Chapter 446 Berlin Turbulence

"Oh my god, what did I see?"

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"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 their cameras 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, and 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 didn't expect that the Japanese reporter 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, Ministry of Culture, and Foreign Affairs Department, and they quickly made a decision to attend the opening ceremony first. The identities of the two parties are different. The Japanese are just reporters, while the two parties are public officials. If they are not careful, it will 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 films from the first two 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 yelled 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 catalogs 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 expressing it is very excessive."

Because the concentration camp was mentioned, the Germans were very sensitive, but after all, it was not released and 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 be caught in a political whirlpool. I hope there will be a proper outcome this time."

"Berlin is courting 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, but this incident has added a bit of drama. Japan's economy is too strong, and 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!"

Originally, it was an ordinary film festival, but because of the presence of China and Japan, it caused a sudden storm. There were still screenings of competition films, commercial screenings, and various activities every day, but it seemed that they were all overshadowed by this incident.

The organizing committee was very upset!

Hader had seen "Life is Beautiful" and knew what kind of film it was.

He couldn't let the Chinese leave, otherwise the entire film festival would be ruined!

But he couldn't openly favor any party. He just asked the organizing committee to keep a low profile and wait until "Life is Beautiful" was screened to see everyone's specific reactions before he could make plans.

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As for the Chinese side.

Chen Qi is not just one person, there are many people, including officials, and his own words don't count.

Everyone needs to discuss.

"We can't argue with them. We represent China, and they are just Japanese media. The nature is completely different! Everyone must be calm. This is a film festival, so we will solve it within the framework of the film festival."

"Then what should we do?"

"Hold a media meeting and make a public statement."

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."

"But we can't wait two more days to speak out, as if we are guilty? And what if the organizer can't stand the pressure and really asks us to withdraw from the competition?"

"Well, let's do it!"

Chen Qi had to nod. He knew that this kind of media would not be very effective, so he expressed his attitude.

It's a very simple truth: for example, in the matter of concentration camps, China said there were, Japan said there were not, the two sides quarreled, and Westerners watched the excitement because it had nothing to do with Westerners!

So they have to be dragged into the water, so that they feel that it is related to them, and then they will get involved in this matter.

This is what he has been doing.