Chapter 219: Silent Proof
The New York Arts Center is located on 53rd Street in Manhattan, and the location is really easy to find.
There was still some time before the press conference began, but reporters had already flocked to it, waiting for Chen Qiang to appear.
Chen Qiang has not appeared for a long time, and the discussion about the falsification of "Rabe's Diary" in the market has also intensified, which has obviously become a hot topic, so a large number of reporters have made a special trip here to know what kind of reply Chen Qiang will make.
Finally, after a long wait, Chen Qiang finally appeared in front of the New York Art Center.
"Chen Qiang is here!" I don't know whose shout it was, and the reporters pounced on them like hounds that have seen their prey.
"Mr. Chen, Japanese Ambassador to the United States Yoyo Matsuoka said that the book you published is all fictional, do you have any response?"
"Mr. Chen, it is rumored that you are deliberately faking to win the attention of ordinary people, is that true? Do you really have a political purpose in doing so? ”
"Mr. Chen, the book you published sold very well, how much money did you make from it? Do you ever feel that it is immoral to make money by fabricating facts? ”
"Mr. Chen, are you worried that the police will arrest you for defamation?"
The reporters asked nonsense, and the scene seemed a little chaotic for a while.
Chen Qiang walked to the microphone, cleared his throat, and said, "Fellow journalists, please be quiet!" Don't argue, I'll answer your questions. ”
The reporters quieted down, everyone craned their necks and looked at Chen Qiang, and some people held pens and small notebooks, ready to record Chen Qiang's words.
I only heard Chen Qiang say: "First of all, I am very grateful to all journalists for their concern and support to me. I also know what journalist friends want to know from me. ”
"A few days ago, I noticed some reports that the Japanese ambassador to the United States, Yoyo Matsuoka, denied the massacre and accused me of falsification. He's slandering me! I can assure you that every word in Rabe's Diary is true! ”
"The reason why Matsuoka Yoyo slandered me was because the atrocities of the invading Japanese army in China were not visible, so when "Rabe's Diary" was published, Matsuoka Yoyoshi would try his best to deny it to cover up his weakness!"
As soon as Chen Qiang's words fell, a reporter suddenly said: "Mr. Chen, you and Ambassador Matsuoka have different opinions, we don't know which of you is the truth!" ”
"Yoyo Matsuoka is a diplomat, do you think what the diplomat said can be trusted? As far as I know, out of a hundred sentences that diplomats say, fifty are nonsense, forty-nine are false, and only one is likely to be true, remember, just a possibility! Chen Qiang said with an sworn expression.
The reporters below burst into laughter, and Chen emphasized that the diplomat's remarks were indeed very humorous.
However, the reporter who spoke just now said loudly: "As journalists, we only believe in facts and truth. Mr. Chen, you keep saying that the content of your book is true, do you have any evidence to prove it? If you can't prove it, then there is no factual basis, and why should we believe you! ”
This reporter looked like he was pressing step by step, he was obviously bought by Matsuoka Yoyou, so he deliberately came to find fault.
Chen Qiang seemed to have expected this a long time ago, and he said very calmly: "Of course I have evidence to prove that what I said is the truth. ”
"Then Mr. Chen, please show your evidence, but the premise is that your evidence must convince us!" The reporter spoke.
"My witnesses are behind you, will you come with me to see them?" Chen Qiang pointed to the door of the New York Museum of Art behind him.
"Witnesses? Hehehe, you just find a so-called 'witness', or invite the journalist Mr. Rabe, this is also evidence? You can fabricate a diary to deceive everyone, and naturally you can find some actors to help you lie! In New York, as long as you have money, you can find a lot of people to help you tell lies. The witnesses you are looking for have no credibility! The reporter said-for-tat.
"Mr. Reporter, I'm so sorry that those of my witnesses can't speak!" Chen Qiang paused, and then said, "But they can prove that everything I said is true!" They will tell you the truth! ”
After Chen Qiang finished speaking, he leaned back, made a gesture of please, and continued: "Fellow journalists, please come with me, I will take you to meet my witnesses!" ”
A group of reporters curiously followed Chen Qiang into the exhibition hall of the New York Art Center, but the exhibition hall was empty, except for two security guards, there was no one else.
"Mr. Chen, where are your witnesses? Could it be that these two security guards are your witnesses? The reporter asked gloatingly.
"My witnesses are here!" Chen Qiang pointed to the wall of the exhibition hall and continued, "They're on the wall!" They can't speak, but if you get closer, you'll see the truth! ”
At this time, the reporters found that there were black and white photos hanging on the wall.
"Photos? What do you mean? Do you have a photo exhibition? ”
"Let's go, go over and see what's going on!"
A few curious reporters walked up to the wall and looked up at the pictures hanging on the wall.
However, in the next second, an exclamation sounded.
"OMG!"
"God! How so! ”
"Is this true?"
"Why is this happening!"
"Vomit ......"
The last one actually threw up on the spot.
The performance of a few reporters immediately attracted the others, who also flocked around to look at the pictures on the wall, and then everyone looked shocked.
The photos on the wall are naturally those that Chen Qiang brought back from Nanjing.
More than 80 photos taken by Rabe in Nanjing have been preserved, in fact, there were many more photos taken by Rabe at that time, and when he left Nanjing, Chen Qiang asked for all the photos taken by Rabe, which were originally intended to be taken to Germany, but after being cut off by the FBI halfway, these photos were naturally taken to the United States.
In addition to the photos taken by Rabe, there were other people in the Nanjing security zone at that time, such as staff from various countries in Nanjing, and some Chinese who came to take refuge, and they also took many photos of the massacre, and these photos were also collected by Chen Qiang.
Scattered and scattered, Chen Qiang has probably collected nearly 300 photos, and now these photos are all posted on the walls of the New York Art Center!
All this is ironclad evidence of the crimes committed by the Japanese army invading China!
Since Matsuoka held a press conference, Chen Qiang began to secretly prepare for this matter, he found the New York Art Center, secretly prepared this photo exhibition, and it was precisely because he wanted to show these photos to the world, so he chose the venue of the press conference at the New York Art Center.
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Journalists have been blown away by the photos.
A reporter stood in front of a photograph of a hill of countless heads piled up, while two Japanese soldiers were pushing carts to bring more heads and stack them together.
"Oh my God, it's true! The corpses are really piling up! ”
A reporter stood in front of another photograph of a canal densely packed with corpses, with no eye in sight.
"The book says that there are 3,000 corpses in the canal, I didn't believe it before, but looking at the photos, I'm afraid there are more than 3,000 people!"
A reporter stands in front of a photograph of a murderous Japanese soldier wielding a butcher's knife with the head of a child at his feet......
"Vomit...... Wow......" The reporter spat out.
"Beasts, beasts! They don't even spare their children! They are simply the embodiment of demons! God will punish them! ”
In front of another photo, several reporters looked solemn.
The reporter who found fault with Chen Qiang just now couldn't help but open his mouth to defend: "Maybe these killed are Chinese soldiers, as you know, on the battlefield, it is normal for soldiers to die in battle." ”
One of the people next to him immediately retorted, "Are you an idiot? Don't you see the woman whose clothes are torn, she has a big belly, she is a pregnant woman, have you ever seen a pregnant woman who would be a soldier? ”
Another person also said: "Are you blind, look at that old man, he has more wrinkles on his face than my grandfather, he must be at least eighty years old, do you think an eighty-year-old man will be a soldier?" ”
A photo shocked everyone at the scene, and these are silent proofs.
However, this kind of silent proof can reach the weakest part of the human heart more than that loud accusation.
At first, some people exclaimed, some shouted God, and some couldn't help but vomit, but then, everyone fell silent, and gradually, tears appeared in the eyes of many people. It's not just about sympathizing with the innocent victims in the photos, it's about the human conscience that makes them unable to let go.
At this point, there is no need for any verbal explanation, everyone on the scene knows what the truth is! No one questions the authenticity of Rabe's Diary anymore.
The evidence is ironclad!
"The elderly, the pregnant, the children, these are civilians! The Japanese army is really slaughtering civilians! What that book says is true! Chen Qiang didn't lie to us, he didn't fake, he didn't slander, what he said was true! ”
"It was the Japanese ambassador to the United States, Yoyo Matsuoka, who deceived us with lies, and I even helped the Japanese question Chen Qiang before, and I almost became an accomplice of the devil! Oh my God, I'm going to church to confess to the priest! ”
"Yes, that Japanese ambassador really disgusts me, he is so reversible black and white!"
"The Japanese are not to be trusted, they are believers in Satan, so they are full of lies, and I will never trust the Japanese again!"
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On that day, all the evening newspapers in New York reported on the incident, and many even put it on the front page.
The next day, the relevant reports spread throughout the United States.
These days, newspapers have been hyping up Chen Qiang's fraud, and many American people have even begun to condemn Chen Qiang.
When Chen Qiang deliberately hid from the reporter, everyone felt that Chen Qiang was empty-hearted, so he deliberately hid, so the person who made the fake must be Chen Qiang. However, when the truth was made public, everyone found out that Matsuoka Yoyo was the one who fabricated the facts to deceive everyone.
The popularity of this event instantly rose to a new level.
Chen Qiang's photo exhibition at the New York Art Center also immediately attracted an audience of New Yorkers. Everyone wants to see what kind of photos reveal the truth.
Chen Qiang did not charge for this exhibition, and he paid the rent for the New York Art Center to hold a photo exhibition. Chen Qiang's purpose is to let more people come to see this photo exhibition, let more people know about the atrocities of the Japanese army, and let more people know about the suffering that China is suffering.
I have to say that there are indeed many people who come to see the exhibition that does not cost money, especially the media has hyped up the heat of this topic, and the exhibition as a part of the topic will naturally attract a lot of people who eat melons.
Moreover, at that time, people's entertainment life was also scarce, even in a big city like New York, the entertainment program was not as rich as in later generations, and a free exhibition would indeed attract a lot of leisure audiences.
Since the Civil War, the continental United States has not experienced the baptism of war, and twenty years have passed since the First World War, most Americans have not experienced war, they do not know the cruelty of war, when they see these photos, they are all shocked by it!
There are many people who have come to see the exhibition after watching "Rabe's Diary", and they originally thought that the content in "Rabe's Diary" was already exaggerated, but when they saw the photo exhibition, they realized that compared with the truth of the facts, what was recorded in "Rabe's Diary" was only a drop in the bucket.
More and more people went to see the photo exhibition, and then word of mouth spread it, so that more people came to the New York Art Center, and more people learned the truth. The atrocities of the invading Japanese army can no longer be concealed.
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At the Japanese Embassy in the United States, Yomasa Matsuoka was holding the phone anxiously.
In a sincere tone, Matsuoka Yoyoshi said into the phone, "Mr. Thomas, please listen to my explanation. ”
"Ambassador Matsuoka, you don't need to explain, you once swore to me that the contents of that book are all fake, and it is clear that you have deceived me, and I don't like to be deceived by others! I don't want to be deceived anymore. After the other party finished speaking, he hung up the phone.
Matsuoka Yoyo sighed helplessly, at this time he had a feeling of being embattled.
In the days when Chen Qiang hid, Matsuoka Yangyou was still complacent, thinking that Chen Qiang was cowardly, but what he didn't expect was that in just one day, things were turned over by Chen Qiang. Those photographs are irrefutable evidence of the crimes of the Japanese army.
Not long ago, Matsuoka Yoyo also swore that all this was a fact fabricated by Chen Qiang, but now, he was slapped in the face, and the evidence that Chen Qiang took out made Matsuoka Yoyo unable to refute, which made what Matsuoka Yoyo said at the press conference a few days ago a joke.
Now all Americans know that Matsuoka Yoyo is the one who lied, but he reversed black and white, and the wicked person sued first and jumped out to accuse Chen Qiang, which made many Americans feel disgusted.
Fortunately, Matsuoka Yoyo's face is thick enough, although he is being pointed out by a thousand people, but now Matsuoka Yoyo is still trying to find a way to resolve this crisis.
Matsuoka's current situation is indeed not good, and almost all Americans are responsible for him. Of course, this is not because Americans have a sense of justice, but because Americans feel that they have been fooled and deceived.
When encountering problems, people will always give priority to passing their responsibilities. For example, those who were deceived by liars in later generations, after they found out that they had been deceived, their first reaction was definitely not to reflect on how stupid they were and how deceived they were, but to scold the liars for being unscrupulous and shameless, and actually came out to deceive people. In fact, the reason why many people are deceived is not because of how clever the scammers are, but because they are too greedy.
Today's Americans are like this, they believed whatever Matsuoka Yoyo said at the beginning, and they didn't have any brains at all, but now they find out that they have been deceived, and no one reflects on why dung beetles like their heads so much, but they all blame Matsuoka Yoyo.
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Matsuoka Yoyo originally planned to use his connections in the United States to forcibly wash his name again, but he found several old friends, and no one was willing to deal with him.
In desperation, Yoyo Matsuoka had no choice but to go to Kikujiro Ishii for help.
Kikujiro Ishii, one of Japan's three ambassadors to the United States, was a Japanese nobleman with the title of Emperor of Japan, and served as Japan's foreign minister. After the end of World War I, Kikujiro Ishii advocated that Japan should expand cautiously and vigorously develop economic and trade exchanges with Europe and the United States, and this policy also greatly strengthened Japan's national strength in a short period of time, making Japan an industrialized country second only to the United States, Britain, France, and Germany.
Ishii Kikujiro's status and qualifications are far above Matsuoka Yojiro, but because Ishii Kikujiro is over 70 years old, it is difficult for him to have the energy to be in charge of all the things of the ambassador to the United States at such an age, so now Ishii Kikujiro is more of a retreat and let Matsuoka Yoyo preside over the main work.
Now that Matsuoka Yoyo has encountered a problem that he can't solve, he finally thinks of Kikujiro Ishii, an enthusiastic audience outside the court, so he plans to ask Kikujiro Ishii for help.
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In the room, Yoyo Matsuoka respectfully knelt in front of Kikujiro Ishii and poured tea for Kikujiro Ishii.
Kikujiro Ishii picked up the teacup, took a sip lightly, and then said: "Matsuoka-kun, the current situation is very unfavorable to us, that Chinese athlete has already come up with evidence, and we have no way to refute it." Therefore, if we defend it now, it will only have the opposite effect. ”
"You're saying, so what are we going to do now?" Matsuoka asked.
"Now that it has happened, it is impossible to undo it, and all we can do now is not to let the gaffe continue to expand, which will become more serious and eventually uncontrollable." Kikujiro Ishii put down his teacup as he spoke, and continued;
"Our trading company has always had trade relations with several big merchants in New York, and the empire has purchased a lot of supplies from them. So next, I will use them to put pressure on the New York City government to stop the exhibition of the photo, as long as there is no exhibition, the number of people who pay attention to this matter will gradually decrease, people are very forgetful, we have to wait for the situation to gradually subside, let time erase all this! ”
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