Chapter subtitle: To be a man is to be Harveystein!

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"Mr. Yuan, when the girls go to touch up their makeup, I want to talk to you about the script."

They had a late-night snack in the restaurant attached to the famous Waldorf Astoria Hotel, where Kennedy Sr. stayed.

"Mr. Kennedy, I must know everything about 'The Orphan Girl of Famine.'"

"Yuan ...... That, can I call you Neo? ”

"Of course, then I'll call you Johnson."

Although it is not as complicated as the Seris people at this time, the names between foreigners are indeed a bit exquisite.

Calling each other Mr/Ms(and other titles like Dr, Sir, Lady, Madam) plus First Name (surname) is the most formal and unfamiliar way to call each other. Professor Chandler, for example, calls his students Mr. XXX.

If you are familiar with it, you will be able to call each other Last Name, just like the way these two gentlemen call each other now.

If you are closer, you can use a nickname, which is the abbreviation of Last Name. Miss Ainuka Rochelle is known as "Ann". Mr. Louis-Baker's "Louie" also means that.

If it is a very close relative, you can use your middle name. For example, FDR is called "Draenor" by his family.

JFK's father smiled meaningfully and said, "Neo, your script is wonderful, I don't have anything to ask." What I want to ask is "Twelve" ......"

"Twelve?" Master Yuan was slightly taken aback and said, "Johnson, what's wrong with this script?" ”

Kennedy Sr. smiled and waved his hand, "No, of course this script is also wonderful. I mean, I want to ask you, if there's still a script like this, can you sell it to me? Of course, the price is easy to say. ”

This guy is really a profiteer with a very low lower limit, so he's here to dig the foot of the wall. No wonder it came later...... It should have been done by now in collusion with gangsters to smuggle bootlegging from Canada and Cuba to the United States.

He kind of understood that this guy felt that the investment in "Famine Orphan Girl" was too big, so the future was not very clear. But I wanted to enter the film industry again, so I came to collude with myself in private.

If you want to talk about movie scripts, Yuan Yanqian naturally has them, and it doesn't matter if you give away a few classic scripts for nothing.

But why would he do this, just because this guy is the chairman of the Bank of Boston or the father of JFK?

Master Yuan is now backed by the Morgan consortium and doesn't care much about the Bank of Boston. As for JFK, that's a matter of the future, not to mention that this kid will definitely become the commander of the United States.

But then again. In the original timeline, Kennedy Sr. became U.S. ambassador to Britain in 1937. Let an Irish Catholic be the ambassador of England, I have to say that FDR still has a little "sense of humor".

Moreover, the ambassador to Britain was not optimistic about Britain and France at all, but had a good impression of Germany. Not only did he support the policy of appeasement towards Germany, but in 1940 he wrote to Roosevelt advising him not to provide military aid to Britain and France.

It is a pity that FDR did not listen to his advice, but recalled him back to the country and never gave him any political office again. The elder Kennedy disappeared from politics ever since.

If he would still be ambassador to Britain in 1937 on this timeline, then Kennedy Sr. would really be worth wooing.

"Boom!"

Yuan Yanqian lit a cigar and took advantage of this gap to sort out his thoughts.

Refusal must not be refused, but if he wants to give away those classic scripts, Master Yuan is reluctant in his heart......

"Gentlemen, what are you talking about? Can you tell us? ”

At this moment, the two little beauties had finished their makeup and returned to the dining table.

"Of course, I'm asking Mr. Yuan to write a script for me." Kennedy Sr. said without hesitation.

"Really?" Miss Suzie's eyes lit up and she said, "Mr. Yuan, what are you going to write in this script?" ”

Miss Morman on the side also showed a curious look.

"Hehe......" Master Yuan said with a dry laugh, "Mr. Kennedy sees me as the kind of magician who makes something out of nothing." In fact, whether it is writing a script or not, it all needs inspiration. Seriously, I almost ran out of inspiration after "Famine Orphans" and "A Song of Ice and Fire." Even if I wanted to, I wouldn't be able to write for a while......"

Hearing this, all three people at the table showed disappointed looks.

Speaking of this, Yuan Yanqian couldn't help but move in her heart, and said: "I'm really exhausted of inspiration, but there are still some ...... ideas."

His expression became serious, and he asked, "Have you seen "Twelve"? ”

"Of course I did." All three nodded at the same time.

"Twelve" is a hot spot in New York recently, and it is really both popular and popular. Because there is currently only one professional sound movie theater in the whole of New York, and the total number of seats is less than 1,000, the venue is full.

The continuous broadcast from morning to midnight could not meet the needs of the audience, so the standing seats could only be opened, so it was difficult to find even prime-time standing tickets.

When old Edison saw such a grand scene, he couldn't care about the disagreement with Yuan Yanqian.

Edison and DreamWorks are jointly funding the construction of a second sound movie theater in New York. Other theater owners with their brains are following suit, approaching Edison to renovate their theaters.

However, there are still a few forward-thinking people now, after all, renovating the theater is not a small investment.

Seeing this situation, our Master Yuan began to consciously introduce the concept of "theater chain".

You must know that although the American film industry is thriving, there is no concept of theaters at this time.

There are three phases in the history of American film screening. The first period was the "Nickelodeon Cinema" period from 1905 to 1915.

In 1905, the first nickelodeon theater in the United States appeared in Pittsburgh. THE CINEMA WAS NAMED "FIVE IMMORTALS CINEMA", NICKELODEON. IT IS A COMBINATION OF THE WORD NICKEL FOR ADMISSION AND THE WORD ODEON IN GREEK. The "Five Cents" is the American five-cent coin, so it is also called the "nickel coin theater".

Cinema owner and real estate agent John? John and his brother-in-law Harry? Harry Davis, the two owners, advertised this low fare. As a result, from 8 a.m. to night, the theater was full of 96 seats, nickel coins were rolling, and the average weekly income was more than 1,000 yuan.

The main customers of the "Nickelodeon Cinema" are American immigrants from the poorest strata of society. The success of the "Nickelodeon Theater" soon set off a wave of imitation in the United States, which not only brought huge economic income to the United States, but also greatly stimulated the American distribution, projection and production industry. By 1906, there were an estimated 100 screening venues in Pittsburgh alone, and by 1908, there were 8,000 to 10,000 theaters of the same format in the United States.

The founders of the "5 Cents Cinema" were mostly recent immigrants, especially Jews who had fled Central Europe, including shoemakers, merchants, and workers. Some of these people went on to become big names in the film industry.

From 1915 onwards, it entered the second phase, that is, the "Palais du Cinéma" period.

These movie places are a bit similar to the movie theaters of later generations, and they are extremely luxurious, so some children think that they have come to heaven. And these theaters have at least 2,000 seats, and up to 5,000, which is more opera than an opera house.

This marked the transformation of American cinema from the entertainment of the people at the bottom to the hobby of the upper middle classes of society. Tickets have also risen from five cents to more than a dollar. You must know that at this time, the "migrant workers" and "factory girls" in the United States did not earn more than four or five dollars a week.

The first movie palace was the "Central Park Theater" in Chicago, and the owner Balaban Katz built three movie theaters of the same size in Chicago in a row, which can be described as a daily profit.

Then in 1925, it entered the stage of a national chain of cinemas.

Mr. Katz formed an alliance with Laski, the largest production company in Hollywood at the time, not only to consolidate the film base of his cinemas, but also to further expand the theater chain.

The Famous Players Lasky Corporation was the predecessor of Paramount Pictures. The Balaban-Katz system was transformed into the Paramount Theatre Company. The first real cinema chain in the United States was officially formed.

Yes, he was also a Jew. It has to be said that the Jews did add a lot of points in business.

In fact, this is also a microcosm of the establishment of chain commerce in the United States. The national chain of merchants first appeared in the food and retail industries, then quickly expanded to pharmaceuticals, automobiles, gas stations and clothing stores, and eventually affected the film projection industry.

Therefore, the emergence of Yuan Yanqi is a period of development from the second stage to the third stage of the American film projection industry. He can just "cut off a beard".

At this time, Master Yuan was backed by Wall Street financial capital, and was an alliance with Edison, which held the patent rights of sound films, and also had the largest director in the United States at this time.

If he doesn't build his own cinema chain, but watches the Jews grow bigger in this industry, he won't let himself go.

So under his promotion, Edison and DreamWorks Pictures formally established a cooperative relationship, and established their own theater company, United Theater Company, and the head of this company is the youngest son of the old Edison, Theodore Edison, so the relationship between him and the old Edison has actually eased.

Although there are currently only two theaters under the umbrella of United Theatre Company, they are starting to buy other theaters and renovate them with the help of Wall Street money.

This is also Master Yuan's big means to truly change the direction of the development direction of the American film industry and prevent Hollywood from falling into the hands of Jews!

Compared with this big event, then "Twelve" guides public opinion to be a small CASE.

Because the film caused public opinion about the Dempsey case to ferment again, New York City District Attorney Donald Ramsey had to return the case to the NYPD and ask them to give new evidence. Now it seems that if there is no major breakthrough in the case, Mrs. Temples may be acquitted.

"Well, you've seen it." Our Master Yuan nodded and said, "So what do you think is the biggest benefit of sound movies?" ”

"Is this ......," said Mr. Kennedy Sr., puzzled, "isn't it a conversation?" ”

Yuan Yanqian took a puff of his cigar, shook his head and denied: "Johnson, of course not. ”

Miss Moman reacted, clapped her little hands and said excitedly, "Music! Sound movies can combine music and story! ”

"Da!"

Master Yuan snapped his fingers and said, "Clever girl! That's right, sound movies allow the audience to hear the music in addition to the actors' dialogues. This is not the random soundtrack in the cinema before, but the real movie soundtrack. So ......"

He looked at the three people in front of him and said, "Have you thought of it?" ”

“Music…… Movie......" the trio said in unison, "Musical movie!" ”

"That's right." Yuan Yanqian smiled and nodded, "Johnson, if you want to make a movie, you can make a musical movie." ”

"That's a great idea!" The two little girls said excitedly.

"What about this......" Kennedy Sr. was still a little hesitant.

"Johnson, don't hesitate. This is a rare opportunity. ”

Our Master Yuan encouraged with all his might: "As long as you have watched "Twelve", you will know that it is the trend of the times for sound movies to replace silent films, and no one can stop it, so of course we should follow the trend......"

"Actually, I would say that a musical film is much simpler than making feature films like 'Twelve' and 'The Orphan of Famine'. Even the script is ready-made. We can bring old operas or musicals to the screen. We can also adapt the classics, just by tucking the singing and dancing into it. ”

"Johnson. DreamWorks is now limited in size and staffed, and Mr. Griffith is not good at it. That's why there is such an opportunity. Otherwise, after "Famine Orphan Girl" is finished, I will also suggest that they make a song and dance film. ”

"If you're not interested in investing in this film, we at DreamWorks aren't reluctant. Why don't you try making a musical movie? I don't think the investment will be very big......"

"Mr. Yuan, you are really a genius!"

Miss Susie looked at her and immediately echoed, "Johnson, I think what Mr. Yuan said is too right. You can make a musical movie! ”

She almost got into the arms of old Kennedy, hugged his neck and said coquettishly: "If you don't have someone in this area, I can introduce you to it!" ”

"As long as you promise, I can ......" Unfortunately, the latter words were whispered by Miss Susie against JFK's father's ear, and Master Yuan didn't hear it.

In fact, Miss Moman's face also showed a look of great longing, but her wonderful eyes were staring at Yuan Yanqi's handsome face.

Yuan Yanqian turned her head and smiled slightly, "Miss Morman, are you also interested?" ”

The girl bit her lip tightly, so excited that she couldn't speak, but nodded heavily.

Our Master Yuan sighed in his heart, no wonder there was a Harvey Wittgenstein a hundred years later. This circle is really ......

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