Chapter 340: A War in the Film Industry
The Japanese finally got the script of "Jiawu Fengyun" after paying a lot of money.
They carefully studied the script and found that there was indeed a plot to scandalize the Japanese, but the degree was well controlled.
It's just that the Japanese are timid and flustered during the battle, or the passage of ferocity and brutality, which is common in war movies, and there is no way to stop the filming of the film based on this.
What's more, Japan finally won the war, and there are many clips in the script that show the Japanese officers and soldiers moving forward bravely.
As a film made by Chinese, there is really nothing to fault about being able to do this level.
In this way, Lin Zixuan is not against Japan this time, but they are too suspicious.
But with the experience of "Jinmen Hero Huo Yuanjia", the Japanese have a deep understanding of Lin Zixuan's cunning, and they did not take it lightly, but continued to study the script.
They realized that this movie, like "Jinmen Hero Huo Yuanjia", is a patriotic film.
The whole movie portrays Deng Shichang as a singing and crying national hero, and the audience will think of Deng Shichang as a person, just like Huo Yuanjia.
Once the film is screened, Deng Shichang will become a patriotic symbol, a patriotic spirit.
If there are more such movies and arouse the patriotic enthusiasm of the Chinese, it will be extremely detrimental to Japan.
In Shanghai's Hongkou District, at the headquarters of the Oriental News Agency, a group of Japanese intelligence officers offered advice on the matter.
Some people suggest that we can scandalize Deng Shichang, the Chinese say that he is a national hero, let's find historical materials to prove that Deng Shichang is not a hero, there is no perfect person in this world, there will always be shortcomings.
Even if there are really no shortcomings, we can frame him. Ruined his heroic image.
Some people also say that this war was won by Japan, and our navy also has its own heroes, so it is better to publicize our heroes.
Some people even suggested that we also make a movie to look at the Sino-Japanese war from the perspective of Japan and scandalize the Chinese.
This is called treating others the way they would be.
The Japanese submitted various opinions and waited for orders from their superiors.
For the proposal of the Eastern News Agency. Japanese intelligence felt the time had come for a vigorous propaganda campaign in China.
From the late Qing Dynasty to the Republic of China, Shanghai has always been the largest stronghold of Japanese power in China.
Japan's East Asian Tongbunkai established the East Asian Tongbun Academy in Shanghai and established the Shina Research Institute as a cover to collect Chinese intelligence and compile the Shina Yearbook.
This so-called East Asian Tongbun Academy is a spy school, and its founder, Mao Nakajima, is a great spy himself.
Japan has always spared no effort in its propaganda against China.
The Japanese founded a number of newspapers in Shanghai as non-governmental figures.
It can be said that Shanghai is the birthplace of Japanese newspapers in China. It is also the area with the largest number of Japanese newspapers.
For example, in Shanghai, there are "Oriental Times", "Tongwen Shanghai News" and "Shanghai News".
Not only did Mr. Nakajima invest in newspapers in Shanghai and other cities, but many of his students also worked as editors-in-chief, editors, and reporters in newspapers around the world.
In addition to the propaganda in the newspapers, Japan has done a lot of work in China over the years.
For example, he supported Zhang Zuolin in Northeast China, established Japanese enclavages throughout China, and infiltrated all strata of Chinese society.
They have used all sorts of tactics to win over Chinese celebrities to win their support.
With the development of the film. The Japanese realized that newspapers alone were not enough, and that movies and radio were very good means of publicity.
However. Like Chinese films, Japan's film industry is not developed and cannot be compared with countries such as Europe and the United States.
The first full-fledged theater in Japan was the Electric Hall in Asakusa, Tokyo, which was established in 1903.
The first studio was founded in 1908 by Yoshizawa Trading House in Meguro, Tokyo.
It was not until 1920 that Japan's Shochiku Film Company was established, adopting Hollywood's production methods and establishing a director-centered filming system. Japanese cinema is only gradually getting on the right track.
Under the influence of Lin Zixuan, Chinese films have far surpassed Japanese films.
Many Japanese businessmen will even bring Chinese films back to Japan for screening, affecting the development of the Japanese film industry.
The Japanese intelligence services felt that the proposal of the Oriental News Agency was very good, and the production of a film reflecting the heroic operation of the Japanese Navy in the Sino-Japanese War would be conducive to promoting a positive image of Japan.
But the film can't be shot by a Japanese studio. That is easy to arouse the disgust of the Chinese audience.
Japan can covertly support Chinese film companies to shoot.
After careful selection, they found Tianyi Film Company, which is a rival to Shanghai Star Film Company, that is, Zhang Shichuan and Shao Zuihu's film company.
The Japanese contributed money, and even warships could be used for filming, but they had to borrow the name of a Chinese film company.
They even proposed to invest in Tianyi Film Company to fully support Tianyi Company and Lin Zixuan to compete.
In the face of the temptation of the Japanese, Zhang Shichuan and Shao Zuihum's attitudes are not the same.
Although Shao Zuihum was forced by Lin Zixuan to develop in Nanyang and other places, he refused to cooperate with the Japanese.
Zhang Shichuan hesitated.
When the Japanese heard that Zhang Shichuan valued interests, they kept increasing their chips.
As a filmmaker, Zhang Shichuan also wants to compete with Lin Zixuan, the Japanese have no problem cooperating with many businesses in Shanghai, just making movies, not to mention such a generous remuneration.
So, he promised the Japanese.
In September 1926, Zhang Shichuan left Tianyi Film Company with a registered capital of 100,000 yuan and founded China Film Co., Ltd.
The Japanese are the majority shareholders of the company, and Zhang Shichuan and some of his friends in the film industry have become minority shareholders of the company.
The first film after the establishment of Huaying was called "The Battle of China and Japan", which was directly aimed at the star film company.
For a time, two films about the First Sino-Japanese Naval Battle were filmed at the same time, which attracted the attention of the media and became a hot topic in Shanghai.
This is a contest between stars and Huaying.
As the president of the Shanghai Film Association, Lin Zixuan easily found out that Zhang Shichuan was Japanese behind him.
This reminded him of the Manchurian Film Company, which was established when the Japanese occupied the three northeastern provinces, specializing in filming political propaganda films that propagated militarist ideas and advocated Japan-Manchu goodwill.
I can't imagine that the Japanese have intervened in China's film industry so early.
In Shanghai, Japanese-controlled newspapers were saying good things about Mr. Zhang, praising him as the best film director in China.
They also spread the news that the Shanghai Star Film Company was an American company, claiming that the China Film Company was the real Chinese film company.
This news has attracted a lot of criticism from Star Studios.
believes that since Lin Zixuan's film company is an American company, it is not qualified to establish a film association, let alone be the president.
Even some small film companies have made noise, thinking that this is a good time to deal with star film companies.
Lin Zixuan was unrelenting and directly kicked these film companies out of the film association.
He controls eighty percent of the cinemas in Shanghai, and he has the final say on what movies are shown in the cinemas, and he is not worried at all about the rebellion of those film companies, and the position of the hegemon is not so easy to shake.
Since Zhang Shichuan has taken refuge with the Japanese, there is only one way to kill them all. (To be continued.) )