Pizza in Venice tastes good, especially the seafood pizza tastes very good, and the aroma of cheese and anchovies mixed together is very enticing.

Chen Li'an ate a twelve-inch pizza alone, and also eliminated the two pieces that Bai Qing had not finished eating.

"Whew, satisfied." Chen Li'an patted his stomach and lay comfortably on the sofa.

Bai Qing looked at the cheese on the corner of Chen Li'an's mouth, handed over a piece of paper and asked, "Ji Fa will come over in a few days, do you want to pick her up?" ”

"What day exactly?" Chen Li'an wiped his mouth and asked.

Bai Qing packed up the pizza box and threw it into the trash and said, "The day after tomorrow, the art exhibition will be presented next week, and she will come over in advance to understand the situation." ”

"Well, definitely going to go." Chen Li'an sat up straight and said: "When the award is over, I will return to China, if you are willing to play here, you can play for a few more days, I still have things to deal with in China." ”

"Didn't you attend the closing ceremony of the festival?" Bai Qing asked curiously.

Chen Li'an shook his head and said, "I don't have a chance to win the award, why are you delaying time here." ”

"Why can't you win the prize, maybe you have a chance?" Bai Qing doesn't know much about movies, and thinks that Chen Li'an is acting very well, how can there be no chance at all.

"The competition is too strong, film is a comprehensive art, and I can't win awards if I act well." Chen Li'an explained before saying: "So I plan to return to China after winning the Golden Lion Award for the art exhibition." ”

"Are you confident that you can win the prize?" Although Bai Qing is also very confident, he is not as sure as Chen Li'an.

Chen Li'an smiled and said, "Of course, this theme exhibition fits perfectly with our works. ”

The only pity is that the work has been sold in advance, otherwise the value will be higher after winning the award.

But there is no way, if it is not sold in advance at that time, there will not be so many people to contribute to marketing, and the possibility of Chen Li'an wanting to win the award will be reduced a lot.

In general, Chen Li'an and Bai Qing still don't suffer losses, after all, winning the award will be very helpful to their fame, and their future works will appreciate in value.

The most important thing is that Chen Li'an thinks that making money by painting is much easier than making money by making movies, even if he sells one million, he will not lose money, not to mention that the price is several million.

The main thing is that the production cost of painting is too low, a few bottles of paint and a canvas will not add up to more than a thousand yuan, while the cost of a movie is hundreds of times, and in the end, it may not be able to sell for millions.

It's like extreme cold, it's almost impossible to sell for a few million, and you can sell for two or three hundred thousand dollars at most.

The news that Shu Qi and Wang Xiaoshuai brought back the next day confirmed Chen Li'an's guess,

"The film was sold, $200,000." Shu Qi sat on the sofa and said with a smile, very satisfied with the price.

200,000 US dollars in RMB, more than 2 million, a very good price, you must know that the production cost of this movie is less than 300,000, and the seven-fold rate of return is very exaggerated.

However, half of this is for Tomson Movie, and the post-production of this movie cost more than 100,000 yuan, and the remaining half is Wang Xiaoshuai and Shu Qi's money.

"Why are you in such a hurry, don't wait for the closing ceremony to sell later, maybe you can really win the award." Chen Li'an asked with a smile.

Wang Xiaoshuai and Shu Qi glanced at each other, they both showed bitter smiles, they thought about the possibility of winning the award before they came, but after watching all the films in the competition unit, they didn't have any hope in their hearts.

The extreme cold is good, but it's just good, and it's still as far away as a golden rooster or two from the Golden Lion Award.

Shu Qi and Wang Xiaoshuai made a simple calculation and said to Chen Li'an: "There is ten percent of Ling here, that is, 100,000 yuan, although it is not much, but this is our heart." ”

Chen Li'an waved his hand and said: "Keep the 100,000 yuan for yourself, and the two poor bastards will give me the money and keep it to improve your life." ”

Shu Qi: "." Who is said to be poor! Which of us is rich!

Wang Xiaoshuai: "." Poor bastard said about me! I'm the poorest!

After skipping this emotionally hurtful topic, Chen Li'an said: "I don't plan to attend the closing ceremony, and I will go again next year when I can win the award in Rotterdam." ”

“.” Wang Xiaoshuai looked at Chen Li'an speechlessly and said, "Do you want to be so realistic?" ”

"It's not reality, I don't have time to spend here, it's been almost two months in Venice, and there are still a lot of things to do when I return home." Chen Li'an explained casually, then turned his head to look at Shu Qi and asked, "Is my brother's midnight song about to be released?" I heard Director Yu Rentai say that he didn't catch up with the summer file. ”

Shu Qi nodded and said, "Well, I didn't keep up in the later stage, and there was not enough time for publicity, so it was transferred to October." ”

However, at this time, there is no National Day in Xiangjiang, and October is just an ordinary schedule, and it is really difficult to say how much the final box office can achieve.

However, the film market in Xiangjiang and the film market in Wanwan should be conservatively estimated to have a box office of more than 10 million.

I just don't know if the singing can enter the Wanwan market in the middle of the night, since Xiangjiang has determined the return date, Wanwan has become much more cautious about the introduction of Xiangjiang films, and the number of places introduced has also been limited.

However, with Wu Qianlian, the heroine of Wanwan, it shouldn't be a big problem.

Those people at the Wanwan Film Bureau are really cautious! The introduction of movies is also restrictive, and it is not atmospheric at all!

The mainland also invited Wanwan artists to participate in the Spring Festival Gala!

Speaking of this, Shu Qi reacted, looked at Chen Li'an and said, "So you have to go back to participate in the publicity." ”

Chen Li'an shook his head and said: "Maybe, Director Yu mentioned it to me, but I didn't say it specifically, so it doesn't have much impact on whether I go or not." ”

Mainland actors don't have a row in Xiangjiang at all, and it really doesn't matter if Chen Li'an goes or not.

Wang Xiaoshuai also knew the beating nature of the Xiangjiang entertainment industry, and patted Chen Li'an's shoulder to express sympathy and helplessness.

"You're so popular in the European art world, and it's really interesting to go to Xiangjiang and not be welcomed." Wang Xiaoshuai sighed.

Chen Li'an didn't feel so much, but as soon as his thinking diverged, he thought of Captain Jia's classic quotations.

Sixth Master: Then you are not Chinese or Japanese, so who are you?

Jia Gui: I'm nothing.

Sixth Master: Oh, you're not human.

Jia Gui: nonsense, you're not human.

Hey, that's interesting.

Chen Li'an couldn't stop wanting to be happy, but when he turned his head and saw Shu Qi, he couldn't help it, this is a good comrade.

"Why do you have such a strange expression?" Shu Qi looked at Chen Li'an, who was trying to hold back his laughter, and always felt that he was thinking something strange in his heart.

"Nothing... Nothing, just think of a TV series. Chen Li'an casually fooled over, and then said: "I won't be here at the film festival in the past few days, the art exhibition is about to give awards, and I have to go there and walk around." ”

"Walk around? Can you still find a relationship? Shu Qi asked curiously.

Chen Li'an glanced at Shu Qi and said: "Where to find a relationship, is to show your face." ”

"Oh... Then go ahead, the film is sold anyway. ”

For an underground film with no hope of winning an award, the sale of the film is basically over, and the closing ceremony and award ceremony of the film festival are no longer important, and it will not win the award anyway.

As soon as the film festival came to an end, Chen Li'an's main focus was on the art exhibition.

Ji Fa took Chen Li'an to various gatherings, meeting artists and critics from all over the world, and Chen Li'an almost became a courtesan in the art circle.

Bai Qing is most annoyed by this kind of thing, he never participates, and maintains a good sense of mystery, one of the double partners is Lizi, and the other is Lizi and face.

Chen Li'an has endured too much alone. Fortunately, there is Ji Fa with him, otherwise Chen Li'an would definitely not be too lazy to participate in so many activities.

At ten o'clock in the middle of the night, Chen Li'an and Ji Fa came out of a drinking party, both in a slightly drunk state, and they were a lot more sober when the summer evening breeze blew them.

"It's finally coming to an end, and I just think it's annoying to socialize now."

Chen Li'an unbuttoned his shirt, looked at Ji Fa, who was slightly red, and asked, "Are you okay?" ”

"It's fine, it's just a little hot." Ji Fa exhaled lightly, looked at Chen Li'an and said, "Come with me, just sober up." ”

Ji Fa, who was strolling along the river, looked at the reflection in the water and said leisurely: "This is the third time I have led people to participate in the Venice Art Biennale, and you are the most promising one to win the award." ”

Chen Li'an lit a cigarette and put it to his mouth, turned his head to look at Ji Fa and asked, "Which artists have you signed contracts with before?" ”

"A lot, but most of them are not as talented as you, and a lot of them have given up." Ji Fa said, looking at the moon hidden behind the bell tower, and said: "Artistic creation is really a difficult thing, and many artists can't create an excellent work for a few years. ”

"It's okay, I think it's easy." Chen Li'an said lightly.

Ji Fa couldn't help but turn his head and glanced at Chen Li'an and said, "Do you think everyone is you, didn't Bai Qing create a work for several years before." ”

Chen Li'an grabbed his hair, it is difficult to understand the creative bottleneck of ordinary artists, because he has not encountered a bottleneck, the world is full of passion in his eyes, inspiration is like a faucet that cannot be turned off, and it is popping up all the time.

So he has a sea in his heart.

"I heard Bai Qing say, are you going to try sculpture next time?" Ji Fa said with a bit of a headache: "Do you know that every time you involve a different type of art, you have to start again, you are very good at painting and photography, but it doesn't mean that your sculpture works will also be popular." ”

Chen Li'an threw it on the side of the road very unqualified, and only said after stepping on it with his foot: "That's not every work has to be sold, I just collect it myself, I like to explore different things, I need freshness, always painting will make me a rusty machine." ”

"I know, you do the same with feelings." Ji Fa had already seen through Chen Li'an's character, and couldn't help but sigh and said: "Sometimes I feel like you are like a child, full of curiosity about everything, and can only maintain a short period of enthusiasm. ”

"In your Chinese words, it's called a three-minute heat?" Ji Fa looked at Chen Li'an and asked.

Chen Li'an defended: "My enthusiasm is very long-lasting, not three minutes!" You'll find out later, I'm just always curious. ”

Ji Fa always felt that Chen Li'an had something to say, and some words would make people can't help but think crookedly, this topic may continue to go deeper It is also very good to have an atmosphere tonight, it would be a pity that nothing happened under the romantic night.

Ji Fa turned around and looked at Chen Li'an and couldn't help but purse his lips, just as he wanted to reach out and hold him, he heard Chen Li'an's words that ruined the atmosphere.

"Go back early, I'm sleepy, and I'm going to be dressed up tomorrow to get ready for my first trophy."

Ji Fa also said with some reluctance: "Let's go shopping again, maybe I can go for another drink, and I'm a little hungry." ”

Chen Li'an watched Ji Fa lick her lips and felt that she was hungry abnormally.

(There are two more chapters, oh, wait for the update, I went out to a friend party tonight, and I lost time.) ）

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