Millennium director

At the door of the quiet presidential suite, a young man who was not yet middle-aged but already had signs of baldness waved the newspaper in his hand and knocked open the door of the presidential suite.

"The program score is out!"

"Cai Wenji received a program score of 2.8!"

In the presidential suite, all the main creators of the Cai Wenji crew who came to participate in this year's Berlin International Film Festival have gathered.

When everyone heard this score, cheers immediately broke out in the quiet room, and even Zhang Yimou, who was always serious and unsmiling, showed a relaxed smile on his face.

The program score of 2.8 is not low.

The highest program score of this year's Berlin International Film Festival is "Synonyms" with 3 points, followed by "Lord, Her Name is Petrunia" with 2.9 points.

"Dinosaur Egg" and "Cai Wenji" are now tied for third place, both with a program score of 2.8.

The program score does not represent everything. After all, Wu Yuan, who knows the final award situation of this Berlin International Film Festival, knows that "So Long, My Son", which scored 2.6 points in the program score, won the Best Actor/Actress Award, while "Dinosaur Egg", which scored 2.8 points, did not win any awards.

But he also knows that movies with good scores may not necessarily win the big prize, but movies with bad scores will definitely not win the big prize.

"Synonyms", which received the highest program score of this year, is the winner of this year's Golden Bear Award.

And "Mr. Jones", which received the lowest score of 1.5 points, did not win any awards.

"It seems that in the eyes of this year's film critics, there are no particularly outstanding movies in Berlin this year." Zhang Yimou calmly analyzed after coming to his senses.

The highest program score of this year is only 3.0 points, which is obviously not outstanding compared with the previous sessions where 3.2 points and 3.3 points occasionally appeared.

But this news is good news for the crew of "Cai Wenji".

After all, if everyone scores around 2.6-2.8, except for "Synonym", which is most likely to win the Golden Bear, other movies are theoretically likely to win the grand prize.

In this case, everyone's scores are similar, which means the level of the movies is similar. If the winning movies are chosen purely based on the personal preferences of the judges, Zhang Yimou is undoubtedly the most advantageous.

Because his fame, status, and influence in the European film industry are unmatched by all the directors in the main competition unit of this year.

In the case of the greatest status and influence, the level of his own movies is not obviously inferior to other movies, and there is no outstanding movie that can crush "Cai Wenji", which almost means that "Cai Wenji" will definitely win the award.

And this movie is a biographical film about a big heroine, so it is basically impossible to win the Golden Bear, and the probability of winning the Jury Grand Prize Silver Bear is not high. The most likely ones are the Silver Bear for Best Director and the Silver Bear for Best Actress.

Either both can be won, or one of the two can be chosen. At least one of them will be guaranteed, otherwise it will really be a shame for this program score and Zhang Yimou's status and influence in the European film industry.

Of course, it's just speculation at the moment, but everyone thinks that the possibility of this speculation is very high.

After all, although the three major European awards are notorious for their irregularity, they are not completely unpredictable. Except for the highest Best Picture, which often has upsets, the winning of other awards is still inseparable from the influence rules.

Just like Wang Xiaoshuai, after the program score came out, he basically thought that his Best Actor Award should be stable, and there was also hope for Best Director.

However, after the program score of "Cai Wenji" came out, the hope of Best Director became slim.

"Hahaha, it's up to you, Director Zhang, to take action." After figuring this out, Wu Yuan laughed and hugged Zhang Yimou, "After 16 years, we will fight in Berlin again. This time, Director Zhang will definitely not return empty-handed."

"It's still hard to say until the last moment." Zhang Yimou was very calm, waving his hand and saying, "There is still a great hope for the best actress. After all, among the movies shortlisted for the main competition unit this year, the heroine of our "Cai Wenji" has the most important role and the most emotional changes."

How can I describe the plot of "Cai Wenji"? Putting aside Cai Wenji's own historical background and experience, this movie actually mainly tells her three love stories.

At the beginning, the young talent Wei Zhongdao, then the Xiongnu Zuoxian King, and then the little husband Dong Si at the end, if you add Cao Cao, the man who influenced her second half of her life, it is equivalent to her having to deal with the emotional relationship with four men.

Well, it has the flavor of "Rose Story", and it is an enhanced version.

In this case, Liu Yifei played the role of Cai Wenji well, and performed the innocence of a girl, the hardship and humiliation of youth, and the tenacity of middle-aged. Then there is a high probability that she will win the Best Actress Award.

It's not that she is too strong, but there are really no movies with strong female protagonists at this Berlin Film Festival. If it was Cate Blanchett, the big devil of "Carol" that year, competing, it would obviously be impossible to win the award, but who said there were no other outstanding movies with outstanding female protagonists this year~

It can only be said that when it comes to winning awards, sometimes timing is more important than strength.

It can even be said that most of the time, timing is greater than strength.

This year is a good time for Liu Yifei.

Of course, if you want to get such an opportunity, you must have a great director like Zhang Yimou to escort you. It is basically hopeless for others to replicate such success.

"Next, let's wait for the closing ceremony of the film festival!" Wu Yuan said with a smile.

Liu Yifei, who had been sitting quietly beside her and stroking her belly, also showed anticipation.

Two days later, on February 17, the 12th day after the crew of "Cai Wenji" arrived in Berlin, the closing ceremony of the Berlin Film Festival officially began at 5 pm local time.

The crew of "Cai Wenji" was invited to the closing ceremony as expected, and the crew of "So Long, My Son" was also invited. The crew of "Dinosaur Egg", which was also directed by a Chinese director but produced by Mongolia, was unfortunately absent and had packed their bags and flew back to Asia yesterday.

Wu Yuan did not join in the fun on the red carpet this time, just like the opening ceremony, after all, he was not a member of the crew.

However, with his face recognition, he also got a spot to enter the closing ceremony.

After all, the closing ceremony of the Berlin Film Festival every year not only invites film crews, but also invites a large number of well-known film critics, filmmakers, and senior executives of film and television companies in the industry to participate.

Wu Yuan sat in the media area with several well-known film critics from Europe.

His arrival also caused quite a stir. Some media reporters who originally came to take pictures of the award-winning scene simply surrounded Wu Yuan and started snapping pictures. Some even wanted to interview Wu Yuan in the banquet hall.

"Ladies and gentlemen, I am here to watch the closing ceremony just like you."

"Yes, the crew my wife is in was also invited to attend the closing ceremony. I am here to cheer her up."

"Well, she is a very good actor. I am proud of her!" (End of this chapter)