berlin light

Chapter 227 The Movie Is Released
But if you want to talk to Ribery, you have to wait. After watching the game, Edouard flew directly to the United States. This world premiere is very important for Union Berlin.

Although many things are handled by the staff of the club, Edward must be present as the host at the premiere.

After arriving in Los Angeles, Edward has completely entered a state of rest. He can wait for the premiere ceremony. Although he can watch the film in advance, he has seen the rough cut version before. If he watches it again now, there will be no surprises at the premiere. up.

He has been waiting for this movie for a long time, so now he is looking forward to it very much.This film carries the honor of the entire Hoffmann family, as well as the past and present of the Union of Berlin, the coldness of East Germany at that time and the fiery hearts of the people.

Although this is a movie about personal heroism, it well presents the style of East Germany at that time, and can let the world know what the situation in East Germany was like at that time.

If this movie is successful, the fame of the Hoffman family and Union Berlin will get a qualitative leap, but if it fails, he will become a laughing stock, with a huge investment of more than 2 million U.S. dollars, and things built for the movie. The German building complex will become a pile of rubbish, and Edward will inevitably feel nervous when the success or failure is at stake, so he may be more afraid to look at it.

After watching it, he still wonders if the audience will like it, so he might as well wait for the release to see the result.

The schedule of "The Hardest Moment" is well chosen, and now the Christmas schedule is not taken seriously. The opponents of the same period are "True Love Actually", "Bad Santa", and "Christmas Elf". It can be seen that now Hollywood's understanding of the Christmas schedule is still very shallow.

In November, the two big productions of "Pirates of the Caribbean" and "The Matrix 11" would rather hit their heads and blood, and no one would like to make it to the Christmas schedule. This also made Edward breathe a sigh of relief, that sissy pirate The power is too great, "The Hardest Moment" is difficult to fight against them. The types of films are different, but obviously Pirates of the Caribbean has a wider audience. Now the film has not yet been drawn, and it is harvesting every day box office.

This time "The Hardest Moment" Edward finally chose to sit in North America after careful consideration. Although it will be released simultaneously in China, the box office will definitely not be too ideal, and it would not be too rude to let David Gill go to China.

The key to getting back the box office for this movie is to look at the box office data in North America. In Asia, Japan is also an important box office. It will take ten years for China to become an important box office.

Although he invested in this film to advertise Union Berlin and the Hoffman family, the core of this film is really good. He has studied and read the script repeatedly, and the script cost of 200 million is not wasted at all. A film full of heroism and defiance.

If this big-budget movie can be successful on a global scale, Union Berlin will instantly become a worldwide powerhouse, which is why Edward has to delay the global release.

For this reason, he has made a lot of efforts, and even gave up some benefits that should be obtained.

On the day of the premiere, Edward met many Hollywood stars. They were all invited by Jennifer Aniston. Although many people were not familiar with Aniston, Aniston became a big boss of a brokerage company from an actor. Hollywood I still know, it's good to join in the fun now to get acquainted, and her boyfriend is also super rich, the kind who invests 2 million US dollars in any movie.

There are also some female stars who also attended the premiere ceremony held at the Kodak Theater with ulterior motives. They don’t feel that they are any worse than Aniston or Winona, as long as they can hold golden thighs, they will be fine in the future. Comfortable.

Edward originally wanted to have a good communication with these Hollywood stars, but seeing Aniston's strict defense, he resolutely dismissed this idea, and rushing here is a normal greeting, since she doesn't like it, let it go.

"Edward, now you know it's not good to have a family." Xiao Li, who was dressed like a dog, said jokingly with a smile.

Edward shrugged his shoulders indifferently, and pointed at Tom Hanks: "You see, this family man is also very happy."

"You don't know what other people's lives are like."

"I can see that."

Tom Hanks saw the two of them approaching: "What are you discussing?"

Edward directly complained: "Leo said that you have a woman outside, and you don't love the family as much as you show."

"Nonsense, you fart!" Xiao Lizi was anxious.

Tom Hanks was an old man, he knew what was going on at a glance, he patted Xiao Li on the shoulder and said, "Who made you offend him."

"This bastard," Xiao Lizi took a glass of wine from the waiter and drank it down.

After several people found a place to sit down, the host quickly came up and said a lot of things, and then the movie started.

At the beginning of the film, there is a piece of real video material, accompanied by an oral history with English narration.

Edward could hear that the narration of this video material was read by Leonardo DiCaprio.

The film begins after World War II.

According to the Yalta Agreement and the Potsdam Agreement, Germany and its capital Berlin were divided into four regions by the Soviet Union, the United States, the United Kingdom, and France.The former German capital, Berlin, was divided into East Berlin and West Berlin.

The city of Berlin is also divided into 4 occupied areas. In 1961, the GDR built the Berlin Wall to prevent East German residents from flowing westward.

On June 1948, 6, the Allied Control Committee integrated the currencies originally issued separately in the occupied areas of the United States, Britain and France, but excluded the Soviet occupied areas, and issued the so-called mark marked with the letter D.The Soviet-occupied area also issued the mark marked with the letter F three days later, which seemed to symbolize the official separation of East and West Germany.The Soviet-occupied area of ​​Germany began in mid-20 to blockade the West Berlin area using the West Deutsche Mark for 3 months.

This was the first "Berlin Crisis", also known as the "Berlin Blockade".It is hoped that through this move, the goal of completely controlling the entire Berlin area can be achieved, but it has not been realized due to the continued support of materials by air from Western countries.

1949年5月12日，德国苏占区当局解除了对西柏林的封锁。5月23日，德意志联邦共和国（西德）宣布正式成立。

On October 10, the German Democratic Republic was formally established.

Germany has since officially split into two sovereign states.

At this time, the film begins to tell the life of the East German people.

On the screen, groups of children lined up in two lines carrying leather schoolbags and wearing textile plush hats, walking quietly on the road with smiles on their faces. These 6- and 7-year-old children have no any troubles.

The passers-by who were hurrying along the side all had numb expressions on their faces. When they saw a person in a coat walking by, they immediately quickened their pace.

In the building on the side of this road, a man in a gray East German military uniform smiled.

"Sir, Dynamo Dresden has moved to Berlin from its facilities to its personnel," a young officer reported after knocking on the door and saluting.

"Very good," the man by the window turned around and patted him on the shoulder and asked, "Does anyone disagree with this decision?"

"Report sir, there are three people who disagree."

"Then how did you do it?"

Sitting in front of the desk, the officer asked with his chin in his hand and his body straight.

"They've never had a chance to object to anything!"

"Good job! I, Erich Milk, am a faithful executor of the will of the country, and no one can oppose the will of the country. As a member of the Ministry of National Security, we must eliminate anyone who may cause damage to the country."

"Yes, sir!"

After saluting, the young officer turned and left the room.

Erich Milk is the Minister of State Security in East Germany, and their organization is known externally as the Stasi.He led 22 subordinates, including 10 ordinary employees and 11 secret policemen. He planted 40 eyeliners in the society and monitored the behavior and speech of 600 million people in East Germany.

He had previously gone to the Soviet Union for further studies. As an avid fan, he wanted to have a club called Dynamo in Berlin after watching the performance of Dynamo Moscow in Moscow. So in order to "support the development of sports", he ordered , Dynamo Dresden moved from facilities to personnel to Berlin, and the club has since changed its name to Dynamo Berlin

With their support, and the help of the referees, Dynamo Berlin became the East German overlord, they could get the best players, and they never awarded a penalty during the game.

As a rare entertainment item for the East German people, football has also become a Stasi doll.

Thomas Jensen, played by Leonardo Di Caprio, appears in the screen. He is wearing a factory uniform and is working hard on the production line to screw screws. He is a worker in an East German automobile company.

Although the management of the factory is very strict, Thomas Jensen, played by Leonardo DiCaprio, has won the favor of many girls with his handsome appearance, but there is a sensitive heart under his playboy appearance. heart of.

Every morning when he passes by a yard, he always peeks at a girl who plays the piano at home. This girl is Vanessa Meeker played by Winona Ryder. She is Erich Mill, the head of the Stasi. Ke's daughter.

Of course, Thomas Jensen didn't dare to confess. He could only look at the girl from a distance through the window of Mickle's house every morning, hoping to be noticed by her one day.

On this day, Thomas Jensen arrived at the factory, and during a break, he heard the indignation of the workers: "Dynamo Berlin won again in Sunday's game. They committed more than a dozen brutal fouls, but the referee didn't whistle at all. , the opponent missed at least two penalties."

"Then what can we do? The referee is also afraid that he will disappear the next day." Another worker said depressedly.

"But if things go on like this, we can only watch the Stasi team continue to win."

"Hey, are you guys talking about football?" Thomas Jensen leaned forward and asked.

"Asshole, keep your voice down."

Two workers quickly pulled him aside and complained: "Are you trying to kill us? There is no difference between talking about Dynamo Berlin and talking about the Stasi."

"Don't be so nervous." Thomas Jensen said nonchalantly.

The second little man who spoke just now glared at him: "My neighbor was reported because his distant uncle lived in England, and he was arrested last night."

"It's very normal. There are people living in France on the street near my house. When I went home again, I saw two figures in front of the window from the outside. He died at home the next day."

Although they said so, Thomas Jensen still didn't think it was that scary. He laughed at the cowardice of the two, and the three broke up in the end.

But when he went to work the next day, Jensen's thoughts were completely changed, because the two workers who had chatted with him before disappeared.Jensen has been shivering all day, absent-minded and injured his finger by the machine.

A week passed smoothly, and Jensen regained his optimistic attitude towards life. But when he came home that night, he saw two gray coats coming out of the alley. He hid behind a big tree and waited for them to leave. There was a dead body.

When he got here, Jensen finally realized how terrifying Stacy was. He didn't take it seriously because he had never seen such a scene before.

The next day, everyone found that the cheerful Thomas Jensen had turned into a dull gourd. Even if a girl chatted with him, he didn't want to talk. Compared with before, he seemed to be a completely different person.

Thomas Jensen felt that life was not safe at all, and he might be killed by the Stasi one day, so he didn't dare to speak at all, but his heart was full of pain.

His childhood friend Conrad Adenauer saw that he was depressed and offered to take him to a bar that he had never been to before.

When entering the door, Adenauer said a lot of codes before they were let in.

"Is this a place for spies from other countries?" Thomas Jensen asked with some incomprehension.

"Of course not," said Conrad Adenauer, "but it's about the same."

After the two of them found a place to sit down, they soon saw a middle-aged man standing on the bar. This man was Thomas Hoffman played by Tom Hanks.

Thomas Jensen found it interesting to hear him introduce himself, since the two had the same name.

"Friends, Union Berlin is in trouble now. I am going to invest in Union Berlin, but now no players dare to come to Union Berlin to play. The team can't even get 11 players to play."

Thomas Hoffmann said sadly: "We entered the final, but because the opponent in the final was Dynamo Berlin, the players left the team and ran away on their own initiative. Under the instruction of Sta, no one will come to Berlin Union to play. The ball, shall we let the caddy go up to the game?"

Thomas Jensen understood what was going on. It turned out that Union Berlin was in trouble. Now there are only two teams in East Berlin, Union Berlin and Dynamo Berlin.

Union Berlin is also the only team that dared to resist Dynamo Berlin.

As a working-class club, Union Berlin was protected by the Free German Business Association, so Union Berlin became the only team that dared to fight against Dynamo Berlin, and also became an informal anti-establishment representative. Attracted a lot of groups disaffected by the current situation, division and the Stasi.

Today's gathering was held by those who were dissatisfied with the Stasi, and his childhood friend turned out to be one of the liaisons.Thomas Jensen played football before, but he was not as enthusiastic as these people, he just regarded football as a pastime.

But after cataloging the brutality of the Stasi, he found that he was actually very concerned about the life and death of Union Berlin, because if Union Berlin did not have enough players to play, the Stasi's team would directly win the championship.

"Then what should we do, Mr. Hoffman?" A mustache got up and asked: "If you just find a few people to play football, you will definitely lose. Dynamo Berlin has the best players in the country, and our fans can withstand the pressure in the stands. Union Berlin come on, but we can't play."

"That's why I called everyone together today."

Thomas Hoffmann said: "I hope everyone can observe more around to see if anyone can play football, and try to persuade them to play in the East German Cup. There are still two months left for the final, and we should be able to gather players to play."

There is no way to do this kind of thing. Thomas Hoffman knows that the impromptu team may still lose, but as the chairman of Union Berlin, he absolutely cannot accept that the team will directly admit defeat when facing Dynamo Berlin.

The atmosphere in the bar became very dull. Thomas Jensen asked a lot of questions on the way back, and Konrad Adenauer answered his questions, but he felt very strange why this friend suddenly cared about football.

The scene changes again, and Thomas Hoffman is back home, and Lisa Hoffman, played by Jennifer Aniston, is Thomas Hoffman's wife.

She took her husband's coat and asked, "Is it not going well?"

"I don't know yet. Stasi's activities are too rampant now. Many people dare not play for the team. The head coach has submitted his resignation letter to me today. I really don't know what to do with Lisa."

"Why don't you try it yourself?"

Lisa Hoffman suggested: "If you like football so much and have studied many coaches' tactics, maybe you are a talented coach."

"How is that possible..."

Thomas Hoffman smiled helplessly.

He is a successful businessman, but the more successful he is, the more he understands that it is not easy to succeed in other fields. It is almost impossible for him to manage machines and workers, and it is completely impossible to manage the team.

"Thomas, I think you can really try, I believe you are a genius."

Thomas Hoffmann didn't speak, but at night when he lay in bed he couldn't sleep.

When Thomas Hoffman sat in the office the next day, he was still thinking about what his wife said yesterday. It was very tempting for him to coach his beloved team, but he really didn't know much about football.

Fans and coaches are completely different.

boom! ! !
The door of the office was pushed open savagely, and the person who pushed the door pushed it aside. Erich Milk walked carelessly to sit down opposite Thomas Hoffmann and said, "I heard that you are looking for players for Union Berlin?"

"Yes, so what?"

Thomas Hoffman asked coldly.

"No one will play football for you. Now all East German players have been notified. Whoever dares to play for Union Berlin will be a traitor to the country!"

Erich Milk tapped his fingers on the table, fixed his eyes on Thomas Hoffmann and said: "Don't try to play tricks, I will stare at you, if you give up early, I may let the team show mercy."

"There is no way for Union Berlin to throw in the towel."

"Hmph!~" Erich Milk got up and paused for a moment to threaten, "Don't think that you can do whatever you want if someone is protecting you. No one can betray the country."

Seeing Erich Milk leave, Thomas Hoffmann slumped on the chair. His back was completely wet just now. Facing this murderous king, he was fighting against him with the courage of not admitting defeat. .

Not everyone has the courage to face the head of the Stasi, but even Thomas Hoffman is not satisfied with his performance, and he feels it is a shame that he was scared.

After a while someone came again, but this time knocking on the door.

"Enter!"

Thomas Hoffman said impatiently.

Entering is Julia Roberts' Elena Ulbricht, who turns out to be the daughter of East German leader Walter Ulbricht.

"Thomas, you're not hurt, are you?"

Elena Ulbricht asked nervously.

"I'm fine, but Elena, I'm already married, and you're not married, so coming here often to find me will have a bad influence."

Thomas Hoffman said.

Elena Ulbricht just stared at him without speaking.

Thomas Hoffmann clutched his forehead, he couldn't stand the girl.The girl was almost hit by a car while crossing the road, Thomas Hoffman rescued her and accidentally twisted her foot, after which Elena Ulbricht would often appear in front of him.

But he was married, and it was absolutely impossible for Thomas Hoffman to betray his wife.

He had told Elena several times about this matter, but the other party just didn't listen.

Not only that, Elena also helped him a lot in business, turning Thomas Hoffmann, who was originally a factory owner of a medium-sized enterprise, into one of the most famous entrepreneurs in East Germany, so it was difficult for him to treat Elena. What Linna said was too unfeeling.

"I heard that your team has run out of players, do you need my help?" Elena Ulbricht asked.

"It's fake news, we've found the player, it's just to confuse Stasi."

Thomas Hoffmann decided to lie for the sake of face.

"Okay then, you must tell me if you have any difficulties."

"Okay, I see," Thomas Hoffman got up and took the initiative to send Elena away.

This girl is indeed very nice, but it is absolutely impossible for him to accept it.

A few days later, Thomas Hoffman got to know Kenyon Babel, a Dutchman living here, who was once a professional player and a team coach.

But when Thomas Hoffman invited him to coach the team, he decisively rejected the request.

"My wife is German, I am German now, I don't want to get into any trouble."

"Mr Babel, but now we need your help."

"Sorry, I've lived in Germany for many years, I know what the Stasi stands for, they have now said that whoever manages Union Berlin is against them, I don't want to lose my life for a game, I still To watch my grandson grow up."

"excuse me."

Thomas Hoffman left the other party's home disappointed. He could understand the other party's concerns, and hated Stasi even more in his heart.

Damn Stansey made everyone do what they wanted, and now the people of East Germany have become their puppets, Thomas Hoffmann clenched his fists and shouted: "Erich Mielke , I will never admit defeat to you."

His words startled the passers-by on the street, and a few passers-by immediately ran away. Thomas Hoffman sneered when he saw this scene. He will definitely find the head coach and players and beat Dynamo Berlin.

The scene changed again, and Thomas Jensen, who returned to the factory in the first half of the year, felt that he had to do something since he heard about Union Berlin's plight.He often secretly observed that some of the workers played football when they got off work.

He wanted to help Union Berlin get together the players to play, but Jensen was still very cautious. After all, there was one Stasi in every 60 people. After seeing life and death, he realized how lucky he was not to die in a dark place. Inside the alley.

At the same time, Jensen did not forget to practice playing football after returning home. He kicked against the wall and quickly found his previous form. When he was young, there were teams that wanted him to play professional football, but he refused. , now Jensen even feels a little regretful.

Two days later, he went to play football with his workers after get off work. Jensen asked them: "Union Berlin needs players. Are you willing to play for Union Berlin?"

There were originally 10 people, but 7 of them left in an instant. Although the remaining three agreed, Jensen still felt something was wrong.

"Thomas, you shouldn't ask in front of so many people."

"What should we do now?"

The remaining three all wanted to go to Union Berlin.

Thomas Jensen thought for a while and decided to go to Thomas Hoffman. The Hoffman factory is very famous, so they can go directly. I believe that person can provide him with protection.

"You go home first, and if someone asks you, just say you rejected my invitation."

Jensen left the court immediately after explaining.His parents were both dead and unmarried, so it was convenient for him to seek asylum. Several of his co-workers had families, and Jensen couldn't let them ignore their families.

After arriving at the Hoffman factory, Jensen was almost frightened to death when he saw Stasi standing guard at the gate of the factory. He immediately went to the side and jumped over the wall into the Hoffman factory, carefully touching Thomas Hoffman's office along the way.

He went in and closed the door without even knocking, and said to Thomas Hoffman's surprised eyes: "Mr. A few workers who are willing to play for Union Berlin, but it seems that others have discovered the matter, and my current situation is very dangerous, can you provide me with a hiding place?"

Hearing his words, Thomas Hoffman didn't have any doubts. After all, he could remember everyone at the party before: "Well, you live in the factory first, and you won't have any problems here."

"But I see Stasi at the door."

"Don't worry, although they monitored my factory, they would never think that there are secrets in my office." Thomas Hoffman got up and took out a book from the top shelf, and then turned a button, and the two bookshelves were equipped with gears The sound of turning slowly separated, revealing a space of about 20 square meters.

"You hide here first, young man, there are some cans with a long shelf life, and I will help you solve this matter."

"Yes, Mr. Hoffman."

Thomas Jensen went directly into the cabin inside, and Thomas Hoffman twisted the mechanism again to close the bookshelf.He prepared a hiding place in his office to deal with Stasi. He was afraid that one day the other party would completely tear up his face, and he would be able to hide directly at that time, but he didn't expect that he hadn't used it before, and he directly protected other people. .

He admired this young man very much. The other party has already started to help the team find players and persuaded a few people. At the party that day, many people talked nicely, but in fact they did not dare to resist Stasi. Thomas Hoffman can understand their behavior, but it is difficult to accept it emotionally. He feels that he is fighting alone in this situation. Now that Thomas Jensen's appearance has made him see the light, there are still people who dare to resist with him Stacey's.

What made him even more unexpected was that the leaders of the fan organization visited his home at night. They not only helped the team find players, but also persuaded Babel to come to the team to coach, but Babel had one requirement, that is, he could only be an assistant coach , the team's head coach let someone else serve.

One after another of good news lifted Thomas Hoffman's spirits, and the BGM was replaced with passionate tunes, which indicated that everything was developing towards a better side.

After the meeting in the evening, Lisa Hoffman brought up the old matter again and asked Thomas Hoffman to be the head coach of the team. After repeated thinking, Thomas decided to go out in person.

But they still have a problem, that is, the training ground of Union Berlin has been monitored by the Stasi. If they train at the training ground, they will be discovered by the Stasi soon.

Thomas Hoffmann always solved a problem and faced new ones, which made him a little sad. Looking at the dark clouds in the sky of Berlin, his eyes revealed confusion.

But he quickly figured out a way. There is no Stasi's eyeliner in the woods on the outskirts of Berlin, and even the people are sparsely populated. The players went to the suburbs to train together, and Jensen followed them, but his fellow workers were rejected because they all had their own families, which was not very convenient.If people with families do not go home for a long time, it is easy to make people think that things may be discovered at that time, and if they are discovered before the game, everything will be over.

(End of this chapter)