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As a teen he studied art at the Chouinard Art Institute in L.A.’s Westlake neighborhood and found work in World War II as a photographer and designer of sales materials and trade show exhibits for Fluor Corp., an oil and gas engineering and construction firm.

Nguyen, 26, had just returned from a trade show where the president’s trade war “was all that people wanted to talk about.”

Coming off a tough first quarter at the box office, studios showed off their best films, and in some cases, star-studded casts, at the annual CinemaCon trade show in Las Vegas.

On the trade show floor, all manner of vendors were selling the latest popcorn toppings, reclining theater seats, carpet samples and a smart bar that said it would pour the perfect cocktail in four seconds.

The halls near the trade show looked like an extended movie theater lobby with all manner of illuminated posters and standees for upcoming films.