After negotiating a big deal and saving $400,000, Chen Qiang was in a good mood and went to a high-end restaurant to treat himself before returning home.

At the door of the house, Chen Qiang took out the key, stuffed it into the keychain, and then turned around, and the door opened.

Chen Qiang was slightly stunned, he remembered that when he left in the morning, he obviously locked two locks, but now there is only one lock left.

"Could it be that there is a burglar in the house?" Chen Qiang was shocked.

Although the security in New York has not been very good, Chen Qiang has really never encountered a robbery, and his home has not been burglarized, mainly because the places where Chen Qiang lives are areas with better security, or places where rich people gather.

This is the case in the United States, where the rich live in a safer neighborhood, and the police will wander around the neighborhood from time to time, and most of the night they can watch police cars with flashing lights wandering on the roads outside the community, which is the nearby police patrolling. In poor areas, the police rarely go there, and they often have to be reported before the police show up. And the American police are also powerful enough, they pull out their guns when they see people, pull the trigger when they don't agree with each other, and if they are unlucky, they can be killed as thieves in several backyards.

There are many countries that are the same, such as Brazil, Mexico, etc., and many people watch the movie "City of God" and think that Rio de Janeiro is more dangerous than Syria; There are also Mexican drug lords who keep coming out to brush up their presence, killing police officers and politicians are a daily routine, and they dare to go to war with the government army when they are in a hurry. When a normal person sees this information, they will think that Brazil or Mexico is a very chaotic place, and they must not go to it if they have nothing to do, and maybe they will eat guns when they walk on the road.

But in fact, the slums in these countries are indeed more dangerous than in Syria, but the rich areas are very safe, the police patrol almost 24 hours a day, and if you look like a poor person in a hanger, you will be chased away by the police as soon as you enter the area of those rich communities. As for the poor area or the slum, it is simply a paradise for criminals, and sometimes the police don't care if someone dies.

This may also be a cultural difference, in many Western countries, the better the law and order, the more police are needed, and the chaotic places are not managed. In China, on the contrary, where chaos is more likely to occur, more police will be deployed, and where law and order are good, police will not be seen.

The area where Chen Qiang lives is a relatively safe place in New York City, police patrol cars will often pass by, and the apartment is managed by a special property company, so it is unlikely that there will be security questions.

"It's better to be careful and sail the ship of ten thousand years!" Chen Qiang cautiously opened the door, and then looked inside, but if there was the slightest problem, he would immediately choose to run away.

However, the moment Chen Qiang opened the door, a figure suddenly rushed out and went directly into Chen Qiang's arms.

A familiar fragrance rushed into Chen Qiang's nose, and Chen Qiang knew that it was Esther in his arms.

"Why are you back?" Chen Qiang asked in surprise.

However, Esther didn't give Chen Qiang a chance to speak, and directly pulled Chen Qiang into the room

There is a saying that Xiao Biesheng is newly married, not to mention that the two were separated just after they got married, and then one was in New York and the other was in Los Angeles, and they didn't see each other a few times a year. Every time the two get together, it is like a dry fire.

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Chen Qiang lay on the bed and hugged Esther in his arms.

"You're back, and I didn't notice you beforehand." Chen Qiang said.

"I want to surprise you!" Esther replied.

"When you go back to New York this time, are you going to take a vacation to accompany me, or is there something else?" Chen Qiang asked again.

Esther buried her head in Chen Qiang's chest and replied: "The "Mrs. Minifer" I played is about to be released, and this time I came to New York to participate in the opening ceremony of "Mrs. Minifer". ”

"Oh, is that going back to Los Angeles after the public screening?" Chen Qiang asked a little depressed.

Esther shook her head: "I plan not to go back for now, I will accompany you in New York for a while, and as for when I will return to Los Angeles, I will talk about it then." ”

Hollywood stars are still relatively idle, many stars will only shoot a movie for several years, when we usually watch entertainment news, we can often see a certain Hollywood star on vacation at the beach, and the news that a certain Hollywood actor has changed his model girlfriend, it feels like people are playing 365 days a year.

In contrast, domestic stars are much busier, and many stars have no rest days all year round, even during the Spring Festival, many fresh meat and flowers have to go to the Spring Festival Gala to perform. Of course, although it is obviously very hard in China, in terms of the ability to make money, it may be more powerful than Hollywood stars.

The most bitter are the men's and women's groups in South Korea, they are very hard to train before their debut, and they work fourteen or fifteen hours a day after their debut, and the money is earned by the company.

In the 40s, the film industry in the United States was not so developed, and many actors could only be regarded as part-time actors, with other jobs besides acting in movies. As I said before, Johnny Westmorer, who played "Tarzan of the Apes", is already a very famous professional actor, and now he is equivalent to the kind of fresh meat with small traffic, but he will still go to the water show at the New York World Expo to make extra money. This also shows from the side that Hollywood actors at that time did not have so many scenes to film, even if they were small in traffic, they had time to make extra money.

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"Mrs. Minifer" was scheduled to be released on June 4, 1942.

Although this movie is produced by MGM, the investor of the film is Chen Qiang, as the big financier behind the movie, Chen Qiang was naturally invited to attend the premiere of the movie.

Although Hollywood is the film capital of the world, in the 40s, New York was much more prosperous than Los Angeles, and New York had the largest, largest and most high-end movie theater in the United States, so the premiere of the movie was also arranged in New York.

At the premiere, Chen Qiang met William Wheeler, the director of "Mrs. Minifer", and also met the leading actors Gloria Garson, Walter Piggin and others.

Then Chen Qiang watched the whole movie again, the plot of this movie is exactly the same as the "Loyal and Brave Family" in Chen Qiang's impression, and even many scenes are familiar to Chen Qiang, the only difference is that the second female lead has changed from Theresa White to Esther.

I have to say that Esther is very talented in acting, at least in Chen Qiang's opinion, she acted very well, especially in the last part of the German air raid, Esther's character died on the muzzle of the German plane, and Chen Qiang couldn't help but want to cry. Fortunately, Esther himself sat next to Chen Qiang and held Chen Qiang's hand, which made Chen Qiang come out of the plot of the movie and did not cry on the spot.

At the end of the film, there was thunderous applause at the scene, at least judging from the premiere, the audience's response was still very good.

Although Chen Qiang is not a professional film critic, he can also feel that this is a good movie, and the plot of the whole movie is relaxed, although there is no major plot, but he can grasp the emotions of Guanzhong.

I have to say that William Wheeler is a real master of film, such an ordinary movie full of life and almost all the daily life of the water, but it reflects the extraordinary in ordinary life, especially the content of World War II, which naturally integrates national unity and patriotic enthusiasm into the activities of a neighborhood in the English countryside, and uses the greatest joyful scene to compare the finale of the air raid tragedy, this dramatic effect is really full marks.

The whole movie is based on humanity and human care, although it describes the wartime life of the common people in the rear, but it is better than many movies that positively promote heroism, and it can be said that this is a top-level civilian war movie.

This kind of daily civilian war movie is inherently difficult to make, because many people watch war movies to see what kind of grand war scenes, or what kind of exciting battle scenes, the two armies are fighting, bullets are running all over the sky, and flesh and blood are flying.

There are also many people who like to watch that kind of heroic war movie, a person or a team, in the rain of bullets, completed an impossible task, which will indeed make people feel very cool. Of course, there are also many excellent directors who shoot the cruelty of war from the perspective of soldiers or civilians.

However, the movie "Mrs. Minifer" does not belong to any of the above, it is completely telling a story from the back. There are no grand war scenes, no bloody scenes, no bullets, and no individual heroism. Some are just the daily life of ordinary people.

But this kind of water is daily, but it can capture the hearts of the audience, so that the audience does not feel boring and boring. At this level, few directors can do it.

There is no shortage of world-class directors in Hollywood, but there are not many who can do the same thing as William Wheeler. The movie "Mrs. Minifer" has no amazing special effects, no advanced film technology, and even the plot is not considered ups and downs. It is more difficult to make a movie about this kind of water than it is to shoot a blockbuster.

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"Mrs. Minifer" was released.

Chen Qiang thought that this kind of water daily life movie would not attract too much attention, and it might be automatically released after a while. Although this movie is excellent, it is not the kind of mainstream commercial film after all, and the market recognition should not be very high. is like a lot of literary films in later generations, which are not popular.

However, in the first week of the movie's release, the box office exceeded Chen Qiang's expectations, and also exceeded MGM's expectations, and the audience seemed to like this daily war film, and countless families walked into the cinema to watch this "Mrs. Minifer".

Perhaps it is the setting of the identity of the protagonist of the movie that resonates with the audience. The protagonists of this movie, Mrs. Minifer's family, are a middle-class family living in the suburbs of London, and in the United States, the majority are middle-class families, and many of them live like the Minifers.

In the movie, the Minifer family originally lived an ordinary life, but the German invasion broke the peace of the Minifer family, and the son of the Minifer family also went to the battlefield to fight the German army. And now that the Americans have also experienced the debacle of Pearl Harbor, lost the Aleutian Islands, and faced the Japanese invasion, countless American young people have also been drafted into the army and gone to the front.

Because of this, many Americans will feel empathy after watching this movie, and they can't help but bring the experience of the Minifer family into themselves.

When the character played by Esther died at gunpoint of a German plane, it also deceived countless viewers into tears. People always feel sad about the passing of life, especially such a beautiful and kind girl who is full of youthful vitality, beautiful and kind, and dies in front of the audience without warning, which can easily cause a sense of sadness.

If it weren't for this death, maybe the whole movie would only feel like a good story as plain as water, but it was precisely because of the death of the second female at the end that the whole movie was sublimated.

With the passage of time, the word-of-mouth of "Mrs. Minifer" has also accumulated, and with the accumulation of word-of-mouth, more and more people have gone to the cinema to watch this "Mrs. Minifer".

What is even more unexpected is that there is news from the White House that US President Roosevelt has also seen the film himself and praised the movie.

President Roosevelt opened Chrysostom, and this "Mrs. Minifer" instantly became a politically correct movie.

The United States has declared war on the Axis powers, so the United States at this time will pay attention to political correctness in everything. For example, in Superman's comics, Superman's opponent has become an Axis power, and there are often scenes where Superman hammers a German tank on the battlefield. And this is even more true in Captain America's comics, Captain America himself is a member of the US army, and it is a common plot to beat the German and Japanese soldiers.

The same is true for the film industry, where studios shoot politically correct films, such as glorifying America's combat heroes, encouraging people to join the military, and so on.

However, "Mrs. Minifer" starts from the perspective of civilians, and many of the plots are about the people in the rear supporting the front line, which is more down-to-earth and more exemplary than those combat heroes.

Perhaps it was precisely because of the inspiration that this film could bring to civilians that President Roosevelt praised this film.

Soon after, news came from across the Atlantic, and British Prime Minister Winston Churchill also admired this movie after seeing it.

This movie originally told the story of a British family fighting against the German invaders, and Churchill must boast about this story framework alone, not to mention that after the start of World War II, Britain has been beaten by Germany, and recommending such a movie will help unite the morale of the British and enhance the British determination to resist.

As a result, the film also became popular in the United Kingdom, and the United Kingdom also rated it as the best film of 1942. However, due to the war, it was not visible in Europe except for the United Kingdom.

Historically, "Mrs. Minifer" achieved a box office of 5.388 million in North America, which was the box office champion in North America that year, and the overseas box office revenue was 3.52 million US dollars, which was also the champion of the overseas box office. The film brought MGM a profit of 4.83 million and was MGM's most profitable film during World War II.

And now Chen Qiang is the investor of this movie, and a large part of the 4.83 million profit will go into Chen Qiang's pocket.

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