In this era when everything is moving higher, people are longing for the sky with an almost frenzied passion. High-rise buildings are rising one after anothe... [Read more]
Chinese: Xu Xiang
In this era when everything is moving higher, people are longing for the sky with an almost frenzied passion. High-rise buildings are rising one after another, and hot-air balloons, airships and gliders are flying into the sky with romance and passion.
All of this is exciting for Charles Holt, who has just come to this land. By day, he was a construction worker working at heights, like a burly, rude and solitary brown bear in the crowd. By night, in a humble hut that was almost halfway underground, Charles became the great engineer of the Sonora Aero Club-brilliant inspiration and ingenious structures were molded from his bloated, hard fingers. Charles understood that the design had a flaw that remained to be overcome: the tiny mechanism rose from Charles's hands and, after an unsteady shudder, fell straight and mercilessly to the ground.
For a manager of an architectural company, a few money is enough to purchase a risky but surely cost-saving design, and the conscience of an "outsider" who is strapped for cash. After an "accident", Charles was never able to meet his only soulmate, the small, thin Mr. Albert, who had truly believed in his dreams and connected emotions with him. Once again, the cowed Charles failed to refuse to sign the undertaking. The bad news came so quickly that the heart that warred with shame seemed insignificant.
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The "broken parts" were quickly cleared away, and the new building was reported as a " Witness to Civilization". The only fault was Charles's trembling hands caused by nightmare - until the letter appeared and offered him a chance to redeem himself.
