Network New Liao Zhai

Chapter 555

Mario had no choice but to remember this place, and then left with tears and grief.

He braved the aftershocks all the way back to San Francisco, but he didn't expect the situation in San Francisco to be even worse.

The disasters caused by the earthquake collapsed a large number of houses, leveled many places, and left many people homeless.

The ensuing fires caused even greater property damage than the massive earthquake and subsequent aftershocks.Several fires broke out in the city, some caused by ruptured natural gas pipelines caused by the earthquake, others by arson, or by bonfires in makeshift tents.Because insurance companies only pay for fire damage and not earthquake damage, some homeowners set fire to their quake-damaged homes to recover.

In order to stop the fire, the police and firefighters made many attempts to blow up some buildings, but this method was ineffective in the face of the alarming fire.

The fire spread quickly.

Because the water supply system is still paralyzed, the fire department has very limited resources to use.In the city center, several similar fires mingled into one larger fire.At that time, a reporter reported that it was not that some places in San Francisco were on fire, but that the entire city of San Francisco was under fire.

The fire burned for three days and three nights, and a giant tower of smoke and flames rose above San Francisco. Even people a hundred kilometers away could see this horrible scene. It was less than twelve days before the earthquake. In one hour, half of the city will be engulfed in flames, and the smoke and fire will extend to the bay. Three days and three nights later, the giant tower is still shaking in the sky. It will turn the sun red, the sky dark gray, and the earth. Shrouded in darkness.

At the time, officials in San Francisco worried that if the true death toll was released, it would cause land prices to drop and affect everything needed to rebuild the city, so the fabricated death toll was only 478.In fact, conservative estimates put the death toll at more than 3, and some even estimated as high as 000.

When Mario returned to San Francisco, all he saw was ruins.

There is also the shadow of the street that Antonio said.

With desperation, Mario frantically searched in the camp where the victims were collected, but he did not find his mother and sister, nor did he find Antonio's family.

It's over, his mother, sister, and Antonio's family are all gone, either they didn't escape the earthquake or the fire.

He didn't have much time to stay in San Francisco, and he and some disaster victims were transferred to Los Angeles.

San Francisco is already in ruins.

The earthquake nearly destroyed San Francisco, and although the cultural and economic capital of the American West was rebuilt, the industrial and commercial center of California was permanently transferred to Los Angeles in the south.

Mario stayed in Los Angeles for three years. During the three years, he was arranged to work in a factory, which was able to provide food and clothing for the time being.

If you stay here all the time, it may be another kind of life—marry a wife and live an ordinary life.

But he kept thinking about his gold mine.

Yes, his gold mine.

All the people are dead, only he knows the location of this gold mine, only he knows this huge wealth.

So three years later he returned to San Francisco.

Not by himself, but with his partners.

In the past three years in Los Angeles, he has not been idle, but secretly looking for a partner. Too strong a partner will not work. He is afraid that he will not be able to beat others, and he will not die when the gold is dug out.

After the earthquake, he still felt that life was more important.

A partner who is too small may not have the ability to mine.

Finally, a partner was selected, Ryan Bell.He was also engaged in mining and smelting in San Francisco before, and he was well-known in San Francisco, but after the earthquake, everything in San Francisco was destroyed, and the Ryan family fled to Los Angeles to start again.

Fortunately, there is also a smelter here in Los Angeles.A skinny camel is bigger than a horse, less than its top, and more than its bottom.

Mario is working in this smelter.After observation and testing, Mario and Ryan reached an agreement: Ryan will lead the team, and Mario will take them to find the gold mine, and share it equally after finding it.

And Ryan's family urgently needed new resources to gain a firm foothold in post-earthquake San Francisco or Los Angeles, and the two hit it off.

Then the gold mine was mined, and there was more gold than imagined.

After Mario got the part he deserved, he bought a piece of land on the hills of the East Bay and planned to build a manor, which was Spears Manor.

After the manor was repaired, he married the second daughter of the Ryan family, and he was also married to a wealthy family in San Francisco.Since then, he has also become an upstart in San Francisco, bought a lot of land in San Francisco, purchased vineyards, wineries... and lived the life of a rich man.

But his family life was unhappy.His wife died in childbirth, leaving him a son, Thomas, Mr. Tread's father.

The strange thing is: Mario didn't remarry after that. Many people in San Francisco wanted to marry their daughters to Mario as his continuation wife, but he refused.

Some people said that he had a deep love for his wife and vowed never to marry again. Others said that it was because of threats from Ryan’s family that he was afraid that remarrying a stepmother would be bad for Thomas. The most important thing was to divide Thomas’s property...

Anyway, there are all kinds of guesses.

After the death of his wife, Mario seemed to be a different person. He handed over all business dealings to his father-in-law, and he spent all day outside, spending time and drinking, nostalgic for the singing and dancing places, and his son is Mr. Tread's Father Thomas Spears was sent to his aunt's house in Los Angeles to be raised by Ryan's eldest daughter.He did not return to Spears Manor until he became an adult.

Shortly after Thomas inherited the estate, Mario died, a suicide.

unknown reason.

After investigation, the police concluded that it was also a suicide.

Thomas inherited the Spears family business and soon became the most popular young talent in San Francisco.

He himself is a rich second generation, and with the support of his grandfather Ryan's family, Thomas has become a hot commodity.

Finally, they married Mary, the daughter of a family in San Francisco. Mrs. Mary was Mr. Tread's mother.

.........

Zhu Yan paused at this point, and took a sip of tea.

While Zhu Yan was explaining, Brother Xiao Ma had been staring at the computer, and there was information on the Spears family passed by Ruyu in the computer, which was exactly in line with what Zhu Yan said.

It's too powerful, even if I read it once, I can't explain it so completely, but what Zhu Yan said is more detailed than the information.

Zhu Yan: "Does anyone have any questions?"

The crowd was silent.

Although some of them felt that what Zhu Yan said had nothing to do with the current situation, but no one would be stupid enough to bring it up at this time, Zhu Yan must have something to say later.

Tred frowned even more, he didn't know what he was thinking, he didn't listen to what Zhu Yan was saying at all?

Joyner, who wanted to ask questions the most, saw that the other people who were silent also gave up, and it was never her turn to speak.

Zhu Yan: "Okay, then I'll continue."

Thomas and Mrs. Mary have a very good relationship. They have three children, Mr. Tread's two brothers and him.

It stands to reason that their family can live a happy life.

but……

Brother Xiao Ma: I am afraid of this but in life!

He knew what happened later, but he still listened to Zhu Yan very seriously.

"However, when Mr. Tread was ten years old, Lady Mary committed suicide by jumping off the building.

He just went up to the balcony on the second floor above, fell to the floor at the gate, and died on the spot. "

The people in the hall turned their heads to look at the door, feeling a chill on their backs.

Beanie leaned closer to Mark.

Joyner involuntarily hugged her arms tightly.

Zhu Yan: "The police and medical examiner concluded that the wife committed suicide.

Many people wonder why a good wife would commit suicide?She has an enviable family, a husband who loves him, and three excellent sons. "

Those sitting here thought the same way.

This question has been deeply imprinted in Tread's mind for many years.

Zhu Yan: "Some people say that Madam Thomas has changed his mind, others say that Madam has a disease, which was called depression in later medicine.

For this reason, Mr. Tread has also consulted medical experts, right? "

Tred was still immersed in his imagination, and didn't even hear Zhu Yan asking him.

(End of this chapter)