mage in the late qing dynasty

Chapter 1102: The Anger and Helplessness of Patent Trolls
Zhao Chuanxin smiled at his daughter and said, "Your roar was full of energy. I think you are almost well now. I will take you back to The Hague."

"Oh, I feel a little dizzy and have diarrhea again."

"..."

Zhao Chuanxin took his daughter on a stroll around Africa.

Xingyue is responsible for collecting biological density data wherever it passes.

"Come here quickly, it's okay." Zhao Lingjun was calling a waxbill.

The bannermen outside the Great Wall like to raise waxbills because of their loud and melodious calls.

But this is only the São Tomé waxbill, which is on the verge of extinction.

Old Zhao took the photos, while Boss Zhao was responsible for bringing people and animals closer together.

Having already shot a lot of footage, Zhao Chuanxin thought he might as well shoot more and edit it into a documentary.

Zhao Lingjun saw what her father was thinking: "Dad, how about we finish the filming and then send me back."

Zhao Chuanxin looked at his daughter who was baring her teeth and said helplessly, "Then you explain it to your mother yourself."

The mother and daughter chatted on their mobile phone for more than an hour and finally decided on a plan - Zhao Chuanxin would go to Noordeinborg to pick up the queen for filming together.

This time, Zhao Lingjun neither had diarrhea nor felt confused.

The father and son set out from Congo.

Instead, Zhao Lingjun urged Lao Zhao not to waste time and try to reduce the number of stops along the way so as to reach the Netherlands.

Before Wilhelmina could blame them, the father and the other two dragged her onto the Three Generations of Dragon Tour.

The family of three rushed to the Arctic, first to Iceland, then to Greenland, and then straight to Newfoundland.

"Come, let me put some simple makeup on you and your daughter before you go on camera."

Zhao Chuanxin braided Zhao Lingjun's pigtails, then loosened the queen's originally complicated hairstyle, washed it with warm water to make it fluffy, and casually pinned it behind her head to make it naturally uncluttered.

Zhao Chuanxin photographed the aurora, harp seals, Greenland sharks, narwhals...

Wilhelmina first recited the lines prepared for her by Zhao Chuanxin, while Zhao Lingjun comforted the animals.

Zhao Chuanxin carried a camera and followed the filming.

In the distance is a polar bear. Wilhelmina, wearing a long down jacket, said: "In the past fifty years, the number of wild animals has decreased by 46%. The rich resources are still there. As long as we can understand how nature works, we can find ways to help it recover. This is related to the fate of mankind..."

The coast of Peru in South America is dotted with small islands and towering cliffs thousands of feet high.

Zhao Chuanxin took a bird's-eye view from a high altitude, gradually zooming in.

There are millions of seabirds on the ground.

Zoom in, then zoom in again. Zhao Lingjun strokes the back of a seabird. Wilhelmina stands in the middle of a flock of birds and looks up and says, "Every morning, seabirds leave their gathering places to go fishing in one of the most abundant oceans on Earth..."

Under the sea, Zhao Chuanxin carried a closed camera and filmed a booby, which dived into the water like a cannonball and accurately clamped a fish with its beak.

The camera follows it as it surfaces.

There was a small wooden boat on the water, with Wilhelmina and Zhao Lingjun sitting on it.

Wilhelmina saw Zhao Chuanxin emerge from the water and said hurriedly: "Every day, the boobies carry out carpet fishing for fish, and more and more seabirds join the feast..."

Wilhelmina had never been so happy in thirty years.

The sight of seabirds dashing into the sea and splashing water on her always made her happy for a while.

The camera cuts off and Zhao Chuanxin brings the mother and daughter ashore and unties the ropes for several Peruvian soldiers.

Several Peruvian soldiers yelled, "You're done, just wait..."

Zhao Chuanxin slapped him in the face: "I requisitioned your boat to give you face."

Wilhelmina: "..."

……

In China, torrential rains hit Jiangsu and Zhejiang provinces, causing severe flooding. Some villages were completely submerged, countless livestock were drowned, and dozens of people were killed or injured.

The Lugang Town Journal said that Zhao Chuanxin, the governor of Lubin Prefecture, will release his new documentary Our Homeland soon, and the profits from the release will be donated to help disaster-stricken areas around the country overcome difficulties...

Although it is a documentary, as long as it is named after Zhao Chuanxin, it can still attract a lot of fans to rush to the cinema to try it out.

What is different from the past is that this time the film will not only be released in China, but also simultaneously in some nickelodeons in New York, USA, various theaters in Constantine State, Mexico, and a newly built theater in The Hague.

Yao Jia invested in the newly established Paramount and Universal Pictures companies, competing with Edison's monopoly on the film market, so his films were able to be released in New York.

When the movie was released, a few aerial shots were enough to cause the audience to exclaim in amazement.

As expected, it has to be Zhao Chuanxin!

This kind of commanding perspective is unique at this time.

After all, the helicopter hasn't appeared yet.

The scene changed, and the first place that appeared was Qinling Mountains, China.

The morning sun shines through the gaps in the forest, casting a layer of golden light on the hair of the golden monkey squatting on the tree.

"This is China's Qinling Mountains. In the forests at an altitude of 1500 to 3300 meters, there lives a group of golden elves. In Er Ya, they are called grasshoppers, with upturned noses and long tails. They are talking about golden monkeys..."

The narration is the voice of Zhao Chuanxin.

The protagonists are various animals, and the supporting character is Zhao Lingjun.

The morning sun adds warmth to the scene of Zhao Lingjun feeding the golden monkey.

Zhao Lingjun's eyes were clear, and the little golden monkey's eyes were equally clear.

The moment the fingers of the man and the monkey touched, it brought a special warm feeling to the audience.

The feeling of petting small animals remains unchanged.

Gradually moving northward, animals such as argali and goitered gazelle appeared.

Zhao Chuanxin also specially filmed the flight in the sky: "Originally this was an endless desert, the land was dry and rainless, even marmots were unwilling to go deep into it. But now, this is an oasis with gurgling springs and lush vegetation..."

In the overhead shot, there is a clear boundary between the sky and the desert.

Outside the pass, the father and son found a black bear in the woods.

Zhao Chuanxin was about to shoot, and Zhao Lingjun asked, "Dad, why are you shooting it?"

Zhao Chuanxin said: "When this thing grows up, it will steal the cassock!"

This caused laughter in the theater.

Then they discovered that Zhao Lingjun was not only close to small and herbivorous animals, but even allowed her to touch black bears.

Zhao Chuanxin took close-up photos of Siberian tigers in the old forests outside the Great Wall, allowing many viewers to feel for the first time how huge the Siberian tigers are, which are even bigger than they had imagined.

In the newly built cinema in The Hague, Wilhelmina, Jan Simskerk, Bellenat and others exclaimed when they saw the princess feeding the Siberian tiger.

Such a small person seems to be only enough to provide a full meal for a Siberian tiger.

Wilhelmina didn't look very happy.

I didn’t expect that Zhao Chuanxin would let her daughter get so close to the huge monster.

When she saw Zhao Lingjun riding a terror bird that was taller than a human, her face turned even darker.

Because Zhao Chuanxin clearly said at the time that he would not let Zhao Lingjun come into contact with dangerous animals.

The audience was amazed: "There are such big birds in New Zealand?"

As the documentary unfolds, the scenery is either exquisite, majestic, unique, or magnificent.

Animals of all kinds appeared one after another, making it a feast for the eyes.

The shooting angles are available from land, sea and air.

On the African grasslands, Zhao Chuanxin was filming following a cheetah hunting. The camera was mounted on a three-generation dragon. The picture remained parallel throughout, giving the audience a feast for the eyes.

No one in the world can do it except Zhao Chuanxin!

The dubbing is available in four languages: Chinese, English, Spanish and Dutch.

Different regions use different languages.

All with subtitles.

Lao Zhao's voice is deep and powerful. He explains in simple terms to the audience the position of various animals and plants in nature, what role they play, etc...

He gave the local density of animals and plants during the star and moon detection and compared it with the data recorded in the literature.

In this way, the audience can have an intuitive understanding of which animals are on the verge of extinction, which animals are even only a handful in number, and the impacts of these disappearing animals and plants on the environment.

The flying scene in the sky shortly after the beginning of the film is the most powerful proof.

Later, the queen appeared.

The subtitles gave her a place to introduce her: This is the Queen of the Netherlands, Wilhelmina Helena Pauline Maria.

Zhao Chuanxin's voice sounded: "Next, the Queen will take you into more magical worlds."

Audiences from all over the world exclaimed again.

I'm thinking, let the Queen explain it. It's a good thing that Zhao Chuanxin could think of this.

The queen has a strong aura and extraordinary beauty, which makes women jealous and men covet her.

Her appearance brought the documentary to a climax.

At the end of the film, Wilhelmina, wearing a long dress and a veil covering her face, stood in the Sahara Desert and said: "It is necessary to protect the earth's environment and ecology. The miracles flying in the sky prove that humans don't even need to work hard. As long as we give animals and plants a certain amount of space, they can re-cover the earth we have plundered..."

This sentence is the key point.

Zhao Chuanxin asked the queen to endorse him.

Protecting the environment requires land, right?

Where there is land, there must be armed hunting bans.

If you have armed forces, you will definitely need territory to house them... It's not only the great powers who know how to push for more, Zhao Chuanxin is also well aware of this.

The movie ends.

domestic.

"The colors are lifelike, and the strangeness and ingenuity are second to none. I couldn't stop enjoying it even after I left the theater."

"Zhao Chuanxin is truly a film genius. I have seen documentaries before, but there is no other documentary like this one that is so beautiful and complete!"

“It is magnificent and magnificent. The life of animals and plants is no less than that of humans. All things have spirits!”

The Hague.

"Your Majesty, did you really go to Antarctica?"

"Yeah, even in the summer, the temperature there is still very low. The penguins are more likable than in the movies."

Constantine State, Mexico.

"I've been to Peru, but I don't remember it being this beautiful?"

"Nonsense, if you could run that high up, the scenery would definitely be different."

United States.

Edison clenched his fists, his eyes blazing with fire: "That son of a bitch Zhao Chuanxin, he has so many other businesses to choose from, but he chose to go against me and compete for the movie market."

How can he monopolize the film market if he can't even make a documentary like this?

Paramount and Universal Pictures had projection equipment and several reels of film provided by Lubinfu Pictures.

"Fist of Fury", "Kwan Shan Dao", "Sakhalin Journey" and "Suppressing Bandits" became popular in New York as soon as they were released.

Can't hold it down at all.

I thought Zhao Chuanxin was at his wit's end, and since he was causing chaos everywhere, he had no time to make movies.

Unexpectedly, another movie called "Our Home" came out.

Edison was a professional and he could see that the film had a higher quality and no snowflakes were visible.

The sound quality is better and seems to add to the soundtrack.

Not to mention Zhao Chuanxin's unique shooting technique, which others cannot imitate.

Zhao Chuanxin's exclusive filming equipment, projection equipment and filming techniques are far ahead of Edison Company.

After leaving the cinema, Edison told his men: "Take people to smash the cinemas showing this film."

If you can't defeat them professionally, then destroy them physically.

He has a group of gangsters under his command who are specifically responsible for doing these dirty jobs for him.

The subordinate worriedly said: "What if Zhao Chuanxin..."

Edison interrupted him: "We are just destroying the cinema that bought new equipment. What does the cinema have to do with him?"

The subordinate was relieved: "Oh, it's okay then."

Edison's manager, Kennedy, went to the nickelodeon with a group of thugs.

As soon as they walked in the door, they were stopped by a group of strong black and white men.

Kennedy often brought people to smash nickelodeons, and the theater owners would also hire bodyguards, so they were ambushed more than once or twice.

He sneered and said, "Everyone, we have people outside the theater. You don't want to offend us, the Edison Film Patent Company!"

A person walked out from the team in front.

It was none other than Abraham Cohen, the boss of the Food Truck Gang, the most mysterious gang in New York.

Abraham Cohen reached out to take off his Humboldt hat and touched his meticulously combed back hair: "Your name is Kennedy, right?"

"You know me? If you knew me, why don't you get out of here?"

Abraham Cohen said nothing and just stood there quietly.

Kennedy was confused.

At this time, the sound of a fight was heard outside.

A moment later, a group of burly men surrounded the entrance of the cinema. Kennedy had a bad feeling.

He looked back and felt a chill in his heart.

These are not our own people.

Abraham Cohen has a high hooked nose, a big mouth, and eyes that curve like knives when he smiles.

He put on his Humboldt hat again and said, "I'd like to inform you that all theaters in New York that have purchased projection equipment from Lubinfu Pictures will be protected by Xinghui Security Company from now on."

Kennedy was trembling with anger.

They are used to bullying others in the United States. Ever since they established the United Motion Picture Patents Company and monopolized the American film market, no one dared to talk to them like this.

At this time, a gangster whispered to him: "This man is the boss of the Dining Car Gang, Abraham Cohen. The second in command of the Dining Car Gang is the Smith brothers. They have tens of thousands of people, and they have the help of Situ Meitang from Chinatown. Let's go quickly. These people don't usually steal, rob, kidnap or defraud, but they kill people without blinking an eye..."

Kennedy was still unconvinced, and lifted the hem of his suit, revealing a Colt revolver.

He stared at Abraham Cohen coldly.

The meaning is clear: You have more people, but I have guns.

Abraham Cohen turned around and looked at his men, and they all smiled at each other.

Everyone lifted up their clothes.

Kennedy pupils quake.

I blanch...

Everyone has a gun!

Someone else pulled out a Winchester M1897 shotgun from his back.

This thing is a complete sweep.

Abraham Cohen stepped forward, helped Kennedy straighten his shirt collar, and tucked the turned-out collar back into his suit: "Go back and tell your boss Edison that he is no match for us in terms of numbers; and in terms of financial resources, our Xinghui Catering Company may not be as wealthy as his, but we are not short of money either, so go ahead and fight us. Let me give you a preview - the New York Nickel Theater is just the beginning, followed by Massachusetts."

Kennedy's face turned pale and he said nothing.

I don’t know whether he was scared or angry.

"Okay, take your people back."

Kennedy turned and walked away.

After he went out, he found that many people had fallen down, and some were struggling to stand up and were staggering.

These guys are very professional. They can beat you up and break bones, but they will never kill you.

Over the next few days, gunfights broke out from time to time in several movie theaters.

Both sides suffered casualties on each other.

On the sixth day, Edison robbed the office at 52 Broadway in New York. As soon as Kennedy walked out of the door, he was shot in the head.

Pedestrians screamed and ran away in all directions.

When the police arrived, the murderer had already fled.

On the seventh day, a bomb was dropped on Xinghui Catering Company at 169 Grand Street.

The bomb exploded as it shattered the glass outside.

A new wall was built inside Xinghui Catering Company. Although the wall was blown down, it blocked the shock wave. Some office staff were injured, but no one died.

Soon after, Edison was attacked by a gunman in New Jersey.

The two sides fought in the streets, resulting in 7 deaths and injuries.

Edison met his strongest rival in his life!

Damn it!

No matter how he retaliated, the other party would not give in and would retaliate even more severely.

Various of his companies were attacked.

Whenever he goes out now, he is often accompanied by 20 to 30 guards.

The Food Truck Gang members are not afraid of going to jail.

There is a huge force in New York Prison called the Chamber Pot Cult.

Andrew Miller.

People like Edison who go to prison basically don't survive for more than a few days.

The members of the Food Truck Gang go to prison to eat and drink the best food.

Edison was always successful in being a hooligan among his colleagues.

When the patent troll Edison played trolls with the food truck gang, we saw what a professional troll is.

Later on, the gangsters were no longer willing to work for him because the cost was too high.

In August, Edison began to take legal action and took Xinghui Catering Company to court.

Starlight Security Company, together with a number of independent producers and theaters, also took Thomas Edison Company to court.

The two cases were handled simultaneously, and both parties hired two teams of lawyers respectively.

The founder of Fox Film Corporation was a Hungarian named William Fox, who was originally a leather merchant and also a clown in the circus.

William Fox formed an independent production team and was originally against Edison, and now he was cheering for the food car gang.

Independent filmmakers who were offended by Edison flocked to the Food Truck Gang.

Edison felt a deep malice coming towards him.

What he didn't know was that the mastermind behind the scenes was on the other side of the ocean, Yao Jia, the official cargo bureau of Lubin Prefecture.

……

Lubin Mansion.

Yao Jiazheng is talking on the phone with Freddy Pavitt.

"Mr. Yao, a long lawsuit is very expensive."

"Just fight Edison. Tell Abraham that compensation for the dead and wounded must be provided. Also, send people to Southern California. It is said that it is a paradise for movies."

This is what Zhao Chuanxin told Yao Jia.

“Is Southern California too far?”

"Let Abraham go to Chinatown in San Francisco and find Situ Meitang and Yu Wenxuan. I will pay for all the expenses needed to keep them on the right track."

Freddy Pavitt felt what it was like to have deep pockets.

After Yao Jia hung up the phone, Zhang Shouzeng said, holding a cigarette, "Shijie, I know you have a huge fortune, but money doesn't come easy after all."

Yao Jia shook his head: "He Yan, the current US President Taft is not smooth enough. Externally, he encourages American bankers and entrepreneurs to invest abroad, but internally, he protects the legal rights of labor unions and dislikes trusts. Edison thought he could cover the sky with one hand, but in fact, I have already won half of this lawsuit."

These words were actually told to him by Li Guangzong.

Yao Jia knew what was going on.

……

British Prime Minister Herbert Henry Asquith kept a close eye on Australia and New Zealand.

Several months passed and Zhao Chuanxin still took no action.

He breathed a sigh of relief - how could someone like Zhao Chuanxin really settle down and study?

However, not long after, Frost von, the British member of the Arms Limitation Commission, told him that Zhao Chuanxin had made a documentary.

The documentary was screened in The Hague and caused a sensation.

The main reason is that the Queen and the Princess are participating, and secondly, this is an unprecedented documentary.

When Floss von told Herbert Henry Asquith the contents of the documentary.

The Prime Minister was a little worried.

But this documentary is not enough to serve as an excuse to designate a protected area.

"Notify me of news."

"Ok."

……

Zhao Chuanxin was currently conducting an investigation in the western part of Australia's Gibson Desert.

He built a house here.

At this time, Australian house styles were broadly divided into four categories: early, mid, late Victorian and Edwardian.

An early Victorian style house, built of brick, with a peaked, pitched roof and a roof made of corrugated iron, tiles and slate.

Houses in the late Victorian era absorbed more Italian architectural features. They were more ornate, with bright and bold colors, and the exterior walls were mostly covered with tiles and ceramic tiles.

Zhao Chuanxin did not try to be unconventional; he built his house in Edwardian architectural style.

Old Edward still lives in the sky, and the style of his time is still called Federal style.

The house is an independent building with wooden planks on the exterior walls and rain shields on the outside. The windows are wooden frame structures. Zhao Chuanxin followed the local customs and decorated the tops of the windows with lanterns.

The exterior of the house was painted white.

He was sitting on a chair under the awning, wearing glasses, with a pen and paper on his crossed legs.

At this time, a carriage came to the outside of the courtyard.

An obese middle-aged white man got off the car. He gave the driver a few instructions and walked into the yard with his suit folded under his arm.

"Constantine, I brought what you wanted."

He walked swaying from side to side, as if the fat in his body was about to overflow.

Zhao Chuanxin placed the paper and pen next to the wooden table, turned over the upside-down pastel-colored floral teacup, and poured him a cup of tea with the matching kettle: "Come on, Craig, try some Keemun black tea."

Qihong is the most unique among all flowers, and its reputation for purity and fragrance is unmatched.

When Craig Markles took a sip of the tea, he squinted his eyes and was amazed.

In fact, he coveted everything in Zhao Chuanxin's house.

Craig Markles is Zhao Chuanxin's local agent.

It’s actually just running errands.

This fat man is good at networking and has a wide range of friends.

Zhao Chuanxin gave him money and asked him to help collect information to prevent himself from alerting the enemy.

Craig Markles is smart and capable, and he can basically complete any task no matter how demanding Zhao Chuanxin's requirements are.

Simply because in this era, important knowledge is still in the hands of a few people.

The fat man could easily enter and leave the homes of local nobles and gentry.

Zhao Chuanxin flipped through it casually and saw records of the Gibson Desert's annual rainfall and local water resources.

The document has turned yellow and has frayed edges, but the handwriting is not blurred. After all, the local climate is dry and rainy, so it is not easy to get humid.

Zhao Chuanxin placed the 20 shillings on the table with satisfaction.

This is equivalent to one pound.

Craig Markles smiled and said, "Can I not pay for it? I want this tea set."

"I spent more than thirty pounds on this tea set." Zhao Chuanxin smiled and said, "Be good, put the money away."

20 shillings is only 1 pound.

"And what about that set of amber decanters and glasses you have in your room?"

Zhao Chuanxin was speechless.

He turned back into the house and took out a set of fused quartz glass decanters. "Although this set of decanters costs much more than £1, who can blame me for being a helpful person?"

In fact, he made it with paint and sand.

Craig Markles was overjoyed and couldn't let go of a set of decanters: "Good stuff, really good stuff..."

Zhao Chuanxin lowered his head and rolled his eyes: I hope that next time you come, you won’t regret seeing the same decanter set.

Craig Markles stood up holding the box: "Then I won't disturb you from writing, great writer."

Zhao Chuanxin didn't stand up to see him off, but just waved his hand casually.

He flipped through the thick materials quickly and finished reading them in five minutes.

Xingyue extracted the important parts and filled them into the article. Zhao Chuanxin reviewed it and found no mistakes or omissions.

"Okay, you can start writing the manuscript."

At this moment, the neighbor's child three hundred meters away ran over.

Wherever he ran, a cloud of dust was raised.

"Mr. Constantine, look what I brought you?"

The boy held in his hand a yellow lizard with thorns all over its back.

Zhao Chuanxin smiled slightly and took out the chocolate and gave it to him: "Put the lizard there."

What Zhao Chuanxin pointed to was an area of ​​green plants in the courtyard, including rabbit orchid, eight-stone lily, golden flame sandalwood and bankwood and other plants.

There are sparkling water droplets on the leaves of these plants.

Neighborhood kids often bring small animals in exchange for snacks.

Zhao Chuanxin didn't need cages or anything, he just needed to put the lizards and insects there. They didn't want to run away at all. There was no such a good, cool and humid place outside. At least they could drink enough water.

This made it easier for Zhao Chuanxin to take close-up photos...

(End of this chapter)