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Xie Lansheng did not expect that his "piracy" remarks would cause discussions in Germany.Reporter Leon still has some ethics, and wrote according to Lan Sheng's original words, without distorting them. European filmmakers only know that piracy in China is rampant, but they don't know the intricate details. This time, they also understand that "piracy" can still be a window. , the heart is complicated.

On February 2th, two days before the closing ceremony, Li Xian's "The Restaurant Girl" was unveiled.The next day, February 24, the two Chinese films were inevitably compared, and most critics thought "Consummation" was the better one.Both films talk about China, but "Consummation" is more touching, and the child bride in "The Wine House Girl" has basically disappeared now.

It was also on this day that Xin Ye told Xie Lansheng: "To show the highest respect, the Berlin Film Festival organizing committee has reserved an empty seat for you, Director Xie, at the closing ceremony." Xie Lansheng could not go abroad, but the organizing committee did not neglect him , they knew that Xie Lansheng could not attend without a passport.

"...Ah." Xie Lansheng was quite moved.

"It's still in the first row."

"Well, I have a heart."

"Lan Sheng," Xinye said finally, "if the film fails to win an award, it is definitely not your fault."

Xie Lansheng was silent for a few seconds before saying, "I know."

Xin Ye's voice was soft and gentle: "Best director, best film, these things are too subjective. I can definitely sell the film, and many people are appreciating it."

"Xinye, I know."

Xie Lansheng felt that he and Xin Ye talked like this, because of the space and distance, there was a little more vagueness and a little more aesthetic taste.

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February 2, Berlin time is the last day of the film festival, but also the most important day.

During the day, Xie Lansheng went to the flower market to buy a bunch of white chrysanthemums, decorated with a few yellow and orange ones, and wanted to visit Liu Yao in the cemetery.

He also bought a few water bamboos with lush branches. He planned to cut open the plastic bottle of mineral water at an angle when he went home, and then put the water bamboos inside and put them in front of the desk.Xie Lansheng likes water bamboo very much, he is straight to the sky, tough and courageous.

There was a small barber shop next to the flower market, and Xie Lansheng went in to have a haircut after hesitation.Xie Lansheng cut his own hair in the post-production stage of "Consummation" before, because he didn't have time, so the bangs on both sides were brushed together, which looked very ridiculous at first glance.Xie Lansheng felt that since he "saw" Liu Yao go, he should not pollute his eyes too much.

Then, Xie Lansheng took a bus to Wan'an Cemetery at the foot of Xiangshan Mountain.

After Liu Yao left, she was buried with her mother.Liu Yao's father said that he would be buried with his wife in the future, not with his ex-wife, so he gave the vacancy in the tomb of his ex-wife to his daughter directly.Xie Lansheng thought, maybe this is what Liu Yao wanted.Words have been engraved on the tombstone, which read "Female Liu Yao was born on May 1961, 5, so she was born on February 1, 1996, and father Liu Guangming was established on February 2, 10". Less than 1996.

Beijing is quite dirty in winter, with strong winds, and Liu Yao's tomb is covered with dirt. It can be seen that no one has visited these days.

Xie Lansheng took out the mineral water in the plastic pocket, unscrewed it, soaked the white towel he carried with him, and began to wipe it carefully. The corners were wiped off together.

After wiping, Xie Lansheng put the flowers away, took out two yellow and white chrysanthemums that he bought separately, tore off the petals, and scattered them gently around the tombstone.Most of the flowers were scattered on the stones, and a small part was scattered on the ground, beautiful and peaceful.

Xie Lansheng suddenly remembered that Liu Yao liked flowers very much.

She likes flowers and beauty, so Xie Lansheng whispered softly: "Liu Yao, it will be spring soon, can you see new flowers?"

Naturally no one answered.

He can only deeply hope that there are flowers in another world.

Xie Lansheng stood for a while, the closing time of the garden has passed.

He also said: "Liu Yao, the park is closed, I have to go. The closing ceremony of the film festival is at 8:[-] pm Berlin time and [-]:[-] am Beijing time. I wanted to let you know the final result as soon as possible, but I can't. How about this, I will tell you if you won the prize when the park opens at [-] o'clock tomorrow, okay? Well, I told you before, don't get too high hopes."

At the end, he said again: "That's right. You said that you want to announce these things, and you want to leave quietly. You also said that Li Xian and the others also have difficulties, so don't bother him. I did it... although it is difficult. If you really wish so, none of us will violate it. Hey."

At this time, an auntie guarding the garden came to chase away people with a broom, and Xie Lansheng, who was dawdling, picked up his things and had to leave.

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At 46:[-] p.m. Berlin time and [-]:[-] a.m. Beijing time, the closing ceremony of the [-]th Berlin International Film Festival began.

Xie Lansheng didn't go back to his home, but walked all the way to the hotel where they filmed "Consummation", asked the receptionist at the front desk if his original room was still there, and after getting an affirmative answer, asked the other party to open it for one night, holding the key went upstairs.

Everything is still the same as before.

Xie Lansheng sat down on the single sofa beside the small tea table.At the beginning, he often held meetings with the whole crew on this sofa.He always sits here, Yu Qianzi is next to him, Xiaohong and Xiaolu like to lie on his bed and listen and roll, Xinda actor likes to pull out the wooden chair in front of the table to face him, Liu Yao... Jia Ting ...Qi Yong...Cen Chen...

Clear as yesterday.

Xie Lansheng raised his long legs, supported his head with one hand, and put his other hand on his knee.

He looked at his watch and knew that the "red carpet" session was still going on.

The Berlin red carpet is only ten meters away.Xie Lansheng thought that other films have directors and leading actors together, but "Consummation" can only send the best actor of Xinda alone, which is strange and deserted.That man is aloof and arrogant, so he should look very special.

Xie Lansheng has attended the closing ceremony of the Turin Film Festival, and he also knows the awards in Berlin, so he can guess the closing process with good accuracy.

Well...it's 8 o'clock, and the awards ceremony has begun.

The host will say something, and the guests will also say something... He didn't know what it would be, so he reviewed Turin's and let this part pass directly.

Then came the awards.

First up should be... the Golden Bear for Lifetime Achievement.

The next best short film.Xin Ye participated in the closing ceremony of the Berlin International Film Festival in 1991, and won Best Actor. Therefore, Xie Lansheng didn't even know how long each award would last.

Xie Lansheng did not have the opportunity to see the nominated films. He only heard Xinye briefly say that "Tattoo" was the most popular, so he constructed the scene of "Tattoo" winning in his brain.

At this time, some movie clips will be shown on the big screen, and then the director will take the stage to accept the award.

Then came the jury prize.

Which one will it be? "Consummation"? "Drinker Girl"? "Judgment"?

Just think of it as "The Wine Girl".

Well, it's 8:40, the prelude is over, and the main show is coming. The first award is "Best Actress".

Could it be... Liu Yao?I really hope it's Liu Yao.Xinye went up to help her accept the award, and told her to stay in the hearts of the world.

"Best Actor"... definitely won't be me.I heard that "Judgment" was performed very well, so let "Judgment" take it.

Finally, the "Best Director" Silver Bear Award.

Is it the Americans of The Trial?Or Li Xian?or yourself?

Just think of it as an American.

The Golden Bear for "Best Picture" is for itself.

Thinking of this, Xie Lansheng smiled bitterly again.

He knew that the list he had imagined was almost impossible.Xinye just heard yesterday that if the movie wins the grand prize, someone will put an envelope into the room the night before, and ask the directors to prepare a speech.When he slept until two or three o'clock, he really heard a rustling sound. He walked over to open the envelope, only to find that it was from the film dealer—the film dealer was going back to China urgently, so he slipped a business card in, which made people happy.And in the morning, Xin Ye heard that someone else had received the letter in the middle of the night.He asked who it was, but the other party didn't say.

In addition, Xin Ye saw that Li Xian and the others were all smiling early in the morning.

He knows that those who have a good relationship with the film festival can know the results in advance, and even get the list immediately after the review meeting is over, such as some producers, directors, media reporters, and some film companies and sales companies.In short, it's not a good sign that Li Xian and the others are smiling, it's probably because they won the Golden Bear.

Xie Lancheng sighed and looked at the ceiling quietly.

Still not working?

Even though the audience applauded for 8 minutes and the big film critics liked it very much, "Consummation" still couldn't escape the curse of "opening with no bears"?Is it working or is it far more important than the quality of the movie itself?

really?

Just when Lan Sheng was thinking wildly, his BP machine rang.

Xie Lansheng made a temporary decision to come to the hotel to wait for the news, Xinye didn't know about it, neither did Yu Qianzi.Both of them thought that Lan Sheng could not answer the phone, so Xinye still called Yu Qianzi according to the procedure first, and then asked Yu Qianzi to send a BP message.

Xie Lansheng turned on the BP machine.

There is only one sentence above:

[Director Xie, "Consummation" won the Golden Bear Award. 】

Then came another one:

[For the first time in the history of Berlin, the opening film won the Golden Bear. 】

"..." Xie Lansheng looked at the empty ceiling again.

He won the first world award in his life.

He won the best film of the three major European film festivals.

Since then, he is also a great director.

Liu Yao's life is inside.

The author has something to say:

The scumbag didn't get anything, so I'll talk about it tomorrow.

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