Chapter 66 The Quirks of Billionaires

Howard.Hughes had always harbored an exaggerated fear of germs and an uncharacteristic anxiety about relationships. American billionaire Howard.Hughes, is a mysterious figure full of legends, in fact, he is also a poor figure full of psychological pain.His greatest eccentricity is an exaggerated fear of germs. Those who work for him must wash their hands very carefully and wear cotton white gloves. If they touch the official documents that Hughes may touch, they must change into another pair of clean gloves.The newspapers to be given to him must be prepared three at a time, and he will take out the newspaper in the middle that may be the least polluted.In order to avoid dust pollution, all the doors and windows of his car and residence are equipped with protective tapes.

He used his power and wealth to ask his subordinates to do all kinds of difficult things, such as waving imaginary flies away with newspapers from time to time; The gaps are taped; wash your hands at all times and clean everything within his eyes. Employees in his sprawling enterprise were repeatedly told not to touch him, or speak to him, or even look at him.For this eccentric behavior, Hughes defended himself by saying: Everyone has bacteria around them, and I want to live longer than my parents, so I avoid bacteria. This eccentricity of Hughes is closely related to his childhood experience. He was sickly and shy and sensitive from an early age, worrying excessively about his healthy mother and constantly worrying that he would be infected with deadly bacteria.After having a fortune of hundreds of millions, he intensified the use of compulsive sex to prevent any possible bacterial infection.

But there is also a reciprocal causal relationship between his fear of germs and his avoidance of interpersonal relationships. The use of illness to escape from other people and social pressures continued throughout Hughes' life. fear of germs; and his fear of germs rationalized his avoidance of human relationships. It's a strange thing that a person who doesn't like interpersonal relationships can become a billionaire with a huge business.