Chapter 382 Venice (1)
Cheng Yu'an was really thinking about chartering a flight or even buying a private jet while sitting on the plane.
"It seems that the G650 will be delivered next year." Many wealthy people are eyeing this aircraft, and Cheng Yu'an certainly knows that.
Liu Yifei smiled and said: "If you have more money, you can buy this."
"I bought it for the company, and it's not for my own use. There are so many people in the company, and it's a lot of trouble to fly back and forth every day. We bought a plane for our own use. I forgot whether it was 50 million or 60 million.
I don’t know if I can get it within three years if I order it now.” Cheng Yu’an was really thinking about this matter.
"Shaobao." Liu Yifei didn't bother to pay attention to him, put on a blindfold and lay down.
After the plane flew smoothly, Yangzi wanted to come up and talk, but seeing what Cheng Yu'an was writing, he looked like he didn't want to disturb strangers, so he felt that he didn't want to disturb him, so he just wanted to get up.
Cheng Yu'an finished writing and then read again. He didn't lie down to rest until his eyelids started to tremble.
Cheng Yuan came to Venice with ease.
"Director Cheng, why don't you come together?" After getting off the plane, Yangzi invited Cheng Yu'an to go with him.
"No." Cheng Yu'an pulled Liu Yifei into her car.
Huang Shengyi looked at the butt of the car driving away and said, "Don't show off in front of him." She was not exactly the canary of the rich, and sometimes she would even give some advice.
"Venice is his home court. We won't tell you what to do, but don't get too close to make others uncomfortable."
"I know. It's usually very difficult to meet Zhong Lifeng and Chen Zhixi from their company. Now it's hard to attend the film festival together. I don't want to miss such a good opportunity."
With that said, the two of them also got in the car and left.
After arriving at the hotel, Cheng Yu'an and Liu Yifei met Sarah (the vice president of production of a major film company and the producer of "Pacific Rim") without stopping, and went to find people from Warner to discuss "Pacific Rim" together.
This trip to Venice was led by Warner Bros. Director of Global Marketing Sue Kroll.
After Robinov leaves, Kroll's team will take over part of his work. He himself has an indifferent attitude towards "Pacific Rim" and it doesn't matter whether he does it or not. However, the new president is not optimistic about this project.
Cheng Yu'an and Sarah spent the next two days trying their best to persuade Warner Bros. to continue following up on "Pacific Rim." Later, Thomas Tull also joined the lobbying after arriving in Venice.
It’s not that it can’t be changed, but that it would involve too much and the share contract and issuance would need to be renegotiated.
Kroll certainly had the authority to make the decision on "Pacific Rim," but he didn't give Cheng Yu'an and Thomas Tull a clear reply until the opening of the film festival.
He said that he would report to the president and hold a meeting to discuss it.
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What is a film festival card?
"Hunting" by Cheng Yuan is.
Film festival chairman Mark Mueller personally booked the film and stood at the gate of the Film Palace to personally greet the crew of "The Hunt".
Cheng Yu'an won the Best Director Award when he was nominated for Venice for the first time in 2004. He came to Water City again after 6 years, and Mark Muller gave him full respect.
Nowadays, the competition among the three major European companies is too fierce. As the youngest best director in the history of Venice, Cheng Yuan is internationally famous and the boss of a Hollywood company. He has always been the target of recruitment in Berlin and Cannes.
If Mark Mueller hadn't personally called and said that this year might be his last year as the festival chairman, Cheng Yu'an would have insisted on bringing the film.
Cheng Yuan might go to Cannes.
There was a big scene in Venice this year, and many people were trying to show off Mark Muller.
23 films participated in the main competition unit. Judging from the audience and media surveys before the opening, everyone is looking forward to this film festival and most of them said that this year is very different from previous years. Even the always picky Italian local media also expressed their disapproval of Mark Muller.
People praised: "Whether it is the stars coming to the festival or the quality and rich diversity of the film selection itself, the 68th Film Festival's film list looks impeccable."
It truly deserves the title of "the world's first international film festival" and "the father of international film festivals".
There are not many big names in the cast of "The Hunt", and the leading actors Matthew McConaughey and Hugh Grant are obviously not as big as Colin Firth, who just won the Oscar for Best Actor.
"Film Channel reported that in the early morning of September 1, Beijing time (the afternoon of August 31, local time), the opening ceremony of the 68th Venice Film Festival was held on Lido Island in Venice. Chinese director Cheng Yuan made his film debut with his first foreign language film "Hunting"
Festival. The picture shows director Cheng Yuan and his girlfriend Liu Yifei on the red carpet."
"The filmmakers of China Entertainment Group made a collective appearance at the opening of the 68th Venice Film Festival. Five works from the Chinese-speaking Corps were shortlisted for the main competition unit, setting a record for the most shortlisted films in history. This year may be a good year."
"The Legend of White Snake" in the non-competition section was automatically excluded by the media, but it also attracted a lot of coverage because of Li Lianlian's support.
Chief Jia had a few words with Cheng Yuan on the red carpet, mainly about the fact that "Hello! Mr. Tree" won the Cannes Jury Prize.
This film was made by his Xihe Xinghui and Yuan Yuan, and I never thought it would win an award before.
Director Jia knew that the film would not win at the box office, but through the Cannes trading market, the film had already made a profit.
After exchanging a few pleasantries with Cheng Yuan, Section Chief Jia left. He is the chairman of the jury of the Horizon section this year and has a lot of work to do during the film festival.
Cheng Yuan was interviewed on the red carpet, first by local Italian media. Cheng Yuan did not understand Italian and only answered in English. Later Liu Yifei asked him to be interviewed by domestic media.
"I did want to invite Leon to work with me again at first, but Leon deliberately gained weight to play "Hoover", but he recommended Matthew to me. Matthew, I hope you won't be angry." Matthew shook his head, knowing that he
He joked to himself, "He is also an actor with superb acting skills. I have found as many possibilities in him as Leon. I will continue to cooperate with him if there are good scripts in the future."
""Hunting" has the best actors and the best team. I only did a trivial job. If I win an award, it should be the credit of the entire team."
"Personally, I already have the best director, so I don't have much obsession with whether I win or not."
The young lady also accepted a brief interview afterwards. She did not have any works shortlisted. Before she came to Venice, some people said that she walked on the red carpet in Venice without any works because she was influenced by Cheng Yuan.
"This is my first time coming to Venice this year. I am very happy. Although it is an invitation from a brand, I will continue to work hard and strive to walk the red carpet with my work in a dignified manner." This is a response to the question.
After staying on the red carpet for five or six minutes, Cheng Yu'an took Liu Yifei's hand and led the "Hunting" crew through the red carpet and onto the movie palace. After signing autographs and taking photos, they turned around and went in.
"Look at you, you're just walking on the red carpet, and your palms are sweaty."
Chapter completed!