"Mr. Zhou Yang, let's leave first. See you in Vienna in two days..."
"Well, see you in two days, Teacher Perahia..."
Airport entrance.
Perahia nodded along with Zhou Yang, still unable to hide the regret on her face.
When saying goodbye to Zhou Yang, it was obvious that he wanted to say something, but in the end he swallowed it.
George kept his head down from beginning to end. He neither said goodbye to Zhou Yang nor said a word. He just turned around and left, silently getting into the special car.
Zhou Yang looked at Perahia's leaving figure and nodded solemnly, his voice full of respect.
Real musicians are as devout to music as believers, and even gave Zhou Yang a vague illusion that "music has no borders".
After Perahia and others left, Zhou Yang took out his cell phone again and looked at the caller number suspiciously.
【Xiao Zhou, have you ever considered our Yiyi? 】
This was the voice of a middle-aged woman. When she asked this question, Zhou Yang was hung up immediately before he could answer.
When Zhou Yang called again, no one answered.
mischief?
No, the person who knows my number must be an acquaintance. Who is it...
Zhou Yang shook his head.
At this moment, his cell phone rang. The call was from Liu Hua and Liu Tianwang.
They have been waiting in Venice for a long time.
In 2007, the Chinese film industry was still eager to be recognized by Europeans and Americans, especially actors.
The attraction of international movie stars is still great for them.
Completely different from Zhou Yang's punctual arrival, Liu Hua, the king of the starring team of "Infernal Affairs", Tsang Jiabao, an elder of the Hong Kong generation who played Han Chen, and Luo Jiaguo, the actor of Huang Zhicheng, came to Venice early to promote the movie.
Even "Infernal Affairs" has been screened in Venice for several rounds.
but……
It's a pity that "Infernal Affairs" has gained a huge reputation in China. It has been in theaters for so long and has a box office of more than 600 million. It is a landmark work. However, the screening in Venice did not create any waves. Although the screenings in the past few days tended to be full, but in the West
The media's evaluation of this movie is still not high.
Even though Li Qiang, the leader of the post-production team, repeatedly edited the original "Infernal Affairs" sample to create a picture that catered to Western tastes, it still failed to make any waves.
Western film producers were quite torn when it came to "The Departed". Although it was famous and widely influential, they were more willing to buy "The Departed" for a movie of the same type and plot.
Among the movies that have a good reputation in North America and are well-received at the box office, "Infernal Affairs" is at best an alternative...
When Zhou Yang walked out of the airport gate, he saw countless reporters rushing forward.
Zhou Yang was startled, and when he was about to do something, he realized that these reporters were not here for him at all.
Following the reporters' gazes, Zhou Yang saw an astonishing scene.
Zhao Zhen was surrounded by countless Western reporters, asking questions and being surrounded like a superstar. Some reporters even hugged Zhao Zhen in public, and even tried to kiss him.
"This guy's "The Lighthouse by the Sea" has become famous in the West. Many of my peers regard "The Lighthouse by the Sea" as a masterpiece. Especially in Venice, a relatively open city, it was an instant hit...
…These days, we don’t dare to take him out for fear of being affected…” Zhou Yang turned his head and found that Li Qiang, the post-editing department of “Infernal Affairs”, had come to him at some point, looking at the call in front of him in the distance.
Zhao Zhen, who was holding back, murmured to himself.
"So exaggerated?" Zhou Yang was shocked.
"Mr. Zhou, this guy's influence may be even more exaggerated than the influence you brought to Berlin with "Mineral Bottom"... Maybe our second international superstar at Huaxing will be Zhao Zhen..." Feng Kai's
The voice rang not far away from Zhou Yang.
At this moment, Feng Kai felt like a witness.
Witness the rise of a non-professional director Zhou Yang, and witness an ordinary miner move from China to the world and become highly sought after.
Feng Kai's emotions became more and more complicated.
He saw the international craze for this type of film, but there was nothing he could do about it.
He couldn't make it, and he was quite resistant to this kind of movie.
""The Lighthouse by the Sea" will most likely win an award in Venice!"
Behind Feng Kai, the king of heaven Liu Hua also came over. His eyes looked at Zhao Zhen, there were not so many complicated emotions, only envy and yearning.
Not far from the airport is the hotel. At the door of the hotel, there is a movie poster for "The Lighthouse by the Sea". In the poster, Zhao Zhen is smiling brightly and hugging a young Norwegian man.
The poster below reads the slogan "The Greatest Love" in English.
This young Norwegian's name is Yagus. He is a well-known niche actor in Norway, but he is extremely deep-rooted.
After finally getting rid of the reporters, Zhao Zhen ran to the hotel lobby and met Zhou Yang and his party. After facing the ridicule from Liu Hua and others, he had a bit of a wry smile on his face.
"I was actually quite confused... Sometimes while filming, I couldn't tell the difference between reality and movies. Later, director Mary Vane asked me to watch more movies about beautiful women... So I watched those small movies from the island country every day...
…”
When Zhao Zhen was supposed to be in high spirits, everyone thought that "Lighthouse by the Sea" would win an award, and Zhao Zhen might even win an individual award. However, after filming "Lighthouse by the Sea", some sequelae were left.
"I won't make movies like this anymore. I won't make them anymore. No matter how much money I give, I won't make them!"
"..."
Feng Kai's teeth hurt when he heard these words, and he wanted to slap this girl.
Typical of getting cheap but still selling well.
…………………………
There are very few Chinese films at the Venice International Film Festival this time, with only two films, "Night Walker" and "Infernal Affairs."
The movie "Night Walker" is more popular overseas than "Infernal Affairs". Django has been busy these days and has sold a lot of copyrights. Although the box office of this movie was far lower than expected, it still made money.
A small amount of money, and it was shortlisted for the Venice International Film Festival.
Zhang Lei and Qian Wei, as part of the team of "Night Walker", naturally followed them to Venice.
At night, they walked in from outside the hotel, and when they were about to go upstairs, they saw several familiar figures.
Suddenly, a flash of embarrassment flashed across their faces. They both lowered their heads. Their hearts were so complicated that they pretended not to notice and took a few steps around.
"Have you ever regretted leaving Huaxing? As the earliest employees of Huaxing, if we had stayed at Huaxing, we might not be able to..."
"..."
Huaxing's "Mid-Autumn Festival gift" incident yesterday caused a sensation in the industry and triggered a series of controversies.
Qian Wei and Zhang Lei also saw it.
The joyful mood of coming to Venice to travel at public expense suddenly turned gloomy, and even taking a boat ride around the small town of Venice was not exciting.
That year...
After the two of them finished "Under the Mine", they could not resist the temptation of Xinghui and left Huaxing.
After leaving Huaxing, although the situation of the two of them did not get worse, it did not get better either. They thought they would just be ordinary workers, relying on Xinghui to enjoy the cool life. They saw that Huaxing was also the person in charge of the post-production team.
After the news that Li Qiang received 200,000 yuan as a "Mid-Autumn Festival gift" alone, and even the cleaning man received 10,000 yuan, the two of them instantly became depressed.
There are rumors within Xinghui that Huaxing will not be able to survive in the Chinese entertainment industry if it operates like this. Many analysts in the industry are also saying that Huaxing is just messing around and will not last long...
Everyone is talking bad about Huaxing!
But!
That’s real money!
They have worked at Xinghui for so long, and they have never received a bonus of more than 100,000 yuan...
How can I have balance in my heart?
Elevator entrance.
After facing Zhang Lei's complicated voice, Qian Wei didn't say anything.
Just as the two were about to enter the room, there was another noise from the elevator not far away.
Qian Wei saw a familiar figure walking over again.
"Brother Qian, long time no see. How are you doing lately?"
"Xiao Li..."
"Well, hello, Brother Qian, hello, Brother Lei, hey, how did you know that I spent 200,000 yuan to buy a Rolex watch?"
"???"
Hotel walkway.
Qian Wei's former subordinate and follower Li Qiang walked over in a swaggering manner. When he saw Qian Wei, he unconsciously rolled up his sleeves and showed off his Rolex watch like a nouveau riche.
Qian Cai took a deep breath.
He didn't ask.
Not even his eyes looked at it.
But Li Qiang waved his watch like a villain and smiled so much that he wanted to be slapped.
"Congratulations, the watch looks great."
Qian Wei forced out a smile.
"Actually, I can barely wear it. In fact, I have no interest in Rolex, but as a Mid-Autumn Festival gift... Brother Qian, you know, the company gave me 200,000 in cash, I have to buy something, otherwise the money will depreciate.
What to do..."
Qian Wei looked at Li Qiang's stinking look and was so angry that his whole body wanted to tremble.
When he saw Li Qiang walking into the room carelessly, Zhang Lei next to him clenched his fists violently.
"The villain succeeds!"
When he finished saying this, his face was full of gloom.
Qian Wei was also angry, but besides being angry, his heart was more complicated.
Two hundred thousand Rolex...
He has always wanted one piece in his dream. In fact, he has almost saved up enough money in the past two years, and is planning to buy one tomorrow...
But at this moment, he found that it was as disgusting as eating a piece of fly.
"I regret!"
"I regret leaving Huaxing."
When he said these words, Zhang Lei, who was originally angry, suddenly became stagnant.
Then he lowered his head and silently opened the door to the room and closed it.
He also regretted it.
……………………
Late at night.
Everyone is asleep.
However, Christian and director Mary Vane knocked on Zhou Yang's room.
"Mr. Zhou Yang..."
"Ah, Mr. Christian?"
"Mr. Zhou Yang, Director Mary Vane wants to make a gay-type movie with an old American theme, and is going to talk to you..."
"I won't act!"
Zhou Yang, who was originally sleepy, was suddenly startled, especially after seeing the weird, slightly greedy eyes of Mary Vanessa, the director of "The Lighthouse by the Sea", he suddenly woke up!