"The actors and equipment are easy to say, and the rest of the handymen are also easy to find, but it is not easy to find excellent photographers, and now all film companies are looking at good photographers very closely, and I haven't found them yet." Johnny said he had recently met with several great photographers, and they told him that his schedule was full.

"Okay, I'll take care of this for you, you can prepare the script with peace of mind first." Shen Long took over the work again, "But after this is done, the rest is up to you, I may go back to New York in a while." ”

Oscar's affairs are almost ready, just wait quietly for Johnny Fang Tan's movie to be released, the preparation of the studio is also progressing steadily, Shen Long has no need to stay here, and more than a month has passed, and the time is getting closer and closer to the time for Solozzo and Tatania to attack, he must return to New York.

"Fredo, I'm causing you trouble again, don't worry, I'll take care of the rest of the matter." Johnny was a little embarrassed, he had been bothering people too much during this time.

After Johnny left, Shen Long asked Willy Chichi to find someone to collect information on the current Hollywood first-class photographers, through the Corleone family's connections, Willy brought him back a list the next day, Shen Long looked at them one by one, and after a while, a special name attracted his attention.

James-Wong-Howe, yes, how did I forget about him, he doesn't seem to have a good time during this time, and he probably hasn't been approached by that company to make films yet.

"Willy, call me a car and get ready to go out." There was his address on the document, and Shen Long packed up, went to buy a gift, and found this person's home with Weili.

After knocking on the door a few times, a rather handsome middle-aged white man opened the door, he glanced at Shen Long and the others, and didn't seem to know each other, "Hello, is there anything wrong?" ”

Shen Long's eyes fell on his shirt, and there was a special chapter hanging on it, and the three words "I am Chinese" were written on the special chapter, and the power was a little strange, how can this not look like a Chinese, right?

"Hello Mr. James Cagney, I have seen your Victory Song and your performance in the movie is wonderful." Shen Long recognized this person, James Cagney is one of the top actors in Hollywood today, won the Oscar for Best Actor in 1942 for "Song of Victory", and in 1999 was named the eighth greatest actor in the century.

Shen Long stretched out his right hand, "I'm Fredo, I'm here to visit Mr. James-Wong-Howe, I didn't expect you to be here." According to the information, the two of them are good friends.

"Hello Fredo, please come in!" James Cagney reached out and shook hands with Shen Long, invited him into the room, and when he entered it, he just saw a middle-aged man with black hair and round face coming out of the back room, and his shirt was also pinned with a special chapter with "I am Chinese", unlike James Cagney, he looked Chinese.

"James, this gentleman is here for you." James Cagney makes the introduction.

"Hello Mr. Huang." Shen Long stretched out his hands again, the Chinese name in front of him is Huang Zongzhen, his father worked for the Pacific Railway Company in his early years, and later saved up a sum of money to open a grocery store, and brought him to the United States when Huang Zongzhen was five years old, Huang Zongzhen has been interested in photography since he was a child, and came to Los Angeles when he grew up.

Prior to that, he participated in the film shooting of Paramount, MGM and other companies, and his performance was very good, establishing his position in the photography industry; However, after the attack on Pearl Harbor, he was often humiliated because of his skin color, which was often mistaken for Japanese, so he made such a special badge to wear; James Cagney also wore the same special badge in order to show his support for his good friend, and it became a good story for a while.

In the last month, Japan has announced its surrender, but the situation has not completely improved, so the two of them are still wearing this special badge, seeing these words, Shen Long's heart fluctuated, and he almost couldn't control his emotions.

"Hello, please take a seat, I'll pour you a cup of coffee." Huang Zongzhan shook hands with Shen Long and asked him to sit down.

"Give him a cup of coffee, give me a cup of tea." Shen Long pointed at Weili and said, "I like to drink Chinese tea very much. ”

This move made Huang Zongzhan have a good impression of him, and immediately took out his treasured good tea, and the two sides chatted on the topic of tea, and chatted very happily.

After chatting for more than an hour, Huang Zongzhan remembered that he hadn't asked anyone about his intentions, so he hurriedly asked, "Fredo, do you have something to do with me?" ”

"That's right, my friend Johnny Fang Tan wants to open his own studio to shoot the film, and now the script is there, but the photographer hasn't landed yet, so I want to try my luck and see if you have time, Mr. Huang." Huang Zongzhan can gain a firm foothold in Hollywood in this era when racial discrimination is still very serious, not to mention his ability.

He had been nominated for the Academy Award for Best Cinematography five times before that, and since then he has been nominated five times and won twice, and has since been named one of the top 10 cinematographers of film history.

"It just so happens that I've not been too busy lately, and if the script is really good, I'm willing to take the job." Because of the war, Huang Zongzhan didn't have much work recently, and he chatted with Shen Long very happily just now, so he immediately agreed, but Huang Zongzhan did things very safely, and he would not sign the contract until he read the script.

"It's definitely a very good movie, and you'll be satisfied after reading the script." This matter was decided, Shen Long had a meal at his house by the way, the long-lost Chinese food made him appetite, Huang Zongzhan was also surprised to see him use chopsticks so skillfully, and his impression of him was even better.

Knowing Huang Zongzhan is not only as simple as finding a photographer for Johnny, the Chinese in the United States in this era will more or less have some contact with Hongmen, through him may be able to connect with Situ Meitang, Shen Long is Chinese after all, and it would be better if he could provide some help to China in addition to completing the task.

Refused Huang Zongzan's repeated retention, Shen Long said goodbye and returned to the hotel, called Johnny, and asked him to contact Huang Zongzan tomorrow, Johnny was very happy to hear the news, Huang Zongzan's ability is well-known in the circle, with his joining, this "Paradise Cinema" is more certain.

Not long after hanging up the phone, a new call came, Shen Long picked it up and listened, it was Albert Nairy calling, "I recently heard a very important news. ”