There are many die-hard book fans like Du Le here in Hong Kong. They quite recognize the quality of "The Rise of Great Powers" and have quietly contributed to a lot of sales.
After all, the concept of "The Rise of Great Powers" is several levels higher.
In the final analysis, "Casino" is nothing more than introducing a period of history of a certain country and a certain navy, and popularizing a lot of cold knowledge.
However, "The Rise of Great Powers" is thoughtful and comprehensively analyzes the reasons for the success of those great powers. It also uses history as a mirror, hoping to bring some inspiration to the rise of China.
This is an important event that many readers are closely related to!
Besides, the information on "The Rise" is also much richer. It is roughly equivalent to a brief modern history of a certain big country? Even in terms of the amount of cold knowledge, it has increased by an order of magnitude?
However, the mainstream media in Hong Kong lost their voice for a while, because... they are really not familiar with that period of history?
In the first three volumes, three former great powers are introduced:
Portugal. It was an existence that competed with Spain at its peak. Even the Western Holy See finally came forward to divide the two countries that were fighting openly and secretly. It was the famous line in history - the Papal Meridian that divided the world.
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The Netherlands was once known as the coachman of the sea. Its colonies are also spread all over the world, and it is one of the birthplaces of modern international commerce;
Spain. This needs no further introduction. Before the British Isles destroyed the Invincible Fleet, Spain had established the world's first empire on which the sun never sets...
Indeed, in the long history, these three countries were once prominent. But now there are very few people who know their history, and no one is even interested in their history?
Since we don't understand it, how do we know whether what you wrote is correct? Let alone make a correct evaluation.
Fortunately, this weird silence did not last long. On a certain TV show, someone finally talked about the book "The Rise of the Great Powers." That person was none other than Huang Caizi, one of Hong Kong's most talented people!
"Huang Caizi, have you read the recent book "The Rise of Great Powers" by Brother Yuan?"
Huang Caizi admitted frankly: "I immediately bought it and took it home to read it. I was afraid that I would not be able to keep up with the latest trend. Haha."
"Then what are your thoughts after reading it?"
"It's awesome, it's really awesome."
"Huh? You have a high opinion of Brother Yuan?"
"Some things cannot be said without conscience." Huang Caizi explained with a smile, "I know that Brother Yuan's creative style has caused a lot of controversy. But putting the creative style aside, just from a historian's words
From a perspective, his research is very in-depth. He should be a very good scholar."
"scholar?"
"Of course I am a scholar. I don't know if you have read this book "The Rise of Great Powers". It quotes a lot of information, which was carefully collected by Brother Yuan. I can't guarantee that it is correct? Because I don't know the history of foreign countries.
There is no research. But at least I have put in a lot of hard work. And it is not just a little bit of hard work. Do you know how difficult it is to collect all this information? It is still an analysis and evaluation of some historical events. Even I can’t help but snap up after reading it.
Wow.”
"What do you mean? Brother Yuan must have real materials?"
"Of course. It's just that he likes to talk dirty." Huang Caizi joked.
"You want to see Brother Qing Yuan's true face through those slanderous words?"
"Yes, that's right."
Huang Caizi's evaluation is quite fair.
Because in the first three volumes, a large number of materials that are rarely seen at present are quoted, and a large number of viewpoints that are rarely seen at present are presented.
For example, take the Papal Meridian mentioned earlier.
Another example is the Spanish Square.
In this era, when it comes to the Spanish Phalanx, if you are not a professional researcher, you may not have even heard of the name. Of course, it later gradually became a standard feature of historical time travel novels about hegemony. Anyway, and Glassmaking
, making perfume and so on.
In fact, when it comes to Spain's glorious past, more people know about the Armada, but fewer people know about the Spanish army's dominance in Europe. They relied on the Spanish phalanx created by the famous general Gonzalo de Cordoba. Even
In modern wars, the tactic of queuing to kill was developed on the basis of the Spanish phalanx.
In addition, in the book "The Rise", there is no exaggeration about the reasons for the rise of the three great powers. The bloody history is narrated normally in the book, and it is basically objective and fair...
"Huang Caizi, can you guess the reason? Since Brother Yuan has real information, why does he say dirty words?"
Huang Caizi laughed: "Is it because of your personality?"
"Then what do you think of Brother Yuan's controversial remarks?"
"How can I comment? Hasn't he gone to make movies himself?" Huang Caizi laughed.
The host also smiled and said: "I heard that he recently invested in movies in Hollywood?"
The tabloids in Hong Kong are still very powerful. Even with the latest news like this, they can still get first-hand news. Mainly because there are no secrets in the Metaverse. Someone will always reveal it to the media.
Huang Caizi and the host smiled at each other. About investing in Hollywood? There used to be a famous scapegoat in Hong Kong, and that was Golden Harvest’s boss Zou.
Jiahe made a lot of money in Hong Kong and thought he could also play in Hollywood, but he didn't expect that he would lose all his underwear in the end.
You know, the projects they invested in also had very popular movies. For example: "Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles", the box office reached more than 100 million US dollars? But it was still lost by Hollywood?
Because of this, Jiahe later became short of funds and slowly fell into decline.
Boss Zou is sucking the blood of Hong Kong films, and wants to go to Hollywood to make money? Not only did he not make money, but he tried his best to squeeze Hong Kong filmmakers, and finally offended a lot of people...
So when it comes to this matter - Brother Yuan of the Yuan Universe invested in the Hollywood project? And there were two of them? There are many people here in Hong Kong who are gloating about it, and they almost see it as a joke.
Of course, in this TV show, no one will openly criticize people. Why offend people for no reason?
So Huang Caizi said with a smile: "That's why young people are so courageous. But I heard that they also have many film projects in Hong Kong. I hope Brother Yuan can show his true feelings like the book he wrote.
Real material. Haha.”
Hong Kong's cultural and entertainment circles are inseparable, and Huang Caizi can also be regarded as an insider. Therefore, he has no psychological burden when evaluating those contents.
But the last sentence "haha" almost showed Huang Caizi's attitude.
