"Are you nervous?"

Zhang Yimou asked rhetorically.

"Well……"

Xu Xin opened his mouth and laughed innocently:

"Hehe, it's okay."

"Just relax and let nature take its course."

Zhang Yimou seemed to see something and comforted:

"If it succeeds, it will be successful. If it fails, your film will also be recognized by the film festival audience. Just be normal~"

"Um……"

Although she knew what he said was reasonable, Xu Xin couldn't help but say:

"I have never been so nervous in Cannes..."

"nonsense."

Zhang Yimou rolled his eyes directly:

"You didn't go to Cannes. You were squatting in Shenmu at that time."

"……hey-hey."

Apart from laughing awkwardly, Xu Xin really didn't know what to say.

That familiar feeling of "exam performance" came back again.

It's just that... if the first night in Venice was just for him to enter junior high school, then he is now taking the college entrance examination.

The pressure is brewing in my heart, and there is nowhere to vent it.

He felt that he had not mastered the art of cultivating Qi... He had told himself countless times before that, it didn't matter whether he won an award or not during this trip to Venice.

Because this trip is no longer worthwhile.

But things are coming...

He is still unable to escape the vulgarity.

Fortunately, there was no one else in the car except the driver, Pang Liwei sitting in the passenger seat, and Su Meng in the back seat.

There can't be too many people in the business car. If it weren't for the worry about the language barrier, Su Meng and Pang Liwei and Xu Xin wouldn't have planned to take them.

Because if the ironed trouser lines of suits and dresses sit for a long time, they will easily be pushed up at the knees.

That affects the look.

Yang Mi specifically told him to find a spacious place to sit and try to straighten his legs when sitting.

It was precisely this convenience that allowed no one except the old man to see his uneasy appearance.

Otherwise, he would be really embarrassed to say this in front of Liu Yifei and Lin Gou.

He is the director.

He is the backbone and backbone of the crew.

Anyone can bend, but he cannot.

Then, the carriage fell into silence.

Take a car all the way, get off the car, and board a luxury yacht...

In about half an hour, they arrived at the main island of Lido, and then, being received by the organizers of Venice, they boarded the car again and rushed to the Festival Summer Palace.

When we arrived at the Summer Palace, there were already many people in the red carpet waiting hall.

Everyone was chatting and chatting among themselves.

When they saw that the people who came in were Xu Xin and the others, even though many people recognized that this was... the crew of "Under the Hawthorn Tree" which was almost the most popular in Venice this year, no one came to talk to them.

Before the awards ceremony, the tradition of trying not to have contact with people outside the crew unless facing the media obviously also applies here.

In the red carpet waiting hall, the only person who came in was Zhong Changyou, who had been accompanying him on the red carpet for a while.

Including people like Liu Xiaoli, Su Meng, and Wu Qiqi can't get in here.

A few people got together... maybe because everyone was a little nervous, the content of the chat was dry.

For example, when they see a familiar face, three young people, Xu Xin, discuss what works each other has acted in.

The old man was chatting with Zhong Changyou about the release of "Hawthorn Tree".

The three of them were trying their best to hide their increasingly nervous mood, while there were more and more people in the hall.

Then, after Xu Xin greeted Li Pingdong who had just walked in, the door was pushed open again.

A very familiar face walked in first.

Natalie Portman.

Wearing a black... somewhat velvet-like dress, and with a bulging belly that was not particularly big, she walked in.

"Fuck..."

Lin Gou subconsciously cursed:

"She is pregnant?"

"you do not know?"

Liu Yifei was a little surprised:

"The person supporting her is her husband... Oh no, they are not married yet. Her boyfriend is also the choreographer of "Black Swan" and is said to be an internationally famous ballet dancer. The two fell in love because of the show.

Together."

As the only one among the three people who has watched the version of "Black Swan" without Chinese subtitles, she obviously knows the gossip about this big star.

Following her words, Natalie Portman, her boyfriend, and others from the "Black Swan" crew walked through the crowd.

As the person who currently has the highest reputation for Best Actress, she is really like the legendary swan. The aura she carries when she appears on the stage is a bit like "looking down on all living beings".

pity……

Xu Xin doesn’t accept this trick.

He just looked at the other person's figure swaying on high heels and muttered:

"Look at that belly...if it's not twins, it's only two or three months old. She's quite pregnant~"

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The words touched on the knowledge blind spots of Lin Gou and Liu Yifei. The two of them did not answer the question, and just listened to Xu Xin continue to talk:

"You have to pay attention to the fetal position when you are so pregnant. How dare you wear high heels at this time? This butt doesn't seem to be the type that is easy to give birth to... Tsk, you are so brave. If it doesn't come down... what do you think I will do?"

Feeling the strange looks from the two people, Xu Xin was a little puzzled.

Lin Xingxin said somewhat speechlessly:

"Old Xu...you understand very well."

"Yes, you are observing so carefully... Be careful I tell Mimi!"

Facing the threat from the fairy sister, Xu Xin sneered:

"If she were here, I'm sure she could even tell you what extra size of underpants this girl has to wear this month. Do you believe it? She is more of a gangster than you think."

Under Liu Yifei's dumbfounded gaze, Xu Xin's eyes fell on Matilda again.

He can feel it.

Her pride.

And that confidence.

Then……

The anxiety in his eyes and heart gradually began to disappear.

I was nervous, but the space in front of me was like a large colosseum.

The crew of every movie is a beast.

We are not friends, but competitors.

They are here to fight.

In front of me, even a foreign girl who is pregnant and has a swollen belly can show off that confident aura...

How can we, Lao Xu, be compared to a big Yangma?

Not to mention being beaten but not defeated, at least the momentum cannot be lost.

Isn't it the Venice Film Festival?
To be continued...