Acting school started in 1998

Chapter 229 The Deserted Trading Market

When I first arrived in Guizhou, the jet lag will last for an hour and a half. Since I can't sleep, why not do some physical and mental exercises.

Li Tang squinted for a while, feeling that the time was short, but when he opened his eyes again, he saw that bright light had penetrated through the gap in the curtain.

Glancing at the time, it was already past eight o'clock local time.Daylight saving time is implemented here in Europe, and the time difference with China is six hours. It should be more than two o'clock in the afternoon.

Xiaopang was still sleeping soundly, Li Tang knew that he should get up at this time, and adjusted the jet lag as soon as possible.

"Hey, don't sleep, get up."

"Why, I'm so sleepy, let me sleep for a while."

Xiaopang hummed twice, refused to open his eyes, and finally stuck his head under the quilt and pretended to be dead.

"Then sleep for two hours at most, or I won't be energetic tomorrow."

"Ok!"

Xiaopang nodded repeatedly in the quilt.

After Li Tang washed up, he went out for a stroll.

The hotel is located next to the Slavic embankment, not far from the ferry terminal, from here to Lido Island, where the film festival is held in the southeast, is very close, just across a shallow lagoon.

Although Venice is a city on water, it is a gimmick that the publicity says that it is a river when you go out, and that the traffic depends on gondolas.There are roads extending in all directions in the city, and they used to be able to pass horse-drawn carriages, but now they are all changed to pedestrian streets as a tourist city.

There are very few tourists on the road at this time, and many shops are not open.According to the work and rest time of the Italians, people here usually go to work at ten o'clock, take a lunch break at 12:30, go to work at three o'clock in the afternoon, and leave work at six o'clock.Through hundreds of years of plunder since the Age of Discovery, the Europeans are far happier than the Chinese, who have been weak for a long time.

Walking across the ferry terminal is the famous Bridge of Sighs. After crossing the bridge, an open square is the iconic St. Mark's Square in Venice. Surrounded by the Doge's Palace, St. Mark's Library, St. Mark's Bell Tower, and Princess Sissi and The famous St. Mark's Basilica where Franz I was crowned here.

Revisiting the old place, nothing new.Because many shops and restaurants were closed, Li Tang had to go back to the restaurant of the hotel to have breakfast.

The hotel is officially designated by the film festival to receive filmmakers from all over the world. There are not many people who get up early and have breakfast in the restaurant, and most of the people who hear it are French, Italian and Spanish.

Li Tang glanced around and saw a familiar figure.

"Ms Hong, good morning!"

Chang Jihong, who was eating happily with a croissant, looked up and saw Li Tang with a smile: "Li Tang, you are so early, come, come, sit together!"

Li Tang sat down across from her and ordered a cup of coffee and a croissant.

"There is nothing for breakfast here, and the bread is not fresh as if it was made overnight." Chang Jihong wiped her hands after eating the bread, complaining.

"People here eat very late for dinner and don't eat much breakfast. At most, they only have a cup of coffee or milk."

In this regard, Li Tang still knows very well. Dinner in Italy is similar to supper in China. It is usually at nine or ten o’clock in the evening. When you wake up the next morning, you are not too hungry, so you can wait until lunch. This is the first meal of the day. meal.

If you want to have breakfast, then a cup of hot milk, or a cup of coffee, is very good with a not-so-fresh croissant.

"Hey, Li Tang, you know this place quite well, have you been here before?" Chang Jihong asked curiously.

Few Chinese people go abroad these days, even if Chang Jihong has been to Europe twice before, she still doesn't know the customs of Italy.

Li Tang shook his head and said with a smile, "No, because I'm coming here, so I learned about the situation here from the Internet and did my homework in advance."

"I didn't expect you to be so careful as a boy."

Li Tang was a little embarrassed by what the boy said, so he quickly picked up the cup and took a sip of coffee to cover up the embarrassment on his face.

Although Chang Jihong is Xiaopang's manager, Li Tang didn't know her well before, and this time attending the film festival together was the first time they met face to face.

With short hair, she looks benevolent and kind-hearted. The first impression is that she is quite kind. She is not at all as aggressive as her ex-girlfriend's manager Hua Jie, nor is she as condescending as Zhou Xun's manager Li Xiaowan.

And when I arrived at the hotel early this morning to share a room, Xiao Pang offered to share a room with Li Tang, and Sister Hong's face didn't change at all, she just told Xiao Pang to get up early and reverse the jet lag as soon as possible.

Seeing Li Tang's shy face at this time, Sister Hong smiled and asked, "Bingbing hasn't woken up yet?"

"Well, let her sleep a little longer."

Sister Hong smiled and said, "Young people are good, they can fall asleep anywhere, unlike me when I am older, I still accept the bed when I feel young, and I can't fall asleep after tossing and turning for half a night."

Saying that, Chang Jihong said with a serious face again: "Li Tang, speaking of it, I really want to thank you this time, for giving Bingbing a good opportunity this time. And Bingbing often said that you gave her a lot of help. If it wasn't for you, she might not be able to get the role of An Xin."

Li Tang smiled and said: "We are all friends, and we should help each other. Besides, during the filming of "The Third Man", Bingbing acted for free. Speaking of which, I should thank Bingbing and you for your support." .”

friend?

Hearing this word, Chang Jihong gave Li Tang a slightly surprised look.Seeing his calm expression, after a pause, he showed a meaningful smile, nodded and agreed: "That's right, friends should help each other."

The two chatted for a while, and as the number of people in the restaurant gradually increased, the two got up and left with interest. Before leaving, Li Tang packed a box of milk and a croissant, this kind of croissant stuffed with jam and custard Bread, although it is not very fresh, but at least hungry.

……

"Not tasty at all."

Xiaopang took a bite of the croissant and said dissatisfiedly, "You just let me eat this?"

"Where can I eat in this place, let's make do with it."

As he spoke, Li Tang scratched his scalp regretfully and said, "I forgot to bring some instant noodles."

In fact, he didn't say anything just now, as a tourist city, Venice must have food, but it's expensive.It’s not just a day or two here, it’s more than ten days. If you can save a little bit, that’s a little bit.

"Eating instant noodles is better than eating this."

Xiaopang used to eat enough instant noodles when he first drifted north, but now he feels a little nauseous when he smells it.She took another bite and asked, "Dao Cheng, Sister Naian, have they eaten?"

"I don't know, let them figure it out by themselves."

In fact, they came early this time. Apart from going to the film trading market to set up a booth this afternoon, they are basically fine.

"Hey, if you have nothing to do in the afternoon, let's go to Lido Island for a visit?"

Xiaopang's eyes lit up immediately, and he nodded quickly, "Okay, okay."

When we set off in the afternoon, seven people actually acted together.Instead of staying in the hotel and doing nothing, it is better to go out for a stroll.

Li Tang participated in film festivals in his previous life, such as the Toronto Film Festival and Sundance Film Festival in North America. Of course, he always went to the movies to join in the fun, and he also saw the hot scene of the film trading market.

Originally, I thought that the Venice Film Festival, one of the three major film festivals in Europe, must have an unprecedented trading market, but when I went to the place, I found that the entire exhibition hall was about the same size as the canteen of the show, and it was estimated that it could accommodate 300 people at most. people.With such an area, the booths are actually sparse, and almost half of them are empty.

"That's it?"

Not only Li Tang, almost everyone was surprised.

Even the usually taciturn Cheng Er couldn't help but be shocked and said, "Is this the trading market of the Venice Film Festival?"

At any rate, he went to the Rotterdam Film Festival to see it at the beginning of the year. Compared with here, the Rotterdam Film Festival's trading market with thousands of people pouring into it is absolutely unprecedented.

Naian said with a little embarrassment: "No way, this is the situation here. After the opening of the film festival tomorrow, there may be a little more people here, and most of the European film companies will still come."

In fact, the Venice film trading market is deserted. To put it bluntly, the date is very embarrassing. At the end of August and early September, Cannes snatched most of the excellent films, and then the Toronto Film Festival snatched the North American trading market, making the three major European film festivals One of Venice fell into an embarrassing situation.

The so-called booth is very small, just like a stall selling small commodities in a farmer’s market. Movie posters are pasted up, and then a small TV and a DVD player repeatedly play movie trailers.

After Naian briefly introduced the situation to everyone, he said to Li Tang, "Don't worry too much. Usually, this is a publicity window before the movie premieres. Use this to attract more filmmakers to watch our movies." , check the quality, and then we can talk about selling the film."

Li Tang nodded, feeling a little relieved, but in any case, the deserted trading market here made him very disappointed. The movie he thought before could be sold at a good price, and he hoped to sell a few more national copyrights. It cannot be said that the fire is completely extinguished, it can only be said that the flame of hope is already very small.

There are a lot of people and power, the exhibition hall is covered with posters, Cheng Er personally connected the DVD player and the TV show to the line, and put up the trailer, and it only took a short while.

According to Li Tang's intention, a student was hired here to help look after the booth, distribute brochures and so on.Just now he asked, there are many candidates in the exhibition hall, most of them are college students who participated in the film festival.With limited economic conditions, I use the exhibition hall to make some money during the day and buy tickets to watch movies at night.

It is said that the movie tickets for the film festival are not cheap, and they cost twenty or thirty dollars a piece in US dollars.It is difficult for college students to afford it, but the exhibition hall helps to read and distribute pamphlets for about one hundred dollars a day, which is enough for them to watch two movies and solve the problem of eating.

As a result, Zeng Jia volunteered and asked to stay. Although she could not speak Italian, her English was ok, and she could barely communicate with others.And in her words, idleness is idleness anyway, it is better to save here for a long time to learn and see the world.

　Second more!

　　
　
(End of this chapter)