Chapter 706: Check-in
The reception staff of the "War Dogs" crew picked up Zhang Zi'an and Pemmas at the exit of the airport, took them into a rented car, and drove them to the hotel they had booked near Potsdamer Platz.
As expected, the temperature in Berlin was cooler than in the city of Marina, not just two or three degrees lower, almost four or five degrees lower, with light snow and a lot of humidity. Fortunately, Richard didn't take the flight, otherwise he would have choked on the cold.
Berlin is filled with the atmosphere of the annual film festival, and even the main road leading from the airport to the city is lined with huge posters of the Berlinale. Although Zhang Zi'an couldn't read German at all, that didn't stop him from smiling.
The staff in charge of driving explained to him the glorious history of the Berlin Film Festival, as well as some celebrities who came to this film festival, as well as the itinerary of the crew in the past few days. Zhang Zi'an learned that the itinerary is basically tight and loose, because the film festival is not simply about screening films and awards, and the sale of film screening rights is also an important link, but these are the producer's business, and it has nothing to do with him, as long as he takes Pemmas to cooperate with the publicity at the right time.
Potsdamer Platz is almost the busiest area in Berlin, and to his surprise, it takes less than 20 minutes to drive from the airport to the hotel, and there are not many traffic jams on the road.
After driving into the city, the most intuitive feeling is the row upon row of ancient buildings, there are very few high-rise buildings, different from the emerging city of Marina City and the commercial atmosphere of Los Angeles, the biggest impression here is the thick sense of history, of course, it can also be understood that the decaying old imperialism is declining.
Posters with bears appear more frequently on the sides of the streets, the sidewalks are dazzling with beautiful women of different skin tones, and occasionally a long line can be seen in front of a stately modern building. According to the employees who drove the car, these people were queuing up to buy movie tickets, and many of them came from other places or even other countries in the European Union to attend the festival, and even the cold and snow could not dampen their enthusiasm for film.
Compared with other European film festivals, the Berlinale is more accessible to the people, and movie tickets are even more difficult to find. If you really can't get a ticket, you can also hold up a sign asking for tickets at the door of the movie theater before the movie is released, and maybe some viewers who have bought tickets will transfer or give them away for free because they can't watch it because of something temporary - people with good looks are often more favored at this time, especially young girls.
The car stopped outside the hotel, and Zhang Zi'an led Pegasus to get out of the car. It may have been said hello to the hotel management beforehand, and although everyone in the hotel lobby was looking sideways at Pegas, no one stepped forward to stop them. The hotel is not the only one with the crew of "War Dog", he saw a few slightly familiar foreign handsome guys and beauties in the lobby, but they are only familiar, they can't be named, and they may have appeared as a supporting role in a movie.
"Xiao Zhang, you're here!
Zhang Zi'an was at a loss, not knowing how to check in, when he heard a slightly old voice sounding from near the sofa in the lobby, and it was familiar Chinese.
He turned his head and saw that it was Director Feng Xuan, who had not seen him for a long time, who greeted him.
Director Feng Xuan is usually not very trim, and he was still wearing a wrinkled suit when he interviewed Pegas, but today he looks very energetic, the suit is neat and straight, with a smile on his face, and the whole person seems to be five years younger. Feng Xuan was greeting others, and when he saw Zhang Zi'an leading the dog inside, he immediately stopped him.
"Director Feng, long time no see!How is your body?"
Zhang Zi'an walked a few steps quickly to greet him and shook hands with Feng Xuan.
"Thanks to you, don't look at my age, I'm in good health. Feng Xuan smiled and looked down at Feimas again.
"Hello, Pegas, have you had a hard time?" he said.
Feimas didn't miss this opportunity to be in full view, he gently straightened his waist, stood up, poked out his left front paw, and put it on Feng Xuan's left hand impartially, as a handshake.
Feng Xuan had already felt the difference of Feimas more than once during the filming of the movie, and he was even more surprised at this time, because after such a long time, he still remembered that he was left-handed?
Zhang Zi'an said for it: "It's still a little hard, mainly because I can't eat on the plane, and I only eat a hot dog when I get off the plane." ”
"Oh, let's check in first, and then go get something to eat. Who, take Zhang and Pegasus to their room. Feng Xuan called another employee on standby.
"Okay, Director Feng, I'll go upstairs first. Zhang Zi'an led Pemmas and prepared to go upstairs.
"Wait a minute, get this. Feng Xuan handed over a boxy packaging box for household appliances, "Electric kettle, their hotel does not provide hot water, the weather is cold, drinking cold water is estimated to cause diarrhea." ”
"Director Feng is still thoughtful......"
Zhang Zi'an dragged the suitcase with one hand, and held the unopened electric kettle packaging box in his arms with the other, sighing that Jiang was still old and spicy, and he could actually think of preparing an electric kettle in advance, otherwise in such a cold weather, drinking cold water for ten days might really have diarrhea. If there is no hot water, there is no way to drink old tea.
Feng Xuan shook his head with a smile, "No way, I always run outside, and I have a long memory after suffering the sin of not having hot water to drink a few times." We have an electric kettle in each of our cast and crew rooms, and you can live in a double standard room by yourself, after all, you have to take care of Pegas. ”
Zhang Zi'an nodded, grateful to Feng Xuan for taking care of him, and it was much more convenient to have a room for himself.
"By the way, did you wear a bow tie?" Feng Xuan asked again.
Zhang Zi'an was stunned, before leaving, the team leader Nie Yuan specially emphasized that every cast and crew member should bring formal clothes and dresses in case of emergency, why did Feng Xuan deliberately ask if he had a tie?
"Bring it. ”
Despite his bewilderment, he replied reflexively, apprehensively, because his bow ties were bargains.
"How many colors and patterns are there?" Feng Xuan asked again.
"Well, maybe three or four. Zhang Zi'an replied, "Why don't I show it to you?"
"Not now, you can go upstairs and settle down. Feng Xuan waved his hand, pointed to the leather collar around Feimars's neck and said, "After settling down, take off the collar, and then try on those kinds of bow ties for Feimars, just take a photo and send it to me, you will need it when you walk the red carpet." ”
Zhang Zi'an: "......" has been making trouble for a long time to wear a bow tie for Pegas? I really want to cry!