The festival has a tradition, or unspoken rule, that the day before the closing ceremony, the organizers of the festival will notify all the main creators of the winning crew to walk the red carpet of the closing ceremony.

And Cheng Peng received an official notice the day before the closing ceremony, asking all the main creators of "The Two of Us" to leave the closing red carpet, which means that they must have won the award.

After a burst of crazy cheers, Cheng Peng called Jin Yaqin. The old lady is the soul of the film, without her, the quality of the whole movie will be greatly reduced, and the media is full of praise for her performance after the premiere of the movie. He hoped that the old lady would be able to attend the closing ceremony and share the joy together, but the old lady was still in poor health and could not go to Berlin.

The domestic media were also overjoyed when they knew that "The Two of Us" had won the award, because the last time a Chinese film won the Golden Bear was back in 1993, when Ang Lee's "The Wedding Banquet" and Xie Fei's "Fragrant Soul Girl" shared the Golden Bear; And now "The Two of Us" ranks second in the field magazine rating, second only to "Courageous" at 3.5, and the likely surname of the Golden Bear is very large.

But Cheng Peng is not as optimistic as the media, because the judges of the house magazine and the judges of the film are different people, and others may not like the movies you like, and there are many cases of big hits, such as the Coen brothers' "No Country for Old Men" in Cannes, which got the highest score of 3.3 in the house magazine, but did not win any awards; Wong Kar-wai's "2046" has a score of 3.3, which is also nothing.

There is also a particularly obvious example, at the 2014 Berlin Film Festival, the score of the house magazine of "Boyhood" reached a record 3.7 points, but in the end it only won the Best Director Award, and the score of the house magazine of "White Fireworks" which won the Golden Bear was only 2.3 points, ranking eighth; in addition, Lou Ye's "Tuina" only scored 1.5 points, the penultimate one, but won the Best Artistic Contribution Award, so scoring and winning the award are two different things.

What's more, "Courage" is a film that reflects the life of Turks in Germany, it is an immigration theme, the theme is deep and serious, this kind of film about national integration and understanding has a very strong practical significance, and it is also particularly suitable for winning awards.

Although "The Two of Us" is also about communication between people, the pattern is relatively small, just an emotional conflict between two people, and cultural differences always exist, and there are some things that European and American judges can't understand.

At six o'clock in the evening Berlin time, the red carpet was full of reporters, waiting to interview the stars who arrived; And the photo area is even more crowded, crowded with photographers, waiting to take the most perfect photo.

However, the fans on both sides of the red carpet are the most, standing on both sides of the baffle holding posters, holding all kinds of cheering words, shouting loudly, and cheering for their favorite idols.

As the stars appeared on the stage, the lights flickered wildly, the fans shouted wildly, and the whole scene boiled again and again.

When Cheng Peng's car slowly stopped, the security guard stepped forward and pulled the car door, he got out of the car with a smile and stepped on the red carpet of the film festival again.

Cheng Peng is still dressed at the premiere, dressed in formal clothes, this can't be helped, the red carpet of the closing ceremony, whether you are a star, an audience, a photographer, or a video reporter, you need to be dressed in formal attire. Female surnames are to wear formal dresses and high-heeled leather shoes; For men, you need a suit, leather shoes, a white shirt and a bow tie, and you can't wear a tie, and the security guards won't let you in at all.

Cheng Peng was greeted by the flashing lights of the media, and a few familiar shouts, he raised his head and saw a few international students he met at the premiere, so he waved at them with a smile on his face, so the girls screamed more energetically.

At the premiere, others didn't even know what he was doing, but now someone has called his name, and Cheng Peng is very satisfied. But this time he didn't go over to chat with a few girls, and after Tong Liyu and the three of them came over, he walked on the red carpet side by side.

Photographers all remember Tong Liyu, although she wore a red dress today, and the style is completely different, but still very beautiful, they frantically pressed the shutter, frantically squandered the handover, trying to record her every smile and smile, and the Chinese style swept the audience again.

Cheng Peng is a director, there is no point in taking that kind of photo, but it is more important to have a good relationship with the media, he just stopped in the photo area for a while, and went to the side to be interviewed by the domestic media.

"Director Cheng, which award are you sure of?"

"Not a single one, but if you want to talk about hope, I hope the award is better, preferably the Golden Bear!" Cheng Peng replied with a smile, this is really unsure, if you let Li An come, he is also unsure.

"You're about to win the prize, how are you feeling right now?

"It's complicated, it's a bit like when we were kids when we got our final exam results, full of anticipation and a little nervous."

After briefly answering a few questions, Cheng Peng and the four of them walked into the award ceremony of the movie palace, sat down in their own places, and waited for the awards ceremony to start.

Soon, the lights in the hall dimmed, the stage flickered, and the originally chaotic scene suddenly fell silent, and everyone turned their eyes on the stage.

"Gentlemen and ladies, welcome to the 54th Berlin International Film Festival, where today's best filmmakers from all over the world gather to ......" In the eyes of all the antiquators, the host Franke Potante, the wife of the famous German director Tom Tykwe, and the red-haired Lola in "Lola Run", took to the stage to kick off the closing ceremony.

Film festival awards have always been more straightforward, unlike the Oscars, which are full of tricks, interspersed with singing and dancing performances from time to time, not to mention that this is still run by Germans, so it is naturally more serious.

After Franca Portante made a series of opening remarks, he invited the president of the festival, Kosolico, to the stage, asked him to speak a few words, and then went straight to the awards process of the festival.

The first award is the Best Debut Female Film, which is not selected by the judges of the main competition unit, but by a special three-member jury, who selects the best film from all the film debut female films in the festival, which means that as long as it is the director's first feature film, it is automatically eligible to participate in the award.

"The Two of Us" is Cheng Peng's best film, and he is naturally eligible to participate in the selection of the best debut female film. However, he didn't want to win this award himself, because once he won this award, it was difficult to say whether he could win the award later; If you don't win this award, you will definitely be able to win a silver bear, or even a golden bear.

In charge of the award was Ou Rong, the president of the jury for the Best Debut Female Film, who is a young director who has risen to prominence in recent years, is a regular at the festival, and two years ago he won the best art award at the Berlinale for "Eight Beauties".

Ou Rong is talented, handsome, and a well-known handsome director, so as soon as he came on stage, countless female audiences in the audience went crazy, and screams rang out.

He came to the microphone in the center of the stage, nodded in greeting, and said with a smile: "It's a great honor to be a judge for the best newcomer, and I'm also from the newcomer." It was very difficult to choose one of the films that were so good that we decided to do so, but after deliberation among our three judges, one film was the winner. ”

Speaking of this, Ou Rong raised his voice: "It was ...... who won the Best Debut Female Novel Award" He paused deliberately, raised his head and looked at the audience with a smile, "It's "The Two of Us"! ”

Although Cheng Peng didn't want to win this award, when this award really fell into his hands, his heartbeat suddenly accelerated, and an indescribable joy swept in his heart, he clenched his fists with both hands, waved it heavily, and smiled from the bottom of his heart.

"Xiaopeng, it's you, it's you!" In the deafening applause, Tong Liyu jumped up from his seat and shouted uncontrollably, with indescribable great joy on his face.

Zhao Linlin and Zhang Meng both stood up and applauded loudly: "Xiaopeng, you have won the award, congratulations!" ”

"Xiaopeng, congratulations!"

"This award is not mine alone, but also your hard work, we won the award!" Cheng Peng hugged Tong Liyu with a smile, and then hugged Zhang Meng and Zhao Linlin.

After hugging the three partners, Cheng Peng took a breath, settled down, smiled, and strode onto the stage.

"Congratulations, the movie is very well made, I hope you can shoot more excellent works!" Ou Rong said softly, he hugged Cheng Peng, and then handed the trophy in his hand to Cheng Peng.

The Best Debut Actress Award is a separate award, and the trophy is not a standard trophy, but a high-end director's viewfinder, which is a very practical tool for directors.

Cheng Peng held the viewfinder, felt heavy, nodded with a smile, and said, "Thank you, I will definitely work harder to make better movies!" ”

"It's a pleasure to receive this award." Cheng Peng looked up at the understands, wanting to see Tong Liyu and them, but there was a black pressure under the stage, and there was a strong flash, so he couldn't tell the difference, so he could only continue to release his acceptance speech, "This is the first movie I shot, and I encountered a lot of difficulties in the process of shooting, external factors, my own factors, fortunately, I met a group of partners who love movies as much as me, and they supported me and let me walk on this podium." Here, I want to say, thank you, thank you for your support, I have a share of my honor, thank you! ”

The flash lights flashed in the audience, and the strong light made Cheng Peng a little dizzy, and he suddenly remembered the situation a few months ago, when he appeared at the press conference of "Longwei Father and Son", when he could only stand on the very edge, and now he is standing in the middle, enjoying his own glory.