Exploiting Hollywood 1980

The latest website: Ronald packed up his mood and started preparing for his vacation.

Involving the five families of Italian descent, Ronald did not know what relationship the producer Dino de Laurentiis from Naples had with them. After discussing privately with the agent and the legal team, it was decided that revenge against Dino would not be launched immediately for the time being.

Ronald also formally hired Mike Pike for a long time, and he was handed over to him for background checks on filming and financing. The price was not low, but Ronald was willing to pay it.

It is equivalent to buying an insurance. With the news that Detective Mike Pike is well-informed in the nypd and the five major families, there will be a suitable warning time if someone wants to frame themselves desperately.

"Sorry, Ronald. The visa over there is more troublesome. We have already submitted the visas of the thirteen members of the delegation. You want to join temporarily, I can only try it for you, and it may not be approved. ."

Jack Valentine, the president of the Film Association, learned that Ronald wanted to join the American film delegation again. Although he was glad that a film director of his age was willing to go, there would not be only a bunch of old men and women, but the visa is a problem.

"Is it so difficult?" Ronald didn't know how difficult it was to get a visa.

"I can help you submit the materials. Thirteen of us have to submit the materials collectively, together with an invitation letter, before the approval is approved. There are too many people going to travel now, and some people have to wait in line for several years."

To add a little chance, Ronald contacted his agent, Nisita.

"I can't help it. We haven't communicated in the cultural field for a long time. If you want to find someone for help, you don't know who to turn to."

I really don't know who to ask about this kind of thing. Only Ronald's accountant, Lawrence, hired a senior travel agency manager from Chinatown in Los Angeles to provide some advice.

"Since the two countries opened up travel permits, hundreds of thousands of American people have wanted to see the ancient wall every year. But only a little over one in ten have been approved. It's a lot of luck, we Travel agencies do not know what the standard is.

It's just that those of Chinese descent will be approved a bit faster than the average person. "

"Doesn't that mean I didn't say anything?" Ronald rubbed his ear. "Is there anything else that can increase the chances of getting a visa? I went with the American Film Delegation. It's an official business."

"Oh, if it's official business, it's easy if you have an invitation letter from a domestic institution."

"But the delegation's invitation letter,

Has been sent to approve other people's visas. Ronald sighed, it was really impossible, so he had to ask Weintraub to arrange a trip to the East.

"You were added after the invitation list? Do you want to go on a trip with them? This way is not very convenient now. You ask if you can ask the other party to send another invitation letter, as long as there are ministries, or Invitations from institutions such as cultural and sports associations are almost 100% approved, and the speed is very fast.”

The manager of the travel agency thought Ronald just wanted to take advantage of the delegation and went on a tour. A lot of Americans who couldn't get a travel visa did this before. So give him an idea.

"Culture, sports, invitations?" Ronald suddenly had a flash of inspiration, "I seem to have one."

"What are you going to do? Why didn't you have you on the list submitted by Mr. Jack Valentine?"

A visa officer of the embassy took the documents submitted by Ronald and read it over and over.

When Ronald heard this accent with a Chinese flavor, he sighed in his heart that he hadn't heard it for a long time. Chinese people born in America do not have this special accent with a slightly flat flavor.

"I have long wanted to go with the American Film Society delegation. But because of other delays, I didn't make it in time to submit the visa application."

"What's the matter? Are you so busy? You even forgot to submit the materials collectively?"

"It's too busy. But I have a supplementary material that can prove my consistent thinking." Ronald handed over a letter.

"Okay, we will check with the Film Association as soon as possible, and then give you an approval as soon as possible. In the future, it is better to bring this kind of visa in advance so as not to delay the trip. Even if you speed up the application this time, it may take five days, you Not necessarily in time for the delegation's plane."

"It doesn't matter, it doesn't matter, I can buy the ticket myself." Ronald was also very happy when he heard that there was a hope that a visa would be granted, and finally found time to go back and have a look.

"Ronald, why are you here?"

As soon as he left the visa office, Ronald was stopped.

"Chao Li?" Ronald found that the one who had just entered the door was the Chinese actor who taught him Taijiquan to hang the white crane's wings before the filming of "Longwei Boy".

"I'm still watching you and Jane Wyman's 'Eagle Crest Manor'?" Ronald shook hands with him, "I'm here to submit my visa, and Jack Valenti's film delegation has recently passed by. To communicate with the film artists there, I also want to go see it. Why, are you going too?"

"Yes, I want to go back to my hometown to have a look. In addition, my son and daughter don't speak much Chinese, so this time I took them to a Chinese summer camp. Hey, it's been a long time since I drank vinegar from my hometown, Xiangyin. No change in hair loss."

The last sentence, Chao Li said in Chinese, he touched his already gray temples.

"Then I'm just laughing and asking where the guests come from." Ronald also changed to Chinese, correcting a poem.

"Why, you speak Chinese very well, and you are also highly accomplished in ancient poetry."

"I took the appreciation class of 300 Tang Poems at New York University."

"Okay, let's exchange phone numbers, maybe we can meet there again."

After Chaoli and Ronald separated, instead of entering the visa office where ordinary people go, he greeted the receptionist and went directly to the office of the senior management behind him. He knocked on the door.

"Come in," a man with plastic glasses and a Chinese tunic said in a loud voice, "Xiao Ji? Why are you here?"

The two shook hands and hugged excitedly.

"Your brother asked me to say hello. He is now an ambassador in Fiji."

"We are all very well. This time I will take my son and daughter back to the Chinese summer camp, and we will also go back to our hometown to have a look."

"Good, all good. Summer camp is good."

"They can only speak English now. Chinese people can't forget their roots. Our generation was separated by the war and the cold war. Now we just hope that our children can live a better life. There will be many advantages to be able to speak fluent Chinese in the future. ."

The two old friends chatted for a while, and Zhao Li said to him, "I just saw a new Hollywood director, Ronald Lee, who seems to have come to apply for a visa. This person is very friendly to Chinese people, and it is worth being with him. friend."

"Oh? Is he famous in Hollywood?"

"Didn't you watch the news? He's the boyfriend who was dating Brooke Shields"

"Oh? Is it her boyfriend?" The old friend has been here for so long, and he also knows this beautiful idol of America.

"Do you have any of Ronald Lee's visa application materials? Let's take a look." The old friend called and asked his subordinates to find Ronald's application materials.

"It's his ex-girlfriend. He is a rare director in Hollywood who is friendly to China. This time, the film 'The Year of the Dragon' has a lot of slanderous content on the Chinese. There was a big turmoil, and the scandal of the ex-girlfriend was shaken out.

"Gossip?" The other party raised his eyebrows.

"It's all slander, and I finally figured out that Ronald was the hero who saved the beauty and helped the female star escape the scam. In America, this is also a nasty attack. It proved Ronald's friendliness, he is worth doing. friend's."

"Leader, here are the visa materials you asked for. Ronald went with a delegation from the American Film Society. But his application was not submitted with the group, so the process...you see?" The staff asked for it. The application documents that Ronald just submitted.

"This person is very friendly to the Chinese. You go and say hello to the office staff, and you will get it done as soon as possible. Don't delay the trip, give him the longest visa, and invite him to travel. I am also a friendly person. Open the back door."

"Okay, leader, I'll do it now. Since it's a friendly person, it's not too much to give special approval."

"What do you think? When the Air China flight arrives, I'll call you and your two nephews and nieces. They will also be on the same flight. You can also chat more with Ronald and other members of the delegation."

"Yes," Chaoli knew that it was nothing more than chatting with Ronald about his views on the Chinese. It was also a good thing to be able to take a seat on a flight across the ocean, so he agreed immediately.

"lead!"

The clerk just now ran in in a hurry again, and rushed in without even knocking on the door.

"What's the matter? In a panic, not at all calm. Diplomacy is no trivial matter, and you must remain calm at all times."

"Yes." The clerk took out a torn envelope and a handwritten invitation letter.

"This is the supplementary application materials submitted by Director Ronald Lee. He said that there was an invitation letter from people in the arts and sports circles. We thought it was from the film industry, and we opened it to find out that it was..."

"Who is it?" the leader asked. Chaoli was also very curious, who invited them to report in such a hurry?

"It's an invitation letter from the Chinese women's volleyball team."

"What?" The leader took the letter. It turned out that when the women's volleyball team participated in the Los Angeles Olympic Games, they received funding from Ronald and provided Chinese food that suited their tastes, so that they could perform well.

The main striker and the setter also invited Ronald over to take a look in the letter.

"Hahaha, it seems that we don't have to go through the back door anymore. This is our old friend. What are you waiting for? Hurry up and approve. Now people all over the country are learning the spirit of the women's volleyball team."

On the Air China flight, Ronald chatted with Jack Valenti, the chairman of the Film Society, the Chaori family who went home to visit relatives, and other members of the delegation.

"I've always wanted to go, but this is the first time." Ronald admitted it was his first visit.

"I was there when 'Roman Holiday' premiered," laughed Gregory Peck, another big-name member of the delegation.

"Roman Holiday? Ronald almost counted the time with his wrench."

"No, no, it's a local premiere. It's the American Film Festival that Mr. Valenti went to hold last time. It's screened in several big cities, and there are also premiere events."

Pike corrected him with a smile.

"Then you are revisiting the old place? Are there any recommended attractions and food?"

"With the Great Wall, you can also eat roast duck. In addition, there is a small soup dumpling in Jiangnan that you can eat. It's very delicious, much better than Hollywood Chinese restaurants."

"Okay, I've written it all down. I'll take more photos and eat more food." Ronald also lit up his Nikon SLR camera.

"Ladies and gentlemen, what would you like to drink? We have Coke, red wine, black tea, and Maotai here."

"Is there an orange-flavored energy drink called... Yes, Jianlibao."

"Yes, I'll get it for you." The flight attendant also glanced at Ronald, who might be a Hua Guotong.

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