Although the city can accommodate 1,000 people, less than 300 guests were invited on the first day, and all of them were the leading figures in Shanghai, including Qing court officials in Shanghai, as well as a large number of local gentry, celebrities and scholars, business tycoons, and so on. It can be said that any person is either extremely wealthy, or famous, and then a local official. And being able to invite them to attend, on the one hand, is that the traverser's own tricks are becoming more and more powerful, and on the other hand, it is also because of Li Hongzhang's face.

Since Shanghai was the earliest port in China and had 30 years of development of the Westernization Movement, a group of industrial and commercial classes composed of comprador capitalists and industrial capitalists had been formed in Shanghai at this time. On the surface, the Southeast Mutual Insurance is a group formed by the governors of the southeast region, but behind these governors, these industrial and commercial tycoons are all fully promoted.

On the other hand, if the traverser wants to develop industry and economy in the future, it will definitely be inseparable from Shanghai, so it is also taking this opportunity to establish a good relationship with the industrial and commercial giants in the southeast represented by Shanghai.

In this exhibition, the traverser made a total of 32 exhibition panels, the content is mainly pictures, supplemented by a small amount of text descriptions, and in the picture content, the photos account for more than eighty percent, and half of them are pictures of the battle in the battlefield, and there are also the military appearance of the People's Army, the close-up of the captured officers and warships of the Eight-Nation Alliance, a large number of surrendered coalition soldiers, etc., showing in detail the previous wars since the landing of the traverser. The real objects displayed in the corridor on the second floor are even more varied, including rifles, pistols, military uniforms, command knives, military flags and so on.

However, whether it is an exhibition version or a real thing, the key exhibition is in the battle of Shanhaiguan against Russia, the exhibition board occupies 15, and the real thing accounts for more than half, not only a large number of battlefield photos, but also photos of the senior generals of the Russian army captured by the People's Army, including 3 major generals, 2 brigadier generals, 6 colonels, 9 lieutenant colonels, 14 majors, and all with text explaining their names, military ranks, years, etc., and in the physical exhibition area on the second floor, there are some items for each of them, such as guns, sabers, medals, pocket watches, crosses, pens, etc., and in the physical exhibition area, there are 10 military flags of the Russian army, namely 1 division flag, 4 regimental flags, and 11 battalion flags. In addition, there were a large number of captured Russian rifles, machine guns, helmets, military uniforms, documents, and even two small mountain guns.

In Europe and the United States, the symbolic meaning of the military flag is very huge, if the military flag is captured by the enemy, it will be a great shame, usually the number of the army will be canceled, of course, the Russian army in the south is not a formal military establishment, so the people's army captured is not a real sense of the military flag, but the division flag, regimental flag, battalion flag is also the flag of the army after all, its symbolic meaning is consistent with the military flag, so the display of these captured flags, can naturally fully display the people's army's glorious military exploits

Since the traveler and the other seven countries in the Eight-Nation Coalition have basically reached an agreement on peace, but the compensation for the prisoners has not yet been negotiated, it is not good to go too far in hosting an exhibition of the war in this situation, and it is always necessary to save some face for these countries, and not to leak out all the things that they have lost face, only Russia did not participate in this negotiation, and Russia has no influence in Shanghai, there is only one consulate, so it is of course more appropriate to take Russia under the knife.

In addition, after the traverser landed, although the battle achievements were outstanding and the results were brilliant, it was also largely because the strength of the eight-nation alliance was too weak, and in the previous wars, only two wars had a high gold content, one was the Battle of the Bohai Sea, defeating the German Far East Fleet; the other was the Battle of Shanhaiguan, defeating the Russian army's southward advance; and now the traverser has established a good relationship with Germany, and the Chinese of this era have no intuitive understanding of naval warfare, and the results of naval battles are not easy to display; and the first battle of Shanhaiguan is the closest to now, and the enemy army defeated the most, and at this time, the country with the least favorable feelings in China is Russia, so don't take this opportunity to humiliate Russia fiercely, so what are you waiting for.

The display panels are all printed in color, the color is bright, the effect of the picture is very clear, and the real objects on display are of great value, so it has a strong persuasive power, which can fully show the achievements of the Hui Emperor since the landing of the traverser, and also amazed the people who were watching. Just talking about the level of photos of overseas Chinese Li, it is much more clever than foreigners.

After touring the boards and loot, the concert will follow. Although the audition of the concert in Tianjin was a great success, the first official performance in Shanghai was even better, on the one hand, in the audition in Tianjin, there were not many locals who actually watched, less than 100 people, and this time it exceeded 300 people, and the audience was larger, so it was easier to resonate. On the other hand, Tianjin has crossed the territory of the group, although the time is not long, but the residents of Tianjin have basically witnessed every battle victory won by the People's Army, and there are a large number of Tianjin soldiers in the People's Army, so it is even regarded as a victory by many Tianjin residents.

And Shanghai is the first to open up, but also the largest foreign forces, the most foreigners, many foreigners in China rampant, the legend of bullying Chinese are spread from Shanghai, the most famous is "Chinese and dogs, not allowed to enter", the old time and space reflect this era of film and television dramas such as Huo Yuanjia series, Ma Yongzhen series, the stage background of the story is basically in Shanghai.

Although the people present are all celebrities in Shanghai, even if they are guests in the foreigner's house, after all, it is a weak country without diplomacy, so when dealing with foreigners, it is instinctive to be stunned in their hearts, and in this mentality, the theme of the concert is naturally more profound. Among them, Gu Hongming was full of praise for all the songs of this concert.

It turned out that Gu Hongming was ordered by Zhang Zhidong to go to Tianjin to inspect the style of overseas Chinese, but there were too many things to cross the group during this time, and there was no time to receive this master, and Qin Zheng knew that Gu Hongming's personality was strange, and he was afraid that he would talk nonsense after arriving in Tianjin, so he left Gu Hongming in Shanghai. In fact, Gu Hongming's strange deeds mainly occurred in the Republic of China period, at this time, although some arrogance, but the overall is normal, because after listening to Qin Zheng's several historical lectures, he admired Qin Zheng's view of history, the solution of Chinese society and the understanding of the world, and can also understand the difficulties of overseas Chinese now, and Zhang Zhidong has nothing to do, so Gu Hongming stayed in Shanghai.

At this time, Gu Hongming was already a well-known scholar, so he was naturally received in Shanghai, and every day he was either drinking tea and chatting with friends, socializing, or giving lectures in various schools, and revising and sorting out his manuscripts. It turned out that during the Geng and Xiao national changes, Gu Hongming wrote a series of papers in English, the content of which was basically a fierce defense of Cixi, the Qing court, Chinese culture, and Eastern civilization, and at the same time strongly criticized the policies of the Western powers in China and the trampling on China's sovereignty like bandits by the Eight-Nation Alliance. is planning to publish a collection, and even the name has been thought of, it is called [King Chapter], and now he is idle and has nothing to do, so Gu Hongming is also living freely in his life. This time, the travelers held exhibitions and concerts in Shanghai, and Gu Hongming was also listed as the first batch of invited VIPs.

Gu Hongming is not interested in the war, but it is always a good thing that China can win, and overseas Chinese can basically represent the Chinese, but they are full of curiosity about the concert, because Gu Hongming has lived abroad for many years, especially in Paris, France, for several years, Paris is originally the fashion and art center of Europe, Gu Hongming watched many song and dance concerts in Paris, and also participated in church mass, listening to the performance of the singing troupe, he did not expect that overseas Chinese also held concerts, so Gu Hongming visited the exhibition, hastily browsed, and then found a seat in the middle of the front row early to sit down, and others also knew that his temper was strange, and did not plan with him.

The whole process of the concert, Gu Hongming watched it very seriously, but also quite shocked, although Gu Hongming did not have any trees in music, but after all, he is a scholar of things, erudite and versatile, and the ability to appreciate is still there, although from the level of the performer, and he is far from what he sees in Europe, it can be said that it is an amateur level, but the songs sung no matter the melody or the music soundtrack, the meaning of the words is almost the best work.

And from the perspective of literary form, the lyrics of the songs sung in the concert can basically be regarded as the form of imitation Western-style poetry, and Gu Hongming is the best at and most fond of this form of poetry. Therefore, it can also resonate with Gu Hongming, because it is the most appreciated [Song of the Seven Sons], which can be called a masterpiece, and the others are also considered masterpieces. I can't imagine that there are such talents among overseas Chinese.

After watching the concert, Gu Hongming couldn't control the excitement in his heart, and wrote an article commenting on the concert overnight, published it on the [Declaration], and praised the concert vigorously, saying that other greatest concerts, all Chinese should listen to it, which also played a propaganda role for the concert invisibly, after all, Gu Hongming is now a well-known scholar, so it has aroused people's interest in this exhibition and concert.