Chapter 54: The Return to Seattle
Since the 60s of the 20th century, mankind has been full of yearning for space. In 1962, NASA built a manned spacecraft center in Houston for the design of the Apollo spacecraft. "Humans in the Space Age" was rightfully the theme of the 1962 Seattle World's Fair.
Taking advantage of the weekend, led by Bruce, Catherine and his party came to Seattle.
This is already Catherine's third visit to this place.
Unlike last time, this time, Catherine came with her companions, and Bruce was actually in charge of negotiating business. Regardless, Bruce is the CEO of the company. Now the company's influence needs to be expanded, and he is worried about his daughter, so Bruce also ran over.
"Where are we going first?"
As soon as she got off the plane, Lily was thinking about it with a map.
"This place seems to be interesting, look."
Lisa gave Lily the travel guide she had prepared before the future.
"It's a tall tower, but it's completely different from Eiffel......"
"It's called the Space Needle." Jenny flipped through the guidebook.
When you go to Seattle, you haven't been to the Space Needle, just like when you go to Paris, you haven't seen the Eiffel Tower.
- Of course, this is later.
Now, the Space Needle has just been completed, and this future Seattle tourist attraction is still part of the World Expo.
ββ¦β¦ The Space Needle was finalized after a long discussion. There are two main design ideas, the first was conceived by Edward, an exhibitor at the World's Fair, which is about a large balloon attached to the ground; And the second design is just a "flying saucer" by architect John. Although both Edward and John's designs won reputation, the Space Needle was ultimately designed by Weida. The Space Needle is designed to withstand strong earthquakes, and when the intensity of the earthquake is less than 9, the structure of the tower will not be problematic. In addition, the Space Needle can also withstand strong winds, with winds of 10 km/h shaking the tower by only 16 mm......"
Jenny reads the guidebook.
"Looks really good."
"Shall we go here first?" Lily asked.
"No, let's go here first."
Catherine pointed to a corner of the map.
"Washington State University?"
Everyone looked at Catherine in bewilderment, they didn't know that there was anything famous about this place.
However, only Catherine knows that now, at Washington State University, there is a place that can be passed down to future generations more than the Space Needle, and that is the Zhenfan National Art Museum opened by Bruce Lee, who is known as the "Sage of Martial Arts".
That's right, in the same month that the Seattle World Expo opened, Bruce Lee also opened his first martial arts gym. This is also a sign that Bruce Lee's name began to spread in the United States!
"You'll know when you go."
Catherine had a mysterious look on her face.
Because of the opening of the World Expo, Seattle, a city that originally did not have many people, suddenly increased the number of people, and even the smooth traffic began to become congested.
Because there are a lot of people in the United States who own private cars, many people simply drive across the United States and come here. Catherine also has a car at home, but she thinks it's better to fly than to fly......
Now that Catherine has made her decision, everyone is following Catherine towards Washington State University in Seattle.
It is also strange to say that since the United States has a capital called Washington, which is to commemorate President Washington, but in order to commemorate Washington, a Washington state was established in the northwest, and Catherine couldn't figure it out.
Unfortunately, their taxi stopped more than two-thirds of the way through.
The reason is simple - traffic jams.
Although Seattle had prepared for the World Expo, they still encountered such a thing, and looking at the long queue of cars, Catherine decided that everyone should walk over together.
It was 10 o'clock in the morning, so it was still noon, and by the time they arrived at Washington State University, it was already 2 o'clock in the afternoon.
"Kate, what exactly are you going to show us?"
"Follow me!"
Catherine led them to the parking lot, and in the inconspicuous corner, there was a hut with a few big words written on it, "Zhen Fan Guoshu Museum", and some unintelligible letters underneath. However, Catherine can understand it, which is Chinese traditional, and the meaning is also "Zhenfan Guoshu Museum". ,
ββDuring his second year of college, Bruce Lee rented a corner of the parking lot on campus as a martial arts hall and hung up a sign that read "Zhen Fan Guoshu Hall". He would not move from here until a Japanese-American named Takeyuki Kimura provided him with a venue. Takeyuki Kimura is actually a very famous person.
"Hello, beautiful girl."
It was a black man, who looked somewhat cautious, with a tooth missing from his mouth.
Bruce Lee doesn't seem to be here.
"Are you...... Jesse Glover! β
The name popped into Catherine's head.
That's right, he was Bruce Lee's first disciple!
There's something strange about this black man.
In fact, now is the time when racial discrimination is very strict, and Glover's teeth have been knocked out by the white police, and because he is black, there is no way to defend his rights, not at all like the United States after 40 years.
"Who are you?"
"I'm looking for Mr. Bruce Lee...... Oh, Mr. Li Zhenfan! β
Bruce Lee is his stage name, and Li Zhenfan is his name.
"Do you know my master?" Glover looked at Catherine strangely.
"You ......"
Just then, another person walked over, but it was a white girl.
If that's right, this person is Bruce Lee's future wife, Linda.
"Linda, what's wrong?"
"Someone's coming, it's three girls."
"Girls?"
A distant voice drew closer, and a typical Asian face approached.
"Hey, Mr. Li, do you remember me? Saved me last time, thank you so much! β
Seeing Li Zhenfan coming over, Catherine greeted him excitedly.
"Are you...... Oh...... You're the ...... at Christmas that year."
A year apart, Bruce Lee still had a vague influence on Catherine.
"Kate, who is he?"
Lily asked suddenly in a whisper.
"Ladies and gentlemen, I would like to solemnly introduce to you my life-saving benefactor, Mr. Li Zhenfan. At Christmas 60, I was almost forcibly inserted, but I was saved by Mr. Li. His Chinese Kung Fu is amazing! β
It's a pity that the English word "Kung Fu" won't appear until a few years later with Bruce Lee's fame, and now, they still don't understand what "Kung Fu" is.
However, Catherine's first half of the sentence had already startled them.
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Thunder burned the router...... Tragic.
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