The attitude of the Chinese towards the Japanese is actually very complicated.
On the one hand, the Chinese look down on Japan, their little brother for thousands of years, from the bottom of their hearts. The phrase "Little Japan" fully expresses the Chinese's contempt for the Japanese.
On the other hand, after the Sino-Japanese War, the Chinese were dumbfounded by the achievements of the Japanese.
Not to mention that the Japanese defeated the Qing Empire, after all, a country dominated by barbarians cannot represent the true strength of the Chinese.
But the Japanese defeated the Russians again within a few years, which complicated the feelings of the Chinese.
Russians, those are foreigners
Being able to defeat a foreigner and make him admit defeat is not a fluke, it still requires a certain amount of strength. So when the Chinese look at the Japanese, they feel that they have almost reached the level of envy, jealousy and hatred.
So many people believe that if the Chinese want to rise and build their own country, they must learn from the Japanese and see what their little brother has done for thousands of years.
There are definitely not just one or two people who hold this idea, and often the higher the cultural level and the wider the knowledge, the more they will think so.
Huang Yinrong is one of them.
Changing the minds of these people will definitely require a long process, and it will also need to be supplemented by other means. Fortunately, Qin Zhiyuan is prepared.
In the evening, a grand performance finally kicked off.
About the year before last, Qin Zhiyuan had established the Propaganda Department as a functional department in the Foreign Legion, which was still fighting in Europe at that time. The mission of the Propaganda Department was to use lenses and cameras to record every detail of the Foreign Legion, and to use video materials to record the events. Record it all.
Within two years, the Propaganda Department took tens of thousands of photos and nearly a hundred hours of video materials, using the camera to truly record countless vivid faces, and also recorded the entire process of the Foreign Legion from scratch, from weak to strong.
It is worth mentioning that within two years, 17 journalists who were active on the front line in the name of war correspondents were killed for various reasons. Their own deeds were as tragic and great as the deeds they were recording. .
After returning to Lanfang, under Qin Zhiyuan's instruction, in addition to being sent to museums and archives, the Lanfang Propaganda Department also organized people to sort out all the shots and film clips, trying to compile a film that could reflect the Movies about the foreign legions fighting bloody battles in Europe.
Hence the Champagne Salon.
In fact, Champagne Salon had been basically sorted out as early as half a year ago, but after Qin Zhiyuan reviewed it, Qin Zhiyuan put forward some suggestions to the director team, and the director team naturally resolutely implemented them, so this time it took half a year. , it went through four revisions before the final version appeared.
Qin Zhiyuan originally planned to wait until the Chinese New Year to be released publicly, which would not only enrich the entertainment life of the people of Lanfang, but also boost Lanfang's public cohesion. However, after watching the final version, Qin Zhiyuan felt that it was better not to wait until the Chinese New Year to be released. Well, on such a festive day, it is really not suitable to play Champagne Salon.
Therefore, the premiere of the Champagne Salon was placed after the dinner in the evening. This opportunity was considered rare. After all, the envoys of several major powers that have diplomatic relations with Lanfang were all in Cam Ranh Bay.
Of course, that includes Bastian.
Chalon de Champagne was indeed one of the bravest battles fought by the Foreign Legion, but I doubt that recreating the war in such a recreational way would be disrespectful to the dead. Qin Zhiyuan
Bastian, who was invited to watch the movie with Qin Zhiyuan, had different opinions.
For now, movies are still a new thing. Many people have not even seen movies, and they are even unheard of movies in the form of documentaries.
Although Edison invented sound movies ten years ago, all current movies are silent movies. In order to make the movies have sound, many theaters use live band soundtracks to add more color to the movies. Because of the addition of the band,
Movies are also called high art, documentaries, etc., but there is no such concept at all.
Qin Zhiyuan obviously doesn't think so. Qin Zhiyuan has watched many documentaries and many blockbusters, so Qin Zhiyuan will definitely not ignore the publicity effect of documentaries.
No, for those who have fought bloody battles, it is more important to let more people know that they have been in this world and let their relatives and friends know how brave they were. Qin Zhiyuan disagrees
According to Bastian, in Lanfang, there is no need for your name to be unknown and your achievements to be immortal.
Well, you are the king and you have the final say, but why is there no live band? Is this a real silent film? Bastien is like Curious Baby.
This is a talkie movie, and there is no need for a live band to accompany it. Everything you want is available in this movie. Qin Zhiyuan is proud of it.
Yes, this is a talkie movie. Since it is part of the national image promotion, Qin Zhiyuan will definitely not be stingy in investing in it.
While Qin Zhiyuan and Bastian were chatting, the guests were gradually entering the venue. This venue is the auditorium used by the Cam Ranh Bay Shipyard for normal meetings. Now it can be used as a movie screening room.
suitable.
Just outside the auditorium, there are ten screening groups that are busy. These ten screening groups will screen the film Champagne Chalon at the same time, and starting tomorrow, these screening groups will travel to various parts of the country for screenings.
Not only in Cam Ranh Bay, but also in Coconut City, Penglai Island, Jinzhou, Wanghai Prefecture, and Lanfang, there are hundreds of film screening groups. They will tour the entire Lanfang to screen Champagne Salon, and other follow-up
Film.
That's right, since there is a wealth of material, the film produced by Lanfang Propaganda Department will definitely not be just a Champagne Salon. Champagne Salon is just the beginning. Lanfang Propaganda Department will continue to produce and produce more films.
The orientation three-dimensionally shapes the image of the Foreign Legion, promotes the great achievements of the Foreign Legion, and then promotes Lanfang.
Yes, promoting the Foreign Legion is equivalent to promoting Lan Fang, not just within Lan Fang, but also internationally.
Qin Zhiyuan is most aware of the influence of movies. Movies definitely played an important role in so many cultural invasions in later generations.
It's the 1920s now. In this world, movies are just novel toys for a small number of people. No one understands the power of movies better than Qin Zhiyuan. If you make good use of the weapon of movies, the effect will not only be to promote Lan Fang.
At the same time, it can also export Lanfang’s culture, export Lanfang’s ideology, export Lanfang’s values, etc.
If Lanfang's values can be accepted by the whole world, then Lanfang's values will become universal values, and Lanfang will have an absolute say in international affairs.
In fact, eight o'clock in the evening was the scheduled movie screening time, but because the audience was still entering the venue, it was forced to be postponed for a while.
Before the birth of movies, people's entertainment life was extremely boring. Listening to operas was almost the only entertainment item, which led to the prosperity of the art of opera. The emergence of movies is destined to change everything. From now on, people don't have to go to the movies as soon as it gets dark.
Making little people on the bed and watching movies have become another choice for people.
Of course, the experience of moviegoers on the night when Champagne Salon was released was definitely not entirely wonderful.
At half past eight, as the lights dimmed, the film officially began.
Unlike other films of this era, Champagne Salon has a simple animation at the beginning, with only two colors, black and white, on a black and white screen. A black silhouette of a soldier with a gun introduces the name of the film company: Lanfang Royal
Film industry.
The film starts with an interview, and it is an audio interview. The sound and the picture are synchronized. This gives the moviegoers a very wonderful feeling. Even those who have watched the movie before start to look forward to the next scene.
The name Champagne Chalon sounds beautiful, but in fact it is not beautiful at all. I hate that place. On the screen, in what seems to be a room with a black background, there is a portrait of Xiang Ankang with the rank of major general hanging under the incandescent light.
Every detail was revealed under the irradiation. When Xiang Ankang spoke, he gritted his teeth and his facial muscles were twitching violently. His eyes were filled with tears and his shoulders were even shaking a little. The whole person seemed to be in extreme depression.
In fact, it was extremely depressing. Without Qin Zhiyuan's order, Xiang Ankang would not have accepted the interview that was just added some time ago. During the entire interview process, Xiang Ankang broke down several times. After three days of
After recording, the interview lasted less than five minutes.
Just as Xiang Ankang was talking, a photo of Xiang Ankang wearing a Foreign Legion uniform appeared at the bottom of the screen. Immediately afterwards, the screen stopped, and the image of Xiang Ankang who was being interviewed shrank, and the photo of Xiang Ankang wearing a Foreign Legion uniform appeared.
Zoom in, and two photos of the same size fill the entire screen. At the same time, a thick and steady baritone voice introduces: Xiang Ankang, the commander of the 11th Division of the Foreign Legion at the time of the Champagne Chalons battle, and the current commander-in-chief of the Yingzhou Military Region.
Can you talk about the situation at that time? Someone spoke next to you.
No, I don't want to say it, I don't even want to think of that place and Xiang Ankang covered his face in pain.
The camera turned, and this time it was an Annan man wearing a Foreign Legion uniform: At the end of April, the Germans launched another attack. My troops and General Xiang’s troops were transferred to Chalons in Champagne to prepare for the German attack.
There are 12,000 troops. The troops are not full. General Xiang's troops have 16,000 troops. It is an infantry division with an oddly full number of troops. It is an infantry division composed entirely of Chinese.
Just as the Annan man finished speaking, a photo of many people taking a group photo appeared on the screen. The person circled in red in the photo was obviously the Annan man who had just been interviewed, but almost everyone paid no attention to it.
It's not the Annan man, but Qin Zhiyuan who is at the center of the photo.
The same voice introduced: Hu Yang Shu, a native of Saigon, Annam, was the commander of the 4th Annan Division of the Foreign Legion at the time, and is currently the commander of the 6th Division of the Lanfang Foreign Legion.
When the camera turned, a huge war scene finally appeared. This was the image data of the 11th Division of the Foreign Legion and the 4th Annan Division as they marched towards Chalon de Champagne.
Due to limited conditions, all the material shot at that time was silent, and all the sounds in the film were added later.
The narrator's voice continues to introduce: The faces of these young people are full of longing for the future, but no one would have imagined what they will face in three days.
Almost as soon as the film started, it captured the hearts of all moviegoers.
