The comment section was not only filled with various insults and mockery but also formed a hierarchy of international netizens' contempt.
The beautiful country claimed to be number one, immediately drawing scorn from netizens of the white elephant country.
When netizens of the white elephant country spoke, netizens of the little stick country, who recognized the beautiful country as their father, immediately showed contempt.
As the little stick country jumped out, the cherry blossom country immediately appeared, with all sorts of contempt and veiled sarcasm.
This layered chain of contempt made Gao Fei watch with great enthusiasm.
However, he found it a bit strange. The netizens of the four countries were fighting fiercely in the comment section.
Where were the netizens of the dragon country? And netizens from other countries?
Gao Fei continued to scroll down and immediately found comments from netizens of the dragon country and other countries.
"Big Mao country passing by, netizens of the cherry blossom country are right! Little stick country just likes to kneel to the beautiful country, after all, son kneeling to father, no problem!"
"As a netizen from the bull-bull country, I just want to say, netizens of the big Mao country, shut your mouths when you have nothing to say, no one will think you're mute if you don't speak."
"Thank you to the netizens of the big Mao country for speaking up for our white elephant country. As for the bull-bull country, I almost forgot, he is another son of the beautiful country!"
Below were all sorts of bickering among netizens from various countries, and various hierarchies of contempt.
As for the netizens of the dragon country, Gao Fei finally found them in the tenth comment.
"Dragon country netizens passing by, our movies are indeed hard to describe, we dare not speak, we remain neutral!"
A dragon country netizen studying in the beautiful country commented.
Seeing this comment from his compatriot, Gao Fei had to sigh, truly a dragon country netizen.
In the eyes of foreign netizens, movies from the dragon country were the worst in quality, second only to the white elephant country.
Although movies from the cherry blossom country were also not very good, their anime and manga industry was world-renowned.
Looking at the endless comments from foreign netizens, Gao Fei originally wanted to leave a few comments, to provoke Ukrainian, slander the little stick country, and stir up ethnic hatred with the cherry blossom country.
And then promote the three movies from the dragon country.
But thinking of the recent diplomatic news, he still did not use his 'keyboard warrior' skill.
Moreover, netizens from other countries were not engaging with the dragon country netizens. He did not want to be the catalyst for now.
Closing the comment section webpage, Gao Fei continued to browse entertainment news websites.
Soon, he saw a column for promotional videos.
On it were short promotional clips for twenty-four films that were about to be shown at the film festival.
"Wait, isn't it twenty-four films, why are there only twenty-one?"
Gao Fei carefully counted again.
Indeed, there were only twenty-one promotional videos for short films.
And the three missing promotional videos were all for the three films from the dragon country.
"What's going on? Accidental or intentional?"
Gao Fei squinted and looked at the comment section below the column.
After seeing the comments above, his face slowly turned cold.
"Hahaha, did you see the promotional videos above? The promotional videos for the three films from the dragon country are gone. According to the news I've heard, it seems like the three films from the dragon country have signs of plagiarism and were taken down by the organizers! Our little stick country has once again defeated the dragon country!"
"From the white elephant country, seeing the promotional videos of the three films from the dragon country being taken down makes me inexplicably comfortable. This time I won't criticize the little stick country. Since they are plagiarized films, they deserve to be taken down! Let our white elephant country's films be at the bottom, now it's their turn to be directly eliminated."
"I don't care which country the dragon country plagiarized from. However, the dragon country's tendency to plagiarize our cherry blossom country's anime and manga has become the norm. This time I won't argue with you, I stand with you on behalf of the cherry blossom country netizens."
"Since our beautiful country's films are praised as number one by you, it's more authoritative for me to speak. Since the three films from the dragon country are plagiarized, they should withdraw from the film festival and give up their qualifications to other countries."
The rumors of plagiarism spread by the little stick country united netizens from the beautiful country, white elephant country, and cherry blossom country on the same front.
Dragon country netizens, who were also paying attention, immediately became restless.
"Are you little stick people barking again? You like to plagiarize our dragon country's history, and we haven't even cursed you yet, now you're running out and spreading rumors that our movies are plagiarized, have you even watched them?"
"It's enough that the little stick people are spreading rumors, but you from the white elephant country are also blindly joining in. You were just cursing each other, and now you're helping the little stick people, truly a world-class turncoat."
"And you from the cherry blossom country, saying we plagiarized your anime and manga, do you have any shame? I won't bring up history, I'll just talk about your anime and manga industry, which one wasn't a plagiarism of ours first? You still have the nerve to bark along, where is your face?"
"Beautiful country, don't you dare speak, why are you pretending to be the big brother here? You want to disqualify us from the film festival, are you the organizer? What the hell are you pretending to be?"
The rumors spread by the little stick country netizens immediately ignited the fighting spirit of the dragon country netizens.
They fought one against many, with a combat power not inferior to any other country's netizens.
Just as Gao Fei was rolling up his sleeves, preparing to join the verbal battle, his phone suddenly rang.
It was an unfamiliar number from Kyoto.
"Who's calling this late at night?"
Gao Fei muttered to himself in confusion.
As soon as he answered, he heard the man on the other end say directly, "Hello, Xiao Gao, it's me, Pan Hongsheng from the Ministry of State Security."
"Oh, Director Pan, you're still calling so late, what's up?"
Gao Fei asked, pretending not to understand.
But he knew in his heart that he had probably been discovered for accessing foreign websites.
After all, the monitoring software currently running in the Ministry of State Security was personally written and produced by him, and he knew how powerful its functions were.
"Heh heh, Xiao Gao, why are you pretending to be silly?"
Pan Hongsheng chuckled on the phone and said, "According to the detection and tracking of the software you made, it was found that you accessed foreign websites.
Based on my inference, you should be paying attention to the film festival in Jia Da country.
And you've already discovered that the promotional videos for the three films from the dragon country have been deleted, right?"
As he finished speaking, Gao Fei had to marvel at Pan Hongsheng. As the director of the Ministry of State Security, he could infer what he was doing just by him accessing foreign websites. His ability was indeed strong.
"Yes, Director, your inference is correct!"
"It's not entirely an inference. After all, your films have appeared on the international stage, and we are all paying attention.
Xiao Gao, we believe in your patriotism, but Beijing is the center of the dragon country. If you want to make comments on foreign websites, it's best to hide your IP address, as some national website tracking systems are not bad."
"Understood, Director Pan!"
Hearing Director Pan's reminder, Gao Fei immediately agreed.
Just as Pan Hongsheng was about to hang up, he suddenly said, "Director Pan, there's something I might need to report to you first."
"Hmm, go ahead!"
"It's like this..."
Just as Gao Fei was talking to Pan Hongsheng in the middle of the night, the film festival officially began.
Jia Da country, 8 PM.
Movie stars, renowned directors, and investors from various countries entered the film festival venue.
Except for Director Zhou Shihua and Counselor Lu Zheng, who were invited to the front VIP seats.
The main members of Feihe Pictures, Global Pictures, and Paiwei International Pictures, including Wang He, were arranged by the organizers in a corner of the venue.
They were placed in positions with no camera exposure.
The accompanying staff and crew members of the three film companies were arranged in the service area on the first floor, unable to see the venue, and could only watch the broadcast on the big screen.
Looking at all the other film companies and personnel in the venue, the three film companies from the dragon country were severely targeted and excluded by the organizers.
At 8 PM sharp, the Jia Da Film Festival officially commenced.
Concurrently with the opening of the film festival, the organizers also opened foreign live broadcast channels.
With everything ready, the male and female hosts took the stage.
Apart from the hosts' opening remarks and warming up, the Jia Da Film Festival was different from the past.
After the hosts finished speaking, stars from various countries performed singing and other acts on stage.
There was nothing related to movies during this period.
After the stars finished their performances, the two hosts officially introduced the twenty-four films to be screened at the film festival.
The first to be introduced was, of course, the beautiful country.
As the male and female hosts sequentially introduced the three films from Ukraine in the beautiful country, "The Grand Battle of Chong Huo," "The Police Career of Duck," and "War 2: The Second Drop of Blood."
On the second floor of the venue, invited fans watched the three movie trailers playing on rotation, with cheers erupting one after another.
When the male and female protagonists of the three films appeared on the big screen, the screams intensified.
Fans overseas were also quite crazy about chasing stars.
After the promotional videos for the three films from Ukraine in the beautiful country concluded, the male and female hosts began to introduce the three films from the big Mao country.
And on the second floor, the atmosphere was no longer as enthusiastic as before, with only simple applause.
Subsequently, promotional videos for films from the cherry blossom country, the white elephant country, the bull-bull country, and the Gaul country were introduced.
The response to the promotional videos for films from these four countries was mediocre, and the fans on the second floor only offered applause.
It wasn't until the promotional videos for the three films from the little stick country appeared that the atmosphere on the second floor began to warm up.
"Wow wow wow, Oppa... Unnie..."
Various shouts from fans could be heard from the second floor, showing extreme double standards.
On the first floor, except for the beautiful country, movie stars, directors, and others from other countries frowned, somewhat disgusted by the behavior of the fans upstairs.
Foreign netizens watching the live broadcast through the official channel of the film festival, except for those from the beautiful country and the little stick country, were also very disgusted by the fans at the scene.
As everyone knows, the little stick country is the beloved son of the beautiful country.
This made movie stars and directors from other countries suspect that the fans were deliberately arranged by the organizers to curry favor with the beautiful country and its son country.
Finally, the promotional videos for the three films from the little stick country concluded.
Everyone knew that the next would be the promotional videos for the three films from the dragon country.
Counselor Lu Zheng, Director Zhou Shihua, Wang He, Hu Yuan, Zhang Zhiwei, actors, directors, and staff from the three film companies, as well as a small number of dragon country audiences on the second floor, and their compatriots watching the live broadcast abroad.
Everyone was looking forward to the promotional short films for the three dragon country movies.
However, after the promotional short films from the little stick country ended, the screen went completely black.
The local male host of Jia Da country came on stage and apologized with a smile, "Ladies and gentlemen, I'm sorry, due to a mistake by our staff, the promotional clips for the three films from the dragon country have been lost.
On behalf of the organizers, I would like to apologize to our friends from the dragon country.
I'm sorry!"
Hearing the host's words, the film festival venue immediately erupted, and dragon country netizens watching the live broadcast on foreign platforms were also furious.
This was clearly targeted and excluded.
Zhou Shihua and Lu Zheng, sitting in the front row of the venue, immediately had grim expressions.
The two of them understood the intentions of the Jia Da organizers, but they did not expect them to directly target the dragon country openly.
Feeling the eyes of those around them, the two leaders felt immense anguish, but they still had to maintain the etiquette of the dragon country, forcing a smile.
Just then, the big screen on the stage flickered, and the black screen slowly revealed light.
(If you don't understand the country names, you can search for the animal representatives of the Rabbit of Zhonghua.)