Exploiting Hollywood 1980

Ronald contacted Michael Ovitz, the president of CAA, through his agent Niceta.

Ovitz has a good relationship with the Japanese business community and Japanese Americans in Japan. He previously led the first TV series in American history, "Shogun", which is based on the history of Japan.

Under his help, Ronald's letter was quickly delivered to the desk of Daniel Inouye, a senior senator in Hawaii, and was placed first among all the letters to be replied.

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

He put on gold-rimmed glasses and began his routine work of reading letters. He always reads some letters from Hawaiians in person and replies in person. As the only Japanese American among the 100 senators in the United States, he pays great attention to maintaining his vote base in his hometown of Hawaii.

"Dear Senator Inoue,

I am a film director named Ronald Lee. Perhaps you have heard of my name. The film I directed, "Night of the Comet", is now showing in American cinemas.

I am writing to you this time to do some historical research for my new film. I am writing about a Japanese karate master who teaches a boy the philosophy from the East, and that martial arts is for self-defense...

In order to add some real background to the characters, I learned that during World War II, Japanese Americans once participated in an infantry regiment, the 442nd Regiment. I have not found any information about this regiment in many libraries on the West Coast.

Someone told me that you know something about this period of history. So I ask you to give me some information."

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

The 442nd Infantry Regiment, no one has remembered this name for a long time.

Inoue couldn't help but touch the empty sleeve of his right arm. This was one of the "memorials" left when he joined the 422nd Infantry Regiment and served as a sergeant squad leader.

After calming down, Inoue put on his glasses and took out a box from the bottom drawer of his desk. He blew away the non-existent dust, and then opened the box with difficulty with his only remaining left hand.

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

But what Inoue wanted to see most 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 he lost them after showing off the silver coins to his companions.

And soon after, he was hit in the right elbow by a rifle grenade while charging desperately towards the German machine gun position, and lost his entire right arm.

He rang the bell to call in his secretary and dictated a reply to Ronald.

"Dear Ronald, I haven't seen your movie yet. But I am willing to help you with your next movie. Here are some information about the 442nd Japanese Infantry Regiment that I have collected for your reference.

Best wishes, all the best."

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

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

"It's really unexpected that Senator Daniel Inoue himself is from the 442nd Infantry Regiment."

The Pacific War in World War II had just broken out, and some Japanese began to connect and lead the Japanese army that was about to reach Hawaii and the west coast of the United States.

General Roosevelt issued the infamous Executive Order No. 9066, giving the various theater commands the power to detain some civilians who did not cooperate with the American government in a centralized manner.

Although this order did not point to the Japanese by name, in the end only the commander of the West Coast Theater, DeWitt, ordered the execution of this order. A total of 110,000 Japanese American citizens were imprisoned in concentration camps.

In order to prevent Japanese from becoming untouchables in post-war America, the second generation of Japanese immigrants in the concentration camps began to write to Roosevelt, asking to join the army to serve their motherland-America.

They all regarded themselves as Americans, not Japanese.

Finally, Roosevelt agreed, and the Japanese young men in the concentration camps signed up enthusiastically and joined the 442nd Infantry Regiment.

Initially, Roosevelt only wanted to recruit 4,000 people, but the enthusiasm for joining the army was enthusiastic. Before the end of the war, a total of more than 13,000 people were recruited.

Roosevelt did not dare to send them to the Pacific battlefield to fight against Japan, so the 442nd Infantry Regiment was sent to the European battlefield after the Allied forces landed in Normandy to specialize in overcoming difficulties. In order to clear suspicion, the Japanese officers and soldiers fought very bravely.

The 442nd Infantry Regiment was initially fully staffed with about 4,000 people. Due to the large number of casualties, the number of personnel added by the end of World War II was 2.5 times the original number, and a total of about 14,000 people served in the unit during World War II.

In just over a year, officers and soldiers received a total of 9,486 Purple Heart Medals (specially awarded to injured soldiers). The 442nd Regiment as a whole received eight commendations from the commander-in-chief. It was called the Purple Heart Unit.

Inoue lost his right hand and received the Cross Medal after returning to Japan and retiring. After Hawaii was officially incorporated into the United States of America in 1959, he was elected to the House of Representatives. Three years later, he was elected to the Senate, and then he was re-elected.

During Nixon's Watergate hearings, Inoue participated in the Senate investigation committee. During the break, Nixon's personal lawyer contemptuously called him "the little Japanese devil" without turning off the microphone, and everyone heard it.

Inoue later stated that "he would rather believe that this was an unfortunate accident."

Although Japan and the United States are now allies, America still treats Japan as a servant. Although Inoue is a senator, he dare not confront a well-known white lawyer. Instead, he carefully withdrew his edge.

Inoue knew that in this country founded by white people, there was a Japanese senator who must not show himself too much. It was acceptable to be a mascot, but if he wanted to lead other white people, it would be irresponsible to himself and the Japanese voters in Hawaii.

After reading these materials, Ronald rubbed his eyes.

It seems that Danny's master has a certain background. As a veteran who participated in the 442nd Infantry Regiment and won the Medal of Honor, his wife died tragically in the concentration camp because she did not receive effective treatment during pregnancy and childbirth.

He loved Danny as if he were his own child, and Danny, who had no father, regarded his master as a fake father, and had a special feeling for him.

"What name should I give him? How about Miyagi? The founder of Ryukyu Goju-ryu Karate was named Miyagi."

After writing down his thoughts, Ronald went to bed.

A sound was heard, and Ronald saw a mother and a son in a daze. The two drove to Venice in Los Angeles. They stopped at the gate of a community with three palm trees.

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

Interestingly, he knew the actor who played Danny, Ralph Mazzio, who played Johnny the Greaser Gang in "The Untamed".

It seems that after puberty, the male hormones of this actor stopped being injected into his face. Now he is in his early twenties, but he still has a doll-like face of an adolescent boy, which makes him suitable for playing the high school student Danny in the play.

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

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

"Hey, this is also an acquaintance." Ronald discovered that the actress who played Ali was Elizabeth Shue, who he chose to star in the chewing gum commercial.

Elizabeth has grown up to be very beautiful, with curly blonde hair and a delicate temperament unique to upper-middle-class girls.

Ronald knew that Elizabeth Shue was from the upper-middle class, so this was a true performance. He couldn't help but put Helen Slater and Diane Lane into this role. As an actress, Helen can also play this role in her true colors, but Diane is a little too girl-next-door, and has a little baby fat.

But Diane's acting skills are good enough. If he can direct this movie, let Diane try it too. After all, Helen should have become famous for her role as "Supergirl" at that time, and she had signed a three-film contract with Warner Bros., so he might not be able to hire her.

The actor who played Master Miyagi was an unknown Japanese actor. Although he spoke like a foreigner, with all wrong grammar and pronunciation, he was humorous and humorous, and people would not be confused at all. Instead, he was philosophical, a bit like Master Yoda in Star Wars, who often spoke inverted sentences.

Danny was attacked by Ali's ex-boyfriend, Johnny, a boy who studied in another karate dojo. He and his companions surrounded Danny and wanted to beat him up and keep him away from Ali.

At the critical moment, Master Miyagi, who was an apartment repairman, fell from the sky and beat Johnny and his companions with three punches and two kicks.

Danny has been learning karate with Master Miyagi since then.

Johnny's master Chris asked Johnny to provoke trouble again. Their karate philosophy is to attack and attack again, and not leave any tricks for the enemy.

Unable to bear it any longer, Danny found Master Miyagi, and the two went to Johnny's dojo and challenged them to compete with Johnny's dojo in the Los Angeles karate competition.

In order to win and stop being harassed, Master Miyagi began to train Danny. After waxing Miyagi's car collection, sanding Master Miyagi's new floor, and painting Miyagi's courtyard wall for a few days. Danny suddenly found that he seemed to be treated as a worker and quit in anger.

Master Miyagi asked him to use waxing, floor mopping, and wall painting to fight. Danny realized that he had learned the basic forms of karate through labor and had learned the basic skills.

Then Master Miyagi asked Danny to go to the beach, stand on a shaking boat, and learn to keep balance. This is the philosophy of Goju-ryu, 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, and told him that his wife and children died tragically in a concentration camp when he was serving in the 442nd Regiment.

The father-son relationship between the two became deeper.

Finally, at the Los Angeles Karate Tournament, Danny used the balance and counterattack skills taught by Master Miyagi to reach the semi-finals. In the battle to the finals, Johnny's master instructed another student to use a foul sweep kick to injure Danny's foot.

Danny was injured and in the lounge, Master Miyagi used Qigong to temporarily heal Danny's leg injury.

In the end, Johnny's master, in order to win the championship in the dojo, disregarded martial arts ethics and asked Johnny, who also entered the finals, to attack Danny's injured leg.

Danny couldn't resist. When the two sides were tied, he had to use a trick that he secretly learned from Master Miyagi and often practiced. He raised his hands, jumped on one foot, kicked Johnny's head, and then landed with this foot. He defeated his opponent and won the championship.

The movie ended with Danny and Master Miyagi staring at each other.

"What the hell is this trick? Isn't this the white crane drying its wings in Tai Chi? Can this defeat the opponent? I don't believe it." Can you kick the opponent with such a weak kick? Ronald also made a move and kicked.

"Ah!..."

Ronald woke up on the floor cursing. He kicked out in his dream and rolled to the ground again.