Chapter subtitled: The First Sound Film

"Auntie, our women's family must be cautious in choosing a husband. But you can't listen to it and believe it. ”

Wei Mingzhu glanced at his niece disdainfully, and said in his heart, you were fascinated by the state box in a Paris Opera House, and you still have the face to say that your aunt and me?

The reason why Huang Huilan, the real daughter, would marry a widower like Gu Weijun with an oil bottle, in addition to Lao Gu's outstanding talent and fame, the honor she enjoyed as a senior diplomat greatly satisfied Miss Huang Er's vanity.

For example, when they go to the opera house, they can sit in a first-class box, and almost no Chinese in these years can enjoy this kind of treatment. It was at that time that Huang Huilan realized that this kind of glory and privilege could not be bought by her father with no amount of money. That's why she agreed to Gu Weijun's marriage proposal so quickly.

In fact, the life after marriage is similar to what she thought, this noble lady followed Lao Gu to Buckingham Palace to attend a ball, talked and laughed with George V, attended the inauguration ceremony of the United States Imperial Commander, etc., and went in and out of Europe and the United States almost every day.

Our Miss Wei Mingzhu can't look down on this kind of flashy and empty things outside the body, and the ideal husband in her mind is to "lead the knife into a fast and live up to the head of the youth." Mr. Zhaoming. So let's not say it's our Master Yuan, even her nephew and son-in-law, Brother Shaochuan, are a bit LO.

The Marianna, carrying the two beauties, the second son of Wu and the special envoy of King Wilhelm II, finally crossed the Pacific Ocean, and the cruise ship was supposed to arrive in New York on December 13 as originally planned. However, because of the "Bloody Sunday", the Irish dock workers staged a general strike, so they delayed in Queenshaven for several days, and did not arrive at their destination New York until five days later, on the 18th.

Along the way, Huang Huilan has been encouraging her little aunt not to make hasty decisions because of other people's one-sided words, so she always has to meet that Yuan Yanqi.

Miss Wei said lazily, "Okay, Huilan." I see, I'll talk about it then. ”

"Auntie, how can you say it again......"

"Woo woo woo ......"

"Huilan, it's time for us to get ready to disembark!"

The ship's whistle sounded, and the Mariana cruise ship slowly entered the berth. Next, as first-class guests, they were given priority to transfer to the barge and go ashore and enter the U.S. Customs.

You must know that at this time, the United States is extremely strict with the entry and exit control of Chinese, for example, international students like Yuan Yanqian will be deported once they are found to be working. After graduation, international students are even less eligible for employment in the United States. Of course, it would be a different matter if he went to work for Mr. George Baker at the First National Bank of New York, as Master Yuan did.

The same is true for merchants. Chinese businessmen entering the U.S. must be shareholders or above, regardless of whether you are a manager, a financial or technical person. And the people who run restaurants, cigarette factories, hat and shoe makers, and tailor shops are not businessmen. When a Chinese businessman in the United States wants to return to China, he must find two non-Chinese witnesses to prove that he has not engaged in any occupation other than his own industry, otherwise he will not be able to enter the country again.

In addition to the above two, only officials and travelers are allowed to enter. The problem is that Chinese who can travel to North America these years are either rich or expensive, and they can easily get official status or diplomatic visas.

Huang Huilan is the wife of a genuine minister in the United States, and Wei Mingzhu is the aunt of the wife of a genuine minister in the United States...... Well, diplomats. This group of people all had diplomatic visas, plus there were officials from the consulate in the United States, so it was easy to set foot on the land of democracy and freedom in the United States.

"Mrs. Gu, the humble position is Luo Jiaxiang, the first secretary of the Consulate General in New York."

"Mr. Luo, I didn't expect you to come to pick us up in person, it's so polite."

This kind of opportunity to be courteous to the wife of his immediate boss, will Master Yuan's Uncle Luo Shi miss it, of course not. So he received a telegram from the ship, and estimated that he would be waiting for them at the docks in the day.

"Mrs. Gu, let me introduce you, this is the second secretary ......, this is the military attache in the United States, ......, and this is ...... Nephew Luo Puxiang. ”

Luo Jiaxiang lowered his voice and said, "The nephew is Yuan Hongji's friend. ”

Huang Huilan looked at the crowd of people waiting for her, and asked quietly, "Why didn't Mr. Yuan come?" ”

Luo Puxiang said a little proudly: "Mrs. Gu, Brother Hongjian made an appointment with Mr. Edison today to go to his laboratory. is really a flawless clone, so that the contemptible people come to Mrs. Gu and ...... Well, apologies. ”

"Mr. Edison?" Huang Huilan asked in surprise, "Is that Mr. Edison?" ”

"Mr. Edison, this is my special scientific advisor, Mr. Tesla, I think you know each other, hahaha......"

Mr. Edison, even Mr. Edison Jr., of course, recognized Nikola Tesla. Only Theodore Edison was present today, and Mr. Edison Sr. would not have risked being slapped in the face again and came over to meet Master Yuan. Fortunately, he didn't come, otherwise he would see an old opponent with a good complexion, and his condition would definitely worsen a little.

Theodore's temper was much better than his old man's, and he finally didn't leave immediately. He still shook hands with Master Yuan and his scientific advisor and "Lord Tower" with a stiff face.

However, his temper was not good enough to warmly welcome his father's enemies, and he only heard little Mr. Edison say coldly: "Mr. Yuan, we have completed the table cabinet radio and truck radio you 'invented', just see for yourself over there." ”

Theodore glanced at Frankenstein: "If you have any questions, I think Mr. Tesla is enough to answer them for you." I still have something to do, so I'll miss ......."

Our Master Yuan raised his hand to stop, "Mr. Edison, apart from these two things, are you ready for the request I asked Mr. Baker to convey?" ”

Theodore replied angrily, "Are you talking about sound movie recording equipment?" Well, it's in the warehouse next door. The warehouse was also vacated at Louis's orders. ”

Yuan Yanqian nodded happily and said, "That's good." ”

He turned to his male secretary and said, "Yuri, let the workers go directly to the warehouse next door." We were on a tight schedule and had to finish filming before Christmas, so we asked them to start working right away. ”

Little Mr. Edison didn't want to deal more with this hateful Chinese, but the curiosity of the young man made him can't help but ask: "Mr. Yuan, what are you doing here?" ”

"Set up!" Our Master Yuan replied casually.

"Set up?" Theodore was stunned when he heard this, "You want to make a movie?" Right inside our warehouse? ”

"yes, I'm ...... To be exact, director Lillian Gish is going to make a movie in your warehouse! ”

"You say this film is played by Miss Lillian Gish?"

"I said this film was directed by Miss Lillian Gish!"