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Chapter 4271 [Time has passed]

The Hockley family's steel mill was not spared during the Great Depression. The stock price plummeted, the market shrank, and sales dropped sharply, resulting in insolvency and bankruptcy.

Carl Hockley couldn't bear the fact that he had fallen from a rich man to a pauper, and finally chose to shoot himself. The whole family was scattered, and only Trudy was left.

Trudy was still relatively strong and did not die, but instead struggled to survive.

Fortunately, she was a maid by profession, and although she had lived the life of a wealthy lady for more than ten years, she had not lost her basic skills and could still do what she could.

After Rose learned of Carl's death, she went to find Trudy. She saw that Trudy was living in a small attic and was barely making a living by mending clothes for others.

Fortunately, she is alone and has no children to raise, otherwise her life would be even more difficult.

Rose left Trudy some money so that she could live a better life.

Xiang Nan bought the Ocean Heart Diamond that Carl used to pay off his debt.

He originally bought this diamond as a wedding present for Rose.

But Rose knew that he did that not because he loved her, but because he treated her like a pet dog, dressing her up beautifully so that he could take her out to meet guests.

That's why Rose called it a "dog chain" and thought she couldn't breathe after wearing it.

Therefore, when she eloped with Xiang Nan later, she left the diamond necklace to Karl and didn't want to take it with her at all.

But now it's different.

This diamond no longer belongs to Carl, but was bought by Xiang Nan.

He then gave the diamond to Rose, "Now it is no longer a dog chain, but a testimony of our love. Only such a beautiful necklace is worthy of a peerless beauty like you."

Rose happily accepted the necklace.

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Later, Xiang Nan and Rose settled in Los Angeles.

They bought the mansion that originally belonged to William Fox, the owner of Fox Film Corporation.

This Fox Film Company is the predecessor of 20th Century Fox.

William Fox was a very shrewd and capable businessman. He started from scratch and in twelve years he developed a small production company into a super giant with a 300-acre studio and more than 600 cinemas.

He is considered the leading movie mogul in the entire Hollywood.

But unfortunately, he was unlucky and was injured in a car accident. Later, he was investigated for monopoly by the Ministry of Justice. He also lost most of his wealth in the Great Depression, which led to his imprisonment.

His mansion was therefore sold to pay off his debts, and Xiang Nan bought it for a very small price.

Soon after the purchase, Rose became pregnant and gave birth to a son ten months later.

Xiang Nan named him John Dawson.

In the following years, Xiang Nan stayed at home with his wife and son, and also set up a foundry, where he hammered and banged all day long.

Five years later, he successfully reproduced the Ravenclaw crown, Hufflepuff's gold cup and time-turner.

In fact, he had already replicated the Ravenclaw diadem and Hufflepuff cup in the Harry Potter world, but he just didn't bring them out.

Now it is not difficult for him to reproduce them, it just requires some energy and time.

The difficulty of making a time-turner is actually lower than that of making a crown and a golden cup, because the Ministry of Magic has many time-turners, but there is only one crown and golden cup.

Xiang Nan once got a time converter from the Ministry of Magic, so he knew it very well. It was not difficult to copy it now. With these three magic props, Xiang Nan was even more powerful.

Ravenclaw's crown can increase his wisdom; Hufflepuff's golden cup can provide him with food. Although he no longer needs to eat, as the saying goes, "Eat fine food and eat fine food", who would complain about eating well?

The time converter is even more amazing. It can allow people to go back to the past, although the time is limited and can only go back five hours, otherwise serious errors may occur.

But for Xiang Nan, five hours is enough to fly from the United States to China, so five hours is definitely enough.

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Later, as John grew up, Rose gradually let go.

She began to pursue her own life.

She learned to fly, paint and sculpt, held her own art exhibitions, and learned to surf and sail...

While Xiang Nan was accompanying her, he also did some investing and collecting.

At the beginning of the 20th century, many masters emerged in art history.

Like Picasso, Cézanne, Monet, Matisse, Pollock, Klimt, Mondrian and so on, their works have their own merits and styles. They are not only famous in their time, but also have far-reaching influence.

Xiang Nan collected quite a few of their works, not for investment, but to bring them back to the real world.

A few years later, World War II broke out.

Although the American mainland was not affected by the war, it also entered a period of material control due to the war. Food, fuel, cloth, sugar, coffee, milk, and even car tires were restricted in supply.

Even wealthy families like Xiang Nan are no exception.

But luckily he had the Hufflepuff gold cup, so if he wanted to eat something, he could just tell the cup.

Roast chicken, steak, lamb chops, cakes, puddings, bread, red wine, rum, whiskey... everything is available. There is even Chinese food, such as sweet and sour pork, Buddha jumps over the wall, mapo tofu, and West Lake vinegar fish.

Helga Hufflepuff was not only a powerful wizard, but also very good at food magic. The food served in the Hogwarts canteen is made according to the menu she left behind.

She also included this menu in her golden cup, which is why her golden cup can produce so many delicious foods.

When Xiang Nan was making the golden cup, he also added his own menu into it.

He knew even more menus, such as imperial cuisine, Shandong cuisine, Sichuan cuisine, Cantonese cuisine, Huaiyang cuisine, as well as Indian cuisine, Japanese cuisine, French cuisine, Italian cuisine, Mexican cuisine...

It can be said that this golden cup is a treasure trove of food. They can eat whatever dishes they want, so their family has no problem of shortage of supplies and they live a very good life.

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Four or five years later, World War II ended and John was fifteen years old.

During this period, under Xiang Nan's guidance, he was not only smart but also very well-educated and hardworking.

He is also very popular among his classmates at school.

After all, he inherited the good looks of Jack and Rose and has been a handsome guy since he was young.

At the age of fifteen, after skipping grades several times, he was successfully admitted to the California Institute of Technology to conduct research in aeronautics.

Xiang Nan was naturally very happy about his son's achievement.

John is also very grateful for his father's teachings. If he had not cultivated his interest in science since childhood, he would not have been so fascinated by science and embarked on the path of scientific research.