Alchemy Greater China

Long Hao talked on and on for more than an hour. As expected, the two Lumiere brothers were stunned: Is this the Chinese king really coming into contact with movies for the first time?How does it feel like he has formed a whole set of theories about the film, and all we have to do is follow his orders?

"Okay, I'm a businessman. When I invest in movies, I naturally see the commercial value it contains! Therefore, you two, you are both my partners and employees, so you are responsible for bringing me profit!"

"How do you make a profit? That is to make a movie according to what I just said, and then put the movie in a large room, um, hundreds of times larger than your basement! At least a large room that can accommodate 100 people to play... …People who want to see it come in and buy tickets, and if they think it looks good, they will promote it, and we can also make copies of the film and transport it to various cities for screening..."

"This is what I think the future of movies is, so it's very simple to satisfy me. Please make such a movie and make money for us! The first step is not difficult, it only takes three to 10 minutes... a short, but fascinating The script is enough, and the actors don't need too many actors. The tall, handsome and charming male and female protagonists seem to be enough. Okay, the main points are almost these. What do you think, the two Lumières Mister El?"

After a long time, after Long Hao drank a glass of red wine filled with drizzle, his elder brother August murmured, "Your Majesty Hao, I am convinced. I will do whatever you say!"

His younger brother Louis thumped the table and said: "Listen to what you have to say. It is better than reading ten years of books (of course, to the effect, the French do not understand the profound Chinese proverbs). I am going to find actors and actresses! The script, I used to write For a short love story, three or 10 minutes should be enough to fill it up!"

"Okay, it seems that the two finally understand!"

Long Hao raised the glass, then ordered Xiao Yu to pour a little red wine, and shook it.Cheers to the two Lumières: "cheers, I wish you and us an early success! Ah, right. You can cash the check first, perfect the script, and arrange the shooting scenes, and the selection of actors can be put aside ... Three days at the latest. I will bring you a surprise!"

"cheers. Cheers to our 'Pot of Gold'!"

"Cheers! Cheers to the bright future!"

By the way, Golden Pot Films is the film company jointly owned by Long Hao and Lumiere, the first film company in Los Angeles.

When the Lumiere brothers cashed out the cash and started the shooting preparations in full swing, the surprise came in advance.

Only on the third morning, Long Hao brought three people and knocked on the door of Brother Lumiere's room.

"Oh. Your Majesty Hao, please forgive me for opening the door slowly... Is this a surprise?"

Waited for 10 minutes.The elder brother August opened the door. He was sleepy, unshaven, and full of a kind of aura that later generations would call a 'director'.

In the past two days, the combined sleep time of the Lumiere brothers did not exceed five hours. It was the estrogen in their bodies that supported them in building their dreams.

"Hehe, go in and tell me, and let me see your preparations."

Long Hao smiled, not paying attention, and walked into the room. It was originally a living room, but now it has become a grocery store, and it is also a grocery store after the hurricane swept away.

Utensils and plastic trays are scattered all over the floor, papers are flying around and waste paper is in balls on the table and in the corners, there are even colorful fuels on the walls, sliding down, very Picasso-like...

"Sorry, it's so messy, please sit down, find a place to sit."

The younger brother Louis also just woke up, and was wiping his face with a black towel that looked more like a rag.

Of the three people brought by Long Hao, the Lumiere brothers only knew one, and that was the beautiful little girl who was by Long Hao's side, while the other two were men, one was a young man, the other was a middle-aged man. If there is one thing in common, they are both handsome.

The Lumiere brothers vaguely knew why this surprise came about.

"Hehe, I won't sit down anymore. Let me introduce you first, and then we will go to a Cantonese-style tea house for morning tea. The crab roe and shrimp dumplings there are very authentic."

Under Long Hao's introduction, the identities of the three were revealed to the Lumiere brothers one by one.

Needless to say, girls, it was lively and lovely drizzle.

The young man is called A Tangge, a typical handsome guy, with chiseled facial features, long black hair, and a body that is as perfect as carvings. Except for being a little short, there is almost nothing wrong with him. .

It seems to be the template set by God for handsome men!

And that old handsome guy is called Nikola Tesla, according to Long Hao's introduction, he is a scientist!

It wasn't until they sat down in the teahouse that the Lumiere brothers came back to their senses: These two handsome guys, big and small, seem to be quite famous!

Atangge, once an idol police chief in Alaska, his fame once swept the entire United States, and even spread across the ocean to Europe. I don’t know how many women who are married have paid high prices and are willing to have a good time with this idol. .

However, with the establishment of Alaska and the establishment of the state, the major chaebols entered the mining industry, and there was little news about it, and this Atang Pavilion seemed to have disappeared from the world, and his whereabouts were unknown.

As you know, the idol trend is always hot. After about half a year, there was no news about A Tang Ge. This police chief who was once known as the most handsome man under the age of 20 in the United States was gradually forgotten.

Brothers Lumiere can think of him, thanks to a fat lady who used to frequent their photo studio. Lumiere's photo studio has been full of smog for a month. If it weren't for the damn franc, old Lumiere would have killed and dismembered that fat woman nobleman!

Compared with Atang Pavilion, Nikola Tesla's recent reputation is much greater.

This genius scientist who was once cornered by Edison is now a man of the hour!After Alchemy Nation signed an armistice agreement with the United States, he appeared in public as a tenured professor of Alchemy Nation.And transformed himself into the president of a power company, vigorously promoting alternating current in the four western states of the United States.

Western America.The per capita gdp is not high, so Edison's power grid business did not focus on it... This also gave Tesla a chance.

Thanks to the full support of the Alchemy Kingdom, Tesla promoted alternating current, regardless of the cost.

Attract users with massive discounts, and show the strength of the company with heavy investment. Among them, the AC power plant built in the city of San Francisco alone cost a total of 870 million US dollars!

In terms of burning money.It was the largest power plant in the United States at the time.

In contrast, Edison's direct current power plants have become a small child's play!

Such a big move.After being publicized by newspapers and media, it became even more out of control.

The Tesla Electric Power Company published an announcement in the newspaper, saying that when the AC power plant officially starts operation next year, all users who have made an appointment in advance.You can enjoy a [-]% discount on electricity consumption within three years!

The unit price of Tesla's alternating current is much lower than that of Edison's direct current.Another [-]% discount is almost a free gift. Those savvy users thought about it in private, and they were almost taken aback: This is much cheaper than burning kerosene! ctdy, whoever doesn't use AC is an idiot!

In just three months, the data released by Tesla Power Company shows that the number of registered users has exceeded 60!

This is a remarkable figure in the relatively poorly populated western United States!

Tesla is so happy.Edison naturally wanted to trip him up and try to make him stumble.

How to get stuck?

A price war doesn't work in the first place.Although Edison’s wealth is not small, his main business project is not electricity. If he wants to fight a price cut with Tesla for direct current and play a war of attrition, let’s not talk about whether the shareholders’ meeting agrees or disagrees. Even Edison himself made an estimate. I had no choice but to give up.

The reason couldn't be simpler. Tesla's money was obviously sponsored by Long Hao. Just looking at his appearance of not spending money as money, Edison was envious and jealous, and sighed in his heart: Tesla is lucky. , To find such a boss who is extravagant, stupid and rich!Hmph, Long Hao is, let you invest in Tesla, I curse you to be dragged down by this Croatian lunatic sooner or later!

The price war did not work, so Edison naturally asked for help from the super chaebol he had met. Soon, the U.S. House of Representatives announced that enterprises in the federal territory must use direct current as their production electricity, while residential electricity, if they do not use direct current, must pay 30 more. % electricity tax!

As soon as this bill came out, it immediately met with strong opposition from enterprises and residents led by the four western states.

When will the federal government use laws to help a company win unfair competition?

Isn't the United States a country that flaunts freedom and democracy?

Why, why don't we choose the cheap electric company?

What about our right to choose?Deprived by you?

Members who issued this bill, are you sure you didn't take bribes from Edison?

Investigate, we demand an investigation!

**, we demand anti-corruption!

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The voice of opposition has been louder and louder, and even many companies in the east have joined the opposition team.

Because they keenly foresee that in the next few years, the development of electrification will be extremely rapid. If this 'ridiculous' bill is passed, Edison will become the unstoppable 'power king'!It is rare that a Tesla is fighting with him now, and it is fighting without capital. Why don't we sit on the mountain and watch the tiger fight?

The more fierce the two fight, the lower the price of electricity will be, and the more we consumers will benefit!

What's more, the Tesla guy promised that in the next three years, he will build a large-scale AC power plant in the eastern United States. By then, the only power transportation problem that plagues these eastern companies will be solved.

Neither Edison nor the super-chaebol and bribed congressmen who supported him expected that the bill to suppress alternating current would attract such a strong backlash.

There was a wave of public opinion and criticism, but in desperation, the bill was declared invalid after only five days after it came into effect, and a member of the House of Representatives who proposed to pass the bill resigned sadly.

The White House once again became the laughing stock of the Western media. For this reason, President Cleveland was so angry that he vomited blood in his office, scolding these resigned congressmen for their lack of brains.However, scolding is scolding, he had to come out with a livid face and hold a press conference to clarify the accident.Quit bill storm.

At the press conference, Mr. President gritted his teeth and said that in the past, present, and future, the U.S. federal government will not use administrative means to suppress legitimate companies.

And in order to express the sincerity of the White House's apology, President Cleveland sent a friendly signal to Tesla's AC company, saying that the door to the eastern United States is always open to Tesla, and he is welcome to invest in and build a factory.To promote the development of the electric power industry, every American citizen also has the right to choose between alternating current and direct current...

In this farce, Tesla, with the support of Long Hao's media, was elated.A bloody shame, serialized in newspapers for seven consecutive days, and sold nationwide, it clarifies the injustice that AC has suffered for many years.Through a lot of pictures and text description.The American people know it.Alternating current is not only cheap, but also safe. It is not the electricity of death that Edison said before!

For a while, after knowing that the White House lowered its head on AC power, many people spontaneously appeared in several large cities in the eastern United States.

They hope that when the AC power is laid in the East, they can enjoy it as soon as possible.And get the same benefits as the people in the west.

This battle between alternating current and direct current ended with Edison's side stealing chickens and losing money.But the matter did not end there. When John Rockefeller noticed this matter, he immediately commanded his subordinates and made it clear that Tesla must be suppressed!

It's just that the means used don't have to be so stupid as to use administrative bills to promote it, but to put the focus of propaganda on the other side.

What's on the other side?Naturally, it is Tesla's identity, hmph, who made him a professor of Alchemy Kingdom?

The breakthrough point of the propaganda was chosen in this one: "Will alternating current be the first step for Long Hao to control American energy?!"

Rockefeller also has a huge propaganda media. In the United States today, the newspaper media industry is basically a situation where the "San Jose Mercury" and the "New York Times" compete with each other.

As soon as the "New York Times" took action, the small and medium-sized newspapers responded one after another, writing articles condemning Tesla, revealing his sinister intentions, and asking the patriotic American people to resolutely boycott alternating current and all products from Tesla and Alchemy Kingdom.

Not to mention, due to the influence of Long Hao's previous battles with the United States, these American generations who have not suffered a defeat since birth, in order to revive the self-esteem of the country that was hit, they organized civil demonstrations in major cities in the east, Call on everyone to support local companies (Edison) and boycott foreign companies (Tesla).

And a general of the U.S. Department of Defense who is known for his radical stance also stated at an unofficial reception that he regards Tesla as the enemy of the United States, and if given the opportunity, he would not mind putting Tesla in his military. prison!

In this way, the U.S. Department of Defense expressed its heart through the mouth of this "unobstructed" general. Roosevelt, who returned from the defeat in Mexico, also took the opportunity to raise his arms and shouted, saying that Tesla is not only selling AC, but also for the dragon. Hao, Savi and other enemies of the United States manufacture arms and weapons!

While earning money from the Americans, they made bullets and penetrated into the bodies of Americans!

This kind of demon, we Americans must unite as one, and we will not give up until we drive them out of the United States!

In this way, when the other side of the Pacific Ocean was shrouded in the crisis brought about by the Sino-British naval battle, the news that occupied an important position in the newspapers on the American side was related to this Professor Tesla.

After coming to the United States, the Lumiere brothers read newspapers every day, and they stopped for a while when preparing a movie to welcome Long Hao a few days ago.

Therefore, they are very familiar with Tesla's name. Now that they are awake, when they go to see Tesla again, the expressions of their four eyes are quite different.

Is this the scientist Nikola Tesla who was declared by the U.S. Department of Defense to be arrested?

Unexpectedly, he himself is so young and so handsome!

When we get to his age, wonder if we'll be able to do what he... um, half of it?

To be honest, the Lumiere brothers admire Tesla very much. They are French, and they don’t have any so-called love for the United States. Therefore, they can look at the problem from an objective point of view, so they feel Tesla is pretty amazing.

Presumably, he can get the full support of His Majesty Hao, there must be real materials.

I just don't know, this time we are planning to make a movie, what is Tesla going to do here?Ah, is it to be an actor and shoot a realistic film about alternating current to fight back against the other party?

Hmm, very likely...

The Lumiere brothers cannot be blamed for being too imaginative, after all, they rely on their imaginations to make a living.

It's just that the way they stared at Tesla was too straightforward, which made Tesla smile first, and stretched out his hand: "I am Tesla, you two seem to recognize me?"

"Ah, yes, yes, Professor Tesla, we have already benefited from the power plant you built!"

Los Angeles is very close to San Francisco, and the AC power plant is located in the southeast of San Francisco. Therefore, the first phase of trial electrification includes Los Angeles.

Someone has to ask, hasn't the power plant been repaired yet?

How can power be supplied?

In fact, this is the case. The scale of the AC power plant in San Francisco is too large, and it will take a few years for the entire construction to be completed. This is an example to attract more users and more cities, and at the same time give confidence to users who make reservations. (To be continued..)