The journey starts from the Titanic

Laura smiled happily, and gently helped Situ Nan wipe the sweat from her forehead on the way back.

In the 20th Century William Film Company, Howard Hughes’s debut film, a film called "Playboy Hogan," is in the screening room.

Before the movie is released, it has to be reviewed by the owner of the movie theater, the film production unit, and other units. Obviously, Tom is right. This "Playboy Hogan" is a group. It has no plot, no acting skills, and no appearance. Gao, from the beginning to the end is a clumsy idiot performing.

Situ Nan's mind was not in the movie, and he looked at Howard Hughes next to him. The boy's face was also frowned, his complexion was not good, this time he really stepped on it, and he had to throw away a hundred thousand dollars.

Howard Hughes, and his debut novel, Situ Nan didn't care, his mind was still on Rose.

In the dimly lit screening room, he stared at Rose silently, and his memories were projected in his mind like a movie. He "finished" Rose's first half of her life and thought of her second half of her life. Although there is an intersection, more There are two parallel lines.

At the end of the movie, Rose bluntly said to Howard Hughes: "Boy! Obviously you were deceived by Lauf Grapps. That guy is notorious. Whether it's William or Universal Warner Columbia, he has long since put this guy down. It's on the blacklist. Our theater will not release this movie."

"It's okay, I hope we will have the opportunity to cooperate in the future." Howard Hughes was a little frustrated, still polite.

He reacted quickly and asked Laura: "Do you have any good suggestions for an inexperienced filmmaker like me?"

"You can learn a lot from working with a big company. If it's an independent investment, a small-cost comedy film should be suitable for you to get started!"

Rose gave professional advice.

Now she rarely appears on movie screens, but her influence in Hollywood is increasing day by day, because many of the films invested by William Films have been successful.

Howard Hughes nodded, taking Rose's words to heart.

Maybe the next comedy?Even if you lose, you can't lose much money.

Take this undesired film, for example, Howard Hughes is frustrated not because of money, but because of failure.

After being cheated once, it may not be possible to co-produce with William Films, but some resources can be borrowed from William Films. If the film is of good quality, it can also be screened through William Films’ theaters.

It is necessary to explain that in Hollywood in the 1920s, the large-scale studio system prevailed. Film companies had brokerage companies, production companies, distribution companies, and theater companies, almost monopolizing the upstream and downstream industrial chains of the film industry.

In the 1930s and 1940s, Hollywood established a celebrity system. The large-scale studio system and the celebrity system went hand in hand to promote a group of dazzling stars to the world, such as Vivien Leigh Ingrid Bergman.

This is something.

Wall Street funds are aggressively invading Hollywood, accelerating the monopoly trend of the film industry. (20th century) William Film Company is one of the best.

The same is true for the aviation industry. In order to counteract the aggressive Boeing Company in recent years, during the absence of Stuart, Cummins-Lincoln Aircraft Company also broke with Stuart’s setting and entered the air transport field from the aircraft manufacturing field. Transportation as one aviation industry complex.

Wells Fargo provided financial support, just as Citibank supported Boeing in the background.

The two sides are fighting happily, and Cummins-Lincoln Aircraft Company is more prosperous. In the field of aircraft manufacturing, it has gone much further than the aircraft companies of the same period of McDonald and Boeing.

The main reason for the aviation industry is Hughes. In addition to movies, there will be many overlaps between his industry and Situ Nan in the future.

With such a big market, Situ Nan doesn't regard him as an opponent for the time being, but a possible investment target, but Howard Hughes doesn't know it.

Compared with William Films, the single-handed Howard Hughes is much weaker. He wants to show his skills in the film industry and has no experience. It is normal to be tricked by others.

But this guy is not discouraged!

Situ Nan knows Howard Hughes's potential, and it is estimated that he will be on his own next film!

Situ Nan patted Howard Hughes on the shoulder, encouraging him to continue his efforts, and still joked: "If you want me to say, this movie Playboy, you can write and direct and act by yourself, the effect may be better!"

"Yes, boy, you playboy is more exciting than the movie!"

Rose also teased.

Howard Hughes laughed, a little embarrassed, and gave Rose a blank look: "Don't call me boy anymore, Miss Black, ok?"

Chapter 183 Breaking Up Like Cooling Coffee

When the two were alone, the atmosphere was not as active as they were just now, but rather embarrassing. They had been disconnected for a long time, and they felt a bit strange to meet again.

Situ Nan knew why this was because of the awkward relationship between the two. When he was in the Pacific, he missed Laura and the children on the American side. He rarely missed Rose, probably because he didn’t love her enough. Go deep.

I worry about Laura having an idea, but never worry about Rose.

Is that the same for Rose?

Maybe a little bit, she probably has a similar feeling.

According to the news that Situ Nan received, Rose seemed to be closer to a certain man when she was away.

"Out for a walk? I know there is a new cafe nearby, and the environment is good." Rose asked with a smile.

"Good!" Situ Nan nodded.

Hollywood’s entertainment is developed. Along the Sunset Boulevard, the most are not film companies, but a variety of hotels, hotels, bars and cafes. Come to the entrance of the cafe, walk through a row of palm trees and look at the big green at the entrance of the cafe. Signboard-Starbucks, Situ Nan laughed blankly.

Xin said, what a coincidence!

Obviously, although Situ Nan has never been to this cafe, he knows that he is inseparable from Situ Nan by looking at the name. Apart from Situ Nan, who knows the meaning of the three characters Starbucks.

"The atmosphere here is nice, quiet and clean. You can sit for a whole day with a cup of coffee. Hand-writers who are struggling with money like to run here, so I often meet some well-known playwrights here."

Rose explained to him with a smile while leading Situ Nan in.

It seems that she likes it very much and comes here often.

"Opening a shop in this golden inch of land, if the boss here is not too much money to burn, he is a fool who is about to go bankrupt."

Situ Nan smiled.

"It would be a pity if it closes. I'd rather believe that he has a lot of money to burn." Rose nodded. With so many people sitting around, this cafe probably won't make much money.

The two found a quiet corner to sit down, and soft background music came from their ears.

"There will also be some unknown tunes played here, which are very beautiful. Our company wanted to buy these tunes, but they were rejected without hesitation."

Rose said regretfully, shook her head, "I would prefer to sign the author of the song, but the manager here always says that I don't know. Hell, the coffee shop owner might not want to make money!"

Situ Nan smiled slightly, picked up the table on the table, and ordered a cup of Sumatran Rainforest. The waiter was a little surprised. Few people knew about this coffee from Rainforest.

In recent years, as Starbucks has spared no effort to promote Sumatran coffee, high-quality and inexpensive Sumatran coffee has gradually become popular in the United States, forming a competition for South American coffee, and the fragrant cat feces coffee has become Starbucks’s town store treasure.

There are a lot of people who know Sumatran coffee, but very few people directly order the tropical rain forest.

No matter how fragrant cat feces are, it is not Situ Nan's taste. He likes the bitter taste of coffee. The tropical rain forest is a coffee he designed according to his own taste in the Meihua laboratory with a lot of glass instruments.

It is said that this is very popular with engineers in the laboratory. Of course, this bitter taste is not very popular with Americans who like sweets.

"The taste is quite authentic, indeed from the tropical rain forest."

Situ Nan took a sip and smiled faintly. Seeing Rose looking over curiously, she answered Rose’s question just now. Situ Nan said again, "If you count the low FOB price of Sumatran coffee, the cost of Starbucks imported coffee is still If it’s relatively low, you don’t have to worry about it losing money. Maybe people open a coffee shop, the main purpose is to promote Sumatran coffee."