Chapter 118 The Drama Club, The White Snake, and Bickley's Plea for Help

Chapter 118 The Drama Club, The White Snake, and Bickley's Plea for Help

Li Changsheng really wanted to ask Edison if he was talking about the light bulb.

If it really were an electric light bulb, then Edison wouldn't have been able to revolutionize the world.

After all, he had already applied for the patent for the light bulb a long time ago, he just hadn't brought it out yet.

However, he couldn't ask that question aloud; he could only offer his congratulations.

After Li Changsheng left, Edison devoted his energy to research.

After returning home, Li Changsheng didn't make any inventions. Instead, he started studying drama with Mark Twain.

Through Mark Twain, Li Changsheng learned that, apart from newspapers, books, and Li Changsheng's newly developed phonograph, the most widely disseminated form of cultural entertainment in America was theatrical performance.

In particular, a mature network of theatrical performances has been established between cities in the eastern United States.

Almost every city has a stage for theatrical performances.

Moreover, as long as the play you rehearse is engaging enough and performs well elsewhere, many stages will actively seek to collaborate with you.

Li Changsheng hadn't thought of this aspect before, mainly because he hadn't been exposed to it.

Now that we've made contact with Li Changsheng, we naturally won't let this opportunity slip by.

After talking with Mark Twain, I learned that although Mark Twain also wanted to adapt his works into plays, his own financial situation did not allow it.

Over the years, Mark Twain used his money to fund research for other inventors.

Unfortunately, so far, he hasn't had a single opportunity to make money.

It can be said that Mark Twain had no rivals in America when it came to writing books.

However, when it comes to investing, he is absolutely lauded by everyone.

There was nothing he could do; he just couldn't succeed even once.

He also expressed some frustration when talking about his own adaptation of the play "The Gilded Age".

"I want to adapt this work into a stage play, but I can't do it on my own, so I'm going to find someone to collaborate with."

"It's a pity. If any of my previous investments had been successful, I could have established my own drama club."

Li Changsheng smiled and took out 1 US dollars and placed it on the table.

"If you, Mr. Mark Twain, can help me establish a drama club, then The Gilded Age will be the club's first production, and you'll get the highest commission in the industry."

"At the same time, I will establish my own theaters in New York, Washington and other places."

"We not only have our own works to perform, but we also allow other drama clubs to perform on stage."

"I want more people to see more of my works more directly."

"Instead of just seeing these cold, hard words."

Mark Twain accepted the $1 without hesitation.

"Li, leave this to me. The drama club should be able to open in a month at most."

Since we're going to make a stage play, Li Changsheng can't just be based on his previous works.

The previous works were indeed very helpful in spreading Chinese culture, but because they were all in a semi-mythological, semi-fantasy style, they would not be very effective for rehearsing stage plays.

Therefore, Li Changsheng needs to prepare a new book.

Ideally, this new book should be adapted into a stage play.

Moreover, Li Changsheng understood very well that if the Qing Empire were to portray realistic stories, most foreigners would not be interested, so it would be better to portray fantasy and magical stories.

Integrating Chinese mythology into the Western world.

Or it could be to present the history of China through historical drama.

However, very few people pay attention to history, while magical things are definitely very attractive to Americans who have never been exposed to them.

So after much thought, Li Changsheng wrote down the words "White Snake".

The White Snake blends Eastern mythology and history, and its elements, such as the imperial examination system and traditional Chinese medicine, are all Chinese cultural elements.

Furthermore, it incorporates a large number of mythological systems, allowing it to be combined with previous works.

If more people around the world create works based on the White Snake and Chinese mythology, then more adaptations of Chinese mythology will appear abroad.

This is definitely the best way to export culture.

Just as Li Changsheng began writing "The White Snake," he suddenly sensed a message from his clone, Bickley.

After all, Bickley was crucial to the Far East colonization plan. Therefore, Li Changsheng immediately descended upon him with his consciousness, only to be speechless after merging with his memories.

Li Changsheng thought that Bickley was almost in Moscow, but more than a month had passed and Bickley hadn't even reached Lake Baikal yet.

Moreover, they were injured on the way and almost wiped out by a pack of wolves.

Sensing the arrival of Li Changsheng's consciousness, Bickley said with a mournful tone.

"I can't go to Moscow."

"I was originally planning to go straight to Moscow and show off in front of Alexander II."

"Now I understand why Moscow so readily agreed to autonomy for the Far East."

"The reason is simple: they simply can't win."

"Even if they attack, it's impossible for them to succeed."

"It's too far, really too far."

"At this distance, even if they sent 10 troops for supplies, they still couldn't keep up."

"There will only be one outcome: total annihilation."

"I'm not going to Moscow. You probably have quite a few clones there, after all, it's the Russian bear's stronghold."

"Arrange for him to become a clone and serve as the Far East Special Envoy."

"If I were to actually travel to the Far East like this, it would probably take another three to five months, or even half a year."

"It's so slow, the daylily will be cold by now."

"Once everything is arranged, I'll head straight back. I'll never walk this road again in my life."

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What else could Li Changsheng say but make the arrangements?

After confirming that it was safe for his clone to return, he transferred to the clone on the bear's side.

As Bickley said, he also has quite a few clones on the Russian side.

Of course, this is relative to some other less important countries.

After all, many countries only have two or three clones.

Some small countries even have only one clone for every several countries.

The Russian bear has seven or eight clones already, which is quite a lot.

However, these seven or eight clones all share a common characteristic.

They all made their fortunes from frying fish, and now they're practically celebrities in Russia. It's absolutely unacceptable to expect them to become spokespeople for the Far East.

Therefore, Li Changsheng had no choice but to summon a new clone.

He named this clone Biol.

As for his identity, he's Bickley's brother.

Since they're all clones of myself, it wouldn't be an exaggeration to call them brothers.

After the clone was created, it directly took over the Far East Intelligence Agency's influence on the Russian side from Bickley.

He then had a team assembled for him, and with that team, he went to Moscow to meet Alexander II as an envoy.

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