Save the Bachelor of Heaven

In 1918, the First World War ended.

Both the Allied Powers and the Allied Powers suffered heavy losses.

On the Allied side, the German Empire and the Austro-Hungarian Empire were broken up.

Kaiser Wilhelm II abdicated and became the Weimar Republic; the Austro-Hungarian Empire was divided into many countries, including Austria, Hungary, Serbia, Czech Republic, Slovakia, Macedonia, Slovenia, etc.

The Ottoman Empire also collapsed, splitting into more than 40 countries, including Greece, Syria, Jordan, Iraq, Saudi Arabia, the United Arab Emirates, Turkey, etc.

On the Allied side, the February Revolution in 1917 overthrew the rule of the Tsar; 1.4 million young people died in France, and more than one million were injured and disabled, which was called "a generation was wiped out";

Britain also suffered heavy losses, with more than 800,000 people killed and one million disabled, and its control over overseas colonies was weakened; Italy died 420,000 people and more than 900,000 people were injured.

Although the war was over, a global influenza epidemic broke out quietly, eventually causing 50 million deaths, more than the number of people killed in World War I.

In October 1918 alone, 200,000 people died in the United States in just one month. At that time, the total population of the United States was only 90 million, and a loss of 2% of the population (equivalent to 2.8 million deaths in China in one month) was quite terrifying.

However, the flu did not hurt Xiang Nan and Rose. They both practiced martial arts for many years and had strong body resistance, so they did not get infected.

But Rose's mother Ruth died suddenly because of the unfortunate flu.

Trudy also 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, like a sister to her.

And if Rose hadn't run away from marriage, Trudy would not have married Carl.

Although Carl was a playboy, arrogant, and a little mean, it was nothing to Trudy.

Just like Jia Lian in "Dream of Red Mansions", he is also an unlearned, wandering young man. But such a person, in the eyes of You Erjie, is still a rare good man.

So Trudy was not sad about marrying Carl, but very happy, like a pie in the sky, letting her pick up a big bargain out of thin air, so she was very grateful to Rose.

However, although her telegram was sent, Rose and Xiang Nan were filming in other places at that time. When they returned to Hollywood, Ruth had passed away, so the mother and daughter did not see each other for the last time.

Xiang Nan and Rose only attended Ruth's funeral, and did not meet Carl and Trudy. After all, their relationship was too complicated, and it would be awkward to meet again, so it was better not to meet.

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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 being a star and does not want to be a movie star anymore.

Being a movie star, surrounded by countless fans, being focused by countless flashes, and being surrounded by flowers and crowds wherever you go is really fun.

But it became unbearable after a while. Because being a big star has almost no privacy, no matter how big or small, it will be reported in the newspapers, and there are also rumors and slander.

Moreover, being a big star is lonely at the top. You have to consider acting skills, box office, and popularity. If you perform a little worse, not only will the critics not buy it, but the fans will not buy it either, so it puts a lot of pressure on her.

Therefore, she doesn't want to be a star anymore. She wants to go out and have a good time, travel, and relax.

In this case, Xiang Nan will naturally not open a film company. After all, he opened a film company to make Rose's dream come true.

After selling the company, Xiang Nan and Rose left Hollywood.

The first stop is 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, so there are a large number of forests, mountains, lakes, and tundra that have never been set foot on by people, 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.

Neither of them had any relatives, and there was no need for a big scene. It was just the two of them, witnessed by the church priest, who completed the oath.

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Starting from Vancouver, Xiang Nan and Rose headed eastward, through the mountains and rivers, through the deep forests, and all the way to Baffin Island in the east of Canada.

Then they passed through the Davis Strait and arrived in Greenland, and then from Greenland to Norway, Sweden, Finland via Iceland, and then to Denmark, the Netherlands, Belgium, and across the English Channel to the UK.

After paying tribute to Rose's father at the cemetery, they went to France, then to Spain and Portugal, and crossed 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 Great Rift Valley of East Africa on the way, and climbing Mount Kilimanjaro.

Then from Egypt, I crossed the Red Sea to Saudi Arabia, then entered India via Iran, from India to China, from China to Japan, from Japan to the Philippines, Indonesia, and finally to Australia.

From Australia, I went to Chile and Argentina via New Zealand, then to Mexico via Brazil and the Caribbean Islands, and finally back to the United States...

It took them nine years to travel this long 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 uncommon means of transportation such as cows, donkeys, ostriches, alpacas, and elephants.

Xiang Nan even prepared a flying broom, a flying carpet, and a flying stick. Many mountains that are difficult to climb, dense forests that are difficult to pass through, and rivers that are difficult to cross can be directly flown over.

Therefore, although this round-the-world trip is thousands of miles long and trekking through mountains and rivers, it is actually not hard, but very fun.

They watched the aurora in the Arctic, the pyramids in Egypt, the great migration of animals in East Africa, boxing with kangaroos in Australia, racing on alpacas in Chile, and watching people worship gods in India...

All the experiences are things that ordinary people have never experienced, and it can be said that they enjoy every day.

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After returning to the United States in 1929, they happened to encounter an unprecedented economic depression.

Stock prices collapsed, the economy tightened, factories closed down, workers lost their jobs, and there was a scene of depression.

According to statistics, during the Great Depression, the number of factories closed in the United States reached more than 85,000, and the number of unemployed people in the United States reached more than 8 million, accounting for one-tenth of the total population.

Students graduating from top universities cannot find a job; some people deliberately set fire to the mountains in order to become firefighters; some people even walk thousands of miles to find a job...

Even if they keep their jobs, their wages will be greatly reduced, making it difficult to support themselves.