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Golden Bear and Berlin Film Festival, there is no doubt that Donkey Gets Water became the big winner of this Berlin Film Festival. At the banquet after the award ceremony, Wu Yuchen and Gong Li were also the center of the entire banquet, regardless of whether they were in love with each other. Familiar people came up to congratulate and chat with them.

Whether it's because Wu Yuchen just won the Golden Bear, or because of his own successful experience in Hollywood, both literary and commercial people see what they are chasing from Wu Yuchen, the great director. How could they not want to Want to make friends?

Wu Yuchen was really happy tonight, and he drank a lot of wine with everyone. Although he usually doesn't like to drink, when he is emotional, alcohol can indeed increase people's excitement and act as an emotional amplifier.

After a carnival night, the next day, Wu Yuchen took Gong Li with him to visit director Xie Fei, who was the judge this time. Although I had already dealt with several judges on the jury at last night's banquet, I still felt that I had to come here specifically to thank Xie Fei and the others.

Hahaha, you don't have to be so polite. I like a movie as good as Donkey Gets Water very much. No matter what angle you stand on, I should fully support it! Xie Fei said with a smile.

It is still inseparable from Teacher Xie's help during the award evaluation. Otherwise, how would it be possible to win the Golden Bear and Best Actress awards at the same time. Wu Yuchen praised.

When Xie Fei heard this, he smiled and shook his hand, and then said:

Actually, in this award evaluation, the best I could do was to help. Ken Adam, who is almost 80 years old, really made it clear that he helped Don't Get Water compete for the Golden Bear, and defeated Paul who supported The Thin Red Line Speechless!”

After Wu Yuchen listened to Xie Fei's narration about the internal award process of the jury, he felt deep in his heart, How can this old man deal with it? He can really do things with money!

And he also knew why the final jury president Angela Molina chose Donkey in Water as the Golden Bear. It was simple: because of women's rights.

Another movie, The Thin Red Line, is about the battlefield of World War II. The whole movie is a man's drama, and there is not even a supporting female character. As for Donkey Gets Water, Gong Li's character and Ding Jiali's coppersmith wife all reflect women's rights.

Angela Molina, who is a woman, naturally prefers Donkey Gets Water!

At this time, Wu Yuchen also had to sigh. He has been winning awards during these trips to Berlin, and it seems that he has really benefited from a lot of female rights.

In the first short film Car 44, the female driver played by Jiang Qinqin issued a fatal accusation to the entire car after she was violated.

Not to mention the second film Run Lola Run, it is a representative work of feminist awakening. The red-haired Lola played by Li Xiaoran has now become a classic feminist film and television image.

And this film Donkey Gets Water reflects the oppression and cruelty suffered by women when they pursue independence, which led to the attitude of the jury chairman leaning towards them.

Wu Yuchen even doubted that he would be called a friend of women's rights in Europe now, right?

The crew of Donkey Gets Water was delayed in Berlin for a few days, mainly because Wu Yuchen was negotiating with distributors about the copyright of Donkey Gets Water. In the end, the European copyright was sold for 12 million, the American copyright was sold for 10 million, the Neon copyright was sold for 3 million, and the Bangguo copyright was sold for 1.5 million. These are the main markets, and other scattered areas are left to the company’s people to discuss slowly.

Don't look at the price of Donkey Gets Water this time. It seems that it is not as high as the previous Lola Run, but in fact it is already a high price. This is because the Golden Bear has also benefited from Wu Yuchen's reputation. After all, not every movie Movies such as Run Lola Run are widely welcomed by foreigners.

For example, in the United States, more than 80% of moviegoers never read subtitles and do not have this viewing habit. Therefore, the box office performance of foreign language films in the United States has always been mediocre. The reason why Fox offered 10 million this time was because of Wu Yuchen's reputation. On the one hand, it can recoup the cost through the disc, and on the other hand, it also wants to befriend this great director who has been successful in North America and hopes to participate in the investment of his next film. .

At the end of February, the branches of trees on the streets of Beijing began to turn green, but the coldness of winter has not faded away, and the current Beijing airport is not as bustling with people as it was later. But at this time, I saw a large group of journalists with long guns and short cannons, all waiting at the international passenger exit, and attracted many good people to come up and ask questions.

Hey, comrade reporters, who are you interviewing? Such a big battle!

Some reporters didn't want to talk to them, but some enthusiastically explained:

Wu Yuchen and Gong Li! Did you know that Donkey Gets Water won the award? The crew flew back today!

Another passenger took out the newspaper he had just brought off the plane, pointed at it and asked, Is this it? I just saw it on the plane.

I saw a copy of China Civil Aviation News in his hand, and it read:

'Donkey Gets Water' shines in Berlin, Wu Yuchen wins the Golden Bear Award! Gong Li is crowned Berlin's Best Actress!

Under the title, there is also a photo of Wu Yuchen kissing the Golden Bear trophy.

Another person next to him said: Brother, have you just returned to China? You don't know, newspapers and TV stations have been broadcasting it every day these days, and the movie channel can't wait to talk about it three times a day, morning, noon and night.

When the reporter heard this, he also said proudly:

That's not true. Golden Bear and Golden Bear, the best-selling actress, said she conquered the entire film festival. It's an overwhelming advantage! This time, let us fight for more face for China!

Then I have to follow and take a look. I finally bumped into him!

When some people passing by heard this, they immediately stopped and wanted to join in the fun. As a result, the rest of the airport was deserted, and the international exit was almost completely surrounded, and the airport had to send security guards to maintain order.

Why don't you come out?

Didn't the plane land just now?

You're not leaving here, are you?

Just when some people were impatient to wait, a group of people came out talking and laughing. Wu Yuchen, who was in the lead, was wearing a thick black windbreaker, with a straight figure and quite grace. Suddenly, the fast photographer was taking pictures with his flash.

In an instant, reporters and passers-by rushed forward. If there were not security personnel to maintain order, it would have been chaos.

When Wu Yuchen came out with Gong Li and others, microphones and other things kept poking at them, and the reporters also shouted loudly:

Director Wu, how does it feel to win the Golden Bear Award?

Director Wu, when will The Donkey Gets Water be released in China?

Gong Li, you are now a double Best Actress. How do you feel?

Zhang Guoli...

Weekly news...

Wu Yuchen had already expected such a lively battle among domestic reporters. Seeing so many people surrounding him, he raised his voice and said to them with a smile:

Thank you all for your support! This trip to Berlin for Donkey Gets Water was very successful. If you have any questions, please wait until our press conference! Thank you!

Director Wu, please say a few more words!

After Wu Yuchen said something about the scene, he quickly left with the crew under the escort of security guards.

After waiting in the car, Wu Yuchen said to everyone: Everyone, go back and rest first. There may be a special interview with the movie channel in the next two days to trouble everyone!

Director Wu, I feel like this period is like a dream~ Zhou Xun said with a smile.

In fact, Zhou Xun is now quite famous in the domestic film industry. After The Two of Us won her the Tokyo Film Festival Award, she has no shortage of films to shoot back in China. But this time Donkey Gets Water is different. As a Berlin Golden Bear winner, being able to play an important role in this movie is definitely a valuable asset for her.

Sun Honglei is also looking forward to the future at this time. He just played the role of the son in Lao Mouzi's My Father and Mother a few months ago. He can be said to be the second male lead, and now he has won the award for Donkey Gets Water The golden bear. I think that when he was an older candidate and an auditor who could not get a diploma, he developed better than any actor in their Yang Opera performance class!

The same goes for He Bing and Fu Dalong, and everyone in the car is happy.

This time when Wu Yuchen came back, he first visited Han Sanping. After all, the movie Donkey Gets Water was originally co-produced with Beijing Film Studio.

This time Wu Yuchen came to China Film and Television, and Han Sanping went out to pick him up in person.

Brother Wu, congratulations on your triumphant return from Berlin! The Golden Bear Award and the Berlin Best Actress Award have really brought glory to our Chinese movies this time! Han Sanping said happily, holding Wu Yuchen's hand.

He has just taken up the position of the second-in-command of the new China Film Group. He is at the stage of the new official's first three tasks, and his position is still unstable. However, Wu Yuchen's Donkey Gets Water returned with a Berlin Golden Bear, which directly helped him. He gave it a try, he was the one who strongly advocated Beijing Film Studio’s participation!

Brother Han, this Golden Bear Award belongs to you and Beijing Film Studio! Wu Yuchen also held his hand and smiled.

Hahaha, let's stop standing here and go up and talk! Han Sanjing also laughed heartily.

After Wu Yuchen followed Han Sanping to his office, Han Sanping first took the Golden Bear trophy brought by Wu Yuchen and touched it. He would make a replica and put it in the Beijing Film Studio. Then he pointed A stack of newspapers on the table said:

Brother Wu, this time your Donkey Gets Water has detonated domestic public opinion. China Youth Daily, Guangming Newspaper, Global Times, China Film News... all newspapers, big and small, are... Your news! Please tell me carefully about your winning process this time.

Haha, since brother you are willing to listen, then I really have to say it. This award process made me feel like a roller coaster.

Following Wu Yuchen's narration, Han Sanping also learned a lot of inside stories that had not been reported by the outside world.

It turns out that the venue score has nothing to do with the award. We saw in the newspaper that you were far ahead with your high score, so we thought it was natural to win the award later. Unexpectedly, there were many tricks in it.

After hearing this, Han Sanping also sighed in admiration, but then gave a thumbs up and said: Then the results of the show and the award this time are the same, which further proves the excellence of Donkey Gets Water, and it balances both sides. !”

Han Sanping's words touched Wu Yuchen's heart. He was quite proud of being recognized by both the event magazine and the grand prize this time.

Then Wu Yuchen asked with a sudden thought: Brother Han, is there no problem with the release of Donkey Gets Water?

Because Donkey Gets Water contains many political metaphors, even though it won the Golden Bear Award, Wu Yuchen was still a little worried about not letting it be released on a large scale.

Upon hearing this, Han Sanping immediately smiled and said: Don't worry, the arrangements have been made. The copy is in production and will be released on a large scale next week!

Then Han Sanping approached Wu Yuchen and lowered his voice: After your movie won the award, someone from above immediately asked for a copy to see it. I heard that your film was very interesting.

Wu Yuchen was also suddenly enlightened after hearing this. Then there must be no problem.

Then Han Sanping sighed again: Brother Wu, it's such a pity that your Donkey Gets Water was not sent to participate in this year's Oscars. Otherwise, maybe it would have won the award!

Han Sanjing thought of something and sighed again without saying anything.

Wu Yuchen knew what Han Sanping was thinking when he looked at him. It was not about Chen Kaizi's Jing Ke Assassins the King of Qin.

The foreign language film Oscar stipulates that each region can only send one film to participate in the competition. Therefore, in the 1999 Oscars, Wu Yuchen did not compete with Kaizi for this spot, and directly gave it to Chen Kaizi's Assassination of the Qin 》.

But Kaizi failed to live up to expectations. He was full of confidence before sending it off, but when the nomination list was announced last month, he was not even shortlisted!

Now Wu Yuchen did not sign up for Donkey Gets Water, but it won the Golden Bear and Best Actress in Berlin, and Kaizi was not nominated for an Oscar at all. In comparison, doesn't the gap show?

Therefore, don't blame Han Sanping for shaking his head and sighing, thinking that if he gave Donkey Gets Water, it would be better than it is now. There are not a few people who have the same idea as Han Sanjing.

In fact, Chen Kaizi also sensed the crisis, so under the dual stimulation of Assassination of Qin's Oscar failure and Donkey's Water winning the Golden Bear, he made up his mind to drastically re-edit Assassination of Qin and then sent it to 5 At the Cannes Film Festival this month, he will defend his honor as China’s number one director, Chen Kaizi!

In fact, Wu Yuchen didn't want to participate in the foreign language film Oscar competition at all, because he knew that even if he was shortlisted, he wouldn't have much chance. Because the competition this year is too fierce.

Among the five films, there is the 1997 Berlin Golden Bear and the best-known actress Central Station; there is the Iranian classic film Children of Paradise, which has another translation name, Little Shoes; it is also a classic film that is intentionally stupid. beautiful life. These three films were all included in the list of the 100 Greatest Films of the 20th Century. A few years ago, they were all sure to win the Best Foreign Language Film, but in the end they all ended up in the same category!

Therefore, Wu Yuchen really understands Kaizi. No wonder Assassination of Qin was not even shortlisted. It was not Assassination of Qin that pulled the crotch. The competitors this year are really too strong. This result would not have been the same last year.

Among them, Life Is Beautiful was well shot and politically correct, and it was almost guaranteed to win the award. Therefore, even if Wu Yuchen sent Donkey Des Shui to participate, there was no chance of winning this year, so he simply gave it to Kai. son.

Wu Yuchen smiled at Han Sanping and said: Brother Han, it doesn't matter. There will be many opportunities in the future. If you can't catch up this year, then next year.

When Han Sanping heard what Wu Yuchen said, his eyes lit up, and then he leaned forward and asked: Brother Wu, are you going to send Donkey Gets Water over there, or do you want to make another one?

The best foreign language Oscar rule is that as long as it has been released in the country where it is located in the previous year, it can be sent from the home region to participate in the Oscar competition. Therefore, Donkey in Water can continue to participate in next year's Oscar.

Wu Yuchen thought for a while and said: The Oscars may not like the political metaphor in Donkey Gets Water, and it may not even be shortlisted, so I plan to make a new film to compete for next year's Oscars.

Han Sanping heard this and slapped the table: Okay! Brother Wu, I support you this time. As long as you film it this year, your spot to participate in the Oscars next year will definitely be yours!

Kaizi gave him a chance, but it didn't work. Lao Mouzi has always been close to Xiying Film Studio and Guangdong West Film Studio. Based on their close relationship, Han Sanping will also support Wu Yuchen.

At this time, Wu Yuchen smiled and said modestly: Then the quality of the movie will still have to speak for itself~

Brother Wu, I absolutely trust your movies! I'll be waiting for your masterpiece then! Han Sanping said, patting his chest.

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This time Wu Yuchen won the Golden Bear, and Jiang Qinqin and other women also contacted him immediately to congratulate him. When he came back this time, he naturally wanted to meet a few girls. But now three of them are still in the Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon training camp. He doesn't dare to go directly, otherwise the situation will be awkward, so he can only make appointments to meet separately.

At this time, Jiang Qinqin was lying in Wu Yuchen's arms, her fingers were drawing circles on Wu Yuchen's chest, and she kept chanting: Golden bear, movie queen, golden bear, movie queen...

Wu Yuchen listened to the girl's muttering and knew that she was suffering from aciduria again, so he patted her butt and said:

Why do you still think about it? Haven't you seen Gong Li's performance before? Are you still not convinced?

I'm convinced. How dare I refuse to be convinced? If it were me, I might not be able to win either of these two awards... Jiang Qinqin curled her lips and felt sorry for herself.

Just be self-aware and improve your acting skills to avoid trying to win awards in the future. If you have the right opportunity, you still can't compare with others.

Jiang Qinqin wrinkled her little nose again: I want to, but there are so many good opportunities for me to practice my acting skills in China now. Just this time, I don't know if I can choose Yu Jiaolong~

Wu Yuchen looked at her and said nothing. Not to mention, she was right. He had just communicated with Li An before, and Li An was currently focusing on Li Xiaoran and Zhang Ziyi, while Zeng Li and Jiang Qinqin had been eliminated in his mind.

But Jiang Qinqin is right. There are not enough movies in China every year, so there are actually very few good opportunities for actresses. Therefore, if you want to practice your acting skills, you must either participate in a more reliable TV series or act in a drama. There are many actresses in China now, such as Xu Fan and Ning Jing, who are accepted into both TV series and movies. There are very few actresses like Gong Li who only make movies. They don't have as many opportunities as her.

Wu Yuchen thought for a while. If there are any good projects that come to him for investment this year, he will look for suitable opportunities and insert his women into them.

Jingying Film, Dean's Office, Hou Keming looked at the Golden Bear Award that Wu Yuchen was holding over, smiling from ear to ear. At first he wanted The Donkey Gets Water to be Wu Yuchen's graduation work, but he didn't expect that he actually got a golden bear back!

Then Hou Keming smiled at Wu Yuchen and said: This time the school is in a huge quarrel because of you. Teachers and classmates have mentioned it to me many times. This time you must bring Donkey Gets Water back to school for screening. !”

In fact, the students and teachers here at Beijing Film Academy are no strangers to The Donkey Gets Water. After all, the play has been scheduled here for almost two years, and many of them can already memorize the plot and even the lines. But they haven't seen the movie version of Donkey Gets Water yet. You must know that movies and dramas are two completely different things. The lens language and performance methods are very different.

And this time Wu Yuchen won the Golden Bear, which added a halo to Donkey Gets Water and made them want to see what the movie version of Donkey Gets Water would be like.

When Wu Yuchen heard this, he couldn't refuse. He thought for a while and said, Dean Hou, I have to go to the Great Hall to hold the premiere on Friday. How about I bring Donkey Gets Water back to school for exchanges on Saturday? Sample?

Okay, then it's settled!

The Great Hall of the People has always been a solemn and sacred place in the eyes of the people. They have always thought that only high-level conferences or high-level activities can be held here. But in fact, as long as you spend money, you can spend your free time here. It can be arranged for meetings, concerts, movies and even weddings.

Assassination of Qin attracted a lot of attention when it premiered here during the National Day last year. However, Assassination of Qin was only screened at that time and was not released on a large scale, so the disturbance soon disappeared.

However, this time Donkey Gets Water returns with Golden Bear, and also has Gong Li as the best actress. The premiere in the Great Hall of the People directly attracted huge attention, and the public felt overwhelmed when they saw the reports.

Many people from the film industry came to this premiere, such as Lao Mouzi who had just finished the post-production of My Father and Mother, and Jiang Wen who had not finished filming The Devil Is Coming...

What, you ask Kaizi? Kaizi is not free now. Chen Hong said that he was bored in the editing room re-editing Assassination of Qin!

After 100 minutes, when the film came to an end, a sentence jumped out of Lao Mouzi's mind: Absurd and extraordinary!

However, Lao Mouzi has never been an outgoing person, and most of his thoughts are kept in his heart.

Compared with the taciturn Lao Mouzi, Jiang Wen had no scruples and expressed his feelings directly with his mouth: The world of cannibalism is really fucked up!

However, his curses were drowned in the fierce applause, and Jiang Wen didn't pay attention. Thinking that the end of Donkey Gets Water set his hope in the red city, he raised his lips again. As we all know, Jiang Wen is a super die-hard Mao fan.

He felt that this time it was worthwhile. He put down The Devils Are Coming and came over to watch it. It was really not in vain!