"Downplaying the war and focusing on friendship" was said by a certain leader, and Hu Jian just relayed it, but Xu Wangqiu's words were very ugly, which made him feel a little uncomfortable, and he frowned and said: "If you think it's inappropriate, you can also do it according to your own ideas." ”

Su Bai stretched out his hand and pulled Xu Wangqiu's sleeve, glaring at him, even if he was dissatisfied with Hu Jian's statement, there was no need to say it, it was easy to offend people!

Xu Wangqiu also realized that he shouldn't be angry at Hu Jian, and said apologetically: "Mr. Hu, I didn't say these words against you, don't be angry with me." I just think that this view is unacceptable, and forgetting history is tantamount to betrayal. Sino-Japanese friendship is certainly right, but we must not lose our bottom line just because we emphasize friendship. ”

Seeing Xu Wangqiu say this, Hu Jian said with a smile: "I'm not so stingy, how can I be angry with such a young man." However, he still said earnestly: "Wangqiu, it doesn't matter if you tell me these words, but you still have to pay attention when dealing with the leaders above, otherwise it will be too easy to offend people." You have the ability, Minister Wang values you very much, and the future is bright, it would be a pity to ruin the future because of words. ”

Xu Wangqiu knew that this was his fault, he was a little impulsive in speaking and doing things, and he really needed to change it, so he said seriously: "Thank you, Mr. Hu, I will work hard to get rid of this problem." ”

At this moment, Tokuma Yasushi was about to speak. Tokuma Yasui couldn't understand Chinese, and when he saw that Xu Wangqiu was furious, and the translator didn't translate Xu Wangqiu's words, he asked the translator what was going on. The translator had no way to shirk it, so he could only translate Xu Wangqiu's words.

After understanding what Xu Wangqiu meant, Tokuma said directly: "Mr. Xu is right. In the war of aggression against China, the vast majority of the people did not realize that the aggression of the Dongying army/Chinese doctrine was a crime. Therefore, the people of Dongying should apologize for being sorry for the Chinese people. "A Game of Chess That Hasn't Been Finished" should shoot these out, so that the people of Dongying can realize their mistakes. ”

Junya Sato also spoke: "Unless you don't write this history, if you do, war can't be avoided, everyone, whether you want it or not, will be in the middle of the war, and any friendship and love will no longer exist, and it will only be a tragic ending." In the past, there were some international co-productions that only emphasized the advantages and specialties of the two countries, and our film must truly reflect history and never deliberately hide anything with our eyes closed. Only in this way can there be a real understanding of each other, and only on the basis of this understanding can a real friendship arise. It's easy to sing about friendliness verbally, but friendliness that's easy to build is easy to break. ”

Xu Wangqiu looked at Junya Sato in surprise, it was not surprising that Yasuya Tokuma said this, after all, Tokuma was a member of the Japanese Communist Party, but he didn't expect Junya Sato to say the same. He remembered that the movie "Men's Yamato" was written and directed by Junya Sato, who said that the film was calling for world peace, but in China it was considered by many people to be a thoroughly military/civilian/socialist film, and even criticized by left-wing film critics in Dongying as being suspected of affirming the purpose of the war of aggression.

In fact, most of Dongying's war films depicting World War II have a problem, in the movie, they always describe Dongying soldiers as victims of the war, describe the disasters brought by the war to the people, and the movie always talks about "I am so miserable, I am so miserable", but I have not thought about the nature of the war, and I have not thought about why they are miserable. Behind this logic is opposition to a lost war, so what if it is a war that can be won? Of course, the people of Dongying raised their hands in favor. Therefore, some people vividly summarize that the anti-war of the Dongying people is "anti-defeat".

Xu Wangqiu didn't expect Junya Sato, who avoided the nature of war in "Men's Yamato", to say this, and would face the nature of war, and couldn't help but say: "Mr. Sato said this, aren't you afraid of being scolded by the Dongying audience?"

Junya Sato explained with a smile, "There is a question of what constitutes true patriotism. I believe that true patriotism is to be able to rise up against one's own country after it has made a mistake. We should tell young people about this. It is true that young people in Dongying do not care about these now, but this is very important, but let the people know that the military/ism, war behavior, is the biggest enemy of the people of Dongying, then they will be spurned by the people, so that Dongying will get better development in the future. ”

Xu Wangqiu felt that Junya Sato was a person who understood, and he also knew why his attitude towards war had changed. In the 70's and 80's, when the economy was very good, the whole country was full of vitality, and the people were full of confidence in the future, in Sato's view, it was necessary to remember the lessons of history and prevent the resurgence of the military/doctrine, so as to prevent these people from bringing the whole country into disaster again.

However, after the collapse of the bubble economy in the 90s, the entire Dongying economy came to a standstill. With the rise in unemployment and the collapse of the long-term lifetime employment system of Toei companies, negative pessimism such as dissatisfaction with the status quo and anxiety about the future has permeated the society of Toei. Against this background, society as a whole began to shift to the right. Junya Sato was clearly also influenced, and the patriotic devotion of men in "Yamato for Men" became ambiguous.

Xu Wangqiu knew that in the next 20 years, friendship would be the mainstream of Sino-Japanese relations, and China would indeed need Dongying's capital and technology. After 2000, competition was the mainstream in China and Japan. When China crushes Dongying in all aspects, friendship will become the mainstream of China and Japan.

Wherever you go to the slope to sing which song, now friendship is the mainstream of Sino-Japanese relations, and your own movies need the Dongying market, so you must hold high the banner of Sino-Japanese friendship. Shouting friendliness in his mouth, but at the same time being wary of Dongying is the right thing to do.

Xu Wangqiu looked at Junya Sato with reverence, and said "sincerely": "Mr. Sato is so right, only by facing the past calmly can we let go of the burden of history and move towards the future." With people like Mr. Sato and Mr. Tokuma, I believe that friendship will be the mainstream of Sino-Japanese relations. He smiled and said, "Let's continue to discuss the script and tell us what you think." ”

Yasuko Ohno said: "I like "A Game of Chess That Never Ends" very much, the theme of Go has never been touched in the history of film creation, it is very fresh, if it is revised well, it can be made into a very good movie." However, I am not very satisfied with two aspects, one is that the description of Yishan is idealized, and the other is that the description of Dongying is not enough, and it seems to be relatively weak. ”

Xu Wangqiu nodded and said: "I also feel these two problems, especially the second problem is more serious, I really have a limited understanding of Dongying, which requires your help." ”

Junya Sato said directly: "In addition to the problems mentioned by Girl Ohno, I think some adjustments should be made to the narrative angle and structure of the film. I think the whole story is based on the clue that Guo Yishan went to Dongying to find Ah Ming after the war, and interspersed the main plot. The narrative of the film should adopt an omniscient and omnipotent perspective, and if it is only narrated from the perspective of the situation, there is no way to show the damage of the war to the people of Dongying. We should tell people that the war waged by the military/四囻 and ism has brought disaster not only to the Chinese people, but also to the people of Dongying. In this way, the people of Dongying will spurn the military/Chinese/socialist elements and spurn the war. ”

After listening to Junya Sato's idea, Xu Wangqiu thought to himself that this narrative mode is not the model of the original "A Game of Chess That Has Not Been Finished", this is not the mode and style I want, what I want is a realistic style of film like "The Pianist", so he said: "The use of omniscient and omnipotent zero-focus narrative lacks a sense of presence, and the audience seems to be watching a story, and what I want is to let the audience walk into this history, so that the audience can truly experience the joys and sorrows of the characters." What I wanted was realism, to depict that history through the eyes of two people, Kuang Yishan and Songba, and an omniscient and omnipotent narrative would erase that realism. ”

Junya Sato retorted: "Narrating from an omniscient and omnipotent perspective will be more comprehensive, and it will be able to better show the psychology of different people in China and Japan, as well as their real reactions, so that the film will have a richer layer." We can expose the harm caused by the military/socialism to the people of China and Japan in an all-round, multi-layered, and three-dimensional way, so that young people will cherish their current lives. ”

Xu Wangqiu still disagreed: "No, the omniscient and omnipotent narrative has many benefits, but in this way, the realism is not enough." I don't think there's anything more important to a story like this. ”

Xu Wangqiu and Junya Sato argued over the narrative perspective and story structure, and neither side could convince the other. Not only do the two of them have different ideas about the narrative perspective and story structure, but they also have completely opposite views on the style of the film. Xu Wangqiu wanted a cold and dignified documentary style, while Junya Sato wanted to shoot the picture beautifully, and use the beauty of the picture to contrast the cruelty of the war. Both of them are people with ideas and opinions, and they simply cannot convince each other.

During the whole discussion, the two people were arguing, so much so that Tokuma Yasukuai couldn't help but wonder, how could the two people cooperate if their ideas were so different?

At five o'clock in the afternoon, the filming work ended smoothly, and the crew drove along the Red River Highway to the county seat.

When he was about to drive to the county seat, Su Bai saw the old street city that had become ruins on the other side of the river, and saw the Vietnamese soldiers with guns walking around in the ruins.

Xu Wangqiu made a silent gesture and lowered his voice: "Don't make noise! This is within the enemy's range, and bullets can come over." The Vietnamese are so bad that they will shoot when they hear someone talking here!"

Su Bai was startled when he heard this, and quickly covered his mouth, for fear that the Vietnamese on the other side would hear it. But she immediately reacted, no, there are so many of us, both tanks and cars, how could the Vietnamese on the other side not know. She turned her head to look at Xu Wangqiu, saw him looking at herself and smiled evilly, knowing that Xu Wangqiu was making fun of herself, she smashed his fist twice on his arm, and said coquettishly: "Nasty! big liar! big villain!"

Xu Wangqiu laughed and said, "How can you beat people? With so many people watching, everyone will think that you are an exhibitionist!"

Su Bai snorted, looked at the old street city on the other side of the river, and asked, "That should be a county seat, it is all completely in ruins, it was destroyed by our artillery fire, right?"

Xu Wangqiu lowered his voice and said, "It was blown up when our troops retreated. ”

Su Bai was a little surprised when he heard this: "Why?"

Xu Wangqiu sighed and said: "After our troops fought over, they felt that our war with Vietnam was a brotherly fight, and they would be reconciled after the fight, and they were more friendly to the Vietnamese people. But the Vietnamese refugees did not appreciate it, and some of their comrades-in-arms were even stabbed to death by the 'refugees' who were carrying them on their backs. Later, when the troops retreated, they blew up the main buildings in Lao Cai, and the houses and facilities that were destroyed were actually built with our assistance. ”

Su Bai stared at the old street city on the other side of the river, and opened his mouth, as if he wanted to say something, but he didn't know what to say.