Chapter 106: Going to Berlin

After school at noon, Lin Yang went out of the school gate and went to the small shop that Jia Zhangke said on the phone, the small shop was not big, and when he entered it, he saw Jia Zhangke drinking alone in that person.

"What's the matter, this is!" Lin Yang sat directly opposite Jia Zhangke.

Jia Zhangke's eyelids raised and said, "Don't ask, take two sips first." As he spoke, he handed the wine bottle to Lin Yang.

Lin Yang took the wine bottle, looked at Jia Zhangke's state at this time, didn't say anything, quietly filled the wine glass, and then began to drink with Jia Zhangke.

Although the strength is not big, but it is not the two of them who drink like this, after a while, the faces of both of them are red, and they are trembling when they speak, and they can barely stay awake, Lin Yang looked at Jia Zhangke's state, knowing that if he didn't ask, he could drink it to the hospital, and asked casually: "Did you encounter any difficulties, how did you become like this?" At this time, Jia Zhangke had a decadent look, and his beard seemed to have not been shaved for a long time.

Jia Zhangke raised his eyelids, looked at Lin Yang, and took a sip of the wine in the glass, "It's nothing, it's just that "Xiao Wu" didn't pass the review." ”

Although the tone was extremely casual, as if it was no big deal for him that "Xiao Wu" did not pass the review, Lin Yang, who was more familiar with Jia Zhangke, knew how important the work "Xiao Wu" was to Jia Zhangke now! There was even a time when Jia Zhangke like Lin Yang imagined how much of a box office his work would achieve after its release in the future, hitting the faces of those who looked down on him, but now he didn't even pass the censorship, so it is conceivable that Jia Zhangke's mood at this time is not surprising Jia Zhangke's decadent demeanor.

Lin Yang sighed deeply, although he had already known that there would be today's results, but when the reality hit his head, there was still a sense of dishonesty in his heart, and then he drank a glass of wine and asked, "What is the reason?"

Jia Zhangke raised his head and looked at Lin Yang, and laughed twice, "Those guys should say that the direction of this movie is problematic, too dark, too one-sided, let me change, change, change!" When Jia Zhangke said the last sentence, Lin Yang could obviously feel the hidden anger in his heart.

Lin Yang didn't say anything after hearing this, because he couldn't change anything if he said it, so he could only accompany Jia Zhangke to drink here.

After drinking two glasses, Lin Yang asked again, "Then what now?"

"Hmph, what should I do?" Jia Zhangke gritted his teeth and said, "Since the review won't let me pass, then I'll go abroad." At this time, Jia Zhangke had a hint of gambler madness in his eyes.

"Go abroad?" Lin Yang was a little confused, feeling that Jia Zhangke had drunk too much and was talking nonsense, what was the use of going abroad if the review was not passed.

"Well, it's going abroad!" Jia Zhangke took a sip of wine and began to explain to Lin Yang.

After hearing Jia Zhangke's words that he had slurred because he had drunk too much, Lin Yang roughly understood what kind of routine this was. For films that are generally censored or cannot be released, independent filmmakers generally take them abroad, go to any awards festival to win one or two awards, and then sell them to get a lot of money, which is also the normal practice of ordinary independent filmmakers, who can not only recover their capital, but also win the title of an international award and gain a little popularity.

As for whether he could sell it, Lin Yang also asked Jia Zhangke, and Jia Zhangke replied like this.

"Generally speaking, as long as the quality of the movie is not bad, Westerners will give one or two awards, especially like to watch this kind of film that shows China's poverty and backwardness, the more backward the movie, the more they will give you awards, in their thinking and cognition, China should be like this, it should be such a spicy chicken, it should be all over the street riding bicycles, no electricity, no high-rise buildings, people in various places live like natives, very ignorant and backward. ”

After hearing this, Lin Yang remembered a news article in later generations, where a foreigner took a toothpaste and introduced it to Chinese students: "This is toothpaste, you haven't seen it in your hometown!" and pointed to the toilet and told Chinese students how to use it. When Lin Yang read this news, he just watched it as a joke, and thought that it was just that the news editor exaggerated some descriptive techniques to attract people's attention, but now when he hears Jia Zhangke's words, it seems to be true.

Lin Yang listened and thought about it, and the more he felt powerless, but he also made another vow in his heart, that is, if he had the ability and strength, he would shoot a movie that shocked the world and embodied the Chinese color, so that people all over the world could take a good look at whether China was what they thought. But it's just an ambition, and now it's still an honest bar!

After drinking for a while, he said, "Since you have decided to go to a foreign country for that award, have you decided where to go?"

Jia Zhangke took a sip, glanced at it drunkly, and said: "The Berlin International Film Festival in Germany is about to open, and I plan to try it there." After another pause, he said, "Are you going or not?" ”

"Go to Berlin!" Lin Yang muttered twice, there are three major international film festivals in Europe, and they are also the three most famous international A-class film festivals in the world, among which the Berlin International Film Festival in Germany is one of them, and the other two are the Venice International Film Festival in Italy and the Cannes International Film Festival in France, which are also known as the three major international film festivals in the world, Lin Yang took a sip of wine and nodded: "Go, why don't you go, it's good to see and see the market, and you can brag to others when you come back." ”

Jia Zhangke stared at Lin Yang for a while, shook his head and chuckled lightly: "If you want to go, then hurry up and get your visa ready! ”

Lin Yang estimated the time in his heart, nodded and said, "Okay, I'll prepare the visa tomorrow." ”

Jia Zhangke nodded after hearing this, smiled, and the two drank for a while, and then ended this somewhat bad dinner, saying that he was bad because the topic they talked about was a little unpleasant and a little dull. When the bill was checked, it was Lin Yang, because Jia Zhangke was a little unclear at this time, and it was estimated that he didn't know if he sold it at this time, of course, the premise was that he could sell him.

Lin Yang dragged Jia Zhangke's body, casually found a hotel next to him to open a room, and threw him on the bed, and then Lin Yang couldn't support it and fell asleep on the bed. Fortunately, it's a small burn, at most it's uncomfortable, and it won't vomit, otherwise the whole room hehe.

The next day, Lin Yang's instinctive biological clock woke him up, and then after taking a look at Jia Zhangke's appearance, he only hated that he didn't have a camera to take pictures of him, otherwise it would be fun to be a piece of black history in the future, after a simple wash, he found a pen and paper, left a note for Jia Zhangke, and left.