Until this time, there were a few long sighs in the hall. "This program is too short, it should be played for a while longer." Huafa old man said.

"Master, don't we say we still need to do experiments? It's been three hours." The young man pointed to his watch and said.

"Really? It's been three hours?" The old man looked at his watch in disbelief, and it was already noon.

At this time, Zhao Shouhong walked up to everyone and said: "I call this invention a TV. It allows everyone to watch movies like programs at home. Just imagine, you don't have to queue up to buy movie tickets, and you don't have to be in a crowded movie theater. Waiting for the show to start. You can wear comfortable pajamas, sit on your own sofa, make a cup of tea or pour a glass of wine, cook a few small dishes and watch while eating, how comfortable it is.”

This description made everyone fascinated. Looking at everyone's longing expressions, Zhao Shouhong continued: "Everyone is too busy to go to the movies with their wives, now you can let your wives and children watch movies at your own home. Even after work, you have leisure activities."

"Great, great." Many people said excitedly, and one of them asked, "My lord, what is the price of this TV?"

"The current price is not low, about the price of twenty radios." Zhao Shouhong said.

"So high?" Someone in the audience exclaimed. Although they all have high salaries, it is quite difficult to come up with so much money at one time.

Zhao Shouhong said: "However, I decided to distribute the first batch of TV sets to each scientific researcher as a benefit of the research institute. This is also my affirmation of your selfless work, and it is also a kind of compensation for your family. "

"Great." Many people cheered.

Zhao Shouhong added: "Of course television has just started. There is only one TV station, Zhongchuan TV Station, which can only guarantee three hours of broadcasting time every day. But I believe that the TV station will be better and better, and the number will increase. Every day The playback time will also be longer and longer."

Despite these unsatisfactory places, the appearance of television has completely conquered everyone.Originally, even if it was a wealthy family, at most it was just watching a movie every two days. Now everyone can sit at home and watch a few movies every day. What is there to be dissatisfied with?

Chapter 935 Expensive TV

Zhao Shouhong is quite satisfied with everyone's reaction. He has suggested that Zhongchuan Radio Station expand its scale and separate a dedicated Zhongchuan TV Station.At the same time, the TV station will cooperate with Minxin Film Company to shoot the world's first TV series, and the script will be written by Li Minwei himself.

As a revolution in the media industry, television will soon occupy the commanding heights of the news media.With the availability of communication satellites, Zhao Shouhong can broadcast the TV programs of the Western Special Zone to the whole world, allowing the Western Special Zone to occupy this commanding height.Taking advantage of the influence of television, the positive image of Hualan Kingdom will definitely become bigger and bigger. By the time the countries realize this, it may be too late.What's more, if countries want to countermeasures, at least they need to research the relevant equipment first.

TV stations are naturally concerned about the production of TV programs. Zhao Shouhong began to cooperate with Stella to develop Hualan Kingdom's first self-made communication satellite in the space hospital.With the guidance of his future electrical engineer, I believe that Hualan Kingdom's communication satellites will soon be sent to the sky by shuttles. Only by launching up to five more satellites, Hualan Kingdom will be able to occupy the global TV broadcasting market, allowing all The country is ashamed.

Just when the Zhongchuan Electric Appliance Factory began to mass-produce 23cm (9-inch) black and white TV sets, and was preparing to stock up to a certain amount and start selling them, a major event happened in Hongluo.

On October 10, at the first National Congress, Bunin suddenly announced that the Red Raksha State, Ukraine, and White Raksha would form an alliance to form the Red Utopian Republic Alliance, referred to as the Red Union.The two countries allied with the Red Rakshasa Kingdom were originally annexed by the Rakshasa Empire.In order to break the international community's isolation of the Red Rakshasa, Bunin had no choice but to use this trick.

In order to highlight the greatness of Utopianism, Bunin announced that the small countries annexed by the Raksha Empire would be restored to freedom, and then these countries would form a Utopian alliance with the Red Raksha State.After these small countries became independent, they established some utopian puppet governments, so naturally they would not go against Bunin's ideas.

The establishment of the Red Alliance this time is the first step. In the future, other small countries will be separated from the Red Rakshasa Kingdom and join the Red Alliance in the form of a republic.In such a weird way, Bunin broke the isolation of the international community. At least it seems that the Red Rakshasa has an ally.

It seems that in order to cooperate with the establishment of the Red United Nations, two months later, on January 1923, 1, which belongs to the New Year's Day in the Western Continent, Sun Wenhai published the "Hualan National Congress Manifesto" in the State of the Union address.The next day, the "Party Program of the Hualan National Congress" was published, which clarified the basic content of the Three People's Principles and the Five Powers Constitution that Sun Wenhai had always advocated.

Sun Wenhai proposed that the Three Principles of the People are nationalism, civil rights, and people's livelihood; the five-power constitution includes legislative power, judicial power, executive power, supervisory power, and examination power, and the separation of five powers is the basic principle of the five-power constitution.In these declarations, Sun Wenhai expressed enough goodwill to the Honglian government, and at the same time formally accepted the existence of the Communist Party.

Regarding Sun Wenhai's change of attitude, the Honglian government immediately instructed the Third International to pass the "Resolution on the Relationship between the Communist Party and the National Congress Party", which can be regarded as a response to Sun Wenhai's goodwill.Of course, the goodwill of the two parties needs to be further exchanged, and the comprehensive cooperation with the Hualan Communist Party also needs to be discussed, but the trend of the two parties' alliance has become increasingly clear.

Under the pressure of Chen Jiongming, Sun Wenhai had to express enough goodwill to the Honglian government, hoping to get more support.The Red Federation government was also unambiguous. They quickly doubled the original small-scale support, and soon many rifles, machine guns, artillery and ammunition were secretly transported to Quanzhou Port by sea.

After these weapons and ammunition were unloaded, they were quickly distributed to the revolutionary army, and the power in Sun Wenhai's hands became stronger again.Chen Jiongming originally thought that if Sun Wenhai was eliminated or driven out of Yuezhou City, the opponent's power would quickly dissipate.But he didn't expect that what he did would speed up the speed of Sun Wenhai's alliance with the Red and the Communist Party, and the result made the opponent grow stronger.At this time, Sun Wenhai's power was established, Chen Jiongming didn't dare to act rashly, other than trying his best to strengthen his own power, he could only set up defenses everywhere, waiting for the opponent's counterattack.

Unlike the turmoil in Hualan, after nearly three years of recuperation after the end of the World War, the Western Continent gradually regained its vitality.The romantic Gauls seem to have forgotten the pain of the war, and the streets of Paris are once again prosperous and lively.

Looking at the white snow in the sky, Nick exhaled a breath of white air, and now he is very happy with him.Today is Valentine's Day, February 2, and he is going to spend the whole afternoon and evening with his lover, Fina, for which he wants to buy a bouquet of flowers.Today seemed to be Nick's lucky day. The business in the morning was quite smooth. This small businessman who had just entered the industry actually negotiated a "big deal", which made him a net profit of 14 Gallic francs.

With the "huge money" in his pocket, Nick couldn't help but be overjoyed. With the money, he could order a delicious steak and a bouquet of bright red roses at the restaurant in the evening.I believe that with these, the two of them will have a perfect Valentine's Day.

Just as Nick bowed his head and walked forward, thinking about which restaurant he should go to for dinner, he was suddenly attracted by a sound.Raising his head blankly, Nick's eyes were immediately attracted by the glass window.It was the window of a Hollywood specialty store under the jurisdiction of the Hollywood Consortium. Because it was lunch time, when there were fewer people and the streets were quieter, he was attracted by the sound.

In the clean and transparent glass window, there was a small wooden box. What surprised him was that a movie screen was showing on the front glass of the wooden box.Movie?This was Nick's first thought, but he quickly dismissed it.A film requires a large venue, and it is impossible to use such a small box, but that small box is clearly showing the film.

Nick didn't know what the movie was about, because the actors' dialogues were in Hualang, but the novelty of the little thing quickly attracted him to the store.

"Boss, what's that little box in the window?" Nick asked.

The boss smiled and said, "What are you talking about? It's a new home appliance called a TV set from Hualan Country. As long as you buy one, you can watch movies at home every day that can only be seen in movie theaters. That's Hualanguo. Languo Zhongchuan TV provided it for free."

"You can watch movies for free forever with just one purchase?" Nick's eyes lit up, and he immediately asked, "How much is that TV?"

The boss smiled and said, "Seventeen hundred Gallo francs, are you sure?"

Chapter 936 A Sales Frenzy

"So expensive?" Nick swallowed. He didn't expect such a small box to be so valuable.

"Of course, but you can do the math. It costs five Gallic francs to see one movie. If you see ten movies a day, that's fifty Gallian francs. How much does it cost for a year? I think You can earn back the money from the TV set in a month." The boss said with a smile: "You are lucky, young man. I bought a total of [-] TV sets from the head office in the morning, and sold them all before noon. Well, it’s the last one in the window. Since it’s a display machine, I’ll give you a discount, [-] Gaul francs, how about you move it away?”

"Fifteen hundred?" Nick's eyes lit up when he heard the boss making another profit: "Okay, I want it, pack it for me."

"Okay, I'll pack it for you now. In addition to the TV, I will give you an indoor antenna for free. As long as you go home and read the manual, you can install it." The machine was moved over and packed in a box.In order to prevent the violent vibration from damaging the TV, the boss also specially put a sponge in the TV box to prevent shock.

Nick paid the payment, picked up the TV carefully, and walked out of the store as if holding a precious artwork.The boss watched the TV set being removed, and angrily slapped his bald head and said, "Oops, why did you sell all the TV sets, and how can you explain to your wife when you get home? Today is Valentine's Day, will my wife be okay?" I'm happy. But forget it, I made a net profit of [-] Gallic francs today, which is equivalent to the previous month's profit. It seems that I have to go to the headquarters of the consortium to queue up tomorrow morning. If I can't get a new TV, My performance will definitely be affected, this time I want a share of [-] units."

Not to mention the boss who forgot to keep a TV set for himself because of the smooth sales, Nick braved the heavy snow and walked along the street.Even though it was only two blocks from Fina's house, Nick, who was wary of walking too fast, spent an hour.

Fina, who was waiting at home, was getting impatient. It was not until she went to the door for the seventh time that she saw Nick approaching.Fina smiled and jumped forward, wanting to throw herself into her lover's arms to act like a baby and tell her love, but what surprised her was that Nick avoided her.

"Slow down, don't fall, I paid a lot of money to buy this." Nick was taken aback by Fina's action. If the box fell to the ground, fifteen hundred Gallo francs would be reimbursed.Before going out, the boss specifically instructed that this thing is afraid of falling.

Fina was a little surprised at Nick's cautiousness at first, but when she saw that he was carrying the box with both hands without flowers, her face immediately became a little ugly.

"Do you know what day it is today?" Fina's tone was a bit harsh. For lovers who are in love, buying flowers on Valentine's Day is very important, but Nick actually forgot.

"Of course I remember, it's Valentine's Day. After I finished work, I came here as fast as possible." Nick laughed.

"But you seem to have forgotten something." Fina reminded.

"Flowers, I remember it at first, but after I bought this big guy, I couldn't buy flowers." Nick said with some embarrassment: "But I promise, after you see this gift, you will definitely be very happy." satisfied."

"Really?" Fina looked suspiciously at the cardboard box, looking at the box with nothing special, she was suspicious of Nick's words.

Nick didn't explain too much, he carefully put the carton on the ground, moved the TV out and placed it on the top of a cupboard, and connected the plug and indoor antenna.After everything was ready, Nick turned on the TV.After several months of development, Zhongchuan TV Station has been able to broadcast programs all night. The daily program starts at five o'clock in the afternoon and ends at twelve o'clock at night.Although there was a nine-hour time difference between Gaul and Hualan, it was only one o'clock in the afternoon, and the program could still be watched on the TV.

When Nick followed the instructions in the instruction manual, he used the FM button to quickly find Zhongchuan TV Station, and it was the Hualan animation feature film "Princess Iron Fan" that was popular in the Western Continent a while ago.Seeing this animated movie that was hit in theaters a few days ago, the two cheered in unison.

The two snuggled up on the sofa, watching animated movies with relish.Although the TV was in black and white, and the language was also dubbed in Hualang and Saar subtitles, they were so engrossed in watching it that they even forgot about the plot.

It wasn't until three o'clock in the afternoon local time in Gaul that the TV program disappeared from the screen, and the two of them turned off the TV with a lot of interest. "Honey, how do you like this TV? Is it a good gift?" Nick smiled and hugged Fina's slender waist.

"Oh, of course. This is the best Valentine's Day gift I've ever received, and I will always remember this day." Fina hugged Nick excitedly and gave her a sweet kiss.

There was a grunting sound, which was Nick's stomach protesting, and only then did they realize that they hadn't eaten lunch. "I made borscht and vegetable salad, let's go eat quickly." Fina hurriedly dragged Nick to the dining table, and ate a meal whether it was lunch or dinner.While eating, the two were also discussing the content of the TV enthusiastically, and they were completely intoxicated in it.

Just this afternoon, tens of thousands of people in the Western Continent used TV sets at home.Even though there was only one channel, and even though the TV was on during working hours due to the time difference, everyone was extremely excited.

Movies, cartoons, operas, and even new TV dramas have made the people in the western mainland hooked.Despite the high price of the TV, all [-] units in stock were sold out within the first week of release.After cassette recorders, air conditioners, and refrigerators, Hualanguo's electrical appliances once again set off a whirlwind.

Hualan country's electrical appliances dominate the fashion of the upper class in the Western Continent. Today's upper class people in Saar, Gaul, Rome and other countries, if they don't have a TV set, they don't bother to invite others to be guests.However, because of the time difference, when people in the Western Continent watch TV programs, they happen to be working from [-]:[-] am to [-]:[-] pm, which has caused a large number of absenteeism incidents in various countries.

Work was disrupted, and many people absent from work because they were obsessed with TV. The governments of various countries had to send a note to the Western Special Zone, requesting to change the broadcast time of TV programs, so as not to cause unnecessary social problems.This is the first time that a diplomatic note between countries can be issued for a household appliance.But even a small TV set had social problems, which Zhao Shouhong really didn't expect.

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