On September 13th, at Capital Airport in Beijing, Tang An was waiting at the entrance of the airport wearing a fully handmade suit and leather shoes.
The San Sebastian International Film Festival in Spain starts on September 16th every year and lasts for 10 days. It takes 12 hours to fly from the capital to Madrid, and then it takes another 4 hours to take a bus from Madrid to San Sebastian. You have to go a few days in advance.
Before long, a car stopped in front of him. Yang Mimi and Xu Ruoyun got out of the back seat, and Li Xiaowan also got out of the passenger seat.
Before Tang An could come up to him, Li Xiaowan came forward to greet him warmly.
"Director Tang!"
"Hello, Mr. Li, would you please send them here in person!" Tang An nodded to the two women and looked at Li Xiaowan with a smile.
"Director Tang was shortlisted for the Best Feature Film and Audience Choice Awards at the International A Film Festival at such a young age. He is really young and promising. Did I have any doubts about this movie at the beginning? Now that I think about it, I blush. !”
Li Xiaowan is worthy of being a human being. Tang An saw her attitude when she knew it, and it was clear that she didn't trust Tang An.
But things are different now. Unexpectedly, Tang An's film was shortlisted for the International Category A Film Festival, which made Li Xiaowan look at it differently.
Taking the initiative to express your previous concerns will allow both parties to step down.
Tang An never took it to heart. In fact, everyone would doubt it in that situation.
"Mr. Li is serious, it's just an ordinary film festival. It doesn't matter whether you win or not!"
"Director Tang is being modest. Nowadays, except for a few big directors and those directors of artistic films who specialize in the European film market, there are very few people in China who can be nominated for international A-category film festivals."
"By the way, I heard that Lao Xu's film was also shortlisted for the Golden Shell Award and the Silver Shell Award for Best Director, right? Huayi's Lu Chuan was also shortlisted for the Jury Prize and the Best Feature Film Award. This time our country has three It’s rare for both movies to be shortlisted at the same time!”
Li Xiaowan sighed, it was a coincidence that the three movies were put together.
Xu Jinglei's "Letter from a Strange Woman" and Lu Chuan's "Kekexili" are also shortlisted?
Tang An really didn't know about this. Apart from calling Xu Jinglei when he arrived in the capital, he never contacted her again.
Forget it, call me again when you get to San Sebastian. It's not an international long distance anyway.
"Is Mr. Li going this time too?" Tang An looked at the time and saw that it was already late, there was still half an hour before boarding time.
"I won't go. The company still has a lot of problems, so I can rest assured that Director Tang is here." Li Xiaowan shook his head.
"It's almost time. Director Tang, you can go in. I'll leave first. I wish you a safe journey and a smooth return with the award!"
"Let's go in and wait. If you're late and can't get on the plane, it's too late to cry!" Tang An greeted the two of them, stuffed the bag into Xu Ruoyun, and pushed the two small suitcases one by one towards the waiting area.
"Oh...director, director!" the little girl Yang Mi trotted behind her.
"What's the matter?" Tang An glanced back at her.
"Director, if we are shortlisted, do we have to walk on the red carpet?" Yang Mi asked next to him.
"There will be."
"Will there be many reporters covering it, including foreign reporters?"
"There should be."
"Then am I going to become a big star?" the little girl asked with longing.
"It's not even close!" Tang An mercilessly exposed her fantasy.
"It's just a nomination for a minor award. Even if you win the Best Actress Award, it will only maintain your popularity for a month or two. After that, you still have to rely on your work to speak for itself!"
"ah......"
Yang Mi, who was hit mercilessly, suddenly became depressed.
"Director Tang," Xu Ruoyun on the side spoke.
"Call me Tang An. Now that I'm not filming anymore, I don't have to pay so much attention!" Tang An said with a smile.
"Then what should I call you, director?" Yang Mi interjected again.
"I'm not filming anymore, and I can't control you. You can do whatever you want!"
"Um..."
Yang Mi thought for a while and then said, "Then let's call him Brother An, okay?"
"It's up to you!" Tang An said casually.
"Has the movie been completed now?" Xu Ruoyun continued what he just said.
"If I don't finish it, I won't be able to participate in the film festival!" Tang An laughed.
"How did you do the special effects? Did you find the investment?"
"China Film Group has invested in it, and they will distribute it. It will be released at the end of September, just in time for the National Day release."
"It costs a lot of money to do special effects, so won't your investment be diluted?" Xu Ruoyun said with some worry.
Tang An worked multiple jobs by himself and was busy for more than a month. Xu Ruoyun didn't want to see him working in vain making wedding clothes for others.
"Don't worry about this. I won't let myself suffer. It's not convenient to disclose the details. You will know next month!" Tang An said to her not to worry.
Xu Ruoyun nodded, Tang An didn't look like a fool.
...
The plane took off on time at 9:15 in the morning and landed at Madrid Barajas Airport in Spain at 21:00, which is the 13th largest super-large airport in the world.
The airport is 12 kilometers away from the center of Madrid. Finally, after being reminded by the airport staff, we boarded the bus directly from the airport to the small town of San Sebastian.
As one of the oldest film festivals in the world and the largest film festival in Spain, it attracts a considerable number of filmmakers and movie fans every year.
For convenience, the organizer has chartered more than ten buses directly from the bus company to travel between San Sebastian and Madrid airports and train stations.
Tang An didn't have to pay the bus fare because of the shortlist notification, and the bus driver also gave three whole-wheat breads and three boxes of milk as gifts.
After 4 hours, we arrived at our destination, the seaside town of San Sebastian.
Although it is said to be a city, it is actually similar to an ordinary town in China, except that the buildings look more modern.
As early as when he learned that he was shortlisted, Tang An had already booked a hotel on elong.com, a single room and a double room.
After settling down, the three of them didn't go to sleep immediately. They had been bored and sleeping for almost a day on the plane and the bus.
After summarizing the plans for tomorrow and the next two days, I started to feel sleepy until about 3 o'clock in the morning, and everyone went back to their respective rooms.
Hotels for foreigners are actually not much better than those in China. They are small and shabby. Fortunately, the bathroom is separate and you can take a shower.
As soon as Tang An finished taking a shower, he heard a slight knock on the door. After thinking about it, he opened the door.
Xu Ruoyun stood at the door pretty, her hair hadn't been dried yet, steam was rising from her face, she had obviously just taken a shower.
"Still not sleeping yet!" Tang An gave way and invited her in.
After Xu Ruoyun came in, she looked at Tang An like this, "Mi Mi has fallen asleep!"
"Why don't you blow dry your hair? It's cooler at the seaside than inland. Don't catch a cold!"
"Let me blow it for you!" Tang An pulled her to sit down on the bed, took a hair dryer and started blowing it unskilledly.
It’s inconvenient to have long hair. It takes several minutes to blow dry your hair.
The temperature of the hair dryer dissipated the coolness of the night, and the lonely man and woman's hearts became hot.
Naturally, I fell on the bed, releasing the passion accumulated in my heart in this foreign country.
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