In February, Berlin is still in winter, and the temperature is not high, and the warmest time of the day can barely reach minus four or five degrees, and the temperature drops below zero in the afternoon and evening.

When Zhang Bufan, Guan Hu and Wen Muye stepped off the plane, they really felt the chill, fortunately, the two of them were prepared in advance, wearing thick enough, not to mention how many layers were put on inside, just this big windbreaker outside completely blocked the biting breeze in the Berlin night sky.

After passing the customs inspection and leaving the airport, this is the real arrival in the city of Berlin.

This is not an easy thing, every year during the Berlin Film Festival, Berlin will pour into a large number of overseas guests, which has brought huge pressure to the Berlin Customs, in order to ensure that there are no problems, the Berlin Customs will also increase inspection efforts during this period, which directly led to Zhang Bufan and his team of more than a dozen people It took nearly two hours to finally get out of the airport.

Get on two seven-seater vans that have been booked long ago and go straight to the hotel.

The plane sat for more than 10 hours, even if it was business class, it was enough, plus the toss of customs out of the airport, all of them were tired and stupid, so although they didn't eat much on the plane, now everyone has no appetite, and when they arrived at the hotel, they fell asleep directly, and when they woke up, they were already on the rise.

It's good, but it saves jet lag.

Because it is going abroad, it is more troublesome to do anything than in China, so although the main characters are Zhang Bufan, Guan Hu and Wen Muye, the team is nearly twice as many as when they went to the Golden Horse Awards.

In addition to the necessary staff, there are also translators and people who can get involved with certain companies in Berlin.

Eat breakfast and lunch together simply - these people are not very cold to Western food, if the situation does not allow it, Zhang Bufan wants to find a place to cook by himself - the group quickly got busy.

Today is the 8th of Berlin time, and there are still two days before the opening of the Berlin Film Festival.

Since ancient times, there have been many people who want to sell films at major film festivals, and it is no exaggeration to say that the films that take the opportunity of the three major European film festivals every year to sell films are all in the triple digits.

These films can be broadly divided into three situations.

The first is of course those films by world-renowned directors, whose films don't even need to be promoted, and as soon as the name is swung there, there will naturally be big-ticket distributors and theater representatives coming to the door.

The second type is eligible to participate in the film festival awards, especially those films that can enter the main competition unit, they don't even need to be able to win awards, as long as they can be shortlisted for nomination, there will be a lot of distributors coming to the door.

And Zhang Bufan belongs to the third type, Guan Hu, who is the most famous in the team, is actually famous in foreign countries, well, it's already very face-saving to say this, to put it bluntly, it's not famous, and the movie, although it was shortlisted for the "Forum" unit, but because it is only a screening unit, and the movie itself is a short film, the attraction is much smaller, and it is almost certain that no distributor will take the initiative to find it.

Teams like them are the most, after all, they all think that their movies can make a lot more money, but there is only a little bit of real fame and high quality.

What should I do if I want to sell these movies?

As the old saying goes, where there is demand, there is supply, and in places like Berlin, including Cannes and Venice, the existence of the three major film festivals naturally gave birth to such a business.

Once they take over a certain film, they will choose the most suitable distributor for the distributor according to the content of the film, and invite the other party to see the film, if the deal is not successful, they only charge a minimum base fee, and once the deal is successful, they will take a share of it.

Of course, they are not easy to do this job, after all, the relationship between distributors in various countries is not so easy to get on, and it takes a lot of effort to maintain, so they have no low requirements for the film they represent, and it can't be said that it is a pheasant movie, so I will match you, right?

Of course, Guan Hu has already made preparations in advance, and being able to be shortlisted for the "Forum" unit for screening has already qualified "Stone".

In two days, led by the people familiar with these companies contacted by Seven Impressions, Zhang Bufan and his entourage contacted more than 10 similar companies in total, and finally finalized one, although they exchanged business cards with others, but Zhang Bufan couldn't pronounce the awkward German at all, so in the end he didn't figure out what the name of the company was.

Of course, this is not very important.

Although he was busy, although he was not interested in Western food, Zhang Bufan's "Zhang Xiao Chef Food Review Tour" did not stop there, and during the break, Zhang Bufan asked the translator to take him to taste a lot of local Berlin food.

As a result, following the Taiwan Golden Horse Award, Zhang Xiaochu's food review appeared on Weibo again.

"Do you know what kind of landscape this is? That's right, this is the Brandenburg Gate, what, you don't know what the Brandenburg Gate is? ”

With a picture, it is a group photo of Zhang Bufan, Guan Hu and Wen Muye in front of the Brandenburg Gate.

"That's right, Chef Zhang is back in Berlin, and our Chef Zhang's food review has started again, however, because there is less time, I don't come by restaurant and region, just talk about food, in addition, because my Western food is not particularly cold, just score or something, just talk about my feelings about each food, then, let's start." ”

"When it comes to the food of the country of virtue, what is the first thing that comes to mind? The first thing that comes to my mind is sausages and beer, and this time I will specifically talk about sausages. ”

"The first, Bavarian sausage, a mixture of veal and pork and served with onions and parsley, is said to be heated in hot water and served with sweet mustard sauce and baguette and a glass of Bavarian beer. ”

"It tastes good, especially the taste of parsley, which I like, but it feels a little greasy, probably because there is too much lard in the white intestines, and the sweet mustard sauce is unacceptable to me. ”

"The second type, the Thuringian grilled sausage, which is a very common hot dog sausage here, I only know that the meat filling is made of pork, and as for the other ingredients, it is said that it is not a secret. The translator took me to eat Thuringian grilled sausages in three places, and the taste was different, which can only be said to be amazing, as for the taste of these three...... From my own point of view, it's average. ”

"The third type, Berlin currywursurst, this is a street food in Berlin, probably similar to our grilled cold noodles there, the sausage taste is average, especially after sprinkling curry powder, its aroma is completely masked, I personally don't like it too much. ”

"The fourth, the Frankfurter sausage, this kind of sausage seems to have become famous all over the world and can be bought in China, but it must be said that the domestic Frankfurter sausage and this side are completely two different foods, if you can, I recommend everyone to come here to try the real Frankfurter sausage. ”

"The fifth, the old Kassel sausage, has a relatively long growth cycle...... In fact, it is a sausage made of pork from an older pig, using an air-drying process, a bit similar to our sausage, the taste is very unique, and it is the best one I have tasted here. ”

"That's all for Zhang Xiaochu's sausage tasting, and in the next issue, I will bring you a beer tasting, PS, I'm not an alcoholic. ”