The president's wife, Anna Eleanor, brought the turkey roasted by herself, placed the plates, knives and forks with the servants, and shouted to the living room: "Gentlemen, get ready for dinner!"
Roosevelt carefully rolled up the oil painting and said to Zhou Hexuan: "Zhou, let's try Anna's craftsmanship."
Zhou Hexuan pushed Roosevelt into the dining room, saw four sets of knives and forks placed on the dining table, and asked casually: "Are there any guests tonight?"
Eleanor explained with a smile: "Jimmy heard that you were coming as a guest. He rushed back from Hollywood and arrived in Washington yesterday. He is your loyal admirer."
"Really? That's such an honor." Zhou Hexuan smiled.
Jimmy was James Franklin, Roosevelt's eldest son. This young man was a tragedy in his career. He was undoubtedly very talented. He studied at Harvard University and Boston University. When Roosevelt ran for president, he served as his father's campaign in Massachusetts.
Team leader.
When his father Roosevelt became president, James did something wrong and was smeared in all kinds of ways.
James was originally Roosevelt's campaign team, so he naturally made suggestions for the appointment of members of the new government. As a result, he was exposed by others, saying that Roosevelt wanted to establish family rule in the United States. In desperation, James had no choice but to leave the United States and go to Europe. He did not want to let just
My father's reputation was damaged when he became president.
When James returned to the United States again, it was reported that he would serve as secretary to the president. This appointment had not yet been announced, and overwhelming public criticism came again, so Roosevelt had to give up the idea immediately.
Since being in politics is going to be scolded, let’s go into business, so James became the president of the National Grain Fermentation Company. But something went wrong again. The newspapers went crazy and said that this company was connected to the Mafia, and James could be the president because he was the son of the president.
CEO, forcing this hapless young man to resign quickly.
Afterwards, James attended the Conference of the Americas with his father as a presidential assistant. This move was criticized again, and Time Magazine called him the second president. James had no choice but to continue to resign, but privately still helped Roosevelt handle government affairs.
James is now in the insurance industry again, with a net worth of hundreds of thousands of dollars. The news that he has become a young rich man was exposed again, and the American people were furious. The newspapers condemned him for using his father's position to seek power for personal gain. James finally couldn't help it, and spoke for
Justify yourself, and then...resign obediently and leave the insurance industry.
Now James has become interested in movies and is studying in Hollywood. Next year, he will serve as the president of Gedway Film Company.
As Roosevelt's eldest son, James's career has been so bumpy, which can only mean one thing: Roosevelt's New Deal violated the interests of many big capitalists, and he himself was impeccable, so those consortiums whose interests were damaged turned their firepower on his eldest son.
After waiting for a few minutes, James finally arrived at the White House.
Eleanor went over to give her son a warm hug and said dotingly: "Jimmy, my baby, you are finally back! The climate in Hollywood must be very harsh, your face is even tanned."
"Mom, this is just your illusion." James was speechless.
James came over to greet his father, and then said to Zhou Hexuan: "Mr. Zhou, it's a pleasure to meet again. Do you have any new works?"
"It is currently being created," Zhou Hexuan stood up and shook hands. "Thank you for your help to the Chinese people."
James modestly said: "That's what I should do, I just support justice."
At the beginning of the Anti-Japanese War, although Roosevelt did not favor China, his eldest son James was working hard.
This summer, James was criticized by the American media and forced to leave the insurance industry. When he was free, he was approached by Einstein. The two jointly launched the "China Aid Committee" and called for donations to aid China in more than 2,000 cities and towns in the United States.
Everyone sat down around the dining table to eat, drink and chat. James suddenly asked: "There is a very popular radio drama in the United States now called "War of the Worlds". Does Mr. Zhou think there are really Martians?"
"Martians may not have it, but aliens definitely have it," Zhou Hexuan said.
Eleanor suddenly interjected: "Why must there be aliens?"
Zhou Hexuan smiled and said: "There are countless billions of stars like the sun in the Milky Way. And there are countless billions of galaxies like the Milky Way in the entire universe. Our earth is like the Sahara Desert in the universe.
There is no guarantee that there is another grain of sand in this desert of the universe, or countless grains of sand that are as suitable for the birth and reproduction of living things as the earth. Therefore, I think there must be aliens, maybe they are tens of thousands of light away from us.
Years are so far away.”
"Maybe one day aliens will attack the earth." James suddenly laughed.
Roosevelt and his wife also laughed, and their jokes came from the science fiction radio drama "War of the Worlds".
Just ten days ago, the American people were listening to a radio program when they were suddenly interrupted by emergency news. The radio station was then switched to a reporter on the scene, who vividly reported the scene of the Martians attacking New Jersey. The reporter's live connection was quickly established.
Interrupted, because the radio studio was attacked by Martians, the announcer exclaimed: "God! There is something crawling out of the darkness. It shines like a piece of wet leather, but its face
… It’s just indescribable.”
At that time, nearly a million American people were frightened and thought that the earth was really invaded by Martians. They panicked, some rushed to the streets, some hid in basements, and some brought guns and went out to resist. Martians
In New Jersey, the "site" of the invasion, more than 20 households in a block covered their faces with wet towels and rushed out of the house to run for their lives because the radio said that Martians were releasing poison gas in New Jersey.
When the oolong incident occurred, Zhou Hexuan was still in a hotel in New York. There was a burst of noise inside and outside the hotel, and people kept shouting "The Martians are coming", which made Zhou Hexuan, who was writing a book, confused.
In fact, when CBS aired the program, it emphasized that it was a science fiction radio drama, but many people did not hear this explanation. Because at that time, NBC invited two celebrities to record the program, people changed channels one after another.
Listening, it turned out that the two stars left after only ten minutes of performance.
So the audience switched channels one after another, and happened to hear the first half of the "War of the Worlds" radio drama. In order to create a real atmosphere, the radio drama was playing music, and said it was a live performance by a well-known band, and the venue was the Park Plaza Hotel in New York. In fact, this music
It was played in the studio.
The music performance came to an abrupt end, and the radio station immediately broadcast the "emergency news" Martians have invaded the earth!
The radio drama also invited an "astronomer" to talk nonsense in a serious manner, scientifically confirming that several hot gas explosions had occurred on Mars. The Martians could no longer stay on Mars, so they came to compete with the earthlings for the earth.
As a result, nearly a million American listeners believed it to be true, and the police phone numbers in New Jersey were buzzing, and serious traffic jams occurred in major cities.
Since the American newspaper industry was robbed of the news market by the broadcast industry, as soon as this incident came out, the print media frantically attacked the broadcast media and deliberately exaggerated the bad impact to prove how unreliable broadcast news was.
As soon as the major newspapers got involved, the "Martian invasion" suddenly became a national event, attracting strong attention from the entire American society. No, even the president of the United States and his family joked about it, and even Roosevelt's wife insisted on listening to Mars every night.
Human radio drama.
This incident made science fiction quickly popular in the United States and cultivated countless new science fiction fans.
Mike, Zhou Hexuan's partner, took advantage of the situation and republished "Legend of the Galactic Heroes". This science fiction was first published in the United States two years ago. The first three volumes were released successively. The sales volume can only be said to be barely adequate. After all, the science fiction market in the United States is not as good as
U.K.
Now stirred by the "Martian Invasion" incident, the reprint sales of "Legend of the Galactic Heroes" are astonishingly high, with more than 60,000 sets sold in three days. Seeing this favorable situation, Mike is already preparing to publish the fourth, fifth and sixth volumes.
Well, anyway, Zhou Hexuan’s name once again shocked the American book industry.
This is a good phenomenon. "The Massacre of Nanjing" edited by Zhou Hexuan will probably be published in February next year. It will definitely attract more attention with the explosive popularity of science fiction.
