Hollywood Director 1992.

Chapter 290 Berlin Night, Pink Lady

In early January, Link brought his new film "The Butterfly Effect" to Berlin, Germany to attend the 45th Berlin International Film Festival.

The Berlin Film Festival was founded in 1951 and is one of the world's three major international film festivals along with the Cannes International Film Festival and the Venice International Film Festival. Its highest award is the 'Golden Bear Award'.

Held every year in January and February for two weeks, the film festival is divided into the 'main competition', short film competition, new generation, forum, special screenings and other units.

Before the 1980s, the Berlin Film Festival preferred political themes, and films of this type were easily favored by the jury. However, with the disintegration of the Soviet Union and the end of the Cold War, the Berlin Film Festival became more diversified in its award selection and paid more attention to artistic and humanistic films.

This year, 1338 films from all over the world are participating in the Berlin Film Festival.

After ten days of selection, 22 films were shortlisted for the main competition unit.

Including Lin Ke's "The Butterfly Effect", "A Woman, Forty" directed by Ann Hui, "Red Rose, White Rose" by Stanley Kwan, "Powder" directed by Li Shaohong, and the Hong Kong movie "Return to the Earth".

Films directed by Chinese people stole the show at this year's Berlin Film Festival.

In particular, Link's "The Butterfly Effect" made a stunning debut during the film festival, immediately sparking heated discussions in the German media.

Bild, Germany's largest-circulation newspaper, praised the film highly, calling it "a stunning work that is wrapped in a sci-fi guise but has a philosophical core."

In his article, film critic David Thomson praised the film for its ingenious integration of psychology and chaos theory, exploring eternal themes such as fate, choice and human nature through the ingenious weaving of a timeline.

"Among science fiction films filled with visual wonders, The Butterfly Effect stands out with its unique humanistic care and profound ideological connotations. Director Link used rigorous logic to construct a shocking parallel universe, allowing the audience to think about the essence of life in a thrilling atmosphere. This is not only a science fiction film, but also a magic mirror that reflects human nature."

Bild praised the film as "the most thought-provoking film of the year" and sparked a philosophical debate about fate and choice at the film festival.

After several days of selection, Lin Ke won the Silver Bear Award for Best Director for "The Butterfly Effect", the Golden Bear Award for Best Film was won by the French film "Poison Rouge", Josephine Siao won the Best Actress Award for "A Woman, Forty", and director Li Shaohong won the Outstanding Individual Award.

There were a total of ten awards at the film festival, and Chinese directors won three of them, which became an interesting news at this film festival.

"Director Link, congratulations on winning this award."

At the film festival party, director Stanley Kwan raised his glass to congratulate him.

The person who introduced the two was Chen Chong, the heroine of "Red Rose, White Rose". After the film entered the main competition unit, she also came to Berlin.

"Thank you! Director Guan, Red Rose, White Rose is also very interesting, with beautiful images and rich and delicate emotions. It also gave me some inspiration. I hope we can have the opportunity to work together in the future."

"It's my pleasure."

Director Stanley Kwan raised his eyebrows and said excitedly, "Director Lin, I also want to thank you for your support for Red Rose, White Rose. This movie is about a very niche subject and not many people are willing to invest in it. If it weren't for you, I wouldn't be able to make this movie."

The producer of "Red Rose, White Rose" is Dongfeng Pictures.

"If that's the case, you should thank Chen Chong because she recommended this movie."

Link pointed at Chen Chong beside him.

Chen Chong didn't mind showing their relationship in front of outsiders. He took Link's arm and said with a smile, "Director Guan, I said Link is a person who knows a lot about movies. Do you believe it now?"

"Believe it! Director Lin is not only a great director, but also a great film investor. It is my honor to work with him."

Director Stanley Kwan nodded excitedly.

Lin Ke smiled, and then, under the guidance of directors Chen Chong and Stanley Kwan, he met several other domestic filmmakers.

Including Ann Hui, Li Shaohong, Josephine Siao, the male and female protagonists of "Pink" Wang Zhiwen and Wang Ji, and the director of "Return to the Earth" Liang Benxi and the female protagonist Wang Yan.

Everyone present knew him, but this was the first time they had a face-to-face chat. Plus, he had been involved in a lot of scandals recently, so everyone was curious about him.

But because he is so famous and worth so much, everyone is very careful when speaking to him and doesn't talk about anything too extreme.

Lin Ke did not deliberately try to get close to several domestic filmmakers. He just sent them cooperation invitations through Chen Chong. If they lacked funds to make a movie, they could cooperate with Dongfeng Pictures. Dongfeng Pictures was not short of money and was willing to work with domestic peers to make more good movies.

Directors Ann Hui and Li Shaohong both agreed. Although they are famous directors, they sometimes lack funds to make movies. If Dongfeng Pictures is a good partner, they are willing to cooperate.

"Link looks so young." After Link left, director Liang Benxi sighed as he looked at his back.

"He is only 23, of course he is young."

Wang Ji smiled.

"It's really amazing that he can make movies of the same level as Seven Deadly Sins and The Butterfly Effect at the age of 23. There are not many people in the world who can make movies better than him."

Director Xu Anhua exclaimed
"I heard that Link is worth billions of dollars and has dozens of girlfriends, and he's still so young. Wow, I'm really envious."

Wang Zhiwen touched his chin and smiled.

Director Liang Benxi nodded in agreement.

"You men, you don't envy Link's talent for making movies, but envy him for having so many girlfriends. You are so vulgar."

Director Li Shaohong joked.

"There's nothing I can do. I'm just a layman."

Wang Zhiwen smiled indifferently.

Wang Yan, who was standing next to them, was listening to their words and staring intently at Link in the crowd, blinking her almond-shaped eyes.

At the party, Link also met this year's film festival jury chairman George Dulgirov, jury member Siqin Gaowa, as well as the famous German director Formann Schlöndorff, whose representative works are "The Tin Drum" and "Run Lola Run", the famous German actress Nastassja Kinski, and the supermodel Diane Kruger.

Link chatted with them and invited them to cooperate.

Currently, Guess the Movie Pictures is under siege by the seven major film studios, and the situation is quite serious. It is introducing comrades from outside to strengthen the strength of Guess the Movie Pictures and increase the number of films produced by the company. With sufficient film sources, it will have more bargaining chips when competing with the seven major film studios.

This is also one of Link’s countermeasures against the siege from the seven major film studios.

After attending the film festival party, Link returned to the hotel to rest. In the evening, Chen Chong came to his room and brought a girl, who was Wang Yan, the heroine of "Return to Earth".

Wang Yangang was just 20 years old and had not yet starred in "My Fair Princess". She was just an ordinary actor. She had been practicing dance since she was a child. She was pretty and had a good figure.

But after the girl entered the room, her face turned red and she lowered her head, not daring to look at him, like a little lamb entering a wolf's den.

Link shook his head. Due to the changes in his body, his needs in certain aspects became stronger and he was easily tempted. But no matter how strong the desires were, he would not mess around outside, and he would not use force on women. Firstly, he disdained it, and secondly, he did not need it.

He asked Wang Yan to sit down and chat, asked about her work situation, encouraged her to practice her acting skills and gain more experience in the crew, and then asked Chen Chong to take her away.

After a while, Chen Chong came back to apologize to him, saying that they had agreed in advance and the girl was very proactive, but he didn't know why she became so shy after seeing him. It was probably because she was too nervous. She was still a green hand and had no experience. He asked Link to forgive him and said that this kind of thing would never happen again next time.

Link did not blame her or ask her not to do this. They were partners, and as long as she performed her duties conscientiously as the general manager of Dongfeng Pictures, he would not blame her and would continue to support her even if several projects invested by the company lost money.

Chen Chong was very moved when he heard this, and took the initiative to squat down to please him. Before the two of them could take the next step, there was a knock on the door.

Link stood up and went to the door to open it. He saw Wang Ji, the heroine of "Pink", standing against the door. She was wearing a burgundy long skirt with a black plush leather jacket on the outside. Her slender legs were wrapped in black stockings and she was wearing a pair of exquisite high heels. Her mature and voluptuous figure looked particularly charming in the dim light.

She shook a bottle of whiskey in her hand, exuding a hazy and chaotic atmosphere, and said with a smile, "Link, do you want a drink?"

As she was speaking, she saw Chen Chong coming out and looking at her with a smile.

Wang Ji is 32 years old this year. She filmed several dramas in China when she was young. In the late s, she went to the United States to study and settle down. She played the heroine Achun in the TV series "Beijingers in New York" and is an acquaintance of Chen Chong and Liu Xiaoli.

Wang Ji didn't expect to meet under such circumstances, and her cheeks turned red in an instant.

"I'm here to drink with Link too, let's go together!"

Chen Chong smiled nonchalantly, walked to the door and pulled her in.

(End of this chapter)