Rebirth of the Wild Age

(ps: If you say I have private goods, then I will come to a whole chapter of private goods. As for "Grave of the Fireflies", I am too lazy to explain. Some people insist on thinking that it is an anti-war film. The director of that film has admitted it Not anti-war.)

Jiang Wen worked all night and didn't even have breakfast yet. He locked the film, drove Song Weiyang and Ma Wei to a breakfast shop, and chatted with them while eating.

"It's okay to shoot commercials, it's just a matter of one sentence," Jiang Wen said while chewing on a big bun, "500,000 advertising fee is enough."

Song Weiyang smiled and said, "It's an advertisement endorsement, and sometimes I have to attend commercial events."

Jiang Wen said boldly: "It's all right, just let me know in advance when you have an event."

"I won't say any words of thanks," Song Weiyang took out his business card and said, "If you need help in the future, just call me."

"Happy," Jiang Wen casually put his business card into his pocket, and said, "You said that I was suspected of beautifying the Japanese army, but you really didn't understand my movie. I put both China and Japan on the same level to show It is about human nature in a special environment. This film does not talk about history or war, but only about human nature."

Song Weiyang said: "But under special circumstances, some people have lost their humanity."

"No," Jiang Wen said with a wave of his hand, "Human nature exists at all times, but it is hidden by something. Just like Kosaburo Hanaya in the film. He just wanted to die. This is against human nature and is brainwashed by war. As a result, the later greed for life and fear of death and revenge for kindness, that is the true human nature."

"Agreed," Song Weiyang nodded, "but what I said about beautifying the Japanese army is that the time and place where this film took place is wrong. If it is placed between the years, I am convinced, and 1944 is very problematic."

Jiang Wen gnawed on the steamed stuffed bun and said, "Go on."

Song Weiyang said: "The film showed 'goodwill' at the beginning, and the location took place in North China. This really existed. In order to rule for a long time, the Japanese army even set up rural cooperatives in North China, providing low-interest loans to farmers to buy seeds. , chemical fertilizers, helping farmers build water projects, etc. According to the policy of the Japanese army, farmers in North China can even apply for a 'well loan' from the cooperative for drilling wells."

"There is such a thing?" Ma Wei was very surprised.

Jiang Wen laughed and said, "I'm afraid the farmers won't get the money."

Song Weiyang said: "That's right. Farmers don't see any money. The money was directly embezzled by the puppet government, the puppet army, and the Xinmin Association. Even the grassroots Baojia chiefs had no chance to deduct it. And farmers have to pay 3 yuan to join the cooperative." Money and membership fees, and the successive years of disasters in North China, how can farmers afford money? They can only be forced to sell their sons and daughters. In other words, the so-called goodwill policy of the Japanese army has become a weapon of the puppet government’s remnant people.”

Jiang Wen shook his head and smiled wryly: "Black humor."

"The Japanese army's goodwill policy is actually to plunder war resources," Song Weiyang said. "They wish Chinese farmers could grow more grain and cotton, so they don't hesitate to help farmers build water conservancy projects. Once the grain and cotton harvest season comes, Immediately revealing the nature, these crops must be collected and purchased, which is no different from direct robbery. It’s okay for farmers to pay for food, but if they dare to resist taxes and levy, the Japanese and puppet troops will do all kinds of evil when they enter the village.”

Jiang Wen said: "This doesn't conflict with my movie, does it?"

Song Weiyang said: "What I just said was the policy of the Japanese army before 1944. At that time, the Japanese army could survive. But in 1944, Stilwell ignored the situation of China's war of resistance and forcibly used domestic materials. The whole country was transferred to counterattack Burma, which caused the defeat of the national army in Henan, Hunan and Guangxi. The same was true for the Japanese army. Although they won the battle of Henan, Hunan and Guangxi, they emptied their troops and supplies in North China. The larger the territory occupied by the Japanese army in Henan, Hunan and Guangxi, The more troops and materials needed. I use the analogy of doing business. At that time, the Japanese army mobilized all the working capital and used it to invest in the fixed assets of the new company. They fell into business difficulties and were not far from bankruptcy.”

"This metaphor is really... an image." Ma Wei laughed.

Song Weiyang said: "The movie "The Devil Is Coming" took place in North China during this period. The actual situation is that the Japanese army has no more troops to go to the countryside, and can only defend various key points, and all the requisitions have to rely on the puppet army. Under such circumstances, the Japanese army has torn away all camouflage in North China, and they don’t even bother to shout goodwill slogans and no longer provide agricultural loans. Even in the “model villages” in North China, it is impossible for the Japanese army to distribute candy to children One is that they are too lazy to put on a show, and the other is that the Japanese army does not have enough supplies. Also, with the mental outlook and sophisticated equipment of the Japanese army in the film, it cannot be the troops stationed in North China in 1944, and they can only appear on the northeast border or in Henan, Hunan, and Guangxi. area, because at that time the Japanese army in North China had already belonged to the Beggar Army. Do you know what was the hard currency in North China in 1944?"

"Opium." Jiang Wen said.

Song Weiyang said: "Opium has always been hard currency, but there must be currency."

"French currency?" Ma Weidu asked.

Song Weiyang shook his head and said: "In North China in 1944, the legal currency issued by the Kuomintang-controlled area and the counterfeit currency issued by the Wang counterfeit were all waste paper. The real hard currency was the border area ticket issued by our army. Even the Japanese troops stationed in the eight-way border area were using it. Tickets to buy supplies.”

"Is this impossible?" Ma Wei couldn't believe it.

"How is it impossible?" Song Weiyang said, "All the materials in North China were taken to the battlefields of Henan, Hunan and Guangxi. The Japanese troops stationed in various places could not get any logistical supplies, so they could only expropriate them on the spot. But the local farmers have been ravaged for eight years. Not to mention the peasants, the landlords are all eaten up! Instead, the Eighth Road site is organizing production and self-reliance. The food, cotton, cooking oil and other materials needed to garrison the Japanese army need to be purchased from the Eighth Road, and the Eighth Road only recognizes itself. Therefore, the Eighth Route Army can use the border area tickets to buy medicines and arms from the Japanese puppets, and as they buy and buy, the guerrillas become field troops.”

Ma Weidu asked: "Is Japan still selling arms to the Eighth Route Army?"

Song Weiyang laughed and said, "I'm so hungry. Apart from cannons, tanks, and planes, the Japanese army even sold heavy machine guns and mortars. Anyway, they only defended strongholds, and gave up on other places. Eight roads bought machine guns, but they couldn't attack cities and bunkers. By this time, the Eighth Route Guerrilla Army had begun to become a field army, and the Japanese army had changed from a field army to a defensive force. Think about it, the Japanese army had already robbed food and couldn’t get it. How miserable were the farmers in North China at that time? This film The Chinese peasants here eat well and dress well. And the Japanese army is too polite. If they have candy, they will eat it themselves and give it to Chinese children? In North China in 1944, there was no goodwill between China and Japan. I am too lazy to put on a show, or I don’t have the funds and materials to show it. At that time, the puppet army and the puppet government in North China didn’t take the Japanese army seriously. There are, and it is genuine goodwill, such as the Japanese army sincerely asking the farmers how to weave straw sandals, and they are so poor that they have no shoes to wear. So, I was very awkward when I watched this movie, because the background of the story is problematic.”

"You're nitpicking," Ma Wei said with a smile, "You can't watch the movie like this, otherwise it's all fake, and you can't make yourself happy."

Song Weiyang nodded and said, "I'm really being picky, "The Devil Is Coming" is a good movie."

Jiang Wen scratched his scalp and said depressedly: "I'm so discouraged by what you said."

Ma Wei said happily: "The next time Lao Jiang will make a movie during the Anti-Japanese War, he might as well invite Boss Song to be a historical consultant."

"Hahaha!" Song Weiyang laughed.

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