Senior Superstar

After confirming the itinerary of the film festival, Li Shixin's next time will be much easier.

In fact, the film festival is still divided into how to play.

As the top celebrity show in the entertainment industry, if you want to use the film festival to increase your popularity, there are too many things you need to do throughout the ten-day film festival.

The easiest way is to make some explosive news on the media day, or simply go to the red carpet and not get off-this is the usual high-ranking method used by some domestic Internet celebrities or 18th-tier stars.

But for Li Shixin, who already has three shortlisted films, this method is still too low.

As an artist who already has a reputation and participates in film festivals in a fair manner, as long as there are exposures and achievements on media days, opening ceremonies and award ceremonies, basically this wave will be stable.

After all, there are only a dozen domestic filmmakers shortlisted for the Berlin Film Festival this time.

Even if they don't do anything, everyone will be the favorite of the domestic entertainment media.

In fact, for the three major European film festivals, the attitude of the domestic film and television industry has always been quite ambiguous.

Because of the relationship between culture and ideology, it can be said that very few Chinese-language films actually win awards at the three major European film festivals. Even if there is, it is not a big prize.

For example, at the Berlin Film Festival, after the 1980s, only a few Chinese directors won jury awards, or leftovers such as cutting-edge and silver bears. The real Golden Bear Award, the Cannes Palme d'Or, has never been won by a domestic director in this time and space.

As a great country with a rising economy, both fans and officials in China hope that there will be one or two outstanding Chinese works that can gain international prestige.

Therefore, for the filmmakers who can be shortlisted, the domestic media will always report relatively high expectations and exposure.

In the hotel, a group of old fans and teenagers are still trying to adapt to the jet lag.

After getting off the plane last night, everyone stayed up almost all night. When Li Shixin got up in the morning, Liu Feng and others had just fallen asleep.

Instead of disturbing everyone, Li Shixin took advantage of his free time to come to the venue of the film festival - BERLINALE PALAST in the center of Berlin, which is also the legendary film palace.

The Berlin Film Palace can be said to be a dreamland dreamed by countless movie fans. This bustling area in the city center is usually a theater dedicated to musicals. Only two weeks in February and March every year will it change suddenly and become the focus of the eyes of filmmakers and movie fans all over the world.

Of the 328 films participating in the film festival this time, most of the screenings will be held here, except for a few films in the second-level unit.

Just one day before the opening of the film festival, a considerable number of tourists had already gathered near the film palace.

Looking at the tourists with different skin colors on the square in front of the movie palace, who lined up to buy tickets or stopped to take pictures, Li Shixin took a deep breath.

damn it.

Old man, there is finally such a day that I can come here as a shadow person to support a wave!

What is it called?

This is called a daughter-in-law for many years, who is about to become a mother-in-law!

In his heart, he said fiercely to himself, Li Shixin was silent and tearful.

But at this moment, among the noisy tourists around him, an intermittent guzheng sound entered his ears.

"Oh?"

In a country full of alien races, when he heard the sound of the guzheng, Li Shixin's spirit lifted.

Whether a person is lonely or not, when he meets his compatriots in a foreign land, it is inevitable that he will be kind.

Following the sound, Li Shixin pushed aside the crowd and walked towards the source of the sound.

When he got closer, he discovered a small world.

In the open space behind the movie palace, a row of street artists are performing hard.

This form of street art is relatively rare in China due to the excessive urban management, but it can be found in every city abroad. Most of them are down-and-out musicians or music majors, earning extra money by performing in business districts with a large number of tourists, or to improve themselves.

There are all kinds of performances in the small square, some playing and singing with guitars, some violin solos, and even the whole band moved out and sang hard to the tourists.

And in a remote corner of the small square, a girl in a Chinese-style red skirt and veil was sitting on a horse tie, gracefully plucking the zither in front of her.

Judging from Li Shixin's guzheng performance level that has just stepped into the king's level, the girl should be from a professional background. A song "A Laugh from the Sea" was played very freely and freely by her skillful ring finger technique.

Judging from the pitch of the piece and the emotions mixed in the sound of the zither, the piece should have been carefully prepared and practiced for a long time.

But at this time, compared to the "booths" of other street performers, there were not many people standing in front of her to watch.

Standing there and listening quietly, until the girl's song ended, only a passing white lady stopped and looked at it for a while.

But just for a moment, after seeing the girl playing the song, the woman threw two copper coins into the zither box in front of the girl and left in a hurry.

Seeing the girl nodding slightly and expressing her gratitude to the woman, Li Shixin raised her brows and walked up after not intending to start another song for a long time.

When Li Shixin arrived at the girl's side, the girl had already put away the guzheng.

"Girl, you play very well. Why don't you continue playing?"

"ah?"

It seemed that she was startled by the sudden local accent in this foreign country. Following Li Shixin's greeting, the girl who was packing up her things and was about to leave was startled.

Seeing Li Shixin, who was dressed in a pure black turtleneck sweater and a casual suit over it, looking capable and pure, the girl smiled in surprise.

"Lord?"

Yo!

This time it was Li Shixin's turn to be surprised.

What is the happiest thing about being an artist?

Of course, in any corner of the earth, there are fans of their own!

"Girl, are you here for the film festival?"

"No no!"

Seeing Li Shixin, the girl was obviously a little excited. Regardless of tidying up the zither, he got up and walked to Li Shixin. While looking at him, the pair of phoenix eyes exposed on the veil showed a bit of shyness;

"I went to school here! I've been here for more than two years."

"Yo!"

Upon hearing that the girl in front of him was an overseas student, Li Shixin was delighted: "An international student? A music student?"

When it comes to her studies, the girl is no longer shy. She raised her face and said with a smile, "Yes! At the Hans Eisler Conservatory, she majored in piano."

"piano?"

Hearing about the girl's studies, Li Shixin stretched out his finger slightly in astonishment and pointed at the guzheng that hadn't been put away yet.

"Then this."

"Hey, this is a hobby."

The girl became shy again, stomped her feet with some annoyance, and grabbed the bun tied behind her head.

"I have been practicing piano since I was four years old, but I fell in love with guzheng when I was in junior high school. At that time, my mother was afraid of delaying my piano lessons and refused to let me learn."

"So after being admitted to university and leaving home, you picked up your own interests?"

Li Shixin asked with a smile.

He was just asking casually, but he didn't want to face this question, but the girl became serious.

The two beautiful brows frowned together, and the girl heaved a sigh;

"It's not like that. I learn Guzheng very utilitarianly. There are four departments in our college, covering more than 30 music bachelor's majors and more than 20 master's majors from piccolo to vocal music.

Most of the students in the college are from the European side, and I am an Asian student. So many students are very curious about me. In the semester when I first entered school, people always asked me: there are so few Chinese students studying music in the West, so is there a shortage of music in your country?

I was very angry at that time! I explained to them over and over again, introducing our national musical instruments. But things like flutes and flutes, they only think that they imitate Western orchestras. After thinking about it for a long time, I bought a guzheng in China and mailed it over. The sound range of this thing is large, and the playing form has its own characteristics. They never say it's like a harp or something."

Seeing the distressed and serious look of the girl, Li Shixin was happy.

"So you learn Guzheng just to prove to your classmates that China has its own music?"

"no."

The girl shook her head lightly, but then nodded seriously: "I did think so at first, but then I found that they were not interested in listening to my explanations and science popularization. Or they I don't care at all, because internationally, the mainstream music is still Western music with orchestral piano as the mainstay. So I thought about it later. They didn't understand because they had never heard of it. Then I happened to be here , just play it to them."

Having said that, the girl pointed to her guzheng.

"Well, if someone listens to me playing, I will tell them that this is a Chinese musical instrument called guzheng. As long as enough people know about it, one day people here will know that China also has our own national music and national musical instruments. Yes."

Seeing the serious and stubborn look of the girl, Li Shixin's smile turned serious.

"What's the girl's name?"

He held out his right hand.

"ah!"

Seeing Li Shixin's hand extending over, the girl noticed that she was still wearing a veil.

She took off her veil in a panic, revealing a fair and delicate face.

"I, my name is Tong Guaiguai!"

With a grin, the girl showed two small canine teeth.