How did China's first dubbed sound film come into being?

The birth of China's first sound film was made of wax discs.

Star Company decided to make a sound film, but due to technical limitations, with the assistance of EMI France, it completed the production of the wax plate pronunciation film "The Singing Girl Red Peony".

This epoch-making film in China film history was written by Hong Shen, directed by Zhang Shichuan, filmed by Dong, and starred by Gong Jianong.

The production of "Red Peony" was completed on193/kloc-0 15 March15 in Shanghai Guangxin Grand Theatre. The film, with dialogue in Mandarin and four passages of Peking Opera, was a sensation. Nanyang filmmakers bought the screening rights of the Philippines and Indonesia at a price ten times higher than that of silent films, which made movie stars "pay a hundred times the price" at once.