"My Neighbor Totoro" and "Grave of the Fireflies" were released back in April, just entered the United States in December, and are currently competing for an Oscar.

Life in the 80s was still very simple, there were no smartphones, there were no abundant Internet resources, the cinema was one of the most frequented places at night, and there were small bars.

The last time they drank, the situation is still vivid, and the two have a tacit understanding to avoid drinking again, knowing how much they drink, and most of them will end up in shame.

After checking the ticket, you will enter the viewing hall, the lights inside are still on, and there is a screening window on the back wall, so you can see people walking around.

In this era, film is still used to shoot movies, digital video cameras are only in the theoretical stage, digital cameras have appeared, but they are not available on the market for the time being, Kodak is ready to put it on the market next year, and it has been advertised everywhere recently.

As the lights went dark, Su Mu grabbed Lily's hand, most of the seats were still empty, there were too many good movies recently, people had enough room to choose, cartoons, and it was also called this cartoon, it was not popular in the United States, thinking that it was mixed with too many ideas, not suitable for children to watch, more like cartoons specially made for adults.

The music sounded, and after the simple opening ended, the first line made Su Mu's eyes widen, and the content was "In the twentieth year of Showa, on the night of September 21, I died".

Seeing the red protagonist looking at his corpse, a woman hurriedly covered her daughter's eyes and scolded how this kind of movie could be shown to children, and soon heard a voice from outside, saying that she wanted to exchange tickets to watch "My Neighbor Totoro".

It's a very attractive beginning, the story is about a warm tragedy, the tragedy of civilians brought about by the war, the protagonist's father joined the navy, he lived with his mother and sister, American bombers dropped incendiary bombs, burning their city to ashes, the protagonist's mother also died, the elder brother took the young sister to send people under the fence, and finally the younger sister fell ill and died because of lack of food and lack of nutrition.

Lily cried a lot, Su Mu was uncomfortable in his heart, the U.S. military bombed Yuben, but this kind of movie can be released in the United States, mainly because of the narrative angle of the movie, several bodyguards watched it very seriously, but during World War II, the United States Pearl Harbor was attacked, mainly because they suffered by themselves, and it was difficult to arouse the sense of identity of Americans, but it was a pity that the children and most civilians were innocent, but they lost their lives because of the war.

I didn't know that Lily was so emotional, and after watching this "Grave of the Fireflies" with Su Mu in her arms, her eyes were red from crying, and when she came out of the theater, Su Mu stood in front of the promotional poster of this movie.

Before watching the movie, he thought it was all fireflies, but after watching the movie, he felt that some of the points of light were incendiary bombs, and there were bomber figures in the sky, which made him very uncomfortable, so he didn't add fuel to the fire, and told Lily about this discovery.

"The protagonists are so pitiful, they are still just children, what is the fault of suffering from this?" Lily asked Su Mu, a Chinese born in the United States, who obviously asked the wrong person.

Su Mu patted her on the shoulder and said, "I'm Chinese, how much can you expect me to sympathize with them? If it weren't for the ambition of some people to try to dominate Asia and invade my motherland, as well as South Korea and other places, what happened in this movie wouldn't have happened."

I think the director is complaining about the cruelty of war, persuading people to advocate peace, a very good movie, we Chinese have a saying that roughly means, what kind of seeds are planted, what kind of fruits will grow, you only know that those two children are pitiful, go to Chinatown and ask the old people who have experienced that era, they will tell you what the country where my ancestors lived suffered something. ”

“...... Sorry, I probably know that history, they were fascist invaders. ”

"Yes, more than 3 million people were killed in the war, a tenth of the death toll of my compatriots, and the civilians of Ben suffered, and before their soldiers slaughtered the inhabitants of a large city in my homeland, and 300,000 innocent civilians died as a result. ”

When the U.S. military dropped the atomic bomb, the Chinese Americans applauded, the scene was more lively than the New Year, and they only hated that the two atomic bombs were too few.

The topic was so heavy that he laughed and said, "Shall I send you home now?" and let's watch another movie at Christmas, and the next time we watch a comedy, we can laugh until we can't stand up straight." ”

"Listen to you, it's time to go home. ”

Lily said casually, she didn't know what Su Mu was talking about, the massacre was not internationally known, and even doubted its authenticity.

As a girlfriend, she doesn't even understand the history of the Sumu ethnic group, she feels that this is her own dereliction of duty, and vaguely seems to understand the reason why the Chinese are so cautious, for example, Su Mu just asked if five percent is too little, and in other Americans, most of them will only think if it is too much, which is also a lack of confidence.

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Since Thanksgiving, the shopping season has begun.

Qian Helberg came to Su Mu for two days in a row to discuss with the company's largest shareholder about going public and developing in Asia, as well as discussing this year's dividends.

Qugou supermarket will be listed on the New York Stock Exchange, because it is an American company, the listing requirements are not so strict, the rules for many overseas companies are stricter, as of December, Qugou pre-tax profit is as high as more than 90 million US dollars, net profit is also more than 30 million US dollars, as for the 300 shareholders of this article, the investment bank acting for the listing will help to solve.

IPO and listing belong to two concepts, Su Mu understands this aspect better, and took the time to find investment banking staff to deal with some of the backlog of procedures, and the first listed company founded by himself is about to appear, and he is accumulating experience.

The next step is to list the Spider mailbox as a whole, and absorb funds from the society for the development of the company, and now they all rely on Su Mu to invest with their own money, only one project is okay, and the next few projects are estimated to be loss-making.

He was worried that he would drag himself down, so it was better to borrow the money of the shareholders to develop them, and this time Su Mu was not dark-hearted, and only planned to keep half of their shares.

Occasionally took the time to meet with Lily, and on the 22nd, he rushed to Menlo Park, convened the employees to hold an annual meeting, spent a total of more than 800,000 US dollars on Penguin, ordered some simple small gifts for them, and Su Mu also personally rewarded a dozen executives with a small amount of Penguin shares.

Blake discussed the scale of dividends with Li Ping'an and Su Mu, which only accounted for 0.6% of Penguin's equity, which was announced by Su Mu at the annual meeting.

The Christmas holidays are coming soon, and it's even more boring than expected.

On Christmas Eve, Su Dingcai stewed potatoes with turkey, which can be regarded as creating a new way to eat turkey on Christmas.

When she returned to her room in the evening, she thought she should find a place to travel for a few days, and she planned to call Lily with her, but she and her family went to France to visit the famous wine estate she inherited, so she called her friends.

Li Ping'an made an appointment with the girl, and Du Zhong also had something to do, but no one had time to travel with him......