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Chapter 4272 [Death]

John studied for his doctorate at Caltech and then stayed at NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory near the school to work on spacecraft development and research.

During this period, Xiang Nan's investment also received rich returns.

He made large purchases of stocks and land during the Great Depression.

After the outbreak of World War II, the United States initially remained neutral, selling weapons, oil, food, and military supplies to both sides of the war, thereby earning a large amount of gold and foreign exchange, which greatly stimulated the domestic economy.

It was not until 1941, when Japan attacked Pearl Harbor, that the United States declared war on the Axis powers. After the declaration of war, the U.S. military industry received large orders and created a large number of jobs.

The domestic unemployment rate dropped from 20 percent to almost zero, and even women were recruited in large numbers to work in factories, such as the famous "Rosie the Riveter," who has become an American symbol.

The sexy actress Marilyn Monroe was also a female worker in an ammunition factory at the time. She became a model after being spotted by a photographer who went to the factory to take pictures.

The outbreak of World War II led to a rapid recovery of the US economy.

After World War II, the United States obtained 59 percent of the world's gold reserves and 60 percent of the oil market. Its overseas trade volume increased from US$2.1 billion in 1929 to US$30.7 billion in 1949, a 15-fold increase.

Therefore, after the war, the United States entered a very prosperous era, known in history as the "Golden Age."

In the 1980s, the first Hollywood classic movie "Back to the Future" was so popular because the protagonist went back from the 1980s to the 1950s when his father was alive, making many Americans who grew up in that era feel nostalgic.

Also because of the booming US economy, Xiang Nan's wealth expanded dozens or even hundreds of times. By the 1950s, he had accumulated a fortune of over ten billion US dollars, with annual dividends alone amounting to tens of millions of US dollars.

Xiang Nan donated the money to charity and used it to buy valuable collections, such as works by Leonardo da Vinci, Raphael, Rembrandt, Picasso, Miller, Cezanne, Repin, Monet, Van Gogh, etc.

To him, these works of art are invaluable. Each painting is the crystallization of human art, which is something that neither robots nor other animals can 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, and two years later, she gave birth to a daughter for him.

The names of their son and daughter were chosen by the couple: their son is named Chris and their daughter is named Eve.

In 1970, Xiang Nan and Rose decided to travel around the world again.

They started from Los Angeles and headed south through Palm City and Phoenix to Mexico, and then headed south from Mexico 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 fifteen years. When they came back, Chris and Eve had grown up. It felt like a lifetime ago when they met again.

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In the 1990s, the Dawson family's assets had swelled to a whopping $100 billion. Even Bill Gates of Microsoft was not as rich as Xiang Nan.

Although Xiang Nan is rich, he does not show off his wealth. Outsiders only know that he is rich, but they do not know how much money he has. In fact, money is just a string of numbers to Xiang Nan. With his ability, he can live very well without a penny.

By the 1990s, Rose was close to 100 years old. However, thanks to her continuous practice of the Divine Foot Sutra, she not only had no symptoms, but was still healthy and agile.

In 1995, she held her own art exhibition, exhibiting her paintings, photographs, sculptures, etc. Many of them were inspired by her experience of nature during her two trips around the world.

After the exhibition, these paintings, photographs and sculptures received very good response and many collectors were willing to collect them. However, Xiang Nan and Rose did not plan to sell them.

On the one hand, they are not short of money at all. On the other hand, every painting, every photo, and every sculpture is the result of their hard work and they are reluctant to sell them to others.

So in the end, only a part of it was donated to the art museum, and the rest was left to future generations.

In the 1990s, Chris and Eve got married and had children, and soon Xiang Nan and Rose became great-grandfather and great-grandmother.

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Time flies and it is now 2010. Rose is already 115 years old and her body is showing signs of aging and degeneration.

Because the internal energy cultivated in the "Shenzu Sutra" can only delay aging, but cannot achieve immortality.

Xiang Nan did not use the Philosopher's 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. She thought that she was already very satisfied to live to be 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 the age of 115 was already considered a long-lived person.

Moreover, their son John was already 85 years old. If she lived any longer, she would have to attend her son's funeral. That would not be a happy thing for her.

Therefore, Xiang Nan chose to let Rose go.

In 1911, Rose finally died of old age.

Before she died, the entire Dawson family gathered around her bedside.

"Jack, you not only saved me on the Titanic..., but you also saved my...future life. It is you who has led...my life journey and made me experience...the beauty of the world. Now I am...going one step ahead, and I will wait for you in heaven." Rose said.

"Okay, go and save a seat for me first." Xiang Nan nodded with a smile.

Rose nodded, then slowly closed her eyes.

John, Emily, Chris, Eve and the whole family started crying 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 very sincerely and fairly, and respects everyone's preferences, freedom and rights.

Therefore, she also won the respect of the whole family. Now seeing her passing away, everyone is naturally very sad.