"I heard that Xiao Gu's new film was shortlisted for the main competition unit, congratulations. Pen & Fun & Pavilion www.biquge.info" Not to mention that Gu Wenwu felt sorry because he didn't see Li Ming, on the other hand, Xu Ke started to congratulate Gu Wenwu first.

In early August, the jury of the main competition unit of the Venice Film Festival announced the list of the last batch of films shortlisted for the main competition unit, and "Fireworks in the Day" was listed among the eight finalists, which caused a lot of media reports, and the media that were not optimistic about Gu Wenwu also seemed to have begun to change direction because of Gu Wenwu's shortlisting. After all, the Venice Film Festival is very famous, and it has already said a lot about being able to stand out among the many participating films and be shortlisted for the main competition unit. Being shortlisted for the main competition unit can also be called an honor.

Since Xu Ke is going to participate in this film festival, he pays more attention to this aspect of things than usual. Naturally, I also know about the finalization of "Fireworks in the Day".

Seeing Xu Ke mention this, Gu Wenwu's heart didn't fluctuate much. Just kidding, I want to hit the Golden Lion, if I can't even enter the main competition unit, then there is no point in coming to the Venice Film Festival. You must know that Gu Wenwu made this movie to win awards, unlike some directors, he took the film to Venice just to better sell the overseas copyright, and it doesn't matter if he wins the award or not.

You must know that in addition to attracting filmmakers from all over the world, the film festival also has filmmakers from all over the world. They profit from the selection of their favourite films at the festival and the purchase of overseas rights. In other words, the festival also has a trading market side. But Gu Wenwu's purpose this time is very simple, that is, to win the award, as for what kind of transaction, copyright, he doesn't care.

"The main competition unit is actually nothing, after all, there are so many films shortlisted, and all of them are strong, by the way, I heard that Director Xu's "Seven Swords" is ready to be the opening film of the film festival, that is the real congratulations." Gu Wenwu said.

For an international film festival, the most eye-catching is naturally the opening and closing ceremonies. "Seven Swords" can be selected as the opening film of this Venice Film Festival, and the attention it has received is naturally not comparable to Gu Wenwu's film shortlisted for the main competition unit. Of course, if "Fireworks in the Day" can win the award, the result will naturally be different.

Seeing that Gu Wenwu had made such great achievements at a young age, but it was rare that he was still not arrogant or impatient, which made Xu Ke feel a lot of good feelings in his heart. With such an outstanding junior, Xu Ke felt very gratified.

The more Gu Wenwu chatted with Xu Ke, the happier he became. Xu Ke is a bold person, and he is good at shooting martial arts movies, and he seems to have the chivalrous spirit of the Jianghu people. Gu Wenwu can only be regarded as a junior in the film and television industry, but Xu Ke has a good impression of him, so he has no frame at all. You must know that Xu Ke is one of the few super-first-line directors in China, but Gu Wenwu has not even reached the first line, even if he is very famous now, but the coffee position has nothing to do with fame, only with works and qualifications.

The plane quickly landed at Venice Airport. Departing from the airport, Gu Wenwu and his entourage were going to take a boat to Lido Island. As a city on the water, the boat is arguably the main means of transportation in Venice. Xu Ke told Gu Wenwu that they were waiting for someone at the airport, so they stopped at Venice Airport. Gu Wenwu naturally didn't ask them in detail who they were waiting for, nor did he take the liberty of saying that he would wait for them. After saying goodbye to them, Gu Wenwu and his party got on the boat to Lido Island.

Lido is an 18-kilometre-long sandbar island running north-south to the east of Venice, one of a long chain of islands separating the Adriatic Sea from Lake Veneta. It is the site of the Venice Film Festival and is an internationally renowned health resort. As the Venice Film Festival approaches, so do the number of tourists on Lido. Tourists from all over the world have turned this otherwise quiet island into a bit of a hustle and bustle. Some of these visitors come to see the sights of Lido Island, while others come to experience the spectacle of one of the world's three major film festivals. After all, in the past few days of the film festival, it is not uncommon to meet some famous directors or actors on the road.

As the festival gets closer, so does the atmosphere on the island, with red posters plastering the entire island of Lido and golden lions being made into sculptures as the city symbol of Venice. Gu Wenwu and his entourage had just landed on Lido Island, but the people from the Star Review Club had been waiting for a long time.

It was Lao Huang, a foreign resident of the Star Review International Film Festival, who came to greet Gu Wenwu and his entourage. He was responsible for receiving the Xia Guo crew who came to participate in the Venice Film Festival. Of course, only for crews who have applied in advance and contacted them before coming. Under the leadership of Lao Huang, Gu Wenwu and his party took a car to the hotel where they were about to stay.

Lido Island is not big, but the road is wide, and it is the only place in the whole of Venice where you can drive. On the island of Lido, there is a century-old hotel called Excelsior, which faces the sea and backs to the main venue, the Palais du Cinéma, which is the centerpiece of the festival. Celebrities stay here, and red carpet rides depart from here. Due to being shortlisted for the main competition unit, the crew of "Fireworks in the Day" was also fortunate to be arranged to stay in this century-old hotel.

According to Xiao Huang, in fact, the original intention of the establishment of the film festival in 1932 was to solve the problem of autumn customers at the Excelsior Hotel, and most of the people who could be arranged to stay here were big directors, or important film crews in the main competition unit, and the horizon unit and the screening were arranged in other hotels around. In other words, if it weren't for this hotel, there probably wouldn't be the world-famous Venice Film Festival. Staying in such a hotel, Gu Wenwu really had a special feeling in his heart.

"Director Gu, you should be tired along the way, I won't bother you for now, I'll come back tomorrow, and then let's go to see the scenery of this Lido Island, and talk about the movie screening venue by the way." Old Zodiac. can be sent to be a foreign receptionist, needless to say, Lao Huang arranges things in an orderly manner, and knows very well what to do when and when, such a person is indeed very open everywhere.

Although he slept on the plane for a while, he was flying in the sky and running on water all the way, and it was inevitable that he would be tired of traveling and driving, so after listening to Lao Huang's words, Gu Wenwu did not refuse: "Then trouble you, Lao Huang." ”

Lao Huang naturally does not live in the Excelsior Hotel, he has his own accommodation. Seeing Lao Huang leaving, Gu Wenwu also asked the crew members to go back to their rooms, and it could be seen that everyone was tired. After Gu Wenwu returned to the room, he simply cleaned up, took a shower and went to sleep.

The first day on Lido Island passed like that.