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Eleanor decides that she approves of Nick and Rachel's marriage, Nick is suspicious and asks her why she is reversing her position. She reveals it wasn't just because Rachel now associates with the wealthy elite of China, but also that Eleanor was trying to protect both him and Rachel from Su Yi's wrath.

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Discarding it shows that she had the power in the game and she let Eleanor "win" over her the same way she turned down Nick and let Eleanor "win" him because she had his best interest at heart and sacrificed for him so he wouldn't have to choose between her and his family. Director Jon M.

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Eleanor is heartbroken to learn that she is not invited to her only son's wedding, but she still has a few tricks up her sleeve. When she notices that the son of a billionaire Chinese politician looks identical to Rachel Chu, she hires a private investigator and discovers that Rachel's real father is Bao Gaoliang.

Nick and Rachel get engaged, and the movie ends with a huge engagement party. The main driver of the next book is the mystery of Rachel's father and her upcoming wedding. If “Crazy Rich Asians” gets a movie sequel, it will be interesting to see how these movie changes ripple through that adaptation.

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In the movie's most classic mahjong showdown episode, when Rachel asked why “you didn't like me the second I got here,” Eleanor clearly said, “you're not our own kind of people.” It was not because Rachel did not have a wealthy background or because of her mother, but because “you're a foreigner, American.

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So Rachel draws the win, but instead of winning, she lets Eleanor have [the winning tile], and so that mirrors the dialogue because what she tells Eleanor in that moment is, 'Your son has proposed to me, but because I don't want him to lose his relationship with his mother, I am going to say no and in the future, when ...

There was the first ring that Nick had proposed with (the one he showed his best friend Colin), and then there was his mother Eleanor's (Michelle Yeoh) ring, which would symbolize her approval of their marriage.

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Upon uncovering Rachel's background as an American-born Chinese commoner, Eleanor initially rejects her, spending most of the first book trying to derail Nick and Rachel's relationship, plotting with Jacqueline Ling and Nick's former girlfriend Francesca Shaw to break them apart.

Instead, the movie focuses on the clash between Rachel and Eleanor (Michelle Yeoh), Nick's mother. Eleanor's issue with Rachel isn't her lack of fortune, but her lack of traditional Chinese values.

Eleanor with the mind of protecting the family and ensuring the hand-off to the favorite son needs to protect the heir from a rebellious American like Rachel. In the book, Eleanor Young hates Rachel since: She initially thinks Rachel is Taiwanese and is a gold digger/after Nick's money.

It showed that Rachel behaviour is unacceptable by Eleanor. The reason is Rachel cannot to be with Nick because of her background. As one and only grandson of Young family, Nick supposes to be with a woman whose background as good as Young.