mage in the late qing dynasty

Chapter 1052 Bullying goes too far
Matsudaira Kunyang said: "I am here to negotiate."

Zhao Chuanxin took a sip from his highball glass, lit a cigarette and said, "I'm here for a cocktail."

"..." Song Ping Kun Yang frowned: "I started smoking when I was ten years old and I am still fifty years old, but I don't smoke as much as you."

Zhao Chuanxin flicked the ash from his cigarette: "Oh, I started late, at the age of 22, so I will try my best to catch up with you guys."

"..."

Matsudaira Kunyang almost forgot what he came here for.

He sat up straight, took a deep breath, and said, "Master Zhao, how can we make these bandits stop?"

"What did the gangsters do?"

"The gangsters went to Tokyo and blew up the Imperial Palace. They also blew up the Bank of Japan, destroying more than 6 million yen."

"How can this be possible? How can this be possible..." Zhao Chuanxin stopped talking halfway through his sentence.

Matsudaira Kunyang seemed to have caught something in his mind, but he couldn't grasp it for a moment.

"What's there?"

"How can there be such a hateful gangster? This is really absurd. Zhao is good at reasoning and deduction. He can almost conclude that there is something wrong with this bank manager. Maybe he is a gangster. He blew up the bank for more than one million yuan."

"Oh?" Song Ping Kun Yang was surprised: "Why are you so decisive? And why did you say more than one million?"

"Uh... intuition."

"Didn't you just say you were good at reasoning and deduction? Are you using intuition now?"

"I'm going to go out and take a piss first, and we'll talk later."

"Hey, hey, isn't there a bathroom here?"

Zhao Chuanxin went out anyway.

More than a hundred meters away from the Fuxiang Tavern, several Japanese were spying stealthily with binoculars.

"Come out, come out."

"Give me the telescope. I can read lips and speak Chinese, Japanese and Russian fluently."

They saw Zhao Chuanxin walking out with a cigarette in his mouth, looking very angry.

The most important thing is that Zhao Chuanxin seemed to be looking at them.

"He's about to speak, shut up."

"what did he say?"

"He said - I'm in the morning class."

"I'm still working the fucking 5pm, are you going to watch it or not?"

"No, it's - I'm crazy!"

"If you scold me, I will beat you to death!"

"Oh, it was Zhao Chuanxin who said that, not me."

Zhao Chuanxin certainly didn't come out to pee, he was just escaping tactically.

After all, the Peacekeeping Bureau does not allow urination and defecation anywhere.

When he returned with curses, Song Ping Kun Yang said sternly: "Master Zhao, why did you conclude that the bank manager was a gangster?"

"I'm not a professional. But I think that this kind of thing is usually an inside job. They blew up the Imperial Palace to cover up their tracks, but they actually had other intentions. You can check all the important bank employees and you should find something. Of course, don't blame me if you don't find anything. After all, as I said, I'm not a professional."

idiot.

Matsudaira Kunyang almost cursed his mother.

It's a pity that I listened to your nonsense carefully for so long.

His nostrils flared: "Master Zhao, let's talk business. Tell me, what should I do to make the gangsters stop?"

"I don't know when this unscrupulous bank manager will stop committing crimes. But if you are willing to give me 4 square kilometers of land, I will help you persuade the bank manager not to continue committing crimes."

"This matter is of great importance and requires long-term consideration. I hope Mr. Zhao can persuade the bank manager in advance not to take action again before we have reached an agreement."

"Give or not give, don't give or not give, what do you mean by agreed or not? Are you going to give or not?"

"Please be patient, Lord Zhao. After all, the sea is frozen and the commissioner won't be able to arrive for a while. I can't make the decision."

"Oh?" Zhao Chuanxin raised his eyebrows: "You can't make the decision, right?"

"Yes, Lord Zhao, please forgive me."

"Don't worry, I understand you."

"It's nothing, I'm leaving now."

Matsudaira Konyo was very happy because he successfully delayed time.

At night, when Zhao Chuanxin left the Fuxiang Tavern, Shirasaka Qimei said, "Sir, I asked someone to heat up your room. It's very warm now."

After saying this, she raised her face and waited for praise.

Zhao Chuanxin thought about the fact that the warm windows in the house were not frosted, and said dissatisfiedly: "You are the only one who is nosy."

Shirasaka Norimi: "..."

Sure enough, when Zhao Chuanxin returned, he saw that the glass of the bedroom on the third floor of the stone tower was as transparent as an air cylinder with clear water.

Looking outward or inward, it's all clear.

There was no longer any way to use a puppet servant to hang around the window to hide from others.

Zhao Chuanxin felt hot, so he took off his pajamas and went to the window to look into the distance.

In the distance, a group of people were staring at this side with binoculars.

"It's so warm and he's only wearing his underwear."

"Wait, why are there four big words embroidered on his underwear - giant monster?"

"Baga, what sin have I committed, why do you let me watch this?"

"Wait, he's talking again. Why is he talking to himself?"

"what did he say?"

"He said - you're going to have diarrhea from the cold!"

"No, what he said was - look at you, you are paralyzed... What does that mean? Paralyzed?"

"He went back and was out of sight."

Zhao Chuanxin changed his clothes, flashed out of the door, and rode the third-generation dragon to Tokyo.

After he docked, he teleported to Eye 25 Matsumoto-ro and then went to Asakusa.

The winter nights here are brightly lit, and there are monkey trainers, cheap photographers, street performers, jugglers, sumo wrestlers, clay figurines and lollipop vendors everywhere.

There are many blond-haired and blue-eyed foreigners wandering on the streets, and they find everything curious.

Here, brothels are not called brothels, but are disguised as "archery halls".

But as soon as Zhao Chuanxin saw the Japanese woman with makeup on, holding a long pipe and taking small steps, he knew what this place was about.

"Sir, come in."

Zhao Chuanxin's neck stiffened: "Go in, huh?"

"..."

Don’t mention it, don’t mention it, there are quite a few gadgets here that Zhao Chuanxin is interested in.

For example, prints, for example, dolls.

You have to admit that the Japanese make very exquisite things. After all, they are small in size and have to cherish every resource, so they strive for excellence.

Zhao Chuanxin saw the early work of print artist Yoshioka Tsukioka - "Lantern Ghost".

In Japanese legend, a lantern ghost is a wandering ghost who is unable to be reincarnated because he was too attached to someone during his lifetime.

In the print, a hideous ghost is holding a lantern with a person's name on it, waiting for something on the dark road.

There was a hint of sadness amidst the horror, and he really had a knack for it.

Zhao Chuanxin immediately became interested and asked, "How much?"

"Ten dollars, sir."

Zhao Chuanxin stood with his hands behind his back: "If I say I want to take this print and go to the Soul Calling Society to set off fireworks and pray for blessings, will you give me a discount?"

Tokyo Shokonsha is the predecessor of Yasukuni Shrine.

"Oh this..." The vendor hesitated: "Okay then, nine yuan, no less."

When a British devil passed by, Zhao Chuanxin acted as fast as lightning, pinched his sword finger, took out his wallet, took out nine Japanese yen from it and gave it to the vendor.

The vendor saw it clearly and was stunned.

Good man, you steal so blatantly and then use the stolen money to shop?
His expression turned serious, serious to the point of being stern, and he reached out his hand viciously... and took the money.

"Sir, the print is yours."

Then, Zhao Chuanxin used the money in the British devil's wallet to buy three sets of clay dolls.

These dolls all look like foreigners and are painted.

In Tokyo, whenever you see a foreigner's face, it must be blue eyes, red hair, a big nose, etc. They look ugly, but ugly in an interesting way, ugly and cute.

After doing all this, Zhao Chuanxin went to Kudan, Chiyoda-ku and looted all the Mitsui grocery stores that had closed down.

Then it rose into the air, floated over the Tokyo Shokonosha, and dropped the first XY10 firework of the day.

boom……

Exceptionally brilliant.

The second XY10 firework of the day was dropped at a grocery store.

boom……

The print vendor was stunned when he saw the brilliant flames of the Tokyo Soul Society: "The blessing that gentleman prayed for must be very great..."

……

Zhao Chuanxin teleported to Quetshalan.

It was a bit chilly in the morning in Quetshalan. He sat down on a reclining chair outside the White House Tavern, tightened his collar, and took out the Old God Code to substitute it into the book.

According to the list of books required by Xingyue, Zhao Chuanxin transferred the books out from the Pioneer Partner Safe Haven.

Before exiting the state, Zhao Chuanxin casually flipped through the Fearless Pioneer Diary.

[I used the underground passage to secretly transport several Rune City residents who were dissatisfied with the new emperor to the Vanguard Partner Safe Haven.]

Zhao Chuanxin thought to himself: Boring.

[The new emperor discovered this and sent troops to surround the blood-sweat den where the stolen goods were sold.]

Zhao Chuanxin: Damn?
[I walked out of the building and was watched by the Eye of the Demon. Many Rune City soldiers were infected with the demon virus.]

Zhao Chuanxin: Wow.

[I spent all my savings to unite the sand bandits and resist the tyranny of the new emperor.]

Zhao Chuanxin: Wang Defa...

After closing the "Code of Old Gods", Zhao Chuanxin couldn't calm down for a long time.

While he was looting the Japanese banks, the Fearless Vanguard was spending all the money he had earned from selling seaweed.

Zhao Chuanxin slapped his thigh and said, "I think I have a conflict with the emperor!"

Nicholas II, William II, Guangxu, the old emperor, the new emperor.

Fortunately, he had previously moved out the bulk of the money and used it in the Lubinfu Bank. That was all his hard-earned money.

When Aguirre Ida woke up, Zhao Chuanxin told him: "There is a batch of goods in the warehouse. You can open a grocery store in the town. There is also a set of clay figurines. Please pass them to Juvencio Torric. It is my gift to him."

They are all Japanese.

"Don John Constantine, are you leaving in such a hurry again?"

"Yes, I will stay here permanently when the time is right."

“When is the right time?”

"When Emiliano Zapata launches his attack on the Mexican court."

What Zhao Chuanxin and others were actually talking about was the Mexican Revolution.

He only has a vague understanding of this and can only take one step at a time.

The next day after returning to Sakhalin, when Zhao Chuanxin got up and went to the Fuxiang Tavern, he found that there were more beggars on the streets.

The exile whose hand he broke met Zhao Chuanxin, raised his splinted hand and smiled with gapped teeth: "Sir, the doctor fixed my bone."

Zhao Chuanxin didn't even look at him: "Calm down, this is not a medical miracle."

Exile: “…”

Zhao Chuanxin sighed to Shirasaka Inori, "I'm gradually falling in love with Sakhalin."

"Why, sir? Is it because you are happy to see the free people of the Peacekeeping Bureau living and working in peace and contentment?"

"That's not the case. I just think there are more fools in Sakhalin."

"..."

……

The project that has brought the most traffic to Zhao Chuanxin recently is not "Bandit Fireworks".

It's "Sakhalin Journey".

Because many people are skeptical about the gangster fireworks case. After all, the victim insisted that he was not killed by the murderer!
How powerful is a great movie at this time?
In 1903, American director Edwin Porter filmed "The Great Train Robbery".

The film is based on a social news story about a mail truck being robbed. It tells the story of a group of bandits robbing a mail truck and being caught by the police in the end.

The film uses a split-shot method, with 14 shots showing 14 scenes, and each shot is 14 meters long on average.

Switching back and forth between the two perspectives of police pursuit and robber escape creates jumps and transitions in time and space, creatively developing the omissions of film narrative and the unique coherence of time and space structure.

This movie set the tone for Westerns.

For the next decade, the film dominated screens and brought popularity to nickelodeons.

Can you imagine that a movie can be shown for ten years and still remain popular?
However, when "Sakhalin Journey" was released, filmmakers all over the world went crazy.

For various reasons, the film was only shown in cinemas owned by Zhao Chuanxin.

But there are people who tell overseas filmmakers about the film's content, narrative structure and camera language.

French newspapers called Zhao Chuanxin the "Father of Film Language."

Because "Sakhalin Journey" has more than 500 shots.

It is incredible now.

How many shots are there in "The Great Train Robbery"?

The newspaper said: In Zhao Chuanxin's hands, the basic unit of film language is not the scene, but the shot. He almost established the rhetoric of film language. This film controls the audience's vision, changes scenes frequently without restrictions, abandons the dramatic method of forcing the unity of time, place and action, and according to the needs of narration and performance, Zhao Chuanxin carefully composes, organically edits, and freely controls space and time. Editing is no longer a simple splicing of scenes, but a complex method to create atmosphere and mobilize the audience's emotions. When the protagonist is riding a horse, there are three shots, the left front, the left rear, and the most outrageous one is the overhead follow-up shot. This is puzzling. How did Zhao Chuanxin do it? Isn't he a warrior? In the cinema, the audience can see the actors' every frown and smile through the big screen. Zhao Chuanxin highlights the actors' expressions through close-ups and close-ups. This is simply amazing...

At this time, French films occupy an important position in the global film industry, and their influence currently exceeds that of American films.

The influx of French filmmakers directly sent Zhao Chuanxin to the altar of the film industry.

France strongly demanded the release of "Sakhalin Journey".

If this film could be shown in American nickelodeons at this time, Zhao Chuanxin would make a fortune.

But there is a problem.

At this time, the American Motion Picture Patents Company had a monopoly.

This year, Edison led seven American film producers, including Edison, Biograph, Vitagraph, Selig, Exene, Rubin, and Carlisle, and then joined forces with foreign companies that had branches in the United States, such as France's Pathé and Mérieux, to establish the Film Patent Company.

Abbreviation: MPPC.

This cartel-like company has only one goal: to curb the growing number of independent film producers and limit their development by collecting royalties.

There are many rules, which are complicated and annoying.

First, the standard length of a film is one or two reels of film.

Second, theater exhibitors must use their equipment, charging $2 per week.

Third, refuse to allow actors’ names to appear on the screen.

Fourth, the film will not be sold, only rented.

Fifth, sanctions are set up to threaten exhibitors, prohibiting them from showing films from non-member companies or renting projection equipment from non-member companies.

Anyone who knows Edison can see that the above rules are very Edison-like.

Edison = the representative of the class of inventors who eat alone.

Edison can be said to have been the one who made Hollywood possible, because in the next few years, independent filmmakers were forced by him to leave the East Coast and move to California for development, moving filming back and forth across the border to avoid suppression.

However, Zhao Chuanxin's sudden appearance with "Sakhalin Journey" seemed to create another option.

Yao Jia has received many unexpected telegrams and phone calls recently.

"Hello, hello, I'm Yao Jia, the general manager of the Lubinfu Official Goods Bureau."

"filming?"

"Exhibitionist?"

"What the hell? Let us adults kill Edison?"

Yao Jia didn't know whether to laugh or cry.

What's even more outrageous is that a white boxer named Jeffress approached him.

But this guy spoke in an arrogant manner: "I watched your movie. To be honest, the leading actor boxed more like a clown. However, the skills he showed were acceptable. I am willing to buy his skills for 5 dollars and let him..."

Yao Jia interrupted him directly: "Fuck you, you're still paying me $5, you can use that money to buy paper money to pave the way for yourself. You're pretending to be rich in front of me, Yao Shijie, so you can piss on the ground and brush your face to see it!"

If you say 5 US dollars, Yao Jia might be interested. Who can be embarrassed by 5 US dollars?

Jeffress was stunned by the scolding.

"Do you know who you're talking to?"

"I'm Yao Jia, your mother. I'm in Lubin Prefecture. Come here and stand in front of me and tell me who you are. If you can live to see the next day, I'll change your surname to Jie!"

To say that Jeffress wants to buy technology, we also have to talk about the opponent he is about to face - the black boxing champion Johnson.

This black man defeated almost all the white boxing champions at that time.

Then they became a thorn in the eyes of white people.

Jeffress is a white supremacist, but he cannot resist the huge bonus of $10, so he decides to fight Johnson.

However, he also understood that Johnson was too strong and it would be difficult for him to defeat him with his methods.

Then he saw Zhao Chuanxin teaching Peter Grebin boxing techniques.

He couldn't help but be moved.

Although Yao Jia was annoyed, he also saw the benefits of the movie.

He has connections, resources, and is also a good businessman.

But he would rather be like Zhao Chuanxin - sell silver, buy dollars, put the white house back in, and become a tough guy who can kill his way through Wall Street.

But how can we get involved in the American film market?
Then, he received the latest news—the Tokyo Soul Resurrection Society in Japan was bombed!
"I boil it!"

"My lord is mighty!"

……

Meiji, Katsura Taro and Yamagata Aritomo were really pissed off.

Meiji slammed the table and shouted: "This is too much!"

Katsura Taro said, "We must teach him a lesson."

When Japan declared war on Tsarist Russia, Aritomo Yamagata disagreed.

In his view, war was purely political.

War should be avoided completely as long as it can achieve political goals.

Instead, he said, "I think we should hand over South Sakhalin to Zhao Chuanxin. Apparently, our plan to delay time has failed, or he has seen through it. Can teaching him a lesson stop him from bombing us?"

(End of this chapter)