Chapter 176: The Party Begins

Garbo asked for this, and the rest of his life was not surprised at all. In the twentieth century, among the world's top movie stars, Garbo was the only one who had no intention of taking care of interpersonal relationships, and did not bother to manage interpersonal relationships at all. What she wanted from beginning to end seemed to be nothing more than living in isolation. Movie star, a profession that gains both fame and fortune, is not cherished by her.

In Garbo's view, "To be a movie star means to be watched everywhere, and there will be no peace from now on, and fame and fortune are just games." "I think my happiest moments are when I'm alone, or with a few friends." Therefore, in almost every Garbo movie, you will find such a line - "Please leave me alone!" ”

In 1941, when Garbo's career was in full swing, she suddenly said: "I'm sorry, please let me go alone...... and then Garbo disappeared and lived in seclusion alone. He was accompanied by only a Chinese pastoral dog named "Xiaoxiao". One is called "Big Pint" and the other is called "Half Pint" with two cats. and a parrot named "Polly".

And even when it came to filming, Garbo had a lot of withdrawn requirements. When she was filming, she refused to be watched, not even the director. And with her appearance and temperament, she really doesn't need any acting skills. A smile has its own charm.

At the same time, Garbo refused to sign autographs for any fans, refused to attend her movie premieres, did not accept any interviews, and did not reply to any emails from fans who liked her...... As she puts it, "I've spent my life looking for back doors, side doors, elevators, or secret passages, as long as I can hide and not be bothered." ”

Although she also has a need to get in touch with the world, she must be quiet and comfortable, not disturbed by people. That's why she went to a small movie theater to enjoy the movies starring herself or others after dressing up alone.

Although the rest of his life did not expect Garbo to come back. However, some makeshift boxes were prepared. For the rich and famous, who want to keep a low profile, but are interested in a charity gala. Reservations are required in advance, but there is no need to queue up. It only needs to be confirmed by the security guard, and you can come quietly and leave quietly. Not known to outsiders.

Yu Sheng remembered that there were still a few boxes that had not been booked, so he asked Qing Xiaoyi to take Garbo to find a quiet and confidential box. With Garbo's character, as long as he is quiet and alienated from people, he will not be too picky about the box.

In fact, the rest of his life also had some guesses about the reason why Garbo came to participate in his charity gala. People of the Hereafter. I don't know that Garbo has influenced the trend of the world pattern and the course of human history to some extent.

1936, December 12, China, Xi'an Incident. In the United States, "La Traviata" starring Greta Garbo was released. MGM's "La Traviata" does not fully follow the original book. But. but interprets the role of the Lady of the Camellias very well.

The most successful thing is that Garbo was chosen to play the heroine. And Garbo's melancholy temperament and estranged philosophy of life express the role of the Lady of the Camellias vividly and vividly, both real and illusory. After the release of the movie. The box office exploded, and Garbo's performance made a large number of world celebrities become the ministers of the skirt who were conquered by his beauty.

Among them, there is Adolf, who considers himself an artist. Hitler. And when Garbo heard that someone was planning her meeting with Hitler, she said very confidently and coldly: "I will persuade him to make a truce." Otherwise, I will kill him. I was the only person in the world who could see him without being searched. ”

At the start of World War II, Hitler began to look for a weapon that was extremely powerful and ahead of his time. So. Hitler not only searched for the treasures of the occult, as in "Indiana Jones", but also gathered German scientists to develop all kinds of whimsical weapons.

However, although Germany is strong and education is thriving, it is clear that it is not possible for all talent to be concentrated in Germany. European countries, after experiencing the industrial revolution, have developed greatly in science and technology, and the education system has gradually improved, and talents have been produced. It was very difficult for Hitler to overpower an era.

In addition to the original German scientists, a large number of foreign experts and scholars, and high-tech talents became the target of the Germans. The Germans did everything they could to keep these people around.

In 1912, the Danish scientist Bohr, who had studied the movement of electrons in metals and creatively combined Planck's quantum theory with Rutherford's concept of the atomic nucleus, became one of Hitler's targets. The reason why Hitler made Bohr a target was that the Germans had already begun the development of the atomic bomb before the Manhattan Project for the Americans. Moreover, the progress is still ahead of the Americans.

If this situation continues, it will be a matter of time before the Germans build an atomic bomb. It's just that the speed of progress is uncertain. However, in order to speed up and determine this progress, the Germans need top talents in microphysics.

Bohr, who won the Nobel Prize for his work on the structure of the atom, had already discovered many neutron-induced nuclear reactions in the mid-thirties. The droplet model of the nucleus is proposed, which explains the fission of the heavy nucleus well.

The fission of the atomic nucleus, the enormous energy generated, is the basis for the manufacture of the atomic bomb. Except for Einstein, Planck, and SchrΓΆdinger, who often competed with Bohr, no one would have studied the atomic bomb more deeply than Bohr!

Therefore, the Germans offered generous conditions, both soft and hard, and demanded that Bohr serve the Germans. It is no exaggeration to say that if Bohr had stayed at that time, it would not have been the Americans who would have developed the atomic bomb in the world, but the Germans. The world will be very different from the future generations!

At this time, anti-war and anti-Nazi activists in Europe also recognized Bohr's importance. The Germans' sworn enemy, the British Intelligence Service, began to plot an operation to get Bohr to flee. Eventually, it turned out that hijacking was not feasible. Unless Bohr cooperates, and if he does, he needs to convince Bohr, and he needs a strong lobbyist!

And in the end, this lobbyist was determined to be Greta Garbo, who was already connected to the British intelligence service! Bohr is said to have been very fond of Garbo's performances in "The Queen of Sweden", "La Traviata" and "Anna. Karenina.

Although the truth of history has been submerged in time and space without a trace. Because of the silence of all parties, there is no way to know and verify. However, this persuasion was clearly successful. Bohr left the Germans on his own initiative and took part in the Manhattan Project in the United States! And this matter, not far away, in 1944!

Then, history was known for the rest of my life. With the assistance of Bohr and several other top talents in physics, the Americans created the atomic bomb one step ahead of the Germans. Hundreds of thousands of Japanese have evaporated!

According to the rest of his life, although Greta Garbo is alienated and lonely, he just doesn't like to be lively and is tired of taking care of interpersonal relationships. Her joys and sorrows are normal, and her dislike for Germans and Nazis is no less than that of Marlene Dietrich or other Hollywood actresses. It's just that because of its alienation from people, it will inevitably have a mysterious meaning and a lot of speculation.

It took a long time to greet him. When the sky is dark and the night completely covers the earth. The charity gala has just begun. As a time-traveling organizer in later generations, the rest of his life naturally would not allow his party to begin with a tacky speech.

When the Los Angeles Philharmonic began to play, the crowd fell silent. For these Hollywood stars, whispering at a concert is a very humiliating thing. Then I heard a song of grief and desolation.

"My home is on the Songhua River in Northeast China,

There are forest coal mines,

And the soybean sorghum that is all over the mountains. ”

"My home is on the Songhua River in Northeast China,

There are my compatriots,

And the aging daddy. ”

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Ninety-one-eight. Ninety-one-eight,

From that miserable time!

Ninety-one-eight, ninety-one-eight! ”

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From that miserable time,

Separated from my hometown.

Abandon the endless treasure,

Stray! Stray!

The price of the whole day is in the customs, wandering!

What year, what month.

To be able to return to my lovely hometown? ”

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Which year, which month,

To be able to recover that endless treasure?!

Daddy. Daddy.

when

To get together?! ”

The first song arranged by the rest of his life was "On the Songhua River". In the quotations of later generations, there was such a sentence: "An anti-Japanese song is worth the strength of two divisions!" ”

Although the Japanese invasion of China began in the Sino-Japanese War, what impressed the Chinese in modern times the most was the September 18 incident. Overnight, due to the inaction of Lao Chiang, the Chinese lost three provinces. Moreover, there was no declaration of war!

Moreover, the Japanese invasion caused a large number of refugees from the Northeast to go south into exile and enter the Kannai (Shanhaiguan). The tragic situation of the refugees is obvious to all Chinese. At this point, the fangs of the Japanese showed that the Chinese suddenly woke up. The Chinese are going through the 800-year War of Resistance Against Japan, which has begun. Of course, Lao Jiang has not yet begun.

This song "On the Songhua River" was composed in 1935 by composer Zhang Hanhui who witnessed the tragic scene of refugees in exile in Northeast China having no food and clothing, and their families were ruined. The first half of the song is narrated in the voice of refugees about the hometowns of the three northeastern provinces.

In the second half, the mood took a sharp turn. Parents are gone, the family is ruined! Only the tragic situation of having no fixed place to live and no relatives remains.

The person who sings is selected from the staff of the Qingyu Chinese restaurant for the rest of his life. Today's Qingyu Chinese restaurant has broken through the mark of 50 branches and is heading towards 100 branches. In each branch, there are at least dozens of Chinese Americans who have settled in the United States. That adds up to thousands. Among them, there are at least 100 people who have excellent voices and love singing!

The rest of his life passed by Alfred. After Wallenstein reminded him, he found that in the United States, most of the people who can speak English and Chinese, and have a certain amount of education, are actually his own employees. The income of these employees is extremely high compared to that of workers of the same type in the United States. Therefore, there is a wide range of hobbies, too.

As soon as Yu Sheng's mind moved, he selected one hundred and ten voices in the Qingyu Chinese Restaurant. Among them, there are dozens of people who know bel canto singing. Six of them are also official members of the local small singing group. I have singing experience.

As a result, the salaries of these six people were doubled for the rest of their lives. The remaining nearly 100 people have also increased by as much as 30%. More than 100 people, in this month's time, don't have to do anything, just practice the song well!

Although some of these selected Chinese immigrants in the United States are first-generation immigrants who have witnessed the tyrannical behavior of the Japanese in China, some are only second-generation immigrants and have not seen the abhorrence of the Japanese with their own eyes. However, in the inheritance of Chinese, the life experience of parents is extremely important, and it is natural that they have heard of the bad behavior of the Japanese.

The rest of his life was selected from the best, and the dozen or so anti-Japanese songs set were extremely infectious. After singing it a few times, these Chinese and Chinese people all have the same hatred for the enemy. Without urging for the rest of his life, the training became serious and serious.

After a month of training. This grass-roots singing group actually sang well when they sang these dozen anti-Japanese songs. It's not a high level, but at least it's not a shame!

This song was sung so that the stars cried, and the heavens and the earth were moved. After singing in Chinese and English over and over again, there were actually a few actresses who burst into tears when they listened to it in the audience. Other Americans feel the same way.

It's not that Americans know much about China. It's just that this song "On the Songhua River" just hits two pain points in American culture in this era. One is Americans' attachment to their families, and the other is Americans' hatred of the Japanese.

Americans' attachment to family stems from religion. Americans' hatred of the Japanese stems from Pearl Harbor. Although the specific reasons are different from the Chinese. However, there is something that is valued by human nature in common. Therefore, it is natural for Americans to perceive the sorrow of the Chinese family and their hatred of Japan.

Moreover, there is also a question of substitution, there are some Americans who not only substitute the situation of the Chinese into themselves, but if the Japanese set foot on the American soil, then ...... Immediately, I didn't dare to think about it, but the atrocities committed by the Japanese in China were well known, and there were many reports in the United States. It's better not to think about this kind of thing, and Americans really can't accept that they or their relatives are in this situation.

After singing this song "On the Songhua River", before the rest of his life could say anything, the banknotes and checks in the donation box set up in the next corner of the stage increased significantly. Celebrities or employees of major companies who are familiar or unfamiliar with the rest of their lives get up from their seats one after another, walk to the donation box, and devote themselves to it. No matter how many, someone handed them a beautiful thank you note.

This is something that Qing Xiaoyi has prepared for the rest of his life, with beautiful Chinese characters and English flower characters on it, writing gratitude for the rest of his life. And ensure that the specific details of this donation will be disclosed to all donors who have a letter of thanks, so as to ensure that all the money is used to exchange for the necessary materials for China's war of resistance against Japan. (To be continued.) )