Chapter 63: Jet lag
When they got on the plane and turned off their mobile phones, it took more than ten hours to fly from one part of the earth to the other, and the only fun for Zhang Yao and Xia Yaohan was to watch the videos that were stored in the tablet. Pen % fun % Pavilion www.biquge.info
Although airlines in the United States allow the use of airplane mode, mobile phones can only be used as a watch, and the time must be adjusted when they arrive, otherwise they will not be able to use it as a watch.
The long-distance flight is very boring, and the economy class conditions are not good, and when the two of them are bored to stay up, they don't know that the domestic Internet has become lively.
This is not because of the hit of "Happy Comedian", but before leaving, Zhang Yao posted a Weibo/blog, and at the same time posted an invitation and boarding pass for the Sundance Film Festival.
Although the Sundance Film Festival is a bit niche, many people in China also know it, especially Zhang Yao's fans, who themselves have a soft spot for this type of film, and almost everyone has heard of it.
Zhang Yao actually received an invitation letter, and it was not that he applied for it, but an invitation directly from the organizing committee, which really surprised his fans.
"Don't you want to see Zhang Yao at the domestic Academy Awards? It doesn't matter, there are people who treat him. β
"The Sundance Film Festival is playing the face of the Academy Awards, being excluded at home and being favored abroad, tsk."
"It's called flowering inside the wall, fragrant outside the wall."
"No, there is also fragrance in the wall, just look at the box office, the only difference is the group of people who control the Academy Awards."
"The point is that Zhang Yao was invited not to rely on the previous two films, but the new film that has just been produced, and the Sundance Film Festival started so quickly, I am looking forward to this film more and more."
"What's so great about going to a foreign film festival, and there are more people participating in the Berlin Film Festival, Cannes Film Festival, and Venice Film Festival in China.
"Please, the people who participate in these film festivals are all first-class directors in China, and the influence of the works that can win awards is small? Those who don't pay attention are the ones who go to the film festival and come back, thank you for comparing Zhang Yao with these big directors, this is enough to explain the problem. β
"I mean, just because you participate doesn't mean you'll win a prize, what's the hype?"
"I didn't see the hype, it was a micro/blog forwarded by the media itself, and I didn't pretend that I didn't see it, so I saw that you guys were red in this eye, and I couldn't see the good of others."
With more and more attention, first on the WeChat/Bo Hot list and then on the media headlines, Zhang Yao and Xia Yaohan have successfully landed at Salt Lake City International Airport, Park City is small in scale, administratively equivalent to a domestic county, naturally there is no airport.
Zhang Yao and Xia Yaohan originally set off in the morning, but the half-day flight to Salt Lake City was also in the morning, and the time difference of fourteen hours made both of them a little sluggish.
"It's 14 hours faster here than in China, so are we in the future?" Zhang Yao suddenly felt that this question was very interesting.
Xia Yaohan was stunned for a moment, rolled his eyes and said: "It's the 17th local time, and the imperial capital time is also the 17th after you fly back, you want to say that you have lived one more day?" Then if you turn off the time, you don't have to die? β
"Well, don't say it, ignore the latter sentence of yours, it feels quite funny."
"Interesting you're big, you have time to talk nonsense here, it's the right thing to find a way to settle down." Although Xia Yaohan is dancing in China and is a well-known sister Yaohan in the circle, she is still a little nervous when she goes abroad and is full of foreigners.
Zhang Yao also exited for the first time, and he was dizzy when he looked at the people coming and going in the airport, and said: "Actually, I want to say that one day if I am interested, I will not make a movie, so I will call it back to the future." Now, don't worry, they said someone would come and borrow us. β
Because the film festival is approaching, there are many tourists from all over the world, but the vast majority of them are blonde and blue-eyed Europeans and Americans.
Walking out of the terminal, after carefully searching, I saw that the person who came to pick up the plane held up the exclusion with Zhang Yao's name written on it, and even added Chinese very carefully, which was very easy to identify, and this small detail made them both quite moved.
"It's still an old black, and it looks like he has to be fifty or sixty years old, and the Sundance Film Festival actually called an old man, and it was a shame for them to bear it."
"Please, it's good to be loving, but please be careful when you speak, in case someone knows Chinese, you will be considered a racist."
"We are yellow people, they don't discriminate against us, we burn high incense, which round will I discriminate against them." Xia Yaohan snorted lightly, saying this, but her expression and tone were all disdainful.
Zhang Yao shrugged, in fact, this is to express his agreement, he is not a racist, but if someone looks down on him, he must also look down on others, and he will not say that he is discriminated against and leans over with his face, which is a crime.
Now that he has found the person who picked him up, Xia Yaohan was also relieved, looked around curiously, and said, "Alas, I don't know anything about English, so I will rely on you from now on." β
"No problem, hold me." Zhang Yao patted his chest, walked over and greeted him directly in English, and then handed out his passport to prove his identity.
He was also English illiterate in his previous life, but although his predecessor was arrogant and high, he was indeed talented, English is not a problem, and there is no problem at all in communication, it should be said that he has learned a skill through and with him.
"Zhang, nice to meet you, I'm Martin Berry." The old black man looked kind and kind in both his expression and tone, but Zhang Yao was very surprised, Martin Berry was a member of the organizing committee of the Sundance Film Festival, and he was also the kind who had a lot of right to speak, so he actually came to pick up the plane in person?
The two have been in contact before, and Zhang Yao also knew that he would be accepted for the invitation mainly because of the old Martin, although he did not know it carefully, but it is certain that he should still have a certain status in the American film and television industry.
"Mr. Berry, I didn't expect you to pick us up."
"Zhang, you are the same as all the Yanhua people I have come into contact with, you are too humble, you can just call me Martin." Old Martin smiled and said, "The driver is in front, let's talk as we go." β
Black people are very talkative, and they are all chattering, and the same is true of old Martin, who greeted Zhang Yao enthusiastically and kept saying: "I like the two works of buried alive and coherence very much, and I am also full of expectations for your new film, and I have been paying attention to the news from your side, and finally let me wait." β
Coherence was originally the name taken when the movie was reported, but later it was changed to "The Night the Comet Comed" because it would cause cognitive difficulties to the audience.
It can be seen that Old Martin is really happy to see Zhang Yao, and his enthusiasm not only makes Zhang Yao feel at home, but also benefits a lot from the exchange on film.
The depressed one is Xia Yaohan, she also has the right to speak on the topic of movies, the problem is that she doesn't understand English at all, and in her opinion, the two of them are chattering, the jet lag has not been reversed, and now she is even more sleepy when she listens.
Because they were not in a hurry, they came to Park City leisurely in the afternoon, and Old Martin directly arranged a place for them to live, not far from the theater where the film festival was held.
Although it can be said to be a small place in the countryside, but it is still quite prosperous, the same is true of the hotel's facilities, the only problem is that old Martin arranged a single room, although the bed is big enough but this lonely man and widow......
"Zhang, what's the problem?" Old Martin saw the strange expression on his face, and asked.
"A bed, this ......" Zhang Yao hesitated, but Old Martin also understood, looked at Xia Yaohan and said: "I'm really sorry, you said before that it was a man and a woman, I thought you were a couple, so I only booked a room." Because of the film festival, the surrounding hotels are also full......"
Old Martin also looked embarrassed, Xia Yaohan couldn't speak English, but he was stupid if he didn't explain, and he could guess what was going on by looking at his expression, so he waved his hand at Old Martin to say that it didn't matter, and then said thank you.
Old Martin didn't understand the relationship between the two, but since he said that it didn't matter, he didn't worry about it, so he said: "Then you have a good rest and reverse the jet lag as soon as possible, after all, the film festival will be held for eleven days." β
"Thank you, my friend." Zhang Yao also expressed his gratitude, and then sent Old Martin out of the room.
When he returned to the room again, Xia Yaohan had already taken off her coat and was lying on the bed playing with her mobile phone without an image, and Zhang Yao walked over and stared at her deadly.
"Look at what I'm doing, I'm sick." Xia Yaohan glanced up at him and said: "You should come and see these, this old black is amazing, a veteran American independent filmmaker, is already a veteran of the Sundance Film Festival, if you want the domestic media to know that he actually values you so much, and even picks up the plane in person, it is bound to boil for a while." β
Zhang Yao said: "I think the most important thing now is how to arrange the bed, although it is just dark now, but for us it is an all-nighter." β
"It's not just right, it's also a way to reverse jet lag, and when you wake up, the jet lag is reversed." Xia Yaohan disagreed.
Zhang Yao said speechlessly: "How can it be so easy." And so on, the focus is on the issue of the bed. β
"What's wrong with the bed?" Xia Yaohan snorted lightly and said, "Anyway, I don't sleep on the sofa, you can take a bath if you want to sleep in the bed, and I won't stop you from sleeping on the sofa, I don't mind one person occupying the whole bed." β
"Cut, I'm still afraid of you." Zhang Yao also rolled onto the bed with a grunt, with the relationship between the two, although they are not a couple, they don't seem to have to care so much.