Chapter 526 Negotiations (4)
In the following time, the exhibitions and concerts held by Time Travelers have always been the hottest topics in Shanghai, and almost every scene is full. Tianlai Novels originally Time Travelers' plan is to arrange a visit every morning, the concert is performed by the choir live, two in the afternoon, and one in the evening. The concert is replaced by a movie screening, so that four shows can be held every day, and about 5 ooo can be accepted, but this still cannot meet the requirements of Shanghai residents.
The queues line up to receive tickets every day are lined up in a long queue, but because it is completely free and the time travelers implement the real-name system for ticket collection, it eliminates scalpers' ticket copying and special channels, which makes it seem that time travelers are fair and notarized, and has won praise from all Shanghai sessions.
More than 60% of the people who came to visit, not only new-style schools, but also many of them are scholars from old-style education and private schools. This is not surprising. In the old time and space, students have always been the main force of social movements and political activities. It is precisely because students are young, energetic and passionate, so they are more likely to be moved. When they see the pictures in the exhibition, they all praised the achievements they have achieved by time travelers, and are proud of them.
When watching the concert, I was extremely moved, and different emotions arose with the concert. When I heard [My Chinese Heart], my heart was fluctuating and filled with emotion; and [Song of the Seven Sons] made many students cry and burst into tears; [Heroic Song] made the students feel high and their blood boiled; while [Ode to the Motherland] made the students very excited. Of course, after visiting the complete exhibition, their favorability and recognition of time travelers increased significantly.
Moreover, five or six days later, a large number of foreign students and staff made a special trip to Shanghai to visit. In the end, the time traveler decided to use a rolling method to increase the daily performance to six shows. The audiences accepted every day passed 75oo. Although this could not fully meet the needs of the visit, it could also be greatly alleviated.
Seeing that the whole of Shanghai's emotions were driven by the exhibition and music was lost, the time travelers naturally would not miss this opportunity and set off the final public opinion offensive. First, the [New China News] published editorial articles continuously, severely criticizing the previous articles of discredited and defamed time travelers, and at the same time fully proved the name of the time travelers. Some newspapers in Shanghai also echoed and helped the time travelers speak. There were also a large number of students at the concert shook flags and shouted for the time travelers. The newspapers that had previously discredited and defamed time travelers were completely lost. Therefore, within a time, a voice of public opinion support for the time travelers was formed. At this time, even if there were still people who wanted to write articles that accused the time travelers, the newspapers in Shanghai dared not express it, and even if they were expressed, they would immediately attract a large number of verbal criticisms.
Of course, there was also a small episode, which was that the Russian Consul p.a. Dmitryev filed a serious protest against the exhibition held by overseas Chinese to the Public Concession Bureau, believing that the exhibition of overseas Chinese is a strong insult to various countries and a challenge to the dignity of various countries. Therefore, he asked the Ministry of Industry to immediately prohibit the exhibition from continuing, and seize Zhangyuan, arrest the organizers immediately, and prosecute them in the Concession Court.
In fact, all countries understand that the content of the exhibition held by overseas Chinese is indeed a bit uncomfortable, but the content of the content of Britain, France, the United States, Germany, Japan, Italy and the Austrian community is generally within a tolerable range. After all, the battle is indeed lost. The exhibition of overseas Chinese only reflects this result truthfully, but there is no real insulting content. Of course, in addition to Russia, what is more important is that this is the condition for overseas Chinese to accept the reopening of Shanghai negotiations, so they can only endure it now.
And everyone knows that the Russians' proposal is not about wine, because in the exhibitions held by Chinese overseas, the most embarrassing thing is actually Russia. Therefore, the Ministry of Industry and Technology rejected the Russians' request very simply. Some even ridiculed the Russians and suggested that the Russians also hold an exhibition boasting about their achievements to insult the Chinese.
As a result, although Dmitryev roared like thunder, he was helpless. After calling for two days, he felt bored and could only stop the situation and simply reported it to the country, because Dmitryev knew that Russia could not engage in another large-scale war in the Far East in a short period of time, so it was useless to report it to the country. Maybe the country would still use it as a scapegoat.
However, on the other hand, it also brought several unexpected things to Time Travel Group. First, the choir attracted great interest from all Shanghai sessions, because the concert itself is an entertainment performance. And countries have set up a large number of entertainment venues in Shanghai, so naturally they will not let go of such a popular and sensational choir. Therefore, many hotels and entertainment venues come to find Time Travelers and invite choirs to perform at them. Some hotels even offered high appearance fees of 1ooo two silver per show. The result was of course the choir's responsibility group refused, saying that they would not participate in commercial performances when they came to Shanghai this time.
Seeing that the invitation was not successful, some restaurants settled in the second place and asked the time traveler for the scores of all the songs so that their band could play, but they were also rejected by the responsible group and said that they would announce it when appropriate.
In addition, there are also people who are very interested in the audio equipment of concerts and movie projection equipment. These two may not be a big surprise to the outsiders, but in the eyes of insiders, it is a great shock, because in fact, these two are far away from the science and technology of this era, and only those who are experts can know what these two technologies mean.
There is no real amplification device in this era. The musical performance of European operas depends entirely on the voices of actors, and movies can only be considered to be just starting out. Not only is it colorless and silent, but the playback of the picture is also extremely unsmooth, let alone other things. Therefore, if you master these two technologies, you can be the king in the entertainment industry.
Although these requirements were denied by the responsibility group, they gave the responsibility group many new ideas. Since the concert responded so well, it would be better to open an entertainment venue such as nightclubs in Shanghai, mainly focusing on film screenings and singing and dancing performances.
Now there is a band in the Lishunde Hotel in Tianjin and a cinema has been built. However, the cinema is mainly for internal screenings of the Travel Group. Of course, sometimes a few local people who have joined the Travel Group are invited, but they are not operating externally. The main reason is that the scale is too small, with only one screening hall, and the audience can be accommodated only 100 people, and there is no electricity. There is no power plant in Tianjin yet, and the electricity consumption in the concession is all based on small motors. The main electricity of the Travel Group is supported by removing several solar panels from the passenger roulette boat. However, as the land use of the Travel Group expands, relying solely on solar panels is definitely not enough, so the movie cannot be operated externally.
Shanghai is the highest power supply in China and the earliest area to start building power plants. On July 26, 1882, the Zhapu Road Electric Light Factory, which was established by a British merchant, started electricity. This was the first power plant for official electricity on my country's land, which was the predecessor of the Shanghai Electric Power Company in later generations. However, in 1888, Shanghai Electric Power Company was reorganized into Xinshen Electric Company. In 1893, it was purchased by the Shanghai Public Concession Industrial Department Bureau and changed to the Electrical Department. The president was the American He Qing, and at that time, the Feilun Road (now Jiulong Road) power plant and Yangshupu Power Plant had been built, with an installed capacity of more than 120,000 kilowatts. Moreover, the power capacity continued to expand, not only could it supply the power of the two concessions, but also to some areas outside the concession. Therefore, in this era, Shanghai's power can basically be guaranteed.
The performers and programs are naturally ready-made. Although the three bands of Time Travel Group were of low level in the old time and space, they were still enough in this era, and the experience and routines of stage performances were also very rich. As for movies, it was easier. In addition to the screening equipment, the three passenger boats stored a large amount of movie information. In addition to the private collection of Time Travelers, the movies can be displayed within 10 years. As for what to do after 10 years, it would be easier to replay, because at least in the foreseeable future, it is impossible to shoot movies of all technical level of Time Travelers in this era, and there is no way to steal. Time Travelers' movies are digital and there is no film. Therefore, if this plan can be realized, then this nightclub-like entertainment venue can at least bring huge income to Time Travel Group.
Of course, this will not only further enhance the status of *** in the administrative department, but also the status of the seven people in the responsibility group will also rise. It is extremely important that the status of the three original band captains in the responsibility group be improved, because this concert is a temporary event. After returning to Tianjin, the choir will be disbanded, and the members will come from there and go back there. Jiang Huanwu, Lin Mu, Zhang Yang and Li Ying all have their own jobs, and it is nothing to go, but the three original band captains will face the embarrassing situation of being unemployed when they return to Tianjin. But if this project can be approved, they will not only not be unemployed, but will also get a stable job.
So the responsibility team also decided to report their proposal to *** as soon as they return to Tianjin, and asked *** to apply to the Executive Committee, and now they should start writing project proposals and application reports.
Chapter completed!