Ah Fa looked at him silently, feeling very confused in his heart, but also a little sympathetic, and waited until Neumann's mood stabilized a little, he slowly spoke: "Don't be sad, haven't you already found a good way to comfort your soul?" ”

Neumann's sadness disappeared as suddenly as he came, he drank another glass of wine, unexpectedly grabbed Ah Fa's arm with his hand, and stared at Ah Fa with open eyes, "It's not a big deal." Pen | fun | pavilion www. ｂｉｑｕｇｅ。 info I lost my fiancée, guess what happened to me? I went to the brothel and picked a girl among the who looked like her—oh, I don't mean to say that my fiancée was like one of those, you know—" and realizing that it was easy to misunderstand what he said about it, he explained, "It's just a general appearance." I cried around her all night, and the next morning, phew, I was much better. ”

Ah Fa wanted to laugh, rolled his eyes and held back, raised his wine glass and signaled: "That's right, it's not a big deal, men must not be sad for women." ”

"Cheers!" Neumann raised his glass and touched Ah Fa, drank half a cup in one gulp, and then smugly stroked his sparse black beard and said, "In a few years, I have changed from a poor man to a rich man. I came to Shanghai from Russia empty-handed, and now I have my own company, a house in Jisi Feierlu, a servant at home, and a bank deposit. Whether it's speculation or business, I'm interested in anything that can make money. Mr. Ah Fa, would you like to hear my advice? ”

Ah Fa was noncommittal, smiled faintly, and looked a little unconvinced, "Okay, I still have something to do, I have to go first." Let's talk about it later! ”

Neumann grabbed Ah Fa's arm hard, examined Ah Fa carefully, and said in a deep voice: "You think I'm talking big? I can see it in your eyes. ”

Ah Fa shook his head helplessly and said, "Yes, I do have a little idea, but I don't know if it will work." That's a movie, and I want to open a movie theater or just make a movie. ”

On December 28, 1895, the young French industrialists Louis Mière officially screened the world's first short documentaries "The Gate of the Lumière Factory", "The Baby Drinks Soup", "The Gardener Who Watered" and so on in the "Grand Café" on rue cabucin in Paris. This day is recognized as the birth of the age of cinema.

The film quickly spread around the world, reaching China the following year. In 1896, there was a film screening in Shanghai. Another six years later, in the spring of the twenty-eighth year of Guangxu (1902), the film reached Beijing.

At that time, a foreign businessman carrying a projector and a film rented Fu Shou Tang Restaurant at the grinding factory outside the front gate, and screened short documentaries such as "Black Man Eats Watermelon" and "Bicycle Race". Wearing robes and horse coats and dragging long braids, the Beijingers were shocked and surprised to see the figures moving on a white curtain.

Originally, Shanghainese people called movies "Western film dramas", and the places where they were screened were in teahouses where people came and went. The first official cinema in Shanghai was called Hongkou Grand Theater. The so-called big theater was just a tin house built by the Spaniard Remas, but the business project was very clear: to show movies.

Neumann looked at Ah Fa, kept blinking his eyes, and shook his head for a long time before he shook his head and said, "It's not good, it's not good, this idea of making money is not good." ”

"It's just an idea." Ah Fa smiled faintly, gently broke away from Neumann's hand, and said, "There is really something, I will leave first." ”

"I understand, I understand." Neumann smiled knowingly, "Be careful, the movie, well, think it through." He took a sip of his wine in a dramatic motion, then smacked his lips and leaned back in his chair, savoring his dream.

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In the evening, Ah Fa and Qin Manguo hosted a banquet for Donald in the elegant room of a high-end restaurant. On the way to pick up Donald, Donald also said that his appetite was not very good, but he ate with relish at this time. When he heard that Qin Manguo was going to send his eldest son to the United States to study in college, Donald admired him very much.

At the wine table, Lina sat casually in a chair, as if she were an incomprehensible mysterious animal. Qin Manguo and his brother both stayed away from her a little, which was more out of caution than reserve. So, only Ah Fa came to entertain her, because she was still thinking about the movie, Ah Fa was a little absent-minded.

"Mr. Chen, you look very deep!" Lina asks Ah Fa to teach her how to use chopsticks, and she says she has only used them once before.

Deep fart, I'm on my mind. Ah Fa had no choice but to put away his thoughts and deal with this woman. At this time, Lina actually took out a cigarette and lit it, which made the people in the room and the waiters stunned.

"What's the matter, all the girls in college are like that." Lina said nonchalantly, "It's not opium. ”

"Well—" Mr. Donald smiled bitterly, as if his daughter's behavior had a very bad effect on him.

"Hehe, Miss Lina, it's really open." Qin Manguo put away his surprised expression and began to compliment Donald again, "Brown University, that's a very famous university, Miss Linna's knowledge is really admirable." Oh, by the way, Mr. Chen, I think you seem to have said that you also studied abroad, and it was London, right? ”

Ah Fa smiled faintly, it was his resume, but he always forgot, not forgetting, but he didn't care and didn't bother to think about it.

"Really? It's funny for a Chinese to go to London to study! Lina looked at Ah Fa with great interest, and the mature appearance she had pretended to look like was beginning to fade.

"Well, I went to school for more than two years, and it wasn't a famous school, but then something happened at home—" Ah Fa briefly introduced.

"It's really good to come out and fight, and you're much more mature than the little boys in school." Lina laughed, suddenly approached Ah Fa, and whispered, "Those guys will only secretly judge the female students and talk about which ones are willing to let your hands touch their skirts......"

"Ahem, ahem—" Ah Fa choked on the wine, coughed violently, blushed and had a thick neck, and he really surprised this woman who was a little ahead of his time.

Lena smiled, with sarcasm and mockery in her eyes, as if to say, you and I both know that this is just a joke.

After the banquet, Ah Fa sent Donald and his daughter to the hotel, said goodnight, and turned to say goodbye. When he walked out of the hotel, Ah Fa heard his name called. There was a sedan chair parked on the road opposite the clan, and the sound came from the sedan chair. He frowned and watched, someone was calling his name again, he walked down the steps, came closer, and finally recognized Yao Fangbao's face by the oil lamp hanging in the corner of the sedan chair.