Landing in Venice, Hu Qingquan picked up the airport.

"Why are you here, it doesn't matter if someone else picks it up?"

"Idle is idle."

Hu Qingquan smiled and took Lu Ping'an's luggage.

Lu Ping'an was a little surprised when he heard it: "Why, no one is watching?" ”

"Hehe, it's the opposite."

Hu Qingquan smiled and explained simply, "At the beginning, it was true that not many people watched it, but how could a good movie be buried, now there are more and more people looking for me, and I let Xiang Guoqiang and Wu Guohua deal with it." ”

Speaking, Hu Qingquan talked about the situation of "Brokeback Mountain".

"Brokeback Mountain" began to be screened on the second day of the opening ceremony.

Not many people watched it on the first day.

The next day, more people watched the reporters who came to rest.

Watching a movie, in fact, resting, this is the norm at European film festivals.

After all, many films in European film festivals are not very friendly to ordinary audiences.

But this also forms a small pattern.

That's a movie that can cheer up reporters who are ready to take advantage of watching the movie and sleeping.

Then this movie is probably not far from winning the award.

This kind of small pattern can't really be counted, but it does have some reference significance.

"Brokeback Mountain" became lively on the second day, and large-scale attention followed.

In the days that followed, the call for "Brokeback Mountain" continued to rise in the mouths of professionals at the festival.

"Now many people think that you may have to win an award, and some even say that the best director is no problem, and the chairman of the film festival, Mark Mueller, is also very interested in you, he has long wanted to see you, and you can talk together when you are free, very interesting old man"

Who is Mark Mueller Lu Ping'an naturally knows, this person studied in China in the 70s, is an old friend of Chinese people, and is also the first person to promote Chinese films to the world.

"Okay, you've got it covered."

"This old man drinks a lot."

"I just like to have a good amount of wine."

The two laughed and then talked about "Brokeback Mountain".

Now the movie is highly rated.

Hu Qingquan was very happy when he talked about this.

As I said before, Hu Qingquan's expectations for Lu Ping'an's award this time are actually not high.

It would be nice to be able to achieve a breakthrough of zero feature film awards.

And now, if the best director really wants to get it, it will be a big surprise.

After all, this involves the road to the prize later, and the better the start, the more advantageous.

Lu Ping'an actually smelled this smell.

In the past few days, "Brokeback Mountain" has also been mentioned from time to time in the domestic Venice tracking report.

Say that the movie is good, beautiful, etc.

Some reporters also made bold predictions, saying that they would likely win the prize.

But the overall atmosphere is still like that, and my family is optimistic, and it is not counted.

So everyone is very rational.

However, after a few days of screening, it can be regarded as refreshing everyone's perception of Lu Ping'an's "artistic attainments".

Everyone thinks that Lu Ping'an has made great progress!

For these, Lu Ping'an naturally doesn't care.

Now his attitude is still the same: "If you have a flat mentality, you will lose my life." ”

Hu Qingquan agreed: "Indeed, this is not the Oscar, the operability is not high, and the most important thing is to maintain a mentality." ”

Hu Qingquan said, and the topic detoured to the Olympics, "It's the same for the chief director, you have to calm down when you are safe." ”

Lu Ping'an almost rolled his eyes, he was already annoyed when he heard this.

He sighed slightly and continued to repeat: "Gain or lose my life, and calm down." ”

In fact, for the chief director of the Olympic Games, how did Lu Ping'an not know that the people around him were deliberately pushing him up?

There will be many unimaginable interests and honors involved here, and it is impossible for people around them to ignore them, and Lu Ping'an naturally understands this.

It's just that Lu Ping'an also has his own ideas.

He's ready to get out.

Being the chief director, okay, of course.

Can you control it, if you give power to Lu Ping'an, Lu Ping'an is also full of confidence.

But "decentralization" is a false proposition.

How is it possible to really delegate power to you?

No matter how good your creativity is and how mature your execution is, you will still encounter inexplicable reasons for you to change the show or other obstacles.

Lu Ping'an had no doubt about this.

And if you really want to change the show, the goods in Lu Ping'an's stomach can't support the update and replacement.

In the end, if the original program was killed, it was not very good, resulting in the opening ceremony being worse than the original time and space.

That road of peace is a great sinner who transcends the parallel world!

So Lu Ping'an had already thought about what to do next.

That's stopping at the next round.

Rejection is a technical job.

People first approached you at the closing ceremony in Athens, valuing your talent and recognizing you.

Lu Ping'an also gave good feedback at the beginning, and there were mistakes in the plan, but he still received praise.

This is the purpose of Lu Ping'an.

He proved that he is talented, but also proved that he lacks experience, and when people eliminate him, it is reasonable that both parties will not be embarrassed, and society will understand.

The next step is the same, how to make sure that both parties are not embarrassed, and at the same time the society can understand to get out, is the key.

Later, people asked him to run for the chief director, but he still couldn't take the initiative to refuse.

Lu Ping'an didn't have any reason to refuse.

Because this involves "righteousness", which is not easy to refuse for any reason, because Lu Pingan is a Chinese, native, well-rooted, talented and outstanding Chinese director, and actively refuses, that is, righteousness is a loss, Lu Pingan cannot do this.

This is the case now.

Lu Ping'an is as active and active as everyone else, this is a good comrade.

That's enough.

I believe that the rest of the campaign team is likely to have this mentality.

So Lu Ping'an put the plan as it was, and then people said it was very good and entered the next round.

Next, it's time to get out.

The next round is thirteen into five, and the next round is five for five.

There's a lot more to it than just creativity.

This is Lu Ping'an's weak point.

Although you really want to enter the next round, the people around you will try to make up for these weak points for you.

But there will still be a gap with Lao Mouzi and others.

There is a high probability that it will happen to be brushed off.

This is what Lu Ping'an wants, so that he can also get out, and Hu Qingquan and the others will not be disappointed.

But in terms of "talent", it can be perfectly retained, and Lu Ping'an is still not inferior to anyone.

It's cheap, but that's the way it can be.

As I said before, he must be smarter than the great poet and do something that is in line with the identity of a "great director", and he can't be a joke.

In this way, everyone can still accept it.

What if you get dizzy and still say you can and want you to do it?

The probability of this happening is extremely low.

Even if it happens, Lu Ping'an still has a backhand.

That is, it is necessary to make it clear: the plan cannot be changed.

Tell everyone with a strong and unrivaled attitude that my plan cannot be changed in a single word, because my plan is the best! I'll take a head guarantee.

Don't say yes?

Ideas for you, whoever comes can borrow them at will, it's my contribution to the Olympics, but I'm not going to do it anyway.

Can you say yes?

Of course not, so getting out will be very smooth.

If only the boss had agreed to this, and it could still be implemented.

That's a piece of.

Do it!

What else is there to hesitate about?

As for being brushed down, the idea was borrowed, Lu Ping'an was willing, anyway, it wasn't his idea in the first place.

You can also make a good name.

It's also glorious to lend out ideas and get a chance to get your team involved.

The team is looking forward to it.

In the end, will it be a pity not to be the chief director?

This is what Lu Ping'an said, "gain and lose my life".

Self-awareness is sober, and Lu Ping'an has always been like this.

。。。。。。。

"What to expect from the awards? Ah to be honest, I didn't have much expectation, and I'm already very satisfied with being shortlisted. ”

"Why did you choose such a theme? Does it have anything to do with Guoei? I knew you would ask that, there must be some, when the filming of "Source Code" ended, I saw it by chance when I went to the United States, and I rarely saw same-sex stories, and I was interested in watching it after I met Guorong, but at that time, my English was not as good as it is now, and I used it more as a learning material, learning words and sentence patterns while reading and understanding, and then I was attracted by the story when I watched it, thinking that I would either shoot it, and then I had this movie. ”

"Movies are recognized as the most literary in my works, how did you make them? Don't be in a hurry, shoot slowly, give the actors more space, probably that's it, shoot by feeling, here I would like to thank Hu Qingquan and Tian Zhuangzhuang, they gave me a lot of advice. ”

"Scarlett complained that the restrictive footage was taken many times and was torturing her? yes, I'll call and ask, hey Scarlett, there's a reporter talking about you."

When Lu Ping'an arrived at the main venue in Venice, a group of reporters surrounded him.

The microphones of Chinese and foreign reporters were densely packed.

There is no way, other people's interviews have been interviewed, only Lu Ping'an did not arrive until two days before the closing ceremony, and he didn't surround anyone.

It took ten minutes to solve the scattered interviews, and then spent another half an hour to be interviewed by Sina and Sohu in China.

After answering the questions, Lu Ping'an continued to participate in the reception.

As always, awards are one thing, and so are rights deals.

The current overall offer for "Brokeback Mountain" has come to around $4 million.

As always, the deal is not in a hurry.

Not only will it not be sold after the closing ceremony, but it will not be sold until it is released in North America in December, and it will not be sold until the end of the road to the awards.

Venice is just the first stop, followed by the Toronto Film Festival, the Golden Globe Awards, the Oscars and other film festivals.

According to the process of the original time and space, the copyright price of "Brokeback Mountain" will soar all the way until it is sold after the Oscar results, and Dell gives a figure, which is expected to come to more than $20 million.

However, Lu Ping'an naturally will not choose to sell out.

The global box office of $180 million is more than $30 million according to the lowest level of account sharing, and it is too cost-effective to sell out.

"Brokeback Mountain" is followed by "Twenty Years Old Again".

Xiang Guoqiang came to report that there is one more interested film company at present, which is from India, and has been in contact with Hu Qingquan for a long time.

When I asked, I found out that it was the Indian filmmaker who wanted to spend $100,000 to buy the adaptation rights of "The Tuner".

This time, the main purpose of asking was still to buy "The Tuner", and then I heard South Korea talking about "Twenty Years Old Again", and I wanted to buy it by the way.

Of course Lu Ping'an is happy, how many years have passed since "The Tuner", and it can certainly be sold if it can still create value now.

"How much do they pay?"

"It's all $500,000."

"The Tuner can be sold, and then the price is raised, one thing to note is that you must pay the full amount first."

Xiang Guoqiang laughed and said: "Copyright transactions are like this. ”

Lu Ping'an shrugged: "India is a special case, it's better to be careful with them." ”

Xiang Guoqiang took the order and left.

Continuing the cocktail party, there were a lot of Chinese faces at this year's cocktail party.

First of all, Wu Yusen, when he saw Lu Ping'an, he was enthusiastic.

Lu Ping'an also knows why he is enthusiastic, not because of his identity as a colleague, but because of the identity of the owner of the theater.

John Woo is about to shoot "Red Cliff", and these days he has announced that he will make a promotional film for "The Battle of Red Cliff", and it is expected that he will invite Chaowei, Runfa and other big names to join.

The investment in this film will be very large, and the investors will greet the various distributors and theaters in the mainland first.

The momentum is loud and everyone takes it seriously.

Lu Ping'an also attaches great importance to it, and this is all about sending money to his theater.

After a brief chat, Lu Ping'an expressed his affirmative support, and the other party also wished Lu Ping'an to get the award, and then it was the next one.

Chen Kexin's "If Love" came to the exhibition this time, the starring Zhou Gongzi did not come, she was filming in the mainland, and the male protagonist Takeshi Kaneshiro came.

There is also "Chang Henghe", which is also shortlisted, and the second male Yanzu is also there today.

Lu Ping'an, Takeshi Kaneshiro and Yanzu, three handsome guys, met, which provoked Zheng Xiuwen, the heroine of "Song of Long Hatred", to take out her mobile phone on the spot and say that she wanted to take a group photo.

Yanzu and Takeshi Kaneshiro waved their hands very politely, and then invited Lu Ping'an to the C position very tacitly.

If it weren't for Lu Ping'an's good stature, these two young men would have to bend their knees.

Then a South Korean director came up to talk, followed by a very familiar actress.

When asked, it turned out that the male director was Park Chan-wook, and the female was Lee Young-ae.

Lee Young-ae is now popular in the mainland, and "Da Jang Jin" has become a big hit and has become the idol of many people.

This time, Venice also has her film shortlisted for the main competition unit, which is the famous "Kind Gold".

The two came up and were very interested in Lu Ping'an, China's top director.

It's just that Lu Ping'an has no interest in them.

Fortunately, Watzberg appeared in time, and Lu Ping'an was able to talk briefly and then ignore it.

Watzberg came this time mainly for "Brokeback Mountain", produced by the summit, and he had a share.

Other than that, it's to see if there's any leakage to pick up.

It's just that the current peak doesn't need to pick up leaks in independent movies, so he came here more often as a body, and the body is used to increase contacts, this time Watts has met a lot of newcomers, and at the same time, he is also known by many people.

For example, now he brings Robert Downey Jr.

"Lu, I'll recommend someone for you."

"Hello Lu, I'm Robert Downey, you can call me Downey, I'm a professional actor."

Robert Downey Jr.'s face was full of sincerity, and Lu Ping'an responded with a smile: "I know you, you came to recommend yourself last time." ”

Before the filming of "Chainsaw 2" began, Robert Downey Jr. submitted his resume.

It's just that Lu Ping'an ignored it at that time, after all, "Chainsaw 2" is a small cost and does not need this kind of star.

And Robert Downey Jr. was not discouraged.

In fact, "Chainsaw 2" is just one of his wide nets.

Then he soon got a chance.

For example, at the Venice Film Festival, there was a movie he acted in, and it was also the top prize favorite, George Clooney's work "Good Night and Good Luck".

However, he is only a supporting actor, and the bonus is not much, so it does not affect him to continue to recommend himself to a Hollywood business director like Lu Ping'an.

"Lu, I know you have plans to make a movie called "District 9", I have read the abbreviated script, I like it very much, I think I can be the protagonist, there is no one more suitable than me, I have a very similar experience with the protagonist, I would like to ask you to give me a chance to audition, I will definitely satisfy you."

Robert Downey Jr. is sincere in his words and hopeful in his eyes.

He has just quit medicine, and his life is still at a low point, and he doesn't want to miss any good opportunity.

Lu Ping'an did not ignore his thoughts at all.

After all, this person's future is terrible, and he doesn't want to be a clown on Iron Man's life path.

"It's going to be a long time before the movie starts, and it's a bit early to say this, but I'll send you an audition invitation when the project is established."

"Thank you!"

Downey happily thanked him, then simply said sorry neatly and left alone, not bothering the big guys to talk about things.

When he left, Watzberg sighed: "He wasn't like this before. ”

"He's in Hollywood."

Lu Ping'an also sighed in his heart.

Watts continued: "Have you read the email these days?" ”

"Yes, I'm not interested."

"I've got a new one here, and you should be interested."

"What."

"Marvel's, Iron Man, is also a dying IP."

"Can you buy it?"

"I'll go talk and I'll have news for you later."

"Okay."

Looking at little Robert Downey sitting alone by the pool in the distance, Lu Ping'an once again felt that the thing of fate was really magical.

"What are you looking at?"

At this time, a voice sounded from behind Lu Ping'an.

It turned out to be a widowed sister.

The widow sister has arrived, and the creators of "Brokeback Mountain" should also arrive.

Sure enough, Lu Ping'an looked behind him, and the two protagonists were walking inside outside.

"Nothing."

"Thinking about awards, right?"

The widowed sister leaned forward in a graceful posture, "Lady Luck is here, will the award be far away?" ”

After the last short film grand slam, the widow sister claimed to be Lu Ping'an's goddess of luck.

Lu Ping'an didn't care, and quipped: "Then I hope the goddess will favor you again this time." ”

"But you haven't been in touch with Lady Luck for almost a year, and Lady Luck is a little angry."

"Ah, haha, maybe the signal is not good."

The widow sister rolled her eyes, and then stuffed Lu Ping'an with a room card.

Then Mark Muller belatedly arrived.

The first meeting was a good impression.

The old man is indeed a China expert.

Mandarin is good.

"Lu Ping'an, I have long wanted to see you, you can call me Lao Ma."

"Hello old horse, long admiration."

"Hey, you're welcome."

It's really a China expert!

A mouthful of Mandarin words is round.

It's a little more powerful than the current Cao Cao.

Lu Ping'an admired it in his heart.

The old horse also has a very good personality, and he is old, but he is very young.

The general road peace has a good impression of him.

However, the two only chatted for a while and then left.

said, "There is a bureau, there is a quarrel inside, things are very serious, let's get together again after the awards." ”

Well, the accent in the capital is very strong.

It's quite interesting, an old man.

At noon the next day, when Lu Ping'an returned to his suite, Hu Qingquan told him: "I received an invitation to the closing ceremony." ”

"So fast, isn't it going to be night?"

Tomorrow is the closing ceremony, and according to the unspoken rules, it will be announced in the evening.

Hu Qingquan replied: "So not necessarily, I think that this time we were invited mainly for fame." ”

Also.

In the past, when Lu Ping'an participated in the three major European ones, he was indeed not well-known in the world.

The short film is powerful, but after all, the short film is not in the stream, and it is not enough for people to invite it in person.

Later, the short film Grand Slam became famous, but he also never came to the big three in Europe.

Now that he is more famous, it is normal for them to encounter this situation, but it is new to Lu Ping'an.

Lu Ping'an asked: "What didn't Lao Ma reveal?" ”

Hu Qingquan replied: "How can he reveal it, he hasn't seen anyone since he left that night." ”

Tian Zhuangzhuang, who had just arrived on the side, also nodded: "This old boy is still very principled." ”

It's okay now, I don't know the bottom of my heart.

Hu Qingquan frowned.

If you go to participate, you will still go home empty-handed, which is very tangled.

Tian Zhuangzhuang also comforted Lu Ping'an: "It's okay, the other party can call the hotel, which actually explains the problem." ”

Lu Ping'an didn't care about this, although he also had a little bit of uncertainty in his heart, after all, who knows if time and space will change.

But on the whole, he is relatively calm.

And at this moment, he was still thinking, why not copy the life of Li An in the original time and space?

In the original time and space, Li An had no hope for the Golden Lion Award.

Despite the numerous praises, Li An still flew to Toronto more than ten hours before the start of the awards, intending to prepare for the screening of "Brokeback Mountain" at the Toronto Film Festival, the most popular film.

As a result, as soon as I landed, I was stuffed with two return tickets booked by the organizing committee.

Then when I flew back to Italy, all the customs and passport procedures were simplified, and then I was "escorted" all the way back to the award ceremony by the organizing committee to receive the award.

Li An also shouted "ridiculous" after knowing that he won the award, coupled with such courtesy from Venice, this is simply a pretending to be an international comparison.

So do you want to learn?

After thinking about it, Lu Ping'an felt that it was over.

After all, Li An's situation at that time could not be replicated, Venice and Toronto were in competition, Li An bet on both ends at that time, but Lu Ping'an was not, he hit Venice that he aimed at at the beginning.

So there's no need to toss around.

I made a decision in my heart, and Lu Ping'an lived with peace of mind.

On the red carpet of the closing ceremony the next day.

After Lu Ping'an arrived at the scene, he was told by the staff as soon as possible: Lu Ping'an was going to be on the red carpet last.

When Hu Qingquan and the main creators heard this, the light in their eyes lit up.

This is definitely not something that Lu Ping'an's fame can achieve.

Tian Zhuangzhuang, who was calm and taciturn, also breathed a sigh of relief, and then put his hands behind his back, and the whole person looked a lot looser.

"Hold on!"

Hu Qingquan reminded, and then took a deep breath there.

The old man was a little fascinated.

But it's true, after all, this award is not just a single award in the current PR process.

This will affect the future of the squad.

The louder the first shot, the smoother the follow-up.

Hu Qingquan has always said that he is calm, but when the matter comes to an end, he thinks of the chain reaction of the follow-up awards, and this mood can't calm down for a while.

After all, the Golden Lion Award is not unusual, but if you win an Oscar in the feature film category.

This is another breakthrough in the mainland film industry!

Feature films and short films, the meaning is 108,000 miles away!

And the road is safe, and it will reach a higher peak.

At this time, Hu Qingquan, who was prosperous with Lu Ping'an, and who had already regarded Lu Ping'an as half a son, thought of this, can he not be excited.

Lu Ping'an was moved, and gave him a back, and the old man turned around to help Lu Ping'an sort out his clothes.

Then he regretted it: "I should have worn a red bow tie!" ”

Lu Ping'an laughed: "It's not marriage." ”

Hu Qingquan's face returned to seriousness, "I don't wear a suit when I get married, I wear a Tang costume!" ”

"Good, good."

"Don't laugh, pay attention to your demeanor, I don't know and think you got carried away in advance, so what, the acceptance speech was written, right?"

"Written, written."

"Tell me to hear it."

“。。。”

The red carpet begins.

The scene of competition and glamour reappeared.

The best of the game, or the most talked-about one, was the ball flower Monica Bellucci.

What Christine Dunst, Lena Heidi and Sophia Vijera and the like, it was indeed a little worse in front of her eyes.

Monica, 41, still has a charm.

Many of the men present saw that their eyes became hooks.

Lu Ping'an was very calm, because he didn't like strong ones very much.

Monica in front of her is a little fat and strong, which is not interesting.

The red carpet continued, and the creators of "Brokeback Mountain" were placed in the back section.

The widowed sister, who originally wanted to be Lu Ping'an's female companion, finally had to go with Hu Qingquan.

I don't know if Hu Qingquan will kneel on the washboard after he goes back.

When it was Lu Ping'an's turn, the organizers arranged for him to walk with George Clooney.

Also drunk.

Two handsome guys, it's really eye-catching.

But the meaning of this suspense is too obvious.

Journalists with a keen sense of smell and various commentators reacted immediately.

The Golden Lion, or Best Director, is likely to be decided between these two.

Giorgio Beruni's "Good Night and Good Luck" is the number one hit this year.

Lu Ping'an's "Brokeback Mountain" has received rave reviews.

If you want to talk about the difference, there are still the two.

It's just that the former is more political, and the latter is more artistic.

According to the Venetian urine nature, of course, it is the choice of art.

But same-sex themes are also controversial.

Of course, the political overtones of "Good Night and Good Luck" are also inaccessible in Venice.

So everyone quickly understands at this moment that it seems to be unknown who will end up with the flowers, but one thing is certain, neither of them will return empty-handed.

And so it is.

Whether it is the original time and space or the present, whoever wins the Golden Lion Award in the two movies will be one vote away.

As the last two protagonists of tonight entered the venue, the award ceremony began.

First of all, the Short Film Award.

And then there are the rest of the small prizes.

Kwan Jinpeng's "Song of Long Hatred" won the "European Art Exchange Award".

"Kind Gold" won the Giovanni Award for New Film.

A little more than an hour later, it was the grand prize of the main competition.

First the Special Golden Lion Award, then the Best Technical Contribution Award.

After two small points, there is the award for Best Screenplay.

"The winner of the Best Screenplay award was "Good Night, Good Luck", congratulations to George Clooney and Grant Heszlov!"

Suddenly, applause remembered.

Hu Qingquan and Tian Zhuangzhuang clenched their fists and were very excited.

George Clooney won a small prize, and these books can conclude that the final grand prize is not him.

In the history of Venice films, there are few people who have won the Golden Lion Award and won other small awards along the way.

However, the two still instructed Lu Ping'an at the first time: "Calm down! ”

Lu Ping'an was wandering out of the world, and his thigh was pinched by Hu Qingquan.

Forget it, today's situation is special, and I don't care about him in general.

Then the awards continued, after Best Screenplay, Best Actress, then Best Actor.

At the Best Actor Award, George Clooney's "Good Night and Good Luck" won again.

This time, it shows even more that the grand prize has no chance with him.

Lu Ping'an immediately put aside his thighs and let Hu Qingquan pinch the air, but Hu Qingquan didn't care at all and forced him to take a deep breath.

The widow sister who was one seat away was very happy and winked at Lu Ping'an.

Lu Pingquan should not have seen it.

This was followed by the Silver Lion for Best Director and the Special Jury Prize for the Second Prize.

Neither Lu Ping'an nor George Clooney were called by name.

At this time, everyone has basically guessed the result.

Either George Clooney set the fiercest record in the history of Venice film and won three awards in one session.

Either that's the road to peace and victory!

The audience waited, the guests looked forward to it, and the mainland reporters were nervous.

Principal Zhang, who is far away in the capital, and his relatives and friends are also waiting for news.

The wall at the gate of Nortel is also looking forward to the return of the road that has not been seen in the past two years.

Minutes and seconds passed.

The scene also slowly fell silent.

Subsequently.

Mark Muller, the chairman of this year's film festival and the guest of honor of the Golden Lion Award, stepped forward on stage.

Applause erupted.

Then, the Italian clicked a bunch of words.

Lu Ping'an didn't understand anything.

But he understood the last sentence.

Mark Muller spoke Mandarin in a straight voice:

"Young director from China, Lu Ping'an, film ~ Lu, and his "Brokeback Mountain", Congratulations to !!"

Bang la la blah.

Applause erupted.

Hu Qingquan even jumped up.

Lu Ping'an's face was full of black lines.

The road is safe, the road is safe, what a piece of road!

This old man must have done it on purpose!

(End of chapter)