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This year's main venue is still held on Lido Island. It is only on the 30th, and the surrounding area of ​​the island has been warmed up.

Filmmakers and film enthusiasts flying from all over the world laughed and took pictures in the square or on the surrounding lawn.

At night, all the headlights installed around the road have been turned on at this time, and the bright light will illuminate the surroundings clearly, allowing everyone to continue to release their vitality.

The local residents of Venice are not willing to lose the wind, or carry their children, or the elderly at home, strolling together, while walking while enjoying the lively atmosphere different from the past.The whole scene was full of laughter.

And in a homestay less than two kilometers away, there is no night lights that are open all night and night, and there is no noise of tourists.

In the gloomy night, you can faintly hear all kinds of small and messy sounds. At the end of the alley, the lantern with the word "accommodation" is hanging in front of the door of a house.

Upon closer inspection, the hotel didn't even have a name.

At this time, the door of the house was half open—the so-called door, which is just a two-way glass door like a hair salon—inside the hotel entrance, there was also a blackboard with red chalk writing on it. "This month's special price, accommodation 20", there are also various weird lines and patterns painted beside it to show surprise.

Entering the door, it is the front desk. A middle-aged cashier woman with glasses watching a small TV raised her head slightly, "Three people stay, open a few rooms."

"There are any types." It was Lyman, Ryan and Thomas who came. They got off the plane and took a taxi all the way to the venue.

As a result, the hotels near Lido Island were full, and they had to go a little farther to find a place to live.

Of course, there are reasons to control the budget. Those high-end hotels did not dare to ask if there are any rooms available.

"Single room is 20 per night, double room is 30 per night, how many do you open." The middle-aged woman stared at the small TV on the wall intently, and responded casually.

"One single room, one double room. Two rooms." Lehman said.

"50 Euros." The middle-aged woman remained silent as before and continued to watch her TV.

"Shall we rent for a week, is there a discount?"

Hearing this, the middle-aged woman turned her attention away from the TV screen and looked at Lehman.

After looking around slightly, he asked casually: "Is it from outside, for the Venice Film Festival?" He said that it was a question, but the words were full of affirmation. It seemed that I saw more people like Lehman.

"Yes." A very positive reply.There is nothing bad to say, they are indeed here for the Venice Film Festival.

"Then pay 320 euros."

"Thank you." As he said, Lehmann took out a handful of change from his pocket, counted them, and took out 320 euros, "Here."

The middle-aged woman clicked to confirm the correctness of the number.

Then put the money in the drawer, and took out a bunch of keys from it.

"Come with me."

She got up from her seat and walked upstairs.

The Lehman trio followed behind.

Next to the front desk is a very narrow wooden staircase, going all the way up to the second floor.

There is a long narrow walkway on the second floor with rooms on both sides.

There is a nameplate with numbers on the door. The first one is the first one. The number "203" is written on the nameplate.

Following the middle-aged woman, she continued to move forward, and stopped when she reached the end of the corridor.

"Two rooms 207 and 209, the one on the left is a single room, and it is a double room opposite the door." The middle-aged woman fumbled for a while from the large bunch of keys she was holding, took out two keys, and gave them to Lai Man.

"Go in and rest yourself. Oh, yes, if the key is lost, I still have a backup, but it costs 2 euros. Remember." After that, he turned and walked to the first floor.I guess I went to watch TV.

"How are the three of us divided?" Ryan asked outside the corridor.

"I live in a single room, you two live in a double room." Lehman gave his own advice.

Thomas didn't say anything, Ryan quit, "No, I live in a single room, I haven't spent the night in a house with a big man? I'm not used to it, I can't sleep."

He didn't stay in college, but he didn't want to wrong himself.

"That's not right, it gives you a chance to experience life." Lyman said with a smile, but gave Ryan the key to the single room in his hand.

"Go and rest."

"Good night! I wish you both a good night." As he said, Ryan inserted the key, twisted it slightly, and walked into room 207.

Outside the corridor, only Lyman and Thomas were left.

"go in."

Lehman took the key, inserted it into the slit accurately, twisted it to the right, and opened the door.

Two big men walked into room 209.

Lehman fumbled and pressed the light switch in the room.

In an instant, orange light enveloped this space.

The room is not small, and there are two small beds—the kind that is long enough but not too wide.

Between the two small beds, there is a small cabinet at the head of the bed for storing small objects.There are three floors above and below.

Lehman wandered around and found that the conditions of the hotel were OK.

In addition to sleeping, there is a separate bathroom. There is a space of about 3 square meters in the compartment just around the corner.

He also lowered the tap, and water did come out.

Lehman threw his backpack aside, took out his toothbrush, toothpaste, and towel from it, ready to clean up his personal hygiene.

After washing up, he walked out of the bathroom and packed up some things. He said, "Thomas, you can get it right, too. When I was washing, the water flow in the faucet decreased. It is estimated that this place will be cut off at night.

"Oh." Thomas, who was sitting on the bed, didn't delay anymore, and went into the bathroom after taking his own things.

After Lyman finished finishing his things, he lay down on the cot.

The sound of running water came from the bathroom, and he stared at the roof blankly, his thoughts empty.

"Huh, I'm really out of water, I'm going to take a shower." Thomas came out after about three minutes.

What he said was really right.This hotel will automatically cut off water after 11 o'clock in the evening.

"No way, this is Venice, and now it's time for the film festival, where else can I find a cheap and good accommodation hotel? I'll just fall asleep."

Thomas smiled bitterly.

Yes, it is now when members of the film industry from all over the world are rushing to come to Venice. Coupled with some spontaneous tourists visiting the film festival, the business of the surrounding accommodation and hostels is very good.

This is their most prosperous and hottest period of the year.

Alas, overcome any difficulties.

You can't die without taking a bath.

So comforting himself, Thomas felt much better at once.

Lying in bed, I don't know how long time passed.

What happened to Thomas was still not asleep. He looked at Lyman and found that he didn't seem to be asleep either, so he asked softly: "You said, does our movie have a chance to be shown in the exhibition hall?"

Lyman didn't speak. Just when Thomas thought he was actually asleep, his voice came over, "The chance is slim."

The Venice International Film Festival has 4 units, namely "Main Competition Unit", "Horizon Unit", "Critics Week Unit" and "Venice Day Unit".

Among them, the main competition unit is the hottest. The annual Venice's highest award-the Golden Lion Award is produced in this unit. As for other jury awards, best actor and actress awards, best screenwriters and other international category A awards They are also selected in a unified manner; and the horizon unit, although there are also competition selection criteria in it, the convincing power of the award is not high, and it has a lot less taste and honor than the official unit.

As for the film critics week and day unit, it is more like a farce.The barrier to entry is also very low. It all depends on the tastes of the film critics and reviewers. As long as a movie is on the right path, it can almost be on the list without capping it. However, they don’t have awards, just in the news papers. It's just exaggeration.This can also be seen from the data: every year, only about 15 films enter the final main competition unit, and those who can enter the horizon unit are expanded to about 20 films. As for the two unlicensed units, they can enter. But it's too much to go.

"I think there is a chance."

Thomas turned over, looked at Lyman again, and continued: "Maybe we can get a prize or something."

Awarded?

The main unit competition generally selects 15 to 20 films for screenings, and will compete for various awards at the Venice Film Festival from these films. Even if the less golden Horizon unit is added, there will be no more than 40 places at most.

During the daytime today, Lehmann went to the registration office to find out that there were more than 500 films registered this year, and countless more, like Lehman, did not qualify for screening, so I chose filmmakers or industry enthusiasts who are showing around. .

When he heard these statistics, he was shocked-God knows where there are so many film directors in the world, and they have all shot works.

Lehman didn't mean much in this regard, and after collecting accurate data, he didn't expect it.

After hundreds of movies have been killed, I still don’t have the qualifications to be shown. No matter how I think about it, I feel that this kind of miracle will not appear in "Buried Alive."

However, Lehman didn't explain much. The chances were slim, and he knew it. There was no need to destroy Thomas' vision.He is still young, still an age of dreaming.

"As you have said, "Buried Alive" exploded."

Lyman could only answer that. He turned over and looked out the window.

Closer is pitch black, and farther away is the center of the film festival. The bright lights can be seen even from a few kilometers away.

It must be very lively there.People come and go, so uncomfortable.

This artificial island in the province of Venice, Italy, still exudes brilliance even under heavy nightfall.