Exploiting Hollywood 1980.

Chapter 545 Father's Relic

"Promoting public safety and social harmony
Awarded to:

Ronald Lee"

"Is this what the Grand Commander awarded you?" Aunt Karen felt very happy as she touched the wooden and gold-plated certificate that Ronald brought back, "Why is it called public safety and social harmony?"

"Because I filmed 'Breakdance' to unite all ethnic groups, and then participated in the propaganda activities of the Grand Commander." Ronald pointed to the small words on the certificate and read it to his aunt:
"For your excellent directorial work, witnessing the unity of the peoples of America and setting a good example for young people.

Thank you for dedicating your pursuit of the art of cinema, and the creativity, focus, and time and energy that it brings to the campaign against teen DUIs..."

"This is a photo of me and the President and his wife when the awards were presented." Ronald took out the photo taken by the White House reporter.

Aunt Karen took the photo and was even more excited.Ronald above is a man of talent, standing with the commander and his wife, with both hands and the commander supporting one side of the certificate.

"You've got to keep one with me." Aunt Karen looked and looked at the picture.

"This is for you. I specially asked them to print two copies." Ronald sent several photos to his aunt.After this interview, Ronald did not go back to Los Angeles with the others, but went to New York to meet his aunt and share the happiness.

"I'm really proud of you, Ronnie." Aunt Karen patted Ronald's hand, very relieved, "Wait a minute, I have something important for you."

Speaking of which, my aunt went to the bedroom, took out a small wooden box from the cabinet, and handed it to Ronald.

"This is a relic left by your parents. Originally, my sister said that it would only be handed over to you after you graduated from college. Now you have been commended by the commander. This is an honor that many college graduates cannot get. I think you What you have done has exceeded your mother's expectations of you, so now it is officially handed over to you."

"My parents' relics?" Ronald was a little puzzled, and couldn't remember the past clearly.

"My sister said that it is mainly some relics from your father's side. I haven't opened it and read it. Now it belongs to you."

Ronald opened the wooden box, and there were several yellowed black-and-white photos and a notebook inside.

"This is?" Ronald looked at the photos. The top photo was a group photo of his father and mother, his aunt and his husband Steve.Father and Steve are comrades-in-arms in the Marine Corps, and they married two sisters of the Parker family respectively.

Then there is a black and white photo of an American soldier who looks a bit like himself and his father, and a photo of him with a propeller fighter jet.On the back, it says [-], London, Britain, James Lee.

Ronald calculated the time, could this be his grandfather?It seems that I have also been in the army for generations.

The last photo is older, and the image on it has faded a bit. It also shows a young soldier with an old biplane behind him.On the back of the photo is the year [-], Paris, China, signed by Gilbert Lee.

Is this his great-grandfather?Why is my family a family of pilots?Only the father did not make it.

Ronald opened the notebook again, which contained some family history recorded by his father.It turned out that the Li family was from the New England region in the northeast of America.

His great-grandfather, Gilbert, was a Ph.D. in electrical engineering at Yale University.After the outbreak of the First World War, he participated in the Volunteer Air Force, shot down two enemy planes over Maoguo, and saved his wingman, but was shot down by the Germans and died in the line of duty.Only his wife and son remained in New England.

His grandfather, James, was also a student at Yale University. After the outbreak of World War II, he joined the Air Force and drove a P47 fighter jet. During the escort operation to bomb Germany, he covered his own bomber, was shot down, and disappeared into the Atlantic Ocean.

He was not married, but had a girlfriend in Britain who was pregnant with his posthumous son, Ronald's father Charles.

In my father's generation, I was sent back to America by my mother's family. Because I was not recognized by the family as an official member, I didn't go to college, and I didn't inherit the family tradition to become a pilot. Instead, I joined the Marine Corps. clan.

Although he changed from a pilot to a fourth-class soldier with muddy feet, he also broke the curse of the Li family dying on the battlefield, and finally returned home to reunite with his family and raise Ronald.Until there is a traffic accident...

"It turns out that my ancestors were also quite rich." Ronald knew that the gold content of getting a doctorate in [-] was not trivial.

He understands how his parents want to keep these things and hand them over to him after he graduates from college. His ancestors were rich, and then their family fell into poverty, and it was in his father's generation. They must want to graduate from college and find a good job. Let yourself know the good history of your ancestors later.

If there is a chance, I will go to New England to look for it. In the previous life, the Hua people thought that it is not necessary to recognize the ancestors and return to the ancestors, but always to recognize where the ancestors are.

"Hey, what is this?" Ronald put his father's belongings back into the box, and touched a metal object in his hand.

When I took it out, it turned out to be an old-fashioned brass key.

"Is this the key to my parents' house in New England that was taken away by the bank for auction?" Ronald didn't know what to do, and threw the key back into the box.

"Auntie, this relic is still here with you. I'm afraid I'll take it away and lose it." Ronald had a reunion dinner with his auntie and Donna, and then rested separately.

The next day, Ronald went out, arrived at an apartment in lower Manhattan, and rang the doorbell.

"Ronnie", Brooke Shields came out happily. She just finished the final exam of Princeton, passed the exam smoothly, and went back to her old house in New York to meet Ronald.

"Let's go, we'll be targeted by reporters again later." Brooke put on her sunglasses, and handed the two large suitcases to Ronald.

Ronald put the suitcase in Brooke's Mercedes, and Dick, the driver, stepped on the gas and headed to JFK Airport.

This time Brooke Shields was invited by the organizing committee to attend the opening ceremony of the Los Angeles Olympics.It happened that Ronald was going back too, and the two made an appointment to go together.

"How do you plan your summer vacation, Brooke?"

"I accepted a TV movie and went to the Bahamas to shoot it." Brooke took out a map, "It's here... right."

"Television movie?" Ronald felt that Brooke took this kind of movie to lower his self-worth, "Why didn't you tell me if you want to make a movie? There are many studios in Hollywood waiting for you to make a movie."

Although Brooke Shields has been in college for a year, her popularity is still very high. As long as it is released and she wants to make a movie, many producers will be willing to gamble her luck.

"I'm just playing around. I used to travel with my mother every year. After entering college, I haven't been with her for a long time, so I wanted to make a film while traveling. It happened that this film was shot in the Bahamas. "

Ronald thought about it, Brooke is treating filming as a vacation. It seems that she really won't return to the film and television industry after graduating from college?
The two avoided gossip reporters from all walks of life at the airport, entered the waiting hall separately, and finally met again on the plane.

"My experience is that you must wear blindfolds on a long-distance flight, otherwise you will be very tired when you arrive." Brooke took out a pair of pink blindfolds and put them on as soon as she sat down.

Seeing that Brooke fell back comfortably, Ronald was going to sleep.Reach out to tease her little finger.

"Hee hee hee...", Bo Ji was finally teased and laughed, and the two of them clasped their hands tightly and leaned together.

Finally arrived at Los Angeles Airport, Brooke Shields blushed, she went to the dressing room to change clothes and touch up makeup.

Ronald went to the luggage carousel to wait for his luggage.

"Ronald!"

Ronald looked back and saw that the great director Steven Spielberg was at the luggage carousel next to him, also waiting for his luggage.

"Steven, have you returned to Los Angeles?"

"I flew over from the purple studio, and the Olympic Organizing Committee invited me to attend the opening ceremony." Steven was clean-shaven and smiled uncharacteristically sweetly.

"Show you a picture of my son Max," Spielberg said, pulling out a photo from his wallet, showing him, his girlfriend Amy Irving, and a newborn baby. "

"Oh, nice boy. Congratulations, Steven."

"Thank you. I'm going to marry Amy at the end of the year. You must come when the time comes."

"I'll definitely go." Ronald was very curious. This Amy Irving didn't seem to be the most outstanding actor among the actors. He didn't know how to tie Hollywood's number one commercial film director.

"Ronnie", Brooke Shields changed her clothes and jumped over.She was wearing a white T-shirt, and the hem of the jeans was rolled up, revealing a section of white legs, and she wore a straw hat with a black background and a white border on her head. The styles were well mixed and matched.

"Boji, this is director Spielberg, and he is also going to attend the opening ceremony."

"Hello, Brooke." Steven looked at Ronald and Brooke, "Let's go out together."

"Okay," Brooke generously agreed.

Ronald nods to Spielberg, with him covering them so they don't have to split up to avoid doggy photojournalists.

Ronald and Brooke arrived at the Marriott Hotel where she was staying, which was closer to the Los Angeles Memorial Stadium where the opening ceremony was held.

After the two had a turmoil, Ronald put his arms around Brooke, and suddenly heard a stomach growling.

Ronald rubbed his stomach, "I'm a little hungry, are you hungry? I'll go get some burgers."

"Hmm..." Brooke Shields nodded, threw the pillow over to cover herself, and quickly put on the T-shirt.

Ronald put on his pants, ran downstairs to McDonald's, and bought two Big Macs.The window reads the new Olympic promotion "America gets a gold medal, a free hamburger, a silver medal, a free bag of chips, a bronze medal, a free Coke."

Although the opening has not yet started, the atmosphere of the Olympic Games is already very strong, and even the waiters wear hats with the five-ring logo.

Ronald took the Big Mac, thought about it, and went to the nearby 71 convenience store to buy two bottles of energy drink Gatorade.They also sponsored the construction of swimming pools for the Olympic Games.In this Olympic Games, in order to save money, most of the old venues are used, and the new ones also have sponsors.

Despite the collective boycott of the Eastern camp, this Olympic Games still recruited a record-breaking 140 countries to participate.Ronald couldn't help looking forward to tomorrow's opening ceremony, and seeing the representative team from his home country.

(End of this chapter)