The weather on January 20 was not as cold as expected.

Of course, it may be because Li Zhe's hometown is in Jiangxi Province, south of the Yangtze River, even in the coldest part of winter, it is only minus 5 degrees. Li Zhe is used to staying in Yanjing, and he doesn't feel anything when he encounters this kind of weather.

But after living in the dry north for a long time, Li Zhe suddenly breathed warm and humid air, and Li Zhe was still a little unaccustomed.

Zhao Yinger and Bao Qiang also returned to their hometowns, and this year they returned to their hometowns, not only bringing a lot of gifts home, but also bringing a lot of money back.

After both of them arrived, they both called Li Zhe, and he was relieved.

After getting off Hongdu Airport, Li Zhe took a taxi home directly. His home is located in a small county town next to Hongdu, a water town in the south of the Yangtze River, but the development is very poor.

However, compared with the high-rise buildings in Yanjing, there is a lot of traffic, but there is a little more tranquility here.

There are many mountains, many trees, many waters, and beautiful scenery, which has always been Li Zhe's feeling for his hometown, but after going out, he realized how backward his hometown is.

The cracked highway everywhere, Li Zhe vaguely remembered that it was already like this when he left last year, but he didn't expect that it hadn't been repaired in a year.

Li Zhe's family background is not bad, living in the center of the county, where there is a provincial key high school and a key junior high school, and Li Zhe's home is right in the middle of the two schools.

"It's dark, and I'm thin!"

Li Zhe also felt helpless about his mother's words, which he heard almost every year when he came back.

"Knowing you're coming back, I made you your favorite stir-fried beef."

Li Zhe's heart is warm, it still feels good at home, there is an unparalleled sense of relaxation at home, and it seems that he doesn't have to plan for the future anymore.

"Mom and Dad, I've brought you something back."

Li Zhe said and took out all the contents of the bag one by one.

"You just started working, what are you spending all this money for?"

The mother's mouth was full of reproaches, but her face was full of smiles.

……

After spending the New Year at home and relaxing for a few days, Li Zhe had to rush back to Yanjing at the urging of Li Yang, and they were already preparing to leave for Berlin to participate in the film festival.

Waving goodbye to his parents, Li Zhe returned to acting. At this time, Baoqiang has been waiting here for a long time.

"When did you come?"

"The third day of the Lunar New Year."

Li Zhe's eyes widened, and he asked puzzledly, "What are you doing in Yanjing so early?" ”

I didn't have a good rest at home during the Chinese New Year, but I actually ran to Yanjing in advance and spent almost a week here alone? Isn't that sick?

"Xiaozhe, don't you know, at home, my father and mother arranged a blind date for me, you said that I was only 17 years old, what kind of blind date, I just ran over after the New Year."

Bao Qiang scratched his head, his expression was very painful.

"Your parents are too anxious!" Li Zhe couldn't help but laugh, but it was normal to think about it in the countryside, although he couldn't get a marriage certificate, most of them got married before they reached the age, and there were not a few who became fathers at the age of seventeen or eighteen.

didn't let Li Yang wait long, and the main creative team flew to Berlin.

This is the first time Li Zhe has been out, and he has been promoting the prosperity of foreign countries in newspapers and television before, and he has long wanted to come out to see it.

Walking through the streets of Berlin, you can clearly appreciate the beauty of Berlin that combines classic and modern. This is a bit similar to Yanjing, but the European-style architecture here in Berlin is more prominent.

However, they were not here for sightseeing, and everyone rushed to the exhibition venue non-stop.

The Berlin Film Festival, whose purpose is to strengthen the exchange of film workers from all over the world and promote the improvement of film art, is one of the three major international film festivals in Europe. The other two festivals are the Cannes International Film Festival and the Venice International Film Festival.

The main awards of the Berlinale are the "Golden Bear" and the "Silver Bear".

The "Golden Bear Award" is awarded to the best feature film, documentary, science and education film, and art film; The Silver Bear Award is awarded to the best director, actor or actress, screenwriter, music, cinematography, artist, youth work or feature film with special achievements. In addition, there are international critics' awards, special jury awards, etc.

Among them, Zhang Yimou once won the Golden Bear Award with "Red Sorghum", which is also the first time that a Chinese has won such an honor at the Berlin Film Festival.

Li Yang immediately applied to participate in the competition unit, and the competition unit is only eligible for the application of normal-length films that have not yet been released outside the country. There are a variety of awards in the competition section, including the Golden Bear for Best Picture and a series of Silver Bears.

"Blind Well" has not even been released locally, so it is naturally eligible to participate in the competition unit.

However, their luck was not very good, and it was scheduled for the third day, and it was broadcast in a small venue.

As we all know, the ones that are favored are generally shown on the first day and the last day, and the movies that are shown in the middle are not expected to be too promising.

The size of the venue directly determines the number of moviegoers, this is not an independent film to seek investment, but a film to compete for awards, such an arrangement is undoubtedly a huge ordeal for "Blind Well".

"Huh? Is that Zhang Yimou? ”

Li Zhe was not sure, and touched Li Yang next to him and asked.

Li Yang raised his head, squinted his eyes and looked over, nodded and said, "It's them, they should have brought "Hero" to the competition!" ”

Although it was a questioning tone, the tone was unmistakable.

"Let's go, let's go and say hello."

Li Zhe was a little excited, this is Zhang Yimou, Zhang Yimou, known as the first director in China! I didn't expect to meet here.

"Teacher Zhang, long time no see." Li Yang's tone was a little respectful, after all, he was the first brother of a domestic director, and Li Yang couldn't put on a stand in front of his predecessors.

"Huh? Li Yang? Do you have any other works to exhibit? ”

Meeting his fellow countrymen in Berlin, Zhang Yimou was a little happy.

"Yes, this time I brought my latest work to the exhibition."

……

Li Zhe looked behind Zhang Yimou and saw a handsome middle-aged man, maybe the word handsome is a little frivolous when used on middle-aged people, but Li Zhe had to say so.

Because Chen Daoming was in front of him, he didn't expect him and Zhang Yimou to come to Berlin to participate in the exhibition.

It didn't take long for Li Yang and Zhang Yimou to finish their greetings, and the two led the team away.

"Alas, people are really incomparable, Mr. Zhang's "Hero" was put on the first day of broadcasting, and it is not a small hall."

Li Yang sighed on the road and said, it's not that he's jealous, but there's always a little unwillingness.

"You can relax, Director Zhang has been here many times before and has won many awards, so it's normal to be a little waiting."

"You don't have to comfort me, I don't know about this?"

Li Yang smiled and picked up another cigarette, but found that his lighter was confiscated when he got on the plane, so he had no choice but to put the cigarette back in its original place.