"Bang!"

The magnesium lights flickered and made a frightening noise. Evan struggled to hold his expression so that his posture in his bachelor's gown could be captured by the camera.

Today is June 19, Caltech's graduation ceremony for its graduates.

As a person who graduated early, Evan could not take photos with his classmates, but he was indispensable for photos with his teachers.

"Thank you, Mr. Dean Dubridge, and Professor Watson......"

Before the ceremony began, after taking pictures with the teachers he knew well, Evan, who didn't want to be tortured by the spotlight anymore, asked Bob to put the camera away.

Dora, who had been on vacation and had come from Sacramento to attend her brother's graduation ceremony, saw this, pulled Dorothy and objected together: "Evan, we still have to shoot ......"

The twins came with their mother Nina and Robert, plus Virginia, who had no classes before the holidays, and the Warren family came as much as they could, which was a small gathering.

Needless to say, the reason for the absence of the eldest brother Colin is that Earl, the head of the family, did not come because he was now in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, east of the North American continent.

Two days later, on the 21st, this year's Republican National Convention will be held in Philadelphia, where a candidate representing the Republican Party in the presidential election will be selected from a dozen candidates. As the California candidate, Earl Warren naturally cannot be absent.

"Dora, be quiet, don't make trouble!" Nina suppressed her little daughter with a word, but she also motioned to Bob not to pack up her camera first, and asked Evan: "Evan, before you give a speech as a student representative, let's take a photo of our family together." ”

Without waiting for Evan to agree, Nina beckoned to Audrey, who was standing next to Virginia, and said, "You too." ”

Audrey, who was talking to Virginia, was stunned for a moment, and didn't know how to react for a while, Virginia pushed her and said with a smile: "What are you doing in a daze, let's go!"

When Dora heard Nina's words, she snickered and ran to Evan's side, and asked in a low voice, "Evan, Evan, can I change my name to Sister Audrey?"

Evan patted her on the head and said, "You can call it if you want to call it now!"

The group photo, of course, is to be taken, under Bob's command, with Nina as the center, Evan and Audrey on either side of it, Dora and Robert standing next to Evan, and Virginia and Dorothy next to Audrey.

It's been more than 100 years since the invention of the camera, but it still requires a certain amount of skill and experience to manipulate it. As Evan's personal bodyguard, Bob has the desire to transform into an assistant, and for this reason he is learning many new skills, and photography is just one of them.

This is not a small amount of sweat for Bob, who doesn't like to read.

Bob's camera skills are pretty good, but when taking a group photo, time to adjust the lens is indispensable. While waiting, Nina and Audrey whispered, and Evan tried to eavesdrop, but was glared at by Nina. Evan turned his attention away from them and started talking to Robert instead.

"Robert, how's your fund doing?"

At the mention of this topic, Robert, who was not very interested, immediately came to his senses, he raised his eyebrows, and said smugly: "In the past two months, the value of the fund has risen to nearly a thousand dollars. ”

Robert's initial capital was $700 (Robert himself invested $400, Virginia $200, and Dora and Dorothy $50 each). Robert lost about 20% of his money in his first two months in the stock market, and it was only after he changed his investment strategy that things started to improve. After 1948, with the implementation of the Marshall Plan, the economy began to heat up, and Robert's heavy holdings of RCA sold more televisions in the first half of the year alone than in the previous year, so the stock price rose sharply, which made his fund not only earn back its losses, but now it is a lot of floating profits.

Thinking of letting his RCA company, Robert couldn't help but ask, "Evan, I remember that your company is also developing TV sets, where is it now?"

In the second half of the year, Robert, who was in the tenth grade, felt that he was no longer a child, and became more and more interested in things other than school and study. Especially about Evan, who is only two years older than him, Robert is always very concerned.

Robert, who can already read the financial reports of most listed companies, knows that the current TV industry is showing signs of taking off, but he is still a little worried about whether the products launched by Evan can be welcomed by the market.

After all, no matter how smart his brother is, he is also a novice in the industry, and he must be inferior to those big companies. If it succeeds, it's fine, but if the product fails, the money lost can be in the millions.

Hearing the worry contained in Robert's words, Evan felt warm in his heart, reached out and patted his younger brother on the shoulder, and said, "It's finalized, and preparations are being made before going public." Don't worry, big sales are not guaranteed, and it is impossible to lose money. ”

"By the way, we're shooting commercials, do you want to do it again?"

Evan smiled, remembering the original Rubik's Cube advertisement.

Robert immediately shook his head when he heard this, "Don't, it's not interesting to shoot commercials." ”

Evan was about to laugh at Robert when Bob shouted, "Gentlemen, ladies, come here......"

Everyone immediately closed their mouths and turned in the direction of the camera, and after a while, the magnesium lamp in Bob's hand shone brightly, and the family was recorded on film.

Not long after the group photo ended, a school staff member came over to call Evan. The ceremony was about to begin, and as a representative, Evan had to say goodbye to his family.

Caltech's graduation ceremony was a little bit of a show, the highlight was the dean's speech, and graduates didn't even have to be obligated to attend, but the stadium was packed. Only some of them are graduates, and the rest are friends and relatives of graduates.

Before the dean could take the stage to speak, Evan was invited up. When Evan appeared in front of the hoop-style microphone, he was immediately greeted with a round of applause as the star of the academy.

In the face of hundreds of people in the audience, Evan was not stage frightened at all, and started his speech calmly.

"Dear students, teachers......"

With many years of teaching experience, Evan's speech skills are naturally not bad. In less than 10 minutes of speech, he looked back on the past two years of his college career, praised Caltech, gave a certain outlook on the future, and finally even made an advertisement for the lab he founded.

“…… The future will be the era of semiconductors, and semiconductors will change aspects of life...... Want to get involved? Come to the Warren Layden Lab!"

At the end of Evan's speech, Dean Dubridge shook hands with him on stage and said in front of everyone, "Is this a place to advertise?"

"Why don't you hurry up and pay the advertising fee!"

Dubridge's remarks were naturally a joke, which caused everyone in the audience to burst into laughter.

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