"Sister Jiao, Teacher Li, thank you for your support!"
"Wow! Mr. Telsit, Sir Wang, thank you, thank you very much!"
Wearing a camel cashmere sweater and a navy mid-length coat, He Xin looked upright and energetic. He was wearing a black suit and a small bow tie around his thick neck. He was shivering in the cold wind, but he had to pretend to be happy.
Ning Hao stood at the door of the screening room to greet the guests.
The advertising effect of the posters plastered all around the movie palace last night was gratifying. When they arrived at the cinema, many audiences were already waiting at the door. Many of them came just for He Xin and greeted him warmly: "
Rotten fish! Rotten fish!”
I have to say that the audience here in Germany is still relatively backward. He has been calling him "rotten fish" for so many years, but he is still called "rotten fish". Unlike in Cannes and Venice, more audiences call him "Mr. He".
At this time, the theater with more than 300 people was almost 80% to 90% full, and there were still audiences entering in twos and threes. Of course, this also included the film producers and related people who came to support and help the audience.
If the appearance of Jiao Xiongpin and Li Qiang is a courtesy in a sense, then the arrival of Youth Forum Chairman Christopher Tersit and Wang Qingqiang moved He Xin, because as the film selectors and forum of the Asian region of the film festival
Chairman, the two of them have watched the movie a long time ago, and they came here simply to support it.
He Xin personally accompanied the two of them into the theater and took their seats. When he came out, he looked at the time and saw that there were still five minutes left before the show time.
"Xiao Hu, are we almost here?" He waved to Little Douding and asked.
"More than a dozen film companies came, but I didn't see anyone from MK2."
As a well-known art theater chain in Europe and the buyer of "Incense" last time, MK2 is of course the one they pay the most attention to when they come here to sell films. Unfortunately, they were not seen either at the film market or at the premiere today.
Figure. Some of the dozen or so film producers who came here were new acquaintances, while others were old acquaintances who had dealt with them in Venice.
Little Douding then hummed: "This is the Berlin Film Festival! There is no way that MK2 will not be present. I think they are playing tricks, as if they are deliberately avoiding us."
He Xin laughed when he heard this. Xiao Douding was obviously taking himself too seriously. How could a film worth only a few hundred thousand euros be worth the painstaking efforts of MK2? Maybe it was a coincidence, but of course they did not rule it out.
I'm not interested in movies with this theme.
He comforted: "It's okay. After the screening, I'll talk to these film producers first. If it can't be packaged, it's the same as selling it apart."
At this moment, Ning Hao walked over, rubbing his hands and stamping his feet, and said, "Is it almost done?"
Seeing that his face was slightly blue, it was quite hard to feel sorry for him today. After all, as a director, he was the protagonist, so we couldn't let him attend the premiere wearing a very low down jacket.
"That's almost it. Don't forget to prepare. You have to speak after the screening!"
"I know it well!" Ning Hao nodded hurriedly.
But when he looked up, he was surprised and said: "Hey, isn't this Lao Du?"
"Lao Du?"
He Xin turned around in surprise and saw Duteron walking over with a smile.
"He, Ning, and the beautiful Miss Hu, it's a pleasure to see you again!"
"Mr. Duteron, did you just arrive?" He Xin shook hands with him and asked.
"Bingo! I only got here at noon, and your posters were all over the movie palace. I was attracted here." Dutron spread his hands and said with an exaggerated smile.
Then he added: "I just attended the Saint-Denis Film Festival. Wow, it's such a magical place. I also watched a very good Chinese movie called "Kekexili". I originally wanted to buy it, but it's a pity that they raised the price.
Too high."
At the end of the sentence, Duteron shrugged his shoulders, looking regretful.
He Xin knows that "Kekexili" is a very popular movie that was circulated in China some time ago.
Produced by Huayi and directed by Lu Chuan, it won the Tokyo Film Festival Jury Prize and the Golden Horse Award for Best Film last year. It can be said to be Lu Chuan's revenge after the controversy caused by his debut film "The Gun".
However, at this time, Duteron mentioned "Kekexili", which was obviously a hint that you should not ask for too high a price. Everyone present was smart. Ning Hao and Xiao Douding, who were shivering from the cold, looked at each other. It was a rare moment for the two of them.
I saw a tacit understanding in each other's eyes.
"Maybe you will make new discoveries today!" He Xin also said with a smile and a pun.
"Haha, I hope so!" Duteron laughed.
In fact, he came here today just for "Green Grass". Although the previous "Incense" was not a big profit, literary and artistic films have always been a steady stream, and the response was particularly good. Duteron had to let Ning Hao, a young man,
The director was impressed.
"Haozi, please send Mr. Duteron in first."
Watching Duteron enter the cinema, He Xin called over Little Douding and the man with Bona glasses and said, "You guys will take off all those posters in a moment."
"There will be another one tomorrow." Xiao Douding said hurriedly.
The organizers of "Green Grass" have arranged a total of three screenings. The premiere is this afternoon, and there will be one in the evening and one at noon tomorrow.
"Forget it, don't make things difficult for the organizers, let's be more conscious." He Xin shook his head and said.
To be honest, their behavior is a bit unethical. After all, there are more than 200 films shortlisted for this film festival. It would be a mess if everyone posted posters like they did. The organizer has not found anyone yet.
It should be said that their troubles have given them a lot of face.
Speaking of which, two interesting episodes happened last night when I went to put up posters in the middle of the night. First, the security guards of the Cinema Palace were alarmed. Germans may indeed be very simple. After the two rich and rough security guards understood the reason, they not only did not stop them
, but I was so moved by their spirit that I actually helped them post it together.
But then things didn't go so well. Just when it was almost over, a police car actually drove over. You know, there is no urban management in Germany. The police are responsible for posting random advertisements like this. If it doesn't work, you have to go to the police station.
son.
Just when everyone was worried, suddenly the bearded policeman leading the team recognized "Rotten Fish" and immediately transformed into a little fanboy, asking for photos and autographs. When he saw the two neat signatures signed by He Xin
The square fonts screamed how cool they were. Naturally, the matter of putting up movie posters was dropped.
The man with Bona glasses responded quickly, but Xiao Douding had a rare shy look on his face and said: "It's broad daylight, there are so many people, how can you make me embarrassed to do this?"
Huh?
He Xin has long been accustomed to treating Xiao Douding as a man. Today he saw that she looked like a very young woman and was very uncomfortable. Just when he was about to speak, the man with Bona glasses beat him to it and said: "Boss He, Mr. Hu doesn't have to go."
Yes, I can do it alone."
"Well, that's troublesome for Brother Song."
The man with Bona glasses, whose surname is Song, is in his early thirties. Although he looks honest and humble, he is a talent in film distribution brought in by Yu Dong with a high salary.
(Suddenly I discovered that this bit player has the potential to upgrade to a supporting role, so I gave him a surname for the time being, which is purely fictitious. The surname is Song, and there seem to be several celebrities in the industry.)
Xiao Douding also said gratefully: "Thank you, Brother Song!"
"It's okay, it's okay. You'd better hurry in and the show will start soon." Brother Song waved his hand hurriedly.
He Xin only got to know Brother Song this time when he came to the film festival, but Xiao Douding had more contact with him during his work.
When he walked into the movie theater, he still said casually: "This Brother Song is a nice person!"
"Well, it's good. He works hard and has a strong sense of responsibility."
While Xiao Douding agreed, he subconsciously looked back at Brother Song's rushing back. When he looked back again, there was a slightly thoughtful look on his face.
As soon as I sat down in the front row, the lights dimmed and the screen came on.
People living on the border of Inner Mongolia never care about how their lives should change, but their lives are still changing quietly. An originally ordinary white table tennis ball floated along the water to the Mongolian child Bilige.
Bilige's grandmother told Bilige that it was a night pearl given by God. Bilige firmly believed in her grandmother's statement and called his two best friends-Erguotou, who only knew how to ride a motorcycle but not a horse, and the small but...
Dawa, never willing to give in, went to the grassland to stay overnight.
Not only did the children not see the luminous pearl shining, but they returned home and were beaten by adults. What else could it be if it wasn't a luminous pearl? The children asked the lama who knew the most about it on the grassland, but they still couldn't get the answer.
The annual Naadam Festival has begun. The children mistakenly thought that the golf ball on the outdoor movie screen was Bilige's night pearl. The projectionist told Bilige that it was a table tennis ball, not a treasure. Bilige was attracted by Bart and
The other children laughed and threw the ball into the mouse hole in disappointment.
Back home, Bilige hid the wool roll that his grandma held in her hand every day, and he was not happy. Dawa's father drank beer and won a TV set; Bilige's father saw that Meng Ke had brought it
There was a beautiful house in the magazine, and she wanted to build one herself; Bilige's sister Uzhina envied the dancing girl in Ulan Muqi and wanted to apply for the exam. Her father Qiao Sang asked her to make a decision through a trap, and her sister was proficient in it.
The lasso hit the beer bottle that my father had been unable to lasso, and I excitedly got on the bus to Qili.
Bilige and the others gathered at Dawa's house to watch TV. They set up a high antenna, but could only receive sound. A table tennis match was playing on the TV, and accompanied by the sound of ping-pong, the commentator told everyone that ping-pong
Ball is China's national sport.
The children were so excited about this that they retrieved the table tennis ball from the mouse hole and decided to go to the capital to return the "national ball" to the "country". The children set off with their parents on their backs, thinking they could arrive there in one day.
It was getting late, and Erguotou's motorcycle was almost out of gas. Erguotou didn't expect it to be so far away from the capital and planned to go home. However, Bilige and Dawa were unwilling to give up and continued walking eastward on horseback. Erguotou walked far back before finally
Finding that all three people's food was on his motorcycle, he hurriedly turned around and wanted to call the two people back.
The sky was getting darker and darker, and the grassland was pitch black. At this time, a grassland patrol car passed by in the distance. Erguotou shouted and chased after it. He led the grassland patrol car to find Bilige and Dawa, who were exhausted after getting lost.
When the policeman played by He Xin, who had a beard on his face, appeared on the screen, there was obviously a small noise in the quiet auditorium. He Xin, who was sitting in the front row, heard the noise and felt a little proud.
, it turns out that I still have some weight in the minds of German audiences.
The children sitting in the police car wanted to hand the ball to the policeman. The policeman said disapprovingly that it was given to them. The children were very happy. When the children returned home, they were beaten well by the anxious parents. Bilige's ball
He was also stepped on by his mother and was punished not to go out, so he helped build a house at home.
The next day, Dawa took other children to watch the national football game. Bilige took out the deflated ball in shame, and Dawa took the ball and left with the children in annoyance.
A few days later, Bilige went to Dawa's house to watch table tennis, but found that Dawa had exchanged the ball for Bart's hoop. The two good friends had a fight over this.
Dawa's father took Dawa to Bilig's house to apologize. Qiao Sang said that brothers on the grassland should share good things, so he cut the ball in half with a knife and divided it between two people.
A few days later, Erguotou gave Bilige half a table tennis ball and told him that Dawa's family had moved away. When Bilige rode to Dawa's house on horseback, he found that Dawa's yurt was gone.
, the everlasting grassland is peaceful and peaceful.
Soon, Bilige followed his sister to the city to go to school. The home he saw was no longer a yurt, but a round brick house. In the new school, Bilige heard the familiar sound of ping ping pong.
He followed the sound of pong and pushed open the door of the table tennis room...
When he came to Berlin this time, he had many things to do. Apart from watching an opening movie, He Xin didn't have time to go into the cinema. He had already watched this movie before, and he was still fascinated by it today.
Nothing else, I just feel that Berlin this year is a bit impetuous. Many movies highlight the theme of "sex", and my own "Green Grass" is like a breath of fresh air in this impetuous and noisy world, cleansing the soul.
The audience was very considerate. Not only did they rarely leave the show midway, but when the screen dimmed and the lights came on, everyone stood up and applauded warmly.
…
"The quiet and beautiful natural scenery brings a completely different and fresh feeling to the audience living in the noisy city. Director Ning Hao also made this childlike story interesting and full of hidden meanings." - "Screen"
"A natural grassland, innocent children, white yurts, and without a trace of hustle and bustle! This is a soul belonging to the grassland that permeates out in a tepid manner, allowing the film's texture to be revealed in harmony with the lush green grass.
It achieves perfect harmony and presents a taste of a 'poetic' movie." - "Bild"
"Scenery, music, shepherds, Mongolian language... all the breathtaking beauty has a disturbing meaning. Will urbanites who are immersed in modern material civilization suddenly feel a strong sense of guilt?" - "DAY"
4》
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Well, while having breakfast and listening to Xiao Douding reading the media's reviews of "Green Grass", I have to say that He Xin and Ning Hao were in a very happy mood.
Of course, the shortcomings of "Green Grass" are also obvious. For example, the pace is too slow, the relationships between the characters are not complicated, and there are no particularly gripping conflicts. It is somewhat boring.
The soundtrack is composed by Khumai, which is very Mongolian and grassland, but it doesn't match the mood of the movie.
Maybe age is an advantage, and relevant reports gave Ning Hao, a young director who came to Berlin for the first time, more recognition and encouragement.
"Boss, we have been contacted by several interested film studios. Most of them want to buy the agency rights in their own countries. The asking prices are not high, only 50,000 or 60,000 euros at most."
"What about MK2, what did Lao Du say?" He Xin asked.
After the premiere yesterday, Duteron expressed his love for the movie in an exaggerated way. Perhaps because of the wrong occasion, the two parties did not discuss the topic of cooperation.
Xiao Douding shook his head and said: "There is no news yet."
Compared to the clean and tidy performance last time, Duteron seemed to be stretching his muscles a bit this time.
However, both He Xin and Xiao Douding judged that he was still very interested in "Green Grass", otherwise he would not have appeared at the premiere yesterday. And judging from the two screenings so far, the attendance rate was very high and the response was very good.
Pretty good too.
In fact, Germans have always preferred Mongolian movies. For example, the documentary film "The Crying Camel" which was popular in Germany last year, and "The Little Yellow Dog's Home" which was just released in Germany not long ago, and "Green Grass" are all similar themes.
So He Xin is not in a hurry yet, and said in a deep voice: "Then you talk to a few film companies first, and if the price is right, then you can do it."
To be honest, "Incense" sold for 350,000 euros last time, which was a bit of luck. This time He Xin and Yu Dong have low expectations for "Green Grass". As long as they can sell for 350,000 euros, it will be considered a victory.
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In fact, in his heart, of course, he wanted to make a one-and-done deal with MK2 as he did last time, so as to save worry and effort. But seeing that Duteron didn't make any move, he couldn't take advantage of it.