Chapter 41: Dead Friends

At 3 o'clock in the afternoon, the sun is shining, in Los Angeles with a Mediterranean climate, sitting in an open-air café drinking coffee at this time is the most pleasant thing in winter, and Sean is like this at the moment.

But he wasn't here to drink coffee, and although he had a cup and a plate of snacks in front of him, he raised his arm from time to time to look at the time, obviously waiting for someone.

There aren't many cars coming and going on the streets outside, and most American families usually choose to go out on vacation together on weekends, so the traffic in commercial areas is much smaller than usual. Because of this, Sean was slightly anxious, the road was so smooth, it stands to reason that it should have arrived.

At this time, the phone rang, and he hurriedly picked it up: "Which one?" ”

"Hey, Sean, it's me." Galen's embarrassed voice came from the other end of the phone, "Sorry, I think I'm lost, you know, I've not been to Los Angeles a few times." ”

"I knew it." Sean rolled his eyes, "Where are you now?" Is there a signage? ”

"Of course there is, obviously, I'm right at the corner of Ocean Avenue and 34th Street." Galen's tone was puzzled, "But I don't see the café you're talking about." ”

"Can't see? How can it be? Sean frowned, got up and looked around, "Okay, you can see ...... Well...... It should be the three-story building in the northeast corner, with a poster of price reduction hanging at the door. ”

"Wait...... No, I can't see it. Wait a few seconds, Galen said.

Sean frowned and thought for a moment, "You called me in a public phone booth, didn't you?" ”

"Of course, can I still buy a mobile phone? Buying a car has already spent all your savings. Galen sighed.

"Okay, so are you wearing a pair of gray trousers, a blue and white striped shirt, and a blue Warriors cap?" Sean sighed as well.

"Yes, where are you?" Galen exclaimed in surprise.

"Please stand where you are, and then make a 180-degree turn, and then you can see that on the street diagonally opposite, there is a guy with a mobile phone looking stupidly." Sean said, covering his forehead.

He really didn't know what to say, he was obviously diagonally opposite, he couldn't find it, couldn't he have seen it for half a year, Galen who could have kept the streets and alleys of San Francisco in his heart in the first place, so that their group of people could quickly flee the scene after doing some prank? Lee, just become a road idiot?

"Hey, Sean, if you don't see you for half a year, you'll become a big star." Before he could get to the front, Galen greeted him with a grin, and his face, which was more oriental than him, gradually became clearer.

"Don't be so excited, I'm just a little actor." Sean is very modest.

"Come on, can the little actor ask for an assistant?" Galen walked up to him, "Is it because you're worried about being recognized?" ”

"How is it possible, people here are not very interested in celebrities, they can see them every day." Sean said and pointed to the top of his head, "It's your hat, better take it off, it's all Lakers fans here." ”

"It's not that scary, is it?" The other man twitched the corner of his mouth.

Then, the two of them got up, followed by a slap on the face, then pulled forward, and the other hand was clenched into a fist, knocking on each other's backs several times.

"You don't know how much we've missed you since you're gone, and it scared us out when you appeared in Friends, and Neil shouted that it couldn't be." After the initial joy passed, Galen, who looked Sean up and down, said with a grin, "You look so energetic." ”

"Xiexie, when I was performing on a stage show, he didn't make a fuss down there," Sean patted him on the shoulder, "Okay, let's go back first, the room is ready for you." ”

"Let's go, by the way, do you see my new car?" Galen immediately waved to show Sean his new car.

He parked not far from the public phone booth where he had been calling, a few steps after crossing the street, and then Sean saw a blue, at least eighty percent new roadster, parked on the side of the road.

"Porsche 911?" He was a little surprised.

"That's right, Porsche 911," Galen said with smugness, "it's six years old, but it's well maintained, and it only costs $5,000, it's worth it, isn't it?" ”

"Well, your chick does look good," Sean touched his chin, "convex and backward, it's just that the waist is too thick." ”

Although the Porsche in front of me is very good overall, the car company is a little greedy, and it is obviously a two-person sports car, but it has to squeeze out a third of the back to make a four-seater, which is naturally a little ugly.

"Chick?" Galen's eyes narrowed, as if he was a little dissatisfied.

Sean didn't explain, jumped into the car and waved: "Go to the parking lot over there and let you see my car." ”

So, a few minutes later, Galen surrounded a rectangular convertible car and shouted "****".

"Hell, you actually bought a 1960 version of the Lincoln Continental!" He rubbed against the very polished body, his eyes flashing with surprise and excitement.

Not surprisingly, Ford's 1960 baguette after the acquisition of Lincoln has been a classic, with a nearly 19-foot body that is even longer than a typical luxury sedan, and Lincoln became the first car company to provide the president with its first special car, which Kennedy rode in an open-top Lincoln Continental when he was assassinated.

Seven or eight years ago, the cousin of one of their sworn friends drove this kind of car, which was very eye-catching. And their group of energetic guys also secretly got out and drove it twice, God knows, they were only a little over ten years old at that time, and they almost got into a big deal. But because of this, when Sean decided to buy a new car, he chose this classic car.

"How much did it take?" Galen asked after retracting his reluctant gaze.

"Almost $50,000." Sean recalled, "It's about the same as the latest Porsche. ”

Cars in the United States have always been cheap, and brands like Porsche, which are not yet among the top cars, are only $50,000 or 60,000 for the latest ones. Here, many times there may not be a few people in sight on a street, but the cars parked are definitely in a row. This also illustrates the classic status of the 1960 Lincoln Continental, such an antique car, but the price is comparable to a good new car.

"Looks like you're really going to be a big star." Galen teased, with envy in his tone.

Sean smiled and didn't mention this, just raised his chin: "Do you want to try?" ”

"Me? Right now? Galen couldn't believe it.

"Of course, you'll have more time to drive this car in the future, and you'll be my assistant from now on." Sean Haha laughed, "Try to drive back." ”

But the next sentence revealed his thoughts: "I'll drive your chick to lead the way in front." ”

"No problem!" Ignoring his teasing of his car skills and car, Galen took the keys and jumped in.

One of Sean's original best friends entered his life like this, and his life in Hollywood also turned a new page.

Let's introduce it a little, although Sean has a lot of friends, but if you want to be counted as a dead friend, there are only a few. Gallian? Lee's father was a third-generation immigrant of Chinese descent, and although his grandfather and great-grandfather were Chinese, in his father's generation, he married a girl from Texas.

They run a chain of restaurants in San Francisco, which is basically of the wealthy class, and Galen's father doesn't want him to do the same, he wants him to go to college and get a more decent job in the future. But interestingly, Galen, who is closer to his mother in appearance and obviously mixed-race, wants to be a great chef and run his own restaurant.

It is conceivable that the relationship between father and son is not very good, but, probably because of the unique tactfulness of Oriental people in his bones, Galen never had a hard top with his father, and after graduating from high school, he had Sean's demonstration, and slapped his ass and slipped out to work and make money by himself. Because of this, coupled with the natural closeness to the Orient in the soul - although Galen's father was a third-generation immigrant and married an American girl, the family layout was very Chinese and passed down quite well. Sean often used to feel a connection to his past life and make excuses for his fluency in Chinese as he did for Italian.

In short, Sean and Galen's relationship is the most haode, although he doesn't know Weishenme, there was a long time when he thought of Galen's name and he would think of the grass.

In addition to this, there are two more sworn friends, Sanders? Pelle's family was in the construction business, with a bit of Latin ancestry. This kid can talk back, and Sean can't compare to playing tricks, every time they sneak into a nightclub, he is responsible for negotiating with the doorman, and after graduating from high school, he will work as a salesman, which can be regarded as making the best use of everything.

Neil? Walsman was Jewish, well, that's someone else's opinion, at least his father never considered himself a Jew, and his family had always attended all the festivals and celebrations related to Jews, and he didn't live in a Jewish community. But it's interesting that his father's job is an investor, and Sanders also wants to be an investor, so after graduating from high school, his father kicked him to Harvard.

Neil was the only one of them to go to college, in fact, Sean could have been, he had good grades, he participated in a lot of extracurricular activities, maybe there was a problem with the Ivy League, but it was very easy to get into Stanford, his grandfather in this life was the principal of Manlon Private High School.

However, Sean had his own ideas, coupled with irreconcilable conflicts with his father, and finally chose to run away from home after graduating from high school.

Despite this, Neil complained on the phone twice in three days, either because college was boring or useless, and he had the urge to drop out and start his own business.

"Bill? Gates and Steve? Jobs did it all, can't I do the same? He complained on the phone.

Of course, Sean made it clear to him that if he dared to say this in front of him, he would definitely give him a good beating. Although Neil is indeed very brainy, at the beginning of Sean's instigation, he made several times more money in the stock market when he followed him to buy Microsoft stocks, but the imagination of Bill, who studied finance? Gates and Steve? Jobs was like that...... Please, wake up.