Chapter 260: Encountering Old Acquaintances in a Foreign Country (4000+ Chapters, Ask for Subscription~)
The hotel was booked by Wu Jianye a long time ago, and when Sun Jiarui decided to come to Venice on the 25th, Wu Jianye was worried that such a problem would occur, and now it is true.......
As for the place where Sun Jiarui lives, it was also Wu Jianye who asked Linda to book in advance, no way, although he has opinions about Sun Jiarui, but Wu Jianye can't be as ruthless as Sun Jiarui, let him spend a night on the street, the most important thing is that Sun Jiarui relies on his position as the captain, and in the end, it is really possible for Wu Jianye and others to carry forward their style and let the room booked in advance.
That's why Wu Jianye asked people to settle down where Sun Jiarui lived, and then took his crew to go straight to the hotel where they stayed on Lido Island this time.
The most innocent person in the whole process is actually Zhou Qiang.
But it can't be helped.......
Although the hotel is not a five-star hotel, it is much stronger than the 'guest house' found by Sun Jiarui and Zhou Qiang.
The crew of "Hang the Red Lantern High" came to Venice this time, Wu Jianye, Tianzhuang Zhuang, Zhao Fei, Wang Honghai, Fang Shu, and Li Xiaoli, six people, exactly three rooms.
A group of old actors such as Mr. Ma Jingwu did not come, and Ru Xi was too young to come.
Grange sat on his bed and worried, "This won't be a problem, right?"
Wu Jianye knew that Tianzhuang Zhuang was asking about accommodation, and when Sun Jiarui and Zhou Qiang saw the accommodation conditions of Wu Jianye and others tomorrow, they would definitely have some ideas.
"What can be the problem, he asked us to come out to find a hotel, we found it, what else can he say!"
However, Wu Jianye didn't care about these at all, as long as the rest of his crew didn't say it, they couldn't have known.
Nothing was said all night.
On the second day, when Sun Jiarui and Zhou Qiang saw the living conditions of Wu Jianye and others, Sun Jiarui's face became ugly.
"Nonsense, a hotel with this condition definitely exceeds the budget of our accommodation this time, you should hurry up and check out!"
"Team Sun, you promised us before, as long as we find a hotel, it's fine!" Wu Jianye said.
"But this accommodation of yours exceeds our standards, what will we do later, will we live on the street together?" Sun Jiarui shouted.
Wu Jianye already had a countermeasure: "Team Sun, you promised us yesterday that if it exceeds the standard, then we can make up for the excess by ourselves, can't you talk and don't count!"
Sun Jiarui's expression was stunned, but then he said: "A hotel with such conditions will cost at least more than 100 a night, can you make up for it?"
Wu Jianye: "Then don't worry about the Sun team, we have our own way!"
Sun Jiarui ate a turtle here at Wu Jianye, and finally had to hum: "When the time comes, it will exceed the standard and I won't be able to come up with the money, don't blame me for going back and reporting to you!"
Zhou Qiang came out again at this time to play the round.
"Okay, okay, let's stop arguing, now that the accommodation problem has been solved, I think let's go and contact the organizers of the Venice Film Festival first, and discuss the release of our film during the film festival. ”
The contact with the organizers was quite smooth, and in less than a morning, the two sides had already decided on the screening of "Hang the Red Lantern" at the Venice Film Festival.
Compared to the Berlin Film Festival, the Venice Film Festival is small and delicate. It does not have a large number of commercial cinemas, nor does it have a complex rail network, only the blue sea that surrounds the island and 40 years of precious light and shadow history. There are only a handful of screening rooms on Lido Island that host the entire festival.
Each of the cinemas has its own unique style, but the main attraction is the Sala Giardino, which is dressed in bright red. Its large area of bright red color contrasts sharply with the clear blue sky, and at the same time is different from the solemn elegance of the White Movie Palace, which is particularly lively and attractive.
However, the screening of "Hang the Red Lantern" is not in this screening hall, but in the Palazzo dei Cinema, where there are three screening rooms dedicated to the premieres of films in competition.
The premiere of "The Red Lantern Hangs High" was put on September 1, the second day of the festival.
.......
"Sun San!"
Just after coming out of the organizer, several RB people stood in front of Wu Jianye and the others, stood with a smile on their faces, and greeted Sun Jiarui.
An old man in his sixties with eyes and a small stature, followed by a few people, but the most conspicuous thing is the two young women behind him, two girls, the young woman is still charming, and the girl is pure and moving.
After Sun Jiarui saw the other party, he also smiled: "It turned out to be Director Ichikawa Kun, I didn't expect to see Your Excellency here today!"
Kun Ichikawa is a well-known director of RB, with a high status in RB China, and has won many awards at international film festivals, and is known as the highest level of RB mainstream literary films.
"Sun Sang, I have already learned on the announcement that your country's "Hang the Red Lantern" was nominated for the Golden Lion Award, I don't know when this movie will be released?"
Ichikawa-kun asked curiously.
The shortlist has been announced early, so Ichikawa Kun has long known about the shortlisted films in China this time.
In this era, there is a lot of cooperation between Huaxia Films and RB Films, and last year the two countries co-produced "A Game of Chess That Never Ends".
However, when it comes to the co-production between China and Japan in the 80s, the most famous is "Dunhuang" in 1988, which caused a huge sensation in both China and Japan at the time, and set a box office record of 8 billion yen at RB.
At the same time, at the RB Film Awards, known as the 'RB Oscars', he won Best Picture, Best Director, Best Actor, Best Cinematography, Best Art Direction, Best Lighting, Best Sound Recording, Best Editing... 8 Grand Prizes.
As for the content of the movie.......
Forget it, don't mention it, it's easy to make people angry.
It is precisely because of the frequent exchanges between the two sides that Sun Jiarui and Ichikawa Kun also know each other.
"Our film will be released in the first screening on the afternoon of September 1st, I wonder if Mr. Ichikawa's "Fine Snow" will be released on that day?" asked Sun Jiarui with a bright smile.
"Coincidentally, we're the second. ”
Wu Jianye has already seen in the brochure of the Venice Film Festival that this time director Kun Ichikawa's work "Fine Snow" was also shortlisted for the competition unit of the Venice Film Festival.
The film "Fine Snow", adapted from the same name written by Junichiro Tanizaki, is a work to commemorate the 50th anniversary of Toho Pictures, which tells the life and love story of four sisters in an old-fashioned family in Osaka Senba.
Through the introduction, Wu Jianye also knew that the four ladies behind him were the four leading actors of this movie, Keiko Kishi, Yoshima Ryoko, Sayuri Yoshinaga, and Yuko Furukawa.
And when Ichikawa Kun heard that Wu Jianye turned out to be the director of "The Red Lantern Hangs High", he showed a chuckle.
"Wu Sang's first film was shortlisted for the Venice Film Festival, which is already a very good result, and I believe that in the future, Wu Sang will definitely be able to make better movies!"
Although the words are encouraging, the meaning expressed is that you are still young, it would be good to come, so don't have the idea of winning an award.
Wu Jianye smiled faintly and said, "I think winning the award can be regarded as a good result!"
Ichikawa Kun was slightly stunned, he didn't expect Wu Jianye to be so sharp, in his impression, Chinese people should not be modest, especially in this kind of international film festival, there is always an inexplicable inferiority complex, what is the situation now?
"Xiao Wu!" Sun Jiarui glanced at Wu Jianye dissatisfied: "Director Ichikawa is an internationally renowned director, and you, as a newcomer, should humbly accept Director Ichikawa's teachings!"
Ichikawa Kun smiled slightly, and made a look of indifference: "Young people, the first movie can be shortlisted, it is inevitable that the heart will be higher, only after experiencing failure, can you grow up slowly!"
"Director Ichikawa smiled!" Sun Jiarui said.
Ichikawa Kun waved his hand generously.
Wu Jianye didn't say anything, turned around and left, he was not in the mood to watch them rely on the old and sell the old here.
Looking at the back of Wu Jianye's departure, Sun Jiarui had a black line, and he became more and more dissatisfied with Wu Jianye's arrogance.
.......
After the three returned to the hotel, Sun Jiarui gathered everyone together and once again emphasized the discipline of coming to Venice this time, which is nothing more than that everyone should pay attention to their appearance and posture during their stay in Venice, not to lose the face of the Chinese people, and at the same time, to have a humble attitude of studying, not to look like no one in their eyes.......
When Sun Jiarui said this, his eyes looked at Wu Jianye, and the meaning expressed in it was self-evident.
Wu Jianye pursed his lips and said nothing.
At the same time, he told Wu Jianye that he had to count the number of people every day, although he didn't say why, but everyone knew what he meant, and several people in the crew were also dissatisfied.
"How much does this Manager Sun hate you!"
After Sun Jiarui and Zhou Qiang left, Tianzhuang Zhuang leaned on the bed and said helplessly.
Li Xiaoli sat on the stool, pressed the back of the chair with her arms, and said dissatisfiedly: "What kind of thing, seeing that we are like thieves, I am afraid that we will run away?"
Wu Jianye smiled: "Okay, unhappy people, don't care about him!"
Looking at the watch on his wrist, Wu Jianye asked Wang Honghai, "When will Ning Ying and Li Xiangyang arrive, didn't they say that these two people are already in Venice?"
Ning Ying and Li Xiangyang are both students of Class 78 of Yenching Film Academy. In 1981, he was admitted to the Ministry of Culture and the Ministry of Education as an international student, came to Italy, and is now studying at the Rome Film Experimental Center.
When they came to Italy, they were envious of many people, including Feng Xiaoning.
When he came to Italy, Zhao Fei had already contacted the two of them.
Zhao Fei said: "They are on Lido Island now, I just finished talking to them on the phone in the morning, and I guess they will come over in a while!"
As soon as the words fell, a man and a woman walked in outside.
"Hello students!"
Ning Ying wore a denim jacket and a pair of ordinary slacks, and walked in with a smile.
"You can, you don't even close the door!"
Li Xiangyang also said with a smile.
"Damn, when did you come here!" Zhao Fei happily pounced after seeing the two of them.
The old classmates naturally had a fight when they met, and after the trouble, everyone sat together, and Li Xiangyang and Ning Ying looked at Wu Jianye enviously.
"Lao Wu, yes, the first film was shortlisted for the Venice Film Festival, it really gives our classmates a face!" Li Xiangyang said.
"Yes, I watched your "The Red Lantern Hangs High", and even my teacher admired it very much!" Ning Ying echoed beside her.
"Isn't the movie still in Venice yet?, how did you see it?" Zhao Fei looked at Ning Ying suspiciously.
Looking at Ning Ying's reserved smile, Li Xiangyang said with a smile: "You don't know yet, our classmate Ning Ying is now deeply appreciated by director Bernardo Bertolucci, and now he has been accepted as a closed disciple!"
Ning Ying smiled reservedly: "Small meaning, small meaning, all small meaning, everyone don't have to envy it!"
In another time and space, Ning Ying, who studied in Italy, later did study under Bernardo Bertolucci, and served as an assistant director in "The Last Emperor" directed by Bernardo Bertolucci.
As for this life, "The Last Emperor" is probably out of play!
As for Ning Ying's gossip, Wu Jianye knows one, her family is not simple, and she is also friends with Hong Huang in the United States.
Later, she directed a "Infinite Motion", and even ridiculed her classmate Chen Kaige in the movie, in addition to Hong Huang, she invited two other actresses to play the other two important women in Chen Kaige's classmate's life, and announced Chen Kaige's three relationships to the public in the form of a discussion.
made Chen Kaige very unhappy.......
Tianzhuang Zhuang looked at the smiling Li Xiangyang, and exerted his poisonous tongue: "Xiao Li, they are all classmates, you see that Ning Ying is now apprenticed to the director of the university, Bernardo Bertolucci, what about you, won't you still be an ordinary graduate student?"
Li Xiangyang's expression froze for a moment, and then he said forcefully: "My goal in life is art! A layman like you doesn't understand it at all." ”
"Huh!"
Li Xiangyang, also famous in later generations, but in the painting major, is an excellent abstract painter, once Wu Jianye also went to his art exhibition, but for Li Xiangyang's paintings, Wu Jianye always reserved his opinion!
"Let's come all the way to Italy, how about the two of you, don't you have to entertain you well!" Li Xiaoli coaxed beside her.
"Yes, we're keeping our stomachs for the two of you!" Fang Shu also said with a smile.
"Then what are you waiting for, let's go!" Ning Ying said with a smile.
Ning Ying's family conditions are good, and she has a better life in Italy than many international students, so it must be no problem to invite everyone to dinner.
Everyone walked out of the hotel.
It's late in the evening, and the streets of Lido are bustling with people, and the Venice Film Festival is the busiest time for Lido Island.
At the same time, there are a lot of street performers on the streets!
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