The New York Art Center was built in the late thirties, co-founded by three female artists, and later acquired by the famous Rockefeller family.

At this time, it was a young member of the Rockefeller family who was in charge of the New York Art Center. Chen Qiang's exhibition at the New York Art Center was approved by him.

On this day, the young Mr. Rockefeller found Chen Qiang. After a few words of greeting, the two got to the point.

"Mr. Chen, I came to you this time mainly because I have something to tell you, I just received a notice from the New York City government asking me to stop holding a photo exhibition. As much as I would love to continue, I had to comply with the requirements of the municipality. Rockefeller Jr. replied.

"Why? What is the reason why the New York City Government asked us to stop the photo exhibition? Chen Qiang asked.

"The New York City government felt that the photographs we were exhibiting were too bloody and violent, and would have a negative impact on minors, so they had to be closed." Rockefeller Jr. let out a long sigh, lowered his voice and continued: "But I asked someone to inquire about the real situation, and there are several large international traders who are putting pressure on the New York City government. ”

"I don't do business, I don't seem to have a sin in international traders, right?" Chen Qiang asked subconsciously.

"You don't do business, but the Japanese do. Those international traders had a huge deal of business dealings with Japanese trading companies, and they made huge profits from trading with the Japanese, and I think the Japanese probably asked them to do so. Rockefeller Jr. replied.

"I see, I see." Chen Qiang nodded. He knew that this was a trick played by himself, so he couldn't blame the art museum.

I only heard Rockefeller Jr. continue: "Mr. Chen, I am very sorry for this incident, and I also deeply sympathize with the suffering of the civilians of your country. So I asked the New York City government to give me more time on the grounds that it would take time to dismantle the exhibition, and the New York government promised me three days, which means that the exhibition can be held until this weekend, but it will have to be closed by next Monday. Rockefeller Jr. spoke.

"Three more days, that's great, enough for me to do a lot of things." Chen Qiang said with a smile.

"Mr. Chen, are you planning to put pressure on the New York City government through other connections? IMHO, I'm afraid it's hard to work. The amount of money that those traders traded with the Japanese was huge, and I would not be surprised that for such a large business, those traders dared to do anything illegal, and that they betrayed the country. Little Rockefeller paused, and then said, "Mr. Chen, my family started by relying on business, and I know best the greed of businessmen. ”

"Thank you for the reminder, Mr. Rockefeller. Since the New York City government has asked us to close it, I'll do it, but before that, I'll let the whole of New York know that my photo show is going to be closed. Chen Qiang said with a smile.

"Mr. Chen, do you plan to use public opinion to put pressure on the New York City government? This may be an option, but it has little effect. In the face of money, the aspirations of the citizens are too humble. Rockefeller Jr. spoke.

Chen Qiang shook his head: "This is not pressure, but to arouse the curiosity of the people." ”

"I don't quite understand." Rockefeller Jr. replied.

Chen Qiang asked a seemingly unrelated question: "Mr. Rockefeller, do you know what kind of books are most popular with readers?" ”

"Famous books?" Little Rockefeller guessed, but Chen Qiang shook his head.

"Very absurd? Textbook? It can't be a dictionary! Little Rockefeller guessed several times in succession, and Chen Qiang shook his head.

"I can't guess. You'd better find out! Rockefeller Jr. spoke.

"The most popular book among readers, of course, is**!" Chen Qiang smiled slightly, and replied: "About 200 years ago, there was a writer in China who wrote a book, the content of the book is to describe the rise and fall of several big families, this book was disliked by the emperor at the time, so it was listed as **, but this book is regarded as the greatest masterpiece in China, the pinnacle of Chinese classics, and even gave birth to a discipline dedicated to this book. ”

"I see!" Little Rockefeller had already guessed what Chen Qiang meant, and he couldn't help but exclaim: "Mr. Chen, I have to say, you are really a genius!" ”

……

The next day, a news broke in the newspapers in New York that the photo exhibition at the New York Art Center would be suspended in three days due to the ban on its size.

This "scale is too large and banned" instantly aroused the curiosity of countless New Yorkers. People who didn't pay attention to photo exhibitions at all, after seeing the words "too large and banned", began to pay attention to and understand photo exhibitions; People who didn't plan to go to the photo exhibition immediately had the urge to go to the exhibition after seeing the words "the scale is too large and banned"; People who originally wanted to go to the exhibition, after seeing the words "the scale is too large and banned", immediately chose to take advantage of the fact that it was not banned and saw the exhibition.

It can be said that the sentence "the scale is too large and banned" instantly ignited the curiosity of New Yorkers.

It's like if there is a movie to be released in the future, and the content is cut by 20 minutes, if this deletion is because the content is not compact, or because the actor has a problem, then it is estimated that no one will care about the 20-minute deletion. But if it is deleted because the content scale is too large, it is estimated that there will be many people on the Internet who kneel and beg for the uncut version of the resource.

Those who have already seen the photo exhibition are beginning to brag about how shocking the content of the exhibition they have seen.

If the exhibition is not banned, it is estimated that these people who have seen the exhibition will not be able to brag, but now that the exhibition is going to be banned, wouldn't it be very awesome to say that they have seen it.

It's probably like a music lover party bragging that someone has seen a Mike Jackson concert, which is certainly more poker than watching a Justin Bieber or Taylor Swift concert, because Mike Jackson is dead and his concert is out of print, while Bieber and Swift are still alive and their concerts can still be heard.

Those who have seen the photo exhibition are boasting at the same time, and at the same time, they suddenly arouse the envy of others. People always have a heart of comparison, others have something they don't have, even if this thing has nothing to do with themselves, then you have to get one over, or even get the same one, you have to get a better one!

As a result, in the last three days of the photo exhibition, the entire New York Art Center was unprecedentedly popular, and the people who came to see the exhibition were endless, and even when the doors closed at night, there were still crowds of people lining up to enter, and finally the New York Art Center had to extend its opening hours.

After three days, the photo exhibition was completely over, but the discussion of related topics had just begun. Not because of anything else, but because this photo exhibition was banned because of the "excessive scale".

This is like some online dramas in later generations, which may not be filmed well, and the clicks are relatively average when they are released on major video websites, but once they are banned, they will immediately become popular, and those who have not watched them have sought pirated resources, and the more completely they are banned, the more difficult it is to find resources, and the more people will go to find resources.

Chen Qiang wants this effect, although the photo exhibition is banned, the topic of the photo exhibition will not stop, and the use of the gimmick of "large scale" can also arouse the curiosity of countless people.

Finally, Chen Qiang received a call from Washington, D.C., and the Central Convention and Exhibition Center in Washington invited Chen Qiang to hold a photo exhibition.

In New York, Chen Qiang's photo exhibition was banned, but elsewhere in the United States, those photos can still be exhibited. The convention center in Washington noticed that many people were discussing the photo exhibition, so it decided to invite Chen Qiang to the exhibition.

And the big traders who did business with the Japanese were obviously not in the consideration of the Washington city government. These traders are all in New York, and their goods are also carried out in the port of New York, and they have nothing to do with Washington, and the Washington city government cannot collect their taxes, so naturally there is no need to look at their faces.

Besides, the United States is a commercial society, and other convention and exhibition centers also want to make profits, and now Chen Qiang's photo exhibition is so topical, of course the convention and exhibition center in Washington will try to invite Chen Qiang to do the exhibition to obtain higher profits.

This time, it was the convention and exhibition center in Washington that took the initiative to invite Chen Qiang, and the photo exhibition in Washington was also to make money, and people would definitely not be busy in vain, so the photo exhibition in Washington was charged. However, the topic of "too big a scale and being banned" has been hyped up before, so even if the Washington Convention Center charges a few tens of cents for tickets, the audience who comes to watch the exhibition is still flocking.

The sudden release of what was originally forbidden will inevitably detonate the heat in a short period of time. Imagine if Mike Jackson were resurrected and there would be another concert, no matter how expensive the tickets were, there would be people watching them.

In this context, the popularity of photo exhibitions has not diminished, but has spread from New York to Washington.

……

Kikujiro Ishii never expected that his ban on photo exhibitions would eventually be self-defeating, and Chen Qiang's photo exhibitions became more and more popular, and finally revived in Washington!

However, now Kikujiro Ishii has no time to take care of Chen Qiang's photo exhibition, as the Japanese ambassador to the United States, Kikujiro Ishii is facing another extremely bad thing.

U.S. President Franklin D. Roosevelt proposed to Congress to give China a loan of $25 million! This is obviously terrible news for Japan.

"$25 million, how many supplies can be bought! What a hardship this will cause for the imperial army of the Empire! No, we have to stop this proposal from passing! Matsuoka said categorically.

"Matsuoka-kun, do you think that with Roosevelt's momentum, there is really anyone who can stop President Roosevelt's proposal? Since Roosevelt dared to put this proposal in Congress, he should be sure that it will pass. "Kikujiro Ishii is a human being after all, and he has already seen the essence of the matter.

"Are we going to let the U.S. Congress pass this bill? That's 25 million US dollars, and if this money goes to China, it will become a life-sustaining medicine for the Chinese! It will take longer for us to destroy China! Matsuoka said.

"Maybe the Americans hope that the Chinese can last longer?" Kikujiro Ishii paused in his voice and continued; "Matsuoka-kun, because of the war, the empire bought a large amount of supplies from the United States, including steel, oil, medicines, and other industrial products. And as long as the battlefield continues, the Reich will have to continue to buy these things from the Americans! In this respect, the Americans are the ones who least want the war to end, and once the war is over, their industrial products will lose a big customer! ”

"The hateful American ghost beast is actually calculating us!" Matsuoka said with an irritated face.

Kikujiro Ishii sighed: "Hey, this is also a matter of no way, Japan has just completed industrialization more than ten years ago, our industrial capacity is too far worse than the United States, and Japan is an island country, lack of resources, even with the addition of North Korea and Taiwan is not enough to compete with the United States, if we didn't occupy Manchuria early, maybe we couldn't afford to fight this war at all!" ”

"You are so right, but when we completely occupy China, the problem will be solved, China has a vast land, has resources comparable to the United States, and there are 40,000 Chinese who can serve as our slaves, which will make our industrial capacity surpass that of the United States, and then our Japan will become the most powerful country in the world!" Matsuoka said.

Kikujiro Ishii continued, "We can't stop the adoption of the proposal, but we can find a way to delay the adoption of the proposal. For every day this proposal is delayed, the Chinese receive the $25 million in supplies one day later, and the imperial army is one step closer to victory! ”

"Sir, you already have a solution, don't you?" Matsuoka asked.

"Americans are not monolithic, and we can go to Republican congressmen and oppose Roosevelt's proposal in the U.S. Congress. I think it's compelling to pay a personal visit to Arthur Vandenberg, the leader of the Republican Party, who has been opposing Roosevelt all these years, and I think that if he is willing to come forward, Republican lawmakers will inevitably block the passage of the bill en masse! Kikujiro Ishii said.

……

Kikujiro Ishii didn't know that Arthur Vandenberg was at the Washington Convention Center at this time, watching the photo exhibition.

"Not long ago, when that book was published, I heard that it was terrifying, but now, the photos are just suffocating me! It's really hard for me to imagine that the dark side of human nature can be so terrifying, that human beings would do such things to their own kind! After seeing these photos, I even wondered if the Japanese were cold-blooded animals, because only cold-blooded animals would kill their own kind so cruelly! ”

Arthur Vandenberg said, taking off his top hat as if to observe a moment of silence for the victims in the photograph.

After a moment, Arthur Vandenberg looked up, and then sighed a little helplessly.

"Roosevelt really picked the right moment to send the loan proposal to Congress! Or rather, he took this opportunity and deliberately dug a hole for us Republicans! ”

……

White House, Oval Office.

"Mr. President, the Senate will consider your loan proposal next week, and I wonder if Congressman Vandenberg will block us this time!" The staff spoke.

"I wish Vandenberg would have brought the Republicans to thwart us!" Roosevelt smiled slightly, and then said: "When the time comes, we can just say that they are a bunch of bastards with no conscience and morality, who will only serve money and capital, ignoring the tragic killing of so many innocent lives, and refusing to help them." The Republican Party is bound to lose more voters! ”

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