Rhapsody of Entertainment Rebirth

After seeing off the attentive Warner CEO, Hathaway hugged her husband and asked with some confusion:

"Dear, do you really plan to cooperate with Warner in the future? You are now a shareholder of Disney?"

"Who can say what will happen in the future!"

Shanhe looked at his wife and replied,

"China and the United States are naturally competitors across the Pacific Ocean. The future environment is unpredictable. Having more friends is not a bad thing!"

Hathaway was startled by her husband's answer. She was silent for a moment, sighed and whispered:

"Why is this world always full of strife? I really don't want to see these things!"

Shan He put his arms around his wife and kissed the corner of her mouth.

"Annie, we are all small waves in the times. We cannot change the direction of the wave. Going with the trend is our only choice. Don't worry, with me here, you don't have to give up anything!"

Hathaway buried herself in her husband's arms and responded in a low voice:

"I know, Qiu, now I just want to go home and be with Bernie!"

"Why don't you go home first? I'll probably have a few days to finish my work here!"

"Honey, I'm waiting for you!"

…

The year 2012 has arrived unknowingly.

Shanhe did not push back the post-production progress of "Joker". On the day after New Year's Day, in the small theater at Warner Studio, more than a dozen Warner and Disney executives watched the finished film of "Joker" together.

Nearly two hours later, there was a burst of heartfelt applause and praise in the small theater.

They are all a group of veterans who have been around Hollywood for a long time. These people naturally have enough appreciation and discernment skills.

They all applauded the stunning performance of "Joker", and the journey of conquest for the talented duo of Shan He and Heath Ledger officially began.

"The dark style of "Joker" is so amazing. This is a film that is naturally suitable for the attributes of Justice League. Qiu, your genius can definitely bring the DC universe to the top. It is a pity to stop it here!"

"Heath, this is the most outstanding performance I have ever seen. There is no suspense about the Oscar winner next year. How about you, are you interested in playing a role in Marvel? We are currently conceiving "Guardians of the Galaxy". Star-Lord is a good character. challenge!”

"There is no doubt that the film is excellent. I think full promotion can start tomorrow, and additional expenses will be required. What do you think?"

"I agree!"

…

Shanhe and Heath Ledger subsequently received a series of congratulations and congratulations.

Everyone present could predict how popular the two would become after the movie was released.

The giant figure Shan He couldn't move, so Heath Ledger naturally became the target of invitations from Warner and Disney.

There is no doubt that in two months he will be one of Hollywood's new top actors!

Shanhe had no intention of talking falsely to these old bastards at the moment. The movie was already completed, and he didn't want to have to worry about its promotion and distribution.

Moreover, "Joker" is an R-rated film and is destined to be impossible to be released in China, so Shanhe has even less to worry about.

He said a few words casually and then left the set.

Hathaway was a little anxious waiting in Los Angeles. The two had already booked their flights and boarded the flight back home that night, leaving the colorful Hollywood Vanity Fair.

At this time in China, the Lunar New Year holiday is in full swing.

Zhang Yi's "The Thirteen Beauties", Huayi's "Shaolin Temple", Bona's "I Know Women's Hearts", Hong Kong film "The Overheard 2" and other films were released in sequence.

However, the box office has not been as big as last year. Zhang Yi's "The Thirteen Hairpins" will have a box office of over 500 million within three weeks of its release. The total box office is barely 800 million, let alone 1 billion.

Not to mention other movies, "Shaolin Temple" is a bad movie that makes money!

Although "I Know Women's Hearts" has the appeal of big-name stars such as Gong Li and Andy Lau, the film is mediocre and the Hollywood movie plot is not suitable for China.

"Overheard 2" did well at the box office, but its subject matter was limited. Domestic audiences were really tired of watching police movies from Hong Kong and Taiwan.

The media and the public have focused their attention and expectations on the Spring Festival. Director Li Li's first 3D war movie "Taking Tiger Mountain" and Feng Xiaogang's "Feng's Comedy" "If You Are the One 2" will be released at the same time.

However, Shanhe, who returned home, didn't take this to heart. He was immersed in the joy of reuniting with his wife, children, and children.

As soon as Qiu Chuxi, the eldest baby of the Qiu family, came home, she got together with the little baby Qiu Yanche.

The two of them had similar natural attributes, and there was no sense of strangeness at all. From the day Qiu Chuxi returned home, the courtyard was several times more noisy than before.

There were two poltergeists, one big and one small, plus Doudou who was joining in the fun, and the whole yard was full of laughter and chatter.

Little Xiong'er liked this aunt very much. She could do a lot of things. Within two days, she built a small children's playground in the greenhouse in the yard.

With this aunt who loves to laugh and play just like him, Little Bear has seen a lot of new things.

With these two pistachios making noise at home, the days are several times lighter, and the end of the year is here in the blink of an eye.

This year’s Spring Festival is earlier than in previous years, and the family is preparing for the first Spring Festival with four generations under one roof.

Shanhe and his son were ordered up and down by several women in the family, and they were busy here and there, but the results were still quite good.

The entire courtyard was decorated by Qiu Chuxi and Hathaway in a combination of Chinese and Western styles. It was colorful, with red lanterns and colored lights hanging all over the courtyard.

Every room was pasted with Spring Festival couplets and Chinese characters for blessing. Hathaway and her sister-in-law even went to the streets in disguise and bought a lot of Chinese knots and window stickers, decorating the courtyard with joy.

Just after the Little New Year, the yard was filled with all kinds of New Year flavors. Grandma set up the oil pan and Xie Meiyu also prepared the ingredients. The aroma and joy were overflowing.

Little Bear is about to be a week old. Seeing his parents and elders rejoicing and having fun, he is very excited.

Staying in my aunt's arms, her little hands and feet were waving very fast, and she was like "wow", just wanting to join in the fun together.

"Little Bear also wants to see your grandma fried tofu! Come on, aunt will take you to see it. When I was little, my aunt loved to watch your grandma fry things the most. It's fun and delicious!"

As soon as Qiu Chuxi approached the frying pan with her wide-eyed nephew in her arms, her mother Xie Meiyu stood in front of her and scolded her.

"Hurry up and take my eldest grandson away. I didn't see the oil-spattered Lao Gao. I didn't see you helping me, but he caused trouble here!"

Qiu Chuxi pursed her lips, took a few steps back with her nephew in her arms, and kept talking.

"Little Xiong'er, have you seen your grandma's true face? She is the big boss of our family and we cannot afford to resist!"

"Are you feeling itchy again? Stop talking nonsense in front of my grandson!"

"Ha ha…"

"Xixi and Baobao, are you greedy? Grandma will fry pancakes for you later!"

The little bear couldn't stay in Qiu Chuxi's arms. His calves were kicking and he wanted to crawl down to the ground to join in the fun.

But I couldn't break free from my aunt's arms, and I suddenly became anxious.

"Gu~" was shouted out.

"ah!"

Qiu Chuxi was startled by her nephew's shout, but she quickly reacted and shouted:

"Mom, did you hear it? Little Bear called me aunt. He can talk. The first one he called was my aunt, hahaha..."

At this moment, several women dropped what they were doing and surrounded the two pistachios.

"Really, I heard it. The eldest grandson called grandma, come on, n~ai~nai grandma!"

"My dear grandson is so talented. He can speak within a few weeks. In the future, he is destined to be like Xiaohe and have great potential!"

"No, don't tell me. Little Xiong'er learns quickly with Xixi. We have taught her for so long before, so we don't want her to come back for a few days!"

"I let this girl take advantage of me!"

"Ha ha…"

After a while, the whole family gathered around the kitchen. Hathaway was the most anxious. She took her son from Qiu Chuxi's arms and kissed him.

"Baby, you should learn to call mom first. Aunt, let's not rush to learn!"

"Haha...sister-in-law, you are still jealous of me!"

“…”

The whole family was happily and lively around the little bear, and they didn't even notice that the tofu in the oil pan was burnt black.

It wasn't until a burning smell came out that Qiu Chuxi was the first to notice it.

"Oops! Grandma, your fried tofu is all burnt!"

"Oops, I forgot all about it, now a big pot of oil is all wasted!"

…

In the next few days, teaching Xiao Xiong'er to speak became the top priority in the courtyard, and Shanhe was very happy about it.

Even the premiere of "Taking Tiger Mountain by Wisdom" only came and left in a hurry.

With the double joy of celebrating the New Year and the opening of Little Bear’s mouth, the New Year has arrived.

During the Spring Festival of the Year of the Dragon, the Qiu family had a more lively time than in previous years. The reason was naturally the addition of Qiu Yanche, the fourth generation of the Qiu family.

In his unclear shouts, there seemed to be an extra joy in the Spring Festival air.

The Chinese film market has also lived up to the expectations of the media and the public. "If You Are the One 2" and "Taking the Tiger Mountain" have made the Spring Festival stalls very popular.

"Fung's comedy" was still very popular at this time. The box office exceeded 500 million yuan in four weeks, and the criticism did not hinder the movie's box office harvest.

Xu Ke's "Taking Tiger Mountain by Wisdom" was released a week later than "If You Are the One 2", but the movie-watching craze it triggered was not comparable to Feng Xiaogang's old routine!

Although it was released three years in advance, the technical content of the film is no lower than that of the original film, and the quality of the entire film is even much better in Shanhe's opinion.

The production companies of this film are Chuhe Film and Television, China Film Group and Bayi Studio. It is the first serious film to feature 3D special effects.

Its topicality can be imagined. In the first three days of the weekend, it approached 200 million yuan: 180 million yuan!

During the seven-day Spring Festival holiday in the second week, the sales revenue reached nearly RMB 400 million.

In the third week, it still exceeded 200 million yuan.

The cumulative box office in three weeks has exceeded 800 million yuan, and it has firmly stepped on the billion threshold.

Not only did the investment of 200 million yuan not lose money, but it also made a huge profit.

This movie once again proves that theme films have broad market prospects in China and can fully support large investments and large productions.

Domestic filmmakers are analyzing and thinking about the direction of the Chinese film market and themes.

At the same time, Europe on the other side of the world is also welcoming a film event. The Berlin Film Festival, one of the world's three major art film festivals, is about to open.

Speaking of which, this Berlin Film Festival was originally very shabby. Not only did it have the fewest films participating in the festival in recent years, but no works by famous European and American directors were nominated for the main competition.

The entire film festival organizing committee and jury were worried about this. It was not until Shanhe's "Joker" was confirmed to sign up that they heaved a sigh of relief.

The entry of "Joker" immediately turned the Berlin Film Festival, which was originally the bleakest, into the most influential one.

Shanhe's influence and Warner's overwhelming publicity have made "Joker" the most anticipated film since the New Year.

As the opening ceremony film of the 62nd Berlin Film Festival and its world premiere, "Joker" will inevitably attract a large number of reporters and media to come to Berlin for reporting and interviews.

Dieter Koslick, chairman of the Berlin Film Festival, naturally hopes to expand the influence of the film festival through Shanhe and "Joker".

The best way to expand its influence is to let "Joker" win awards. He hopes that the quality of the film is good enough. As long as it can meet the minimum requirements for winning, he will put "Joker" on the award-winning stage.

But "Joker" made him wait very anxiously. It was not until the last two days of the submission deadline that Warner slowly handed over the copy of the film to the jury.

Dieter Koslick and the jury watched this atypical superhero movie for the first time.

The result is undoubtedly that "Joker" has been nominated for the main competition unit of the Berlin Film Festival, and it has almost won the Golden Bear.

After watching the movie, the chairman of the jury, the famous British director Mike Leigh, even said bluntly in front of the jury members:

"Joker" is an epoch-making tragic movie, enough to win any film award in the world!

Bruckheimer arrived in Beijing on the fifth day of the Lunar New Year. He had already received the news: "Joker" was 100% sure to win the Golden Bear, and Heath Ledger was 100% sure to win the Silver Bear for Best Actor.

He said this to Shanhe:

"I don't care about the box office. No one in the world can surpass me in total box office as a producer. But winning awards is different. I have only won one important award in my life, the Palme d'Or at Cannes for "Dallas Buyers Club." It feels great. How could I, as a producer, be absent from the Golden Bear Award-winning ceremony? This represents my artistic achievement!"

Shanhe was amused by the shamelessness of the old gangster. You have such shitty artistic achievements. Originally, you never even won an art award in your life, and you even openly dismissed the European Film Festival and made wild remarks!

Now he is more passionate about it than I am, and he considers himself an artistic film producer, which is really shameless to the extreme!

Under the contempt of Shanhe, Bruckheimer happily spent a week in the Qiu family, fully experiencing the Chinese New Year customs, and even the little bear became familiar with this fun old curly uncle.

Then he and Shanhe leisurely boarded the plane to Berlin.

There are many Chinese elements in this Berlin Film Festival. In addition to mountains and rivers, Wang Quanan's "White Deer Plain" has also been nominated for the main competition unit. "Jinling Thirteen Hairpins" is also a quite eye-catching film at the Berlin Film Festival.

There are also many films from Hong Kong and Taiwan participating in the non-competition section.

Of course, their treatment is not as high as Shanhe!

When the plane landed at Berlin International Airport, there was still light snow falling outside. As soon as Shanhe and Bruckheimer left the airport, the long-awaited media reporters surrounded them.

Shanhe is undoubtedly the biggest celebrity at this film festival. He alone has brought countless attention and traffic to the entire film festival.

Entertainment media from all over the world will not miss the opening ceremony of the film festival featuring new films from Shanhe. Shanhe also saw a large number of Asian faces in the reporters and media.

"Qiu, as the biggest favorite for this Golden Bear Award, how confident are you that "Joker" will win?"

"Qiu, can you tell us about your latest work? What type of subject will it be?"

"Shanhe, if the Golden Bear wins this time, will you win the European Film Festival Grand Slam? After all, you are only one short of the Venice Golden Lion?"

"Qiu, when Heath Ledger was interviewed yesterday, he said that you are the most talented director and writer he has ever seen. How do you evaluate his performance?"

…

Not only reporters, but many passengers also gathered around after seeing this, including many Shanhe fans and book fans. They began to shout to Shanhe and even asked for autographs.

The crowd grew larger and larger, and the scene gradually became a little chaotic. Shanhe and Bruckheimer looked at each other helplessly and smiled bitterly.

Fortunately, the Berlin Film Festival staff and airport security arrived in time, and they were able to get into the car under their cover. Shanhe waved to reporters and fans in the car, then left the airport and headed to the organizing committee. Stay at the hotel booked for the crew.

At six o'clock in the afternoon the next day, the Cinema Palace in Berlin's Potsdamer Platz was already crowded with people. In ten minutes, the red carpet ceremony would officially begin.

The red carpet at the Berlin Film Festival may be the coldest film festival red carpet in the world.

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The outdoor temperature is 5℃, and there is still light snow in the sky. Even if you wear a down jacket, the cold wind will make you shiver.

And it is on such a cold red carpet that there are still many dedicated female celebrities wearing bare backs, low-cut clothes, and short skirts, which makes people take a breath.

Festival president Dieter Koslick put it this way:

The low temperature in winter cannot extinguish the enthusiasm for movies. Although the weather is very cold, the movies are very hot!

An hour later, Yamagata and Heath Ledger felt the heat, and their final appearance was met with huge cheers.

Compared with the previous beautiful and frozen actresses, Shanhe was much more relaxed. He wore a suit and tie, and even put on a down jacket to wrap himself up tightly.

Shanhe rarely slowed down on the red carpet this time because the weather was too cold. The audience and reporters waited for several hours in the cold wind. Shanhe was really embarrassed to live up to their expectations.

This was the first time that he tried his best to cooperate with the shouts of reporters and fans on the red carpet. He wanted to take photos here and sign autographs there.

This surprised many domestic reporters, who couldn’t help but laugh and joke:

"Shanhe, you are so abnormal today. Why don't you be the man who always has the upper hand on the red carpet?"

While Shanhe signed autographs for the fans, he replied angrily:

"I feel bad for letting these fans suffer for so long! As for you, I just love seeing you suffer because you are so nosy!"

"Ha ha…"

Although the Berlin Film Festival is not able to invite numerous big names to support the opening ceremony like many film festivals, the enthusiasm of movie fans here for movies is indeed no less than anywhere else.

Shan He and Heath Ledger stayed for more than ten minutes amid the fans' scramble before they were invited into the movie palace by the staff.

When the two turned around and waved to leave, all the fans and reporters in the audience applauded them in unison.

The opening ceremony of this year's Berlin Film Festival had a unique opening. The emcee was the veteran female model Heidi Klum. She and the film festival chairman Dieter Koslick were in the audience and the other was sitting high up, interviewing and commenting on the guests one by one. The two of them were teasing each other, as if they were having a cross talk.

Shanhe and Heath Ledger naturally became the focus of their interviews and comments.

However, in Shanhe's view, the questions are all the same old ones, nothing more than "What is your impression of the Berlin Film Festival?", "Did the story of "Joker" really come from your friendship with Heath Ledger?", "How do you feel about winning so many awards?" Confidence?" and other questions.

Moreover, the baggage that Dieter Koslick brought out in broken English and unfamiliar German was really hard to understand and laugh at!

After the awkward talk show of more than ten minutes ended, the German Minister of Culture and the Mayor of Berlin delivered speeches respectively.

Subsequently, Mike Lee, chairman of the competition unit jury, appeared together with all the jury members, introduced the nominated films, and explained the jury's selection criteria.

It was not until 8:30 pm that "Joker" was screened as the opening film.

The only thing that made Shan He satisfied with this opening ceremony was that he didn't have to go on stage to repeat the same old tune. With Heidi Klum's announcement, "Joker" went directly to the big screen.

As a close-up of Heath Ledger's face appeared on the screen, the two-hour viewing began.

"Joker" is not a comic book story from beginning to end. The storyline of the movie does not belong to the DC universe. It is more like a realistic drama movie.

Only a small part of the plot is related to Batman's Wayne family.

The plot is completely original. It mainly explores how clowns are formed. It tells how society turns a small person with dreams from the bottom into a clown.

The core of the movie is the natural evil nature of Gotham City, and the Gotham City in the movie has many similarities with many European and American big cities.

The essence of a clown is to represent a group. The clown in the movie is just a typical example. He is successful in the movie!

On the contrary, the Wayne family to which the superhero Batman belongs is dwarfed and decadent. It can be said that it is the upper class of capitalist society represented by the Wayne family that created the Joker, a natural villain.

And the mission the Joker has given himself is to destroy the rules of Gotham City!

Thanks to Shanhe's rhythm control and Heath Ledger's genius interpretation, the movie has a very strong sense of immersion!

All the guests on the double-decker stands of the Berlin Film Palace were attracted and moved by the characters in the movie.

Many viewers even showed sadness and recognition.

At the end of the film, as Arthur, the clown played by Heath Ledger, laughed nervously on the screen, he said the last line of the film:

"I once thought my life was a tragedy, but in fact, it is a comedy. Am I crazy, or is society crazier than me? Haha..."

Amidst the crazy laughter, the melody of an old song "That's life" sounded. Arthur the clown danced through the corridor of Arkham Asylum. The end of the long and narrow corridor was filled with sunshine, and he disappeared into the bright sky. In the sunshine!

The movie has ended, but the entire Berlin Film Palace is still immersed in silence!