hollywood melon man

Chapter 78 In the North

Everyone was relaxed at the party and had a great time chatting.

Cameron Diaz asked Gilbert Jr. about his recent plans: "What are you going to do after 'Speed'?"

"Let me think about it..." Little Gilbert said, touching his chin: "Maybe I will go to China for vacation."

"Go to China?" Cameron Diaz frowned: "Where is that place? What's there to see? It's better to go to an island country!"

"You don't understand," little Gilbert said with a nostalgic tone: "That is an obsession that has never disappeared!"

Regardless of whether he is wearing white skin or is a squid himself, little Gilbert can never forget where his soul comes from.

It was an era when national self-confidence was rising, and at the same time it was facing many opportunities and challenges.

However, in this era, it has nothing to do with him.

To his former motherland and the people on that land, he had long been an outsider. How could he not feel sad about this?

But he is quite curious about what life was like in China in the 1990s.

Unlike over there where it took a lot of effort to get to North America, it is quite convenient to get there from North America now.

Little Gilbert submitted a visa application to the embassy. After the other party heard that little Gilbert was traveling and was a well-known Hollywood director, he got the green light all the way to get the visa.

The people at the embassy also said to little Gilbert warmly: "Mr. Landrini is welcome to travel to China."

After getting the visa, little Gilbert took his cousin Ellie to travel to China.

The first stop is the capital. Different from the modern capital a few decades later, the capital today is full of the atmosphere of the times.

After exchanging U.S. dollars for RMB, little Gilbert took Ellie to walk around the familiar yet unfamiliar streets.

Two foreigners with blond hair and blue eyes, one big and one small, appeared on the streets of the capital and attracted the attention of the people in the capital.

Especially the older one, he actually spoke fluent Chinese, which surprised the well-informed people in the capital.

Little Gilbert took Ellie to visit the Forbidden City, go to the Temple of Heaven, and climb the Badaling Great Wall.

He brought his own camera, and little Gilbert took a lot of photos as a kind of souvenir.

Then we went to eat roast duck and hot-boiled mutton, the capital's specialties. The taste almost made little Gilbert cry.

Fuck, they are all profiteers, Quanjude, you have done all the bad things, but people of this era are still honest, the roast duck is so delicious!
  Then, little Gilbert relied on his memory and asked people to find the Beijing Film Academy, his alma mater in his previous life.

He just went out from here, worked hard and worked hard to become a major online movie director.

It can be said that this is the starting point of his movie dream. Without this school, he would not be who he is now.

It is estimated that because of Little Gilbert's status as a foreigner, or perhaps because of Nortel's lax management, Little Gilbert easily took Ellie to visit the Nortel campus.

Summer vacation is approaching, and students on campus are coming and going in a hurry, worrying about their final exams.

Suddenly seeing two foreigners, they just pointed and pointed. No one dared to come up and stop the two from wandering around.

"Cousin, is there any difference between this place and the University of Southern California where you studied?" Ellie looked at the young Chinese students curiously, with curiosity in her eyes.

"They are all the same, they are all art schools, but USC may be more comprehensive." Gilbert Jr. replied.

"Are there any famous movies and directors here?" Ellie asked.

Because of little Gilbert, Ellie also paid attention to the film industry. Before little Gilbert boasted to her, she didn't know there was such a country on the other side of the Pacific.

I don’t even know if there are any movies here.

"Didn't you see the sign outside? Film School, do you think there is a director?"

"Then they must not be as good as my cousin, otherwise I wouldn't have heard of them." Ellie said proudly.

Little Gilbert was ashamed, but he did know that many well-known directors of later generations have already made their mark, such as the National Master.

If you don't mix in the same circle, it's really hard to compare.

Little Gilbert's wandering around was soon stopped. After hearing that two foreigners were wandering around the campus, the dean of the school's Academic Affairs Office quickly found them.

"Hello, may I ask who you are?"

Hearing English, little Gilbert turned around and saw a middle-aged man in his forties and a girl in her twenties.

The English sentence just now was said by the little girl.

Little Gilbert smiled and said in Chinese: "Just speak Chinese. I understand Chinese. My name is Little Gilbert Landrini." "Gilbert, are you too lazy to pay attention to you?" The girl and the middle-aged man were stunned and said nothing. I thought that this young foreigner could actually speak Chinese.

"Ahem," the middle-aged man said, "Who are you looking for?"

"Excuse me," little Gilbert stretched out his hand and shook hands with the middle-aged man: "I am a film director. I heard that your school is very famous, so I came to visit."

"Movie director?" The middle-aged man looked at the young Gilbert in disbelief.

But when I think that this is a foreigner, it seems that it can be explained. He is a genius!

"Yes," little Gilbert didn't explain, but asked, "Why don't you introduce yourself?"

The middle-aged man realized it later and hurriedly introduced: "I am Li Jianshe, the academic director of the school, and this is Tian Fang, a student of our school."

"Hello," little Gilbert nodded and turned to Tian Fang: "Your English is good. Although you have a bit of an accent, you don't have much communication problems."

Tian Fang was very happy to be certified as a foreigner.

"Since we are foreign colleagues, why not let me take you two to visit the campus!" Li Jianshe invited.

"No problem, you lead the way!"

Li Jianshe then told Tian Fang: "Go and inform the canteen to cook some delicious food for lunch to entertain foreign friends."

Tian Fang trotted to inform the canteen. Although in Little Gilbert's opinion, she looked old-fashioned, she still had that innocent feeling.

I haven't seen this feeling for a long time.

Li Jianshe invited again: "If you're not busy, would you like to have a casual meal with me at noon?"

"No problem, Ellie and I are both hungry after walking all morning." Little Gilbert readily agreed.

Next, Li Jianshe took the tour, which was much better than the way Gilbert and Little Gilbert visited like headless flies.

Li Jianshe thought that little Gilbert did not understand the history of Nortel's founding, so he introduced the history of Nortel while taking little Gilbert to visit.

Including well-known alumni, as well as some excellent Chinese-language films, etc.

In this era, the impact of the Western world has made the Chinese people see the gap between the two sides.

It is an honor for Nortel that a director like Little Gilbert takes the initiative to visit the Nortel campus.

The little girl Tian Fang quickly found the vice president Zhu Zhijun and said that the academic director Li Jianshe was leading a young American director to visit the campus!
  "American director?" Zhu Zhijun frowned and asked, "What's his name?"

"Little Gilbert, too lazy to pay attention to you..."

"Too lazy to pay attention to you? That's a weird name."

"No," Tian Fang corrected: "It's Landrini."

Zhu Zhijun was worried that little Gilbert was here to spy on the 500,000 yuan, so he quickly called to verify.

It’s difficult to check information on the Internet these days. If you want to verify it, you need to call and ask.

The foreign affairs department called the Foreign Affairs Department in a confused manner, and the Foreign Affairs Department asked for confirmation from the other side of the Pacific. After getting the result, it informed Zhu Zhijun in a confused manner.

“I checked, there is indeed a Hollywood director named Gilbert Landrini Jr., who just celebrated his 23rd birthday this year.

I applied for a visa before to travel to China. "

After hearing this information, Zhu Zhijun was relieved, and at the same time he was curious about what the young American would visit in Nortel if he didn't go to other attractions.

Thinking that his friend Tian Congming knew something about Hollywood, Zhu Zhijun called Tian Congming over and they all had lunch with the foreigner.

"Lao Tian, ​​I have a Hollywood director here called Gilbert Landrini Jr. Do you want to come over and take a look?"

"Little Gilbert?" Tian Congming was surprised: "Is it that little Gilbert?"

"Is he famous?" Zhu Zhijun asked curiously.

"More than just famous, do you know how the American media evaluates him? A film genius that is rare to see in a century.

Just wait, I'll be there soon. "

Fortunately, little Gilbert didn't hear this sentence. If he heard this sentence from a movie genius who is rare to see in a century, he would probably blush a little.

(End of this chapter)