Li Tang wore a black dress customized by the brand ambassador today, with a white shirt with a small stand-up collar underneath. Compared to Cheng Er's more formal suit and tie, it looked clean and casual.
At a film festival, you have to wear a dress, walk on the red carpet, take promotional photos, and pose handsomely. There are also large and small press conferences, dinners, etc. These are not pretentious, but necessary etiquette of the film festival.
Film festivals need media, big stars, and atmosphere. Only by heating up the scene can you suddenly stand with the best filmmakers in the world to show your devotion to your work.
There is a sense of devotion, and then there is the movie itself.
"Wow, Bingbing, you are so beautiful today!"
Wu Shixian and Gong Beibi also arrived.
"Sister baby, I don't even dare to recognize you in your outfit today. Let me tell you, I also brought a cheongsam with me and plan to wear it on the red carpet at the closing ceremony."
"Yeah, I thought I was the only one who thought of wearing a cheongsam! Hey, where was your cheongsam made?"
"Oh, Teacher Li helped introduce it and asked a master chef in Shanghai to make it."
"It's true. Let me tell you, I have always wanted to find a Shanghai master with excellent craftsmanship. Can you introduce him to me?"
"Okay, I've got that old master's phone number. I'll give it to you when I get back to the hotel."
"Thanks……"
Gong Beibi and Xiaopang held hands and chatted passionately as soon as they met.
Women are really amazing. Just one dinner last night can make the two of them feel like a pair of best friends who have known each other for several years.
Today, the couple fully interpret the so-called Chinese elements. Gong Beibi is wearing a lotus-colored cheongsam with an exquisite bun, which is unique to the Republican style of old Shanghai. Wu Shixian, on the other hand, was wearing a black tunic suit and a black top hat on his head. It was just because he was short, a little chubby, and obviously looked like a Westerner that he looked a bit funny.
At this time, the grand opening red carpet in Venice has begun. The first half hour can be described as unremarkable. There are a bunch of local Italian starlets. Not only are media reporters from other countries or regions in the world unfamiliar, but even local audiences and fans don't seem to know them. Yes, when they appeared, both sides of the red carpet were quiet, with almost no screams.
Suddenly there was a commotion beside the red carpet. Li Tang craned his neck to look and saw that a demonstration team came out of nowhere and ran to the red carpet howling, mixed with the whistles of movie fans. The media reporters who had nothing to do picked up their cameras and took snaps of the demonstrations.
Although Li Tang couldn't understand their jabbering Italian, he saw from the two yellow noticeboards held by the leader who rushed in front. One of them wrote in English, "Life in Venice has nothing to do with movies, and we are not the audience. We are not the audience." I won’t pay for your greed!”
Another wrote, "You cut the salaries of ordinary employees, but those at the top are unscathed. Where is the change?"
There are other signs with similar meanings. There is also a sign that reads "NOTFORSALE" hanging on a person, which roughly translates to "I am not here to sell!"
Excluding a few alternative slogans, this group of demonstrators expressed two meanings. To put it more simply, one is "Get out of Venice, the film festival" and the other is "Give me a salary increase quickly."
If Li Tang had not lived in the United States in his previous life, he might not really know what the brain circuits of these people were. The annual Venice Film Festival is one of the grandest events in the world's film industry. During this half-month period, hundreds of thousands of movie fans and movies gather here, which not only makes a huge contribution to the local GDP. contribute. At the same time, as a city business card, the film festival also plays a great role in promoting and promoting the city's tourism industry.
Only someone with a bad mind would shout "Get the film festival out of Venice".
In fact, this kind of situation often happens in the United States. Many of the reasons for so-called demonstrations are very nonsensical from a normal point of view, and can even be described as unreasonable. This group of people either took money to build momentum for some ulterior purpose; or they just wanted to get something for nothing. This is probably the embodiment of the so-called democratic freedom in Western society.
At this time, Wu Shixian actually put his index finger and thumb into his mouth and whistled loudly like the movie fans outside watching the excitement, and at the same time said with excitement: "Cool!"
This guy grew up in the United States and lived in Beijing for six years. He knew that this kind of situation was almost unimaginable and impossible to happen in China, so he vividly told Li Tang and Cheng Erkepu that a similar demonstration would be held at the film festival. Happens frequently during this period.
For example, at the Venice Film Festival here, the theme of the parade the year before last was related to religion. Starting last year, people affected by the economic crisis came to protest against low wages. This year, there were two groups protesting against low wages and protesting against the film festival making Lido Island too noisy.
But in previous years, they would demonstrate outside the Film Palace. This year, for some unknown reason, they broke through all the barriers and went directly to the edge of the red carpet to protest.
Seeing how he knew everything about his family, Cheng Er couldn't help but ask: "Brother, do you come every year?"
Wu Shixian smiled and said: "Yes, I will come to the three major film festivals in Europe whenever I have time. After all, the best movies in the world are gathered here. I will gain a lot of experience and learn a lot."
Hearing what Wu Shixian said, Cheng Er showed envy on his face. But considering the economic factors aside, it is indeed convenient for people. After all, you have an American passport. You only need to buy a plane ticket to travel to most places around the world. It’s not like having to get an invitation letter and a visa when traveling abroad by yourself, which is very troublesome.
The organizers were very generous. When faced with a parade crowd that was about the same size as the movie fans, they did not attack forcefully or drive them away. Instead, they only set up a row of railings between the crowd and the red carpet. It can also be regarded as adding some lively elements to the deserted red carpet.
It wasn't until the crew of the American film "The Nightmare" walked onto the red carpet that the atmosphere suddenly reached a climax.
"Nicole! Nicole..."
The movie fans finally started shouting, and even the people in the parade seemed to be moved by this emotion, and many people shouted along with the movie fans.
Nicole Kidman, who just announced her divorce from Tom Cruise a few months ago, has been making headlines in entertainment pages around the world for a long time. As the most important guest and face of the opening ceremony of this film festival. The organizers cleared the red carpet specifically for her and gave her five minutes of red carpet presentation time to greet the fans' cheers for her.
No way, this year's film festival is indeed a bit dim, because the American director Spielberg and the actor Jude Law, who were originally scheduled to participate in the screening of "Artificial Intelligence" at the film festival, are unable to attend, and only the young actor Joe Ormond can attend. De will attend the premiere. The opening film "Dirt" will also be diminished because the leading actor, the famous British actor Joseph Fiennes, is unable to attend. Idol star Johnny Depp, who starred in the film "From Hell," can't come to Venice either.
Sure enough, beautiful single women who have just been divorced are the most popular. Wearing a black low-cut dress with cool white skin, she is particularly eye-catching. Without Tom Cruise, she is still tall.
I saw her walking leisurely and calmly, standing still on the red carpet, turning around, taking photos, and occasionally picking a few lucky people to shake their hands. Every move would elicit bursts of screams.
"When can I be like her?"
Xiaopang, who was waiting at the entrance of the rest tent, looked at Nicole on the red carpet with admiration on his face.
"You will definitely do it in the future."
Li Tang pinched Xiaopang's face and smiled.
"Oh, don't ruin my makeup." Xiaopang turned away in disgust.
Gong Beibi, who was standing nearby, turned around and smiled at the two of them. Although they had not been formally introduced, it was obvious from a glance that they were a couple.
After waiting in the waiting tent for more than an hour, after the climax time of the previous rounds, it was finally their turn for garbage time.
Although Li Tang had also walked on the red carpet of the Golden Rooster and Hundred Flowers Festival, it was the first time for him to face such a spectacular red carpet. He was inevitably a little nervous, so he took a deep breath and tried to calm down his mood.
He glanced at Xiaopang again and saw that she was looking around curiously. Li Tang couldn't help but secretly sigh: Xiaopang is really born for big scenes.
In contrast, Cheng Er looked nervous and clenched his fists with both hands.
"Hey, are you preparing to go to war?"
"ah?"
Cheng Er was stunned for a moment, then said shyly: "This is my first time walking on the red carpet."
"It's just a few steps, don't be nervous. Don't walk too fast for a while, just follow."
"Uh, got it."
After such an interruption, Cheng Er's nervous mood relaxed a lot.
Walking to the entrance of the red carpet, Li Tang and Cheng Er were on both sides of the show. As for Nai'an, Chang Jihong and Zeng Jia, they entered the film palace first with the passes of the participating crew members.
At the signal of the on-site staff, Li Tang stepped onto the red carpet first, but when he turned around, he found that Xiaopang, who had just been secretly praised by her for being born for a big occasion, might have been frightened by the glitz. I was so stunned that I couldn't move my legs. Cheng Er, who was on the other side, saw that she was not moving, so he had no choice but to walk with her, neither standing nor standing.
"Hey, you're stupid, hurry up!"
Xiaopang's mind was blank. Even though she seemed to be very curious just now, she was actually hiding her nervousness. When she really stood at the beginning of the red carpet and saw the cheering crowd around her, especially the dazzling flashlights, she suddenly The child froze.
At this moment, she suddenly felt a warmth in her right hand, heard Li Tang's voice, and then was driven by the other party's strength, and finally took a step forward.
She took a deep breath, and in order to cover up her embarrassment, she replied: "You are stupid."
Then quickly adjust your emotions and hold the other person's hand tightly.
When they came on stage, even though the host introduced them in Italian and English respectively. They were the crew of the Chinese movie "The Third Man" that was shortlisted for the Upstream competition unit, but the fans around them took a look. Looking at the face of an unfamiliar Asian, the cheers suddenly stopped. At most, he waved to them out of politeness.
The same was true for the foreign reporters. After taking a photo, they put down their cameras and craned their necks to look at the entrance, anticipating the next star to step onto the red carpet.
Chubby originally planned to walk to the center of the red carpet, stand still, turn around, and pose a few elegant poses for reporters to take photos, just like Nicole Kidman did when she appeared on the stage.
But when I saw this scene, I was extremely embarrassed, but I couldn't show it on my face, so I could only look at Li Tang asking for help.
Li Tang could only sigh secretly. To be honest, it was uncomfortable to treat anyone so differently, but he still said that he had no status and no human rights. The three of them simply stopped staying on the red carpet and walked quickly through.
First update!
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