Full-time actor

Chapter 264【91】Happy birthday, my princess!

August 2003, 8, 24pm.

Chen Yu, Huo Jianqi and a group of six people finally arrived at the destination of this film festival-the water city of Venice, Italy.

A city standing on the water.

Liu Yifei originally thought that this was a wonderful trip that she could just leave. Before going there, she had some expectations. After all, it would be one of the world's famous romantic cities. However, the nearly 26 hours of flight transfer and bumpy highway bus still made her a little bit confused. blur.

At the moment, the whole person seemed to be wilted, exhausted both physically and mentally.

Of course, Chen Yu was not much better than her. All six people in the group looked like they were about to collapse.

As expected, not everyone can tolerate this kind of flying in Europe.

"Shall we go back to the hotel and rest first?"

"Recharge your batteries and come back tomorrow for a nice stroll!"

A slender island about 12 kilometers long, running across the southeast of Venice.

This thing is like every family's private car in Venice. Many of them are private, but they are usually used for tourist boat business.

It's not like Huo Jian hasn't done strategy before he got up, but saying this is like saying nothing.

During the filming of "Warm" before, Liu Yifei and Liu Xiaoli also visited the crew, so they are very familiar with them.

Huo Jianqi suggested there, while Li Jia and Liu Yifei nodded hurriedly.

"what?"

Why do you want to take a selfie, it’s so ugly... Oh, this little pout is pretty, very cute.

"I asked my friend, it seems I need to take a boat first..."

The gondola can sit and go, and the boatman can act as a temporary tour guide, but you have to pay a corresponding tip.

"You can ask Auntie to take a photo for us!"

The Venice Film Festival is held there every year.

Chen Yu's English was good, so he walked to the pier and began to inquire about the route.

Liu Yifei took an unusually blurry selfie and placed it in front of Chen Yu. Chen Yu laughed at her. Unexpectedly, this girl was addicted to taking pictures. She squatted next to Chen Yu and raised her phone in a gesture.

"Does it look good?"

Of course, Chen Yu can also take Venice's water bus, which costs 20 euros for a one-day pass; but the bus runs every 30 minutes, and several people really can't wait.

Chen Yu felt a little bad.

It’s not that taking a selfie looks stupid, but the other person’s aesthetics. The ugliest mobile phone in Nokia’s history is in her hands now, and she actually said it looks pretty; then she took a selfie and took another ugly picture of herself. Photo, still looking at it and laughing.

You two really think I don’t exist!

At this time, Chen Yu felt a little nostalgic about that time in Berlin. Someone picked him up after he got off the plane, and Li Yang was also a German expert. He didn't need to worry about it at all along the way, as long as he followed Li Yang.

Well, just this time, it won’t happen next time.

It doesn't matter, I'm almost falling apart from exhaustion, so I'll allow you to be arrogant under my nose.

"I'll ask!"

Soon the six people got on the gondola, Venice's unique water vehicle, which is Venice's unique pointed boat with a pointed front and a black hull.

She was taking selfies with the Nokia 3650 camera phone she just bought. Chen Yu really couldn't bear to complain.

"..."

Huh, man.

They are currently in Piazza Marco Polo in Venice, and the Venice Film Festival is held on Lido, a small island in Venice.

Chen Yu had to doubt her unique personal aesthetic.

The two gondolas rowed towards their destination.

Chen Yu just wanted to say one thing in his heart. Sure enough, when camera phones first came out, the common behavior of all girls was pouting at a 45-degree angle.

“This boat is so fun!”

Chen Yu felt as if he had been hit hard in his heart. He couldn't help but turned his head and took a few more glances: "Well, send it to me!"

Each trip is charged according to the distance just like a taxi.

But now they are a group of six, all of whom are visiting Venice for the first time, and they don’t even have a tour guide.

"How to send it?"

Of course he resisted, but he really couldn't resist the pout!

Liu Yifei pretended to be kissing Chen Yu, pouting and raising her hand at a 45-degree angle. Chen Yu quickly cooperated with her and took a photo.

Liu Yifei didn't know how to do it at all, but she said: "Can it be the same? Self-portraits and those taken by others have different feelings!"

Liu Xiaoli: "..."

"Let's go!"

Sitting in the gondola cabin, Liu Yifei felt somewhat refreshed and her face was filled with a sense of novelty.

The seats on this boat are actually made of genuine leather, which makes it much less bumpy when traveling on the water.

"Bluetooth, Bluetooth can transmit!"

"What is Bluetooth?"

Chen Yu taught Liu Yifei, and the two of them gathered together and fiddled with their mobile phones. They looked like other tourist couples on gondolas along the way.

Quite appropriate and warm.

After a while, Chen Yu’s screensaver was replaced by this selfie. Not to mention, it’s really pretty!

The law of true fragrance never goes out of style.

"Can this photo of myself be set as wallpaper?"

Liu Yifei looked at Chen Yu with ease as he set up the settings, looking at him in surprise; to be honest, Chen Yu was shocked by her slightly exaggerated and obviously innocent and cute expression.

You really know nothing about electronic products!

Not even that simple?

Well, Liu Yifei really doesn’t know how.

After Chen Yu taught her, she happily changed the photo with Chen Yu to use as wallpaper.

"Why do you have the same settings as me?"

Chen Yu couldn't help teasing her.

"what?"

Liu Yifei raised her head with a thoughtful expression.

Obviously she had not thought about this problem, but the next second, she reacted. Is there any need to ask?

"Then you want to change?"

Liu Yifei glanced at Chen Yu, her eyes full of warning, as if if Chen Yu said something wrong the next second, she might be pushed directly into the Venice lagoon, which is the river where their boat is floating!

"I won't change!"

"I want you to change it!"

Chen Yu touched his cell phone, and finally got Liu Yifei's "you're still sensible" expression.

She sat back in her seat. After a while, the six people arrived at Lido Island, and the official of the Venice Film Festival had already booked a hotel for them.

Of course, it is at your own expense.

Back at the hotel, Chen Yu lay down on the bed without even taking a shower, let alone eating.

After sleeping until most of the night, Chen Yu subconsciously wanted to take out his mobile phone and send a message to Liu Yifei to see if she was awake so that they could go have supper together.

Venice is a tourist city, and Lido Island is an internationally renowned health resort. There are 24-hour entertainment venues on the island, including casinos, restaurants, nightclubs, theaters, etc.

When we took the boat in the afternoon, the boatman introduced him to Chen Yu.

drop!

A sudden reminder made Chen Yu stunned for a moment.

After taking a shower, he didn't call Liu Yifei, but quietly walked out alone.

……

Early the next morning, Chen Yu met Liu Yifei, who was full of energy in the breakfast room. She was wearing a cartoon T-shirt and a long skirt, looking very neighborly.

Of course, there is Liu Xiaoli who is slightly better.

Huo Jianqi was already up, just like before at the Berlin Film Festival, he went to make reservations for the booth and the theater where "Warm" premiered.

I went late, maybe just like Li Yang last time, the good booths were all gone.

Founded in 1932, the Venice Film Festival is the oldest and first film festival in the world. It is known as the "Father of International Film Festivals" and takes "film as a serious art service" as its purpose. "Improve the level of film art" as the main purpose, and "artistic" as the highest evaluation criterion.

Therefore, art films are a big plus in Venice.

This is also the reason why "Warm" was shortlisted.

However, due to venue constraints, the film festival's booths are not as large as those in Berlin, so you have to be more nervous. Of course, there are not as many people coming to watch the film as there are in Berlin.

First, the place is small, and second, the location is definitely not as convenient as Berlin. Although it is a tourist city, the number of people is obviously not as good as Berlin.

Therefore, the audience of each Venice Film Festival is about 5 to 6 people, which is definitely incomparable to Berlin's hundreds of thousands or even more than 30 people in later generations.

As for Cannes, another of the three major film festivals, it is not open to the public and is considered the most unique one.

"After breakfast, do you want to go shopping?"

Chen Yu took the initiative to invite Liu Yifei, and Liu Yifei glanced at Liu Xiaoli. Liu Xiaoli only focused on eating breakfast by herself.

"Okay, Mom, let's go together?"

Liu Yifei invited Liu Xiaoli, and Liu Xiaoli smiled, hesitated to speak, and finally said only one word: "Okay!"

After the three of them had breakfast, they rented a full-day gondola and strolled around the Venetian Water City.

The whole of Venice is actually not big, consisting of 118 small islands. It is about the same area as Chen Yu's hometown town, with an area of ​​more than 400 square kilometers, which is still considered water area.

Not counting the water area, it is actually 7.8 square kilometers and is home to about 7 to 8 people.

However, due to traffic constraints, it would take at least 2-3 days to fully explore Venice, mainly because the boat speed is too slow.

St. Mark's Square, Bridge of Sighs, St. Mark's Basilica... Chen Yu and the others spent a day shopping and visited almost all the main attractions in Venice.

"Want to eat?"

Chen Yu asked casually: "I saw a pretty good restaurant on our island yesterday. Do you want to try it?"

"Okay!"

Of course Liu Yifei had no objection, and Liu Xiaoli followed the two of them back to Lido Island.

There were many foreigners singing and dancing on the beach, and it looked very lively. Liu Yifei looked at it curiously, but she didn't expect that these foreigners actually walked towards her direction. A group of people surrounded her enthusiastically, Liu Xiaoli was frightened.

Liu Yifei also looked frightened, and both of them thought they were being harassed.

"Happy birthday..."

Until these guys started playing happy birthday songs there, countless people were still cheering.

Liu Yifei covered her face with her hands, her eyes full of surprise, and she reacted instantly.

Liu Xiaoli also shook her head, her eyes a little moist.

Chen Yu didn't know when he had put on a beach suit, pushed a very beautiful cake with a candle with the number 16 on it, and slowly came to Liu Yifei.

"Happy birthday, my princess!"

A magnetic Chinese voice came from Chen Yu's mouth.

"Oh oh oh-"

All the foreigners around him shouted excitedly, and the sound echoed throughout the beach.

This scene was well captured by a photographer on the side.

Many people playing on the beach were all startled at this time.

Countless people gathered around curiously.

Liu Yifei almost cried, her eyes filled with enthusiasm. She hugged Chen Yu in front of her and cried with joy. Liu Xiaoli next to her was also wiping tears from the corners of her eyes.

Xiao Chen is really good at it!

She was even a little moved, let alone Sissi.

In the morning, she actually wanted to remind Chen Yu, but Liu Yifei's eyes stopped her.

She was afraid of trouble. If Chen Yu knew about it, he would definitely celebrate her birthday.

In fact, Liu Yifei was satisfied if she could have a good day with him.

Who would have thought that Chen Yu would actually remember that today was her birthday. What a touch this was.

Especially for a 16-year-old girl.

"Happy birthday!"

"Happy birthday!"

Countless foreigners were learning Chinese and shouted at Liu Yifei. Liu Yifei burst into tears and smiled, bowing politely and saying thank you to them. Countless people were screaming crazily there, and the atmosphere was extremely heated.

Chen Yu looked at the getting darker sky and couldn't help but said, "How about blowing out a candle and making a wish first?"

"It would be bad if it were destroyed!"

Chen Yu shielded himself from the wind.

"Ok!"

Liu Yifei nodded, feeling extremely determined.

She has already thought about what to wish for!

"Then help my dearest husband win the Best Actor in the Countercurrent Section of the Venice Film Festival!"

"I hope God, Buddha and Guanyin can bless him!"

call--

After making her wish, Liu Yifei suddenly opened her eyes, took a deep breath, and used all her strength to blow towards the candle in front of her.

Originally, she didn't know there was this award in Venice, or Huo Jianqi told her about it.

(End of this chapter)