"An Unfinished Chess" is a Sino-Japanese co-production released in 1982. It is the earliest co-production in China. If purely based on the quality of the film, this film can be said to be the pinnacle of domestic co-productions.
But whether it was watching the movie in later generations or reading the script today, Lin Chaoyang felt a sense of discomfort in his heart.
In this movie, the war crimes of the Japanese are not directly reflected, but the mediocrity of the warlords and the Kuomintang Party is vividly reflected;
The picture of the Chinese people suffering from the war is not intuitively reflected. On the contrary, the tragic life of the people after Japan's defeat is vividly reflected.
In the movie, Kuang Yishan sends his son A Ming to Japan to learn chess, with the euphemistic claim that he wants to learn chess skills well and then return to China to revitalize the motherland's chess scene.
A Ming's experience is obviously adapted from Wu Qingyuan's experience. Wu's influence in the Go world goes without saying, but his experience is completely opposite to that of A Ming in the movie.
During the Anti-Japanese War, he willingly became a Japanese, and in 1941 he participated in the Japanese chess tournament to report to the National Assembly, and worked in the Chinese army by playing chess.
Note that they are not working for the Chinese army, but for the Japanese invaders.
After Japan's defeat, the domestic national government asked Japan to deprive him of Japanese nationality and grant him Chinese nationality. However, he did not care about Chinese nationality. He still lived firmly in Japan and became a Japanese citizen again in 1979.
Later Wu Qingyuan was hailed as a once-in-a-millennium chess master by the Chinese cultural circle because of his brilliant achievements in the Japanese Go world, and he had many fans.
His personality and national character are different opinions, but from the perspective of ordinary people, he cannot be called a person who is beneficial to the country and the people.
Such use in the movie may make people who don't know think that Wu Qingyuan is really such an upright person.
At the end of the movie, Kuang Yishan easily forgives the Japanese for their crimes, and even plays chess with Songbo on the Great Wall, which makes people more and more ironic as they watch.
As Lin Chaoyang burst into flames, the conference room was silent, and everyone was shocked by his anger.
Screenwriter Hong Zhou blushed, extremely angry and said, "You are talking nonsense!"
Lin Chaoyang looked at it coldly, and Hongzhou said loudly: "My script is not to whitewash Japan's war crimes, but to reflect the friendship between China and Japan."
"China and Japan are friendly? I remember a group of people said the same thing more than 40 years ago." Lin Chaoyang sneered.
"you……"
Hongzhou blushed with anger at Lin Chaoyang's sarcasm, and his eyes burned, "This script can't be written!"
After that, he ignored director Duan Jishun's obstruction and left the conference room angrily.
"Skeleton!"
Lin Chaoyang only cursed three words, but for some reason, everyone in the conference room had a burning feeling on their faces, as if they were the ones being scolded.
Seeing that the situation had become like this, director Duan Jishun didn't know what to do for a moment. He and Cheng Yin looked at each other.
Cheng Yin stood up and persuaded Lin Chaoyang out of the conference room first, "Chaoyang, you said... why are you doing this? Alas!"
"Everyone has his or her own values ​​and historical views. You invited me here, and I also expressed my views on the script. It's up to you whether you listen or not."
Facing Cheng Yin, Lin Chaoyang did not have the angry attitude in the conference room, and his tone was calm.
He is very clear that Sino-Japanese friendship is a social trend nowadays, not only for the government, but also for the cultural circles. Even many ordinary people have been affected by public opinion.
Since "An Unfinished Chess" is a mission, it cannot be changed with a few words from him.
"In your opinion, does this script really have that big of a problem?" Cheng Yin asked.
Lin Chaoyang looked serious, "If you put aside your nationality and identity, I think this script is well written. But I am Chinese, I am not Wu Qingyuan. This whole script is more than 30,000 words, and I only see a delicate and self-interested character."
The condescending preaching of those with vested interests.”
Listening to his comments, Cheng Yin smiled bitterly and said, "How dare you say that!"
"This is not a question of whether you dare to say it or not. You won't say it, I won't say it, and everyone won't say it. In another twenty years, will Wu Qingyuan become a patriot?
The numerous crimes committed by the Japanese can be easily forgiven, so how can we face our compatriots who died? What qualifications do we have to forgive them?"
Lin Chaoyang's words left Cheng Yin speechless. He sighed, "But... the current environment is like this."
"The general environment is like this, doesn't it prevent me from saying a few words from my heart?"
Cheng Yin looked at Lin Chaoyang with a headache, "Then based on your idea, how should you write this script?"
"I wrote? Then this script needs to be overturned, because it has fundamental problems.
Kuang Yishan was arrested by the warlord because he refused to give up the chess piece to the warlord. What kind of cerebral palsy plot is this?
When Wu Qingyuan was 11 years old, he received 100 yuan a month from the Beiyang government. Did you know that Kuang Yishan, the Jiangnan chess king, was granted the title by an ignorant village boy?
And the character Matsunami, who do you think were the Japanese who could come to China during that period?
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Lin Chaoyang talked non-stop for a while, then suddenly stopped, "Lao Cheng, you are also an old revolutionary. It's impossible that you don't know what I'm talking about."
Cheng Yin looked embarrassed and said: "It's too fictitious for us to say anything. If you talk too much, people will say that you are going above and beyond and ruining the overall situation."
"Is disregarding the facts also called appropriate fiction?" Lin Chaoyang shook his head and said helplessly: "You should hire someone else. I will not participate in such a movie."
Chengyin grabbed him and said, "You can't leave. Xiaohong made you angry and ran away. If you leave again, what will happen to the movie?"
Lin Chaoyang laughed angrily, "Why are you still trying to blackmail me?"
The two talked about it, and Cheng Yin first persuaded him to go back to the guest house, and then went to the factory director Wang Yang with Duan Jishun to report the situation.
After listening to the reports of the two people, Wang Yang also felt a headache.
"An Unfinished Chess" is a project led by Zhao Dan and cooperating with Japanese friends with the approval of Duke Xia. At this stage, it cannot be stopped by just one or two words.
Now the screenwriter is being criticized by Lin Chaoyang and can't get off the stage. There is no room for two tigers in a mountain, and one of them must leave, otherwise the project will not be able to proceed at all.
"We have brought back a living ancestor!" Wang Yang sighed, and finally looked at Chengyin, "Lao Cheng, you invited this person back, so you still have to send him away."
Chengyin complained: "I just invited people back yesterday, and now you ask me to invite them away. Doesn't this make me offend others?"
"Then what do you think we should do? The script was written by Hong Zhou and Ge Kangtong. We can't overturn the entire script just because of Lin Chaoyang's few words, right? The Japanese screenwriter will come next month."
"Then I don't care. They came here because of my face. Now you ask me to drive them away. I can't handle this. You have to handle it yourself."
Cheng Yin put down his pick, and Wang Yang felt bitter, "Okay, okay, it's all my fault. I'll go and tell you, okay?"
He took Duan Jishun to Yanying Guest House and knocked on Lin Chaoyang's door.
After entering the room, he saw pens and papers spread out on the desk. Wang Yang asked, "Comrade Chaoyang, this is..."
"Nothing, I just suddenly got some inspiration and wrote something."
Seeing Lin Chaoyang's gentle attitude, Wang Yang breathed a sigh of relief and exchanged a few words before getting down to business.
"Kishun and Lao Cheng have both told me about the script. Well... you know our original intention of making a movie.
At this stage, the two countries have friendly relations. We are not saying that we should forget or erase the past, but we want to focus on the future.
Speaking of which, this movie has been in the works for two years. People from all walks of life at home and abroad have contributed a lot. Next month, the Japanese director and screenwriter will..."
Wang Yang's wording was very tactful, but his meaning was clear, which was to end the cooperation between the two parties.
In fact, when Lin Chaoyang saw Cheng Yin not coming, he already understood the purpose of Wang Yang and Duan Jishun's coming.
He listened quietly to Wang Yang's words and nodded calmly, "Okay, that's it, I'll go home later."
Lin Chaoyang's statement surprised Wang Yang, and at the same time there was a bit of embarrassment on his face.
What surprised him was that after hearing Cheng Yin and Duan Jishun describe the situation of the script discussion meeting, Lin Chaoyang was very excited at the meeting.
He thought that what he said might arouse Lin Chaoyang's anger, and he was even prepared to be scolded, but he didn't expect that Lin Chaoyang's reaction would be so calm.
Needless to say, the reason for the embarrassment is that they invited the person here, and it only took one day to ask the person away. No matter how good the gesture was, it would not sound good no matter how you said it.
"Comrade Chaoyang, I'm really sorry."
Lin Chaoyang didn't know how sincere Wang Yang's words were, but he didn't care. "An Unfinished Chess" itself was not a movie directed by him. He raised different opinions in public and was ready to be sent away.
Prepare.
No one can be said to be a bad person in this matter.
Even if Lin Chaoyang disagrees with the two screenwriters who wrote the script, he can't criticize them for anything.
As Cheng Yin said, the general environment is like this.
Judging from the current concept, during the period since the establishment of diplomatic relations between the two sides, the little Japanese politicians have apologized for the crimes they committed during the invasion of China. The cultural and economic exchanges between the two sides have become more and more intense, and everything is developing in a good direction.
In the eyes of many people, dwelling on the past is of no benefit to the country.
His anger was because as a later generation, he knew too well the capriciousness and treachery of the little Japs. At this stage, the friendship between the two countries was just taking advantage of each other.
After Wang Yang and Duan Jishun left, when Lin Chaoyang was packing his things, Cheng Yin and Jiang Huaiyan came, and both of them were a little embarrassed.
"Chaoyang, I'm sorry!" Chengyin said.
Lin Chaoyang smiled, with a relaxed look on his face, "What's there to be embarrassed about? We just have different ideas."
Jiang Huaiyan looked at Lin Chaoyang's reaction and praised: "I like Chaoyang's character. He speaks out about things he doesn't like. If he has an opinion, it's not about the person or the matter. He's aboveboard!"
"Chaoyang, don't leave tonight. I'll call Lao Chen and let's have a drink together," Cheng Yin suggested.
After listening to his words, Jiang Huaiyan also said: "This proposal is good, I support it with both hands."
Because of what happened today, Cheng Yin and Jiang Huaiyan felt guilty and forced Lin Chaoyang to refuse to let him go no matter what, so he had no choice but to stay.
Cheng Yin used the guest house phone to call Chen Huaikai and asked him to come over for a drink, while Jiang Huaiyan volunteered to arrange food and drinks.
After making the call, Cheng Yin chatted with Lin Chaoyang in the room. After chatting for a while, he noticed the manuscript paper on the desk.
He picked it up and asked, "What does it say? Do you mind if I take a look?"
"I came out of inspiration and wanted to write a novel. I just started it. It's okay, just read it if you want." Lin Chaoyang said casually.
Cheng Yin's eyes fell on the manuscript paper, first he glanced twice, and then his eyes became more and more solemn.
As Lin Chaoyang said, the novel is only the beginning, with less than 3,000 words written, but the content of these 3,000 words made Cheng Yin see something unusual.
"Chaoyang, you..."
"What's wrong?" Lin Chaoyang's expression was calm.
"What are you doing? Fighting in the ring?" Cheng Yin asked with a wry smile.
Lin Chaoyang shook his head, and there was no trace of fireworks on his face, "What kind of arena are we fighting in? In your eyes, am I such a small-minded person?"
"Then when you write this...it can easily be misunderstood!"
"The misunderstanding is their business, I just want to express the point I want to express."
Chengyin looked at the manuscript paper in his hand again and asked, "Is it necessary?"
"It is necessary, very necessary. Promote this position. If we don't occupy it, the enemy will occupy it."
Lin Chaoyang's words left Cheng Yin speechless. After a few seconds, Cheng Yin said, "I thought your position was pro-Y."
Lin Chaoyang shook his head again, "My position does not matter ZY, but the position of the country and the nation."
His tone was calm and without any waves, but Chengyin didn't know why, but a sense of awe arose in his heart.
Chapter completed!