Chapter 18: The Rubik's Cube
The twins, who had received the score, couldn't wait to sit down at the piano and try to play. The score was a simple handwritten score, and the sisters needed to translate it into piano scores, so it took some time to play it smoothly.
That evening, as an after-dinner entertainment, the sisters officially performed the new song in front of their family.
"MY HEART WILL GO ON" is actually the most suitable piece to play with Scottish bagpipes, and the sisters' technique is a little immature, but the lyrical and melodious music still fascinates the family as an audience.
After the song, Nina was still a little incredulous, this is really a song composed by Evan?
She knows Evan's musical literacy, and she can only play a harmonica and understand simple scores.
But with Virginia to testify to him, and with Evan's own handwritten score, Nina can only accept this fact.
After the sisters and Evan had played the piano, the crowd dispersed.
Upstairs, Virginia asks Evan, "Does this piece have words?"
"I think if it is accompanied by lyrics, it will definitely become a famous song. ”
Dora, who was walking in front, chimed in, "Yes, I think so too. ”
Evan didn't look back and said, "No!"
"Maybe you can try!"
Evan said it casually, but he didn't expect Virginia to really remember it.
It's not that Evan doesn't want to say it, it's that he really doesn't remember the lyrics of the original version.
In the previous life, Evan was sent by his family to learn music when he was a child, hoping that he could develop together in many ways. It's a pity that he really doesn't have this talent, and he didn't go back after two years of study. However, he also developed a hobby of listening to music. He listens to music differently than others, preferring classical music and light music to pop music. He also listens to pop music, but generally only memorizes the melody and not the lyrics, and only listens to it and doesn't sing it, unless he likes the song very much.
There are very few such songs, less than ten in total, and the song "My heart go on" is indeed a classic, but it is not among them.
The next day, Virginia, who was tormented by math, asked for a moratorium on tutoring. Evan didn't care, he was about to be able to do his own thing.
He ran up and down, fetching a few wooden blocks from Robert's room that he didn't need, tools from the utility room, and finally running with them to the most spacious living room, where he had spread an old cloth over the carpet and tinkered with it.
After a while, Robert, who was curious about what he was doing, came to watch. There were several pieces of paper with drawings on the floor, and Robert couldn't help but ask, "(What) is this?"
Evan replied: "A toy!"
"Toys?" Robert couldn't make out what he couldn't see, so he asked, "Can I (join)?"
Because of his hoarse voice, Robert developed the habit of being able to say one less word to say one less.
Evan asked, "Do you know how to read drawings?"
Rob nodded.
Evan wanted someone to help him do it faster, so he agreed.
Robert was then joined by the ranks of assistants.
When Nina saw it, she didn't care about them messing around in the living room, and only instructed: "Remember to clean up the garbage!"
Halfway through, Virginia suddenly ran down from the stairs and took a piece of paper for Evan to see.
"What is this?"
"Lyrics!"
Evan glanced at ten lines and finished reading it quickly.
Virginia asked worriedly, "How's it going?"
"No way!"
Evan threw the paper away and went about his business.
Virginia was not angry either, she bit her lip after picking it up, twisted her head and went back upstairs.
Isn't it just a word filler, I don't believe I can't write it!
Evan shook his head helplessly, just like her half-heartedness, it is estimated that the math score in the next exam will still be the same.
Around three o'clock in the afternoon, the parts were finished and Evan began to do the final assembly. Robert looked expectant.
Then Aunt Susan came to the drawing-room and said, "Evan, Mr. Carl Patton is here!"
Carl, who was following Aunt Susan, raised his hand and greeted, "Hi, Evan!"
Evan sat on the ground and glanced up at Carl, "Why are you here, the lab is ready?" or Mr. Ando's money has arrived?"
Before Carl answered, Evan instructed Aunt Susan, "Aunt Susan, please give him a hot drink." ”
Carl seamlessly said, "Just coffee!"
"Okay, wait a minute!"
Aunt Susan replied with a straight look.
Carl came to Evan's side, crouched down, looked at his hand with interest, and asked, "What is this?"
Evan was concentrating on assembling and didn't have time to answer, so Robert repeated what Evan had said in the morning: "Toys?"
"Toys?"
Carl took a closer look, and the so-called toy looked as if it was made up of many cubes, well, a cube. Each small square seems to be movable. Carl saw the blueprint on the ground and reached for it.
One, two, three......
From the blueprint, Carl counted, and the small squares were divided into three types, namely the center block, the edge block, and the corner block, and the number was six, twelve, and eight, respectively.
"OK, it's done!"
Just as Carl was trying to figure out how the so-called toy would play with the blueprints, Evan finished assembling it, and a cube about ten centimeters on the side appeared in his hand.
In order to make it easier to make, Evan made each part very large.
Robert excitedly stretched out his hand and said, "Show me!"
Evan patted his brother's hand, "Wait, it's close." ”
Evan found a pen and wrote down the numbers on each side of the square, from "1" to "6", each side was different.
Then, Evan held the cube in both hands, twisting and turning.
Carl then learned that it was movable.
After screwing it a few times, Evan threw the cube to the bewildered Robert and said, "Give you a task to get it back to its original shape." ”
Evan then clapped his hands and stood up from the ground.
"Hey, Carl, you haven't said what you're here for?"
Karl couldn't help but be curious, withdrew his gaze from the block in Robert's hand, stood up straight, and replied, "Didn't you guess everything?"
"Ando's money is in hand, and the laboratory and residence are ready. ”
"That's all?"
"Of course not. Carl shook his head, "I'm here to send you price lists for DuPont and Dow's plastic products." ”
As he spoke, Carl took a bag of papers from his briefcase and handed it to Evan.
"Thank you! ”
"When will Carlson arrive?"
He himself arrived three days later, and his equipment and experiments were a day earlier. ”
"Okay, remember to bring me on the day you pick them up!"
"Understood...... Carl nodded, glancing at Robert from time to time out of the corner of his eye.
"If there's anything you want to ask, just ask. ”
Carl was overjoyed and blurted out, "You want to make that cube out of plastic?"
Evan nodded. This Carl has a bright head!
Karl asked, "What's it called?"
"Magic Cube. ”