Chapter 511 Berlin Choice
Tim also came to Berlin with Deng Ziqi.

Although Deng Ziqi lost the Grammy Award this time.

But it is not easy to be nominated and to perform "Try", a now widely sung hit song, live on the Grammy stage.

What's more, this defeat was not caused by war.

Adele leads the pack with the best hits of the year.

With the song "Rolling In The Deep" which became extremely popular in later generations, he defeated Lady Gaga, Deng Ziqi and others.

Chen Kaige still had his head held high and his back straight.

Like a proud rooster, always ready to fight.

The couple is always graceful and elegant in front of outsiders.

Chen Kaige maintained his signature pose with one hand in his pocket.

The other hand always looked like it was broken and was always kept for Chen Hong.

Chen Hong smiled and held her husband's arm while talking to Li Chen: "Li Chen, Yifei is okay. This is her first child, so you have to be careful."

"Thank you Sister Hong for your concern. My mother-in-law and a medical team are around her all day. She is better than anyone else and can eat and sleep well."

Li Chen nodded to Chen Kaige again. Chen Kaige's style was to be extremely friendly when meeting small people.

When meeting important people, he is extremely polite and neither humble nor arrogant.

But when meeting big directors like Li Chen and Zhang Yimou, he becomes extremely self-admiring and frugal with his words.

I heard that this person also bought a short story "Please Forgive Me" in Jinjiang. If I remember correctly, it was his search.

The couple also officially announced in Berlin these two days that their next film will be a reality-themed one, which is "Search".

When the two went to Taiwan to promote "Orphan" some time ago, they should have had contact with the now popular ruffian hero in Taiwan.

After these box office setbacks, Director Chen said that he did not care about the box office, but what he cared about were the traffic stars.

Li Chen remembered it, and so did Yang Mi.

I’m sure the couple has already fallen for Yang Mi, who is now all the rage on the internet with the drama “Palace”.

Li Chen's guess was correct. The couple put a lot of thought into the box office and looked for celebrities with many fans on Weibo.

No deal if the number of fans is less than 500 million.

It seems that the female protagonists of "Search", such as Yao Dazui and Wanglian Dan, are both popular stars on Weibo.

Yang Mi is a latecomer who has surpassed the others.

The president of the Berlin Film Festival welcomed Li Chen to Berlin and looked forward to next year, hoping that Li Chen would come again.

Don’t wait another four or five years. I also hope that more Chinese filmmakers can come to Berlin.

Venice's chairman, Makor, sat in the audience and complained to Li Chen, like a woman who had just been played with: "Li Chen, how many years have you not been to Venice?"

Li Chen smiled and said, "Lao Ma, even if I never go to Venice again in my life, it will not affect our friendship."

Makol laughed out loud, very satisfied with Li Chen's answer: "Since we are friends, we should visit each other more often."

"Yimou is yours now. I sincerely invite you and Yimou to come to Venice." Maccol's expression suddenly became serious.

Seeing that Li Chen was puzzled, Makor said, "This year is the last year of my term."

Li Chen suddenly realized and thought of the old man's contribution to Chinese films. Li Chen nodded: "No problem."

Makol laughed and hugged Li Chen: "Thank you, my friend."

After getting Li Chen's promise, Markel was satisfied and felt that it was worth it for him to fly all the way from Venice to Berlin.

To get Li Chen on board is equivalent to getting two of China's most prestigious directors on board at once.

Several main creators of "The Invisible Guest" were invited to the stage one by one, and after a round of questions, the film began to be screened.

"The Invisible Guest" is like a cup of fragrant tea, which has no taste at first but leaves a lingering fragrance.

The murder case in a closed room at the beginning led to the corpse-drenching case in a car accident.

The dual-perspective narrative perspective and the layered narrative structure used by Li Chen reverse the mystery layer by layer until the end when the mystery was solved through the review of the conversation between the male protagonist and the female lawyer.

The open ending received continuous applause from the audience and guests.

The director of "The Farewell" looked solemn.

The shooting techniques and story design of this drama are both unique, compared to the "Time Traveler" which was easy to understand at first glance and was also directed and written by the same Chinese director.

It is more like a rigorously conceived and impeccable code book.

The applause lasted for a long time, and Wang Xueqi, Huang Xiaoming, Li Qiaoqiao and others all smiled unconsciously.

Judging from the volume of the applause, it seemed even more enthusiastic than for "Farewell" and "The Turin Horse".

The former talks about society, politics, religion, and whatever is important.

Even though the latter has basically nothing to do with Nietzsche, it has become the focus because it is related to Nietzsche.

"Director Li Chen, this is a very exciting suspense film. You are such a good storyteller. At first I thought the murderer was Miss Li Qiaoqiao."

The host invited Li Chen and other main creators to the stage and communicated with Li Chen in English.

Li Qiaoqiao couldn't help but smile when she heard this. Her English level was quite good among all the female stars.

He also took special lessons when filming "Snow Flower and the Secret Fan". When Huang Xiaoming knew he was coming to Berlin, he hired a private instructor to make up for it one-on-one.

Not to mention the host's opinion, more than 90% of the audience initially thought that the murderer was the mistress played by Li Qiaoqiao.

Because Huang Xiaoming's face is too decent, he doesn't look like a cunning, ruthless business tycoon at all. Li Chen smiled and said, "That's good, it means this play is not off track. If I let you guess the result from the beginning, then I, the screenwriter and director, can retire early."

The main creators on the stage and the audience below all laughed heartily.

Huang Xiaoming thought to himself, Director Li is always more relaxed when the occasion is big, and he can even joke around with a group of foreigners in such an occasion so freely and effortlessly, which is really rare.

Chen Kaige in the audience had a stiff face and an unnatural smile.

Li Chen felt very uncomfortable with the courtesy he received in Berlin.

Even if one does not want to admit it, the fact is that Li Chen's global influence has gradually surpassed that of his fellow Palme d'Or director.

Chen Hong is like a worm in the old baby's stomach. Whenever the old baby pokes his hook, she knows what to fart.

Chen Hong gently bumped into the old baby. There are so many cameras at the scene. Honey, smile more naturally, more naturally, look at me.
Tarr, the director of "The Turin Horse", looked deeply at Li Chen in the crowd and left in a hurry.

He never expected that this Chinese director would be a sudden and unexpected figure.

With many film producers coming to visit, Yang Siwei became a celebrity.

"Boss, you have to take action!"

"Compared to The Time Traveler, your The Invisible Guest is really a full-on hit."

"Many old American film companies, including Weinstein, Fox Searchlight, and Sony Classics, are willing to pay high prices for The Invisible Guest. It seems that Americans prefer brain-burning films."

Yang Siwei came back and reported to Li Chen with a smile the results of the negotiations with the film producer.

Now she is already a mature business executive and naturally understands the principle of waiting for the right price.

The truth will be revealed once the program scores are released tomorrow.

If they are not satisfied with the price, they can simply hand it over to Chiyou for issuance.

The next day, the program book scored 3.6 points, 0.1 point higher than "The Farewell".

Sina Entertainment News

"Yesterday, Li Chen's new film, The Invisible Guest, held its world premiere at the Berlin Film Palace."

"The scene was star-studded, with the Venice Film Festival President Marco coming to support."

"Li Chen lived up to expectations, and The Invisible Guest received unanimous praise from the audience, film critics, media and film producers."

"The German media praised it as a "roller coaster suspense film"!"

"The Berlin Film Festival program and the critics' ratings of the famous American film magazine SCREEN have been updated. The Invisible Guest topped the list with a score of 3.6, surpassing The Farewell and The Turin Horse, becoming the biggest favorite for the Golden Bear."

When the news spread back to China, Liu Yifei received countless calls congratulating her.

"Xixi, is my brother going to be deified? Three gold medals, grand slam, tsk tsk, I dare not even think about it."

"But it's funny to think about it. My brother is a big name director, a Palme d'Or and a Golden Lion, but he doesn't have a Golden Rooster, Golden Image, or Golden Horse. Hahaha." Shu Chang was the first person to call Liu Yifei.

She felt even happier than if she had won the Best Actress award.

"How would I know? Don't talk nonsense like the media." Liu Yifei was still very rational. The top three European scorers did not necessarily mean they would win the grand prize.

This is the tradition, but of course there are exceptions.

Han Sanping and the school also called Li Chen to congratulate him.

Tian Zhuangzhuang also sent him a text message to remind him to keep calm.

Li Chen, who had been calm to begin with, now became uneasy.

With so many people rooting for him, it would be a laughing stock if he wasn't the one who caught the bear in the end, or if he didn't even get a silver bear.

At least Brother Kaizi would sneer, and Tailang would probably also laugh three times in secret:
"Siwei, come with me and ask Tim to come as well." Li Chen made a phone call to two of his generals and gave them some instructions.

After the premiere of "The Invisible Guest", the competition for the Golden Bear at this year's Berlin Film Festival has become increasingly clear.

Because there aren't many good films this year.

The two films written by Li Chen of Rongchen Pictures, plus "The Farewell" and "The Turin Horse", a total of four films have become strong contenders for the Golden Bear.

In particular, "The Invisible Guest" and "The Farewell", which ranked first in the program book ratings, are the favorites to capture the bear.

The Hollywood media as well as the German and Chinese media all focused on Li Chen.

Within two days, the chairman of the jury and the jury were in a dilemma.

It’s okay that the score is so close.

The most troublesome thing is that the Hollywood media as well as the media in Venice and Cannes have tacitly started to criticize "The Invisible Guest" and are optimistic about "The Farewell"!
And the reasons are surprisingly consistent.

The New York Times and The Hollywood Daily Reporter first reported on this year's Berlin Film Festival as "a film festival that can't get rid of its political atmosphere."

The content even bluntly expressed pessimism that the highest-rated film "The Invisible Guest" would be able to win in Berlin.

The reason is self-evident, it is the political unspoken rules of the Berlin Film Festival.

Even Merkel expressed concern about this.

Li Chen was also surprised. He had only arranged for Yang Siwei and Tim to promote "The Farewell" in North America.

How come Venice and Cannes are also linked?

It was Maccol who cleared up the confusion for him.

"The Cannes guy and I have long been fed up with Berlin's impurities. A film festival is a film festival, and film art should be the highest standard."

Maccol had no idea that this was Li Chen's strategy of giving first in order to take.

(End of this chapter)