"Ronnie," Meg picked up the ice cream in her hand and stuffed it into Ronald's mouth.
Ronald licked it and took his cone.
The two were waiting for the boat at the Battery Park Pier at the southern end of Manhattan.
This is the southernmost tip of Manhattan Island, and the Statue of Liberty is not far away on Liberty Island.
It is different from the orange passenger and cargo ferry to Staten Island. The Circle Line's ferry is for tourists, pure individual passengers, and is painted sky blue.
Soon, Ronald and Meg got in line, and the two got on the boat to look at the scenery on the deck.
The Statue of Liberty is a federally administered national park, and it is free to visit the goddess. However, the ferry to the island costs money.
The first place the ship docked was another small island, Ellis Island. This was the quarantine point for new immigrants to land in the early years. Since the beginning of the last century, millions of immigrants have been quarantined on the island in batches, looking at the new world.
The only tall structure that immigrants can see on the island is the Statue of Liberty. They looked at the Statue of Liberty through the window pane, looking forward to their future American dream.
This is reflected in many Hollywood movies.
Ronald and Meg were also looking at the Statue of Liberty, thinking about their American dream.
The ferry continued to move forward. On the boat, Ronald was a little disappointed as he watched the statue getting closer and closer. The statue had been in disrepair for a long time and was a little old and dirty.
After landing on the island at the pier, there was 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 walked slowly forward.
A gust of wind blew, and Ronald seemed to see the goddess' right arm holding the torch shaking slightly for a few times, "Meg, look at her hand holding the torch, it's magnificent?"
"Ah, it seems to be shaking." Meg also noticed it.
Ronald and Meg are a little scared and do not dare to climb up. The two walked around the island and took many photos.
They took the ferry back to downtown Manhattan and walked into a movie theater and chose a movie called "The China Syndrome".
In addition to the name being somewhat related to the two and the actress being Jane Fonda, this movie has a little magic.
The meaning of "The China Syndrome" actually has nothing to do with China.
It is about an accident at a nuclear power plant in America, where the core melted and leaked. Harmful substances have no obstacles and can burn a hole through the earth, directly to China on the other side of the earth, and leak nuclear waste to China. So, this serious nuclear accident is called the China Syndrome.
Ten days after the movie was released, an accident occurred at the Three Mile Island Nuclear Power Plant, and the whole country was in an uproar. The movie became a prophet. It became famous all of a sudden and had a good box office.
Ronald went to buy Coke and popcorn, and when he came back, Meg was gone.
After looking around, he found Meg Tilly staring at a poster at the door.
He quietly walked behind her and found that Meg was looking at the performance poster of the New York City Ballet. It was late April, and the ballet's spring performance season was about to begin.
This year, the New York City Ballet recruited the principal dancer, Mikhail Baryshnikov, from the American Ballet, and his figure was on the poster.
In order to become famous overnight, the New York City Ballet spent a lot of money to put up posters in major cinemas and shopping malls across the city.
"Baryshnikov, is he a good dancer?" Ronald asked.
"Ronnie." Meg saw that it was him and simply leaned back on Ronald, letting Ronald cross his arms around her and bring popcorn and Coke to her.
"Mikhail is a talented ballet dancer. He was originally in the Leningrad Ballet of the Soviet Union. A few years ago, he took the opportunity of visiting Canada to defect to America."
"If you have seen him dance, you will know that he is very talented. In the ballet school, every girl wants to be paired with him."
It turned out to be him. No wonder Ronald felt familiar.
The Christmas before last, Ronald, Aunt Karen, and Donna watched Baryshnikov dancing "The Nutcracker" on CBS.
The host, Charlie Rose, also briefly introduced his story of running to the free world to realize his American dream.
"Since he is so talented, he should also be the principal dancer in the Leningrad Ballet. Why did he defect?" Ronald looked at the poster and felt a little strange about this dancer who was once Meg's idol.
"I heard that he wanted to dance innovative modern ballet, but Leningrad only let him dance classical ballet."
"But some people say that he is too short, only 5 feet 4 (1.65 meters), and he is not a good match for the female dancers of the Soviet Union, so he can only dance supporting roles."
Meg said some gossip and giggled.
Ronald knew that she still regretted that she missed the professional ballet career, so he joked:
"Ha, yes, you are taller than him. He can't dance the prince and princess in the Nutcracker with you."
"And my height... is more suitable for playing a prince."
"Hahaha..." Meg was amused by him and reached out to hit Ronald.
"But even if I weren't injured, I wouldn'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 curiously.
"The dance director of New York City Dance Company, Balanchine, is also Russian. He fled to America after World War I. More than a decade ago, he received a grant of $8 million from the Ford Foundation, which was mainly used to create new ballets. Waltz, jazz, and even The Star-Spangled Banner were all arranged into ballets."
"So many dancers who go to New York City Dance Company are second-generation rich people who use money to buy their admission. They can't rehearse real classical ballet dramas, so they can only dance these..." Meg lip-synced "garbage".
"And my dream is to dance all the classical ballet roles before I am 24, including Giselle, Coppelia, Sleeping Beauty, and Black Swan..."
"I hope to hear the audience shouting Bravo for me on the stages of New York, Leningrad, London, and Paris!"
"I want to be famous! I want to be famous all over the world!"
Meg got out of Ronald, faced Baryshnikov's poster, stood on tiptoe, raised her arms high, made a ballet pose, and spoke out her dream loudly.
Ronald saw the burning fire of ambition in the girl's eyes.
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The movie is very good, with various coincidences and arrangements, making the audience nervous about the nuclear leak. Jane Fonda is as outstanding as ever, and Michael Douglas, who plays with her, also plays well.
Now is the era when everyone is afraid of nuclear weapons. The shadow of the Cold War hangs over everyone. Some people have begun to be crazy about nuclear weapons. Anything related to nuclear weapons, including nuclear missiles, nuclear submarines, nuclear tests, and nuclear power plants, are in the opposition.
It is estimated that this movie will have a good box office.
After watching the movie, the two went shopping in Lower Manhattan. Ronald had just moved in for a day, and many daily necessities had not been prepared. With Meg's help, all the shopping was done.
Meg has high taste. The things she chooses are always inexpensive, but the combination enhances the aesthetic quality.
For example, the snow-white tablecloth is matched 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 porcelain shop with Meg.
Meg went to buy red wine glasses and porcelain tableware, and Ronald was boredly chatting with the boss.
When asked if he had any good black tea, the boss quietly took out a bag of tea wrapped in paper from under the counter: "Domestic, good tea." Ronald only understood a few words.
He put it under his nose and smelled it, and it was indeed fresh.
"I'll also take that candlestick." Ronald pointed to the candles on the counter.
'It can be used in a candlelight dinner for some romantic occasion with Meg.'