"Bang, bang, bang!" "Mizutani! Director Kudo, are you there?" Suddenly, there was a strong knock on the door. Mizutani went to open the door. There were two people standing outside. The first one was very short, with small eyes and a sharp chin. He held a schedule in his hand and shouted: "Did you see it? Did you see it?" "The Chinese actually filmed the so-called concentration camp. They are fabricating history and damaging the relationship between the two countries!" "Mr. Yamada!" [I hope readers will remember our domain name Taiwan Novel Network→𝘁𝘄𝗸𝗮𝗻.𝗰𝗼𝗺] Mizutani was about to speak when he was interrupted by this person. He seemed very excited, or excited, or scared. In short, there was a very complicated emotion on his face. He shouted: "We can't be indifferent. We should protest to the organizer and demand that this Chinese film withdraw from the film festival!" Both of them are reporters who came to report on this film festival.
The leader is called Yamada, a reporter of Sankei Shimbun, which is a famous right-wing newspaper in Japan. Every country has left and right. Japan's left, extreme left, right, and extreme right are a mess and very complicated. Take the literary and artistic circles as an example. The left wing we are familiar with, such as Ryuichi Sakamoto, Hayao Miyazaki, Miyuki Nakajima, etc. "..." Mizutani and others looked very unhappy when they heard it. They are neither left nor right, just filmmakers who want to make money and gain fame. "Mr. Yamada, I think we should not be impulsive about this matter!" "Yes, yes, after all, the movie has not been released yet, we don't know what it is about, and it may not be what you imagine." Kudo Rong said. "Is there any need to think about this kind of thing? They put the three words "concentration camp" in the introduction. You don't want to refuse, right?" Although Yamada is short, he is very imposing, staring at several people with a pair of small eyes. Mizutani swallowed his saliva. The other party was behind the Sankei Shimbun, which was not easy to deal with. He paused and asked, "What do you want to do specifically?" "We will immediately go to the organizer and make a request, and then contact several Japanese media in Berlin to jointly put pressure on the Chinese film to withdraw from the competition... Oh, forget about those traitors from the Asahi Shimbun!" The Asahi Shimbun is a left-wing newspaper. "This, this..." Mizutani and the other two were in a dilemma and did not want to get involved. Seeing this, Yamada shouted, "You have no courage at all! You are blinded by the so-called Sino-Japanese friendship. You cowards are just watching here and see how we become real warriors!" After he yelled, he led the people away. Kudo asked, "What should we do?" "Let's wait and see!" "What if something goes wrong?" "Then we have to return home early!" …………
Sino-Japanese friendship in the 1980s As for why they are friendly, as we all know, China's reform and opening up is to develop the economy, to confront the Soviet Union, to find allies, Japan wants to dump goods, seek the status of a great power, etc., the reasons are comprehensive. But the exact situation is also known. Let's not talk about other fields, just talk about the literary and artistic circles. At that time, the Chinese and Japanese literary and artistic circles had frequent exchanges and made many co-productions. So some people use this as evidence to say that anti-Japanese propaganda was prohibited in the 1980s, and there were no anti-Japanese war films... Here are some examples: "Pistol Team" in 1983, the TV series "Railway Guerrillas" in 1985, the movie "Blood Battle of Taierzhuang" in 1986, and even "Red Sorghum" is fighting the Japanese. Not to mention "Tunnel Warfare" and "Landmine Warfare" that students go to the cinema to watch over and over again every year. Cold knowledge: The first movie reflecting the Nanjing Massacre was released in 1987, called "Blood Evidence of the Massacre". In the first month of the premiere, million people watched the movie in Nanjing, and the number of people watching the movie in Qidong County, Jiangsu Province, which had a population of only 30,000, reached 50,000. Why was it in 1987? Because in 1983, the Nanjing Massacre Memorial Hall was being planned, and a research group was set up to collect materials and study this period of history. In 1985, Deng Xiaoping visited Nanjing and personally wrote the name of the museum "Memorial Hall of the Victims of the Nanjing Massacre by the Japanese Invaders"... So how could the propaganda of anti-Japanese war be banned? ? ? Since the founding of the People's Republic of China, anti-Japanese war has been absolutely politically correct at any stage. Of course, there were also local governments that wanted to set up anti-Japanese hero monuments, but were heavily obstructed by leaders. Such bad things did happen and must be acknowledged. Overall, Sino-Japanese relations in the 1980s were indeed good economically. But the fundamental problems between the two countries cannot be eased, such as the two tampering of textbooks in 1982 and 1986, and Yasuhiro Nakasone's visit to the Yasukuni Shrine in 1985... Pro-Japanese and anti-Japanese, pro-American and cautious, everything is multifaceted, and there is no single cause and effect. In other words, this is also the reason why the higher-ups allowed Chen Qi to come out with "Life is Beautiful". This film is anti-Japanese, but pro-American. "Ed!" "Amy!" "Haha, we meet again!" In the evening, Chen Qi met Ed Harris and Amy Madigan and hugged each other. The two were also very enthusiastic towards Gong Xue. Gong Xue even kissed Amy's face, which surprised Chen Qi. He didn't know when his sister would say she wanted to go for a drink. "A few days ago was New Year's Eve, the most important holiday for us Chinese. I was busy on New Year's Eve and I am still busy now, just like you don't rest for a day on Thanksgiving, Christmas, and Easter, and you are all working overtime!" "Oh, then you are really pitiful!" The two of them understood what he said and immediately showed sympathy. Chen Qi asked again, "Speaking of which, I asked you to help contact the independent production company, but there was no response?" "How could that be!" Ed was surprised and explained, "We contacted them not long after we finished filming and returned to the United States. They said they would establish a communication method with you. Didn't they contact you?" "No one!" "You are a bunch of snobs, Chen, I'm sorry!" "It's okay, it's not your fault!"
Chen Qi shook his head. Sure enough, even the small independent companies in Hollywood didn't like him. He was about to talk again when he heard a noisy voice: "Boss! I'm late, but I'm so happy to see you again!" Following that, a guy forced a hug with him. Chen Qi knew without even looking that it was the funny Italian Marino, who played an Italian thrown into an incinerator in Life is Beautiful and pretended to be a foreign tourist to help promote Tai Chi 2... "Yeah, it's been a long time since we last met. I miss you too." "Haha, I knew we were kindred spirits... Boss, thank you for inviting me to such a big event. Just give me any tasks!" Marino was a complete idiot, not knowing what restraint was. He rushed over to hug Ed and his wife, and even wanted to hug Gong Xue, but was pulled back by Chen Qi. He invited this funny guy to come here purely to make up the numbers and let the foreign actors see more. After all, he was a supporting role, not a bit player. ………… Just when they reunited. Yamada quickly contacted seven or eight Japanese reporters, all of whom were sent by major newspapers or TV stations to interview him. So he was really rich. He could send so many reporters to a Berlin Film Festival. "Let's go!" "We must make the Chinese withdraw from the competition!" Yamada raised his arms and shouted, his blood boiling, leading a mighty group to find the film festival organizing committee. (First post one chapter, there are three more...)