blueteamnovel Chapter 68 Sister Zhou is confused. Please read on and add to your favorites.
Chapter 68 Sister Zhou is confused. Please read on and add to your favorites.
Xu Shengjie was not surprised by Crosby's attitude.
In this country where racial discrimination is pervasive, Chinese people have the lowest social status.
There are multiple factors, external and internal...
For example, the group of Chinese who came to the United States through various channels in the 1970s, 80s and 90s, who are known as the "Gao Hua" after 2000, slandered and smeared China in various ways after arriving in the United States, while at the same time fawning over it.
Long-time immigrants are mostly powerless to change this.
They want to make their voices heard, but they can't find a way to do so.
Western media, on the other hand, pay more attention to the statements of the "Gao Hua" group and are happy to disseminate their opinions.
Of course, these media outlets are biased from the start.
Without "Gao Hua," don't expect them to spout any good nonsense.
The Chinese community is also deeply divided.
Therefore, a unified voice has never been formed, let alone a united front. Otherwise, given the number and wealth of Chinese Americans, they could never have fallen to this state. There's constant sabotage, various ideologies, and diverse groups.
The result is that no matter how rich Chinese people are, they cannot gain respect.
In movies and TV shows, Chinese people are often portrayed as clowns.
Hollywood and television stations, in order to reinforce this stereotype, even avoid casting Chinese people in Chinese roles. Most of the time, they use Koreans and Vietnamese people to play Chinese characters. Just imagine what those characters would look like.
"J.J. Harris?"
Xu Shengjie scratched his head and said, "I don't mind. Aunt Susanna thinks she's suitable, and I can talk to her."
"It's settled then, I'll contact her."
After saying that, Susanna cursed, "That damn Crosby, I'll never forgive him!"
"Aunt Susanna, it's not that bad."
"Why wouldn't it be that bad? Don't I have any dignity?"
Hmm, that seems to make sense!
If you're going to refuse, just refuse directly.
Whether she felt inadequate to take on the responsibility or made excuses about not having enough energy, Susanna would probably be just as angry.
The problem is that Susanna is the director of auditing at ABC, one of the five major American television networks.
Pure white, and female.
He was a high-ranking official at the television station, belonging to the American elite class.
I'll recommend someone to you; you can refuse.
But the way you rejected me is an insult to me.
If Crosby were represented by a top agency like CAA, WME, or UTA, Susanna might have been more polite to him. After all, you have to consider the owner before you beat a dog. But you're an independent agent—who gave you the audacity to speak to the head of ABC's auditing department like that? If word got out, Susanna would lose all face.
"Aunt Susanna, give me some face, be a little tougher, don't be too gentle."
Since we can no longer be fellow disciples with Sergio, there's nothing to worry about.
Susanna couldn't help but laugh on the phone.
"Okay, I'll do as you say."
Hey, hey, hey, weren't you the one who wanted to cause trouble for him?
What does "listen to me" mean? It feels like he's the one in charge.
Xu Shengjie wanted to argue, but Susanna had already hung up the phone.
Never mess with women!
Xu Shengjie muttered a few words to himself and then went back to his room for a nap.
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The World Cup continues.
Xu Shengjie's fourth match in his five-game winning streak was Italy vs. Nigeria.
Previously, Italy had performed poorly in the group stage, nearly being eliminated and only barely qualifying for the knockout stage as the third-placed team in their group. Their first knockout stage opponent, Nigeria, had performed exceptionally well in the group stage, leading to widespread predictions that Italy was likely to be eliminated, with odds of 2.4 for Italy and 1.8 for Nigeria.
In the end, Italy defeated Nigeria 2-1.
This also allowed Xu Shengjie to make a small profit once again.
He roughly calculated that after the game ended, his betting funds had reached nearly seven million.
Now, we just have to wait for the final match to conclude.
With a large sum of money about to be made, Xu Shengjie felt much more relaxed.
However, before this large sum of money was deposited, Vanessa's $15 had already been successfully transferred to his studio's account.
Xu Shengjie immediately straightened his back.
Having only a few thousand dollars is too difficult!
With this money, he could finally have some financial ease.
For example, buying a computer?
Two thousand dollars for a computer is indeed a bit of a pain.
Moreover, Windows 95 hadn't even been released yet; current computers still use Windows 3.2...
Or maybe you should just be patient a little longer!
I'll wait until Win95 is released before buying it; it'll be easier to use then.
Xu Shengjie ultimately resisted the urge to buy a computer and instead spent two thousand dollars on a large collection of books from the used book market. These included religious texts, popular science books, and various literary works and screenplays.
These will form the foundation for his future writing.
Over the weekend, he took Julie to see Vanessa's performance.
To be honest, he was a bit unfamiliar with opera, and the stage play Vanessa tells an LGBT story... In this world, LGBT doesn't have as many and complex categories as it has since 2020; it's basically TXL.
Vanessa plays a lesbian.
Julie watched with great interest, but Xu Shengjie...
It's not that I can't watch TXL, but I'd rather watch lesbian performances in San Felicity Valley.
This stage play was somewhat uninteresting.
However, Xu Shengjie also heard that Broadway stage plays generate enormous profits, and these profits are long-term.
How about creating a stage play?
He had read some Broadway stage play scripts in his previous life.
Ok……
I have a lot of things to do, so I'll have to wait and see about the stage play. I'll consider it if the opportunity arises.
If you lived such a tiring life in your past life, don't live like a beast of burden in this one.
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A few days later, Xu Shengjie received word that Wang Dajun was alright!
It seems that Zhang Beihai returned from Atlantic City over the weekend and then found a big shot from Huaqing to mediate with the finance company.
Then, the finance company released Wang Dajun.
As for that debt, what's the story?
Not quite sure!
Zhou Wenqiong did make a phone call to Xu Shengjie to tell him that Wang Dajun had changed his flight and would be flying back to China this weekend.
"I felt something was off; that's thirty thousand dollars."
Old Cheng said that the interest rate Wang Dajun signed at the time was not low, with a nine-out-of-thirteen-out-of-ten-thirteen-out-of ...ten-thirty-thousand-yuan clause, which added up to more than forty thousand yuan.
The finance company is just giving up like that?
No, sister! Why are you telling me this?
I don't care at all whether that bastard lives or dies!
"Old Cheng always says that Teacher Zhang has a wide network of connections and great influence."
But I just feel like it's not that simple...
"Sister Lan Yun, this has nothing to do with us. No matter how powerful Francis is, what does it have to do with you?"
You need to think carefully about what you really want to do in America. Living your life well is what's important.
"I already said, my name is Zhou Wenqiong. You can call me Vivian, but don't call me Lan Yun."
Lan Yun is just a character I play... But to be honest, I'm quite confused myself. At first, I heard Chen Chong and the others say how great America is, how high the income is for actors there, and how respected they are.
But after arriving, I realized that the Chinese...
Even Aunt Disa and her colleagues are struggling to find opportunities, let alone people like us who come from China with no connections.
After several phone calls, Zhou Wenqiong and Xu Shengjie's conversations became much more casual.
No longer tense, she would even temporarily forget Xu Shengjie's age on the phone and confide in him as a friend.
"so what?"
"I want to switch to administration. Broadway or Hollywood are just too far away from me."
"Details?"
"I talked to Sister Gong Xue, and she suggested that I go to school."
She said that since I've lost interest in acting, I need to make other plans. Going to school, getting a diploma, will make things easier even if I go back to my home country in the future. I think what she said makes a lot of sense, but I haven't made up my mind yet.
Xu Shengjie really shouldn't offer advice on this kind of thing.
Because he knew very well that Zhou Wenqiong didn't have much money, let alone enough for her to afford the high tuition fees in the United States.
If things go wrong, you could end up with a mountain of debt!
"Okay, that's all, I'm sorry to bother you."
I just wanted to talk to someone, thanks for listening to my rambling... By the way, how's your book coming along? I heard from Aunt Zhang that you've written two books and are preparing for publication. How are the negotiations going? I heard that publishing in the US is no easy feat.
Francis said you're bragging and it's unlikely to be published in the US.
But I think you should be able to do it...after all, not just anyone can shout "I want to make a movie!" at Madison Square Garden.
Xu Shengjie said with a smile, "You have a good eye. You're already going through the process with the publisher."
That Francis guy is nothing. He's just someone who's lived here a bit longer and tries to show off in front of you newbies.
He keeps calling himself a writer, but I've never seen any of his works.
It's highly likely that this is another case of exporting and then reselling domestically, using American citizenship to deceive the domestic market, and then publishing and distributing it domestically.
Otherwise, he would have been giving away his American-published works everywhere, so how come I didn't even know what works he had?
puff!
Zhou Wenqiong couldn't help but laugh.
"What does Old Deng mean...? But don't say it to his face, or he'll definitely fight you to the death!"
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