Chapter 4270 4272【Global Travel】
In 1918, the First World War ended.
The Allied Powers and the Entente Powers suffered heavy losses on both sides of the war.
As for the Central Powers, the German Empire and the Austro-Hungarian Empire were both broken up.
Kaiser Wilhelm II abdicated and became the Weimar Republic; the Austro-Hungarian Empire was divided into Austria, Hungary, Serbia, the Czech Republic, Slovakia, Macedonia, Slovenia and many other countries.
The Ottoman Empire also collapsed and split into more than 40 countries, including Greece, Syria, Jordan, Iraq, Saudi Arabia, the United Arab Emirates, Turkey, etc.
As for the Allied Powers, the February Revolution of 1917 overthrew the Tsar's rule; 1.4 million young people in France died in the war, and millions were injured and disabled. It was called "the whole generation was wiped out." ;
The United Kingdom also suffered heavy losses, with more than 800,000 people killed in the war, one million people maimed, and its control of overseas colonies weakened; Italy suffered 420,000 killed in the war, and more than 900,000 people were injured.
Although the war was over, a pandemic quietly broke out across the world, eventually killing 50 million people, more than those who died in World War I.
In the United States alone, in October 1918, 200,000 people died in just one month. At that time, the total population of the United States was only 90 million, and it lost 2% of its population (equivalent to 2.8 million people dying in China in one month), which can be said to be quite terrifying.
However, the flu did not harm Xiang Nan and Rose. They had practiced martial arts all year round and their bodies had relatively strong resistance, so they were not infected.
But Rose’s mother, Ruth, unfortunately contracted influenza and died suddenly.
Trudy also specially sent a telegram to Rose, hoping that she could rush to Philadelphia to see her mother for the last time.
She became Rose's maid at the age of fifteen and served her for nearly ten years, becoming like a sister to her.
Moreover, if Rose had not escaped from the marriage, Trudy would not have married Carl.
Although Carl was arrogant, arrogant, and a little mean, it was nothing to Trudy.
Just like Jia Lian in "A Dream of Red Mansions", he is also an uneducated and wandering young man. But in the eyes of Second Sister You, such a person is still a rare good person.
So Trudy was not only not sad about marrying Carl, but she was very happy. It was like a pie fell from the sky, allowing her to get a big deal out of thin air, so she was also very grateful to Rose.
However, although her telegram was sent, Rose and Xiang Nan were filming in other places at that time. By the time they returned to Hollywood, Ruth had passed away, so mother and daughter never got to see each other for the last time.
Xiang Nan and Rose only attended Ruth's funeral, and did not meet Carl or Trudy. After all, their relationship was too complicated and it would be awkward to meet again, so it was better not to see each other.
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Time came to 1920, Xiang Nan sold DreamWorks Pictures to Universal Pictures, and then he and Rose withdrew from the film and television industry.
The reason for this is mainly because Rose has had enough of star addiction and no longer wants to be a movie star.
Being a movie star, being surrounded by countless fans, being focused by countless flashlights, being surrounded by flowers and crowds of people wherever you go, is really fun.
Furthermore, as a big star, she has to consider her acting skills, box office, and popularity. If her performance is slightly worse, not only will film critics not buy it, but fans will not buy it either, so it puts a lot of pressure on her.
So she no longer wants to be a star, she wants to go out for a walk, travel, and relax. In this case, Xiang Nan naturally stopped opening a film company. After all, he opened a film company to make Rose realize her dream.
After selling the company, Xiang Nan and Rose left Hollywood.
The first stop is heading to Canada to appreciate the local customs and customs there.
Canada is larger than the United States, but has a much smaller population than the United States. Therefore, there are a large number of untouched forests, mountains, lakes, and tundra, with the most primitive and natural scenery.
After arriving in Canada, Xiang Nan and Rose were officially married in a small church in the suburbs of Vancouver.
They have no relatives, and there is no need to make any big scene. It was just the two of them who completed the oath under the witness of the church priest.
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Starting from Vancouver, Xiang Nan and Rose headed east, passing through vast mountains and rivers, wading through surging rivers, and passing through deep dense forests, all the way to Baffin Island in the east of Canada.
Then it passes through the Davis Strait and reaches Greenland, and then from Greenland to Norway, Sweden, and Finland via Iceland, and then to Denmark, the Netherlands, and Belgium, and across the English Channel to the United Kingdom.
After paying homage to Rose's father at the cemetery, they traveled to France, then to Spain, Portugal, and across the Strait of Gibraltar to Morocco.
From Morocco to Mauritania, Senegal, South Africa, etc., and then from South Africa to Tanzania, Somalia, Egypt, passing through the East African Rift Valley and climbing Mount Kilimanjaro on the way.
ˆ Then cross the Red Sea from Egypt to Saudi Arabia, then enter India via Iran, go from India to China, then from China to Japan, then from Japan to the Philippines, Indonesia, and finally arrive in Australia.
From Australia via New Zealand to Chile and Atlantis, via Brazil and the Caribbean Islands, to Mexico, and finally back to the United States…
It took them nine years to walk this large circle, and they used a variety of means of transportation. In addition to common means of transportation such as cars, carriages, horses, and ships, there were also cows, donkeys, ostriches, alpacas, elephants, etc. Wait for uncommon transportation.
Even Xiang Nan prepared a flying broom, flying carpet and flying staff. Many mountains that are difficult to climb, dense forests that are difficult to traverse, and large rivers that are difficult to trek can be directly flown over.
So although this journey around the world is far away and involves mountains and rivers, it is actually not hard, but actually very fun.
They watched the Aurora in the North Pole, the pyramids in Egypt, the Great Migration of Animals in East Africa, boxing with kangaroos in Australia, racing alpacas in Chile, and watching people worshiping gods in India...
Everything I have experienced has never been experienced by ordinary people. It can be said that I enjoy it every day.
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After returning to the United States in 2029, we encountered the unprecedented Great Depression.
Stock prices collapsed, the economy contracted, factories closed, and workers lost their jobs, creating a scene of depression.
According to statistics, during the Great Depression, the number of closed factories in the United States reached more than 85,000, and the unemployed population in the United States reached more than 8 million, accounting for one-tenth of the total population.
Graduates from top universities cannot find a job; some people deliberately set fire to mountains in order to be firefighters; some even walk thousands of miles to find a job...
Even if you keep your job, your salary will be significantly reduced, making it difficult to support yourself.