Lin Zixuan met Zheng Zhengqiu and Zhou Jianyun in the editorial room of Jiefang Pictorial.

This "Liberation Pictorial" is a monthly pictorial published in 1920. It is a pictorial aimed at promoting women's liberation and is also the first women's pictorial in the history of Chinese women's newspapers.

"Liberation Pictorial" is a new type of women's publication with pictures and texts. It discusses what true women's liberation is from many aspects such as love and marriage, women's economic independence, women's suffrage, women's education, and the relationship between women and men.

The founder is these two men.

This place is even like a small workshop than Lin Zixuan's "Popular Novel Monthly" office location, at least Lin Zixuan is not short of money.

In Shanghai, there are many magazines like this that only support a few people. The circulation is not high and they can barely make a living. No one knows when the publication will be stopped.

Zheng Zhengqiu wore glasses and seemed very weak, but he was a very opinionated person.

He was born in an official family. His father, Zheng Rangqing, was the prefect of the magistrate. His family drove the Zheng Qiaji Tuzhan, which was to make a living wholesale of big smoke.

However, he was not Zheng Rangqing's biological son, but the adopted son of the moth.

He was well educated since childhood, liked to read miscellaneous books, and was particularly obsessed with Peking Opera. When he was unable to eat or drink if he didn't watch opera for a day, he also made friends with actors from Liyuanxing.

In order to keep his son away from the low-ranking actors, Zheng Rangqing spent money to buy a "waiting official" position in Zhang Zhidong, Hubei, and forced Zheng Zhengqiu to work in Hubei immediately.

However, Zheng Zhengqiu did not obey his father's orders, but was immersed in the world of drama.

In 1910, he published a long commentary on "Lili's jokes" in the Minli Daily.

"Joy" analyzes and explains the basic elements of opera performance: tone, singing, speaking, and workmanship, and analyzes and comments on the major opera actors at that time, pointing out their performance characteristics and strengths and weaknesses.

The publication of "Joy" has caused great response in the opera world, and many artists have been deeply inspired and taught.

Since February 1911, the Minli Daily officially launched a drama supplement, and Zheng Zhengqiu served as the editor-in-chief of the drama supplement.

This editor-in-chief took care of everything from determining the name of the magazine "Minli Pictorial" to organizing manuscripts, writing, editing, and even layout design.

In 1913, he was invited to write a movie script for Asia Film Company, thus meeting Zhang Shichuan. The two formed Xinmin Company and filmed several short films.

It was also from this time that there were years of grudges and entanglements between them.

Due to the influence of World War I, German films were not shipped to China, and Asia Film Company closed down and there were no movies to shoot, so Xinmin Company had to dissolve it.

Xinmin Company was dissolved, but the group of actors gathered together for the sake of making movies were in trouble, and they had no food and clothing.

Under such circumstances, Zheng Zhengqiu rushed into the battle in a hurry and wrote two scripts himself, performing at the Lanxin Grand Theater in the name of Xinminshe.

Unexpectedly, the performance was extraordinary.

"The performance was full for two days. In addition to paying off expenses and debts, there is still a balance to get."

Zheng Zhengqiu, who tasted the sweetness, changed his original intention, threw all the idea of ​​filming behind his mind, and began to concentrate on the drama performance.

Seeing that the performance team originally planned to make a movie but shone on the drama stage and won high box office profits, Zhang Shichuan and others from Xinmin Company proposed to share the profits with Zheng Zhengqiu, but were rejected by Zheng Zhengqiu.

Zhang Shichuan and others were angry and used a lot of money to poach most of the members of the Xinmin Society and established the Minming Society.

After the establishment of Minming Society, Xinmin and Minming Society launched fierce commercial competition in order to compete for the performance market of Shanghai Civilized Drama.

Competition mainly focuses on two aspects: one is to poach actors and the other is to compete for audiences.

In early 1914, Minming Society moved to the China Theater on Daxin Street. Due to its moderate location, large theater area and good equipment, the business conditions even exceeded that of Xinmin Society, which became the pillar of Shanghai drama performances at that time.

Zheng Zhengqiu and Zhang Shichuan are different.

Zhang Shichuan is a shrewd businessman. They play whatever makes money and attracts audiences.

The performance of Minming Club described the legendary life of Cixi and the "The Queen Mother of the West", which exposed the inside story of the Qing Palace, achieved great success. Since then, the drama "The Queen Mother of the West" has become the finale and repertoire of Minming Club, and has always been performed.

Poach the talents of Xinmin Society, perform the plays edited by Xinmin Society, invite celebrity screenwriters to match the audience's hobbies of performing tanci dramas, palace dramas, additional movies, price reductions, and winning the grand prizes for watching the drama...

In the competition between Xinmin Society and Minming Society, Minming Society finally suppressed Xinmin Society through various means.

Xinmin Society lost in the competition and had to leave Shanghai and leave Wuhan.

After all, Zheng Zhengqiu is somewhat idealistic. His financial resources and competitive methods are not as good as Jing Runsan, Zhang Shichuan and others. The scripts written by him are mainly based on dramas, so he doesn't understand how to capture the audience's curiosity.

At this time, the power of Xinmin Society gradually fell under the hands of Wang Wufen and Wang Youyou, and Zheng Zhengqiu was unable to control it, which laid the groundwork for the subsequent merger of the two societies.

After the merger of Xinmin Society and Minming Society, Zheng Zhengqiu was unwilling to accept it and returned to Wuhan with his men and continued to perform in the name of Xinmin Society for nearly a year before Xinmin Society completely ended.

Later, Zheng Zhengqiu returned to Minming Club until the Minming Club stopped performing in 1917.

As the new drama declined, Zhang Shichuan continued to look for opportunities to make money, while Zheng Zhengqiu opened the Xinmin Library and distributed the "Medicine Monthly" and the "Liberation Pictorial" to support the new cultural activities.

The two of them are different in terms of personality and pursuit, but they have worked together for many years, and the grievances and grievances are hard to explain.

Lin Zixuan asked Zheng Zhengqiu to invite him to make a movie.

Zheng Zhengqiu is not only an outstanding screenwriter, but also a talent for directors. He has been honing on the drama stage for many years and has a skillful skill.

Facing Lin Zixuan, Zheng Zhengqiu was very curious. He had not been involved in filming in movies for many years.

If Lin Zixuan asked him to write a movie script, he would not be surprised, but Lin Zixuan asked him to shoot a movie or even run a film company, he would be a little puzzled.

He knew his personality. To put it nicely, he called persistence, and to put it badly, he called stubbornness.

He always hopes to be meaningful when filming or acting in dramas, that is, it is artistic rather than just funny and funny. He hopes to find a balance between art and business.

Because of this reason, he is not optimistic about running a film company himself.

If Lin Zixuan asked him to film a comedy, he would refuse without hesitation.

"I wonder what kind of movies Mr. Lin wants to shoot?" Zheng Zhengqiu asked.

Lin Zixuan took out a manuscript and handed it to Zheng Zhengqiu. Zheng Zhengqiu saw the handwriting on the cover.

"Tianmen Hero Huo Yuanjia".

He was shocked. He naturally knew about Huo Yuanjia's deeds. He was a famous martial arts master in Shanghai.

He opened the manuscript and the first page read "The Great Wall will never fall."

"I have been sleeping for a hundred years, and the Chinese people are gradually awakening. Open your eyes and look carefully. Who wants the ministers to recognize themselves? Because of their cowardice and tolerance, they are arrogant and enraged. He shouts and shouts loudly. This is the whole country. robbers have always wanted to invade, and they will eventually die."

"The Great Wall will never fall, the Yellow River will surging, and the beautiful mountains and rivers are spreading, and I ask how our country is like a disease. Breaking through the bloody road, wave your hand, and be committed to the country's rejuvenation, so why not let the country be trampled on again, and each of them will take on the mission."
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