314. Selected for the Berlin Film Festival
This bloody battle of capital is still going on for the time being, and it is impossible to tell the winner in a short period of time, Xie Xiaoke is not in a hurry to do Douyu, now the strength of the two platforms is equal, and the top anchors in various industries are in Douyu, but almost all the second- and third-tier anchors are in Cat's Paw.
This situation will last for at least a few months, and at present, Xie Xiaoke's mind has temporarily shifted from Cat's Paw TV, because the post-production work of "Wood God 2" is also nearing completion, and the premiere is ready for it.
Mushen Ji 1 can get a box office of 4 billion, and the box office of "Mujin Ji 2" is really worth looking forward to.
On January 10th, Wang Xinbin of the base company handed over the film of "Wood God 2" to Gong Qiu Wei and asked her to review it.
After the first film was sold in China, a German friend of Jovian Kon, Miss Victoria Louis, came to her and said that the next time she made such a grand film, remember to contact the other party, because Louis is the promoter of the Berlin Film Festival in China, she has cooperated with several film companies in Hong Kong in the early years, and now the quality of films in Chinese mainland is getting worse and worse, so her work is very leisurely.
However, the Berlin Film Festival has its own rules, and the participating films must premiere at the festival, but at that time, "Mujin Ji 1" had already premiered in Chinese mainland, so it directly missed the opportunity.
Louis felt that it was a pity, and during this time, she reminded Jovi every day that sometimes she had to ask several times a day, so she went to a Starbucks café to meet Louis as soon as the film was made.
"Hi, Sister Wei!" Luis greeted with Gong Qiu Wei in very fluent Chinese.
There are a lot of foreigners in the café, and Jovian and Louis look very ordinary and inconspicuous, sitting in a corner and no one will notice them at all.
There were a lot of people queuing inside, but fortunately, Gong Qiu Wei bought a little dessert in advance, ordered two cups of coffee, and waited for Louis over there.
The two were sitting on opposite sides of a two-person table at the moment, talking face-to-face.
Louis is very beautiful, blonde and blue-eyed, and his appearance in a foreign country is at the level of a goddess, but he is a little older, 45 years old, a native of Berlin, but he has been living in China since he was 30 years old, and he does not go back to his own country much, and now he speaks fluent English better than some uncles and aunts in China who have not gone to school.
"Louis, long time no see!" Gong Qiu Wei also greeted politely: "What have you been busy with lately?"
"No, I've been idle for the past few days, so I'm waiting for your film, did you bring it?" Louis was eager to see the movie, and he spoke at an astonishing pace.
Gong Qiu Wei took out a small USB flash drive from her bag, and said with a smile: "Look at your urgency, give!"
"Can I not be in a hurry, some of the movies that come out now can't be watched at all, only the quality of your company's movies is okay, and I recommended "Mujin Ji 1" to my German and American friends last time, and they can't believe that this is a movie made by Chinese!"
Louis took a sip of coffee, took out his tablet from his bag, and said with a smile, "I'll see how it goes." ”
Plug in the USB flash drive directly, then copy the film, and then pull out the USB flash drive and return it to Gong Qiuwei, Louis began to watch the film, she now watches the movie very fast, a movie of more than 100 minutes, she doesn't need to watch it from the beginning to the end, as long as she looks at it, she will know what the quality of the film is.
Louis fast-forwarded while watching, and the passers-by standing behind her glanced at the screen from time to time, unable to keep up with her rhythm at all, and in the process of making this movie, Gong Qiu Wei specially explained that Wang Xinbin made two, one is Chinese subtitles, and today is the other English and German double subtitles, so they don't know what movie it is.
In about 10 minutes, Louis finished watching it, then took another sip of coffee, and said excitedly: "Yes, I will send it to the review team in Germany right away, there is no problem nine times out of ten, I will give you an answer tonight, if it passes, it can be officially shortlisted for the German film festival!"
"Then I'll thank you in advance!"
"You're welcome, we're all so acquainted!"
After the two drank coffee and ate dessert together, they walked out of the Starbucks café, and Louis sighed: "Since I came to China, I don't want to go back to Germany!"
Gong Qiu Wei was surprised: "Why?"
"It's so convenient to shop, you just need to bring your mobile phone when you go out, and you have to bring a credit card when you go to Germany, I think Jack Ma is really handsome!" Louis's online payment in China is simply cool, and she admires Jack Ma very much.
Gong Qiu Wei thought that what she said was really handsome, and she disagreed very much: "Hehe!"
"Then I'll go first, goodbye!"
After separating from Louis, Gong Qiu Wei didn't have much to do anything else in the afternoon, and waited for her reply until nine o'clock in the evening, when she finally received the news of being shortlisted, which means that "Wood God 2" can premiere in Berlin, and it also means that it can be released at home and abroad at the same time, so that the box office will be higher than before.
Gong Qiu Wei hurriedly asked gratefully, "Is it true, I heard it right!"
Louis was even more excited than her on the phone: "Of course it's true, they say that this movie is simply a review-free product, hurry up and get ready for the ticket to Berlin, this year's Berlin Film Festival will be held on February 3rd!"
"Great, great, thank you, I'll go get ready right away!"
At 9 o'clock in the evening, Gong Qiu Wei didn't care whether Xie Xiaoke was sleeping or not, she made a phone call directly, she couldn't bury even a minute more in her heart with such good news.
Xie Xiaoke didn't know about this all the time, he just said at the time that he would leave all the things about the premiere to Gong Qiuwei, and he didn't say that he was going to participate in the European Film Festival.
Because domestic films go to participate in the three major European film festivals, it is a high test of quality and popularity, and now there are not many Chinese films in the world, basically all of them are American, because of the influence of Hollywood's halo, American films have a very large cultural output to all parts of the world, while Chinese films do not have such characteristics.
Just like we Chinese will think it is very good and funny when we watch the comedy of Mr. Bean and Chaplin, but foreigners do not know where the laughter is when they watch Stephen Chow's movies.
On the other hand, it also proves that Chinese is really difficult to learn.
Therefore, there are very few domestic films that can go abroad, from ancient times to the present, the ones that can be ranked are "Red Fan District", "Police Story", "Kung Fu", "Huo Yuanjia", "Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon" and so on, and others have also been released in North America, but the box office is basically on the street!
So Xie Xiaoke didn't have this plan at all, he felt that he could sell a good box office in China, a little higher than "Mushen Ji 1", so he was satisfied.
"Hey, Sister Wei, it's so late, what's the matter?"
Gong Qiu Wei said excitedly: "Mr. Xie, good news!"
Xie Xiaoke sat up from the bed: "What good news!"
"Kikamiki 2 has successfully passed the invitation and review of the Berlin Film Festival, premiered at the Berlin Film Palace on February 3, and can also be released in Europe and North America, and we are going to push the Kikamiki series overseas this time!"
"What?"
Xie Xiaoke couldn't control himself excitedly, this is exciting good news for him, the release of Mu Shen Ji 2 abroad proves that the quality has surpassed many domestic movies, and when the movie is listed abroad, no matter what the box office is, at least it can let others know the existence of the peak era.
Before filming Mu Shenji and Dou Po Firmament, Xie Xiaoke just wanted to make two movies to have fun, slapping the faces of those who made bad movies in the entertainment industry, and never thought about how much he could contribute to the film industry, but he didn't expect that he could go abroad now, it seems that he still underestimates his strength.
"It's a good job, Sister Wei, I didn't expect it, February 3rd, Berlin, right?"
"Well, yes, this time we're really going to raise our eyebrows internationally!"
Listening to Gong Qiuwei's excited voice, Xie Xiaoke was also excited: "Tomorrow I will notify you, call two or three people to get visas and passports, I will book air tickets and hotels, and go to Berlin together for a few days!"
"Okay, Mr. Xie!"
Xie Xiaoke actually does not advocate traveling to foreign countries, this time is a special situation, in case he wins an award over there, when he is not present and can't, he has to go on a trip, but he will try to minimize his consumption, the money that should be spent is still spent, but do not pretend to force, stupidly send the money to the Germans, people laugh behind your back that you are a fool, you still think that you are very handsome, and you have won glory for the Chinese!
But Xie Xiaoke is not a national hero, so don't come to him for things like the rise of China and the maintenance of world peace.
"Wife, wake up!" Xie Xiaoke patted Wang Xiaochen's fragrant shoulder.
Wang Xiaochen didn't sleep very well, and was soon woken up, rubbed his eyes and asked, "Why are you not sleeping?"
"Mushen Ji 2 has successfully participated in the Berlin Film Festival in Germany, and I am going to go to Germany at the end of the month, but unfortunately you can't go!" Xie Xiaoke said and felt very sorry, but he still told his wife the news.
Xie Xiaoke's career is becoming more and more successful, and Wang Xiaochen is also very happy: "That's great, our movie can be released overseas...... And who are you going with?"
"Take a few people with you in the company, you won't bring too many people, so as not to cause trouble!" Xie Xiaoke got up from the bed, flipped out the passport in the desk drawer, and his thoughts went back to when he went to Bali.
"Wife, when the child is born, I will definitely take you all over China in the future!"
"Hmm!"
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Early the next morning, Xie Xiaoke didn't eat breakfast, went home directly to apply for a visa, and after completing it, he returned to Shencheng in the afternoon.
At this time, Gong Qiuwei had already gone through all the procedures for going to the film festival, and also made an appointment with Pan Xiaoting and Zhou Dongyu, and other people who had nothing to do with the peak era were not called, because Xie Xiaoke already had several bodyguards, and if he called others, it would be too much.