Exploiting Hollywood 1980

Ronald contacted CAA's president Michael Ovitz through his agent Niceta's relationship.

Ovitz has a good relationship with the Japanese business community and Japanese Americans in the country. He previously directed the first TV series in American history based on the history of Japan, "Shogun."

With his help, Ronald's letter was quickly delivered to the desk of senior Hawaii Senator Daniel Inouye's office, and was placed at the top of all letters to be answered.

Daniel Inouye was a World War II veteran who lost his right arm in the war and was the only one-armed senator among all senators.

He put on his gold-rimmed glasses and began his routine of reading letters. He would always read some of the letters from Hawaiians himself and respond to them personally. As the only Japanese-American among the 100 senators in the Commonwealth of America, he is very careful to maintain his vote base in his hometown in Hawaii.

“Dear Senator Inoue,

I'm a film director named Ronald Lee. Maybe you've heard my name, and I directed the movie "Night of the Comet," which is playing in theaters across America right now.

I am taking the liberty to write to you this time because I am doing some historical research for the new film I am writing. I wrote about a Japanese karate master who taught a boy the Eastern philosophy of practicing martial arts for self-defense...

In order to add some real background to the characters, I learned that during World War II, Japanese Americans once participated in an infantry regiment, the 442nd Regiment. I couldn't find any information about this regiment in many libraries on the West Coast.

Someone pointed out to me that you know something about this history. So I ask you to give me some information. "

Inoue took off his glasses with his left hand and pinched the root of his nose.

The 442nd Infantry Regiment, no one has thought of this name for a long time.

Inoue couldn't help but touch the empty sleeve of his right arm. This was one of the "memorials" he left behind when he joined the 422nd Infantry Regiment and served as a sergeant squad leader.

After calming down, Inoue put on his glasses and took out a box from the bottom drawer of his desk. He blew through the non-existent floating dust, and then used his remaining left hand to open the box with difficulty.

Inside are two medals with ribbons. A Bronze Star and a Distinguished Service Cross.

But what Inoue wanted to see most was not the two medals, but the two silver coins. These two silver coins once helped him block the bullets fired into his chest by the Germans.

But after he showed off the silver coin to his companions, he lost it.

Soon after, while charging desperately toward the German machine gun position, he was hit in the right elbow by a rifle grenade and lost his entire right arm.

He rang for his secretary and dictated a reply to Ronald.

"Dear Ronald, I haven't seen your movie yet. But I am willing to help you with your next movie. Here are some information about the 442nd Japanese Infantry Regiment that I have collected for your reference.

Wish you all the best. "

A thick box of materials was couriered from Capitol Hill to Los Angeles and arrived at Ronald's apartment.

Soon, Ronald read the materials sent by Inoue under the light overnight.

"It's really unexpected. Senator Daniel Inoue himself was born in the 442nd Infantry Regiment."

The Pacific War of World War II had just broken out, and some Japanese people began to join forces to lead the Japanese army that was about to attack Hawaii and the west coast of the United States.

Commander-in-Chief Roosevelt issued the infamous Executive Order No. 9066, which gave each theater command the power to detain civilians who did not cooperate with the American government in centralized detention.

Although this order did not target the Japanese by name, in the end only DeWitt, the commander of the West Coast Theater, ordered the execution of this order. A total of 110,000 Japanese-American citizens were imprisoned in concentration camps.

In order for the Japanese to avoid becoming pariahs in post-war America. The second-generation Japanese immigrants in the concentration camp began to write letters to Roosevelt enthusiastically, asking to join the army to serve their motherland, America.

They all regard themselves as Americans, not Japanese.

In the end, Roosevelt agreed, and the young Japanese men in the concentration camp enthusiastically signed up to join the infantry regiment numbered 442.

Initially, Roosevelt only wanted to recruit 4,000 people, but he was enthusiastic about joining the army. Before the end of the war, a total of more than 13,000 people were recruited.

Roosevelt did not dare to send them to the Pacific battlefield to fight Japan, so after the Allied forces landed in Normandy, the 442nd Infantry Regiment was sent to the European battlefield to specialize in overcoming difficulties. In order to clear their suspicions, the Japanese officers and soldiers fought very bravely.

The 442nd Infantry Regiment initially had a full strength of about 4,000 people. Due to the large number of casualties, by the end of World War II, the number of additional personnel was 2.5 times the original number. A total of about 14,000 people served in the unit during World War II.

In just over a year, officers and soldiers received a total of 9,486 Purple Heart Medals (specially awarded to injured soldiers). As a whole, the 442nd Regiment received commendations from the commander-in-chief eight times. Known as the Purple Hearts.

Inoue lost his right hand and received the Cross of Merit after returning to the country and retiring. After Hawaii was officially incorporated into the Commonwealth of America in 1959, he was elected as a federal representative, and three years later he was elected as a federal senator. He has been re-elected since then. .

During Nixon's Watergate hearings, where Inouye sat on the Senate Investigating Committee, he was disparagingly referred to as "that little Japs" by Nixon's personal attorney during a break, with the microphone left on for all to hear.

Inoue said afterwards, "He would rather believe it was an unfortunate accident."

Although Japan and America are now in alliance, America still treats Japan as a vassal. Although Inoue is a senator, he does not dare to confront a well-known white lawyer. Instead, he carefully gathered his edge.

Inoue knew very well that in this country founded by white people, there was a Japanese senator and he must not express himself too much. It is acceptable as a mascot. If you want to lead other white people, you are irresponsible to yourself and to the Japanese voters in Hawaii.

After reading these materials, Ronald rubbed his eyes.

It seems that the background of Danny's master has been determined. As a veteran who participated in the 442nd Infantry Regiment, he won the Medal of Honor. However, his wife died tragically in the concentration camp because she did not receive effective treatment during pregnancy and gave birth.

He loves Danny as his own child, and because Danny has no father, he treats his master as a false father, and he has a special feeling.

"What name should we give him? Or Miyagi. The founder of Ryukyu Goju-ryu Karate has a surname of Miyagi."

Having finished writing his thoughts, Ronald went to bed.

There was a sound, and Ronald saw a mother and a son in confusion. The two drove to Venice, Los Angeles. Stopped at the gate of a community with three palm trees.

"Is this Danny and his mother?" Ronald understood, he was dreaming again.

Interestingly, he knew the actor who played Danny, who was Ralph Mazzio, who played Johnny the Greedy Gangster in "The Kid".

It seems that after this actor reached puberty, male hormones stopped injecting into his face. Now he is in his early twenties, and he still has the baby face of an adolescent boy. He is suitable for playing the role of Danny, a high school student in the play.

Danny and his new friends in the neighborhood went to the beach to play football. Unlike the Anglo-Saxons who like football, the Latinos in Danny's neighborhood all like to play football.

There, Danny met the goddess in his heart, Ali Mills from the same school. The two got to know each other through football, and developed a liking for each other by the bonfire at the beach in the evening.

"Hey, this is an acquaintance too." Ronald discovered that the person who played Ali was Elizabeth Sue, who he had selected to star in the chewing gum commercial.

Elizabeth was already very beautiful, with curly blond hair, and a delicate temperament unique to middle- and upper-class girls.

Ronald knew that Elizabeth Sue was from an upper-middle-class background, so this was a true performance. He couldn't help but put Helen Slater and Diane Lane into this role. As an actor, it is true that Helen plays this role in her true self, while Diane is a bit too girl-next-door and has a bit of baby fat.

But Diane's acting skills are sufficient. If she can direct this movie, then let Diane give it a try. After all, Helen should have become famous with "Superwoman" at that time, and she had signed a three-film contract with Warner Bros., so he might not be able to hire her.

Master Miyagi is played by an unknown Japanese actor. Although he sounds like a foreigner, with all the wrong grammar and incorrect pronunciation, his speech is humorous and not incomprehensible at all. Instead, he is very philosophical, a bit like Master Yoda in Star Wars, who often speaks inverted sentences.

Danny's ex-boyfriend is Johnny, a boy who studies at another karate dojo. Together with his companions, he surrounded Danny and wanted to beat him up and keep him away from Ali.

At the critical moment, Master Miyagi, who was an apartment repairman by profession, fell from the sky and beat Johnny and his companions with three punches and two kicks.

Danny has since learned karate with Master Miyagi.

Johnny's master Chris asked Johnny to stir up trouble again. Their karate philosophy is to attack again and attack again, without leaving any behind to the enemy.

Unbearable, Danny found Master Miyagi, and the two went to Johnny's dojo and challenged them to a showdown with Johnny's dojo in the Los Angeles Karate Competition.

In order to win and no longer be harassed, Master Miyagi started special training for Danny. He was waxing Miyagi's car collection, sanding Master Miyagi's new floor, and painting Miyagi's courtyard walls. After the paint has dried for a few days. Danny suddenly realized that he seemed to be working as a worker, and he quit in anger.

Master Miyagi asked him to use the waxing style, the floor mopping style, and the wall painting style to receive the move. Only then did Danny realize that he had learned the basic karate styles through labor and had learned the basic skills.

Then Master Miyagi asked Danny to go to the beach and stand on a rocking boat to learn to balance. This is the philosophy of Goju-ryu, first make sure you don't fall to the ground, and then defend and counterattack.

Finally, before going to war, Miyagi celebrated Danny's birthday, drank too much, and told the story about his wife and child who died tragically in a concentration camp when he was serving in the 442nd Regiment.

The relationship between the two, similar to that of father and son, has become deeper and deeper.

Finally, at the Los Angeles Karate Competition, Danny made use of Master Miyagi's balancing and late-attack skills to reach the semi-finals. In the finals battle, Johnny's master instructed another student to use a foul leg sweep, which injured Danny's foot.

Danny was seriously injured. In the lounge, Master Miyagi used Qigong to temporarily cure Danny's leg injury.

In the end, Johnny's master, in order to win the championship in the dojo, ignored his martial ethics and asked Johnny, who had also entered the finals, to attack Danny's injured leg.

Danny couldn't resist. When the two sides were evenly divided, he had no choice but to secretly learn a trick that Master Miyagi often practiced. He raised his hands, jumped on one foot, kicked Johnny in the head, and then landed on that foot. . Defeated his opponent and won the championship.

The movie ends with Danny and Master Miyagi looking at each other.

"What the hell is this trick? Isn't this the white crane hanging its wings in Tai Chi? Can this defeat the opponent? I don't believe it." Can he hit the opponent with such a weak kick? Ronald also made moves and kicked.

"ah!……"

Ronald woke up on the floor cursing, kicked out of his dream, and rolled to the ground again.

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