Chapter 203: Portland (Really-Merry Christmas!) )
Subtitle of this chapter: Today is the real festival of our Seris, so let's give two vests as gifts to the two patients who have always cared for Murong.
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Wednesday morning, April 27, 1921.
Portland Union Train Station, Portland, Maine.
It should be said here that this Portland is not the Portland where the NBA Trail Blazers will be located in the future.
The city of Portland, where Yuan now arrives, is Maine's largest port city and the economic center of northern New England. The latter is the most populous city on the west coast of the United States, also known as Oregon on the Pacific coast.
The two cities of the same name are actually separated by the whole of the United States.
Also, why are there so many stations in the United States called Union Station? , for example, there is one in Washington, and there is one in Los Angeles.
In fact, these stations are shared by several railway companies, hence the name "union" stations. But if you just say "Union Station" without a place name, it usually refers to Union Station in Washington, D.C., which was built in 1908.
Except, of course, locals, who don't stupidly drive you to Washington if you tell a taxi driver in Los Angeles to go to Union Station.
"Are you...... Second Master Yuan, right? ”
Our Master Yuan was followed by Driver Kang, who helped him carry his suitcase, and walked out of the station with such a swagger. As soon as he went out of the gate, he was greeted by someone.
It is conceivable that the person who calls him "Second Master" must be a Seris man, or a brother who is helping. This gentleman is in his early twenties, of medium stature, dressed in a suit, he looks good, and his face is even more gentle. Like Nintendo Sages, it is completely impossible to see that it is mixed up. ,
When Master Yuan was about to say yes, a shadow jumped out next to him, and said very simply in a crisp voice: "Little Jinzi, are you knowingly asking?" ”
The young woman of Seris had little stars in her eyes, and she stretched out her hand enthusiastically and said, "Hello, Mr. Yuan...... You're better than in the pictures! I love you so much! ”
Yuan Yanqi was so refreshed when she heard this, and she fixed her eyes on it...... In front of me is a rare little oriental beauty in the United States.
She is not tall, her face is immature, and her big eyes are particularly smart, she looks like a teenage high school girl, or a well-developed high school girl......
Our Master Yuan couldn't help but raise his hand to wipe the saliva that flowed from the corners of his mouth.
This baby-faced young lady wore a Western dress and a red "French hat" on her head, which is the kind of flannel brimmed soft hat with a small tail on the top that is often worn by the old, middle and young people of literature and art.
And under this hat is a very short hair, according to the hairdressing principle of "the shorter the hair, the more revolutionary" for women in these years, this woman must be very revolutionary.
This kind of outfit naturally makes her look even more playful and cute, and can't help but evoke a lot of memories of Yuan Da traverser about the future generations......
Seeing such a cute Little Red Riding Hood, our big bad wolf was half crispy.
He immediately took a step forward, shook the person's little hand, and asked very "kindly", "Hello, hello." Little Sister...... What do you call that young lady? Are there any male ...... Where's that guy? ”
"Second master, my name is Gu Mengmeng." The high school girl pointed to the Sven man with her left hand and said, "His name is Jin Dianfei, and we are all from San Francisco." ”
Our Master Yuan has always been not very interested in stinky men who are not famous in history, and he didn't turn his head but muttered in his mouth: "Gu Mengmeng...... Good name, good name, name like person, name like person, really very cute, very cute, very cute, very cute......"
"Ahem, ahem...... Second master? Second master! ”
"What's the matter?!" Master Yuan, who had been interrupted, looked back at his driver very unhappily.
Xiaokang has been following him for a while, and knows that this sage and second master has the common problem of a great artist, that is, he often becomes a nymphomaniac. So at this critical (embarrassing) moment, he dutifully reminded Master Yuan, who was not willing to give up.
"Oh......" Yuan Yan retracted her hand curtly, coughed, and explained to Gu Mengmeng, who was a little shy: "Miss Mengmeng, I'm sorry, I've just changed...... That gaffe. It's just that as soon as I see you......"
Our Master Yuan finally remembered his identity, and said with a solemn expression: "I'm here to 'Smoke Piri Afuge'!" ”
That's right, Master Gu Hongming came to Inspiration when he smelled his little feet, and it was normal for him to see a female high school student coming.
"Mr. Yuan, can I still be your muse?!"
It's good to be a master.,People's cute sister paper immediately forgot about his "change...... That gaffe", the little star in his eyes asked even brighter, "Can I ask, Mr. Yuan, what inspiration did you have?" ”
An unfathomable smile appeared on Yuan Yanqi's handsome face, and he shook his head and said, "The Buddha said: Don't say, don't say. We've just had a flash of inspiration......"
In fact, the aura he had just now ...... You get the idea. What kind of sailor suit, what plaid skirt, what dead reservoir water...... Anyway, when the Buddha knew about it, he would definitely get angry.
"So it's not very mature yet. I'll tell you when it's formed. He replied casually and asked, "How did you get here from San Francisco?" And why are you here to pick me up? ”
Jin Dianfei on the side immediately said in a grateful tone: "We can come here because of the blessing of the second master......"
It turns out that these two overseas Chinese N generations, both of whom are in Los Angeles, are more precise, the first generation of banana people who are not so bananas.
It's not that you have to praise the Seris because you are a Seris, but in fact, in terms of the so-called "ethnicity", the Ceris also have a lot of disadvantages.
However, the degree of concern for the education of future generations of the Seris is probably only matched by the Jews.
Jin Dianfei and Gu Mengmeng's parents and grandparents are all "piglets" from Guangdong, of course, they are poor middle peasants with good roots.
However, after one or two generations of hard work, their current family background can at least be regarded as a well-off home, and it is a well-off home by American standards, which has been upgraded to the Black Five category.
The wealthy Seris people have spared no effort in educating their children, and these two have received a good education like many other overseas Chinese children.
Then educated young intellectuals who do not have to worry about eating and drinking will inevitably have a little artistic pursuit.
In the twenties of the twentieth century, with the advent of the golden age, there were many repertory troupes, song and dance troupes and jazz orchestras composed of overseas Chinese disciples in California.
It's a pity: first, due to the discrimination suffered by the yellow race, it has never been recognized by the mainstream is actually the white-skinned. Second, the number of Chinese in the United States is much smaller than that of blacks, and the old Chinese are not good at this, so it is not cost-effective even from a commercial point of view.
Again, the reason why blacks dominated half of the American pop scene was because the record industry in the twenties was robbed of a large number of customers by the new advent of radio. At the same time, they realized that blacks couldn't afford to buy radios and had to continue listening to gramophones, so the big record companies turned to producing a lot of black music.
In contrast, the Chinese do not have this "blessing".
So these Chinese pop culture groups were short-lived, and the Seris did not end up in the American pop culture scene, even a hundred years later.
Luckily, our Master Yuan came to 1920.
The last time he met Situ Meitang, he asked this Anliangtang boss to find some young overseas Chinese literature and art lovers to come over, and Situ Dalongtou really complied.
And he naturally stuffed all these people into the crew of "Famine Orphan Girl", so that they could learn something from the "father of film" and the team below, so that they could be used by him in the future.
"Oh, the big guys are all busy, only the two of you are free to pick me up."
"Oh, Mr. Griffith is very dripping right now...... Well, manic. ”
"Oh, you're having a big hard time shooting......"
Yuan Yanqian, who knew more about the filming progress from the two of them, smiled slightly, and said confidently: "Miss Mengmeng, who else is that." Don't worry, I'm not here! ”
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To tell the truth, Murong originally thought that he would be able to write the Republic of China chapter by the end of 2017.
I didn't expect to be able to write about history so ...... You know, if you send two vests, you will send a chapter. But I see that you are all very sick, so I will continue to write like this.
By the way, when it comes to vests and filmmakers, Murong was surprised to find that the eunuch boss who wrote "The King of Chinese Shadows", Ren Wuai, actually voted for this broken book. So do you want to run a trick?
Again, everyone has an opportunity to play tricks, and Murong also remembers it, but only accepts registration in the comment area of the starting point.