Section 475 From Qingdao to Shandong
In fact, the Germanic countries have a deeper relationship with the Anglo-Saxon countries than with the French, speaking of which the Germans and the Anglo-Saxons have the same origin, but not the same system with the Gauls, so Britain and the United States have always been pro-German, and Germany has always been pro-Anglo-American, but all this is worth half a dime in front of interests. Pen ~ fun ~ pavilion www.biquge.info
"I also did some work privately. For example, it facilitated the restructuring and merger of German assets and Shandong assets of companies such as Farben and Krupp, so that they could obtain the support of Chinese capital through Chinese assets, which can be regarded as injecting capital into the German economic system. ”
Yang Chao said, unashamedly, without mentioning the fact that the value of German assets was greatly undervalued during the collapse of the German economy.
If it were put in the pre-war merger, Chinese assets accounted for only about 10% of the total assets of these giants, or even less than 10%, but in this merger, the weight of Chinese assets has exceeded half, and there is a difference in their profitability, but who would have thought that in a few months the German economy will improve, and the assets of these giants will soon increase to their original value.
In May, after three months of intense work, the Riefenstahl team, to be precise in Shanghai, finally completed the filming of the documentary. During the shooting, Riefenstahl only provided some valuable advice, but her advice became more and more pertinent and more and more valued by the Shanghai team, because everyone found that this guy is really talented in filmmaking.
Yang Chao watched the sample film after the editing for the first time.
"It's a German perspective."
Yang Chao couldn't help but sigh after reading it.
At the same time, I also saw the familiar taste, the big scene that Riefenstahl is good at, when the airship fell at a constant speed from a height of more than 10,000 meters, Shandong began to become clear from an outline, and finally froze in Jiaozhou Bay, frozen in the sky over Qingdao. This opening is amazing enough.
Then there are portraits of all living beings, there are German couples walking arm in arm on the road, there is the blue sea of the port, there is a busy fleet, from the port inside, neat houses, spacious streets, museums and schools on both sides of the street, along Prince William Avenue all the way deep into the German ghetto, photographing the quiet and rich life of more than a dozen ordinary Germans.
In the end, the camera was pulled up, and it was quickly propelled from the air, to the industrial area, the tall factory, the dense workers when commuting, some riding bicycles, some driving cars, some walking, all wearing neat uniforms, Siemens, airship companies, Heath giant machine tools, 10,000-ton hydraulic presses, anyway, what is the big shot.
Then the camera advances, extending from Siemens' generator shop to the power plant, and the camera begins to pull up along the power plant's wires, giving a view of the electric locomotive network spread throughout Shandong.
Finally, looking back at the historical pictures, from 1900 to the present, these shots fully reflect the process of Shandong from an agricultural area to an industrial area.
This film has ordinary people, large industries, schools, and finally extends from Qingdao to the whole of Shandong, in addition to the contrast of historical video records, although there is no narration, everything speaks with the camera, but it gives people the feeling that the development of Shandong is driven by Qingdao, and it is the Germans who helped the Chinese establish the famous industrial area that is currently famous throughout China and even the whole world.
So Yang Chao said that this movie is a full German perspective.
"Yes, what's the name?"
Yang Chao said very coldly.
"It's called from Qingdao to Shandong."
Film producer Zhang Shichuan said coldly.
Zhang Shichuan has always been less interested in assisting Riefenstahl in making this film, and if it weren't for Yang Chao's hard to refuse, he wouldn't have allowed his team to come to Qingdao.
Zhang Shichuan is a temperamental person, and it is precisely because of this temper that he is suitable for making movies. Just like all filmmakers or artists in China and the West in this era, most of them are people who are both rich and idle. Zhang Shichuan formed a film company as early as 1916, but unfortunately it failed due to poor management.
But his family is rich, to be precise, he Yue Fei is very rich, and he failed to support him to do the exchange. Zhang Shichuan didn't have the mind to do business at all, and cooperated with his past friends to open a film company, Star Film Company, and after two years of preparation, their first film was nearing the end, but the company's operation was obviously not optimistic, so when Yang Chao found them, he was forced to cooperate with Yang Chao.
Yang Chao looked for them, the first is because Zhang Shichuan is a film pioneer in Shanghai, and the second is to deliberately support them, this era is the era of French and American films, the world war destroyed the French film industry, and the United States Hollywood took off after the war, while China's film industry is still in its infancy, neither technology nor equipment can compare with the United States, and even France is slowly recovering after the war. Mainly French films, or few Chinese films.
"Ban the film in China."
Yang Chao said lightly.
Zhang Shichuan was a little surprised, and even more surprised was Riefenstahl, she found that Yang Chao was not in a good mood after reading it.
So Riefenstahl did not express his opinion in person, but chose to send Yang Chao out of the screening room and asked quietly before sending him to the car.
"If you want Germans to have a good impression of Qingdao, you can screen them in Germany, and if you want Shandong people and even the entire Chinese to reject Germans, you can screen them in China."
Once the film is shown in China, Yang Chao believes that it will arouse a lot of criticism from critics, and thus arouse a group of nationalists who may not usually watch movies, and will crusade against the German expatriate, although Yang Chao does not like the German expatriates living in Qingdao, but if they are excluded in this way, it will be very bad for the country's image.
Riefenstahl nodded.
"By the way, if you are interested in making some war films, I invite you to come to my house tomorrow."
Yang Chao's home is naturally a big stone house, and he only has this property in Shandong.
After watching this movie, Yang Chao was really in a bad mood, he thought that Riefenstahl would make a film that promoted the rise of China, but who knew that she came out with a kind of film about the German nation helping the backward nations, it can be seen that this thing is still a Western supremacist in his bones, no wonder he can help Adolf Hitler discharge that kind of documentary.
However, there are bad things and good things, and as soon as I returned to the big stone room, I saw Origa's smiling face.
"Honey."
Origa gently hugged Yang Chao and lay in his arms, hating to stick to him.
Yang Chao felt his wife's eccentricity.
"Honey, what's wrong?"
Origa's face turned red and she didn't speak.
"Your Majesty is pregnant!"
The personal officer, Natasha, replied grinningly.
Yang Chao was stunned for a moment, and immediately pushed Oliga up: "My dear, is it true?" ”
Origa nodded shyly, unable to hide her joy and excitement.
She has wanted a child for a long time, but it is strange that the two have been married for so many years and have never been able to conceive.
"It seems that the feng shui of China is good, but the place in Siberia is too cold to conceive at all."
Yang Chao lamented that after only three months in China, she became pregnant, and worked hard in Siberia for several years to no avail.
This is not unreasonable, Siberia is too cold, and the vitality of the man's tadpole will definitely be affected, just look at Yang Chao and the North Korean sisters of the Kim family after being pregnant for a while.
"Hmm. Just stay in China, and don't go back to Siberia until the child is born. In the end, China is warmer, and in winter, you can go to the south, to Guangdong, to the South Seas. ”
Yang Chao happily made a decision, Oliga was completely immersed in the joy of having children at this time, and she didn't care where she was.
Anyway, her existence has little political impact on Russia, and her role is to sign and seal, issue a decree and sign it, meet the diplomatic envoys, and the diplomatic envoys don't need to see them, if there are really any decrees, just send them directly to China to sign, I believe those Russian aristocratic officials will understand.
The news that Olga was pregnant and decided to give birth in China was sent back to Siberia, and sure enough, the Russian nobles did not object, but instead sent congratulations, and several of Olga's sisters were also enthusiastic to come to China to take care of their sisters, and they left immediately.
The news that Origa is pregnant with Yang Chao's child has also caused waves in China, and most people are interested, but there are also some people who are reluctant to accept the reality that Yang Chao has a child with a foreign devil woman.
Although Yang Chao publicly announced that his and Olica's children would not inherit the throne of the Russian Empire, it was a political agreement with Grand Duke Nicholas, but if Yang Chao wanted to object, he still had the ability to send his children to the Russian throne.
Even now, a large number of Russian nobles in Siberia have actually changed their minds, and they are willing to accept the children of Yang Chao and Olga to rule the Russian Empire, after all, the way Olga has let them manage the country as they want regardless of state affairs over the years, so that these nobles are still very comfortable.
Of course, there is still a lot of opposition, especially a large number of newly rising Russian middle classes, if Yang Chao's descendants inherit the throne of the Romanov dynasty, it means that the Russian royal family will have Chinese blood in their blood, and it will still be difficult to accept these middle classes with the most nationalist sentiments.
Therefore, a large number of reporters came to interview Yang Chao the next day, and the issue of the throne was the focus of their questions, Yang Chao did not intend to break his promise, and once again determined that he and Olga's children would not inherit the throne of the Russian Empire, and this promise finally reassured some people.
Yang Chao didn't care about these at all, he even cared more about Riefenstahl and Zhang Shichuan, who came a little later. (To be continued.) )