The conversation between Edmundo and Gladstone lasted very short, only a few minutes. Here's how the whole process works:

Greystone looked up from behind his desk, glanced at them, and asked, "Is it Mr. Edmundo and Miss Vera?" ”

"Yes, yes." Edmundo replied, half-hunched, "I am Edmundo." Then he came to Vera and said, "This is Vera...... Vera, say hello to Mr. MacDonald. ”

"Hello, Mr. MacDonald." Vera said with her head down.

"Hello. Please sit down, and what do you want? Coffee or tea? Greystone also responded politely. But, to be honest, this politeness does not mean respect for the other person or anything else, but simply because of Greystone's usual education, so it seems to be polite and have a subtle sense of distance.

"Thank you, we're whatever." Edmundo said gratefully as he placed half of his ass on the couch.

"Then tea, Durban, go and pour two cups of tea for Mr. Edmundo and Miss Vera...... Mr. Edmundo, you should know what I'm looking for you for. "We have a new technology for sound films, and we need to use it to create a new, huge, much bigger market than Broadway cabaret." I watched your show and I thought it was very interesting. Perhaps, we can work together. ”

"So...... Mr. MacDonald...... I mean, we're just a very small troupe...... Where you can get us, just tell us...... But we don't know if we can ......" Edmundo had thought a lot before meeting Greystone, but was completely speechless at this time.

"Ah, Mr. Edmundo. Since we have found you, of course, we have confidence in you. Greystone smiled and said, "Of course, it's also a problem that you don't know about us. I have a memorandum of cooperation here, you can take a look, if you are interested, I will arrange for you to visit the Dashi yàn room to learn about sound films. ”

At this time, Greystone's henchman Durban had already placed two cups of black tea on the coffee table beside the two of them, and handed Edmundo the text that Greystone had said.

Edmundo looked at Wen Jiàn, and to be honest, he didn't understand it too much. Because these provisions are too complicated.

"What do you think, Mr. Edmundo?" "If there's anything you don't understand," Gladstone asked, "I'll let Durban explain it to you in a moment." You can also bring up any different opinions. ”

"Ah, no problem at all. So be it, Mr. MacDonald. "Although he didn't fully understand it, Edmundo understood that he had to take his chances no matter what. What's more, the above provisions don't seem to be very harsh. Besides, even if the conditions were harsh, even if Greystone took out a parchment scroll with the smell of sulfur, which said that it was the purchase of souls, Edmundo would bet that the people who were willing to sign it would never be less than the one who was willing to sell his soul to the Sect Master who killed his wife and begged for Taoism with a hundred soft girl coins on Longkong Mountain. That number of people is estimated to be more than enough to circle around the whole of New York. So, in such a situation, how dare Edmundo raise any objections? It is true that Vera looks like Anne is an advantage, but there are many girls who look like Anne like sardines in the sea, and it is definitely not particularly rare. Three-legged toads are hard to find, but two-legged people are all over the streets.

"So...... Very good. "Mr. Edmundo, then, I suggest that you go to Cleveland at once to see the technology of sound films." Well, my dad happens to be there as well, and he might have some ideas that he needs to talk to you about. Do you have any other arrangements for the near future? ”

"No, Mr. MacDonald. I'm ready to go. Edmundo stood up and said, the legend of America, old Mr. MacDonald was waiting for him, how could he delay even the slightest moment? You see, old Mr. MacDonald's time is worth more than his time.

"Alright, Durban, what time is the nearest train to Cleveland?" Graystone asked, leaning back in his chair, apparently intending to end the conversation.

"Young master, the nearest train is at one o'clock in the afternoon, if you leave immediately, you can still catch it." Durban replied.

"Ah, that's right. But Mr. Edmundo hasn't eaten yet, has he? Gladstone said.

"Mr. MacDonald, that's not a problem." Edmundo quickly stood up and said, "It's not uncommon for us to get busy and skip meals. ”

"Very good, then." Greystone looked at his watch and said, "Durban, you go and arrange a car for them, get to the station as soon as you can, oh, and give them a ride back before they can get their luggage...... Well, and also have the kitchen prepare something for Miss Vera to eat. ”

"Okay, young master." Durban replied, then he turned to Edmundo and Vera and said to them, "Come with me, both of you." ”

The two men followed Durban out of his office, and another servant greeted them.

"Crouch, you take them to the porter and wait." Durban said to the servant.

"Yes, Mr. Durban." The servant hurriedly replied.

"Mr. Edmundo, Miss Vera. You go to the concierge and wait a bit, and soon there will be a car to take you to the train station. Durban turned to Edmundo again.

"Thank you so much, Mr. Durban." Edmundo also said gratefully.

……

So, I waited in the porter of Duckburg for more than two hours, talked to Greystone for less than five minutes, and then boarded the train to Cleveland, where I ran until the sun went down in the evening. Of course, at this time, it is definitely impossible to visit any Dashi yàn room. So the two had to find a place to stay first and wait for the next day.

The next morning, the two of them got up, had breakfast early, and waited in the hotel for someone to pick them up and take them to the University of Cleveland. Last night, MacDonald's men left them in the most luxurious hotel in Cleveland without paying for their room. Of course, this is normal, and the guests of the MacDonald family can't afford to pay for this little money? And Edmundo could indeed afford it, but the price was a little too expensive, so that Edmundo was so distressed that he didn't sleep all night. Early the next morning, I had a big dark circle under my eyes. Vera, who slept in the other room, slept like a piglet, and it took Edmundo to knock on the door for a long time in the morning to wake her up.

At about eight o'clock in the morning, a small car arrived in front of the hotel and picked up Edmundo and Vera. What happened after that is described in Edmundo's memoirs.

"The car dragged us along the asphalt road for about an hour, far away from Cleveland and all the way to Lake Erie. Then a large expanse of buildings appeared in front of us. I know this is the University of Cleveland. Far away from the hustle and bustle of the city, it remains independent.

As the car pulled into the university district, it made a few turns and stopped next to a modest house that looked like a factory building. Vera and I got out of the car, and Mr. Shelton, who came with us, told us that this was the famous University of Cleveland in the United States. Many of the great discoveries and inventions that have changed the history of mankind have come from here. However, he was not invited, so he was not qualified to visit with us.

There are a lot of business secrets in the electrical room, so for the sake of secrecy, the personnel entering and leaving the room are controlled quite strictly. It is said that the entire room is divided into green, yellow, orange and red zones according to the level of secrecy and the danger of the real yàn. The areas that we have access to are, of course, limited to the Green Zone, where you have access to technologies that are basically mature, patented, and about to be put on the market. And what's in the back area, that's not something I know. In fact, although I came here a few times after that, I didn't see anything strange except for something related to the movie.

Entering the gate, we were received by a young man named Spencer, who guided us and led us into a large room where I met the famous genius scientist, Mr. Nikola 61 Tesla.

Mr. Tesla is cold to people and has very few words. Apparently he knew what I was coming for, and before I could speak, he said to me, 'You're the ...... who was going to shoot a sound film,' and his voice stopped abruptly, and he turned his eyes to another older looking man in a researcher's costume, apparently he didn't know my name.

Instead, the researcher smiled and reminded him, 'It's Mr. Edmundo and Miss Vera.' ’

Probably worried that I would misunderstand that Mr. Tesla was a very arrogant person, the old researcher smiled at me and said, "Nikolai is all focused on those scientific problems, and it is normal for him to not remember other people's names." I've been working with him for years, but sometimes he suddenly forgets my name. ’

'Mr. MacDonald, I have only forgotten your name once, and only after they poured a whole bottle of wine. And, in less than five minutes, I remembered it again, but you still remembered it. Mr. Tesla said to the old man. Knowing this, I realized that the old man standing in front of me, who looked like a researcher under Mr. Tesla, was actually Mr. Scrooge 61 MacDonald, the richest man in the United States. ”