548: Chapter 548 Honeymoon?

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In the dazzling star chart of world cinema, the Venice Film Festival is like a brilliant giant star. Together with the Cannes Film Festival and the Berlin Film Festival, it forms the highest honor hall of global film festivals, collectively known as the world's three major international film festivals.

The Venice Film Festival is not only the oldest film festival in the world, but also the first international film festival globally, enjoying the reputation of being the "Father of International Film Festivals."

According to Boss Yang, he had simply submitted the relevant materials for la la land to the organizing committee within the prescribed registration time for the film festival, which is to say, he registered normally.

Of course, with so many films registered, it was also his ability that allowed it to be seen as quickly as possible during the organizing committee's review and screening process.

But the subsequent turn of events left Boss Yang a bit confused: he had originally just hoped to enter the main competition section, so how did it suddenly become the opening film of the Venice Film Festival?

Yes, la la land is now not only a film in the main competition section but also the opening film of this year's festival.

When Teacher Lin Chuyan heard this news over the phone, he was also stunned: "In other words, the opening film of the Venice Film Festival is the world premiere of la la land?"

Boss Yang had always admired Teacher Lin Chuyan's marketing ability. Look at this phrasing—opening film + world premiere—it immediately sounded very impressive and high-class.

"You're right, that's exactly what it is. Because I was the one who registered for you, the Venice Film Festival officials sent this news directly to me. Nickname, this is big news!"

Boss Yang was indeed very surprised, but he quickly sorted out the reason: The Venice Film Festival has always valued the artistry of films, and la la land just happened to excel in this regard, so the two sides hit it off immediately.

Teacher Lin Chuyan had a plan in mind: "Okay, I'll arrange for someone to make the promotional graphics right away."

Boss Yang reminded him: "Making the graphics is fine, and you need to hurry, time is tight. But you don't need to worry about anything else. We cannot release the news without authorization before the official announcement from the film festival."

This is one of the rules of the film festival; the name of the opening film has always been released by the organizer to ensure the authority and consistency of the information.

"Understood, that saves me some trouble." Teacher Lin Chuyan thought for a moment, "Then I can post on Weibo that I am in Venice... that's allowed, right?"

Every move he made now would attract the attention of netizens, and traveling to Venice at this time would easily make people associate it with la la land and the film festival.

Boss Yang couldn't help but laugh: "That's definitely fine. You really know how to market!"

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Arriving at Venice Marco Polo Airport with a large group of people, the local Chinese guide contacted by Xia Zhi in advance had been waiting for a long time. Seeing the group, he greeted them enthusiastically: "Teacher Lin Chuyan, Teacher Ruan, everyone. Lido Island is about ten kilometers away from here, and we need to take a boat to get there."

Lido Island is the venue for this year's Venice Film Festival.

Xia Zhi went up to communicate with the guide: "Take a boat? You mean the ferry, right?"

"Yes. The ferry runs every half hour, departing from the airport pier, direct to Lido Island. It takes about an hour."

"Let's go, let's go now."

There were too many eyes and ears, so there was no point in lingering. Teacher Lin Chuyan signaled for everyone to head to the airport pier.

The guide led the way, reminding them as they walked: "By the way, Teacher Lin Chuyan, it's not like back home here. There are many pickpockets, and quite a few people who snatch things. Everyone must be alert and keep their mobile phones and wallets tightly guarded."

"...Understood."

Fortunately, they were at the airport, so nothing unexpected happened. Everyone bought ferry tickets at the ticket machine, costing 13 euros each. It came to about 100 yuan, which wasn't cheap.

Boarding the ferry, Teacher Lin Chuyan habitually checked domestic news and found that many film bloggers had already started reporting news related to the Venice Film Festival. Among them, there was no lack of speculation about the opening film, although no one had guessed it was him.

[The 73rd Venice Film Festival hasn't opened yet, but the buzz is already fully hyped. The day after tomorrow, the festival chairman and artistic director will announce the list of selected films for each category at a press conference, and we will report on it as soon as possible.]

[Currently, the most likely opening film for the Venice Film Festival is still an Italian film, "Silhouette Under the Aria," or the American film "Mirror Dream." This has been the old rule for years. Italy or America, it's a blind guess, everyone pick one!]

[This year in Venice, there should be domestic films selected, but I don't know which category. It's highly likely the Orizzonti section or special screenings. As for the main competition section, it's a bit doubtful, mainly because the domestic film environment this year is too poor; there aren't many good films.]

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Since they were already chatting, Teacher Lin Chuyan decided to join in.

It happened that they were on the ferry right now, and this scene... he had to take a photo of his wife.

The ferry was traveling on the Venetian Lagoon, and the sparkling lake surface was beautiful. The side profile of Ruan Xingyu next to him was like a painting.

Soon, Teacher Lin Chuyan's new Weibo post was sent out.

[Going abroad to play with the leading lady.]

The attached picture was Ruan Xingyu's perfect side profile, along with the waters of the Venetian Lagoon in the background.

There was no need to explicitly state the location; after all, the IP address already showed Italy.

The comment section quickly gathered a bunch of netizens.

[Honeymooning, right? So envious.]

[Congratulations again to brother, congratulations to sister-in-law! Have fun abroad!]

[Yanzi is so fast, how long has this honeymoon been planned?]

[Going on a honeymoon without taking me? Dad, Mom, I'm your unborn son!]

Teacher Lin Chuyan: ...

No, this can be misunderstood too?

Venice! la la land! And the leading lady! Is it that obvious and they still can't figure it out?

However, just because fans, passersby, and Haters couldn't figure it out didn't mean his enemies couldn't.

As the saying goes, those who know you best are often your enemies.

Director Deng Yu was the one feeling a chill down his spine: This kid went to Venice? la la land is going to the film festival? Which category? Main competition? How is that possible...

Two days until the press conference; for Director Deng Yu, these would be two agonizing days.

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An hour later, the ferry slowly docked, and the group successfully arrived at Lido Island and checked into the hotel.

For the next few days, since they were idle anyway, everyone simply started playing around on this small island.

It must be said, Teacher Lin Chuyan and Ruan Xingyu hadn't let go of work and relaxed like this for a long time. This time, just happened to be on an island in a foreign land where not many people recognized them...

The beach, the Lido Archaeological Museum, the Church of San Nicolò, shops selling all kinds of Venetian handicrafts, Italian-style accessories and jewelry stores... Teacher Lin Chuyan accompanied his wife to visit them all over the past two days.

Netizens were right, this really was a honeymoon, hee hee.