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Chapter 259 Meet an old friend in a foreign land (4000+ chapters, please subscribe~)

The hotel was booked by Linda arranged by Wu Jianye early on. When Sun Jiarui decided to come to Venice on the 25th, Wu Jianye was worried that such a problem would arise, but now it didn't happen.
As for the place where Sun Jiarui lives, Wu Jianye asked Linda to book it in advance. There is no way. , Sun Jiarui relied on his position as the captain, and in the end it was really possible for Wu Jianye and others to show their style and give up the rooms that had been booked in advance.

That's why Wu Jianye asked Sun Jiarui to settle in the place where Sun Jiarui lived, and then took his crew to the hotel where they stayed on Lido Island this time.

The most innocent person in the whole process was actually Zhou Qiang.

But no way.
Although the hotel is not a five-star hotel, it is much better than the 'guest house' that Sun Jiarui and Zhou Qiang found. It is a standard room for two people, complete with bathroom facilities.

The crew of "Raise the Red Lantern" came to Venice this time, including Wu Jianye, Tian Zhuangzhuang, Zhao Fei, Wang Honghai, Fang Shu, and Li Xiaoli, exactly three rooms.

Mr. Ma Jingwu and a group of old actors did not come, and Ru Mao was too young to come.

Tian Zhuangzhuang sat on his bed, worried: "There will be no problem, right?"

Wu Jianye knew that Tian Zhuangzhuang was asking about accommodation, and when Sun Jiarui and Zhou Qiang saw the accommodation conditions of Wu Jianye and others tomorrow, they would definitely have some ideas.

"What's the problem? He asked us to find the hotel. We found it. What else can he say!"

But Wu Jianye didn't care about this at all, as long as the rest of his crew didn't say anything, they wouldn't know about it.

Silent all night.

On the second day, when Sun Jiarui and Zhou Qiang saw the living conditions of Wu Jianye and others, Sun Jiarui's face became ugly.

"Nonsense, a hotel with this condition definitely exceeds our budget for this stay, you guys should check out immediately!"

"Captain Sun, you promised us before, as long as we find the hotel!" Wu Jianye said.

"But your accommodation conditions exceed our standards. What will you do later? Do you all live on the street together!" Sun Jiarui roared.

Wu Jianye already had a countermeasure: "Sun team, you promised us yesterday that if the standard is exceeded, then we can make up for the excess by ourselves. You can't count your words! "

Sun Jiarui's expression froze, but he said immediately: "A hotel with such conditions costs at least 100 yuan a night. Can you make up for it?"

Wu Jianye: "Then don't bother Team Sun, we have our own solutions!"

Sun Jiarui had a hard time at Wu Jianye's place, and in the end he had no choice but to hum: "When the time comes, the standard will be exceeded and you won't be able to pay for it. Don't blame me for going back and reporting to you!"

At this time Zhou Qiang came out again to smooth things over.

"Okay, okay, please stop arguing, now that the problem of accommodation has been resolved, I think we should first contact the organizer of the Venice Film Festival to discuss the release of our film during the festival. "

The contact with the organizer went smoothly. In less than a morning, the two parties had already settled on all matters related to the screening of "Raise the Red Lantern" at the Venice Film Festival.

Compared with the Berlin Film Festival, the Venice Film Festival is small and exquisite.It does not have the joint screenings of many commercial cinemas, nor does it have a complicated rail transit network, only the blue sea surrounding the island and 40 years of precious light and shadow history.There are only a handful of screening halls on Lido Island to undertake the screening tasks of the entire film festival.

Each theater has its own unique style, and the Sala Giardino projection hall, which appears in a bright red shape, is the most attractive to tourists.Its large area of ​​bright red color forms a sharp contrast with the blue sky, and at the same time, it is different from the solemnity and elegance of the white movie palace, making it extraordinarily lively and attractive.

However, the screening of "Raise the Red Lantern" is not in this screening hall, but in Palazzo dei Cinema, where there are three screening halls dedicated to the premiere of competition films.

The premiere of "Raise the Red Lantern" was scheduled for September 9st, the second day of the film festival.

"Sun Sang!"

Just after coming out of the organizer, several RB people stood in front of Wu Jianye and the others, stopped with smiles on their faces, and greeted Sun Jiarui.

An old man in his 60s with eyes and a short stature, followed by several people, but the most conspicuous ones were the two young women behind him, two girls, the charm of the young women was still there, and the girls were pure and moving.

After Sun Jiarui saw the other party, he also showed a smile: "It turned out to be Director Ichikawa Kun. I didn't expect to see you here today!"

Ichikawa Kun is a well-known director of RB. He has a high status in RB's country and has won many awards at international film festivals. He is known as the highest level of RB's mainstream literary films.

"Sun Sang, I have already learned from the announcement that your country's "Raise the Red Lantern" has been nominated for the Golden Lion Award. I don't know when this movie will be released?"

Ichikawa Kun asked curiously.

The shortlist has been announced early, so Kun Ichikawa has known about the films shortlisted by Huaxia this time.

In this era, there are many cooperations between Huaxia Film and RB Film. Last year, the two countries even co-produced "A Game of Chess That Is Not Finished".

But when it comes to the co-produced movies between China and Japan in the 80s, the most famous one is "Dunhuang" filmed in 1988. At that time, it caused a huge sensation in both China and Japan, and even set a record of 80 billion yen in RB. box office record.

At the same time, at the RB Film Awards known as the 'RB Oscars', they won Best Film, Best Director, Best Actor, Best Cinematography, Best Art Direction, Best Lighting, Best Recording, Best Clip. 8 Grand Prizes.

As for the content of the movie?
Forget it, don't mention it, it's easy to make people angry.

It is precisely because of the frequent exchanges between the two parties that Sun Jiarui and Ichikawa Kun also know each other.

"Our movie will be screened on the afternoon of September 9st. I wonder if Mr. Ichikawa's "Thin Snow" will be screened on that day?" Sun Jiarui asked with a bright smile.

"Coincidentally, we are the second game."

Wu Jianye has already seen in the brochure of the Venice Film Festival that this time the work "Thin Snow" directed by Ichikawa Kun was also shortlisted for the competition unit of the Venice Film Festival.

The movie "Fine Snow" is adapted from the novel of the same name written by Junichiro Tanizaki. It is a work commemorating the 50th anniversary of Toho Yinghua. It tells the life and love stories of four sisters in an old-fashioned family in Osaka Senba.

Through the introduction, Wu Jianye also knew that the four ladies behind were the four leading actors of the movie Keiko Kishi, Ryoko Sakuma, Sayuri Yoshinaga, and Yuko Furutegawa.

And when Shi Chuankun heard that Wu Jianye was actually the director of "Raise the Red Lantern", he smiled slightly.

"Wu Sang's first film was shortlisted for the Venice Film Festival. This is already a very good achievement. I believe that Wu Sang will definitely be able to make better films in the future!"

Although the words are encouraging, the meaning expressed is that you are still young, and it would be great if you can come, so don't hold on to the idea of ​​winning.

Wu Jianye smiled lightly and said, "I think it's a good achievement to win the award!"

Shi Chuankun was slightly taken aback. He didn't expect Wu Jianye to be so sharp. In his impression, not all Chinese people should be modest, especially at this kind of international film festival, there is always an inexplicable The inferiority complex exists, what is the situation now?
"Xiao Wu!" Sun Jiarui gave Wu Jianye a dissatisfied look: "Director Ichikawa is an internationally renowned director, as a newcomer, you should humbly accept the teachings of Director Ichikawa!"

Ichikawa Kun smiled slightly, and pretended not to care: "Young people, the first movie will be shortlisted, and it is inevitable to be high-spirited. Only after experiencing failures can you grow slowly!"

"I made Director Ichikawa laugh!" Sun Jiarui said.

Ichikawa Kun waved his hand generously.

Wu Jianye didn't say anything, turned around and left, he was not in the mood to watch them rely on the old and sell the old here.

Seeing Wu Jianye's leaving back, Sun Jiarui had black lines all over his face, and became more and more dissatisfied with Wu Jianye's arrogance.

After the three of them returned to the hotel, Sun Jiarui called everyone together, emphasizing again the discipline of coming to Venice this time. Take a humble attitude to study, don't look arrogant
When Sun Jiarui said this, he looked at Wu Jianye, and the meaning expressed in it was self-evident.

Wu Jianye curled his lips and said nothing.

At the same time, he told Wu Jianye that the number of people had to be counted every day. Although he didn't say why, everyone knew what he meant. Several people in the crew also looked dissatisfied.

"How much does Manager Sun hate you!"

After Sun Jiarui and Zhou Qiang left, Tian Zhuangzhuang leaned on the bed and said helplessly.

Li Xiaoli sat on the stool backwards, pressed her arms against the back of the chair, and said dissatisfiedly: "What the hell, it looks like we are guarding against thieves, are you afraid that we will run away?"

Wu Jianye smiled: "Okay, those who are unhappy, don't worry about him!"

Looking at the watch on his wrist, Wu Jianye asked Wang Honghai: "When will Ning Ying and Li Xiangyang arrive? Doesn't it mean that these two people are already in Venice?"

Both Ning Ying and Li Xiangyang are students of Class 78 of Yanjing Film Academy.In 1981, he was accepted by the Ministry of Culture and the Ministry of Education as an international student. He came to Italy and is now studying at the Rome Film Experimental Center.

When they came to Italy, they envied many people, including Feng Xiaoning.

When he came to Italy, Zhao Fei had already contacted the two of them.

Zhao Fei said: "They are in Lido Island right now. I just finished talking with them on the phone in the morning, and I think they will be here in a while!"

As soon as the words fell, a man and a woman walked in outside.

"Everyone, how are you!"

Ning Ying wore a denim jacket and a pair of ordinary slacks, and walked in with a smile.

"You can do it, don't even close the door!"

Li Xiangyang also said with a smile.

"Damn it, when did you guys come here!" Zhao Fei jumped over happily after seeing the two of them.

When the old classmates met, it was naturally a fight. After the fight was over, everyone sat around, and Li Xiangyang and Ning Ying looked at Wu Jianye enviously.

"Old Wu, yes, the first film was shortlisted for the Venice Film Festival, it really gave our classmates a face!" Li Xiangyang said.

"That's right, I watched your "Raise the Red Lantern", and even my teacher admired it very much!" Ning Ying echoed.

"Isn't the movie released in Venice yet? How did you see it?" Zhao Fei looked at Ning Ying suspiciously.

Looking at Ning Ying's reserved smile, Li Xiangyang said with a smile: "You don't know yet, our classmate Ning Ying is now highly appreciated by Director Bernardo Bertolucci, and has now been accepted as a closed disciple !"

Ning Ying smiled reservedly: "Small things, small things, it's all small things, don't be envious!"

In another time and space, Ning Ying, who studied in Italy, did learn from Bernardo Bertolucci, and even served as the assistant director in "The Last Emperor" directed by Bernardo Bertolucci Position.

As for this life, "The Last Emperor" is probably dead!
As for Ning Ying's gossip, Wu Jianye knew about it. Her family was not simple, and she was also good friends with Hong Huang from America.

Later, she directed a film "Infinity Motion", and even made fun of her classmate Chen Kaige in the movie. In the movie, besides Hong Huang, she invited two other actresses to play Chen Kaige In the life of the classmate, two other important women announced the three relationships of Chen Kaige to the public in the form of a discussion.

Chen Kaige was very upset
Tian Zhuangzhuang looked at Li Xiangyang, who was full of smiles, and played his poisonous tongue: "Student Li, they are all classmates. Look at Ning Ying, who is now an apprentice to the director of the Normal University, Bernardo Bertolucci. How about you?" , won’t you still be an ordinary graduate student?”

Li Xiangyang's expression froze for a moment, and he said forcefully, "My goal in life is art! A layman like you doesn't understand it at all."

"Ha ha!"

Li Xiangyang is also famous in later generations, but he majored in painting. He is an excellent abstract painter. Wu Jianye once went to his art exhibition, but Wu Jianye always reserved his opinion on Li Xiangyang's paintings!

"We came all the way to Italy, how are you two, do you have to treat me well!" Li Xiaoli booed from the side.

"That's right, we're saving stomachs for you two!" Fang Shu also laughed beside her.

"Then what are you waiting for, let's go!" Ning Ying laughed.

Ning Ying's family conditions are good, and her life in Italy is better than that of many foreign students. It is definitely no problem to invite everyone to dinner.

Everyone left the hotel in a mighty manner.

It was in the evening at this time, and the streets of Lido Island were crowded with people. Every Venice Film Festival is the busiest time on Lido Island.

At the same time, there are also many street performers on the street!
(End of this chapter)