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Berlin red carpet.

Outstanding beauty.

He held Zhou Yutang's arm, which was a perfect match.

There is a huge crowd of media, all kinds of guns and short guns, and flashlights are on all the time.

When the time comes, among the domestic young ladies, who will have this honor, and who will be my rival, Yang Mi?

"Hey, Mimi."

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"What are you thinking about, smiling like this?"

Zeng Jia's excited voice brought Yang Mi back to reality from her beautiful fantasy: "I'm going to Berlin soon, so I can take a look at the dress first."

"Sister Jia, you will make the arrangements. Any other announcements next?"

"There is a brand event that I have to attend. It should be half an hour's drive away. You can take a rest first."

"Uh-huh."

Yang Mi nodded.

I am just excited and restless, but where can I sleep?

I sent a message to harass Zhou Yutang. Seeing that he didn't reply, he was probably busy.

Yang Mi skillfully switched to the trumpet and happily browsed the Internet to read the comments praising her on "Reply 1997".

The fact that Zhou Yutang's "Search" was shortlisted for the Berlin Film Festival's main competition section quickly spread in the domestic media.

At a business event, in the backstage lounge, Aunt Liu was surfing the Internet on her mobile phone and couldn't help but ask her daughter,

"Sissi, has he told you about this?"

"of course."

Liu Yifei smiled happily: "We were still filming at the time, and the film selector from the Berlin Film Festival came to the set to find Xiao Zhou, and we even had dinner together."

"The film selector of the film festival said that the artistic director of the Berlin Film Festival admired Xiao Zhou..."

"Xiao Zhou told me when he signed up. He said that when there is news over there, he would be the first to tell me, hehe."

Ignoring her daughter's proud expression, Aunt Liu continued to ask: "Is there any hope that the movie you guys made will win an award?"

No matter how popular "Search" is now, it was still filmed by Zhou Yutang and Gao Yuanyuan, and his own daughter did not star in it.

Perhaps a little embarrassed and amazed by Zhou Yutang's ability, but Aunt Liu obviously cares more about "Love Like a Bouquet".

She is such a realistic woman.

"I have watched the finished film, and it is very exciting, but how do you know if it will win an award?"

It is rare for her mother to follow her on her schedule. Liu Yifei seems to have returned to her teenage years, and she is also acting like a baby. "However, Xiao Zhou said that my performance in this movie is very good, and I might have a chance to win an award."

Aunt Liu suddenly became energetic.

There was also a smile on that charming and mature face.

She has confidence in Zhou Yutang.

If her daughter wants to go higher in the future, she will really have to rely on Zhou Yutang to guide her.

…

The three major film festivals in Europe are Cannes, Venice and Berlin.

Each film festival has different preferences.

In recent years, Venice has paid more attention to art and innovation, and Cannes is more fond of films with human themes.

Berlin prefers political and social reality films. Its purpose is to strengthen exchanges among film workers from all over the world and promote the improvement of film art.

The Berlin Film Festival is also a huge vanity fair.

Zhou Yutang chartered a flight to Berlin in advance this time to reserve a period of publicity time, which is also very necessary.

The accompanying personnel include the National Preceptor, Mr. Han, and Mr. Ren.

Gao Yuanyuan, Yang Mi and other crew members also came over.

On the plane.

Ni Ni's seat is towards the back.

This time she came as the heroine of "Thirteen Hairpins".

Next to her was the assistant assigned to her by Zhou Shufang, a chubby little girl who had just graduated from the School of Communication.

Yang Mi and Gao Yuanyuan were sitting not far from him.

Ni Ni glanced at Zhou Yutang sitting in front, and was somewhat surprised to find that Gao Yuanyuan and Yang Mi were also looking at Zhou Yutang frequently.

Seeing Zhou Yutang having an enthusiastic exchange with the two CEOs of the Film and China Film Group as well as the national teacher, he was very sensible and did not interrupt.

A smart woman will not interrupt when a man is talking about his career.

However, when the two women retracted their gaze from Zhou Yutang, they made contact in the air.

Slightly stagnant.

Gao Yuanyuan and Yang Mi immediately smiled politely and nodded in greeting.

The topic of conversation between Zhou Yutang, the National Master, and the two bosses cannot be separated from the Berlin Film Festival.

This year's jury includes two stars, Jake Gyllenhaal and Charlotte Gainsbourg.

There are also festival regulars Mike Leigh, François Ozon and Asghar Farhadi.

"The chairman of the jury is Mike Lee. This guy is a bit weird."

Lao Mouzi often travels abroad and has a say in this: "He often starts a project with a concept in his mind, and lets the actors improvise without a script..."

Sounds a bit like a foreign version of Sunglasses King.

When actors perform his plays, they seem to be not performing, but recreating life in real ways.

…

After flying for more than ten hours, everyone was inevitably a little tired.

After the plane landed, the group went to the hotel where they stayed to take a short rest.

Zhou Yutang sent a message to Liu Yifei and Liu Shishi, standing at the window and overlooking Berlin, a city that exuded a heavy and cold atmosphere.

Then, I heard a "click" and the door opened.

Only Gao Yuanyuan has the key card to his room.

Turning around, I saw that it was indeed Da Meiyuan.

With the familiar and soft body pressed against her back, Zhou Yutang hugged Da Meiyuan with her backhand. He skillfully moved his hand from her waist down and said with a chuckle: "Sister Yuanyuan, why don't you take a rest?"

Da Meiyuan slapped his hand away and said in a resentful voice: "Are you in love with Yang Mi?"

"The two of us didn't even say a word the whole way."

Zhou Yutang was slightly stunned and said confidently.

I didn’t really speak, but I sent text messages.

Da Meiyuan asked suspiciously: "Then why does she always look at you?"

"How do I know? You may have to ask me about work arrangements. After all, I am her boss."

"The movie "Reply 1997" you gave her is so popular right now."

"No matter how popular I am, I can't beat you, the iron-clad tiger goddess. In my heart, Sister Yuanyuan, you will always be the most beautiful."

At this time, there is no need to say anything, just speak softly to break down the defense.

Then, Zhou Yutang picked up Gao Yuanyuan, and Da Meiyuan patted him on the shoulder with a hint of annoyance:

"I want to take a shower."

"That's just right, I want to take a shower too."

More than an hour later, Da Meiyuan put on her nightgown and rested her head on Zhou Yutang's shoulder: "What color suit are you wearing for the opening ceremony?"

"I ordered black."

"Then I'll wear that white dress."

Da Meiyuan muttered and sent a message to her female assistant.

It is really troublesome for female celebrities to come to the award ceremony. Gao Yuanyuan contacted the brand half a month in advance to prepare a haute couture dress.

The same goes for Damimi.

the next day.

Zhou Yutang went to the scene with the National Master and the two bosses of China Film and Shanghai Film.

The national teacher is very experienced in foreign media and knows many people. His old friend Yan Geling was also invited to teach screenwriting at the talent training camp officially opened by the Berlin Film Festival.

Naturally, some foreign media are also targeting Zhou Yutang, the leading young director in China.

Gao Yuanyuan and Yang Mi had a hard time dealing with interviews with foreign media.

On the contrary, Ni Ni can actually be interviewed by foreign media in English.

Zhou Yutang was impressed by his fluent spoken English and natural communication: "Your spoken English is very good. Have you ever stayed abroad before?"

"Um, Mr. Zhou, I have never been abroad."

Ni Ni was a little surprised and said honestly: "I am more interested in English. When I was in school, I practiced by myself by watching English movies. I just listened to the movies without reading the subtitles."

"Also, I read a lot of English books. There are corresponding audios on the Internet. I downloaded them and listened to them every day before going to bed. Then I just listened. After listening too much, I became able to speak."

"Then you are quite talented."

Zhou Yutang smiled softly.

She is indeed a progressive girl.

Without talking much, he turned around and was dragged away by Han Sanping to socialize.

The opening ceremony of the film festival is approaching, and all the films shortlisted for the competition units of this film festival have surfaced.

"Search" by Zhou Yutang and "White Deer Plain" directed by Wang Quan'an were shortlisted for the main competition, and "Flying Swords of Dragon Gate" and "The Thirteen Hairpins of Jinling" were screened.

In addition, two Chinese short films will compete for the short film category award.

"Search" by Yuan Shikong is a work that Chen Poet wanted to transform to strike a balance between business and art after repeated failures. As a result, he wanted to express a lot of things, and ultimately the core of the film was not deep enough.

Zhou Yutang eliminated all the middle-aged marital crisis that was added to Chen Meiren's drama, and closely focused on the core theme of social public opinion, which can be regarded as sublimating the level of the entire movie.

Since it has been shortlisted for the main competition unit, it means that it is possible to win the prize.

In Berlin in February, heavy snow fell from the sky.

The Berlin Film Festival kicked off in such a cold and humid atmosphere.

Female celebrities are really ruthless when walking on the red carpet.

With the room temperature being minus five degrees Celsius and the cold wind blowing like this, ordinary people can't bear it.

But Huo Siyan, the heroine of "Eat Drink Man and Woman 2", only wore a red tutu skirt and walked on the red carpet in the ice and snow.

Gao Yuanyuan and Damimi are not bad either.

Gao Yuanyuan also wore a Chanel haute couture white dress and walked the red carpet with Zhou Yutang.

The master of ceremony was Anke Engolke, who sat high up with the festival chairman Dieter Koslick, commenting on the guests present. The two of them teased each other and told some embarrassing German-style jokes.

This year's opening film is this year's first competition film, "Farewell My Queen," which tells a story that took place against the backdrop of the French Revolution.

What attracted Zhou Yutang more than the movie was French actress Léa Seydoux's beautiful legs in black stockings, one of the starring roles.

This sister also played the cold and charming female killer in "Mission: Impossible 4".

The opening ceremony ended quickly, followed by about ten days of free screening time for reporters, audiences and filmmakers to watch the film, and the jury also began to review the film.

Several foreign film producers have taken a fancy to the copyright of "Search", but the price offered is not high, no more than 1 million US dollars.

Zhou Yutang asked Li Shuang to wait. Since he was shortlisted for the main competition unit, he might hope to win the prize, but then the price would not be this.

There was a cocktail party in the evening. Zhou Yutang found Ni Ni and asked directly: "The dress doesn't fit you today?"

"Mr. Zhou, did you find out?"

"How did Zhou Shufang arrange it?"

Zhou Yutang frowned.

The blue dress Ni Ni wore on the red carpet today obviously didn't fit her. The bright red dress she wore later at the press conference had the shoulder line fall down to Ni Ni's arms and the sleeves were too long.

The fat female assistant was so frightened that Ni Ni quickly explained: "Mr. Zhou, I don't blame Sister Fang. She has already arranged a haute couture dress for me, but..."

She didn't say any more, but Zhou Yutang's mind changed slightly and he already understood.

After all.

Still, Ni Ni is not enough.

For example, Gao Yuanyuan and Yang Mi have several sets of couture dresses from the latest season.

What Ni Ni can borrow is the dress from last year's DIOR spring and summer haute couture series

In this strict hierarchy of vanity fair.

This sort of thing is not uncommon.

of course there are exceptions.

At last year's Harper's Bazaar Charity Night, Jing Tian had a hard time borrowing a couture dress from the ES brand because she liked it.

Sweet Princess directly spent 5 million to buy the Elie Saab haute couture dress, which perfectly explained what it means to be rich and willful.