Chapter 193: Charlie Chen
"But can you accept her words to the vice president? You know, you're just the vice president now! Monet asked.
Unexpectedly, Scarlett gave him an unexpected answer: "Boss, in fact, I not only welcome Scarlett to be the vice president, but also welcome Daniela to come over to take charge of my business, because I want to resign!" ”
"Resign? Why? Am I negligent in the Playboy business lately? Monet hurriedly asked.
Scarlett waved her hand and replied: "No, no, boss, you misunderstood, I want to go back to open a photo studio, and Daniela is also very interested in this business, and now I have learned almost, and you also said that in the future, Playboy will be transformed, and the business of beauty photos will not be so much, so Daniela will be able to cope with it completely, if Marceau presides over the overall situation, there will definitely be no problems!" ”
"But haven't you tried to open a photo studio before, and it turns out that the effect is not good!" Monet persuaded again.
Scarlett smiled bitterly and said: "But I still don't give up, and in the past few years, I have made a lot of money from you, boss, and have accumulated a lot of contacts and ideas, so I want to try again!" ”
Seeing Scarlett's insistence, Monet knew that he couldn't forcibly keep her, so he said to her: "Then you have to promise to dig up Marceau, and take Daniela for another two months." ”
"Don't worry, boss, even after I resign, I will come often if I have nothing to do, after all, everyone is a good friend!" Scarlett stretched out her hand.
"That's right, we're all friends!"
In fact, this paragraph Monet has been thinking about how to place Daniela, after all, she has nothing to do in her own woman now, but now Scarlett has arranged it for herself, and if you think about it carefully, this job is indeed very suitable for Daniela.
Upon returning home, Monet asked Nicole, "Honey, I heard that Miss Marceau is having a bad time at the Women's Federation right now?" ”
"Huh? How do you know about this? Are you and her? Nicole asked, looking incredulous.
Monet hurriedly explained: "Don't think about it, it was Scarlett who told me that I was going to transform Playboy, and then Scarlett recommended her to me ......" and then Monet repeated the whole thing.
Nicole breathed a sigh of relief after hearing this: "Oh, that's the case, she's right, Marceau is really unhappy in the Women's Federation now, in fact, you didn't notice, I have quit the Women's Federation!" ”
"Huh? Why didn't you tell me about this? Monet asked with some displeasure.
Nicole replied disapprovingly, "It's not a big deal!" As you know, I just put my name on the Women's Federation, stay in it for a few more days if I'm happy, and quit if I'm not happy! ”
Then he changed the conversation and said: "But Marceau is different, if there is no suitable way to retreat, it will be too big a loss, so I think Scarlett's proposal is good, and I will also help persuade Marceau!" ”
"It would be great if you could help!" Monet said happily.
Unexpectedly, Nicole gave him a blank look: "How do you know that Marso is so happy when she comes?" Looks like you still have an idea for her! ”
"I'm all for the transformation of Playboy, okay? If I had any ideas for her, wouldn't I have done it a long time ago, and would I have to wait until now? Monet retorted.
Nicole snorted coldly and said, "When you explained you and Doris, you used this same set of rhetoric, what was the result, didn't you get together?" ”
"Uh, you know about this?" Monet asked with some embarrassment.
"What secret can be kept for a lifetime?" Nicole asked rhetorically.
Monet replied with a complicated expression: "Actually, it's not that I don't want to tell you, I just don't know how to speak......"
But before Monet could finish speaking, Nicole interrupted: "Okay, no need to explain, in fact, I have long passed the time to be angry, and I have been used to you so many women over the years, so let's not talk about this." ”
Seeing Monet's embarrassed expression, Nicole sighed and then stood up and took out a book from her bag and handed it to Monet to change the topic and said: "This is a new book I saw today, which is both detective reasoning and Chinese protagonists, I believe you should like it!" ”
"Reasoning with the Chinese as the main characters? How come I haven't heard of this kind of book? Monet muttered, but as soon as he saw the cover, it dawned on him, because the name of the book was "Charlie Chen"!
Charlie Chen can be said to be another classic image of Chinese in American movies, as a sheriff of the Honolulu Police Department, appearing in many movies, television and cartoons, and is one of the "5 most familiar Chinese to American audiences".
"The Legend of the Fairy Tree"
Charlie Chen is a Chinese detective portrayed by American writer Earl Terr Biggers. According to Biggs, Charlie Chen's character was inspired by a news story he saw while on vacation in Honolulu about a Chinese-American detective Zhang Aping's brilliant investigation of local cases. Zhang Ah usually wears a cowboy hat and a whip, and according to legend, he can jump from one roof to another like a flying man.
The Charlie Chen series of films was once introduced to China. Xu Guangping wrote in his memoirs that as long as there was a Charlie Chen movie screening in Shanghai, no matter how far away the theater was, Lu Xun would go to see it.
The reason why Americans can accept Charlie Chen is because he represents a new generation of Chinese born in the United States who have established an identity, and he fits the American imagination of Chinese - he loves to talk about "Confucius Said" and speak "Pidgin English", which is grammatical, profound, and intriguing. Always mysterious, with a stereotypical, distanced deference to white people, and very intelligent. This reflects Uncle Sam's complex feelings of "love and hate" for Chinese, feeling that Chinese culture is full of mysterious charm on the one hand, and repulsing the Eastern world on the other.
In fact, until now, Americans' perception of Chinese has not completely changed. Although the US media believes that the new generation of Chinese are rich in 'culture', the Chinese are still 'smart and even cunning' and 'not easy to understand'.
Seeing Monet's stunned look, Nicole asked, "Why don't you like it?" ”
Monet reacted at this time, nodded again and again and replied: "I like it, I like it, of course I like it!" ”
PS: Today I saw a post on Zhihu recommending brain-burning high-energy infinite text.,As a result, I clicked in and saw that it was all BL wind.,This makes me very entangled.,I'm very fond of brain-burning high-energy infinite text.,But I can't accept men......