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    At seven o'clock in the evening on the 15th, the Berlin Film Festival officially opened in front of countless reporters' cameras.  Cheng Peng and Tong Lixi also participated in the entire process and completed their first red carpet show in their lives.  However, their red carpet debut did not attract any attention. The foreign media focused their attention on the superstars, while the domestic media did not know Cheng Peng and the others at all, had no idea who they were, and had no reports about them.  A missed opportunity to make headlines.  In fact, this is entirely caused by Cheng Peng and his team's inexperience. Under normal circumstances, before the film goes to the film festival, a small press conference will be held to tell reporters when they will arrive at the film festival and whether they will attend the opening ceremony.  This is to tell the photographers who will go to the red carpet to report that we are going to be on the red carpet and please take photos carefully so that we can grab domestic headlines.  Of course, Cheng Peng and the others had never thought of being in the limelight at the opening ceremony. They went to the opening ceremony to gain some experience on the red carpet, because five days later was the premiere of their movie, and they had their own red carpet.  blanket.  Early the next morning, Tong Lixi took a flight back to China, because the second audition of the Chinese Opera was about to begin, and she had to go back to take the exam.  Cheng Peng and the three of them came to the Film Palace, signed up with the exhibition organizer, and started selling films.  There are several exhibition locations for the film festival, and other exhibition locations are relatively far away. Cheng Peng and the others chose the exhibition center of the Film Palace.  The Film Palace has the best location, but of course it¡¯s also the most expensive. Cheng Peng¡¯s booth is less than 10 square meters, but the price is 6,000 euros.  In addition, you also have to spend money to rent a computer, open the Internet, rent a large-screen TV to play movies, etc. The whole process cost close to 10,000 euros.  Before coming to the film festival, Cheng Peng and the others had already made relevant preparations. All the display items were prepared in China. It was not difficult to arrange them. The booth was quickly set up and the pre-made display boards were hung up.  , brochures and promotional materials were placed on the table, and trailers of the movie began to play on the TV.  I just sat in front of the booth for a while, and the imagined scene of a cloud of film producers did not appear. I didn¡¯t even see a shadow of a film producer. Only two international students who were interested in movies and wanted to find a job in China came to inquire.  Zhang Meng was a little shocked: "After all, we are also a shortlisted film in the main competition unit. Why don't anyone even ask?"  Knowing the quality of our film, it will definitely be much better after the film premieres. " Cheng Peng felt that Zhao Linlin's words made sense, and there was no point in sitting here, so he left the booth and wandered around the booths of other Chinese films.  In fact, the Berlin Film Festival consists of two parts: the film festival and the film market. As one of the most important film trading markets in the world, thousands of companies and thousands of films are traded at the Berlin Film Market every year, among which Chinese filmmakers are naturally indispensable.  Cheng Peng's booth is located in the China area, all of which are domestic film producers. Looking at it, it feels like participating in a domestic film festival.  Among these domestic film producers, Cheng Peng discovered Huayi and Bona. Both companies have good distribution capabilities. Although he is not very optimistic about the domestic box office, mosquito meat is also meat. In the spirit of selling whatever they can, it¡¯s worth it.  In the courtyard, we arrived at Huayi¡¯s booth.  Huayi¡¯s boss Wang Zhongjun was shocked when he found out that Cheng Peng was the director of the film shortlisted for the main competition. He is such a young director, what a genius!  But he was not interested in Cheng Peng's films. Distributing literary and artistic films was time-consuming, laborious, and unprofitable. It was a thankless task. However, he was very interested in Cheng Peng himself. He was so young and talented.  Cultivating Zhang Yimou, who might become Huayi, revealed his intention to recruit.  But Cheng Peng had no intention of becoming a pawn in the hands of others. It would be difficult to guarantee his creative freedom by cooperating with these businessmen, so he declined with a smile.  The same thing happened at Bona. Yu Dong was interested in Cheng Peng, but not in his movies. Cheng Peng's road to selling movies was destined to be long.  Soon, Cheng Peng visited the booth of "Baby in Love". Although he didn't like this mysterious film, he still respected Li Shaohong himself. After all, he could only look up to the achievements of others.  Li Shaohong knew Cheng Peng and his movie "The Two of Us". This movie once invited her actor Yang Mi to be the protagonist. Unfortunately, Yang Mi and her agent were relatively young and had little knowledge of movies, so they could not watch it.  Regardless of the quality of the movie, I missed a masterpiece.  Afterwards, Yang Mi cried sadly, because participating in the film festival was too rare for a fledgling actor like her. It was an excellent opportunity to make her famous. If she could win the award, she would be more likely to rise to the top in one go. Back then, Gong Li and  Zhang Ziyi is from Berlin.Soaring and gradually moving towards the international stage.  Although Li Shaohong feels sorry for Yang Mi, she has no ill feelings toward Cheng Peng. As a senior, she is very optimistic about this young man: "It is really incredible that the first film can be shortlisted for the main competition. It seems that China is going to make another film."  The second Zhang Yimou!" Cheng Peng smiled bitterly and shook his head: "I wish I were Zhang Yimou, so that I wouldn't have to worry about not being able to sell my films. It's not like now.  "Young master, I didn't expect anyone to even ask." Li Shaohong sighed and said, "Kung fu movies are the best sellers among Chinese films, and other movies are not so popular here. But don't worry, it's the first one.  Sometimes film producers will come to watch the movie, and with media coverage, the situation will get better. It would be even better if it could win an award. When I came to Berlin with "Pink" ten years ago, it was the same at the beginning. Waiting for me.  On the day I won the Silver Bear Award, dozens of film producers came to visit me!¡± After chatting with Li Shaohong for a while, Cheng Peng learned a lot about the film festival, but he didn¡¯t stay long and continued to wander around other booths.  After visiting the China area, Cheng Peng came to the exhibition area of ??Xiangjiang Film next door. Xiangjiang Film is much stronger in commercial marketing than domestic ones. He wanted to see how others did marketing.  After walking through several booths, Cheng Peng found that every house in the Xiangjiang exhibition area had exquisite picture albums, which were as exquisite as a picture album. They contained stills, introductions to the movies, and various related information. Domestic movies were not as good in this regard.  Much worse, some exhibition stands only have simple promotions printed on printing paper, with only the film title, brief introduction and contact information.  While walking, Cheng Peng saw a group of Xiangjiang filmmakers gathered in front of the booth of "Big Guy Has Great Wisdom" and chatting animatedly. In the crowd, Cheng Peng saw many familiar faces, such as Du Qifeng, Er Dongsheng, Zhang Baizhi, Du Wenze, etc.  .  Cheng Peng had a very good impression of Du Qifeng. This man had his own persistence and his own style. Apart from Wong Kar-wai, he was the only director in Hong Kong. He walked over with a smile: "Hello, Director Du!" When Du Qifeng  After knowing that the young man in front of me was a finalist in the main competition unit, I was very surprised. He was too young, he looked only 23 or 24 years old!  After a brief exchange of greetings, Du Qifeng joked with Cheng Peng: "Pengzi, I am preparing a new film recently. You are such a handsome boy, are you interested in playing a role?" Cheng Peng smiled and said: "If you can participate in Director Du  It¡¯s an honor for me to be in the film, but it¡¯s a pity that I¡¯m busy with my new film after returning from the film festival, so I don¡¯t have time at all.¡± Du Qifeng said with a smile: ¡°There will be many opportunities in the future. Anyway, I am a fast film maker. I have to make several films a year, so I will definitely come.  Looking for you!" Zhang Baizhi next to her became interested when she heard that Cheng Peng was preparing a new film. In the past two years, Hong Kong films have declined, and the mainland market has begun to rise. Many filmmakers in Hong Kong have gone north to seek development. She also has plans in this regard and thinks it is possible.  It was an opportunity, and he said with a smile: "Mr. Cheng, my schedule has been relatively free recently. I wonder if there is any role suitable for me?" Cheng Peng couldn't help but glance at Zhang Baizhi. To be honest, Zhang Baizhi looks pretty good. In terms of facial features alone,  She is definitely the top among the younger generation of actresses, and she can definitely bear the title of Head of the Jade Girl. Of course, that is only if you have not seen those artistic photography of Teacher Chen.  Now she is quite popular in Hong Kong and Taiwan, and she has a certain appeal. If the movie is only released in China, it would be a good choice to cast her. However, the overseas market for Cheng Peng's new movie is too important, so we must find a woman with international influence.  Xing took on the role and said with a smile: "It is an honor for me to be able to cooperate with Miss Zhang. However, the film is still in the preparation stage and there are many things that are difficult to say. If there is a suitable role, I will definitely contact Miss Zhang!" Zhang Baizhi heard it.  She refused, but she did not give up easily. Instead, she went a step further and said: "This is my phone number. If you come to Xiangjiang, I can be your tour guide!" Du Qifeng smiled: "You are so handsome.  The beauty just handed over the phone to you. An old man like me can't enjoy this kind of treatment at all." Zhang Baizhi was born as a young girl. It was impossible for him to blush because of a joke like Tong Lixi. Instead, he smiled and said: "There is no way!  , I just like handsome guys!¡± Everyone looked at Cheng Peng with smiles, as if they were watching a show. Zhang Baizhi¡¯s boyfriends, Chen Xiaodong, Xie Tingfeng, and Chen Guanxi, were all handsome guys, and they had feelings for handsome guys like Cheng Peng.  Interest is quite normal.  Only Du Wenze didn't like Cheng Peng very much, so he lowered his voice and said in Cantonese: "Cecilia, you really want to act in this mainland guy's movie. They can only make the kind of tacky movies. How can you be suitable?"  "Character?" Cheng Peng didn't like Du Wenze either. This man stood there with a cold face from the beginning, as if Cheng Peng owed him money.He said bad things to his face again and said calmly: "It's a pity. It's a pity that Mr. Du is not the chairman of the jury. Otherwise, a movie like mine would have no chance of being shortlisted!" "You!" Du Wenze's expression changed.  Hei then laughed, stretched out his big hand, and shook Cheng Peng's hand, "Mr. Cheng, I am open-minded and can't speak, so don't be offended!" "It's okay, it's just a joke!" Cheng Peng also had the same expression on his face.  There was a faint smile, but he could feel the opponent's power from his hand. That hand was simply an iron pliers, trying to cut off his own hand.  Do you want me to make a fool of myself in public?  Cheng Peng's men also worked harder and smiled lightly: "I'm really happy to meet Mr. Du!" After saying that, Cheng Peng shook his head.  Du Wenze felt a strong force coming from him, and his hand bones were almost crushed, and he screamed: "Ah, let me go, let go!" Cheng Peng gave his hand away, spreading his hands, revealing his innocent face.  Expression: "I didn't expect Mr. Du's hands to be so delicate. I'm neither a light nor a heavy person. I'm so sorry!" Du Wenze's face turned red. He held his right wrist and shook it wildly. He just wanted to find a place.  Sneaking in, in front of so many people, I was so embarrassed!
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