Chapter 399

After the Berlin Film Festival awards ceremony officially began, the duration of the entire awards process was limited, not like the Oscars which have over three hours, but only one hour.

How can they attract the attention of global audiences in this limited time?

This is not only a problem encountered by the Berlin Film Festival, but also a problem encountered by the European Big Three.

Therefore, as soon as this Berlin Film Festival started, it dropped a blockbuster, just to attract the audience and let the audience stay.

After the film festival chairman Dieter gave a speech and reviewed this film festival, the first awards presenter to take the stage was jury member Shu Qi.

Generally, as a jury member, if one serves as an awards presenter, one will present heavyweight awards.

Shu Qi is no exception.

As an awards presenter, she is to present the Best Actor of this Berlin Film Festival.

That is to say, the first award to be presented at the 58th Berlin Film Festival is the Berlin Best Actor.

Cao Yang looked at the time with some surprise; it had only been 6 minutes since the awards ceremony officially began.

In order to attract the audience watching the live broadcast in front of the TV, Dieter also used all means; the first award was the most important Berlin Best Actor, and he didn't even use a slightly smaller award to warm up the scene.

Moreover, the choice of the awards presenter is also very particular.

When the film festival opened on February 7th, all members of the jury had a press meeting.

At that time, the two female jury members among the eight jury members had already been driven away, and only two female jury members, Shu Qi and Diane Kruger, remained.

Diane Kruger is a German actress, who has learned ballet since childhood and is also a model; her figure and appearance are beyond words.

Moreover, after her debut with *The Piano Player*, she also won the Most Promising Newcomer Award at the Cannes Film Festival; she is currently developing in Hollywood and appeared in *National Treasure* starring Nicolas Cage, as well as the sequel to *National Treasure* released a while ago.

In terms of fame and salary, she definitely exceeds Shu Qi by a lot.

But unexpectedly, at the press meeting, many Western media questioned Diane Kruger's qualifications as a jury member, saying that she became a jury member because she was German.

As for Shu Qi, she was not questioned; instead, these Western media praised her sexiness, her intellect, and her oriental classical beauty.

This made Shu Qi a little popular in Europe.

This was something the official side, including Dieter, didn't expect.

Dieter thought about it later; this was probably the media's dissatisfaction with the Berlin Film Festival leaning towards Hollywood, taking advantage of the jury selection problem to express it a little bit.

As for the Berlin Film Festival catering to Hollywood, Dieter had no way; if they didn't cater to Hollywood, there would be fewer people paying attention to the film festival.

The general trend is difficult to find a solution for in a short time.

Since Shu Qi became a little popular, plus this year's Best Actor...

Dieter simply removed Diane Kruger, who was originally going to present this award, and let Shu Qi present this award, which also has special significance.

As the award was about to be revealed, Cao Yang looked at Cheng Long beside him.

Cheng Long, who had been calm before, now widened his eyes and stared at the stage.

In addition, from his clenched fists and slightly stiff body, it could be seen that he was nervous.

Cao Yang thought thoughtfully; people affected by the immersive experience are not saying that once they fall into an emotion, they will have no other emotions; as long as other emotions are strong enough, they will also produce influence.

For example, now, Cheng Long was affected by the attribution of this Berlin Best Actor award and unconsciously became nervous, not as indifferent as he had shown before.

It can be seen that Cheng Long attaches great importance to the Berlin Best Actor, so much so that he suppressed the emotions affected by the immersive experience.

"The winner is..."

Shu Qi opened the envelope, took a look, and then said softly to the microphone with a full face of smiles: "Jackie Chan, *Manchester by the Sea*."

Then, she very sensibly said in Chinese: "Cheng Long, *Manchester by the Sea*, congratulations."

Cheng Long was stunned for a moment, pointed at himself with his finger, and looked at Cao Yang beside him in disbelief.

It wasn't until he saw Cao Yang nod and start clapping with a smile that he reacted and said to Cao Yang with a slightly trembling voice: "Thank you, thank you!"

Then he took a deep breath, tidied up his clothes, stood up, and gave Cao Yang a hug again.

At this moment, looking at the smile on his face, it seemed that the influence brought by the immersive experience was suppressed, and it was clearly visible that he was excited and agitated.

Cheng Long came to the stage, and Shu Qi took the initiative to give him a hug, saying words of congratulations softly.

He seemed to have recovered some of his original personality at this moment, especially after receiving the Silver Bear; the smile on his face made him look like that kung fu superstar who was beaming with joy.

"This award is the heaviest award I have ever won in my life, and it should also be the happiest moment of my life right now.

I have a special label; people should have known me through my kung fu; this label has accompanied me for most of my life...

Very lucky, I was labeled as an action star.

Very unfortunate, I have been troubled by this label and almost couldn't transform.

Action stars eat youth rice; generally, after forty, they can't fight, and most will even leave behind hidden injuries that cannot be cured in this life.

I am incomparably lucky again; when I couldn't fight, I met the best Cao Dao Yang in the world; he doesn't care about my label, nor does he care whether I have acting skills."

Speaking of this, Cheng Long looked for Cao Yang among the guests, and when he saw Cao Yang, he raised the Silver Bear and said with a smile: "Because the whole world knows that Cao Dao Yang is the director who is best at training actors, and the Silver Bear in my hand is enough to explain everything!

Thank you, thank you to my fans; from now on, I am not just an action star, I am also an acting school.

Thank you to the jury, thank you to the Berlin Film Festival, thank you to the best director in the world in my heart, you know who I am talking about, thank you!"

Cheng Long finally waved the Silver Bear in his hand and walked down with happy steps.

"I watched *Manchester by the Sea* five times in the screening room; the more I watch it, the more I feel that Brother Cheng Long acted really well, much better than what I saw during filming; Cao Dao is really amazing."

Da Zhao Tiantian stared at Cao Yang's side face with an expression of worship and said softly to Yang Mi beside her.

During the filming, she and Yang Mi, as "newcomers" and Beijing Film Academy students, followed the crew the whole time and witnessed Cheng Long's growth from constantly NG and unable to act well, to being trained by Cao Dao into a character who seemed to have walked out of the film; that was truly a visible leap in acting growth.

"Hmm."

Yang Mi nodded vigorously, staring at Cheng Long with glowing eyes... specifically, staring at the Silver Bear in Cheng Long's hand; this Silver Bear is the best recognition proof of acting skills in the country and even the world.

Most importantly, Cheng Long winning the Silver Bear might not have a very obvious increase in his status; after all, he is already the most famous action superstar in the world.

But if I won the Silver Bear representing the Best Actress...

Yang Mi couldn't help but think of Li Xiaoran, thought of Yu Feihong, thought of Gao Yuanyuan, thought of Dong Xuan; these are all representatives who can be directly "deified."

How can I make Cao Dao support me?

At this moment, Da Mimi thought of the words of agent Li Xiaowan, but, what girlfriend or not, as long as he supports me, the name of girlfriend, don't want it!

Four people in the Four Great Qingyi? Five people? Six people?

Perhaps, if I win the Best Actress of the European Big Three, will it be seven people?

Da Mimi couldn't help but fantasize.

However, Da Mimi still thought of what Da Zhao Tiantian said just now, and after reacting for a long time in her brain, she finally reacted.

"You watched *Manchester by the Sea* in the screening room?"

Yang Mi blinked with some doubt.

Why don't I know?

"Didn't you go watch it?"

Da Zhao Tiantian also blinked with some doubt and said: "At that time, after the film production was completed, Cao Dao, school leaders, and students who were actors all went to the small screening room to watch it, right?"

"Oh, right, it seems you were filming outside at that time and weren't at school."

Da Zhao Tiantian continued.

Yang Mi opened her mouth; am I the only one who saw the finished film at the premiere?

The next award presented unexpectedly surprised everyone again.

After the Best Actor, what was presented was the Best Actress; this is only the second award; in order to grab the audience, the Berlin Film Festival really doesn't pretend at all, coming up with two most important major awards.

The Best Actress award was won by Sally Hawkins, the lead actress of *Happy-Go-Lucky* directed by the famous British director known as the "Master," Mike Leigh.

By the way, Cao Yang is now also called a film art master by some European media.

When Cao Yang saw that the second award presented was Best Actress, he had a premonition; it wasn't until the film *Happy-Go-Lucky* directed by Mike Leigh won the Best Actress that he realized Dieter might be hyping again.