thought it was a little strange, it shouldn't be, "Forget it, I'll go to the pharmacy and have a look......"

"Wait!" Audrey called out to Evan, "No, the meal is almost ready, let's eat." ”

Evan can think about it, her wound is indeed shallow.

Then, Audrey, who was injured in her "hand", began to direct the two men to move the meal to the table.

By the time dinner was over and Evan was ready to go home, it was half past eight.

After the two kissed each other on the cheek at the door and said goodbye, Evan once again told Audrey not to get cold water on her wound.

On the way home, Evan suddenly remembered Bundy's incident, turned around at an intersection, and drove in the opposite direction to the way home.

A few minutes later, Evan pulled over to the side of the road and walked into a private clinic.

The name of the clinic is "House Clinic".

This is the practice run by Jesse House, the family doctor of the Warren family. Unlike a doctor with the same surname, this Dr. House is not at all paranoid or arrogant, but rather approachable, and he is a good doctor from Johns Hopkins Medical School.

"Hey, Evan, why are you here, are you not feeling well?"

Seeing Evan, Dr. House was surprised, and subconsciously thought that he was sick, but when he looked closely, how could Evan's red face look like he was sick.

Evan waved his hand and smiled, "No, Dr. House, I'm here to ask you something. ”

Naturally, Evan was asking about the little Band-Aid.

Originally, he wanted to go directly to the pharmacy, but by this time the pharmacy was closed.

After listening to Evan's description, Dr. House frowned and said, "It's long and sticky, I don't have it here, and I haven't heard of any company that makes this thing?"

"It is used to treat small wounds, prevent infection, stop bleeding, and I use this kind of good thing when I find it. ”

Hearing that Dr. House said this was the same as what Audrey had said, Evan was shocked.

How is it possible, this thing should have been there before World War II......