Chapter 223: The Rise of Great Powers

In the suburbs of Beijing, a training base of the Beijing Military Region.

A taxi drove over quickly, and the guard standing at the door immediately waved to stop it.

"it's me!"

Jiang Yuan stuck his head out and revealed his identity, then opened the car door and got out.

"Captain Jiang?"

"Aren't you leading a team to shoot a movie?"

Now all the officers and soldiers in the garrison know that Captain Jiang is leading the team to make a movie.

Making a movie, what a new term.

"Today, there was an attack by a group of wild boars over there. We killed some of them and brought them back to serve as a snack for the brothers tomorrow!"

"A herd of wild boars?"

"Yes, it's here, on that truck!"

Jiang Yuan pointed at the truck coming from behind, which soon stopped at the gate of the base.

"Captain Jiang, according to regulations, we have to check it out!"

The guard spoke to Jiang Yuan seriously.

Jiang Yuan nodded: "It's okay, just go up and take a look!"

When the other party got in the car and took a look, he saw a row of big wild boars in the back of the car.

Seeing so much wild boar meat, the guards also looked happy.

With so much pork, it would be enough for several extra meals.

"Let go!"

As the leading guard captain waved his hand, Jiang Yuan's taxi drove in with the truck and went straight to the cafeteria.

"Old Chen"

"Old Chen"

As soon as he reached the door, Jiang Yuan started shouting at the top of his voice.

Soon, a thin man came out.

"Lao Jiang, weren't you filming a movie? Why are you here in our kitchen?"

"Look, what did I bring you?"

Jiang Yuan waved at him and pulled him to the back of the truck.

"Wow, you guys killed a whole herd of wild boars!"

Seeing so many wild boars, Deputy Company Commander Chen of the Logistics Support Company said in surprise.

"Almost. Hurry up and call someone to unload them. These five pigs here are ours, and these five pigs here belong to the Beijing Film Studio."

"There was a group of wild boars over there. We worked together with the people from the Beijing Film Studio to kill them. Each side had half each. You guys from the kitchen company, help them kill the pigs."

"No problem. We have five pigs. Just help me kill them. Wait for me. I'll call someone over right away."

It was easy and enjoyable for the kitchen team to slaughter pigs. After all, during the holidays, they would receive pigs from the army farms and slaughter them themselves to provide meals for the soldiers.

Soon, more than twenty strong soldiers from the kitchen squad ran out and began to lower the wild boar down.

"I think we should kill one tonight and make a big pork pot for the soldiers so that everyone can have a good meal!"

Captain Chen said with a smile at this time.

"Okay, how long does it take you to kill the pig?"

Jiang Yuan asked curiously at this time.

"With enough manpower, it will only take half an hour!"

Captain Chen said quickly.

Jiang Yuan nodded and said, "Then wait a minute, take a piece of good meat from the wild boar and ask Comrade Li Changhe over there to take it back."

"That's our chief Liu Mantang's nephew. He was the one who killed our biggest pig, the one with a broken front leg."

"Although the Beijing Film Studio has reserved one for him, I think our army can't just say nothing."

Jiang Yuan said to Captain Chen.

Upon hearing this, Captain Chen nodded and said, "That's no problem. I'll save it for him later!"

"That!"

Jiang Yuan then returned to the taxi and said with a smile, "Changhe, you two can come down and sit in my office for a while."

"The kitchen staff is going to slaughter a pig later. I'll ask them to leave two pieces of meat for you to take back."

"Captain Jiang, this is not necessary. The Beijing Film Studio has reserved it for me."

Li Changhe heard this and shook his head.

Jiang Yuan smiled and said, "Why not? You also beat the pig. What the Beijing Film Studio gave you belongs to the Beijing Film Studio, and what we gave you belongs to our army. How can that be the same thing?"

"It will only take about half an hour. Come on, go to my place and have some tea. It will be ready in a moment."

Jiang Yuan said enthusiastically, and Li Changhe did not refuse.

"Okay then. Thank you, Captain Jiang."

Then he and Zhu Lin got out of the car. The taxi was waiting outside the kitchen, and they came to Captain Jiang's office.

"Come, have some tea and take a break. You've been exhausted these past few days!"

For them, filming is new at the beginning, but it becomes difficult later on, especially when they have to play villains.

"Hold on a little longer, it's almost over!"

Li Changhe smiled and comforted her at this time.

"It's okay, I just said that, but Changhe, you really have too many thoughts in your head."

"Your suggestion of using oil paint is really good. Once you apply it on your face and hide it in the jungle, it will be really hard to find."

“In the past, we occasionally smeared some dirt or soot on it, but the color was still relatively bright and easy to be seen.” The oil paint that Li Changhe proposed this time was specially customized by an art professor at the Academy of Fine Arts. After all, he only knew about oil paint, but he was not professional in how to mix it.

So we still have to seek help from professional artists.

Fortunately, after it was developed and applied, the effect was amazing.

"By the way, Captain Jiang, besides oil paint, there is actually something else I didn't mention, and it wasn't shown in the movie."

"I'd like to take this opportunity to tell you something."

"Oh? What is it?"

Captain Jiang asked curiously.

Li Changhe said seriously: "This thing is also a kind of foreign military uniform, called ghillie suit!"

"To put it simply, it is a large military uniform with a lot of rags tied around it, and then thatch or branches are wrapped around the surface."

"We know what you're talking about. It turns out this thing is called a ghillie suit. We've seen it before!"

"Damn, those Japanese devils in Annan have this thing. I heard they seized it from the Americans."

"Our reconnaissance battalion suffered a heavy loss in the battle with them in the jungle before because of this kind of clothing."

"We have seized several pieces. The equipment department is already developing them. It is said that a small amount of equipment has been deployed to southern Xinjiang. We will probably have to wait a little longer."

Jiang Yuan said seriously.

When Li Changhe heard this, he didn't expect that Geely clothes had already been found on it.

In fact, the research on ghillie suits in China started from the self-defense counterattack against Vietnam. The Vietnamese army used the ghillie suits found in the equipment warehouse left by the US military to trick us in the early days.

"But to be honest, I can imagine that with the help of ghillie suits and oil paint, combined with the jungle survival skills you mentioned, the combat effectiveness of the scouts can indeed be upgraded to a higher level."

"Damn it, once I get approval from above and learn all these, I will definitely take my brothers to the jungles of southern Xinjiang and fight those bastards again."

Jiang Yuan sighed again at this time.

Li Changhe just smiled and didn't respond.

In fact, real special forces still need the assistance of various advanced equipment and intelligence systems, but the basic situation in the country is like this now, and he also knows that it is impossible to directly produce real special forces.

So some suggestions will not be mentioned for now.

The two chatted for a while, and soon the phone on Jiang Yuan's desk rang.

"Hey, it's done, right?"

"We'll be there right away."

"Come on, Changhe, the pigs are ready to be slaughtered, let's go over there."

When we arrived at the door of the kitchen, Captain Chen was already waiting there.

"Come here, Comrade Li Changhe, I picked out two pieces of tenderloin for you."

"This wild boar is almost entirely lean meat, with very little fat. Among the lean meat, the tenderloin is the best part."

"But wild boar meat tastes much more fishy than domestic pork. When you go back, you should press it with some spices, then cut it into strips and fry it. That's when it tastes best."

Captain Chen also gave Li Changhe some scientific knowledge.

Li Changhe smiled and nodded when he heard this: "I see, deep-fried pork tenderloin!"

"Okay, then you make the suggestion. I'll go in and get busy first. I have to prepare more food for the soldiers tonight."

Seeing this, Captain Chen handed two pieces of tenderloin wrapped in oil paper to Li Changhe.

Li Changhe took them and felt them, estimating that each piece weighed about three pounds.

"Okay, Captain Chen, Captain Jiang, I won't bother you any more. I'm leaving now!"

Afterwards, Li Changhe and Zhu Lin got into a taxi.

Sitting in the back seat, Li Changhe put a piece of pork tenderloin in Zhu Lin's hand.

"That's perfect. Let's go back to the family compound tonight and each of us can have a piece of tenderloin!"

Just as Li Changhe was taking a taxi towards the staff quarters.

Beijing, No. 166 Chaoyangmennei Street, in the office of People's Literature Publishing House.

At this moment, the phones in the office were ringing one after another. On the phone were information reports from all over the country, reporting on the inventory status of "The Rise of Great Powers".

This time, the People's Literature Publishing House has made full preparations for publishing about the rise of a great power.

Even before they had completely proofread the manuscript, they had already started pre-ordering statistics in Xinhua Bookstores across the country.

Because "The Rise of Great Powers" was already very popular in major universities across the country and it coincided with the summer vacation, Xinhua Bookstore quickly gave them feedback on the pre-order situation.

Two hundred thousand copies!

This is the reservation data provided by Xinhua Bookstore.

In other words, even though it hasn't been sold yet, just by posting the pre-order information, 200,000 copies have already been pre-ordered.

This data not only shocked the People's Literature Publishing House, but also the senior management of Xinhua Bookstore.

This book "The Rise of Great Powers" is so magical that the pre-order figures are so high. If it actually sells, it must be selling like hot cakes, right?
After all, a book pre-order already represents the reading potential of the book.

Therefore, Xinshu Bookstore decisively negotiated with the People's Literature Publishing House and adjusted the sales strategy of this book, preparing to fill up the inventory first and then sell it publicly.

The People's Literature Publishing House directly increased the first print run to 500,000 copies, which were then sent to Xinhua Bookstores across the country.

After all, two hundred thousand copies have been pre-ordered, and once word of mouth spreads about this book, the first print run of five hundred thousand copies may not be enough.

Of course, this is just an estimate. For the People's Literature Publishing House, a first print run of 500,000 copies is also a gamble.

"Director, the Xinhua Bookstores in all the major provincial capitals across the country have already distributed the products."

After receiving a call from the Xinhua Bookstore in the last provincial capital, the editor in the office immediately told the director.

"Very good, then call these bookstores and The Rise of Great Powers will be officially on sale starting tomorrow!"

Liu Hongtu shouted loudly at this moment.

After nearly two months of hard work, success or failure depends on tomorrow's sales results!

The next day, "Rise of Great Powers" was officially released!
(End of this chapter)