Chapter 579 Controlling Public Opinion

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In the autumn of 193o in Los Angeles, USA, all industries were in a depression, but the film and related industries were thriving, and more than a dozen films produced by Hollywood this year, each of which achieved a good box office, was hailed as a bright color in the economic crisis. Pen, fun, pavilion www. biquge。 infoSince the crash of the Wall Street stock market, Hollywood studios were worried about whether the film market would shrink, but they soon rejoiced that even if the people of Guan Guo received relief and cut back on food and clothing, they had to squeeze out a few copper plates and pour into the movie theaters to seek solace and happiness in their hearts, warmth and hope for survival.

It is in this situation that after "Man Jianghong" was introduced to the United States in early April, it quickly won the favor of the audience with its grand ancient Chinese war scenes, rich knowledge of humanities and history, wonderful Chinese-style soundtrack and noble patriotic sentiments.

Speaking of the success of "Man Jianghong", there is a bull due to the strong and conservative power of the American film industry, and most of the films in the cinema are still silent films based on enemy comedy films and gunfight films, and an excellent sound movie is far more attractive to the audience than imagined.

Since the release of Hollywood's first sound film "Don Juan" in the year, it has caused great controversy in public opinion, and the film art masters with Chaplin Méliès and Griffith believe that the sound film technology is very naïve, and if the audience pays too much attention to the sound, it will greatly weaken the montage effect and artistry of the film, which is really a terrible regression, so they vigorously boycott the sound film. From 10,000 to the beginning of the year, Hollywood's major companies only produced more than a dozen sound films, although these movies were very good at the box office, but there was no word of mouth, until the birth of "Man Jianghong", so that every audience who appreciates the movie is amazed by the wonderful combination of film and sound, and it officially set off a frenzy of sound film production.

Hong Che slowly drove on Hollywood Avenue in Bixilijiang, Zhang Xi looked at the long queue in front of many movie theaters, and his face showed a hint of relief, because these people were cheering on the second film "Model Battalion" produced by the Oriental Film Company.2 Because the civil war involving as many as one million troops in China had just ended, newspapers and magazines were full of long stories about the pro-American Nanjing government, and the reports about the legendary general An Yi, many Americans were full of curiosity about China on the other side of the ocean. The introduction of such a film is tantamount to a shortcut to know and understand, and with the good reputation of "Man Jianghong", most audiences are full of expectations for this war film with greater investment, more military participation, and many unprecedented special effects.

"Model Battalion" was held in Shanghai in early July, Suzhou, Hangzhou, Ningbo and other big cities and Nanchang and other places were screened on the day of the day, because the Central Plains War entered the most critical juncture, the people out of concern about the war, worries about the combat strength of the Central Army and their own uncertain future, have entered the cinema to explore the legendary experience of the growth of the independent division known as the trump card in the Central Army sequence, so the film caused a huge sensation as soon as it was released, and the theaters built by the financial resources from all over the country were full, and the box office was rising. It has made a profit of nearly one million oceans in one month, and there is no indication that this is a level that the Chinese people can achieve in the midst of storms and storms.

Zhang Xi's trip to Luo Yu was mainly to buy an aircraft factory located in the northern suburbs of Luo Yuan.

This aircraft factory is very large, has its own design center and two production lines for the production of motive production, and other equipment is also readily available, and the aircraft designed and produced have won many awards in the aviation exhibition, and the future would be bright if it were not for this economic crisis. Unfortunately, the aircraft factory finally failed to survive, and after the owner of the factory went bankrupt and committed suicide by jumping off the building, the California government took it back and offered a low price of $10,000 for the world to auction.

Zhang Xi's opponent this time is from Russia. When the economic crisis swept through Europe and the United States last year, Russia was in the early stage of a new high point in socialist construction, and industry did not account for a large proportion of the entire national economy. Russia began to attack from all sides, sending an unprecedented scale of purchasing missions into Europe and the United States, introducing technology, importing machinery, importing intelligence, and attracting foreign loans, striving to achieve industrialization in the shortest possible time. This time, Zhang Xi matched up with the Russian purchasing group again.

In the first few procurement confrontations, both sides have their own winners and losers, and then intentionally or unintentionally avoid each other, so as not to raise the price and cause unnecessary losses, but this time the stakes are significant, the competition is a high-tech enterprise, both sides are not willing to give up easily, presumably there will be a dragon fight, but Zhang Xi has enough confidence to win this auction, after all, he has a huge amount of money in his hands can make his own decisions, and the opponent has to ask his superiors after the psychological bottom line, this time is enough for himself to win.

Zhang Xi's second purpose to Luo Zhenni is to acquire Hollywood Lightning Film Company. The company has nearly 100 electric theaters on the east and west coasts, and has always been mainly focused on shooting and screening films, but with the popularity of sound films this year, the box office of its films is dismal, and its cinemas are tired of Yemen.

Owning a film company in Hollywood that is completely his own is a strategy that An Yi has set before. As the largest economic entity, the United States has an influence in the international community, far from being poor and backward and even sovereignty can not guarantee China's incomparable, so An Yi attaches great importance to the guidance of public opinion in the United States, taking advantage of this economic crisis, Zhang Xi has successfully controlled a newspaper that shoots the whole country, and also acquired a radio station, this time to buy the lightning film company, is to improve its own propaganda chain, so that it can cooperate with An Yi's global strategy and serve it. Of course, all the acquisitions were carried out quietly, and the celebrities in the transactions were all innocent Americans who Zhang Xi quietly found but mixed up in the economic crisis, at least from the official point of view, no matter how the property rights are changed, the holders are all American citizens, and they do not know that the actual rights and interests have fallen into the hands of An Yi.

"Zhang, the California government building has arrived, let's go down." Herbert Lyman, the lieutenant governor of New York who accompanied Zhang Xi on his trip, said to Zhang Xi with a smile. During this time, the New York State Government, the State Banking Authority, and the Federal Savings Bank of New York were all lobbying Wall Street financiers to propose a package to save the United Nations Bank, but unfortunately no one was interested, only Zhang Xi expressed some interest in it.

The collapse of the financial markets and the ensuing tightening of the financial markets have damaged the collateral that sustains the interbank loans, and the New York authorities want the Bank of the United States to merge with the other three banks to offset each other's debts and avoid bankruptcy, but the controlling party needs to bail it out with tens of thousands of dollars. In order to win over Zhang Xi, a big financier, the New York State government put down its shelves and sent Lieutenant Governor Herbert Lehmann to lobby, and when he heard that Zhang Xi was going to attend the auction in California, Herbert Lehmann simply accompanied him throughout the whole process to express his goodwill.

Zhang Xi smiled and nodded, pulled Herbert Leyi out of the car together, and walked to the conference hall of the California government to attend the auction held there.

An Yi, who had dealt with many affairs, set off again, took the passenger ship of Jiangnan Shipping Company, and returned to Yichang under the escort of two gunboats of the Guangshui Police Division.

Yin Jinan, who came to pick up the ship, had expanded his feelings and waited for the generals to meet An Yi, and pointed to the fashionably dressed, handsome and beautiful men and women who stepped off the passenger ship and asked in a low voice which part it was?

An Yi smiled, and asked a middle-aged screenwriter and an assistant director to be invited to meet, and the brothers learned that these handsome men and women were part of the cast and crew of the Shanghai Oriental Film Company, and this time they had come to western Hubei to comfort the brothers of the Fifth Army, and the boxes were filled with projectors and copies of the film.

Yin Jinan hurriedly called the captain of the gendarmerie and ordered a platoon of brothers to be sent to protect the guests and valuable equipment from afar, and all of them were arranged to stay in the guest house of the public office with the best conditions. The screenwriter and director Lei thanked them repeatedly, saying that they would cherish the three days, live in the barracks and share weal and woe with the soldiers, communicate and live together, and screen movies for the soldiers for three consecutive nights.

When Zeng Kuoqing heard this, he hurriedly and politely told the guests that it was better to live in the public office, the conditions in the military camp were too simple, and with so many beautiful actresses, if they lived in, I was afraid that the soldiers of the Fifth Army would not be able to sleep. A group of actors and actresses also gathered around, chattering and saying that half a year ago in Jiangxi, Yanjiang and other places filmed the movie "Model Battalion", and the Nanchang Security Command nearly 10,000 officers and soldiers who assisted in the filming for several months, I felt very good, deepened my understanding of the army, and also gained a lot of inspiration.

An Yi and Yin Jinan discussed a little, and decided to place the condolence group in the Yiling camp, where there are regimental field hospitals, guard regiments, military police regiments and special service regiments, actresses can live in the barracks of female doctors and nurses in the hospital, and male actors can live with the soldiers of the guard regiment.

Another one, the playground of the Yiling camp is large enough, and there are six basketball courts built in three earth, so it is more convenient for the soldiers of each division to watch movies there.