Chen Qiang's investment in "Mrs. Minifer", the filming process can really be described as twists and turns.

The film is set in 1939, when the film was just set up, Germany had just begun to invade Poland, and the British army had not yet confronted Germany, so there was not much about war in the script.

However, when the script of the film was finalized and all the preparations were completed, it happened that the German blitzkrieg attacked France, and the Anglo-French forces retreated at Dunkirk, ceding the entire European continent to Germany. At this time, the original script was not suitable, and the screenwriter had to revise the script and add some elements of World War II to the script.

This film tells a story that takes place in England, and the protagonist of the film is also a middle-class British family, so the main perspective of this film is also on the side of the British, and such a perspective will inevitably attract the displeasure of Germany. At this time, MGM's executives were worried that filming such a film would make MGM lose the European market, and Kennedy Sr. warned MGM not to shoot a pro-British film, so MGM's executives decided to stop filming the film.

Fortunately, Chen Qiang spent money to buy a female number two for Esther, and Chen Qiang's investment revived the movie, but when Chen Qiang's funds were in place, Germany had already begun to bomb Britain, and the original script was scrapped again, so the screenwriter revised the script again. In the end, this movie, the script alone was pushed back more than a dozen times, and the screenwriter was also very bitter, as soon as the situation in Europe changed, the screenwriter had to rewrite the script.

In Esther's letter, Chen Qiang was introduced to the final plot of "Mrs. Minifer".

The film is set in the summer of 1939, and the protagonists, Mrs. Minifer, live in the suburbs of London, England, with a family of five. One day, Mrs. Minifer returned from an outing, admired the red roses of Baylor, the town's stationmaster, and readily agreed that the flower should be named "Lady Minifer" and supported "Lady Minifer" to participate in the town's flower competition. Miniferga's eldest son, Vane, met a Miss Bell at a flower show, and the two fell in love and became husband and wife.

The first half of the film is very everyday and warm, but in this warmth, the war came, and the eldest son Vane joined the British Royal Air Force and went to the front line to fight. And Mrs. Minifer, with her zest for life, insisted on the big rear. Later, the Battle of Britain began, and one morning, Mrs. Minifer stumbled upon a wounded German pilot in her yard.

Soon after, at the flower show, "Mrs. Minifer" red roses won the championship, just when everyone was happy to celebrate the festival, the air raid sirens sounded again, the flowers were interrupted, everyone went home to cover, at this time the Miss Bell, who had been married to Vene, and Mrs. Minifer sent Venn to the station to meet the enemy plane, the mother-in-law and daughter-in-law were attacked by German planes on the way back, and Bell was unfortunately killed.

It can be said that this Mrs. Minifer refers to the protagonist of the movie and the pot of roses, and can be regarded as Miss Bell, who was unfortunately killed, because after Miss Bell married Wayne, she also became "Mrs. Minifer".

The main character of this movie, Mrs. Minifer, is played by the famous British movie star Grea Garson. The second female played by Esther is the Miss Bell, the one who was killed by the German plane in the finale.

"After a long time, Esther played the role, and finally died! But this is not necessarily a bad thing, in Hollywood movies, there are two types of roles that are easier to win awards, one is to play a fool, and the other is to play a dead man. Chen Qiang sighed lightly.

Later, Chen Qiang pondered the plot of "Mrs. Minifer" and found that it was somewhat familiar, and Chen Qiang always felt that he had seen this movie.

"I think about it, I have watched a movie called "The House of the Loyal and Brave", or the CCTV Movie Channel has an appointment to show it, the plot is the same as this! I remember that the host of the best film at that time also introduced that "The House of the Loyal and Brave" won several Oscars! Could it be that because of me, the name of "The House of the Loyal and Brave" was changed! ”

The more Chen Qiang thought about it, the more he felt that it was possible, because the historical "The House of the Brave" had nothing to do with him, and perhaps the "House of the Brave" would also encounter financial problems when it was filmed, and then Louis Meyer would find other ways to solve it. And in this time and space, the appearance of Chen Qiang solved the funding problem of the film in advance, so the movie became "Mrs. Minifer".

Chen Qiang is not a professional filmmaker after all, and he doesn't know much about the history of films, so Chen Qiang doesn't know that "The House of the Brave" is actually the translation of "Mrs. Miniver" after it came to China, and the original English name of the original work is "Mrs Miniver".

Chinese film and television practitioners have always been very artistic in translating movie names, and there are even some divine translations. For example, "Waterloo Bridge" is translated as "Soul Broken Blue Bridge", which is far more meaningful than the literal translation of "Waterloo Bridge"; Another example is "Top Gun", which translates to "Top Gun", which sounds very imposing; "Flipped" translates to "Heartbeat", at least to Chinese, this Chinese translation can better express the feelings of the film.

After "Mrs. Minifer" was introduced into China, it was translated as "The House of Loyalty", and this translation is indeed very suitable for the content of the movie, of course, this is also related to the fact that the film script has been revised many times, in 1939, when the film was just established, the Minifer family was not so "loyal and brave".

And the director of this movie is also William Wheeler, an early American film giant. He has been nominated for the Academy Award for Best Director twelve times in his life, won three awards, won three films and won the Oscar for Best Picture, and sent 12 actors to the throne of Oscar winner and actress.

William Wheeler has made many famous films, and the most well-known of them is Audrey Hepburn's famous work "Roman Holiday", and ordinary people have definitely heard the name of this movie even if they have not seen it.

Esther's letter also told Chen Qiang that the next "Mrs. Minifer" will enter post-production, and if it wants to be released, it will have to wait until next year.

Chen Qiang didn't care too much about this, and he didn't take this movie to heart. In Chen Qiang's view, such a plot is not attractive at all. After all, as a time-traveler, Chen Qiang has watched too many Hollywood special effects blockbusters, and has also seen all kinds of suspenseful brain-burning films.

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Recently, housing prices in the New York City area have been rising, of course, in the eyes of the world, the so-called "New York City" at that time was the most elite location in New York, and in 2019, the apartments in this location are sold for tens of millions of dollars.

As a Chinese, Chen Qiang also has a mentality of buying up and not buying down real estate, and now Chen Qiang has some money in his hands, coupled with the rising housing prices in New York, so Chen Qiang decided to buy a house quickly.

If you want to get a villa in New York, you have to go to the suburbs, and if you want to get a villa in the city, there are already high-rise buildings, so Chen Qiang plans to buy an entire apartment building and convert it into a big house.

Chen Qiang inquired about the price, New York City's six-story apartment building close to the center, more than 100,000 US dollars can be fetched, which is simply the price of cabbage in the eyes of later generations, but for ordinary Americans with an average weekly salary of only more than 20 US dollars, they like to say that 100,000 US dollars are earned by working for 100 years.

In the end, Chen Qiang chose a relatively new apartment building, according to the real estate agent, the owner of this apartment building is a businessman engaged in real estate development, and he is in urgent need of capital turnover recently, so he is willing to sell such a relatively good location and relatively new apartment building.

However, the real estate agent did not disclose the seller's name, perhaps to protect the seller's privacy, or it may be worried that Chen Qiang would contact the seller in private, so the real estate agent would earn less agency fees.

So Chen Qiang made an appointment with the real estate agent to meet in a café.

As a Chinese, Chen Qiang is still relatively conspicuous, so after the real estate businessman walked into the café, he recognized Chen Qiang at a glance.

Without waiting for the real estate agent's introduction, the real estate businessman came to Chen Qiang's side, then handed over his business card, and said at the same time: "Mr. Chen, hello." ”

Chen Qiang took the business card with both hands and took a closer look, the first line was the name of a company: Elizabeth-*** company, and below was a person's name, Fred-***.

"Hello Mr. ***." Chen Qiang immediately responded.

After the two of them sat down, Fred *** briefly introduced himself.

Fred *** has been in the real estate industry for more than a decade, and in the late twenties, he set up his own real estate company and made his fortune by investing in a $3,900 per home in Queens, New York. Today, Fred-***'s company has several apartment buildings in New York, and since the outbreak of the war in Europe, a large number of refugees have poured into New York, and Fred-*** has made a lot of money renting out his apartment.

The apartment building that Chen Qiang values was originally rented out to some Jews from Germany, if it wasn't for Chen Qiang's desire to buy it, maybe Fred-*** would continue to rent out the apartment to earn rent.

After learning about Fred ***'s business, Chen Qiang couldn't help asking: "Mr. ***, in the current form, it is impossible for the war in Europe to end in a short time, those refugees from Europe, I am afraid that they will have to stay in New York for several years, if you continue to rent out the apartment building, you can also get a huge profit, why are you in a hurry to sell the apartment building?" ”

"Truth be told, I found a new investment project, and I intend to work with the military to build barracks and naval apartments near several military ports on the east coast, which will require a large amount of money, but I don't have that much money right now, so I can only sell some apartment buildings to cash out." Fred-*** spoke.

"Mr. ***, you are very discerning, when the United States enters the war in the future, a large number of soldiers will definitely be conscripted into the army, and the US Navy will indeed need a large number of barracks at that time, I believe that your investment will definitely bring you rich returns." Chen Qiang said.

"Mr. Chen also thinks that the United States will directly enter the war?" Fred-*** looked slightly surprised, and then continued: "Most Americans think that the United States only needs to provide supplies to Europe like World War I, and when the situation is decided, it is enough to send troops to support the victorious side. ”

"This is a world war, and the United States cannot stay out of it." Chen Qiang smiled and continued: "Even if the United States doesn't want to interfere, trouble will come to the door." Compared with Germany in Europe, I think the United States should be more worried about Japan in Asia. ”

"Japan? Japan is separated from the United States by the Pacific Ocean! This distance doomed Japan from becoming a threat to the United States. And I don't think the Japanese have the guts to provoke the United States either! Fred-*** said, shaking his head.

"If Japan had taken Hawaii, would you still think that the United States would be far enough away from Japan?" Chen Qiang shook his head with a smile and continued; "Maybe before Christmas, the news of the Japanese attack on the Pearl Harbor military base will appear in the newspapers."

"Hehe, if that's the case, I'm afraid I'm going to have to sell some stocks." Fred *** said with a smile, but judging from his expression, he obviously didn't believe Chen Qiang's statement.

"Mr. ***, I don't know about stocks, but I heard you say that, if the United States and Japan really go to war, the stock market will fall?" Chen Qiang asked immediately.

"Of course, as long as there is a war, the stock will definitely fall." Fred *** nodded: "But since the outbreak of the war in Europe, the Dow Jones index has fallen quite a bit. I've lost a lot of money, too! I'm about to give away all the stocks I have. ”

"It's a pity that I didn't buy the stocks, otherwise I would have sold them all." Chen Qiang said.

"Hehe, even if you don't have stocks in your hands, you can make money through the stock market! If you think the stock market is going to fall, you can go short and wait until the stock does fall, and then close the position, and you can make a lot of money! Fred *** explained.

"Can you still do this? It's the first time I've ever known! Chen Qiang said.

"It seems that Mr. Chen really hasn't bought stocks in normal times. If you're interested, go to Wall Street and find an investment firm, I'm sure the stockbrokers will be happy to do it for you. Fred *** replied.

Chen Qiang nodded silently, he was already planning to go to an investment company on Wall Street to consult about short-selling stocks. After all, it is not a few days before the Japanese army attacked Pearl Harbor, and if short-selling stocks can really make money, then Chen Qiang can take this opportunity to make a lot of money!

Chen Qiang was still thinking about the short selling of stocks, and a middle-aged lady walked into the café, and the middle-aged lady's stomach was slightly uplifted, and she knew that she was pregnant at a glance.

The pregnant woman came straight to Fred-*** and said, "Honey, is the business done?" We've got to pick up the kids! ”

Fred *** hurriedly introduced Chen Qiang: "This is my wife Mary. ”

"Hello Mrs. ***, please take a seat." Chen Qiang immediately beckoned the pregnant woman to sit down.

Fred-*** said, "I already have a daughter and a son, the eldest daughter is called Mary, just like his mother, and the eldest son is Fred, just like me. ”

Chen Qiang nodded, in the culture of foreigners, it is not new for a son to call his father a name, sometimes it will be a very glorious thing.

Fred-*** looked at his wife's belly with a doting face, and then said: "This is my third child, I have already thought of the name, if it is a daughter, I will call him Elizabeth." Actually, my mother's name is Elizabeth, so I'm going to name my daughter after my mother! ”

Chen Qiang smiled knowingly, and said in his heart that this Fred-***, naming the child is really trouble-free, the eldest daughter will follow the child and her mother, the eldest son will follow the child and his father, and the second daughter will follow the child and her grandmother, I don't know what the second son should be called, whether it is the name of the child and his grandfather.

So Chen Qiang couldn't help but ask, "What if this is a boy?" What name are you going to give him angry? ”

"If it's a boy, call it Donald!" Fred-*** spoke.

"Donald? What a name! Chen Qiang muttered, but a trace of horror flashed in his eyes.

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