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Chapter 81 Venice Appears

On 8.26, Cheng Yu'an took a group of "Warm and Bright" to Venice.

Accompanied by the heroine Zhou Gongzi, the actor Zun Long, the producer Hou Keming, the vice president of the distribution department of China Film and related staff of remote media.

For this trip to Venice, the relevant departments paid much attention to it, and the press corps had already set off first.

Chinese-language films have a deep connection with Venice. In 1989, Hou Hsiao-hsien won the Golden Lion for "A City of Sadness", which opened the indissoluble bond between Chinese-language films and Venice.

Two years later, in 1991, Zhang Yimou came to Venice with "Raise the Red Lantern" and won the Silver Lion Award.In the second year, "A Lawsuit by Qiu Ju" sent Gong Li to the throne of Venice Best Actress, and also won the Golden Lion Award for Best Film.

In 1994, 18-year-old Xia Yu won the best actor and became the youngest Venice actor (Xia Yu was 16 when he filmed "Sunny Day"). In the same year, the Golden Lion Award for Best Film was won by Bay Island director Cai Mingliang.

This year is the most glorious moment for Chinese-language films in Venice, but since this year, Chinese-language films have rarely achieved success in Venice.

Since the beginning of the new century, Cheng Yu'an's teacher, Tian Zhuangzhuang has won the best film in the "Reverse Current" unit, a small unit in Venice, which is rarely reported.

Therefore, Cheng Yu'an was shortlisted for the main competition unit and "very likely" to win the award. This is undoubtedly a shot in the arm for decadent Chinese-language films.

Cheng Lingfeng was very heroic, and approved enough funds to allow the crew of "Warm, Warm and Containing Light" to live in the only five-star hotel on Lido Island - the Venice Boutique Hotel, which is also the designated hotel for the Venice Film Festival.

Venice is rich in cheese. When the group arrived in Venice, they couldn't stand it after a few days of dressing.

"I can't eat anymore!" Mr. Zhou threw the knife and fork.

It's okay to eat fresh Western food, but it's really unbearable to eat it every day.

Zun Long has lived abroad for a long time, but he is used to it, so he feels sorry for the rest of the crew.

"I'm going to eat at a Chinese restaurant. I really want to eat rice." Mr. Zhou pulled out his chair and walked out.

"Walk around, I can't eat anymore." Cheng Yu'an also had enough of bread and cheese, "Uncle Long, are you going?"

Zun Long shook his head: "You guys go, I'll go shopping in the city after eating."

Zun Long is a very silent person in private, a little out of gregarious.

Cheng Yu'an didn't say much, and went out with Mr. Zhou to find a Chinese restaurant.

There are many Chinese in Italy, and the Venice Film Festival is about to open, and many businessmen have spotted this business opportunity.

Everyone randomly found a Chinese restaurant, which was medium-sized and decorated with domestic characteristics.

Before Cheng Yuan could speak, the waiter at the counter first asked in Chinese: "From China?"

"Huh? How did you see that?" Cheng Yu'an was a little surprised, but he didn't say anything. "you know me?"

"I don't know you, but I recognize Mr. Zhou behind you." The waiter pointed to the back.

"I didn't expect people to know about me in a foreign country." Mr. Zhou sneered a little.

"Are you here for the film festival?"

"Yes, we have been shortlisted for the main competition this year." Mr. Zhou was very proud.

"Really, then we must have a good celebration, what should we eat?" the waiter asked.

Cheng Yu'an didn't look at the menu either, and said with a smile, "We don't eat these."

The waiter smiled and met the expert: "Okay, you sit down first, I will go to the kitchen to arrange for you."

"Aren't we going to order?"

"Don't eat the dishes on the menu." Cheng Yu'an picked up the menu on the table and introduced to everyone: "Look, this General Tso's chicken, tangerine skin chicken, and spring rolls are all Western-style Chinese food, and they are made for foreigners. .I want them to do it all over again."

Cheng Yu'an is deeply poisoned by Western-style Chinese food, all their dishes are sweet!
And the ingredients are extremely weird, have you ever seen dumplings stuffed with cheese?
But within 10 minutes, the re-made dishes were served one after another.

Everyone took a bite and felt alive again.

Cheng Yu'an is a newcomer in Venice, and he doesn't know anyone here.

By 9.1, the crew could only obediently obey the arrangement of the film festival and set off from the hotel to the film palace by car.

"Director Cheng, look here!" It was also very sad, only domestic reporters recognized them.

"Hey, why are you coming to Venice this year?" Cheng Yu'an recognized her.

The latitude and longitude of the movie channel.

"Venice TV is very important this year, and I took the initiative to invite Ying to come and report." The two also knew each other, "Can Director Cheng answer a few questions for us?"

"Okay, what do you want to ask. Sister Xun, Uncle Long, come here quickly."

"We interviewed Du Amei before, and she was very optimistic about "Warm, Warm and Containing Light", and said that she would try her best to win awards." Jingwei said.

"Really!? I don't even know about it."

"Young Master Zhou, what is your biggest impression of coming to Venice for the first time?" Jingwei asked Young Master Zhou beside him.

"I'm not used to the food here." No one expected her to say this.

Jingwei didn't panic, but said very kindly: "Really? I know a few local Chinese restaurants that are originally wrong, and we will go together when the time comes."

He asked Cheng Yu'an a few more questions. Jingwei knew that the red carpet time was limited, so he didn't ask too many questions and let them go.

Ten minutes later, the report was sent back to China.

"The crew of <Warm Warm Contains Light> appeared on the red carpet in Venice, Mr. Zhou bluntly said that he was not used to Western food"

"The Opening of the 61st Venice International Film Festival, Cheng Yu'an Becomes the Youngest Director in the Main Competition"

The attached photo is Cheng Yu'an's confident smile on the red carpet.

With a height of 185, a decent suit, and a shiny leather boy, have you ever seen such a handsome young director?
Because of Cheng Yu'an's nomination, domestic people pay special attention to this year's Venice.

"Now I really want to see the faces of the Golden Rooster Award judges. If they see Cheng Dao's confident performance in Venice, will they regret their original choice?" Netizens are not stupid, although Yuan Yuan has repeatedly said that he respects the selection of the Golden Rooster Award. , but everyone knows that Cheng Lingfeng, Cheng Yu'an, and her nephew are dissatisfied with the Golden Rooster Award.

"Director Cheng Yu'an made 2002 films in 2003-3, and this year he made this one. Obviously, he wanted to make such a statement."

"Is "The Eraser in My Mind" released by Remote Media last month good? I haven't watched it yet. I'm a little worried that it wasn't filmed by Cheng Yu'an."

"I watched it, it's pretty good, Guan Jingpeng's romance movies are also trustworthy."

"I watched it too, and it is recommended that single people not go to the cinema to make themselves uncomfortable."

The online discussion gradually shifted from Venice to the just-concluded summer vacation.

"House of Flying Daggers" won 1.5 million box office releases, but failed to break the record of "Hero".

But it also broke through the box office of "Lord of the Rings 3" and "The Day After Tomorrow", temporarily ranking first this year.

And "The Eraser in My Brain" performed equally well. It was released for ten days and scored 3500 million at the box office.

The box office is expected to be between 4500-5000 million.

This result is pretty good. As a low-budget pure romance film, only Lu Yi is well-known among the male and female protagonists, and Guan Jingpeng is well-known, but the domestic box office appeal is unknown.

Such a lineup won 3500 million in ten days. Under such stimulation, the main creator stepped up publicity efforts.

Guan Jingpeng took Lu Yi and Yang Xue to 10 cities in a week to give full play to Lu Yi's box office potential.

Under the fierce offensive, "The Eraser in My Brain" received an excellent response in the secondary market.

As of September 9.10, the national box office of "The Eraser in My Brain" reached 4500 million. You know, the cost of "Eraser" is only 1500 million.

Cheng Lingfeng stopped the promotion, and it has been released for nearly 20 days. This is almost all the achievements of "Eraser", and the maximum charge will be 200 million later, so there is no need to smash the publicity.

　Find a technician to press it, and there is already a problem with the waist, so, can I ask for a monthly pass?

　　
　
(End of this chapter)