Euthanasia

Liu Zhiwei boarded a plane to Venice three days later.Feng Yi had already arrived in Venice, and made more than a dozen cross-country calls to Liu Zhiwei to urge him to come over.

Among the entire creative team, only Liu Zhiwei, Feng Yi, Shen Tao and Bai Feifei will participate in this awards ceremony. For some reason, Chen Chufei refused to participate because he is filming in Taiwan, but he has prepared a speech that may be used The draft, let Feng Yi keep it on his behalf.

Bai Feifei will arrive on the day of the awards, so only Feng Yi and Shen Tao will be in Venice at the moment.

Liu Zhiwei knew how excited Feng Yi was about this matter, so he prepared a suit and set off.He arrives the day before the ceremony and still has time to go to select theaters to see some of the films that are showing.This kind of opportunity cannot be missed, and in the past 28 years of Liu Zhiwei's life, it has almost been one of his major life wishes.

When Liu Zhiwei got off the plane, he saw Feng Yi who came to pick him up.Feng Yi wore a light yellow dress, which was quite different from her usual casual style, so Liu Zhiwei couldn't help but take a few more glances.

"What are you looking at? Have you never seen me wearing a skirt?" Feng Yi gave him a blank look, then looked behind him, "Why are you alone? Where's your husband?"

Liu Zhiwei rubbed his nose: "He's been busy recently, and he'll come back at the awards ceremony."

Feng Yi was stunned for a moment, and couldn't help asking: "Ah? What about your wedding?"

Liu Zhiwei and Qiao En originally planned to hold a wedding before the award ceremony, but now Qiao En did not come with Liu Zhiwei, which made Feng Yi a little strange.She didn't have Shen Tao's emotional intelligence and ability to read words and emotions, so she just said what she thought.

As soon as Feng Yi finished speaking, Shen Tao appeared.She patted Feng Yi on the shoulder, smiled at Liu Zhiwei and said, "Okay."

Liu Zhiwei quickly nodded at the other party: "Screenwriter Shen."

"Just call me Shen Tao. Are you ready for the speech?" Shen Tao joked, and Liu Zhiwei quickly smiled and said, "I've been dreaming for ten years, and I've already finished the draft."

But in fact, Liu Zhiwei didn't think that the various awards at the Venice Film Festival had anything to do with him.Not to mention whether they could enter the competition unit, even if they entered, there would be more than a dozen shortlisted. The theme of "Cross Dress" is relatively new, but Liu Zhiwei didn't think they were capable of winning the award.If there is a slight possibility of winning, it can only be the screenwriter, Shen Tao's award.

Liu Zhiwei came here mainly to experience one of the three major international film festivals, and had no other intentions.

Thinking of this, Liu Zhiwei suddenly remembered that Feng Yi should already know which unit they were in.The invitation letters were all sent to Feng Yi's studio. Liu Zhiwei learned about the invitation letter through Feng Yi, but because of many other things, Liu Zhiwei didn't pay attention, and his manager Xu Ting didn't confirm with him either.Liu Zhiwei and Feng Yi have a good relationship. Xu Ting never thought that Feng Yi hadn't handed over the invitation letter to Liu Zhiwei.

Liu Zhiwei was about to ask, when Shen Tao patted Feng Yi and said, "Stop standing around at the airport, let's go."

Feng Yi said "oh", but kept asking as he walked, "Why didn't Jon come?" The question in Liu Zhiwei's mind disappeared immediately.

Seeing that Feng Yi didn't realize how inappropriate his words were, Shen Tao was about to change the subject again when he heard Liu Zhiwei say, "We may not hold a wedding."

Both Feng Yi and Shen Tao were taken aback.

Liu Zhiwei smiled, and said very frankly: "He is in the current critical period, and our marriage news is not good for him. Anyway, we are already married, and it makes no difference whether we have a wedding or not."

"Why is this..." Feng Yi was about to scream, but was interrupted by Shen Tao: "It's pretty good, then will he come to shoot the short film?"

Speaking of the previous short film, Feng Yi's attention was immediately diverted.Liu Zhiwei and Qiao En are going to shoot Feng Yi's anti-war short film this month. If Qiao En can't even hold the wedding with Liu Zhiwei, can he still participate in the filming of that film?

"I think it's okay..." Liu Zhiwei looked in another direction, "...he is Jon Williams."

There is a water street under the hotel where Feng Yi stayed, and you need to take a small paddle boat to get there.Feng Yi has already booked Liu Zhiwei's room for him, and before the award ceremony is officially held, they still have one day to gather in Venice.Liu Zhiwei put down his backpack and walked around the room after saluting.Feng Yi didn't book a big commercial hotel, the small hotel in the old Venice town was like a rented room of a family.The rooms have wooden floors and all the furniture is wooden and painted blue and yellow.The window sill is full of flower pots, and when you open the window, you can see the water below and the boats on the water.

Liu Zhiwei took out his camera, took a picture, and then went downstairs with the camera in his hands.Feng Yi also took her own camera, but she insisted on seeing how Liu Zhiwei made the film, so she forcibly changed the camera with Liu Zhiwei.

Feng Yi's camera is sponsored by the company, and compared with Liu Zhiwei's, the anti-shake effect is better, but it can only be used for shooting during normal gatherings.As soon as Liu Zhiwei started taking pictures, he forgot that he was holding someone else's camera.

Feng Yi looked at Liu Zhiwei's photos for a while, patted his own, and patted Liu Zhiwei who was taking pictures.Shen Tao was in charge of watching the scenery from the side.They sat on the boat and visited almost all the places the boat could go. Feng Yi kept asking Liu Zhiwei technical questions, insights on the subject of shooting, and what he was doing recently.

"I'm making a documentary," Liu Zhiwei said, "Life documentary. It's the original intention of my love for shooting."

Feng Yi couldn't help asking: "Is there a sample? I really want to see it..."

Liu Zhiwei smiled: "There are some clips in this camera that I took the day before yesterday, you can take a look."

Feng Yi immediately turned over Liu Zhiwei's camera in his hand.

All the pictures are very natural, and the shots are a bit trivial and lengthy. Liu Zhiwei did not deliberately pursue stability, and the shots have a sense of rhythm.He took quite a few street scenes, some of which seemed purposeless.Feng Yi looked at it for a while and asked, "Is there anything special about this?"

Every director has their own ideas when choosing shots, and shooting all the shots is just a novice practice that wastes film.Liu Zhiwei has made so many excellent films, of course he is not a novice.

"Here, this bookstore," Liu Zhiwei casually pointed to a scene that Feng Yi found, "is the bookstore where Jon bought extracurricular reading materials when he was a student. He likes to read in it very much. This chair is the one he uses the most. The librarian said he reads in that chair at least one day a week."

Feng Yi opened his mouth wide: "—Are you doing research?"

Liu Zhiwei smiled.

"Why don't you ask your husband directly?" Feng Yi couldn't help it again, "He must take you to his university."

"This is revenge." Liu Zhiwei said with a smile.

"What revenge?" Feng Yi was at a loss.

"He used to check a lot of my past experience and information secretly without my consent, and now it's my turn." Liu Zhiwei said, "Now I know which dining car he liked the most, what kind of food he ordered, and in which restaurant. Taking a nap under a tree, messing with some teacher... Everyone knows how he built a hurricane, but no one knows who Jon Williams is."

Feng Yi opened his mouth, but didn't speak for a while.

"Look at this." Liu Zhiwei pressed a few buttons and turned to the last scene of the day for Feng Yi.

That was a shot of Jon sleeping soundly on his desk.One of his hands was still on the keyboard, and there were several cups of coffee beside him.

"Everyone thinks that Jon Williams is a genius," Liu Zhiwei said, "He is not. 90.00% of the people in the world don't have to go through the time when they have to fight for talent. For those who fight for talent, And only [-] percent of the time are they fighting for their talent."

In the shot, Liu Zhiwei put the camera on the edge of the table, he took a sip of Mocha with milk foam, kissed Jon's mouth, and left a mustache around his lips.

The sleeping Jon smacked his mouth and licked off half of the "beard" on his lips.

Feng Yi smacked his lips twice, and switched the camera to shooting mode.

"Don't watch?" Liu Zhiwei asked with a smile.

"I don't want to watch it," Feng Yi said, "It's really well filmed—it just makes me panic."

Liu Zhiwei laughed.

The Venice Awards Ceremony finally arrived as scheduled, the day after Liu Zhiwei landed.Liu Zhiwei woke up early on the day of the awards, and the first thing he did was to check his mobile phone.There is no news.No calls or texts.

His face didn't change, he put on the suit he had prepared earlier and set off.Of course, the awards ceremony didn't start that early, he went to watch related videos live.Feng Yi and Shen Tao were also ready. Feng Yi was as excited as a child about to go on a spring outing. He was dressed very brightly, but his eyes were two panda eyes.

Liu Zhiwei couldn't help laughing and said, "You eyes, did you sleep last night?"

"Slept! I slept for three hours!" Feng Yi immediately retorted.

Shen Tao smiled and pushed Feng Yi out: "Okay, Director Feng, let's go out."

There are quite a few participants in the entire Venice Film Festival, and many are still watching the movie at the moment. Liu Zhiwei was not used to commenting on a movie with others, but Feng Yi has been dragging him to comment on this movie. For movies, Liu Zhiwei can only watch the works that he is interested in together with them.Looking at it, Feng Yi asked, "Your husband hasn't come yet?"

Shen Tao tugged Feng Yi, Feng Yi reacted this time.

"En." Liu Zhiwei didn't care, and responded naturally.

Feng Yi didn't ask any more questions, but just looked at his watch frequently.

The sun was gradually setting towards the west, and it was time for the awards ceremony.

Liu Zhiwei didn't wait for Jon, but waited for Bai Feifei who came late.

Bai Feifei rushed to the scene almost at a trot, panting for a while.

"My god! The plane was late! I finally made it!" Bai Feifei was wearing a snow-white dress, she looked glamorous, but her hair was a little messy.While arranging her hair, she gave Liu Zhiwei a big hug: "Zhiwei! Long time no see!"

Feng Yi was also very happy to see Bai Feifei, and they walked into the hall after talking for a while.Shen Tao glanced at Liu Zhiwei who was still standing outside, and said only one sentence: "I'll go in first."

Liu Zhiwei nodded at her.

Media all over the world are broadcasting this film festival ceremony. Compared with the Oscars, the Venice Film Festival is relatively low-key.Movie stars from all over the world who came here made their appearances here, but Liu Zhiwei had no intention of getting in front of the camera at all.

He hid in a corner away from the gate, observing the foyer like all reporters, but never saw the familiar figure.

When the time came, Liu Zhiwei didn't wait for Jon, he walked into the hall alone, and sat down beside Shen Tao and Feng Yi.

Feng Yi saw Liu Zhiwei come in and sit down alone, there was a million surprises in his eyes, but he didn't ask.Liu Zhiwei's expression was very natural. Feng Yi wanted to ask questions, but Shen Tao stopped them with his eyes.

Liu Zhiwei put a handbag in a place where no one was around him, waiting for the awards to start.

Someone started to host the stage, and they didn't speak English. Feng Yi was complaining in a low voice, and Shen Tao was explaining to her that it was in Venetian...Liu Zhiwei didn't hear a word. It didn't vibrate even once.

Everyone applauded suddenly, Liu Zhiwei came back to his senses, and while applauding, he turned sideways and asked Feng Yi: "Which unit are we in?"

Liu Zhiwei never took the initiative to ask Feng Yi which unit the film "Cross-dressing" entered, and Feng Yi only told him that they had received the invitation letter. Shen Tao who was at the side was a little surprised, and said to Feng Yi with a little complaint: "You didn't tell him?"

"Did I forget! He didn't ask..." Feng Yi turned to look at Liu Zhiwei, "The competition is not the main competition, but the horizon."

Liu Zhiwei's eyes widened slightly.He thought they were out-of-competition at most, and he didn't expect them to enter one of the two competition units of the Venice Film Festival!

"Didn't expect that! This year, I researched the taste preferences of the reviewers and voted for it, and found a lot of contacts... My English is not good, and I even asked the company to hire someone who specializes in simultaneous interpretation... Hey, director Shen is here You put in a lot of effort!" Feng Yi lowered his voice and said to Liu Zhiwei while patting Shen Tao's shoulder, "If it wasn't for the fact that the screenwriter Shen Tao didn't know the screenwriter this time, we might not have been invited yet!"

Liu Zhiwei looked at Shen Tao in amazement, only to see the other party smile helplessly at him: "I have accumulated a lot of connections before, and I have won several script awards at least, and I always know the way. Blind casting must be a hit." If you don’t get the target, it’s a thankless effort. But even though you know the film selector, the other party can only give you an opinion. The final selection is the judges, and the quality of the film is not high, so it won’t be selected.”

Feng Yi hummed humbly twice.

Liu Zhiwei smiled in disbelief, and his eyes fell on the empty seat beside him again.He stared at the empty space for a while, took out his phone, and clicked on the text message interface.

But looking at "Joe is three years old" on the screen, he suddenly didn't know what to say.Those three words seem to be unable to completely and accurately describe Jon.He's not just a kid, he's a mature man with a career of his own who gets caught up in other things.

Liu Zhiwei lost his mind for a while, put down the phone, and turned off the vibration.

All the films on the horizon are world premieres, which means awards for developing new directors.No director is mature and commercialized. Under such competitive conditions, Feng Yi's work is already worthy of her pride to be able to participate in this competition unit.For Liu Zhiwei, it is a great honor for him to be shortlisted even for a film. So far, the number of his works is very small, and there is no important award to prove his strength. He has never thought of taking traffic The road to stardom, so the final result of this film is very important to him.

After several non-competition awards were awarded, the atmosphere gradually became tense.Both Shen Tao and Feng Yi adjusted their sitting postures.Liu Zhiwei's attention was completely focused on the awards ceremony, so he didn't notice that the door at the back of the venue opened a crack, and a person walked into the venue quickly.

All the shortlisted films began to be reported one by one, and Liu Zhiwei clenched his fists tightly - "Cross Dress" was not among all the names reported so far.

"The winner of the best short film..." A name was announced, and the music started, and someone walked forward under the cheers and applause of everyone.

The winner stood at the top and was so excited that he said wrong lines several times.

Feng Yi stared straight ahead, even Shen Tao sat up straight.The next award is the Best Screenplay Award, which is the most closely related award with "Cross Dress" and Shen Tao!

"Best Screenplay Winner..." The name and director of the film were reported, and none of the letters had anything to do with "Cross Dress."

Huge disappointment and even more astonishing speculation began to spread among several people, and Bai Feifei almost cried out: "It's not us?!"

Liu Zhiwei was about to look at Shen Tao, when he suddenly heard someone yelling "excuseme" in a low voice, approaching him amidst loud applause from the audience.

Liu Zhiwei turned his head away almost the moment he heard the voice, his eyes gradually widened, and only saw Jon wearing a decent suit, walking to his position in a low-key manner, and sat down beside him.

The camera captured the auditorium, and Jon didn't look at Liu Zhiwei, but just applauded along with the crowd, as if he was just an unrelated person who came late to watch the awards ceremony.

When all the applause was extinguished, Jon held Liu Zhiwei's palm on the armrest and said softly: "You have a chance to get compensation..."

The corners of Liu Zhiwei's mouth curled up uncontrollably, and he pulled his hand out of Jon's palm and put it back on his lap.

"It's unscientific, what else can we win?" Feng Yi finally couldn't help but look back and look at the two sides. The moment she saw Jon, she widened her eyes, "Joe—"

Shen Tao covered her mouth: "Shut up and listen to other people's speeches."

"But Joe—"

"He's just late." As Shen Tao said, he adjusted his sitting posture and blocked Bai Feifei who was sitting on the other side of him looking towards Liu Zhiwei.

"Who is that? Zhiwei's friend?" Bai Feifei asked repeatedly.

"Well, his friend." Shen Tao said casually, and Bai Feifei didn't continue to ask.She was a little short-sighted, and couldn't see the other party clearly from this angle, so she had to give up.

The winners on the stage finally finished their speeches, and Feng Yi was completely at a loss.

"Could it be my best director?" Feng Yi couldn't help crying out in a low voice, "No way?!"

Only to hear the next award being announced: "Best Actor..."

"Impossible, the best director must be Robert Bit's, and the best picture is either Kate or that Mexican..." Feng Yi was still talking to himself, when he suddenly heard: "Liu Zhiwei, from director Feng Yi's "Cross Dress" "."

For a moment, everyone in the "Cross Dress" team, including Liu Zhiwei, was dumbfounded.

Jon was the quickest to react. He yanked Liu Zhiwei's hand and shouted, "Zeo! It's you!!"

The author has something to say: Liu Zhiwei's first reaction: Terrible!No drafts!