1855 United States Tycoon

Chapter 517

All in all, economically, the Macdonald Consortium has made a lot of money. As for Edmundo, although he hasn’t made a lot of money yet, and even his debt has increased a lot, he is also very satisfied. Second, and the most important point, the follow-up market for movies is very promising. In various cities in the United States, theaters that have newly purchased projectors continue to find him and ask for cooperation. The Macdonald Consortium also knew this, so it was not too eager to force the debt. His flow of funds can now be fully maintained. At the same time, as more theaters bought movie projectors, “Anne’s Diary” continued to bring him more income. Therefore, Edmundo believes that making big money is only a matter of time.

Of course, in order to maintain cash flow, but also to prepare for the next film, borrowing from the McDonald Consortium made Edmundo lose part of the equity. But this is also impossible. Although you can borrow money from other places, and may even borrow money on more favorable terms, Edmundo understands that without MacDonald’s support, it is impossible for him to shoot something like “Anne’s Diary”. movie. Because some of the most basic technologies are still controlled by the MacDonald consortium.

And now, there are more people who want to become famous or make money by making movies. As far as Edmundo knows, at least 15 theater companies are preparing to switch to filmmaking in Cleveland and New York alone. And Edmundo feels that as long as they can come up with money or come up with good ideas on themes, the Macdonald Foundation seems to have no reason to not support it.

However, Edmundo still believes that these competitors will not threaten the status of “DreamWorks” in a short time. Because it is definitely not that easy to shoot a work comparable to “Annie’s Diary”.

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Ten Downing Street

The senior officials of the British Empire are discussing the situation they are facing today. The film version of “Anne’s Diary” brought a lot of pressure to them. Now, the whole of Europe seems to have a tendency to unite and put pressure on Britain on the Boer issue. The Germans, Dutch, Austrians, and Italians have made it clear that they demanded that Britain stop the bloody and brutal suppression of the Boers as soon as possible. The Russians also jumped out, saying, “The tragedy has lasted too long and it should be over” or something. Even the French and Spaniards said that they are willing to help the British mediate. Hell, after the British Empire has paid such a high price, does it still need those crooked nuts to come out and take advantage of it in the name of “mediation”?

However, the pressure from all of Europe cannot be ignored. When the German emperor jumped out to express support for the Boers during the Jansen expedition, Queen Victoria was able to directly reprimand her grandson for “nonsense”, but now facing the entire European continent, although Queen Victoria is expensive The grandmother of Europe”, but at the same time it is unwise to reprimand the entire European continent. Moreover, “Let those Europeans be unable to reach any consensus on any matter”, this is the core policy of the British Empire towards the European continent. Therefore, the British Empire must now find a way to change the European continent’s agreement on the Boer issue.

“The Queen is very dissatisfied with our work.” The Marquis of Salisbury said with a heavy face. “She thinks that we have made too many mistakes on the issue of war. And too much power is involved. She wants us to Can end all this as soon as possible.”

Although the queen has basically stopped interfering in the political affairs, and the physical condition of the queen has not been good for some time, people are already discussing how long the queen who has ruled the British Empire for more than 60 years can live. Even the queen herself may have realized that she is running out of time, so that she has begun to let Prince Edward, who has never liked her, come out to represent the royal family. But the empress still has a huge influence. Her dissatisfaction will of course put tremendous pressure on the government.

“Your Excellency, we are very close to success. You see, this is the statistics of the fighting in South Africa in the last two months. In the past two months, the number of attacks launched by the Boer guerrillas has been greatly reduced, and the number of attacks The intensity of the battle has also dropped greatly, and the exchange ratio between the two sides in the battle has become more and more favorable for us. Even in the last half month, there has not been even one attack. Prime Minister, I can be sure, as long as Hold on for a month, and the Boers will surrender completely.” Colonial Secretary Chamberlain took out a report and handed it to the Marquis of Salisbury.

The Marquis of Salisbury took the report and looked through it seriously. After a while, he raised his head and said, “The effect is really good. It’s just that, in a month, I am afraid that the gang will be able to come up again. A lot of chaos came out. Fortunately, the old guy Bismarck is no longer the Prime Minister of Germany…We must first respond to the attitudes of European countries.”

“Mr. Prime Minister, we can’t give up halfway now. Otherwise, the price we paid will be in vain.” Chamberlain said, “We can try and see if we can divide European countries by diplomatic means.”

“Mr. Prime Minister, Germany and the Netherlands have the strongest attitudes on this incident, and their goals conflict with ours the most. But France, as well as some other countries, is the reason why they will stand by the Germans in this incident, even more. Most of it is because of the pressure brought by the public opinion offensive of the Germans and the United States. As for United States, United States is a scumbag. They want the world to become a mess, so that no one will bother them to do whatever they want in America. For them, the longer we are dragged in South Africa, the happier they will be.” The new foreign minister, Marquis of Lansdowne, said, “I think we should contact France, Spain, and Italy first. , To make some concessions that do not harm the overall situation, thereby breaking up the current European consensus.”

The Marquis of Salisbury nodded. He has always served as the Minister of Foreign Affairs as the Prime Minister, but recently because of too many things, he had to resign from the post of Minister of Foreign Affairs. Therefore, to be honest, the Marquis of Salisbury himself knows even better than Lansdowne, who has just taken over as Minister of Foreign Affairs, about the current state of diplomacy.

“What kind of concession do you think can calm the French and Italians?” The Marquis of Salisbury nodded and said.

“I talked with the French ambassador yesterday, and he told me that France has no objection to the empire’s possession of South Africa. This is also the common position of many other countries.” The Marquis of Lansdowne replied.

This is completely understandable. The number of French colonies in the world is second only to Britain. Moreover, France now has no desire to compete with the British for world colonial hegemony, although for a considerable period of time after the Franco-Prussian War, Bismarck tried every means to get the French to turn their own eyes from the European continent to outside Europe. The interests of the country, I want France to quarrel with the British, so as to cover the rise of Germany. But the French are not that stupid. They will stupidly throw the army aside and go with the British when there is a guy who has cut away his country and the army has an advantage over him. Compete for overseas interests. Therefore, the current attitude of France towards overseas is that if it can follow the British and take advantage, then it will not take advantage of it. But never put too much power overseas-we still guard against those Prussian barbarians. Therefore, on the issue of overseas colonies, the French do not like any colonial rebellion and other things in their hearts, even if it is the colonial rebellion of other people. Because, in case, what if the natives in the French colonies also followed suit? France can’t do any expedition now.

“So what do the French think?” asked the Marquis of Salisbury.

“The French hope that the situation in South Africa can be more civilized, because, after all, the Boers are also white and civilized. So they want us to ensure that the Boers in the concentration camps can be treated in accordance with humanitarian standards. It is possible to allow observers from other countries to visit the concentration camps.” The Marquis of Lansdowne replied.

This concession is actually not unacceptable for Britain. After all, this is not asking the British to cancel the concentration camp system, and as long as the concentration camps can continue to be maintained, there will be no real changes in the war. Of course, there is another problem here, and that is cost. If the Boers are to be provided with “humanitarian standards” treatment in the concentration camps, then the operating costs of the concentration camps will be greatly ascending. And this battle has already fought the British treasury empty.

The Marquis of Salisbury thought for a while, and then asked the Colonial Secretary Chamberlain: “How much more would it cost to provide the rebels in the concentration camps with basically justifiable treatment? You can count them as soon as possible after you go back. Here it is. If this concession is used to break up the unanimity of the European continent, it is not impossible to consider if it is within the range that the empire can bear.”

“Your Excellency, if we really make such a decision, I think we should take the initiative to invite all countries to send observers, and declare to the public that this is to refute the rumors of the Boers and their sympathizers.” Proposed.

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A few days later, the British Empire announced to the world that in order to refute the rumors that discredited the British Empire, the British Empire decided to invite observers from various countries to visit the concentration camps in South Africa.