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The reason why Venice is called "water city" is that it is located on the water. The water lanes, gondola and more than 400 bridges make up the unique scenery and attract tourists from all over the world.

The film festival is held on the slender island of Lido in the southeast of Venice. It is as famous as libiera in France, Miami and Hawaii in the United States. There are both private beaches and public baths, as well as casinos, restaurants, nightclubs, theatres and other entertainment facilities. It's perfect to hold a film festival here.

The opening ceremony was held on August 27, and Adrian arrived in Venice with his team one day ahead of schedule. As for the team, in fact, there are only five people, including himself, Catherine, Dennis and two assistants. As for other matters such as declaration for the competition, Lafayette flew over from the United States a week ago and took the responsibility.

Adrian was also worried, because of the pressing deadline, the first edition of the editing did not achieve the best effect in his mind, but it passed smoothly under the operation of Lafayette. I have to say that his ability is very excellent. Think about it. Seven years ago, Paramount's CEO is now Dinis CEO Michael Eisner. As one of the assistants of powerful people who can develop Dinis to this point, Lafayette can't be underestimated. That's why Adrian bought Bosworth when he had a better choice.

After arriving at the hotel where he stayed, Adrian took a short rest and found Lafayette to talk with him. Although he has been paying close attention to his film company, Los Angeles and London are separated by the Atlantic Ocean and the American continent after all, and the current bulky mobile phones do not support global communication. If you want to contact, you can either make an international long-distance call with a cable phone or use a satellite phone. It is really too troublesome. Besides, Katherine spent most of her energy on the face-to-face situation after the interview.

"Edie black from the planning department, Clarice sando from the editorial department." After a few greetings, Adrian got to the point. "Although I promised them that I would not dismiss any employees within half a year, I also said that I would inspect them during this period. Frankly speaking, I'm not satisfied with the performance of these two

"I think there must be some misunderstanding," said Lafayette, after flipping through some of Adrian's documents. "Edie and Clarice are not the best employees, but they are responsible."

"But it's always the truth that goes wrong, isn't it?" Adrian grinned, then raised his hand before Lafayette said, "well, laver, I'm just giving my opinion, and. Since you are in charge of the company during this period, I will certainly trust you and respect your opinions. "

"Thank you, Mr. Cowell." Said Lafayette, after a few seconds of silence.

"Just call me ed - let's talk about the festival." Adrian changed the subject.

"Well, ED, the organizing committee has accepted two big guns as an independent film." Said Lafayette, handing the papers he was carrying with him into Adrian's hands.

"Good, so we can save some." Adrian looked over and nodded.

The reason why they gave up the name of the film company and participated in the film festival as an independent film lies in the fact that there are legal provisions in the United States that film production companies are not allowed to take into account the production and distribution of the same film. In other words, if a film company makes a film and wants to release it, it must be handed over to other film companies to operate. This is an extension of antitrust law.

For Hollywood groups with several film companies, this law is just a piece of paper. The replacement issue is only handed from the left hand to the right hand - you know, even if the anti-monopoly law explicitly stipulates that film companies are not allowed to own cinemas, these large groups still try to exploit the loopholes in the law and indirectly control the cinemas - and small and medium-sized film companies They have to comply with the law.

In fact, it doesn't matter. Hollywood has a perfect hairstyle channel, so don't worry about being obstructed. Adrian doesn't want to waste that distribution fee. For a start-up, all the money should be spent on the blade, so why not attend a film festival in the name of an independent film and hand it over to your own film company for distribution? Anyway, he did everything from investment to production - OK, there's help from the company, but it's not a problem, is it?

"Have you seen the sample? What do you think? " Adrian then asked, seeing Lafayette hesitated and added, "that's OK. I just want to hear your opinion."

"Well It should be said that it's interesting, but I'm not sure how many people will like this British style cut film, and it's basically impossible to be below R, which will have a great impact on the number of viewers. " Said Lafayette, weighing his words.

Adrian originally wanted to say a few words, but after thinking about it, he gave up the plan. Lafayette only analyzed it from the perspective of the American market, so it can't be regarded as wrong.

"What's the schedule?" Adrian asked again."On the 31st, the Flett theatre." Lafayette replied briefly.

"Then wait until it's shown," Adrian chuckled and changed the subject again. "What about the adaptations of those novels? It seems that I have encountered some trouble before? "

"Mr. Stephen King has agreed to sell us the adaptation rights of the novel, which may have been signed now; Mr. Michael Clayton's novel is still under negotiation, and it is still very possible to get it according to the current situation; the main problem is Mr. Winston glum, who insists that he must participate in the adaptation of the play." Lafayette explains.

Adrian's eyebrows suddenly wrinkled. After thinking for a long time, Adrian opened his mouth: "Clayton's novel adaptation right should be obtained as soon as possible. If necessary, we can make some concessions, even let him participate in the adaptation - glum can't He didn't mean to let it go at all? "

"Yes, Mr. glum said it was a must." Lafayette sighed.

Adrian was silent for a few seconds: "I can understand his idea that a work is equivalent to his own child. No one would like others to dress up their children at will, but the problem is His work is a political satire, and I want to make it into an inspirational film. If he's involved in the adaptation, it's inevitable that we won't have a conflict - that's why I stress that this book must be fully adapted. "

What a troublemaker. Is paramount forced to do that? He pinched his fingers and thought for a while and then said, "well, Laffer, you can agree to this condition, but at the same time prepare a special contract to ensure that when there is conflict in the adaptation process and it is impossible to reconcile, we can kick him out of production at the first time without any obstacles."

Lafayette raised his eyebrows somewhat unexpectedly, but then nodded and said nothing more. The conversation ended and Adrian went back to his room to have a good rest.

The next day, the festival officially opened in front of the cameras and cameras of countless journalists. The opening film is a work of Italy. After attending the opening ceremony and listening to the chairman's speech, Adrian took Catherine to the streets of Venice.

He doesn't have much interest in communicating with European directors. His goal is not here. Besides, he is just a new director. Of course, there are still some heavyweights in the United States. Martin Scorsese came to the festival with his new work "good guy". He was originally Italian American and naturally fell in love with Venice Film Festival. Even the themes of his films are often Italian American identity, Catholic sin and redemption, and violence in American society, which is probably one of the reasons why Oscar didn't abandon him for more than a decade.

Now that Scorsese is here, Robert De Niro, who has been working closely with him since the 1980s and is also one of the main characters of the good guy, will not fall behind. Adrian doesn't feel much about Scorsese, but he likes De Niro's performance very much. Just as he said before, he is just a new director now. Even if he meets up with the most, he will have a conversation, so why should he join in the fun?

In addition, the film business has been left to Lafayette, and the holiday is originally part of the film festival, so he and Catherine have a good time in Venice.

The governor's house, sighing bridge, rezonico palace, St. Mark's Square and St. Mark's church are indispensable places to visit. It is also necessary to sit in gondola and walk through the cobweb Water Lane. They even went to the library where the original "treasure Raider 3" was set. In three days, they spent more than half of Venice.

"Venice is so beautiful. I love this place!" Coming out of the water lane, watching the seagulls in the distance above gondola, Catherine could not help admiring.

"If you like, we'll take time to travel every year in the future." Adrian put his arm around her waist and said with a smile.

Catherine did not speak, with a light smile, and looked at Adrian with bright eyes. After a long time, she put her arms around his neck and kissed his mouth. Adrian, along with the trend, embraces Catherine in his arms and kisses her deeply. They are entangled with each other passionately, regardless of the surrounding scenery. They are no different from those lovers in love.

Seeing this, he began to sing as he sat in the last rowing boat, Fulton. Although he used Italian, the feeling of love was very real. Perhaps because of this love song, the two people who are kissing become more enthusiastic.

(finally, I don't know what's so sensitive about this chapter The next chapter will be pushed at last...)

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