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Chapter 52 America's Dream
Chapter 52 America's Dream
"Ronnie," Meg picked up the ice cream in her hand and stuffed it into Ronald's mouth.
Ronald took a sip and took his own cone.
The two were at the pier in Battery Park on the southern tip of Manhattan, waiting to board a boat.
This is the southernmost tip of Manhattan Island, and the Statue of Liberty is not far from Liberty Island.
It is different from the orange mixed passenger and cargo ferry to Staten Island.The ferry of the circle company is for picking up tourists, purely individual passengers, and painted in sky blue.
Soon Ronald and Meg arrived, and they boarded the boat and watched the scenery on the deck.
The Statue of Liberty is a federally administered national park, and visiting the Statue of Liberty is free.But the ferry to the island requires money, and American capitalists can always take advantage of it.
The first boat to land was another small island, Ellis Island.This is the isolation point for new immigrants who came ashore in the early years.Since the beginning of the last century, millions of immigrants have been isolated on the island in batches, looking at the new continent of their dreams.
The only tall building that new immigrants can see on the island is the statue of the goddess of Liberty Island next door.Through the panes, they looked at the Statue of Liberty and envisioned their future American dreams.
This is reflected in many Hollywood movies.
Ronald and Meg were also looking at the Statue of Liberty, thinking about their American dreams.
The ferry continued to move forward, watching the statue of the goddess getting closer and closer on the boat, but Ronald was a little disappointed. The statue of the goddess, which had been in disrepair for a long time, was a bit old and dirty in appearance.
After landing on the island at the pier, it is a long trail.Meg was very excited to see the Statue of Liberty for the first time.
Ronald also kept looking up at the goddess, and the two moved forward slowly.
A gust of wind blew past, and Ronald seemed to see the right arm of the goddess holding the torch slightly shaking a few times, "Meg, look at the hand of the goddess holding the torch, is it my eyes?"
"Ah, it seems to be shaking." Meg also noticed it.
In 1886, the gift from the Chinese people to the American people was nearly 100 years old, and the old one was really scary.Just like on the land under your feet, many companies are also operating tremblingly, accidentally...
Ronald and Meg were a little scared to climb up to visit.The two walked around the island and took a lot of group photos.
Taking the ferry back to lower Manhattan, the two walked into a movie theater and picked out a movie called "The China Syndrome."
Aside from the fact that the name is somewhat related to the two, and that the lead actress is Jane Fonda, there is something magical about this movie.
The meaning of "The China Syndrome" actually has nothing to do with Huaguo.
It was about an accident at a nuclear power plant in America, where the core melted and leaked.Harmful substances are not hindered, and can burn the earth through a hole, leading directly to Huaguo on the back of the earth, and leak nuclear waste to Huaguo on the opposite side of the earth.
Therefore, this serious nuclear accident is called Huaguo Syndrome.
Ten days after the film was released, an accident occurred at the Three Mile Island Nuclear Power Plant, causing an uproar across the country.Movies became prophets.It became famous all of a sudden, and the box office was very good.
Ronald went to buy Coke and popcorn, but when he came back, Meg disappeared.
Looking around, I found Meg Tilly staring blankly at a poster at the door.
Walking quietly behind her, she found that Meg was looking at the poster of the performance of the New York City Ballet.In late April, the ballet's spring performance season is about to begin.
This year, the New York City Ballet recruited the principal dancer from the American Ballet, Mikhail Baryshnikov, whose appearance is on the poster.
In order to become an instant hit, all major movie theaters, shopping malls, and the New York City Ballet in the city spent a lot of money to put up poster advertisements.
"Baryshnikov, is he dancing well?" Ronald asked with his mouth open.
"Ronnie," Meg saw that it was him, and simply leaned back on Ronald's body, and Ronald folded his arms around her, and brought popcorn and Coke to her.
"Mikhail is a talented ballet dancer. He was originally in the Leningrad Ballet Troupe of the Soviet Union. A few years ago, he took advantage of the opportunity of visiting Canada and defected to America."
"If you've ever seen him dance, you know he's great. At the ballet school, he was the idol of all the girls and everyone wanted to be paired with him."
It turned out to be him.No wonder Ronald felt familiar.
Last Christmas, Ronald and Aunt Karen, Donna, watched Baryshnikov dance "The Nutcracker" on CBS TV.
The host, Charlie Rose, also briefly introduced his story of running to the "free world" in order to realize his "America Dream".
"Since he is so talented, he should also be the principal in the Leningrad Ballet. Why did he defect?" Ronald looked at the poster, this dancer who was once Meg's idol, was a little strange.
"I heard that he wanted to dance innovative modern ballet, but Leningrad only let him dance classical ballet."
"However, some people say that he is too short, only 5 feet 4 (1.65 meters), and he is not good enough for the female dancers of the Sowell Union, so he can only play supporting roles."
Meg wentssip and giggle.
Knowing that she was still regretting that she missed out on a professional ballet career, Ronald joked:
"Ha, yes, you are taller than him. He can't dance the prince and princess in the Nutcracker with you."
"And my height, hey hey... is more suitable to play a prince."
"Hahaha...", Meg was amused by him, and hit Ronald with her hand.
"But even if I'm not injured, I won't go to the New York City Ballet." Meg felt better, and took the initiative to talk about her ballet dream.
"Why? Aren't they the best ballet company in New York?" Ronald asked.
"Balanchine, the dance director of New York City, is also a Russian. After World War I, he went into exile in America. More than ten years ago, he received a grant of US$800 million from the Ford Foundation, which was mainly used to create new ballets. The waltz, jazz, Even the Star-Spangled Banner is a ballet."
"So many dancers who go to the New York City Dance Company are rich second-generation, and they bought it with money. They don't have the strength to rehearse the real classical ballet, so they can only dance these..." Meg made a "garbage" mouth shape.
"And my dream is to dance all the classical ballet roles before the age of 24, Giselle, Coppelia, Sleeping Beauty, and Black Swan..."
"I want to be on stage in New York, in Leningrad, in London, in Paris, and hear the audience yell Bravo at me!"
"I want to be famous! I want to be famous!"
Meg got out of Ronald, faced Baryshnikov's poster, stood on tiptoe, raised her arms high, posed in a ballet pose, and uttered her dream loudly.
Ronald saw the burning fire of ambition in the girl's eyes.
……
The movie is very good-looking, and all kinds of coincidences and arrangements make the audience feel anxious about the nuclear leak.Jane Fonda is excellent as always, and her supporting role, Michael Douglas, is also good.
Now is the era when the whole people talk about nuclear discoloration. The haze of the Cold War hangs over everyone’s head. Some people are crazy against nuclear. Anything related to nuclear, including nuclear missiles, nuclear submarines, nuclear tests, and nuclear power plants, are in the sequence of opposition .
The movie is expected to do well at the box office.
After watching the movie, the two went shopping in Chinatown in lower Manhattan.Ronald has just moved in for a day, and many daily necessities are not prepared yet, so Meg Tilly helps to purchase them all.
Meg had good taste, and she always chose things that were inexpensive, but combined to enhance the aesthetic quality.
Such as snow-white tablecloths, with scarlet napkins.Another example is the translucent lampshade for the floor lamp in the bedroom.
Ronald, who was carrying a lot of things, went to the china shop with Meg again.
Meg went shopping for wine glasses and china tableware, while Ronald chatted boredly with the boss.
The boss's English is as bad as Ronald's Cantonese.Can only communicate with sporadic words and gestures.
Asked if the boss had any good black tea, the boss quietly took out a pack of paper-packaged tea from under the counter: "Domestic, good tea." Ronald only understood a few words.
Put it under the nose and smell it, it really smells fresh.
"Qimen or Wuyishan?"
"Qimen", the boss turned over the tea bag and showed him the label.
Sure enough, the words Qimen State-run Tea Factory were written on it in imitation Song style.Ronald threw down $10 "heavy money" and bought two packs to try something new.
"I'll buy another candlestick, you give me two candles, and I can have a candlelight dinner at night."Ronald pointed to the candles on the counter.
The shop owner took out the candlestick and raised his thumb, indicating that Ronald knew romance very well.
(End of this chapter)
"Ronnie," Meg picked up the ice cream in her hand and stuffed it into Ronald's mouth.
Ronald took a sip and took his own cone.
The two were at the pier in Battery Park on the southern tip of Manhattan, waiting to board a boat.
This is the southernmost tip of Manhattan Island, and the Statue of Liberty is not far from Liberty Island.
It is different from the orange mixed passenger and cargo ferry to Staten Island.The ferry of the circle company is for picking up tourists, purely individual passengers, and painted in sky blue.
Soon Ronald and Meg arrived, and they boarded the boat and watched the scenery on the deck.
The Statue of Liberty is a federally administered national park, and visiting the Statue of Liberty is free.But the ferry to the island requires money, and American capitalists can always take advantage of it.
The first boat to land was another small island, Ellis Island.This is the isolation point for new immigrants who came ashore in the early years.Since the beginning of the last century, millions of immigrants have been isolated on the island in batches, looking at the new continent of their dreams.
The only tall building that new immigrants can see on the island is the statue of the goddess of Liberty Island next door.Through the panes, they looked at the Statue of Liberty and envisioned their future American dreams.
This is reflected in many Hollywood movies.
Ronald and Meg were also looking at the Statue of Liberty, thinking about their American dreams.
The ferry continued to move forward, watching the statue of the goddess getting closer and closer on the boat, but Ronald was a little disappointed. The statue of the goddess, which had been in disrepair for a long time, was a bit old and dirty in appearance.
After landing on the island at the pier, it is a long trail.Meg was very excited to see the Statue of Liberty for the first time.
Ronald also kept looking up at the goddess, and the two moved forward slowly.
A gust of wind blew past, and Ronald seemed to see the right arm of the goddess holding the torch slightly shaking a few times, "Meg, look at the hand of the goddess holding the torch, is it my eyes?"
"Ah, it seems to be shaking." Meg also noticed it.
In 1886, the gift from the Chinese people to the American people was nearly 100 years old, and the old one was really scary.Just like on the land under your feet, many companies are also operating tremblingly, accidentally...
Ronald and Meg were a little scared to climb up to visit.The two walked around the island and took a lot of group photos.
Taking the ferry back to lower Manhattan, the two walked into a movie theater and picked out a movie called "The China Syndrome."
Aside from the fact that the name is somewhat related to the two, and that the lead actress is Jane Fonda, there is something magical about this movie.
The meaning of "The China Syndrome" actually has nothing to do with Huaguo.
It was about an accident at a nuclear power plant in America, where the core melted and leaked.Harmful substances are not hindered, and can burn the earth through a hole, leading directly to Huaguo on the back of the earth, and leak nuclear waste to Huaguo on the opposite side of the earth.
Therefore, this serious nuclear accident is called Huaguo Syndrome.
Ten days after the film was released, an accident occurred at the Three Mile Island Nuclear Power Plant, causing an uproar across the country.Movies became prophets.It became famous all of a sudden, and the box office was very good.
Ronald went to buy Coke and popcorn, but when he came back, Meg disappeared.
Looking around, I found Meg Tilly staring blankly at a poster at the door.
Walking quietly behind her, she found that Meg was looking at the poster of the performance of the New York City Ballet.In late April, the ballet's spring performance season is about to begin.
This year, the New York City Ballet recruited the principal dancer from the American Ballet, Mikhail Baryshnikov, whose appearance is on the poster.
In order to become an instant hit, all major movie theaters, shopping malls, and the New York City Ballet in the city spent a lot of money to put up poster advertisements.
"Baryshnikov, is he dancing well?" Ronald asked with his mouth open.
"Ronnie," Meg saw that it was him, and simply leaned back on Ronald's body, and Ronald folded his arms around her, and brought popcorn and Coke to her.
"Mikhail is a talented ballet dancer. He was originally in the Leningrad Ballet Troupe of the Soviet Union. A few years ago, he took advantage of the opportunity of visiting Canada and defected to America."
"If you've ever seen him dance, you know he's great. At the ballet school, he was the idol of all the girls and everyone wanted to be paired with him."
It turned out to be him.No wonder Ronald felt familiar.
Last Christmas, Ronald and Aunt Karen, Donna, watched Baryshnikov dance "The Nutcracker" on CBS TV.
The host, Charlie Rose, also briefly introduced his story of running to the "free world" in order to realize his "America Dream".
"Since he is so talented, he should also be the principal in the Leningrad Ballet. Why did he defect?" Ronald looked at the poster, this dancer who was once Meg's idol, was a little strange.
"I heard that he wanted to dance innovative modern ballet, but Leningrad only let him dance classical ballet."
"However, some people say that he is too short, only 5 feet 4 (1.65 meters), and he is not good enough for the female dancers of the Sowell Union, so he can only play supporting roles."
Meg wentssip and giggle.
Knowing that she was still regretting that she missed out on a professional ballet career, Ronald joked:
"Ha, yes, you are taller than him. He can't dance the prince and princess in the Nutcracker with you."
"And my height, hey hey... is more suitable to play a prince."
"Hahaha...", Meg was amused by him, and hit Ronald with her hand.
"But even if I'm not injured, I won't go to the New York City Ballet." Meg felt better, and took the initiative to talk about her ballet dream.
"Why? Aren't they the best ballet company in New York?" Ronald asked.
"Balanchine, the dance director of New York City, is also a Russian. After World War I, he went into exile in America. More than ten years ago, he received a grant of US$800 million from the Ford Foundation, which was mainly used to create new ballets. The waltz, jazz, Even the Star-Spangled Banner is a ballet."
"So many dancers who go to the New York City Dance Company are rich second-generation, and they bought it with money. They don't have the strength to rehearse the real classical ballet, so they can only dance these..." Meg made a "garbage" mouth shape.
"And my dream is to dance all the classical ballet roles before the age of 24, Giselle, Coppelia, Sleeping Beauty, and Black Swan..."
"I want to be on stage in New York, in Leningrad, in London, in Paris, and hear the audience yell Bravo at me!"
"I want to be famous! I want to be famous!"
Meg got out of Ronald, faced Baryshnikov's poster, stood on tiptoe, raised her arms high, posed in a ballet pose, and uttered her dream loudly.
Ronald saw the burning fire of ambition in the girl's eyes.
……
The movie is very good-looking, and all kinds of coincidences and arrangements make the audience feel anxious about the nuclear leak.Jane Fonda is excellent as always, and her supporting role, Michael Douglas, is also good.
Now is the era when the whole people talk about nuclear discoloration. The haze of the Cold War hangs over everyone’s head. Some people are crazy against nuclear. Anything related to nuclear, including nuclear missiles, nuclear submarines, nuclear tests, and nuclear power plants, are in the sequence of opposition .
The movie is expected to do well at the box office.
After watching the movie, the two went shopping in Chinatown in lower Manhattan.Ronald has just moved in for a day, and many daily necessities are not prepared yet, so Meg Tilly helps to purchase them all.
Meg had good taste, and she always chose things that were inexpensive, but combined to enhance the aesthetic quality.
Such as snow-white tablecloths, with scarlet napkins.Another example is the translucent lampshade for the floor lamp in the bedroom.
Ronald, who was carrying a lot of things, went to the china shop with Meg again.
Meg went shopping for wine glasses and china tableware, while Ronald chatted boredly with the boss.
The boss's English is as bad as Ronald's Cantonese.Can only communicate with sporadic words and gestures.
Asked if the boss had any good black tea, the boss quietly took out a pack of paper-packaged tea from under the counter: "Domestic, good tea." Ronald only understood a few words.
Put it under the nose and smell it, it really smells fresh.
"Qimen or Wuyishan?"
"Qimen", the boss turned over the tea bag and showed him the label.
Sure enough, the words Qimen State-run Tea Factory were written on it in imitation Song style.Ronald threw down $10 "heavy money" and bought two packs to try something new.
"I'll buy another candlestick, you give me two candles, and I can have a candlelight dinner at night."Ronald pointed to the candles on the counter.
The shop owner took out the candlestick and raised his thumb, indicating that Ronald knew romance very well.
(End of this chapter)
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