Subtitle of this chapter: The old ones don’t go, and the new ones don’t come.

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"About investment..."

For movies of this era, the three million US dollars budget is indeed a bit exaggerated... Well, it's not just a little bit but a little bit. It's very normal for Old Kennedy to fall into hesitation.

He originally wanted to be the producer of this film, but now it seems that to be the producer, it will cost at least hundreds of thousands of dollars, which is much higher than his original estimate.

So old Kennedy had to come up with a delaying plan and said in an apology: "Miss Gish, Mr. Yuan, Mr. Griffith. I'm sorry. I'll go back and think about it and ask for my partner's opinions."

Before our Master Yuan could speak, Mr. Griffith said, "Mr. Kennedy, it's not that we urge you, but this movie will start filming in early April. There's really not much time to wait."

Speaking of which, this movie master has worked so hard these days. He himself knows that "The Lonely Girl in the Famine" is an opportunity for him to turn things around, and it can even be said to be the last straw to save his life.

If he succeeds, he will be the number one film player in America and even the world again; if he fails, he will have to declare bankruptcy and withdraw from the film industry.

So in order to prepare for the filming of this film, he worked day and night, and he lost a lot of weight.

Miss Lilian Jish has lost two laps. If she hadn't put on heavy makeup and dressed in clothes that conceal her figure, she could now call it a form of shaping. Yuan Yan suddenly felt that her wits felt greatly reduced.

Big Star is now a big producer with status. She said lightly: "Mr. Kennedy, the investors of this movie include not only Mr. Roosevelt's Fidelity Savings Guarantee Company, but also New York First National Bank, Citibank (author's note: these two banks have not yet merged), JPMorgan Chase and New York Life Insurance Company. I think you will agree after your Boston Bank partners learn about this fact."

The New York Life Insurance Company is naturally the thread that Mr. John McCall is the grandson of Darwin P. Kingsley, the president of this big insurance company.

Again, Yuan Yanshu made this film to integrate the Northeast Financial Consortium of America and enter the film industry together, so he gave the small money directly to these consortiums.

In addition, he deliberately made such a big investment in "The Lonely of Famine" and such high technical requirements.

At this moment, the film industry does not have high technical requirements or large financial requirements. The appreciation level of the American people is just like that. Even if a film company that is good at matching with the same style, you can make a lot of money by just shooting some movies.

But people's appetite is always hung up. If the American people are used to watching large-scale audio movies such as "The Lonely of the Famine", it will definitely impact silent and small-scale movies, forcing those companies to increase their investment in movies.

In addition, under the temptation of the extremely high profit return rate, other film companies will definitely follow their own steps to make big-scale movies. Such big-scale productions can naturally make big money, but once they fail, those film companies will go bankrupt immediately.

At that time, the Northeast Consortium or other consortiums will naturally kick the Jewish jewelers and fur merchants out of Hollywood, which will achieve Yuan Yanshu's goal.

In short, he would rather let WASP take control of Hollywood than give Jews a chance to stand out.

As for you, if you have the chance, of course, you will also bring in the Boston consortium.

Old Kennedy nodded and said, "I understand. In one week... no, within three days, I will give you the exact news."

"That's good, let's have a drink and wish us a happy cooperation."

At this time, the waiter brought the wine, and Yuan Yan suddenly picked up the wine glass and said to everyone.

“CHEERS!”

After the cup, everyone entered the chat mode. Miss Suzy, who was sitting next to Old Kennedy, pulled his sleeve and threw a charming look at him, while pressing his mouth towards the movie master.

JFK's father nodded in understanding, wiped his mouth with a napkin and said, "Mr. Griffith, I heard you had an actress audition this time. I'm a little curious about this, I don't know how it's going?"

When the movie master heard this question, his expression froze. He glanced at Yuan Yan and said vaguely: "It has only been a month since he was registered. The result remains to be tested by time."

In fact, the auditions for actresses that Master Yuan thought of were not very good. So far, there are only two or three hundred people who have signed up for it.

This method seems to be a little too advanced. There are two main reasons for the failure: First, the social status of movie actors was not high enough at that time, and second, the literacy rate of American women in 1921 was too low.

Literacy-reading women do not have that much desire to be a movie star, but women at the bottom who want to be a movie star can't even understand the newspaper.

Of course, Old Kennedy didn't care about this, but wanted to make a fuss. He pointed to the Broadway actress and said, "Mr. Griffith, do you think Miss Suzy meets your standards?"

What else can I say about this? Can this not meet the standards? Can it be said even if it does not meet the standards?

"Well..." The movie master was also a scene guy. He looked at the actress carefully and nodded, "If Miss Suzy is interested, then it is our honor. If it is convenient, come to our place to report tomorrow."

These days, there is not even an audition, and as long as the producer or director falls in love with it, he becomes an actor.

"That's great." Actress Zhan Yan smiled, and added a little bit of beauty, and said in a coquettish voice, "Thank you, Griffith first...well, director."

Yuan Yanshu thought to herself that this girl is not only good but also has a good voice. It seems that she has a different feeling when holding hands. Is Old Kennedy quite good at choosing?

He was moved in his heart. No wonder this old boy really went to invest in a film company later. No wonder his two boys were good at it. It turned out that it was because...

Master Yuan glanced at FDR in a hidden way and thought to himself, this guy is said to be lewd, and after becoming a paralyzed, he has mistresses.

It’s amazing, I must continue to do this film company and become bigger and stronger...

For the sake of his motherland, he had to be a pimp. Of course, he later promoted the pimp cause and became a marriage agency.

Miss Suzy hugged old Kennedy's neck with joy, kissed him on the old face, and then happily said to everyone on the table: "Why do I invite you all to watch the opera tonight."

"Mary Garden came to New York and brought a new opera "Love of Three Oranges."

Ms. Mary Garden was the most popular soprano singer in America at this time, and it is no exaggeration to call her a superstar. If she is more famous, Lillian Gish would be more than just her.

There is no way, opera performed by classical vocal music, that is, bel canto, is recognized as elegant art, and movies are just a popular entertainment at this time.

Born in Aberdeen, England, she became famous in Paris. She is currently the pillar and director of the Chicago Opera House.

Ms. Garden played the role of Salome, the princess of Israel in the Bible who killed the prophet John due to love, caused a sensation in the United States.

The one-act opera "Salome" was written by Heidwig Rahman based on the script of the same name by Wilde and composed by Richard Strauss. It has been a very classic opera since its publication.

"Love of Three Oranges" is one of the representative works of Russian composer Sergey Sergeyevich Prokofiev (1891-1953).

It seems that this musical actor is a little self-aware and knows that Yuan Yanshu and the others are only suitable for watching operas, not the kind of musical she performs.

FDR shrugged and said, "Sorry, Miss Suzy. I'm not available tonight."

He is now in charge of the two sides as the vice president of Fidelity savings. He is a senator, Zhang and vice presidential candidate of the Admiralty Department. How could he get along with them?

The film master also shook his head and said, "Lilian and I have a lot of work to do tonight. Sorry, we won't go."

"Oh..." The actress was a little disappointed with this, so she looked at another person who was concentrating on eating and drinking and asked, "What about Mr. Yuan?"

"I..."

Our Master Yuan originally wanted to refuse. He was not a mustache who would rather not eat than save money to watch opera.

In fact, in the past 100 years, the audience of opera has been shrinking, and by the 21st century it has really become a niche hobby for showing off. How could Yuan Hongjian, who came through at that time, like any opera?

Old Mr. Kennedy suddenly interrupted, "Mr. Yuan, you must go. I still have some questions about the script and want to ask you."

While he said this, he also shook Yuan Yan a glance that even a man knew...

What a spiritual figure Master Yuan was. He immediately understood what the other party meant and agreed: "Since Mr. Kennedy said that, I can't let Miss Suzy down, so..."

"Ouch!"

Miss Jish, who was sitting next to him, immediately understood what these two stinky men meant. She secretly invited Yuan Yan to eat a big elbow. He took a breath so much that he couldn't even speak.

"Ni Ao, what's wrong with you? Are you okay?"

The acting skills of the big star are indeed natural. She threw down the knife and fork in her hand in panic, holding her sarcastic face, and looked at her Chinese lover with surprise and heartache, as if she was completely unaware of it.

"I, I, I'm fine." Yuan Yan, who was sweating on her head, looked at the big star with lingering fear, and said in her heart that Kong Lao Er had a true saying, "It's hard to raise women and villains."

There is no way, so I have to stop going tonight...

He was about to refuse, but he heard Miss Gish say to Old Kennedy and Miss Suzy: "Since you're so tired, I'll hand him over to you."

"Ah! Do you mean to let me go to the opera with them tonight?" Master Yuan asked in a low voice in her ear.

"Of course." The big star gave him a coquettish look, picked up the wine glass to block his mouth and whispered, "I'm just a substitute for An... well, your fiancée will teach you a lesson, a bad man."

In fact, this is the cleverness and skill of Miss Lilian Jish. Her childhood experiences told her that men cannot be tied up by tying. The better a man is, the more so it is. Since that is the case, then don’t tie it.

However, you still have to express your dissatisfaction strongly. If the man you like goes out to mess around, you don’t mind, then what’s the point of “like”?

Yuan Yan had no choice but to scratch her head and spread her hands towards the others.

"Hahaha..." Everyone couldn't help laughing when they saw this strange "couple" funny.

In the early 1920s, opera was extremely popular in North America, especially favored by the upper class and intellectuals. Many rich people donated generously, not only formed opera troupes, but also established exclusive theaters for various opera troupes.

For example, the Chicago Opera Troupe and the Chicago Grand Opera were sponsored by Harold F-McCormick. Mr. McCormick is the boss of the International Harvester Company (IHC), and his wife is the daughter of Rockefeller, the old.

Musicals are indeed very popular among the American people. Some people say that the excitement and support of musicals by the Americans in the 19th century "just like the Milanese waiting for Puccini's new opera, or the Vienna waiting for Brahms' new symphony."

However, in 1921, musicals had not yet entered the hall of elegance. The most critical factor was that the musical "serious dramas" with serious storylines in later generations had not yet appeared. Today's musicals are all more funny singing, dancing and farce.

A few days ago, our Master Yuan was wearing a black suit, but tonight he changed into a tuxedo full of elite atmosphere.

Do you watch opera? What you see is the style... Well, he can't enter the Metropolitan Opera House of New York without wearing it like this. It was not until 1944 after World War II that the opera house allowed the audience to wear "army uniforms, or private vacation uniforms, or daily black dresses". However, the private rooms and the high-priced seats in front still required men to wear black bow tie, and women should at least wear simple evening dresses.

Master Yuan, who was so handsome that he was so cool at the entrance of the theater, met the old Kennedy who was waiting for him, and two ladies dressed up. One was naturally Miss Suzy, and the other was his "female companion" tonight.

Miss Suzy greeted enthusiastically: "Mr. Yuan, let me introduce you to me. This is my colleague, Miss Ethel Merman." (Note 1)

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Chapter completed!