Chapter 106: Berlin Trip
If Lin Zhimo hadn't called Liu Yamin on the day of the Spring Festival Gala, and didn't know that he was a billionaire now, maybe Lin Zhimo would really just pick a high-grade restaurant as Huo Xiwen thought at the beginning, and then send blessings like everyone else.
However, I have to say that the wealth is strong, and there is no panic when there is money in his pocket, and Lin Zhimo also knew that he could be regarded as a rich family now, and his psychology began to change.
Before, he faced Huo Xiwen's love for him, and his attitude was very contradictory: on the one hand, he already had Lin Xinru, a genuine girlfriend, at that time, and he was unwilling to step on two boats; On the other hand, he still likes Huo Xiwen a little bit in his heart, and any man who faces such a beautiful woman who is both gentle and virtuous is probably the same idea.
Later, the situation became more complicated, because of a series of things, Lin Zhimo accepted Zhang Ziyi's existence, so Lin Zhimo's attitude towards Huo Xiwen at this time was even more complicated, after all, Huo Xiwen wanted to express his mind before Zhang Ziyi. He did not clearly express his liking for Huo Xiwen but accepted the love of Zhang Ziyi, who came later, Lin Zhimo couldn't get over it in his heart at first, especially when he also liked Huo Xiwen.
However, a phone call with Liu Yamin made Lin Zhimo's heart suddenly open up and no longer entangled, and his thoughts began to become clear, that is, he just likes the three of them, and he will use his greatest efforts to love the three of them regardless of each other. Maybe it's because of the inferior root of the male surname, Lin Zhimo will also have a trace of fantasy in his heart, but the rational thinking he has cultivated since childhood tells him that he is not capable of allowing the three of them to coexist peacefully, let alone imagine letting the three of them work together as a husband.
Now Lin Zhimo can only guarantee that he will love the three of them at the same time, and if one day they find that their flowers want to leave him, Lin Zhimo will not object to blocking them.
Of course, this is just Lin Zhimo's idea now, as for what it will develop into in the future, Lin Zhimo doesn't want to think about it.
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The Berlin International Film Festival, formerly known as the West Berlin International Film Festival, is known as the three major international film festivals in Europe along with the Cannes International Film Festival and the Venice International Film Festival, and the highest award is the "Golden Bear Award". The first edition was held in West Berlin from the end of June to the beginning of July 1951, and then once a year, originally held in June-July, and later advanced to February-March to compete with the Cannes International Film Festival, which lasted for two weeks.
This year, Lin Zhimo and others are going to participate in the 50th session.
This year's Berlin Film Festival has attracted wide attention from the Chinese people before its opening, not only because Zhang Yimou's "My Father and Mother" participated in the competition unit, but also because the chairman of the jury of this film festival is the famous Chinese movie star Gong Li! This is a big deal for all Chinese people, so this year's Berlin Film Festival also attracted a large number of Chinese journalists.
The film festival officially opened on February 8 and lasted for two weeks, but Lin Zhimo and others had to fly to Berlin in advance on February 7.
On the plane, Huo Xiwen saw that Lin Zhimo had been holding a book and reading it constantly since he boarded the plane.
"Zhimo, what kind of book are you reading to read so intrigued?" Huo Xiwen asked with a yawn.
Lin Zhimo shook the book in front of Huo Xiwen and said, "German is a quick course." ”
Zhang Ziyi, who was on the side, couldn't help but smile when he heard Lin Zhimo's words: "Don't you think it's a little late to study now?" ”
Zhang Yimou, who was sitting in the front row, also smiled after hearing Lin Zhimo's answer: "Yes, don't worry, we have all asked for a translator." ”
However, Huo Xiwen did not say this kind of suspicious words like them, after all, she had seen with her own eyes how fast Lin Zhimo learned English, and for German, which belongs to the same Germanic language family as English, Lin Zhimo may be able to learn like a tiger.
Sure enough, I heard Lin Zhimo say directly: "I don't think it's difficult, I feel that it's quite easy to learn German." ”
Zhang Ziyi chuckled: "If you let the translator behind you hear this, you will definitely come over and fight you alone." ”
Lin Zhimo knew that no matter how he explained it now, they wouldn't believe it, so he shook his head with a smile and continued to read his book.
Since it was five o'clock in the morning when boarding the plane, this flight was not a direct flight to Berlin, and it also needed to transfer in Frankfurt, which required more than ten hours on the plane, so the other people did not talk much, and after chatting for a while, they each put their seats flat, and then lay down and began to recuperate.
Lin Zhimo didn't feel so sleepy, first spent almost two hours memorizing all the contents of the book, and then took out the tape recorder and began to learn German pronunciation. In fact, if it weren't for the fact that this book was a foreign language book, with Lin Zhimo's memory, I am afraid that he would be able to memorize this book completely in an hour.
But even so, if Zhang Ziyi and Zhang Yimou knew that Lin Zhimo had completely memorized this 500-page book in two hours, I am afraid they would be speechless.
It is useless to learn a foreign language by memorizing it completely, and it requires constant practice and more use of the language.
Six hours later, Lin Zhimo felt that he had almost mastered the grammar words and pronunciation, and then he came to the economy class of the plane - the several interpreters who accompanied him did not sit in the first class like Lin Zhimo and the others.
"Brother Zhao, do me a favor, how about teaching me to practice the common phrases of German?" Seeing that a translator named Zhao Gang did not rest like the others, Lin Zhimo said his request.
Zhao Gang was stunned for a moment, but then he also felt that he was a little bored reading like this, maybe this was also a good way to pass the time, so he followed Lin Zhimo to the first-class cabin in front.
Since Lin Zhimo had already placed his seat flat into a small bed, he was able to let Zhao Gang sit with him.
Zhao Gang originally thought that Lin Zhimo would make a request to learn German out of curiosity, but soon, Zhao Gang was stunned by Lin Zhimo's astonishing learning speed.
"Lin Zhimo, you didn't mean to tease me, did you? At your level, you may not be qualified to do translation, but it is enough to just cope with the usual application. Zhao Gang said this in German.
Lin Zhimo also said in German: "Compared with you, I am like trying to prove the light before the Lord, which is really not worth mentioning. ”
Zhao Gang smiled even bitterly: "You can even use German proverbs?" ”
Lin Zhimo picked up the German crash book and said: "Where do I know any proverbs, it's all the knowledge in this book." ”
Zhao Gang looked at the book used by beginners and was speechless for a long time, if the role of this kind of book was really so great, wouldn't all his years of study be in vain.
"Zhimo, did you really learn German in more than ten hours? It can't be, you must have known it before, right? Zhang Ziyi said to Lin Zhimo, who had just spoken proficiently with the flight attendant in German.
Lin Zhimo couldn't help but knock on Zhang Ziyi's forehead and said, "If you're jealous, just say it." ”
Zhang Yimou is also amazed by Lin Zhimo's perverted learning speed, although Lin Zhimo's status in the entertainment industry is not worth mentioning now, but after this incident, Lin Zhimo's status in Zhang Yimou's heart has been rising.
has acting skills, can be a person, and has such a good mind, if such a person is not successful, it is strange.
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When Lin Zhimo and his entourage set off in Yanjing, it was morning, and after coming to Berlin due to the time difference, it was still morning local time.
Under the arrangement of relevant personnel, the group first lived in a high-end hotel.
"Zhimo, go! Go shopping with me and Sister Wen! Zhang Ziyi packed her luggage and knocked on Lin Zhimo's door.
Now that Lin Zhimo is proficient in German, Zhang Ziyi will naturally not look for a translator again.
"Aren't you going to negotiate with those fashion manufacturers?" Lin Zhimo asked curiously.
"No, it's not too late to wait until tomorrow morning to go, the specific process is similar, and the time is very fast; After all, the opening ceremony is tomorrow afternoon. As a woman, Huo Xiwen is also eager to go shopping.
"But now it's winter in Germany, do you have any nice clothes?" Lin Zhimo still didn't want to go, so he had to make excuses.
Glancing at Lin Zhimo, Zhang Ziyi said: "It's that we want to buy clothes, and it's not that you want to buy them, so we don't worry about what the hell are you doing?" ”
Lin Zhimo was speechless, so he had to be a free laborer.
After all, Berlin is the capital of Germany and an international metropolis, so although serious and rigid Germans do not have much fashion blood in their bodies, there are still many fashion brand clothing stores in the streets and alleys of Berlin.
Lin Zhimo's task is very simple, that is, to ask the price, pack, and carry the clothes.
Lin Zhimo is most fortunate now that it is winter, and most of the clothes purchased by the second daughter are biased towards the cold and surname, so they don't have to try on endlessly like summer clothes, but even so, the two often turn back to ask Lin Zhimo's opinion.
And after Lin Zhimo tried on three clothes for each of the two daughters, every inquiry in the future was a "good, good" evaluation, but even so, the two of them still complained about Lin Zhimo's eyes while constantly shuttling through the storefront.
Maybe it's because the second daughter has rested enough on the plane, and now she doesn't seem to know what tiredness is, and she walks all the way, and when she comes out of this shop, she immediately enters that store again.
Seeing that it was already noon, the two of them still had no intention of resting, Lin Zhimo couldn't help but say with a dozen or so bags, large and small: "I said that you don't have any other ideas except to buy clothes?" ”
Huo Xiwen asked strangely, "Do you have any good ideas?" ”
When Lin Zhimo heard the response, he quickly took out the Berlin travel guide he had just purchased, and said: "Look here, this is Alexanderplatz, standing on the TV tower in the square, you can have a bird's-eye view of the whole Berlin; Look at the Berlin Cathedral again, which is already a hundred years old; Look at Museum Island again, there are 5 museums on it......"
"Sister Wen, do you think that dress looks good?" Zhang Ziyi suddenly stretched out his hand and pointed to the clothes in the front window and shouted.
Huo Xiwen looked at Zhang Ziyi's fingers and his eyes lit up: "Wow, it's really good, let's go and have a look...... Zhimo, keep up! ”
Lin Zhimo looked at the second daughter who had already trotted up, shook his head helplessly, and said to himself: "That museum island is really good...... folded the map in his hand again, Lin Zhimo shouted: "You wait for me...... Really, I don't understand how a woman's body is structured, and now I can still run! ”
The three of them had been in Berlin until four o'clock in the afternoon before returning to the hotel, of course, Lin Zhimo must not agree with these four words.
When he returned to the hotel, Zhang Yimou called: "Zhimo, call Shang Ziyi to go to a party together in the evening." ”
"Party?" Lin Zhimo was stunned at first, and then understood that Gong Li should have arrived in Berlin.
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The evening party was not deliberately chosen in any special place, and it was not as special for Gong Li as Lin Zhimo thought, and there were both Chinese entertainers and many foreign stars at the whole party.
"Zhimo, let me introduce you to ......" Zhang Yimou took Lin Zhimo to a middle-aged man.
"Zhimo, this is Director Sun Zhou."
Lin Zhimo hurriedly stretched out his hand and said, "Hello Director Sun, I'm Lin Zhimo." ”
Sun Zhou has two mustaches on his lips and some beards on his chin, and the first impression of the whole person is that he is serious and very difficult to speak, so Lin Zhimo behaves quite well.
Sun Zhou nodded slightly, and said with a smile on his face: "Hello." ”
Lin Zhimo was surprised to find that as Sun Zhou began to smile, the feeling of the whole person actually became a gentle feeling, but Sun Zhou's serious appearance just now was still in Lin Zhimo's mind, and this contrast almost made him stunned, but he still reacted quickly and showed a big smile.
Zhang Yimou pointed to another glamorous actress at this time and said, "You don't need me to introduce this one, right?" ”
Lin Zhimo also smiled: "Of course, I don't need to introduce, I have always been a fan of Sister Gong Ligong." ”
At this time, Gong Li was wearing a black slim long dress, her figure was slightly plump, but she revealed the charm of a mature woman. The eyebrows are faint, like distant mountains; The double pupils are sheared, and the waves are shining; The bridge of the nose is not high, and the size is appropriate; The lips are plump and the surname is seductive; The fair-skinned and slender neck is exposed, and the whole person looks noble and elegant with the diamond necklace between the necks.
Gong Li, as a native of the Northeast, is far from being as gentle as her appearance, and when she heard Lin Zhimo's words, she smiled heartily: "Hello, Zhimo, I also like your songs very much, especially the song 'No Land Self-Respect'." ”
Lin Zhimo's eyes lit up, he never thought that Gong Li would like this rock song.
Zhang Yimou and the three of them knew each other originally, and Lin Zhimo's surname was also the type that liked to make friends very much, so as they gradually became familiar with each other, they chatted happily.
Just when Lin Zhimo finished telling a joke and made several people laugh together, a middle-aged man wearing round-framed glasses came from the side, just by the temperament of a man, Lin Zhimo could know that the other party should be a businessman.
The middle-aged man first showed a touch of joy after seeing Gong Li, but then he saw Zhang Yimou and the three of them, who were also with Gong Li, and a haze flashed in his eyes behind the glasses.
At this time, Zhang Yimou also noticed the middle-aged man, his face was surprised at first, and then he showed some embarrassment, but he still smiled and said, "Mr. Huang, I haven't seen you for a long time." ”
Lin Zhimo could clearly see that Zhang Yimou was very reluctant.
The man surnamed Huang also said with a faint smile: "Director Zhang, I haven't seen you for a long time. ”
Gong Li naturally saw the embarrassment between the two, and hurriedly said: "Zhimo, come, let me introduce you, this is my husband, Huang Hexiang." ”
Lin Zhimo suddenly realized in his heart, no wonder Zhang Yimou would be embarrassed, anyone who saw his ex-girlfriend's current husband would probably have this expression.
"Hello Mr. Huang, I'm Lin Zhimo."
Huang Hexiang faced Lin Zhimo, and the smile on his face was much more sincere: "Hello Mr. Lin, I often hear insiders say that she likes your songs very much, especially the song 'often go home and see'." ”
Lin Zhimo was stunned for a moment, and the expression on his face remained unchanged, but he still continued to smile: "Really, I am also very satisfied with this song." ”
Rao is Gong Li couldn't help but be embarrassed at this time after many winds and waves, she just said to Lin Zhimo that she liked "no place to be ashamed", but immediately her husband said that she liked to "go home often", who is lying? How will Lin Zhimo see himself?
Therefore, Gong Li quickly changed the topic.
Lin Zhimo didn't think so much about this, but thought that Gong Li might have told her husband that she liked the song "Always Go Home to See".
Due to the addition of Huang Hexiang, the chat between the few people after that became a little weird, and it barely lasted for a few minutes before several people dispersed.
After a while, Lin Zhimo felt a little depressed, so he went for a walk in the garden outside alone.
Walking near a rockery, Lin Zhimo suddenly heard a suppressed voice of a man and a woman arguing, Lin Zhimo originally wanted to leave, but suddenly found that the female voice seemed to be Gong Li, hesitated for a moment Lin Zhimo still chose to continue listening.
Walking two steps closer, Lin Zhimo found that the two were indeed Gong Li and his husband Huang Hexiang, but after listening to it for a while, the content of the quarrel between the two surprised Lin Zhimo.
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