(ps: I have to say something in the text. I was confused when I wrote it earlier. I thought 1933 was 1934. The Red Army’s Long March started in October 1934. Lao Wang made a mistake in the timeline of the novel and accidentally advanced the Long March by one year.
, the relevant content has been corrected.)
Throughout October, there was an endless stream of big news.
For example, Japan planned to establish the "Inner Mongolia Autonomous Government" and wanted to copy the tactics of the Puppet Manchukuo in Inner Mongolia. Another example was Hitler's announcement to withdraw from the League of Nations, and Germany became the next great power to withdraw from the League of Nations after Japan.
However, these news are relatively far away. As the capital of China, Nanjing, there are only two news that the citizens are most concerned about.
First, the news about Chu Minyi's crazy pursuit of Yang Xiuqiong was exposed. The newspaper published a photo of Secretary-General Chu driving a carriage in person, which instantly became a joke in Nanjing. One newspaper commented: "Chu Minyi is so attentive and shameless. He is too disrespectful to his status as a high-ranking official of the government.
Unseemly!"
Chu Minyi originally didn't care about other people's opinions, and even regarded this kind of thing as a romantic talk. However, there was a tigress in his home. After the news was exposed, Chu Minyi immediately encountered the roar of a lion from the east of the river, and heard that he knelt on the washboard for several nights in a row.
Another piece of news is the popular performance of the Peking Opera "Lady Flower Stamina". Meng Xiaodong and Vivien Leigh performed it at the World Theater for three consecutive days. The venues were full. Many patriotic students even organized group purchases to watch the opera.
Originally, Meng Xiaodong wanted to continue performing, but the theater suddenly received a warning, and "Mrs. Flower Stamina" was immediately banned by the Nanjing government. The reason for the ban was simple: the play did not respect history and misguided the audience.
According to such standards, we might as well ban "Romance of the Three Kingdoms" and "Water Margin". Hua Xiong was killed by Sun Jian, and had nothing to do with Mr. Guan; Fang La was captured by Xin Xingzong, and had nothing to do with Lu Zhishen and Wu Song.
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Therefore, "Three Kingdoms" and "Water Margin" both distort history, so it is reasonable to ban them.
No matter what, "Mrs. Flower Stamina" will not be performed in Nanjing anyway. Maybe it can be continued back in the north.
Although the new play was banned, Meng Xiaodong's fame in Nanjing has soared, and she is well-deserved for the title of "Winter Emperor". In addition, Vivien Leigh is also known by many theater fans. After all, she is the only foreigner to officially perform on the stage to sing Peking Opera.
Even the Central Daily News, the official publication of the Kuomintang, reported Vivien Leigh's appearance on the stage: "Vivien Leigh is a noblewoman in Britain. Her father, Mr. Fei Lao, is the inventor of the miracle drug sulfonamide and holds the title of knight.
, was an officer of the British Empire stationed in India. Miss Vivien Leigh became famous in England for starring in the stage play "Titanic" and was the hottest star in London. Mr. Zhou Hexuan traveled to Europe with his profound knowledge, graceful demeanor and elegance.
Miss Fei was greatly fascinated by the conversation. Miss Fei gave up her status and honor in the UK and voluntarily moved to China with Mr. Zhou. China's extensive and profound culture and art also made Miss Fei addicted to it, and she practiced Peking Opera skills day and night...
Why can China attract a British noblewoman to live here for a long time? Because of the wise leadership of the great leader Chairman Chiang Kai-shek, China is becoming increasingly prosperous and powerful, and has achieved achievements that have attracted the attention of the world..." 22
The entire report was a mess, and nine out of ten sentences were false, but it caused a huge response from society.
The daughter of a British aristocrat is a big star in the UK and the daughter of a rich man in the UK. With such a prominent family background and amazing beauty, she is willing to live in China for a long time and practice Peking Opera skills hard, which greatly satisfies the vanity of the Chinese people.
Various newspapers competed to reprint the report, and Vivien Leigh became a celebrity in minutes. Even women's magazines in Shanghai came to invite her to take photos, saying that they wanted to make Vivien Leigh the cover girl of the next issue.
Even patriotic young people with progressive ideas do not think there is anything wrong with Zhou Hexuan's extramarital affair. Instead, they think Zhou Hexuan is bringing glory to the country.
There are gossip tabloids who have started to make up stories about Zhou Hexuan and Vivien Leigh's exotic love. It's nothing more than a talented man and a beautiful woman. With his handsome appearance and extraordinary talent, Zhou Hexuan made the daughter of a British aristocrat fall in love at first sight. He was not a king.
If you don't want to get married, you won't hesitate to fall out with your family and run to China to be your concubine.
It's simply perfect, and people like this tune.
…
"Woo! Rumble~~~~"
The train was running on the railway track, and half of the high-end carriages were booked out, making it an exclusive space for Zhou Hexuan, his wife and children.
Vivien Leigh looked at the newspapers depressedly. She could barely read Chinese and said unhappily: "These newspapers are full of random writing! My surname is not Fei at all. Even if my Chinese name is Fei, my father's surname is not Fei either."
Ah. My father is only in his 40s, and Chinese newspapers actually call him 'Mr. Fei'. It's just... just..."
Meng Xiaodong reminded: "This is unreasonable."
"Yes, this is simply unreasonable!" Vivien Leigh said angrily.
Xiao Lingjun asked curiously: "Mom, what does this mean?"
Meng Xiaodong explained with a smile: "How unreasonable is an idiom, which refers to someone's words and deeds, or something that is very absurd."
Xiao Lingjun asked again: "Then what is absurd?"
Meng Xiaodong said: "Absurdity is absurd."
Xiao Lingjun tilted his head and continued to ask: "Then what is absurd?"
"It's ridiculous...it's just..." Meng Xiaodong was scratching his head and didn't know how to describe it, so he said impatiently, "Don't ask so many questions, you will figure it out later."
Zhou Hexuan laughed with joy, and explained in a more vivid way: "Lingjun, if your brother breaks your favorite toy, and he doesn't apologize to you and doesn't feel that he did something wrong, then you can be very angry at him.
My younger brother said: This is not true!"
"Oh!" Xiao Lingjun nodded seriously, not knowing whether to pretend to understand or really understand, and suddenly pointed at Xiao Weilie next to him, "How can you make sense of this!"
Little Wei Lie shook his head repeatedly: "Sister, I didn't break your doll."
Xiao Lingjun was surprised and said: "What! My doll was damaged?"
Little Wei Lie continued to shake his head: "I didn't break it."
"Then how do you know the doll is broken?" Xiao Lingjun asked.
Little Wei Lie was speechless. He was really not good at speaking, and he didn't know how to make excuses.
"It must be you!"
"not me!"
"Definitely is!"
"no!"
"..."
The brother and sister immediately started to quarrel, quarreling just a few words. Lingjun was already 4 years and 5 months old, and Weilie was 3 years and 6 months old. They should have been sent to kindergarten long ago.
Zhang Leyi looked on with a smile and had no intention of breaking up the fight. She hoped that her son could exercise more and talk more. She wished that the child would quarrel every day.
Vivien Leigh sounded a little upset and said to Zhou Hexuan: "Xuan, I'm a little tired of being in China. I want to visit the United States."
Zhou Hexuan said: "After some time, I will accompany you."
"Okay," Vivien Leigh said happily. As soon as she finished speaking, she suddenly covered her mouth and retched: "Ugh..."
Zhang Leyi and Meng Xiaodong looked at each other and already made a rough judgment - this foreign woman is probably pregnant.
