Chapter 526: Betrayal with Gambling and Drug Abuse

Chapter 526: Betrayal with Gambling and Drug Abuse

Chapter 526: Betrayal with Gambling and Drug Abuse

On April 4, the first modern Olympic Games was held in Athens.

The Athens Stadium, designed to accommodate 5 people, was packed with 8 people, and George I declared the first modern Olympic Games open.

His Majesty highly praised Dongmei and Coubertin for their contributions to the first modern Olympic Games, and at the same time mentioned his daughter's participation with a little pride.

The chairman of the Olympic Committee was Dongmei, Coubertin served as the secretary-general, and Princess Alexandra also became a member.

Shao Quanzhong was sitting in the VIP box. Maria pointed at Princess Alexandra standing behind King George I and said, "Shao, you know what? This princess is my niece. The Queen of Greece is the daughter of my uncle, Grand Duke Constantine."

Therefore, George I and Shao Quanzhong can be considered brothers-in-law, and the circle of relatives among the royal families of various countries is not said for nothing.

Athletes from various countries entered the venue and lit the sacred flame collected from Mount Olympus, and the Olympic Games began in full swing.

Sitting next to Shao Quanzhong were the two queens Ronghui and Wenxiu, and the imperial concubines could only sit in the back row. As for Dongmei, who was organizing the Olympic Games, her current status was "Prince Rui's concubine". After Shao Quanzhong became emperor, he had never taken a concubine.

The live broadcast in Greece no longer needed Ping'er to broadcast in person. After organizing the live broadcast, she returned to the seat behind Shao Quanzhong, stood up and put her mouth close to Shao Quanzhong's ear.

"My Lord, the King and Queen of the Netherlands went to the port to pick you up yesterday in person to thank us for our disaster relief efforts in Nanyang. I saw that the Queen seemed to admire you very much, hehehe."

Shao Quanzhong waved his hand and said, "Go away, King William is so lively, what are you thinking about?"

"King William is already 67 years old, and the two have long been separated. According to the customs of European royal families--"

"Don't talk nonsense, I am definitely a serious person."

Ping Er thought for a moment and said, "Well, that's right. She's just a queen. Even if she's promoted, she's still a queen mother, not a mother queen mother. Her level is not high enough."

Rong Hui, who was standing next to him, covered her mouth and laughed, "You don't understand Brother Shao. He must think Emma is too fat and not pretty enough..."

Wenxiu said, "It's not Emma's fault that she's too fat. Her husband is 67 and she's only 26. She's lonely in the harem and can only enjoy delicious food, right?"

Shao Quanzhong was extremely annoyed. Women love gossip, and even Xiu'er and Hui'er are not immune. What kind of nonsense are they talking about? He glared, "Watch the game carefully."

……

The Olympic Games lasted for ten days and were quite successful. At the closing ceremony, the organizing committee announced that the next Olympic Games would be held in Hailing four years later.

At the same time, after a vote by the organizing committee, the 1892 Olympic Games will be held in Paris.

Paris, London, Berlin, St. Louis, Antwerp, Stockholm and Amsterdam all applied at the same time. Paris was chosen as expected, after all, Coubertin also made great contributions to the promotion of the Olympic Games, he is French.

Berlin was not selected. Kaiser Wilhelm II, who came to watch the Olympics, was very dissatisfied. He gnashed his teeth in the box and said, "The Olympics can be held in Paris, but it will still belong to Germany..."

Thanks to Dongmei's lobbying in the capacity of "Shao Quanzhong's concubine", royal families of various countries basically watched the Olympics. After the Olympics, these big guys did not disband, as they immediately had the next show to participate in - the Hailing World Expo.

Since the end of the European war in 1878, the world has generally maintained peace for six years, not counting the wars among the great powers in the colonies, which is not easy.

Thanks to Shao Quanzhong's unprecedented investment in science, the world's science and technology has developed rapidly. The emergence of new technologies has curbed the Great Depression, and now we are in a rare era of prosperity and peace.

In peacetime, the royal families of various countries are the happiest. Kings and queens are elegant and graceful, and princes and princesses compete with each other for beauty. After watching the Olympics, one must go to the World Expo to join in the fun.

The Olympics were held in a bit of a hurry, but the Hailing World Expo has been in preparation for four years, and all countries are full of confidence.

There is still half a month before the World Expo, and everyone is not in a hurry. In the port of Athens, there are three pure diesel luxury cruise ships, which belong to Daxia, the Netherlands and Denmark.

Everyone boarded these three warships, cruising at a speed of 30 knots, taking breaks along the way and docking as needed, and arrived in Hailing easily on April 4.

When he arrived in Hailing, Shao Quanzhong became the host. However, unlike in Athens where he just needed to watch the show, there were banquets and social events every day, and the Qiao Garden was filled with dignitaries, including emperors, kings, queens, princes, and princesses.

Shao Quanzhong was so busy that he was running around. Princess Sissi, Empress Dowager Cixi and the four concubines in the harem were all living in Qiao Garden, so he had no time to go and take a look.

The World Expo held at Hailing East Suburb Stadium officially opened on May 5st, and the opening ceremony was even more grand than the Olympic Games.

Ping'er personally gave the commentary and asked Rong Hui to help with English simultaneous interpretation, which was broadcast live to the world.

The opening act was the grand traditional performance "Prince Rui's Battle of the Stage", followed by the Elephant Hat Dance and Hwarangdo performance from the Joseon Dynasty.

Then came a large-scale equestrian performance jointly organized by Mongolia and Kazakhstan, the music and dance of Kucha from the Western Regions, the Tang hand dance of Japan, the elephant dance of Siam, the hula dance of Hawaii, and finally the large-scale music and dance of Yangzhou, Yuyi Nishangqu, directed by Ping'er.

Hailing was a time of peace and prosperity, a time of great revival and national strength.

Everyone congratulated Shao Quanzhong. Shao Quanzhong looked at Prince Alfred who was representing the British Empire in the crowd and smiled without saying a word.

Hong Kong is still in your hands. You knew I wanted to bring it back, but you pretended not to know. You will pay the price for pretending to be ignorant. Turning back, he whispered, "Isabel, send someone to tell William II over there that I have approved the request of 500 German senior technicians to return to serve their country with pay. At the same time, I will provide Germany with 200 of the latest marine bladeless turbines."

I just don’t believe that if I feed them desperately, I won’t cause big trouble for the British Empire.

The World Expo was held in Hailing, with Daxia's exhibits accounting for half, the Federation's exhibits accounting for 25%, and the rest being exhibits from other countries.

Daxia not only has a national museum, but also has branch museums in various vassal states and provinces. In the art galleries, oil paintings and sculptures are no longer the mainstream. They are filled with oriental elements, calligraphy, ink painting, cloisonné... There are so many art works in the East, and they are all being promoted to the world as the country's national strength increases.

It is inevitable that Moutai and Fenjiu won awards. Traditional items such as silk, porcelain and tea are definitely the domain of Daxia.

The newly launched technological projects are also dizzying, including fluorescent lamps, neon lights, and bladeless turbines that will usher in another technological revolution...it is certain that they will receive a large number of orders.

The two most eye-catching new achievements were not Tesla's but a new type of adjustable triode radio, which was much better than a crystal radio and cost only fifty dollars.

Hailing Radio Station was restructured at the same time, with the medium wave channel divided into a news channel and a literary channel. At the same time, a shortwave multi-language channel Daxia Voice was launched to the world, and the famous writer Mark Twain was specially hired as the station director.

Daxia Telecom demonstrated on-site to customers how to tune channels and listen to more broadcasts.

The reporters were even more excited. Daxia Telecom announced that it had installed fax machines in major cities around the world to undertake picture fax services. This time, the reports on the World Expo would have photos that would appear in newspapers in various countries on the same day.

The only one that can compete with the world factory in terms of new inventions is the federal government. After all, they have Edison's company and their inventions are endless.

Ping'er hosted the live broadcast for two hours every day, and handed the rest of the time to her announcers. She accompanied Shao Quanzhong to stroll around the various exhibition areas of the World Expo.

She became the Queen of the West Palace as she wished, and she still cared about her appearance rate next to Shao Quanzhong. Moreover, with her as the leader, Shao Quanzhong would have more face in front of the emperor and king, right?

The World Expo will run from May 1st to November 1st, and every day in Hailing is like a festival.

On September 9, the bad news came that Xu Shou passed away.

This was an important person in charge of scientific research under Shao Quanzhong. Shao Quanzhong left the World Expo venue where he visited every day and went to Xu's house to pay his respects. He said a few words of comfort to Xu Jianyin who had rushed back from Lanzhou to attend the funeral. Xu Shou died of old age, and Shao Quanzhong gave him enough honors after his death.

The Hailing Arsenal was handed over by Shao Quanzhong to Xu Shou's old brother Hua Hengfang. Although Daxia had a constant stream of newly graduated doctors, the prestige of the older generation of scientists was still unshakable.

This was just a small episode. The next day, Shao Quanzhong appeared at the World Expo again.

New exhibits are constantly sent in from all over the world, and there are surprises every day. Daxia and the Federation are not the only ones that are outstanding.

For example, the practical household refrigerator that had just been delivered from Germany made the Germans a lot of money. It was designed by German engineer Linde, and almost all families with the means needed it.

Coming out of the German Pavilion, Shao Quanzhong was very happy. The stronger Germany was, the better. However, in the British Empire's exhibition area at this World Expo, there were almost no new technologies or inventions - almost all of the top talents in the UK were hired by Shao Quanzhong with great money.

The French Pavilion was crowded with people, which attracted Shao Quanzhong's attention. It turned out that an inventor named Emile Reynolds was demonstrating his "animation machine" - the ancestor of film.

The hand-cranked player projected the footage onto a translucent screen. Five hundred frames of film formed a fifteen-minute movie called "Poor Emino," which was accompanied by music and narration.

Edison, who was visiting the site, immediately announced that he would soon develop a movie that could perform continuous motion and automatic playback, so everyone should look forward to it.

Shao Quanzhong has no ambition to take away everyone's job. Whether it is France or the Federation, everyone should have their own way of making money, right?

Apple immediately placed an order for a set of film animation equipment, and at the same time ordered from Edison what he claimed was a continuous animation film equipment, preparing to promote it in Hailing.

"Master, these foreign movies are boring for ordinary people. I decided to buy more films, set up our own animation company, and make new movies. I will film the three major battles of yours, including suppressing the Taiping Rebellion, the Great Western Expedition, and the Expedition to France."

Shao Quanzhong waved his hand and said, "There are too many surrendered Taiping generals under my command now, so don't try to suppress the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom. Give face to Alfonso I and Isabel, and don't film the expedition to France."

"You can shoot more traditional films, such as Romance of the Three Kingdoms, Dream of the Red Chamber, Water Margin, Journey to the West, and Jin Ping Mei, and broadcast them to Jiang Chunlin in the Mingyue Tower World Chain Company to increase his business."

"Master, you are not serious."

Shao Quanzhong laughed loudly, "I am very serious. I have nothing in common with gambling and drugs."

Ping'er blinked her eyes. "I think if we make a film of Investiture of the Gods, ordinary people will definitely like it. Maybe foreigners will also like Eastern mythology. It's decided that the first animation I will direct will be Nezha Conquers the Dragon King——"

"Boom, boom."

The ground began to shake again. Shao Quanzhong was very confused. Tesla was exiled to Sakhalin Island, so why did Hailing have another earthquake?

This was not the Hailing earthquake. Seismic stations across the Eurasian continent recorded an earthquake, and barometers in the UK recorded abnormal air pressure.

The whole of Europe was shaking, and everyone in the Federation, far away on the other side of the ocean, also felt the ground shaking.

(End of this chapter)