At the end of July, the case of Japanese Sakuragi Tsubasa suing Shanghai Star Film Company finally opened.

During this period, Sakuragi Toshi was not idle. He knew that the French ignored the Japanese, so he sought the British to put pressure on the French.

Although there are conflicts between the great powers of Shanghai, they have always maintained a unified step in dealing with the Chinese.

The British asked that such patriotic films be banned in the concession in Shanghai, and the French should consider them carefully.

Moreover, because of the screening of "Tianmen Hero Huo Yuanjia", a large number of Chinese people flocked to the French Concession. After watching the movie, these people were excited and inevitably caused trouble, causing chaos in the French Concession.

The French don't want to see such a chaotic scene.

At this time, the general director of the French Concession Public Directorate Bureau was named Delai Pei. He asked that the matter be settled as soon as possible, so the case could not be delayed and had to open a trial.

This case has always been the focus of Shanghai newspapers. There are all things to say about Huo Yuanjia's cause of death, but no one has conclusive evidence and is speculating.

The key to the case is whether the movie alludes to the Japanese murder of Huo Yuanjia.

Lin Zixuan hired a French lawyer to defend himself with a high salary. France is worthy of being the country where movies were invented. This lawyer proved from the perspective of filming that there is no suspicion of filming.

He questioned Sakuragi Toshiichi.

Since you think that the Japanese doctors prescribe medicine for Huo Yuanjia has no direct relationship with Huo Yuanjia's death, you should also stick to this point of view when watching the movie, and should not suspect that the movie is suspected of allusion.

After all, there is no point in the movie that directly points this point, it is just an illusion created by the movie editing.

He confused a concept here, and the so-called allusion is to use one thing to suggest or explain another thing.

This is a very subjective concept. You said I was allused, but I don’t admit that I was allused. Anyway, I just quarrel endlessly, and no one paid attention to the cause of Huo Yuanjia’s death.

Because this incident was a hot topic of news, it was a hot topic in the concession, and the trial became a sophistry.

Finally, Dong Dier, the deputy general manager of the French Concession who was in charge of the trial, was dissatisfied.

He asked Lin Zixuan and Sakuragi Toshiichi to coordinate a result to solve the matter as soon as possible and to calm the media down, otherwise both sides would be severely punished.

Feng Jingyao also persuaded Lin Zixuan to stop when he saw it was better. Anyway, the movie has been almost done during this period and he has made enough money.

Lin Zixuan and Sakuragi Toshiichi reached an out-of-court settlement.

Celebrity Film Company stopped screening "Tianmen Hero Huo Yuanjia" in the French Concession, but will not make a written apology.

Lin Zixuan would rather pay the Japanese for the so-called mental damages than apologize. He was very persistent on this point.

Shunichi Sakuragi has lived in Shanghai for many years and is considered a Chinese expert. He knows that Chinese people are very good at face, especially those who are famous in society like Lin Zixuan.

Anyway, his purpose was to ban the film. Since Lin Zixuan was so persistent, he also gave up his plan to ask the celebrity film company to apologize.

If the riot continues, once the Chinese people are rebelled, the impact will be worse.

As a result, this eye-catching lawsuit was settled so easily, which puzzled many media.

Shouldn't you be slammed to the end?

Shunichi Sakuragi felt that he had finally won the victory and made the Chinese surrender, and he was very happy.

But the next day, he received news that the French Concession did not show "Tianmen Hero Huo Yuanjia", but the movie began to be shown in the Chinese community.

Shun Sakuragi was furious and he was fooled by the Chinese.

Lin Zixuan had already made preparations and sent the movie copy to the theater in China for screening overnight.

During the Republic of China, Shanghai's Chinese boundaries included Shanghai Nanshi, Zhabei District and Baoshan District.

The living conditions of the people here are not good. Compared with the life in the concession, it is considered a slum. Most factories in Shanghai are built in the Chinese world, and the people make a living by working in factories.

The factories of this era can be called sweatshops, with poor working conditions, long working hours, low wages, and all kinds of unfair treatment.

Most of the theaters in China are low-priced small theaters, which are dilapidated and controlled by social forces.

It only costs one cent to watch a movie, and five cents to watch it all night. It is one of the few entertainment activities for workers, and most of the movies shown are movies with vulgar content.

Lin Zixuan had no intention of making money when he sent the copy to the Chinese world for screening.

He not only wanted to fight against the Japanese, but he felt that the impact of this movie in the Chinese world would be greater.

In the past half month, "Tianmen Hero Huo Yuanjia" has been screened in the concession. Although it has also caused a sensation and the young people are very excited to watch it, they always feel that they are less passionate.

This is because most Chinese in the concession have good backgrounds and stable jobs. Even if they are not as good as foreigners in social status, they can at least live a decent life.

This feeling of self-satisfaction can easily numb yourself and think that you are living a good life.

This is the norm in this era. Everyone thinks it is like this. There is nothing strange. If Lin Zixuan did not come from later generations, he might have lived in such satisfaction.

But he always felt that it was better to do something than to do nothing.

Of course, being angry with the Japanese was also his purpose. This time, Sakuragi Toshichi was going to protest to the Shanghai Chinese government.

The grand screening of "Tianmen Hero Huo Yuanjia" in the Chinese world can be described as being empty. Because there are too many people watching it, some people have come up with a way to show the open air.

Open-air screenings are cheaper, but because of the large number of people, they are more profitable than screenings in theaters.

Shunichi Sakuragi did not give up, and he put pressure on the Shanghai Chinese government to ban the screening of "Tianmen Hero Huo Yuanjia" in the Chinese community.

The Shanghai Municipal Government is watching the popularity of movies and is worried that once the screening is banned, it will have unexpected consequences. Moreover, this is a patriotic film famous in the concession, so how to ban the screening?

So, they kicked the problem back to the celebrity film company and asked the celebrity film company to take back the movie copy.

Sakuragi Toshiichi found Lin Zixuan again.

Lin Zixuan made it very clean, and the movie copy has been sold. As for the film studio there, it is no longer necessary. Nanyang film merchants have returned to Nanyang, and he has sold the movie to the United States.

Do you have to recover them all?

Well, since you are so persistent, we can get it back, but it takes time.

As for how long, I can't give you an accurate answer, I can only say it as soon as possible.

In fact, if you want to stop the films in the Chinese world as soon as possible, I suggest you still contact the Shanghai Chinese world government. They will just have a ban on screening order, which is much faster than our film company's negotiations.

Shunichi Sakuragi was very angry. He deeply felt the unique way of dealing with problems in the Chinese.
Chapter completed!