1939, USA, Texas.
White supremacy.
Negroes are vile.
There are some businesses that black people cannot touch, such as real estate transactions, opening a bank...
Because white people don't allow it.
No matter how talented you are in this area.
Not in Texas, but in other places?
In 1954, Bernard (Anthony Mackie) came to Los Angeles.
Takes refuge with the uncle of his wife Eunice (Nia Long).
He wants to make a splash in the real estate industry, buy a property, then rent it out and earn rent .
But his uncle laughed at him:
"Buying a house? Do you think you're a millionaire? Do you think LA's home prices are comparable to those in small Texas towns?"
Uncle's ridicule is not without reason.
With the little money Bernard saved, he really couldn't afford a building that could make money.
Is there anything special about this building?
Why make money?
It turned out to be a white residential area, but the black area two streets away was already overcrowded.
His target audience is:
High-income groups such as lawyers, teachers, and doctors among black people.
People always go to the top.
What if I don't have enough money?
Of course it's a bargain .
Bernard said, "You sell me the house first. When I rent it out, I'll make up the difference for you."
Seller Buck (Colm Meaney) just laughed.
" Are you asking me to lend you money to buy my house? "
"I'm sorry, I have never done this kind of business."
What if I can't cut the price?
only borrowed.
Who to borrow?
bank.
While bargaining with Buck, Bernard was in Buck's office and saw a calendar sent by a bank executive , Edward Reid .
Bernard walked into the Bank of China.
Everyone looked at it.
why? Because it is rare.
A well-dressed black man walked into the bank?
You know, banks at that time were dominated by white people, and black people rarely set foot in it.
Bernard wants to meet Edward Reed, a bank executive.
But he also knew that it was impossible.
He's just a black man and doesn't qualify for an appointment.
Discrimination is so blatant.
No way, Bernard had to stand outside the bank and wait.
Waiting for Edward Reed to get off work.
He borrowed money from the bank executive in Buck's name without Buck's approval .
well known.
It's definitely illegal.
Sure enough, at night, Buck called him and asked him:
"Are you doing this in line with the rules?"
Bernard candidly: not fit.
He had expected Buck to lash out at him.
Who knew that Buck had guaranteed him to let the bank executive give him a loan!
Bernard was a little puzzled.
Buck certainly doesn't trade at a loss, telling Bernard:
"I like you."
"You know you're at an overwhelming disadvantage, yet you dare to go to Reed."
" It shows that you are confident in the deal ."
With this loan, Bernard made a fortune.
Buck also saw his talent.
What talent?
Bernard can see the hidden value of a building!
This is something Buck doesn't have.
So the two cooperated and divided the account by five or five.
You Bernard go to find a house that can make money, I Buck negotiates with them, and the money is made, and the two brothers divide it equally.
Buck believed what he said.
The two are powerfully united, and their wealth is rolling in.
Soon, Bernard bought a house in Los Angeles.
Unfortunately.
The agreement between the two was only a verbal agreement and was not implemented on paper.
On a very ordinary day, Buck suddenly left the world.
This time.
His mean wife refused to admit it.
She wants to buy the property that Bernard and Barker jointly own at a super cheap price .
Fifty percent of the properties belonged to Bernard.
But no one wanted to sign a contract with a black man at the time, and there was only Buck's name on the sales contract .
File a lawsuit.
Fatal to Bernard.
If you want to win, you have to find witnesses to prove that the properties are jointly owned by Buck and Bernard.
But, who to call as a witness?
Bank executive Edward Reid.
But the executive, now Mrs. Buck's financial adviser, was reluctant to be a witness for Bernard.
what to do?
How to get back your legal wealth?
How to make the bank executive willingly testify for him?
Can this stumped Bernard?
Hard to beat.
He had a bold idea— he wanted to make white finance work for him .
He's going to buy the building where the bank is located!
So he finds Joe (Samuel L Jackson), who is also black and rich.
Brother, let's work together.
Buying a house in a white-occupied area is a brave thing to do, but blacks can't do it.
How could lowly black slaves be the landlords of their noble whites?
Only white people can kill white people.
Bernard brings in Matt (Nicholas Hoult).
They put Matt on the front desk as CEO, while the two of them work as kobolds behind the scenes.
CEOs are not so easy to be.
Matt has to study, and the study task is quite heavy.
He learned golf from Joe, social etiquette, and how to look like a rich man.
Meanwhile, Bernard taught him math and taught him to calculate investment returns.
Matt himself had to memorize numbers.
Under the guidance of the two, Matt progressed rapidly, became famous in the first battle, and won the white building with 12 banks.
Since then, the three have cooperated to make money in Los Angeles.
1963.
Bernard is already very rich.
But when I returned to Texas, I found that discrimination against blacks was still very serious.
Black people have a hard time getting loans from banks.
At this time, he had an idea: buy a bank .
But, will his plan go well this time?
Do whites in Texas allow blacks to control their wealth?
You can find the answer in the video -
"banker"
The film is based on real events and is very dramatic.
It turned out that black people used to be so difficult.
It turns out that the status of black people in the United States is now fought by countless black people.
Sure enough, to fight for their legal rights, only struggle .
There is no other way.
The three leading actors in the film may be familiar to everyone.
Anthony Mackie , the " Falcon" in "The Avengers" .
Falcon is also a second-generation Captain America.
Samuel L. Jackson , who also frequently appears in The Avengers.
Chief of SHIELD.
But what Hui Hui likes most is the killer he played in Pulp Fiction .
So fanciful!
Nicholas Hoult may be less well-known than the previous two.
The beast he played in "X-Men" has a good performance.
He was also voted the most popular actor.
Once, he was in love with his first cousin , Jennifer Lawrence .
That was when X-Men: First Class was filmed.
The film "The Banker" is still not out of date today, because it reveals a theme:
equal rights.
Black rights, women's rights... many, many rights.
Hui Hui didn't want to say anything profound and unrealistic.
just feel.
If you feel your rights have been violated, fight it.
All men are created equal, which is written into the constitution.
If you feel unequal, go for it.
Can't really get what to do.
That means you've finally seen the truth about society: inequality.
But the big hat of "everyone is equal" still works.
As long as this big hat is there, we can fight for our rights aboveboard.
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