Chapter 15

After getting off the plane, I greeted Wang Xiaoshuai and the others, and the group took a taxi to the pre-booked hotel.

None of these needed Cao Yang to worry, the school arranged everything properly.

According to the previous agreement, the school only needs to provide equipment and personnel, and the money is mentioned.

But since Cao Yang's movie was shot, and the school teachers and leaders watched it, everything didn't need him to worry about.

The review didn't need him to manage, the film festival registration didn't need him to manage, the international flight ticket didn't need him to manage, and the food and accommodation in Berlin didn't need him to manage.

No one mentioned the previous agreement.

After resting in the hotel for a day, the next day, Cao Yang was pulled by Tian Zhuangzhuang to visit all kinds of people, including selectors, producers, directors, and members of the film festival organizing committee.

Don't look at Old Tian who hasn't won a European big award properly. Part of the reason is because of the ban on directing, which led to no new works for ten years. Otherwise, look at his connections in Europe, the highest awards of the three major ones dare not say, but other awards are still very hopeful.

The Berlin Film Festival started on February 7th and lasted until the 18th. During this period, it was a large screening and sales platform, gathering film people from all over the world, and there were also many distribution companies coming here to "pick up leaks."

At the opening ceremony on February 7th, Cao Yang took Old Tian, Li Xiaoran, and Zhao Tiantian to walk a red carpet that no one asked about. They were small transparents, and no one knew them at all.

This year, three Chinese films were shortlisted for the main competition unit. One was Taiwanese, and two were mainland. Under normal circumstances, domestic media should be boiling. This is a great joy.

But the situation is a bit special. Wang Xiaoshuai's movie did not pass the review and participated in the competition privately.

And Cao Yang's movie has Tian Zhuangzhuang, who is still in the ban on directing. The media couldn't figure out for a while whether this was a movie shot by Tian Zhuangzhuang "borrowing a shell." After all, a student director in his twenties is too easy to make people think about it.

The media didn't report much for the time being, and it is estimated that they were all waiting to see the situation on the 18th.

For the next few days, Cao Yang followed Old Tian to socialize and met many people.

He originally wanted to watch a few exhibitions, especially "Malèna," which is also a movie that entered the main competition unit. Monica in her peak appearance is still very worth watching, but unfortunately there has been no time.

Busy until the 12th, things came to an end, and Cao Yang had time.

In the afternoon, Cao Yang just arrived at the hotel lobby and saw Li Xiaoran.

"Xiaoran, going out?"

"Director Cao, there is a screening of "Intimacy" at 2:30 in the afternoon. This movie is good, it is one of the hot candidates for the Golden Bear Award, and the score of the venue is also okay. I want to go and see it."

Cao Yang looked at Li Xiaoran. She was wearing a white round-neck sweater on the top, which was a bit slim, outlining the full curves on the upper body.

She wore a brown pleated skirt on the bottom, about ten centimeters below the knee, a pair of gray long boots on her feet, and a brown trench coat on the outside.

Although there is no style of a royal sister in later generations, it wins in youth. This is probably a beauty with bone appearance, and the shelf life is super long.

"I am also going to watch the exhibition, let's go together."

Li Xiaoran didn't refuse and followed Cao Yang to the exhibition venue.

The screening hall of "Intimacy" is very large. When the two came in, many people had already come, and the attendance rate was about 80%, which is very high.

Finding a seat in the middle and left, Cao Yang saw Li Xiaoran's small face frozen red, so he said: "Berlin is still quite cold, you wear too little, it is best to change the coat to a down jacket."

The average temperature in Berlin in February is about minus two degrees. When the wind blows, it is still quite cold.

"The down jacket is a bit bloated and not good-looking."

Cao Yang had nothing to say. If you want style and don't want temperature, you have to accept the punishment of "temperature."

Waiting until 2:30, the lights went out, and this screening started.

Then, just four minutes later, the male and female leads rolled together. Seeing this, Cao Yang knew it was going to be bad. With the urine of European art films, the next step must be to open big.

It's fine to watch it alone. Anyway, they are all strangers around, no one knows anyone, and there is nothing to be embarrassed about.

The key is that Li Xiaoran is next to him, which is a bit embarrassing.

Cao Yang doesn't know what European education is like, and whether there will be a sense of shame in this situation. But Chinese education, no matter how open people are, will have a sense of shame when watching small movies in front of acquaintances.

This group of people in Europe who engage in art is really awesome. This scene alone has about three minutes.

Cao Yang peeked with the corner of his eye, Li Xiaoran lowered his head, not knowing what he was thinking.

No way, if you get up and leave now, it will be even more embarrassing, so continue watching.

At the 17th minute, it started again, and the plot was the same.

Biting the bullet and watching, is this definitely not a porn movie?

It was hard to finish watching. Setting aside the erotic things, the theme of the movie discusses the transformation from sex to love, and also involves extramarital affairs, etc.

The French are really romantic, they are all romantic to the sky, really avant-garde.

In fact, Cao Yang can also see that hidden under the appearance of eroticism, the actual expression is human loneliness, but in a large number of large-scale plots, the director's expression is too implicit.

!

Perhaps only the judges of the film festival can dig into the depth of the movie. Ordinary audiences must treat it as a wind and moon movie.

Love, loneliness, extramarital affairs...

Eh, this theme is so familiar!

Doesn't "On the Beach at Night Alone" reflect these themes!

It's really a coincidence, but the entry point of the two movies is completely different.

Seeing Cao Yang still sitting in the chair thinking, Li Xiaoran pinched Cao Yang's arm, pulled him up and left.

This embarrassing afternoon.

On the 13th, Taiwan's "Love Me, Love My Money" started screening. Cao Yang took Li Xiaoran and Zhao Tiantian to go. When going out, everyone is their own person, and mutual support is the meaning of the righteousness.

Also met the director and young Zhang Zhen.

At this time, Zhang Zhen looked like he was engaged in art at a glance. The characteristics were very obvious. Like Tony Leung, they all looked very depressed, didn't talk much, and were a bit shy.

Because they were not very familiar, they just greeted each other, which was considered knowing. After watching the movie, praise a few words and leave.

To say that Taiwan's Jiao Xiongping is really magical. Not only is she the producer of Wang Xiaoshuai's movie, but she is also the producer of this movie. It is not simple to be able to "send" two movies with similar themes into the main competition unit at the same time.

On the 16th, Wang Xiaoshuai's "Beijing Bicycle" premiered. The organizing committee gave a screening hall that could accommodate a hundred people. Cao Yang took Li Xiaoran and Zhao Tiantian to stand on the stage as usual, and Old Tian also came together.

Near the screening, there were less than forty people in the hall, including reporters and film critics.

"The attendance rate is not very good." Zhao Tiantian whispered.

Cao Yang smiled helplessly, "Everyone is a nameless person, and there is no movie star blessing. This attendance rate is considered good. If our movie can have this attendance rate tomorrow, I will be satisfied."

Zhao Tiantian shrank her head and stuck out her tongue.

There was a big movement at the door suddenly. Cao Yang took a look and saw Jiao Xiongping and Wang Xiaoshuai on the left and right, accompanying Xie Fei in.

Wang Xiaoshuai's unsmiling face was full of smiles at this moment.

(End of chapter)