After the Berlin International Film Festival concluded, Chen Ming did not return home immediately. Instead, he stayed on for two days with the Song family. Although they had wandered around quite a bit and watched many films during the festival, there had been the lingering pressure of having a film in competition; no one had the luxury of being carefree enough to let everything go and truly enjoy the festival.
Unless, of course, a film had been brought over purely for promotion without being selected for the main competition. Those groups naturally felt no pressure. They would simply make an appearance at the Berlin International Film Festival, walk the red carpet, and then contact domestic media back home to push out press releases claiming their film had received a great response at the festival—giving their fans or a portion of the audience a false impression.
Then, they would seize the momentum to rush back home and arrange a release date.
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