"Ronnie", Meg picked up the ice cream in her hand and stuffed it into Ronald's mouth.
Ronald took a lick and took his own cone.
The two were waiting to take the boat at the Battery Park Pier at the southern end of Manhattan.
This is the southernmost tip of Manhattan Island, and the Statue of Liberty is not far away on Liberty Island.
Different from the orange mixed passenger and cargo ferries going to Staten Island, Circle Line's ferries pick up tourists, are purely individual passengers, and are painted in sky blue.
Soon Ronald and Meg arrived, and they got on the boat and watched the scenery on the deck.
The Statue of Liberty is a federally-administered national park, and visiting the Statue of Liberty is free. However, the ferry to the island requires money, and American capitalists always find loopholes.
The first place the ship docked was another small island, Ellis Island. This was the isolation point where new immigrants landed in the early years. Since the last century, millions of immigrants have been quarantined on the island in batches.
Dreaming of a new world.
The only tall building that new immigrants can see on the island is the Statue of Liberty on neighboring Liberty Island. They look at the Statue of Liberty through the window panes and long for their future American dream.
This is reflected in many Hollywood movies.
Ronald and Meg were also looking at the Statue of Liberty and thinking about their American dreams.
The ferry continued to move forward. On the boat, Ronald looked at the statue of the goddess getting closer and closer. Ronald was a little disappointed. The statue of the goddess was in disrepair and was already a bit old and dirty in appearance.
After landing on the island at the pier, there was a long walk. Meg was very excited to see the Statue of Liberty for the first time.
Ronald also kept looking up at the goddess, and the two of them moved forward slowly.
A gust of wind blew by, and Ronald seemed to see the goddess's right arm holding the torch swaying slightly, "Meg, look at the goddess's hand holding the torch, am I dazzled?"
"Ah, it seems to be shaking." Meg also noticed it.
In 1886, it was a gift given by the people of China to the Americans. It is almost 100 years old, and it is a bit scary to be old. Just like the land under your feet, many companies are also operating tremblingly. If you are not careful...
Ronald and Meg were a little scared and did not dare to climb up to visit. The two walked around the island and took many photos.
Taking the ferry back to Lower Manhattan, the two went into a movie theater and chose a movie about "the china syndrome" to watch.
In addition to the fact that the name is somewhat related to the two of them, and the heroine is Jane Fonda, there is something magical about this movie.
The meaning of "the china syndrome" actually has nothing to do with China.
It is about an accident at a nuclear power plant in America, and the core melted down and leaked. There was no obstruction to the harmful substances, and it could burn a hole through the earth, leading directly to China on the back of the earth, and leak nuclear waste to China on the opposite side of the earth.
Therefore, this serious nuclear accident is called China Syndrome.
Ten days after the movie was released, an accident occurred at the Three Mile Island Nuclear Power Plant, causing an uproar across the country. The movie became a prophet. It suddenly became famous and the box office was very good.
Ronald went to buy Coke and popcorn, and when he came back, Meg was missing.
After looking around, I found Meg Tilly staring blankly at a poster at the door.
Walking quietly behind her, I found that Meg was looking at the New York City Ballet's performance poster. In late April, the ballet's spring performance season would begin.
This year, the New York City Ballet hired its principal dancer, Mikhail Baryshnikov, from the American Ballet Company. His figure is on the poster.
In order to become an instant hit, he spent a lot of money to put up posters and advertisements in major movie theaters, shopping malls, and the New York City Ballet across the city.
"Baryshnikov, is he a good dancer?" Ronald asked.
"Ronnie", when Meg saw it was him, she simply leaned back against Ronald, let Ronald cross his arms around her, and brought popcorn and Coke to her.
"Mikhail is a talented ballet dancer. He was originally a member of the Soviet Union Leningrad Ballet. A few years ago, he took the opportunity to visit Canada and defected to America."
"If you've ever seen him dance, you know he's very talented. In ballet school, he was the idol of all the girls and everyone wanted to be paired with him."
It turned out to be him. No wonder Ronald felt familiar.
The Christmas before last year, Ronald, Aunt Karen and Donna watched Baryshnikov dance "The Nutcracker" on CBS.
The host Charlie Rose also briefly introduced the story of his journey to the "free world" in order to realize his "American Dream".
"Since he is so talented and should also be the principal dancer in the Leningrad Ballet, why would he defect?" Ronald looked at the poster, the dancer who was once Meg's idol, a little strange.
"I heard that he hopes to dance innovative modern ballet, but Leningrad only allows him to dance classical ballet."
"However, some people say that he is too short, only 5 feet 4 (1.65 meters), and is not worthy of the female dancers of the Sovereign Union, so he can only play supporting roles."
Meg gossiped and chuckled.
Ronald knew that she was still regretting that she missed out on a professional ballet dancing career, so he joked:
"Ha, yes, you are taller than him. He can't dance the Prince and Princess in the Nutcracker with you."
"And my height, hey... I'm more suitable for playing a prince."
"Hahaha..." Meg was so amused by him that she reached out and hit Ronald.
"But even if I wasn't injured, I wouldn't go to the New York City Ballet." Meg felt better and took the initiative to talk about her ballet dream.
"Why? Aren't they the best ballet company in New York?" Ronald wondered.
"Balanchine, the dance director of the City of New York, was also a Russian and went into exile in America after World War I. More than ten years ago, he received an 8 million dollar grant from the Ford Foundation, which was mainly used to create new ballets. He combined waltzes, jazz,
Even the Star-Spangled Banner was arranged into a ballet.”
"So many of the dancers who go to the New York City Dance Company are the second generation of rich people who bought their way in with money. They don't have the ability to rehearse real classical ballet dramas, so they can only dance these..." Meg made a "garbage"
mouth shape.
"And my dream is to dance all the classical ballet roles, including Giselle, Coppelia, Sleeping Beauty, and Black Swan before the age of 24..."
"I hope to hear the audience yelling bravo at me on stage in New York, Leningrad, London, and Paris!"
"I want to be famous! I want to be famous all over the world!"
Meg got out of Ronald's body, faced Baryshnikov's poster, stood on tiptoes, raised her arms high, made a ballet pose, and spoke her dream out loud.
Ronald saw the burning fire of ambition in this girl's eyes.
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The movie is beautifully shot, with various coincidences and arrangements that make the audience worried about nuclear leakage. Jane Fonda is outstanding as always, and her co-star Michael Douglas also does a good job.
Now is an era when people are talking about nuclear power. The haze of the Cold War is hanging over everyone's heads. Some people have begun to be madly anti-nuclear. They are opposed to anything nuclear-related, including nuclear missiles, nuclear submarines, nuclear tests, and nuclear power plants.
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I think this movie will do well at the box office.
After watching the movie, the two went shopping in Chinatown in Lower Manhattan. Ronald had just moved in for a day, and many daily necessities were not prepared yet, so he relied on Meg Tilly to help him purchase them.
Meg has very good taste, and the items she chooses are always inexpensive and combined to enhance the aesthetic quality.
For example, a snow-white tablecloth paired with a scarlet napkin. Another example is a translucent lampshade for a bedroom floor lamp.
Carrying a lot of things, Ronald and Meg went to the china shop again.
Meg went to buy red wine glasses and porcelain tableware, while Ronald was chatting with the boss boredly.
The boss's English is as bad as Ronald's Cantonese. He can only communicate with sporadic words and gestures.
Asked the boss if he had any good black tea, the boss quietly took out a paper package of tea from under the counter: "Domestic, good tea." Ronald only understood a few words.
Put it under your nose and smell it, and it smells really fresh.
"Qimen or Wuyishan?"
"Qimen", the boss turned the tea bag over and pointed to the label.
Sure enough, the words "Qimen State-owned Tea Factory" were written on it in imitation Song font. Ronald spent a "heavy sum" of 10 US dollars to buy two bags to try it out.
"I'll buy another candlestick and you give me two candles so we can have a candlelight dinner tonight." Ronald pointed to the candles on the counter.
The shop owner took out the candlestick and raised his thumb, indicating that Ronald knew romance.