Reborn Japan for entertainment

Chapter 712 Trip to Venice

Celebrating Mai Shiraishi's birthday, Kiyoshi Sakamoto didn't think it was a shameful thing.

From the perspective of working relationship, it's no big deal for him to have a meal with the artists under the company.

From the perspective of personal relationship, it is more normal.

At least he and Shiraishi Mai have known each other for nearly four years. The difference in status does not affect the two people who are similar in age and become good friends.

So, good friends come out to have a meal alone and celebrate their birthday, what's the problem?

Sakamoto Kiyoshi was holding such an upright thought that he agreed to Mai Shiraishi and took her to this famous French restaurant in Tokyo.

However, his thoughts do not represent the thoughts of others.

Everything in his eyes may be different in the eyes of another person. . .

When the time quietly reached ten o'clock, Kiyoshi Sakamoto's solo birthday party for Mai Shiraishi also came to an end.

After leaving the restaurant, within ten minutes, the car stopped at Mai Shiraishi's apartment building.

Looking at the apartment building so close, Mai Shiraishi, who was sitting in the back seat, was a little reluctant to leave.

At this time, Kiyoshi Sakamoto took out a small box from behind his back as if juggling, and handed it over with a smile.

"This is a gift."

Accepting the box happily, Mai Shiraishi looked at Sakamoto Kiyoshi expectantly, "Can I open it?"

"Of course!"

Untiing the ribbon that wrapped the gift box, and opening the lid, Shiraishi Mai found that lying quietly in the box was a white hairpin.

The shape of the hairpin is like a white butterfly, with wings as thin as onion wings, lifelike, as if it is about to dance.

"I've been struggling for a long time before choosing this one. Do you still like it?" Kiyoshi Sakamoto touched the tip of his nose and asked a little embarrassedly
The girl blinked her big bright eyes, looked closely at Sakamoto Kiyoshi, and happily replied, "Mmm! That's great!"

As for the sentence "大好き", it is not known whether it was aimed at that hairpin or that person. . .

Back at the apartment, Nanami Hashimoto and Nanase Nishino were no longer in the room.

Mai Shiraishi looked around, only to find a note on the table, which read:

Sack-like:

We go back first!

Although I have said it many times, I will say it again at the end, Mai Xiang, happy 19th birthday!
Hope we can spend birthday together in the future!

Love you Nanami and Nana Sai.

Looking at the gift in his hand and the text on the note, Mai Shiraishi also showed a bright smile.

She felt that her 19th birthday was really beautiful.

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A few days later, Sakamoto Kiyoshi and the actors of "I heard that Kirishima is retiring" met again at Haneda Airport.

After greeting Ryunosuke Kamiki, Ai Hashimoto, and Masada Higashiide who hadn’t seen each other for a long time, everyone boarded Kiyoshi Sakamoto’s private plane and headed for Italy, the birthplace of the Renaissance on another continent. . .

The reason why everyone went to Italy was because Kiyoshi Sakamoto was about to bring the film "I heard that Kirishima is going to retire" to the Venice Film Festival to be held in Venice in the northeast of Italy!
When it comes to the Venice Film Festival, we have to mention the world's three major film festivals.

The three major film festivals are Venice International Film Festival, Berlin International Film Festival and Cannes International Film Festival.

Among them, the Venice Film Festival, as the oldest film festival in the world and the first international film festival in the world, is known as the "father of international film festivals".

The Venice International Film Festival, like other large international film festivals, has its own purpose: to reward valuable, creative and excellent films suitable for international distribution and screening around the world, and to promote exchanges and cooperation between filmmakers around the world. Cooperation, and provide convenience for the development of film trade.

At the same time, according to the time and situation, different slogans are put forward for each session.

Since the three major international film festivals all stipulate that participating films must premiere at the film festival, the three major film festivals all stagger their time.

The Berlin International Film Festival is held in February each year, the Cannes International Film Festival is held in May each year, and the Venice International Film Festival is held in August each year.

Due to the mutual competition, the three major international film festivals also have different emphases in the selection criteria.

The Berlin International Film Festival, which positions itself as a mirror for international film production, takes strong political considerations into its selection.

The Venice International Film Festival focuses more on film experimenters from various countries, encouraging them to shoot films with novel forms and unique techniques. Even if there are some flaws, as long as they are innovative, they can be accepted by the film festival.

The Cannes International Film Festival, as the highest award of the international film festival, has nothing to do with politics in the selection criteria, and only discusses the artistry of the film itself.

Generally speaking, the Venice International Film Festival is often the cradle for cultivating new film masters; the Cannes Film Festival represents the highest artistic achievement of a director's life; National director, an important stage for his international debut.

The reason why Sakamoto Kiyoshi chose to bring the film "I Heard Kirishima is Retiring" to the Venice Film Festival is also based on Venice's training of new directors. Compared with Cannes and Berlin, it is more direct.

He wasn't going to just go to Venice to see what the city of water looked like, and then come back disheartened.

His goal is to win an award!

Any prize. . .

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8 month 28 number.

Venice, Italy.

It is worthy of being the famous "Water City" in the world. Clouds float in the sky, and the sun shines on the entire city, sparkling the rivers that run across the city.

This is the birthplace of the Venetian School and a jewel of Italy.

This seaside and commercially developed city, in a sense, also represents the open side of Italians. . .

This is already the fourth day since the crew of "I heard that Kirishima is going to retire" arrived in the "Water City" Venice.

There are still three days before the official opening of the 68th Venice International Film Festival.

Kiyoshi Sakamoto, who came to Venice in advance, did not waste time on the customs of Italy. Instead, he and the person in charge of Sony Pictures' European office started a discussion about "I heard that Kirishima is going to retire". Massive momentum campaign!

In just a few days, with the help of Sony, Kiyoshi Sakamoto became acquainted in front of many European media and filmmakers.

It also made the movie "I heard that Kirishima is going to retire" that it has received widespread attention from the public. . .

(End of this chapter)