Middle age: leisurely life in the entertainment industry

Francesco is over fifty, fat and balding, and he is also the conductor of the orchestra.

The two introduced each other and shook hands. Francesco also took the initiative to take two cocktails from the bartender and clink glasses with each other.

"Mr. Yu, why do you have to go back after such a wonderful night and a beautiful girl?" Francesco said with a smile.

There are quite a few beautiful girls.

Some people say that Italian girls under the age of 18 all have stunning faces, delicate facial features, and slender legs. The larger the population, the higher the obesity rate.

But here are all young girls in their twenties, enthusiastic and unrestrained, and they even took the initiative to invite Yu Dongqing to dance. They all have flaming red lips, sexy and graceful, which Yu Dongqing can't bear.

It's not that the girl has too many thoughts, but it makes him feel uncomfortable.

Could it be that I am used to living a life of pure heart and few desires?

Especially during this period of pregnancy.

Ahem

Of course Yu Dongqing would not express her inner thoughts. She just smiled and said that she was feeling unwell and wanted to go back and rest early.

Francesco only exchanged polite greetings. It was the first time they met, and they couldn't go arm-in-arm to listen to music. He had his own purpose in looking for Yu Dongqing.

"Mr. Yu, can you license your song "Beautiful Girl" to our orchestra? We are going to adapt it into a symphony."

This can be done.

Yu Dongqing happily agreed.

He also wanted to hear this guerrilla song sing in Italy.

After attending Elena's wedding, Yu Dongqing spent two more days in Venice as the film festival kicked off.

The Venice Film Festival is not held in the city, but on an 18-kilometer-long sandbank called Lido Island in the southeast of Venice. It requires a 15-minute vaporetto ride from Venice to reach it.

It's a lot more stylish than the traditional downtown Venice, where in the historic city center the canals are considered roads and you can't cycle along the alleys and paths, you can happily cycle away.

The opening ceremony of the film festival was to be held in the afternoon. Yu Dongqing put on a suit and tie and took the ferry to the trail. He rode a rented bicycle from San Nicolo at the western end of Lido and walked along the green trees. Walk along the wide shady roads and seaside towards Maramoco Bridge and admire the Liberty and Art Deco style villas and luxury hotels.

Of course, the most visited place is the Lido Cinema Palace, where the opening ceremony will be held and where the most anticipated celebrities will walk on the red carpet.

The opening ceremony is scheduled for five o'clock in the afternoon, and it is already overcrowded. The long red carpet is spread all the way to the entrance of the Film Palace. There are staff and photographers on both sides. Cannons and spears are densely packed, and more people wearing all kinds of beautiful costumes compete for beauty. Of course, there is no shortage of female stars with oriental faces.

Yu Dongqing didn't know many people in the domestic entertainment industry. As long as he was too lazy to socialize, today he found someone he knew in a foreign country.

Ming Mingming's roommate in Chinese opera - Cheng Cong.

Today, Cheng Cong is wearing a blue and white porcelain-shaped cheongsam. Compared with those sexy dresses that spread the breasts and expose the shoulders, the whole person is classic and charming.

This is certainly not the focus of Yu Dongqing's attention. He was a little surprised:

Why is she here?

Did you participate in a certain movie and get an invitation from the organizer?

Yu Dongqing couldn't figure out what movie she had starred in recently.

Maybe it's because I'm ignorant?

Cheng Cong also noticed Yu Dongqing looking at her not far away, with a smile on his face and a nod in greeting.

Yu Dongqing returned the favor, but never looked at her again.

At seven o'clock, the stars' walk on the red carpet begins.

As the oldest film festival in the world, Venice has the only "sideways" red carpet. Whether it’s Berlin or Cannes, the red carpet is a vertical gateway to the film palace.

Not so in Venice. It is parallel to the gate of the Cinema Palace. The stars start from the left side of the cinema and then walk to the gate on the right. The red carpet is complete.

At normal walking speed, the walk will be completed in less than twenty seconds.

Of course, how could it be 20 seconds?

For the star who finally flew half the world to come to Water City, this is a good opportunity.

Posing in various poses, being interviewed by reporters who were only separated from the red carpet by a one-meter-high low fence, and taking photos with fans, just hang out for as long as you can.

Yu Dongqing has an invitation letter. This invitation letter is not an invitation letter to walk on the red carpet, but an invitation letter to enter the main venue.

According to the regulations of the Venice Film Festival, the red carpet is open, but you cannot enter the main venue of the Cinema Palace without an invitation!

Of course, no one can leave if they want. After all, there are security guards around.

Yu Dongqing stood behind.

In fact, it doesn’t matter whether you leave or not.

But it was already here, and it took only ten seconds to walk. Besides, my wife said that she wanted to see how handsome she looked on the red carpet.

Then let's go.

Suddenly there was a small commotion ahead.

I saw a security guard gesturing and saying something to an actress walking on the red carpet. It was obviously a "please go away" gesture.

Hit the red carpet!

Yu Dongqing understood.

It turns out that it exists in that time and space, and it also exists in this time and space.

He sighed inwardly.

Of course, he was a melon-eater, and it had nothing to do with him. It was just that the actress's cheongsam outfit looked familiar. When the actress turned her head, Yu Dongqing was stunned, and it turned out to be Cheng Cong.

It turns out that she came here to be on the red carpet.

Shame on you.

But that security guard was a little too much. I don't know if he was anxious or something, but he pushed Cheng Cong.

Yu Dongqing couldn't stand it anymore, so she walked over and said to the security guard in fluent English: "I'm sorry, sir, she is my friend. We were invited to attend the film festival together. This is my invitation letter."

As he spoke, he took out that exquisite invitation letter from his suit pocket.

The security guard's face immediately became friendly. This was the person the leader said he wanted to protect.

"I'm sorry, sir, please take care of your friends to avoid danger."

"I will."

Yu Dongqing winked at Cheng Cong, and the girl quickly followed him back.

"Thank you, thank you," Cheng Cong whispered.

Yu Dongqing returned to his seat again, and when it was about to be his turn, he looked at Cheng Cong, who was lowering his head and preparing to leave, and asked.

"Want to go together?"

"What? Think, think!" Cheng Cong was overjoyed.

Yu Dongqing smiled slightly and made a gentlemanly invitation. Cheng Cong immediately understood and his expression immediately became elegant. The two walked forward along the red carpet together.

Yu Dongqing walked faster and barely stopped on the red carpet. He simply nodded to the reporters as he walked. Cheng Cong originally wanted to make a POSS, but seeing Yu Dongqing's behavior, he had to follow closely.

The entire distance was completed in less than 20 seconds. Yu Dongqing was just about to leave when he heard a man say in English: "Mr. Yu Dongqing, please wait a moment."

He looked back and saw a strange man whom he didn't recognize.

The man introduced himself: "I am Bastien, and I am also the chairman of the jury for this year's main competition unit."

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