"'Secret', after the movie was released, many people there asked me through connections and wanted me to ask you if you were interested in selling the copyright. They wanted to remake it."

Hearing this, Xu Xin was a little puzzled:

"Is this thing still so popular? How many years has it been?"

"Do you know what the rating of the movie "The Secret" is on IMDB Japan?"

"How many?"

"8.4, as far as live-action filmmakers are concerned, you are 0.3 points higher than Shunji Iwai's "Love Letter" in 1995."

"...Good guy."

He knew that "Secret" had extremely high ratings in South Korea, and it seemed to be in the top five of all movies.

It is even praised as one of the top 10 must-see movies for the people, and it will make a good amount of money at the box office every summer vacation.

I didn't expect it to be so high in Japan.

It's quite outrageous.

Looking at his ridiculous appearance, Li Pingdong continued:

"By the way, I am a judge at this year's Tokyo Film Festival, and I have a quota for a surprise film. Do you want to come?... You are really popular in Japan. If Venice really has a chance to realize your dream this time,

I think it’s time to enter the stage of building a relationship.”

Xu Xin understood the meaning of his words.

There is a ranking in the film industry called the "Nine Big".

Refers to the world's 9 major A-type competitive international film festivals.

The nine major cities are Cannes, Berlin, Venice, Tokyo, Moscow, Czech Republic, Egypt, Shanghai, and Canada.

According to regulations, any movie can only choose one of the nine.

After submitting a film, it will lose its qualification to compete in other film festivals.

"Hawthorn Tree" participated in Venice, and it cannot compete in other film festivals. However, it can be registered in the form of "Surprise Film".

This kind of surprise film is usually either invited by the organizer or directly invited by the judges.

Invited films can appear in the surprise section, which is a form of publicity for the crew and the film festival.

What's more, this is also a kind of communication... similar to Vanity Fair.

You give me face, and I will give you face.

Sometimes whether a film can win an award, apart from its own excellent quality, the biggest external factor is its relationship with the film festival, or the subjective preferences of the jury.

With this last-minute kick, he might have scored a goal.

Without this final step, to the greatest extent fair, even a little bit of personal preference can become a flaw in that one-in-a-million case.

So after Li Pingdong finished speaking, Xu Xin nodded:

"no problem."

Anyway, the Tokyo International Film Festival is in November, and "The Hawthorn Tree" is currently scheduled to be scheduled for December.

It's definitely time.

…

I had a drink with Li Pingdong and four international friends. Although it was not very enjoyable, at least I reunited with Director Li as an old friend and the atmosphere was very pleasant.

After returning to the room, Xu Xin looked at the time of 10 o'clock and knew that Yang Mi must not have gotten up.

After sending a good morning message as usual, I went to bed.

Time flies by.

At 1 o'clock in the morning on September 3, Venice time, it was already 8 o'clock on the Chinese Internet, with the video interview of the "Hawthorn Tree Love" crew in Venice brought by "Southern Weekly" to Weibo

The various news sections headed by the topic suddenly started to get heated.

The topic #ItalianPizzaNoPineapple#, for some reason, suddenly jumped into the eyes of many people.

Weibo has been online for less than a year, but with the "short and fast" news, it has already begun the second stage of the decline of traditional paper media and the overall rise of Internet news. Sina Weibo and Tencent Weibo have suddenly become everyone's favorite news.

New love.

Get up early and check Weibo for a while, then check Weibo when you are free, and then check Weibo again when you are bored...

With the influx of users exceeding 100 million, it has become an upstart in Internet media channels.

The rich gameplay and focused discussion atmosphere on topics of interest have been accepted by more and more people in this era when smartphones are becoming more and more popular.

Early in the morning, fans who have been paying attention to the Venice Film Festival discovered that "Southern Weekly", one of the most authoritative media outlets in the domestic entertainment sector, uploaded an interview that lasted nearly 40 minutes and saw the "Exclusive Interview with "The Love of the Hawthorn Tree"

The title "Crew", whether it was Xu Xin's fans, Yang Mi's fans, Sister Shenxian, Brother Buhang, or people from the film industry all clicked on it.

When you click on the video, it opens with the beautiful Rialto Bridge in Venice as the background, with Xu Xin, Liu Yifei, and Lin Xinxin facing the camera.

Ho.

Xu Gou is quite photogenic.

But it’s just barely enough to match my Mi Mi.

With this idea in mind, they started watching.

The video news was posted at 8 o'clock, and at 8:40, the topic #ItalianPizzaNoPineapple" came out.

Below it, a group of people who are not film majors themselves, or who just thought it was good after watching this video interview but did not delve into it, began to discuss this topic.

“If you don’t understand, just ask, isn’t putting pineapple on pizza a basic operation?”

"Pineapple is delicious. It's sweet, sour and soothing."

"The dog who studied in Italy said that people here really don't put pineapple. It tastes delicious."

"We are both studying abroad. I think this is more like a quirk, just like they think breaking the pasta is an insult to them. What's wrong with them?"

"What? You can't break pasta? Are Italians so pretentious?"

"Please respect the food culture of other countries. Do not put pineapple on pizza. It is like making a sound when slurping noodles in Japan. When eating in Korea, you have to smack your mouth and make a disgusting sound like coughing up phlegm. The third brother is clean and hygienic.

Same."

"Brother, are you a traitor? You've hacked a circle of people... your hacking is quite advanced."

"There is a problem with the reading comprehension upstairs. What do you mean by blackmailing a group of people? Obviously he only blackmailed one person, and the blackened one is not a person."

A group of people were as if they had discovered a new world. They were disturbed by Xu Xin's remarks about "Italian pizza without pineapple" and started a lively discussion on the Internet.

This chapter is not over yet, please click on the next page to continue reading! Frankly speaking, this is like... popular science.

It's actually not that important. Even if you don't know it, it won't make any difference to your life.

That's how it should be.

until……

A Weibo with a Weibo ID named "Italian Embassy" joined the battlefield.

"We are grateful to our Eastern friend, young director Xu Xin, for his role in promoting the traditional Italian delicacy - pizza.

Thank you for letting more Chinese friends know the inclusiveness contained in pizza, a traditional Italian classic, and the thousands of years of persistence and protection of local Italian chefs.

We do not refuse to adapt to changes in local culture. The world should become more prosperous because of a variety of cultures.

But as our friend Xu Xin said, the world prospers because of culture, and culture continues to thrive because of its uniqueness.

We are honored that our food can be your biggest source of inspiration and harvest in Venice, and I also wish you to win your favorite trophy at the Venice Film Festival.

Finally, our friends.

May your virtue endure forever."

This Weibo was issued by the Italian Embassy and quoted a video tweet from Southern Weekly.

The screenshots in the article are of Xu Xin facing the camera, getting inspired by pizza, and discussing his biggest gains from this trip to Venice with Wang Minmin...or the person in front of the camera.

In itself, the topic of "no pineapple" is quite popular.

September 3rd is Friday, and it is the weekend holiday soon. There are quite a lot of people fishing at work.

There is nothing professional in the topic. Regardless of whether it is for fun, curiosity, or popular science, there are really a lot of active participants.

And when everyone saw... the embassy of a country that was supposed to be incompatible with this kind of Internet topic actually participated in the discussion, and made a speech that not only reflected the demeanor, but also used a... Although I don’t know how to read it, but in Chinese

After translating an article that I felt was very appetizing to express my gratitude to Xu Xin, all of a sudden, the popularity of this topic began to rise.

Almost at noon, it completely overwhelmed other topics on Weibo.

More and more people know what authentic pizza is, and even know about the fact that "spaghetti always ends up in three pieces when broken".

And the Italian Embassy didn't look aloof at all. After posting, he saw many netizens leaving messages below, and he even replied to them one by one.

"There's no need to thank you. Just bring back a golden lion for Xu Gou."

Reply: "[Crying], this still requires director Xu Xin's own efforts."
To be continued...