Coming to Berlin again after four years, He Xin was faintly excited. Thinking back to the first time he went abroad, everything here was very fresh.

He still vividly remembers drinking beer and tasting Thuringian sausages on the crotch street with Li Bing and Wanwan's guide and interpreter, Zhang Xia. He bought Cheng Hao a brooch worth five hundred marks, as well as a large number of Cologne perfume and Nutcracker dolls. In the end, I was almost fooled by Zhang Xia's bay to see the real crotch street in Berlin.

Looking back now, he couldn't help but laugh dumbly.

The plane arrived in Berlin at 9 a.m. on the first day of the Lunar New Year at 4 p.m., a difference of seven hours. Xiao Douding and Bona, the deputy manager of the distribution department, who came together, were dozing off in the car at this time, after all, it was almost midnight in China at this time.

Only Ning Hao was originally a night owl, and the first time he came to Germany, he was the same as when He Xin first came here, looking out of the car window with great novelty, and kept asking about the Berlin Wall, Brandenburg, the German Parliament Building and other famous attractions that often appear in history books.

Compared with the construction and rapid change of the capital, it still feels cold and solemn, without a trace of hustle and bustle. Compared to four years ago, there seems to be no change on the road from the airport to the city center, the whole city has no high-rise buildings, a rare overpass, and even very little "modern", without the psychological oppression of the usual metropolis.

At this time, there is still a day before the opening of the film festival, and it is like I have not heard the gongs and drums of the opening play. A car that happened to pass by was already printed with a red "golden bear", and it was as if it had heard a tuning before the show.

Different from the shabby trip four years ago, this time he relied on Poly Bona, a big tyrant, and booked a hotel less than a kilometer away from the movie palace early, and it was a luxurious room for one person. However, compared with the expensive consumption of tourist cities such as Cannes and Venice, the prices in Berlin are quite affordable.

Although the exterior of the hotel looks old and full of historical vicissitudes, the interior reveals that both the decoration and facilities are luxurious and modern, which is very much in line with the city's temperament - its modernity is in the bones, not in the flesh.

As soon as Xiao Douding and the deputy manager of Bona's distribution department arrived at the hotel, they couldn't even eat dinner, so they went back to their rooms early to reverse the jet lag. Speaking of which, the task of the two of them is the most arduous when they come to the film festival this time, because they shoulder the heavy responsibility of selling films, and they have to go to the film festival film trading market early tomorrow morning to set up stalls and shout.

As a producer, screenwriter, and director, Ning Hao is the creator of the film, and he must be present on this occasion. And He Xin's trip is more like the image ambassador of the movie, to put it bluntly, he is a vase, using his popularity to attract the tool of the film company.

Before this departure, He Xin and Yu Dong bumped, "Incense" sold 350,000 euros in Venice, and if "Green Meadow" can sell 300,000 euros this time, it will basically be able to recover all the investment, including this trip, and the box office of the domestic release will be a net profit.

However, considering the attributes of this film as a literary film, and the fact that it is all Mongolian dialogue, the domestic box office is not optimistic. However, for Poly Bona, it has been earned if it can recoup its investment, and they value more about the honor of being shortlisted for the Berlin Film Festival this time, of course, it would be better if they could win the award.

For Xinhao Studio, the studio has only invested a total of 500,000 yuan, and it has almost earned 200,000 yuan in production fees, plus the 200,000 screenwriters and directors paid by Ning Hao in advance, and the final income will be shared with Bona according to the ratio of 64, as long as it can protect the capital, it will also be earned.

In short, under the advance of capital preservation, the "Green Meadow" cooperated by Xinhao Studio and Poly Bona this time is a win-win project.

He Xin originally wanted to take a shower and rest in the room, and then contact Sister Jiao Xiongpin, the producer of "Peacock". Before coming, Sister Jiao had already greeted him, hoping that he could help stand on the platform. Although as a famous photographer, Gu Changwei is also well-known in the world, but after all, the actors are all newcomers, and they still need the help of well-known actors.

is like the American film "The Thumb Sucker", which was also shortlisted for the main competition unit of this year's film festival, the famous Hollywood star Keno Reeves made a cameo appearance as a dentist in the film, but he was the main star in both the trailer and the movie poster.

In fact, He Xin has less than ten scenes in the film "Peacock", which is the nature of a cameo, and he receives a symbolic salary. It stands to reason that there is no obligation to help the platform.

But it is difficult to avoid such a thing as favor, even if Gu Changwei is the husband of his fellow senior sister Jiang Wenli, and the eldest sister Jiao Xiongpin was still the producer of "Bicycle" at the time, this face must be sold.

What's more, in the circle, it was originally you who helped me, I helped you, and everyone gave face. Before he invited Jiang Wenli to play a cameo role in "Wulin Gaiden", it was not a matter of words.

As a result, he had just arrived at the room to put down his luggage and was about to take off his clothes and take a shower, when Ning Hao came over and knocked on the door. The cargo slept all the way on the plane, and when he came to a new environment, he was excited and energetic, and he took him out for a walk.

Helpless, He Xin had to take him to the nearby Cinema Palace and Potsdamer Platz to visit.

To be honest, compared to Cannes and Venice, Berlin's Cinélé Palace is a bit low, and it looks a lot like the kind of "big theater" before the liberation of China, because the film festival will open tomorrow night, and the staff are busy arranging costumes in front of the "big theater" at this time.

It can be seen that Ning Hao is obviously a little disappointed, and it is estimated that the "big theater" in front of him is a little inconsistent with the movie holy place in his mind.

Just as he turned his head with his mouth smashed, he found that He Xin was looking around, and he also followed to look, at this time night was about to fall, and there were few pedestrians on the street.

"What are you looking at?"

"Well, look at the terrain. ”

"Terrain, what's the matter, you still want to capture this place?" Ning Hao said with a smile.

"That's right, I just want to capture this place, but it's a poster capture. ”

"What do you mean?" Ning Hao was a little puzzled.

He Xin has long been very experienced in participating in so many film festivals, compared with Cannes and Venice, the Berlin Film Festival has almost twice as many films as the former because of its variety of units.

It is precisely because of the large number of participating films that films that are often ignored without the blessing of well-known actors or without sufficient publicity.

For He Xin to participate in the film festival this time, whether he won the award or not is secondary, the key is to sell money. The production cost of the next "Stone", he is still counting on making more money from the movie "Green Meadow".

Whether it's Berlin, Cannes or Venice, like most European cities, you can't put things in public places, but there are places like street lamp poles and bus stops that have special places for advertising, but those prices are extremely expensive, at least tens of thousands of euros.

In order to attract audiences and filmmakers as much as possible, He Xin wondered if he could secretly put some movie posters here the night before the movie's premiere.

Don't look at Ning Hao's fierce face, he usually has a big gold chain and a big bracelet, pretending to be a social person, but he is actually a little cowardly.

After hearing He Xin's explanation, his eyes suddenly widened, and he said nervously: "Ah Xin, this is ...... Is this appropriate? Will you be caught?"

"That's why I have to act in the middle of the night! As long as I don't get caught red-handed, it's fine. He Xin said with a nonchalant expression.

As he spoke, he also patted Ning Hao on the shoulder and comforted: "Anla, maybe some enthusiastic fan did it, anyway, as long as people see it, the advertising effect will be made." ”

“......”

After walking around, He Xin was generally optimistic about the terrain, and unconsciously felt a little hungry. With the memory of four years ago, Ning Hao took the bun to a small restaurant near Potsdamer Platz.

The last time he came to the film festival, he and Wang Xiaoshuai and Li Bing visited this small restaurant several times, and in addition to the affordable price, the sauerkraut stewed elbow and German wontons here are well done.

Don't look at the Germans are cold, in terms of food, they actually have the characteristics of my Great Northeast, for example, this sauerkraut is not inferior to Northeast sauerkraut, and there is a hodgepodge like Northeast stew, the only difference is probably the difference between cheese and Northeast sauce.

There is also the German ravioli, which is made by crushing pork, spinach, and onions, stirring them together, wrapping them in dough into squares, putting them in soup and cooking them, and cutting them into pieces with a knife when eating.

Either way, compared to the rich and varied cuisine of Cannes and Venice, Berlin is really good. However, for Ning Hao, who came here for the first time, everything was novel, and he was also very interested in the gin in the small restaurant.

He Xin couldn't get used to drinking this at all, it was fierce, and the taste was not good, it was particularly spicy, far less soft than Moutai and the crispness of Lao Baigan.

......

The foreign language of foreign devils is far less profound than Chinese, Ning Hao is worried that foreigners will not understand the meaning of the title "Green Meadow", so he specially chose a particularly easy-to-understand English name called "Mongolian Ping Pong".

Since it was not the main competition unit that was shortlisted, the premiere was scheduled for the third day after the opening of the festival, the same day as the American film "The Thumb Sucker" that was shortlisted for the main competition unit, and the premiere on this day also included a total of seven films shortlisted for other units, so the competition in attracting audiences and studios can be described as quite fierce.

Early the next morning, He Xin still got up early, and after breakfast, he came to the film festival film trading market early with Xiao Douding and Bona's deputy distribution manager.

As for Ning Hao's goods, it may be that he drank too much gin last night, and he didn't respond when he knocked on the door, so he simply ignored him.

At this time, people from all walks of life have already set up camp, for example, the Korean booth, their lighting is quite good, the movie posters posted inside, there is a spotlight shining on it, very eye-catching, and their equipment is also very good, the large flat-screen TV loop the trailer of the participating film.

In comparison, the Spanish booth next to them was much shabby, with a 20-inch old TV connected to the VCR underneath, looking very third world.

But they are clearly inferior to the Third World, not only are the stalls cramped, they don't even have projection equipment, they are only handed out leaflets and movie posters on the walls.

In fact, many of the stalls set up here are many works under large distribution companies that are promoted and sold in groups, and some even come forward from countries, such as South Korea.

is not like Chinese movies, they are all stragglers and fighters, fighting separately. It is said that the publisher of Gu Changwei's "Peacock" in China is Poly Bona, but it is useless overseas, and the person in charge here is the investor Jiao Xiongpin's eldest sister and the domestic Huayi.

It is said that the three major film festivals in Europe are the palaces of literary films, but every time He Xin comes to the crowded and noisy film trading market, like a vegetable market, there will be a magical feeling, and the commercial atmosphere is shrouded in the artistic atmosphere, which makes you have to think about the artistic and commercial issues of the film.

In other words, in addition to artistry, literary films also need to be sold for money.