mage in the late qing dynasty

Chapter 1062: Contraband, shock, influence
People on both sides were like hornets whose nest was poked, pushing and shoving each other in waves, rushing forward in layers.

There are four small oceans in total, which can cut through the waves.

Benjamin Goldberg dragged Yao Bing through it quickly.

Yao Bing looked back while running.

He heard the wailing: "Step on me!"

"Oh, I fell..."

He said anxiously, "Brother, this is terrible. Master wrote about this kind of situation in the picture book he gave me. It's called a stampede."

"It doesn't matter. With such a big battle, it's better to get hurt early than late. Let them learn a lesson to avoid a bigger tragedy. I can be called merciful."

"Brother, I really envy your ability to confuse right and wrong and call a deer a horse."

"Bold, outrageous!"

Even though Benjamin Goldberg had a lot of clever ideas, it took him half an hour to enter the venue.

The venue of the Nanyang Industrial Exposition had a total of 34 exhibition areas, divided into two categories: provincial pavilions and professional pavilions. However, because of Zhao Chuanxin, there was an additional exhibition area called the Lubin Prefecture Joint Pavilion, which was a self-built pavilion from another province.

In addition to domestic pavilions, there are also Japanese, European and American pavilions.

The exhibits are so diverse that they are dazzling.

Education, books, scientific instruments, economy, transportation, mining and metallurgy, chemical industry, civil engineering and construction industry, dyeing and weaving industry, production technology, machinery, electricity, agriculture, silk industry, tea, gardening, forestry, fur, aquatic products, food, beverages, fine arts, medical treatment, naval, land and air force equipment, statistics, etc.

There are a total of 24 sections, 86 items, 442 categories, and a total of one million exhibits, covering everything that can be covered at this time!
In addition to the exhibits, there are also entertainment programs.

Archway, music pavilion, memorial tower, fountain, restaurant, hotel, theater, photo studio, botanical garden, zoo.

There are post offices, telephone offices, horse-drawn carriages, and rickshaws. Those who have money but cannot walk can travel by car. The best is the light rail train, which can seat twenty to thirty people in one carriage.

There is a bus every hour and a ticket costs 10 copper coins.

Among the entertainment projects, the two most crowded ones are the Internet Cinema in Lugang Town and the color photo studio in Lubin Prefecture.

There are two promotional posters outside the cinema.

One is "Fist of Fury" and the other is "Kwan's Blade", with big words written on them: Director - Zhao Chuanxin.

As soon as the three words "Zhao Chuanxin" came out, the tourists were shocked.

"Zhao Chuanxin is making a new movie again!"

"Let's go, let's go quickly, we won't be able to get tickets later."

Benjamin Goldberg and Yao Bing thought so too.

Yao Bing ran while looking at the rare things on both sides. Today was really an eye-opener.

Benjamin Goldberg had a clear goal in mind, as if he came to the exhibition just to watch two movies.

Another person who holds the same idea is Shen Dehong, whose future pen name is Mao Dun. He is only 14 years old now.

There is Ye Shaojun, whose future pen name is Ye Shengtao, now 16 years old.

Of course, there was also Kennedy, the manager of Thomas Edison, who brought talking films to the Nanyang Industrial Exposition.

Originally, he was enthusiastically demonstrating their talking films to visitors at the exhibition.

In fact, it is a phonograph + projector, and the phonograph and projector images are synchronized as much as possible.

The audience was amazed.

"The movie actually has sound?"

Someone nearby said, "You are really surprised by what you have never seen before. The God of War Zhao Chuanxin invented the sound film a long time ago. It is much better than this. It is in color. I have seen it five times!"

"really?"

Another person said: "Really, there are two new movies showing at the Internet cinema built by Zhao Chuanxin over there, and there are crowds outside."

"Go and have a look."

Kennedy was stunned.

He confidently brought three short audio films, two landscape films and a short story, but found that the tourists were not interested.

He asked his men to watch the stall while he went to buy tickets. Maybe out of curiosity or to spy on the enemy, he just wanted to see what a martial artist like Zhao Chuanxin could film!
Let’s play “Guan Shan Dao” first.

As the picture appeared, Kennedy's head started buzzing.

"No, this is definitely not a phonograph, what on earth is this..."

There is background music at the beginning, which was composed and arranged by Zhao Chuanxin and Uncle Li.

The background music did not overpower the voices of the conversation.

This sound is amazing.

The background of the story is based on the Liangzhou anti-taxation incident.

But the name of Liangzhou City was changed to a fictitious one.

When the protagonist Wang Yingxiong first arrived with a Guanshan knife on his back, he saw the people resisting the tax being suppressed by the local police station.

Some people were beaten with blood on their heads.

At this time, Wang Yingxiong angrily attacked 1v6, using his sheathed Guanshan sword to chop, slash, slash, block, and counterattack...

This is the turning point of the first act of the movie. Wang Yingxiong's movements are crisp and realistic. He is at ease in the fight. The six policemen are caught off guard and are beaten black and blue by him.

Wang Yingxiong suddenly took a feint, scaring the policemen into stepping back, causing the audience, who had a very low sense of humor, to burst into laughter.

Although the movie is in Chinese, it has English subtitles.

Therefore, most Chinese and foreigners can understand it.

Kennedy was completely stunned.

The three so-called "talkies" he brought with him looked like shit compared to this.

The movie continues.

Wang Yingxiong was just a person who saw injustice, but he was regarded as a hero by the local people who were resisting the tax.

Someone asked him, "What is the name of the warrior?"

Wang Yingxiong said: "Just call me Wang Yingxiong."

The man scratched his head and said, "You are unwilling to tell me your real name, brave man?"

Wang Yingxiong changed his cool and cool attitude and said in a daze: "My last name is Wang, and my name is Yingxiong."

The audience was delighted.

The man was shocked: "Ah, your parents were quite arrogant when they named you."

The audience burst into laughter.

Seeing this, Kennedy also laughed, because the translation of the English letters was very down-to-earth and he could understand it.

But after laughing, he was shocked.

Wang Defa...How many shots have appeared in it since the show started?
The story is easy to understand, with action and fun. Just by hearing the people around you exclaiming and laughing, you can tell how attractive this movie is.

If this were to be shown in the United States, damn, would American films still have a future?
The story continues.

It turns out there is an organization behind the anti-donation movement.

Wang Yingxiong originally thought that the people were simply dissatisfied with the local officials' taxation under various pretexts, but he discovered that opium was behind it.

Neither the organization nor the people were simply protesting against donations, but were mainly protesting against the high opium taxes.

The camera turns and shows an endless field of opium on the barren land.

The picture is magnificent, masculine and desolate.

Kennedy felt that even the less important landscape shots in the movie were ten thousand times better than the two landscape films he brought.

"This……"

The confidence he had when crossing the ocean had been shattered.

the audience exclaimed.

Everyone understands the harmful effects of opium, but after being exaggerated in movies, this disgust is magnified countless times.

When Wang Yingxiong learned the truth, he stopped hanging out with the organization behind him and prepared to escape, and he burned down the opium fields.

Zhao Chuanxin really set a fire and burned a field.

In this way, Wang Yingxiong offended both the local police station and the organization behind him. He was caught between a rock and a hard place, and his end was destined to be tragic.

The story takes another turn, and Wang Yingxiong fights with the organization's thugs.

Wang Yingxiong didn't want to hurt anyone, but since the other person was risking his life, he had no choice but to draw his sword, showing his true skills.

His clothes were torn by a knife, so Wang Yingxiong simply tore his clothes open, revealing his muscular body.

This alone can cause screams.

Remas, who works in movies, also came.

The last time he watched "Sakhalin Journey", he felt it was shocking enough.

This time the violent aesthetics have been upgraded. Remas muttered to himself: "When it comes to shooting fight scenes, there is no one better in the world. Zhao Chuanxin is indeed a film genius!"

There is no conflict between realism and aesthetics in the action films shot by Zhao Chuanxin.

He hated shaking his head during a fight and was dazed from time to time. This bad habit seemed to have started from Hong Kong movies, and he couldn't get rid of it for many years.

What he filmed were real reactions to normal fights; after all, he was very experienced.

In addition, Huo Yuanjia also brought some disciples and students to watch the movie.

When Chen Tiesheng saw this scene, he shouted, "What a hero Wang is!"

Others shouted, “Shut up!”

"Don't interrupt our movie!"

Seeing that he had aroused public anger, Chen Tiesheng was so scared that he immediately stopped talking.

Wang Yingxiong finally got rid of his pursuers and lived alone in the earthen city licking his wounds.

The organization did something bad and reported Wang Yingxiong to the local governor and county magistrate.

Then comes the climax of the movie.

A large group of officers and soldiers from the northern camp arrived.

Wang Yingxiong was standing on the wasteland outside Tucheng, holding a knife, facing a charging army of thousands.

The camera first shows the cavalry camp, then includes Wang Yingxiong and the cavalry in the entire camera, and then a group of shots are taken from a high vantage point.

The scene was extremely shocking.

Wang Yingxiong moved his feet uneasily, obviously out of fear.

But the close-up shot of him with a frown, clenched teeth and tightly pursed lips silently tells the audience: He is very scared, but he will go forward even if there are thousands of people against him!
Kennedy and Remas were both shocked: "Fuck it, this is what we call camera language!"

There is no need for narration or dialogue, just a few connected parallel shots to bring out the performance vividly.

Wang Yingxiong's exclusive BGM is here.

Zhao Chuanxin and Li Shutong adapted the song "Hero's Dawn" as the BGM. They removed the guzheng and only used the erhu, pipa and drum accompaniment, and then the cello hummed, while a male voice sang "ah".

The cruelty and ruthlessness of the times, the heroism and tragedy of the heroes.

With the perfect camera language, everything that is in Wang Yingxiong's heart at this moment is poured into the hearts of the audience.

The whole audience stood up suddenly.

Tears.

For this shot, Zhao Chuanxin actually borrowed from "A Song of Ice and Fire".

"do not die!"

“It’s all because of opium!”

"Hero, don't die!"

Several shots switched back and forth, and when the BGM reached its climax, suddenly the cavalry in front slowly pulled the reins.

Wang Yingxiong, who had already made up his mind to die, looked back in confusion.

The camera rotates accordingly.

I saw countless people coming behind him, with serious faces, to support him.

The camera turned back, and Wang Yingxiong's eyes were red and misty.

The blurriness was really real, because Wang Gaiming couldn't cry at that time, and Zhao Chuanxin used Lord Runzhi's greetings and sprayed pepper water on his eyes, so it was hard not to be blurry, and his eyes had to be red!

The people suddenly made way for the newly appointed prefect.

The prefect smiled and nodded at Wang Yingxiong.

The film ends with an open ending.

Wang Gaiming is filming, but he doesn't know what role he is playing.

But when he finished watching the movie, even he cried, let alone other audiences?
There was thunderous applause for a moment!

"it is good!"

As usual, the audience cheered and threw money onto the stage.

But compared to "Sakhalin Journey", this time people actually threw silver dollars onto the stage.

Little Mao Dun stood up and clapped his hands vigorously, but it is unknown whether the direction of his future works will go astray.

Xiaoye Shengtao was infatuated and burst into tears: "Has Wang Yingxiong been convicted?"

Liu Ai patted Wang Gaiming on the shoulder: "Good job, hero." Wang Gaiming wiped his tears and shrugged in disgust: "Get out of the way!"

Liu Ai pinched her waist and said shrilly: "You fucking dog biting Lu Dongbin!"

The staff asked the audience to leave, but they did not listen and stood in the screening room.

Remas has completely given up the idea of ​​competing with Zhao Chuanxin's screening room.

Just look at the quality of their film, you can’t win, you know?
I'll give you something new to play with every time.

Kennedy was devastated.

He was sure that Zhao Chuanxin was not using a phonograph.

Besides, their movie is in true color.

I'm afraid these two points have already established their position in the film industry and will not be shaken in the next few decades.

Not to mention their camera language and fighting scenes. Compared with Zhao Chuanxin's movies, European and American action movies at this time seem like playing house.

Fortunately, Thomas Edison was complacent.

It was Thomas Edison who called him an idiot.

Edison is the idiot, and his whole family is idiot.

Kennedy thought so.

After watching the movie, he even had the urge to return to his country to organize a march to boycott opium.

"No, I'll watch the next Fist of Fury!"

At this time, Zhou Shuren, who was a middle school teacher at Shaoxing Prefecture Middle School, also brought more than 200 students from the school to the Nanyang Industrial Exposition under the pretext of an autumn outing to broaden their horizons and gain knowledge.

He opposed the idea that scholars should know everything about the world without leaving home.

Educator Luo Jingfu held the same idea and brought a large group of students to the Nanyang Industrial Exposition to observe and learn.

But without exception, both groups of students were unable to move their legs when they reached the cinema entrance.

"Teacher, let's take a look at the new movie shot by Zhao Chuanxin."

"Please, teacher."

Unable to resist the students' repeated pleas, Zhou Shuren and Luo Jingfu had no choice but to agree.

But I couldn’t get in for the first show, so I could only watch the second show, “Fist of Fury”.

They saw that the audience at the first movie all came out with red eyes, confused.

"Teacher, what happened to them?"

"This...I don't know either."

Finally, it was the students' turn to enter and take their seats.

Seeing that the screening room was swept clean and tidy, and the seats were spacious, Zhou Shuren leisurely lifted the hem of his robe and crossed his legs.

The movie starts.

Because Huo Yuanjia did not die, Zhao Chuanxin adapted the story of "Fist of Fury".

Chen Zhen, played by Sun Yanguang, returns from studying abroad and goes to learn boxing from Huo Yuanjia.

Zhao Chuanxin had his own agenda. Not only did he mention the Black Dragon Society, he also reported the name of Aoki Nobuzumi, using the plot to illustrate the fact that a large number of Japanese spies came to China to gather intelligence and had ulterior motives.

In addition, the image of the Japanese as arrogant, domineering, insidious, cunning, and shameless is portrayed vividly through various shots.

In "Kuan Shan Dao", Zhao Chuanxin was quite restrained when criticizing the Qing Dynasty, but in "Fist of Fury", he simply pointed at the Japanese on the forehead and cursed them.

The protagonist is introduced at the beginning, and through the sparring with his fellow apprentices, the audience falls in love with Chen Zhen, who has a scar on his face but is still handsome.

Immediately, the audience's anger began to accumulate.

What "East Asian Co-prosperity", what annexation of Korea, what expelling Tsarist Russia, occupying the three provinces outside the Great Wall as a bridgehead and then invading China in an all-round way, what enslaving East Asia, what...

The audience was furious.

"Hurry up and let Chen Zhen kill the Japanese, or I'll refund your ticket!"

It is said that hands are two doors, and you rely on your mouth to hit people.

Zhao Chuanxin's words made the Japanese notorious.

There were also Japanese audiences at the scene, and they were equally furious.

"Baga, this is slander!"

Those who knew the situation thought of the faces of Meiji and the people in the court, but could not bring themselves to curse.

The movie may be exaggerated, but it is basically true.

The turning point of the movie is that Huo Yuanjia founded the Jingwu Athletic Association, leading the Chinese people to practice martial arts to strengthen their bodies and eliminate the trend of substances such as opium that harm the body, which caused dissatisfaction among the Japanese.

According to the president of the Japanese Black Dragon Society in the movie, "If every Chinese person has a strong physique, what will happen to us Japanese?"

He heard that Huo Yuanjia was ill, so he asked the doctor to sell poison to Huo Yuanjia, intending to poison him.

However, Chen Zhen, who had just returned from studying abroad, discovered the clues and stopped them.

Then a big fight broke out.

The anger had been accumulating for a long time, and the audience was already angry. When they saw the handsome and ruthless Chen Zhen screaming and beating the Japanese devils to a pulp, they felt very happy.

Right flat hook to the abdomen, left flat hook to the abdomen, uppercut to the cheek, left straight kick, turn and elbow to the liver, hanging elbow to the ear...

Zhao Chuanxin's action movies are like this, clean and neat, with every punch hitting the real target.

Unlike Peter Grebin's soft and fancy appearance last time, Sun Yanguang himself is a murderer, just like Wang Gaiming's Guanshan knife has also seen a lot of blood.

Whether it is expression, murderous intent, or movements, Sun Yanguang is impeccable.

Qiangzi punched the throat and kicked sideways...

The audience was screaming!

Several Japanese were beaten by him and could not get up.

The audience finally vented some of their anger.

But then something even more infuriating happened.

The chairman of the Japanese Black Dragon Society received instructions from the military attaché of the Japanese consulate and went to the police station to ask the police to arrest Chen Zhen on charges of provoking trouble.

The Black Dragon Society leader shouted: "All Chinese people are
East Asia
sick man!"

The audience was once again angry to the point of liver cirrhosis!
When the Japanese carried a plaque that read "Sick Man of East Asia" and heard that Huo Yuanjia had returned to Tianjin to see a doctor, they brought the police to Jingwumen. However, Chen Zhen had already been told by Nong Jinsun to hide in advance.

The Japanese were extremely arrogant. When they found out that Chen Zhen was not there, they left the plaque behind, smashed up the Jingwu Gate, and left.

Nong Jinsun was in tears.

The students were angry but dared not speak out.

Chen Zhen, who was hiding, became furious after hearing this and carried a plaque to attack the Black Dragon Society.

The audience held their breath, not daring to make a sound, for fear of making any noise and disturbing Chen Zhen's performance on the screen.

"Ada..."

Step forward and punch!

Left elbow strike to the head.

Right flat elbow attack.

"Wow……"

Step forward and kick sideways.

Chen Zhen was hugged from behind. He pushed against the wall, turned around and tackled the opponent, then raised his leg and kicked him in the face with Lao Zhao's specialty, tearing open his tattered clothes, revealing a strong physique with smooth lines and clear shark lines that did not match his handsome face.

Sun Yanguang is not a big guy, but his body is very explosive, and it becomes even more explosive after several months of special training.

The audience looked at the Japanese samurai with blood all over his face and Chen Zhen with his upper body naked, and suddenly felt as happy as drinking a bowl of iced tea in the dog days of summer.

"Good fight!"

"Kill the little devil!"

Chen Zhen glanced at the Japanese warriors and saw that they could not win, so one of them pulled out a dagger from his waist, ready to attack secretly.

Chen Zhen took the initiative and took advantage of the enemy's unpreparedness to break his elbow and snatch the knife.

There were no nunchakus, and Sun Yanguang didn't know how to use them, but he brought the audience a show of his best short sword skills.

Bajiquan Danyang Ding, reverse grip of the knife to cut the tendon, chiseling grip to stab downward, leaning forward to dodge the stabbing leg, taking advantage of the situation to stand up and cut the radial artery, blood spurting out like a column.

The man grabbed Chen Zhen's arm and slashed with the knife. After being held, Chen Zhen let go, and his left hand took the knife and stabbed his throat, making it impossible to defend against.

The audience was stunned: "Can it be like this?"

"Chen is really amazing!"

Seeing that the remaining people were all frightened, Chen Zhen threw his dagger away.

Duh!
The knife penetrated the wood three inches deep, the handle vibrated, and the audience was moved: "Great!"

So cool and so stylish.

This scene was shot realistically.

But the knife was changed. The previous knife was a switchblade, which would shrink when stabbed, and it was blunt, so no matter how much it stabbed, it would not bleed.

And what was thrown out was a real knife.

With the background music "The Great Wall Will Never Fall": After a century of slumber, the Chinese people are gradually waking up. Open your eyes and look carefully...

Guangdong audiences were pleasantly surprised to find that this song was actually sung in Cantonese.

Most people would never guess that the person singing is actually Big Peach - Li Zhitao.

After Chen Zhen kicked the sign of "Sick Man of East Asia" to pieces, he pointed at the Japanese and growled, "Let me tell you, the Chinese are not the Sick Man of East Asia!"

Everyone stand at attention!

Finally, Chen Zhen found the military attaché of the Japanese consulate and had the final battle.

He killed the military attaché who was a top expert. When he was surrounded by Japanese soldiers, he rushed out fearlessly and heard gunshots.

take a bow.

The audience was indignant: "Damn little devils!"

"Kill the Japanese!"

Several Japanese who were watching the movie lowered their heads, used their hat brims to cover their beards and middle-parted hair, and left in a hurry.

If you are slower, you will easily be beaten to death.

Zhou Shuren's students were so excited watching this.

Someone said, "I want to cut a scar on my face!"

"I want to practice with the short sword."

"I want to join the Chin Woo Athletic Association."

"I want to learn Chen Zhen's boxing..."

They don't know that Chen Zhen's martial arts in the movie have nothing to do with the Jingwu Athletic Association.

The Lugang Town Insurance Team usually uses whatever is convenient.

For example, Qiangzi boxing, and some killing moves in Bajiquan.

Huo Yuanjia's senior disciple Liu Zhensheng praised: "Mr. Zhao took such a great photo!"

Chen Tiesheng held his head in pain and said, "Mr. Zhao lied to me. I didn't play the military attaché of the Japanese consulate at all. I was just a minor role..."

After watching "Fist of Fury", Kennedy was excited along with the audience. After all, he was not Japanese, but American.

He immediately became dejected and said: It's over, there is no doubt that American movies can't beat Zhao Chuanxin.

After Remas changed his mindset, he watched the movie with appreciation and could not help but be impressed: "Zhao Chuanxin is a genius, really. America won't be able to make an action movie like this in 50 years."

Many foreigners who watched the two movies couldn't help but wonder: Are all Chinese people so good at fighting?
But Zhou Shuren was very silent.

Before Japan's series of invasions into China, he had a favorable impression of Japan.

What Zhao Chuanxin expressed in the film completely overturned his cognition: Are the Japanese really that bad?

But he has also met many moral and kind Japanese people, right?

People who have never been to Japan, after watching "Fist of Fury", will think that all Japanese are bad people.

Seeing Zhou Shuren remained silent, his student asked, "Teacher, I want to practice martial arts, what do you think?"

"Ah?" Zhou Shuren came back to his senses: "Practicing martial arts can strengthen the body, which is of course very good. But..."

But we can’t just kill all the Japanese with one blow, and we can’t believe all the stories in the movie.

But he dared not say it.

Such is the power of film at this moment.

It seems fake, but one can't be sure it is fake, as if everything on the screen is real.

When Benjamin Goldberg and his fellow apprentices left the house, Benjamin Goldberg shouted, "If you say 'ah hit Ada' again, I'll beat you up."

Yao Bing said disdainfully: "Brother, you can't beat me."

"you……"

(End of this chapter)