Dreams of the Fragrant River

The "Shushan" crew went to Venice, including Tang Shuxuan, Jiang Zhiqiang, Ye Zhiming, Xu Ke, Shi Nansheng, He Jiajin, Li Saifeng, Zhao Yazhi and Wu Zhixiong, as well as several employees of Oriental Entertainment Distribution Company. (starter)

Tang Shuxuan's identity is naturally the team leader, responsible for contacting the organizers of the film festival, while Jiang Zhiqiang and Ye Zhiming are here to do the distribution and publicity work.

Jiang Zhiqiang serves as the general manager of the Oriental Cinema Line, and also shares some shares in the cinema chain company. At the same time, he also has the status of a special advisor to the Oriental Entertainment Distribution Company. Although Ye Zhiming is now in charge of the distribution affairs of the Oriental Group, he can only play well in Asia. He needs Jiang Zhiqiang's help to come to Europe and the United States. After all, Jiang Zhiqiang has followed his father to buy films in Europe and America since he was 13 years old. There are countless Western filmmakers.

As for the remaining Wu Zhixiong, in fact, he is the B brother in "Young and Dangerous", and this time he plays the villain Deng Yin in "Shushan". This person dropped out of school in the second grade of elementary school, and started to join clubs when he was a little older. 11 years ago, he was introduced by a friend to join TVB as an actor, and he received protection fees while filming.

In the past few years, the Hong Kong government cracked down on members of the association. Wu Zhixiong was unlucky and went to prison for a few years. In the past two years, the Hong Kong government relaxed the control of the association, and Wu Zhixiong was released early.

After Wu Zhixiong was released from prison, he didn't want to mix again, so he was introduced by Chen Huimin to DreamWorks as an actor, and played the villain supporting role in several films. Yazhi is twice as much.

A group of more than ten people took a plane to Paris, then transferred to Venice Airport, and finally took a boat to Lido Island, where the film festival was held. It was exhausting for more than ten hours.

After staying in the hotel, everyone began to divide their work and get busy. Tang Shuxuan contacted the organizer non-stop, Jiang Zhiqiang and Ye Zhiming were responsible for contacting foreign publishers, and Xu Ke and Shi Nansheng only set up the booth with the employees brought by Ye Zhiming. Even the leading actors such as Li Saifeng, He Jiajin, and Zhao Yazhi were not idle. They wore custom-made clothes, walked out of the Excelsior Hotel from time to time for two photos, and then "accidentally" squatted around the hotel to take pictures. arrive.

Excecio is a century-old shop. The original intention of the Venice Film Festival is funny to say, but it is actually to solve the problem of the hotel's tourist source in autumn.

It is for this reason that during the Venice Film Festival, the entry threshold for Hotel Excelsior is extremely high. Only big directors, big stars, and crew members shortlisted for the main competition unit are accepted. As for the crew shortlisted for the Horizon unit, they can only stay in another hotel, and the crew who are showing the film are chilled out.

Before the Venice Film Festival officially started, entertainment reporters from all over the world and avid movie fans gathered outside the Excelsior Hotel, just to meet a big director or a big star.

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"Sister Zhi, those foreigners seem to be filming us." Li Saifeng, dressed in a cute pink dress, walked along the avenue in front of the hotel with Zhao Yazhi, who was dressed in a dignified and elegant way, and whispered to Zhao Yazhi.

Zhao Yazhi just walked around the island with Li Saifeng, and was in a good mood at this time. She looked back to the side, and sure enough, she saw two white men holding up cameras to photograph them.

Zhao Yazhi didn't care, and was about to go back to the hotel with Li Saifeng when the two foreign reporters ran over quickly.

One of the reporters asked in English: "Hello, can I interview the two of you? It only takes a little time."

Li Saifeng's English is not very good. Only Zhao Yazhi can answer.

Zhao Yazhi nodded and smiled: "Of course."

When the reporter heard that Zhao Yazhi could speak English, he immediately said happily: "Hello, beautiful lady, my name is Alberto, I am a reporter from the Italian "Pioneer Film Xun". Are the two young ladies Japanese?"

Zhao Yazhi asked, "Why do you think we are Japanese?"

The reporter named Alberto explained: "I saw two people staying at the Excelsior Hotel, so they must be the cast members of the film in the main competition section. This year, there are three Oriental films in Venice shortlisted for the main competition section, two of which are in the main competition section. One is a Japanese film. One is a Hong Kong film. From a probability point of view, the chances of the two young ladies being Japanese are higher.”

Naturally, Zhao Yazhi couldn't be a patriotic and angry youth. She was only slightly disgusted, and said with a thorn in her words: "Reporter first, I think you can be a math teacher."

"So. The two young ladies are from Hong Kong?" Alberto asked excitedly.

Li Saifeng could still understand some simple English, and couldn't help but interject, "Yes, we are Chinese."

"That's great," Alberto laughed. "I know the opening film of this year's Venice Film Collection is a Hong Kong movie. Are you the starring roles of "Shushan"?"

Zhao Yazhi pointed at Li Saifeng and said, "She is the heroine."

The status quo of Italian films is far inferior to that of Hong Kong films, and the development over the past few decades can be described as suffering. Compared with American films, Italian films started late, but started quite high. While other countries treated films as a trick, Italian films were already famous for their luxurious sets.

It is a pity that after Mussolini came to power, Italian cinema became a propaganda tool for fascism. After the end of World War II, Italian cinema became an anti-fascist tool, and then an anti-Soviet and anti-Communist tool during the Cold War.

During the period, Italian films also set off several isms and waves, but after all, they were short-lived and basically art films with realism themes. Most of the entertainment and commercial films, which are rare in Italian films, are born out of Italian stage comedies. While they are popular in their own countries, not many people appreciate them once they leave Italy.

Nowadays, there is not enough food to make movies in Italy, and Italian directors who are a little better off will go to Hollywood, or seek foreign funds to make local commercial films.

Italian films are struggling to survive, and Italian film newspapers are dying. Old-fashioned magazines like Cinéma (its status in Italy is equivalent to France’s Cahiers du Cinéma) are about to close their doors, let alone nominations for the little-known "Cinema". Pioneer Film Journal.

The Venice Film Festival is a feast for the world film industry every year, and it is also an important opportunity for Italian domestic film newspapers to make money.

Alberto and his partner were hoping to come up with something exclusive during the festival in order to earn a lucrative bonus. Naturally, they didn't have the opportunity to interview major international directors and stars alone, so they quickly changed their goals and locked the interview object on this year's opening films.

In fact, not only them, but all those who heard the news were very surprised. At the same time, they were very curious about how "Shushan" was filmed and why it was specially taken care of by the judges.

"It turned out to be the heroine of "Shushan". May I ask your lady's name." Alberto felt that he had good luck. It was much more meaningful to interview the heroine of "Shushan" before the opening of the film festival than to report in a few days. .

For the first time, Li Saifeng was interviewed by reporters abroad. He was quite proud and happy, and said with a smile, "Li."

"Beautiful moon, what a good name." Alberto praised, "Is this your first time in Venice?"

Li Saifeng nodded and said, "Yes, Venice is very beautiful."

Alberto began to inquire about Li Saifeng and "Shushan" step by step: "Miss Li is a very famous actress in Hong Kong."

Li Saifeng didn't feel embarrassed to brag, Zhao Yazhi smiled and answered for her: "Yes, Amei is a well-known star in Hong Kong."

"I think the same is true. If the film you starred in can become the opening film of the film festival, your acting skills must be very good," Alberto boasted again, and then continued to ask, "Can you tell us what kind of "Shushan" is? Movie? Is it a Chinese kung fu movie?"

"Shushan is a... er..." Li Saifeng turned to look at Zhao Yazhi, she could speak some simple English, but words like swordsman and fantasy would not work.

Zhao Yazhi understood what Alberto meant and said, "Mr. reporter, if you want to know the specific situation of "Shushan", you can go to the booth over there to browse the information."

Alberto asked: "Have your booth been set up?"

Zhao Yazhi replied: "It's being built, but the director of this film is also there, I think you can go and interview him directly."

Alberto said happily: "Thank you for reminding me, if you don't mind, I want the photographer to take a few pictures of the two beautiful ladies."

"Of course." Zhao Yazhi said.

After a click of the shutter, Alberto and his friends ran to the booth to find Xu Ke, and got some promotional materials for "Shushan" that had not yet been distributed.

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I have to say that everyone is still very interested in the sudden opening movie "Shushan".

Behind the Excelsior Hotel is the Cinema Palace, the main venue of the Venice Film Festival. Don't listen to the name being quite high-end. In fact, it is a casino on weekdays, and it was renamed the Movie Palace when the film festival was held.

The first procedure of the opening of the Venice Film Festival is to hold a press conference at the Film Palace. The person in charge of the Venice Biennale and the artistic director of the Venice Film Festival will introduce the specific situation of the Venice Film Festival and answer some questions from the reporters. and doubts.

"Mr. Lorenzo, why did you choose a Hong Kong film as the opening film of this Venice Film Festival?" This was the first question asked by reporters at the press conference.

The artistic director of the Venice Film Festival said with a smile: "The judges think this film is very special, so I recommend it to everyone on the first day of the opening. As for what is special, "Shushan" will premiere at the Film Palace in half an hour. , everyone can enjoy it for themselves.”