Mei Man: I drew Superman during the Great Depression

Chapter 129
Howard Hughes has an astonishing obsession with perfection.

When he was filming "Hell's Angels", he wanted to find the perfect cloud cover as a reference for the speed of the plane in the film.

He found the principal of the University of California at Houston to hire him with a high salary, and it took a full eight months to wait for the perfect cloud in his mind.

Therefore, hearing such people, they went to Greenland to photograph icebergs.

Colin was not surprised at all.

Paranoid, crazy, maverick this is Howard Hughes.

"When to set off?"

"It still takes about two weeks to prepare. The team's filming staff needs to be arranged. The most important thing is the ship to Greenland. I need to make the journey as comfortable as possible and convince the captain to follow my scheduled itinerary."

After taking a sip of the white wine in the glass, Hughes looked up at Colin in front of him, and invited, "How about it, Colin, are you interested in going with me to the place where the big ship sank?"

Faced with Hughes' invitation, it would be a lie to say that he was not impressed.

However, considering the long journey of the other party, especially if the trip to Greenland and the shooting process are also included, ten days and a half months cannot be escaped.This is without counting the shooting time that Hughes may delay, after all, the other party has already explained.

This trip is to photograph the perfect iceberg in his mind.

God knows what the so-called perfection in his mouth is like.

So, after several considerations, Colin still rejected Hughes' invitation.

He doesn't have that much time to sail with the other party, especially when the serialization of the "Courier" needs to continue.

"Unfortunately, I was going to discuss my ideas about the Titanic movie with you on the boat."

Hearing Colin's refusal, Hughes took a sip of wine regretfully.

On the side, the waiter immediately stepped forward and re-poured white wine into his empty glass.

Just as the two of them were eating and chatting, another waiter came to their table and whispered a few words to the waiter in charge of the service.

Hearing what his colleague said, the waiter dressed as a waiter nodded, and came to Hughes and said in English with his unique Vienna Long Island accent: "Mr. Howard Hughes, Mr. Fiorello Henry LaGuardia coming."

"Reached?"

Facing the reminder from the waiter, Hughes took out a handkerchief and wiped the grease from his mouth, then turned his head and gestured to Colin in front of him.

"The person you are looking for is here."

As I said just now, the purpose of Colin's visit to Restaurant 21 was certainly not to drink or simply discuss news about the ship trip with Hughes.

In fact, when he learned that Hughes had come to New York, Colin had already asked Hughes.

And Hughes also readily agreed to Colin's request, which led to this meeting.

In Restaurant No. 21, the two waited silently for a few minutes.The waiter came over with a short man in a neat suit.

"Howard Hughes, have you forgotten my identity and dare to invite me here?"

His eyes fell on the wine glasses on the dining table. The man with obvious Italian features raised his eyebrows, glanced at Hughes, and said meaningfully.

"So, are you going to expose me, Mr. Congressman?"

Facing the 'threat' from the man, Hughes didn't show any fear on his face. He even took a sip from his wine glass and cast a provocative look at him.

"..."

In this way, they sank for a few seconds while looking at each other.

The atmosphere between Hughes and the man seemed to have become a little dignified. However, Colin who was on the side noticed the calm expression of the waiter. Obviously, the other party didn't think there was any problem.

"of course not."

Sure enough, the next second.

The man who had a serious face returned to his smile and shrugged at Hughes.

"You know, I've always been against Prohibition."

While speaking, the man gestured to the waiter at the side, and the latter cooperated and handed over the prepared wine glass.

He raised his glass and took a sip of the white wine before the man sat down in front of Colin and the others with a relaxed expression.

"The emergence of the bill not only failed to achieve the desired effect, but made various social problems worse. Even us members of Congress need to hide secretly to drink. There is nothing worse than this in the world. ?”

Don't think that only the general public is affected by Prohibition, even politicians are also suffering from Prohibition.Even, it happened in Detroit before, the sheriff, mayor and congressman were arrested for drinking.

The man complained a few words, and took a few sips of white wine.

Only then did the topic get back on track, and he looked at Hughes at the dining table and asked, "So, why are you looking for me this time, Hughes? As I have already said, the military does not agree with your purchase of fighter jets." Require."

"You tell the military for me, I can give more money, three times, five times is not a problem."

Facing the refusal of the man's report, Hughes did not feel disappointed, but said calmly.

"Okay, then I'll try again."

Seeing this, the man didn't say anything, just nodded and replied.

There was nothing he could do to meet such a paranoid guy who was not short of money.

"Actually, the meeting this time is not my idea."

However, just when the man thought the matter was over, Hughes on the side suddenly explained and introduced Colin who was opposite to him: "Colin Luper, he is the one who wants to meet you this time .”

"Fiorello Henry LaGuardia, I think you should know him, and then I will leave it to you."

After introducing each other at the table, Hughes didn't stay long, he picked up his wine and walked straight towards the lady who was drinking at another table.

"Mr. LaGuardia, it's a pleasure to meet you."

Looking away from Hughes' back, Colin immediately nodded to LaGuardia in front of him.

Hearing Hughes' introduction, although LaGuardia's expression was a little surprised, he quickly reacted, and replied to Colin in front of him: "Me too, Mr. Colin Luper."

"So, why do you want to see me?"

As for the reason why Colin wanted to see him, LaGuardia already had several conjectures in his mind.

As a member of Congress, he is no stranger to this, and people often meet him through various connections, hoping to help him do something.

LaGuardia has either agreed to or rejected these requests.

"As far as I know, Mr. LaGuardia seems to be interested in running for the next Mayor of New York City?"

(End of this chapter)