Chapter 199 Graduation
"Bang!"
The spotlight flashed and made a scary sound. Evan finally maintained his expression so that the posture of wearing a bachelor's uniform was recorded by the camera.
Today is June 19th, when Caltech holds a graduation ceremony for graduates.
As a person who graduated early, Evan could not take photos with students of the same class, but taking photos with teachers is indispensable.
"Thank you, Mr. Dean Dubridge, and Professor Watson..."
Before the ceremony began, after taking photos with familiar teachers, Evan, who did not want to be tortured by spotlights, asked Bob to put away the camera.
Dora, who had already been on holiday, came to Sacramento to attend his brother's graduation ceremony, saw this, pulled Dorothy and opposed it, "Evan, we still need to shoot..."
The twins came with their mother Nina and Robert. In addition, although the holiday has not yet been on, there has been no classes and all the Warren family can come, so it was a small gathering.
Needless to say, the reason why the eldest brother Colin was absent was that Earl, the head of the family, did not come because he is now in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, east of the North American continent.
Two days later, on the 21st, this year's Republican National Convention will be held in Philadelphia, where candidates representing the Republicans in the presidential election will be selected from more than a dozen candidates. As a California candidate, Earl Warren naturally cannot be absent.
"Dora, be quiet, don't make a fuss!" Nina suppressed her little daughter with one sentence, but she also signaled Bob not to clean up the camera first, and asked Evan: "Evan, let's take a photo together before you go on stage as a student representative."
Without waiting for Evan to agree, Nina waved to Audrey standing beside Virginia and said, "You are together."
Audrey, who was talking to Virginia, was stunned for a moment, and didn't know what to do. Virginia pushed her and smiled and said, "What are you doing while standing, let's go!"
Dora, who was a little devil, heard Nina's words, snickered and ran to Evan, and asked in a low voice: "Evan, Evan, can I change my words and call Sister Audrey?"
Evan gently patted her head and said, "You can just scream now!"
Of course, the photo should be taken. Under Bob's command, with Nina as the center, Evan and Audrey were on both sides respectively, Dora and Robert stood next to Evan, while Virginia and Doroth were next to Audrey.
It has been more than a hundred years since the invention of the camera, but it still requires some technology and experience to work it. As Evan's personal bodyguard, Bob has the intention to transform into an assistant. For this reason, he is learning many new skills during this period, and taking photography is just one of them.
This is a lot of sweat for Bob who doesn't like reading books.
Bob's photography skills are pretty good, but when taking a group photo, the time to adjust the camera is indispensable. While waiting, Nina and Audrey whispered. Evan wanted to eavesdrop, but Nina glared at him. Evan had to turn his attention away from them and talk to Robert.
"Robert, how is your fund running?"
When Robert, who was not very interested, immediately became energetic. He raised his eyebrows and said complacently: "In the past two months, the value of the fund has risen to nearly one thousand dollars."
Robert's initial capital was 700 US dollars (Robert invested 400 US dollars, Virginia 200 US dollars, Dora and Dorothy each 50 US dollars). In the first two months of entering the stock market, Robert lost about 20% of his funds, and the situation began to improve after changing his investment strategy. After 1948, with the implementation of the Marshall Plan, the economy began to heat up. Robert's heavy holdings of RCA sold more TV sets in the first half of the year than last year, so the stock price rose sharply, which made his fund not only make back the losses, but now it has a lot of floating profits.
Thinking of making his RCA company, Robert couldn't help asking: "Evan, I remember your company is also developing a TV. What's the point now?"
Robert, who was in the tenth grade in the second half of the year, realized that he was no longer a child and was becoming more and more interested in things other than school and study. Especially for Evan, who was only two years older than him, Robert always cared about it.
Robert, who can already understand the financial reports of most listed companies, knows that the TV industry is showing signs of taking off, but he is still worried that Evan's products will be welcomed by the market.
After all, no matter how smart your brother is, he is still a novice in the industry, and he will definitely be inferior to those big companies. If it succeeds, it would be fine. If the product fails, the money you will lose will be millions.
Hearing the concerns contained in Robert's words, Evan felt warm and reached out to pat his younger brother's shoulder, saying, "It's already done and is preparing for the market. Don't worry, it's impossible to make a big deal, it's impossible to lose money."
"By the way, we're shooting an advertisement, do you want to go back to the mirror again?"
Evan smiled and remembered the Rubik's Cube advertisement.
Robert immediately shook his head when he heard this, "No, it's boring to shoot an advertisement."
When Evan was about to joke with Robert, he heard Bob shouting, "Gentlemen, ladies, see..."
Everyone immediately closed their mouths and faced the camera. After a while, the spotlight on Bob's hand emitted light, and the family's figure was recorded on the film.
Not long after the photo ended, a school staff came to call Evan. The ceremony was about to begin, and as a representative, Evan had to leave with his family temporarily.
The graduation ceremony of California Polytechnic is not very special. The highlight is the dean's speech. Graduates do not even need to be forced to attend, but the stadium as the venue is still crowded with people. Only some of them are graduates, and the others are relatives and friends of the graduates.
Before the dean came on stage to give a speech, Evan was invited to the scene. When Evan appeared in front of the iron ring-style microphone, as a star in the academy, he immediately attracted warm applause.
Facing the hundreds of people in the audience, Evan was not at all nervous and began his speech calmly.
"Dear classmates, teachers..."
With years of teaching experience, Evan's speech skills will naturally not be bad. In his speech in less than ten minutes, he reviewed his college career in the past two years, praised California Polytechnic, and made a certain outlook on the future. Finally, he even advertised the laboratory he founded.
"...The future will be the era of semiconductors, and semiconductors will change aspects of life... Do you want to participate? Come to Warren Leiden Labs now!"
At the end of Evan's speech, Dean Dubridge shook hands with him on the stage and said in front of everyone: "Is this a place for advertising?"
"Why don't you pay the advertising fee quickly!"
Dubridge's words were naturally joking, which made everyone in the audience burst into laughter.
Chapter completed!