September 3rd, Imperial time, four o'clock in the morning.
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"Shortlisted, shortlisted for the main competition!"
On September 2nd, the Venice Film Festival officially opened, and the opening film was "Elevation" from Beautiful Country.
This has been announced a long time ago.
After the opening ceremony, the major films shortlisted for each competition were officially announced.
Among the Chinese shortlisted for this year's Venice Film Festival are the documentary film "Tragedy of Warcraft" by Director Zhao, one of the mainland's niche directors... and the dramatic literary film "Trading Crime" directed by Dai Chengbi!
Of course, this news has not yet been officially sent back to the country. When the news breaks out, it will have to be six or seven in the morning.
In the Venice seaside hotel, Dai Chengbi's excited announcement came, and outside the hotel there were a group of domestic reporters waiting to interview this new Chinese and internationally "well-known director!"
Despite his current status as a celebrity, Dai Chengbi is no longer the niche director he was back then.
"Prison" made a comeback, and "The Cure" gained glory. As a director of artistic films who has made his mark under the leadership of three top domestic directors, he has long had a place in the country.
In addition, the movie "Trafficking" directed by him is one of the only two domestic films shortlisted for the main competition. Although it has not been released yet and has not been watched yet, you can tell by looking at the lineup. Dai Chengbi, Xia Yu
,Cheng Zhiqing, can this lineup be any worse?
Regardless of the theme, it will definitely be another film and television feast!
This group of reporters had contacted Dai Chengbi early and wanted to hold a press conference and have a chat.
This is another rare publicity opportunity. How could Dai Chengbi let it go?
But as soon as the list was released, the reporters were ignored before even being interviewed.
Dai Chengbi must have shared this good news with Xia Yuxian immediately. Even Song Xi did not share it with him immediately.
Fortunately, Song Xi is not the stingy type and is jealous of Xia Yu. She will only be happy for the two of them.
Xia Yu suppressed the vibration of her cell phone, walked out of the room dejectedly, walked into the study and answered the call in the study.
"I see!"
I looked outside the window and saw that it was still pitch black. There was still at least half an hour before dawn.
"Is there anything else?" She was a little impatient. What time is it? Brother, do you want to scold me?
"The nomination list has been announced. I will pay attention to the other films when the time comes - I remember that our Mr. Zhuang has a good relationship with the organizer of the Venice Film Festival. Do you want to ask him for help to find out?"
Although Dai Chengbi repeatedly said, "I don't care that much!"
But in fact, how could you not care? And if you have a relationship with the organizer of the film festival, you are just trying to find out the inside information, and you are not asking them to change or cheat - although there are still ten days left, you will know in ten days
.
Dai Chengbi still asked.
Xia Yu is not a rigid person, nor is he going to kill Dai Chengbi just because he asked. He is like, "Why ask? What is there to ask? If you can, you will get it. If you can't get it, it means we are not enough."
Excellent!”
She can ask this of herself, but she can't ask of Lao Dai. Xia Yu nodded and smiled.
"I can ask, but...if I get scolded, I will scold you back twice as much!"
"Sure!" Dai Chengbi's face was a bit thick when it came to Xia Yu. Would he lose a piece of meat if he was scolded by Xia Yu?
Definitely not!
In fact, this can be regarded as a small move of his. Those participating in the film festival, who knows whether one of them has some relationship with which? We have a relationship, and we either have to use it, or we have to put it on the same starting line as others to let them know.
, we are also related!
It can't determine the final factor, but it can increase the proportion of awards and create a truly fair competition. What's wrong with that?
"Have you booked your flight on what date? The screening is on the 9th, will you come?"
"The flight on the 8th will land at about nine or ten o'clock in the morning on the 8th local time - from Rome to Venice, it will be about two or three o'clock in the afternoon. The hotel has been booked."
Xia Yu pinched her temples and talked. The air conditioner was not turned on in the study, and Qiu Laohu hadn't left yet, so it was a little hot.
"Where's my daughter? Do you want to come together?"
"Let Xia Yi take me there then - it's only two days anyway, what's the point of taking him there?"
Dai Chengbi was obviously a little depressed. He had not seen his daughter for several days.
Suddenly, his thoughts doubled and he said aggrievedly, "Your sister-in-law and I haven't seen our daughter for several days -"
It's you and your wife who don't take care of your daughter. It's you two who are thinking about it. Why do you let me do everything and in turn, make me suffer?
Xia Yu laughed angrily.
"Fart, didn't you start a video chat yesterday?"
Speaking of my daughter, I couldn't help but think, "How about we make a video and let me and your sister-in-law take a look?"
Xia Yu rolled his eyes, "Do you know what time it is?"
"...Ten o'clock, it's four o'clock in the imperial capital???"
[Hiss, I forgot about this!]
"It would be nice to know, don't you know that my daughter is more angry than me when she wakes up?"
"……I know!"
Like his little daughter-in-law, Xia Yu even heard Song Xi snickering across from him.
But Xia Yu didn't hear it. He secretly said to Song Xi, "My daughter won't vent her anger on her!"
Then the couple blew each other's pillows, "Isn't it because Xia Yi taught our daughter bad things?"
Xia Yu was also helpless, thinking that he would not take Dai Jia with him on this trip to Venice.
I could only put down the phone, go back to the room, and start a video call with Dai Chengbi and his wife.
There is an extra small bed in the room. Fortunately, Xia Yu's room is big enough, otherwise it would not be enough space.
Dai Jia is a quirky little girl. Of course she doesn't want to sleep in her own crib. She likes to stay next to Xia Yu and Yuan Bao——
But the problem is, Xia Yu is really afraid of accidentally crushing her, so he puts her to sleep every day and then puts her back in the crib.
The little girl is sleeping soundly at this time, with a correction belt on her leg. This period has passed the period of letting her sleep with her head in shape, and it is her turn to have leg problems. The correction belt can very well prevent the little girl from appearing o
Defects of shaped legs or x-shaped legs.
After all, Song Xi, as a master of classical dance, is professional in posture correction——
Don't dare to be careless.
In her words.
"If you don't work hard when you are young, you will not suffer small sins. When you grow up, you will suffer major sins."
Neither party said anything, and they were allowed to look at their daughter for a few minutes. It was obvious that a reporter was urging them, and then they put down the phone——
There is a popular meme recently, called, "Have you ever seen the Imperial Capital at four in the morning?"
Anyway, I woke up and couldn't fall asleep, mainly because the news about Dai Chengbi was quite exciting?
It's not exciting. Well, is it exciting or not? Xia Yu can't tell.
Even though he lost sleep all of a sudden, Xia Yu didn't want to rely on the system to fall asleep. He yawned and went to the cloakroom to change into a set of training clothes for morning exercises.
I didn't work out on the balcony at home, so I picked out a pure black peaked hat, put on Bluetooth headphones, carried a small satchel, put on the access card, and went downstairs.
She was not even in Taoli Bookstore, but left the community.
At four o'clock in the Imperial Capital, a lot of lights have been turned off. It looks pitch black from inside, but from the outside, it's much brighter and clearer;
At four o'clock in the imperial capital, many sanitation workers had already gotten up and started to go to work;
Not only sanitation workers, Xia Yu ran outside the scope of Taoli Shuyuan, more people from all walks of life have started to go to work.
At the beginning of September, smog has begun to appear in the imperial capital. It was still a bit hazy early in the morning!
On the way, Xia Yu met an old lady in her sixties, pushing a tricycle.
Xia Yu didn't step forward at first, but followed behind. When he reached a small slope, he saw that the old lady was really struggling, so he helped him. Finally, he went up the slope. When the old lady was about to turn around, Xia Yu ran into another road.
street.
Some people were at work, and some were off work. Xia Yu ran for nearly an hour. When it was approaching five o'clock, it was finally dawn.
…
Xia Yu has quite a lot of experience in taking care of children? She thinks so, but teachers like Yong Xia, Tao Tang and others don't agree so much - they can't accept it and say, "It's good to be able to live safely."
!" This concept.
When a child cries, of course he needs to be comforted?
Isn't it?
Xia Yu doesn't.
cry?
Then tuck it back into the little bed, you cry while I work on mine - I don't worry about you, and you don't have to worry about whether I can concentrate on my work...
Uh, focus on showing off!
Especially when facing Dai Jia, a clever little guy - how smart is this little guy? As long as he wants something, he will find ways and use all means to "subdue you"!
During the day, in the manor, I almost drove the old man crazy.
Teacher Yongxia was able to hold her temper and teach her little by little, but when night came, she became quiet.
After all, Teacher Yongxia is still alive, so she doesn't dare to "play with her life" with this little guy at night.
When facing Xia Yu, the little guy was extremely well-behaved. There was nothing she could do about it, she couldn't be as "cruel" as Xia Yu!
In the evening, after taking a bath with Xia Yu, she went back to bed and waited for Xia Yu to tell her a short story.
Do you understand?
Not even two years old.
Xia Yu said that she had to listen even if she didn’t understand. As a godmother, that’s all she could do.
If there are too many, let her take the little guy around the world and wipe her butt, forget it.
She would rather wipe her butt, bathe her, and change her diaper!
Fortunately, Dai Jia was quite enjoying it. As long as she stayed by Xia Yu's side, she could be quiet and calm even when she listened to Xia Yu's words!
This made the public, who initially felt that Xia Yu’s parenting philosophy was unreasonable, begin to doubt themselves—could it be that we were wrong?
And because he planned to win the exchange student spot, Xia Yi worked very hard at the beginning of the semester and had no time to talk to this little niece——
Can't even think about it.
Really no time!
In addition to Dai Jia, there are other jobs and things happening these days.
In addition to the 21 films shortlisted for the main competition of the 72nd Venice Film Festival, which set off a wave of excitement, another thing is also becoming popular. On September 1st, the official WeChat account of the "Nice to Meet You" program team
Posted by Bo, the program team has concluded the announcement!
Moreover, it comes with nine program photos, each of which is carefully selected, and the middle one is the final one!
It was the scene where Xia Yu, Lu Lingyu, and Yu Junhao were wearing cheongsams and gowns in the middle of the painted bridge. The three of them gathered together, opened their oil-paper umbrellas sideways, and looked up at the sky. This scene made fans and movie fans so hungry that they were almost speechless.
【Is this a variety show?】
[If the texture of this filter was not post-processed, I would doubt whether it was a promotional video or even a movie!]
[We’ve been waiting for more than two months. Our variety show was filmed and released at the same time, wasn’t it? It was filmed in one go? 】
[Ah, is this really the case? Can I apply so that we can read one issue every day!?]
[Ah ah ah—oh my god, it’s not just the three of them. Look, the last one is Zhuang Ling’s husband!!]
[Oh my god, it’s true, Zhuang Ling! The combination of Yu Bao and Zhuang Ling? It’s so handsome? You actually invited Zhuang Ling here too!?]
This is external, a hot discussion on the Internet, but it is internal within the team, or in other words, about the program team, Xia Yu and the others.
Great Wall Film and Television is determined to make this variety show a star, and it is not just an ordinary star – it plans to be on the three major TV stations in China!
It’s not that everyone can be accepted. What Great Wall Film and Television means is that whichever one can be accepted will be considered!
As for the money, to be honest, the advertising fees have already been earned back.
In addition, becoming a star does not mean selling the copyright, but only selling the broadcast rights for one round.
In other words, the program copyright is still in the hands of Great Wall Film and Television.
You can also sell online broadcast rights!
I've been talking about this for the past few days.
Great Wall Film and Television only wants to be on the three major channels, but domestic star channels don’t think so. They are all star channels. Wouldn’t it be ridiculous not to invite me?
If this news gets out, will Great Wall Film and Television still be involved in the future? There is no other choice but to send the news out.
If you have such an idea, just go to Great Wall Film and Television to see if you are qualified to be a star!
Regarding this, there is definitely nothing to say. As a semi-official film and television company, Great Wall Film and Television is very particular about being "reasonable, politically correct, embodying excellent humanistic values, and promoting the construction of spiritual civilization."
besides.
Those who can attract the heads of variety shows of major star channels include Xia Yu and Lu Lingyu——
Not to mention, the flying guests invited on the show are each bigger than the last!
No fight? It doesn’t exist!
On September 1st.
The variety show crews from major star channels gathered at Great Wall Film and Television to watch the twelve episodes of "Nice to Meet You".
From seven o'clock in the morning to almost seven o'clock in the evening, I didn't stop for a moment. During the meal, I would hold my lunch box and watch the show——
No way, it’s indeed a bit exciting!
The people in charge of these major star channels initially had the mentality of coming "for" Xia Yu and Lu Lingyu——
No matter how good the show is, with the two of them here, the influence of these two people will increase the popularity of their respective TV stations, and their influence will not be a problem!
But as I watched it, I gradually became attracted to the theme, core, and the extremely natural nature of the show without beauty filters.
What's even more rare is that all the invited guests could resist under this filter!
As I watched, after lunch, everyone began to sweat profusely.
Sometimes, for them, they are not afraid of not being wonderful, but they are afraid of being too wonderful.
After watching it all morning, to exaggerate, they were all immersed in it——
Especially the second episode, it’s so exciting!
Wonderful, what does that mean?
Competition!
This is especially true for some star-studded channels that lack core competitiveness and have been squeezed out of funding.
Nervous.
"What to do? What to do?"
Several people in charge of star channels took advantage of the break to go to the bathroom and called the director of a certain home appliance station.
After a lot of talking about this, this, and that, the core idea is just one: "We must win!"
But how to calculate this price?
Can the budget be brought back?
Advertisers, can they be in place?
This is an issue for their leaders to consider.
This issue has been going on for two days, and Great Wall Film and Television has been dragging it on and making trouble at the same time.
Have you finished reading them all?
Then let’s go home first, and we’ll talk about the first-round broadcast rights in two days—
It wasn't until the main competition shortlist for "Trafficking Crime" was released that the heads of various channels were invited to gather at the Great Wall Film and Television Building.
But this has nothing to do with Xia Yu. After the recording, she completely failed and took a week's rest.
Until September 7th, I started packing my bags and preparing to leave for a foreign country.