One day he found a book that changed his life - The Memoirs of Robert-Houdin. Util now, Ehrich had never thought of magic as a possible profession. In this book, Robert-Houdin, a French magician, told the story of how he had started out poor and gained wealth and fame as a magician. Soon after reading this book, Ehrich left the necktie factory and convinced Jacob to leave too. They, too, would become famous magicians.