Chapter 379 The Dragon Prince and the White Beauty
"We love Susan, we love Susan!"
In the House of Representatives election held at the end of the year, Susan Molinari replaced her father who resigned. With 59% of the vote, she undisputedly defeated Robert Gigante of the Donkey Party and was elected to the 14th District of New York State.
Representative.
This is a rare victory for the Elephant Party this year. Two of the three districts lost in New York State as a result of the census were held by representatives of the Elephant Party. In several districts in Queens, some representatives of the Elephant Party lost and were dismissed.
There are people who can win even if they turn blue. So die-hard Elephant Party loyalists from all over New York State came to Lower Manhattan to congratulate this Elephant Party hopeful.
"Congratulations..." Ronald also stepped forward to shake hands with her. Susan Molinari smiled brightly at Ronald and Douglas Jr. Such a sponsor was simply a gift from heaven.
Susan's father Molinari Sr. retired from Congress and participated in the election of the new head of the Staten Island government. In this way, he voluntarily quit Manhattan and returned to Staten Island, which no one cared about, to be the head of the island. That person in New York
It is not easy to kill all the gangsters who are helping the donkeys.
The new congressman began to deliver a speech to the voters, and Douglas Jr. sighed beside him. "Hey, the current redistricting is very unfavorable to us. I don't know if there will be no fat in Lower Manhattan after the 14th district."
"I think Susan Molinari seems to be very popular among voters near Wall Street, but voters in Staten Island don't like her that much." Donna interjected from the side.
"Susan is more moderate than her father, and she also supports women's abortion rights and some small hobbies of urban voters. In fact, she is more suitable for the constituency in Manhattan. People here like her..."
The speaker was Roger Ailes, a media expert brought in from Washington by Ronald and George Jr., and his father's 1988 election consultant.
This time, First Lady Barbara used the personal connections of the commander-in-chief to intimidate Ovitz to stop all actions against his son (in fact, Ovitz was just resentful of Ronald stealing his business). Although the effect was good, there was a lot of trouble afterwards.
It also gave Barbara some insights into her eldest son.
So little George simply left his father's shelter and completely broke away from the re-election team that was about to begin soon. Roger Ailes was a senior adviser to him in preparing for his political career. This time he came to New York to fight for the election, which was a privilege.
A big hammer to smash the walnuts.
"You mean?" Ronald heard the implication of Roger Ailes' words.
"Yes, New York State is now controlled from top to bottom by the Donkey Party. It is difficult for a state Senate alone to stop them from redistricting according to their own wishes. Instead of waiting, it is better to take the initiative..." Roger Ailes said in
On Congressman Susan's campaign banner, I found a map spanning Staten Island and Lower Manhattan and handed it to Ronald.
"Huh? Do we have any suitable candidates on Staten Island?" Ronald looked at little Douglas.
"Molinari has an assistant who is also of Italian descent. In addition, there is an entrepreneur with a small amount of Indian ancestry who has the idea of entering politics." Douglas Jr. knows the people on Staten Island well.
"You take a look and decide. I believe in your vision. New York is becoming more diverse, which seems to be a trend that is difficult to stop."
Little Douglas smiled and nodded. He understood what Ronald meant. Anyway, they were very sure of selecting suitable candidates for the Staten Island election. After redistricting, they might as well let Representative Susan go to Manhattan to try. And Old Molly
Nari became the chief executive of Staten Island, and the congressman was from his family, which was not a good thing. The white entrepreneur with some Indian ancestry was obviously more suitable to take over the vacancy left by her daughter.
But this will only happen two years later. Now it's just the two rich people who are getting ready.
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"This is Mr. Xu Ligong, who is responsible for the investment of the Information Bureau. James Shams is the designated producer for Daydream..."
Ang Lee's new film "The Pusher" has begun preparations. He also quit the crew of "Other People's Money" and started to work on his own affairs.
This time in New York, he happened to bring the producers representing both parties' investments to report on the many preparations for the new film.
"Do you need to invite all these actors from your hometown and Hong Kong? In fact, there are many Chinese actors in America who can act."
James Shams raised some questions about Xu Ligong, who has now very much stepped into the role of producer.
"Director Song's instructions cannot be used by... people."
"snort……"
Film joint ventures are so troublesome, and it is difficult for both parties to reach consensus on many messy things. This film is mainly in Chinese dialogue, so it will definitely need the box office market and video tape market there, and Director Song invested in the film with selfish motives.
Yes, I hope to win an award to embellish my political achievements.
Many Chinese actors in America have their hearts set on the other side, or have come from the other side. Therefore, Xu Ligong, representing the investors, insisted that actors from his hometown and Hong Kong be used.
However, those supporting actors and the behind-the-scenes staff have little to do with it. They are not eye-catching anyway. As long as they have Chinese faces, they will attract the crew. For a time, the "promoters" have become the mainstay of Chinese Americans in Hollywood and Broadway.
At a party, no matter what your background is or what your attitude is, if it is photographed by Chinese Americans and the story of Chinese Americans in America, just this will make them willing to come and serve.
Since the end of World War II, there have been no Chinese-American stories in Hollywood for many years. These Chinese-American actors do not care about remuneration, as long as they can contribute to the film, let this master's degree student from New York University work in the company of a major Hollywood director.
If a new director can make his debut, how many Chinese will he be able to support in the future?
Compared with them, the petty thinking of some producers appears to be very narrow-minded.
Ronald didn't want to arbitrate such a troublesome matter, so he made a deal with them directly, and Ang Lee had to approve it. The price would be negotiated by James Shams, and Ang Lee would sign the check, and finally fax the details of the expenditure to Ang.
Lee's hometown was visited by Xu Ligong.
This chapter is not over, please click on the next page to continue reading! "Well, I don't know how Uncle Lang is now. I met him ten years ago, and he fit the role at that time..." Ang Lee became a director for the first time,
Not sure, he hesitated.
"You just let him fly to audition. You have to watch it in person." Ronald thought to himself, you are the director now, the crew must listen to you, and this movie is so valued among Chinese people, sitting across
Foreign planes came to audition, and they were all very willing.
Ang Lee woke up from a dream. He was not very used to the role of talker, but he immediately felt it. He immediately booked a flight ticket for Wang Lai in Xiangjiang. If the audition is suitable, he will film it. If he is not suitable, he will just treat it as a trip to the United States.
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Xu Ligong saw that the two elderly protagonists had auditioned according to his expectations, so he turned around and went out to make an overseas phone call to Director Song to report.
"The hero's son and daughter-in-law are a little troublesome, look at it." As a director, Ang Lee attaches great importance to his debut film. He hopes that all casting choices will be perfect.
Lao Zhu, played by Lang Xiong, came to America to see his son, but his daughter-in-law is a foreigner. Although the foreign daughter-in-law still respects him, the cultural gap still caused problems for them.
Lao Zhu felt that his son did not respect him, so he eventually ran away from home and went to wash dishes in a Chinese restaurant. He was bullied to the extreme by the restaurant owner. Later, he used the unique skills of Tai Chi Push Hands, and even the NYPD was unable to do anything about him.
In this kind of cultural conflict scene, the most important thing is for the actor to make the audience look like the character at a glance. Ang Lee himself is not sure, and he still needs Ronald to check it.
After Xu Ligong left, Ang Lee came up with his favorite candidate to play his son.
"Huh? Why does this guy look familiar? Has he acted in a Hollywood movie before?" Ronald looked at the audition photos of this handsome boy and felt familiar. The actor looks very serious, and he has a kind of classical Chinese handsome guy.
His temperament, and the best thing is that he also has a similar face shape and facial features to the actor Lang Xiong who plays Lao Zhu.
"No, this is an actor from the Mainland. His name is Wang Bozhao. He has never acted in Hollywood." Ang Lee waved his hands repeatedly. The problem lies here. There is a price for receiving the tutoring money from the Information Bureau, that is, the main role cannot be used.
Actors over there.
"What do you think?" Ronald doesn't care about this. In fact, Xu Ligong is not satisfied with divestment, so I will take care of it. I will go back to the mainland to find connections to see if it can be released. The key is whether Ang Lee is satisfied with him.
"I found this person in an interview with Chinese elites published in a Chinese magazine. His name is Wang Bozhao. I have tried acting and he is the best. He looks similar."
"Then just use it...don't worry about the budget." Ronald didn't take it seriously. He suddenly thought of something. In Hollywood, if you don't want to sign your name, you can still use a pseudonym for filming. Anyway, this is
How can the Information Bureau care so much about this kind of thing? If you just change the name and everyone knows it, it will be fooled.
"Ask him if he would like to change his name to act." Ronald turned over the audition photo. He must have seen this person somewhere.
On the resume on the back of the audition photo, he has zero experience in Hollywood, but he has made several movies in the mainland, including Princess Wencheng, which are all important movies. It seems that his acting skills are good.
"Journey to the West", there is also a line on the resume that lists the TV series he has participated in. Ronald looked at the name and found it a bit strange. Maybe it is because the Hollywood culture looks down on the acting skills of actors filming TV series. This actor named Wang Bozhao also
Save this experience for last.
"Shxt!" Ronald suddenly realized. Isn't this the "Journey to the West" that was shown on the TV station when he lived in Xujiahui Film Factory? No wonder it looks familiar. This man also played a dragon prince.
What.
"Then let's take him. I've seen his TV series and he's pretty good."
With Ronald's guarantee, Ang Lee became more confident in himself, "This is the candidate for a foreign wife, take a look."
"It doesn't look good at all..." Ronald picked up the stack of audition photos and muttered to himself. Because he was a Caucasian character and spoke English, the range of choices was much wider.
But I don’t know why. Maybe Ang Lee’s aesthetics are a little different from white people. In Ronald’s opinion, the actors he selected were not good-looking enough, and it was impossible for them to play the leading role in a movie.
"I like this one better. The acting is good and there is no sense of discrimination against Chinese Americans. I'm not saying that white people all discriminate against Chinese Americans, but there are always some. For cooperation, it's better to choose someone with an open attitude." Ang Lee quickly explained.
In order to prevent Ronald from being unhappy, his brows furrowed when he looked at him.
Oops, Ang Lee mentally gave himself a chance to say something bad about white discrimination.
"You're not good at casting, Ang. You have to choose someone beautiful. If not, the audience won't buy tickets."
Ronald was dissatisfied when he saw this actor named Sneijder. It's pretty good-looking for ordinary people, but if the audience goes to the cinema, you give them this? It definitely won't work.
"Huh? But when we Chinese come to America, we generally can't marry very beautiful white people. I have already beautified this level of beauty. If it is too beautiful, it will not be realistic." Ang Lee explained.
Ichiban.
"Let me tell you a secret..." Ronald made a low-pitched expression, approached Ang Lee, and then said in his ear, "Do you know what is the most important thing about being a director in Hollywood?"
"Ah?" Ang Lee was at a loss. Hearing what Ronald said, he thought it was a magic secret book, so he quickly cheered up and listened attentively.
"It's all about making money! Make money every time, so that you can make the movies you want to make, however you want to make them."
"This..." Ang Lee didn't expect the secret book to be this, and suddenly smiled bitterly.
"In your movie, the only character that white people can identify with is the foreign daughter-in-law. So not only do you have to find the most beautiful actress, but you also have to add scenes to her. Otherwise, what will the American audience come to see?"
"Oh..." Ang Lee quickly wrote down what Ronald said, and then he would go find James Shams and add a few scenes for the foreign wife in the script.
"Also, did you know? Almost everyone will beautify their appearance. When people look in the mirror, they will automatically filter out the unsightly parts. So you don't have to worry about the audience disapproving of foreign wives. In their eyes, I'm afraid
You will think this is very normal.”
"But we Chinese in the United States all know that this is impossible."
"Hey, couldn't you add some background to Wang Bozhao's character? He's a computer engineer, right? Let him take stock options in the company and become a millionaire in a few years. What white beauty wouldn't like to marry such a person?
Besides, Chinese people in the United States probably also want to marry a beautiful wife. Your ideas are all from the perspective of the creator, and the audience likes beautiful women."
"That's true..." Ang Lee was convinced by Ronald. In fact, if Ronald insisted on appointing a beautiful woman, there was nothing he could do. This way, he could accept it by convincing people with reason.
"I went to Richard and asked him to recommend some beautiful actresses." Ang Lee figured it out and decided to find a beautiful white man to play the role of the foreign wife.
"Ahem, what about that? Just go and make a phone call and tell me that this is the role I recommend..."
Ronald wrote Helen Slater's phone number on a piece of paper and handed it to Ang Lee. Anyway, this movie is about cultural integration. Helen went to China to shoot a documentary in the early stage and is interested in Chinese culture.
.The subject matter is something he likes...
Moreover, James Shams has plans to take the film to the European film festival market. It would be nice to show it and show his face. Ronald felt that Helen Slater would definitely like to have her artistic ability recognized by Europeans.
"Huh?" Ang Lee looked at the name on the note. He knew that this was a beautiful woman who had played the role of Supergirl. He wondered if she was too beautiful?
Looking at Ronald's handwriting again, I thought it was recommended by my boss, so I gritted my teeth and agreed.
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"Uh-huh...little Roger!"
Aunt Karen happily teased Ronald's son. She no longer had to host the Christmas dinner this year. Her chef husband took over all the kitchen work, and Aunt Karen now just wanted to play with little Roger.
"Your Dances with Wolves is really good. I went to the cinema to watch it twice." Donna chatted with Ronald on the side.
"Did you go with Doug?"
"I can go by myself..." Donna ignored Ronald's teasing and talked a lot about how good the movie was.
"Ronnie, your phone number." Diane was calling him to answer the phone. "It's from Lawyer Lindsay."
"Hello..." Ronald picked up the receiver.
"Ronald, Ivar Seafood Restaurant has proposed an out-of-court settlement, and they took the initiative to remove the Clam Man's advertisement."
"These people are very cunning. They have almost completed their advertisements, and now they are taking them down. They have already received the attention they deserve. Can we accept an out-of-court settlement and let them pay money?"
"Of course, but I advise you to accept the settlement. Firstly, you can show your generosity, and secondly... the owner of the restaurant was also encouraged to do this. He said that if you are willing to reconcile, he will bring down the person behind it.
Bite it out."
"I almost have an idea of who is inciting them. But you are right, there is no need to kill everyone, otherwise the audience's sympathy for us being bullied will be offset. Now it is they who encourage our friends to go to the cinema to support us.