Chapter 552 Movie (Fourth update, please subscribe)

Although the Governor's mansion is nice, there is only one Governor-General of Zhili in the whole world. But what about here?

Li Jingfang's mood suddenly became a little heavy for no reason.

What he saw here were not those people who were all dark and thin and ate only coarse vegetables. Once upon a time, he thought that all the people in the world were like that - all dark and thin and ate only coarse vegetables.

But after coming here, everything changed.

Li Jingfang even specifically recalled the differences between the people in the two places. One side was dark and thin, eating coarse food, and the other side?

With a rosy complexion, not only can you eat your fill, you can even eat meat every day!

Not to mention ordinary people, even ordinary landlords may not be able to eat meat every day!

As for a house like this?

Looking at the bright glass windows on the four-story building, Li Jingfang had to admit one thing - even such a six-bedroom, one-living-room apartment was better than the environment in the Governor's Mansion.

Such a house not only has electricity, cooking and gas, but also hot water for bathing and a flush toilet.

All of this has never been heard of or seen in China.

At most, it was only available to foreigners in the concessions, and only the rich could enjoy it, but here? It was just a necessity for ordinary people's daily life.

"This is really... They were also Qing people in the past, so why are their lives getting better and better after coming here?"

Li Jingfang, who was puzzled, muttered to himself helplessly, then shook his head and walked out of the community. When he looked back at the word "Happiness" on the name of the community, he sighed helplessly.

After that, he lost interest in even continuing his stroll. The more he wandered, the more he felt that the difference between the Ming Dynasty and the Qing Dynasty was like heaven and earth.

Why do the same group of people create two completely different worlds?

It even took them only ten years to create all of this.

I walked around the streets of Nanhua for an unknown amount of time until the sun went down. Although it was not yet completely dark, the black iron street lamps on the street were already lit up. The bright lights shone out from the glass lampshades, and the lights were still as bright as before.

The endless lights stretched along the street to the end of the street. Li Jingfang had long been accustomed to such daytime, and he had even almost forgotten the nights without street lights. Looking at the bustling crowds on the streets and the happy smiles on people's faces, he suddenly felt a little lost.

The further we walked, the brighter the street became because of the lights in the shops, and there were bursts of noise everywhere. Going further, we saw a "Metropolitan Theater" on the side of the road, with a line of people outside.

"'Goal - Versailles' is released today!"

Looking at the words on the poster outside the door, Li Jingfang muttered to himself in surprise.

"What is this? Versailles? It looks like the royal palace of France!"

Curious, Li Jingfang queued up on the roadside. Although there were many people at the theater entrance, they still queued up very orderly.

It takes 15 days to develop a habit. Whether in the new immigrant education camp or the immigrant labor camp, the first thing all immigrants learn is to line up. It doesn't matter if they can't learn it, the captains will never be polite with the sticks in their hands. After a few months, habits such as brushing teeth, washing face, taking a bath, changing clothes frequently, and drinking boiled water can change even the most stubborn people.

These habits are still the best way to distinguish people from the Ming Dynasty and the Qing Dynasty.

After waiting for a few minutes, when it was finally Li Jingfang's turn, he leaned over and asked.

"How much is a ticket?"

"Theater tickets are 1 cent, movie tickets are 1 cent."

Of course there are opera performances in the theater, and people would definitely prefer to watch movies rather than buying tickets that cost ten cents each.

It’s cheap!

What is a movie?

Li Jingfang had never seen it before. He bought a ticket and entered the theater. He finally found a seat in the crowded screening room and sat down. Men and women in the screening room were whispering to each other. There was a large white cloth in front of them.

Suddenly, the room became dark.

"Hey, what's going on?"

Suddenly a light shone on the white cloth, and when everyone was curious, someone spoke loudly.

"Don't talk, I'm going to let him go, I'm going to let him go..."

Then the person who was speaking stopped talking.

"On July 19, 1870, the Franco-Prussian War broke out, and the long-planned North German Confederation brazenly invaded the French Empire."

Staring at the words displayed on the white cloth, Li Jingfang was stunned, not because of the literal confusion of right and wrong.

In fact, this is not a distortion of right and wrong. After all, the Prussians did invade France. It was just that the French fired the first shot and failed to invade Prussia.

The reason why he was stunned was because of the picture that appeared next. The vivid black and white picture actually moved and walked like a real person.

"Go!"

In the picture, a large group of people marched along the street, with officers riding horses and soldiers carrying guns.

It’s the South China Army!

In order to support the French ally, Nanhua sent the most elite troops, led by His Majesty the Emperor himself!

The words and pictures were intertwined, and then the picture turned into an airship, the airship field in Guinea. The airships blocked out the sun and clouds, and it was extremely spectacular even when viewed from a movie screen.

Watching the soldiers on the screen discussing the battle plan with smiles on their faces, the ground crew loading bombs onto the airship, and seeing a military dog ​​lying obediently at the feet of an officer, the audience in the screening room all laughed out loud.

Although the movie had no sound, everyone was stunned when they first saw the images taken by the photographer in the air.

"Oh my god... Is this what God is watching from the sky?"

"Oh my god, it's the floating air force!"

Li Jingfang stared at the movie screen with his eyes wide open. He didn't even know how to describe his feelings. At this moment, he was no longer the governor's eldest son. He was stunned, just like everyone else, immersed in this unprecedented God's perspective!

That’s right, it’s the God’s perspective!

Just like they say, only God can see such a scene from heaven!

"These people are truly gods! They can actually go to heaven and earth..."

In this era of silent movies, just some simple images are enough to attract many people to watch. After all, the information people of this era are exposed to is extremely limited, and even an ordinary aerial shot will make them amazed and surprised.

At this time, they didn't care about the sound at all. To them, it was not important. What was important was that they saw a scene that ordinary people would never be able to see in their lifetime.

This one-cent movie ticket is worth it!

Not to mention ordinary people, even Mr. Li only has one thought at this moment - to watch this movie several times.

What Mr. Li didn't know was that the movie was only released in a few places such as Nanhua, Yingtian and Linhai until a week ago. Before that, it had not entered the market at all because there were no projectionists in the market at all.

"Versailles - the royal palace of the French Empire, built in..."

As the image of the Palace of Versailles appeared on the screen, people realized what might happen next.

"It turns out to be the palace of the foreign emperor!"

Just as people were saying this, they saw cylindrical objects, like eggs, falling out of the spacecraft.

"What is this?"

As soon as the words were spoken, they saw explosions and smoke clouds appearing on the screen one after another.

The originally beautiful palace was instantly shrouded in the smoke of the explosion. In the billowing smoke, all of them were stunned.

This, this is the imperial palace.

So what if it’s a palace?

In the billowing smoke and the continuous explosions, the magnificent palace was collapsing and being destroyed.

It was not until this time that people reacted.

The French palace was blown up by the Ming Dynasty...

(End of this chapter)