The hour hand has crossed the midnight line, but the halls of the cinema are still filled with enthusiasm and boisterousness. The number of spectators was not large, and there were only thirty or forty people, gathered together in twos and threes, dancing with their eyebrows and dancing their hands, and the scene presented a prosperous scene.

A small audience group gathered around the Coen brothers, and between the two brothers there were also four or five people, subtly divided into two encirclements, one question after another, not only discussing the movie they had just watched, but also discussing the old works of the two brothers, from time to time there was cheerful laughter, and in the quiet midnight, there was a kind of comfort and relaxation of candlelight night talk.

Lan Li walked through the crowd quietly and quietly and left the cinema without anyone noticing.

It wasn't until the next movie began to be screened that the audience entered the screening hall one after another, and Ethan came to his senses, "Why didn't you see that guy?" looked left and right, but didn't find any signs of commotion at all, "I thought that he should have deliberately stayed, talked to everyone, did scene work, and spread his reputation, which is also a good thing." ”

"Maybe he did it on purpose? secretly post a photo of a ticket stub, or take a picture with two fans and post it on the Internet. In this way, he does not need to deal with these fans, and he can achieve his goal and create a good reputation. It couldn't be easier. Joel didn't want to think deeply at all, and waved his hand impatiently, "In the current Internet, there are countless means that you and I don't know, and you don't know how powerful those public relations companies are." ”

Ethan was slightly stunned, Joel's words turned in his mind, but he found that he had no way to refute it, and there was no need to think about how to refute it, he was just a stranger. So, he nodded in agreement, "Let's go, I just watched the movie arrangement, there is still a Nicolas Axel in Alexanderplatz." ”

The two brothers left the Sony Center at Potsdamer Platz and headed for Alexanderplatz, another center in Berlin.

……

From indoors to outdoors, the cold air of Berlin penetrated into the veins along the pores, and the biting cold carried a breath of moisture, sticky and wet tangled with the veins and bones, and in a trance, it seemed as if the whole body had become heavy. Winter in Berlin is well deserved.

If time permits, Lan Li is very willing to watch another film and enjoy the baptism of the film festival, when the Telluride Film Festival, the madness of watching seven films in one day is still vivid. But, tomorrow – strictly speaking, today is the premiere of "detachment", and he still needs to get up in the morning for an interview, and given the recent period of severe sleep deprivation, and his own love of sleeping, he decided to stop there tonight.

Standing on the empty street outside the Sony Center, waiting for the red light to turn into a green light, a cold wind blew, goosebumps all over the body stood up, mixed with a chaotic, hurried footsteps, and began to jump closer, without seeing anyone, hearing his voice first, "Sir, sir, can I disturb you?"

The sound of youthful vitality spreads in the middle of the night, and you can clearly feel the vitality. When I turned my head, I saw four young people, two men and two women, with pimples, acne and immaturity on their faces, and they didn't even look like college students, but high school students.

"Sir, we are students attending Freie Universität Berlin. Taking advantage of this festival, we are conducting a survey to find out what the outside audience thinks of the Berlinale in the hope of making some improvements, what are our strengths and weaknesses, and finalize an end-of-semester report. May I ask you, can I delay you a little bit? Ten minutes, no, five minutes, twenty questions in total. ”

This passage was not said by one person, but by three people, you and me, put together, and the remaining one was full of longing and pleading, looking at Lan Li seriously.

Lan Li smiled dumbly, the Berlinale can persevere, or the artistic soil of Europe can remain fertile, these details of life may be the reason behind it, "Five minutes and twenty questions, then you must start quickly, otherwise it will be too late." ”

The four of them were slightly stunned, and did not react to what this sentence meant, and then one of the tall and thin girls patted her companion's arm hard, "Stupid, ask, ask!" The others reacted and hurriedly began to ask, "Christine, the first question is yours, yours." ”

The girl, Christine, nodded repeatedly, "Oh, oh. Sir, what attracted you to the Berlinale this year? ”

The tail of his eyebrows was slightly raised, and the smile on the corner of his mouth couldn't help but rise, and Lan Li replied simply, "'Detachment'." ”

"Hey, I'm looking forward to this movie too!" A tall, strong boy next to him jumped up excitedly, his short ginger hair standing out under the streetlights in the middle of the night. "This movie is going to premiere tomorrow, will you go to participate?" he blurted out in excitement, but then he restrained his smile and said seriously, "This is not included in the twenty questions. ”

The smile became brighter and brighter, and Lan Li nodded slightly, "It seems that I should participate." ”

"Mark, retract your attention, investigate! research!" The friends next to him were dissuaded, and the ginger head laughed twice, nodded again and again, and hurriedly moved on to the next question.

Twenty questions, very quickly, but obviously five minutes is not enough, and it took nearly twenty minutes before all the questions were over. The tall and lanky girl thanked Lan Li again and again, and watched Lan Li walk across the pedestrian crossing and walk in the direction of the Grand Hyatt Hotel.

Christine-Schuettler couldn't help but exclaim, "He was such a nice guy who not only cooperated with our visit, but also had such a friendly attitude." God, it would be nice if every interviewee was like that. ”

"I think he's supposed to be a big fan and looks like he's just come out of the Sony Center. It is because of my love for movies that I am willing to help us. The tall, lanky girl, Catarina-Koffler, was in a relaxed mood and looked back in the direction of the Sony Center, "Let's go to the cinema and have a look, maybe there will be a windfall." ”

"Wait, wait!" Mark-Lacant, the ginger head, froze in place, raising his hand to signal everyone not to move, and seemed to grasp an inspiration in his mind, but he couldn't seem to grasp it, this feeling is really terrible, "Don't you think this gentleman is very familiar, like some actor, wait, or director?"

"Why don't you say it's a screenwriter?" Chuck-Smith's calm voice is unwavering, not much to say, but always able to focus on the point.

"yes, maybe it's the screenwriter. Mark's thoughts were immediately diverted, and the next second he reacted, Chuck was teasing himself, he couldn't help but widen his eyes, "Chuck, I'm serious." Then he looked at the other two companions and looked at him for help, "Don't you think?"

"Mark, just because it's the Berlinale doesn't mean we can meet movie stars at random. Catarina earnestly reassured, "You know that most of the actors are just putting on a show. There are not many people left who are really willing to watch movies. I didn't think that's the case with French actors, but have you forgotten what we did in Cannes last year? For them, sunbathing on the beach is much more important than movies. ”

Mark opened his mouth, but his rebuttal was stuck, and finally he could only complain in frustration, "But, he really looks like a certain actor." ”

"Absolutely not!" Chuck said categorically.

"I don't think so. Christine added.

Katarina didn't need to speak, just shrugged, and the meaning couldn't be more obvious.

Mark hung his head helplessly, let out a long breath, and listlessly followed the three friends in the direction of the Sony Center.

……

Eighteen hours later, on the red carpet at the main venue of the Berlinale

Mark stared at the figure who stepped out of the black car, ecstatic, and the whole person exploded, shaking Chuck's shoulder vigorously, "I told you! I told you!

The three friends standing next to him were completely dumbfounded, Chuck's jaw had been completely dislocated, and it was estimated that he would not be able to go back, and Katarina was also full of astonishment, her eyes were full of incredible doubt and confusion, trying to see more clearly, and then more clearly, but she still couldn't believe it.

Christine was already crying so much, she didn't know how she cried, but the tears were falling like this, and she couldn't stop. My brain went blank, and I just stood there stupidly, crying.

The sides of the red carpet tumbled like boiling water, screams and shouts gathered overwhelmingly, as if splashing magma, hot, hot, bright, bright, the cold winter air has dissipated, and the whole night has become bright, as if you can see the mighty night burning.

All of this is because the man who just appeared on the red carpet, dark blue shirt, light gray suit, and a hand-woven blue tie, appeared in front of the audience, and then detonated the biggest craze since the opening of the Berlin Film Festival, crazy, wanton, out of control, scorching, intense......

Blue Rite Hall. The most popular and talked-about new generation of actors at this year's Berlin Film Festival, leading the new film "Detachment", appeared in the three major European film festivals for the first time, and then won the unanimous pursuit of the media and the audience, comparable to the top superstars.

Getting closer, getting closer, Mark finally couldn't hold back any longer, using all the strength in the dantian, and roared hard, "Lan Li!

In the next second, Christine, Katarina, and Chuck all froze in place as Lan Li walked over.