That year the flowers bloomed 1981

Chapter 577 Are all of us not as good as him?
The hotel is really close to the film festival, less than 20 minutes’ walk, but the bus took ten minutes to arrive.

Because the road is full of cars.

The Japanese had high hopes for the Tokyo Film Festival and wanted to make it the largest film festival in Asia. However, because this was the first session, it was not well-known internationally and naturally did not attract many overseas big names and films.

The Japanese people in the 1980s had a strong sense of national cohesion, so many local people brought their entire families to the front to support the film festival, which resulted in a huge traffic jam.

Li Ye was accustomed to traffic jams in big cities. He had even filled orange juice into Pocari Sweat bottles before, but many people on the bus had never seen such a scene.

After all, there are not many private cars in mainland China now, even in Beijing, Shanghai and Guangzhou.

"I heard that two out of ten Japanese people own cars, and almost every family has a car. I thought it was incredible at first, but now it seems to be true.

If you don’t believe me, just look, most of the cars on this street are small sleeper cars, and there are women and children inside, so they must be private.”

"These cars are so beautiful, and these tall buildings are also beautiful. I don't know how many years it will take before we can drive such a car and live in such a tall building."

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"It's not a good thing to have too many cars! Why do I feel like riding a car is not as fast as riding a bicycle?"

“It’s comfortable to drive no matter how slow you go. You won’t be blown by the wind or rain, and you won’t be cold in the winter.”

Many people in the exhibition group pressed their faces against the car windows, looking at the slow-moving traffic outside and the tall buildings on both sides of the street with envy.

"Ahem, everyone, please pay attention to your image and influence."

Team leader Zhou’s stern reminder quieted the bustling crowd, but how many people could remain calm after suddenly coming from the inland to the prosperous world at the forefront of the world?
Li Ye could somewhat understand Team Leader Zhou's concerns. There was a reason why so many expatriates were stranded overseas.

Even under the strong discipline, many people on the bus were still talking quietly, ignoring the sharp gaze of Team Leader Zhou.

The most active one among them was Chu Yunling. During the traffic jam, she exchanged seats with three people, and every time she chatted lively with the people around her.

"Humph~"

Wen Leyu snorted softly, his eyes full of contempt.

Li Ye could understand Wen Leyu's contempt, because most of the people Chu Yunling chatted with were men, and the topic they talked about happened to be what everyone was interested in, "What will happen to our future?"

Isn't it fun for a 27- or 28-year-old girl to talk about the future with an old man? Team leader Zhou looked at him several times, but in the end he didn't say anything.

Li Ye, who was watching quietly on the side, had to admire the woman's communication skills. Forty years later, such women might not be uncommon. Many young house-selling girls would be better than her.
But in the 1980s, it was rare to find a woman who could be so "open-minded", and there were probably two possible outcomes.
Be completely drowned by rumors, or become a strong woman like some people do.

Li Ye gently patted Wen Leyu's hand and exchanged a look with her - "It's none of our business."

Li Ye narrowed his eyes, leaned towards Li Ye, closed his eyes and began to doze off. After a while, he fell asleep like a kitten.

[Hmm? Didn't the little girl sleep well last night? Didn't you lock the door? ]

Li Ye smiled and moved his shoulder to let Wen Leyu sleep more comfortably.

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Half an hour later, the bus arrived at the film festival screening site at noon.

"After getting off the bus, everyone will be divided into three groups and follow their respective team leaders. We will have lunch together and gather at the Film Festival Square at 5:30 pm."

The voice of Team Leader Zhou giving orders woke Wen Leyu up.

She was stunned for a moment, then quickly licked her lips to wipe away the drool on them.

People feel sleepy in spring, tired in autumn and nappy in summer. In the hot summer, a voluptuous girl falls asleep while sitting. Isn't it normal for her to drool a little?
Then Wen Leyu looked at Li Ye again, narrowed her eyes and glanced at her boyfriend with a threatening look.

[Don't laugh at me~, or I'll strangle you to death. ]

But Wen Leyu later realized that Li Ye had no intention of laughing and even frowned slightly. Wen Leyu asked in a low voice: "What's wrong?"

Li Ye raised his lips slightly: "Nothing, just some gossip."

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After everyone got off the bus, Wen Leyu also knew what the gossip was about.

Because during the more than half an hour of traffic jam, everyone in the car knew one thing - Li Ye was very afraid of his wife, and his money-loving girlfriend had taken control of his financial power before they even got married.

Why is Chu Yunling so annoying? Why do Chinese people like to gossip so much?

Li Ye didn't care. In his current state, he didn't care about any rumors, but he was afraid that Wen Leyu would be angry.

Just now when Li Ye said "he has a girlfriend", he actually meant it as a joke, but now it seems that he might have gone too far as a joke.

"Xiao Yu, this is my fault. I didn't want to give him money, so I used you as a shield."

Li Ye explained to Wen Leyu in shame, but Wen Leyu immediately interrupted: "You did the right thing just now. If you meet someone who wants to take advantage of you or borrow money from you in the future, you can push it to me.

Sometimes my dad’s friends would ask him to do something for them, and he couldn’t refuse, so my mom would always refuse on his behalf.”

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Well! Wen Leyu is much more insightful than Li Ye.

Although the two have not yet married, Wen Leyu has already understood the truth that "a wife is the last resort to protect family property."

Because there are too many exhibitors from the mainland, but the number of formal invitations is limited, many of them have nothing to do with movies, so it is impossible for them all to enter the main venue of the film festival at once.

So after getting off the bus, everyone quickly split into three groups, led by Team Leader Zhou and several other foreign affairs personnel.

One group is official exhibitors who have the opportunity to communicate with directors and actors from all over the world.

The rest of the people are just there for fun. They can watch movies, visit and go shopping with the host's translator, making the trip more relaxing and enjoyable.

Li Ye didn't care which group he was assigned to, but when he and Wen Leyu were "separated", he immediately became unhappy.

Li Ye is the original author and screenwriter of "Homesick", and can barely be considered a crew member. He was assigned to Group 1, while Wen Leyu was assigned to Group 2, which was just a supporting role.

Although the arrangement made sense, Li Ye refused to do it. He came here to travel with the girl from the Wen family, so what was the point of traveling separately?

Who wants to exchange ideas about movies with directors and screenwriters? I'm only interested in girls.

So Li Ye also decided to join Group 2 and watch the films on display with Wen Leyu.

Zhou Ziyuan immediately changed Li Ye's group. Since Li Ye was not interested in the opportunity to gain experience and connections, why not do it?
However, as soon as Li Ye was transferred to another team, Amin brought Pei Wenhui and Fu Yiru here.

After Amin came over, he directly handed Team Leader Zhou a communication schedule, which listed the relationship exchange opportunities that the host had brought to the crew of "Hometown Lonely Army".
A large part of them were individual interviews and invitations to Li Ye from Japanese media and film companies.

Zhou Ziyuan immediately refused: "Deputy Manager Liao, this kind of individual interview and invitation is inappropriate and does not comply with regulations."

Liao Min waited patiently for Zhou Ziyuan to finish speaking, and then calmly said: "I was sent to Japan this time to sell the film. These are the publicity media and well-known figures in the film industry that we contacted.

They all highly respect Mr. Li, the original author, and have already agreed on several exchange projects with us. If you want to increase your chances of winning, sell more films, and earn more foreign exchange, we hope you can cooperate with us."

Now not only Zhou Ziyuan, but many people in the film studio felt mixed emotions.

[Is it possible that even with all of us here to promote the product, our impact is not as great as that of Li Ye alone? ]

(End of this chapter)