The Evan's dinner did not disperse until nine o'clock, and Audrey's craftsmanship was praised by everyone.

After that, they all entered a state of being so busy that they were not touching the ground.

On November 9, Chester came to Los Angeles from Sacramento with several assistants and began working with Wells. However, his wife Helen did not accompany him, but stayed in Sacramento. She found a job herself and did not want to quit because of her husband's short business trip.

A week later, Carl rented a new three-story building in Ingwood as Xerox's office. At the same time, the relevant procedures were basically completed.

On November 14, under the help of Vadak, the Army Communications Corps, who were very interested in copiers, sent inspectors to Los Angeles. Carlson and Carl were personally welcomed, accompanied by Vadak.

The next day, Carlson demonstrated a photocopier for the soldiers of the Communications Corps in the office area that Xerox had just opened. After the demonstration, the team leader of the inspection team, a soldier named Ryan Damon, who graduated from the University of California, Berkeley, and whose eyes were lit, said on the spot that this was a good thing and that their Corps wanted it.

Of course, Damon was talking big, he was just an inspector and had no right to make decisions. However, the soldier was enthusiastic. While asking Carlson for relevant information about the copier, he called the headquarters directly and reported to the higher authorities, and strongly recommended that the Corps purchase copier.

Generally speaking, the military procurement has corresponding procedures, which is time-consuming and labor-intensive.

However, under Damon's operation, the Communications Corps actually believed his opinion and completed the process as quickly as possible.

At the end of November, the Army Communications Corps and Xerox signed a preliminary agreement, and Xerox needed to provide three copiers and a certain amount of special copy paper for trial use. If the Corps is satisfied, dozens of orders will be added in the future.

At this time, the production line of the copier has not been built yet, and the three copiers provided are all completed in the laboratory.

The Corps' order gave Carlson and Xerox confidence. Soon, Gillard, who knew the copier thoroughly, took two samples to New York. He will hold a public exhibition of electrostatic copying technology in New York, targeting executives, bankers and federal affairs officers from major New York companies.

This was Carlson's proposal. In order to keep it a secret, Evan did not allow Carlson to attend any exchange meetings, publish articles, or any other activities that could reveal progress.

But with practical finished products and patents already in hand, Carlson felt it was time to promote electrostatic copying technology openly. Therefore, after obtaining Evan's consent, Gillard's exhibition was held.

In addition, Carlson also accepted newspaper interviews and held exhibitions in Los Angeles and San Francisco respectively. The invitations included large local banks in California, such as Bank of America, Wells Fargo, etc., as well as a large local industrial company in California, such as a bunch of aircraft companies in Los Angeles. Howard Hughes's Hughes Aircraft Company was also invited.

In addition, the Xerox company has not forgotten its identity as a boss. In their opinion, it is too common for them to use power and collude between officials and businessmen.

Evan did not refuse the request from his subordinates. Although he knew that Earl might not like him to engage in these traits, Evan felt that Earl should not interfere because the copier was indeed useful.

So Evan found his father Earl's assistant and went to the contact information of the state government office and the head of the publicity department.

Evan's behavior naturally failed to escape Earl's attention. After asking about his purpose, Earl left only one sentence, "Don't sell the waste to me" and hung up the phone.

With Earl's acquiescence, Evan began to contact the relevant person with confidence and boldness.

In this way, state government employees were also present at Carlson's technology exhibition.

It was December soon and the temperature dropped sharply.

Caltech has entered the exam week this semester. Unlike other students who have to work night in order to cope with the exam, Evan doesn’t see any pressure or urgency, and still maintains the habit of going to bed before eleven o’clock. In an era when there is no computer or mobile phone and TV is full of snowflakes, it is neither too early nor too late to get into bed at this time.

At Caltech, Evan is not like a student at all. Although he also teaches classes and gives homework, his relationship with the teacher is more about equal communication than a professor and a professor. If a Caltech student enters a classroom and finds a professor on the podium and a student in the audience, talking about questions and answers or debates, while other students are impatient or pretentious, don't think it's strange, it must be Evan in the classroom.

Evan's reputation is already well known to the California Institute of Technology, and the high-IQ community Plane Walker House ushered in another expansion.

On Sunday, December 12th, it will turn into light rain.

After Evan sent Audrey to Friesman House, the car turned to Santa Monica Beach.

More than ten minutes later, the car Evan was taking was parked not far from the beach. It was a major traffic road with quite a lot of traffic on the road. There was a restaurant on the side of the road that looked like a new opening, and the golden arch sign was very conspicuous.

That’s right, this is a McDonald’s fast restaurant that has opened less than two days ago. It is the third store of the McDonald’s brand and the first store in Los Angeles. The first two stores are open in San Bernardino.

After two months of sorting and summarizing, the McDonald Brothers have compiled a relatively complete McDonald's store opening rules. The opening of this store in Los Angeles means that McDonald's has embarked on a long road of expansion.

As long as the performance of this store meets the requirements, Evan will invest additionally. After reaching a certain scale, McDonald's will accept external investment. Of course, this will happen at least four or five years later. In the short term, Evan's cash on hand will be enough to support his expansion.

Evan came here today not to visit him, but to experience McDonald's services personally.

This McDonald's covers a large area and has a spacious dining space. It is on the side of it. It also provides drive-in service. The window is close to the road surface, and customers can drive directly to the window to order and pick up food without getting off. This service is convenient and fast, and is extremely friendly to those with cars. Because of this special service, McDonald's has quickly become well-known.

After experiencing a drive-in service, Evan came to the restaurant, and Bob, who plays the dual role of driver and bodyguard, followed closely behind, holding the burger he just bought.

“Welcome.”
Chapter completed!