Story board

I would like to propose a story. It is a story about Chinese history in America. I am a cliche guy, so my story would be very cliche. Here is the summary:

Two Chinese brothers came to America for the dream of gold, like many Irish, Usan, and other people all over the world at 1858. The older one was apprentice in a clothe store in Kwan tun , the younger one was a martial artist. They were both young, in their late teens. I might put older one in early twenty, might as well give him a wife at home as well.

But when the two brothers arrived the pacific shore of America, the gold rush was already waned. The big companies were taking over gold digging business. The two brothers' effort on finding gold was also met with White men's resistance. They encountered many events when they needed to decide they were going to confront challenge head on, or withdraw. The conflict did not only come from without, also within. The two brothers, one volatile, one cautious; one read books, the other did not.

The ending could be a few here. But one thing is certain, two brother's destiny would be vastly different. One could be dead, and the other lived on. Once could leave the America at last, but one stayed on. Both could go to work in railroad. The policy of Usan government towards China men should be shown here. Those lawyers fighting for China men should be mentioned here also. How Chinese culture first came to America, how early Chinese lived in America should be the prime focus of the story. How to represent the six company? How about Chinese gangs?

What is so interesting is that the difference between older and younger brothers. Since one was educated in Chinese literature, the other was not. It could also be used to show the difference between the well versed Chinese and not so well versed ones. Here, how words of ancient was manifested in behavior, thoughts, and believes should play a critical role. IT is not to say that younger one should know less of ancient way of living or words. There was a rich culture of folklore and stories, and idioms that should also have the same weight as those came from books.

I want guns, I want fighting scenes, and I want discovery of new things. New things that white men saw, as well as the things China men saw. I want the two brothers contemplate what is the real meaning of being Chinese. Would they view themselves as having new identities after they stayed in America until they departed, alive or dead? How would they view the new comers from China? If one of them decide to go back to China, what is the thoughts an feeling racing through his mind? The image inside, what would it look like?