Chapter 16: Wear a few more outfits to the holiday
Sophia bites into the juice straw and is surprised to see Tommy urging Dorothy, the maid who has been with him for several years, to speed up her packing and prepare to take her bodyguard, Mr. Paige, on vacation.
"You don't often think of the word vacation, what makes you finally think of letting yourself relax and take a break?"
"Nothing, you wouldn't want to know, I underestimated Rick and the black employees who worked hard for the company, like Martin." Tommy walked up the stairs to Sophia's side, took the juice and took a sip, and said to Sophia in an affirmative tone:
"I guess a woman like Ling must not have been able to sleep all night after listening to it."
Sophia revealed, "Are you kidding?" But she didn't continue to ask, and was about to turn around and leave the study to help Tommy pick out a few books to pass the time on the plane, and after a few years of getting along day and night, she already knew all of Tommy's habits.
"Earl and Rick, they helped NiggerBoss with a black lead actor and director named Bill Duke, have you heard?" Tommy said as he stood in front of the guardrail of the stairs with the juice in his hand, looking at Sophia as she was about to leave.
Sophia stopped and thought about it, then turned to Tommy in confusion and asked, "Didn't Rick plan to choose one of the young black directors who were not favored by Hollywood studios, such as Spike Lee, Leon Isaac, and Benjamin Burnett?" How did it become Bill Duke? He's not one of those young nobodies, don't tell me, you don't know the name, he's the director of the first six episodes of the first season of Miami Vice, and he's a very good actor himself, so he's interested in you black dramas, why can't I sleep? I have a feeling that maybe because he is paid too much, so you are the one who sleeps tonight. β
"No, that guy's offer isn't high, it's a quarter lower than a white director with the same score, it's just ...... He asked for more power during filming, you know, I don't care how much he spends, anyway, if the overspend is severe, Rick will be the first person to be in trouble with me, and Rick himself knows that. Tommy took a sip of the juice, put his hands on the guardrail, looked at the palatial but empty hall, and spoke.
Then he said to Dorothy, the maid who was packing her luggage in the hall and followed her all the way from San Francisco to Los Angeles: "Dorothy, help me prepare two more dozen panties, that hellish place in Georgia, even if I bring a bodyguard and am a man, but I don't feel safe wearing a few pairs of underwear, I am worried about being dragged into the alley and being murdered." β
"Yes, Mr. Tommy." Dorothy looked up and smiled at Tommy.
Tommy laughed when he heard the other party's address: "Either call me Tommy affectionately, or call me Mr. Hawke, Mr. Tommy?" β
Dorothy is Chinese New Year's Eve, from Colombia, and before working as a domestic servant in the United States, she was a store salesperson, her husband was a truck driver, and she had a lovely daughter, a happy family of three.
However, in 1980, her husband died in a transport for government forces, the rebels robbed the transport truck, slaughtered all the truck drivers hired by the government, and sent threatening letters to the families of the deceased, and lost her husband, and some local people also targeted their home, and finally Dorothy ruthlessly sold the house, she fled Colombia with her children, and arrived in the United States with great hardship, going to San Francisco to join a distant relative whom she had not seen since birth.
She first worked in San Francisco for two years as a beach debris cleaner, but after earning her wages, she didn't make a big deal and signed up for a housekeeping course until she met Tommy for hiring a maid, to whom she was recommended.
Although Tommy is a bastard most of the time, he is very caring for the poor at the bottom, and his residence has a special nanny room, which allows Dorothy to live with her daughter, and there is no need to prepare three meals a day.
This is also the reason why Tommy moved to Los Angeles and Dorothy obediently followed, after all, it is difficult for her to find a job where she can save all her salary and do not need to pay for food, clothing, housing and transportation.
Her 10-year-old daughter is now enrolled in a boarding school under Sophia's arrangement.
In her mind, Tommy is the best employer in the world, and she is also very happy to see this young big boy's life get better and better, from a small villa in San Francisco to a luxury villa in Los Angeles.
"When the servants at other residences chatted in the community garden, they would address their employers with this kind of affection and respect." Dorothy folded a piece of clothing and said in her mouth.
Hearing Tommy's advice to Dorothy, Sophia frowned: "Georgia is very poor? β
"There are a lot of Indians in that place now, you know? Indian men are born with fucking clubs cut off, and the men of that country are the only ones in my heart who can beat black people, and they are not only women, men, but also goats, lizards, and fucking dead pythons, and Jesus went on a mission in India and can leave with a fucking belly. Tommy said to Sophia with a serious face.
Seeing the other party's expressions and hearing the exaggerated words coming out of the other party's mouth, Sophia felt that this bastard was maliciously slandering other minorities again, she glanced at Tommy blankly, and changed the subject back:
"So, what's wrong with Rick?"
"They were in the vicinity of Los Angeles, and I had Martin and Big Jack's family with them, and Martin heard Rick trying to talk to Bill Duke about the cost and made a big speech, and Martin and Bill Duke, Big Jack's black talk, was the reason why I decided to visit my old friends, and by the way, to take a vacation, to avoid them, I couldn't let any stain get on me, and if something went wrong one day, I wasn't there, I just had to push out Rick to be responsible." Tommy lowered his head and touched his abdomen with his hand, walked a few quick steps, walked to a mirror, chatted about the hem of his clothes, exposed his abdomen and looked at it carefully, and finally breathed a sigh of relief: "Fortunately, there are four faintly visible abdominal muscles, it shouldn't be too embarrassing." β
"What did they talk about?" Sophia ignores Tommy's narcissistic behavior and asks.
Tommy returned most of the juice to Sophia, took out a cigarette and lit one: "Pilot episodes always have to be eye-catching, Bill Duke wants to use a big action scene after the protagonist is released from prison to prove that the protagonist is not old or something, but the salary of Hollywood actors is scary, and there are obviously inexhaustible poor ghost blacks on the street, but we can't use them for group performances, we have to go to the Screen Actors Guild and let them provide us with the right people, otherwise the Actors Guild will find us trouble, Saying that BT doesn't respect fucking Hollywood, doesn't respect the actors' union, doesn't respect the rights of actors, etc., in short, don't want to find actors to work in the future. β
"Isn't that normal? A problem that everyone who works within the TV station knows. Sophia said to Tommy, "What's there to discuss on this issue?" β
"But Martin didn't know, so, I think, Mr. Page's greatest contribution to the TV station was to dig up Martin Hart, and he gave a suggestion to Rick and Bill, which was why not let the black old watches in Compton register as actors, and since it's easy to register, you only need to pay a few dozen dollars per person to get everyone to sign up."
"It's just that an idea of this magnitude, with what I know about you, is definitely not worthy of your praise." After listening to this, Sofitel said with a calm face.
"Of course it's not all, in fact, Martin has recently been in the black neighborhood of Los Angeles, and all the black neighborhoods know that there is a black guy in Miami and a TV station, and after he said this idea, Earl and Rick simply registered an actor agency in his name, and the black people propaganda company wants to open a black drama, and black actors are needed, if you don't have a job, register an actor, maybe you have a chance to become famous, it doesn't matter if you don't know how to register, their company can just help, but in addition to paying the entrance fee, There is a service fee of more than a dozen yuan, and the company does nothing, and there are more than 10,000 blacks who ask for help to register, and they collect hundreds of thousands just for collecting money. β
"Isn't Martin going to die, if you're not going to give the black guy's initiation fee to the Screen Actors Guild, he's ......" Sophia's eyes widened and she looked at Tommy, "He's going to be in trouble, right?" β
Tommy shook his head: "Of course not, Earl has already asked people to hand over the money to the Screen Actors Guild, leaving only a few people to share the profits of more than 100,000 yuan, I, you, Rick, Sean, Earle, we can probably receive a check of twenty or thirty thousand each, which is just what I used to pay for the vacation." β
"But even if everyone registers as actors, the actors' union will not necessarily recommend them to our crew? The union will only recommend those actors who they think are more suitable, like newly registered actors, who must slowly discuss seniority, and if they don't stay up for a year or two, they may not even be able to receive a job offer for group performances. Sophia didn't care that she suddenly made an extra twenty or thirty thousand, but frowned and talked about the problem she had discovered.
With such a large number of group performances, it is impossible for the actors' union to give the opportunity to these newcomers who have only paid the entrance fee once, of course, starting from the membership information to find out if there are any old members who have paid the membership fee for many years in a row, but have no chance.
Unless the producer forcibly designates it, but this is easy to anger the actors' union, and in terms of the size of BT TV, if it offends the actors' union, the follow-up work will be very difficult.
"Earl and Martin have arranged for the follow-up manipulation, as long as the Screen Actors Guild is ready to help the actors ask for high salaries, the new actors in Compton will go to besiege the white chairman's office, and Earl will also greet the three major associations, saying that the white top of the Screen Actors Guild discriminates against blacks, does not want black TV stations to start, does not want blacks to have their own voice channels and other hats, does not provide jobs to black actors who are in dire need of making ends meet, and will only take care of those black fools who are willing to honor the union for more money*." Tommy looked at Sophia:
"So, that's why I'm going on vacation, it's all black people who made it themselves, and it has nothing to do with me."
"Earl isn't doing anything wrong, in fact, the Screen Actors Guild already has the same problems you just mentioned." Sophia said to Tommy: "You don't need to be nervous, I remember that you never worried that you would anger a white man, on the contrary, every time you saw a white opponent, you became hyperactive and aggressive. β
"Not only this problem, but there are other small problems, such as a lot of black gangs in Los Angeles through Big Jack, hoping to show favor to Martin, so that their own gang can have a chance to appear in this kind of black supremacy drama, those low-level black people seem to have a kind of fanaticism about being famous, Mr. Director has been on the scene for five hours, and he has been scared to pee two pants, and he has just finished surveying and finalizing a lame gang site that can be used as a filming location for less than three hours, and the boss of that territory was killed and replaced by a boss of the Blood Gang." Tommy says:
"I'm not going to be involved in these disgusting things, it's all an internal problem of black people, and once a white person gets involved, all black people will bite that poor white person, so I won't do that."
"It's crazy...... Sophia said in shock at the gang's actions.
Tommy patted her on the shoulder and signaled that she didn't have to worry too much: "It's okay, these processes are all filmed, cut into documentary footage, and used to distribute videotapes, or if the series is really popular, you can release a separate documentary, just for everyone to see, black people don't just pretend in TV dramas, in the real world, they are also lawless, but all this has nothing to do with me, it's all done by Rick and the director, I don't know anything, I'm a puppet, a layman, I only know how to pay...... and giggles. β
"Giggle......" Sophia sighed, "So, you're going to go to that place in Georgia full of Indians so that you think you can sleep soundly?" β
Tommy exhaled smoke: "I don't want to go, I want to go back to Rhode Island, I heard that Mr. Miller's second daughter is vacationing at Otilia's house, as Otilia's fiancΓ©, I need to entertain her for my fiancΓ©e who is far away abroad and has no time to return to China, but unfortunately, I received an invitation, or all the members of the CS Gang, have received an invitation." β
"What invitation?"
"David Schaefer, the fat boy of the CS Gang, is getting married, and all of us are going to his wedding, and the male members are going to give him an unforgettable farewell bachelorette party." Tommy looked at Sophia, "Interested?" How about I take you to meet the world? β
"Wear a few extra pairs of panties and protect yourself, Tommy." Hearing the bastard invite herself to join him to a man's bachelorette party, Sophia glared at him and said.
Tommy had a cigarette in his mouth and grabbed the staircase guardrail with both hands: "If it weren't for me, without Dennis, that fat boy would have been the most dazzling character in the CS Gang." β
"It's all packed, Tommy, including the panties you told me to do." Dorothy closed her suitcase and stood up and said to Tommy.
"Thank you, Dorothy." Tommy said.
Paige was also like a ghost at this time, quietly appeared in the living room, picked up the suitcase and walked out, and went to send the suitcase to the car first.
"That's all, see you in a week or two." Tommy went down the stairs and told Sophia, "Also, remember to remind Martin that although I complimented him, if he dares to flirt with Vanessa, I'll have Mr. Page come back, cut off his club, and help him get a stun bat!" I have other uses for that black girl, and I don't allow other men to beat him, even Earl, and without my permission, even if it's a male dog in heat, you have to pretend to be a gentleman in front of her. β
"For the hundreds of thousands of profits, did Martin receive a check? I mean, if you don't give it to him, I have to remember to keep it a secret from him. Sophia asked, leaning up on the stairs and looking at Tommy as he descended the stairs.
"Let the bank increase the limit of 20,000 yuan for him, so that he can add more lines to himself, which is the reward he deserves after helping the company earn more than 100,000 yuan." Tommy didn't look back and walked towards the living room door.
Sophia thought for a moment: "If you're really worried about Vanessa, maybe she can move to me for a while......"
"No, the Negroes should live in the place I have laid out for them, and if I let me know that the Negroes have been in and out of your lodgings......" Tommy heard Sophia's words, turned around, and made a shushing gesture to her, interrupting her, and said with a smirk:
"I can't save you from pleasing you with breast augmentation, Sophia."
Sophia sighed and didn't continue, Tommy took a cigarette in his mouth and walked down the stairs towards the living room, muttering to himself:
"I can care for black people, but I'm not prepared to think of myself as black people."
(End of chapter)