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Chapter 463 Invited to the Venice Film Festival

Chapter 463 Invited to the Venice Film Festival
"You've invited me to be a judge?"

Liu Jin, shirtless, sat by the pool with a surprised expression.

The call was from Mark Müller.

In June of this year, he took over as president of the Venice International Film Festival, a time when he was enjoying immense prestige.

The 61st Venice International Film Festival will kick off in a few days.

Should we invite him to be a judge at this point?
You've lost your mind!
The members of this year's jury were announced as early as the beginning of July.

Speaking of which, I should mention that the announcement of the judging panel for the three major European organizations is not always timely.

For example, the list of judges for Venice was announced in April 23, but the list for Venice 24 was announced in mid-July.

In short, it depends on the situation.

After taking over as chairman of the organizing committee, Mark Müller finalized the list of participants early on.

This year's jury president is British director John Berman, who is also a producer and screenwriter.

She has also worked as an actor.

The jury members included Spike Lee, an American; Wolfgang Beck, an Argentinian director; Scarlett Johansson, an American actress; Mimo Karopresti, an Italian director; Dušan Makavejev, a Serbian director, screenwriter, and producer; Pietro Scalia, an Italian editor; Hsu Feng, a Taiwanese producer; and Helen Mirren, a British actress, director, and producer…

Liu Jin had just looked at this list last week.

There were a few familiar faces among them.

Spike Lee is a minor character in a basketball novel on Qidian.com, and a die-hard Knicks fan.

Scarlett Johansson...

Liu Jin couldn't understand what qualifications she had to be a judge.

It may be related to her America identity.

Helen Mirren has appeared in many films, such as as Speedy Chicken's mother and the elderly female agent in Red...

You may not know who she is, but if you see her face, you'll definitely recognize her.

The only one left is Hsu Feng!
The proprietress of Tomson Riviera...

Liu Jin bought her house.

The producer of "Farewell My Concubine" visited director Chen three times to persuade him to join her, which led to the Palme d'Or.

However, it seems she has faded out of the film industry now!

Old Zhang should be quite familiar with her, while Liu Jin only knew her by name but not by name.

……

It's already August 24th, Lao Ma, what's wrong with you?
Liu Jin asked in confusion, "Wasn't the list announced last month?"

"Yes, but something has changed."

"What changes?"

"Director Duchamp Makaveev suffered a sudden heart attack last week... Although he survived, he needs rest and recuperation, and had to withdraw from the jury."

That Serbian director!
Liu Jin didn't have much of an impression of him.

But looking at his resume, he is already seventy-two years old this year.

Therefore, it's quite normal to be sick often...

"So, you want me to replace Duchamp as director?"

"Yes!"

"Are you crazy? I'm not part of your circle."

"Who said it wasn't?"

Marco Müller grew impatient and said, "Have you ever acted before?"

"Yes!"

"Have you ever worked as a screenwriter? Don't deny it, it's 'The Hangover'!"

"Okay, I've done it."

"So, did you become a producer this year?"

"Um……"

"And you still say you're not part of our circle?"

"But I'm young... Look, the judging panel is full of elderly people..."

“Merda, Scarlett is younger than you.”

Liu Jin scratched his head and said with a wry smile, "But why did you come to me?"

"You're very famous!"

"So, you don't offer any professionalism at all?"

"Yes!"

What gives you the courage to admit it so openly?

Do you really want me?

"Amos, please help me, I really have no other choice."

In terms of professionalism, Berman and the others are more than enough, but in terms of fame, only Spike has any real name recognition. You know, this is my first year in charge of the Venice Film Festival, and I have to make a name for myself.

Otherwise, someone from the organizing committee will cause me trouble.

Whether you're a professional or not, let's put that aside for now. Who's more famous than you lately?
Inception sold like hotcakes, selling 1.3 million copies in a month, and was named by The New York Times as the most imaginative work of the millennium.

"Hey bro, your arrival has definitely sparked a conversation!"

Liu Jin was both amused and exasperated. In July, Liu Jin had three works released.

"The Girl Who Plays with Fire" was published by Midnight Press. On the day of its release, it sold 110,000 copies, and in a single week, it sold 630,000 copies.

To date, sales have reached 1.7 million.

This is not surprising.

After all, this is a sequel. Two and a half years after its initial release, *The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo* had been translated into 36 languages worldwide, with total sales exceeding 4.3 million copies. Given this foundation, a massive success for the sequel was inevitable, and no one was surprised.

Most importantly, the book "The Man Who Will Disappear" also boosted sales in the first half of the year, with SLF predicting that sales in France would exceed six million copies.

Global sales could approach 20 million copies.

The French version of "The Eye of the Ferocious Beast" sold over two million copies within a month of its release.

This is partly due to the impact of the shooting, which has aroused the curiosity of many French people.

In America, the book has sold over six million copies, with sales increasing dramatically, especially after the shooting.

Iris Chang also sent an email.

It is said that in America, some people are now bundling "Nanjing Catastrophe", "Life Is Beautiful" and "The Eye of the Beast" together for sale.

The sales of "Nanjing Catastrophe" reached 800,000 copies in July.

There are reasons for both of these books.

The situation with Inception is completely different from the previous two books.

It was entirely due to Liu Jin's boundless imagination that he attracted countless readers.

The book utilizes Freud's principles of dream analysis... Of course, Liu Jin does not admit this in the preface, but says that he drew on the ideas of a famous Chinese book, "Zhou Gong's Interpretation of Dreams," to come up with such a concept.

Last month, the traditional Chinese version of Zhou Gong's Dream Interpretation in Chinatown sold 300,000 copies!
While its sales figures may not yet match those of "The Girl Who Plays with Fire" and "The Eye of the Beast," Nielsen Book Survey predicts it will be a bestseller with sales exceeding ten million, indicating its immense potential.

The sales miracle that Liu Jin created in 2002 seems to have happened again.

As a result, there have been numerous reports about Liu Jin recently.

Liu Jin has been keeping a low profile these days, hiding in the Grüsang Manor.

Not many people knew about his estate, and those who did would never leak it to the media...

"Do you really want me to go?"

"More real than gold."

"Let me make this clear first, I really can't offer any advice. I'd just be a nobody if I went there."

"Being a slacker is fine too... Amos, or you could try dating? Italian girls are just as good as French girls."

Liu Jin had the speakers on.

Not far away, Genevieve burst out laughing.

Liu Jin's face turned red too!
Damn it, Lao Ma, I treated you like a brother, but you want your brother to have a scandal?
"Vai a Cagare (Italian: Get out of here!)!"

"Haha, just kidding, I wouldn't do something so tasteless... Hey, Amos, your Italian is pretty good!"

Not only can I do that, I can even make hand gestures!

Strangely enough, since he started learning Italian last year, Liu Jin has made rapid progress and can now communicate in Italian with the Italian female students at the University of Toulouse II.

However, it also fostered a bad habit.

When he speaks Italian, he unconsciously makes some hand gestures.

It's like you can't speak Italian without doing these actions... Can anyone tell me what's going on?

"Alright, it's settled then. I'll have someone issue an announcement later."

"All right!"

"So when will you come over?"

"What day does the Venice Film Festival open again?"

"Number One, no, buddy, you don't want Number One to come again, do you?"

You need to come early; we need to take photos.

"Then what number do you want?"

"The best time would be in the next couple of days."

"Then I'll go there in the next couple of days."