After a flight of more than ten hours, the plane arrived safely at Marco Polo Airport in Venice.

Venice is an island city, and the boat is the main mode of transportation here, and you can see the marina when you walk out of the airport.

Traveling with Zhang Ran and them was the crew of "Love Appreciation Period", directed by the famous French handsome director Ou Rong. Zhang Ran has watched "Love Appreciation Period", the structure of this movie is very special, through flashbacks to tell the five stages of a couple, divorce, rift, childbirth, marriage, until they met at the beach.

Ou Rong is a newcomer director who has attracted a lot of attention in Europe, and he is quite interested in Zhang Ran, a rising Asian director, so he came over and took the initiative to talk to Zhang Ran. Zhang Ran was in a good mood, and he had also watched Ou Rong's movie, so he chatted with him with great interest.

Zhang Jingchu looked at it with a smile on the side, my Zhang Ran is amazing, and people come to take the initiative to know him wherever he goes.

At this time, Huang Lei lowered his voice and said, "Jingchu, you have to be careful!"

Zhang Jingchu said puzzledly: "Be careful of what?"

Huang Lei whispered: "Haven't you seen Ou Rong's movies? Almost all of his people are inseparable from homosexuality, and he himself may be gay." I see that he seems to be very interested in your family Zhang Ran, be careful that he robs a man with you!"

Zhang Jingchu's eyes widened, looked at Ou Rong, and then at Zhang Ran, and then punched Huang Lei fiercely: "Nonsense!"

The Venice Film Festival is not held on the main island of Venice, but on the island of Lido in the southeast.

Lido is a long, narrow island of 18 kilometers with only one main road and is divided into three residential areas. It is an internationally renowned health resort. At the beginning of September, Lido Island is a star-studded place where the Venice Film Festival is held, and it is usually quieter.

The boat docked at the Lido pier, and the front was densely packed with reporters, and I am afraid there were hundreds of people. Every time a boatload of people arrived, reporters swarmed up and took indiscriminate shots. In fact, they don't know who is coming down from the ship, but they are afraid of losing important people.

As soon as Zhang Ran walked to the dock with the crew of "Aviator", reporters surrounded him, taking pictures and asking questions. There were many European and American reporters present, and they were not particularly familiar with Zhang Ran, and he was wearing big sunglasses, so not many people recognized him. A bearded reporter took a voice recorder and shouted at Zhang Ran: "Which crew are you from?"

Zhang Ran was afraid of squeezing Zhang Jingchu, so he protected her behind him, pointed his hand at the crew of "Love Appreciation Period" behind him, and shouted: "That's François Ourong!"

As soon as the reporters present heard about Ou Rong, they didn't care to ask Zhang Ran which crew they were from, so they immediately left them and rushed to the crew of "Love Appreciation Period" behind. Zhang Ran's surroundings were suddenly empty, and the crew of "Love Appreciation Period" immediately fell into the siege of reporters, asking questions and taking pictures, it was simply difficult to move an inch.

Zhang Ran snickered and hurriedly took the crew of "Aviator" to slip away.

No one will come to Venice without being fascinated by its unique water-city charm, with its stone-paved streets, narrow streets and countless bridges. Here, even the breath is relaxed, with the unique Venetian charm.

Walking along the Adriatic coast on the side of the main island, rows of posters are neatly arranged along the boulevard, almost all of them are posters of Hollywood blockbusters, such as "Happiness Terminal", "Murder by a Knife" and so on. Hollywood is so strong, there is only one place in the world where there is no market for Hollywood movies - India.

The film festival is actually very snobbish, young directors participate in the film festival, even if they are shortlisted for the main competition unit, the film festival is only responsible for the accommodation and air ticket costs of the director, and the round-trip is economy class, and the accommodation is also an economy hotel. And the rest of the personnel, even the leading actors, can only subsidize their own accommodation tickets, or find brand sponsorship.

Zhang Ran is different, now that "Time and Space Warrior" is popular all over the world, he is a new star who has attracted a lot of attention. This time, more than 10 people from the crew of "The Aviator", including family members and assistants, not only arranged the best hotel, but also covered the cost.

After settling down at the hotel, Zhang Ran lay on the bed and pretended to be dead.

Zhang Jingchu took out her dress, looked left and right in the mirror, and made a regretful voice from time to time: "I knew to bring that white skirt too!"

Zhang Ran said speechlessly: "Don't take it, it's beautiful enough, don't let people live if it's beautiful?"

Zhang Jingchu ignored Zhang Ran, stinked for a while, hung up her skirt, and lay down beside Zhang Ran.

Neither of them spoke, just leaned their heads on their heads and lay quietly.

It didn't take long for Kenji Furutani, the Japanese distributor of "Time Warriors", Gaga Company, to come to the door and invite Zhang Ran and Zhang Jingchu to the Japanese delegation's reception in the evening.

Zhang Jingchu asked excitedly: "Miyazaki is not here, can you take a photo with him?"

Kenji Furutani explained with a smile: "Jun Miyazaki never attended film festivals, including a few years ago when Spirited Away won the Golden Bear in Berlin, and he didn't accept the award. ”

Zhang Jingchu said "oh", a little disappointed, but I also admire Miyazaki, this is the real artist!

Zhang Ran patted her hand and said, "Next time we go to Japan to promote, let's visit him!"

Zhang Jingchu smiled and nodded: "Okay, then we'll decide." Visit him then!"

At six o'clock in the evening, Zhang Ran and Zhang Jingchu came to the hotel to greet the people of Gaga Company, and chatted with directors from various countries, and soon he saw a familiar face, Jia Zhangke and his girlfriend Zhao Tao.

Jia Zhangke's films are mainly invested by Takeshi Kitano's studio, and he has a good relationship with Japanese filmmakers. He didn't expect to meet Zhang Ran and Zhang Jingchu here, so he walked over with Zhao Tao: "I didn't expect to meet you here, what a coincidence!"

Jia Zhangke's movies Zhang Ran has seen them all, "Xiao Wu" and "Platform" are at the highest level, and they are filmed by Jia Zhangke himself, and the story is full of personal experience and life experience, so the character's personality is very full, and he can feel the existence of the times. But the later movies are not derived from his experience, they are deliberate a lot, so Hou Xiaoxian said that he needs to precipitate.

But in any case, he is the one with the highest level among the sixth generation of directors. Zhang Ran still admires it quite a lot: "I have admired Director Jia's name for a long time, and I have never had the opportunity to meet, but I didn't expect to meet here." Saying that, he introduced: "This is Zhang Jingchu, my girlfriend, and the starring role of "The Aviator"!"

Jia Zhangke said with a smile: "She is a big star, I know her without introducing her." Saying that, he introduced: "This is my girlfriend Zhao Tao, the starring actor of the movie "The World"!"

After getting to know each other and complimenting each other, Zhang Jingchu and Zhao Tao held hands and chatted, both of which were women's topics, clothes, cosmetics, etc., and Zhang Ran and Jia Zhangke also chatted, both of which were about some film technology and techniques.

While chatting, there was a commotion at the door, and a middle-aged man in his fifties walked in, not tall, but his eyes were sharp, and he looked very imposing, completely in the style of a superstar.

Zhang Ran was slightly stunned, and then reacted that Hou Xiaoxian's shortlisted film "Coffee Time" was specially filmed at the invitation of the Japanese Shochiku Company to commemorate the 100th anniversary of the birth of the late Yasujiro Ozu.

The three directors with the highest status in the history of Chinese directors are Wang Jiawei, Hou Xiaoxian, and Yang Dechang, and on the lists of authoritative magazines such as "Sight and Hearing" and "Film Handbook", they are the top Chinese directors, and Ang Lee and Zhang Yimou can't compare with them. They all have strong personal styles and their own film language, and Hou Hsiao-hsien is famous for his long and empty shots.

Hou Xiaoxian looked at Jia Zhangke, walked in and looked at Jia Zhangke and said, "Why did you get thinner?"

Jia Zhangke smiled and said, "I'm tired." Director Hou, this is Zhang Ran, he brought "Aviator" to the competition this time. ”

Hou Xiaoxian looked at Zhang Ran and said: "You are very popular in Taiwan, mainland movies have always been bad at the box office in Taiwan, but your two movies are very good at the box office." I watched "Burst Drummer", and it was a good shot, but it was too Hollywood. ”

Zhang Ran knew that Hou Xiaoxian's personality was relatively straightforward, and said with a smile: ""Bursting Drummer" is indeed more Hollywood, and it is completely filmed in accordance with the model of Hollywood movies. However, "The Aviator" does not have so much Hollywood flavor and is very Chinese. The movie premieres tomorrow night, if Director Hou is free, you can watch it!"

Hou Xiaoxian nodded and said, "I'm free, I'll come and see tomorrow night." ”

Next, Zhang Ran introduced Zhang Jingchu, Jia Zhangke introduced Zhao Tao, and then several people found a place to sit down and chat. The three directors have three accents, Jia Zhangke speaks Shanxi, Hou Xiaoxian has a bent accent, and Zhang Ran speaks standard Mandarin, but it does not affect communication at all.

Hou Xiaoxian is more concerned about the development of mainland films, and said: "I heard that you recently made a movie that didn't sell well worldwide, which is very good. In the past two years, commercial films in the mainland seem to have developed well?"

Zhang Ran nodded and said: "Zhang Yimou's "Hero" opened the curtain of mainland commercial films, and in the past two years, mainland commercial films have developed rapidly, of course, there are many problems, but at least it has brought the audience back to the theater, and I believe that the future will get better and better!"

Hou Xiaoxian smiled: "Okay, we have to work hard not to let American movies dominate China!"

Jia Zhangke disagrees: "I don't think it's a good thing. Speaking of this, Jia Zhangke looked at Zhang Ran and said: "Zhang Ran, let me first state that it is not aimed at you, but against the phenomenon of domestic films." I'm not against business, I'm not against commercial films, on the contrary, I'm very vocal about Chinese commercial films. But today's commercial blockbusters operate in China by undermining those basic social principles that we need to abide by, such as the principle of equality, including its monopoly on cinema space, its combination with administrative power, and its appropriation of public resources. "News Network" is broadcasting such news, saying that so-and-so is going to be on the film.

This ability to mobilize public resources even goes so far as it goes out of the airport, it is used on all billboards, when the TV is turned on, on all the channels of the newspaper. When the whole of society is working for the film, it is no longer a movie, it has become a public event, and with it, its fascist germ begins to pervade. It's not sensational, it's sociological. The operation of the film, if it is done in a way that undermines the principles of equality and democracy, is the most painful part of me. ”

Zhang Ran felt that Jia Zhangke's hat was a bit too big, and retorted: "Director Jia's words are biased. What's wrong with a film distributor being willing to pay money for marketing to buy billboards and newspaper advertisements? Any film can do this, and no one restricts you from buying advertisements, right? Is there anything wrong with becoming a public event? During the Venice Film Festival, your film will also be in the news and in the newspapers, so should it be canceled? Commercial blockbusters have high costs, and in order to recoup their costs, they must work marketing, and Hollywood blockbuster marketing expenses account for more than half of the cost!"

Speaking of this, Zhang Ran raised his hand and pointed to the large sea report of "Murder by Knife" starring Tom Cruise outside the window: "This is still the Venice Film Festival, and almost all the billboards on the street are Hollywood movies. Chinese films themselves are not as good as Hollywood, if they don't work marketing, what can they do against Hollywood?" )