Genius and devil coexist, the greatest lunatic in the world

When I wrote this article, I was very nervous. I was afraid that my writing would bring a trace of imperfection to him, because what I wanted to write about was the person I have admired since I was a child—— Howard Hughes.

I think everyone is familiar with this name. Through past history, you will know that he was one of the most influential early figures in the United States. Through the film and television screen, you can also know his experience. The United States The protagonist in the movie "The Aviator" played by the famous Hollywood star Leonardo DiCaprio is the prototype of Hughes.

I have known him since "The Aviator". I was completely attracted by Li's devoted performance. The Hughes he imitated was elegant, charming and rational. He is crazy and pursues his ideals hard. When he flies in a huge airplane from high altitude, it indicates that the way of the future has set sail.

When I looked up this work seriously, I got to know Hughes, a man who was even more powerful and persistent than the one in the film.

On December 24, 1905, Hughes was born. Within a few years, his genius attributes exploded rapidly: At the age of 11, Hughes could build his own radio and invented Houston's The first radio station; at the age of 12, he invented a moped bicycle; at the age of 13, he could assemble a motorcycle; at the age of 14, he began to learn to fly an airplane and had flying experience.

When Hughes was 18 years old, his parents died, and the inheritance left by his father could not be inherited until he was 21 years old. As a last resort, Hughes tried hard to persuade the court and spent a lot of money to buy the property of his relatives. He should be allocated 25% of the shares of Hughes Tool Company (Baker Hughes Company of the United States), making him the sole owner of the company, which also made him the world's richest business man.

But Hughes' ideal did not lie in oil drilling. In 1924, Howard Hughes became interested in movies, so he moved to Los Angeles, California. He bought the operating rights of 125 movie theaters and started his career as a producer and director.

His acting career is not smooth, especially because of his high seriousness and focus on things and his character of never giving up, which makes him insist on hiring the best employees and investing in the work after accepting failures again and again. The most funds and cooperation with the best directors allowed him to open up a bright avenue on this road. Finally, in 1929, Howard Hughes invested nearly 4 million US dollars to produce the war romance film "Hell's Angels". Hughes He served as the director and co-directed the film with Edmund Goulding. Not only that, for the success of the film, he also replaced the original heroine and acted as an aerobatic pilot himself. The plane crashed and he survived the disaster. , a lot of money was spent like crazy, and a lot of manpower was constantly flowing in. Finally, in 1930, Hughes's hugely expensive aerial combat film "Hell's Angels" was released in the United States. The film was nominated for Best Cinematography at the 3rd Academy Awards. The box office was even more eye-popping than the investment, reaching 8 million U.S. dollars. It left an astonishing ray of light in the unprecedented history of the United States. After that, he He also spent US$9 million to acquire RKO Film Studio (RKO Pictures) and produced a number of films, culminating in the final film "The Secret War".

Speaking of which, it is not grand enough. He is most famous for his identity as a pilot. He loves airplanes and has an irrepressible obsession with flying. In this way, he established the Hughes Aircraft Company and produced The first aircraft, H1, broke the French world record for the first time. H1B broke the world record again with a non-stop flight across the continental United States (from Burbank to Newark) in 7 hours and 28 minutes. It was received by Roosevelt. However, Howard Hugh Flying a Lockheed 14-N2 "Super Electra" twin-engine transport aircraft, Si once again broke the record of 7 days and 18 hours of around-the-world flight set by Willie Post 5 years ago, completing the promotion of the '1939 World's Fair. ', In so many grand undertakings, he worked too hard, personally tried to fly, and almost died in countless failures. This also caused him to break his ribs in an accident and had to be hospitalized. Not only that, he was dedicated to Chasing the dream of flying, he owed huge debts and had to continue to take loans from mortgage companies. He also received a lawsuit because he offended the American aviation industry tycoon. In the end, he relied on his intelligence, wit, decisiveness and sincerity to win. Convinced the MPs and won.

Not only that, in 1965, Hughes Aircraft Company developed a commercial communication satellite weighing about 38 kilograms. With its 6,000 telephone lines and 12 kinds of color TV transmission functions, it opened up television between the European and American continents. , telephone network. In 1966, Hughes Aircraft Company built an unmanned spacecraft for the United States. This spacecraft landed on the moon for the first time, laying a solid foundation for subsequent manned moon landings and becoming Hughes' most historic mission. business success. Throughout the 20th century, Hughes was a leader in aerospace in the United States and around the world. The Hughes Aircraft Company founded by Hughes successively invented the first practical laser, the first geostationary satellite, and the first lunar probe.

In his later years, Hughes founded a laboratory of doctors and scientists.

Profits from the Hughes Aircraft Company were used to fund the creation of a Hughes Medical Institute named after him. Hughes signed a scientific inquiry dedicated to basic research into the "origin of life." Established the Howard Hughes Medical Institute, a non-profit medical research institute in the United States. It is to promote the effective application of human knowledge in the fields of basic sciences (mainly in the fields of medical research and medical education) and for the benefit of mankind. After that, scientists focused on cell biology, immunology, genetics, neuroscience, and structural biology.

In 1976, Howard Hughes died, and his Institute of Medical Research inherited all his property; until the 21st century, the Howard Hughes Medical Institute was the second largest medical research foundation in the world, with ten Several Nobel Prize winners with assets under management approaching US$20 billion.

His glorious life was accompanied by many roles, including business tycoon, investor, pilot, aeronautical engineer, film producer, philanthropist, all kinds of glorious names, but they were just part of his life. He was so great at every stage of his life. Some people say he is an idealist, but I don’t agree. He is a man who has lofty goals and puts them into practical action. All his ideals are not utopian, and all his actions These are the best proofs.

Howard Hughes was one of the most interesting figures of the 1940s and 1950s; he was an inventor, an adventurer, a millionaire, a love interest, and an absolute madman.

"Flight Tycoon" Howard Hughes, he is really a legendary aviator. He created a miracle in the aviation industry. He has everything the world envies, money and power.

This is people's evaluation of him. People can clearly see his beauty, but people do not remember deeply what he has done. This means that he can be very beautiful, but not many people can. Reasons like him.

He has obsessive-compulsive disorder and neurosis, and coincidentally, I also have this problem when I am young. I feel worse than death and cannot control myself. Maybe this is what I love most about him. , he expressed all his flaws from another angle. He forced himself time and time again to be perfect on the road to chasing his dreams, and he often considered these things over and over again. On these matters, obsessive-compulsive disorder It fulfilled him and made him more perfect. Putting aside his imperfect marriage and love and imperfect interpersonal relationships, he was kind, beautiful and tenacious.

Howard Hughes’s life was the most ups and downs and bizarre that I have ever seen. He experienced everything, including his relationship with his mother, struggles with health, suffering from obsessive-compulsive disorder, and becoming a Flying champion, America's first billionaire, turned to Hollywood, became a producer who went against the film system, fought against big conglomerates and monopolies, and even turned against senators. He has never been able to stay with a woman forever, because he always unconsciously regards the woman in front of him as his plane. He always hopes to have a plane that flies faster, smoother, and has a bigger turbine.

This is Xiao Li’s evaluation of him. I think it is very good and comprehensive. Yes, he can still perfect himself in great pain. Not many people can do it. Almost no one is that persistent. He thinks of everything as stimulating and peaceful. He wants to find meaning and peace in each stimulation, and hopes to gain a sense of security from it, just as he does. His attitude towards his lover, no matter how glamorous the appearance, hides a child-like heart that lacks love and security. This is because he has been living too exciting a life and has forgotten that little bit of stability, even with all the light. With everyone gathering on him, he would only feel uncomfortable, painful and empty. This is the problem faced by a person standing at a high place, but his disease has deepened this.

In this way, at the end of a century, a person appeared, and his greatness and deeds were conveyed by people. This was a genius, a madman, and a person I admired.