I become a big star after I sleep

Chapter 220 Unexpected
Berlin, Germany.

February 2th, local time, at seven o'clock in the evening.

The bright red carpet was arranged from outside the venue, and the huge sign above it, a little golden bear waving to people, shone under the light.

Both sides of the red carpet were crowded with journalists and audiences from all over the world. Every time an actor walked through the red carpet, there was a burst of cheers.

"Don't be nervous, don't worry about anything, just walk forward with your head in a daze."

Jiang Wen patted the tense Zhang Songwen's shoulder.

"Hey, okay, don't be nervous, don't be nervous."

Zhang Songwen agreed repeatedly, but he didn't mean to relax at all, and took deep breaths.

Jiang Wen looked at it and smiled, but didn't say anything.

understand.

A little-known actor who may not have been interviewed by reporters before, suddenly entered one of the three major film festivals one day, and was nominated for Best Actor in Berlin.

I'm afraid I dare not be so presumptuous in my dreams.

"Come on one?"

Jiang Wen handed over a cigarette.

"Hey, okay, thank you." Zhang Songwen took the cigarette.

Just as Jiang Wen was about to light a fire, Zhang Songwen took out a lighter,
"I'm coming, I'm coming."

The two cigarettes were lit, and the smoke gradually rose.

After exhaling, Jiang Wen said with some memories in his eyes:
"The way you are now reminds me of Xia Yu back then. At that time, he was still a high school student, and it was his first time acting in a movie, and it was also my first time making a movie.

Neither of us expected to win the award. When Venice announced the nomination list, we were both stunned. The kid kept asking me, 'Brother, what should I do? '. "

"What did you say?"

Zhang Songwen asked, Xia Yu's question was also what he wanted to ask.

"It's the same as I said to you just now, don't care about anything, just keep your head in a daze and move forward."

Jiang Wen took another puff of cigarette. Seeing Zhang Songwen's disappointed expression, he said with a smile:
"Back then, I was also the first time a big girl got on a sedan chair, and I was very nervous. There is no good way. But after all these years, I found that this is the best way, and it is useless to think too much."

Zhang Songwen was thoughtful, when a cheerful voice sounded:

"Uncle Jiang, Uncle Zhang, there are many people outside, hahahahaha."

Sun Bijuan was wearing a small skirt and running around happily, her face full of excitement.

This little guy is a crazy person, the more people there are, she will be high, and she is not afraid of strangers at all.

In addition, her mother entrusted her to Lin Qingxia, and she entered the venue ahead of time, and no one was watching her, even more lawless.

"Oh, Juanjuan, don't run around, be careful not to fall."

Lin Qingxia walked over quickly in a dress and high heels.

It is impossible for her to move a lot in this body, and she can't catch up with Sun Bijuan at all.

Jiang Wen laughed, caught Sun Bijuan, and knelt down beside her:

"Little guy, do you want Uncle Jiang to hug you when you walk down the red carpet, or do you walk by yourself?"

Sun Bijuan raised her head and said without thinking:
"I'll go by myself, I'm an adult."

"Hahaha, okay, you go by yourself." Jiang Wen stroked the little girl's head and smiled happily.

Seeing this situation, Zhang Songwen's nervousness subsided a lot.

Yeah, who cares, let's just walk away in a daze!

……

It has been more than half an hour since the red carpet, and Zhang Songwen also enjoyed the pleasure of being blinded by flashing lights, feeling pain and happiness.

Glancing at Jiang Wen, who was wearing sunglasses, he secretly sighed that it really was ginger or old hot.

However, he felt flustered after sitting for a long time, so he lightly touched Jiang Wen:
"Director Jiang, when does the awards ceremony start?"

Jiang Wen glanced at the time, it was already past 50:[-].

"Come on, start at eight o'clock."

He joked again:
"What? Can't wait to go up and get the prize?"

Zhang Songwen waved his hands quickly:
"You said it's almost enough for a movie to win an award, but I'm already satisfied if I can get a nomination."

"What do you call this riding horse? Isn't it here to win awards? Your acting skills are obvious to all, and you should be a best actor."

Jiang Wen waved his hand domineeringly. His temper has always been to say what he wants, and there is no such thing as strength and humility.

"Okay, I didn't come in vain with your words, haha."

Zhang Songwen was very happy to be recognized by Jiang Wen.

After all, this is Jiang Wen, one of the top directors in the country.

But what made him happier was still behind, only to hear Jiang Wen say again:

"Next year, um...maybe the year after, I have a movie, are you interested?"

"what did you say?"

Zhang Songwen's face was full of disbelief as if struck by lightning.

Jiang Wen asked me to act?

In the next second, he immediately nodded crazily, and his joy was beyond words:
"Yes, that's great. It's my honor that you can ask me to act."

"That's fine, let's make a deal like that, but the roles and salary may not be too much..."

"It's okay, I don't choose the role, the pay is up to you!"

Zhang Songwen said immediately, as if he was afraid that Jiang Wen would repent.

"Good good good actor! The future is bright!"

Jiang Wen embraced Zhang Songwen's shoulder affectionately, and smiled brightly.

The movie he was talking about was "Bullet". There was no candidate for the role of the fifth child. He originally wanted to audition publicly, but now people are coming?
It doesn't matter whether Zhang Songwen won the Best Actor in Berlin today, but he was always nominated, which is an honor.

And don't look at Zhang Songwen's humble, pitiful and helpless appearance, but there are quite a few people who know him at the Berlin Film Festival these days.

Some of them met at the Berlin Film Festival, while others came from China and the United States.

The moment I saw Zhang Songwen, I was so excited that I almost regarded him as a life mentor, signing autographs and taking photos together.

Zhang Songwen couldn't understand the Americans when they said "Mister" and "color", so Jiang Wen had to be his interpreter by the side.

The most irritating one is a Celestial Dynasty fan:
"Ah, Zhang Wen! I just watched your movie two days ago, I like you so much! Can I take a photo with you? ... Well, thank you very much.

That brother, please do me a favor... Yo, Teacher Jiang Wen!You are also in Berlin!That's great. Could you please take a picture?You are a professional, and the photos must look good. "

Then, before the fan left, he was lucky enough to say:
"Mr. Jiang, your movie has also been shortlisted for Berlin? I haven't heard of it. Which one? I'll go and see it."

Jiang Wen's teeth were about to be crushed.

Thinking back to Jiang Wen's time, "Sunshine" was filmed for the first time, and it was so majestic and heroic!Cigarettes and liquor, Quentin called "six coins".

now……

Jiang Wen will never forget the surprise in that fan's eyes when he heard that he was representing the crew of "When Happiness Knocks on the Door".

and that sentence:

"Oh, that's it, by the way, you are Qin Muchu's godfather..."

After all these years, he became "Qin Muchu's godfather"!
Isn't this bullying honest people? ! ! (flip table)
……

Withdrawing his thoughts, although Jiang Wen was very unhappy with the title "Qin Muchu's godfather", there was no psychological barrier at all to the actor who made Qin Muchu popular.

Zhang Songwen not only has the honor of being "nominated for the best actor in Berlin", but also is the male lead of a high-grossing movie, with both artistic and commercial value.

For such an actor to play the role of the fifth child who has very few roles, it can be regarded as "condescending".

When the movie is released, it will also be a publicity point, which can increase the box office.

That's right, **** has also begun to consider the box office.

After all, "Bullet" cost more than [-] million yuan, and Qin Muchu also invested heavily.

Jiang Wen was flustered, we Lao Jiang had never made such a wealthy movie in our life.

It's not that I'm worried about my son losing money. After all, according to the character of that kid who is rich and doesn't take money as money, he probably won't feel sad if he loses [-] million yuan.

Jiang Wen was mainly worried about himself.

If the filming is lost, everyone else in the film and television industry will be fooled by their sons, and he is the first to cheat their sons.

Will I stop being a human being in the future?

……

While the two were talking, the host of tonight's awards ceremony walked out on the stage over there.

He took the microphone and talked for a while, and finally bowed apologetically to the guests below.

"Director Jiang, what did she say?"

Zhang Songwen asked in a low voice.

"She said that due to some unexpected circumstances, the award ceremony was postponed for half an hour, and she was very sorry."

Jiang Wen said, and then said with a smirk:

"Maybe the jury got into a fight. If you say this film is good, then I think that film is good. Why don't we fight?"

Zhang Songwen shook his head speechlessly, Jiang Wen always likes to make such jokes.

It's just an award, they are all decent people, how could they fight.

……

"If this is the case, what kind of awards are there? Just tell others to make documentaries. The more realistic the appointment, the better the movies are based on the subject matter than the art!"

"That's a political fact, and the movie should have such a truth to alert the world!"

A conference room still heard quarrels through the closed door, accompanied by the sound of beating the table.

And there were two awkward and anxious men standing at the door of the conference room.

The older one kept looking at his watch and asked:
"There is no result yet?"

"Isn't this arguing?"

The young man smiled wryly.

"What's the problem? After so many days of discussion, there is still no result, or are you still struggling with that film?" The older man frowned.

The Berlin Film Festival has been held for so many years, and I have never seen any storms, but this year is the most "monstrous".

And it's "demon" on the judges.

First, the two judges who had agreed to break the appointment temporarily before the opening. One said "something at home" and the other said "we are going to shoot a new film", so they didn't come.

The originally scheduled eight judges became six, and there was a lot of discussion from the outside world, questioning the organizational ability of the Berlin Film Festival. There were even voices saying that the Berlin Film Festival was going to die, and the judges didn't bother to come.

After all, the reason for these two absences was too nonsense.

And now the judges have been unable to give the list of winners for a long time, so the award ceremony was even postponed for half an hour.

Usually, the final list of winners is already announced half a day to one day in advance. This is the first time I have seen such a situation.

And the reason for all this is because of a movie - "When Happiness Knocks on the Door".

As one of five films nominated for the Golden Bear, it left the jury in a bind when it came to deciding which film to win.

Some of the judges believed that "When Happiness Knocks on the Door" should win the award, while another part of the judges believed that "The Elite Force" should win the award.

The two parties insisted on their own opinions and refused to give in to each other. They quarreled from morning to night, but they couldn't reach a result.

At this time, the opinion of the chairman of the jury is very important, but the key point is that this person is a "two-faced person", swaying from side to side, jumping back and forth, very entangled and embarrassed.

Seeing that half an hour had passed, the older man had to go in to remind them to hurry up.

If there is no result, it is not an emergency, but an accident.

At that time, the Berlin Film Festival will lose its prestige.

Pushing open the door of the meeting room, the inside was a mess, and the judges were drooling. The main battlefield was two men, both of whom had good English skills, so there was no need to use the translator to express their ideas.

As for the others, because they had to rely on translation, there was a middleman to buffer them, so the atmosphere was relatively peaceful.

The older man walked into the conference room and interrupted the two who were the most noisy, and the conference room became much quieter.

"Ahem, ladies and gentlemen, I have to remind you that the result must be given to me within 10 minutes."

He emphasized in a very serious tone.

"Okay, wait a minute."

The head of the jury, Costa Gavras, nodded and sent the man out of the conference room.

After closing the door of the conference room, he turned to look at the rest of the judges:
"As you have seen, this is an ultimatum. We must immediately choose the winner of the Golden Bear."

As soon as the words fell, one of the men who had just made the most noise stood up:

"I admit that "When Happiness Comes Knocking" is impeccable in all aspects of shooting techniques, lenses, and actors' acting skills.

Such a mature and excellent film, when Shu Qi told me that a 20-year-old young man made it, I thought she was joking with me. "

As he spoke, the man looked in one direction.

There was a woman sitting there, it was Shu Qi, an actress from Hong Kong Island, who was also one of the Berlin judges this year.

After the translator translated the man's words, Shu Qi smiled, and she was also honored as a member of the Celestial Dynasty.

In his not-so-fluent English, he said:

"He was a genius and a miracle."

"Ye, of course he is, but it's a pity he didn't come, otherwise I must know him." The man laughed.

But soon, he changed the subject:
"However, the end of this movie is known from the beginning, which is why I don't recommend giving him the award."

After the man finished speaking, he sat down.

At the same time, he looked at the man opposite him. It was the two of them who had the most quarrel just now.

The man opposite also stood up:

"I admit it, but it cannot be denied that the story is good enough, isn't it?
It tells the poor what kind of attitude they should face life when they are poor, and it gives people inspiration and strength. Isn't this also the value of the movie?Do movies have to be tied to politics? "

The man sat down after speaking.

Both of them were calm this time and did not quarrel.

The judges were also lost in thought.

After a few minutes, Costa Gavras clapped his hands,

"OK, let's vote for the last time, everyone writes the final decision on paper..."

……

At 08:30 Berlin time, the awards ceremony finally began.

With the awarding of awards one by one, it is also the last few awards.

"Best Actor - Reza Naki, "Song of the Sparrow!"

Hearing the news, Jiang Wen patted Zhang Songwen.

"fine."

Zhang Songwen smiled, a little disappointed and a little relieved.

Since I was nominated, I must have some expectations for winning the award. What if I win?
But now this "what if" is shattered. Seeing the actor on stage happily saying his acceptance speech, he also silently recited the speech he had prepared in his heart.

"The Grand Jury Prize goes to Errol Morris - Standard Process."

"Whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa..."

Applause broke out again.

After a set of procedures is completed, only the final prize for tonight is left.

This time the host did not directly announce the result, but invited all six judges from the jury.

The chairman of the jury took over the microphone handed by the host and spoke:

"Honestly speaking, this Berlin Film Festival should be the one where the judges struggled the most. Tonight's awards ceremony was postponed for half an hour because we had been discussing or arguing about the final winner of the Golden Bear Award."

After the words fell, the guests at the scene were a little surprised, and the two men in the judges looked at each other and smiled, a little bit of a smile that meant to wipe out their enmity.

For the sake of art, although they quarreled fiercely at the time, they might still become friends later on.

Jiang Wen smiled in the audience:
"Look, I said there was a fight, and it was about the same when they had a fight."

But Zhang Songwen didn't laugh, instead he asked:
"Director Jiang, do you think "When Happiness Knocks on the Door" is likely to win?"

"Yes, but it's not that big. It's beyond my expectation to be nominated. There is a phenomenon that the higher the box office, the less the film festival likes it."

The two were discussing below, and the list of winners had already begun to be announced above.

"The winner of the Golden Bear at this year's Berlin Film Festival is José Padilla's "Elite Force"!"

Although Jiang Wen thought that "When Happiness Knocks on the Door" might not win a lot of awards, the award for "The Elite Army" still exceeded his expectations.

This is a gangster film that uses violence to control violence. In terms of its shooting techniques and depth of connotation, it must be inferior to the other four nominated films.

The only good thing to say is that it exposes some realities in Brazil.

Jiang Wen frowned.

This result can be said to be an upset.

He was not the only one who thought so, the guests at the scene were also very surprised, and even the director of the movie stood up with a look of disbelief.

However, at this time, the award presenters on the stage handed over the list of winners to one of the judges - Shu Qi!
She took the list of winners with both hands, searched the audience, and finally stopped in the direction of Jiang Wen and the others.

A charming smile suddenly appeared on his face, and his mouth moved closer to the handed microphone:
"And the movie from China, Qin Muchu - "When Happiness Knocks on the Door"!"

Something even more upsetting than "Elite Force" appeared.

This year's Berlin Golden Bear Award turned out to be double yolk eggs!

(End of this chapter)