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Chapter 501 Shortlisted for the Berlin Film Festival (4000+ chapters, please subscribe~)

The phone got through quickly.

After chatting with the other party for a few words, after hanging up the phone, Ma Weidu looked at Wu Jianye helplessly, "I was deceived, that person is not my comrade-in-arms brother's comrade-in-arms at all, but the comrade-in-arms of my comrade-in-arms brother's comrade-in-arms."

Although the relationship was messy, Wu Jianye miraculously found that he understood it.

You say magic is not magic.

Wu Jianye patted Ma Weidu on the shoulder, and said, "Let's learn a lot of wisdom. You were the one who picked up the antiques before, and now it seems that you are here to return them."

Even if Wu Jianye wanted to help in this matter, he might not be able to find the other party. 8 yuan is not a small amount now. The other party can use this money to take root anywhere in the country and want to find him It's as hard as winning the 500 million lottery.
Ma Weidu's face drooped. Anyone who lost 8 yuan would not be in a good mood. Wu Jianye understood this feeling very well. He once lost 800 yuan. He didn't sleep well that night, and even dreamed I caught a bastard who picked up my own money.
Several people got into the car, and after a while, Ma Weidu raised his head and looked at Wu Jianye seriously: "Old Wu"

"I didn't borrow money, and I didn't die!" Wu Jianye said quickly.

Ma Weidu: "."

"I mean this, can you not tell others, especially Wang Shuo and the others!" Ma Weidu emphasized.

Wu Jianye: "Okay, then what good do I do! Such a fun thing, if they know about it, it will definitely be more fun!"

Ma Weidu can be regarded as one of the smartest people in this circle, but now he has such a big fall, obviously it will make many people happy.

"I'm already like this, do you still have the heart to joke?" Ma Weidu looked very frustrated.

Wu Jianye said generously: "Okay, although 8 yuan is not much, but for you, it must not be at the stage of hurting your muscles and bones. Don't you just not tell Wang Shuo and others, no problem!"

Seeing that Wu Jianye agreed, Ma Weidu breathed a sigh of relief, and then couldn't help cursing: "This bastard, don't let me catch you, or you have to let me see it."

"How many eyes does Lord Ma have!" Wu Jianye continued.

Ma Weidu nodded fiercely.

On the way back, Wu Jianye continued to tease: "Those three ducks are not cheap. They cost 2 yuan. To be honest, I have never eaten such expensive ducks."

Ma Weidu echoed helplessly: "I haven't eaten either."

Looking at Wu Jianye's smirk, Ma Weidu always felt that Wu Jianye was a little unreliable at this time.

"Couldn't you be lying to me, and tell Wang Shuo and them when I get out of the car and turn around?" Ma Weidu looked at Wu Jianye with a little distrust.

"What are you talking about, am I that kind of person? Don't believe anyone!" Wu Jianye immediately retorted.

"Okay." Ma Weidu nodded and said nothing more.

The two returned to Yanjing just like this, and they first returned to Wu Jianye's courtyard. Wu Jianye walked into the courtyard, took out Ma Weidu's duck worth 2 yuan, and handed it to Ma Weidu. , and then asked the driver to take Ma Weidu home.

Wu Jianye stood at the gate of the courtyard, watching the car Ma Weidu was riding in went further and further away, then smiled, picked up the phone in his hand, and dialed a number.

"Hey, who is it? I don't have time to drink, so I'm writing." Wang Shuo's generous voice came from the phone.

"Write what you want, wake up!" Wu Jianye smiled happily.

Wang Shuo recognized Wu Jianye's voice, and muttered, "What's the matter, are you so happy?"

Wu Jianye said: "Tell you a happy thing"

The next day!

Although he was going back to his hometown tomorrow, Wu Jianye still came to Tangting Culture today. He called Li Xiaowan, Hu Mei, Zhao Fei and others to discuss the filming of "Legend of the New White Snake" after the festival.

Wu Jianye didn't have a holiday here, and neither did other cultural companies. Even during the Chinese New Year, he was in a bad mood.

For example, Shi Hongwei of Gale Culture.

At this time, Shi Hongwei was sitting on his office chair, with a cloudy expression on his face, he asked, "After working for several months, you tell me that Xie Jin does not agree to join our Dafeng Culture?"

Cheng Kaiyan nodded apprehensively, and said, "Yes, we have been inviting Director Xie for several months, so I specially sent people to Shanghai and Shanghai, but no matter how much we persuaded, Director Xie did not agree. Join us Dafeng Culture."

Previously, Shi Hongwei saw that Wu Jianye had won the No.1 position among the top ten directors selected in China, so he wanted to invite a great director for Dafeng Culture. The No.1 choice in his heart is naturally the current one. Xie Jin's popularity in China is second only to Wu Jianye's.

Cheng Kaiyan thought for a while, and suggested: "Why don't we try Zhang Yimou? I heard that because of his relationship with Gong Li, he and the West Film Studio are very tense. Maybe we can fight for it. After all, we have a relationship with him." had a cooperative relationship.”

The cooperative relationship that Cheng Kaiyan mentioned was actually "Codenamed Jaguar" directed by Zhang Yimou, which included Dafeng Culture's investment, and Shi Hongwei also met Zhang Yimou several times through this incident.

"Hmph, you still mentioned Zhang Yimou to me, did you forget the "Codename Jaguar" he filmed before?" Shi Hongwei said with a bad expression.

Shi Hongwei originally wanted to take advantage of Zhang Yimou's prestige that he just won the Golden Bear Award, invest in a Zhang Yimou movie, and then make a fortune, but Zhang Yimou gave up halfway through the filming, and finally shot a messy "Code Named America" Leopard".

Cheng Kaiyan said: "Although "Codenamed Jaguar" failed, Zhang Yimou's reputation is still there. Shouldn't he be given another chance?"

Shi Hongwei didn't think so, and said: "I think it's better to forget it. This Zhang Yimou and Wu Jianye are college classmates. I heard that their relationship has always been good. Now I even suspect that he has a bad film "Code Named Jaguar". It may be intentional, or this is his true level, this Zhang Yimou should be exaggerated."

If the national teacher of later generations knows that he is said to be of average level now, he doesn't know how he should feel.

Cheng Kaiyan knew that what Shi Hongwei had decided could not be changed by others, so he asked, "Then what shall we do now?"

Shi Hongwei thought for a while and said, "I heard that the relationship between Wu Jianye and Teng Xuehe is not very good. In this case, you can contact Teng Xuehui and find a way to invite him to our company!"

Although Teng Xuexuan was not selected as one of last year's top ten directors, he is also a well-known director in China. At the same time, Shi Hongwei already knew the importance of relationships in China before. He invited Teng Xuexuan this time, in fact, he wanted to use Teng Xuexuan's influence , so as to catch up with the domestic high-level relationship.

Cheng Kaiyan nodded and said, "I see."

Shi Hongwei continued: "According to Wu Jianye's habit of filming, there should be no films of his released this year. We must seize the domestic film market this year. Now the domestic film market has begun to develop towards marketization. Now One step ahead is a big step ahead in the future, we must seize this opportunity this year!"

If Wu Jianye knew Shi Hongwei and knew of Shi Hongwei's decision, he would definitely give Shi Hongwei a thumbs up.

Cheng Kaiyan nodded and said: "That's right, Wu Jianye has no works published this year, which means that the domestic exposure will not be too high. This is indeed a good time for us to catch up!"

After following Shi Hongwei for so long, Cheng Kaiyan has also learned a lot of new words, such as exposure, which is not yet available in China.

Only then did Shi Hongwei show a slight smile: "Not bad."

Jingle Bell!
At this time, the phone on Shi Hongwei's desk rang.

Cheng Kaiyan answered the phone: "Hello, this is Dafeng Culture."

Then Cheng Kaiyan glanced at Shi Hongwei with a complicated expression, and handed the phone to Shi Hongwei at the same time.

"What's wrong?" Shi Hongwei took the phone and looked at Cheng Kaiyan with some doubts.

"Hongwei, just got the news that Wu Jianye's movie "New Dragon Gate Inn" has been shortlisted for the Golden Bear Award at this year's Berlin Film Festival!" A message came from the phone that made Shi Hongwei extremely distressed.

The editing of "New Dragon Inn" was only completed in July last year. In addition, Wu Jianye focused his energy on contacting domestic distribution companies, so it did not catch up with the three major European film festivals and domestic film festivals last year. Film festival selection, even the latest Venice Film Festival.

But this does not prevent this film from participating in the selection of the three major film festivals this year. After considering the comprehensive issues, Wu Jianye decided to send "New Dragon Inn" to the Berlin Film Festival for exhibition.

This is more because the Berlin Film Festival is more tolerant of such films, especially martial arts films such as "New Dragon Inn". Although Wu Jianye firmly believes that this is a martial arts film, even if it involves The incidents of the imperial court that came to the scene were only for the service of this film.

But the Berlin International Film Festival is just that good, so after comprehensive consideration, Wu Jianye decided to send "New Dragon Inn" to the Berlin International Film Festival.

And today happens to be the time when the Berlin Film Festival announces the shortlisted films.

This news has not yet spread to the country, but Shi Hongwei has some friends based on his experience of working overseas. This is what he deliberately confessed to his friends.

"ok, I know, thank you!"

At this time, Cheng Kaiyan didn't know how to comfort Shi Hongwei. He just said that Wu Jianye had no exposure this year, but his film was shortlisted for the Golden Bear Award at the Berlin Film Festival.
Shi Hongwei has his own news channel, and Wu Jianye naturally has his own news channel, not to mention that Wu Jianye is not unknown in Europe now, the winner of the Golden Lion Award at the Venice Film Festival, and the best director at the Cannes Film Festival!
The addition of two honors is enough for the Berlin Golden Bear to show full sincerity to Wu Jianye.

Now Wu Jianye is the favorite of the three major European film festivals. I have already mentioned that the three major film festivals are also fighting openly and secretly, and they all want to increase their influence.

And as Wu Jianye, who has long been famous in Europe, he is naturally also the target of their struggle.

After Wu Jianye's "New Dragon Inn" was shortlisted, Wu Jianye received a notice from the Berlin Film Festival Organizing Committee.

"Okay, I see, thank you, thank you Mr. Harder for me." Wu Jianye hung up the phone with a smile.

Mr. Harder in his mouth is the chairman of the Berlin Film Festival, Moritz de Harder.

At this time, Li Xiaowan, Hu Mei, Zhao Fei and others were in Wu Jianye's office.

Zhao Fei asked: "What's wrong?"

Wu Jianye said with a smile: ""New Dragon Inn" has been shortlisted for the competition unit of the Berlin Film Festival."

"Really!" Zhao Fei stood up excitedly.

Wu Jianye nodded: "Yes, but according to the opening time of the Berlin Film Festival, I'm afraid I won't be able to catch up with the filming after the next year!"

The opening ceremony of the Berlin Film Festival this year will be on February 2th for a period of two weeks. If Wu Jianye is going to attend, then he will definitely not be able to make it back!
Then Wu Jianye looked at Hu Mei and said, "The follow-up filming of "Legend of the New White Snake" will be left to you!"

Hu Mei first congratulated Wu Jianye, and then said with a smile: "Don't worry!"

In fact, Wu Jianye's psychology at this time was a wry smile. Originally, his plan was to celebrate the New Year at home, and then find a reason to fly to Xiangjiang to spend the Lantern Festival with Gong Xi.

But now it seems that it will definitely not be able to catch up. When "New Dragon Inn" was sent to the Berlin Film Festival for exhibition, Wu Jianye really forgot about it. It seems that I still have to call Gong Xi later .

Wu Jianye hadn't called yet, but his office phone rang again.

Wu Jianye picked up the phone, and Chen Kaige's voice came from inside.

"Old Wu, I'll be waiting for you in Berlin!"

Chen Kaige's voice is very excited, of course, he also has reason to be excited, because he is one of the judges of this year's Berlin Film Festival
Chen Kaige is not the first Chinese judge of the Berlin Film Festival. The first is Mr. Huang Zongjiang, who served as the judge of the 33rd Berlin Film Festival.

However, Chen Kaige, as a new generation of directors in China, is indeed the first to serve as a judge of the three major European film festivals, so he naturally has reason to be happy.

This incident even made him sweep away the haze of winning the Golden Broom Award at the Cannes Film Festival for "The King of Children".

Wu Jianye smiled and said, "Okay, when we get to Berlin, you invite me to dinner!"

Chen Kaige said, "No problem, when will you come over?"

Wu Jianye thought for a while and said, "The film festival will open on the 10th, and I will fly there with the actors of "New Dragon Inn" on the 9th!"

Chen Kaige said worriedly: "You came so late, I'm afraid it's not easy to book a room? How about I book it for you in advance?"

Chen Kaige received a lot of care from Phantom Entertainment in North America last year, and now he is reciprocating.

Wu Jianye smiled and said: "No need, I will arrange it here!"

"Okay then, I won't talk to you anymore, let's talk about it when you come to Berlin!"

After hanging up the phone, Wu Jianye told Zhao Fei again: "You don't want to follow this time, the filming of "Legend of the New White Snake" cannot do without you!"

Although Zhao Fei was a little disappointed, he also knew that there was no way to do it, so he agreed, "I see!"

(End of this chapter)