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“Movies are an art form.”

Huang Ze looked directly into the other person's eyes. "If you are asking whether there is such a child or whether there is such a story in history, I wrote it. But if you are asking about the background and whether there is such a great father or mother's love, I can tell you for sure that there is."

"I have a lot of questions. Did the Japanese really set up a concentration camp in Shanghai?" asked a blond man.

"of course."

Huang Ze nodded. "I am from Shanghai, so of course I know. There were people from all over the world in the concentration camp. Some of them are still alive. I interviewed them when I was collecting information. If you need, I can give you some videotapes of the interviews."

"What about the brutal acts of the Neon people in it?"

"In fact, from the Bataan Death March, you should be able to understand how crazy the fascists were at that time."

Huang Ze took a deep breath and continued, "Considering the audience's acceptance and for the film to be shown in theaters, some of the behaviors in it are actually nothing. The behaviors left by Japanese militarism in my homeland are a hundred times more cruel than those."

"For example, in order to understand how much water is in a person's body, a living person is weighed, dried, and weighed again."

"Put a mother holding her baby in a room with a heated bottom, and keep heating it up to see if the mother will put the baby under her feet..."

"I won't go into details about each of these incidents, considering that there are minors among the audience."

"all in all!"

"Defeat the fascists!" Huang Ze shouted.

This statement is not only a sublimation of the film, but also a message to the Berlin organizing committee.

This year marks the 50th anniversary of the victory of the Anti-Fascist War. You can decide for yourself.

After a few seconds of pause, Huang Ze began to answer various questions from other reporters and film critics continuously.

After spending more than ten minutes answering, Huang Ze began to communicate with the crew members of each film in the main competition unit who came to show their support.

"Huang, has made another excellent film."

"Director Huang, this is a classic! I kind of regret not having a role in this movie." Xiao Fangfang said with a smile, "Remember to look for me if there are movies in the future! It doesn't matter how small the supporting role is. I don't have a few years left to continue acting, so I don't care about the main or supporting roles."

"Okay, I'll definitely call you if there's a suitable role next time!"

"Huang, five million dollars for North American distribution rights." This time, it was a fat hand, old friend Harvey, "Huang, what do you think of this price? Even if you win the Golden Bear Award, the North American rights of many films cannot be sold for this price."

"Maybe we can talk about it after the awards ceremony is over?"

"Okay!" Harvey didn't show any attitude that he had to see this movie. He nodded and left the exhibition hall with his brother Bob.

"Harvey, five million is too high." Bob Weinstein couldn't help but complain as soon as he left the exhibition hall. "This will whet his appetite. If we want to get it, who knows how much it will cost? Besides, for a film like this, we need to operate it for a long time to make a profit. If the price is too high, we might even lose money."

"If I don't offer a high price, will Huang Ze's appetite decrease?" Harvey glanced at his brother. "He is not a fledgling director. He is a wealthy man with assets worth hundreds of millions of dollars."

"And you're worried about not being able to recover your costs..."

Harvey smiled and didn't continue.

The main reason was that he saw the potential for box office success in this film.

This film is generally a Chinese-language film, but it also contains a lot of English dialogues, which can lower the threshold for North American audiences to watch the film.

The film quality is also excellent, with historical images of Pearl Harbor after the attack, plus the final Allied aircraft, which obviously can make the audience recall some things. A few years ago, most people in the United States were eager to get all Japanese goods out of the market.

The most important thing is that this film is of high quality and was shot by Huang Ze. This year also marks the 50th anniversary of the victory of the Anti-Fascist War.

Taking all these factors into consideration, Harvey has a feeling that there should be no problem for the North American box office to break 20 million US dollars.

With a little effort, I think I could win an Oscar.

Anyway, at a price of five million dollars, he didn't think this film would make him lose money.

"such a pity!"

"Huang is a smart man. Wouldn't it be better if he had agreed just now?"

Harvey turned back to look at the audience who were rushing into the exhibition hall to watch the next show, and sighed slightly.

……

In the following days, Huang Ze became a busy man. In addition to supporting some films, he spent the rest of his time signing autographs for fans in the exhibition hall. After signing, he accompanied everyone to watch his films.

This went on until the penultimate day, when Huang Ze finally took a break from his busy schedule to rest in the hotel.

But compared to Huang Ze's relaxation, Wang Zhiwen was tense all over. He walked back and forth on the ground for who knows how many times. He looked at Huang Ze and asked curiously, "Director Huang, aren't you nervous?"

"What are you nervous about?"

"Phone! If the organizing committee doesn't call us to stay, it means we won't get the prize!"

"Calm down." Huang Ze made a gesture of pressing his palm down.

"I've participated in so many film festivals, and I'm always nervous. Am I going to live? I'm so nervous now, what will I do at the awards ceremony?"

"Besides, I am confident. I can't say I can win the Golden Bear, but I will definitely have no problem winning an award!"

"If a film like this, released in this era, doesn't win an award, it must be because fascism has not been completely eradicated and there are remnants of fascism."

"The Berlin Film Festival is all about politics, and they won't make this kind of political mistake."

"You have to have some confidence in your brother Huang!"

This is indeed the case. In the afternoon, we received a message from the organizing committee inviting the crew of "Life is Beautiful" to attend the closing ceremony tomorrow night.

"Great!" Wang Zhiwen excitedly pumped his fist, turned around, opened the door and ran out, "Brother Huang, I'll go tell the others."

Soon, all the people who were traveling with them gathered in Huang Ze's room, and everyone was discussing tomorrow's award ceremony with great interest.

"Look! The golden bear didn't run away."

"I think Zhiwen's performance could win him another Best Actor award."

"Hey, do you think we should have a nice meal to celebrate?"

"No!" Two words popped up in Huang Ze's mind: Istanbul, champagne at halftime. He immediately rejected the proposal as if by reflex, "What's there to celebrate? Let's wait until the awards banquet is over." (End of this chapter)