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Chapter 473 Goodbye Berlin
As for Wang Shu, he is a generation away from his great uncle, so he doesn't have to go to pay New Year's greetings.

Under normal circumstances, he needs to go to pay New Year's greetings to his uncle and other relatives.

At the same time, Wang Shu and Wang Yang went to pay New Year's greetings to their respective uncles.

However, it is understandable that Wang Shu did not go due to work reasons.

Wang Yang and Tian Yufang had no reason to work, and they had lived in the countryside all their lives and were very particular about these things, so they wanted to return to their hometown before the Lantern Festival to pay New Year's greetings to their elders.

There is also a time limit for relatives to pay New Year’s greetings.

There are certain rules for deciding on which day of the Lunar New Year to give New Year greetings to and to whom.

If there is any delay, it will be dealt with separately.

If something delays you, you have to pay New Year's greetings before the Lantern Festival.

There’s no need to go after the Lantern Festival.

"Have uncle and aunt returned to their hometown?" Mei Ting came to Wang Shu's house, looking a little disappointed.

She went back to her hometown before and just came here now.

After arriving in Beijing, I heard that many people visited Wang Shu. Li Binbin, Zhou Xun and others even had dinner at Wang Shu's home and had a good chat with his parents.

Upon learning this, she felt very uncomfortable and rushed over without stopping with the New Year gifts.

But he was still a step too late. Not only had Wang Shu's parents already returned to his hometown, but Wang Shu was about to leave.

"Let's go back." Wang Shu responded.

Seeing that Mei Ting looked a little depressed, Wang Shu walked over and pinched her face, saying with a smile, "They brought some sausages, cured fish, and cured meat from their hometown. We won't go out to eat today. I'll cook for you myself."

"Hmm~" When Mei Ting heard this, her heart warmed and a smile returned to her pretty face which had been lost.

She suddenly hugged Wang Shu and put her head against his chest.

Without saying anything, he just held me like this silently.

Wang Shu took Mei Ting's waist and teased her deliberately, "It seems like you ate a lot during the Chinese New Year. You have some fat on your waist."

"No way?!" Mei Ting knew that Wang Shu was joking, but she still subconsciously looked up and glared at him.

"It's plump when you pinch it, and you still say it doesn't have any?" Wang Shu saw this and continued to tease.

Mei Ting heard this and reached out to touch it. She couldn't feel it for a moment, so she asked hesitantly, "Is there really any extra fat?"

"Just kidding." Wang Shu tapped Mei Ting's nose.

Upon hearing this, Mei Ting immediately pretended to be angry and glared at him.

Wang Shu kissed Mei Ting on the lips, and Mei Ting responded enthusiastically.

Not only did he respond, but his hands were also moving around.

"Do you want to?" Mei Ting stood on tiptoe and whispered in someone's ear.

Although Wang Shu did not say anything, his slightly rough action had already given a response.

Seeing this, Mei Ting chuckled complacently: "Go cook first, and we'll talk after dinner."

"What? Do you have energy after eating?" Wang Shu teased when he heard it.

When Mei Ting heard this, she couldn't help but roll her eyes at Wang Shu.

In the kitchen, Wang Shu was cooking, and Mei Ting was helping him.

She didn't have much to do. From time to time she would sit aside with her chin resting on her hand and look at Wang Shu silently.

In the eyes, there is admiration, liking, appreciation and love
All kinds of beauty are available.

Of course, there is also resentment, jealousy, contemplation, etc.

After dinner, Mei Ting stayed overnight at Wang Shu's house, and another exciting battle was inevitable.

After the battle, Mei Ting felt a little relieved.

Wang Shu is still so brave and it seems that he has not been drained of his body by others.

As long as you haven't exhausted your body, there is a high probability that you haven't been playing around outside.

Thinking of this, Mei Ting fell asleep in Wang Shu's arms with a smile on her face.

2 month 5 day.

The Berlin International Film Festival opens.

Wang Shu and Matt Damon were invited to attend.

这一届柏林国际电影节自2月5日开幕，至2月15日结束，为期10天。

The Golden Bear Award for Best Film was won by "The Milk of Sadness" directed by Peruvian director Claudia Loza.

The Silver Bear Grand Jury Prize was won by "Unrequited Love" directed by Uruguayan director Adrian Benítez and "The Perfect Second Pair" directed by German director Maren Ade.

The Silver Bear for Best Director was won by Iranian director Asghar Farhadi for "About Elly".

This is the difference between the three major European organizations and the Oscars.

The Academy Awards, an American film award hosted by the American Film Academy, is only awarded to Hollywood films.

Historically, Hollywood movies that have won Oscars are nothing more than war, biography, social issues, realistic themes, political correctness and other types of films.

Third world countries may not have the ability and conditions to make special effects films or science fiction films, but they can make films that reflect wars, biographies, social issues, realistic themes, and political correctness.

Let me ask you, are these kinds of movies made by directors from third world countries worse than similar movies made by Hollywood directors who won Oscars?

Obviously, it's impossible.

Therefore, the Oscars have the greatest international influence simply because they are backed by the world's largest country, the United States.

But in terms of artistry, it is not as good as the three major European ones.

Because the three major European awards cover the whole world, while the Oscars are only for American films.

If we say that the art films of Oscar-winning movies are superior to the three major European films, then it is equivalent to saying that the artistry of Oscar-winning movies is superior to all films in the world, including Chinese-language films.

Oscar himself is self-aware and not so arrogant.

If it had no self-awareness, it would not have slowly modified the rules of competing for the Oscars many years later in order to get closer to the artistic standards of the three major European organizations and allow more foreign language films to participate in the competition.

The Oscars add more foreign language films in order to have more internationally recognized artistry, rather than just American artistry.

For example, the film "Sad Milk" which won the Golden Bear Award at this year's Berlin Film Festival.

The timeline of this film is in 2000.

This year, Peruvian President Fujimori announced his resignation, and his totalitarian rule ended. However, due to years of terrorist attacks and high-pressure rule, the lower-class people have suffered countless physical and mental trauma. The story tells that in a remote mountainous area in Peru, the mother of the girl Fasta was raped by terrorists when she was young, and then she was infected with a strange disease called "sad milk".

When Fasta was seriously ill, his mother was only worried about the possibility of being infected through breastfeeding.

After his mother passed away, Fausta left his hometown and sadness and went to work in a villa of a female pianist in a small town.

The girl "seems" to care nothing about anything around her, and is only focused on her life which may be lost at any time and her uncertain future.

The whole movie seems to be telling the story of a girl with a tragic life trying hard to survive, but in fact it reflects various real problems in Peru.

In other words, is the artistic quality of this type of film inferior to similar award-winning films at the Academy Awards?

Or is it that these films did not win Oscars, and the Oscar-winning films are simply more artistic than these films?
Obviously, this is not the case.

It can only be said that the Oscars are backed by the world's largest economy, the United States, and its Oscar-winning films do have the greatest international fame and influence, but in terms of artistic quality they are not necessarily higher than the films that won the three major European awards.

Having said that, compared to the Cannes and Venice Film Festivals, the timing of the Berlin Film Festival is a bit awkward.

Europe was hit by a cold wave in February, and Berlin is located deep in the heart of the continent, so many world-class stars were unable to arrive at the opening ceremony in time.

What's more, the Oscars ceremony will be held soon, and Hollywood stars care more about the awards at the gate. If their works are not selected for the main section of the film festival, they may give up this trip to Berlin.

Therefore, at the entrance of the seemingly bustling Berlin Film Palace, the most common people are local movie stars, politicians and celebrities.

This year's Berlin International Film Festival saw few big names appear on the one and a half hour long red carpet. Most of them were lesser-known German actors who, at the call of photographers, walked into the Photo Call area to show off their evening gowns.

The temperature in Berlin was so low that the stars had to hide their bright and revealing evening gowns under their fur coats. They put them on right after taking their pictures and walked quickly into the Film Palace.

In fact, among the three major international film festivals, only the Cannes Film Festival has the best time.

The Berlin Film Festival is held during the same period as the American film and television awards season, including the Golden Globe Awards, Oscars, etc.

Therefore, Hollywood's big-name actors will only come when their films are shortlisted for the main competition unit, otherwise they will all operate the Golden Globe Awards and Oscars in Hollywood.

As for second- and third-tier actors, if they don't have any works to participate in the competition, the organizers of the Berlin Film Festival will not invite them.

Coupled with various other factors, as long as there are no films starring big-name Hollywood actors shortlisted, no big-name Hollywood actors will come to the Berlin Film Festival.

Of course, if the Berlin Film Festival were to kowtow to Hollywood like the Venice Film Festival, with many American films shortlisted for each festival, there would be no shortage of big-name Hollywood stars coming.

However, the Berlin Film Festival is hosted in Germany, which is the largest in Europe.

Among the three major European countries, it is the only one that is least willing to kowtow to Hollywood.

For example, this year, among the 18 nominated films, only 3 were from the United States, and the other 15 were from Europe and third world countries.

Among them is Chen Kaige's "Mei Lanfang".

If the Berlin International Film Festival gives awards to American films as frequently as the Venice Film Festival, then big-name Hollywood actors will be happy to make the trip as long as they can win an award.

However, the Berlin Film Festival has its pride and did not do so.

Over time, fewer and fewer Hollywood actors came here, and the Berlin Film Festival became less and less popular.

Compared with the other two of the three, although the Berlin Film Festival is becoming increasingly niche, the film circles in third world countries should at least give it respect.

Because the other two will become more and more flattering to Hollywood, by then the major awards will basically be swept up by Hollywood movies.

Only the Berlin International Film Festival has never given up on the film art of third world countries, giving many films made in third world countries the opportunity to win international awards.

It is precisely because of this that it becomes a niche.

This is because the United States is the world's largest country and the eyes of the world are on Hollywood.

Too many people only pay attention to Hollywood movies and not movies from third world countries.

No one pays attention to it, its influence is limited, and it becomes a niche.

Again.

Although third world countries are far inferior to Hollywood movies in terms of special effects films, science fiction films and other film and television works, in the category of pure art films, their quality and artistry are not necessarily inferior to Hollywood movies.

But for others, just take Chen Kaige's "Farewell My Concubine", Jiang Wen's "Sunny Days", and several art films by Guoshi, as examples.

Of course, Farewell My Concubine and In the Sun are award-winning films at Cannes and Venice respectively.

At around 7pm, the red carpet scene reached its climax when the jury chairperson Tilda Swinton and six jury members appeared.

Swinton wore a casual and retro beige evening gown. With blonde hair, blue eyes and a tall figure, she stood out among a group of gaudy second-rate stars, highlighting her queen temperament on the screen.

After taking a group photo in front of the carpet, the jury members again accepted on-site interviews from multiple media outlets.

Jury Chair, Tilda Swinton
Many people in China are not familiar with it, and the same is true for the work.

However, in the near future, she will have a role that will become well known to the Chinese public.

Marvel superhero movie, Ancient One.

This role was played by her.

As the jury members entered the venue, many filmmakers were still getting off the luxurious welcoming cars on the red carpet. Among them were the famous photographer Michael Ballhaus, the German-American leading actor of "The Reader" David Klaus, and others, which shows how much the Germans themselves value the film festival.

The director of the opening film "The Bank", Tom Tykwer, and the leading actor Clive Owen walked on the red carpet at the last moment, welcomed by cheers from fans on the scene. The two were interviewed and signed autographs in front of the Film Palace, pushing the red carpet show which lacked stars to a small climax.

The loudest cheers from the audience came from Matt Damon and Wang Shu who appeared before them.

Of course, the most important one is Matt Damon, who is a world-class popular Hollywood actor with many fans.

Wang Shu has only recently emerged on the international scene. Although many people in the industry know him, his popularity among the general public is limited.

So, apart from some Chinese fans shouting his name, there were few other voices shouting his name at the scene.

The two walked the red carpet and accepted routine interviews from the media.

They are not here to participate in the competition, but to use the Berlin Film Festival stage to promote their films and increase the international popularity and influence of the films, as well as overseas box office.

Of course, the box office has more to do with Matt Damon than Wang Shu.

The main purpose of Wang Shu's trip is to show his face at the international film festival and increase his personal international fame and influence.

"Mr. Wang Shu, you came to Berlin for your first film shoot in 2005. Now, four years later, you are here again."

"At that time, your debut film was shortlisted for the main competition unit of the Berlin Film Festival."

"In just four years, you have become an internationally renowned director."

"That year, at the age of 18, you were nominated and won the Alfred Bauer Silver Bear Award at the Berlin Film Festival."

"Both you and the Berlin Film Festival are under some doubt."

"Now you are an internationally renowned director. You have proven everything."

“This time, coming to the Berlin Film Festival again, what do you want to say?”

(End of this chapter)