Chapter 399: "Green Meadow" is released
Sister Jiao, Teacher Li, thank you for your support!"
"Wow!Mr. Tersit, Sir Wang, thank you, thank you very much!"
Camel-colored cashmere sweater, navy blue mid-length coat, the whole person looked at He Xin, who was in high spirits, and Ning Hao, who was dressed in a black suit and a small bow tie around his neck, shivering in the cold wind, but had to pretend to be cheerful, stood at the door of the screening hall to greet guests.
Last night, the advertising effect of posters plastered around the entire movie palace was gratifying, and when they came to the theater, there were already many audiences waiting at the door, and many people were rushing to He Xinlai, greeting him warmly: "Rotten fish! Rotten fish!"
I have to say that the audience in Germany is still relatively outdated, and how many years have they been called "rotten fish", and they are still calling. It's like in Cannes and Venice, and the audience calls him "".
At this time, the theater of more than 300 people has been seated for almost eighty or ninety percent, and there are still audiences entering in twos and threes. Of course, it also includes the filmmakers and the relevant people who came to support the platform and help the platform.
If the appearance of Jiao Xiongpin and Li Qiang is, in a sense, an exchange of courtesies, then the arrival of Christopher Tersit, chairman of the Youth Forum, and Wang Qingqiang, moved He Xin very much, because as the film selector and chairman of the forum in the Asian region of the film festival, the two of them have already seen the movie, and they came here today simply to cheer.
He Xin personally accompanied the two into the theater and sat down, and when he came out, he looked at the time, and there were still five minutes before the screening time.
"Xiaohu, people are almost here, right?" he beckoned to Xiaodouding to come over and asked.
"There are more than a dozen studios, but I haven't seen anyone from MK2. β
MK2, as a well-known art theater in Europe and the buyer of "Incense" last time, is of course the object of their greatest attention when they come to sell films this time, but unfortunately they are not seen in the film exchange market or at today's premiere. Some of the dozen or so filmmakers who came were new acquaintances, and some were old acquaintances who had dealt with them in Venice.
Little Douding then snorted, "This is the Berlin Film Festival, it's impossible for MK2 not to be there, I think they're playing tricks, as if they're deliberately avoiding us." β
He Xin laughed when he heard it, Xiao Douding is obviously taking himself too seriously, how can a film with a volume of only a few hundred thousand euros be worth so much effort on the part of MK2. Maybe it's a coincidence, but of course it is not ruled out that they are not interested in films of this genre.
He comforted: "It's okay, after the screening, talk to these studios first, if you can't pack it, it's the same if you disassemble it and sell it." β
At this moment, Ning Hao rubbed his hands and stomped his feet, and said, "Almost, right?"
Seeing that his face was faintly blue, it was quite difficult for him today. After all, as a director, he is the protagonist, so he can't be allowed to wear a very low down jacket to the premiere.
"Almost, don't forget to prepare, you'll have to speak after the screening!"
"I know it in my heart!" Ning Hao nodded hurriedly.
But when he looked up, he was surprised: "Hey, isn't this Lao Du?"
"Lao Du?"
He Xin turned around in surprise and saw Du Teron walking over with a smile.
"He, Ning, and the beautiful Miss Hu, it's a pleasure to see you again!"
"Mr. Dutron, you just arrived?" He Xin said as he shook his hand.
"Bingo! I only arrived at noon, and your posters were plastered all over the Palais du Cinema, and I was drawn to it. Dutron spread his hands and smiled exaggeratedly.
And then he said, "I just went to the St. Denis Film Festival, and wow, it's such a magical place. I also watched a very good Chinese movie called "Ke Ke Xili", and I wanted to buy it, but unfortunately they offered too high a price. β
At the end, Duteron shrugged his shoulders with a look of regret.
He Xin knows that the film "Ke Ke Xili" is a particularly popular movie in China some time ago.
Produced by Huayi and directed by Lu Chuan, he won the Grand Jury Award at the Tokyo Film Festival and the Best Film Award at the Golden Horse Awards last year. It can be said that it is a shameful work after the controversy caused by Lu Chuan's debut novel "Looking for a Gun".
However, at this time, Dutron is talking about "Ke Ke Xili", obviously with a hint that you should not offer too high a price. The people present were all smart people, Ning Hao and Xiao Douding, who were shivering from the cold, glanced at each other, and the two rarely saw a tacit understanding from each other's eyes.
"Maybe you'll make something new today!" He Xin also smiled and punned.
"Haha, I hope so!" Dutron laughed.
In fact, he is here for "Green Meadow" today. Although the previous "Incense" was not a big profit, literary films have always been trickle-down, and the response was particularly good, which had to make Du Terlong impressed with Ning Hao, a young director.
"Haozi, you send Mr. Dutron in first. β
Seeing Du Tron walk into the theater, He Xin beckoned Xiao Douding and Bona glasses over again and said, "You guys will take down those posters in a while." β
"There's another one tomorrow. Little Douding said busily.
The organizers of "Green Meadow" have arranged a total of three screenings, with the premiere this afternoon, and one more in the evening and tomorrow at noon.
"Forget it, don't embarrass the organizers, let's be conscious. He Xin shook his head and said.
To be honest, their manipulation is somewhat unauthentic, after all, the number of films shortlisted for this year's film festival is as high as more than 200, and it wouldn't be a mess if everyone put up posters like them. The organizers have not bothered them until now, and it should be said that they have been very face-saving.
Speaking of which, when I went to put up the poster in the middle of the night last night, there were two interesting episodes. First of all, the security guards of the movie palace were alarmed, and the Germans may indeed be very simple, but after the two security guards understood the reason, instead of stopping them, they were moved by their spirit, and they actually helped to stick together.
But then things were not very good, and when I saw that it was almost over, a police car actually drove up. You must know that there is no urban management in Germany, and such indiscriminate advertisements are under the control of the police, and if you don't get it right, you have to enter the bureau.
Just when everyone was worried, suddenly the bearded policeman who led the team recognized the "rotten fish", and immediately turned into a little fan brother, who wanted to take a group photo and sign it, and saw the two neat square words signed by He Xin, and shouted that it was very cool. Sticking movie posters is a matter of course.
Bona's glasses man hurriedly responded, but Xiao Douding rarely said with a shy face: "In this broad daylight, there are so many people, how can you make me embarrassed to do this?"
Hey?
He Xin has long been accustomed to treating Xiaodouding as a man, and today it is very uncomfortable to see her look like a very small woman. Just wanted to speak, but was grabbed by the Bona glasses man and said: "Boss He, Mr. Hu doesn't have to go, I'll do it alone." β
"Uh, that's troublesome Brother Song. β
Bona glasses male surname Song, in his early thirties, although he looks honest, he is a talent in film distribution introduced by Yu Dong with a high salary.
(Suddenly found out that this trick has the potential to upgrade the supporting role, and give him a surname for the time being, which is pure fiction.) surnamed Song, there seem to be several celebrities in the circle. οΌ
Xiao Douding also said gratefully: "Thank you, Brother Song!"
"It's okay, it's okay, you better hurry in, it's time for the show. Brother Song waved his hand hurriedly.
For this Brother Song, He Xin only met him when he came to the film festival this time, but Xiaodouding had more contact with him during his work.
When he walked into the theater, he still said casually: "This Brother Song is good!"
"Well, yes, it's good, it's hard work, and it's very responsible. β
While Xiao Douding agreed, he also subconsciously glanced back at Brother Song's rushing back, and when he turned around, he had a slightly thoughtful look on his face.
As soon as I sat down in the front row, the lights dimmed and the screen lit up.
People living on the border of Inner Mongolia never care how their lives should change, but they are still quietly changing. An originally plain white ping-pong ball floated down the water in front of the Mongolian child Bilige.
Bilig's grandmother told him that it was a gift from God for the pearl of the night, and Bilig firmly believed his grandmother's statement, and called his two best friends, Erguotou, who could only ride a motorcycle and could not ride a horse, and Dawa, who was small but never willing to give in, and went to the grassland to keep watch all night.
Not only did the children not see the night pearl shining, but they returned home and were beaten by adults. What is it if it is not the pearl of the night? The children asked the lama who knew the most about the grassland, but they still couldn't get an answer.
The annual Naadam begins, and the golf ball on the open-air movie screen is mistaken by the children for the pearl of the night, and the projectionist tells him that it is a table tennis ball, not a treasure. Billig is ridiculed by Bart and the other children, and throws the ball down the mouse hole in disappointment.
Back at home, Bilig hid the wool rolls that his grandmother held in his hand every day, and he was not happy. Dawa's father drank beer and won the lottery and won a television; Bilig's father saw that there was a beautiful house in the magazine that Meng Ke brought, and he wanted to build one himself; Bilig's sister Uzhina envied the girl who danced in the Ulan Muqi and wanted to apply for the exam, but her father Qiao San asked her to make a decision in the form of a ring, and the sister skillfully caught the beer bottle that her father had been unable to put on, and excitedly got on the car to go to Qili.
Bilig and his family gathered at Dawa's house to watch TV, and they set up a high antenna, but they could only hear sound. The table tennis match was playing on the TV, accompanied by the sound of table tennis, and the narrator told everyone that table tennis is China's national sport.
The children were so excited that they went to the mouse hole to find the table tennis ball, and decided to go to the capital to return the "national ball" to the "country". The children set off with their parents on their backs, thinking they would arrive in one day.
It was getting late, Erguotou's motorcycle was running out of gas, Erguotou couldn't think of the capital so far, and planned to go home, but Bilig and Dawa were unwilling to give up, and continued to walk east on horseback. Erguotou walked a long way back, only to find that the food of the three people was on his motorcycle, and he hurriedly turned the head of the car, trying to call back the two people.
It was getting darker and darker, and the prairie was pitch black. At this time, a grassland patrol car passed by, and Erguotou shouted and chased after it. And with the Prairie Patrol, he found Bilig and Dawa, who were exhausted after getting lost.
When the image of the policeman played by He Xin, who had a beard on his face, appeared on the screen, there was obviously a small noise in the quiet audience. He Xin, who was sitting in the front row, heard the movement, and he was inevitably a little proud in his heart, it turned out that he still had some weight in the minds of the German audience.
The children sitting in the police car wanted to hand over the ball to the policeman's uncle, and the policeman said disapprovingly that it had been given to them, and the children were very happy. The children who returned home were beaten by their anxious parents, and Bilig's ball was also flattened by his mother, and he was not allowed to go out to help build the house at home.
The next day, Dawa took the other children to watch the national ball, Bilig took out the deflated ball in shame, and Dawa left with the ball and the children in chagrin.
A few days later, Bilig went to Dawa's house to watch table tennis, only to find that Dawa had exchanged the ball for Bart's hoop, and the two good friends had a fight over it.
Dawa's father took Dawa to Bilig's house to apologize, and Qiao San said that the good things of the brothers on the grassland should be shared, and cut the ball in half with a knife and divided it between the two people.
A few days later, Erguotou took half a ping-pong ball to Bilige, saying that Dawa's family had moved away. When Bilig rode to Dawa's house, he found that Dawa's yurt was gone, and the eternal grassland was quiet and peaceful.
Soon, Bilig went to school in the city with his sister, and the home he was left at home was no longer a yurt, but a round brick house. In the new school, Bilig heard the familiar sound of ping-pong, followed the sound, and pushed open the door of the table tennis room......
This time he came to Berlin, because there were many things, except for watching an opening movie, He Xin had no time to enter the cinema, this movie he had seen before, and he was still very fascinated today.
Without him, I just feel that this year's Berlin is a little impetuous, many movies highlight the theme of "sex", and my own "Green Meadow" is like a clear stream in this impetuous hustle and bustle, cleansing the soul.
The audience at the scene was very face-saving, not only rarely left the venue halfway, but also when the screen went dark and the lights came on, everyone got up and applauded warmly.
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The tranquil and beautiful natural scenery brings a completely different fresh feeling to the audience living in the noisy city, and director Ning Hao also filmed this little story full of innocence with fun and hidden meaning. - "The Screen"
"A natural grassland, innocent children, white yurts, and without a trace of hustle and bustle! This is a soul belonging to the grassland that seeps out in the tepid, so that the expression of the film texture and the green grassland achieve perfect harmony, presenting a kind of 'poetry' movie flavor. - Bild
"The scenery, the music, the shepherds, the Mongolian language...... All the breathtaking beauty has an unsettling meaning. Will urbanites who are immersed in modern material civilization suddenly have a strong sense of guilt?" - DAY4
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Well, while eating breakfast, while listening to Xiao Douding reading the media's evaluation of "Green Meadow", I have to say that He Xin and Ning Hao's mood is very happy.
Of course, the shortcomings of "Green Meadow" are also obvious, such as the rhythm is too slow, the relationship between the characters is not complicated, and there are no particularly gripping contradictions, which is somewhat dull.
The soundtrack uses Humai, which is very Mongolian and steppe, but it doesn't match the feelings of the movie.
Maybe age is an advantage, and relevant reports have given Ning Hao, a young director who came to Berlin for the first time, more affirmation and encouragement.
"Boss, several interested filmmakers have been contacted, and they are more likely to want to buy the agency rights in their own country, and the price is not high, at most 50,000 or 60,000 euros. β
"What about MK2, what did Lao Du say?" He Xin asked.
After yesterday's premiere, DuterrΓ³n exaggerated his love for the film, perhaps because of the wrong occasion, the two sides did not start on the topic of cooperation.
Xiao Douding shook his head and said, "There is no news yet. β
Compared with the crisp and neat last time, this time Duteron seems to be a bit of a stretch.
However, He Xin and Xiaodouding both judged that he was still very interested in "Green Meadow", otherwise he would not have appeared at the premiere yesterday. And judging from the current two screenings, the attendance rate is very high, and the response is quite good.
In fact, Germans have always preferred Mongolian films, such as the documentary film "The Crying Camel", which swept Germany last year, and "The Home of the Little Yellow Dog", which was released in Germany not long ago, and "Green Meadow" are similar themes.
So He Xin is not in a hurry at the moment, and muttered: "Then you talk to a few film companies first, and if the price is right, you can look at it." β
To be honest, last time "Incense" sold for 350,000 euros, it was somewhat lucky, and this time He Xin and Yu Dong set low expectations for "Green Meadow", as long as they can sell it for 300,000 euros, they will win.
In fact, of course, he is very much like last time, and he has a one-shot deal with MK2 to save worry and effort. But seeing that Duteron didn't make a move, he couldn't get on the pole either.