Exploiting Hollywood 1980.

Chapter 423 One-armed Senator

Ronald contacted Michael Ovitz, president of CAA, through the relationship of agent Nisita.

Ovitz has a good relationship with the business circles of Japan and the domestic Japanese. He previously directed the first TV series "The General" in the history of America with the history of Japan as the background.

Under his lead, Ronald's letter was quickly sent to the office desk of Senior Senator Daniel Inouye of Hawaii, and it was placed first among all pending letters.

Daniel Inoue is a World War II veteran. He lost his right arm in the war and is the only one-armed senator among all senators.

He put on his gold-rimmed glasses and began his routine of reading letters.He always personally read some of the letters from the people of Hawaii and responded to them himself.As the only Japanese senator among the [-] senators of the American Federation, he paid great attention to maintaining his vote base in his hometown in Hawaii.

"Dear Senator Inoue,
I'm a film director named Ronald Lee.Maybe you've heard my name, the movie 'Night of the Comet' directed by me is playing in theaters in America right now.

I take the liberty of writing to you this time to do some historical research for the new film I wrote.I'm writing about a Japanese-born karate master who teaches a boy a philosophy from the East, martial arts for self-defense...

To add some real background to the characters, I learned that Japanese-Americans served in an infantry regiment, the [-]nd, during World War II.I have found no information about this regiment in many libraries on the west coast.

Someone pointed me out and said, you know something about this history.So I ask you to give me some information. "

Inoue took off his glasses with his left hand, and pinched the base of his nose.

The [-]nd Infantry Regiment, no one has remembered this name for a long time.

Inoue couldn't help touching the empty sleeve of his right arm. This was one of the "memorials" he left behind when he joined the [-] Infantry Regiment and served as the sergeant squad leader.

After calming down, Inoue put on his glasses and took out a box from the bottom drawer of the desk.He blew on the floating ash that didn't exist, and then opened the box with difficulty with his remaining left hand.

Inside are two medals with ribbons.A Bronze Star and a Distinguished Service Cross.

But what Inoue most wanted to see was not these two medals, but two silver coins.These two silver coins once helped him block the bullets shot at his chest by the Germans, but after he showed them to his companions with the silver coins, they were lost.

And shortly afterwards, when he was desperately charging towards the German machine gun position, he was hit by a grenade in the right elbow and lost his entire right arm.

He rang for the secretary and dictated a reply to Ronald.

"Dear Ronald, I haven't seen your movie yet. But I'd love to help with your next movie. Here are some facts about the [-]nd Japanese Infantry from my collection for your reference.

Best wishes, all the best. "

A thick box of materials was couriered from Capitol Hill to Los Angeles and arrived at Ronald's apartment.

Soon, Ronald read the materials sent by Inoue overnight under the light.

"It's surprising that Senator Daniel Inouye himself was a member of the [-]nd Infantry Regiment."

The Pacific War of World War II had just erupted, and some Japanese descendants began to join forces to lead the way for the Japanese army that was about to hit Hawaii and the west coast of the United States.

Commander Roosevelt issued the infamous Executive Order No. 9066, giving the theater commands the power to house some civilians who do not cooperate with the American government in centralized detention.

Although this order did not point to the Japanese by name, in the end only DeWitt, the commander of the West Coast Theater, ordered the implementation of this order.A total of 11 Japanese American citizens were imprisoned in concentration camps.

For the sake of Japanese descent in post-war America, they will not become pariahs.The second generation of Japanese immigrants in the concentration camp began to write letters to Roosevelt enthusiastically, asking to join the army to serve their motherland-America.

They all see themselves as American, not Japanese.

Finally, Roosevelt agreed, and the young men of Japanese origin in the concentration camp enthusiastically signed up and joined the infantry regiment numbered [-].

At first Roosevelt only wanted to recruit 4000 people, but he joined the army enthusiastically. Before the end of the war, he recruited more than 3000 people.

Roosevelt did not dare to send them to the Pacific battlefield to fight against Japan, so the [-] Infantry Regiment was sent to the European battlefield after the Allied forces landed in Normandy to fight against difficulties.The Japanese officers and soldiers fought very bravely in order to clear up their suspicions.

At the beginning, the 4000nd Infantry Regiment was full of about 2.5 people. Due to the large number of casualties, the number of supplementary personnel was 4000 times the original number by the end of World War II. A total of about [-] people had served in the unit during World War II.

In just over a year, officers and soldiers received a total of 9486 Purple Hearts (specially awarded to wounded soldiers).As a whole, the [-]nd Regiment has been commended by the Grand Commander eight times.Known as the Purple Heart.

Inoue lost his right hand and was awarded the Cross after returning home to retire. After Hawaii was formally incorporated into the American Federation in [-], he was elected as a member of the Federal House of Representatives. Three years later, he was elected as a Federal Senator. .

During Nixon's Watergate hearings, Inoue participated in the Senate Investigative Committee, was dismissively called "that little Japanese devil" by Nixon's personal lawyer during a break, and was heard by all without turning off the microphone.

Inoue said afterwards, "He would rather believe it was an unfortunate accident."

Although Japan and the United States are now in an alliance, America still treats Japan as a servant.Even though Takashi Inoue is a senator, he dare not confront a well-known white lawyer.Instead, carefully gather the edge.

Inoue knew very well that in this country established by white people, there is a Japanese senator who must not express himself too much.As a mascot, it is acceptable. If you want to lead other white people, it is irresponsible to yourself and irresponsible to Japanese voters in Hawaii.

After reading these materials, Ronald rubbed his eyes.

It seems that the background of Danny's master can be settled.As a veteran who participated in the [-] Infantry Regiment, he won the Medal of Honor, but his wife in the concentration camp died tragically because she could not receive effective treatment during pregnancy and childbirth.

He loves Danny as his own child, and Danny also treats his master as a false father because he has no father, and he has a special feeling.

"What name should I give him? Or Miyagi. The founder of Ryukyu Goju-ryu karate is Miyagi."

Finished writing his thoughts, Ronald went to bed.

A sound sounded, and Ronald saw a mother and a son in a daze, and the two drove to Venice in Los Angeles.Stop at the gate of a community with three palm trees.

"Is this Danny and his mother?" Ronald understood, and he was dreaming again.

Interestingly, he knew the actor who played Danny, Ralph Mazio who played the greasy gang Johnny in "The Outer World".

This actor seems to have stopped injecting male hormones into his face after he reached puberty. Now he is in his early twenties, and he still has the face of an adolescent boy. Danny, who plays a high school student in the play, is also suitable.

Danny and his new friends from the neighborhood head to the beach to play soccer.Unlike the Anglo-Saxons who like football, the Latinos in Danny's community all like to play football.

There, Danny met the goddess in his heart, Ali Mills from the same school.The two got acquainted by football, and they both had a good impression of each other by the bonfire by the sea in the evening.

"Hey, this is also an acquaintance." Ronald found out that the person who played Ali was Elizabeth Sue, whom he had chosen to play in the chewing gum commercial.

Elizabeth is already very beautiful, with curly blond hair and a delicate temperament unique to upper-middle-class girls.

Ronald knew that Elizabeth Sue was from the upper-middle class, and this was a real performance.He couldn't help substituting Helen Slater and Diane Lane into this role.As an actor, Helen's true nature in this role is also established, and Diane is a bit too girl-next-door and a little baby fat.

But Diane's acting skills are enough, if he can direct this movie, then let Diane try too.After all, Helen should have become famous in one fell swoop with "Supergirl" at that time, and she signed three film contracts with Warner Bros., so I might not be able to invite her.

The master of Miyagi was played by an unknown Japanese actor.Although he speaks like a foreigner, with all the wrong grammar and wrong pronunciation, he speaks humorously, not at all incomprehensible, but also very philosophical, a bit like Master Yoda in Star Wars, who often speaks inversions.

Danny is Ali's ex-boyfriend, Johnny, a boy who studied at another karate dojo.Together with his companions, he surrounded Danny to beat him up and keep him away from Ali.

At a critical moment, Mr. Miyagi, who is an apartment repairman by profession, fell from the sky and beat Johnny and his companions to the ground with three punches and two kicks.

Danny has since learned karate with Master Miyagi.

Johnny's master, Chris, asked Johnny to pick things up again. Their karate philosophy is to attack and attack again, leaving no room for the enemy.

The unbearable Danny found Master Miyagi, and the two went to Johnny's dojo and challenged them to a showdown with Johnny's dojo in the Los Angeles karate competition.

In order to win and stop being harassed, Master Miyagi began special training for Danny. He was waxing Miyagi's car collection, sanding Master Miyagi's new floor, and brushing the walls of Miyagi's courtyard. After the paint dries for a few days.Danny suddenly realized that he seemed to be working as a worker, so he quit in a fit of anger.

Master Miyagi asked him to use the waxing pose, the floor-wiping pose, and the wall-painting pose.Only then did Danny realize that he had learned the basic forms of karate through labor, and had learned the basic skills.

Then Master Miyagi sent Danny to the beach to stand on the rocking boat and learn to keep his balance.This is Goju-ryu's philosophy, first make sure you don't fall to the ground, and then defend and counterattack.

Finally, before the battle, Miyagi celebrated Danny's birthday, drank too much wine, and told the story of his wife and children dying in a concentration camp when he was serving in the [-]nd Regiment.

The father-son relationship between the two grows stronger.

Finally, at the Los Angeles Karate Competition, Danny made it to the semi-finals by using the balance taught by Master Miyagi to maintain his balance.In the battle to enter the finals, Johnny's master instructed another student to use a foul sweeping leg and injured Danny's foot.

Danny was injured, and in the rest room, Master Miyagi used qigong to temporarily heal Danny's leg injury.

In the end, Johnny's master, in order to win the dojo, disregarded Wude and let Johnny, who was also in the finals, attack Danny's injured leg.

Danny couldn't resist, and when the two sides split equally, he had to secretly learn a trick that Master Miyagi often practiced. He raised his hands up, jumped with one foot, kicked Johnny in the head, and then landed with this foot .The lore beat the opponent and won the championship.

In the end, the movie ended with Danny and Master Miyagi staring at each other.

"What the hell kind of trick is this? Isn't this the white crane airing its wings in Taijiquan? This can also defeat the opponent? I don't believe it." Just such a weak kick can hit the opponent?Ronald also made a move and kicked.

"what!……"

Ronald woke up cursing on the floor, kicked out in his sleep, and rolled back onto the floor.

(End of this chapter)