Chapter 51
"Wenhai, what is this American saying?" Hu Jiefang couldn't even recognize the letters in English, let alone understand Douglas's words.
"Dad, Douglas is my business partner in the United States. He invites you to have a meal together."
"Oh, then leave quickly and don't let someone wait." Hu Jiefang hurriedly stepped forward and shook hands with Douglas, and said kindly: "Comrade, our Jiefang has caused you trouble."
"Please come in quickly, let's talk!" Douglas was the same and couldn't understand Chinese, so he could only drag Hu Jiefang and run into the Central Park Hotel.
The Central Park Hotel has a long history, and the shape outside actually has the style of the American Civil War period. But once you enter it, it is completely different.
The marble water-milled floor, the magnificent decoration, decoration, the neatly uniformed service staff and the kind and polite attitude really opened the eyes of Hu Jiefang, who had never been abroad.
I don’t know how he and Douglas communicated. They were obviously two people who were not good at speaking, but since they entered the hotel, they started to chat about each other.
"Oh, Brother Dao, you are too polite. Why do you do this grand place? Isn't it enough to find a small restaurant for dinner?"
"Mr. Hu has worked hard from China. Have you found a place to live? I have a VIP card at the Central Park Hotel. Please let me entertain you!"
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Hu Wenhai looked helplessly at the two of them talking, but they were chatting enthusiastically. He turned around and found the same embarrassing and magical sonata. Oh no, he had a name called Clark.
Well, another Clark Hu Wenhai also sounded at DC's Mr. Superman, and the generous Mr. Clark of Elkan Company.
It seems that the name Clark has become his noble person? Hu Wenhai couldn't help but be superstitious. Why do he always meet someone named Clark to help him with what he wants to do?
"Mr. Clark, I had an idea after watching "The Holy King Joffrey." Hu Wenhai leaned over to Clark and said almost whisperingly: "As a Chinese, we have always been envious and admired the strength and wealth of the United States, just like an ideal holy place."
"No, you were wrong!" Clark immediately said with a serious expression when he heard this: "The United States is not a holy land, on the contrary, it is a hell that constantly consumes nutrients from other countries in the world!"
Clark looked at Hu Wenhai in confusion and said, "Mr. Hu may not really understand the metaphor of my Saint King Joffrey. Joffrey is like this American, with a magnificent appearance, but in fact it hides dirt!"
"Ah, how can America hide dirt? It is so free and enviable!"
"Haha, that's just that you Chinese don't know about the United States and only see its superficial prosperity!"
Hu Wenhai pretended to be stupid on the surface, but actually laughed in his heart. He was so interested in Clark because, as he showed, it can be said that Clark was a rare leftist in the United States in this era.
The book "Saint Joffrey" is similar to the famous "1984". People who can't understand think it is satirizing the Soviet Union's autocratic dictatorship. But those who can understand it will smile knowingly. This is clearly a use of the past to satirize the present. The "Saint Joffrey" in the book, who had to treat the people well under the threat of political enemies, immediately showed his butcher knife to those who supported him after completely defeating his political enemies.
The meaning of Clark is clearly that there are so many middle-class and relatively tolerant social environments in the United States, which is clearly because the Soviet Union is eyeing it.
Hu Wenhai pretended to be stupid for a while, and then revealed his true face.
He pretended to realize, "So that's the case. The strength of the United States is based on plundering the whole world? Its democracy is a contest of money, not a contest of votes? This, this is really..."
"Hey, I also know it's difficult to get you to accept this conclusion immediately, but unfortunately this is the truth."
"I still find it hard to believe it." Hu Wenhai thought for a while and said, "Let's do this, I wonder if Mr. Clark has ever thought about taking out these ideas of yours?"
"Photo taken?" Clark was stunned when he heard this.
"Yes, we Chinese have an old saying, "No picture and no truth, why not prove your arguments through movies?"
"But, it takes a lot of money to make a movie..." Clark hesitated. Although he is a well-known writer, he can't do this level when he makes a movie with royalties.
"It's okay, I'll pay this money!" Hu Wenhai simply took a lot of money and said, "I use these books I have at the Scholars Publishing House as collateral. How about asking Mr. Clark to prepare for this movie?"
Hu Wenhai published a high-quality book in the Scholar Publishing House, and the royalties earned more than enough to make a documentary. As the author of revising, Clark certainly knew the value of these words and did not need to doubt that his labor would not be rewarded.
"But I have a lot of work now, and I'm afraid I can't find time for a while."
"It doesn't matter. I just want to introduce what Mr. Clark said to the 'real America' to other Chinese people." Hu Wenhai said happily: "After my book is published and the royalty income reaches the requirements for making movies, it will not be too late for us to start this project. Before that, Mr. Clark can do some preparations."
"That's all right!" Clark had actually planned to shoot his ideas for a long time. When Hu Wenhai was willing to invest, he would of course be willing to do so.
"Then I'm sure I'll see Mr. Clark's work soon!"
"Haha, I will definitely be as soon as possible."
"Oh, by the way, the title of this movie is called: How about a love story in Capitalism?"
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It happened that Douglas and Hu Jiefang were almost talking at this time. The two of them were playing tricks and guessing riddles, but the scene was not inferior to Hu Wenhai and Clark at all.
Immediately afterwards, the chef of the Central Park Hotel restaurant brought various ingredients and introduced the way and characteristics of each food to the guests. Hu Wenhai also translated it in real time to Hu Jiefang. He was stunned and sighed that Americans really could enjoy it.
Douglas invited Clark to the banquet today, mainly because he wanted to communicate about the revision of the manuscript. Now that the original author Hu Wenhai participated, it would be more sure.
Clark had read all Hu Wenhai's manuscripts at this time and wanted to talk to him about topics. In this way, the four people on the table were all satisfied with the meal and thought that they had achieved their goals.
Douglas explained that he had determined the release time of these books. The first one was "The Da Vinci Code", which was his most optimistic book. After "The Da Vinci Code" became a hit, he would then release other novels from Hu Wenhai. I believe that it would set off a craze for science fiction in 1985.
Hu Wenhai smiled and said nothing. Compared with these royalty income, he felt that the biggest gain today was actually knowing Clark.
If this bestselling author with left-wing thought can really make a movie with such content, Hu Wenhai made a secret decision to strive to spread it widely in China.
Not to mention stopping the overseas trend in the 1980s and 1990s, at least let the Chinese at this time open their eyes to the world and the United States, and throw away those naive ideas that the United States is a paradise.
But of course, people can never wake up a person who pretends to be asleep. At least another part of the people who really sleep knows what the country is and what the United States has become the world hegemon.
Thinking of this, Hu Wenhai suddenly thought of someone. Speaking of education, Hu Wenhai still remembered that when he first started working as a management position, he was obsessed with watching videos of someone.
This person is probably many "ambition" young people in China have heard of his name, and that is Yu Shiwei.
To be honest, Hu Wenhai has been no longer interested in success since he was over thirty years old. But it is undeniable that Yu Shiwei has inspired people who have just entered the management position, which has some effect.
At least the science of success is still of some positive significance in encouraging personal struggle. The resistance to reform at this time in China is to be honest, the contradiction between social and economic turmoil and the seeking stability of state-owned enterprise workers.
On the one hand, giving the US emperor eye pills is the most important thing to change the minds of the Chinese people nowadays. Finding someone who is good at teaching is a promising thing!
Hu Wenhai vaguely remembered that Yu Shiwei should be the general manager of a land company in Thailand at this time, right? No matter what, this person is always a talented person, and he can dig up with him if he has the opportunity to take the path of "big fooling" early.
In the end, Hu Jiefang did not turn Douglas around, and finally lived in the business suite of the Central Park Hotel. Hu Wenhai did not dare to tell him the rent of the suite, but when he saw the jacuzzi in the bathroom in the suite, Hu Jiefang's face was very exciting.
Hu Wenhai was really worried that his brain would burn after a long time...
In the end, Hu Jiefang did not try the jacuzzi, but instead connected a basin of boiling hot water into the hotel's 24-hour hot water faucet, and then sat on the sofa and scalded his feet beautifully.
Chapter completed!