Venice, 29 August.

Chu Qing has never seen a place where boats are used as the main means of transportation, waterways are vertical and horizontal, bridges are spread out, and densely penetrate into the blood of the city.

It's a bit funny to say, he didn't go out of the door in his previous life, but now, he has a sense of saving at the average frequency of traveling to the country every year.

I went to Berlin in '98, Rotterdam in early 2000, and Venice in the second half of the year. And what about the rest? There are also Cannes, Tokyo, Montreal, Locarno, San Sebastian ......

Now in its 57th edition, the festival is not held on the main island of Venice, but on the island of Lido, to the southeast.

Lido is a long, narrow island of 18 kilometers with only one main road and is divided into three residential areas. It's a popular holiday destination for Italians, with a very small permanent population and a lot of tourists, as well as more hotels and casinos.

Chu Qing took a boat ride for about 20 minutes before setting foot on the island, accompanied by Lao Jia, Japanese producer Ichikawa Shozo, and a translator. The number of people is smaller than the one in Berlin, but the level is completely different.

Ichikawa Shozo belongs to T-MARK company, and the boss is Takeshi Kitano, an old rascal, who is experienced and very proficient in the process and operation methods of participating in international film festivals.

The film festival will open tomorrow, and when they arrive, they will be the last one, and they will settle down in the hotel, four people, Chu Qing and Lao Jia have a room.

Ya found that since filming, she has been sleeping with different men, from Jia Zhangke to Lou Ye, and then to Su Youpeng, the style of painting is unpredictable and very shameful.

In the room, Chu Qing changed into his only suit and looked left and right in the mirror. Inside, he wears a white shirt with a simple small stand-up collar. Clean and casual. This was given by my girlfriend last year, and I never had a chance to wear it, so I can be regarded as catching the day.

"Alright, don't take it." Lao Jia looked very depressed.

"You said that you planted it once in Berlin, why don't you have a long memory?" He stinks for a while, and finally takes it off, and his shirt is torn off, and in an instant he degenerates into a blind stream suit with a vest and big pants.

It's hot after all......

"Didn't I forget?" Lao Jia smoked slowly and blinked his eyes.

This cargo doesn't even have a suitcase. I actually came with a backpack, and there were all kinds of messes in it, but there were no decent clothes, and the two of them looked for it at once, and finally turned over a shirt with a collar.

Big brother, this is Venice!

You have to wear a suit, you have to walk the red carpet, you have to publicize and take pictures, and you have to pose beautifully. There are also large and small press conferences and dinners...... These are not formalities, but necessary festival etiquette.

Film festivals need media, stars, and atmosphere. Only by heating up the scene can you have a sense of devotion to stand with the best filmmakers in the world and show off your work.

With a sense of piety, then. Fang is the movie itself.

So, if you don't respect this etiquette, you don't have to come here at all. The torn shirt was out of tune. It's better to wear it than not to wear it at all.

Ichikawa Shozo really has a way, so he made an appointment with a French media that night and gave Lao Jia a simple interview. The reporter was quite professional, the questions were all on point, and he was unusually familiar with his experience.

This made Lao Jia a little in a trance, but he really didn't expect that he was a little famous, and the guy who had always been calm couldn't help but ripple.

He is Chinese New Year's Eve years old today, and his second film directly entered the official competition unit of the three major exhibitions, attracting the attention of 10,000 people. He didn't think about winning the award at the moment, he was just excited. Because the filming process of "Platform" was too arduous and long, and it was suppressed for a long time, I finally moved away from the big rock, and the love naturally broke out appropriately.

In fact, "Platform" can be shortlisted for Venice, and a big reason is "Xiao Wu".

When the film was first released in Berlin, it was widely reported by several important international film outlets, such as "Cinémathèque" and "Sight and Sound". It was also from that time that Jia Zhangke began to be gradually understood, at least in Europe, and everyone would pay attention, hey, what is his next work?

As for Chu Qing, what was even more surprising was that the reporter still recognized him very strangely, and accurately said the name of his character in "Suzhou River".

Mother...... Egg......

Well, we can't blame people for non-standard pronunciation.

In the face of the enthusiasm of the foreigners, this thing felt a little guilty, and Ya was simply here to eat. The so-called best actor or something, I didn't even think about it, I was thinking about my own business abacus, and it was extremely crooked.

……

On the 30th, the Venice Film Festival officially opened.

The main venue is in the Palais du Cinéma, which is more relaxed in style and is held in the form of a gala dinner. The media is boiling, celebrities from all walks of life gather, half commercial coffee and half literary coffee, of course, the most concerned are those goods in Hollywood, what Harrison Ford, Michelle Pfeiffer, Tommy Lee Jones...... The three layers inside and the three layers outside the side are full of climbing.

The opening movie is called "Space Cowboy", and the director is the old guy from Eastwood, who is 70 years old, and he will not give way, and he will continue to be looked up to by future generations.

The sound of the organizing committee's sycophants directly set off the first climax of the film festival at the dinner party, and gave the old man a lifetime achievement award. Oh, and the presenter is a lady named Sharon Stone......

There were also many Chinese at the scene, Chen Guo and Luo Zhuoyao, who came with their works, and Zhang Manyu, who served as a judge.

Chen Guo looks like a black-faced Buddha, with a deep tone and a strong sense of pioneering, and he has a very good topic with Lao Jia, and he chats very speculatively. His movie is called "Durian Piaopiao" and it is about a poor prostitute.

The heroine Chu Qing happened to know one of the golden flowers of Class 96, Qin Hailu. He was embarrassed to talk to Manyu, and it was no problem to deal with old acquaintances.

It is said that this girl's position in the class is very embarrassing, she is not as beautiful as Hu Jing, and her acting skills are not distinctive.

Who thought that he was stunned by Chen Guo and became the first few people in the 96th class.

The feeling of seeing my old acquaintance in a foreign country is extremely comfortable, as if I have found an organization all of a sudden, reliable, down-to-earth, cordial, and tearful. Throughout the dinner, the two of them chattered, complaining that the noodles were unpalatable, that Venice consumption was too expensive, and that Italians were too unreliable...... said that he was tired, so he quietly admired the statue of the goddess of manyu in the distance.

White sandals, pink skirt, fluffy and deliberately dyed black hair, tied with sterling silver anklets. The conscience of the painting style, placed in the jury headed by the old man Chabrol, is simply a high-value store.

Until the end of the dinner, the crowd slowly dispersed, Chu Qing was full of food and drink, and was quite satisfied and ready to go back to the hotel to sleep.

"Qingzai!"

At this time, Chen Guo, who had only said hello before, suddenly stopped him.

"Hey Director Chen, is there something wrong?" He asked, puzzled.

"Can you leave me a contact information?"

"Uh, no problem." Chu Qing was inexplicable, but he still wrote his phone number happily.

Chen Guo carefully put it away and said with a smile: "My friend is preparing a new film, and Director Jia has been praising your play, so I will help introduce you, don't mind." ”

"Ah, it's okay, thank you." Chu Qing twitched the corner of his eyes, and asked again: "That, your friend is from Hong Kong?" ”

"yes."

"I don't understand, don't laugh. That, can Hong Kong movies find mainland actors to film? Especially me? ”

When Chen Guo heard this, his dark face suddenly showed Buddha-like folds of compassion, and the frames of his glasses were red, and the contrast between the two tones was particularly strong, obscene, and profound.

"Generally speaking, yes, you need to get a formality approval." He grinned, showed two yellow teeth, and said with a smile: "But you don't have to worry, if we people go over, we will definitely enter the country to take pictures secretly." ”

“……”

Inbound candid photography?

Why don't you worry?

Chu Qing really wants to spray her face, enter the country! Candid shots! How does this sound like illegal smuggling? The kind that caught the one that shot him straight away......

"Well, that's okay, I see. Director Chen, if it's okay, I'll leave first. He tried to keep a smile.

"Bye-bye, Qingzai, I hope there is a chance to cooperate." That thing was quite happy and virtuous, and waved his hand enthusiastically.

(It's been a long time since I've had two chapters, and it's still like this, it's miserable, and I can't even look at it.) (To be continued......)