The national goddess of Korean entertainment

On the 13th, "Mother" premiered in Japan. This movie had been a big hit before, but on the day of the premiere, the limelight of this hit movie was completely overshadowed by another movie.

That film was not an entry, but it was the most notable film of the day because of its director. "Dirtyness and Wisdom", a movie that wasn't very exciting, was even scolded as a bad movie, but its director was the world's most famous female singer, Madonna.

Singing is good but acting is good. Although she has been criticized as the queen of bad movies, Madonna doesn't care.Now she is personally directing her first work.

As soon as Madonna appeared that day, she became the target of the media and crushed "Mother" to death.

But Xu Zhiyuan didn't pay attention to those.In fact, on the morning of the 13th, the crew members from South Korea paid the most attention to the newspapers, all kinds of newspapers, not only in Berlin, but also newspapers from all over the world that were specially airlifted.It was just for the page report about the Berlin Film Festival.

"It's really curious..." Quan Zaihong smiled brightly. If you ignore the two panda eyes on top of him, he doesn't look nervous at all.

"In addition to being curious, I also feel nervous." Li Tianxi rubbed his hands and said with a smile: "It's the first time for me to participate in the premiere of the three major film festivals! Zhiyuan should not be nervous, she is used to it."

How can you not be nervous!Even after three premieres, Xu Zhiyuan is still very nervous.

"It's my luck that everyone I follow is a good director."

After being praised by her, the smile on Quan Zaihong's face became more natural, "Okay, everyone, let's see, let's divide the work! How many photos per person..."

As soon as the newspaper was divided, several people turned around the newspaper. For a while, only the sound of shaking paper could be heard in the room.

When Xu Zhiyuan turned to the second newspaper, she finally saw a report on "Beautiful".This is a report from the "New York Times". It mentioned yesterday's premiere, but it wasn't the movie that was mentioned, but the guests who appeared at the premiere yesterday. Instead, the movie was simply mentioned.

A little disappointed, Xu Zhiyuan threw away the newspaper and continued to read.

The next one is the "British Post". There is not much mention about the premiere, but there is a film review.

Film critics only gave "Beautiful" three points: out of five points, I can only give this movie three points, barely passing, this is a movie with crude graphics, it can be seen that this is a low-budget and small production Movies, and the main creators behind the scenes are not very attentive, from the camera to the props and costumes, they all seem to be careless.However, despite these things, this movie is still worth watching. Although there are many things that have not been explained clearly in the whole story, we can still feel the strong emotion through the performance of the actors and realize that the director wants to express The kind of thinking: beauty is not a sin, but in the eyes of people with wretched minds, beauty is a kind of original sin.The final scene of the movie, when the heroine is lying in the morgue, still not evading the profanity of the coroner, is really shocking.

This film review is well-written and there is no praise, but it is another kind of praise.At least, despite the criticism, the movie is worth watching.

"Zhiyuan—" Li Tianxi's cry made Xu Zhiyuan raise her head suddenly.

"Read this!" Li Tianxi seemed a little excited as he directly stuffed the newspaper into her hand.

Xu Zhiyuan took the newspaper and followed Li Tianxi's eyes to see the film review.This is a local newspaper in Berlin, and the title of the film review is: Dark Horse from the East.

At the beginning of the article, the film critics made it clear that this dark horse was not referring to a movie, but an actor.

"When Ms. Seo Ji-won appeared at the Berlin Film Festival last time, everyone affectionately called her 'Oriental Barbie'. This title is very beautiful, and it also proves that Ms. Seo Ji-won is a beautiful and lovely girl, but even Her performance at that time was already very good, but in the eyes of many people, she was just a cute girl, not a real actress."

"A year later, when she appeared again at the Berlin Film Festival, I think no one would think that she was just a girl. Miss Xu Zhiyuan is a real actor. After watching her new film "Beautiful ", you will feel that this young actor is really good. She is so beautiful in the movie, and because of this, when that beauty is destroyed, it is so shocking. Her performance is natural and smooth , And with great contagion, when she is afraid, you will follow the fear, when she is in pain, you will follow the pain, when she cries, you will feel your nose sore, and when she smiles, you will unconsciously follow the smile. This is the talent that a good actor should have. And now, we see this talent in Miss Seo Ji Won, just as we have seen it in different actors before, and they are the best in the world without any surprise actor."

"Although the road ahead is still long, we seem to have seen her bright future. Whether this dark horse that broke into the Berlin Film Festival will surprise us, let us wait and see."

After reading this film review, Xu Zhiyuan remained silent for a while.

Although she felt that in the movie "Beautiful", she really performed at a super level, she put aside many things and broke through many things, but she was really flattered in the face of such praise and expectations.

"It really makes me so happy." Xu Zhiyuan smiled silly as he smoothed the paper that was a little crumpled by Li Tianxi, "I want to keep this newspaper well—well, this film critic—ah, Mark Wall Husband! Well, from now on it is true love."

Giving her a funny look, Quan Zaihong straightened his back, "Well, it's okay! Although there are many criticisms, at least the actors in this movie are recognized! It seems that I have to work harder. You see, here is more than one person who criticizes my camera for rough language and no new ideas.”

No one laughs, it’s okay for Jae-Jiang Jun to laugh at himself, but it’s not the case when the group laughs, only Xu Zhiyuan smiled and hugged Jae-Hung Jeon’s shoulders, “Director, you should think so. If you didn’t come to Berlin , These film critics want to criticize you for not having this opportunity - how many filmmakers in this world are eagerly looking forward to coming to Berlin?!"

Rubbing his chin, Quan Zaihong also smiled, "Thank you, you comforted me like this, it really made me feel relieved—alright! Although I have been criticized, some people don't even get the chance to be criticized! Hmm , Thinking about it this way, it seems that I really feel more relieved..."

When he said this, Li Tianxi and the others next to him couldn't help laughing anymore.

I was smiling when I heard a knock on the door.

The visitor was somewhat surprising, it was Section Chief Huang of the Film Development Association.This one, Xu Zhiyuan had dealt with last year.However, she came to Berlin with Park Chan-wook last year, and the people from the Development Association were very friendly to her.But this year, it feels a little cold.

After arriving in Berlin for several days, this was the first time Section Chief Huang took the initiative to pay a visit.

"I believe everyone has read the newspaper," greeted with a smile, but Section Chief Huang didn't make too many conversations, and even said bluntly: "There were too many things before, and I was negligent. I came today to discuss with Director Quan. And Jiwon xi to discuss about publicity and public relations."

Even though Quan Zaihong was not someone who had never seen the world, he couldn't help being stunned by these words.

There is a saying in China that the fragrance of wine is not afraid of deep alleys.Many people say that this sentence means that as long as the product is good, it is not afraid that it will not be sold, but in fact, the reason why the wine sells well is because the wine shop uses the aroma of the wine to promote its wine.

This is true of ancient business classics, let alone modern times?Even if the film festival promotes art, no matter what kind of film festival it is, it must be linked to the economy.The same goes for the three major European film festivals.

Whenever the grand ceremony kicks off, the location of the film festival is the peak tourist season. Stars from all over the world drive the local economy and increase its international influence.

Similarly, every film that enters the competition is also promoting its own film in such a big environment, all the time, not telling everyone, including everyone in the jury, a message: I want to win an award, I hope Take the award, please give this award to me.

In addition, there are many overt and covert public relations. This is not a bribe, but an expression.

It is said that when China's "Farewell My Concubine" went to the Oscars, after losing the best foreign language film award, some judges said with emotion: You are so low-key, you have no publicity, and you don't have public relations everywhere. How do we know that you value this award and want to win it? What about my award? !

I don't know if this story is true or not, but from a certain point of view, it can be seen how important the promotion and public relations at the film festival are.

"Beautiful" came to Berlin, and the publicity funds they brought were limited. They only rented a small advertising block outside the hotel where they lived, and placed an advertisement.

Walking past the hotel, Xu Zhiyuan wondered if anyone would really notice their advertisement.In contrast, "Day and Night", which is backed by film development, is much more generous than them in terms of publicity and public relations.

And now, the development association actually took the initiative to help them with publicity and public relations? !

Jun Jae Hong didn't answer immediately, but turned his face away, looked at Xu Zhiyuan, and laughed.

"Well, Chief Huang, I think it's very lucky that the film "Beautiful" was selected as a competition unit. As for winning an award, I don't expect too much. Instead of promoting the film, I think it's better to promote Zhiyuanxi. Although everything It’s still unknown, but I think her chances of winning an award are definitely greater than this movie.”

"Director Quan is right," Section Chief Huang smiled, and looked at Xu Zhiyuan, not in a simple way, but with a sense of scrutiny, "I heard a piece of news last night, although I'm not sure if it's true or not, But it is indeed rumored that "Beautiful" was selected because Xu Zhiyuanxi's performance was appreciated by the jury, especially the chairman of the film festival, Mr. Koslico."

After a pause, he continued, "Yesterday he attended the premiere. He was not invited by others, but he took the initiative to attend."

This sentence made everyone quiet.

After a while, Li Tianxi looked at Xu Zhiyuan, raised his eyebrows and said with a smile: "It's really crazy!"

Blinking, Xu Zhiyuan slowed down her heartbeat and just smiled, "Section Chief Huang, the gossip may not be true."

"Yes, this is gossip. Seo Ji-won xi, I can't guarantee anything, but at least promoting you on such an international stage is a good thing for you and for our Korean film industry. I hope you can cooperate with my work .”

Meeting Chief Huang's gaze, Xu Zhiyuan didn't speak.

Quan Zaihong, who was beside her, got a little anxious and touched her with his elbow.

Xu Zhiyuan turned her head, smiled at Quan Jae Hong who was winking at her, and finally reached out to Section Chief Huang.

"I will cooperate well, and please take care of Section Chief Huang!"