After listening to him, Tom came to his senses.

Yes, according to Thomas's character, there must be a way to do it at this time to reject New Rome like this.

If you follow the other party's rhythm, it will be wrong, and it is right for Han Huaiyi to open up another battlefield.

"So, calculate how much royalties you want to give him, sue him again for defamation of Nikolai at that amount, and then have the San Francisco court hire a Pinkerton to deliver the summons to him." Han Huaiyi then came up with another idea.

Tom couldn't help but laugh when he heard this, well, he went to make arrangements at once.

Anyway, the previous indictment of Thomas in New York was inconclusive, but it was not settled, and it was okay for him to repeat the same old words.

What he didn't know was that the reason why Han Huaiyi was dismissive of Thomas's behavior was because Nikolai had recently been working on sound color films, and had made some progress.

This system is a completely new filming and cinema system that was born out of silent films, but does not overlap with most of its patents.

At that time, movies were still silent films.

If there is a bright color in the black and white film, it is the result of a worker applying color to the film by hand, but this coloring is too disappointing for the whole look.

So after Han Huaiyi decided to make a film, he handed over the task of color film to Nikolai.

Tesla, which has six projects on hand, has never felt that it is too much, and the French have already done some research on this project in the past few years, and Tesla quickly contacted the French people through Fivoli.

After the two sides communicated with a telegram, the French happily agreed to jointly develop color film with Tesla.

The two sides began to cooperate across the ocean.

In fact, color film should have appeared in 1930, but the reason why this technology did not appear until that era was because it was not the elite of the era who studied this technology.

And now it's the big demon king Tesla who is studying him.

When it comes to Tesla, he is not only a theoretical pioneer, but also has a super hands-on ability.

If you compare Einstein to him, seriously, Tesla is actually stronger in some ways, he is more down-to-earth.

Therefore, Han Huaiyi is 100% assured to squeeze it.

He was so confident in him that he immediately called Griffith.

He asked the other party to conduct a series of test shots of the script in the next few days, and then he should find a feeling for the actors.

The real real shooting must wait for Tesla's color film technology to come out before proceeding.

He's rich, he's the boss, what can Griffith say.

However, Griffith also felt very happy to do things with such a person, because Han Huaiyi's attitude of letting go after trusting anyone was comfortable for any of his subordinates.

In other words, he can't betray Han Huaiyi if he makes a movie.

Therefore, the atmosphere on both sides is harmonious.

But just as New Rome on this side of the ocean started a new business again, the people in Shanghai were in trouble.

Actually, it's two things that come together.

First, at the end of November, the Qing court announced a ten-year ban on smoking, and then Zheng Xiaoxu joined hands with people from all walks of life in Shanghai to form the "Preparatory Constitutional Association".

Zheng Xiaoxu was born in a family of eunuchs, and also followed Xiangshuai, and is currently in Anhui Anchashi.

He did this in order to support Guangxu and call for the early convening of the National Assembly to determine the constitutional monarchy.

The association proclaimed that "the purpose of respecting the decree is to learn from anger and evolve together", and it sought to "make the gentry aware of the state affairs and prepare for the constitution as the basis".

You can do it.

He didn't count looking for others, but also entangled Pei Dazhong and Chen Dayou.

In addition, he actually found Zhou Baotai and others.

Zheng Xiaoxu obviously had a detailed understanding of the people of the Shanghai faction, so he stared at Zhou Baotai is fake, he wants to tie up the huge team of club members and Han Huaiyi through this matter.

Not only did he have his eyes on Han Huaiyi, but Du Yuesheng, a small miscellaneous fish that he didn't pay attention to in the past, naturally attracted his attention.

The means by which people in officialdom control people are nothing more than money power.

Zheng Xiaoxu can't control anything else, so he can influence Pei Dazhong and Chen Dayou, but he can't get Zhou Baotai and Du Yuesheng to influence the input of resources outside Shanghai to specific groups of people in Shanghai.

Especially the tobacco area.

The Qing Dynasty banned smoking, and the price of tobacco and soil skyrocketed, which was a good time for Sanxin to make money, but Zheng Xiaoxu suddenly made a move.

He said that Hubei and Jiangxi should carry out "severe crackdowns" along the Yangtze River waterway into Shanghai.

In addition, please also mobilize the upper echelons of your circle to make a specific greeting to the related households in Shanghai when Yunnan is no smoking.

As a result, the tobacco in Shanghai was cut off in a blink of an eye.

Du Yuesheng and others naturally didn't understand the mystery at the beginning if they didn't engage in politics, and Zheng Xiaoxu wouldn't tell them about these things.

But Zhang Renkui soon got the truth from other people's mouths.

Now the people in Shanghai suddenly realized that these things were done by this person!

The scale of any industry must be stable.

At that time, there were countless fireworks gambling stalls in Shanghai.

There are thousands of addicts, and as soon as the tobacco in Shanghai is out of stock, these things that usually don't look like individuals may blow up something big.

So not only Du Yuesheng and others had a headache, but Melo had to go crazy.

Because once there is a scandal of smokers in the French Concession, his political future will be...

But even so, at the club's internal meeting, Zhou Baotai still emphasized one point: "It must be stable, but the rules of not participating in anything explained by Boss Han cannot be broken." ”

Merlot, who was in attendance, also agreed.

It would be wise not to get involved in the internal affairs of the Qing court.

There must be trouble when you participate in the cooperation, didn't you see Charlie took Xiangshuai away, but how can Zheng Xiaoxu solve it?

It is impossible for the authorities of the French Concession to take the initiative to tell him, "You should send some tobacco and soil quickly."

If this word gets out, no one will be a human being, right?

The result was on this day.

Zheng Xiaoxu sent someone to send a post, hoping that people in Shanghai would participate in the great cause of constitutionalism.

He's trying to see it.

It's just vicious and stabbed on the seven inches of all walks of life in Shanghai.

Merlot scolded angrily: "In the next year, I will start announcing that any underground smoke houses are prohibited in the concession!" Listen, I'm not kidding this time, and I won't allow this to happen again. ”

And Yan Jiuling sighed: "Let's talk about how to solve the current situation first." ”

When everyone was brainstorming, Bai Qi said: "I think I will simply take the opportunity to completely ban smoking in the concession, and whoever makes a fuss will be driven out directly." ”

"This can maintain the stability of the concession, I agree. But the smokers who were released didn't want to make trouble when they arrived in Zhabei and other places? When the time comes, when you check that they are concessioners, don't you still have to go back? Zhang Renkui asked with a headache.

At this time, Du Yuesheng suddenly spoke: "Uncles, I have an idea. ”

"You speak."

"The Han family has never eaten soft or hard, anyway, reporters and others are easy to control, we are aggrieved here and bow our heads once and there will be next time. Zhen Guogong won't beat the boss's idea, what is he?"

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