He Xin sat on the hotel balcony, bathed in the warm sunshine of the Mediterranean Sea, and yawned lazily.
At the end of August, the climate in Venice is very pleasant. The temperature during the day is generally around 24-5 degrees Celsius and at night 17-18 degrees Celsius. The sun is shining brightly and the sky is clear. This is perfect for a city that has just returned from a high temperature of 37-78 degrees Celsius every day and is sultry and humid.
For He Xin coming out of the tropical rainforest, it was like paradise.
Before dawn on the 25th, He Xin, who had just finished shooting, set off from the river mouth. The journey was bumpy, and he again experienced more than ten hours of winding mountain roads. He caught the flight to Beijing just as the sun was setting.
After a journey of more than three hours, it was already midnight when I returned home to the capital.
Early the next morning, Sister Hong hurriedly used the phone to pull him out of bed. He contacted Ning Hao about various matters before leaving, and then hurriedly boarded a flight to Europe in the afternoon.
I don’t know which link caused the problem. This time when they flew from Beijing to Rome and then transferred to Venice, they booked a non-connecting ticket. When they arrived at Rome Fiumicino Airport, they had to queue up to go through customs procedures.
Then I picked up my luggage and applied for my boarding pass again. I was busy for nearly four hours before boarding the latest flight to Venice. I didn't arrive at Venice Marco Polo Airport until the morning of the 27th local time.
As soon as they arrived at the hotel, He Xin was so tired that he couldn't even say anything and fell asleep. However, Ning Hao and his wife put down their luggage and were still interested in taking the equally energetic female translator who came here at a high price to temporarily hire them.
Went out shopping.
It's strange to say that when I arrived at the hotel, I could barely keep my eyelids open and I was so sleepy. But after taking a shower and lying on the bed, I had a lot of random dreams. When I woke up, I saw that the time had just passed.
For more than an hour, I lay down to sleep again, but I couldn't fall asleep. I had to get up from the bed, make a cup of tea, sit on the balcony to enjoy the sea breeze, bask in the sun, and then close my eyes to rest.
I didn't even have time for a cup of tea when there was a loud knock on the room door.
As soon as He Xin opened the door, he saw Ning Hao and Sister Na standing at the door. Oh no, from between their faces, they also saw the translator who was dressed in hip-hop and hired at a high price temporarily. But that girl
He is too short and his goals are not obvious.
"Why are you back so soon?" He Xin looked at the time, and it was less than two hours.
Ning Hao sighed as he walked in: "Everything is so expensive, it's boring!"
As he spoke, he pointed to the little translator behind him and said: "And Gu Yuewan also said that most of the souvenirs bought here are wholesale from Yiwu Small Commodity Market."
"Xiao Hu, is it true?" He Xin looked at Xiao Dou Ding behind Ning Hao and said in surprise.
Xiaodou Ding's translator was hired by Ning Hao. It is said that he was introduced by a buddy of his who specializes in English subtitles, and that buddy's ex-girlfriend. Both of them graduated from Beijing Foreign Studies University.
When He Xin met her for the first time in Beijing yesterday, he saw that she was a little girl about 1.5 meters tall, carrying a hiking bag that was almost taller than her, and she looked calm and composed.
The appearance was very impressive.
But when he heard Ning Hao call him Gu Yuewan, he thought his surname was Gu, so he smiled and called him "Xiao Gu", which made the girl roll her eyes.
Later I found out that the girl’s surname was Hu, and her name was also very romantic. Her name was Lin Yu. Gu Yuewan was just her nickname. It was said that she had given it to her by her ex-boyfriend from the Northeast who they had broken up with. It was derived from the slang of Northeastern bandits. Translation
Come here means "the one with the surname Hu".
After hearing this, He Xin felt a little ashamed. He was from the Northeast after all, but he didn't know the slang of Northeastern bandits.
In fact, He Xin was somewhat reluctant to hire this translator who looked like a little bean curd at the beginning. Not only did he have to be responsible for the translator's round-trip air tickets, food and accommodation, but he also had to pay an extra 1,000 yuan a day for labor. Calculated in this way
This trip costs almost more than 30,000 yuan. It is better to hire an international student to act as a translator when we get there.
However, Ning Hao is still more cautious about this, because when selling a film, it also involves the translation of the text and whether there are any traps in it. Although this little kid looks ugly, he is very powerful. Not only does he know several foreign languages, he also used to do it.
Having worked for several multinational companies, I am very familiar with this kind of cross-border sales contracts. Besides, although I spend a little more money, I still know the basics, and I am much more reliable than those foreign students who I don’t know.
He Xin was a little skeptical at first, but when he was transferring flights in Rome, he heard Xiao Douding arguing with the airline's ground staff about the transfer matter. He was speaking a foreign language with a tongue-in-cheek tone that he couldn't understand a word of.
And this time, thanks to her, we were able to change the flight to the fastest flight. Otherwise, they might have been waiting stupidly at Fiumicino Airport in Rome to see if they could catch the flight at 7:30 tonight.
The opening red carpet of the film festival is hard to say.
"of course it's true!"
Xiao Douding came over and rolled his eyes at Ning Hao, saying: "I have a friend in Milan who specializes in this kind of small commodity business. He told me personally. The largest sales place for Yiwu small commodities abroad is Italy.
, they also do wholesale business here, especially in tourist cities like Venice. Most of the so-called souvenirs sold outside are from Yiwu. It’s okay to deceive foreigners, but it would be unjust if we were fooled again!”
"So, the masks, handmade lace, glass products, and wooden crafts here are also from Yiwu?" He Xin asked hurriedly.
He likes to buy souvenirs, so he did some research online before coming here this time.
"Didn't I tell you? Nine times out of ten, they are wholesaled from Yiwu. How much is the local production? It's also expensive. Now is the era of globalization." Xiao Douding said impatiently.
As he spoke, he took out a pamphlet from his bag and threw it to He Xindao: "Boss, the filming schedule for "Landscape of Love" starring you doesn't seem to be going well!"
He Xin caught it and took a look and saw that it was an official film schedule. This kind of film schedule is similar, both in English and the native language. In fact, the Italian version looks similar to English, but it is incomprehensible when combined together, and for English He Xin
Xinya can only understand some simple words, and most of the time he relies on guessing.
He opened the film list and his eyes were a bit dazzled when he saw the dense letters inside. He glanced at Xiao Douding who was about to sit down on the balcony chair and thought to himself: Since I spent so much money to hire a translator, I still have to pay for it.
Why are you so energetic?
He hurriedly stopped her and said: "Xiao Hu, help me look for it, I can't understand it!"
Hearing He Xin's voice, Xiaodouzi held the armrests of the recliner with both hands. The movement of sitting down stopped for a moment. After hearing his words clearly, he still sat down, lying comfortably on the chair with his eyes closed.
Said: ""Landscape of Love" is scheduled to premiere on September 1st. Also premiering on the same day are Bertolucci's "The Dreamer", Emma Thompson's "Argentina" starring, George Clooney's
"Unbearable Cruelty", Nicolas Cage's "Stick Man"."
After saying that, he let out a long sigh and said: "They are all works by big names in Hollywood. I don't know if anyone will pay attention to your "Landscape of Love" by then?"
Bertolucci is a famous Italian director who developed in Hollywood and can be called a film master. His most familiar work to domestic audiences is "The Last Emperor", which won nine Oscars, including Best Picture and Best Director.
Although his new work "The Dreamer" this year was not shortlisted for the main competition, his reputation in Italy is equivalent to that of a national master in China.
The other two films participating in the exhibition, "Unbearable Cruelty" and "Stickman", both starred Hollywood stars and were directed by top Hollywood directors such as the Coen brothers and Ridley Scott respectively.
As for the British film "Dreams of Argentina", which was also shortlisted for the main competition, the fact that the heroine is Oscar-winning actress Emma Thompson is enough.
"Landscape of Love" can premiere on the same day as the four movies mentioned above. Is it an honor or a sadness? He Xin was stunned for a while, and couldn't help but shake his head and sigh.
But he immediately asked: "What movies will premiere together with "Incense" on the 3rd?"
Compared with "Landscape of Love", of course he is most concerned about "Incense", which he invested real money in. The results of the screening are directly related to whether the film can be sold smoothly and how much it can sell!
"The films shortlisted for the main competition include Takeshi Kitano's "Zatoichi" and a film that seems to be from Russia, "Return", and..."
Xiao Douding probably couldn't remember it, so he waved his hand and said: "Anyway, they are some movies I haven't heard of, so they probably won't pose much of a threat."
He Xin flipped through the booklet in his hand. There were four movies premiering on September 3rd. The two shortlisted for the main competition unit had special annotations. The other two movies besides "Incense" had English names.
I do know "The First Letter".
"The first letter..."
"Yes, yes, this is an Iranian movie." Xiao Douding said hurriedly after hearing him read it out.
Apart from the famous name Takeshi Kitano, a Russian film and an Iranian film premiered on the same day, and the names of their directors seemed to be relatively unknown.
He Xin and Ning Hao looked at each other, and they both breathed a sigh of relief almost at the same time. He then looked at the English translation of "Inse" in the brochure, and based on the superficial knowledge of phonetic symbols he learned in junior high school, he spoke
"Because, because..."
After a long time, no cause came out.
"Yin San Shi! Translated, the noun means incense, and the verb means to irritate." Little Douding, who was lying on the recliner, probably couldn't stand listening anymore, so he rarely took the initiative.
"Oh, it turns out it's literally translated into English." He Xin nodded, glanced at Ning Hao who wanted to laugh but didn't dare to laugh, and said: "Haozi, it actually translates into a monk's alms or empty joy, right?
more precise?"
"No, I think that stuff sounds pretty good."
"Incense" was a film shortlisted for the Upstream Competition. The organizer arranged two rooms for them. In order to save money, they had to wrong Ning Hao and Sister Na and separated them. He Xin and Ning Hao lived in one room, and Na
My sister and Xiao Douding were translating into Hu Lin language.
It wasn't until five o'clock in the afternoon that the four of them met with the crew of "Landscape of Love" at another hotel not far from the hotel where they were staying. They took a boat to Lido Island to attend the red carpet and opening ceremony at 7:30.
Not many people came to "Landscape of Love" this time. Those who attended the red carpet were Li Miaoxue, Lin Jiaxin and photographer Huang Yuetai. Zheng Yijian could not come over until before the premiere of the movie due to work reasons.
He Xin's only regret was that the producer Guan Jinpeng was currently working overtime to rush into the post-production of "Painted Soul", so he didn't come over and didn't even have anyone to discuss it with. However, before departure, he had a phone call with He Xin and told him
People from MK2 will contact him proactively during the film festival.
"Director Ning, hello!"
"No, Sister Miaoxue, just call me Xiao Ning as before." Ning Hao, who had rarely changed into a black formal suit, shook hands with Li Miaoxue.
Ning Hao was already familiar with everyone when he came to Qingdao to visit the class, but no one thought at that time that the young man who often came to Huang Yuetai for advice would now be transformed into a director whose work was shortlisted for the Venice Film Festival's Upstream Competition.
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"Ah Xin, I haven't congratulated you yet, but you have become the boss!" Lin Jiaxin and He Xin, who had already changed into low-cut black dresses, said with smiles.
"There's no such thing, it's just a leather bag company. Director Guan and Director Li both know this."
I haven't seen her for a few months, and this girl seems to be a little stronger.
Maybe it's because this girl was born in Canada and grew up drinking milk and eating beef. Her figure always looks stronger than that of ordinary actresses, with a strong back and waist, and her skin is a bit darker. I don't know why.
Every time he saw her dressed like this, He Xin had the urge to pat her exposed back.
In fact, the red carpets of the three major European film festivals are similar, except that the red carpet in Berlin is shorter and smaller in scale, while Cannes is grand and full of rules, and Venice should be somewhere in between.
The scale of the red carpet also seems to be in line with the influence of the film festival. Although the three major film festivals of Cannes, Venice, Berlin and Europe are the most authoritative, famous and influential among international A-type film festivals, they
As the Cannes Film Festival becomes more and more commercial, its influence worldwide has undoubtedly surpassed the latter two.
Although the latter two have always adhered to tradition, the Venice Film Festival, which has the longest history and is more artistic and avant-garde in style, has obviously always been able to overpower the youngest Berlin Film Festival, which is more political and social in style.
It was the first time for Ning Hao and He Xin to attend a film festival red carpet of this kind. They were as nervous as the first time they walked on the red carpet in Berlin. They agreed to walk together, but when He Xin had just walked halfway, he was still following.
When the surrounding movie fans waved and stopped for reporters to take photos, the guy who was not paying attention had already walked quickly to the end of the red carpet.