Huayu: I'm reborn, but you still force me to be a scumbag?

Chapter 332 It's Stable

Chen Nuo didn't know what Roman Polanski was thinking.

I won’t mention it before, but it’s common practice for some people to bully newcomers in the industry by relying on their seniority and disliking the youngsters who became famous overnight.

But this is 2010, brother.

Do you really think that his 2091 million followers on Facebook are just for show?

You are an internationally wanted criminal, but instead of living your life in fear, you dare to speak out everywhere. Are you afraid that everyone will forget about you?

He actually called LAPD 911.

When he was on the phone, not only did he almost laugh, the operator on the phone actually laughed.

"Polanski? Berlin?"

The tone of voice, like SpongeBob? Mars?

But it doesn't matter, this is meant to be funny.

Unless America unifies the world, the LAPD will not be able to track down the murderer across the ocean.

However, such an interesting thing was seen by so many media reporters and it was impossible not to report it.

Ha ha.

Chen Nuo was determined to try out the quality of the copper smelting artifact.

He wanted to see whether his title as an artist and the sympathy from his deceased wife would continue to protect him from living a carefree life and speaking freely in Europe after people all over the world remembered what Roman Polanski did in the 70s.

Chen Nuo was very angry because what this man said was too extreme.

He is actually said to be the most overrated actor in the world today.

If that's him, then who is the person in front of him?
"Hey, Chen, I've been waiting for you for a long time."

"Hello Leon, I'm glad you're here to watch my movie."

The two hugged each other first, and then Leonardo Dicaprio took two steps back, looked at Chen Nuo's clothes, raised his eyebrows, and said, "Chinese style? Pretty cool."

"Yeah, hello, Martin, thank you for coming." Chen Nuo shook hands with Martin Scorsese again and hugged him.

The old friends were very happy to meet each other. There was still some time before the movie started, so Chen Nuo simply sat on the spacious seats in the Cinema Palace and started chatting with the two of them.

The topic naturally revolved around the movie which was about to start.

"Your movie is very popular. I hope our movie will have the same kind of success the day after tomorrow." Martin Scorsese said with a smile, "When was the last time you won an award in Berlin? In 05?"

"Yes, 2005, the 55th."

"I heard that you were just a high school student at that time?"

"Yes, that's right."

Leo exclaimed wow, and then said: "I bet you will be very popular in your high school after you have that trophy."

Chen Nuo smiled and said, "But it's still not as popular as you were after Titanic."

Leo smiled and said, "You can't have all the good things in the world to yourself. If you want my Titanic, you have to exchange it for your Oscar."

"It's just a supporting actor. You think that's worthy of me."

"I want all the best sound effects. I can't sleep every time I think about that little golden statue in your bedroom. I'm not kidding, Chen."

"It's not in my bedroom. I actually forgot where I put it. I'm sorry, Leon, people always don't appreciate what they get. On the contrary... I understand you."

"Haha!" Leon Ledo laughed, then blocked his gaze with his hand and gave him a middle finger.

Chen Nuo also smiled and imitated him.

The two exchanged a few words, and Leo sighed and said, "I'm really jealous of you. Martin told me that this time you have a good chance of winning the Berlin Film Festival Best Actor Award for the second time."

"Oh?" Chen Nuo looked at the top Hollywood director in surprise.

Martin Scorsese laughed and said, "Berlin likes realistic themes. This fits the feeling your movie posters give me, and the chairman of the jury this time is my old friend Werner Herzog. What I can tell you is that he likes movies about love."

After hearing this, it was impossible for Chen Nuo not to be happy.

Film is an art.

As long as it is art, subjective color is an important component.

If the chairman of the jury at a film festival prefers a certain type of film, it is definitely a very favorable factor for that type of film.

Not only was he happy, he really wanted to give a thumbs up to Director Zhang Yimou.

Lao Mouzi is awesome.

In fact, Zhang Yimou had talked to him before coming here, saying that missing Venice was a blessing in disguise.

why?

Because Venice actually likes avant-garde and more artistic films, which is not quite in line with the nature of "The Hawthorn Tree". The Hawthorn Tree does not have an advantage in going there.

Among the three major European film festivals, Cannes, Berlin and Venice, Berlin is the most suitable for them.

After the list of jury members came out, Director Zhang even said that Werner Herzog, as one of the New Four Great German Filmmakers, started out making romance films, and The Hawthorn Tree was really the right choice this time.

Even though they have no connections with some of the judges and can only compete fairly, they are actually not at a disadvantage.

If it was just Zhang Yimou who said this, Chen Nuo would still be a little skeptical, but now that Martin Scorsese has confirmed the news, Chen Nuo is completely convinced.

Lao Mouzi is worthy of being Lao Mouzi, he is really shrewd and scheming.

The good news was confirmed, and although Chen Nuo was happy in his heart, he did not show it on his face.

After speaking humbly to Martin and chatting with Leo for a while, he returned to his seat in the crew.

At this time, Dieter Kosslick, chairman of the organizing committee of the Berlin Film Festival, came in and came over to greet them.

Although it is a film in the main competition unit, it is natural for the chairman of the organizing committee to be present.

However, there are not many crew members who can let Koslik walk directly to their seats and chat and laugh with them.

From this we can see that Lao Mouzi is not only shrewd and calculating, but also well-informed and able to plan and strategize, and he can defeat the enemy without fighting.

The cards are indeed very good.

The more Chen Nuo thought about it, the more he felt that it was not an exaggeration to say that Director Zhang was a golden thigh in Europe.

Stable.

It seems that this time it is stable.

The festival chairman usually arrives as the closing guest, and not long after Koslik arrived, the lights in the hall went out.

The world premiere of Under the Hawthorn Tree at the Berlin Film Festival then began.

After the logos of various film companies, Mr. Li Xuejian, who played the village chief in the film, appeared in the movie. The simple and honest China in the 70s slowly unfolded in front of thousands of audiences in the movie palace.

The movie opens with teacher Li Xuejian picking up a group of educated young people at the bus stop.

In order to write revolutionary stories, these young people moved from the city to Xiping Village.

Jingqiu, a girl with two pigtails and pure and beautiful appearance, is one of them.

However, maybe the opening was a bit lukewarm, so before the movie started, Chen Nuo noticed that there were still quite a few audience members whispering to each other in the front.

This phenomenon gradually disappeared only after Jingqiu and Lao San met for the first time.

The veins on the back of Director Zhang's hand that was holding the armrest finally relaxed. To be honest, although Director Zhang is undoubtedly a great talent, Chen Nuo feels that Lao Mouzi is in a bad mood and is too impatient.

The Hawthorn Tree is a slow-burning movie, just like a slow-burning novel. If you write it slowly, there will always be people who will read it. The world is so big, and there are so many strange people. No matter how bad the author is, there will always be those blind readers who think it is good.

Moreover, the Hawthorn Tree without subtitles is definitely not that bad. At least it should have a first order of thousands.

Why are you panicking?
Jingqiu, a student from the city, is temporarily staying at the village chief's house.

The third member of the geological exploration team also often came to the village chief's house for dinner, and the two became acquainted with each other.

The third brother is kind and enthusiastic. He helps Jingqiu change light bulbs, buy pens, and praises her writing skills. As they spend more time together, the two gradually develop feelings for each other.

About thirty minutes into the movie, Lao San finally confessed his love to Jingqiu.

Chen Nuo looked at himself on TV and said in a slightly pretentious tone, "I am definitely not the first person to fall in love with you, nor the last one, but I believe that I am the one who loves you the most."

This corny line was played on the top-notch speakers in the cinema.

Chen Nuo watched Lao San and Jing Qiu look into each other's eyes on the screen. Even though he had not believed in love for many years, he strangely felt like he was being melted.

After that, I was immersed in the plot of the movie unknowingly.

There are no more distracting subtitles, no more blindly catering to the market and pursuing popular and straightforward content.

Zhang Yimou is still the same Zhang Yimou after all.

In this final version of The Hawthorn Tree, he added the colorful narrative that he is good at.

In the spring when we first met, everything in front of the camera was green. That was hope breaking through the ground. Just like the throbbing that quietly sprouted in Jingqiu's heart when she first met Lao San, everything was full of unknown expectations.

In the hot summer of love, red elements can be seen everywhere. The red swimsuit, festive red cloth, and warm hawthorn fruits that the third brother gave to Jingqiu are overflowing with passionate and unrestrained love. It is the unreserved dedication of two young hearts.

The golden autumn of farewell, a layer of sad yellow quietly covered the screen. The fallen leaves were flying, and the third brother's departure without saying goodbye was like the bleakness of this autumn. There was a sense of melancholy and coolness in the world of Jingqiu, and the longing spread in the golden color.

In the cold winter of farewell, the white of despair covered the entire horizon. The white snow covered the footprints of the past and seemed to swallow up this love.

When the hawthorn tree was abnormally full of red flowers, it looked like blood-stained color. Jingqiu, played by Liu Yifei, cried bitterly in front of the third brother's bed, and the crying made the whole theater as silent as death.

When the third brother finally died, Jingqiu came to the hawthorn tree alone. That lonely figure was like a painting, engraved in Chen Nuo's eyes.

It made his nose a little sore.

I couldn't help but feel an impulse in my heart.

No, not impulsive.

Chen Nuo believed that he was not the only one in the entire theater who felt this way.

The 60th Berlin Film Festival Silver Bear Award, Best Actress, Liu Yifei!

Just give the award directly, it is absolutely well deserved.

I didn't feel that way when I first watched it in the screening room at New Picture Studios.

I guess it was because of the subtitles and the screen was too small.

But now, he really thinks that this revised version of The Hawthorn Tree is so beautiful, and Liu Yifei’s performance in it is so outstanding.

The last few crying scenes, played out on the giant screen of the Cinema Palace, really made people deeply empathize.

Chen Nuo felt that if Liu Yifei still had no movies to shoot in the future, it would be a shame for the entire Chinese film industry.

……

The movie is over.

Then, after a few seconds of silence, the audience burst into thunderous applause.

Then, one by one, two by two, three by four, the entire audience stood up.

The list of the main creative staff was still scrolling on the movie screen, but the lights in the hall had already been lit up impatiently.

It’s a pity that Berlin doesn’t have the fancy spotlights of Cannes, so the creative team can’t enjoy the dizzying tribute from the audience.

However, when Zhang Yimou, Chen Nuo, Liu Yifei, and Jiang Ruijia stood up from their seats and waved to all directions, the applause instantly became several degrees louder.

Lao Mouzi's face was wrinkled with laughter, Jiang Ruijia's face was red with excitement, Liu Yifei smiled like a flower, having long forgotten the unpleasantness between her and Chen Nuo, and waved in all directions. Sitting next to her, Liu Xiaoli clapped her hands with tears in her eyes.

Chen Nuo was also very happy. He looked at the positions of Leonardo DiCaprio and Martin Scorsese and waved towards them a few times.

However, when Chen Nuo saw the expressions on the two men's faces, he couldn't help feeling a little strange.

Why does it feel like a fake smile?
But he didn't take it too seriously.

Soon, the applause died down.

Zhang Yimou and the film's main creative team left the stage first under the audience's gaze and moved to the interview room to accept media interviews.

The huge interview room was packed with entertainment media reporters from all over the world. It was definitely better than "Reunion", which made Chen Nuo smile even more.

To be honest, he just came back from China today, and his physical condition is not very good.

But when he sat in the front of the interview seat and answered reporters' questions, he felt full of energy.

Maybe this is the effect of a good movie, just like taking stimulants.

This movie is really to his liking. As a love movie, it is better than "My Blueberry Nights", which is boring, lengthy, full of lust, and has a hard-to-understand plot.
He definitely loves this version of The Hawthorn Tree more.

It is like a fresh, elegant and catchy poem in a Chinese textbook, just like "Red beans grow in the south, and a few branches sprout in spring."

There is no Chinese who does not like the blank space and charm in it, as well as the light and subtle love that does not need to be expressed in words.

However, he didn't expect that the first question from the German reporter was not to the absolutely awesome Zhang Yimou, nor to the Berlin Film Queen Liu Yifei, nor to the outstanding Jiang Ruijia, nor to him.

The reporter's first question was directed to the organizing committee chairman, Dieter Kosslick, who was sitting in the interview booth with them and was just a guest.

The German reporter, of course, spoke German. He mumbled a question and Chen Nuo didn't understand it, but he felt that the sentence was quite short.

However, this problem seems to be difficult.

Koslik seemed to be stumped. He scratched his head and beard, thinking about his words.

Chen Nuo was wondering how difficult this problem was. After all, Koslik was a very smart guy and had seen all kinds of situations. How come he got stuck?
At this time, the translator sitting behind Chen Nuo and the others translated the question.

"Mr. President, what do you think of this movie, did you like it?"

Chen Nuo was stunned for a moment.

That's it?

……

……

Roman Polanski walked out of the main theater with his assistant as everyone applauded.

At that time, the audiences in the other two theaters were also leaving, so the famous director in a peaked cap blended into the bustling crowd and did not attract anyone's attention.

After coming out, at the entrance of the Film Palace, he listened to the discussions of the audience around him, laughed a few times, and then, as if a huge stone had been lifted from his heart, he chatted happily with his assistant while going to the parking lot to take a car and left.

As soon as he left, Sam White followed him out.

As in Cannes, he came to Berlin this time not only as a special film festival critic for The Hollywood Reporter, but also because he was commissioned by someone.

This time, he did not forget to make a phone call. After leaving the noisy crowd, he immediately took out his mobile phone from his pocket and said with a smile: "Halo, Harvey, this time, I think the opportunity has come."

(End of this chapter)