Chapter 21: Hollywood
"Aunt Mia, I remember that this house is not where Tony lives, why did it change?" Wendy asked the landlord curiously.
"Oh, it's Wendy, didn't Tony tell you? He's already moving! Aunt Mia replied.
Wendy mistakenly thought that Monet was trying to avoid herself, so she muttered a little depressedly, "Moved? Why do you want to move? ”
"Tony is now a big writer, how can he still live in my shabby house, and you don't know how many people have come to him every day since he became famous, not to mention him, even I can't stand it, so it's normal to move!" Aunt Mia explained on the side.
"Oh, well, do you know where he has moved?" Wendy asked.
"Tony left me a note when he left, you can wait for me to find it for you." Saying that, Aunt Mia began to scramble to find it, but finally said to her regretfully: "Oh, I don't know where I put it, or you can leave me a contact information, and I'll tell you when I find it or meet Tony." ”
"Okay, then thank you, Auntie." Wendy reluctantly agreed.
Although Monet's current address was not found from the landlord, Wendy did not give up, and then she came to the Brooklyn Weekly because she felt that the newspaper must know Monet's address, otherwise how would they contact him?
But when she arrived at the newspaper, she was disappointed again, because the staff of the newspaper only agreed to forward her letter to Monet, but insisted on refusing to tell her Monet's current address.
In the end, Wendy said angrily: "I am a good friend of Mr. Monet, but he moved, so I can't contact him, I don't believe I can tell him his previous address, and I can also find a landlord to prove our relationship." ”
But the staff was unmoved: "Sorry miss, we have no time or obligation to prove this, and the reason why Mr. Monet chose to move is because there are too many people who know his original address, and he can't bear to bother, so if you are really a good friend of Mr. Monet, then I believe he will take the initiative to contact you after seeing your letter." (When I wrote this paragraph, I was reminded of Chi Zi ridiculing Zhang Liangying for proposing marriage on the spot in "Tucao Conference", but Feng Ke claimed to be Zhang Liangying's boyfriend when he was stopped by the security guard, but he didn't expect the security guard to retort at all: "Yes, yes, yes, you all say that!") ”...... )
In fact, what Wendy didn't know was that even if the staff gave her Monet's current address, she couldn't find it, because at this time Monet was not in New York at all, but went to Hollywood.
Hollywood is located on the west coast of the United States, just outside of Los Angeles, California, and is a beautiful place surrounded by mountains and rivers. Discovered by photographers looking for locations, it attracted photographers around the beginning of the 20th century, and then began to form a center of cinema by small companies and independent producers who sought to escape the control of patent companies.
So when Monet arrived in Hollywood, he found that there were already fifteen studios in the city, including Nestor Pictures (Hollywood's first film company).
But fortunately, Hollywood was not too famous at this time, so the housing prices were very cheap, especially the barn that Monet bought was even cheaper. (The first "White Husband of an Indian Woman," which made Hollywood famous, was filmed in a small Hollywood barn.) )
But even so, when signing the contract, the original owner still smiled and asked him: "Sir, are you also coming to open a film company?" ”
Monet shook his head and replied, "No, I'm going to open a hotel." ”
"Hotel? But apart from these people who came to make movies, there were no outsiders here. The owner asked, puzzled.
Monet smiled mysteriously and replied, "There will be more in the future." ”
After buying the barn, Monet found someone to simply tidy up the barn, and then hired a middle-aged man who seemed very honest and reliable, Milton, as the innkeeper, and handed over the entire hotel to him to take care of, and then returned to New York.
In fact, Monet also knew that he was very unreliable in doing this, normally he had to arrange a trusted person to be the boss or take care of the accounts, otherwise Milton said that the business was not good, and he had no reason to refute it, after all, there was no monitoring in these years, but he didn't have a trusted person at all, in fact, the Shanshan sisters could barely do it, but let the two of them come to Los Angeles, where they are not familiar with their lives, and it is still a suburb, it is estimated that they will not agree, so this idea can only be just a thought.
Fortunately, Monet didn't expect the hotel to make money for him, it was purely to occupy the land, as long as the hotel could be self-financed.
After returning to New York, Monet first went to the "Brooklyn Weekly" to say hello to Mann, and at the same time received a large number of letters from readers, including Wendy......
As soon as Monet returned to his new home, Paul, the landlord who lived next door, greeted him warmly: "Monsieur Monet, you are back!" ”
Monet nodded and replied, "Well, just came back!" ”
"Come over for a cup of coffee, I just made it!" Paul warmly invited.
Although Monet wanted to go home and rest for a while, he considered that he had just moved in and could see that Paul had something to talk to him about, so he walked in.
Sure enough, after chatting for a few words, Paul cut to the chase and asked him, "Mr. Monet, there is a good opportunity to make money now, but I am a little unsure, so I would like to ask you to help me refer to it!" ”
"Oh? What kind of money-making opportunities? Monet asked curiously.
"This is it!" As he spoke, Paul pointed to the coffee in Monet's hand.
Monet asked in disbelief, "Coffee, coffee?!" ”
Paul nodded and replied, "That's right, it's coffee." ”
"Do you want to open a café Paul? That's a great idea! ”
Paul waved his hand and said, "No, no, no, there are too many cafes in New York right now, the competition is too fierce, and the market is saturated, so I plan to open a café in a place where the market is empty!" ”
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