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When we left the airport, the staff Huang Ze had sent from Xinghai had already prepared the car and driver.

The group didn't have to worry about transportation and rushed directly to the hotel.

When he arrived at the hotel, Wang Zhiwen's eyes lit up as he held the brochure distributed by the film festival.

"Brother Huang, we have the advantage this time!"

"Look at this, Siqin Gaowa is on the jury, and there's also Cai Mingliang, who seems to be the Malaysian director!"

"I knew it a long time ago." Huang Ze curled his lips, "I knew about it right after they went to Berlin."

"Huh?" Wang Zhiwen's eyes were full of doubts.

"Do you really not know or are you pretending not to know?" Huang Ze blinked, "I invested in his Golden Lion Award-winning film, Long Live Love."

"Is there such a thing?" Wang Zhiwen smiled awkwardly at his own ignorance. "It was mainly because I had just finished filming "Life is Beautiful" not long ago, and I was trying hard to get out of the role, so I didn't really care about these things."

"I heard from others that 'Vive L'Amour' won the Golden Lion."

"Hey, Brother Huang, then we are more stable!"

Wang Zhiwen raised his eyebrows, "Two people, one is from our country, and the other is so familiar with you, when the time comes, the quarrel between the two of them will be louder than that of others!"

"It will definitely help us get a good prize."

"That may not be the case! It depends on the person. Some people can at least win an award for their country's directors, while some people, after participating several times, get nothing for their country."

"For example?" Wang Zhiwen asked.

Du Qifeng!

But he couldn't bring it up as an example right now, so Huang Ze had to change the subject, "Who studies this every day? Besides, the one with the loudest voice in the jury is always the chairman of the jury."

"That may not be the case!" Wang Zhiwen said, "If you, Huang, were a judge, there wouldn't be many jury chairmen with a louder voice than you."

"You are really good at talking!"

Huang Ze smiled and pointed at the other person, but did not deny it.

This kind of thing, the pitch of your voice, is not given to you by your position, but mainly depends on the achievements you have made.

A director who won three of the three major awards and was successful at the box office said that this movie is good, and you are confused even though you are the chairman of the jury. Is it that I didn't see it?

Is it because my artistic accomplishment is not enough?
If I were a judge on the jury.

"Depend on!"

Speaking of this, Huang Ze wondered, "Why didn't any film festival ask me to be a judge?"

"I think..."

Wang Zhiwen quickly added, "Brother Huang, you are too powerful! And too young."

"Think about it. With your current status in the film industry, don't you think so? If you are a judge, what's the point of the chairman of the jury? It's not easy for him to be the chairman!"

"How about asking you to be the chairman of the jury? You are only in your thirties, just turned thirty-five this year. You are famous and have won many awards, but being the chairman of the jury always feels a bit... a bit..."

"Not solid?"

"Maybe they think so." Wang Zhiwen shook his head quickly, "Anyway, I don't think so."

"Oh, what's wrong with me?"

No matter how unsteady I am, I won't wholesale the best actor and actress!
Huang Ze curled his lips speechlessly and continued reading the booklet.

The judges are not very interesting, but the participating films are still quite interesting.

It’s not that there are many well-known films. 94 is known as the year when God wanted to watch movies, but it obviously did not have much impact on the Berlin Film Festival. There are not many films that most people are familiar with. The most familiar one is "Before Sunrise".

However, there are quite a few Chinese-language films this year. Among the 23 films, four are Chinese-language films.

My own "Life is Beautiful", Guan Jingpeng's "Red Rose and White Rose", my old classmate Li Shaohong's "Powder", and Xu Anhua's "Woman, Forty".

There is also a foreign language film called "Smoke" directed by Chinese-American director Wang Ying.

"Wow, there are a lot of movies that require special friendship and support!"

If it were any other movie, I would just chat with the director after watching it to let him know that I was there to show my support, but with these people, just chatting for a while might not be enough.

……

"Life is Beautiful" was scheduled to premiere on the morning of the third day of the film festival, so after attending the opening ceremony on the evening of the 9th, Huang Ze began to attend various opening ceremonies the next day.

The first movie I watched was starred by someone I knew.

"Woman, Forty".

Starring Xiao Fangfang, it tells the story of a 40-year-old Hong Kong woman.

I have to say that Xu Anhua is very good at shooting this kind of movie.

I have to say that Xiao Fangfang's performance in the film is very outstanding.

"Wow, Sister Xiao's acting is so great in it! She has the potential to win a Best Actress award!" Zhang Manyu, who flew over from Hong Kong Island the day before yesterday, was the first one to applaud after the film ended.

"Affirmation from the Berlin Film Queen?" Huang Zetian clapped his hands and joked.

"Wow! Director Huang." Zhang Manyu's eyes fell on Huang Ze's hand, "Appreciation from an internationally renowned director?"

"Then I'm sure you can win the Best Actress award."

"Don't tease me, I can feel it, I have no chance..."

"Hahaha, let's go and congratulate them." Huang Ze stood up and walked over. He first greeted Xu Anhua, who he was not very familiar with, and then started chatting with Xiao Fangfang. "The performance was very good!"

"Just now Manyu said you can win the Best Actress award."

"Ah!" Zhang Manyu gave Huang Ze a pink fist.

"I think so too." Huang Ze added with a smile.

"Really? That would be great if that's the case."

Xiao Fangfang spoke in a loud voice, then pointed at his ears and smiled bitterly, "My ear problem is getting worse and worse. I guess I won't be able to make a movie in two or three years."

"It would be nice if it could be a perfect ending to my 40-year film career."

"In short, I wish you good luck, Director Huang. I also wish you win the grand prize!"

"You haven't even watched the movie yet." Huang Ze said.

"Director Huang, your film, and Man Yu, will definitely be another classic! I'll go there early tomorrow morning to queue up to watch it."

"Then let's put it this way!"

After chatting for more than ten minutes, Huang Ze took everyone to watch a few more movies and went to rest early.

Go to bed early and get up early.

Huang Ze woke up naturally at six o'clock the next day.

An hour early, I arrived with everyone at the Berlin Film Festival's huge exhibition hall reserved for "Life is Beautiful" that could accommodate more than a thousand people. Then I sat quietly, watching the audience, film critics and others walk in from the door one by one as time approached.

Of course, even though Huang Ze has reduced the frequency of releasing songs in recent years, the routine signing session is still necessary. Not long after, he took out the prepared pen and became the signing tool. (End of this chapter)