In the ballroom of the Taj Mahal Hotel in Mumbai, waiters are making final preparations.

Rakesh Roth Khan found his deputy, also nephew Nick Roth Khan, and asked, "Are you all ready?"

Nick Roth Khan, wearing a pair of gold-rimmed glasses and a face full of shrewdness, said, "Ready." Aishwarya Rai accepted the invitation and will be there soon. In addition, I also found one of the contestants of this year's Miss India contest who is very good-looking, and I will be able to arrive in five minutes. ”

Rakesh-Roth Khan was still a little uneasy: "Are they okay?"

"Aishwarya Rai's new film has our investment, and although we can't force her to do anything, we introduce a few American friends to her, and she's happy to come over. Nick Roth Khan said simply: "Another, with our relationship in the Miss India judges, there is no problem in ensuring that she makes it to the top 10, and she is willing to pay for it." ”

Rakesh-Roth Khan was satisfied and nodded slightly.

Nick Roth Khan said, "Ronan Anderson and Sand Sea Entertainment are worth it? As far as I know, it's just a small Hollywood company, not as big as DreamWorks, and if we work with them, will it be risky?"

Rakesh-Roth Khan looks at his nephew with an appreciative gaze, does not blindly obey, does not trust others easily, these are all advantages.

"It's just a preliminary contact now, and we'll see if we want to cooperate. Rakesh-Roth Khan said appreciatively, "Although Robert Lee has told us about the project, will this alone get us tens of millions of dollars in investment?"

He whispered: "We have been planning to enter Hollywood since a year and a half ago, but we couldn't find a suitable investment channel, small productions are not worth our investment, big productions don't need our investment, DreamWorks is not sincere enough, Ronan Anderson is an opportunity." But whether this opportunity is suitable for us or not, it will be carefully observed. ”

Nick Roth Khan nodded, "I know what to do." ”

As soon as he was about to leave, Rakesh-Rohan grabbed him and said, "You have studied in the United States and worked in Los Angeles, and I will hand over the main work to you this time." ”

"Americans are not reliable, and Hollywood people are even more so. Although Nick Roth Khan's work in the United States has nothing to do with the film industry, he knows something about it: "If they can't provide us with a guaranteed investment opportunity, my advice is to give up rather than invest rashly." ”

Rakesh-Roth Khan said: "We'll see what happens. ”

A woman of about twenty-five years old walked in at this time, and Nick Roth Khan stepped forward to greet him, and it was not long before another girl of seventeen or eighteen years old arrived.

Ten minutes later, a small team of Ronan, George, Robert, Garcia, and Sterling also arrived in the ballroom.

It was a formal business meeting, with presentations by Robert and Nick Roth Khan on both sides.

There were five people on Ronan's side, and there were also five people on the other side, in addition to Rakesh Roth Khan and Nick Roth Khan's uncle and nephew, there was another Mountain Foundation executive.

As for the two women, it seems that they are here to be embellishments.

"This is Miss Aishwarya Ray, one of the most famous actresses in Bollywood at the moment. Nick Roth Khan introduced Ronan and others: "This is Priyanka Chopra, who is participating in the Miss India audition. ”

Ronan shook hands with the two women one by one, and looked at the two at the same time, just glancing at Aishwarya Rai, and his eyes fell on Priyanka Chopra.

In fact, Ronan doesn't know much about Indian movies, and the Indian star he has heard the most is the Indian Andy Lau, a popular Bollywood actress in this era, and he has never heard of it.

Priyanka Chopra, he has this name in his impression, so he deliberately took a second look, with long breasts and thighs and a beautiful face, and her appearance is biased towards Western white women, but it is very recognizable, and people can know that this is an Indian beauty when they look at it.

Indian women have a very low status, what does it mean that these two people appear at a banquet?

Although Aishwarya Rai and Priyanka Chopra were fluent in English and had no communication problems at all, Ronan didn't say much to them beyond polite greetings.

Even, Ronan has a certain wariness of these two women.

In his cognition, the imagination of male superiority and inferiority in Indian society is very serious, a Bollywood actress, a beauty contestant, appears in this kind of place, just to be a companion?

India's upper class is basically Westernized, and many of the meals at the dinner are rich in Indian cuisine, but in a typical Western way.

A few people chatted while eating.

Occasionally, at the suggestion of Rakesh-Roth Khan, the two sides would raise a toast together.

I don't know if it's an illusion, Ronan always feels that Priyanka Chopra is secretly watching him.

Taking advantage of Rakesh-Roth Khan's free time with Garcia to discuss the release of Hollywood films, Robert leaned over to Ronan and said in a low voice, "The Indians are going to use beauty tricks on you." ”

Ronan didn't answer, the two sides have not had substantive contact, and even the initial cooperation intention has not been reached, saying that these messes are too early.

But he still glanced at Aishwarya Rai and Priyanka Chopra, India's heart is not dead!

Robert has a point, these two women are likely to be sugar-coated shells.

What to do with sugar-coated shells?

Ronan thought about what was happening in London, and that a hunter could not become a prey.

It's a formal business dinner, and even if Indian women are of low status and Bollywood messes more than Hollywood, it's not going to be too bloody.

Ronan's energy is still focused on dealing with Rakesh Roth Khan and Nick Roth Khan.

"So Nick, you also graduated from the University of Southern California?" Ronan raised his glass and gestured to Nick Rothhan, "We are alumni, and I studied at USC Film School. ”

Nick Roth Khan was a little surprised that alumni are a very peculiar social relationship, and he quickly had a drink with Ronan and said, "I studied in the School of Public Policy. ”

Ronan immediately searched Anderson Jr.'s memories and asked, "Do you know Professor Al Young?"

Nick Roth Khan immediately answered: "I used to be my mentor, but only for one academic year. ”

Ronan smiled and said, "I have taken electives with Professor Alyang, and he has been friends with my mentor, Professor Johnson, for many years. ”

"Are you a student of Professor Johnson?" Nick Roth Khan was a little surprised: "I have read many of Professor Johnson's essays on Hollywood films, which have helped me a lot in my current work. ”

Ronan said: "The professor's research in film theory is also of the highest level in the entire American film industry. ”

The two chatted about all kinds of interesting stories and rumors about the University of Southern California, as if they had found a common language, and they would raise a glass and drink together when they were happy.

But Ronan saw very clearly that this was only a superficial phenomenon.

The two sides did not talk about work for the time being, and everyone here could speak fluent English, and most of them had a background of studying in the United Kingdom and the United States, so the atmosphere of the banquet was extremely warm for a while.

Aishwarya Rae also chatted with Ronan in the middle, roughly asking about the development space of Hollywood minority actresses.

In contrast, Priyanka Chopra may be a little silent because of her youth and experience.

In the middle, Ronan went to the bathroom, perhaps because the Taj Mahal Hotel was built too early, and there was no independent bathroom in the banquet hall.

Walking into the public restroom, Ronan suddenly thought of an Indian film he had seen in his previous life, revolving around the simplest toilet which is also one of the basic signs of human civilization, an Indian family is like a war, and the heroine once had to get divorced in order to build a toilet at home.

It must be said that it is difficult to imagine such a situation without being in this country.

It can only be said that the poorer you are, the more backward you are, and the more backward you are, the more ignorant you are.

Just like Ronan's hometown city in the previous life, the wealthy urban areas don't care about how much the bride price, but more to ask for a bride price, but those poorer places want more, such as "three catties and three taels" and the like.

Ronan came out of the bathroom and washed his hands at the sink, and someone came out of the women's bathroom, but it was Priyanka Chopra.

"Mr. Anderson. Priyanka Chopra offered to say hello.

Ronan nodded and smiled, "Hello, Miss Chopra." ”

He politely waited for Priyanka Chopra to wash his hands, and walked towards the banquet hall together, Priyanka Chopra is not very old, but her figure is excellent, like an Indian actress, as long as she looks beautiful, she is very sexy.

Could it be that this is a characteristic of Indian high-caste women?

Ronan asked softly, "I just heard Miss Chopra say that she spent time in the United States?"

"I went to middle school in the U.S. for a while. Priyanka Chopra replied, "Newton North High School in Massachusetts and North Scarleta High School in Iowa only came back from the United States earlier this year. ”

Ronan asked curiously, "To participate in a beauty pageant?"

Priyanka Chopra didn't speak, and Ronan added, "It's me who took the liberty of it." ”

"It doesn't matter. Priyanka Chopra smiled: "I ...... I wanted to be an actor, and I tried it in Hollywood during the summer vacation, but I never found the opportunity, but then I heard about this competition, so I signed up. ”

She explained: "In India, if you can do well in beauty pageants, you can quickly become an actress, and Aishwarya Rai has followed that path. ”

Ronan nodded, and when he arrived at the door of the banquet hall, he took the initiative to open the door like a gentleman, let Priyanka Chopra go in first, and followed him into the banquet hall.

The atmosphere of this dinner was excellent, and in the second half of the banquet, the two sides also briefly tried to cooperate, it can be said that both sides have the sincerity of cooperation, Ronan needs funds to complete "Spy Shadow", and the Mountain Foundation wants to enter Hollywood to do international business.

The banquet ended in a warm and peaceful atmosphere, and the two sides agreed to formally discuss cooperation the next morning.