The question of whether China should unite with the Soviet Union has existed since the founding of the Soviet Union, because the Chinese saw in the Soviet Union another viable path.

Especially after Sun Zhongshan announced his alliance with the Soviet Union, the controversy has never stopped.

In March, Sun Zhongshan died, and the controversy became more and more intense, and Lin Zixuan wrote an article to calm the two sides.

In October, there was a big outbreak of Russophobic topics in China, involving the entire literary and ideological circles in China.

The problem is concentrated in three areas, and the participants are divided into the United Russians, Russophobic and pragmatic.

The first point of contention is whether the USSR was imperialist or not?

The Chinese intelligentsia opposed imperialism because the imperialists, mainly the Western powers and Japan, had signed unequal treaties with China to extract benefits from China and interfere in China's internal affairs.

If China wants to become strong and develop, it must abolish all unequal treaties and drive imperialism out of China.

Sun Zhongshan has always advocated opposition to imperialism, so was the Soviet Union imperialist or internationalist?

On October 6, 1925, the morning newspaper "Social Weekly" published an article by Peking University professor Chen Qixiu entitled "Is there a difference between white and red imperialism", which explained that the Soviet Union was not imperialist from the perspective of financial capital.

This kicked off the big discussion.

The United Russian faction believed that the Soviet Union was against imperialism and China was also against imperialism, and that the union of the two countries was logical.

Liang Qichao opposed the alliance with Russia and did not agree with the path of the Russians.

He published an article in the "Morning Post": "O Soviet Russia! Do you want to discern whether you are an imperialist or not? If you stop your activities in China, we will believe you immediately! ”

Geologist Ding Wenjiang also wrote: "Those who advocate the union of Russia say that Soviet Russia is different from other empires and has no selfish intentions towards us at all. But the actions of Soviet Russia in the North Coast. I know very well that I recently received a secret list of arms that the Russians had sent to the warehouse. ”

Liang Qichao and Ding Wenjiang were talking about the activities of the Soviet Union in Outer Mongolia.

The Soviet Union sent troops to support the independence of Outer Mongolia. As a result, the territory of Outer Mongolia was effectively separated from China.

In addition, there is also the dispute over the ownership of the Eastern Railway.

The Soviet Union tried to come to some kind of agreement with Zhang Zuolin in the northeast. In order to regain control of this very important railway in Manchuria, which borders Soviet Russia.

The pragmatists believed that Soviet Russia was a socialist country and did not engage in economic aggression, which was less harmful than that of British and Japanese imperialism.

The second point of contention is whether Russia should be diplomatically united.

The Russian faction demonstrated the advantages of establishing diplomatic relations with the Soviet Union in terms of the international situation and economic relations.

The Russophobic faction thinks that Soviet Russia "avoids the name of imperialism and practices aggression, how terrible it is!" ”

The pragmatists advocated that Soviet Russia could establish diplomatic relations with it, "but we must be careful, we cannot rely on it."

The third point of contention is whether China can emulate the Soviet Union in domestic affairs and get rid of imperialist control.

Most scholars believe that China should follow the example of the Soviet Union and make a complete break with imperialism and abolish all unequal treaties.

Opinions differ on whether or not to learn from the economic policy of the Soviet Union.

Overall. This was a reflection of the Soviet Union by the Chinese ideological circles, and it gave the Chinese people a deeper understanding of the Soviet Union.

Lin Zixuan, who was in Paris, did not know about the discussion, and he was preparing to return to China.

At the Overseas Chinese Association in Paris, he received news that there was another war in Shanghai, this time between the Zhejiang warlord Sun Chuanfang and the Feng warlord Zhang Zalin.

On October 15, 1925, the Zhejiang-Feng War broke out, and the Second Army of the Zhejiang Army of the Five Provinces Allied Forces entered and occupied Shanghai from Songjiang.

With the experience of the first two wars. Lin Zixuan is not too worried, it is unlikely that these warlords will attack the concession, as long as they do not rent the territory, there is no problem with the safety of the family.

As for the company. He received a telegram when he was in the United States, and the Vientiane bookstore was lifted, but the radio station was still blocked.

In the May Event. The French were not deeply involved, they just wanted to restore order in the Shanghai concession as soon as possible. There was considerable dissatisfaction with the tough stance of Britain and Japan.

The seizure of Vientiane Bookstore is probably a show, waiting for the trend to pass. It is very easy to unblock with Feng Jingyao's relationship.

However, more than three months have passed since he came out this time, and it is time to finish the matter and return home as soon as possible.

Although Lin Zixuan lives in the French Concession in Shanghai, he only knows a little about French, and there is no problem with simple communication.

France was one of the first countries to invent cinema.

Before 1920, French cinema was as dominant in the world as Hollywood films in later generations.

EMI Films has become a leader in the French and even global film industry, with branches in major cities around the world, and its production style has had a great influence on other film companies around the world.

It can be said that French Baidai cinema controls the entire world film market.

The First World War affected the French film industry, which lost its hegemony due to competition from Hollywood films.

But French filmmakers revived and formed new shooting concepts, such as impressionist and avant-garde films.

Lin Zixuan is a layman when it comes to movies.

In later life, he rarely watched art films, only commercial films, but he had a soft spot for French films.

The French film he understands is that no matter how dull and boring the plot is, every movie will basically have a nude scene of the heroine, otherwise it is not a pure French film.

Lin Zixuan has ties to the French EMI Film Company, and EMI Records in Shanghai is a subsidiary of this company.

Shanghai Star Film Company has been buying shooting equipment such as cameras and film from this company.

Although French films are going downhill, the arrogance of the former hegemon has not changed, and the manager of EMI Film Company reluctantly watched "Killer Li Ang" brought by Lin Zixuan.

He criticized the film for digging deep into the emotional scene between the killer and the little girl, so as to meet the taste of the French.

In the end, a low purchase price was given, and Lin Zixuan was eager to return home and was too lazy to bargain.

Before leaving, he came to the banks of the Seine in Paris, north of which is called the Right Bank and south of the Left Bank.

The right bank is a bustling neighborhood for new businesses, and on the left bank is a cultural industry such as bookstores, publishing houses, small theaters, art galleries, museums, etc., and is a place where Paris's intellectual elite gather.

In particular, the many cafés on the Left Bank were frequented by writers living in Paris.

Drink a cup of coffee, think of a good story, or just be in a daze and let time slip away......

Lin Zixuan didn't come here to meet celebrities, he was a celebrity himself, he had seen such introductions in later generations, and this time he came to feel the atmosphere here.

He walked into a café, sat down near the window, drank his coffee slowly, and looked out the window, letting his thoughts fly.

After a while, he began to doze off, and yesterday he went to the street to buy a lot of gifts, packed and packed his luggage and slept late.

Well, Lin Zixuan admitted that he was not a literary and artistic youth, and he had no petty bourgeoisie, so he finished his coffee and left in a hurry.

Little did he know that in a corner of this café, a young American was writing a novel called "The Sun Also Rises." (To be continued.) )