Acting school started in 1998

Chapter 230 Down with Hollywood Imperialism
Lido Island is a long and narrow island with casinos, hotels and, of course, the most famous movie palace.Compared with the deserted scene when Li Tang came to travel in his previous life, the Lido Island at this time can be described as a sea of ​​people, and the long beach is full of tents, all of which are temporary residences for backpackers and students.

The red carpet is still being laid at the entrance of the movie palace, and lights are being set up to prepare for tomorrow's opening ceremony.

Only more than 100 meters away from the movie palace is the most famous Westin Hotel on the island. This is the official hotel designated by the movie festival. All the big-name stars invited are temporarily staying here. It may be that some stars have already arrived. Ten people gathered at the hotel entrance Several reporters with long guns and short cannons.

As for why Li Tang and the others were arranged in a hotel similar to a guest house on the main island, it can only be said that as newcomers, they don't have enough seats.

When Dan heard Naian's explanation, Xiaopang said with a face full of reluctance: "One day I will live here too."

It is of course a good thing to have ambition and pursuit.But it's not easy to be invited to live here, at least you have to compete with domestic Gong Li... Uh, Gong Li is not counted, she is already from Lijiapo.Nowadays, Zhang Ziyi is probably the only one who can match the target in the mainland film industry, at least he must have an international reputation.

Among the group of people, Li Tang was probably the only one who believed that Fatty was not joking, and that one day in the future she would definitely realize this dream.

After a round trip back to the trading market, this place was still deserted, and Zeng Jia, who stayed behind, only sent out a dozen brochures in total.

"Close the stall, come back tomorrow."

Li Tang can only hope that the popularity here will be stronger tomorrow.

Back at the guest house where I stayed, there were quite a few people gathered in the small lobby, all of them dragging their luggage, obviously they were all filmmakers who came to participate in the film festival and were not well-known.

Li Tang and Cheng Ertuo were at the end, chatting about going to the trading market tomorrow morning.

Suddenly, someone shouted in Chinese: "Cheng Er!"

When Cheng Er turned his head, he could not help being pleasantly surprised when he saw the person coming, "Senior Brother Wu."

Meeting Chinese people in a foreign country is naturally a gratifying thing, Li Tang also turned his head when he heard the news.I saw a chubby guy running over to hug Cheng Er warmly, followed by a beautiful girl.

It's just that the guy's big nose and sunken eye sockets are obviously of Western blood, and the face of that beautiful girl is very familiar.

"Brother Li, this is my brother Wu Shixian from the director department of Nortel. His work has been shortlisted for the short film section this time."

In addition to the four Chinese feature films shortlisted for the Venice Film Festival this time, there is also a short film called "Car 44".

"Director Wu, nice to meet you!"

"Brother Li, hello!"

It's always weird that a guy who obviously looks like a foreigner can speak Beijing movies fluently, and seeing this guy with a scumbag calling him brother, Li Tang was inevitably taken aback.

This guy seemed to see what Li Tang was thinking, he held his hand and said with a smile, "Brother Li, that's right, I'm born in [-], and I just look a little older."

After speaking, he took the initiative to introduce the beautiful girl beside him and said, "This is my girlfriend Gong Beibi."

"Mr. Gong, hello!"

Although the slightly protruding girl in front of me looks young, she made her debut very early. She has starred in many popular dramas such as "Beijing-Hong Kong Love Line" and "Carrying Love to the End". It can be regarded as Li Tang's predecessor .She was very popular in the past few years, but she seems to have disappeared a bit in the past two years, she is probably busy with dating.

"Hey, Brother Li, don't be a teacher, I don't dare to be a teacher, just call me baby."

Li Tang couldn't help being stunned again. No decent person is called Baby, so he called her very politely: "Xiao Gong."

Now that we met, I found a seat in the lobby to sit down and chat.

Compared to the taciturn Cheng Er, this director Wu is quite talkative.He is in the same situation as Cheng Er. He once won the short film award at the International College Student Film Festival with his graduation work "East 22". The short film "Car 22" shortlisted this time is his second work, and the heroine is by his side. This girlfriend Gong Beimi.

This guy was surprised by Li Tang’s fluency in Beijing movies, so he introduced himself as a Chinese-American mixed race. His father is Chinese and his mother is American. He was born in Wanwan, grew up in the United States, and studied at the University of Washington. After two years of film art, he transferred to the Directing Department of Nortel in his junior year.He has lived in Beijing for six years since [-].

The short film he shortlisted this time will be screened the day after the opening ceremony, and he warmly invites Li Tang and Cheng Er to join him.

Although Cheng Er didn't talk much, it could be seen that he admired this "Sino-American joint venture" senior.

That being the case, Li Tang took the initiative to invite them to have dinner together in the evening.Originally, they had booked a table at an Italian restaurant not far from the pier tonight, planning to have a meal together.

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The next morning, Xiaopang got up early and began to do her hair and makeup, preparing for her first red carpet appearance in her life at night.

Naian is going to visit Marco Muller and other people in the European film industry. Whether it is at home or abroad, maintaining relationships is always a very important thing.For example, this time she helped Lou Ye get the investment from France [-] through her relationship.

This France [-] TV station is a privately invested TV station. In addition to operating normal TV business, it also invests in movies.The boss is Berlusconi, the boss of the famous AC Milan.This buddy was re-elected as Prime Minister of Italy in the recent general election.

Li Tang and Zeng Jia went to the film trading market on Lido Island together to distribute promotional pamphlets. Cheng Er stayed in the hotel and had nothing to do, so they also followed.

They don't have the money to advertise in the program, so they can only use this primitive way to promote the film, hoping that this way can attract as many filmmakers as possible to come to watch the film during the screening.

Generally speaking, films that can be shortlisted will always attract the attention of some filmmakers.In fact, during the film festival, there is also a process of mutual game between the film producer and the film company.

Film producers generally choose films based on their ratings and quality, and negotiate with the film producers when they find a suitable one. It may be through buying out the copyrights of the country or the entire region, or through a model of agency sharing.

A lot of movies are agreed before the winners list comes out.Because once a movie wins an award, not only will there be more competitors, but the price of the movie will also rise.

Especially the Venice Film Festival, one of the three major awards in Europe, is very important and recognized by the audience.Just like every time after the Oscars, the award-winning films will have the opportunity to be re-screened. With the blessing of the awards, the box office is often amazing.What the producers get is not only honors, but also real benefits.

And the deal at the film festival is a bit like opening a blind box.Once the movie that the filmmakers bet on wins, it will mean a lot of money.In the same way, as a producer, before the awards are announced, they generally don't dare to take risks. Even in the midst of applause, they will try their best to recover the cost, and try again on the basis of cost recovery.If it wins, it will naturally sell for a good price, but if it fails, not only will the price go down, but even no one will care about it.

Li Tang and Cheng Er's current thinking is very simple, they don't want to share or anything, just sell the copyright and grab cash!

At ten o'clock in the morning, the film trading market opened, and sellers had already entered the venue one after another. There were more than a dozen people, and as few as three or four people, carrying all kinds of weird props and decorations, and began to arrange them in a mess.Compared with yesterday's deserted scene, today's booths have increased significantly, and it seems that they are almost filled up.

But there are very few serious film dealers and buyers, and most of them are tourists and reporters, hanging around with cameras, looking for good gossip.

Because of the reservation in advance, Li Tang's booth was in a good location, not far from the entrance, so it was easy to focus on.The booth was actually very simple, with movie brochures placed on a long table in front, movie posters plastered on the baffles on both sides, and a TV hanging behind was playing trailers.

After all, the cost is limited. Compared with the blonde girls in bikinis next door, who are ostentatiously handing out leaflets, attracting customers, and even handing out ice cream, their booth here can be said to be low.

Originally, the three of them were sitting in the booth, but seeing fewer and fewer people passing by their booth, Zeng Jia simply picked up a stack of brochures, ran outside the booth, spoke broken English, and sometimes Take the initiative to exchange a few words with people.It's similar to handing out leaflets on the street. Most of them just took the pamphlets and ignored them.Maybe after shopping, these pamphlets are all stuffed into the trash can.

The two big men, Li Tang and Cheng Er, didn't have the nerve to run out to shout hello, and Cheng Er was obviously disturbed when he saw the situation around him.

"Brother Li, do you think our film can be sold?"

"Don't worry, these are all gimmicks, and they only attract tourists. Real film producers don't like this. We are shortlisted, and we have a lot of advantages over them. Besides, the film festival hasn't opened yet, don't worry, Now it’s mostly just propaganda.”

Don't look at Li Tang's nagging on the surface, but he has no idea in his heart, after all, he has never experienced such a thing in his previous life.All he knew was that the smell of wine and the dark alleys of movies are a thing. If you want to sell a movie, you must first let people see it.

It was noon in a blink of an eye, and Li Tang went out to buy a few pizzas for lunch.Just as he was eating, he saw Naian rushing over.

"Hurry up, go back and tidy up. I have an interview with you guys. Li Tang, do you speak French well?"

"good."

Li Tang nodded hurriedly. During the filming of "The Little Tailor", his French level has improved a lot, and basic communication is not a problem.

At the same time, he was pleasantly surprised: "Sister An, what interview?"

"A French show magazine. I asked my friends from France [-] to contact me. I made an appointment at three o'clock."

I have to say that Naian is still very powerful. For example, the Venice Film Festival has four programs, two from France, one from the United States, and one from Italy.Many producers with deep pockets will advertise in the show catalogue. For example, the cover of an issue is as high as [-] to [-] US dollars, and then the middle insert, back cover, etc. are clearly marked with the price.And the interview in the show catalog is equivalent to giving you a free advertisement.

Back at the hotel, Xiaopang has already done the basic modeling.It is said that the three-point appearance is seven-point dress. After such a tidying up, a sudden look, it is really amazing. Of course, it is still a long way from the domineering Yujie Fan Er's chubby in the memory of Li Tang's previous life. It looks immature, and the temperament needs to be settled.

Directors and actors, film festival publications generally pay more attention to the director, unless the actor is more famous.Cheng Er, who tends to be socially phobic, was very nervous about the upcoming interview, and even felt a little restless.

Li Tang had no choice but to comfort him: "Think about our movie, besides, I will help you translate, what are you afraid of!"

That's right, think about movies.

To participate in the film festival, for Cheng Er, it is not only to strive for a good price, but more importantly, to hope that his works can be seen by more people.

Cheng Er gritted his teeth, secretly doing psychological construction for himself.

Fortunately, the French reporter who came to interview was very professional. After watching the trailer, all the questions he asked were related to the movie.As soon as he talked about movies, Cheng Er's tendency to social fear disappeared instantly, and he talked eloquently, and the translator, who was already stumbling, almost couldn't keep up.

As for Li Tang, the French buddy actually knew him, and even called him the name of the character he played in "Suzhou Creek" - Ma Da.

Li Tang was more or less flattered, he didn't expect that he would become famous in Europe.

At 58:[-] p.m., which should be the afternoon in Italian time, the red carpet ceremony of the [-]th Venice International Film Festival will begin.

At around six o'clock, Li Tang and his party followed the large force to take the speedboat specially arranged by the organizer to Lido Island.

Xiaopang wore a white dress with a shawl-style one-line neckline today, with low-cut hair and big red lips, and the overall look is slightly mature and extravagant.In particular, she has fair skin. Wearing pure white not only does not look dark, but also has a feeling of being so white that it glows.

According to the procedures issued in advance, this year's opening ceremony was generally relaxed and held in the form of a dinner party.In fact, as early as half a month ago, the warm-up for this year's opening ceremony has already begun.The most eye-catching ones are naturally those big Hollywood stars, and this year's main focus is "Queen of Topics" Nicole Kidman, character actor Kim Hackman and "Jade Woman" Elizabeth Taylor.

They came relatively early, so they had no choice but to be low-ranked and have no human rights, so they could only sit and wait in the temporary lounge set up by the huge tent next to the movie palace.And the big star who lives in the nearby Westin Hotel can take his time, time it right, and walk over in a few steps.

The red carpet of the opening ceremony has not yet started, and many movie fans and photographers have already gathered at the scene.What's more interesting is that the fans at the scene were not only enthusiastic, but also blatantly displayed a huge banner with a line of English letters on it.

"Pfft!"

Li Tang couldn't help covering his mouth and laughing when he saw it.

"What's written on it?" Fatty asked curiously because he knew nothing of English now.

"Down with Hollywood imperialism!" Li Tang translated to her.

In fact, at the film market in the morning, he heard people around him talking about the slogan of this year's film festival as "Down with Hollywood imperialism". Unexpectedly, some movie fans actually typed this slogan on the spot. What do you think when you see this slogan when the big names come out?

(End of this chapter)