Chapter 4272 4274 [Death]
John studied at Caltech until he got his doctorate, and then stayed at NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory near the school to work on the development and research of spacecraft.
During this period, Xiang Nan's investment also received a rich return.
During the Great Depression, he bought stocks and land in large amounts.
After the outbreak of World War II, the United States was initially in a neutral state, selling weapons, oil, food, and military supplies to both sides of the war, thus earning a large amount of gold and foreign exchange, which greatly stimulated the domestic economy.
It was not until 1941 that Japan attacked Pearl Harbor in the United States, which made the United States declare war on the Axis powers. After the declaration of war, the US military industry received large orders and created a large number of jobs.
The domestic unemployment rate dropped from 20% to almost zero. At that time, even women were recruited to factories in large numbers. For example, the famous "Roxy the Riveter" has become a symbol of the United States.
The sexy actress Marilyn Monroe was also a female worker in the ammunition factory at the time. She was selected by a photographer who went to the factory to take pictures and became a model.
The outbreak of World War II led to a rapid recovery of the US economy.
After World War II, the United States obtained 59% of the world's gold reserves and 60% of the oil market. Its overseas trade volume increased from $2.1 billion in 1929 to $30.7 billion in 1949, a 15-fold increase.
Therefore, the United States entered a very prosperous era after the war, known as the "Golden Age".
In the 1980s, the first part of the Hollywood classic movie "Back to the Future" was so popular because the protagonist went back from the 1980s to the 1950s when his father lived, which made many Americans who grew up in that era nostalgic.
Also because of the rapid development of the US economy, Xiang Nan's wealth expanded dozens or even hundreds of times. By the 1950s, he had a wealth of more than 10 billion US dollars, and the annual dividends alone were tens of millions of US dollars.
Xiang Nan donated this money to charity on the one hand, and used it to purchase valuable collections on the other hand. For example, Leonardo da Vinci, Raphael, Rembrandt, Picasso, Miller, Cezanne, Repin, Monet, Van Gogh, etc.
To him, these works of art are extremely precious. Each painting is the crystallization of human art, which robots and other animals cannot do.
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In 1960, John married Emily Norma, a colleague at the Jet Propulsion Laboratory.
The following year, Emily gave birth to a son for John. Two years later, she gave birth to a daughter for him.
The names of their son and daughter were both chosen by the couple. The son was named Chris and the daughter was named Eve.
In 1970, Xiang Nan and Rose were so quiet that they started their journey around the world again.
They started from Los Angeles and went south, passing through Palm City and Phoenix to Mexico, and then from Mexico to the south through the Caribbean Sea to South America.
Then from South America to Antarctica, then west to New Zealand, then to Australia, Indonesia, Singapore, Malaysia and Thailand, through India to Central Asia, then to Arabia, then to Eastern Europe, Northern Europe, Western Europe, Southern Europe, and finally to Africa.
Then from North Africa to East Africa, to South Africa and then to West Africa, from West Africa to the west across the Atlantic Ocean, to Miami, USA, and then from Miami to the north through Atlanta, Washington, New York, Boston, to Ottawa, Canada. Then cross Canada to Alaska, and finally go south back to Los Angeles.
This trip took them a full fifteen years. When they came back, Chris and Eve had grown up. It seemed like a lifetime ago when they met again.
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In the 1990s, the Dawson family's assets had swelled to a huge amount of 100 billion US dollars. Even Bill Gates of Microsoft was not as rich as Xiang Nan.
However, although Xiang Nan was rich, he did not show his wealth. Outsiders only knew that he was rich, but they did not know how much money he had. In fact, money was just a string of numbers for Xiang Nan.
With his ability, he could live very well without a penny.
By the 1990s, Rose was nearly 100 years old. However, thanks to her constant practice of the "Shenzu Jing", she not only had no symptoms, but was still light and healthy, with flexible legs and feet.
In 1995, she held her own art exhibition, exhibiting her paintings, photographs, sculptures, etc. Many of them were created by her inspiration from experiencing nature during her two trips around the world.
After these paintings, photographs and sculptures were exhibited, the response was very good, and many collectors were willing to collect them. However, Xiang Nan and Rose did not intend to sell them.
On the one hand, they were not short of money at all, and on the other hand, every painting, every photo, and every sculpture was the result of their hard work, and they were reluctant to sell them to others.
So in the end, they only donated a part of them to the art museum, and the rest were prepared to be left to their descendants.
In the 1990s, Chris and Eve also got married and had children, and soon Xiang Nan and Rose became great-grandfathers and great-grandmothers.
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Time flew to 2010, and Rose was already 115 years old, and her body showed signs of aging and degeneration.
Because the internal force cultivated by the "Shenzu Sutra" can only delay aging, but cannot achieve immortality.
And Xiang Nan did not use the magic stone on Rose, because she was not afraid of death and did not expect to live longer.
On the contrary, she was very satisfied with her life, thinking that she was already satisfied to live to 115 years old, witness the birth of her great-great-grandson, and see her descendants multiply and thrive.
In this case, Xiang Nan did not force her to stay. Moreover, to be honest, living longer would not be good for her. Living to 115 years old is already considered a long-lived person.
Moreover, their son John is eighty-five years old. If she lives longer, she may have to bury her son. That was not something to be happy about for her.
So Xiang Nan chose to let Rose go.
After a year, Rose finally died.
Before she died, the entire Dawson family gathered at her bedside.
"Jack, you not only saved me on the Titanic..., but also saved me... in the future life, it was you who led... my life journey and led me to experience... the beauty of the world. Now I You have to...take a step ahead, I will wait for you in heaven," Rose said.
"Okay, you go and help me get a seat first." Xiang Nan smiled and nodded.
Rose nodded, then slowly closed her eyes.
John, Emily, Chris, Eve, etc., all the family members burst into tears when they saw this.
Rose was a wonderful mother, grandmother, great-grandmother, and great-great-grandmother to the entire Dawson family.
She is dignified, elegant, gentle and enthusiastic. She treats everyone sincerely and fairly, and respects everyone's preferences, freedom and rights.
Therefore, she also won the respect of the whole family. Now that she has passed away, everyone is naturally very sad.