On the second day, Shanghai newspapers reported a long and long film "Sunrise", including Shanghai's foreign newspapers.

The focus of their report was that the movie made a sound, which was amazing. As for the plot of "Sunrise", it was ignored, which made Hong Shen quite helpless.

"Sunrise" is his work that he has devoted himself to, and art has become a foil for technology.

This is also a focus of media debate, which is the foundation of film, art or technology.

They believe that audio film technology destroys the performance art of the film.

This kind of debate has always existed in later generations, and the emergence of film special effects technology has made film performance less and less important.

Even actors don’t need acting skills. They just pose in front of the green screen and put it on the computer for synthesis, and a movie is completed in this way.

This is actually the difference between commercial films and art films. Commercial films focus on technology, and art films focus on performance.

In this era, the emergence of audio films is just like the emergence of film special effects in later generations. They are a technological innovation and will inevitably cause fierce debate.

The voice of the singing continues to exist, thinking that audio movies cannot last forever, and can only be a flash in the pan.

Once the freshness of the audience passes, they will get tired of this kind of sound-making movie and re-appreciate the performance art of the movie.

Radicals believe that audio movies bring a new auditory experience. With audio movies, who will watch such dumb movies in the future is too boring.

Lin Zixuan knew that due to the cost of shooting audio movies and the theater issues, silent movies will remain for a while.

But the tide of the times is coming and cannot be stopped.

He is now facing an embarrassing problem, that is, the copy of "Sunrise" cannot be sold.

Nanyang film dealers are on the verge of watching because even if they take back the copy of "Sunrise", there is no theater in Nanyang that can screen such audio movies, and it will cost a lot of money to transform the theater.

If audio movies are really flashy, it would be a disadvantage.

Therefore, they would rather wait for a year or two than take action now. Anyway, silent films are still very popular with audiences, so they are not in a hurry.

Lin Zixuan has no choice but to do this, and any new technology will take time to promote it.

"Sunrise" is just a test of the waters. What he really cares about is the "Making a Fight in the Heavenly Palace" at the end of the year, which is a big production.

At that time, after seeing the effect, he believes that more people will join the ranks of audio movies.

What he has to do now is to send "Tianmen Hero Huo Yuanjia" and "Sunrise" to the United States for release, and Douglas Sheila is also going back to the United States.

This American spent half a year in Shanghai, which was an extraordinary experience.

After returning to the United States, he will not do chores, but will join the film industry and prepare to shoot movies.

Lin Zixuan expressed support for this. It is undoubtedly a good thing to have a director he is familiar with in Hollywood.

He will even provide financial support. With this relationship, the directors of celebrity film companies can study in Hollywood in the future, and actors will also have the opportunity to participate in the shooting of American movies.

From a long-term perspective, this investment is very cost-effective.

Lin Zixuan sent Douglas Sheila back to the United States. In London, England, Xu Zhimo was preparing to attend an important party.

Xu Zhimo has been in the UK for two years. In addition to studying, he particularly likes to make friends with celebrities in the UK.

In April 1921, with the introduction of the British novelist Dickenson, he entered King's College of Cambridge to study political economy, where he met many British scholars and celebrities.

For example, Bian Yin, Wei Lei, Zhai Lisi and others from the British sinology community. He also visited the famous British poet, novelist Hardy, and Mansfield, the founder of New Zealand literature.

This became the capital for him to increase his value after returning to China, and he always mentioned the names of these people in his articles.

In August 1922, he left Cambridge University and returned to London, continuing to wander the upper class in Britain.

In September, he received an important invitation, an invitation to a poetry reading.

In Europe and the United States, poets do not write poems like Chinese poets, but in the process of poetry creation, they will invite close friends or familiar poets to gather and recite their own poems at the party for everyone to appreciate.

During this process, you can discuss the poem, which is also helpful to inspire the poet.

This is a common thing in the British literary world.

The reason why this invitation is so important is that the invitation is called Virginia Woolf.

In the British literary world, if she did not join the Bloomsbury Group represented by Virginia Woolf, she would not be considered to be in the British literary world. She is a core figure in the London literary world.

Since 1906, the friends who the Virginia brothers met in Cambridge have been coming to their homes to gather, gradually forming a literary and academic center, namely the famous Bloomsbury Group.

This included a large number of elites in the cultural circle at that time.

Its core members include: writer Leonard Woolf, art critic Clive Bell, biographer Leon Strech, literary critic Desmond McCarthy, economist John Maynard Keynes, painter Duncan Grant, art critic Roger Fry, writer Foster, etc.

In addition, philosopher Russell, poet Eliot, Joyce, novelists Henry James and Aldus Huxley also had close contact with the Bloomsbury group.

Take that economist Keynes as an example. The macroeconomics he founded, together with the psychoanalysis created by Freud and the theory of relativity discovered by Einstein, is called the three major revolutions in the human intellectual circle in the 20th century.

These people are truly elite figures in Britain.

Xu Zhimo has longed for this elite circle, but no one recommends it, so he can't get in at all, so he attaches great importance to this party. He feels that he has finally entered the core circle of the British cultural circle.

This gave him a feeling of being valued and respected.

When he came to No. 29 Fitzroy Square, London, he realized that this was a poetry reading by the American poet Thomas Elliott. All the participants were the best figures in the British poetry world, most of whom were symbolic poets.

The poem Elliot recited is called "The Wasteland".

This poem was not the first time Elliot has recited it on the spot. He wrote it for several months, and repeatedly revised it during the period, and also listened to the suggestions of other poets. He is already quite famous in the British poetry world.

This time it was his final draft.

The poetry recitation was very successful, and the poets or scholars here were very excited, thinking that this was a masterpiece of symbolism and a very amazing poem.

Xu Zhimo also applauded and praised the poem very much.

At this time, Elliot found him and held a thin collection of poems.

"My main inspiration for writing "The Wasteland" comes from this collection of poems. I have asked about this poet. It is said that he comes from China. Mr. Xu also comes from China. I wonder if I can introduce this poet to me." Elliot said affectionately.
Chapter completed!