Lighting a tobacco, the light blue smoke fills the car, and when the sunroof is opened, they are like long-suppressed birds, rushing to escape from the car, embracing the sky, even if it is gone, they will not hesitate.

A pair of bright eyes through the car window, watching the past on the street, all kinds of people in groups of three or five, holding mobile phones, taking pictures of the scenery of Lido Island, many people noticed the luxury car coming, the camera unconsciously turned here, guessing where the passengers inside are sacred, but unfortunately the car film has become a gap of communication between the artist and the audience.

"It's been a long time since I've been here. ”

The space in the back of the extended model is large enough, he crosses Erlang's legs, looking at the familiar and strange feeling brought by the oblivion of time on the street, he can clearly remember the place where the main road leads, he can remember the color of the chips in the casino, and even remember the beautiful face that was with him on the night of spring breeze, but what year and month was that day, and whether he was happy, but he needs to be carefully recalled.

He became famous in Venice, won the crown for his debut film, and was hailed as the most worthy genius of the audience, when he was twenty-four, when his mother died, when he met Fanny for the first time in color ultrasound, and when his girlfriend left him.

That year he became famous, but also experienced the longest parting, he witnessed the birth of a life, but also due to the shortcomings of his character led to the breakdown of the family.

In his words, life is a mixed net in which we are imprisoned, and there will come a year when everything seems to speed up, and the fisherman closes the net, and there is no chance of him escaping.

Lu Ze and Fadini couldn't understand what kind of emotions he had in his complicated thoughts, and they didn't join in the conversation he brought, just leaned against the car window and took a sip of whiskey.

It's 3:40 p.m., and the three of them start drinking at 9 o'clock, they don't drink much, they just take a sip from time to time, but time has allowed the alcohol to ferment in their bodies, this feeling is not uncomfortable, just slightly drunk to the point that the body is slightly fluttering.

The driver got out of the car and got the number plate, and he was in the twenty-fourth car, and if it was common sense, Fatini represented Gambiano Films, which should have appeared at the earliest or latest.

But for the sake of Mitch and Lu Ze, he still reversed the order, hoping to attract more attention, in addition, the three of them were present together, and it was also to completely make public the Gambiano family's investment plan to invest in Universal Brothers Pictures, showing the attitude of the Gambiano family to the outside world.

The closer to the venue, the louder the cry, there are iron fences on both sides of the lane, behind them are thousands of star chasers and tourists, the black and silver classic spray painted little gold man slowly drove on the red carpet, the driver closed the sunroof, temporarily isolated most of the voice, but there was still a small part of the cheers into the ears of the three, stimulating Lu Ze and Mickey.

Only Fadini is not yet officially in the industry, and without his own works to participate in the competition, it is difficult to understand the reason for the excitement of the two.

"Come on man, I wish us a victorious start and a seventh trophy. ”

"Your fourth, cheers. ”

There was still more than half a glass of whiskey left, and the three of them drank it all in one gulp, and seeing that the previous actor had already walked the red carpet and exhaled a breath of air with a strong smell of alcohol, Mickey took the lead and got out of the car first, waving to the audience across the street.

The cheers were not loud, and many people couldn't even name Mickey, after all, although the movie is the director's art, it is the actors who can divert more attention from the director.

It wasn't until Fatini got out of the car second that Lu Ze noticed that many reporters showed disbelieving expressions, and he couldn't figure out why the two of them were in the same car.

"Hell, big news, big news!"

Fadini didn't cause a bigger cheer from the general crowd, not even less than when Mitch got out of the car, but interestingly, the flash was more dense than the big names who just got off.

After eating a piece of chewing gum, Lu Ze chewed and slowly got out of the car, and it was only now that the cheers of the audience were three points louder, barely reaching the point of harshness.

He is an Asian actor, and secondly, his image has changed too much from the period of "Death", and for a while, only a very small number of Mickey fanatic fans recognized who Lu Ze was.

The cheers came more from female audiences, they may not know who Lu Ze was at all, but as long as they were handsome, they could give cheers, and if it was the one they liked, they could fall into madness.

This time Lu Ze's appearance is no less than the sensation caused by Zunlong's appearance in front of Western audiences in the last century, after all, as long as Lu Ze controls his weight and makes a good look, he will definitely not be inferior to Zunlong in appearance, and his figure is taller and burly, which is more in line with the aesthetics of Westerners.

His brow is furrowed, his face is serious, and although he chews gum in his mouth, he does not look pompous and rude at all, but more like a gang leader with strong wrists, tough and full of wildness.

Without looking back, he waved his hand back and slammed the car door shut, causing another scream from his female friends, which fully proves that as long as you are handsome enough, you girls think you are cute.

It is the year of fighting, the appearance is top-notch, the body is fit, mature, golden, steady, good temperament, tasteful, and high status, can you give a reason why a girl is not fascinated by him? Anyway, the men present can't think of it, and even the good Longyang mouth screamed.

Lu Ze didn't know how much face he had harvested at the scene and in front of the TV at the moment, and how many sturdy men had evil thoughts about him, he just kept his habit as always, took out his pen, walked in front of the audience, shook hands with many audiences, and left his signature.

Most of the domestic film festival scenes are holding lantern signs for support, and it is unknown whether they are real fans or hired actor Lu Ze, while most of the fans in the front row of foreign film festivals will hold up a picture book and ask the artist to sign for them, which does not need to be compared, because after they get the signature, they will not know whether they keep it or take it back to sell it for money.

For Lu Ze, the only advantage of this kind of fan holding a picture book is that he doesn't have to sign the fan's clothes or body, which avoids a lot of embarrassment, and he hasn't seen a female fan ask for a collarbone or something more suggestive, he really can't claw down such a request.

There was already a car waiting behind, and although Fadini was here, no one dared to say anything, but the rules still had to be spoken, so he put away his pen and patted Mickey, who was still immersed in signing autographs for his avid fans, and walked up the stairs with Fadini.

When I arrived at the door, I was surprised to find that the actor who had left the scene was still waiting at the door, and when I saw Fatini coming to the steps, he walked over enthusiastically, shook hands with him respectfully, and only after the two of them greeted each other did they enter the venue together.

The invited groups to participate in the film festival are very mixed, not only practitioners in the film industry participate, models, singers, fashion industry bigwigs, painters, performance artists, celebrities and other industries will be invited, they came relatively early, the drinking party in the theater is not crowded at the moment, Mickey and Lu Ze are not the kind of bastards who enter the theater just to make friends, find a seat without people, and re-raise the wine glass.

As for Fatini, as soon as he entered the venue, he was congested by the people of Wuyang and Wuyang, and everyone had a clear word of flattery written on their faces, so that the two took the initiative to stay away from him, lest Fatini introduce these people to them and waste his tongue.

It's not that no one wants to make friends with Mickey and Lu Ze, some people can't wait to have a relationship with Mickey, it would be great if they became confidants in bed, it's just that everyone has heard of Mickey's temper, this grandson has a strange temper, don't want to hear a good word from his mouth, for such a person...... It's better to keep a certain distance.

"Wow, Amy Fontssen is here too. ”

The cherries in the banquet are good, big and sweet, and the two of them will not be embarrassed to gobble up in public, but for the food brought by the waiter, they always like to taste two bites, which are more casual and purely come to eat and drink.

Following Mickey's line of sight, Lu Ze noticed a woman with a good figure, about 1.75 meters tall, blonde hair and blue eyes, although she was a little older, and there were some obvious wrinkles at the corners of her eyes and mouth, but her graceful and luxurious temperament made up for her lack of age, wearing a long skirt with a high slit slit, lightly opening her red lips, and talking and laughing with others with a champagne glass.

"Who is she?"

"Twenty years ago, the Italian supermodel, the goddess of my dreams, I can guarantee that when I was 18 years old, I would squander at least one roll of paper for her every week, and a poster of her eyes was enough for me to burn myself. ”

It's a bit disgusting, Lu Ze didn't want to hear how he shot at the poster YY in the first place, so he pushed a handful of memories of the past, revealing a big face like a pig brother, and Lu Ze spit out a cherry seed with some disgust.

"Enough, I don't want to listen to your obscene trivialities, I'll go to the bathroom. ”

He got up, walked towards the bathroom, and took a tour of the theater by the way, although the Venetian government renovates the theater every year, but this theater, which has a history of more than 30 years, is still smeared with the traces of time, it is correct to say that it has a sense of vicissitudes and heaviness, but if you say that it is a little old, and the interior of the theater is a little outdated, then it is understandable, and what kind of comment you give it depends entirely on your own opinion of this theater where countless celebrities have set foot.

Gradually, there were more people in the venue, countless men and women were polite, talking and laughing, Lu Ze had just sorted out his clothes, wiped the water droplets on his hands, and was ready to meet with Mickey, but unexpectedly found several Asian faces in the crowd, they sat together, one of them, seemed to have seen somewhere, so that Lu Ze was sure that these people were his compatriots.

These people also noticed Lu Ze, and hurriedly got up and nodded to Lu Ze, seeing this, Lu Ze walked over and didn't forget to take a glass of champagne.

"Teacher Lu. ”

The four of them are not very old, and they are in their twenties, Lu Ze really can't remember the name of one of the men, so he can only respond vaguely and say hello.

"Hey, when did you kid come here?"

was slapped on the back, and it was also blamed that Lu Ze was not very sober after drinking, and he didn't hear whose voice it was for a while, and when he turned his head in wonder, his surprised expression was immediately replaced by surprise, and he didn't even put down the wine glass, so he hugged the visitor.

"Uncle Win, long time no see. ”

Calculate the time, the cooperation between Lu Ze and Liu Ying was already nine years ago, the original "Mr. Tree" allowed him to gain a firm foothold in the film circle, and "The King of Fighters" is the starting point of Lu Ze's fame, speaking of which, Liu Ying can be regarded as one of the rare nobles in his life, plus he has not met for a few years, Lu Ze's excitement at the moment is not pretended.

He looks much older than he did back then, obviously less than sixty, his hair is already completely white, like an old bully dog in his twilight years, wrinkles are stacked, and his face is not good when he is old, even if he laughs, he does not feel the slightest kindness.

Maybe in China, his private life has led to his bad reputation, and he is better when he is old, counting forward at the age of fifty, so many years can be called a bad record, but even so, Lu Ze has a very good relationship with him, because he is really good to Lu Ze.

He pulled Lu Ze when Lu Ze was in trouble, regardless of whether he helped Lu Ze solve the problem, at least he helped, this is enough, it is for this reason that Lu Ze will continue to associate with this bad person, he is very bad, but he has never been bad to Lu Ze.

"Alas, I haven't seen you for a few years, you kid is also a number one, I saw "Death", it was a good film, a good film, why didn't you see it at the beginning, you have such a great creation. ”

"Relying on luck and the support of nobles like you and my master, I can't become me. ”

"Hey~ just make me amuse, it's okay, if you say that, I can brag to others in the future, I accept it. ”

"What deserves, what deserves. ”

The two chatted for a while, and then put it on the bodies of these young boys, Lu Ze then knew that they were the starring actors of Liu Ying's new film, and this time they came to Venice, they were participating in the sub-competition unit, that is, the horizon unit, and the movie was also premiered in Venice, but the response was average, and it was estimated that it would be difficult to be shortlisted, but I just hoped that the gold would be plated and then returned to China to promote it.

This is a very common phenomenon, so Lu Ze did not laugh at Liu Ying's strategy of turning exports to domestic sales, but for Liu Ying's new works, the idea of observing them became weaker, and Liu Ying did not open his mouth to invite, so the matter was put down.

Maybe it's also because he didn't break into the shortlist, for a director who has been in the industry for nearly 40 years, the blow is indeed bigger, he realizes that he is old and can't play any new tricks, nothing makes him sadder than this, he also secretly complained to Lu Ze when several young actors were away, in this life, it is difficult to meet someone like Lu Ze.

The mobile phone received a text message, the ticket-buying audience on the upper level has finished entering, and they should also enter, Fatini and Mickey are waiting at the door, and there is no idea of introducing Liu Ying to Mickey, because he knows in his heart that Mickey will not take such a twilight director in his eyes, even if it is in Lu Ze's face.

made an appointment to have a light meal tonight, under Liu Ying's gaze, Lu Ze left, joined up with Mickey and the two, and took the lead in the first place, and the position was also very good, in the middle of the second row, of course, this was thanks to Fatini.

Surrounded by the top executives of the Italian film industry, Lu Ze didn't know it, and after exchanging business cards, he waited for the start of the opening ceremony with peace of mind.

......

In the theater, the lights were turned off, the screen was lit up, and a strong male lion slowly walked out from under the screen, walked through the mountains, walked through the river, walked through the Colosseum in ancient Rome, walked through the Vatican Cathedral, walked through various well-known attractions in Italy, and finally came to the water city, walked on the red carpet, walked into the theater, stared at the screen, snorted, and roared softly in front of everyone in the theater.

The screen began to dim, the red curtain slowly closed, and it was not long after, just a few minutes, behind the curtain, the sound of a piano was heard, the curtain was slowly pulled back again, and the lights were turned on one by one from back to front, until the lights on the stage shone with a golden light, and a symphony orchestra of more than thirty people took off their hats to salute the audience.

The Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra arrived to present the audience with a classical piece of Italian greeting friends from afar, of course, this is what Fadini told Lu Ze, he didn't know what the orchestra was playing, but just feelings...... It's a good sleep-aid.

He was a little sleepy, the alcohol was constantly attacking his brain, he couldn't help but yawn, and with Mickey next to him, the two of them reached out at the same time to wipe their tears, and the steps were surprisingly consistent.

"Ladies and gentlemen, welcome to the 80th Venice International Film Festival Awards Ceremony, and thank you for coming all the way. ”

After the orchestra ended, the hostess came to the stage to give a speech, and for a while, the applause was thunderous, as if she had detonated the firecrackers hidden in the room, which woke up Lu Ze and the others, and they pricked up their heads, and they didn't know what was going on, and they applauded with the audience with a blank mind.

After the applause stopped, the two slowly lowered their heads until they reached the lowest point, suddenly trembled, woke up violently, sat up straight, and barely opened their eyes to look at the stage.

Beside him, Fatini was a little speechless, and suddenly regretted why he arranged the two of them in the front row, the camera was shooting in this direction, and it was estimated that the choreographer had already died laughing behind the monitor.

Lu Ze and Mickey can always be embarrassed in unexpected places, this is not false, the two of them show off when they should show, but they always capsize in the gutter, when the two of them arrived on the bus at the Berlin International Film Festival, they were already laughed off their big teeth, this time at the Venice Film Festival, their heads were like pounding garlic, and Fatini didn't know what to say.

could only gently tap Lu Ze's thigh to wake him up, seeing him looking at himself in confusion, covering his face, and pointing at the camera, Lu Ze was in good spirits and quickly stabbed Mickey, but he didn't wake up......

He almost snored in his sleep, the corners of his mouth were still shiny, no matter what Lu Ze called or twisted, he opened his eyes at most, with a questioning tone, "Huh?" As soon as he spoke, he lowered his head and continued to sleep, like some parents and friends at a parent-teacher conference.

He slept soundly, all the way through the horizon unit, and the future lion unit, until the main competition unit, he wanted to sleep Lu Ze couldn't let him sleep, in front of the camera, he shook him hard to wake up, Lu Ze didn't know how long the camera filmed them, they had already lost their hair, and it didn't hurt to lose it once.

"Huh?"

"It's still well! It's all the main competition unit, hurry up and wake up. ”

On the stage, the female host and the male presenter took sides, and in the applause, the presenter officially announced the works shortlisted for the Best Screenplay Award.

"Nominated for the Best Screenplay Award at the 80th Venice International Film Festival: Mitch Taylor, "Dead Life". ”

"I'm not a financier, so I know what it means to have money in circulation. ”

"I'm not an entrepreneur, so how do I design buildings to accommodate more people. ”

“......”

"I would die for my ideals, so I ended up dying for my ideals, and I regretted it for the rest of my life. ”

When Hea's voice sounded again, the cheers of the audience burst out, and countless people stood up and applauded, paying their respects to this idealist who only lived in the script.

Even the presenters laughed, not stopping everyone's cheers, until they themselves realized that this move was inappropriate, and then they urged each other to quiet down, waiting for the next nomination from the presenter.

"James Diaz, 'Butterfly Girl'. ”

"I always think that I can fly, to embrace the sky, to make a home in the clouds, to hide from all my troubles, when it rains, I fly above the clouds and rain, to avoid the rain wetting my body, when the sky is fine, I am with the sun, when the moon is full, I am with the moon, the stars are my friends, the birds are my companions, I will take them with me, until I can no longer fly, and I fall to the ground. ”

Dillon Bunken, "The Broken Home." ”

"I used to have a whole home, but the typhoon tore it apart, it took my daughter, and it tore a wound in my heart, and I have been looking for my home all these years, even if I have been looking for my home until it is dilapidated, maybe the ground is full of moss, and the crevices are fed with wild wheat, the ceiling smells musty, and the tiles have long since been smashed by inexplicably angry homeless people, but it is still precious, at least for me. ”

There were only three nominations for Best Screenplay this year, which is not surprising, and it didn't make sense that it caused an uproar until the award presenters announced the answers.

"The screenwriter nominated for the 80th Best Screenplay Award is, James Diaz!"

“what？”

The audience exclaimed, and the first award in the main competition unit was an upset!

Among everyone's predictions, Mitch Taylor is the best candidate for the best screenplay, there is no other possibility, after all, the script of "Death" can beat the other two scripts, but now, a dark horse counterattack has been staged, making the audience can't help but think, what is going on, but it can be regarded as giving James Diaz a face, the boos did not sound, even if everyone knows that people in front of the TV should be booing him.

Even Mickey frowned, and after thinking for a few minutes, he showed a relieved smile and explained to the still dissatisfied Fatini: "It's okay, the screenplay award is gone, and the probability of winning the next award is greater, believe me, among the best film and best director, I can only choose one, you must know that the film festival has never been a multiple-choice question, but a single-choice question, I should realize that this is right, a monopoly, for the film festival, it is not destined to be a good thing." ”

Perhaps even the presenters and winners were a little embarrassed, they all knew in their hearts who this award should be, and James Diaz only said a few words and slowly stepped down.

The crew of "Butterfly Girl" is also beginning to be gloomy at this moment, the crew has won two nominations, and now they have won one, and the next award is ...... It's almost impossible.

In fact, everyone knows in their hearts, not only Chinese people pay attention to a balance, but even foreigners also pay attention to this, and soon, the winner of the second award was announced, and the winner of the best actress was the heroine of "Broken Home", Canberra Garcia.

This award is expected by everyone, the public is not dissatisfied, and the evaluation of the film festival on the Internet has gradually changed from the criticism just now to the approval, of course, there will still be a few people who bite the script award, but since the award has been awarded, this matter is closed, and there is no possibility of reconsideration.

The audience applauded thunderously at the scene of Canberla's tearful speech when she read her acceptance speech, congratulating the woman who dropped out of high school, went astray, and spent three years in prison.

Lu Ze was also touched by this hard-working woman, perhaps because of her mother's love, she can really change herself and do her best to become a superman, just to buy cans of milk powder for her three children who have not yet grown up.

But soon, the emotion was collected by Lu Ze, and he waited intently for the upcoming award presenters to read out the nominations for the Best Actor.

"Winner of the Volpi Cup at the 80th Venice Film Festival, the Best Actor nominations are...... Lu Ze "Passing Away". ”

“......”