Respectfully

On January 20th, Li Jinyan met the Fang brothers that Zhier talked about at Guanbei Film Company.The elder brother is Fang Zhenhai, and the younger is Fang Zhenchuan. Both are in their [-]s and returned from studying in the United States half a year ago.

Seeing Li Jinyan, the Fang brothers were also a little surprised. Hearing that Li Jinyan wanted to watch the short film they made, both brothers cheered up.

Li Jinyan watched the 2-minute movie several times.

"How is this done?"

Fang Zhenhai briefly talked about their creative process, and said that for this short 2 minutes, for two full months, almost all of the brothers' time outside of work was used for drawing.

"When I was drawing, I tried several materials, and finally decided on plastic film." Fang Zhenchuan said: "I originally wanted to draw a cat, but unfortunately my brother and I are not good at drawing, so we can only change it to a simple one. graphics."

Li Jinyan listened carefully to the introduction of the two brothers. After getting a general understanding, he asked the Fang brothers if they could find a suitable painter and whether they could make a longer film, preferably adding sound.

"You can try it. It's okay to make the film longer, just increase the workload. If you want to add sound, you need to ask someone else to help."

Li Jinyan nodded, and after asking how many people the Fang brothers needed, he discussed with the manager of the film company to set up a special animation production department within the company, and first sent some people from the inside to help. hiring.

"Don't worry, Shao Yan, things will be done properly." The manager of the film company took out a document from the drawer, "Even if Shao Yan doesn't mention it, I still have this plan. The plan has already been written, and I originally wanted to show it to Yan Shao in the future .”

"You don't have to wait until the end of the year, you have to start doing business quickly." Li Jin said, "If you have any problems with funds or other aspects, just mention it."

Li Sanshao, who has a house full of gold, can pat his chest and guarantee that no one is richer than him in Guanbei and even the six northern provinces.

Of course, the national scale is still up for debate.

Before leaving, Li Jinyan also went to the set-up studio to watch the filming for a while, and happened to catch up with Zhier’s scene. Zhang Jiancheng was also in the studio. When he saw Li Jinyan, he walked over a few steps, "Speak less."

"Mr. Zhang, long time no see."

Zhang Jiancheng has changed a lot. The original hot-blooded youth has now changed his school uniform and put on a long gown. His hair is meticulously combed, and he has a sense of calmness all over his body.

"Yan Shao is polite. Jian Jiancheng has always wanted to see Yan Shao again, but unfortunately there is always no chance?"

"See me? Why?"

"To thank you."

"thank?"

Zhang Jiancheng smiled, "Without what you said at the beginning, there would be no Zhang Jiancheng today. After experiencing a lot, Jiancheng realized that he acted aggressively, listened to one side and believed in another, and thought that he was full of passion and passion. All he did was to save the country, but he didn't want to be used by others, so he almost went the wrong way."

Zhang Jiancheng sincerely thanked Li Jinyan for being humble no matter how humble he was, he accepted Zhang Jiancheng's thanks generously and turned to chat with Zhang Jiancheng about the script of the movie.Speaking of the script he created, Zhang Jiancheng's expression changed obviously.

The voices of the two were not loud, and when the filming started, the voices stopped immediately.

Looking at the frowns and smiles of Zhi'er in front of the camera, the characters in the play are vividly interpreted between words and actions.While Li Jinyan sighed, he saw that Zhang Jiancheng was also staring intently, with something intriguing in his eyes.

Touch your chin, don't you?

Thinking about it carefully, he still shook his head in his heart. He knew Zhi'er's character. He had heard the second lady mention it before. easy job.

Besides, does he know what Zhi'er experienced in the south?Can he accept it?

Li Jinyan can't guarantee it, and he can't mix it casually. Sometimes, good intentions may not lead to good things.But you can ask the second wife to remind Zhi'er, how to do it is up to Zhi'er himself.

Back at the Marshal's Mansion, there was no news from Uncle Dumb.Li Jinyan had already informed Young Marshal Lou about Zhao Furen's matter, and also sent a telegram to President Lou Da, but there has been no reply from the capital.

The Marshal's Mansion was much quieter than before. Several old gentlemen were picked up by their families one after another. Before leaving, the elders were still thinking about the antiques and cultural relics in the warehouse of the Marshal's Mansion. They urged Li Jinyan to "look good".If it weren't for Bai Lao's guarantee, the elders might really have celebrated the New Year in the Marshal's Mansion.

A few days ago, another ship of antiques arrived, a total of 25 large boxes, each of which was more than double the size of the previous boxes.

Most of the antique relics brought back this time are porcelain, gold and silver wares, and there are also five or six pieces of bronze wares, but there are not many isolated ancient books.In addition, there is a box of Western oil paintings, jewelry and gold and silverware with obvious European flavor.

After opening the boxes containing these "foreigner things", the elders shook their heads, not interested.Only Li Jinyan stood beside the box with bright eyes.

Pick up a jewelry box engraved with an angel pattern, open it, the box is full of gemstones of various colors, the smallest one is the size of a thumb cover.The Chinese New Year is coming, and these just happened to be sent to the silver building to make some jewelry for the second wife and Mrs. Lou.

Li Jinyan still had a deep memory of the knife that Young Marshal Ma gave him, picked up the biggest piece of ruby, would you like to put the scabbard on Young Marshal Lou?How about a handle?People don't lose, and knives can't lose...

Li Sanshao writhed in the box like a hamster, almost buried in it, and soon found a lot of good things, including three or four oil paintings.Unfolding one of the landscape paintings, Li Jinyan's eyes straightened when he saw the signature on it.

Adolf Hitler? !

He did hear that the mustache Fuehrer had dreamed of becoming a painter, but how could his paintings be shipped as "antiques" and appear here?

Li Jinyan began to rummage carefully again, and finally determined that there were no unexpected "surprises" other than this landscape painting by Moustache. He leaned against the box in confusion. What's going on?

Neither Ned nor Second Sister Xu wrote back this time, so Li Jinyan naturally had no way of knowing the reason for the appearance of the authentic painting of the head of state. To find out the reason, he had to send a telegram to Europe.

Second Sister Xu's call back was quick, and the answer left Li Jinyan speechless. This is by no means a so-called historical coincidence, nor is it an arrangement of fate, but the handwriting of an Austrian liar.

As the tanks entered the battlefield, the fighting between the Allies and the Allied Powers escalated, and they continued to fight each other to the death on the battlefield. Life in the rear became more difficult, and lack of food and clothing was nothing new.Many nobles began to sell antiques and jewelry from sellers, not to mention common people.

It's just that most merchants are only willing to accept gold, silver, jewelry and precious stones. It's rare for any antiques like Nieder's, especially Chinese antiques, to almost always come to them.Many middlemen saw the "business opportunity" and began to take advantage of the convenience of transportation to purchase antiques from various places at extremely low prices, and then went to Nieder's firm to exchange for canned food and medicines, and resold them, which was another profit.

Ned knew about this situation. Fortunately, the benefits of these people's actions outweighed the disadvantages, which made his actions more convenient, and also caused the number of antiques purchased by the firm to skyrocket.However, as the number increases, there will be some problems in the identification process, especially when it comes to western antiques. Not to mention Ned, even Second Sister Xu is confused.

In this way, a small number of middlemen are allowed to fish in troubled waters and shoddy gems and gold, but it is too easy for oil paintings and books.Many people are bolder and directly use some unknown works as famous paintings, and this landscape painting of the head of state is one of them.

The second sister Xu said in the telegram that she still had an impression of the person who brought this painting to the firm. At that time, the Austrian assured him that this painting was definitely from the hands of a great man.

Great man?

Li Jinyan put down the telegram and looked up at the sky. Should I say that this Austrian liar had a foresight or was it wrong?

If the history of Europe continues according to the original course, the mustache head of state will indeed become a "great man".

On January [-], there was finally movement in the capital, and Zhao Furen's family was brought under control.It wasn't the people from the Intelligence Bureau who did it, but President Lou Da.After Li Jinyan received the telegram, he directly asked the dumb uncle to recall the people around, and didn't say a word about the rest.

On January [-]th, there was a big fire, and Zhao Furen's family was buried in the flames.

Hearing the news, Li Jinyan sat on the sofa without making a sound for a long time.

Marshal Lou came down from the second floor and saw Li Jinyan in a daze, walked up behind him, and patted the top of his hair.

"Young Marshal," Li Jinyan raised his head, "What does father mean, don't pursue this matter any further?"

The slender fingers inserted into Li Jinyan's hair, slid down his forehead, and lifted his chin, "If you want to know the reason, you can wait until father arrives in Guanbei."

"kindness."

Li Jinyan could only nod his head, because everyone was "dead" after all.For the time being, Your Excellency, he still has something to discuss with Young Marshal Lou.

"Young commander, I want to go to Dalian after the next year."

"Dalian?" Fingers stroked the side of Li Jinyan's neck, "But what is Dalian doing?"

"I own shares in John's shipyard," Li Jinyan leaned on the sofa with a smile, tilting his head like a cat whose chin was scratched, "I must go there in person, at least to find out how many ships there are. After all, it is with Jews do business in partnership."

"is it?"

"Do you want a lot of handsome guys to go with you?"

"I'm going?" Young Marshal Lou leaned over, his breath passing Li Jinyan's ears.

"Young commander, we are talking about business..."

While talking, a light cough suddenly sounded, the two turned their heads, and Bai Lao was standing by the stairs, "Yan'er, can you write the five big characters?"

"Go back to grandpa, it's finished." Li Jinyan hurriedly stood up from the sofa, and replied respectfully, "I'll take it to my grandfather."

The words fell, and disappeared in a flash.

Marshal Lou stood up straight beside the sofa, and said, "Grandfather."

"Xiao'er, I will write five big characters later, my mind still needs to be tempered."

"..."

Li Jinyan sent the five big characters to Bai Lao's study room, and Bai Lao left him to play chess. After being killed, he couldn't tell the difference between east, west, north and south, and then he was released.Back in the room, I was surprised to see that Young Marshal Lou was actually practicing calligraphy.

His back is straight, he is dressed in a straight military uniform, with a brown military belt around his waist, and his hand holding a pen is slender.

Li Jinyan walked over and looked with his head. There was only a big face on the paper, Endurance.

The writing is vigorous and powerful, and there seems to be a knife hidden between the edges of the pen.

Taking a step back silently, Li Jinyan shut his mouth quite cleverly and didn't make a sound.

Capital

A black car drove into Dongjiaomin Lane and stopped in front of the British Legation.

The car door opened, Zhan Changqing got out of the car, the driver opened the back door, and a man wearing a hat and scarf covering his face was "helped" out of the car.

Zhu Erdian, who was leaning on crutches, was getting older, seeing the smiling Zhan Changqing and the two people behind him, his eyes sank.

When the door of the room was closed and there were only three people left in the room, Zhan Changqing took off the man's hat and scarf.

After 2 minutes, Zhu Erdian's voice sounded, "Minister Zhan, what does this mean?"

"Your Excellency the Minister is a smart person, do you still need Zhan to explain?"

Zhan Changqing smiled gently, Zhu Erdian's face became more and more ugly, while Zhao Furen, whose mouth was gagged and his hands were tied under his coat, remained motionless like a statue.

"Your Excellency, how about we open the skylight and speak clearly?"

"I don't quite understand what Minister Zhan means.

"It doesn't matter. Your Excellency will understand after I finish speaking." Zhan Changqing continued: "Your Excellency the Minister must have never seen this one, but your Excellency the Minister must know what he did. Once the matter is made public, you think What will happen?"

Zhao Furen colluded with "outsiders" and slandered the six northern provinces. If it is revealed that the British and Japanese are instigating behind this... Japan can continue to be a dead pig without being afraid of boiling water, but what about Britain?

The war situation in Europe is still at a stalemate. Before Germany declared unlimited submarine warfare again, the United States leaned towards the Allied Powers, but it did not sever diplomatic relations with Germany, let alone declare war on Germany easily.At this time, if China completely falls to the side of the Allies, the situation will be quite unfavorable to the Allies.

It doesn't matter when Zhao Furen started working for the British.The important thing is, with Zhao Furen as a clue, if the British spies infiltrated into the six northern provinces and Britain, the United States and Japan jointly planned the "monarchy" and the cover was lifted, how the Chinese people would react, there is no need to bother to guess.

China is not what it used to be, so what if Britain has a huge fleet?Cross the ocean and launch another war against China?

From the sound of gunfire in Sarajevo, wars ignited one after another in mainland Europe, African colonies, and the Arabian Peninsula.This three-year war has dragged down Tsarist Russia and drained the blood of the European continent. Whitehall is impatient with the huge military expenditure and the huge casualties of the British army, organizing a fleet to attack China?It is impossible to think about it.

Once the coastal defense against Germany is weakened, will the German main fleet docked in the harbor fight back against the British navy?No one can guarantee.

Zhu Erdian suddenly smiled, "Minister Zhan, I think I understand what your Excellency means."

The smile on Zhan Changqing's face deepened. After today, the British should be "honest" for a while.However, this is not the only purpose of his trip.

"After all, Great Britain and Huaxia are friendly countries. In order to maintain their friendship, we hope that merchant ships flying the Huaxia flag will not be intercepted inexplicably. Of course, Huaxia can guarantee that there will be no prohibited items on board. This point, we still have Your Excellency, Minister, please convey it to your country."

"I will."

Zhu Erdian nodded calmly, his smile deepened the wrinkles on his face.

"Then, Zhan will take his leave."

"Walk slowly."

After leaving the embassy and getting into the car, the cloth from Zhao Furen's mouth was taken out.

"Brother Zhan, no, Minister Zhan, I did everything the President asked. Can you let me see my son?"

"Old Zhao," the other person in the front seat turned his head, and it was Xiao Youde who was in the capital, "I will let you meet when the time comes."

"Yes, yes..." Zhao Furen didn't dare to say this anymore, he dared to beg Zhan Changqing, but never thought of begging Xiao Youde.

"Brother Zhao, I want to ask you something."

"Yes, Minister Zhan, I will know everything!"

"Why didn't you tell the British about sulfa?" Zhan Changqing put away the smile on his face.

"..." After a while, Zhao Furen's voice sounded low, "I am a Chinese..."

Zhan Changqing didn't ask any more questions, Xiao Youde just sneered, the car drove all the way out of Dongjiaomin Lane, and no one in the car spoke again.

I really haven't forgotten my ancestors, how could I do things for the British?

Back at the Presidential Palace, Zhan Changqing informed Lou Shengfeng of the negotiation with Zhu Erdian. President Lou touched his bald head and said, "I'm going back to Guanbei soon. When my child asks me, what should I say?"

"Tell the truth." Zhan Changqing said.

Holding Zhao Furen is holding the handle of the British. The United Kingdom is now so powerful that it is not suitable to confront it head-on.Generally speaking, this matter is thanks to the telegram sent by Guanbei, otherwise, President Lou Da could only know from the dark thread around Zhu Erdian that there was a nail and who the nail was, but he would not have found out so quickly, and he would not have hit the British. One was caught off guard.

If it is a step slower, I am afraid it will be the same as the "suicide" in Shanghai.

"At the end of the day, my daughter-in-law was wronged." President Lou frowned, "My son must be thinking of ways to trouble me..."

Zhan Changqing picked up the teacup, pretending he didn't hear it.At this time, it is the best policy not to answer.

On January 21, President Lou Da and his wife took Lou Er Shao on the special train back to Guanbei. On the same day, the British Whitehall received a secret message from Zhu Erdian. For merchant ships flying the Chinese flag, after interception, if no prohibited items, such as guns and ammunition, are found, only one-third of the goods on board are allowed to be "purchased" at most.

This is already the biggest concession the British can make.

After Li Jinyan heard the news, he vaguely guessed that it might have something to do with Zhao Furen's incident, but he had to ask President Lou Da to know the details.

January 22, New Year's Eve

Every household in Guanbei City was busy celebrating the New Year, and the Li Mansion was no exception. But after the third wife received the telegram from Sun Qingquan from Suzhou, the festive atmosphere was swept away immediately.

Seeing the contents of the telegram, the third lady fainted directly, and the third master also fell down on the chair, his face pale.

After Li Jinming and his wife heard the news, the third wife was being held in the middle of the crowd, and she woke up slowly, and just opened her eyes, she burst into tears.Li Jinming bent down to pick up the telegram that fell on the ground. There were only four words on it: Jinshu died of illness.

In Suzhou, after Sun Qingquan sent the telegram, he was also silent in the room for a long time, but Mrs. Sun ordered the housekeeper to immediately warn the servants who knew about it to keep their mouths shut, especially not to let the young master and young lady know.

"If you reveal a hint of tone, don't blame me for being cruel."

The housekeeper agreed to go on, but Mrs. Sun's face was still very ugly. Li Jinshu's cause of death was really disgraceful. There was a Xu Yiwen before, and after that, he became ambiguous with three or four progressive young people, ruined his reputation, and caused trouble. Fighting for the wind and jealousy, and died because of it!

If it weren't for Sun Qingquan's pressure, I don't know what would be written in the newspaper!

There is even a need to cover up in the telegram. Just thinking about it will make Mrs. Sun feel so angry that her chest hurts.