Huayu: I'm reborn, but you still force me to be a scumbag?

Chapter 330 MAGA
"Yes, that's right, it's because of this movie that she and I..."

In the eyes of Erica Schmidt, the famous beautiful reporter of Der Spiegel magazine, the young and handsome interviewee in front of her suddenly revealed a gentle smile, and a light of joy appeared in his eyes.

Wow. She thought to herself that this really looked much more tempting than a vibrator.

".Very cute, I've known her for a long time, but"

The recorder worked faithfully, recording the other person's answers. Erica could focus most of her attention on subtle observations.

He was answering questions nonstop, and it was obvious that he was on a propaganda mission, which was completely different from his previous practice of answering questions one by one.

Just as she had thought during the past few days of preparing for the interview, as long as she found the right direction, he would be a very good interview subject.

Young, energetic, expressive, and, apparently, aware of the fine line between wit and frivolity.

This style should be very fresh to the old-school readers of Der Spiegel, who would not be too offended even though they knew it was a promotion for the movie. And promoting the movie was part of their interview agreement.

It's a pity for Erica Schmidt that the weekly magazine could only present a few pictures and cold texts in the end, and could not fully convey what she is feeling now to their readers. This will undoubtedly make their interview less colorful.

She felt that the Chinese actor in front of her had an appeal that had nothing to do with age or ethnicity.

Just like when she went skiing at Knibis Ski Resort last month and the temperature outside reached minus 20 degrees Celsius at night, she and her friends sat around the fire in the cabin and felt the heat when she stretched out her fingers.

She switched her legs, shifted her hips, and slightly adjusted her sitting position.

No wonder he, as a Chinese actor, has tens of millions of fans in Europe and the United States.

All that Erica Schmidt knew about Chen Nuo came from the materials she had prepared over the past few days. She had never seen any of his movies.

She couldn't even remember when was the last time she went to the cinema or what was the name of the last foreign movie she watched.

As a 29-year-old single woman, she feels that movies, like love, are some kind of bourgeois and unnecessary dreams.

A massage stick can solve physical emptiness, and work can fill spiritual dissatisfaction, so why do we still need love or movies?
However, she has changed her mind now.
She suddenly wanted to see what he would look like on a movie screen.

Erica Schmidt decided at this moment.

Tonight, she will also attend the premiere of this Chinese film, which will not only satisfy her curiosity but also perhaps provide more material for her interview.

".All in all, I think I gave the best performance I've ever given. And she did the same."

Anyway, every new movie that comes out has to be the “best”.

Chen Nuo is used to it.

Just like he talked about the love between him and Liu Yifei for about three minutes around "Under the Hawthorn Tree".

It's hard to tell that he has decided to "break up".

If they broke up because of this and Liu Yifei wanted to part ways with him, it just so happened that the box office share of Twilight was almost received, and the company was about to distribute dividends. After the dividends were distributed, she would use 2000 million to buy back shares, and in the end, "The Return of the Condor Heroes" would disappear from the world, and it would be worth their acquaintance.

That’s right, this was the decision he made after thinking for a long time after being kissed by Liu Yifei.

Chen Nuo knew very well what he was like.

No matter whether Liu Yifei was really too immersed in the role or was serious about it.

He knows a little bit.

His love had long been suffocated in the bed of some unknown woman in his previous life.

Likewise, Liu Yifei, as far as he knew, would never acquiesce to something like other women. Even if she agreed, what about Aunt Liu? That was not necessarily possible.

Not to mention that his relationship with Liu Yifei was not that deep. If he really had to give up the entire forest for a tree, it might have been possible four years ago.

Now?

The forest is also made up of trees.

We are all trees, so how can there be any distinction between high and low?

So I'm sorry, if you want to play pure love, you can only download this book.

".I am also looking forward to tonight's premiere. I haven't seen the finished film yet. I believe Director Zhang Yimou will give me a surprise." Chen Nuo finally hid all his thoughts under his smiling face, not revealing a single bit to the reporters.

Erica Schmidt really did a lot of homework. By the end of the interview, it had lasted more than two hours, and she went over almost everything about Chen Nuo in detail.

It feels like the length of the two interviews with Time and People combined.

Just when the interview was about to end, suddenly, a staff member from Der Spiegel interrupted the interview and whispered in Erica Schmidt's ear for a long time.

After listening to this, Erica Schmidt smiled, as if she had heard something good, and said, "Chen, I just got some news. Roman Polanski was interviewed by Deutsche Welle ten minutes ago, and he mentioned you and your movies in the interview."

"Oh? What did he say?"

"He said."

"I respect Zhang very much. He is the kind of director I like, with a distinctive style and his own ideas."

"For example, the passionate and primitive love shown by Jiang and Gong in the sorghum field in Red Sorghum can move any filmmaker in the world."

"In the end, it was able to win the Golden Bear in Berlin, which is absolutely worthy of it."

"But today, Zhang made a big mistake. Just like the jury of the 55th Berlin. They all chose the same actor."

"I didn't like "Mute" the first time I saw it. I thought it was just a shoddy movie, as bad as he was."

"I didn't expect that he would win the Silver Bear."

"He is simply the most overrated actor of this generation. His showmanship far outweighs his acting skills."

"His performance in The Dark Knight was nauseatingly exaggerated, in My Blueberry Nights it was mediocre, and in Twilight it was contrived."

"As for last year's 'Mother', haha, the praise he received in Cannes simply disgusted me. The only reason that made me sit in the cinema until the end and watch that so-called miracle dance was Kim. His dance was a poor imitation of Kim. Huppert actually helped him win the Best Actor Award. I can only say that her vision is getting worse and worse."

"Zhang's trip to Berlin will ultimately fail because of Chen. I don't even know what he is here for."

"Did he think that the Berlin jury would give him another Silver Bear? Just four years later? Did he think that Berlin was some kind of charity, the Red Cross, that gave one award when one entered university and another when one graduated?"

"Another Chinese film, Wang's Apart Together, I went to the premiere yesterday."

“It is absolutely qualified as the opening film of this Berlinale.”

"There were so many viewers that the organizers had to add an extra theater. The press conference attracted nearly a thousand media outlets, and because of the enthusiastic questions, it set a record for the longest press conference for an opening film in Berlin's history. These fully demonstrate that a truly good movie does not need one or a few good-looking faces to be popular."

"But I will also go to see Zhang's movie tonight. I have already got the tickets for the premiere, and I will go."

"When the time comes, I will write a true review on the Silver Screen."

After finishing the show,
Roman Polanski, along with two assistants and three bodyguards, walked out of the Deutsche Welle building. When they were about to get into the car, a cold wind blew by, causing the 77-year-old man to shiver.

The wind also blew the sparse and messy hair on his forehead, making it look more like a bunch of weeds on a barren land. The wrinkles on his forehead were like a tangled mess. His deep-set eyes were filled with gloom, and under his high nose bridge, the corners of his mouth habitually turned down, bringing out a hint of gloom. The whole person exuded a perverse and dark feeling that made it difficult for people to get close to him.

This feeling became even more obvious after he got in the car, with his entire face hidden in shadow.

A female assistant in her 50s said cautiously, "We have two more interviews to go. Roman, do you want to take a break?"

"No thanks. Go on."

"You have to go to the movies tonight, you really don't have to..."

Roman Polanski shouted in a hoarse voice: "I said continue. Didn't you hear me? Idiot. You bunch of brain-dead idiots, I swear if you dare to say another word from your stinky mouth, I will open your brain..."

Roman Polanski cursed for almost a minute before he gradually calmed down.

However, except for the middle-aged woman who was almost drowned by spit, everyone else was very calm, as if they were used to it. Roman calmed down after panting and said fiercely: "Remember what I said, I am not old yet. Since those bastards in Zurich didn't catch me, this is the opportunity God gave me, I must..."

He didn't finish his words, but everyone in the car understood.

Last September, the Zurich Film Festival awarded Roman a Lifetime Achievement Award. Everyone was ready to go to receive the award, but Roman Polanski suddenly caught a cold and canceled the trip.

Later they learned that if they had gone there, the Swiss police would have arrested them immediately at the airport.

Since then, Roman Polanski has attached great importance to his current film.

Everyone knows.

Roman Polanski was able to live happily in Europe despite being wanted by the United States, partly because his case was too old.

This year is 2010, and it has been 1978 years since he pleaded guilty in an American court and sneaked back to France in 32. The prosecutors in the United States who were in charge of his molestation of young girls have been replaced one after another, and they did not take him too seriously.

On the other hand, as a holder of dual French and Polish citizenship, the title of famous director and the honors he has received are his real amulets.

The incident in Zurich sounded the alarm for him.

In recent years, his halo has dimmed a lot, which makes his situation seem a little dangerous.

Therefore, in order to win the award in Berlin this time, Roman Polanski used almost all means.

Except for jury president Werner Herzog, one of the most famous directors of the New German Cinema movement, who he failed to nail.

For all the others he passed messages through various intermediaries.

Among them, the news of the return of Somalia’s wild man Nuruddin Farah, America’s Renée Zellweger and China’s Yu Nan was not positive.

But he has more or less been promised something by Italian director Francesca Komanzini, German actress Cornelia Fropois, and Spanish producer José María Morales.

His goals at this Berlin Film Festival are clear: first, the Golden Bear, and second, Best Director.

In his opinion, his opponents in the competition for these two awards are also very clear.

Even though Wang Quanan's reunion was very popular at the opening ceremony yesterday,
But Roman Polanski has participated in countless film festivals in his life, and he knows too well which films have the potential to win major awards and which films are all talk and no action.

He was just bragging about "Reunion" on the radio program. That was because he knew that "Reunion" was one of those movies that made a lot of fanfare but in the end won at most a consolation fringe award.

It poses no threat to his Golden Bear and Best Director awards.

What he should be most worried about is none other than his young Chinese antagonist starring in The Hawthorn Tree, which premieres tonight.

First of all, in terms of influence, it has the potential to win all awards.

Director Zhang Yimou has deep roots in Berlin and has always been favored by local judges.

And him.

When the Joker was first released, there was a verbal battle between Liberation and Le Monde over him that lasted for several issues.

After learning that The Hawthorn Tree was sent to Berlin, some German media even claimed that after winning Berlin and Cannes, the film was sent to Berlin again instead of Venice. This was clearly a way for Nochen to make up for his regret of not being able to receive the award in person four years ago. This shows the status of the Berlin Film Festival in the world film industry.

In Polanski's opinion, this kind of speech is the most terrible speech. It is also the speech that is most likely to make the film win the award, and it is very likely to affect some subtle tendencies of the organizing committee and the jury.

This made him really dare not take a rest. No matter how tired he was, he had to visit several media outlets to build momentum for himself and suppress his opponents.

He knows very well that when the quality of films is comparable, public opinion is the deciding factor.

"Roman, there is a call from the United States." At this time, a younger assistant covered the receiver of his business mobile phone and whispered.

"Who?"

"Harvey, Harvey Weinstein. He wants to talk to you about Chen."

……

……

When the two rivals started to contact each other, Chen Nuo had just finished an interview and was cooperating with the photographer of "Mingjing" to take pictures.

He knew before that this issue of Der Spiegel would be published in five days and that he would be on the cover.

So he took it for granted that the photo he was taking now was the cover photo.

This is obviously his misunderstanding of Der Spiegel, a world-renowned serious political magazine whose purpose is to "investigate the truth, expose malpractices and criticize bureaucracy."

Germany's Der Spiegel is not an entertainment magazine like America's People, which selects the 100 most beautiful faces in the world at the end of each year, nor is it as fashionable as Time.

It still uses the poster style it had when it was first published in 1947.

Only after he took the photos did he realize that Germans are Germans and the photos he took were only used as illustrations for the text.

The cover was actually already prepared.

"We are not going to use your photo this time, because the era and the characters have been used before." When Erica Schmidt said this, it gave Chen Nuo the feeling that she was like a child of a scholarly family talking about a nouveau riche relative with a hint of contempt and disdain on her face.

"They want to use your appearance to increase sales, but we don't. Many of the users who subscribe to our magazine have been passed down from their ancestors. So, we are going to take another approach. Just like you, younger and more individual. And more impressive."

A white background with several red borders, and in the upper left corner is the German word "Der Spiegel" which has not been changed for nearly a hundred years.

In the middle of the cover, there are two large red Chinese pinyin characters with phonetic symbols.

"chén nuò"

There is a line of small German text below.

Other than that, there are no pictures.

Chen Nuo and Qi Yuntian stood in front of Erica Schmidt's laptop, looking at the cover of this so-called young personality, and really didn't know what to say.

Is this the so-called German aesthetic?
It's quite symmetrical.

"Wow." Chen Nuo sighed dryly, "It's really impressive."

Erica Schmidt said with a smile: "Do you like it? I picked it myself. Do you need me to explain the meaning to you? The name spelled out in Chinese pinyin is not only a name, but also implies your Chinese background. At the same time, the small words below are also drafted by me. It means the 55th Berlin Film Emperor, a film actor from China. But I have changed my mind now."

"Why? I think it's pretty good." Chen Nuo said.

Erica Schmidt shook her head and said, "No, no, no, it's not good. It's too superficial. It's not enough to summarize what I felt in this interview. I'll think about it carefully after watching the premiere tonight. Especially the last sentence you said..."

The Aryan beauty with long blond hair and gray-blue eyes showed the same smile her ancestors had shown when they conquered France or Poland decades ago. It was as cold as a ski resort in minus 20 degrees Celsius.

"As a professional political reporter and an amateur entertainment reporter, my personal assessment is that your connection between Roman Polanski's impunity and America's decline is a little forced."

"But the slogan that came with it. I think it's quite interesting and enough to attract the attention of many Americans."

"At least, after it goes viral, Obama will definitely take notice of it."

"It seems like you really want Roman Polanski to die of old age in some prison in the United States. Chen."

Chen Nuo shook his head and said, "No, no, no, don't say that, Erica. I just want America to be great again because my girlfriend is American and I love her so much."

"In order to spread it, in addition to your magazine, I am also going to abbreviate this sentence and use it as a hashtag topic and post it on Facebook, just like the Me Too. Do you think this can make America great again faster?"

"Damn, you want him to go to jail soon, right? If I were Polanski, I would kneel at your door today. So, what you mean is, you're going to call it MAGA?"

“Yes, MAGA.”

(End of this chapter)