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Chapter 129 Doom
In January, bad news came from California. Raymond Chandler died.

"Hey, poor Raymond, you really don't have the life to be the chairman!"

Peyton sighed, a little inexplicably sad.

Raymond always said that he would be elected as the chairman of the Federal Association of Detective Writers once, and that he must contract the Edgar Allan Poe Award that year.

At the beginning of this year, he was officially elected as the chairman to preside over this year's awards.

It's a pity that he passed away before he could wait until April and preside over the presentation of the Edgar Allan Poe Award.

"What a nasty fellow, leaving behind a lot of trouble!"

The current Federal Detective Writers Association has become a mess, and it was clearly arranged, but the chairman passed away suddenly.

Preliminary preparations need to be adjusted.

Simply bad!

Peyton shook his head and didn't think much about it.

Anyway, he was young, and the chairman of the Federal Association of Detective Writers couldn't possibly choose him, and no matter how messy he was, he wouldn't care about his affairs.

Speaking of Raymond, these days, Peyton and Roald often organize a group to visit Raymond in the hospital, seeing that he is getting thinner and weaker, which is very different from before.

Even drinking is not as happy as it used to be, it is really no fun.

The two of them felt uncomfortable watching it.

Even during that time, when Roald was writing the Playboy manuscript, he wrote two sadistic articles. The protagonist died directly on the woman's bed, and was scolded by readers in letters.

Peyton was also sad, and could only comfort himself.

Staying is also suffering, leaving is also good!

"Forget it, forget it, I'll give you a ride!"

……

Peyton soon traveled to California to help with some of Raymond's funeral.

What a mess!
This guy is indeed a troublesome guy. He brought trouble to the Detective Writers Association before, and now he is causing trouble to Peyton.

Copyright issue!

This guy has no descendants, and the copyright left behind has become a favorite!
His publishing agent and secretary were fighting over his rights.

If there is no Payton, because of Chandler's property dispute, the most direct result would be that his body would be buried in a cemetery reserved for the poor, and there would not even be a beautiful funeral!

It is true that he lived to be worshiped by thousands of people during his lifetime, but after his death, he was extremely desolate, and his noisy and arrogant life could not escape the tragic ending.

Payton is not easy to deal with Chandler's property dispute.

Because these two guys are suspected to be Raymond's confidante, although their purpose is not pure.

Even Peyton has seen that these two guys are here for money, but they did take care of Raymond in the last few years, giving him the courage to live after losing his wife.

Payton also doesn't know, which one does Raymond like more?
At the same time, he didn't have a good impression of these two.

He can only ignore this matter and deal with Raymond's funeral and funeral directly!

Peyton quickly dealt with everything, prepared a beautiful funeral for this guy, and invited his former friends from all over the world.

……

Walking out of Raymond's funeral slowly, Peyton's heart became more and more heavy.

Raymond's funeral was very lively. After all, he was a generation of writers, a famous screenwriter master in Hollywood.

He is casual and has many friends. Except that he is not close to the traditional circle (he despises the pretenders in that circle, and often sprays Hemingway when he is drunk), there are many people from both the entertainment circle and the literary circle.

(In fact, without Peyton, he might really die a bit sadly. In the end, because the news had not spread, there were only 17 people who came, and he was almost thrown into the wilderness in the end.)
Peyton looked at the bouquets of white flowers, a serious black photo on the coffin, and heard the priest's prayer, a sense of grief came from his heart.

The old guy with the pipe smoking all the time is gone!
"This is life!"

"The ending everyone is destined to experience!"

Somehow, Peyton thought of himself.

"Perhaps, I will have such a day!"

Roald saw Peyton's sadness and patted him on the shoulder lightly to comfort him.

"The old man is happy in heaven, don't be sad."

Peyton nodded, thinking of those two confidantes again, and joked: "This old guy will definitely be cleaned up by his wife in heaven."

……

After Peyton took care of everything, the two women were still fighting the lawsuit.

Peyton can only lament that money is too attractive. Obviously when Raymond was around, the two women were still close partners.

Just then, Peyton received an invitation—an invitation to a movie premiere.

—— "Some Like It Hot"

This is the latest movie directed by Billy Wilder, and it is very popular. Marilyn Monroe, who is famous all over the United States, is invited to play.

He and Billy Wilder had met at Raymond's funeral the other day.

At that time, he verbally invited Peyton to attend.

Peyton was not in the mood at first, but now that he received the invitation again, he wanted to go and have a look, as a way to relax.

Speaking of which, if Raymond hadn't died, he would have been there.

He is a person who likes to be lively!
At the same time, he loved Marilyn Monroe very much. He once told Peyton quietly: "This is the real woman. If I was only 30 years old, I would pursue her!"

Alas, damn Marilyn Monroe...what a charming woman!

In fact, this is not the first collaboration between Wilder and Monroe. As early as four years ago, they collaborated in the movie "The Seven Year Itch".

That's right, it's the movie that contributed Marilyn's super classic upskirt shot. (5)

The film follows a middle-aged man who develops sexual fantasies about a new female houseguest when his wife returns home for the holidays.

The film is lively and smooth, vividly expressing the middle-aged man's fantasy of "wildflowers", and Monroe's personal sexy charm is also brought into full play.

That movie directly made Monroe popular all over the world, becoming the dream lover of men throughout the Federation.

Of course, this movie also directly led to her divorce from the second husband!
Her second husband is DiMaggio, a prominent baseball star, who is also the federal spokesperson for the Sun series that Payton had hired before. As a federal super sports superstar, he is a prominent and conservative person.

Most men who engage in sports can't accept their wives casually lifting their skirts in front of the camera and letting others watch.

Not to mention, he and his wife lifted their skirts together on the show.

He didn't turn the table because he has a good temper!

Just like Wang Hao and his dancing wife, they walked away in anger.

They don't understand art, and real men don't need art.

Fuck art!

But...it's not certain, I heard that Boxing King Zou's beloved wife is a strange woman with long sleeves and good at dancing.

　Actually, Raymond was supposed to die in March, but I don't think he had to send him off early as he wanted to suffer the pain of the last few months in real life.

　　
　
(End of this chapter)