Chapter 508: The Vase Girl (Part II)
Stan Lee, born Stanley Martin Libo, was born on December 28, 1922, in New York, to Jewish immigrants from Romania. In 1939, at the age of 16, Stanley graduated from high school. Under the introduction of his uncle, he went to work as an assistant at Timely Comics, which was the predecessor of Marvel Comics.
Since November 1961, with the assistance of his partner cartoonist Jack Bryant, he has created popular comic works such as "Fantastic Four", "Spider-Man", "Iron Man", "Thor Thor", "Hulk", "X-Men", "Doctor Strange" and "Daredevil ". In 1972, Stan Lee became the publisher and chairman of Marvel Comics.
From these descriptions, it is clear that Stan Lee is a veteran of the American comic book industry, and his heroes are close comrades-in-arms who have grown up with countless Americans, and his achievements have become an important part of American culture. But even such a big man has troubles, not for his own business, but for the New York Jets, because this famous American football team has lost again, and it has lost three in a row!
As soon as Alexander and Karen entered the café, they immediately spotted Stan Lee, although the gray-haired, casually dressed little old man had taken off his coat and was drinking coffee with another little old man, cursing at yesterday's ballgame, "Shit! Martin grew up pooping, how can he be a quarterback?" ”
"We should have Josh poaching the Giants."
Unlike Karen, who is of Dutch descent, Alexander is a New Yorker, a standard American football fan, and a former cheerleader in high school. Hearing the cursing of the two old men, Alexandre immediately found an almost excuse, "No, Martin is an excellent quarterback, but Mike's full guard and Radhalian's half-back are too inferior!" ”
“What?”
The two old men turned their heads to see that they were two beautiful girls, and shook their heads again and again: "Girl, although you are very beautiful and may have been a cheerleader, we have been watching football for forty years, and our vision will not be wrong!" ”
Alexander sat down at their table, called for two glasses of mole, and argued: "No, Mike is fast and nimble enough, but not strong enough to always let the opposing defense team tackle ......"
Karen? Mutter was drinking hot coffee, listening to American football with great interest, and felt like football fans in a Dutch pub, except that they didn't drink beer, they drank coffee.
"Yes, as long as we have three or four good running backs, under Martin's command, we can beat the San Diego Chargers and Seattle Seahawks and win the Super Bowl!"
The two old men finally persuaded Alexander, and said regretfully: "Girl, you should go to the Giants to be the head coach, Scott grew up eating poop, and no girl has any knowledge!" ”
"NO, good running backs are important members everywhere, how easy is it to poach?"
Stan? Lee shook his gray head and said angrily: "NO, the Giants are the richest team in the AFL-NFL league. They are not short of money, they are just too stingy to spend money on bringing in good players! ”
Alexander raised his coffee cup and echoed, "Eric is the most stingy boss in the world, I wish him a cerebral hemorrhage!" ”
"Cheers!"
The three of them laughed and cursed the Giants boss for his early death, and Alexander pretended not to know the two, "Sir, you know Stan?" Lee? I heard from his staff that he should be in this café. ”
"You are?"
"I'm from Los Angeles and want to buy the rights to adapt some of Marvel's comics."
"You don't know him?"
Alexander said indignantly: "Shit! I joined the company yesterday afternoon, and I let the old witch rush to New York. ”
"You don't read comics?"
"I like Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs the most, and Tom and Jerry!"
Stan Lee stroked his head and smiled wryly, this is a beautiful girl, she should have liked Barbie dolls to "Iron Man" when she was a child.
"OK, you're lucky, I'm Stan Lee."
“Oh,my,god! Sorry, Mr. Stan, I didn't recognize you, you're better than the photo."
The old man next to him said, "It's a lot sloppy, isn't it?" ”
Alexander has been following Tino long enough, and he still has basic acting skills, such as being able to turn his face red quickly.
"Sorry, I really didn't expect you to be so easy-going, I thought that a big man like you should be very majestic."
"OK, what company are you? Paramount Pictures or Universal? ”
Alexander hurriedly handed over the business card and said embarrassedly: "Sorry, I am from the Light and Shadow Company, and our boss is China Ming." ”
"No, I heard that China Ming hates white people, and although I am not racist, I don't approve of his approach. Alexander, right? Oh, my, god, you're actually a PR manager? ”
Alexander didn't know who was spreading bad words about Sun Ziming in the circle, but she had seen this kind of scene behind Tino, and quickly distinguished: "Mr. Stan, the cast and crew of "AloneHome", except for the first one directed by China, the other two films are all white from the director to the actors. Our company, except for the chairman and general manager, is all white, how can he exclude whites? Peng became the general manager because he was also the founder of the company, and even Peng's fiancée was white, so how could our company reject white people? ”
Yes? This doesn't match what he's heard, Stan? Li hurriedly asked: "Then what happened to the last time on TV that he scolded white ghosts and white garbage on the set?" ”
Out of curiosity, Karen inquired about this matter with Sun Ziming, and quickly explained: "Mr. Stan, Ming is a director who is very strict with movies, didn't he scold his compatriots when he filmed "Sniper Phone Booth"? The conflict on the set was caused by Christopher calling him a 'yellow-skinned monkey' first, and they fought. He not only scolded whites on the set, but also blacks and yellows, which is just his bad habit, and it does not mean that he rejects whites. ”
Everyone is golden, and the three of them become tigers, which is what is said. Stan? There were so many people nagging in Li's ears, and Sun Ziming was a stranger, so he believed it. Now listen to Alexander and Karen's explanation, and think about it deeper, this is indeed the case. In a society where whites are the mainstream and whites are excluded, China Ming may develop light and shadow so fast?
'Didi', Stan? Lee's phone rang, he walked to the side and listened for two or three minutes, looked at Alexander strangely, walked back and said slyly, "OK, girl, we can talk." ”
Alexander was overjoyed, and in a fit of excitement, he revealed the company's hole cards.