mage in the late qing dynasty

Chapter 1046 Explosion

It's actually a true color movie.

The colors are lifelike and bright, with no rough edges and no traces of artificial coloring.

Remas' defense was broken.

It is conceivable that if Internet cinemas only show such movies in the future, he will lose his livelihood.

Ten years later, he bought the Hongkou Theater built by the Japanese and became a top figure in Shanghai.

At this moment, Remas inexplicably felt that something was quietly moving away from him.

In the first scene, the protagonist appears.

He got out of the carriage wearing a woolen coat and a top hat.

The camera followed his line of sight, so only the back of his head was captured. His hair was blond.

First, on the left, Russian-style buildings such as clothing shops and restaurants plus the snow-covered streets create a depth effect.

Looking to the right, Russian-style buildings such as department stores, hardware and labor protection stores, and the snow-covered streets create a depth effect.

This is the only street worth noting in the Peacekeeping Bureau. Zhao Chuanxin borrowed the composition idea from the beginning of "Kung Fu" to maximize the use of the street.

When the protagonist enters the tavern, the silence immediately turns into noise, and the black and white world of ice and snow becomes colorful.

Everywhere you look, people are dressed in suits, with slicked-back hair and powdered faces, and there are bright lights and feasting.

Remas' soul trembled as he watched.

The colors are brighter and more real inside the pub.

The noisy sound is clearly audible.

True talkie.

The camera follows the protagonist to the bar, where a big-wavy beauty sits next to her. Although she is skinny, her skirt is pulled very low on her chest.

There’s no way, the Peacekeeping Bureau can’t find plump women.

In order to highlight the color, the woman's skirt is bright red.

The scene exploded.

The audience exclaimed in amazement, not knowing whether they were cheering for the woman's pitiful cleavage or feeling that this colorful movie was worth the trip.

True color, true sound, extremely high picture quality, no snow or lag.

Remas' heart sank.

The dialogue is currently in Russian, but there are Chinese subtitles below.

Those who can read can easily understand the plot.

For those who are illiterate, the simple plot is easier to understand and guessing is enough.

The story goes like this: the protagonist met a woman in a tavern, and after meeting her several times, he fell in love with her. The woman also flirted with him, and then he was discovered by her powerful admirer.

The admirer sent someone to cause trouble for the protagonist, who was an amateur boxer, and they had a big fight in a tavern.

The audience exclaimed in amazement as they saw the protagonist take off his suit, unbutton his shirt, twist his neck, and attack in a one-two rhythm with an extremely fast punching speed. He feinted with his left hand, pushed off the ground with his foot, and then used his back hand to punch hard to break the defense.

boom.

The extra fell to the ground swiftly, rolling his eyes and twitching.

The second attack of the extra set is a combo of straight punch, straight punch and swing punch.

The protagonist dodged left and right, then dived to avoid it, and the extra got nothing.

The protagonist suddenly straightened up, with a confident smile on his face, and hooked his fingers at the extra.

The second extra was furious and jabbed, jab, and jab again.

The protagonist paper dodges.

Then go forward and jump again.

Seeing this, the audience was already excited.

This alone is worth the money.

Yes, the audience is so easily satisfied at this time.

Because they haven't seen a better action movie plot yet.

The main characters' movements are crisp and realistic, and after camera editing, they are extremely entertaining.

Remas gasped when he saw this.

In addition to looking at the most basic colors and sounds, he also discovered the uniqueness of the film's shots.

There have been at least twenty shots from the beginning to now, which is incredible.

This can already be called lens language.

The benefits of three sets of cameras are apparent. After dramatic editing, the fight scene has three perspectives: two fixed perspectives and one moving perspective, switching back and forth between the protagonist and the extras, as well as a panoramic perspective.

There is complete emphasis on the narrative nature of the story and the details of the characters' movements and expressions.

This continuous editing technique made Remas realize that feature films would dominate the future and pictures that emphasized static images would no longer be popular.

I'm afraid that audiences who have seen this movie will never be able to accept his low-quality short films again.

See, the audience in the theater has forgotten to eat snacks.

Listen, there are exclamations of the audience everywhere.

The protagonist suddenly leaned forward, and the extra was frightened and stepped back to dodge, only to find that the protagonist was just feinting and didn't throw a punch at all.

Just this made the audience burst into laughter.

There is a touch of light-heartedness and humor amid the excitement.

The rhythm is controlled tightly.

The protagonist leaned forward for the second time, and the extra thought he was just feinting and was not prepared enough, but the protagonist actually punched.

boom.

A simple jab stunned the extra.

The protagonist seized the opportunity, stepped forward, hit the extra in the abdomen with a series of uppercuts, took a step back, jumped, and leaped forward to punch.

boom.

The extra fell to the ground.

Looking at the audience's reaction, many people excitedly stood up and threw coins onto the stage, while others applauded and cheered.

"Sit down, idiot."

"You're blocking me."

"Nong Ce Na, what are you doing?"

After the situation was finally calmed down, I saw the protagonist being arrested by the police.

Many people who didn’t see the details yelled, “It’s all your damn fault for standing in my way.”

The protagonist was exiled to Sakhalin.

Then came a series of hard labor.

Before, he was well-dressed and lived a life of feasting and revelry, but now he was in a barbaric, desolate and miserable situation.

This can cause the audience to sigh again and again.

In the snow and ice, the protagonist and other exiles went to the coal mine to carry coal blocks.

The sky and the earth turned black and white, and the prison uniforms became gray, dirty and worn.

But the protagonist had a big red scarf around his neck, which was given to him by a woman who had admired him before he came to Sakhalin.

Remas looked at the only bright red in the black and white tones, and his intuition told him that this shot must have a meaning.

As expected, the other exiles were depressed and heavy-hearted, but the protagonist was optimistic and always wanted to escape.

"Listen to me, don't even think about running away. In Sakhalin, if you can find a wife and have children, you'll be successful. At least when you die, someone will find you dead instead of letting you rot in the house."

The protagonist wiped his face with a towel and said, "I'm already dead and I don't feel anything. Why should I be in such a hurry to be found?"

"Ah... Isn't it bad to be discovered?"

The protagonist said: "The old man next door died and was found by his wife. I originally thought he lived a cowardly life, but now I know that he was actually a successful person."

The audience burst into laughter.

Even those who couldn't understand the subtitles laughed along.

Remas' head was buzzing.

It turns out that voice is so awesome, and can be expressed in this way...

The protagonist said: "What's the point of looking for a wife? I saw your wife flirting with other men during the day while you were working. In Chinese, it's called wearing a green hat."

The protagonist spoke the four words "wearing a green hat" in Chinese with clear and correct pronunciation. I don't know how long he had practiced.

The audience suddenly heard their own language and were so excited that their tongues quivered with laughter.

"She was just flirting with me, it's not cuckolding."

The way this person said "wearing a green hat" was very awkward and lame.

The audience laughed again.

Remus couldn't laugh.

His face was as black as the bottom of a pot.

The protagonist joked: "There is no difference between dark green and light green hats."

The audience couldn't stop laughing.

Someone once said that if the protagonist of a movie is not liked by people, then the characterization of the protagonist is unsuccessful.

Although there are a few protagonists in the film who go against this, overall it is correct.

Although the protagonist is a foreigner, the audience has already fallen in love with this foreigner who is good at fighting and knows how to find joy in adversity.

Soon, the protagonist planned his escape.

The guard reported this to his superior, who led his troops in pursuit.

At this time, the protagonist's hair was disheveled and his beard was tangled, and he no longer had the high-spirited demeanor he once had.

Remas frowned and thought: Could it be that Zhao Chuanxin and other actors waited until their beards and hair grew longer before filming?
Because most movies at this time are linear narratives, the shooting is also linear.

He didn't know that Zhao Chuanxin shot the back part first, and then trimmed the protagonist's beard at the end. Zhao Chuanxin designed his hairstyle himself, and then shot the first scene.

In this way, the actors' acting skills in the first scene are actually more mature than those in the later scenes.

When the protagonist fell in waist-deep snow, the audience nervously dug their toes into the ground.

Especially when you see the ferocious-looking pursuers behind you about to catch up.

When the audience saw the protagonist lying on the ground with the stolen Mosin-Nagant, frantically pulling the bolt and firing, they were so nervous that they forgot to breathe.

boom……

The pursuer flew backwards with blood spurting out of his chest.

This wonderful scene made the audience stand up excitedly.

How do they know what it's like to be shot?
It's just exciting.

Remas thought the scene was stunning.

He couldn't say exactly what was good about it.

The protagonist finally escaped from the Varanasi Valley and reached the Japanese territory.

He saw a Japanese girl drawing water.

I thought Sakhalin was just like that, people were evil and miserable.

Unexpectedly, there is such a beautiful girl on the South Island, which immediately amazed the audience.

No need to show body, no need to kiss, no need to waltz, just the morning sun shining on the beautiful girl's delicate and fair face, and looking at her curved eyebrows, you'll be intoxicated.

"This is even prettier than the top prostitute in the brothel, Li Jinfeng!"

Some people exclaimed. This mouth won a lot of approval.

This is the charm of the movie, the special atmosphere, the special environment, the special shot composition. Even a sow can be as beautiful as Diao Chan. Besides, Zhao Chuanxin's female secretary is really beautiful except for her slightly buck teeth.

Remas was numb by now.

Even he thought that the Japanese girl in kimono was pretty.

Is it really beautiful?

maybe.

But it’s definitely not as beautiful as everyone says.

Everyone thought the protagonist had escaped, but what happened next was unexpected.

The beautiful girl, smiling, conspired with a boy to poison the protagonist, steal his Mosin-Nagant rifle and sell it to hunters, steal his scarf and pocket watch and other items to exchange for rice...

The protagonist was poisoned, but he drank too little Aconitum soup and the poisoning was not serious. The protagonist began to drink soapy water to detoxify himself, and he vomited and had diarrhea, but eventually he survived.

The audience cursed loudly, saying: "The little Japanese devils deserve to die..."

It can be said that he was led by Zhao Chuanxin and his emotions were at their highest point.

In the end, the protagonist went on a killing spree and killed seven Japanese in the fishing village, including a girl and a boy.

The audience cheered loudly and felt very happy.

Some people also felt it was a pity as they looked at the beautiful Japanese girl lying in a pool of blood.

It would be a waste of that pretty face and figure if you don't polish it first.

The Japanese soldiers were chasing the protagonist, and he led the Japanese soldiers to the Varanasi Valley, where there were some Russian soldiers waiting for them.

The two sides actually started fighting.

The protagonist did not give up hope in the hail of bullets and tried his best to survive.

The morning sun shone on the snow, and suddenly a group of uninvited guests arrived in the Varanasi River Valley.

The leader said calmly: "I am Levitan, the executive officer of the peacekeeping army. Anyone who dares to shoot will be killed without mercy."

It intimidated both Japan and Russia.

The protagonist is appreciated by Levitan, who tells him: "Everyone in the Peacekeeping Bureau is well clothed and well fed, everyone has a job and makes money, and life is respected and protected..."

Background music plays.

Guitar solo, a song "Sunflower" slowly flows into the hearts of the audience.

Although the Peacekeeping Bureau was not filmed, the audience can understand just by listening to this song that it must be a paradise-like place.

take a bow.

The applause was thunderous.

"Play it again, play it again..."

The audience roared.

The staff shouted with a megaphone: "If you want to watch it, go out and line up to buy tickets."

Remas: “…”

He wanted to watch it again.

……

Lubin Mansion.

Yao Jia watched "Sakhalin Journey" in the cinema.

"Can I shoot a movie like this?"

Zhang Shouzeng held the armrest tightly beside him: "Shh, it's useless to talk."

Yao Jia couldn't control herself at all: "Oh my god, I'm almost falling apart."

"Oh my god, how did you take the photo at such a high altitude? Hanging on a tree?"

"Oh my god, the Japanese are so damn insidious..."

"I'm Chao, good kill!"

After the movie was over, Zhang Shouzeng pointed to the exit with a dark face and said, "Go, go quickly."

"how about you?"

"I want to watch it again without anyone making noise."

Yao Jia smiled awkwardly: "I'll watch it again, and I promise not to speak this time."

Waiting for the movie to start.

Yao Jia: "My Chao, this punch was great."

Zhang Shouzeng's face darkened: "..."

……

Flying in the sky.

Nikola Tesla watched the movie and muttered, "Edison has patents for cameras and projectors, movies are interesting, Zhao has plenty of money, maybe I should study movies to make things difficult for Edison."

They are old enemies.

Guotie'er, Li Jiangong, Wang Gaiming, Guo Tuwa and others shouted loudly.

"I can fuck you too!"

"Use a knife, Guanshan knife!"

"Fuck it, let me go, I'm going to kill these clumsy guys."

"Kill all the Japs!"

Guotie'er rolled his eyes and said, "How about we ask the shopkeeper to make a movie for us?"

Everyone's eyes lit up: "Yes!"

……

Peacekeeping Bureau.

Peter Grebin, Ken Nakamura, Levitan, Nori Shirasaka, Masayoshi Sato and other main creative staff gathered outside the screening room.

The screening room is not big and there is no waiting room, so you can only queue outside.

Maozi has a careless personality and is careless in everything he does.

But Maozi has rare and unique attainments and understanding in art.

And not alone.

In later generations, their bus stops, where only the elderly waited for the bus, were built beautifully.

Although the Peacekeeping Bureau has a small number of people, the Russians actively participate in entertainment activities such as watching movies, and they will buy tickets even if they want to drink less than one glass of wine.

So there was a long queue outside the screening room, and people's breath turned into ice and they stamped their feet in fear.

When it was Peter Grebin's turn, the ticket seller held out his hand: "Where are the tickets?"

"Ah? We are the main actors, and we still need tickets?"

"Listen to my advice. Don't test our Lord Zhao with money. If Jesus comes, don't even think about entering without a ticket."

These creative staff members bought tickets and went in cursing.

Peter Grebin was shocked when he saw his heroic figure on the screen: "Is this me? Do I deserve it?"

Levitan stamped his feet: "Why should I be in the camera? Why am I not on camera? Oh, this is a golden opportunity. I am much more handsome than Peter Grebin, and I can fight better than him."

Nakamura Ken cursed: "That little Jap devil is despicable."

Shirasaka Norimi squinted at him and said, "Isn't that you?"

The people around stared at Ken Nakamura with ill intentions.

Nakamura Ken was shocked: "Huh? That's not me, don't get me wrong."

But not long after, Nakamura Ken saw himself die at the hands of Peter Grebin, and he couldn't help but sigh: "The protagonist Qi Sha narrowly won and exposed a fatal flaw. Although I lost a small loss, I can't hide my kingly demeanor."

People around: "Okay, it's you!"

Nakamura Ken: "Ah, watching a movie is one thing, but why did you do that? Ah... everyone, save me!"

Neither the main creative staff nor the onlookers during the filming could have imagined that the finished story would be so exciting.

They don't even know what they're acting in.

Looking at it again now, beauty is beauty, ugliness is ugliness, and happiness is happiness, and it is a different feeling.

Only Zhao Chuanxin in the screening room was spewing all kinds of trash: "What terrible acting, the performance is just a piece of shit..."

Having seen the Milky Way, you cannot take the light of fireflies seriously.

Shirasaka Norihime was surprised: "Sir, the performance was so good, how could you say it was not good?"

When Zhao Chuanxin saw Peter Grebin's idiotic smile on the screen at the end, he couldn't help but hold his forehead and said, "The tree stump next to him is a better actor than him."

After the first round of screenings, some people lined up to continue watching the movie, while others spread the word.

In the afternoon, the news spread to the South Island and the North Island.

Sakhalin was so desolate that when Russians and Japanese from the North and South islands heard that there were movies to watch there, they tried their best to come and take a look at the novelty.

The pressure on the defenders of the north and south passes doubled.

Someone’s eloquence was so amazing that he managed to convince the defenders of the Beidao Pass to come to the Peacekeeping Bureau to watch a movie with them.

In the afternoon, not only the theater but also the nearby incense tavern was packed with people.

Zhao Chuanxin asked Sato Masayoshi to inquire about the audience's reaction to the movie at the Fuxiang Tavern.

The audience couldn't even distinguish between the story and reality, and they were looking for Ken Nakamura everywhere to beat him to death again to vent their anger.

It is conceivable how successful Zhao Chuanxin was in smearing the Sakhalin Russians and the Japanese authorities.

After the Peacekeeping Bureau was given a good reputation, it became a paradise that everyone aspires to.

……

Lugang Town.

Zhao Zhongyi, Liu Baogui, Gao Li, Er Feizi, Zhang Daquan... and others all came to the cinema to watch "Sakhalin Journey".

Zhang Daquan thought of the long queue outside the theater and wondered, "Since there is money to be made, why not add more benches or just let the audience stand to watch?"

No one can tell.

Instead, Benjamin Goldberg, who was sitting in the front row, turned around and said, "Uncle Zhang, the cinema can be full, but not overcrowded. My master said this is called hunger marketing."

Zhang Daquan scratched his head: "Hunger marketing? Isn't this just monkey tricks?"

Benjamin Goldberg said cheerfully, "Many times, people like the feeling of being monkeys. When they are monkeys, they feel patriotic and will accept high prices. If you sell things at a high price, monkeys will feel proud and will rush to grab the fewer things they have."

"Boiled!"

Zhao Zhongyi and others in the back row cursed at the same time.

I feel that the eldest disciple Zhao Chuanxin is really a piece of shit.

Are you calling that person a slut?
The audience reaction in the cinema hall in Lugang Town was exactly the same as that in other places.

As Benjamin Goldberg said, extending the screening period will actually extend the life of the film.

Many people felt unsatisfied after watching the movie once and bought tickets to watch it again.

As for Liu Huaqiang, Jin Wuzhi, Neng Chengwen, Boyarkov, Hu Er, Tang Qunying, Li Tonglong, Dadong and others, they can only watch the second game.

January 1910, 1 in the Gregorian calendar, the day after the Minor Cold, became a day of carnival everywhere.

But there were also unhappy people, such as Hidetatsu Sone, a new crew member on the South Manchuria Railway.

He left his colleagues' sight, came to the cargo compartment, and said to his companions hiding there: "Things have changed, hide the explosives."

"Exposed?"

"No." Sone Hidetatsu looked helpless. "I received news that because the movie "Sakhalin Bitter Journey" was showing at the Lugang Town Cinema, representatives from all over the Lugang Town Conference did not leave today. They went to watch the movie in groups."

(End of this chapter)