On this day, Monet slept soundly, and suddenly the phone rang rapidly, and in desperation, Monet had to get up to answer the phone, while muttering dissatisfiedly: "Who is this, calling in the middle of the night!" ”

But as soon as he connected, he heard Ruth's sad voice on the phone: "Tony, Carl is dead!" ”

"What?! Carl is dead! Monet replied in shock, to be honest, he has been busy in the past few years, he is about to forget Carl, in fact, after thinking about it, Carl died during this economic crisis, and he committed suicide, but at this time, Monet is naturally inconvenient to seem that he has long known about it.

So Monet asked, "Is Karl sick with any emergency?" ”

Ruth shook her head and replied, "He committed suicide, and it is said that the stock market this time bankrupted him!" ”

Recalling Karl's high-spirited appearance on the ship back then, and then thinking about his current ending, Monet sighed: "Really, really didn't expect, when will his funeral be held?" ”

"I don't know, maybe there is no funeral, but I've taken a leave of absence to go to Philadelphia to see him, Tony, do you have time?" Ruth asked.

Monet thought for a moment, and then replied: "No matter how much time you don't have, you still have to send an old friend!" ”

To Monet's surprise, when he arrived at the station, he was surprised to see Wendy standing next to Ruth, but it was normal to think about it, after all, Wendy and Carl were more familiar than themselves, so they had worked under someone for a while.

Seeing the two of them like this, Ruth took advantage of Wendy's visit to the bathroom and asked Monet, "Tony, do you still hate Wendy?" ”

Monet shook his head and replied: "I don't hate it for a long time, it's just that I haven't seen each other for so many years, and I don't know what to talk about!" ”

Ruth nodded and agreed: "You're right, in fact, if Carl hadn't left this time, even if I saw him, I wouldn't know what to talk about!" ”

When Monet was away, Ruth whispered to Wendy: "I asked Tony just now, he doesn't hate you for a long time, it's just that you have been away for too long, and neither of you knows each other's life trajectory and experience, so I don't know what to say for a while!" ”

"If you think about it, it seems that this is really the case, so it seems that the problem may still be with me, and I always have a trace of guilt for him!" Wendy sighed.

Ruth comforted: "Actually, just like Tony said just now, so many years have passed, some things should be put down, and I'm actually sorry for Carl when I talk about it seriously!" ”

Unlike the situation in later generations, Philadelphia in the twenties and thirties of the 20th century was still an authentic industrial city, and the oil and steel purchased by the United States from abroad were mainly imported from here, and in order to reduce costs as much as possible, a series of steel companies and oil companies were opened here. Of course, it is not all heavy industry, and there are many light industries such as textiles, many of which have just moved out of New York.

In the United States, Philadelphia is a very special city, because the independence of the United States is closely related to this city, at the same time, it is also the fifth largest city in the United States, although it is not as prosperous as New York, but it is not very far, and it is only three hours away from New York, so Monet and his party will choose to take the train to go.

However, Monet apparently forgot one thing, and that is that as an important industrial city today, the economic crisis here is much more brutal than New York! With a large number of unemployed workers and shrinking wages, the city of Philadelphia has become less stable.

During this time, Philadelphia's major steel companies voluntarily reduced their production capacity, and more than half of their production capacity was shut down, and a large number of workers were laid off and unemployed. With the prerequisites that no job means no income, no way to continue living, and no peace of mind, demonstrations seem to be the best way for people to vent.

So, when Monet and his party arrived in Philadelphia, they had just left the train station when they ran into a crowd of demonstrators confronting the police, and the demonstration was turning into a clashes: demonstrators threw stones and garbage at the police, and the police threw tear gas into the crowd, and the scene was extremely chaotic.

Monet and his party were not interested in participating in this kind of excitement, and the group did not dare to go up the main road, lest they be regarded as demonstrators by the police, but hid away from the demonstrators, and escaped from the dangerous place by stepping on the sidewalk.

Walking out of two blocks, Monet and his party rented a taxi and went straight to Carl's villa, looking at the large group of people gathered around the villa, Monet asked Ruth curiously: "Ruth, didn't you say that Carl's funeral was not organized?" How can there still be so many people? ”

Ruth shook her head and replied, "I don't know, did they change their minds?" ”

To the surprise of the three of them, as soon as they approached the villa, someone came over to Ruth and asked, "Hello Miss, are you Mrs. Carl and the big star Ruth?" ”

Ruth corrected: "I'm Carl's early stage, and I'm just an actor, far from being a star!" ”

But before she could finish speaking, the man ran happily and shouted, "Mrs. Carr, the big star Ruth is here!" ”

Immediately, I saw a large group of people surrounding me, gossiping, scrambling to be the first to say:

"Mrs. Karl, you can be considered here, this is the bill Karl owes me, when do you think you will write me a check?"

"And mine, and mine, I only have $50,000 here!"

"Mrs. Carr, please, pay the debt you owe me, our family hasn't eaten for two days!"

“......”

Not to mention Ruth in this battle, even Monet was confused, and he slowed down for a few seconds, and then he figured out the situation, it turned out that these guys were not here to give Carl a funeral, but to collect debts, but how did they know Ruth's identity and know that Ruth would come today?

Just when Monet was thinking, Ruth defended repeatedly: "Everyone be quiet, I think everyone may have misunderstood, I came today to give Carl a funeral, and I have been divorced from him for a long time, so you shouldn't come to me to pay these bills!" ”

"Then who will pay if you don't pay? Carl is now bankrupt and dead, everything has been taken from the top account, and you're not a movie star, so that money shouldn't be a lot to you, right? ”

PS: Yesterday I watched "The Temptation of Dinner" recommended by a friend, although I don't know how to play werewolf killing, and I don't like to play very much, but I have to say that watching Ma Dong Cai Kangyong and them play is still quite interesting!

"I Have a Catalogue of Ghosts and Gods"