The journey starts from the Titanic

After the broadcast of "The Birth of a Nation", he was questioned, so this time he wanted to shoot "Withered Flowers" to praise cross-racial love. His intentions are good."Rose said carefully.

"The result?" Situ Nan said lightly.

Rose was speechless.Isn’t the result of the mind obvious?You beat people up.But she can only think about this in her heart, and it's hard to say it, and when she saw the movie yesterday, she did find that the effect of the movie was somewhat contrary to Griffith's original intention, and it felt paradoxical.

"Then Griffith is a bullshit. If you want to make a romantic movie, you have to make it like ours." Situ Nan pushed up, feeling soft and beginning to react somewhat.

Rose clearly felt Situ Nan's reaction, but after a spring breeze last night, she was a little afraid of Situ Nan, who was asking for the innocent guy.

Taking advantage of Situ Nan's carelessness, he broke free, arranged his clothes, and sat on the chair in front of Situ Nan.

"But I didn't shoot it, and the company invested a lot of money in it? Although this film is not perfect, it has some merits. We estimate that it can bring more than one hundred and two hundred thousand dollars in revenue?" Rose argued .

"Money? I don't need this money! You know." Situ Nan said disapprovingly.

"No, these are two different things, at least to distinguish between public and private. Stoneny, should understand the operation of the company." Rose persuaded.

"Did you know? California has hundreds of thousands of Chinese immigrants, San Francisco, Los Angeles, Sacramento, there are a large number of Chinatowns, have the film companies considered the impact of this?

In addition to Asians, there are also large numbers of blacks and Catholics migrating to California due to ethnic persecution in the south.Do you know how arrogant the KKK is in the states of Ohio, Texas, and Kansas?Murder, rape, and robbery are all evil. Do you want California to be like that?

That damn movie contributed to it, and now I have made such a bad movie, under the banner of glorious, but the roots are still that set of arrogance and prejudice.

The United States has a Chinese Exclusion Act, but this does not mean that these policies are just!On the contrary, this is an indelible shame in American history.

In short, I will not let these racial elements, these rubbish, these sinister and vicious guys succeed, and will not allow William Films to harm millions of kind, hardworking and law-abiding citizens. Commercial gains cannot make up for the reputation damage of William Films. ."

Situ Nan said with a firm face.

Even if it is due to commercial considerations, Stuart will never allow these inappropriate films to appear, especially for an influential film company like William Films in the 20th century. The films it broadcasts will affect countless Americans. .

In addition to film companies, American China, Bethlehem, Giant, and Occidental Petroleum all employ a large number of black Chinese workers. The daily output value of these large companies is much larger than that of film companies.

To hurt the workers of a multi-billion-dollar enterprise for a movie that earns tens of thousands of dollars?Is Situ Nan's head not so stupid?

Thinking of this, Situ Nan stared at Rose seriously-if this woman doesn't agree with this, don't blame herself for being ruthless.

"Chuck!" The door rang, breaking the silence between the two.William Delp, the president of the William Film Company, walked in with a grim face. He was in Los Angeles yesterday and heard that Stuart made a fuss in the "screening room". He hurried back to Hollywood and learned what happened for the first time.

Although he is now a Hollywood movie tycoon, he does not dare to be presumptuous in front of Situ Nan, but is more conscientious.

Especially not long ago, Situ Nan was optimistic about Fox Shadow Company and vigorously promoted another senior filmmaker Fox to become the vice president of the head office of the 20th Century Entertainment Company, which made Delp feel threatened.

"Mr. William, Miss Dawson." Delp greeted and sat down.

He naturally knew about the performance of Situ Nan and Rose yesterday. He knew that the two had an adulterous affair. Otherwise, how could Situ Nan put Rose in the high position of the film company?

Seeing Rose with a moisturized face, Delp was even more sure of his thoughts.Fortunately, I didn't make things difficult for Rose, and didn't think too much of her. Rose's ability is not bad, and the two are fairly harmonious in company management.

Delp doesn't care about the adultery between Situ Nan and Rose. In fact, in his opinion, Situ Nan is a good boss, he is quick and generous, and the expansion of William Film Company cannot be separated from the investment of this boss who is willing to spend money. .

What makes Delp even more satisfied is that Situ Nan has never interfered with the operation of the film company, so Delp was able to create the 20th Century William Film Company with one hand, and he was quite proud of it in Hollywood.

Yesterday's Griffith incident made Delp vigilant. He wondered whether Situ Nan was also dissatisfied with himself?

"Tell me, what do you think of this?" Situ Nan swept Delp lightly.On the whole, he is quite satisfied with this guy, and William Films has contributed to being one of Hollywood's giants Delp.

"Mr. Griffith joined our company three years ago. He helped the company make two movies, "Dream Street" and "The Core of the World". The box office was good, and I trust him very much. Last year he said he wanted to make a film Ethnic romance movies, we thought the idea was good, and we agreed."

He said that Delp secretly paid attention to Situ Nan's expression and continued, "Hehe, I didn't expect the movie to be made, but it became out of date."

"Untimely?" Situ Nan glanced at Delp with appreciation, and said in his heart: This guy is cunning.

In fact, he is right. The United States has just experienced a series of social turmoil, such as the Red Terror, the strike wave, and the Wall Street explosion. People are sure that it is indeed not suitable to broadcast such a movie that will cause social controversy.

Situ Nan grudgingly accepted Delp's explanation, then turned to ask Rose, "What's your opinion?"

"I completely agree with Delp's opinion that William Films must not only pursue economic interests, but also consider social responsibility."

Rose glanced at Situ Nan complainingly. She was a little flustered when she saw Situ Nan's aggressive appearance just now, as if she was treated as an enemy by him.Knowing that the objection was invalid, she simply said nothing.Although she had accepted the result in her heart, she was still faintly unhappy.

"Well, then! I have set a principle. William Films will not allow films that promote racism in the future, and Fox Shadow will also restrict the screening of such films.

There are many ways to make money, and the subject matter is rich and varied. There is no need to stare at the ugliest one.Even if you want to shoot, you have to shoot themes that promote social righteousness, the pursuit of equality, and freedom.Anything like this "Fallen Flower" is completely useless."Situ Nan categorically cut the railway.

"Okay!" Delp nodded.Although he felt vaguely that Situ Nan was making troubles unreasonably, he didn't dare to discuss these unimportant matters with Situ Nan.What's not to shoot anyway?It's not good if you provoke the big boss to be unhappy.

Well, film companies also have to pursue justice.Delp thought to himself.

In this way, in a few words, they shot the film masters who worked hard for a year and cost hundreds of thousands of dollars.The loss is a bit big, but William Films can afford it.

In addition to "Withered Flowers", other similar movies have also been blocked.The worst thing was Griffith, the film master. The "justice" he was looking forward to did not come. Not only was the film blocked, the crisis also spread to the individual.

Delp clearly told him that if he could not reflect well, William Films would refrigerate him.

Griffith still has a five-year contract, unless he is willing to compensate the sky-high liquidated damages, otherwise there will be no future in the William Film Company.

In fact, it was the same. Delp had already blacklisted Griffith in his heart. As a result, in the next few years, Griffith never had the opportunity to direct a movie, and gradually faded out of sight.

By the time he left the William Film Company in relief and moved to Warner Bros., his career had fallen into a ruin, and the films he made later were not satisfactory.

In this regard, Warner Bros. and Fox Shadow Company secretly stumbled a lot on Griffith's films. They and the Twentieth Century William Film Company formed a big net that enveloped Griffith.Griffith got older and his abilities declined, and finally ended up depressed in a small hotel.

At the point of banning Griffith, Delp thoroughly understood what Situ Nan meant. The result was that during the Great Depression, William Films was in a mess and faced huge losses. Situ Nan still supported him.

Chapter 54 The Rape Case of Mary Comes Out, Strikes Against the KKK (1)

After Delp left, Situ Nan and Rose were left in the office.

Thinking of Rose daring to argue with herself just now, Situ Nan felt a little unhappy and punished Rose again.Rose couldn't get away, so she had to let Situ Nanshi do it.

"It's a pity." Rose lay in Situ Nan's arms with regret.

"What? Do you want more?" Situ Nan asked.

"Go to hell! You guy has been crazy these past few days. I mean the film company." Rose pinched Situ Nan.

"What's a pity. William Film Company has a lot of resources and a good operating system. What impact can a few people have?" Situ Nan smiled lightly.

Speaking of the movie, Rose remembered. Yesterday, he still boasted about going to Haikou, preparing to make a movie and defeating Griffith, and for this reason he threw a handkerchief on Griffith's face.

"Do you want to make a movie?" Rose looked at Situ Nan with some curiosity.

"Huh...? You can play if you have time." Situ Nan said.

"Really?" Rose looked at Situ Nan suspiciously. Although Situ Nan had achieved great commercial success, he went to make a movie, and Rose thought it was unreliable.

Feeling that he was underestimated by the beauty, Situ Nan's face was embarrassed. Yesterday, he was really bragging about impulsively, but he happened to have a good subject.