Chapter 507, The Diary of Anne Frank (2)

The newspaper is by far the most influential newspaper in Italy, so naturally they were invited. When they received the invitation, they immediately realized that there was big news. So the most experienced journalist, Robert, and the best editor, Fabio, were sent to this press conference.

When they arrived, the press conference had not yet begun, but there were already quite a few journalists in the venue. Most of these people were familiar with each other, so when Robert and Fabio walked in, many people waved at them as well.

A service member took them to the seats that had been prepared for them, and they were given one of the best seats because of the influence of their newspaper.

"Hey, Robert, you're here too." A reporter sitting next to him said to Robert.

Robert turned his head, and he recognized it as Francesco, a reporter for Corriere della Sera.

"Francisco, you're so early." Robert reached out to shake his hand and said this to him.

"There's big news, of course you have to run fast." Francisco smiled and said, "Robert, what news do you think will be there this time?" ”

"Probably the British are doing something in South Africa again. Maybe they're using poison gas on a large scale again, well, Francis, what do you think it would be? Robert asked rhetorically.

"How do I know, I only know one thing, and that is that the level of bad things done by the British is definitely something to look forward to. Maybe something no less than the last poison gas incident came out. Francis shook his head.

"In this world, can there be more evil deeds than the last poison gas incident?" Robert asked, confused.

"It's hard to say, but I didn't think of it yet. But, Robert, you know that we are all good people, and no matter how much we use our brains, we can't think of anything so vicious. So let's not speculate, it's a complete waste of time, and besides, the press conference is about to start. ”

The press conference began, and the first person to appear was the President of the Transvaal Republic, Kruger, who, of course, is now the president in exile.

President Kruger first informed the reporters that the Boers were still fighting against the British invasion in the guerrilla warfare, and then he got to the point of the day: the British began to build concentration camps in South Africa.

"The British pursued a policy of genocide against the Boer people. They set up dozens of concentration camps on the land of the Transvaal Republic, burned down the farms and looted all the belongings of the peaceful inhabitants who did not participate in the war, and then sent them to concentration camps, where they were slaughtered by intense labor and unimaginable starvation.

The British invaders have now completely abandoned the veil of 'civilized man' and revealed their true colors of evil and barbarism. Even the most terrible barbarians in human history, even Arati, even Genghis Khan, could not do anything more barbaric and evil than the British's 'three-light policy' of 'burning', 'robbing', and 'killing'!

In order to expose the crimes committed in the concentration camps, a number of journalists with a conscience — allow me to salute them here on behalf of the Boer people, worthy of their profession as journalists, worthy of God's teachings — and in cooperation with our determined and courageous partisans. Our hero, the intrepid warrior Captain Waldner, led his team in an attack on the Shire, a heavily guarded concentration camp, to free his compatriots and bring to light the crimes committed by the British invaders behind the high walls of the camp that trampled on the Ten Commandments of Moses and the one of God's rules.

As you know, our warriors sacrificed enormously for this battle, many of whom had been battle-hardened, including our legendary partisan leader, Colonel Waldner. A few days ago, those shameless aggressors also flaunted this matter everywhere as their own merits. After conquering the charr camp with swift movements, in order to cover the evacuation of journalists and the dying victims in the camp, he took the initiative to lead the guerrillas to block the British reinforcements, and finally died in the battle. May his noble soul rest in Heaven.

The sacrifices of our soldiers were by no means worthless, they rescued their compatriots who were dying in the camps, and brought the truth about the death camps of the British to light. It also lets more people know that our struggle is not an ordinary struggle, but civilization is fighting against barbarism, and justice is fighting against evil. Justice will prevail! ”

Then came the revelation of the truth about the concentration camps. First of all, the organizers showed you enlarged photos of the relevant materials, the first of which was a photo taken by Ms. Emily 61 Hobhouse, of the courtyard where the corpses were placed in the Shire concentration camp. When this shocking photo was presented, the entire auditorium was immediately filled with the sound of inhalation.

Robert sat at the front, and naturally saw it most clearly, when President Kruger made a speech, he didn't feel too much, because the topic of the Boer War seemed to have become accustomed to it. But when a picture of Ms. Emily 61 Hobhouse was put out, he was still intimidated.

"Oh my God!" Robert whispered. He rubbed his eyes vigorously to make sure he didn't see anything else, "How can this be...... How can this be! Robert clenched his fists. As a reporter for a big newspaper, he can be regarded as well-informed, he has covered the bloodiest serial murders, and has seen the scene of horrific murder and corpses; He had also worked as a war correspondent and had seen corpses strewn across the ground. But not once was he shocked by the sight of the bodies stacked like wood in this photo. Because in this kind of behavior, it seems that man is no longer human, but has become something similar to wood.

"Oh my God, look at those arms and legs, those people are just skeletons with a layer of skin. They, how can they ......" Francisco, who was sitting on the side, couldn't help but say.

"When man is a beast, it is worse than any beast!" Fabio whispered.

As more information was revealed, everyone present had to believe that what the British were doing in South Africa was for the purpose of genocide. This kind of war for the purpose of genocide is not unheard of by the journalists present, and it has always accompanied such wars in the process of Europe's gradual domination of the world. European civilizations have made this kind of story more than once in South America, in Asia, and in Oceania. However, now, those stories are quite old, so long ago that few people still remember them. What's more, those exterminated races are savages, people of color, and they may not even be counted as fully human. At least in the eyes of Europeans, that's it.

But now, those Boers are Caucasian, civilized people who believe in God, and they are not semi-barbaric Orthodox people, but civilized people who believe in Protestantism! How can they do such a poisonous thing to civilized people? If today the British can play such a genocide against the Boers, then in the future they can play such a game against other Europeans as well. This...... This is absolutely intolerable and unforgivable!

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And on the other side of the Atlantic, in the University of Cleveland's Dashi yàn room, something completely new is also being experimented with.

"Nikolai, how are you preparing?" Scrooge asked.

"Very good, boss, absolutely no problem." Nikola 61 Tesla smiled at Scrooge and said, "Your idea is very interesting, although it is difficult to do so, but compared to the old method, the advantages are too great." And the more difficult it is, the more interested and motivated I become. ”

"Nikolai, you must have done it secretly, well, it must have been more than one experiment, right? You won't be able to do that without complete certainty. Scrooge said, "Okay, can we start now?" ”

"No problem." Nikola 61 Tesla snapped his fingers, "Let's get started!" ”

The assistant snapped and lowered the thick curtains, and the other turned off the lights. The room was immediately dark. But then, a beam of light shone on a white cloth hanging on the opposite side, and then a moving picture appeared on the white cloth: it was a railroad, and the breeze was blowing, and you could see some weeds growing near the tracks swaying gently in the breeze.

That's the movie. A few years ago, Edison invented a "movie mirror" that could be viewed by one person, a rectangular cabinet box that could show 50 feet of film continuously, and a 2.5 mm lens on the outside, which could only be viewed by one person at a time, because Edison believed that it was possible to make more money only if each curious viewer watched it alone.

After Scrooge knew about this point of view, he almost fainted with laughter, because there was a very simple and simple thing that Edison ignored, that is, there is still competition in the market in this world. If someone else makes one that can be shown to more people at the same time, then he will definitely be able to easily beat these things of Edison by using the scale effect.

Sure enough, it didn't take long for the French to come up with a movie that could be screened, and all at once those little things from Edison were turned into children's toys.

Edison, of course, was not willing to let himself fail, so he began to work on more advanced sound films, that is, more advanced films that combined the sound played by the gramophone with the picture of the film. It is said that not long ago he had achieved some success, but what he did not know was that his efforts would definitely fail, because in the Great Śràn room, he was working in the same direction, and a more technologically advanced sound film was being developed.