Daddy Academy

Chapter 2770: Going Shopping and Seeing the Japanese Devils
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 later they got used to it. Fortunately, the departure time was 8 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 three o'clock in the morning in Berlin!

After getting off the plane, the children saw that it was pitch black outside. They were confused and didn't understand why they woke up from a nap and it was still dark.

Liuliu quickly stared at her smart watch and tapped it again and again, thinking it was broken.

Tan Jiner explained to them that it was a problem of jet lag, and they reluctantly accepted it.

Li Qing and the staff of Little Red Horse Film and Television had arrived a few days in advance. They were the ones who picked them up at the airport. They arranged a minibus to take everyone to the hotel where they were staying.

This time, all of Little Red Pony's best friends went abroad, and many parents also came. Zhang Tan invited them warmly and told them to treat it as a funded trip. In addition, the parents were really worried about their children being in a foreign country, so one child from each family came.

Ding Jiamin accompanied Xiaomi, Tan Jiner accompanied Xier, Zhao Gongcheng accompanied Dudu, Meng Guangxin accompanied Chengcheng, and Zhu Xiaojing accompanied Liuliu.

Some people have multiple roles. For example, Tan Jiner is also a part-time translator on this trip, and Zhu Xiaojing is a media reporter with full authority as the TV station's representative. She follows the team all the way to conduct interviews and send back reports.

The hotel rooms had already been arranged. Everyone received their room cards and went back to put their luggage away. Li Qing and the staff then brought breakfast to everyone.

Although it was late at night in Berlin, we had been flying for more than ten hours and were already hungry, so we needed to eat something to fill our stomachs.

But don't eat too much, otherwise the three meals will be disrupted.

Hearing that she would have to have another breakfast in a few hours, Liuliu became particularly excited.

After breakfast, everyone sat together and chatted. If anyone felt tired, they went to the room to rest.

Zhang Tan listened to Li Qing's report on the film festival.

"Mrs. Mariette, the festival's president, will visit tomorrow morning."

Li Qing told Zhang Tan a piece of news.

This is the first time that Red Pony Films has gone abroad to participate in an international film festival. The Berlin Film Festival attaches great importance to it this time, so there was an arrangement for the festival chairman to visit in person.

"The Matrix" brought not only box office revenue to Red Pony Pictures, but also fame and influence.

If The Matrix had not been released, few people would have known about Red Pony Pictures abroad, let alone taken seriously.

Li Qing did his homework and introduced the chairman's wife to Zhang Tan in detail.

At five in the morning, everyone was bored and sleepy, so they went back to their rooms to rest. They met up again in Berlin at daybreak.

We had a simple breakfast and took a walk in the park around the hotel to get some fresh air. We had been on the plane last night and stayed in the hotel after landing. We felt a little confined and needed to walk around and get close to the outdoors.

Tan Jiner 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 they come." Li Qing couldn't help but say when he saw two black Rolls-Royces parked in front of the hotel, because he had already seen Lucy.

A group of foreigners came out, with a white-haired old man in the middle. Among the people accompanying him, one was an acquaintance of Zhang Tan, Lucy, who had gone to Pujiang to shoot the nominated short film for them.

"Hi~~ Zhang, nice to meet you again. Let me introduce you, this is the Chairman." Lucy acted as the introducer for both parties and first introduced Zhang Tan to the Chairman, Mrs. Marit.

Zhang Tan smiled and extended his hand: "Nice to meet you, ma'am."

Mariette also smiled and shook his hand. "I'm very glad that you can come to the Berlin Film Festival. Seeing your talent reminds me of my youth."

The group smiled knowingly and walked into the meeting room arranged by the hotel.

This trip is just to visit, get to know each other and have a brief chat.

If there were important guests attending the film festival, they would generally be received by the organizers, but Zhang Tan was given exceptional attention. As someone who was attending the film festival for the first time, the chairman personally visited him.

"I heard that you have brought a new movie this time. I am really looking forward to it," said President Marit.

This is just a polite remark.

Zhang sighed and said, "This is a new suspense horror film we are shooting. You are invited to participate."

He spoke everything in English and didn't need Tan Jiner to translate, but Tan Jiner was also sitting nearby. Just because Zhang Tan didn't need a translation didn't mean that others didn't need one. For example, Zhu Xiaojing couldn't understand him.

"Haha, if I'm free, I'll come." Mrs. Marit did not refuse directly, but she did not agree immediately, which should be a polite refusal.

As the chairman of the film festival, she was very busy and had no time to watch a non-competing film.

"Our Summer" did enter the main competition unit, but she had already seen the film.

After staying for more than an hour, Mariette and her group left. Zhang Tan, accompanied by Li Qing and others, also went to visit the film festival. Although it had not started yet, the scene had been completely decorated, with many booths and people inviting passers-by to watch movies.

Tan Jiner and others took Xiaobai and the others to visit Berlin. The film festival will open tomorrow, so they can stroll around and travel today.

"We went to the streets to see the Japs, took some photos, and sent them to Rboin and Xiao Weiwei."

Xiaobai never forgot her niece's wish and was determined to help her fulfill it. She was heartbroken when she thought of her niece crying.

"This is our booth." Li Qing said, pointing to a larger booth.

"Hello, Mr. Zhang!"

There were five staff members busying things in front of the booth. When they saw Zhang Tan and his group, they all greeted them.

"Thank you for your hard work." Zhang sighed and saw the promotional posters of "Our Summer", "The Other Shoe" and "Saw" erected in front of the booth.

"Is anyone paying attention?" he asked.

“Many people came to get brochures and were very curious about our films.” The speaker was the head of the large-scale events department.

Zhang Tan asked, "Why don't you hang up the promotional poster for The Matrix?"

"This... The Matrix is ​​not on display."

“There’s no rule that you have to participate in an exhibition to hang posters. People abroad don’t know us, but most of them know The Matrix. If we hang up posters, we’ll attract more people,” Zhang Tan said.

Li Qing agreed, "Do as Mr. Zhang said. Go and prepare and put it up. That way, your popularity will increase."

The staff members hurriedly prepared to leave. Zhang Tan glanced at several booths around, all of which were foreign booths. Some people were also looking at them and came over to say hello.

"We are Macbeth Film Company from the United States, and I am Jeffrey, the president of the company." A fat man took the initiative to introduce himself.

Macbeth? Zhang Tan had heard of this company. It was not among the top companies in the United States, but it was well-known around the world.

"Hello, we are from the Little Red Horse Film Company in 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 participating in an international film festival."

"Oh my god!!! The Matrix???"

Jeffrey's eyes suddenly widened as 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, "You guys filmed The Matrix?"

Zhang Tan thought that you were surprised by this, "Yes, we are the producers."

Jeffrey quickly reached out his hand, "Zhang, I'm sorry, I didn't recognize you. Emm, I mean, although I haven't heard of your company's name, I am very familiar with the movie "The Matrix" you shot..."

(End of this chapter)