The journey starts from the Titanic

"Oh!" Ruan Lingyu was a little disappointed when she didn't hear Situ Nan complimenting herself.However, Situ Nan didn't seem to object to her acting. She felt relieved and heard Situ Nan say: "And it's just a silent movie. Silent movies will be eliminated soon. In two years, there will be movies with sound everywhere. Only when the movie is played well can more audiences see you."

"But if I don't read well and have an accent, people will laugh at me." Ruan Lingyu said discouraged.

Well, Situ Nan promoted Mandarin and simplified characters, which gave Peiping's poor settlement a touch of pride, but gave Ruan Lingyu this little star a problem. Cantonese speaking Mandarin is unique.

"The people who laugh at your accent don’t know, they don’t know how to appreciate your characteristics. Look at the domestic dignitaries, big merchants and big businessmen, they are proud of the Cantonese accent. Especially in Guangdong and Nanhua, your accent is more popular with the folks. We love it."

Situ Nan smiled and comforted Ruan Lingyu. It seemed that Ruan Lingyu's accent was actually very light, there was no problem, but he was not confident.After several years of studying at Santa Maria Girls’ School, she speaks Mandarin and English quite fluently.

Instead of worrying about the accent, it is better to worry about the audience's hearing and appreciation abilities.

Having said that, if the discussion about regional accents weren't for Situ Nan's promotion of Pinyin and Mandarin, besides young students, how many Chinese folks can understand the people in the neighboring provinces and counties?Moreover, there are not many Chinese who have the opportunity to hear the original characters in the movie.Under the premise that there are not many choices in the film market, Ruan Lingyu's worries are really not a problem.

"You just aren't confident enough!"

It turns out that in history, the Guangdong opium merchant family where her mother and daughter lived did not pay much attention to Ruan Lingyu, and Ruan Lingyu's education could not be compared with Kadoorie Garden (both trained as a lady of Kadoorie Garden), so Ruan Lingyu had accent problems. confidence.She played in silent films, and she has never played in any sound film. It is a pity that people in later generations have never heard her voice.

"I listen to you, if you say I can, I will act." Ruan Lingyu smiled.My heart is very sweet, and I finally solved a problem.

Situ Nan admitted and encouraged him to make a movie. With his support, his mother would not object to showing himself in public.

"I'm happy to see you!" Situ Nan knocked on Ruan Lingyu's head and warned: "It's good for a little girl to chase her dreams. You have to have some snacks. I'm not afraid that someone dares to unspoken rules for you. I'm afraid you will be stupidly blamed. tricked."

"Huh! Who can lie to me!" Ruan Lingyu hummed proudly, and said to her heart: You are the culprit!Subconsciously, she found a touch of father's feeling in Situ Nan. Situ Nan's recognition and encouragement were very important to her.

She vaguely knew that Situ Nan had a film company in the United States, and she knew a lot about movies, so she trusted Situ Nan's judgment.

Although Situ Nan did not open a film company in Shanghai.However, several film companies in Shanghai are inseparable from Meihua Company. The cameras, film, lighting and other equipment used for filming are either purchased from Meihua Electric or imported from Cummins Electric.

When filming by myself, those bosses also inquired about Kadoorie Garden from time to time.I want to get involved.

The little girl had a wrong understanding. Although Situ Nan did not directly invest in Shanghai film companies like the William Film Company of the 20th Century, but secretly, several film companies in Shanghai are indirectly controlled by several large companies under the US China Consortium.

Take Hollywood on the other side of the sea. Now is the age of Hollywood's most beautiful youth. The film market is developing rapidly and exuding an alluring atmosphere.The Eastern Consortium has already stepped in Hollywood, and the Rockefeller Consortium is eyeing Leihuadian Film Company.Not only buying film production companies, but also acquiring film distribution companies across the United States.The construction of movie theaters in various places formed a competition with the William Film Company of the 20th century.

The history of Hollywood's barbaric production has passed, replaced by the era of capital operation.If the domestic industrialization process is not interrupted by external forces, the Shanghai film market will follow Hollywood's pace and enter the era of capital operation after ten or eight years.

When Ruan Lingyu went to make a movie, many big shots greeted the film company to take care of this little girl. The Shanghai film company bosses privately referred to Ruan Lingyu as a movie princess, which may not be without the economic support provided by Situ Nan.

Because of Ruan Lingyu, Situ Nan remembered the plot of waiting for the bus on the side of the road that he talked about with Zhang Youyi in the car in the afternoon, and he joked that he wanted to make a movie. The spoiled daughter in the movie "One Night Romance" is actually quite suitable for Ruan Lingyu. Acting, so I became interested in movies.

"follow me."

"Do not talk."

When Situ Nan came to the recording studio, Kadoorie Garden had a professional recording studio, which also kept many records recorded by Situ Nan, but it was never made public.

Recording studios, projection rooms, many entertainment equipment, as well as high-tech products such as communication radios and telegraphs, Kadoorie Garden has it all.Living in this environment, it is no wonder Ruan Lingyu is interested in movies.

Situ Nan set the record, dictated the plot of the movie "One Night Romance" into the microphone, and recorded all the movie's ideas.

"This is your new film! Find a screenwriter and write the script, and I will shoot it after I pass it." Situ Nan handed the recorded tape to Ruan Lingyu and ordered.

Ruan Lingyu took the plastic tray, which was a bit confusing, it seemed a bit sloppy, but I like the story.

She left happily, followed Situ Nan’s instructions, called the film company, and recruited several screenwriters overnight. Those screenwriters were "trapped" in a room in Kadoorie Garden to write the script for several days, until the script was completed. Can meet the mysterious original creator.

Chapter 155

"Damn it, Freon, an efficient refrigerant, was actually invented by the Chinese? Why isn't it a German or BASF chemical?"

Hans put down the Linxi Newspaper, frowned, annoyed that it was too late to get the news, and didn't get a kick in the refrigerator business in time.

The Zilinxi Daily is an English-language newspaper that not only advertises Midea refrigerators, but also related reports on the hot sales of Midea refrigerators in Shanghai. Recently, citizens of Xinshi Department Store on Nanjing Road fought for the beauty of refrigerators, causing a sensation. .

The beautiful refrigerator became a hit!

The foreigners in Shanghai have to be surprised by the Chinese miracle in the field of home appliance manufacturing.Following Chinese-owned department stores such as Sincere and Xindaxin, foreign firms such as Jardine and Hutchison are also interested in purchasing Midea refrigerators.

It was in this situation that Hans came to Shanghai. If he obtains Freon technology, BASF Chemical will certainly be able to do a lot of this business with its strong technical foundation.

When he came to Kadoorie Gardens, Hans was a little nervous. Since he returned to Germany to take charge of BASF Chemistry, the relationship with Situ Nan has undergone subtle changes.

BASF is the BASF of Germany. After a few years of decline after the war, BASF Chemical Company has restored its former demeanor and no longer has to rely on funds from the Americans or Stuart. Hans himself thinks he is qualified to talk to Stuart. .

Seeing Hans walk in, Situ Nan stepped forward and shook hands with a smile, welcoming him: "In the past few years, you have achieved commendable performance at BASF, and BASF has once again become a star in Germany and even the European chemical industry."

"I am very pleased to hear the affirmation of BASF’s shareholders. With the help of Mr. Situ, BASF and Meihua have established a good cooperative relationship and established a firm foothold in the emerging Asian market. In the past five years, BASF has invested in the Asian market. 300 million yuan in products and services."

Hans smiled and said with a tall waist. In front of Situ Nan, the shareholder, he maintained a neither humble nor humble expression.He added: "The Asian market is getting bigger and bigger, BASF will invest more resources to deepen cooperation with Chinese companies such as Meihua Chemical."

Say here.Hans smiled a little more flatteringly.

Situ Nan nodded to the suggestion of deepening cooperation, did not say anything, but was noncommittal.

Today's Hans is no longer the Hans of the year, and BASF is not the BASF that was downright.After Hans returned to Germany, he annexed several large and medium-sized chemical companies in Germany. At the same time, he planned to introduce other consortia to reorganize BASF.Among them is Mobil Corporation of the Rockefeller Consortium.

The shares of BASF held by Situ Nan have been diluted a lot in several actions by Hans, and his influence has declined.

And Hans relies on the good performance and the support of other German shareholders.It was completely out of the predicament of "benevolent" to Stuart when Germany was just defeated a few years ago.

The two entered the study and did it face-to-face. Situ Nan looked at Hans who was "working hard" to bolster his momentum, secretly amused.If it wasn't for your lack of ambitions for BASF, that would make you live so moisturized?

Whether it is BASF or Siemens, Situ Nan has no intention of coveting even Krupp, which is the closest to the US-China consortium. As long as these companies cooperate with US-China, it is enough to bring cheap technology and talent to South China and China.

In fact.Emerging markets also provide rare development opportunities for Germans. Otherwise, in Europe, are they capable of competing with British and French companies?

Hans greeted for a while and finally brought the topic to the point: "I always think that BASF is the most creative company in the chemical industry. I didn't expect Meihua Chemical to give us a surprise. The invention of Freon reflects the Chinese people in recent years. The chemical industry has made rapid progress in cooperation with us."

"Meihua Chemical Company's progress in the chemical industry has made me gratified. Chinese engineers learned not only from German friends, but also from American friends how to invent some interesting things. Three acids and two bases, monosodium glutamate, freon, printing and dyeing dyes , Synthetic ammonia, compound fertilizers, and the emerging yellow gunpowder."

Situ Nan followed Hans's meaning, and looked like a treasure.I am very happy for the achievements of Meihua Chemical Company.I thought: Germans don’t think that only you have the technology. Apart from you, Meihua can also obtain the necessary technical equipment from the American Giant Chemical Company, and the cooperation between Meihua Chemical Company and Giant Chemical Company is much closer than that of BASF.

Listen to Situ Nan mentioning the United States.Hans seemed to have thought of this, and felt a little unhappy. The greater the progress of Meihua Chemical, the greater the competition that BASF Chemicals faces.

Although many chemical products are produced from the joint venture factories of the two parties, BASF obtains objective profits from them, but with time.BASF will be kicked out and the Chinese will monopolize the market.

This day has gradually come, and the Freon incident is the best illustration.

Hans felt that the achievements of Meihua cannot be separated from BASF's support. Of course, Meihua should share Freon technology with BASF instead of handing it over to Siemens.

He quickly thought that even if he obtained Freon technology, the raw material of Freon, fluorite, seemed to be inseparable from the Chinese. At present, only the Chinese in the world develop fluorite mines on a large scale, and other countries have not been able to provide large quantities of fluorite. It is said that Russia There are abundant fluorite mines, but it is very risky to go there to import raw materials.Thinking that the Chinese accounted for most of the hundreds of millions of billions of refrigerants market, Hans was jealous and hated in his heart. He secretly kept his mind, maybe one day he will cooperate with the Russians.The premise is that BASF can obtain relevant technology from the Chinese.

"Freon refrigerant has a broad market, which is very important to BASF. I hope to get this technology and am willing to pay a higher price."

Hans said seriously, staring at Situ Nan to see what Situ Nan said.

"Then you have to have a good talk with Meihua Chemical Company. They have just appointed a chemist and industrialist as president. I believe you will have a common language."