Maybe it's because both of them have the experience of staying abroad, so they gradually began to talk about life in Europe, and the others felt that they couldn't interject and went to do other things.

Seeing that no one was paying attention to him, Fang Honggradually pretended to ask unintentionally: "Mr. Chu, you just said that you liked to watch movies when you were in France, so who is your favorite foreign movie star?" ”

Chu Minyi replied without hesitation: "Of course it's Heidi Lamar." ”

Hearing this answer, Fang Hong gradually asked tentatively: "Then I don't know if Mr. Chu has seen her most famous "Lust Flame"?" ”

Fang Hongji's "Flame of Desire" is not only Hedy Lamarr's most famous movie, but also the world's first movie in which an actress appears naked, and according to Fang Hongji's understanding of Chu Minyi in his previous life, it seems that he is particularly interested in this kind of movie, and he has a lot of collections, so he deliberately used this topic to test it. (About Yu Heidi Lamarr, there is a detailed description and introduction in the clumsy work "America Reborn 1929", interested friends can go and take a look.) ）

Sure enough, Chu Minyi immediately replied in a slightly melancholy tone: "Hey, I did read it once when I was in France, but unfortunately, I didn't copy it, and now I don't have a chance to revisit it." ”

Since he could ask this question, Fang Hongjian was naturally prepared, so he took a step closer and whispered: "If Mr. Chu is really so interested in this film, I happen to have a copy of this film in my hand, and I will send someone to send it to you tomorrow." ”

"Didn't all the copies of this film be taken away by Hedy Lamarr's husband Mandel at a high price, why does Mr. Fang still have copies here?" Chu Minyi asked puzzled.

"The mouth of the people is more important than the defense of Sichuan, not to mention this kind of thing that can arouse all men's hormones, the copies made public by various theaters have naturally been bought by Mandel, but how can he buy all the private collections? I copied it in the hands of the guys at Johns Hopkins University's School of Engineering, who had collected a lot of these films privately, but unfortunately the luggage was limited, otherwise I would have brought a few more plates back. Fang Hong gradually explained with a little regret.

Hearing this explanation, Chu Minyi patted Fang Hongji's shoulder with a smile and said, "It seems that Mr. Fang is also a fellow practitioner, so I can't take advantage of others." That's it, Mr. Fang, in a few days, I will invite a few friends from the same way, let's enjoy this Czech strange film together, and then I will help you introduce each other, can it be regarded as multiple friends, I don't know what Mr. Fang thinks? ”

How could Fang Hongjian be willing to miss this kind of opportunity to make friends with dignitaries, so he nodded again and again: "It is Fang's honor to have the opportunity to meet Mr. Chu's friends, you can rest assured, I will be there on time when the time comes." ”

Just when the two were chatting enthusiastically, suddenly Jin Ye said after hearing the report of one of his subordinates: "Dean Chu, President Zhang, Mr. Fang, Mr. Yingzuo is here, let's go pick it up." ”

Because of Matsushima Kaedeko's relationship, Fang Hongjian really didn't want to see Yingzuo, so he casually found an excuse to avoid it. Soon after Ying Zuo's arrival, the awards officially began, and this time it was MGM's dancer Ye Lan who won the president of the dance forest, but Fang Hong gradually felt that Vice President Chen Manli was much more beautiful than her, but this kind of election itself depends on who has more supporters, not because of the posture, so it can't be said to be unfair.

Originally, Fang Hong gradually felt that this election could end here, but he didn't expect that the next thing would change sharply, and the originally lively dance scene suddenly fell silent, it turned out that Ying Zuo Zhenzhao also fell in love with Vice President Chen Manli, so after dancing together just now, Ying Zuo invited Chen Manli to his residence to taste sake, of course, everyone knew that this was just an excuse, as long as he went, he would definitely not be able to come back this night, but if he wanted to come to Chen Manli, a dancer should not refuse.

But to everyone's surprise, Chen Manli refused with a smile: "I'm sorry Mr. Yingzuo, I have an appointment tonight." ”

"Oh? I wonder who is the lucky gentleman who has an appointment with you tonight? Kagesa asked with a gloomy face.

In fact, Chen Manli didn't have a date tonight at all, she just didn't want to accompany this Japanese, so she casually pointed to a middle-aged man standing in front of the crowd and said: "Manli can get the position of vice president today, and Manager Liu takes the most care of me, so I should accompany Manager Liu out for a drink tonight, so Mr. Yingzuo, I'm really sorry today." ”

Chen Manli refers to the full name of Manager Liu is called Liu Huizhi, who was the general manager of the Industrial Bank of China at that time, and he is also a famous family, his father is Liu Bingzhang, the governor of Sichuan in the late Qing Dynasty, he is very infatuated with Chen Manli, and this time he is the head of Chen Manli's financial master, and even once bought a house to support her, but Chen Manli did not agree.

Hearing this answer, Ying Zuo suddenly turned his head to look at Liu Huizhi, and asked with a sneer: "Manager Liu, is there such a thing?" ”

What Chen Manli never expected was that Liu Huizhi, a man who boasted in front of him on weekdays as if the emperor was not afraid, and would stand in front of him to protect himself no matter what time it was, but at this moment, he shrank his head under the gaze of Ying Zuo, and said very embarrassedly: "Miss Manli, you seem to be mistaken, I, I don't seem to have asked you for a drink tonight." ”

Not only him, but also several men who usually surrounded him to be courteous and spend a lot of money also lowered their heads, and even some people quietly squeezed into the crowd and slipped away, obviously they didn't want to offend the Japanese because of such a dancing girl, this discovery suddenly made Chen Manli feel that even the blood was cold, although she had known that men were unreliable, but she didn't expect that they would all be so useless, is this Japanese so terrible? Don't you even have a man with backbone? At this time, Chen Manli deeply realized Mrs. Hua Rui's sentence "140,000 people have taken off their armor, and none of them are men!" "The sadness and pain inside.

Just when Chen Manli was about to accept her fate and agree to accompany Ying Zuo Zhenzhao to drink and even other tortures in the future, suddenly a man's clear voice sounded: "Miss Manli, your memory is too bad, didn't you promise to accompany me to tea tonight?" How can you say that you went to drink with Mr. Liu? ”

PS: There is indeed a person named Chen Manli in history, she was shot and killed shortly after refusing to dance with a Japanese officer, and there is also a theory that Yu Manli in "The Pretender" is based on her, but this book does not adopt this statement.