In the Napa Valley in San Francisco, the Coppola family's vineyards are shining in the morning sun, and the rows of grape trellis are green grape seedlings, giving the vibrant atmosphere of spring.

There are a group of elegant and quiet residential buildings in the vineyard. In the courtyard of the main house, an old man, a girl, and grandson are sitting at a leisure wooden table, tasting wine and chatting.

"Grandpa, just say it, I want to listen to the truth."

"The truth is also very good. It's great to have such scene schedule at your age. Jiya, keep working hard, and you will be a qualified film director in ten years."

Francis Ford Coppola leaned against a rattan chair and looked at the vast green fields ahead, sucking bright red homemade wine, his old face full of comfort.

At this time, he said, looking at his granddaughter next to him, with a happy look. When Jiya's father, Gian Carlo, was two months old, died young because of a speedboat accident while filming "Douyu". He raised this posthumous daughter and was both granddaughter and daughter.

(Gia's full name is Gian-carla (Gian-carla), her father's full name is Gian-carlo, and the middle name means female and male in Italian names.)

Thinking of his beloved son, Coppola felt sad again. If Gian Carlo had not died, he would have been a famous director now, and he would have been so talented.

But his beloved daughter Sophia finally didn't disappoint him anymore. With "Lost Tokyo", she finally won the Golden Globe Award for Best Film Screenwriter this year at the age of 32, and was shortlisted for the Oscars for Best Picture, Best Director and Best Original Screenplay. Tomorrow night is the 76th Academy Awards, and they will go to Los Angeles to prepare for participating today.

"Your talent is not inferior to your Aunt Sophia, you have the talent of your dad..."

"I'm a master." The girl's eyes did not fluctuate because she heard her father, so she just took a sip of wine.

She was dressed in Anne Hall style, with a director's viewfinder hanging around her neck, with her mouth raised and her pretty eyebrows continued: "Aunt Sophia made her first feature film at the age of 28, so I will shoot it at the age of 26; she won the Oscar nomination at the age of 32, so I will get it at the age of 30."

"Gia, you have too many things to learn, and there are many people in this world who are more talented than you, and more people who work harder than you. Don't be complacent."

Coppola was teaching earnestly, and suddenly remembered a strange story that his old friend Lucas had recently said, and immediately said: "I heard from Lucas that a genius Asian boy in Los Angeles appeared in Los Angeles. He made a 10-minute digital short film that Spielberg praised, saying that he had reached a professional level, and..."

The girl was already stunned, and her hand holding the wine glass stopped in the air, "And what?"

"And Spielberg is interested in investing in him for a feature film. In fact, Tom Hanks is the first to invest in him. It is said to be a budget of 5 million." Coppola smiled incredible. "I asked Lucas if he was a joke, and he said no. Gia, it sounds like that young man is much better than your talent and hard work. He is one year younger than you."

"Are you a lie?" The girl's expression changed repeatedly. I don't know where the pride just now went, "Is it that grandpa, you're talking nonsense to educate me?"

At the age of 16, Isn’t it a full ten years earlier than her goal?

"no."

The girl was stunned for a while, and gradually, her eyes gathered, "What's his name?"

"It seems to be Ye Wei."

"Ye Wei..." The girl muttered, raised her head and took a big sip of wine, and murmured: "Interesting, Ye Wei, interesting... Boy, Master Jiya is staring at you."

"How can I see his short video? What's the name?"

...

"Are we just watching things happening? Tonight, the kid's short film was airing on Nickelodeon. We know the quality of the short film! Just watching it? Watching him become famous and we are fools?"

"Otherwise, what else can it be. He is now proud of Hanks and Spielberg."

"Don't do this with me, I know you, Lowett, you won't do nothing."

"Hahaha, Arnold, you really know me... That kid is really hard to deal with now, but he has a fatal injury. He is an Asian! If he is obedient, he can do more days, but he is the kind of self-righteous idiot. No need, his gust of wind will pass."

"Can you tell me about your plan?"

"In this industry, you are either a tiger or a lamb. Although I am not a big man, I have such a little power... As long as I do this, they don't even know why... And no matter what idea Brian wants, it's not a good idea to push Ye Wei out during the Oscars."

"Your plan is good, what if they find it?"

"They have no way to do it. All they can do is sigh. Should they stop the entire entertainment industry and show the limelight for Ye Wei? Maybe we will waste our efforts to bleach ourselves to the boy, and Asian boys are popular all over the United States? This kind of thing won't happen, haha."

"I don't feel that your status in CAA is comparable to that of Brian for a few years."

"Brien's group of people have been just strikers for so long. They have learned this lesson for themselves because they can't get along with me."

...

"Hahaha, hello, Hollywood beauty!"

Paradise, Utah, has a nice name, but it is actually a poor and backward place. The town has only a thousand people, and the annual income of a large part of the population is lower than the poverty line. Every household makes a living by animal husbandry and agriculture. Looking at the past, farms are connected by farms, full of cattle and sheep.

On the country road, a group of teenage men and women were laughing at a passing girl. The white girl was dressed simply without any ornaments, lowered her head and was full of silence.

"Modi, why don't you tell us about your dreams? Want to be a movie actor? Haha!"

"Sign me with an autograph. You will be a big star in the future. I will send it to you when the time comes. Sign it to me!"

"Bitch!" Suddenly, a tall girl rushed up fiercely and pushed the girl hard. The girl fell down on the dirt road, causing everyone to laugh happily.

The girl was still silent, stood up and patted the mud and dust off her body, and continued to walk towards her own small farm ahead. Her expression did not change, but her eyes flashed a few times.

The young people still chased her for fun and laughing, grimacing and scolding: "You fool!", "Are you mute? Talking!", "This guy is so boring, it's boring to bully her!", "I doubt that she won't even make a sound when she is sexually orgasm.", "Hahaha!"

"Speak, otherwise you don't want to go anywhere!" Everyone blocked the way and refused to let her go.

The girl walked around with her head down, and was stopped. After a while, she suddenly said, "Can you get out of here? I still have to... drive my cow back to the cow pen..."

"Please, please!", "Say you are a slutty bitch!"

Suddenly, the girl saw a gap, rushed over and rushed towards the cattle herd far away from the farm.

"Run, Forrest Gump, run!", "Hahaha! Movie actor? You are so terrible!", "Modi, you don't deserve any bloody dreams like this!"

...

Campus bullying on and off-campus is the most common in public schools in the United States, but private schools will not be spared. Among them, Asian students are the hardest hit areas. Every day, in different places across the United States, the same incidents are staged. Insults, ridicule, pranks... and even beatings.

Students who are bullied will swallow their anger, feel inferior, be distressed... and commit suicide, or create another campus shooting case.

South Carolina, Hammond High School, Columbia.

"Zhou, get back to your China!", "How can Asians be so ugly? Kelsey Zhou, your British mother is so disgusting. She actually married your Chinese father!", "Battle!"

On the road to campus, a small group of students laughed and scolded a beautiful Chinese mixed-race girl. She looked so angry that her face turned red, and she suppressed her anger and wanted to hurry over. Some of the students passing by were smiling, some were indifferent, and some were still happy to watch the fun.

"You might as well think about opening a restaurant instead of being an actor, Mr.Chow, haha!"

"No Asians can be a star, no!", "Jieqi-Chen,Jieqi-Chen,Jieqi-Zhou--"

"Hahaha! Dig the tunnel and go back to China! This is not your land!"

"It's not yours. I at least have the blood of the Cherokee clan!" The girl finally couldn't help it, stared at the people around her, and fought back loudly: "You are wrong, you are wrong! I know you are wrong!"

However, her explosion made everyone laugh, "Do you still have Indian blood?", "No wonder you failed so much, you loser!"

"You are wrong, you are wrong..."

"What's wrong? Asian stars? Then why don't you say one and an Asian idol? Is there any? Asians can't be an idol or a star!", "Wait guys, Yao Ming?", "No, that big guy is not a human at all, he has Giant disease."

The girl wanted to say something but couldn't say it. Tears gradually surged in her eyes. She kept choking and saying, "You are wrong..."

Her Chinese descent is not what they say... It’s not that Asians can’t be celebrity idols, but they haven’t appeared yet. Someone will appear, and there will be...

...

At dinner, in the dining room of Spielberg's house, everyone was dining at the dining table. Spielberg, his wife Kate Capsha, 16-year-old adopted son Theo, 13-year-old daughter Sasha, 12-year-old son Sawyer, 7-year-old adopted daughter Mikala, and 7-year-old son Destri.

At the most lively time, there will be 27-year-old stepdaughter Jessica Capshaw, and 19-year-old Marx (born of ex-wife Amy Irving), and seven children.

The big family dinner has a regular program that is rainy and rainy, that is, "Story Club on the Table". Spielberg first tells a story beginning, and then the children relay to create its plot, and Spielberg will end with half an hour.

Sometimes, the ending of the story will make the children laugh, and sometimes it will make them cry.

This tradition not only gives great directors inspiration, but also cultivates children's creative thinking.

"Today's story begins with a 16-year-old boy who loves movies, working hard to make a feature film. First of all, he needs to become a star. That night, he finally got a good opportunity. His short film will be played on TV. Will he succeed?"

"Dad, is this the story of your youth?" Sasha immediately smiled, "I remember you were 16 years old when you made the first feature film!"

Unexpectedly, her father shook his head and said, "No, it's a story about an Asian boy. His name is Ye Wei. He is very talented. This is a real person."

"I'll do it first!" Theo seemed a little unhappy, with a teasing on his face, "The short film is about to be played, Ye Wei is looking forward to it, but suddenly, the TV station canceled the playback!"

"Oh... he was very sad." Mikara was very sympathetic. Sasha turned her eyes and then turned the story back: "It turned out that the TV station made a mistake, the broadcast continued, the audience liked it very much, and he was known to everyone."

"A monster! It attacked the TV station, and it robbed Ye Wei!" Destri's thoughts were wild.

"Because Ye Wei's short film is very popular with the king of the Monster Kingdom, and the king decided to invite him to visit." Mikala also said.

"The king wants to marry the monster princess to him, or he will be killed." Sawyer's tone was fierce.

Sasha said again: "But Ye Wei escaped with his intelligence! He returned to Los Angeles, and people were excited about his return. He was like a hero!"

"Sasha, why do you want to help him?" Theo had no choice but to spread his hands. Sasha snorted: "Because I want him to win! I made a movie at the age of 16, and I want this story to win!"

Spielberg looked at it with a smile, and Kate Capshaw was also very happy. It seemed that today was another controversial story.

In half an hour, Ye Wei was sometimes captured by aliens, sometimes almost died, sometimes at the bottom of the sea, sometimes received by the president...

Finally, when the head of the family was about to end, the children looked at their father, but he smiled and said, "I don't know the ending today, because this is a real story. A short film of the genius boy Ye Wei will be broadcast on Nick Channel tonight. We will see the results in the future, and I hope he wins."

"Is that?" Sasha was full of curiosity, a genius? Her father rarely praised someone like this! She asked, "When? I want to watch that short film!"
Chapter completed!