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"Decision to Break Up" took the first place with a score of 3.3. The previous first place was "Synonyms" and "The Story of Three Sisters", which tied for first place with a score of 3 points.

But as soon as the ratings of "Decision to Part" came out, they had no choice but to step down.

In fact, the popularity of "Decision to Break Up" that day was not only reflected in the program brochure and the ratings.

Most major European and American media gave positive coverage.

The Hollywood Reporter, which Zhang Yang is familiar with, said: The film is very romantic, using love and emotional control to make people obsessed.

The IndieWire film critic also summarized: The movie is about suspicion, concern, and the determination to break up.

"Decision to Separate" had always been a hot favorite at the Berlin Film Festival, but it was ultimately not released to the public.

Now it has finally revealed its true colors and has not disappointed anyone.

Zhang Yang is as steady as an old dog.

"It's just a program brochure, don't take it too seriously." Liu Yifei said modestly after reading it. It has happened before that the highest-scoring movie in the program brochure didn't win anything.

Professor An looked at his daughter with amusement. He remembered something: "How old has Hongyi grown recently?"

Liu Yifei was well prepared. She showed Professor An many photos and videos she had taken.

The two men did not stay long after lunch. When they returned to Berlin, it was already past three in the afternoon.

At around 6pm, when they were having dinner at the hotel, the assistant's cell phone rang. He picked it up and saw that it was marked with the Berlin Film Festival.

This was not the first time he had answered the phone, so he felt very familiar with it.

He answered the phone and said "yes" and "OK." Then he hung up the phone and reported to Zhang Yang calmly, "It's the notification call from the organizing committee."

Zhang Yang and Liu Yifei were already used to this, and they didn't even stop eating.

Li Xiaoran was happy for a moment when she heard what her assistant said, but when she saw Zhang Yang and Liu Yifei's reactions, she suddenly felt that there was nothing to be happy about.

The two people who might have gone on stage to receive the award didn't react. She just came here to show her face. What's there to be happy about?

Time passed quickly and it was 16: p.m. on the th.

Zhang Yang and his team recently came to the Film Palace for the third time.

While waiting for the red carpet to start, Zhang Yang also met director Wang Xiaoshuai from the same school.

"Brother, it looks like our country can get at least two of the eight bears this time."

"If you want to get more, it depends on you, Zhang Yang." Wang Xiaoshuai waved his hand politely.

"Let's work hard together." Liu Yifei said politely with a smile.

The two groups of people were talking and laughing, and soon the red carpet officially began. Everyone quickly walked the red carpet, entered the venue, and sat down at their seats.

Zhang Yang and his companions were arranged to sit at the front as usual. When they sat down, Liu Yifei looked around and whispered to Zhang Yang, "Director Wang and his companions are sitting very close to the front."

Zhang Yang looked behind him and saw that Wang Xiaoshuai was only two rows away from them.

It is an unwritten rule that the more awards a film festival wins, the bigger the crew, the higher up the table they sit. It seems that the crew of So Long, My Son will have a lot to gain.

Soon, the awards ceremony of the 69th Berlin Film Festival officially began.

The first thing at this year's award ceremony was rather special. It was not an award ceremony but a tribute to a person, Dieter Kosslick.

This is the chairman of the executive committee of the Berlin Film Festival for 18 years.

The film festival first expressed its gratitude verbally and then prepared a special souvenir for him.

Zhang Yang felt a little itchy when he saw this scene. He stroked his chin and whispered to Liu Yifei beside him: "Should I choose a film festival in China and be its president for ten or twenty years?"

"You can be one if you want to, but it seems you have no choice but to win the Golden Rooster and Hundred Flowers Film Festival. You are not qualified for other film festivals." Liu Yifei said casually.

The heads of the executive committees of the Shanghai and Beijing Film Festivals are both the second-elders in the local area, so Zhang Yang is indeed not qualified.

"Not necessarily." Zhang Yang thought about something and smiled mysteriously.

Liu Yifei had a casual look on her face, but when she heard Zhang Yang's words, she turned around and looked at him. She knew what he meant.

Li Xiaoran also heard their conversation from the side and felt it was so horrifying, the level of their discussion was really too high.

The award ceremony proceeded slowly, and it took nearly an hour to present all the awards for other units.

The awards for the main competition unit have finally begun to be presented.

The host first invited the six judges of the main competition unit to the stage.

It turns out that as the world's first female Grand Slam winner, Juliet has a temper.

The first thing she did after taking the stage was to call out to Zhang Yimou, saying that it was a pity that your film was withdrawn from the competition, and that she hoped to see it on big screens around the world in the future.

My goodness, this is almost like she is firing a powerful shot right at Zhang Yimou's face, which also shows that she is really angry.

As soon as Juliet finished speaking, there was warm applause from the audience.

Zhang Yang also applauded. It would be a bit out of place if he didn't applaud now.

At this moment, the on-site director suddenly gave the camera to Zhang Yang. They still understand traffic.

Zhang Yang felt very upset, but he clapped his hands with a smile on his face. What was going on?

It’s all Liu Haocun’s fault. If she hadn’t participated in the film, he would definitely have helped Zhang Yimou.

What Zhang Yang didn't know was that after the live camera was turned to him, it swept to the crew of "So Long, My Son". Wang Xiaoshuai had similar thoughts as Zhang Yang, and he also had something to say in his heart, feeling uncomfortable.

It is unknown who he is blaming at this moment.

The judges of this year's Berlin Film Festival were also miserable. They didn't even have a seat and had to stand in a row behind a table where the Silver Bear trophy was placed to present awards.

After the Silver Bear Award for Best Screenplay was presented, the host announced that the Silver Bear Award for Best Actor would be presented.

When Zhang Yang heard the beautiful host's words, he still had a little expectation in his heart. What if it was him?

Especially after she announced that the award presenter would be Justin Chang, not only Zhang Yang was looking forward to it, but Liu Yifei was too.

Justin Chang is a film critic for the Los Angeles Times, and more importantly, he is Asian.

"You're not really going to win the Best Actor award, are you?" Liu Yifei touched Zhang Yang with her arm. She felt that if Zhang Yang really won the Best Actor award, he might even act in a movie with her in the future. "You're overthinking it." Zhang Yang didn't seem to care.

It turns out that he was overthinking. After Justin Chang came on stage, he didn't beat around the bush and directly announced: The winner of the 69th Berlin Film Festival Best Actor is:

Wang Jingchun, "So Long, My Son".

Zhang Yang was very happy that a Chinese won the award, and he also applauded.

But when the clip of Wang Jingchun's award-winning performance played on the screen, Zhang Yang's heart skipped a beat and he looked at Juliet. At this moment, he hoped that his guess was wrong.

Even the clips played at the award ceremonies of the three major film festivals are very complicated and need to be interpreted with an artistic eye.

The clip that won Wang Jingchun the award for was the one where he and Yongmei were drinking water while sitting in front of a grave. More importantly, this scene did not showcase his acting skills at all, but only showed the tacit understanding between him and Yongmei.

According to his interpretation, this was almost a hint that the Best Actress award should be given to Yongmei.

Juliet seemed to feel his gaze, and she smiled and nodded at Zhang Yang.

Liu Yifei turned around and was about to say something to Zhang Yang, but she saw him and Juliet smiling at each other.

"what are you doing?"

"Nothing." Zhang Yang came back to his senses, but ultimately did not express his guess.

After the Best Actor award, the next award comes naturally: Best Actress, and this time the award was presented by Sandra Wheeler.

She is a native German and also a Berlin film queen.

She was also quick in presenting the awards: The winner of the Best Actress award at the 69th Berlin Film Festival was:

Yongmei, "Eternal Love".

The guests at the scene were all excited. It was the most exciting thing for the male and female protagonists of a movie to win the Best Actor and Best Actress awards at the same film festival.

This shows that the two of them complement each other in the movie.

Liu Yifei is no longer the same as before. When she saw Yongmei winning the Best Actress award, the scene played was still of the two of them going to the grave. Inferring from the result, it is easy to think of the hint.

"Did you guess it just now?"

"It's just an idea." Zhang Yang smiled helplessly. He couldn't blame him. These two people were not noticeable at all in the country, so he didn't even remember this incident.

"Let's just consider it as accumulating good luck so that we can win the Golden Bear in one fell swoop." Liu Yifei quickly calmed down and became full of energy again.

When Li Xiaoran heard their conversation, he felt that Liu Yifei was very courageous.

"It's not enough to just win the Golden Bear. I also want the Silver Bear for Best Director. Our Chinese films have won the four biggest awards in one fell swoop."

Li Xiaoran took a breath of cold air. Well, she was still superficial. When Zhang Yang said this, she suddenly felt that he was more courageous.

But she thought it was impossible. If she really did that, the jury of this year's Berlin Film Festival would definitely be scolded to death.

When Liu Yifei heard what Zhang Yang said, she also felt that it was impossible.

When Yongmei went up to give her acceptance speech, an interesting scene occurred. Wang Jingchun suddenly walked onto the stage and gave her a hug.

This scene made everyone applaud again.

After Best Actress comes Best Director.

The jury quickly slapped Zhang Yang in the face and gave the Best Director award to Angela Schanalek, another native German. It seemed that Germans won a lot of awards this year.

The Best Director award has been presented, but no one wants to win the next award, because if they win it, they will miss out on the Golden Bear.

In the end, the Silver Bear Grand Jury Award was given to "Synonyms".

There is only one award left at tonight's ceremony: Best Picture.

This award is also quite special.
It was presented by Juliet and Dieter together. The Executive Committee and the Chairman of the Jury presented it together, as if it was foreshadowing the extraordinary nature of this award.

The two exchanged a few words in the center of the stage, and Juliet said with a smile: "The winner of the 69th Berlin Film Festival Best Film is:
"The Decision to Break Up"
It is directed by Zhang Yang and stars Zhang Yang and Liu Yifei. ”

As soon as Juliet finished speaking and Zhang Yang and the others stood up, thunderous applause broke out from the audience.

This is not a simple Golden Bear, it witnessed the world's number one man who won three gold medals in two rounds.

Zhang Yang is not the first director in the world to win three major awards. There were two who did it in the last century, but winning three major awards twice is probably something no one has ever thought of before.

But Zhang Yang did it.

What’s particularly interesting is that Zhang Yang won three gold medals in the first round, and the last one was the Golden Bear.

Now in the second round of three gold medals, the last one won was still the Golden Bear. This may be fate.

Zhang Yang stood up amid thunderous applause. Liu Yifei came over and gave him a tight hug: "Congratulations." She said sweetly in Zhang Yang's ear. Don't ask Zhang Yang how he knew it was sweet, this is a man's sixth sense.

"Thank you." After Zhang Yang separated from her, he bent down and kissed her on the forehead: "You have contributed to this as well."

Liu Yifei smiled innocently.

Li Xiaoran, who was walking over to give Zhang Yang a hug, was fed a mouthful of dog food. Fortunately, she was married and immune to all this.

"Congratulations, Director."

"Thank you." Zhang Yang also gave Li Xiaoran a hug. Then he said, "Let's go upstairs!"

He then walked onto the stage with two beauties.

On the stage, Dieter took the Golden Bear and met Zhang Yang who was going on stage.

"congratulations."

"Thank you." Zhang Yang said and looked at Dieter.

But Dieter didn't give the golden bear to him, but handed it to Juliet.

"Congratulations." Juliet smiled and handed the golden bear to Zhang Yang.

"Thank you." Zhang Yang took the Golden Bear and looked at it carefully. The last time he took a Golden Bear was in 03. It has been 16 years. (End of this chapter)