Chapter 444: Let the Chinese withdraw from the competition (fourth update today)


    "Bang bang bang!"


    "Mizutani! Director Kudo, are you here?"


    Suddenly, there was a loud banging on the door. Mizutani went to open the door. Two people were standing outside. The first one was short, with small eyes and a sharp chin. He had a schedule in his hand and shouted when he came in:


    "Did you see it? Did you see it?"


    "The Chinese actually took pictures of the so-called concentration camps. They are fabricating history and damaging relations between the two countries!"


    "Mr. Yamada!"


    Just as Mizutani was about to speak, he was interrupted by this person again. He looked very excited, or excited, or scared. In short, there was a very complicated emotion smeared on his face, and he said loudly:


    "We cannot remain indifferent. We should protest against the organizers and demand that this Chinese film be withdrawn from the festival!"


    Both of them are reporters, and they came here specifically to report on this film festival.


    The leader is Yamada, a reporter for the Sankei Shimbun, a famous right-wing newspaper in Japan.


    Every country has left and right sides. Japan’s left wing, extreme left wing, right wing wing, and extreme right wing are all chaotic and complicated. Take the literary and art circles as an example. We are familiar with the left wing, such as Ryuichi Sakamoto, Hayao Miyazaki, Miyuki Nakajima, etc. .


    “…”


    When Mizutani Chuan and others heard this, their expressions were very ugly. They were neither left nor right, they were just filmmakers who wanted to make money.


    "Mr. Yamada, I think it''s better not to be impulsive about this matter!"


    "Yes, yes. After all, the movie hasn''t been released yet. We don''t know what it is about. It may not be what you think." Kudo Eiichi said.


    "Why do you even think about such a thing? They put the words "concentration camp" on the introduction. You don''t want to refuse, do you?"


    Although Yamada is short, he is very powerful and looks at several people with his small eyes.


    Mizutani Chuan swallowed. Behind the other party was the Sankei Shimbun, which was not easy to deal with. He paused and asked: "Then what do you want to do specifically?"


    "We immediately went to the organizer and made our demands, and then contacted 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..."


    The three of Mizutani and Sichuan were in a dilemma and did not want to get involved. When Yamada saw this, he shouted loudly: "You have no courage at all! You are carried away by the so-called Sino-Japanese friendship. You few cowards are just watching here to see if we are How to become a true warrior!"


    After he finished shouting, he led the people away.


    Kudo asked: "What should we do?"


    "Just wait and see what happens!"


    "What if something happens?"


    "Then we have no choice but to return home early!"


    …


    China-Japan friendship in the 1980s.


    As for the reason for friendship, as we all know, China''s reform and opening up wants to develop the economy, fight against the Soviet Union, and find allies, while Japan wants to dump goods and seek great power status, etc. The reasons are comprehensive.


    But he knows exactly what it is.


    Let’s not talk about other fields, let’s talk about the literary and art circles. At that time, there were frequent exchanges between the Chinese and Japanese literary and art circles and many co-productions were made. So some people used this as evidence to say that anti-Japanese propaganda was banned in the 1980s and there were no anti-Japanese war films...


    Here are some examples: the 1983 "Pistols", the 1985 TV series "Railway Guerrilla", the 1986 movie "The Battle of Taierzhuang", and even "Red Sorghum" all involve fighting the Japanese.


    Not to mention "Tunnel Warfare" and "Mine Warfare" that students watch over and over again in the cinema every year.


    Trivia: The first movie to reflect the Nanjing Massacre was released in 1987, called "Blood Evidence of the Massacre." In the first month of the premiere, 1.4 million people watched the movie in Nanjing. In Qidong County, Jiangsu, which has a population of only 30,000, the number of moviegoers reached 50,000.


    Why 1987?


    Because preparations have been made to build a memorial hall for the victims of the Nanjing Massacre in 1983, and a research team has been set up to collect materials and study this period of history. In 1985, Duke Deng inspected Nanjing and personally inscribed the name of the museum as "Memorial Hall for the Victims of the Nanjing Massacre by Japanese Invaders"...


    So why is it forbidden to promote anti-Japanese propaganda? ? ?


    Since the founding of the People''s Republic of China, the anti-Japanese movement has been absolutely politically correct, no matter what stage it is.


    Of course, at the local level, there were incidents where the local government wanted to erect a monument to the anti-Japanese heroes, but was heavily obstructed by the leaders. This kind of nonsense does happen and must be acknowledged.


    Overall, Sino-Japanese relations were indeed good economically in the 1980s. But the fundamental problems between the two countries cannot be alleviated. For example, textbooks were tampered with twice in 1982 and 1986, and Yasuhiro Sone visited the Yasukuni Shrine in 1985...


    Pro-Japanese and anti-Japanese, pro-American and wary of, everything is multi-faceted and there is no single cause and effect.


    Having said that, this is also the reason why the superiors 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 of them were also very enthusiastic towards Gong Xue. Gong Xue even kissed Amy, which surprised Chen Qi. Maybe one day her sister would say that she wanted to have a drink.


    "A few days ago it was New Year''s Eve, the most important holiday for us Chinese people. I was busy on New Year''s Eve, and I am still busy now, just like you don''t take a day off on Thanksgiving, Christmas, and Easter and work overtime!"


    "Oh, you are so pitiful!"


    In this way, the two of them could understand and sympathize with each other every minute. Chen Qi asked again: "Speaking of which, I asked you to help contact independent production companies. Why is there no movement?"


    "How could it be!"


    Ed was surprised and explained: "We returned to the United States after filming, and we contacted each other not long after. They said they would establish a communication method with you. Didn''t they contact you?"


    "Not one!"


    "I''m sorry for these snobbish guys, Chen!"


    "It''s okay, it''s okay, it''s not your fault!"


    Chen Qi shook his head. Sure enough, even a small independent company in Hollywood didn''t take a fancy to him. He was waiting to chat again when he suddenly heard a roaring voice: "Boss! I''m late, but I''m really glad to see you again." So happy!”


    Immediately afterwards, a guy forcibly hugged him.


    Chen Qi didn''t need to look at it to know that it was the Italian funnyman, Marino, who played an Italian who was thrown into the incinerator in "Life is Beautiful", and also pretended to be a foreign tourist to help promote "Tai Chi 2"...


    "Yeah, it''s been a long time indeed. I miss you too."


    "Haha, I knew we cherish each other...Boss, thank you for inviting me to such a big event. If you have any tasks, just assign them to me!"


    Marino was an out-and-out badass and didn''t know what it was to be restrained. He rushed over to hug Ed and his wife. He also wanted to hug Gong Xue, but Chen Qi pulled him back.


    He invited this funny guy to come here, just to add people to the show, so that the foreign actors could watch more. At least he could be regarded as a supporting role, not a supporting role.


    …


    Just when they were 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. The Berlin Film Festival could send so many reporters.


    "Let''s go!"


    "We must make the Chinese withdraw from the competition!"


    Yamada raised his arms, his blood boiling, and led a large number of people to find the film festival organizing committee.


    (One chapter first, there are three more chapters...)


    (End of chapter)