Chapter 169 "Roman Holiday" Released
I stayed at Columbia University for a few days and discussed his future development direction with Mike in detail. Shen Long returned to Las Vegas with Johnny Mousse, Dan Trauss and the mathematics professor from Columbia University. Will be finishing this monograph on the game of poker at the Flamingo Club.
At the same time, Shen Long also started to build a smuggling channel to Asia. He did not choose those Italian descendants who were born in the United States to complete this work. These people have lived in the United States for a long time and have been more or less influenced by American culture. In World War II, many people ignored the good intentions of old Vito, gave up the opportunity to be exempted from military service, and took the initiative to carry their guns and went to the battlefield.
In their words, this country is good to me, and I should do something for this country; it is not appropriate for such a person to engage in actions that may harm the interests of the United States; so Shen Long chose all those A newcomer who just immigrated to the United States from Sicily within two years.
These people retain the Sicilian tradition, loyal, and full of distrust of the government. They still see themselves as Sicilians, not American citizens, and let them do these things without worrying about leaking secrets.
And they don't know where these goods will be shipped to in the end, they only know that they are probably shipped to Asia, and in Asia, the sphere of influence of the United States is too wide, the Philippines, Japan and other countries are all within this range, Shen Long is indeed in Some channels have been established in these places to cover the whereabouts of this batch of materials to the greatest extent.
They only need to hand over the supplies to Hongmen. These people don't speak a word of Chinese, they all converse in English. Shen Long's Sicilian subordinates guess at most that they are underground forces from the Philippines or Japan.
After finishing all this work, Shen Long rushed to Hollywood non-stop. The filming of "Roman Holiday" has been completed, and Audrey Hepburn has also returned from Europe.
After reuniting after a long absence, both of them were very happy. They stayed in the house for several days and did not come out. After Shen Long's diet and maintenance, Hepburn's health has improved a lot, so there is no need to worry about her being unbearable.
After the initial post-production of the film was completed, Shen Long watched the film together with Audrey Hepburn, Johnny Fontane, William Wheeler, Gregory Peck, Huang Zongzhan and other main creators.
Although I have seen this movie many times, Shen Long was still amazed by watching it again, especially the brand-new color screen made up for the regret of the black and white screen, which undoubtedly revealed Hepburn's charm.
"Your performance is definitely worthy of a statuette, and this movie is definitely expected to become the best film of the year." Shen Long couldn't help but admired, and he planned to use his personal connections to help Hepburn win this statuette ;Of course, when the awards ceremony is held, he will definitely be there in person, so as not to cause trouble to anyone who doesn't open his eyes.
"Yes,
Audrey is a natural actress. As long as she stands in front of the camera, she can attract all the attention. She will definitely become a legend in Hollywood and even in the history of human film. "The great director William Wheeler was also full of praise for Hepburn's performance. Some things are born, and others can't catch up no matter how much effort they put in.
"Fredo, this movie is coming out soon, do you have any good stories? I can't wait to prepare a new movie!" Johnny asked, rubbing his hands, the success of two movies in succession, and The capital injection of the Rockefeller consortium has greatly improved his status in Hollywood, and he enjoys this feeling very much.
"Let Audrey rest for a while. The previous filming was too hard. After Christmas, I will come up with a work that is very suitable for her." Now that "Roman Holiday" has been filmed, the next step is Another Audrey Hepburn classic, "Breakfast at Tiffany's", is ready to be filmed.
"Johnny, you can't always count on me for this kind of thing. There are so many writers and so many good stories on the market today. You can buy their stories and adapt them." You write the script, right? It’s enough to help you a few times at the beginning of the company’s start-up, but it’s up to you in the future.
"I know, but it's better for you to come up with their stories." Johnny smiled sheepishly. He was already satisfied with the promise of getting a movie this time, and he would continue to search for more Good scripts, along with the previous success, now the company is receiving more and more scripts, and there are many long-established gold medal screenwriters to submit manuscripts to them. Johnny has many choices.
Not long after, the post-production of "Roman Holiday" was officially completed, and it began to be screened in theaters across the United States. Audrey Hepburn, who was as noble and elegant as a real princess, and Gregory Pike, who was full of American gentleman demeanor, quickly conquered Fans all over the United States, the two of them have become the new superstars of Hollywood, and the box office of the movie has been rising all the way.
The second work of Johnny Film Studio was also a great success. It not only laundered a lot of money for the Corleone family, but also brought them huge profits. The market value of the studio continued to rise, and even the Rockefeller Foundation George Tormund also made a special phone call to congratulate him, and this business has also improved his status within the consortium a lot.
It’s just that the old Vito didn’t like this movie very much. After all, he is a traditional Sicilian, and Sicilians and Rome have never dealt with each other very well. Naturally, he doesn’t like this movie that describes the scenery of Rome.
But he doesn't care much about things now. Seeing the rapid development of the family in a way he doesn't understand, he feels that he seems to be a little behind the times. Fortunately, the third generation in the family is growing up slowly. Old Vito was happy to spend all day playing with the children at the Corleone House in Long Beach.
On Christmas, Shen Long returned to Long Beach, and the family was reunited. He saw that Santino had recovered from the sinking, but after so long, the middle management of the family had changed, and he could no longer shake Shen Long's attitude. He didn't think about it, Shen Long allocated him a piece of land in New York, and he continued to live his previous life, but his temper improved a lot.
And Connie found a handsome young man again, but this time the young man didn't dare to do anything to her; Mike came back with Kay and announced that they would get married next year, and everyone sent blessings one after another.
It seems that in this world, Mike will probably not return to the family to engage in the underworld business. I wonder if my mission this time is officially completed? Shen Long guessed.
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