Since the Carpenters were on TV, in addition to Angel's popularity, the Carpenter brothers are also very eye-catching. Many entertainment companies have tried to contact them, and these companies want to sign the Carpenter brothers, whether it is on TV, record or filming. Among these people, several film companies really plan to invite the Carpenter brothers to make movies.

At the beginning, the Carpenters rejected invitations from many companies, and they wanted to take a break for a while. Alex and Richard didn't know until one day, a friend of Bart came to him.

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

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

Morris was thin, his face looked a little narrow and long, and he had a big nose. He was Bart's old high school classmate and Bart's best friend. However, since he graduated from high school, the two of them have been less and less in touch.

"Haha! Bart, you're still like this! Still nothing has changed." Morris hugged Bart happily and explained, "I saw you on TV, and I was shocked at that time, thinking, isn't that my old friend Bart? Why did he run to TV?"

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

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

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

"Hehe! Isn't this our genius brother? I have all listened to your songs, it sounds very, very nice. I really envy Bart for having smart and cute kids like you, really." Morris turned to the Carpenter brothers and said loudly.

After everyone got to know each other, Bart invited Morris to have dinner. At the dining table, Morris introduced 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 the director of a single movie. He has made several movies and is a well-known figure in the film industry.

After hearing this, Bart couldn't help but sigh: "You college classmates have a future. After graduating from high school, I joined the army and served on an aircraft carrier of the Navy. Not long after, I retired due to accidental injuries. The war was not over. Later, the Pearl Harbor incident occurred. I heard that many people in my class died or injured, and I don't know how many people survived after the war."

Seeing Bart feel sad, Morris quickly stopped the topic and smiled and said, "Aren't you very happy now? You have so many cute children and a beautiful wife. I heard that you have opened several companies now, and your family and career are so happy, aren't you satisfied?"

Bart laughed and quickly picked up his glass to have a drink with Morris. After dinner, they sat on the sofa in the living room, watching TV and smoking cigarettes, which was great.

"Hey, I heard that there are many film companies planning to make movies with your two sons? Is that true?" Morris said in a cigarette and sucked in fog.

Batt nodded, flipped off the cigarette ashes in his hand, and said, "Yes, several film companies have contacted us. There are Paramount, Fox, Universal, etc. inside, and I can't remember that much."

"Tsk, those vampires! They really rush to wherever they see benefits. They just like your son's popularity and think it's profitable." As the director of a single film, Morris hates the practice of such a large studio. He feels that those people are just profit-seekers, and the movies they make have no artistic at all, and they cannot reflect social problems.

Bart said undeniably: "I didn't promise them. I had enough money. There was no need for children 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 the fruit platter.

"Madam, come one?" Morris took out his cigarette box and said to Angel.

Angel smiled slightly, picked out a cigarette with his fingers and put it in his mouth. Bart next to him quickly brought the lighter and lit the cigarette. The three of them smoked cigarettes in the living room one by one, making the whole room full of the strong smell of smoke.

Alex hates smoking the most. Whether in his previous life or this life, he thinks smoking is a no-nothing thing. The most important thing is that he can't stand the choking smell of cigarettes.

My younger brother Richard is different from him. He looks like the smell of cigarettes. Sometimes he secretly takes one out of Bart's cigarette box and hides in the house to smoke.

Once, Angel found Richard smoking in the toilet, and she didn't say anything. People in this era didn't understand the harm of smoking to the human body, and thought smoking was good for health. This kind of advertisement for smoking health was everywhere, and even some medical journals published advertisements that cigarettes were beneficial for thinking.

At that time, the United States also combined the fashion trend of short hair and short skirts to package smoking into fashionable behavior. With people's love of beauty, it was hype that smoking could make you lose weight.

Luck Tobacco has launched a series of advertising posters, painting the fat and bloated shadows standing behind the beautiful diving girl. The advertising slogan on it says: "You are so virtuous in five years? While it's still time, come a Lucky cigarette!"

Not only that, they also pulled the candy company to the opposite side, proclaiming that eating candy will lead to obesity and smoking can keep it slim.

Many people unconsciously accepted this view under the influence of this kind of advertisement. At that time, society could be said to be the whole nation smoking, and those who did not smoke were an alien, just like people like Hitler, who were excluded.

The first country in history to start banning was Germany. Hitler hated smoking and ordered Germans to ban smoking. At the same time, he also asked some German doctors to study and prove the harm of smoking.

After World War II, as the loser, the German Nazis were completely ignored and even carefully buried by those who were interested. It was not until 1960 that European and American countries began to face up to the problem of smoking being harmful to health.

Before this, people would smoke a cigarette whenever they had free time. This was a social problem. Alex could not dissuade his parents from smoking, so he had to hide away.

The Carpenters and Morris sucked cigarettes hesitantly, and even Richard went up and took a kick. Only Alex sat far away and watched the show on the black and white TV.

Morris looked at Richard's skillful smoking technique and couldn't help but smile, "So smart! I didn't understand the taste of cigarettes when I was as young as him."

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

Richard muttered a few words, thinking that it was meaningless here, so he ran over to watch TV with Alex.

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

Angel spitted out a cigarette and said, "I didn't want to spoil them so much, but Bart insisted on doing this, there was no way."

"How can people go out to deal with people if they don't smoke? I'm making him get used to smoking as soon as possible, so that he won't be afraid of being excluded in the future." Bart lit another cigarette and defended himself.

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

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

Bart shook his head to stop Morris and said slowly: "Cough! Cough! He can't smoke. He said that smoking will damage his body. I was a little convinced, but I felt uncomfortable if I haven't smoked for a day or two."

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

"Invest in a movie?" Bart was stunned by Morris' words. He understood the other party's intentions a little. Angel was also attracted by their conversation and stopped smoking.

Morris nodded and said, "Yes, you know, I am a solo film director. I happen to have a good script in my hand, but I will not find the investor for a while."

Bart asked undeniably: "What kind of script?"

"It's an interesting story about a pair of brothers. The brother is named Rayley and the younger brother is named Joey Rayley. On his birthday, his mother had something to do, so he asked him to take his younger brother at home. Rayley originally planned to go to Colin Island to play, but he didn't want to stay at home or play with his younger brother. So..." Morris told the summary of the script to the Carpenters and his wife one by one, and he wanted to convince them to invest in himself.

This is indeed a simple and interesting story. Simply put, the twelve-year-old brother pretended to be shot by his younger brother in order to get rid of his seven-year-old brother. So his younger brother fled to Colin Island and was found by his older brother a day and a night later. He observed the world entirely from the perspective of a child, and the ending was also very warm and touching.

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

Morris nodded and said, "Yes, I originally planned to find an actor to shoot in two years, but after seeing your two children, I felt it was very suitable. I thought, there are so few cute children. Why not leave more beautiful memories at this time?"

Bart frowned and said, "But, I'm worried that the children will have to work too hard if they shoot a movie."

Morris quickly explained: "No, no, no, you have listened to the script I mentioned, there are no big scenes in it. You just need to play in the amusement park. It's not difficult, let alone any hard work. If you are worried, follow the photography team together and think that the whole family is out for fun."

Angel said happily: "Is it enough to just play? There are not many lines to memorize, right?"

"Absolutely not! Don't worry, we are just filming a child's adventure of getting lost on Colin Island, and we can perform in a true way." Morris waved his hand and said.

Bart was still a little hesitant: "He said, but you said just now that my younger brother was 7 years old and my older brother was 12 years old. Alex is taller than an ordinary child. He looks like he is 12 years old, but Richard is 8 years old. Will he be a little older?"

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

Angel asked just rightly, “Is it a lot of money to invest in a movie?”

"Not much, not much. I don't need any scenes or props for this movie. It's just that I may need to consume some movie film when shooting. It probably won't exceed $30,000." Morris said quickly.
Chapter completed!