Volume 3 Summer Rain Chapter 0356 Tool Man
After reading the resume, Nan Yi started reading the script.
After finishing reading his half of the manuscript, Nan Yi and Nan Ruoyin exchanged parts, and the rest of the day, the old and the young, spent reading the script.
When it was time for dinner, Nan Yi and Nan Ruoyin came to Mr. Chow, a Chinese restaurant located at 344 Camden in Beverly Hills. It was a very famous Chinese restaurant in London. It opened a branch here in the 1970s. The owner was the son of Peking Opera master Zhou Xinfang.
The dishes here have also been westernized and are somewhat different from traditional Chinese food, but it must be said that the improvement is good, and the combination of Chinese and Western food has not lost the charm of Chinese food.
Moreover, the main dish is Cantonese cuisine, and the light taste is easy for foreigners to accept.
There are many Hollywood stars who come here to eat. Nan Yi took a quick glance and saw a few familiar figures.
For example, the young girl next to her is none other than Brooke Shields, who is very popular in Hollywood and is also the youth idol of many girls in China. Nan Yi saw this name in the overwhelming online news in her previous life, when Michael Jackson died. After all, she is Jackson's ex-girlfriend.
However, you can know him now even if you don’t know him, as you can often see his photos in street window advertisements and newspapers and magazines.
In addition to her, Nan Yi also saw Cynthia Gibb, Melissa Gilbert, and Kelly Green, all of whom are young girl idols who have just debuted.
Well, Nan Yi was only familiar with their faces, but Nan Ruoyin was more familiar with them and could call out their names. After all, people always have their favorite public figures in every age group. These young actresses under the age of 20 were exactly what Nan Ruoyin liked at this age. She thought they were very cool.
Fortunately, Nan Ruoyin did not ask for an autograph.
"Dad, do you think I can make a movie?" Nan Ruoyin, who had been looking around, turned her head back and said to Nan Yi.
“Why do you want to make a movie?”
"Isn't it cool that everyone knows me?"
“No, I think it would be cool to have a movie made based on you, like The Devil Wears Prada, The Devil Wears Prada, The Amazing Rachel Nam, or something like that.
You only see their superficial beauty but ignore the filthiness in the dark. Dad will take you step by step to know this real and dirty world.
To be known to everyone today, they must have paid a price, and the price must be high, unless they are the same as her..."
Nan Yi gestured to Nan Ruoyin at a girl who had just walked in from the restaurant entrance, "Do you know her?"
"Yes, I know her. I've seen her movie 'Golden Boy and Jade Girl'. Dad, is there any difference between her and others?" Nan Ruoyin asked curiously.
"There's a big difference." Nan Yi pretended to be mysterious and said, "I'll tell you in secret, Dad likes you to look like this."
“Lululu.” Nan Ruoyin made a face and said playfully, “Do you want me to help dad get the phone number? I’ll tell her that I’m your sister.”
Nan Yi smiled and said, "You are a smart kid, it seems you have watched a lot of youth movies. When I go back, I will have to ask Scarlett what movies she took you to see."
"Good movies, all PG-13 movies."
"Oh, let's watch a G-rated movie next time."
"From now on, I will watch whatever Dad watches, Dad. I will follow you from now on."
"Oh, I almost forgot."
Nan Yi thought to himself that he had to find a safe to lock up his treasured videotapes.
"Dad, you haven't told me there's anything special about Phoebe Cates, except that you like her," the little girl asked.
Nan Yi picked up the fresh coconut juice on the table and took a sip, then said, "Her family background is not ordinary. Her father is an Old Way producer and a pioneer in television. Her mother is also very influential in the entertainment industry. Her uncle Gilbert Cates is a well-known director and producer. She still has some reputation in Hollywood.
And her grandfather was a very successful businessman. He was also the president of the Jewish Federation of New York and was quite prestigious among the Jews.
With these connections, she can be guaranteed not to be easily harmed by potential... harm in the circle. "
"It's just an unspoken rule, Dad. I know."
"Little girl, you matured so quickly. This really caught Dad off guard. Where did you hear this phrase?"
"Classmate, I have a classmate named Ben. His father is a shareholder of Coca-Cola and also works for Columbia. His father often brings him to Hollywood to play."
"A boy?"
"Yeah, Dad, can't I play with boys?"
"Of course, what do you play with him?"
"It's nothing fun. We just started a business together. We could have gotten a lot of autographed photos of celebrities. I would be responsible for selling them, and we would split the profits 50-50. Dad, I could always sell them for a high price."
"Sold it to a classmate?"
“No, we go to other schools to sell, mainly middle schools, and they sell very well.”
"Oh, so besides pocket money, what else do you gain from selling autographed photos?"
"What do you gain?" Nan Ruoyin thought for a moment and said, "Product channels are very important. If I don't have this channel, I can't do this business. There is also the celebrity effect. Dad, I find that as long as you are a public figure, it will be .
If I were also a movie star, would it be easier to do business in the future? I could advertise for Tesco, which would help Tesco do better business.”
"Well, your idea makes sense, but in fact you don't need to become a star yourself. As long as Dad is willing, he can always create a star. Now, we also have a movie business, and this business needs the blessing of stars.
Dad will show you how to make an ordinary person into a star and make them a tool for us to make money.
Ruoyin, you just need to treat celebrities with a normal attitude. Maybe to ordinary people, they may seem superior, but to us at Nan, they are at most partners, and partners who are lower than us in the partnership. "
"Not a tool?"
"Oh, don't learn some words blindly. There is no such thing as a tool person, there is only a partner. Those who share the same ideals are long-term close partners; those who share the same interests only for a period of time are short-term partners, and the period of cooperation is called the honeymoon period.
Don’t think of others as tools. Respecting your partners and opponents is respecting yourself.”
"oh."
“Are you full?”
"I'm full."
"Then Dad will take you to the Hollywood Cinema. It's a very old cinema where you can watch some old movies."
Having said that, Nan Yi paid the bill and took Nan Ruoyin to the vicinity of Hollywood Lake Park.
Although the Hollywood Cinema has a great reputation, it is not a big cinema. It only has a small theater that can accommodate less than 30 people at a time.
The cinema does not serve individual customers, only private screenings. The cinema's film library contains many copies of old movies, and some excellent films are preserved here. When many directors need to find some inspiration, they will come here to privately screen the theater and watch some old films.
The boss here is Guan Hongsi, a Chinese born in the 1930s. It is said that he used to hang out with Anna May Wong.
As for Anna May Wong, she was the first Chinese American to make a name for herself in Hollywood.
The outside world has mixed opinions about her, but the fact that she did not receive higher education but paid for the tuition of her seven brothers and sisters, allowing them all to receive higher education, is worthy of Nan Yi's admiration.
It was quite rare in China for Chinese to have attended college in the 1920s. It was estimated that their number could be counted on one's hands and feet, but Anna May Wong's Huang family accounted for seven of them.
As soon as you enter the cinema, the first thing that catches your eye is a high platform that looks like a pawn shop, where a woman in her forties is sitting and taking a nap.
Nan Yi knocked on the platform to wake Guan Hongsi up, "Hello, Boss Guan, I'm Adam, and I have a reservation."
Guan Hongsi flipped through a notebook and said, "It's scheduled for 7:30, right?"
"Yes, that's me." Nan Yi nodded and said, "Boss Guan, do you have a copy of "Pansi Cave"?"
"Yin Mingzhu's "Pansi Cave"? " Guan Hongsi asked.
"Du Yu's 'Pansi Cave'."
"That's the same thing, but I don't have it here. This film was never sold to China back then, and I don't have any channels to collect it."
"That's such a pity." Nan Yi said regretfully.
"Pansy Cave", Nan Yi has seen the restored version, but the restored version is forty minutes shorter than the original, and he really wants to see the original version.
Regarding the film and television works of Journey to the West, Nan Yi himself approves of Pansi Cave the most, which is the most faithful to the original work. As for the Journey to the West that will be released in two years, just give it a rest, as it has nothing to do with the original work, and it can't even be considered a fan.
"Dad, is Pansi Cave good?"
"good."
Nan Yi's answer was vague. Even if Guan Hongsi had a copy of "Pansy Cave", he had no intention of taking Nan Ruoyin to watch it today. This film was banned shortly after it was released in the 1920s, but it was a bit pornographic.
"Boss Guan, do you have The Great Earth?"
"This one has it, do you want to see it?"
"Yes."
"What else do you want to watch? The time you booked is enough to watch two movies."
“Rat in Manhattan.”
"We also have this copy, which is suitable for little girls. I'll find it for you. You can go wait in the theater. Which one will be shown first?"
“Rat in Manhattan.”
"OK."
Nan Yi took Nan Ruoyin to the theater, looked at the layout of the theater, and chose to sit in the second to last row.
"Dad, how much does it cost to book this place?"
“It’s not too expensive, thirty dollars an hour, and there are many movies here that you can’t see anywhere else.”
"Oh, is the mouse Jerry?"
"Yes, it's about Jerry who is tired of the boring life in the countryside, so he wrote a letter to Tom and told him that he wanted to go to the big city to broaden his horizons. With the rattling train, Jerry came to Manhattan...
I won’t tell you the rest, you will find out for yourself later.”
When Nan Yi saw that the light from the projector had already shone on the screen, he kept silent, opened the popcorn he had just bought outside, and held it in his hand so that Nan Ruoyin could pick and eat it.
The movie "Mouse in Manhattan" seemed a bit childish to Nan Yi, but after all, it contained sentimental content, so he still watched it with great interest.
Nan Ruoyin, who was watching it for the first time, also enjoyed it very much and laughed out loud from time to time.
Amidst laughter, "Mouse in Manhattan" ended and "The Good Earth" slowly unfolded on the screen. The suffering of Chinese was vividly portrayed by Hollywood actors.
A group of white people played the Chinese farmers so vividly that if the dialogue was not in English, it would give people the illusion of watching a documentary.
The actors are also well chosen, especially Paul Muni who plays the male lead Wang Long, and Louise Rainer who plays the female lead Alan. They not only have good images, but also act better. Whether it is eating, walking, or the casual relationships between men and women, they are all true portrayals of rural Chinese farmers in the 1930s.
"Dad, this movie is a bit boring and not good to watch." Nan Ruoyin said while yawning halfway through watching the movie.
"The Good Earth" is too heavy. Nan Ruoyin was too young when she was in the countryside and had no experience of rural life. It is not surprising that she could not understand it.
"Oh, then I won't watch it. I'll ask the boss to change the movie." Nan Yi stood up and walked out, thinking in his mind, "I'll make a copy and take it back and watch it later."
