Rebirth in America

Since the Carpenters have been on television, in addition to Angel stealing the show, the Carpenters have also been in the limelight. They were contacted by many entertainment companies who wanted to sign the Carpenters, whether it was for TV, records or movies. Among these people, several film companies really planned to invite the Carpenter brothers to make movies.

At first, the Carpenters turned down many offers from companies and wanted to take a break. Neither Alex nor Richard knew it until one day, a friend of Bart came to their door.

It was one night when they were having dinner at home when they suddenly heard someone ringing the doorbell. Angel asked Bart to open the door, and she guessed: "Maybe it's Old Joe who's here!"

Bart opened the door and saw a thin man standing outside. He immediately shouted in surprise: "Morris! How did you find us?"

Morris was thin, with a long and narrow face and a big nose. He is Bart's old high school classmate and Bart's best friend. However, since graduating from high school, the two of them have had less and less contact.

"Haha! Bart, you are still the same! There is still no change." Morris hugged Bart happily and explained: "I saw you on TV, and I was shocked at the time. I thought, that's not My old friend Bart? Why did he end up on TV?"

Bart laughed and pulled Morris into the room. He introduced to his family: "Maurice Engel, my high school classmate and my best friend in school!"

Morris first greeted Angel and said, "Wow, Mrs. Carpenter, you look much more beautiful in person than on TV."

"Thank you! Mr. Morris." Angel smiled reservedly.

"Hey! Isn't this our genius brother? I have listened to your songs, they are very, very good. I really envy Bart for having a smart and cute child like you, really." Morris turned to the Carpenter brothers and exaggerated said loudly.

After everyone got to know each other, Bart invited Morris to have dinner with him. At the dinner table, Morris described his current situation. It turned out that after graduating from high school, Morris went to the University of Southern California. In college, he became interested in movies, and after graduation he became a solo film director. He has now made several movies and is considered a well-known figure in the film industry.

After hearing this, Bart couldn't help but sigh: "Your college classmates still have a future. I joined the army after graduating from high school and served on an aircraft carrier in the Navy. Not long after, I retired due to an accidental injury. At that time, the war It’s not over yet. Then the Pearl Harbor incident happened. I heard that many people in my class were killed or injured, and I don’t know how many people will survive after the war is over.”

Seeing that Bart was a little sad, Morris quickly stopped the topic and said with a smile: "Aren't you very happy now? You have so many lovely children and such a beautiful wife. I heard that you have opened several companies now and have a family. Your career is so fulfilling, why aren’t you satisfied?”

Bart laughed, quickly picked up the wine glass and had a drink with Morris. After finishing the meal, the two of them sat on the sofa in the living room, watching TV and smoking cigarettes, enjoying themselves.

"Hey, I heard that many film companies are planning to hire your two sons to make movies? Is that true?" Morris said while smoking a cigarette.

Bart nodded, flicked the cigarette ashes in his hand, and said: "Yes, several film companies have indeed contacted us. There are Paramount, Fox, Universal, etc., I can't remember so many. ."

"Tsk, those vampires! They really pounce wherever they see something good. They just take a fancy to your son's popularity and think it's profitable." As a director of independent films, Morris said this This approach of the major studios is abhorrent. He felt that those people were just profit-seekers, and the films they produced had no artistic quality at all and could not reflect social issues.

Bart said unequivocally: "I didn't promise them. I already have enough money. The children don't need to work so hard to make money. What they need now is to grow up happily and healthily."

At this time, Angel came over with a fruit platter. Bart and Morris quickly stood up and took over the fruit plate.

"Ma'am, would you like one?" Morris took out his cigarette box and said to Angel.

Angel smiled slightly, took out a cigarette with his fingers, and put it in his mouth. Bart next to him quickly brought a lighter and lit a cigarette. The three of them started smoking in the living room, causing the whole room to be filled with a strong smell of smoke.

Alex hated smoking the most. No matter in his previous life or in this life, he felt that smoking was a harmful thing. The most important thing is that he can't stand the choking smell of smoke.

His brother Richard is different from him. He seems to like the smell of cigarettes. Sometimes he will secretly take one out of Bart's cigarette box and smoke it while hiding in the house.

Once, Angel found Richard smoking in the toilet, but she didn't say anything. People in this era don't know much about the harmful effects of smoking on the human body, and they still think that smoking is good for health. Advertisements about the healthiness of smoking are everywhere, and even in some medical magazines, advertisements that cigarettes are good for thinking are openly published.

At that time, the United States also followed the fashion trend of short hair and short skirts, packaging smoking as a fashionable behavior, and relying on people's beauty mentality, they boasted that smoking could lose weight.

Luck Tobacco Company launched a series of advertising posters, depicting a diving beauty with a bloated shadow standing behind her. The slogan above said: "Will you be this good in five years? Come and root for it before it's too late." Lucky cigarettes!”

Not only that, they also brought candy companies on the opposite side, trumpeting that eating candy will lead to obesity and that smoking can keep you slim.

Under the influence of this kind of advertising, many people unknowingly accept this view. It can be said that the society at that time was full of smokers, and non-smokers were aliens, just like people like Hitler, who were ostracized.

The first country in history to ban smoking was Germany. Hitler hated smoking and ordered the Germans to ban smoking. At the same time, some German doctors were asked to study and prove the harmful effects of smoking.

After World War II, the German Nazis were the losing side, and their views were completely ignored, and even carefully buried by those who were interested. It was not until the 1960s that European and American countries began to face up to the harmful effects of smoking on health.

Before that, whenever people had free time, they would smoke a cigarette. This is a social problem. Alex can't stop his parents from smoking, so he has to stay away.

The Carpenters and Morris smoked cigarettes hesitantly, and even Richard joined in. Only Alex sat far away, watching the program on the black and white TV.

Morris looked at Richard's skillful smoking technique and couldn't help laughing: "How smart! When I was as young as him, I didn't understand the taste of cigarettes."

Bart felt that Richard had smoked too much, so he took the cigarette from Richard's hand: "Okay, you can only smoke here today. Smoking so many cigarettes, be careful you can't sleep at night."

Richard muttered a few words and felt that it was no longer interesting here, so he ran over to watch TV with Alex.

"Haha, Bart! Your family has money to buy cigarettes for your son, but I don't even have to smoke myself." Morris said with a smile.

Angel puffed out his cigarette and said, "I didn't want to pamper them so much, but Bart insists on doing this, so there's no way."

"How can people today go out and interact with people if they don't smoke? I'm trying to get him used to smoking as early as possible so that he won't be afraid of being ostracized in the future." Bart lit up another cigarette and argued in his mouth.

"Hey Alex, do you want one?" Morris shouted to Alex.

Alex glanced at him and shook his head silently. He still wanted to hide in the house, but he didn't want to leave a bad impression on others, so he endured the unpleasant smell of cigarette smoke and stayed in the living room.

Bart shook his head to stop Morris, and said slowly: "Cough! Cough! He doesn't know how to smoke. He said that smoking will harm the body. I kind of believed it at first, but after a day or two without smoking, I felt uncomfortable all over. ."

Morris shrugged his shoulders and ignored Alex. He felt that the current atmosphere was just right, so he said: "Bart, have you ever thought about investing in a movie? I think your two sons are quite suitable for making movies."

"Invest in movies?" Bart was stunned by Morris' words. He somewhat understood the other party's intention. Angel was also attracted by their conversation and stopped smoking.

Morris nodded and said, "Yes, as you know, I am an independent film director. I happen to have a good script in hand right now, but I won't be able to find investors for a while."

Bart asked incredulously: "What kind of script?"

"It's an interesting story about a pair of brothers. The older brother is called Rayleigh and the younger brother is named Joey. On Rayleigh's birthday, his mother had something to do, so she asked him to take care of his younger brother at home. Rayleigh originally planned to go to Colin Island to play, and he I didn’t want to stay at home, and I didn’t want to play with my brother. So..." Morris told the Carpenters the outline of the script one by one, hoping to persuade them to invest in him.

This is indeed a simple and interesting story. To put it simply, in order to get rid of his seven-year-old brother, the twelve-year-old brother pretended to be shot by his brother, so the younger brother fled to Colin Island. After a day and a night, he was found by his brother. . It observes the world entirely from a child's perspective, and the ending is also very warm and touching.

After hearing this, Angel asked with interest: "You mean you want Alex and Richard to play the two brothers?"

Morris nodded and said: "Yes, I originally planned to find actors for the filming in two years, but after seeing your two children, I thought it was a good fit. I thought, such cute children are really rare. Why not take this time to make more beautiful memories?”

Bart frowned and said, "But, UUReading www.uukanshu.net I'm worried that the children will be too hard when filming the movie."

Morris quickly explained: "No, no, no, you also heard what I said about the script. There are no big scenes in it. Just play in the amusement park. It's not difficult at all, let alone hard work." If you are worried, just follow the photography team and treat it like a family outing."

Angel said with some joy in his heart: "Is it just for fun? There aren't many lines to memorize, right?"

"Absolutely not! Don't worry, we are just filming the adventure of a child getting lost on Corinthian Island, and we can act as we are." Morris waved his hand quickly and said.

Bart was still a little hesitant: "He said, but you just said that the younger brother is 7 years old and the elder brother is 12 years old. Alex is taller than ordinary children. He looks 12 years old, but Richard is 8 You're old, are you a little older?"

Morris smiled. He knew that Bart was also moved, so he said: "How could it be! It's just one year older. It doesn't matter if it's a few years older. The script can be modified."

Angel rightly asked, "Doesn't it take a lot of money to invest in a movie?"

"Not much, not much. My movie doesn't need any scenes or props, it just might consume some film during the shooting. I don't think it will cost more than 30,000 US dollars," Morris said quickly.

Finally, Bart was convinced and said, "Okay! Let's give it a try."