[Titanic] Where Your Heart Goes

Mrs. Brown was born as a commoner. She never received a good education, but the tempering of life gave her a broad vision and thinking. Along the way, Mrs. Brown happily told Miss Rose what she saw when she traveled around the world. : "20 years ago, the weekly wages of female workers and male workers were 20 cents and [-] cents respectively. As a result, under the leadership of the Women's Suffrage Committee, textile factories suddenly found that all the female workers in their factories had disappeared. Hahaha, you should take a look at that dumbfounded expression! After that, the weekly wages of female workers increased as much as that of male workers. However, for more than [-] years, the wages of female workers have not increased, and the male workers have not looked the same. very few."

"Yes," Jack quickly picked up Mrs. Brown's words. "Five years ago, the weekly salary of male miners was 55 cents, and it is still the same now. In some places, it has even dropped to [-] cents."

Carl felt that the topic in this carriage had turned to a very dangerous situation, and if the conversation continued, Miss Rose, who seemed a little radical in her thinking, would definitely popularize Marger as an avant-garde idea—as long as she knew it.Karl smiled immediately, and he raised his glass: "Thanks to the scientists and inventors, because with more advanced machinery, the demand for workers has been greatly reduced. The fewer workers are needed, the more intense the competition, and their wages are reduced. I'm tired."

It's just nonsense!Karl could only smile wryly when he saw Mr. Lawrence's meaningful smile, otherwise what else could he say to change the subject?Mrs. Brown who does not personally manage the mine, Miss Rose who has no work experience, and Mr. Andrew who has been working for others are relatively easy to deceive on this issue. As long as Mr. Lawrence does not intervene, they can immediately spend the time before them. Conversation crisis.

"Mom, don't talk about such a heavy topic. It would be great to talk about the natural scenery. Mr. Andrew and Mrs. Andrew just got married." Mr. Lawrence showed a coquettish smile at Mrs. Brown, and Mrs. Brown was immediately abducted by her son.

Mr. Lawrence, who has always been loved by his mother, looks younger than Jack with his coquettish expression, even though he is three years older than Jack.Hearing that Mrs. Brown immediately changed the topic to the natural scenery of Prussia and France, Karl heaved a sigh of relief, and Mr. Lawrence turned around and smiled at him.

Carl sighed, Mr. Lawrence hasn't given up yet?

As long as Mrs. Brown and Mr. Andrew are present at the same time, the conversation will not stop. One of them is a well-informed lady, and the other is a talented designer, and they both know how to talk.Thanks to their efforts, the ten-hour drive passed quickly. Mrs. Brown’s husband had already sent a car to pick up the visiting guests. Mr. Brown was a handsome man, and his years of immigrant life made him His body was infected with the bold temperament unique to the American West.

At night's rest Carl and Jack's quarters were divided, except that Mr Andrew and Miss Rose were given a double room.Carl doesn't want to bother Jack, facing separation—even if it's only a few months at a time—as long as he thinks that Jack will disappear before his eyes, Carl wants to make Jack unable to leave. He is not as calm as he imagined.

"It must be because of being in love..." Carl said mockingly, he took off his vest and adjusted his bow tie. When Carl unbuttoned his shirt, a pair of well-maintained hands hugged Carl from behind and stroked him chest and abdomen.

"Mr. Lawrence?" These hands are well maintained and beautifully shaped, but they can be seen to be the hands of a man. Since it is a man, it is not difficult to guess the identity of the owner of the hands.

The owner of the hands did not respond to Karl's question, his lips were already kissing the back of Karl's neck, and his hands were rubbing upwards along the abdominal muscles.Carl raised his eyebrows and paused. A man's body is honest and has nothing to do with feelings.But Karl didn't want to accept this sudden affair. Karl never wanted to maintain a lover relationship with someone who wanted to cooperate in business, which would greatly increase the variability of things.

Karl slammed his feet to the right quickly and vigorously, and there was a muffled sound of "bang" when the body hit the bedpost, and the owner of his hands finally let go of Karl.Carl turned around quickly, and it turned out to be Mr. Lawrence. He frowned and clutched his arm—Carl didn't show any empathy just now.

"You are willing to send your lover to Berlin University of the Arts, but you don't want to accept my attention. Am I not good enough?" Mr. Lawrence sat on Karl's bed, God bless, he really came to seduce Karl , wearing only a nightgown all over his body, even the straps of the nightgown have been loosened at this time, and Mr. Lawrence's body can be seen at a glance.

"Mr. Lawrence, I don't know if you are good or not, but I think I need to emphasize that Jack is not my lover. I made a promise to him." Carl said and stretched out his left hand, with a ring finger on his ring finger. The golden ring, which can be described as shabby, is extremely disproportionate to his slender and graceful fingers.

"...What if we are just lovers?" Mr. Lawrence did not give up, he was fighting for an opportunity for himself: "I will inherit my father's mine soon, and the Brown family is now involved in the steel and metallurgical industry. Settle down in Pennsylvania. You're coming back to inherit Mr. Hawley's business, aren't you?"

Carl smiled, and he fastened the buttons on his body again: "Mr. Lawrence, you are young, handsome, well-educated, and have a beautiful and slim body. You are indeed a good material for a lover. But I'm sorry, I will be loyal to Jack, please You go back. I don't think Mrs. Brown would like to see her son put down his pride to do what you are doing. Also, please let me remind you that I am different from you-you only want a decent underground lover , On the surface, I still have a wife and children, but what I want is an aboveboard monopoly. I am not the same as you. "

After Carl finished speaking, he opened the door. Mr. Lawrence sat on the bed and looked up at Carl for a while, before he finally got up and walked out the door.If in order to discuss the purchase of gold with Mr. Brown in the future, Carl knew that he had better accept Mr. Lawrence's overtures. The heir's words were more lethal than pillow talk.But...well, even if Carl might be tempted to steal food when Jack isn't around, he'd never want a man with a wife who's eagerly waiting at home, the imagining is too much to bear--and it's not necessary to go to Germany For a long time, perhaps, he can consider developing some means of transportation that can accelerate to reduce the time wasted on the road.

Carl continued his previous activities. He changed back into his pajamas and lay down on the field, thinking wildly before going to sleep.

Early the next morning, Mrs. Brown took them to the horse farm. These horses were indeed well taken care of. Jack reached out and held maltose to tease a group of black and shiny horses. Unfortunately, this horse did not seem to be very tame.

Different from Jack's hobbies, Carl has liked another tall and handsome white horse from the very beginning. Its eyes reveal a kind of gentle temperament. Carl smiled and picked up a brush to brush its mane. A horse to play together to go.After being completely ignored by the dark horse, Jack finally gave up, and he walked over to Carl and watched him roll up his sleeves and laugh out loud.

"It's the first time I've seen you sweating at work."

"I thought you'd always been able to see me working and sweating, at night." Carl moved closer to Jack and said in a low voice. He finally put down the brush, and the white horse stretched out its head and rubbed Carl's arm. He laughed He stroked the mane of the white horse, and then taught Jack: "Don't show favor to the horses that look rebellious at the beginning. They are usually very loved by their owners, and they are taken care of by special people whether it is food or service. A pampered lady is always difficult to serve~”

"That's a mare?!" Jack raised his voice in disbelief, and even the nearby Mrs. Brown couldn't help laughing when he heard this.

"Otherwise, why do you think the horses that are often used have such a bad temper?" Carl smiled and led the white horse in his hand to Jack, "Come up on the stirrups, a well-trained horse will not throw you off. "

Jack's posture on the horse's back is ugly, but he is not afraid of heights or falling off the horse.In a few minutes, Jack was able to take a slow walk on the flat ground, holding the rein of the horse according to Carl's previous instructions.Carl appeared beside Jack on another docile white horse in a short while, and they chatted in a low voice.

"Rose, why do you admire Mr. Dawson? Are his paintings really that wonderful?" Mr. Lawrence, who was not far from Carl and Jack, accompanied the married couple with his mother, with a curious expression on his face. His question was not too much. After all, Jack went abroad in the name of Mrs. Brown's funding.

"Amazing! The first time I saw Jack's paintings, they were all detailed sketches of characters, full of emotion, but he had never painted in color. But when I received the wedding gift, I was absolutely stunned Now, it’s not only Jack’s understanding and mastery of the use of colors, but also his thinking... has become very open, and it’s shockingly open! Jack is a genius!” When it comes to art, Miss Rose immediately devoted herself to it, and everyone present Aesthetically, no one has more say than Miss Rose.

"I dare say that if Jack continues to develop like this, he will become the most famous painter in the future just like Picasso. Of course, neither of them is famous yet." After reaching the final conclusion, Miss Rose smiled with satisfaction , After looking in Jack's direction, she curled her lips: "It's just that I have bad eyesight, and I can't recognize people clearly."

"I think Carl is very good." Mr. Lawrence looked at Miss Rose, and then smiled apologetically: "Sorry, I mean he is an excellent businessman."

"It's full of money, and I don't know how to appreciate the changes and developments of the new world. I look down on Picasso, Freud, and all new things, and I'm arrogant, and I can't communicate at all." Miss Rose couldn't help but hurt After one sentence, she smiled afterwards, "But, he is indeed a successful businessman."

Compared with the long separation, the reunion is always short. The next day Carl stood on the pier and watched Jack board the cruise ship to Europe.Mr. Lawrence stood beside Carl. He followed Carl's eyes and looked at Jack, who was lying on the fence and kept waving at him, with a smile on his mouth.

"Carl, I thought you liked the same person as yourself, do you have a common topic with Mr. Dawson?"

Hearing Mr. Lawrence's question, Carl glanced at him, with a helpless smile on his lips: "Mr. Lawrence, what do you think the two people who love each other do together every day? Read the company report face to face, or discuss the work plan for the next year? I When we are together with Jack, we always do our own thing, even if we don’t do anything, just look at each other and smile, we can spend the whole day happily.”

"Carl, didn't you tell your father to buy the gold mine produced by my family? Let's cooperate."

Mr. Lawrence's proposal is really very tempting, but...

"Sorry, Mr. Lawrence. I don't do business with people who have a special purpose for me. That will make the partnership very unstable. As for the specific matters of the acquisition, I will let the company manager Lucas contact Mr. Brown Goodbye, I'm going back to New York." After speaking, Carl boarded the car without paying attention.

Judy, who was following the trip, glanced at Mr. Lawrence sympathetically. As long as she accepted the reality, she could now easily regard Mr. Lawrence as one of the lovers who were dumped by Karl.

Lucas and Abner in the company were about to quarrel. For the land, schools and factories in Tennessee, Lucas personally went to urge that the company could only be entrusted to Abner for management.But when Lucas came back, he could only feel a mess——Lucas and Abner had always been in charge of different areas. Lucas was in charge of the company’s internal affairs, while Abner was more suitable for going out to discuss business. .Looking at the report made by Abner, Lucas felt that the end of the world was coming—he needed to overthrow everything and start over.

"Hey, Carl, you're finally back, or Lucas is going to kill me." Abner complained feebly. He thought that Carl would finally be able to sleep well after going out. Arrived in New York.

"Carl, it's just right that you're back. Tennessee State University has accepted your sponsorship, and has now established a separate laboratory for Dr. Langmuir. He can freely recruit assistants, and he will go to the factory four days a week to help research new models of cars. And the student Waxman you are optimistic about has also transferred. I got their consent, and all their inventions will have your signature starting today. But the problem is that your machinery factory— —There is no particularly outstanding machinery manufacturing plant in Tennessee, and of course the purchase cost is very low.” Lucas handed Carl a thick stack of documents, which were full of various terms.

"Lucas, you are so reassuring that you even drew up a contract with the lawyers."

"I must make sure that there are no loopholes in the contract, otherwise all the losses will be money, and I will still be responsible for the pursuit of responsibility." Lucas complained without changing his expression.

Then it was Abner's turn to speak, and he took out another document from his suitcase and handed it to Carl: "This is Mr. Edsel Ford's request to join our company in the new automobile industry. In general, he will The old workers who followed him were also brought out from Ford, and they needed to ensure that their R&D team was not restricted by laymen—us—and that wages had to be paid on time.”

Carl read the result file, and then took out a pen to sign his name: "Let Mr. Edsel contact Dr. Langmuir to jointly develop, of course, I will give them independent research funding, but remember to control their research and development time, Don’t deliberately delay the progress and rob us of money. Send two groups of them to the machinery factory together, let him combine agricultural equipment and other imaginable machinery, and I will dig out all his abilities.”

Carl looked at Lucas and Abner with a treacherous smile on his face: "Money can't be wasted, we need to save a little bit. Mr. Edsel is going to show his ambitions, we need to send him to the cloud, right? Find a better one Finance used to just look at the money.”

Lucas and Abner showed clear smiles, which meant to separate the company's decision-making from the R&D team. It really was the insidious boss—even if Mr. Ezl regretted it later, he couldn't leave.