Chapter 22 Hollowing out the stubborn old man's family
When it comes to Old Donn's strong domineering, Jerry feels a little incredible.
In the United States, a country that advocates freedom and democracy, the old man's paternalistic style is obviously incompatible with it, but he has done it in a bright way.
Old Don not only has three nominal wives, but also two lovers/people in private, although only Grandma Jerry has the legal formalities, but they have been serving a husband for a long time, and they are still in love with each other after being old husbands and wives, and the family is very harmonious.
The people do not raise officials and do not hold them accountable.
Democracies also have to respect the will of their citizens as long as they wish, and do not hinder others anyway.
This kind of thing has long been commonplace throughout the ages, with different skin colors, but they are all earthlings.
As long as they are people, they are all the same in terms of selfishness, the difference is skin color, wealth, power and status, the same is that they all have selfishness, possessiveness is not bad, and no one is much more noble than the other.
It's just a matter of going his own way in his love life, and the old man is also tough and domineering in handling family affairs.
Jerry's mother, Lady Sally, is a prime example.
When the son dies, the daughter-in-law is not allowed to remarry, but she can remarry if she wants, leaving the children of the Tang family and leaving the house.
This is a typical oriental traditional thought, a completely unreasonable paternalistic style, and this is exactly the consistent way that Old Tang En has done in dealing with the internal affairs of the family.
Decades have passed.
Old Tang En is still as healthy as ever, in the business operation he keeps up with the trend, keeps pace with the times, and is not conservative at all, but in the internal disputes within the family, his style has always remained the same, what feminist movement, freedom and democracy are useless to him, and when he enters the door of the Tang family, he has to follow the rules he set, and it is not easy for the president to come.
In fact, Jerry can understand the old man's way of doing things, which family direct members do not have a bunch of romances, and how many people can do it from the beginning to the end now...... Very rare!
The old man keeps pace with the times and does things, is an upright man, and if he is willing to follow his woman, he will not treat others badly, except for a legal formality, the women who follow him are treated equally, and they don't need to hide it as if they were unsightly, they are all placed on the bright side, and they live in the old Towne Manor in New York in a dignified manner.
However, the old man's treatment of Lady Sally made Jerry feel a little too much and too domineering!
So much so that Jerry's uncles have great opinions about Old Donn, and they don't usually interact much, for example, although Brian Lord has a good relationship with Jerry, as long as there are members of the Don family present, he usually says hello and leaves, and does not stay long.
But this is all the decision of the elders, and Jerry can't intervene and can't change the established facts, so he easily won't bring up the old family affairs, which have little to do with him anyway.
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on the dining table.
"Fresh veal steak, Mila accompanied me to buy it in the afternoon, eat more Jerry, I haven't seen you for a long time, I can't even recognize you when I see you."
Dinner had already been eaten for half an hour, and Sally and Mira had already eaten it, but the chef was constantly adding new dishes that made the already sumptuous dinner even more extravagant.
Mother Sally sat next to Jerry, while serving him vegetables, while watching him eat with a smile, that loving and loving gaze almost melted Jerry, so that Mira, who was sitting opposite, looked very envious, and began to miss her mother.
"Mom, that's an exaggeration! How can it be as serious as you say? β
Jerry's face turned a little bitter after hearing this, and he said while eating: "However, in order to shoot this film, I did lose more than a dozen pounds, otherwise I would be too strong to shoot the desired effect." β
Sally smiled happily, "I'm not mistaken, you're really much thinner than before, more than a dozen pounds, I feel sorry to think about it." However, Jerry, you can take acting so seriously, and Mom is very happy, which shows that you have really grown up and are not as naughty as before. Very well done and mom is proud of you. β
After a pause, filling Jerry's plate again, Sally continued: "But, Jerry, I must remind you that suddenly losing a dozen pounds at your age is very harmful to your body, and your mother does not encourage you to do this, at least not yet, and in a few years, when the body grows to the peak, I will not be verbose." Remember Jerry, cherish your body, and don't squander it without knowing moderation when you're young. β
After saying that, Sally glanced at Mila intentionally or unintentionally, obviously Mila had changed too much during this time, which attracted Sally's attention.
Mira was originally just young and beautiful, tall and sexy, her skin was not too good, her pores were relatively large, and there were a few small freckles on both sides of her nose, which were difficult to find without looking closely, but they were clearly visible when they came into contact with each other.
Sally had talked to Mira before, and Sally herself was engaged in film and television production teaching, and was very sensitive to the actor's body appearance and image temperament, and her professional habits prompted her to notice Mira's appearance and small imperfections on her skin when they first met.
However, when they meet again after two months, Sally discovers that Mira has changed drastically.
The already slender waist has become more and more slender, but the bust has obviously increased a lot, she used to be 34B, but now it has increased by at least one yard, and it has become 36B.
The figure is getting better and better, and it is difficult for people who are not familiar with it to notice, and the most intuitive changes come from Mira's skin and temperament.
Mira's previously slightly coarse pores and small freckles under the corners of her eyes are all gone, her skin is fair and delicate, delicate and smooth, her cheeks are white and red, and her brows, which were still green, are now completely stretched out, becoming more and more delicate and lovely, extremely pleasing, so that even people who have opinions about her will not hate her.
For example, at this moment, Mrs. Sally, seeing that her son Jerry has lost so much weight during this time, combined with the fact that Mila has completed the transformation from a young girl to a charming young woman during this period, Mrs. Sally naturally knows what happened between them, and subconsciously blames Mila for the reason for her son's loss.
However, Mira's delicate and sweet appearance makes Sally unable to complain about her, but likes her very much, because she is the first girlfriend brought to him by her precious son.
Seeing that Mira has changed so much, Sally can't help but be a little envious, so she took advantage of the opportunity to go out with Mila to buy groceries at noon and said some private words to Mira.
Mira's answer makes Sally very happy, because Jerry has fulfilled his father's long-cherished wish and received the most precious inheritance of the Donn family.
What is the most precious thing for the Donne?
Mrs. Sally has been the daughter-in-law of the Tang family for 20 years, so she naturally understands that this inheritance is the old man's mastery.
In Sally's opinion, the Tang family's mastery is a special ability similar to a special function, as for the specific content, she has no way of knowing, because the Tang family only passes on this strange ability to the male of the lineage, and it is taught by the old Tang En himself, and he never pretends to others.
Jerry's father also learned this kung fu before his death, but unfortunately he was stuck on the basic threshold for more than 30 years, and he couldn't break through until he died.
As Sally, who once faced her father-in-law in court, although she has a deep prejudice against Old Tangen, she is very in awe of the old man in her heart, because in her mind, Old Tangen is a very amazing strange person.
The magic of Old Tang En is not only that he found five women who followed him with all his heart, but more importantly, Old Tang En almost laid down the huge family business of the Don family with his bare hands.
The reason why I say "almost" is because Jerry's grandmother came from a famous family.
The Gannett family is the newspaper tycoons in the United States, so the elder Donn initially used the family power behind Jerry's grandmother, Miss Gannett, to gain a foothold in the United States, and then created the Donn family on the North American continent.
Sally accepted the conditions offered by the elder Donn, chose to raise Jerry together, never remarried, and then took over her husband's career, for more than ten years, she did not spend too much effort in Jerry's growth, but instead transferred all her energy to her career, focusing on two things, while taking over the news newspaper founded by her husband, while continuing her own education career.
After more than ten years of hard work, Sally can now be called a strong woman with a successful career, so she can fully imagine how difficult it was for the old Donn to start a business from scratch.
To this day, Sally still has a lot of complaints about the old man's personality, but she is not convinced, but she is convinced.
Look at Jerry's five grandmothers, the youngest is over sixty years old, but she is still deaf and blind, and her body is tough, and the years seem to have a special preference for them, and she looks not much older than Sally's daughter-in-law, and she still has her charm.
Seeing the dramatic change in Mira, Sally knew that her son had succeeded, and at the age of eighteen he had achieved something that his father had never achieved in his lifetime in carrying on the family legacy.
Compared with money and fame, Sally, who has passed the age of destiny, values her son Jerry's achievements in inheriting the family heirloom, and it is best to hollow out all the old Donne's ability to press the bottom of the box, and then surpass him in an all-round way, so that the stubborn old man knows how good my son Sally is, so that the stubborn old man will be envious, jealous and hateful!
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After dinner, Mira, accompanied by a housekeeper, visited this super mansion the size of Little Towne's estate.
In the hall, Jerry tells his mother, Sally, that Mila wants to go to the academy to further her education, and wants to hear what she thinks of his film.
"Systematic learning performance?" Sally was surprised and looked at Jerry with a smile, "Mira has a lot of ideas, it's a very smart decision, isn't it?" β
βWhatοΌβ Jerry was a little stunned, puzzled by his mother's words.
Sally shook her head with a smile and said, "If you don't explain, you will understand slowly." I'm in favor of her studying for a while, and if there is a suitable opportunity, I will also recommend her to audition for some film crews, let her stay with me, and by the way, let my mother help you check whether she is worthy of my precious son. Hehehe! β
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