Film and Television: Starting from the Journey to Guandong

Chapter 121 Story (1w)

A second change followed.

After reading the drawings, the military issued changes to Vollmer: the tank's armor must not only be able to withstand machine gun bullets, but also artillery shells.

The design team conducted calculations and the results showed that if this requirement is to be met, the armor thickness should be 30 mm.

But in this case, the tank will be too heavy to move.

In the end, Vollmer came up with a compromise plan: only install 30 mm of armor on the front of the tank, and 15 mm of armor on other parts of the body.

This "top-heavy" change not only once again delayed development time, but also laid hidden dangers for future combat.

The third chaos occurred in April 1917, after the British launched the new MK.II tank.

After receiving reports on the cross-country capabilities of this British tank, General Ludendorff ordered: The A7V should adopt the diamond-shaped structure of the British tank.

The designers were driven crazy.

It was at this time that Vollmer thought of a countermeasure. He adopted a "two-faced approach". On the one hand, he accelerated the A7V project process, and on the other hand, he began to design an A7V-U that adopted a "tracked overhead" layout similar to that of British tanks. tank.

多亏这一“花招”，A7V坦克的首辆样车才得以在1917年4月底完成，而A7V-U一直到1918年6月才算小有所成，而且始终停留在样车阶段。

Under the capricious and ambiguous attitude of the military, the enthusiasm of the design team was finally exhausted.

It took until the end of September to complete the chassis of several A9Vs. Without adding the upper body, these chassis were sent to northern France in November to join the 7th Motorized Vehicle Detachment there for testing. .

It should be noted that the badge of this detachment is a black swastika.

At the same time, the top German military officials began to discuss the issue of the designation of the first tank unit.

In the end, the name of this unit was decided as "Assault Tank Detachment", the German abbreviation of "Assault" is stuka.

According to the plan, each assault tank detachment consists of five tanks, one of which is equipped with artillery, and the other four are only equipped with machine guns. Each detachment has 5 officers and 1 soldiers.

On November 1917, 11, British tanks made a major breakthrough in the Battle of Cambrai. In less than a day, they penetrated 20 kilometers deep into the German front line, causing huge panic in the German army.

Under this "stimulation", the tepid attitude of the German generals changed again.

Ludendorff immediately decided that tanks should become the leading force in the upcoming major German counteroffensive on the Western Front:
  "This is exactly what we need!"

After delaying for such a long time, the decision-makers finally issued a series of correct orders: produce 40 A7Vs as quickly as possible;

The first three assault tank detachments had to be ready for combat by February 3; the tanks originally scheduled to be equipped only with machine guns were all modified with artillery.

After receiving the order, the Daimler factory began to speed up the progress. In early 1918, the A7V heavy tank was finally officially equipped with troops.

The 30-ton A7V is the tank with the largest number of crew members in the world, with a standard crew of 18 and a maximum of 26.

Except for the commander, driver, gunner, loader, and 1 mechanics, the rest are all machine gunners, who operate 2 machine guns.

According to combat needs, communicators, pigeon carriers, aimers, etc. will be temporarily added.

Inside the tank, the gunner and loader are located at the front of the vehicle, the machine gunners are located on the sides and rear, and the commander and driver are located in the command tower above the engine in the middle of the vehicle.

Due to the large space inside the tank, it is not particularly crowded with people standing or sitting in the tank.

The A7V looks like an iron fortress from the outside. The feature of the gun protruding from the front of the body makes it more like a self-propelled assault gun of later generations.

Two 2-horsepower Daimler 100-cylinder in-line water-cooled gasoline engines are located in the middle of the car body. The engines are connected to the gearbox at the rear of the car body through a drive shaft.

Armor plates were supplied by Rosillin and Krupp.

The front armor of the A7V tank is 30 mm thick, the sides and rear are 15 mm thick, and the bottom is 6 mm thick. Although it is an ordinary armor plate, its protection is pretty good.

The maximum speed of this big "iron box" is 12 kilometers per hour, the trench crossing ability is 2.2 meters, and the maximum range is 40 kilometers.

The appearance of the A7V gives people a sense of slowness, but its speed was not slow at the time. Not only was it faster than the British MK.IV, but even the French Renault FT-17 was not as good as it.

But the weak ability to cross trenches is undoubtedly a significant shortcoming.

火力是A7V一个突出优点。其主武器是一门26.3倍径的57毫米火炮，垂直射界为负20度至20度，水平射界左右各40度，最大射程6400米。

The artillery is equipped with 100 rounds of ammunition, including 50 high-explosive rounds, 30 armor-piercing rounds, and 20 explosive rounds.

穿甲弹初速487米/秒，在2000米距离上可以击穿15毫米装甲，1000米距离上可以击穿20毫米装甲。

This meant that no Allied tank at the time could withstand the A7V.

It is worth mentioning that this 57mm artillery is actually a British weapon.

It is indeed a strange thing that the Germans, who are always proud of the quality of their artillery, chose a British gun for their tanks.

The original weapon of choice for the A7V was the Baker M2 20mm cannon. The performance of the gun itself is indeed excellent, but tests have shown that it is not effective against steel plates.

In this way, in the hasty screening of a new round of artillery, the British Maxim-Nordenfield 57mm rapid-fire fortress gun accidentally entered the designer's field of vision.

The German army had previously captured a large number of such rapid-fire guns on the battlefields of Belgium and Russia.

When it became impossible for the German factory to design a suitable new artillery piece in a short period of time, it had no choice but to choose it as a stopgap measure.

此外，A7V还装备了6挺MG08型重机枪或MG08/15型轻机枪，其中车体两侧4挺，车体后部2挺，备弹15000-18000发。

This configuration is enough to build a dense firepower network that makes it difficult for enemy infantry to approach.

The only variant of the A7V heavy tank is also called the A7V-U, but it is a crawler transport vehicle that replaces the combat compartment with a cargo compartment. The U is the initials of the German Uberlandwagen, which means supply tank.

According to the plan, 7 A100V-Us were supposed to be produced, but by the end of World War I, only about 30 were produced.

One of its design features is that both sections of the car body are open cargo bays covered with waterproof tarpaulin. The cockpit is located between the two cargo bays. The cockpit is equipped with a set of driving devices at the front and rear. The driver's seat can be rotated 360 degrees. degree rotation.

In addition, the A7V-U is equipped with cargo hooks in both cargo bays.

Only 30 of the 7 A8V-Us that were completed were actually put into the battlefield. The first report sent back by the user from the French battlefield stated that "the performance was ideal."

However, this kind of transport vehicle actually has the same problems as the A7V tank, such as the chassis is too bottomed and the ability to overcome obstacles is poor. In addition, its cargo bay protrudes too far from the chassis at the front and rear ends, further reducing its off-road capability when fully loaded.

Moreover, its fuel consumption is really great, consuming 10 liters of gasoline per kilometer, while an ordinary 3-ton truck only consumes 0.84 liters per kilometer.

It was these unoptimistic factors that made the German army's crawler transport convoys nothing more than passers-by in the late stages of World War I.

However, Zhang Huzi did not want the A7V in the end, and Zhu Chuanren could only let go of this regret.

On the other side, Yang Taiyong returned to Jinling and met with the chairman of the committee immediately.

"Chairman~" Yang Taiyong stood respectfully in front of Lao Chang.

"Oh, Taiyong is back, what do the children in Magic City say?"

"He had serious doubts and didn't agree to everything."

"Oh?" Lao Chang frowned slightly, but overall he remained unmoved.

"From my chat with him, it is not difficult to find that this person is extremely smart. He knows what things he can touch and what things he cannot touch."

"for example?"

"For example, Zheng Zhi, he is very resistant to this."

Old Chang smiled slightly:

"If you put it that way, he is indeed a smart man. Taiyong doesn't know something. This Chuanren kid is almost scratching his ears."

Yang Taiyong was shocked, but at the same time he was a little lucky. Fortunately, he didn't talk nonsense, and fortunately he didn't show off his power in Zhu Mansion. Otherwise,
  "It is an honor for the Chairman to have a discerning eye."

"Haha, but this kid seems to be scared by me."

"No, no, how could it be? Maybe I just want to protect myself."

"You just said that he didn't promise everything. How do you interpret this?"

"He only wants to be responsible for the business part and not participate in other things."

Lao Chang chuckled and said:

"This little slicker."

He could probably guess what Zhu Chuanren was thinking. He wanted to use this opportunity to benefit himself, but he also didn't want to get involved too much to avoid getting into trouble. He wanted to eat both the fish and the bear's paw.

"What do you think?"

"I" Yang Taiyong hesitated and said:
  "I think we can let him try. After all, we have no one available no matter how evil we are, and haven't we decided to carry out economic control from the beginning?"

"Well, let him give it a try and establish a Shanghai Chinese Business Association."

"He will be the president?"

"I'm a bit young, so let's be the vice president." Lao Chang waved his hand and dropped a chess piece in the magic city.

Zhu Chuanren received Lao Chang's handwritten letter. It was said to be a handwritten letter, but in fact it was just a letter. It was more like a letter from home. There were only a few words on it. He mainly paid attention to his family's situation and arranged for him to be the vice president of the Chinese Business Association. position.

As for why he is not the president, it is quite clear in the letter. It is mainly because of his age and he is worried that he will not be able to convince the public, so he is temporarily arranged to be the vice president. However, in order to facilitate his actions, the president is an old man who is nearly 70 years old. No matter what happens, just stand still.

After Zhu Chuanren read the letter, he sneered. He was not the only president. There were three people including him. He did not mention who the other two were.

In all likelihood, they are used to contain each other.

However, this is also in line with Lao Chang's character, and no one can trust him as the main character.

Just before the Chinese Chamber of Commerce was established, Zhu Chuanren heard someone say something that shocked him.

This matter was related to a bad movie he had watched in his previous life. He always thought the story was fictional, but after listening to it, he was shocked to find that it was actually true!

What's the matter?
  First of all, we must first understand what the Flower Country Election is. According to many understandings, it is actually similar to many beauty pageants in later generations.

In fact, this is the case, but the occupations of this group of candidates are rather special because they are women from the female branch.

The industry of nvzhinv has a very long history. Some people think that the earliest one can be traced back to Qi State under the rule of Guan Zhong during the Spring and Autumn Period and the Warring States Period.

Of course, this is not the point. The point is the so-called flower list.

The so-called flower list is actually a "flower appraisal list". Some use various famous flowers to evaluate and compare famous women and select the "oiran";
  Some simply imitate the titles of the imperial examinations to rank the famous women, and they are also divided into first, second and third places. The first and third places are naturally the "number one", "second place" and "third flower". The "Flower Appraisal List" has created a batch of famous women, which to a certain extent stimulated the prosperity of brothels, restaurants and other industries.

As far back as the prosperous Tang Dynasty, literati and poets often interacted with famous women and singers, singing poems and wines.

Poets often give poems to famous women to praise or comment on their talents and appearance.

In the Northern Song Dynasty, the abnormal "beauty pageant" activity of officially selecting the famous girls of brothels began to appear. The declining scholars used it for fun and euphemistically called it "flower appraisal list".

The earliest years can be traced back to the Xining period of the Northern Song Dynasty, when Bianjing had a "flower list" to evaluate female branch girls, and the competition organization, selection standards, judges' grades, social influence and other aspects were quite sophisticated.

The "beauty pageant" of the Nuchang women's branch also includes talent competitions and cultivation competitions, specifically testing prostitutes' skills in playing piano, chess, calligraphy, painting, singing, dancing, tea and wine.

The so-called "Flower Appraisal List" sometimes uses various famous flowers to evaluate famous prostitutes and select the "Oiran";
  Some simply imitate the titles of the imperial examinations to rank the famous prostitutes, and they are also divided into first, second and third places. The first and third places are naturally the "number one", "second place" and "third flower".

This may be a way for those scholars who failed in the scientific examinations to take the opportunity to mock and ridicule the corruption in the academic field and officialdom.

Similar to various "beauty pageants" in later generations, before the "Flower Appraisal List", the host must select a flower field and formulate the selection rules and regulations. The content is "chess, calligraphy, painting, poetry and singing" that may be intimidating to contemporary beauties. endowment".

However, there was no formal notary institution at that time, so the item "asking the notary to give a notarial statement" was omitted from the selection agenda.

On the day of selection, the famous girls from various local brothels dressed up and rushed to attend the meeting. The scene was very lively, and there were often thousands of onlookers.

Talented men and famous ladies gathered together, drinking and chanting, discussing their merits, and writing poems or comments.

After the comments are written, the roll call will be announced on the spot.

Once a brothel girl "hits the list", she will be "worth ten times as much".

Before and after the selection, local hotels and wine shops were naturally full and business was booming as never before.

After the middle of the Ming Dynasty, the trend of beauty became popular, and Jinling and Suhang were the leaders for a while.

During the Jiajing period of the Ming Dynasty, Cao Dazhang, a Jintan native and a Jiajing scholar, founded the "Liantai Immortal Society" and joined the then social celebrities Wu Bogao and Liang Bolong to comment on the famous women's branch, which was called a grand event for a time.

At that time, some people even selected twelve famous girls from Jinling brothels, called the "Jinling Twelve Beauties".

After the Qing army entered the customs, Huabang fell into silence for a time due to the need to rectify the social customs.

Of course, there are those who rectify things and there are those who commit crimes against the odds.

During the Shunzhi period, there was a prodigal scholar named Shen Xiuwen in Suzhou who wandered around brothels all day long. He had a lot of experience with the women in brothels, so he chose the Plum Blossom Building in Huqiu as the flower garden. Second place and third overall.

There were also [-] winners listed, and the occasion was unprecedented.

Unfortunately, Shen Xiuwen was eventually "killed with a stick" by the local governor Li Senxian on the charge of impairing moral integrity.

As a result, brothel beauty pageants have become a symbol of literati who are not doing their jobs and hinder their moral integrity, and flower lists have gradually disappeared from people's lives.

From the late Qing Dynasty to the Republic of China, brothel beauty pageants revived and became more and more intense, which later evolved into the "Flower Country Election".

In the eyes of many people, prostitute beauty pageants are, on the one hand, a leisurely and leisurely way for literati to mock the wind and the moon;
  On the other hand, for the brothel girls participating in the selection, it is a great opportunity for them to change their destiny, because once they become popular, they will be like female celebrities. Not only will their social status increase and their wealth will be huge, but they will also find a shortcut to enter the upper class society, and even some The opportunity to marry into a rich family and become a rich wife.

In fact, it is easy to understand that the influence of the Nvqianghuabang activity is too huge. During the Republic of China, a large part of the prosperity of the magic city was reflected in brothels. Its size, variety, and frequency are second to none in the country.

From 1917 to 1920, from [-] to [-], the scene and scale of the Magic City Flower List reached its peak after Li Boyuan organized the women's flower review event in "Game News".

Not only newspapers hold flower ranking activities, but gaming venues also participate. The two co-host the flower selection, and the winner of the flower selection is voted by female voters.

In 1917, New World Game Center even held an innovative election conference for Qunfang, and specially hired Xi Yanzi, editor-in-chief of "New World News", as the director of the conference.

The election was modeled on the electoral system of the Republic of China in the early years of the Republic of China. Tourists and prostitutes purchased votes. Each vote cost one yuan. The address of the women's branch where the women's branch was located and the merits of the women's branch were required to be filled in on the ballot.

This time, more than 210 women were selected for the flower list election, and it has been thriving for decades since then.

Of course, if there is an election, there must be a champion, and this champion is the president of the flower country.

To put it simply, it is nothing more than a game for rich people. If you look at it this way, then I mean that you are only half right, which means that I will express my thoughts and give them to you.

As the saying goes, existence is reasonable. To put it simply, this is an industry, known as the "beauty economy" in history.

First, the host institution receives commercial benefits.

At this time, there were tens of thousands of female descendants in the magical city, and more than one hundred thousand silver residents.

Electing the President of the Republic of China is an attention-grabbing gimmick. The organizers take the opportunity to promote their own brands and products, while at the same time soliciting sponsorship and advertising to implement risk sharing.

Each voter has a ballot, and each ballot costs one yuan. The more votes the organizer makes, the more money they make.

So, this is almost a guaranteed business.

Secondly, female branch girls have a channel to increase their social status.

There is an unwritten rule in the flower world: all female branch girls must claim that they are twenty-eight beauties and are sixteen years old.

However, when it comes to the campaign field, you can tell whether you are a donkey or a horse at a glance.

Since the female branch of the female world already has Chang San and Mo Er with different origins, and now that there are elections in the Flower Country, the differences can be broken through elections. Why not?
  As workers recognized at this time, Nv Zhi Nv were taxpayers in the Republic of China.

Therefore, female branch girls, like everyone else, want to get the highest honor in the field where they work. After all, once you are elected, it is natural to become famous, and it is not known that you can climb to the top and become the wife of a high-ranking official.

Once again, the tabloids reap the immediate benefits.

Newspapers such as "Jing Bao", "Absurd World", "Climbing the Vine", "Hua Tian Daily", and "Flower World News" usually specialize in game PO text, but when they encountered such a grand event as the President of the Flower Country, they How can we not fully develop the professionalism of "paparazzi", reveal people's secrets, and brag?

The eyeball economy is open in every society.

The lower class citizens may not be willing to spend money to buy votes, but they are still willing to buy one or two newspapers and periodicals to spice up their lives.

Of course, don’t forget about advertising revenue. Nvzhinv will pay for her own advertising for publicity, and female ticket buyers will also advertise for her if they can’t stand Nvzhinv’s instigation.

Once again, the citizens were entertained.

The Concession and the Chinese Realm gathered all kinds of people, ranging from warlord leaders to gangster Bai Xiang.

This is a paradise to escape from the world, and looking for flowers and willows is a kind of enjoyment that forgets the troubles in front of you.

Rich people are happy to support their children and raise children, but poor people are also very voyeuristic.

The election in the Flower Country made the Great Magic City lively, and the participation of citizens also made the election in the Flower Country lively.

Finally, intellectuals were given the opportunity to satirize the ills of the times.

The daughter of the Nvzhi and the head of the Republic of China share the name of the boss. So, the country of flowers is the Republic of China, and the boss is the daughter of the nvzhi?
  This extension can certainly give a large group of intellectuals who are very dissatisfied with the current social situation an opportunity to relate and vent.

At that time, the Flower Country elections did not distinguish between male and female daughters. As long as they signed up, they could be included in the final list. So for a while, the ruling party (gongnuchang) and the opposition party (illegitimate daughter and pheasant) were making trouble.

Intellectuals simulated the election of the Flower Country as the election of the Republic of China. With the pen of a man of extraordinary talent, he guided the country and inspired words to construct the future of China.

Du Laiyang, who started his career as a smoker and gambler, is also very passionate about his daughter-in-law.

There should be quite a few celebrities from the Flower Country who have been praised by him.

Changsan Ah Liu, Fuchunlou Lao Liu, and Hanxiang Lao Wu are all relatively famous.

Of course, Du Laiyang's investment was not in vain. For example, Fuchunlou Lao Liu "captured" the "Commander and Navy Commander of the Eighth Army of the Zhili Allied Forces" under his instruction, so that the Northern Expeditionary Army could successfully capture the Devil. All.

Women's patriotism is sometimes stronger than that of many people.

Due to its important geographical location, the Magic City gathered politicians, businessmen, and scholars from all walks of life. The flower industry in Shanghai prospered as a result.

Sima Road was very famous during this period. Not only were there many bookstores, but Lane 726 was the famous "Xinhuile Lane" at that time, with 151 registered women's branches.

In addition, the "weathered area" of Qunyufang on Shantou Road is also full of women's branches.

The women's branch is also divided into levels. The senior one is called Chang San, and the second highest one is called Mo Er. The following ones are Taiji, Pheasant, Hua Yanjian, Nail Shed, Xianshui Mei, etc.

Chang San is named because the fee is three yuan for a tea party and three yuan for singing in the hall, like the six-point pattern of the long tile in dominoes.

Mo Er got its name because the fee is one yuan for a tea party and two yuan for singing in the hall, which is also like dominoes.

Taiji only needs to rent a room and recruit a few female slaves to start business.

If you think that the Nüzhi girls at that time did not have to pay taxes like the Nüzhi girls in later generations, you are wrong.

Because these professionals have to pay.

For example, public prostitutes in the third and second classes have to pay flower donations.

When Chang San and Mo Er were founded, they both advertised that they were performing arts and not selling themselves. Facts have proved that this is just as unreliable as "democracy and freedom."

The Juannu branch comes from all over the world and can be roughly divided into five gangs: Su gang, Yang gang, Guangdong gang, Yong gang and local gang.

Changsan and Moer are mostly Su gangs, and Pheasant Girl Branch Hospital and Huyanjian are mostly Yang gangs.

At the end of 1917, in order to increase its influence, New World Game Center hired the editor-in-chief of "New World News" as its director and founded the Qunfang Election Conference.

The organizers kept pace with the times and set up new titles for the brothel girls: President of the Flower Country, Vice President of the Flower Country, General Li, etc.

The organizer is indeed a businessman who is good at business, and has set up a set of election regulations: each person has one ballot, each ballot sells for one yuan, and the address and merits of the daughter-in-law are filled in on the ballot.

The original brothel beauty pageants were very subjective. Most of them were drawn up by a literary person who drew up a list of beauty pageants, which was a "flower case".

This would affect the fairness of the assessment, so later brothel elections were generally conducted openly.

However, because the judges determine the results, there is a possibility that the judges may be bribed.

Later, people invented a new election method, which was selected by popular vote.

But here’s the problem again: votes need money to buy.

Each vote costs an ocean, which is half a month's salary of ordinary people. It is beyond the reach of ordinary people, so the fairness must be compromised.

So basically the presidents of Huaguo basically have some backgrounds. . . of course there are exceptions.

On July 1921, 7, China's first feature film "Yan Ruisheng" was released.

But few people know that it was the brothel tragedy in which senior white-collar workers robbed and killed Wang Lianying, the "Prime Minister of Flower Country", that gave birth to this first feature film.

The murderer who robbed and killed the "Flower Country Zongli" was Yan Ruisheng, a 26-year-old graduate of Aurora University and an employee of the French Concession Tram Company.

Although this person is highly educated, he has bad conduct and is a frequent visitor to the sex business.

Yan Ruisheng is very smart. He has been "smart" since he was a child and is loved by everyone.

He is also good at foreign languages, "I am also quite proficient in French and English, and I can do all kinds of conversational writing."

He is also "good at playing football" and has very good foot skills. He once scored three goals in a game.

But he is also hostile to society and is always against everyone around him. Gambling has become his common method of making enemies.

When Yan Ruisheng was [-] years old, a child named Huang forced him to drink soy milk mixed with incense ash.

He drank them all without saying a word.

But on his father's birthday, the child named Huang came to his house to eat noodles. He smashed many flies he had caught in advance and mixed them into his noodles, causing him to vomit and have diarrhea, making him restless all night.

When he was 13 years old, he staked the 10 yuan his mother gave him along with the two crickets he had "raised day and night" beside the cricket basin, "to win or lose."

Unexpectedly, as soon as they had a fight, his crickets fled and returned home in vain. He was so angry that he "crushed both ends of the crickets he raised to death" on the spot.

In 1913, Yan Ruisheng entered the gate of Aurora College.

Although "the rules in the college are very strict", he still "gets drunk in restaurants, looks for beauty in the women's branch", or "lives in the same dormitory with his Sanwu classmates during class recess in the evening, and plays dice to determine the outcome."

His dice are made of dried tofu, which are "silent and traceless" and can be "swallowed and eaten" after gambling, so they are regarded as "excellent gambling tools" by him.

Yan Ruisheng was expelled from the school on the eve of graduation due to the scandal.

Afterwards, he was admitted to the Beijing Transportation Institute and worked at North China Bank, Liangji Company and the French Concession Tramway Company.

Since his monthly income was quite high, he intensified his efforts and gambled on whatever he could. As a result, he was unable to make ends meet and was heavily in debt.

In early 1920, Yan Ruisheng was fired from the company due to his bad reputation.

Without his normal income, he continued to hang out with prostitutes at the Tihong Pavilion in Jiu'anli without changing his bad habits. The female bill was owed as much as 600 oceans.

Tihong Pavilion forced him to collect debts and threatened to refuse entry, so he promised that he would be sure to make a big business and pay off all by the Dragon Boat Festival.

A few days before the Dragon Boat Festival, Yan Ruisheng borrowed a diamond ring from Tihong Guan. He said that several classmates had met to watch the horse racing and it was used to show off. Tihong Guan believed it and gave it to him.

Unexpectedly, he mortgaged the ring and used all the money he earned to buy horse racing tickets, hoping to win a huge sum of money and redeem the ring to pay off the prostitution money.

Unexpectedly, things went against his wishes and he lost everything.

Yan Ruisheng was as anxious as an ant on a hot pot, and he began to seek wealth and murder. His target was Wang Lianying, a famous female branch of Fuyuli Yihong Hospital.

In the winter of 1917, the New World held the first Flower Country election. Wang Lianying beat the crowd, received more than 1.8 votes, and wore the crown of "Flower Country General Area". Since then, her net worth has doubled.

This Wang Lianying is not a simple person. You must know that the election at that time was the first election.

This "Qunfang Conference" is a one-dollar, one-vote vote to elect the president, vice-president, and general secretary of the Baihua Empire;

President and Vice-President of the Senate, Participate in Political Affairs;
  The Deputy Directors of the Ministry of Talents, Appearance, Quality, and Art, the Governor, the Political Chief, the Dutong and the Governor are concerned with gold medals such as peonies, orchids, and plum blossoms, as well as hibiscus, peony, cockscomb, crape myrtle, camellia, lotus, and crabapple. , chrysanthemum, narcissus, osmanthus, rose, peach blossom, pomegranate flower, impatiens, rose and other gold-plated medals;
  The so-called flower kingdom competes with hundreds of beauties, who will win!
  It is related to their future livelihood and future worth. How can those charming and versatile brothel girls not cheer for joy, compete with each other, and use all their strength?

The "New World" newspaper published on December [-], [-], that at that time Wang Lianying was dressed in men's clothing, "light gray robe, trousers and gold waistcoat". She stepped onto the singing stage in the middle of the Republic Hall and sang a heart-stirring song "Xiaoyaojin". , and immediately won a lot of applause.

On December [-], [-], the first "New World Beauty Election" was announced.

Wang Lianying "got [-] votes, with a sub-majority, and was elected as the Prime Minister of the Flower Country", ranking fourth.

Overnight, the ugly duckling turned into a white swan.

As the golden plaque of "Prime Minister of the Flower Country" and the couplet of "A lot of money comes out of water, thousands of candidates, brave and capable words make spring" were hung up, Wang Lianying, who was the most skilled in the world, changed her tune, replaced the shotgun with a cannon, and repackaged it according to the standards of a popular star. Own.

So Yan Ruisheng set his sights on the president of Huaguo.

The decision was made to conduct reconnaissance first.

On June 6, Yan Ruisheng borrowed a friend's game ticket and called Lianying to the Dadong Hotel to accompany him in gambling. He peeked at her accessories, which were estimated to be worth four to five thousand oceans.

The next day, I made an appointment with my classmate Zhu Laowu, the son of the industrial and commercial tycoon Zhu Baosan, and went to Lianying's place to play mahjong. Seeing that she was still dressed like this, I made up my mind.

Before leaving, she made an appointment with Lianying to go to Xiao Lin Daiyu's place at 6 o'clock tomorrow afternoon and have some wine first and then start the game. Xiao Lin Daiyu is also the daughter-in-law of Fu Yuli and has been in contact with Yan Ruisheng for many years.

Wang Lianying saw that Yan Ruisheng was talented and elegant, and was a friend of the famous Zhu family, so she nodded and agreed.

Come out from Wang Lianying.

Yan Ruisheng went to Huang Dechang Tea Shop and pulled in two accomplices, Wu Chunfang and Fang Rishan, and explained that the gold and silver treasures they had grabbed were divided between them.

Wu Chunfang suggested that it would be best to only rob money and not kill people: Yan Ruisheng's eyes showed a fierce look: "The female cousin is not a good thing. Keeping her will be a disaster. You must not have a Bodhisattva heart."

Then we agreed on an action plan and prepared separately.

When the sun set on the afternoon of the 9th, Yan Ruisheng borrowed a car from Zhu Laowu, and drove to the entrance of Fuyuli Lane with Wu Chunfang and Fang Rishan, bringing ropes and anesthetics with them, and told them to wait at the teahouse until they were there.

Then he drove the car to Xiao Lin Daiyu's place, saying that he had invited friends to have wine and play cards here, and invited her and Wang Lianying to accompany him.

The two joked for a while. Yan Ruisheng was worried that Lianying would not come, so he went over to invite her, but said that the friend had status and must not break the appointment, otherwise his face would be ruined:

After waiting and waiting, Wang Lianying finally arrived at 6:[-]. Yan Ruisheng bowed and apologized, saying that his friend had to deal with business matters temporarily and arrived an hour late. He had a car with him, so he took her for a ride in Baixiang first.

In Shanghai at that time, cars were considered a rare luxury item, and it was quite a sight to be able to ride around in them.

Wang Lianying nodded with a smile and asked Xiao Lin Daiyu to go with her.

Yan Ruisheng said that someone was waiting outside and couldn't sit down, so he took Lianying in his arms and got into the car, and called Wu Chunfang and Fang Rishan to get in the car through the alley.

The car passed through Jing'an Temple, Caojiadu, Beixinjing, and Hongqiao, then headed south from Nanyang Public School to the suburbs.

There are wheat fields on both sides of the road here. It is already dark and there are no pedestrians on the road.

Yan Ruisheng stopped the car, took out the medicine from the trunk and poured it on the cotton wool, then got in the car again.

At this time, Fang Rishan suddenly put the rope around Lianying's neck and strangled her hard.

Wu Chunfang took the cotton wool from Yan Ruisheng's hand and covered her mouth and nose.

The three of them dragged Lianying out of the car and into the wheat field. Lianying struggled and begged:
  "Take what you want, spare me..." Yan Ruisheng ordered Fang Rishan to "pull harder" and at the same time put the mouth of the potion bottle into Lianying's mouth and poured it down. Lianying passed out and her valuable accessories were looted. Empty.

Yan Ruisheng ordered the two men to drag Lianying to the depths of the wheat field. He stretched out his hand to test Lianying's nostrils and said that he seemed to be still alive and must be killed completely.

The two of them wrapped the rope tightly around Lianying's neck several times and tied it with a tight knot. They were sure that she was dead and could not survive, and then left.

The next day, Yan Ruisheng met with Wu Chunfang and Fang Rishan and asked them to move Lianying's body to a wasteland and bury it deeply to prevent the villagers from discovering it.

The two agreed verbally, but they did not carry out the plan because they were afraid that Lianying's ghost would interfere with her.

Wang Lianying was called away by Yan Ruisheng but did not come back the next day. Madam Wang Changfa and his wife did not know where Yan lived, so they found Yan's friend Zhu Laowu and asked to inquire on her behalf.

On the morning of the 12th, Yan Ruisheng went to the market to sell some of the robbed jewelry. When he was passing by Sanma Road, he was seen and stopped by Zhu Laowu, who asked him where he had hidden Lianying.

Yan Ruisheng said seriously that after they broke up that night, they went their separate ways. He didn't know where she went and couldn't control her.

Zhu Laowu asked him to explain to Wang Changfa himself, but Yan Ruisheng said he was going to make a phone call and escape.

That day we went to Sheshan, Songjiang, 60 miles away.

On the 15th, when the villagers of No. 28 Bao in Xujiahui Town went to the fields, they smelled a rotten stench. They walked over to check what was going on and were shocked. They saw the body of a young woman lying on her back, with disheveled hair, socks and no shoes on her feet, and on her neck. Tangled with rope.

After receiving the alarm, the Modu District Prosecutor's Office sent personnel to the scene for an autopsy, and concluded that it was robbery and murder.

Immediately, the female body was collected and transported to the prosecutor's office, and a notice was issued to identify the body: On the morning of the 17th, Wang Changfa and his wife came to the prosecutor's office and said that their daughter was called by Yan Ruisheng on the afternoon of the 9th. There has been no news so far, and they requested to take a look.

When the coffin lid was opened, it turned out to be Lianying, who burst into tears immediately.

Besides, Yan Ruisheng accidentally read "Declaration" and read from "Hometown News": A female body was found in two wheat fields in Xujiahui Town! He knew that the case had been exposed.

Thirty-six Strategies were the best, so he hurried to his mother-in-law's house in Yangxiangjing, Qingpu, to pack his luggage, and hired a small boat to escape at night. He was discovered by a neighbor who reported that the anti-smuggling and anti-smuggling boats were chasing him. When he was about to catch up, Yan Ruisheng jumped. Get into the water.

In the dark, the pursuers couldn't find anything, so they reported "Yan Ruisheng has drowned".
  The Shanghai District Prosecutor's Office and the Concession Patrol Office did not believe it, and sent out many detectives to conduct a large-scale search, but no body was found. They concluded that Yan Ruisheng had escaped, so they jointly issued a wanted order.

After Yan Ruisheng escaped from diving that day, he disguised himself and fled to Qingdao on the ship "Taikoo Yingzhou". He then took a train to Jinan and appeared in Xuzhou at the end of the month, planning to escape back to his hometown in the Central Plains.

Because I ran out of cash and had no money to buy a train ticket, I had to rest in the waiting room overnight and think of a solution tomorrow:
  There is a murder case in front of me, and I am so devastated that I feel like a fish has slipped through the net. Where can I sleep?
  It was after midnight and he just fell asleep. Suddenly, Wang Lianying rushed towards him with disheveled hair and shouted, "Give me back my life." Ask him what he does.

He said he was waiting for the train to Zhengzhou.

The police said several buses were heading west, why not take them?
  Yan Ruisheng hesitated and was taken to the station police station.

The director looked at him and asked, "What's your name?"

Yan Ruisheng replied: "My name is Shen Ciying."

The director sneered and handed a page of paper to him. Yan squinted and looked at it. It was like being struck by five thunders. It was clearly a wanted order issued by the devil. It also had Xiang Ji's photo printed on it. He sighed: "This is God's will." .”

On August 8, Yan Ruisheng was escorted to Shanghai.

On the morning of August 8, the Public Concession Court held a trial for Yan Ruisheng. Yan confessed to murdering people and recruiting people into gangs, robbing property and killing people, and escaping to other places.

The accomplice Wu Chunfang was also arrested and brought to justice, and Fang Rishan escaped after hearing the news.

Zhu Chuanren heard this story from Little Oriole, and she watched the movie.

The ticket price for the movie "Yan Ruisheng" was 1 yuan and 1 yuan at that time, and business was very good.

The movie was shown for a week, with two shows every night, the first show at 7 o'clock and the second show at 9:[-].

This movie has 10 reels, each 10 minutes long, which means the movie is about 100 minutes long.

"Yan Ruisheng" only had an additional screening during the day on Saturday that week.

In other words, in the first week, "Yan Ruisheng" was screened for a total of 15 times, and it made more than 4000 yuan in the first week alone.

(End of this chapter)