The national goddess of Korean entertainment

In mid-December, the public relations department of Sponge Production Company announced to major media that "Beautiful" had been shortlisted for the competition unit of the Berlin TV Festival.

Although there is no official news from the Berlin Film Festival, once such news is announced, it has aroused enthusiastic responses from the Korean people.

"Beautiful" was selected, which is reasonable but unexpected.

The three major European film festivals have always loved literary films, especially those that reflect human nature. It seems logical that Quan Zai Hong and Kim Ki-duk will be shortlisted.At the same time, the Korean film "Day and Dark" rumored to be shortlisted is also a literary film that explores human emotions.

The reason why the rumor of "Beautiful" being shortlisted caused controversy because the news intentionally or unintentionally mentioned that "Beautiful" star Xu Zhiyuan's acting skills in the film won praise from the Berlin Film Festival's preliminary review committee. It is likely to become a big hit after the actress.

As soon as such rumors came out, those intellectual fans who were already fans of Xu Zhiyuan applauded and hyped the idol's power.But those who couldn't get used to Xu Zhiyuan were very disgusted, thinking that this was another hype.

"Is it annoying to be hyped all day long!? If you don't have that ability, you will only talk big words. Even if Xu Zhiyuan studies well, the Berlin Film Festival is not an examination room for the joint exam—besides, it is not certain whether the film will be shortlisted or not." Woolen cloth!"

Although such remarks came out, they were bombarded by countless people.But there are also many people who remain neutral.

Xu Zhiyuan's acting skills are obvious to all in the previous dramas. Among the younger generation of newcomers, it is really not bad.But it seems a little unrealistic to say that he can win the crown of the Berlin Film Festival!

No matter what netizens think or say, the fact that "Beautiful" was shortlisted for the Berlin Film Festival was confirmed at the end of December.

The Berlin Film Festival announced the final shortlist. In addition to "Beautiful", there is also another Korean film on the list, "Day and Darkness", which was released before.

The nomination of "Beautiful" means that Xu Zhiyuan has the opportunity to compete for the best actress at the Berlin Film Festival, and this is the second time she has won this opportunity.

Although European film festivals generally do not determine the top five male and female protagonists at the beginning like other film festivals, all the more than [-] films participating in the competition have opportunities.But actresses like Xu Zhiyuan who have been shortlisted for two consecutive years are indeed rare.

Joking in good faith in a newspaper, said, "Xu Zhiyuan is really a lucky star! Since her debut, she has acted in three films, each of which has participated in the three major European film festivals. I don't talk about acting skills, salary, or appeal. , this luck alone will probably make many big directors willing to use Seo Ji Won as an actor."

Indeed, in the eyes of many people, Xu Zhiyuan is really super lucky.

Since his debut, he has acted in the dramas of great directors. Although the TV series suffered setbacks, the three films are really eye-catching.

When people think in this way, they completely forget about Seo Ji Won's career before her official debut.Those extras, in the eyes of everyone, are not characters at all.

Faced with such discussions, Xu Zhiyuan just responded indifferently: "Thank you to the directors, it is they who created such a good work, and brought me to such a fascinating stage."

Some people say that luck is sometimes a kind of strength.She is willing to regard this as her strength, but has never relied on Lady Luck.

Xu Zhiyuan never thought of being the queen of Berlin.In fact, she hadn't thought about anything while preparing for the exams at Chuo University.

I applied for Chung-Ang University together with Park Shin Hye and Kim Soo Hyun, even the exam numbers are next to each other.

On the day of the interview, the three of them huddled together and encouraged each other, but even so, Kim Soo Hyun couldn't help shaking his feet while sitting in his seat.

"If I fail the exam, I can only go on to other colleges..." Kim Soo Hyun muttered, licking his lips, "If I fail all the exams, then it seems that half of my life will be spent on exams."

"It's really worthless! I said Xiuxian, can't you cheer up and say loudly that you will definitely be able to pass the exam?" Rolling his eyes at Kim Soo-hyun, Xu Zhiyuan smiled and said, "Tell me about the drama you recently accepted. Say, you want to play the leading role! Thinking about it, do you still think you can't pass the exam?"

When it came to the new play, Kim Soo Hyun couldn't help being happy, "Well, it's the male lead! Although it's just a short play, but—" Unable to suppress his smile, he could only cover his lips with the back of his hand, "I'm The leading actor—”

"Is the leading actor that good? Seeing how happy you are..."

"The male lead is not good? Then you don't want to play the female lead!" Kim Soo Hyun turned back, seeing Park Shin Hye move aside without a trace, her face blushed.

Seo Ji Won also noticed Park Shin Hye's actions, "Xin Hye, friend, don't you--hate us?!"

Smiling, Park Shin Hye shrugged, "You two—you two are really naive! Ah, I'm joking..." Park Shin Hye avoided Seo Ji Won, who rushed over, and shouted, "I'm serious, you two Once they meet together, it's like being 20 years younger all of a sudden, more childish than a child!"

She roared happily, but Xu Zhiyuan and Kim Soo-hyun covered their mouths and laughed at the same time.

"Oh, 20 years younger! Do you want me to be born again?"

Her face turned red all of a sudden. Park Shin Hye blushed and stared at Xu Zhiyuan. Before she could speak, someone had already walked over.

"That, are Xu Zhiyuan Xi and Park Shin Hye Xi?" The boy who was obviously also a candidate widened his eyes, as if he couldn't believe that he saw them in person.

The moment the boy opened his mouth to speak, Xu Zhiyuan, who was still smiling happily, immediately restrained her smile, and Park Shin Hye also showed a faint smile.

Greeting with a smile, nodding and saluting, the two girls looked like ladies, and they couldn't tell that they were still in a frenzy just now.

Kim Soo Hyun turned his head away, covered his mouth and kept laughing, and when the two of them took a group photo with the boy and turned back, he immediately stood up and avoided it.

Withdrawing her fist, Xu Zhiyuan raised her eyebrows threateningly at Kim Soo Hyun, and was about to speak when she heard her call.

Before she could say anything threatening, Kim Soo Hyun ran away quickly, and even Xu Zhiyuan forgot to threaten him again, and kept yelling "Come on" at his back.

I have been preparing for the exam, but when it comes to the interview, no one knows what kind of questions the examiner will ask.

Some say that candidates will be allowed to perform their best talents during the exam, others say that they will perform short jokes, and some even say that they will directly let several candidates act together.

Xu Zhiyuan's number was after Kim Soo-hyun and Park Shin-hye. When Kim Soo-hyun came out, seeing his stiff expression, Xu Zhiyuan was too embarrassed to ask what was the test for her. When Park Shin-hye came out, she went directly into the examination room and had no chance to ask this.

Facing several examiners, after she introduced herself, she waited for the question to come up, but unexpectedly, the examiners just looked her up and down, but none of them came up with the question.

After waiting for 2 minutes, a male examiner wearing glasses smiled and asked: "Xu Zhiyuan xi, I am very curious. With your joint entrance examination results, even a professor at Seoul National University said that you are welcome to apply for the examination. Why do you still want to apply?" How about coming to Central University?"

As soon as he finished asking, he seemed to feel that he had made a mistake: "Well, I mean, of course our Central University is also very good, and the teacher education is first-rate, but—well, in terms of reputation, it does sound like Seoul University sounds good."

Seeing the examiner, Seo Ji-won also smiled, "Seoul University is very good, but it is not the best for me. Everyone knows that the drama department in Chung-Ang University's Art University is the best. Since I want to become a real actor, naturally The first choice is Chuo University."

"What an honor." Laughing, the male examiner shrugged and said with a smile, "My surname is Bai, and I hope to have the opportunity to be your tutor in the future—cough, do you have any questions?"

"I thought you were going to book the show!" Someone smiled and looked at Xu Zhiyuan and asked with a smile: "Zhiyuanxi, I want to know how many revealing scenes you have in "Beautiful"?"

"This question?" Tilting her head, Xu Zhiyuan pondered for a moment before saying: "Although it must be kept secret, I want to say: no matter how many exposure scenes, they are all for the development of the plot, rather than simply changing the surname for the sake of the surname."

Nodding her head, the female examiner who asked the question thought for a while, then smiled and said, "You accepted the play even though you knew it would be controversial. Why?! Is it to win fame?!"

"Half!" Answered frankly, Xu Zhiyuan said with a smile: "Being an actor is a career that will be famous. If you become an actor but don't want to be famous, I think it is the same as a soldier who doesn't want to be a general. He is unqualified. Yes. But the reason why I took this role is because this character is very attractive to me. Her character, her way of dealing with things, and her attitude towards suffering, for me, all have an indescribable temptation—— —When I saw the script, I thought this is really an interesting role. I haven’t tried such a role before, and I am willing. I really want to play such a role. The original intention of the film."

The undisguised answer made everyone laugh.

"Well, let me ask the last question. Seo Ji-won, what is your ultimate goal? Actress queen?! Or something else? If one day you get older, you are no longer beautiful and attractive, and no one will ask you to play the heroine , what will you do? Do you continue to compete with those newcomers to play the leading role, or quit the showbiz? Or, just continue to play the heroine’s mother like that?!”

"I haven't considered this issue before..." Xu Zhiyuan lowered her eyes, was silent for a moment, and then said: "Thinking about it now, it seems that I don't think I will continue to compete with newcomers to play the heroine-of course, the premise is to see the heroine." What kind of character. If the heroine is a teenage girl, I really don't think I can play a girl when I'm older. Also, I don't mind playing the heroine's mother, but the role has to be me I haven’t acted before. If it’s the same mother role, I won’t act. But, you want to quit the showbiz?”

With a smile, Xu Zhiyuan said lightly: "I will not quit the showbiz! If one day, I can no longer act, I will do other things, it may be a director, a producer, or other behind-the-scenes work ——No, it’s not just that I can’t act, even now, I want to try things that I haven’t done—I want to live this life differently..."

She had a good laugh, but no one knew what she meant by "different".

Coming out of the examination room, Park Shin Hye and Kim Soo Hyun who were waiting outside greeted her immediately.

"How about it?!"

"Well, I don't know - I just keep asking me questions..." Xu Zhiyuan turned her head and looked behind her, "Why don't I go in and let them test me again?!"

After saying a word, Park Shin Hye immediately covered her mouth and dragged her out.

No exam questions, just keep asking questions, why you still don't know? !Really, her friend who is sometimes shrewd and sometimes stupid is really from the four-dimensional space, and her brain circuit is different.