Chapter 130: Objectives (Part 2)

Just after eight o'clock in the evening, Evan and Audrey left the venue early.

After the first meeting, in just a few words, Evan and Hughes became acquainted.

Hughes took a fancy to the name of Evan's movie, and for this reason he even wanted to remove the movie from the theater and find a new time to release it.

When Evan left, Hughes gave him a business card and told him to say anything about going to the ceremony on the day of the Hughes H-4 Hercules' maiden flight.

On the way back, Evan, who was sitting in the back of the car, played with the special business card. Seeing this in her eyes, Audrey was worried.

Audrey, who couldn't bear it for a long time, snatched the business card, looked at Evan and asked, "Do you really want to get on that big plane that never took off?"

Audrey's eyes remained motionless on Evan, afraid he would nod.

Hughes is a madman, and Audrey doesn't want Evan to go crazy with him.

Evan was stunned for a moment, then chuckled, stretched out his hand, took Audrey in his arms, and softly comforted: "You see that I have to install a seat belt by myself when I ride in a car, how can a person like me who is afraid of death do such a thing." ”

"On the day of the test flight of the plane, I will definitely go, I won't hide this from you, but at most, I will watch it take off with a telescope on the ground, and I will never have the idea of sitting in the plane. ”

"Well, you have to trust me. ”

Audrey thought about it, and it seemed that this was indeed the case.

In particular, the idea of installing seat belts in cars is very convincing.

You know, on the day Virginia was in a car accident, Evan used Virginia's example to tell Audrey how useful the seat belt was.

After a little reassurance, Audrey asked again, "Speaking of which, Evan, do you want to make this Howard Hughes your goal so much?"

Evan was stunned for a moment, and then replied, "Well, it can't be considered a target......

"I admire him only because of his dedication and pursuit of technology, you know, it is because of him that American aviation technology can develop so fast. ”

As for his attitude towards life...... We're two different types of people!"

Audrey then asked, "What about ...... What is your real goal in life?"

"What is the purpose of life...... It's a bit of a big topic...... "Evan thought for a moment and said, "Hughes has ever flown the fastest plane, and there have been countless women...... None of this is what I want. ”

"I just want to have the woman I love the most, and then by the way, be the most skilled of the richest people in the country!"

As Evan spoke, his eyes were fixed on Audrey.

……

Ten minutes later, the two returned to the cabin in the woods.

As soon as she entered the house, Audrey, whose cheeks were flushed, couldn't wait to carefully remove the sapphire necklace around her neck and put it in a special box.

When Evan saw it, he smiled and said, "Since you like it, why don't you wear it more?"

"Anyway, old Freesman said he could pay him back as much as he wanted. ”

That's right, the necklace wasn't bought by Evan for Audrey, but borrowed by Audrey herself and old Freesman.

Audrey ignored Evan's "bewitchment", found a muslin cloth, and carefully wiped the oil stains off the necklace.

As a woman, Audrey certainly loves jewelry, but she doesn't want to cut corners to get herself these luxuries.

No matter how good things are, only those who have worked hard to get them are their own, and they can have them for a long time.

This was taught to her by Audrey's mother.

Looking at Audrey's serious face when she was taking care of the necklace, Evan suddenly said, "It's your birthday in a month, do you have any special gifts?"

Audrey's hands shook when she heard this, and then she continued to rub the sapphire while saying without looking back: "Of course there is!"

"But isn't there such a thing as a gift to be kept secret? So, I don't want to say, you guess it yourself!"

"Ahh......h

As soon as the words fell, Audrey covered the jewelry box, turned her head, looked at Evan with watery eyes, and said, "Of course there is!"

Looking at Audrey, whose mouth was upturned like a fox, Evan's heart suddenly moved, and he was stunned for a while.

……

Howard Hughes's new film, which has only been released for less than three days, is suddenly fully released.

Rumor has it that Howard Hughes, the producer, and Preston Sturges, the film's director, clashed over the film's expression. But it didn't take long for Sturges to publicly refute this argument.

They don't know the real reason is just that Howard Hughes wants to change the title and re-edit the movie by the way.

Evan is, of course, one of the few people in the know.

Howard Hughes's film company lost a lot of money, but he didn't care.

However, when the movie renamed "Crazy Wednesday" was re-released, almost three years had passed. At that time, Howard Hughes had already acquired RKO Pictures, one of the Hollywood giants, and the Pontagis Theater was also acquired.

……

On April 6, Caltech's "Plane Walker House" club opened its call for new members, and prospective students were required to take an IQ test and exceed the club's benchmark. After hearing that Evan was also a member of the club, many people came to take the test, but only 56 people paid the membership fee and joined the club.

That's a little less than Rick thought.

……

Ever since playing the Rubik's Cube, Girard has fallen in love with mind games. And there is a tendency for this liking to become stronger and stronger.

His favorite mind game used to be the Rubik's Cube, but now it's the "Plane Walker's House" card, even if it's a half-finished card.

In this regard, Girard is the same as the otaku who changed their "wives" every quarter in later generations.

Girard is a man who can do a good job and be extremely committed to his work as long as he likes it.

In order to get the cards out sooner and play the finished product earlier, Girard forgot to sleep and eat at work.

When the project was handed over to Girard from Carl, Girard needed to accomplish two things.

The first is to speed up the drawing of the card surface.

The second is to determine the library of the first version of the cards, and make sure that the balance is tested.

In order to speed up the production of card images, Girard did two things, one was to increase the number of artists, and the other was to have Evan explain the world view of the cards to the artists, and specify the style of the monsters under the same color card. The purpose of the latter is to allow the artists to broaden their imagination while producing drawings that are as consistent as possible.

As for determining the library and balance, it was originally done by the part-time students at Caltech, and Girard simply didn't let them when he arrived

I did, and I got a few full-time math students to check the balance of the cards.

The number of cards in the first library was also set early on, at 360, or 365 with five resource cards (lands).

Since the creator of the card is Evan, only he can determine whether the card will fit or not, so Girard will come to Evan almost every day with his artwork and ask him to review it.

In order to get rid of this job, Evan asked Girard to select an art director from the group of artists, and Girard nodded and agreed, but still came to the door on time every day.

It doesn't matter if Evan is at school or in a cabin in the woods.

Thanks to Girard's desperate urging, the speed of card production increased by two or three times, but the quality did not deteriorate much.

In this way, all 365 cards were completed in mid-May.

During this period, Girard also completed the selection of the printing plant, as well as the selection of card paper and ink.

Therefore, as soon as the card surface is completed, the printing starts simultaneously.

On May 18th, the first box of the "Plane Walker's Home" starter pack was released.