Chapter Thirty-Eight: The Ghost Lingers
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The next morning, He Xiangu woke up faintly, opened her eyes, and thought carefully about what happened last night, as if it was better to get drunk and fall down and not wake up. (To read the latest chapters of this book, please visit the biquge.info of Wèn Aishang Novel Network)
But fortunately, she found that her clothes were all in good condition, and there were no accidents in her body, so she was worried that it was a little redundant.
"It's such a faux pas, you can't drink anymore." He Xiangu stroked her chest, as if she thought of something, smiled sweetly, got up and started a new day.
Situ Nan got up early today, and there were two people in his room, Han Gang and Thomas.
"What happened yesterday? Could Rocky's attack on Chinatown have anything to do with us? Situ Nan asked, vaguely feeling that things were not so simple.
"Before yesterday, Nakamura had met with Rocky, and there should be a shadow of the Ku Klux Klan behind Nakamura's door. However, it is difficult to determine whether it has anything to do with whether we have offended Rocky before, but I heard that Rocky is looking for something? Thomas replied.
"In this matter, I will try to find out if Rocky has some conspiracy against us, and if Rocky dares to do anything about it, I don't mind giving him a lesson that he will never forget. If it has nothing to do with us, forget it, don't cause more trouble. ”
The cold glint in Situ Nan's eyes made Thomas's heart tremble, this boss looked polite on the surface, but he was actually a wolf in sheep's clothing, and he must not get carried away. Thomas admonished himself secretly.
"I see. Nothing, I'll go first. Thomas said respectfully, and as he walked out the door, he regained the appearance of a smiling assassin.
San Francisco Bay. Busy docks, surging heads, and ships about to sail away.
"Mr. Situ, goodbye today, I don't know when we will see each other again, take care!" Song Jiashu clenched his fists, turned around and walked towards the trestle.
"Take care! I'm sure we'll see you again! "Situ Nandao.
Seeing that the passenger ship had gone away, the smoke from the chimney had faded and he couldn't see clearly, so Situ Nan turned around. He knew that the other side was the sacred land that haunted the souls of countless Chinese.
Song Jiashu returned to China the day after the Mid-Autumn Festival, and when Situ Nan heard about it, he came to see him off, and by the way, he also took a look at San Francisco Bay.
He plans to expand the shipping company and add a few more ships, the tens of thousands of tons of the original shipping company can no longer cope with the increasingly busy Pacific route, and the San Francisco terminal is also a good investment.
"By the way, Miss Song, when are you going back to the east?" Situ Nan asked Song Meiling.
"There is still some time left on the holiday, there is no hurry, you can stay a few more days. How? Would you like to invite me to your home? Song Meiling asked playfully.
"I'm glad to have this honor, if you'd like!"
Situ Nan said with a smile, it was a sincere invitation.
"That's great! I've heard that there are a lot of movie companies in Hollywood, and there are movie buildings, so I've always wanted to check them out. Song Meiling said happily.
"Hollywood? Movie? Although Hollywood is also in Los Angeles, Situ Nan has never been to see it. Nowadays, movies are silent, and when they are played, they need an announcer to dub them with a microphone.
Situ Nan saw these old movies when he was in New York, but he didn't want to watch them after watching them once, the scenes were very monotonous, black and white, and the plot was also very naïve, for Americans who had not seen movies or were curious, movies were a new thing, but for Situ Nan, who was used to Hollywood blockbusters in his previous life, the current movies really had no attraction to him.
Well, this reminds Situ Nan that the first strike is the strongest, when an industry has not yet developed, the first to come, the pressure of competition is not so great, and when the industry matures, the early enterprises will not collapse in the industry will lay a position in the industry, and the benefits are the greatest, and are not afraid of later competitors, just like Western Oil, despite the rapid development momentum, but can not shake the position of Mobil Oil in the United States and even the world oil industry.
The same is true of a country, after the latecomer country has developed to a certain extent, it will find that it is resisted everywhere by the country that developed first, and if it wants to surpass the country in front of it and pull down their world hegemony, in addition to its own strong strength and its own efforts, it also needs opportunities, or luck.
The Germans are a good example. Before the First World War, Germany's economy and industrial strength had surpassed that of Britain and France, but its position in the world could not be compared with that of Britain and France.
Why? It is Britain and France, the first countries to develop the world, have already carved up the world, looking at the world, almost all the important strategic places in the world are controlled by Britain, Malacca, Suez, Gibraltar, South Africa, South America, etc., not to mention his huge colonies, they have too many resources.
Now that the routes to Europe were blocked by the Royal Navy, American merchant ships could only do business with the Entente, and when Britain and France borrowed large sums of money from the United States, the United States would be dragged into the water by them, (although he himself wanted to), and in the end he could only join the camp of the Entente.
Therefore, it is very important to achieve a leading position in the industry, Rockefeller's oil, Morgan's bank, it is not that Situ Nan looks down on himself, but that he must be self-aware, and his current self is far from being compared with those deep-rooted consortia.
Despite this, Situ Nan is not discouraged at all, the world stage is very large, new things are emerging in an endless stream, in some emerging industries or industries with infinite development potential, as long as you can work hard, there will always be rich harvests.
The First World War was a good opportunity, and there was nothing faster than speculative wars to make money. After Situ Nan made money by investing in industry, it has been smooth in the past two years, without wind and waves. In less than half a year, the United States will enter the war, and then Wall Street will also have a storm, is it necessary to speculate in the financial market again? Situ Nan faintly thought of something in his heart.
But this matter has to be discussed in the long run, so let's return to Hollywood!
Situ Nan heard that the environment in Hollywood is very good, surrounded by mountains and rivers, the scenery is pleasant, and the essence of the California sunshine is concentrated there. This is the case with subtropical desert climates.
Speaking of which, Situ Nan had been to Los Angeles in his previous life, but he had never been to Hollywood, and he came to this world inexplicably in this life, and he has lived in Los Angeles for a long time, but he has never been to Hollywood!
Speaking of which, Edison is also to blame, this patent holder controls most of the patents related to movies, and also set up a large film company in the east in an attempt to monopolize the American film market, but in order to escape this domineering guy, small studios in the east of the United States have fled to Hollywood in Los Angeles.
I wonder if there are any movie heads like DreamWorks, Disney, 20th Century Fox, Columbia, Sony, Universal, WB (Warner Bros.), etc.! Have they been born?
Sunset Stage, Chinese Theater, Avenue of Stars, shouldn't there be yet?
Situ Nan suddenly remembered that his farm was near Hollywood, and he used to buy it from Henders, but then he went to Texas to look for oil, and he forgot about it.
Interesting! The current Hollywood has not yet reached the prosperity of the previous life, many movie theaters have not yet been established, with the development of the city, it is likely to expand to Situ Nan's farm, or keep this farm in time, it is better to build a pig farm or something, disgusting those film companies!
How? Lao Tzu is a nail household, and he is a rich nail household! If you don't move to death, how about raising pigs in front of your film company?
Situ Nan really feels a little looking forward to being a nail household in the United States, and it is estimated that this will not only be unaffordable for the average person to eat his Hollywood brand pigs, but also offend those film companies, if it is made into a movie by a sinister guy and satirizes himself everywhere, then his face will be lost. How about the title of the film "The Story that Situ Nan and the Pig Have to Say"?
Do you want to invest in a film company? It doesn't seem to cost a lot of money!
One or two machines, three or four staff, plus five, six, seven, or eight tricks, the ninth is not needed, and the lunch box will not be sent when it comes, and it can be turned on.
What the? Want to direct and write a screenplay? And the main character?
Is it not long before you ask him to write, direct and act by himself?
This is still the formative period of films, and all the conditions cannot be compared with the later, it is quite simple, and many people who were engaged in movies in the early days really did almost all of them, at least the current film is not an industry, and there are not so many such fine divisions of labor.
I don't know if you can have an unspoken rule? Beauty like a cloud!
"Hey, hey!" Thinking of this, Situ Nan smiled a little absurdly!
This outnumbered illness made Situ Nan's heart faintly excited, and he became more and more interested in movies.
"What are you laughing at?" Song Meiling saw Situ Nan laughing a little evilly.
"Am I smiling? Not at all! Situ Nan didn't admit it, but the saliva on his lips betrayed him. After continuing to stay in San Francisco for a few days, the food, play, negotiation, and general things were arranged, and it depended on the specific step-by-step practice, and it didn't work to stay here any longer, so Situ Nan decided to return south.
However, this time they chose to take the boat back to Los Angeles, because after some hard work, Thomas finally confirmed that Rocky had set his sights on Situ Nan and them, and he investigated that Rocky was going to intercept them on their train journey.
For the sake of safety, Situ Nan temporarily decided to return by boat.
"Rocky, damn bastards, what a ghost! See how I clean him up! Situ Nan slapped the railing on the side of the ship fiercely.
This is the deck of the first class cabin, there are no other people, only Thomas, Situ Nan, and Han Gang.
"Our men captured a small leader under Rocky, and he was quite tough at first, but we used some tricks, and he said it all. The big leader of the Ku Klux Klan gave Rocky a task to find a secret clue or something, only to know that the clue was there, and it was on He Xiangu. ”
Thomas paused slightly, but said it anyway. In his opinion, the relationship between Situ Nan and He Xiangu is a little ambiguous.
"Secret? I hate that word. It's nerve-wracking. What exactly are they looking for? Situ Nan remembered the old man who was beaten to death by Rocky on the street on the night he first arrived in San Francisco, and would rather die than bow to Rocky.
It stands to reason that Rocky shouldn't have asked in public, and he should have secretly kidnapped Aunt He Xian's father and daughter to a hidden place and then ask for it, but Rocky has always been arrogant, and with his good relationship with the police, he wanted to find an old Chinese man to ask for something and didn't call it out obediently, so why bother?
At first, Rocky didn't think about killing the old Chinese man, but the old man was too unbeaten, and then Rocky was angry, he had a hot temper, and when he saw the old man so ignorant, he shot even more indiscriminately, but he didn't expect to kill him lightly, and there was also a group of guys of unknown origin, who were more powerful than himself.
If you suffer a loss, you naturally have to get back to the field! Not to mention someone like Rocky?
However, before figuring out the origin of Situ Nan and his group, Rocky did not dare to act rashly.
However, he found out that Situ Nan and the others lived in Chinatown and were friendly with the Chinese forces in Chinatown, so Rocky had a plan to instigate the Japanese samurai Nakamura to come to the door to provoke, and then take advantage of the lack of manpower in Anliangtang to sweep their halls.
These were not Rocky's main purpose, his main purpose was to distract everyone, and then quietly send someone to kidnap He Xiangu.
Originally, Rocky was almost successful, and that day he had successfully infiltrated the courtyard where Situ Nan lived, but unfortunately he didn't dare to do it, because there were still three or four people in the courtyard who were not inferior to him, and they were very vigilant, if Rocky hadn't walked fast, it was estimated that they would have discovered it.
In the next few days, Rocky never had a chance, He Xiangu didn't go out, Rocky didn't have a chance to do it, not to mention that after the entrance to the hall was swept away, An Liangtang raised his vigilance, Rocky is not a white man who always appears in Chinatown, so after a miss, Rocky died down, he has arranged enough manpower to intercept Situ Nan and his group when the time comes to make the train, but he didn't expect the duck to fly to the beak, so how can Rocky not be angry? This damn woman actually went away on a boat?
Railway station. Rocky rushed up with a large group of men and horses, surrounding the two cars.
"What about people?" Seeing that the car was empty, Rocky felt a little uncomfortable.
Under his threat, the driver had to say that Situ Nan and his gang got off the train halfway, but still paid them to continue to the train station, and picked up someone by the way, and there was a $10 reward for coming back.
"Who's picking it up?" Rocky lifted the coachman up with one hand and shouted, "Say it!" ”
"Luo ・・・・・ Qi!" The coachman said with a shudder.
"Fack!" Rocky was so angry that his lungs exploded, and he realized that the other party might have seen through his plan and played a trick on himself.
"Shit! What did you do with the intelligence? Rocky grabbed one of his men and lifted him up, scolding, splattering saliva from his mouth and onto the poor man's face.
"Die!" Rocky's sandy fist smashed into his men's face, pitiful
The guy's teeth were all gone, and his face was swollen like a pig's head.
At this time, a man sitting in a car not far from Rocky, seeing Rocky's angry appearance, smiled slightly, the arc of his mouth moved, his eyes were slight, he started the car and drove quickly to the dock.
(Sorry, I've been absent-minded for the past two days, and I'm often distracted when I code words in the middle of the night, and I'm stunned for a long time in front of the screen, and then I watched TV for a night--"Reading the Nidi Family", and said to do some homework!) )
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