Eric listened to Joanna's account of what happened that day, and flipped through the video tape in his hand.
Although the name is "Penguin World", there are a series of video sources marked on the back of the packaging box, and there are more than 20 various movies or documentaries. As the CEO of a large media group, if Terry Semel wanted to do this, he only needed to order a few words and someone would do it, but even so, this video tape took a lot of thought.
Eric flipped through it for a while, and roughly understood some things. Looking up at Joanna, who was standing quietly beside him, she happened to notice the way the woman carefully looked at the expression on his face.
Seeing Eric just looking over, Joanna's eyes flickered, a little uneasy: "How about I return this video tape to him?"
Joanna's expression not only confirmed Eric's guess, but also made him understand some more things.
In the final analysis, this matter is still a very sensitive topic in the United States, race.
Joanna is Jewish, and according to the custom of Jewish motherhood, Hawaii is also Jewish.
Although for various reasons, the Jewish presence in the United States and the world seems to be very strong, but those who know more about the truth know that the Jewish people have been strongly excluded and discriminated against for hundreds of years.
As for the claim that Jews control the United States, it is even more absurd. Take the economic crisis that swept the world in 2008 in the original time and space as an example. It will not end in bankruptcy one after another. The collapse of these large investment banks with a heritage of more than a century and a total of trillions of dollars in assets will definitely hurt the Jewish economic power. The countless times in history that Jews have caused economic crises and wars are basically scapegoat routines.
Hundreds of years of exclusion and persecution have given the Jews a strong idea of grouping, which is almost instinctive.
On the other hand, Jews admire wisdom very much. Terry Semel was undoubtedly impressed by Hawaii's extraordinary intelligence a few days ago, and the little guy's Jewish ancestry made Terry Semel instinctively Create a sense of closeness. Coupled with the identity of Eric's daughter, this is the little gift today.
After all, Firefly and Time Warner have a competitive relationship. Terry Semel can never do this for any benefit, and more just want to form a good relationship.
Eric even thought that in recent years, whether it is festivals or the little guys' birthdays, in addition to the close friends, the executives of the Firefly Group and even some other well-connected companies in Hollywood will specially send gifts to the two little guys. This is probably the reason, and, without checking, it can be imagined that Hawaii's gifts must be more generous. Although the shareholders of the seven major film companies have repeatedly changed hands over the years, and many of them have escaped from Jewish control, most of the executives of Hollywood film companies are still Jewish, just like Firefly. Among the Big Three except Frank Wells, Jay Frey Katzenberg and Robert Iger are both Jewish.
Eric thought about these things in his heart, and accidentally saw Joanna who was still waiting for his answer. With his silence, the anxiety and inferiority complex on the woman's face became more and more obvious, um... wait, inferiority
Recalling that when Elizabeth and Elizabeth talked about Jews by chance, she said that her family was not Jewish, and she still had that little look of superiority on her face, Eric sighed in his heart, hey, what a mess.
Throwing the videotape aside, Eric reached out and hugged Joanna, kissed the woman on the cheek, and said softly: "We have been together for so many years, you should know that I don't care about race or blood at all, Xia Xia and Kevin are both my children, and they can't be changed no matter what, so don't think about these messy things in the future."
Joanna leaned on Eric's shoulder and gave a low hum, then asked in a low voice, "Then, the video tape?"
"Show it to Xia Xia when you have time, and don't forget to call Terry Semel to say thank you, it's always someone else's kindness." Eric thought for a while, and added: "In the future, similar There is no need to refuse good intentions, generally speaking, the recognition and closeness of the ethnic group will not do any harm to you and Xia Xia."
"I see," Joanna leaned against Eric for a moment, let go of the burden in her heart, gently pushed Eric away, helped him straighten his collar, and said, "Let's go down to eat, they may We have to wait."
"Don't worry, there is one more thing," Eric held Joanna, and said what happened to Virginia just now: "So, I want to take Vicky to Buffett's party in two days, um, although I I don’t mind bringing the two of you to participate, but it’s important to be concerned about the feelings of those old men who can only watch but not eat, so next time I have a chance, I will bring you together again.”
Joanna was amused by the pun in Eric's words, lightly slapped him on the shoulder, shook her head and said, "It's okay, I'm really not interested in these things, you just take Vicky there."
"It turns out that we are quite similar, and I'm not really interested, but it's always impossible to dismiss all these things," Eric smiled, joking with Joanna, and they left the room and walked downstairs together go.
Although there were some episodes, the Halloween dinner was still going on in a lively atmosphere.
After dinner, Eric was pulled by the women and forcibly fiddled with Halloween costumes. He and Emma's three little guys had exactly the same costumes, and they were too simple. They just put two faint fluorescent lights on their heads. The tentacles are beautiful, the man's is sky blue, and the girl's is pink. There is no doubt that he is immersed in the look of "Men in Black" in COS.
It was completely dark at this time, but the streets of Southampton were already filled with lights and festoons, and many children had already started begging for candy everywhere. It was said that there was a Halloween parade in the city center.
Eric stands in the changing room, watching over three puzzled little ones. Drew, Virginia and Eva are being helped by the twins in all kinds of weird dresses, and Joanna Downstairs should be responsible for the children who come to ask for candy.
Looking at Virginia who dressed herself as Bloody Mary, Eric asked: "Joanna is going to stay at home, and the three of you are going to the Halloween parade again. Can I take the three of them alone?"
Virginia painted her red lips, and said in a strange voice: "This is a good opportunity for you and the little guy to enhance your relationship."
"I'm worried about the safety of the little guy. The street is quite chaotic. Which one of you will accompany me, but you only need two people?"
Drew, who was wearing a Harley Quinn decoration on his head, pointed at the twins: "Then let Natasha accompany you?"
"Ah, them?"
Eva also chimed in and said, "Oh, Eric, you are so talkative, we finally had a good time."
Virginia impatiently started to chase people away: "Yes, get out, get out quickly, I have to change clothes."
Having said that, Eric was kicked out of the door, and there were twins with a pair of pink fluorescent tentacles stuffed in their hands. They had prepared enough props.
Although she was led to ask for candy once last year, Emma obviously didn't remember it anymore, and the two little guys were full of doubts. They didn't know what Dad was going to take them with, as if they looked terrible.
When she came downstairs, Joanna was holding a box full of candies, smiling and distributing candies to the little guys who were shouting trick-or-treating outside the door.
After dismissing a wave of troublemakers, Joanna opened the door and signaled Eric to leave with the children.
Eric touched the pair of soft things on his head carefully, and said to Joanna: "It always feels a little strange?"
Joanna leaned over to help Emma tidy up the beautiful little dress, smiled and said to Eric: "Why does it feel strange, don't you think it's Halloween before?"
Eric felt that the women were suspected of collusion tonight. Usually, it was the mother who took the children out to beg for candy from door to door. He was a big man with three little ones, what was the matter
It seems that because of seeing the behavior of a group of children just now, Emma also started to get up eagerly, pulling Eric's clothes corner and screaming, wanting to go out.
"Okay, okay, let's go," Eric didn't think too much, took Emma's little hand, and let Emma take Kevin and Hawaii, and sister Natasha quietly behind them, walked out together go.
This is a community in the south of Southampton. When you walk out of your own manor, the streets are filled with lights and lanterns, and jack-o-lanterns are hung everywhere. Groups of children shuttle between every house under the supervision of adults.
Although it has been more than a year since the release of "Men in Black", the dress of sky blue tentacles is still very popular. Children with fluorescent tentacles on their heads can be seen everywhere on the street, but adults in this dress are very rare , the twins are actually a bit shy, and they didn't put on the tentacles that Druse gave them when they left. Therefore, the sky blue tentacles on Eric's head are particularly eye-catching. After all, compared with the movie, his' The degree of reduction' is simply too high.
At the beginning, I was a little timid, but after a few visits, the three little guys became bold and skillfully shouted 'trick or treat', but asked for a lot of candy, even Hawaii rarely showed a forgiving attitude. He looked interested, and seemed to be thinking about why someone would distribute candy to them when he yelled a certain sentence. Along the way, he did not forget to point to the Halloween costumes of passers-by and ask questions.
Eric didn't know the rules of Halloween. Now that he was getting more and more proficient at begging for candies, he took the three little guys and walked over one by one. When they reached the end of the street, they changed to another street, turning around unconsciously. for a long time. When the three, three, and six people suddenly found themselves at the edge of a strange lake, Eric realized a very profound problem.
They got lost...
Stopping Kevin who wanted to stuff the wrapping paper into his little mouth, Eric hugged his son who had long been reluctant to walk on his own, and looked at the twins next to him: "Do you know where this is?"
Sister Natasha pulled a little guy by herself, and she just shook her head when she heard the words: "Master, we don't know either."
"Okay, what about the phone?"
One of the twins took out his pocket and handed Eric the mobile phone he was carrying.
Eric dialed the number at home, and Joanna heard that Eric had gone missing with three little guys. Even with her quiet and introverted personality, she couldn't help laughing, but she still asked about the situation around them , Said that he would come to pick them up as soon as possible.
After hanging up the phone, Eric handed the phone back to Natasha, looked around, and took the three little guys to the bench under the street lamp by the lake.
Sitting down on the bench with Kevin in his arms, Eric casually motioned to sister Natasha to be next to him, then lowered his head and counted the spoils in the small bamboo basket with his son in his arms.
After chatting with the little guy for a while, a gust of night wind blows, and a faint fragrance floats in the cold air. Eric raised his head and looked at the sisters Natasha sitting on both sides.
Because he had been with Drew all the time, Eric suddenly realized that he was actually quite unfamiliar with the two sisters, and asked curiously: "I still don't know, how old are you this year?"
The two sisters looked at Eric at the same time, with some doubts on their expressions, but soon confirmed that Eric had finished talking to them, and the girl sitting on Eric's left replied: "Master, we are twenty-one years old."
"Oh, what a coincidence, it's the same age as Drew," Eric nodded and said with a smile, "I thought you should be the same age as me."
Sister Natasha didn't know what Eric meant by saying that, but carefully held the child in her arms and lowered her head slightly.
Eric remembered another question and asked, "By the way, where are your parents?"
It was still the girl on the left who replied, "They're in Iowa, where the boss bought a farm."
Eric nodded, thinking that this was a good arrangement, and asked, "Do you miss home?"
This time the twins showed the same puzzled expression.
Eric was even more puzzled, but he still explained: "I mean, I want to go back..." After thinking about it, Eric didn't know where the twins were from, so he had to use the previous address and said, "I want to go back to the Soviet Union." ?"
After saying this, Eric saw that the girl on the left turned slightly pale, and shook her head eagerly: "No, I don't want to."
Eric knew that the collapse of the Soviet Union had a profound impact on them, but he didn't realize that the fear was so profound. He sighed in his heart and asked, "What about your future plans?"
The face of the girl on the left was obviously red, and she looked at Eric carefully, and said, "We will do whatever the boss arranges." (To be continued.)