"Oh my god, what did I see?"
"Is anyone protesting?"
"Are they Japanese?"
Reporters from all over the world were crowded here. When they saw this scene, which was far more exciting than walking on the red carpet, they were immediately excited and turned the camera to focus on them.
"Crack, click, click!"
"Perfect!"
A British reporter quickly took a lot of photos. On both sides were Japanese people who were shouting angrily. On the red carpet were Chinese people who looked stunned when they saw this scene... He didn't care what the truth was, this photo was worth a lot of money.
"Don't panic, don't panic!"
Chen Qi reacted immediately, ignored those people, and whispered: "Don't speed up, don't run away like you're in trouble!"
Under his leadership, several people suppressed their inner panic, continued to smile, walked steadily, and finished the red carpet calmly. Ed was very surprised and asked: "Chen, who are those people?"
"The people who put you in concentration camps."
"Japanese? They are protesting..."
Ed understood, and felt a sense of disgust in his heart. On a larger scale, anti-Japanese sentiment was rising in the United States; on a smaller scale, he was interrupted while walking on the red carpet, so of course he hated those people.
"You disrespect movies!"
"You don't respect the facts!"
"Leave Berlin! Leave Berlin!"
Yamada is very capable of doing things. He not only organized the protest at the opening ceremony, but also came up with slogans. He waved the white clothes in his hands and shouted specifically at the cameras of other reporters.
"List!"
"List!"
Hader's face turned green. He did not expect that the Japanese reporters would dare to cause trouble. The tall German guy's face was angry and embarrassed. He ran over immediately: "Ignore them, you enter first!"
At this time, the red carpet security also reacted and walked over angrily.
Yamada and others saw that the effect was achieved and stopped as soon as it was good.
"Xiao Chen! Xiao Chen!"
The faces of Liu Zhigu and others also turned green, and they said fiercely: "Those little Japanese are crazy. They protested in public and deliberately made us a joke!"
"Everyone calm down first, calm down first!"
“Enter the opening ceremony!”
There were personnel from the Film Bureau, the Ministry of Culture, and the Foreign Affairs Department, and they made a quick decision to attend the opening ceremony first. The identities of the two parties were different. The Japanese were just journalists, and the people here were all public officials. If they were not careful, it would be a diplomatic accident.
Soon, guests entered the venue one after another.
But many people's minds are no longer on the opening ceremony, they are all thinking about the excitement just now.
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"At the red carpet ceremony in the morning, there was a very meaningful scene. Several Japanese reporters raised protest banners made of clothes overnight and pointed them at the "Life is Beautiful" crew. The poor Chinese seemed to be surprised and seemed
At a loss.”
"This is the third time that Chinese films have participated in the Berlin Film Festival since 1981. The previous two films were mediocre, full of unique political preaching, and did not win a single award.
"Life is Beautiful" seems to be a little different. It tells the story of Japan setting up concentration camps in China during World War II and killing lives... But those Japanese reporters obviously did not accept this story. They believed that concentration camps did not exist at all and they were all deliberately fabricated."
"Yes, we don't accept it!"
"We want to protest that the Berlin Film Festival should not include such works that distort history and disrespect art!"
"We demand they leave Berlin immediately!"
Yamada shouted into the interview camera.
The on-site media was very fast, with the opening ceremony in the morning and the special news articles coming out in the afternoon.
There were countless newspapers in Berlin, as well as film festival catalogues, and tabloids. The news spread extremely quickly. In just one day, everyone knew about it.
The official response of the film festival: "We welcome films from all over the world. This is the palace of art. We must maintain a pure heart..."
Yamada said that as long as "Life is Beautiful" does not leave, they will fight to the end.
Foreign media are just watching the excitement.
The local media in Germany was relatively objective, saying: "It is extremely ridiculous to convict a movie that has not been screened yet and the vast majority of people do not know the content. The Japanese way of expression is very excessive."
Because it mentioned concentration camps, the Germans were very sensitive, but after all, it wasn't released, so no one knew what it was about.
They are currently showing intense concern over the incident itself.
"A few years ago, the Soviet Union and other socialist countries withdrew from the competition because of the movie "The Deer Hunter." A few years later, the conflict and contradiction between socialist countries and capitalist countries broke out again because of the movie "Life is Beautiful"!
"Berlin seems destined to fall into a political whirlpool. I hope there will be a proper outcome this time."
"Berlin is wooing Chinese films, and I don't think they will let "Life is Beautiful" withdraw from the competition."
"Berlin's previous entries are as boring as the city. This incident has added a bit of drama. Japan's economy is too strong. I guess the Japanese will have the same confidence as their country. If they don't achieve their goals,
Never give up!"
"The attitude of the organizers is disappointing. They should not try to be peacemakers, but should have a decisive and clear way of handling it."
"The Chinese crew refuses to be interviewed for the time being!"
It was originally an ordinary film festival, but due to the presence of China and Japan, it caused a sudden disturbance. There were still screenings of competitive films, commercial screenings, and various activities every day, but they all seemed to be overshadowed by this incident.
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The organizing committee is extremely upset!
Hader has seen "Life is Beautiful" and knows what kind of movie it is.
There is no way he can let the Chinese leave, then the entire film festival will be ruined!
But he couldn't openly take sides. He just asked the organizing committee to keep a low profile and wait for "Life is Beautiful" to be screened to see everyone's specific reactions before he could make a plan.
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As for China.
Chen Qi is not alone, there are many people, including officials, and he himself does not count.
Everyone has to discuss it.
"We cannot argue with them. We represent China. They are just Japanese media with completely different natures! Everyone needs to calm down. This is a film festival, and we will resolve it within the framework of the film festival."
"What on earth should we do?"
"Let's hold a media meeting and let's explain it publicly."
Liu Zhigu said, and finally asked Chen Qi: "Xiao Chen, do you have any ideas?"
"We can wait for our American friends, they will arrive in two days."
"Then we can't wait two more days to speak out, as if we have a guilty conscience? And what if the organizer can't withstand the pressure and really makes us withdraw from the competition?"
"Well, let's go!"
Chen Qi could only nod. He knew that this kind of media would have little effect, so he expressed his attitude.
The truth is very simple: for example, regarding concentration camps, China says they exist, but Japan says they don’t. The two sides quarrel, and Westerners watch the fun, because it has nothing to do with Westerners!
Therefore, we have to drag them into the water and make them feel that it is related to them, so they will get involved in this matter.
This is what he has been doing.
Chapter completed!