Chapter 542 Great Success (6K)
Screek was a little surprised in the face of Leonardo's statement.
However, in order to focus on promoting one award and appropriately giving up another is a routine operation in a film festival, and he will not be too surprised.
Screek continued to praise Chen Linfeng's new film.
"The Joker is the most unique super-English movie I have ever seen, and it is very different from the styles of all Marvel and DC movies before."
"chen, how did you think of describing the clown like this?" Chen Linfeng spread his hands, "The story first came out, and one day, I suddenly thought that if the story was put on the clown, it would be more charming, so such a movie appeared."
The reason he made up obviously made Screek feel happy. "Haha, it's really charming. Your words make me imagine what the original story was like." Chen Linfeng smiled and said nothing.
I thought to myself that I won’t make one for you now.
Seeing that the atmosphere was good, Screek took the opportunity to invite Chen Linfeng, Leonardo and others to participate in some salon activities during the film festival.
Chen Linfeng naturally responded.
Soon, Screek seemed to be inadvertently asking, "chen, Leo, what do you think of the Berlin Film Festival?"
Chen Linfeng was naturally full of praise.
The Berlin Film Festival is praised for its long history and is one of the most influential and top international film festivals in the world today.
It was mentioned that many filmmakers gathered together, which was a rare event, etc.
Although it is a very conventional compliment, it is particularly thoughtful to say it from Chen Linfeng.
The same is true for Leonardo, just praise him hard, scolding the bald donkey in front of the monk, and he didn't do that.
Faced with the praise from the two top stars, Screek did not feel very happy after hearing this, but instead looked a little desolate.
"What you praise is the past of the Berlin Film Festival, but it is very difficult to maintain the future and be worthy of your praise like this."
He sighed, "As you talked at the beginning, Berlin time is indeed a bit cold in winter, and it is always sandwiched between the Oscars and awards seasons. It has become a bit deserted in recent years."
This is a bit deeper, and it doesn't look like what the film festival chairman should say.
Only, it should be reported good news but not bad news.
Chen Linfeng vaguely understood the main purpose of this person coming here today.
He said tentatively, "The Berlin Film Festival is indeed a little worried. In fact, the artistic atmosphere and atmosphere in Berlin are still very popular. I think I will disturb Mr. Diet more in the future."
This is a kind of obscure offer. Judging from the joy on the other person's face, I think the other person should be able to understand it.
Chen Linfeng thought about it, and then felt that he could adjust his wording a little and add a deadline.
"At least when Mr. Diet was still the chairman of the film festival, I would definitely come more often."
He smiled, "I am naturally very close to the chairman of the Chinese filmmakers like Mr. Diet."
The smile on Screek's face became more and more obvious, "Haha, chen, I feel the same way. Since I met just now, I feel very happy to chat with you." "I think we will become our own people in no time." He patted Chen Linfeng's shoulder a little hard.
The opening ceremony cannot be discussed with Leonardo only. Screek said a few more words and left.
Leonardo was quite amazed as he listened to the two of them chatting throughout the whole time.
He naturally understood the subtext in both sides' words and some kind of transaction implicitly.
In the Western world, this kind of transaction is normal.
Anyone with discerning eyes knows that Chen is only one Golden Bear Award away. This time, he comes with "The Joker". As long as the Golden Bear, there is no need for anything else.
Normal, if you just hang it like this, there is a high probability that you will have to frequently impact the Berlin Golden Bear in the future.
Similar to Cannes hanging Zhang Yimou.
Of course, Cannes' Zhang Yimou is actually a bit of a joke.
Leonardo is not a time traveler, so he didn't know that Zhang Yimou would eventually give up on the Cannes in his previous life and work hard on the Oscars.
It was Chen Linfeng who changed something that made Cannes's pension successful.
Starting since Zhang Yimou's first attempt to Cannes, "Sunset" won the award, a complete 15 years later.
Zhang Yimou made three attempts to attack Cannes, and "One Can't Leave" broke up with Cannes, and almost gave up afterwards.
But in the past 15 years, Cannes has pulled a lot of things from Lao Tozi.
The domestic emphasis on Cannes is much higher than that of the other two companies. It is a joke to say that there is no contribution from Zhang Yimou.
If Screek also learns from Cannes and presents Chen Linfeng, the attention it will bring to the Berlin Film Festival will be huge.
They mentioned these things before when discussing them.
It is also what the public relations team believes is the most likely difficulty facing this year's trip to Berlin.
However, after chatting with Screek today, Leonardo suddenly realized that they had one less thing to do.
That is chen's age.
A normal director will have to be at least 40 years old when he succeeds and becomes famous, so he can use this method to hang on for a few more times.
Mid-aged people are not angry, they can be coerced at will.
But when it comes to Chen, it will be different.
Young people are arrogant and promiscuous, and they are prone to failure if they are not careful.
What if someone feels unfair and refuses to participate in the Berlin Film Festival?
chen is not without precedent.
It is obvious that Screek noticed this issue and made a deal just now.
Chen Linfeng also decisively accepted the olive branch and reached this dirty deal.
"Of course, there may be factors that have the quality of "The Joker". It shows suppression too nakedly, which has a great impact on the credibility of the film festival." Leonardo thought to himself.
Screek actually had the intention to ask him just now, but Leonardo did not respond.
This old guy is too sensible.
He has made it clear that he can not want this actor award, so what kind of deal is he going to do with him?
Leonardo's mind changed a lot. Thinking of the supplementary conditions Chen Linfeng added after the transaction, he asked,
"Why do you need to add a special time limit later? Don't you worry about the problem in the end?" Chen Linfeng smiled, "It's only when I say that, Mr. Screek is doing his job well."
All people have left, so why do you still care about whether there are any celebrities in the film festival to support you.
It would be better to say that at that time, Mr. Screek would appear to be more popular.
Leonardo thinks about Screek's reaction at the time.
Indeed, Chen seemed to have guessed it right.
He couldn't help but be amazed, his reaction was too fast.
Chen Linfeng felt relaxed all over and the biggest threshold was eliminated.
The chairman of the film festival and the chairman of the jury are not the same thing, but there is no doubt that the chairman of the film festival will inevitably have a huge influence on the final result of the award.
Screek is fine now, and there may be a lot of help. Later, it depends on whether the judges give him face.
He knew in his heart that although there was such a hidden agreement, whether he could win the award depends on the quality of the other works of this film festival.
As soon as you feel good, you will see anything.
Even with this opening ceremony, it looks much more lively and cute.
The opening ceremony, German President Gogh also came on stage to speak.
This shows the difference between the Berlin Film Festival and the other two companies. In the German capital, it must be more closely linked to politics.
Of course, the German president is not the prime minister after all. In this country, the prime minister is still in charge, and the president is more of a mascot.
After the opening event, everyone watched the opening video together.
Wang Jiawei's "The Grandmaster".
Overall, Director Wang's movie is pretty good. As a martial arts movie about the martial arts world in the Republic of China, the previous one was even very restrained and not too exposed.
It was not until the second half that the traditional Wang Jiawei style was clearly revealed.
The whole movie is said to show Ip Man, but no matter how you look at it, it looks like "The Palace of the Second Chapter".
Zhang Ziyi doesn't say anything else, she is really outstanding when she performs a role that suits her.
Just like Gong Er and Gong Ruomei in this movie.
Wang Jiawei also portrays the character.
A open-minded person, when she thinks it is right, no matter how others convince him, it will be invalid.
No wonder Zhang Ziyi was able to slightly cover up the influence of the Splashing Sect with this movie.
It is true that the dead chess is gone.
After the movie, Chen Linfeng applauded in surprise.
Many foreigners at the scene were a little confused about the story, including Leonardo. After the movie ended, they kept asking about what they didn't understand in the plot.
He really wanted to understand some Chinese culture.
This was also influenced by Chen Linfeng.
After the opening ceremony, Chen Linfeng also accepted interviews from several media outlets.
In addition to the sixth princess in China, there are also media from their own V-site, Sina and Penguin, which have more cooperation.
What remains are some foreign media, such as "The Art of Movie" and "The Hollywood Reporter", as well as mainstream media from various countries, and even some third-world media.
Although it is mostly routine issues, such as talking about your next plan, talking about whether you can win an award, revealing some information about new movies, etc.
In addition, commenting on other film works or evaluating filmmakers from other countries is also the key inquiry from these media.
Faced with a world-renowned director, if you can positively evaluate a certain filmmaker in your country, it might be a good news.
Many foreign media think so.
Fortunately, Chen Linfeng's movies are not low and his memory is good.
He can mostly talk about some of the works and filmmakers asked about by foreign media.
Overall, it must be based on positive comments. If you really think of someone you don’t like, Chen Linfeng doesn’t mind giving a few condescending advice.
The other media reporters often take notes solemnly and say that they will convey their evaluation opinions back to China.
It seems to be serious.
When he was just 25 years old, Chen Linfeng had already initially enjoyed the status of a famous teacher.
The domestic media are relatively less fancy. If you really want to comment, you will do it in China. Why bother here to ask? This is a waste of time.
Besides, Chen Linfeng praised "Lost in Thailand" and "Embroidered Spring Sword" last year, which to some extent was such behavior.
Speaking of this, domestic media have spread some news about the Spring Festival to Chen Linfeng, although he already knows this.
For example, marketing such as "I owe XX a movie ticket" has appeared in the country.
It seems that the pressure given by Zhang Yimou and Wang Jiawei is really great, and nuclear weapons have been launched so early.
Chen Linfeng has no comment on this. It’s okay to use this kind of thing once. If you use it too much, you will definitely fall on it in the future.
The key competitors are not just for a good meal. If you use this once, then this kind of marketing term appears in the future, it is hard to say which party is spreading it.
I can't tell the whole body even if I have a mouth.
In fact, it shouldn't be marketed like this.
And then, Zhang Yimou's new movie is also mentioned. The scenes in the promotional trailer are very big, and they are not like "Heroes" or "Golden Armor", so uniform that they don't look like real historical war scenes.
There seem to be a lot this time.
And again, emphasize:
The scene is very big!
This is indeed Zhang Yimou's strength. Since the Olympics, his skills in this area have increased.
Chen Linfeng is really interested in what kind of achievements he can achieve this time.
And he also regretted it a little. It would be great if "The Joker" could be released during the Spring Festival.
Just turned around and thought, my movie might be released in China.
It is better to strive for the award first, and then find a way to get the superiors to agree to the introduction.
It's also a blessing that he didn't think about making the movie a co-production, otherwise the script would have been difficult to review.
In the next few days, he focused on several movies that were shortlisted for the main competition unit of the film festival.
"Baby Style" and "A Page of Life" that he had a relatively impressive impression of in his previous life were screened a little later, and were released on the 16th and 13th respectively.
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There is a beautiful national road film "The Avalanche Prince" which is quite interesting.
The plot is very fun.
In occasions like European film festivals, it is quite out of place.
Another thing is "Crazy Primitive Man", where Nicholas Cage and Emma Stone dubbed as male and female protagonists, and also came to Berlin to promote it.
These two are also the two international stars in this film festival, besides Chen Linfeng and Leonardo.
Chen Linfeng went to the movie premiere and joined in the fun.
As a reciprocity, Nicholas Cage and Emma Stone will also attend the premiere of "The Joker".
In addition, Zhang Yimou's new movie will also premiere in the past few days.
Chen Linfeng naturally wants to join in the fun.
This movie won't be mentioned for the time being.
But it has to be said that the audience, film critics and media have a good review of the movie.
The Battle of Song and Meng had a profound impact on European history. Whether it is a movie fan or a filmmaker, Europe has a great interest in it.
In the following days, the media reported it a lot.
The purpose of Zhang Yimou's premiere here is to achieve it.
The organizing committee set the movie on the 14th, which is the fifth day of the Lunar New Year.
It is almost avoiding the most important days of the Chinese New Year.
Of course, Chen Linfeng would not have gone back to celebrate the Spring Festival.
It's just that Xixi has been here in Berlin for the past two days and has been here to celebrate the New Year with him.
Then when the two were in China, they told their families all night videos.
There are also Chinese settlements in Germany to celebrate the New Year.
Chen Linfeng and his wife did not go to see a movie on the first day of the New Year, but instead visited Berlin's Chinatown for a long time.
After that, she was taking her to watch movies everywhere at the film festival.
Since he is here, and it is so close to the premiere of his movie, Liu Qianqian naturally stays to participate in tomorrow's movie premiere.
The crew of "The Walking Dead" is quite proud of the face and has been criticized for several days of leave.
The new attention and exposure brought by Sissi's current fame will surely make Screek happy.
Chen Linfeng's movies are hardly available to promote. The biggest gimmick of this year's Berlin Film Festival is also the biggest favorite among the media's words of awards.
Everyone is paying attention to what Chen's new film looks like since "Inception".
In the evening of that day, a large number of media reporters, celebrity guests, and movie fans rushed to the entrance of the screening hall.
All the stars from Berlin in China come to support them.
Han Shanping, Zhang Yimou, Wang Jiawei, Liang Chaowei, Zhang Ziyi, Zhang Weiping and others.
Europe and the United States are even more exaggerated. Many celebrities who have not participated in the opening of the Berlin Film Festival before have taken time to participate in the premiere of "The Joker".
For example, Martin Freeman, Frank Grillo, Famick Jansen, Emma Watson, Samuel Jackson, Benedict, Scarlett Johansson...
This is either because of a good relationship before or having a cooperation with Chen Linfeng. As long as you can find time, you will basically come and support it.
I just don’t have time, so I can’t say that I have to turn off other things.
To a certain extent, Director Chen can be said to have further pulled them to a high position.
It is not an exaggeration to say that he is a benefactor.
Well, after "Inception", this kindness seems to be getting heavier.
Many of the above-mentioned people often talk about their deep friendship with Chen when facing the media.
Or they often regard themselves as disciples, just like Leonardo to Martin Scorsese.
That's so sincere.
Sometimes it even makes Chen Linfeng confused when he saw the report. Is their relationship so good in the past?
His memory is obviously unfamiliar, so it is correct.
In addition, first-line stars such as Brad Pitt, Jennifer Lawrence, Ryan Gosling, Tom Hardy, Chris Hemsworth also came to join in the fun.
It can be called the stars.
In addition to the fans of these people, the more people gather.
The scale of the entire premiere looks even larger than the opening ceremony of the film festival.
Fortunately, the organizing committee foresaw this scene in advance and placed the premiere at the main venue of the Berlin Film Worker, which made it seem less crowded.
Zhang Yimou and several actors from the crew walked the red carpet.
Zhang Weiping curled his lips very much, "A premiere is so big, and he is not afraid of losing the main character."
A few days ago, "The Battle of Song and Meng" just finished its premiere, and the actors all returned to China to promote roadshows.
The two of them came back specially to help.
Chen Linfeng helped a lot before and after the movie, and he had to give this little face.
But the sourness in Zhang Weiping's heart still couldn't be suppressed.
Zhang Yimou laughed, "Xiao Chen has a big face in Europe and the United States, but you don't know." "It's too big. What if the movie is not satisfactory, you have to consider this."
Young people are still unreliable.
Zhang Weiping sighed, looking very worried.
Zhang Yimou looked at him strangely. After being together for so long, when did Zhang Weiping mention others' concerns?
Still feeling sad.
"Don't worry, I've watched Xiao Chen's new movie before, and it won't happen."
"Really?" Zhang Weiping asked, "What's the specific level?"
Zhang Yimou thought about it, "It's not easy to say, but the quality is still quite high."
"As the level of "The Breaking Drummer"?"
"Well..." Zhang Yimou pondered for a moment, nodded, "Higher."
"It's not the level of "Sunset", right?"
Zhang Yimou was a little embarrassed, "The movie type is different, and it is definitely not as good as "Sunset" in terms of artistic quality, but the emotional appeal is stronger."
Zhang Weiping took a breath.
Isn't this an enhanced version?
In his opinion, all artistic is nonsense, and the box office is real.
Emotional infectiousness is the key to artistic quality.
"Isn't it another "Inception"?" he thought to himself.
"Inception" is shocking and has strong emotional appeal.
But after thinking about it, he shook his head again, surely not.
After all, this is a work that needs to be awarded.
Xiao Chen is indeed very good at it, he admits that.
But there is still a big gap between literary and artistic movies and commercial movies, and even Xiao Chen can hardly get out of this rude.
Well, I have to take a good look at the movie later.
Zhang Weiping, who wanted to capture the universe and swallow the eight wildernesses this year, immediately took it seriously.
Sure enough, the real opponent is Xiao Chen.
In the screening room, Wang Jiawei was also thinking about the situation of Chen Linfeng's new movie.
He is a little famous among professional filmmakers in Europe and the United States, and is well-informed. He is also the chairman of this jury.
So I heard some news in advance.
I heard that Xiao Chen's new movie is a magical movie.
Considering that the movie was called "The Joker", Wang Jiawei, who knew the character of the Joker, suddenly became curious.
I want to know how Chen Linfeng interprets the clown story. "It must be very innovative." Wang Jiawei thought to himself.
It is easy to imagine that Chen Linfeng's works, whether they are novels or movies, are always very innovative.
Either it is the marketing model or the story itself, he always likes to create something new.
As the lights dimmed, the entire screening room became dark.
Wang Jiawei noticed that he did not prepare his glasses, it seemed to be a 2D movie. "It's really rare." He took a deep breath and immersed himself in the movie.
Two hours later, Wang Jiawei was a little silent.
He remembered the comments he had heard before.
It's really a magical movie!
He turned his head and looked around. Almost all foreigners were there, and these audiences were obviously shocked.
I am still immersed in some afterglow and can't extricate myself. "It seems that this movie is more lethal to European and American audiences."
Wang Jiawei is very good at observing, and he clearly senses the emotions stirring in the hearts of these European and American audiences.
Including the two judges around him, the three of them came to watch the movie together.
After a brief silence in the cinema.
Immediately afterwards, the audience seemed to come to their senses, and thunderous applause rang out.
The audience stood up at the same time, cheering endlessly.
Zhang Yimou followed the movements of the audience around him and stood up.
Zhang Weiping didn't want to get up at first, but he was sitting alone around him, which was too conspicuous.
So, I could only stand up reluctantly and applaud.
The Joker premiered a great success!
(This chapter ends)