Middle age: leisurely life in the entertainment industry

"Hello!" Yu Dongqing shook hands proactively.

Soon a reporter discovered something was going on here and started taking photos.

"Is this your friend?" Bastian glanced at Cheng Cong, who was standing next to Yu Dongqing.

"Yes, come together."

Bastian smiled but didn't say anything, and had a pleasant conversation with Yu Dongqing.

He was originally a senior director in France, so naturally he was talking about movies.

Bastian admired Yu Dongqing's shooting techniques very much: he made extensive use of handheld photography.

"The short film "Leave Me" you shot was all shot with cameras. "The Tuner" and this "Chinese Youth" also used a lot of handheld photography to create a tense and exciting atmosphere. I like this very much. The way it was shot.”

"Thank you. This kind of lens language has set an almost disordered tone for the entire film. The shaking of the camera implies a disordered state of all relationships in the entire film."

The two had a heated discussion about how to shoot the movie.

Cheng Cong originally planned to leave, but when he saw that reporters were already taking photos of the two of them, he immediately changed his mind and stood aside with a smile and listened carefully.

The two met by chance and chatted. After chatting for about a few minutes, Bastian said: "Mr. Yu, I sincerely wish you success at the film festival this time, and I also hope that your next film can participate in our main competition. Unit competition.”

"thanks, thanks."

After chatting with Bastian, Yu Dongqing was about to enter the main venue for the premiere. At this time, Cheng Cong whispered: "Thank you, Director Yu."

"You're welcome." Yu Dongqing said, and when he was about to leave, he suddenly thought of something. He turned back to Cheng Cong and said, "Although you can't enter the main venue, there are still many participating films at the film festival. Now that you are here, take a good look. look."

"Yes, yes, I will." Cheng Cong agreed quickly.

Yu Dongqing nodded after hearing this, turned around and entered the movie palace.

The long film festival has begun.

The Venice Film Festival usually lasts for about two weeks, and participating films are screened every day in three cinemas on the island. This year, two outdoor open-air screening venues were specially built in the Biennale Garden and the ice rink on Lido Island.

All cinemas require tickets to enter, and I heard there are discounts for young people under 26 and seniors over 60.

Of course, it is not necessary for Yu Dongqing. He has an official invitation letter from the organizing committee and can watch any movie for free.

Compared with the Berlin Film Festival, the Venice Film Festival seems small and exquisite.

It does not have many joint screenings of commercial cinemas, nor does it have a complex rail transit network. It only has the azure sea surrounding the island and 74 years of precious light and shadow history.

There are only a handful of screening halls on Lido Island to undertake the screening tasks of the entire film festival.

Each theater has its own unique style, and the one that most caught Yu Dongqing’s eye was the Sala Giardino theater with its bright red look. Its large area of ​​bright red color is in sharp contrast with the blue sky. At the same time, it is different from the solemn and elegant white movie palace, making it particularly lively and attractive.

Unlike the Cannes Film Festival, the business atmosphere here is not strong, and not many investors come to trade films, which means they mainly come to watch movies or enjoy the wonderful scenery of Venice.

Yu Dongqing departs from the hotel every morning and takes a ferry to the island. Sometimes he is accompanied by Nick. Elena has flown to the United States for vacation with her groom, and sometimes she is alone.

If you are interested in a certain movie, you can watch it, but most of the time you just spend walking on the beach watching the blue sea and sky, or going to the city to take a boat ride to visit various monuments.

The days are very leisurely.

Yu Dongqing watched a movie today. As soon as he left the cinema, he bumped into Cheng Cong, who he had met a few days ago. He was wearing a T-shirt, shorts, sunglasses, and a cool outfit.

When she saw Yu Dongqing, she quickly took off her sunglasses and said with a smile: "Director Yu!"

"Hello." Yu Dongqing nodded.

"Director Yu, thank you for taking care of me that day. Can I treat you to dinner? There is a Korean restaurant on the island, and it tastes pretty good." Cheng Cong extended the invitation.

Yu Dongqing originally wanted to decline, but he had been eating Western food for the past few days and felt like vomiting. When he heard that there was a restaurant opened by a Korean, he was attracted.

"All right."

"It's not far from here on the northwest corner of the island. We can ride our bikes there."

The two of them each rented a bicycle and soon arrived at the Korean restaurant.

One person had bibimbap, and ordered fish cakes and kelp soup, cheese rice cakes, and kimchi, and the two of them started eating.

It tastes pretty good.

"Director Yu, I really appreciate you." Cheng Cong started talking about what happened a few days ago, but was stopped by Yu Dongqing.

"You already said thank you, no need to be polite anymore."

"I really didn't expect you to help me that day." Cheng Cong whispered.

"After all, you are still Mingliang's roommate. Besides, we are all Chinese, right? It's not easy to be away from home."

Cheng Cong's eyes were sore when he heard Yu Dongqing say that it was not easy to go out.

Traveling thousands of miles from China to Venice, a place she is unfamiliar with, only she knows best how many difficulties she encountered along the way.

"You're not going to laugh at me for embarrassing myself on the red carpet, are you?" Cheng Cong said quietly, stirring the soup with a spoon.

Yu Dongqing did not answer directly, but asked instead: "If you want to walk on the red carpet, why don't you go to the Cannes Film Festival? From a commercial point of view, its influence is much greater than Venice, and I heard that walking on the red carpet there is a clear code. Priced.”

"Yes, I have inquired. The price of the opening or closing ceremony is equivalent to RMB 100,000, and other events are even lower." Cheng Cong said and raised his head and looked at Yu Dongqing:

"But I have no money. This trip to Venice has already exhausted all my savings including round-trip air tickets, meals and accommodation, so I can only come here to take advantage of the free red carpet."

Yu Dongqing sighed slightly in her heart but said nothing.

"Director Yu, maybe you think you are vain and want to be famous, but I can't help it. The entertainment industry is like this. If you are not famous or popular, no one will care about you. I haven't received a film for more than a year."

Yu Dongqing thought of the scandal between her and Li Shaohua this spring, which actually had a great negative impact on her personally.

Perhaps it was because she met people she knew in a foreign country and helped her that Cheng Cong talked more.

"I know that people on the Internet in China have accused me of being a mistress and meddling in other people's families, but I really don't have such thoughts. I really wanted to read the script that night. To be honest, I was prepared in my heart, worried that he would do whatever he wanted to do. After arriving at the script, I quickly left, but I didn’t expect him to be so despicable and shameless that he even drugged the water glass!”

Cheng Cong looked very angry when he said this, his chest heaving, but when he saw Yu Dongqing's face, he remained calm.

It was obvious that he was not interested in who was right in this matter.

After eating, the two of them left separately, and Yu Dongqing went straight back to the hotel in the city to rest.

The chance encounter with Cheng Cong and the help he provided were just a piece of cake for him and he didn't take it to heart at all.

But it had an unexpected effect on Cheng Cong.

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