It takes 13 hours to fly from Pujiang to Berlin, which is a rather arduous journey for both adults and children.
The children were very excited at first, but then they got used to it. Fortunately, the departure time was eight o'clock in the evening. Not long after the plane took off, everyone fell asleep. When they woke up, they had already arrived in Berlin.
However, when we arrived in Berlin, it was nine o'clock in the morning in Pujiang, but it was three o'clock in the morning in Berlin!
After getting off the plane, the children were confused when they saw the pitch black outside. They didn't understand why they woke up after a long sleep and it was still dark.
Liuliu hurriedly stared at his smart watch, patting it again and again, thinking it was broken.
Tan Jiner explained to them that it was a matter of time difference, and they reluctantly accepted it.
Li Qing and the staff from Little Red Horse Film and Television had arrived a few days in advance. They were the ones picking up the plane at the moment. They arranged a minibus to take everyone to the hotel where they were staying.
This time when we went abroad, the entire Little Red Horse Girlfriends Group was dispatched, and many parents came. Zhang Tan warmly invited them and told them that it was a self-funded trip, and the parents were really worried about their children being in a foreign country.
Some people hold multiple positions. For example, Tan Jin'er is also the part-time translator for this trip, and Zhu Xiaojing is the media reporter who is the plenipotentiary representative of the TV station. They follow the interview all the way and want to send reports back.
The hotel rooms had already been arranged. Everyone received their room cards and put their luggage back home. Li Qing and the staff brought breakfast to everyone.
Although it was late at night in Berlin, everyone was already hungry after flying for more than ten hours, so they needed to eat something to fill their stomachs.
But don’t eat too much to avoid confusion over the three meals.
Hearing that he would have another breakfast in a few hours, Liuliu was particularly excited.
After breakfast, everyone sat together and chatted. If anyone was tired, he went to the room to rest.
Zhang Tan listened to Li Qing's report about the film festival.
"Mrs. Marit, the president of the film festival, will come to visit tomorrow morning."
Li Qing told Zhang Tan some news.
This is the first time for Little Red Horse Film and Television Company to go abroad to participate in an international film festival. This time the Berlin Film Festival attaches great importance to it, so there is an arrangement for the film festival chairman to personally visit.
"The Matrix" brought not only box office revenue to Little Red Horse Film and Television, but also popularity and influence.
If "The Matrix" hadn't been released, not many people would have known Little Red Horse Films abroad, let alone received any attention.
Li Qing did his homework and introduced the chairman's wife to Zhang Tan in detail.
At five o'clock in the morning, everyone was bored and sleepy, so they all went back to their rooms to rest. They didn't meet again until dawn in Berlin.
Everyone had a simple breakfast and took a walk in the park around the hotel to get some fresh air. We were on the plane last night and stayed in the hotel after landing. Some of us were confined and needed to walk and get close to the outdoors.
Tan Jin'er and Zhu Xiaojing did not leave. They stayed in the hotel and accompanied Zhang Tan to wait for the chairman of the Berlin Film Festival to arrive.
"Here we come." Li Qing saw two black Rolls-Royces parked in front of the hotel and couldn't help but said, because he had already seen Lucy.
A group of foreigners came out, and a white-haired old man walked in the middle. Among the people accompanying him, one was an acquaintance of Zhang Tan. It was Lucy who had gone to Pujiang to shoot the nominated short film for them.
"Hi~~Zhang, we meet again, let me introduce you, this is Mr. Chairman." Lucy acted as the introducer for both parties, first introducing the Chairman, Mrs. Marit, to Zhang Tan.
Zhang Tan smiled and stretched out his hand: "Nice to meet you. Nice to meet you, madam."
Marit also smiled and shook hands with him, "I'm very happy that you can come to the Berlin Film Festival. Seeing how talented you are, I can't help but think of myself when I was young."
The group of people smiled knowingly and walked into the conference room arranged by the hotel together.
This trip is just to visit, get to know each other, and have a simple chat.
If there are important guests attending the film festival, they will usually be welcomed by the organizers. However, Zhang Tan received particularly high attention. For a person who participated in the film festival for the first time, the chairman personally came to visit him.
"I heard that you also brought a new movie this time, I'm really looking forward to it," Chairman Marit said.
This is a polite statement.
Zhang Tan said: "This is a new suspenseful horror film we have made, and you are invited to participate."
He spoke all in English and did not need Tan Jin'er to translate, but Tan Jin'er was also sitting aside. Zhang Tan did not need to translate, but it did not mean that others did not need it. For example, Zhu Xiaojing could not understand.
"Haha, if I'm free, I'll come." Mrs. Marit didn't refuse directly, but she didn't agree immediately, so it should be a polite refusal.
During the film festival, as the chairman, she was busy with work, so how could she have time to watch a non-participating film?
"Our Summer" entered the main competition, but she had already watched this film.
After staying for more than an hour, Marit and her group left. Accompanied by Li Qing and others, Zhang Tan also went to visit the film festival site. Although it had not started yet, the site had been completely decorated and there were many booths.
Someone is inviting passers-by to watch the movie.
Tan Jiner and others took Xiaobai and the others to visit Berlin. The film festival opens tomorrow and they can travel around today.
"We went to see the Japanese on the street, took pictures, and sent them to Rboin and Xiao Weiwei."
Xiaobai never forgot her little niece's wish and would do anything to help her fulfill it. She was heartbroken when she thought of her little niece crying like a pear blossom with raindrops.
"This is our booth." Li Qing pointed to a relatively large booth and said.
"Hello, Mr. Zhang!"
There were five staff members working in front of the booth. When they saw Zhang Tan and his group, they all said hello.
"Thank you for your hard work," Zhang Tan said, seeing promotional posters for "Our Summer", "The Other Shoe" and "Saw" erected in front of the booth.
This chapter is not finished yet, please click on the next page to continue reading the exciting content! "Is anyone paying attention?" he asked.
"Many people came to get the brochures and were very curious about some of our movies." The person who spoke was the person in charge of the large-scale events department.
Zhang Tan asked: "Why don't you hang up the promotional posters for "The Matrix"?"
"This..."The Matrix" is not participating in the exhibition."
"There is no requirement that you must participate in an exhibition to hang up posters. People abroad don't know about us, but most of them know about "The Matrix". If we hang it up, we will attract more talents." Zhang Tan said.
Li Qing echoed: "Do as Mr. Zhang said, go get ready, hang out, won't your popularity increase?"
The staff hurriedly prepared to go. Zhang Tan scanned several nearby booths. They were all foreign booths. Some people were also looking at them and took the initiative to say hello.
"We are the Macbeth Film Company from the United States, and I am Jeffrey, the president of the company." A big fat man introduced himself.
Macbeth? Zhang Tan has heard of this company. It is not among the top 1 in the United States, but it is quite famous around the world.
"Hello, we are Little Red Horse Film and Television Company from China, just call me Zhang Tan."
"From China? Sorry, I really haven't heard of this company." Jeffrey did not hide his true feelings.
Zhang Tan didn't take it seriously and said with a smile: "This is our first time to participate in an international film festival."
"Oh, I bought it!!!"The Matrix"???"
Jeffrey's eyes suddenly widened and he stared at the promotional poster that had just been hung up. It was "The Matrix".
He looked at Zhang Tan in disbelief and asked, "Did you film "The Matrix"?"
Zhang Tan said to himself, "It's very strange that you don't see that often," "Yes, we are the producer."
Jeffrey quickly reached out and said, "Zhang, I'm sorry, I didn't recognize you, emm, I mean, although I haven't heard the name of your company, I am very familiar with the "The Matrix" you filmed...
