"Old friend, welcome to this film festival!"

Moritz DeHader gave Zhang Yi a warm hug, and it can be seen that the relationship between the two of them is very good.

"Moritz, I'm glad to see you again."

Zhang Yi responded with a smile and said that he thought that his first award at the three major European film festivals that year was the Golden Bear Award, so he has always been full of affection for the Berlin Film Festival.

"Speaking of which, there's something I have to settle accounts with you."

Moritz patted Zhang Yi's arm and said in a mocking tone: "I invited you to be the chairman of the jury before, why did you refuse?" ”

"Ahem...... Didn't I say this, I'm too tired to make movies this year, and I really don't have the energy to be a judge. ”

Zhang Yi touched his nose in embarrassment, and couldn't help but glance at his old lover when he spoke.

What people never expected was that after he rejected Moritz, the other party actually found Gong Li, and this wave of operations can really be described as a ghost.

"Zhang, who is this young man next to you?" Moritz looked at Fang Yan and asked curiously.

"Look at my brain, I almost forgot to introduce it."

Zhang Yi patted his forehead and hurriedly introduced: "This is Fang Yan, he is a Chinese director like me, and his film "Ke Ke Xili" was also shortlisted for this Berlin Film Festival. ”

"Fang-Yan?"

Moritz felt that the name was a little familiar, and he lowered his head and was silent for a moment, and suddenly slapped his palm.

"I remember, you were the winner of last year's Golden Bear for Best Short Film, right?"

"That's right, Mr. Moritz."

Fang Yan bowed slightly, and said with a smile on his face, "It's an honor for you to remember me." ”

"Haha, it seems that my memory is still good!"

Moritz shook Fang Yan's hand affectionately, his eyes full of appreciation: "Your "Tuner" is very amazing, and it can be said to be the best short film in the Berlin Film Festival in the past ten years. ”

"Thank you for the exaggeration!" Fang Yan didn't expect Moritz to be so enthusiastic and flattered.

The three major European film festivals have different attitudes towards Chinese-language films, and the chairman of the film festival behind them has a great influence.

The first is the Cannes Film Festival, which is generally considered to be the most valuable of the three major film festivals, and therefore the most difficult to win.

So far in 2022, only Chen Kaige's "Farewell My Concubine" won a Palme d'Or in 1993, and what is less known is that this honor is shared with New Zealand female director Jane Kemp's "The Piano Lesson".

Since the 90s, the Cannes Film Festival has become the most lively coastline for Chinese-language films, such as Zhang Yimou's "Alive", Wang Jiawei's "Springtime", Yang Dechang's "Yiyi" and other films, although they failed to win the Palme d'Or, they have also achieved good results.

It wasn't until after the turn of the millennium that the new president of the Cannes Film Festival, Yeremo took office, and because he did not like to see Chinese-language films, Chinese filmmakers basically did not receive anything for the next 20 years.

Compared with the Cannes Film Festival, the Berlin Film Festival's attitude towards Chinese films is really friendly.

The Berlinale is a place where Chinese-language films, especially mainland films, take off in the international film industry, and the "blessed land" has been said for a long time. …

Berlin is the youngest and most avant-garde than the other two major film festivals in Europe, taking a step forward in the discovery of Asian films, from Zhang Yi's fifth generation to Wang Xiaosui's sixth generation, all of which used Berlin as a breakthrough point, and then moved to Venice and Cannes when it became famous.

At the same time, the Berlin Film Festival's trust in Chinese filmmakers is also incomparable to other film festivals, almost every film festival has Chinese filmmakers as judges, like this year's Gong Li is the first Chinese jury chairman in the past.

"Hello Director Fang, I'm Gong Li!"

The first time they met, Gong Li took the initiative to stretch out his right hand, and Fang Yan quickly shook it when he saw it.

"Hello Teacher Gong Li!" Fang Yan said jokingly: "I grew up watching your movies since I was a child, and today I finally met a real person!" ”

"Hearing you say that, I feel so old."

Gong Li chuckled and quipped, she is a very talkative person, and her hearty and atmospheric personality is hard to dislike.

"No, no, no, that's not what I meant!"

Fang Yan smiled and waved his hand, and said with a serious face: "You are the goddess in the minds of Chinese filmmakers, how can you be old?" ”

As the saying goes, thousands of clothes are worn, and sycophants are not worn. A person with a temperament like Gong Li does not avert being praised, especially if the other party is still a young and promising director.

"Hehe, in the end, it's a young man, and his mouth is sweet when he talks."

Gong Li shook his head, with a hint of a smile in his eyes: "You men, you always say good things on your lips, but when it comes to a critical time, all of them are unreliable!" ”

This sentence can be said to refer to Sang scolding Huai, and after Zhang Yimou on the side heard it, he twisted his head to the side in embarrassment.

……………………

At the dinner table of the cocktail party, Zhang Ziyi looked at Zhang Yi and others not far away, and took a sip of wine unwillingly.

"Sister Nan, what do you say they are talking about?"

Yu Nan ate a small cake and shrugged indifferently: "What else can we talk about, it must be a movie thing." ”

As a rare Chinese actress at this film festival, and because of their similar age, the two have gradually become acquainted since they met a few days ago.

Of course, this kind of relationship is only superficial, and it is not a good friend.

Zhang Ziyi sighed depressedly: "If only I had been born more than ten years earlier!" ”

"Why do you say that?"

"If I had been born more than ten years earlier, maybe I would have been as beautiful as her."

Yu Nan followed Zhang Ziyi's line of sight, and the so-called "she" was Gong Li.

Zhang Ziyi is an ambitious woman, when she was in college, she was not conspicuous in front of these beauties Hu Jing and Zeng Li, she was eager to become popular, so she hid from the school teacher to shoot an advertisement, hoping to arouse the public.

Fortunately, Zhang Yi saw the advertisement shot by Zhang Ziyi, so he fell in love with her as the heroine of his movie.

With the film "My Father and Mother", Zhang Ziyi became popular all of a sudden, she won the Hundred Flowers Award for Best Actress, and was known as "Gong Li's successor" by the public.

The title of "Gong Li's successor" is a compliment for other actresses, but it is sarcasm for Zhang Ziyi.

I'm worse than Gong Li, didn't she meet Zhang Yi earlier than me!

This idea often appeared in Zhang Ziyi's mind, especially when she saw Gong Li's scenery today, she was even more envious and jealous.

"Think about it, you're already lucky!" Yu Nan persuaded and said: "There are so many actresses in China, how many people can become the heroine of Director Zhang's movie?" ”

Hearing her say this, Zhang Ziyi felt a little better.

"Alas...... It's not easy for us actresses to be popular, and it's more important than a good director to be a good director! ”

Yu Nan nodded and said playfully: "Now it seems that you are with the right director." ”

"Sister Nan, you're not bad!"

Zhang Ziyi said with a smile: "If I guessed correctly, you should be a couple with Director Fang, right?" ” 。。

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