1990: Starting from Baojia Street

Zhou Yan chatted with Allen and the others for more than an hour.

At almost eight o'clock, when he was thinking about how to say goodbye, the knock on the door rang again.

This time it should be Xu Feng and the others, Zhou Yan thought.

But after opening the door, they found that it was still not Xu Feng and the others, but Hou Xiaoxian.

After the screening of "Sense and Sensibility" ended today, Zhou Yan originally wanted to say hello to Hou Xiaoxian, but when he turned around, he found that Hou Xiaoxian had left. Unexpectedly, he was here now.

Hou Xiaoxian was also very happy to see Zhou Yan, with a smile on his face, "Long time no see, Zhou Yan."

"It's been a long time. You haven't been to the mainland for a long time."

"I'm still looking forward to you going to Taiwan."

"Come in, Alan and Emma are here too."

Hou Xiaoxian was thinking about who Allen and Emma were. He saw the two of them as soon as he entered the door, and then he laughed, "These two are here too."

He was not very good at English, so he spoke in Mandarin.

Zhou Yan helped introduce them in English. After all, Hou Xiaoxian had won many awards at film festivals. Allen and Emma also knew him, but they had never crossed paths before.

The four of them sat down and chatted, with Zhou Yan acting as the translator.

Because of Hou Xiaoxian's participation, Alan Rickman naturally stopped talking about "The Winter's Tale" and instead talked about this film festival.

Hou Xiaoxian praised the performance of the two in "Sense and Emotion", and then expressed some of his own views on the movie.

Although Hou Xiaoxian and An Li are fellow villagers, their film concepts are different. From their words, Zhou Yan could tell that Hou Xiaoxian did not like "Sense and Sensibility" very much.

Xu Feng previously said that Hou Xiaoxian is the emperor of "boring movies" and his works always turn his back on the general audience. This evaluation is quite reasonable.

The movie "Sense and Sensibility" caters to the public to a certain extent.

Among the famous works, "Sense and Sensibility" is originally a "routine" type, and what it expresses is more popular literature.

Fundamentally, it is not Hou Hsiao-hsien's type.

On the contrary, he praised "Spring of the Cowherd Class" very much.

"This is a very romantic and realistic movie."

Hou Hsiao-hsien believes that "Spring in the Cowherd" is the most romantic movie he has seen in recent years.

"When I was the producer of "The Piano Boy Who Wants to Fly," I knew that you were a very romantic director, so I was not surprised at all when I saw you make "Spring of the Cowherd Class."

Hou Xiaoxian really liked this movie, and he did not hesitate to praise it in his words. When Zhou Yan translated for Alan Rickman and others, he could only pick up the translation, otherwise he would blush.

Speaking of which, Hou Xiaoxian was also Zhou Yan's boss. Zhou Yan's ability to truly enter the film industry had a lot to do with Hou Xiaoxian.

Without Hou Xiaoxian, there would be no short film "Antfly", let alone "The Piano Boy Who Wants to Fly". Perhaps now Zhou Yan is still concentrating on making music, and his only connection with movies is to help film soundtracks.

The four of them didn't chat for a while when the knock on the door rang again.

This time it was Xu Feng and the others who knocked on the door, but in addition to Xu Feng and Zhang Youan, there were also An Li and Kate Winslet.

Seeing the five people standing at the door, Zhou Yan couldn't help but raise his lips. He would be able to hold a conference in this room soon.

"Why do you have such an expression?" Xu Feng said with a smile.

Zhou Yan didn't explain, just stepped aside and said, "Come in."

Several people walked into the room and saw Hou Xiaoxian and the three of them. They immediately understood why Zhou Yan had such an expression.

"You are here too."

As soon as An Li and the others arrived, the room suddenly became more lively.

It's just that I feel sorry for Hou Xiaoxian. When An Li and the others didn't come, there were few people in the room, so when chatting, Zhou Yan would specially translate for him.

But now there are five more people in the room. With so many people chatting together, everyone else can speak English well. It is impossible for Zhou Yan to translate a sentence for Hou Xiaoxian when others say something. That would be too troublesome.

But Hou Xiaoxian didn't care. He didn't talk much when there were many people.

As there were more people, the topics of conversation became more fluid and varied. They talked about everything, from film festivals to "Springtime of the Cowherd" and "Sense and Sensibility", from the movies themselves to movie box office, from soundtracks to fashion. Music, we talked about "The Sixth Sense" again, and we also talked about the Academy Awards.

But no matter what topic we talk about, it will always be related to Zhou Yan.

Finally, somehow, Alan Thompson asked about Kate Winslet's next movie.

"Kate, are you going to star in Cameron's new movie?"

Although the casting has not yet been reported in the newspaper, as an industry insider, Emma Thompson has also heard some news. James Cameron's new movie has attracted a lot of attention this time. Kate Wynn is not the only actor who has recommended herself to the director. Slater alone.

On the one hand, James Cameron is very famous and has very brilliant historical achievements. On the other hand, the investment in his new movie is very considerable. It is said that the budget is as high as 150 million US dollars.

For such a film directed by a famous director and with an astonishing budget, few actors would not be interested.

Kate Winslet smiled and nodded, "Yes, it's a great honor. I also worked very hard to write a letter to recommend myself, and finally got this opportunity."

There is no shame in self-recommendation as an actor, so Kate Winslet doesn't shy away from it.

Others congratulated her and chatted about the Titanic incident and James Cameron himself.

As for the movie script, they didn't talk about it because the movie hasn't been filmed yet and it's hard to ask.

When they were talking about this movie, Xu Feng and Zhang Youan both laughed and said nothing.

Although Zhou Yan's score for "Titanic" has not yet been finalized, the negotiations between the two parties have reached the final stage and will be concluded soon.

Only a small number of people at Fox and the director know about this for the time being, and the heroine Kate Winslet definitely doesn't know.

An Li glanced at Xu Feng and the others and felt that their reaction was a bit strange, but he never guessed that Zhou Yan would take over the soundtrack for this movie, and he pretended that they didn't know much about movies.

Everyone chatted in Zhou Yan's room until half past nine. It was not until Xu Feng said that it was Zhou Yan's first day in Berlin and he should have a good rest that they got up and said goodbye.

However, after they left, Zhou Yan did not go to bed immediately. Instead, he took out the score of "Xu Sanguan" and revised it carefully.

This score was the slowest he had ever written. It took him five months to write it, and it is still not finished.

He is usually very busy at work, but as long as he has time, he will definitely polish this score.

At first, he wrote this song out of an impulse he had after reading a novel, and a lot of inspiration broke out at that time.

But a mature multi-movement symphony can not only be completed by inspiration, but also has many technical aspects.

Zhou Yan kept pondering over the music score until twelve o'clock, then Zhou Yan took a shower and went to bed.

……

On the afternoon of the 26th, the Berlin Film Festival, which lasted for eleven days, finally came to an end, and the film festival's awards ceremony was held as scheduled.

This is the first time for Zhou Yan to participate in a film festival and also the first time to walk on the red carpet of a film festival. Although he tried to slow down as much as possible, the staff kept reminding him to slow down. One staff member even said to him with a smile, "Hey, Y, this is the red carpet of the film festival, not the 100-meter track. You don't have to put it on the track." Your long legs are so spread out."

The staff member's voice was not quiet, and the surrounding reporters heard it and laughed.

Zhou Yan also smiled and stopped to accompany the reporters to take photos.

"Look to the left."

"Look in the middle."

"Lean your body a little more."

"Can you go a little further?"

Zhou Yan felt like he had become a model and his body was no longer under his control.

At the Berlin Film Festival, Zhou Yan still attracted a lot of attention. After all, his film entered the main competition section and was very popular.

I don’t know how long it took, but Zhou Yan finally walked the damn red carpet.

The moment he stepped into the movie palace, he breathed a long sigh of relief.

Alan Rickman and Emma Thompson in front did not rush in and waited for him at the door for a while.

Seeing him let out a long sigh of relief, Alan Rickman smiled and said, "It seems you don't like this kind of occasion very much."

Zhou Yan smiled, "That's why I don't like attending award ceremonies."

Emma Thompson joked, "It's always easier for people like you who don't like to go to award shows to win awards."

Zhou Yan shrugged, "Maybe."

The three of them smiled and entered the hall.

Zhou Yan's seat was in the fifth row, and there were empty seats next to him. He looked at the names on the back of the chair. One was named Anok Greenburgh, and the other was named Astriz. He didn't recognize either of them, and he didn't know either of them. Know how the organizer arranges the seats.

After a long time, the two seatmates arrived.

Both of them are women, Arnock on the left is a young woman around thirty years old, and Astriz on the right is much older, probably in her seventies or eighties.

What Zhou Yan didn't expect was that Anok actually knew him and greeted him warmly as soon as he sat down, "Oh, are you Y-chou?"

Zhou Yan nodded unexpectedly, "Well, hello."

Arnock introduced himself, "I am Arnock Greenbug from Belgium, and I am the heroine of "Too Much".

"Hello."

Zhou Yan has never heard of Anoke's name, but he knows "Too High", which is also on the shortlist of the main competition unit.

"I didn't expect our positions to be together. I'm so happy. You know, I like your music very much. When "Spring of the Cowherd Class" was screened two days ago, I also went to watch it. It was really a treat. A great movie..."

Arnock was so excited that he never stopped talking after sitting down.

Facing her enthusiasm, Zhou Yan could only keep smiling and nodding.

Arnock was the first Belgian woman Zhou Yan met. He was very curious whether other Belgian women were as active and cheerful as Arnock.

In fact, Anok's English level is not very good, but she speaks very fast. Zhou Yan can't understand some parts. Sometimes she even mixes in some French, which Zhou Yan can't understand even more.

It wasn't until the host came on stage that Anoke finally stopped talking.

Zhou Yan looked around the hall and found that there were still many empty seats. It seemed that he was not the only one unwilling to participate in the film festival.

Before the award ceremony began, several hosts chatted for a long time. It took about twenty minutes before the first award began to be awarded.

First up was the Teddy Bear Award.

The full name of the Teddy Bear Award is the Berlin International Film Festival Teddy Award. It is not directly related to the Golden Bear Award and the Silver Bear Award. It is sponsored by the Berlin Film Festival and the Teddy Sponsors Association, and it is less than ten years old.

The awards are divided into three competition units, and a total of eight awards were awarded this year.

The first award was the Berlin Golden Camera Award. There were four winners, and the old lady Astriz sitting next to Zhou Yan was also one of them.

Of the four winners, only one Zhou Yan knew, that was Jodie Foster. Her most famous film should be "The Silence of the Lambs", for which she also won the Oscar for Best Actress.

After the Berlin Golden Camera Award was awarded, the Blue Angel Award, Special Mention Award, Honorary Golden Bear Award, etc. were awarded one after another.

The Teddy Bear Award has not received much attention to begin with. Most of the people who came to the stage to receive the award were not well-known, and the atmosphere at the scene was not warm.

After the eight awards of the Teddy Bear Award are awarded, the FIPRESCI Award will be awarded immediately. This award, like the Teddy Bear Award, does not receive particularly high attention.

There were not many awards, only three. The only thing that aroused Zhou Yan's interest was that the best film in the competition was "The Sun Has Ears". This was also the first award won by a Chinese director at this Berlin Film Festival.

Among the awards other than the Golden Bear Award and Silver Bear Award, the award won by "The Sun Has Ears" is already considered the best, at least it can be regarded as the "Best Picture".

After the FIPRESCI Award was awarded, many people sat up straight because the Silver Bear Award was to be awarded next, and these awards received much more attention.

As usual, the Silver Bear Awards are given out first to a few awards that have received little attention.

Many people have never heard of these three awards: the Outstanding Achievement Award, the Outstanding Artistic Achievement Award, and the Alfred Ball Award.

After that, the first heavyweight award at this Berlin Film Festival was finally announced.

Best Actress Award, also commonly known as the Best Actress Award.

"The winner of the Best Actress Award at this Berlin International Film Festival is - Arnock Greenbug!"

When Zhou Yan heard the name of Anok Greenbug, he turned his head in surprise and looked at the woman who was chattering next to him just now.

He didn't expect that this year's Best Actress was sitting next to him.

Anok Greenbug was very excited and stood up directly, and everyone's eyes turned to this side.

At this moment, Anok gave Zhou Yan a hug, and Zhou Yan didn't even try to avoid it.

Xu Feng, who was sitting in the back, looked surprised when he saw Zhou Yan being hugged tightly by Anok, wondering when did Zhou Yan become so familiar with Anok? I haven't heard Zhou Yan say that either.

Judging from the strength with which Anok hugged Zhou Yan, it didn't look like it was the first time they met.

There were cameras taking pictures of them at the scene. When Zhou Yan heard the sound of the shutter, he couldn't help but roll his eyes. This was an unforeseen disaster.

If the photos are spread to China, there will definitely be a lot of scandals. People may not pay as much attention to film festival awards as such scandals.

After Anoke excitedly gave Zhou Yan a hug, she walked quickly onto the stage and gave an incoherent acceptance speech, thanking her for everything she could.

Zhou Yan was sweating when he heard this. Fortunately, Anok was not confused and did not say anything to thank him.

Otherwise, he really couldn't explain it. (End of chapter)