"The End of the First World War, the defeat of Germany ...
China participated in the Paris Peace Conference as a victorious power, and I (Gu Weijun) went to Paris as a member of the Chinese delegation to attend the meeting. The Chinese side hopes that through the "Paris Peace Conference", all German privileges in Shandong, China, the Twenty-one Articles of China and Japan will be abolished, and all foreign privileges in China will be abolished! On the French side, the president of the Paris Peace Conference, the French Prime Minister, threatened to obtain land cession and war reparations and completely squeeze Germany! And what about this conference? It can be described as a twist and turn...
The number of delegate seats in China has been reduced from 5 to 2. After consultation with the Chinese delegation, the attendance was taken on a rotational basis. I know how heavy the burden is on our shoulders! We must strive for equal diplomatic demands, and we must not be sinners of the state...
We actively used our good offices to try to restore the 5 delegates, but we were ruthlessly refused. The arrogant and unreasonable attitude of the Western powers, ignoring our reasonable demands, really makes people grit their teeth!
In addition, the Japanese side actually made unreasonable demands: inheriting all the "privileges" of Germany in Shandong, China, and proposing that China did not send a single soldier and pawn, so why did it brazenly participate in the "Paris Peace Conference"?
In the face of Japan's unreasonableness and difficulties, I took out relevant evidence and refuted them one by one. At this point, we confronted the Japanese representatives, and the meeting reached an impasse! Soon, Japan contacted me through the representative of the United States, and was soft and me to discuss the solution of the Shandong issue...
However, at this time, the Beijing government's submissive attitude is very indignant! We seem to be alone and helpless, facing the test of losing power and humiliating the country! In the end, the great powers of the "Paris Peace Conference" resolutely passed the resolution of Japan to take over all German privileges in Shandong, regardless of the demands of our representatives! At this time, my friend Xiao Kejian led the Chinese in France to conduct a collective demonstration to denounce the shameless face of the great powers!
The "Paris Peace Conference" was really full of twists and turns, and our delegation became the target of public criticism! General Lu Zhengxiang and I made the last effort to mediate diplomatically, but all reasonable demands were ruthlessly rejected by the great powers! Soon, the "anti-imperialist and anti-feudal" May Fourth Patriotic Movement broke out in China, and our delegation was in a very passive situation in Paris! I was beaten by a Chinese in France, a charming French girl at her residence - Jeanne shot me and I could tell that she seemed to like me. "World War I" had left her and her mother with too much to lose, and they had nothing but the manor. I had rescued them with food and Jeanne was very touched...
Soon, the Paris Peace Conference made a final resolution against the defeated country, Germany. At the moment we seem to have no choice but to "sign" the Versailles Contract! In this regard, Lu Zhengxiang and I both refused! Finally, I attended the final "signing" ceremony...
Dear delegations, why did you cede Shandong to the Japanese? Who can accept this contract of mourning and humiliating the country??? Shandong is the hometown of Confucius! We Chinese believe in Confucius, and China cannot lose Shandong, just as you Westerners cannot lose Jerusalem!!! On behalf of the Chinese side, I refuse to sign!!!
It was the darkest moment of my life. Many years later, when I talk about this matter again, it is really "weak countries have no diplomacy"! Everything is extravagant..."
The refusal to sign at the 1919 Paris Peace Conference was the first time China said "no" to imperialist powers! Significant! And that year, the proletariat also stepped onto the stage of history and led China to begin the great road of rejuvenation...
With this film, Chen Daoming brilliantly played the "First Diplomat of the Republic of China" and won the Best Actor of the Golden Rooster Award for Chinese Cinema held in the Millennium!