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When Wu Yuan and his team set off, it was the early morning of February 5th, Beijing time, but after more than 9 hours of flight, when they arrived in Berlin, it was still early morning in Berlin.

There was no way, Berlin time was 7 hours slower than Beijing time, so Wu Yuan set off at 12 o'clock in the morning, but it was just 2 o'clock in the morning when he arrived, and it was still dark.

In order to adjust to the jet lag, everyone did not sleep during the flight and chose to stay up all night so that they could go directly to the hotel to sleep after landing, and the jet lag would be normal after waking up.

However, Liu Yifei was different. After all, she was a pregnant woman and would rather sleep more than less, so she slept on the plane. When she landed and returned to the hotel, she was very energetic.

"Ha~~" Wu Yuan slammed his body on the sofa in the presidential suite and yawned. He looked at his energetic wife helplessly: "Isn't it said that pregnant women are very sleepy? How come you are so energetic now after only sleeping for four or five hours on the plane?"

"Everyone's physique is different." Liu Yifei shrugged and explained to Wu Yuan: "Sleepiness in early pregnancy is a common phenomenon. Generally, sleepiness starts around six weeks of pregnancy, but I don't. It's almost four months now, and my daily routine is still quite normal."

"It's just that the pregnancy reaction is a bit strong." At this point, Liu Yifei frowned her beautiful eyebrows.

The so-called pregnancy reaction is the early pregnancy reaction, which is specifically manifested as dizziness, fatigue, loss of appetite, nausea, vomiting, aversion to greasy food, preference for acidic food, gastrointestinal bloating, constipation, etc.

Some pregnant women have mild symptoms, so they may be pregnant for three or four months, and they will not realize that they are pregnant until their belly grows bigger. They are considered lucky.

However, most pregnant women have obvious pregnancy reactions, and Liu Yifei is one of the more serious ones. Not only can she not eat much, but she is also very nauseous. It's like her sense of smell is ten times more sensitive. She will feel sick immediately if she smells a little bit of smell, whether it is fragrant or smelly.

That's why she didn't sleep well on the plane. She only slept for four or five hours on and off.

But maybe because of the obvious pregnancy reaction, she is not very sleepy, and it's hard to say whether it's a good thing or a bad thing.

Anyway, Wu Yuan was tossed enough. After all, if you are not feeling well, your emotions are easily unstable, and then you will be angry with him, the "culprit" who made her belly big.

"Ah, pregnancy is too painful, giving birth to this one is enough." Liu Yifei said weakly with a drooping face.

"Why, you don't want to respond to the national call?" Wu Yuan said with a smile, "When the second child policy was opened a few years ago, didn't you say you would respond to the call and have two children in the future?"

"And I heard that the third child policy will be opened in two years, and two is not enough."

"Go to hell, you are about to be a father, but you are still not serious." Liu Yifei slapped Wu Yuan's back in dissatisfaction, but only got Wu Yuan's smirking response.

Wu Yuan was joking, of course.

He might be a little interested in the second child, but he is completely uninterested in the third child. It's not that he can't afford it, but it's really tiring to have too many children. Two is enough.

If nothing unexpected happens, China's newborn birth rate will continue to decline in the next ten or twenty years, and the population will begin to decline. This general trend cannot be reversed by having more children.

"Okay, I'm so sleepy, let's go to bed. Tomorrow we'll go around Berlin together. I'll take you to a delicious German sausage restaurant. I hope it's still open!"

The 69th Berlin International Film Festival will be held from February 7 to 17, 2019, with the opening ceremony on the 7th and the closing ceremony on the 17th.

Although the attention paid to the three major European film festivals in the world has indeed decreased over the years, and the influence of art films has also decreased year by year, this does not mean that the three major European film festivals are not attractive.

After all, there are still countless outstanding film directors in the world making art films every year, and art films are always at the top of the film contempt chain.

Like this year, in addition to "Cai Wenji", Wang Xiaoshuai's new film "So Long, My Son" was also shortlisted for the main competition unit, as well as Wang Quan'an's "Dinosaur Egg".

Needless to say, Wang Xiaoshuai is a perennial guest of the three major European film festivals. Although he was first discovered by the Cannes Film Festival, he has always had a close relationship with the Berlin International Film Festival.

The movie "17-Year-Old Bicycle" won the Silver Bear Award, the Jury Grand Prix, in Berlin.

Wu Yuan also made his first appearance in Europe with this movie, although he was the leading actor, not the director.

However, he also became connected with Berlin because of this. Not only did he become the best newcomer at the Berlin Film Festival, he was also a direct descendant of Berlin in terms of actor status. At the same time, because "Departures" also premiered in Berlin, he was also a direct descendant of the Berlin Film Festival in the field of director.

Later, he was somewhat poached by Venice, but the grand prize was won in Venice, which made Berlin a little unhappy, but the relationship between the two sides is still very good.

There is no way, Wu Yuan's identity as a direct descendant of Berlin is really unshakable, and Berlin is unwilling to let such a direct descendant director be estranged from itself.

So this time when "Cai Wenji" came to Berlin for the competition, the organizing committee was also very cooperative. Even if it was the last registration, it immediately arranged a green channel, and even temporarily jumped the queue to arrange the premiere at the Film Palace. It can be said that both face and substance were given.

This is why the crew of "Cai Wenji" came to Berlin two days in advance and planned to stay for ten days, not only for the award at the closing ceremony, but also to respond to the face given by Berlin.

However, Wu Yuan was not the main creator of the "Cai Wenji" crew, so for him, this trip to Berlin must be relatively easy.

After accompanying Liu Yifei to play in Berlin for a day and going to the German sausage restaurant that Wang Xiaoshuai took him to eat that year, the next day, February 7, in the same restaurant, Wu Yuan took Liu Yifei to meet Wang Xiaoshuai, who arrived in Berlin a day later than them.

Now it is not the past. When everyone goes abroad to participate in the three major European competitions, they still have to organize the Chinese Legion and set off together.

However, with the relationship between Wu Yuan and Wang Xiaoshuai, they must get together in Berlin as soon as possible.

"Senior brother, congratulations, are you here for the grand prize this time?"

In the restaurant, Wu Yuan solemnly introduced his wife to Wang Xiaoshuai, and then talked to him awkwardly about this year's Berlin Film Festival.

Others may not know, but Wu Yuan knows very well that in the original time and space, the Best Actor/Actress Award at this Berlin Film Festival was won by Wang Xiaoshuai's "So Long, My Son"!

Originally, he had no intention of letting "Cai Wenji" compete with "So Long, My Son", but arranged to go to Cannes. After all, Wang Xiaoshuai is his direct senior brother, and they have a relationship of support, so there is no way that there will be a civil war among family members.

But who can say that plans cannot keep up with changes, and "Cai Wenji" is strictly speaking a film of Zhang Yimou, Wu Yuan did not participate in any link, and this film really has nothing to do with him directly.

After confirming that Liu Yifei could not make it to Cannes in May due to pregnancy, Zhang Yimou made a decisive decision to participate in this Berlin International Film Festival, and Wu Yuan had no reason to stop him.

So, there was today's slightly awkward meeting. (End of this chapter)