Chapter 128: Invitations

Avan was surprised by the re-appearance of Jack Warner, a Freemason, but maintained the demeanor of his master.

He shook Warner's hand.

"Gentlemen, talk slowly, I have to go to the kitchen, or I'll be hungry at noon. ”

Audrey saluted Warner and exited the living room.

After seeing Audrey leave, Warner retracted his gaze, faced Evan, and said in a tone of great envy, "You are really a favored person by God. ”

Evan glanced at Warner and didn't reply.

Warner paused for a moment and continued, "Evan, you don't have a problem with me, do you?"

"That's not what a man should have. ”

"At this point, Audrey is better than you. ”

Evan said, "Don't talk about these things, can you say it directly, what's the matter with coming to me?"

"I don't remember that our relationship was so good that you could just come to the door. ”

That's what he said, Warner nodded, stopped talking nonsense, took out an invitation card from inside his suit, and handed it to Evan.

Evan hesitated for a moment, but took it.

He suddenly found himself a little suspicious of the invitation, and when he saw it, he would think of a dead person, which was not a big psychological shadow at all.

Evan took the invitation in his hand, didn't rush to open it, looked at Warner and asked, "Mr. Warner, this can't be a Freemasonry meeting, right?"

"Call me Milton if you can. Warner made a small suggestion, and Milton was his middle name. His father, also named Jack Warner, has not had a good relationship since his father dumped his biological mother and married him.

In response to Evan's question, Warner shook his head with a smile and said, "No, you can open it and confirm it." ”

"Evan, although I am a Freemason, I am not as enthusiastic about bringing people into the Church as you think. ”

"Didn't you say you wouldn't consider joining the club until you were old, and we'll respect your decision. ”

Evan suspiciously opens the invitation and discovers that it is an invitation to a film screening and dinner.

The name of the movie is The Sin of Harold Diddlebock.

The producer of the film is Howard Hughes.

Seeing the name, Evan's pupils narrowed significantly.

Seeing that Evan didn't say a word, Warner thought he wasn't interested, and said, "Evan, it seems that Audrey is participating in a musical, I wonder if she is interested in participating in the movie?"

"If there is, then I think it's an opportunity for you to learn about Hollywood. ”

"In addition, this Mr. Hughes is a man of the hour, a ...... that is not usually easy to see."

Warner was about to elaborate when Evan suddenly interrupted, "Can I know why you're sending me an invitation?"

Warner replied, "There's no particular purpose, I'm just trying to get on good terms with you." ”

Warner is telling the truth.

Evan thought for a moment and said, "Thank you, I accepted the invitation!"

"Oh, that's good!" was interrupted to talk about sex, and Warner had no desire to continue, he looked at the time and saw that it was past twelve o'clock. Now that Evan accepted the invitation, Warner offered to leave.

Evan didn't stay.

"Looking forward to you and Audrey's demeanor, goodbye!"

Warner said as he shook hands with Evan goodbye.

Warner smiled, and he felt it was a good start.

Evan returned to the living room and saw Audrey standing on the couch in an apron, holding the invitation in her hand.

After reading the invitation, Audrey looked up at Evan and asked, "Am I going too?"

Evan said, "It's up to you whether you go or not." ”

Audrey sat down on the couch and said, "That means you'll be there then, right?"

Evan nodded and said, "I'd like to see if there's a chance to get acquainted with producer Howard Hughes." ”

Audrey asked curiously, "Producer? Do you want to go to Hollywood?"

Evan was stunned for a moment, then smiled: "Of course not, the focus is not on the position of producer, but on this person, Howard Hughes!!"

Audrey doesn't often watch the news, so she doesn't know this Howard Hughes.

Hughes was a man of God, a genius, and at the age of eighteen his parents died, he inherited a large family fortune. He used the money to make his way into Hollywood, where he made a flying movie called "Hell's Angel," which took three years to make, and made him nearly $8 million in the film alone.

Outside of filmmaking, Hughes has many side hustles.

He set up an aircraft division under his company, Hughes Tools, to develop efficient and fast aircraft, and himself served as a test pilot. The aircraft company, which was independent from this division, was not only one of the main suppliers to the US Air Force, but also built the largest aircraft in the world.

Of course, now the plane is still in the factory and has not flown once.

He also became the owner of Trans World Airlines, which greatly contributed to the development of civil aviation.

However, there are many regrets about Hughes, who has been extremely successful in his career.

First of all, he has extremely severe obsessive-compulsive disorder and has an eccentric personality, he is said to be obsessed with the size of peas (one of his favorite foods) and uses a special fork to sort peas by size. This obsessive-compulsive disorder became more and more severe as he got older and the pressure of work increased, and later he had to sleep in isolation from the world.

Secondly, after a short first marriage, he lingered among the flowers of Hollywood and was recognized as a playboy.

In addition, he has a penchant for adventure and thrilling experiments, which led him to a car accident and two plane crashes, both of which survived.

The most recent crash occurred on July 7 last year. Hughes's aircraft, the XF-11, was on its first flight, and an oil spill caused one of the propellers to spin in the opposite direction, causing the aircraft to yaw sharply and quickly lose altitude. Eventually, XF-11 crashed at a country club near Beverly Hills. The accident caused Hughes's heart to displace, hemorrhage in his lungs, eight broken ribs, fractured skull and collarbone, and severe burns all over his body.

However, not only did he survive, but only half a year later, newspapers published photos of him sitting in the cabin with his head bandaged.

Such a magical character, Evan is certainly interested in getting acquainted.

"Wow!"

After listening to Evan's introduction of Hughes's legendary deeds, Audrey let out a low exclamation, and then frowned and said, "Why don't I go with you?" ”

Evan said, "I said, whatever you want, don't force it." ”

"By the way, the meal is ready......

"Ahh

Fortunately, the soup didn't boil dry, but it was a little thicker.

Since Audrey had agreed to go to the dinner, in the afternoon, Evan took her to the Freesman House and ordered her a dress.

At Audrey's insistence, the money was paid by Audrey herself.

Old Frisman gave it a discount.

As Audrey went to the fabric room to pick up fabrics, Evan chatted with Old Frisman about the store.

After hearing the old Freesman smugly say that his income had risen by 30% last month and had broken even, Evan smiled and said: "Old Freesman, I didn't say a big deal, I just said that as long as you persist for a while, you can get better, you see, isn't it all fulfilled!"

Old Freesman nodded with a smile: "You kid is amazing." ”