Entertaining Children

  Chapter 473 Short Film Festival

  In the first semester of the freshman year, Xiao Yao also participated in the New Year's Eve of Donghai TV. The rehearsal and official performance were both on the weekend before New Year's Day. Whether it's learning to make musical instruments or shooting MVs or videos, it is all my spare time. Since this semester, Xiao Yao has done a lot of things, but he hasn’t asked for leave from the school and delayed his class. So in the final exam, Xiao Yao once again got the first grade in the whole department. To live up to his title of No. 1 Scholar, he also made his name of Xueba scream even louder among the students.

  After the final exam is over, the school will start the winter vacation. Xiao Yao didn't delay too much in Shencheng either. The day after he finished the final exam, he flew back to Yanjing by plane.

   "Dad, Mom! I'm back." Xiao Yao yelled loudly when he returned to the house where he had been away for a few months, with a little excitement in his heart.

  Since Xiao Yao had an agent, he no longer asked his parents to pick him up at the airport. Xiao Siqi and Ye Jiaying, who knew their son was back today, waited at home.

   "The son is back." Xiao Siqi and Ye Jiaying, who were sitting on the sofa in the living room, immediately greeted them happily.

   "Come and let Mom see if she is fat or thin." Ye Jiaying first took Xiao Yao up and down and looked up and down with concern, and then nodded in satisfaction, "Yes, I've grown stronger."

   "You don't know, I can take care of myself since I was a child, and I'm having a good life. You don't have to worry about whether it's fat or thin." Xiao Yao smiled and said to Ye Jiaying.

Xiao Siqi glared at Xiao Yao and said, "You kid, don't talk about the weekend, even the National Day holiday will not go home. It will last five months after leaving. Your mother hasn't seen you for such a long time, so she won't let her be well. take a look."

"Isn't I learning to make a musical instrument during the National Day holiday? This is a business, and I didn't come back because I didn't play around in Shencheng." Xiao Yao said to Xiao Siqi, "Right, did you receive the hand dish? ,Is it fun?"

"It's fun," Xiao Siqi was immediately distracted by Xiao Yao, and dragged Xiao Yao. "But after watching your performance on Donghai TV, I found that my way of playing that is far worse than yours. Is there something? Tips or something? Walk around, go to the piano room, and you will give me guidance." With that said, I must let Xiao Yao go to the piano room with himself.

"As soon as my son came back, did you take it to the piano room?" Ye Jiaying reached out and knocked out Xiao Siqi's hand holding Xiao Yao's arm, and said grotesquely, "Don't ask if your son is eating? Is he tired? Do you want to rest? So? Since childhood, my son said that your father is unreliable."

   "It's okay. The flight time from Shencheng to Yanjing is only two hours. I am not tired and do not need to rest. I also ate lunch on the plane." Xiao Yao smiled and shook his head.

"What's good about the things on the plane? How about I make some dumplings for you?" Ye Jiaying said, "Knowing that you are coming back, I specially made dumplings for you yesterday and they were frozen in the refrigerator. ."

   "No need, save it for the evening." Xiao Yao said, "I'm not picky about food, and I have eaten the unpalatable airplane meal. I am not hungry at all."

"Oh, that's okay, then save it for the evening to eat." Ye Jiaying said, "Since you are neither hungry nor tired, then sit down and drink some water first. I have something to ask you." Then, Ye Jiaying said. Xiao Yao sat down on the sofa in the living room.

   "What's the matter?" Xiao Yao asked strangely.

"What's the matter with your short film called "The Tuner"?" Ye Jiaying asked, "I found so many people during the summer vacation and engaged in such a big battle, so I finished filming so aggressively. Let's go to Shencheng When you were in school, didn’t you say that post-production is underway and you took it to Shencheng to finish the post-production? It’s been five months now. Has the post-production of your short film been completed? Why is there no movement at all? You gave it to you. have eaten?"

"Short film?" Xiao Yao said with a smile, "I finished the later stage, I finished it early. The first month of school is military training. Computers are not allowed in the barracks. Later in October, when I was learning to make musical instruments, I took time to make it in the evening. It's done. I kept it and didn't send it out."

   "Why don't you post it when you hide it? Didn't you say that you post it on the Internet after the photo is taken?" Ye Jiaying asked strangely.

"It's still posted, but I don't want to just send it like that." Xiao Yao said, "I am going to send it to Clermont Ferrand to participate in the exhibition, so that this short film will have a heavyweight debut, and show it to professionals first. After that, it will be uploaded to the Internet for ordinary viewers and netizens to watch for free."

  "What is Clermont Ferrand?" Xiao Siqi interjected questioningly.

"Clermont Ferrand is a city in France." Ye Jiaying said, "But Bayi is talking about the Clermont Ferrand International Short Film Festival held in Clermont Ferrand." With that, Ye Jiaying turned Looking at Xiao Yao, "Clermont Ferrand International Short Film Festival is known as "Short Film Cannes". Are you so confident in this short film?"

  ""Short Film Cannes"? So awesome?" Xiao Siqi was also taken aback. As a musician, although he doesn't know Clermont Ferrand, he still knows the famous "Cannes International Film Festival".

In the eyes of many film workers, "Cannes" represents the highest honor of film art, and its status not only surpasses the Venice International Film Festival and Berlin International Film Festival, which are also the three major European film festivals, and even the Oscars in the United States. It's just more commercial and more famous, but it's far inferior to Cannes in terms of artistry. There are two actors in the family, and Ye Jiaying has always made "Cannes" his goal. Xiao Siqi naturally has a good understanding of "Cannes". What can be called "XX Cannes", when Xiao Siqi wants to come, it is also a very powerful existence.

  In fact, the "Clermont Ferrand International Short Film Festival" is indeed a very impressive existence. Like the previous life, the "Clermont Ferrand International Film Festival" was founded in 1979. It is the world's first short film festival and one of the most famous short film festivals in the world. Every year, more than 2,000 short films from more than 70 countries and regions around the world participate in the selection, of which about 120 selected films will compete for 20 awards, with a total of more than 500,000 francs. Although it is seen at the film festival It's not a big deal, but for a short film, it's not a small material reward. Of course, the most important thing is that it does have the reputation of "short film Cannes" in France. This is not what Ye Jiaying sealed it casually.

"Of course I have confidence." Xiao Yao smiled, "With so many outstanding Chinese actors out of you, I have to find a gorgeous stage for this short film to debut, so that it won't be wasted on your luxurious lineup. Well. When I was in Shanghai, I had already sent the short film to participate in the selection through a French cultural agency. They specialize in this, and they also have a certain level of appreciation. According to their opinions after watching this short film They dare not pack tickets if they can win the prize, but as the last 120 selected films to be screened at the film festival, it is very promising."

   "You mean, you are going to France again in March?" Ye Jiaying asked.

"It's hard to say now. It's the stage of soliciting works and judging. The results of the 120 shortlisted works will not be announced until the end of February. If this short film is really shortlisted, I will take time off to Clermont Ferrand in March." Xiao Yao smiled, "Do you want to go to France to have fun together?"

   "I'll talk about it later," Ye Jiaying said anxiously, "Now, you should show me the finished short film first. I haven't seen it yet."

   "I have it in my laptop." Xiao Yao stood up and said, "I'll connect it to the big TV in the living room and watch it."

"Okay, go quickly." Ye Jiaying watched Xiao Yao walk towards the luggage she had placed at the door, and then greeted Xiao Siqi, "Siqi, help Bayi, help him turn on the TV, and the connection cable or something. ."

  "Dad, there is no need for a cable. My computer and our TV can be connected wirelessly. You can turn on the TV for me." Xiao Yao shouted to Xiao Siqi while pulling his laptop from his bag.

"Oh, good." Xiao Siqi subconsciously agreed, and then suddenly looked at Ye Jiaying and said, "No, it's obviously that I brought Bayi to the piano room to play the hand disc first, so how come he suddenly played a short video for you By the way, don’t you say whether your son is hungry or tired, or should he take a rest?"

   "I have cared about it." Ye Jiaxin smiled naturally, "August 1 said that he is not hungry, not tired, and does not need to rest, so I asked him to show me the short film."

   "But why do I still think something is wrong?" Xiao Siqi scratched his head.

"What's right?" Ye Jiaying waved her hand, "August 1st has a whole winter vacation. When can you not play musical instruments? Let's watch his short film with me first. Although it is a short film, this is also our son. His first film will also hit international professional awards. Compared with your playing musical instruments, which one is more important?"

"Let mom watch the short film first," Xiao Yao walked over with the laptop and said to Xiao Si, "Anyway, it's only ten minutes. After watching, I will teach you to play hand discs. From childhood to most of the time, you taught me to play musical instruments. It’s rare that I can teach you, and I am looking forward to it."

   "You kid, didn't you just tinker with this new instrument just to be your father's teacher?" Xiao Siqi looked at Xiao Yao and said.

  "Guess?" Xiao Yao smiled, connected the laptop to the TV, opened the video file inside, turned around and sat down on the sofa with Ye Jiaying.

What else did Xiao Siqi want to say? It can be seen that the piano and Xiao Yao's narration sounded on the TV. The movie had already started, so he closed his mouth and sat down on the sofa beside the wife and watched them with them. .

  The film of ten minutes was finished soon, but after watching this short film by Xiao Yao, both Ye Jiaying and Xiao Siqi were still sitting on the sofa without moving.

   "How do you feel?" Xiao Yao turned to look at his parents and asked their opinions.

"Great!" Ye Jiaying smiled and nodded to Xiao Yao. "I agree with that cultural agency's opinion. If nothing else, it should be included in the final list of Clermont Ferrand's last 120 short films. It seems you I really need to prepare a ticket to France."

   "Thank you for the compliment." Xiao Yao said with a smile.

  Ye Jiaying has seen Xiao Yao’s short film script, and she is also an actor. She also knows a little bit about Xiao Yao’s short film, but she has not seen the final post-production finished product. In comparison, Xiao Siqi was more shocked than Ye Jiaying. He looked at Xiao Yao in disbelief and said, "You wrote, directed and acted this?"

"Yes." Xiao Yao nodded, "Although I made some stubble, the protagonist is obviously me, should you see it? As for the screenwriter and director, of course it is me. Grandpa and mom participated in the performance. , They all saw it with their own eyes, can this be fake?"

"No! I mean, how did you come up with this script?" Xiao Siqi is a musician, not a film and television professional, so he, like ordinary audiences, focuses on the plot, "Pretending to be blind voyeurism, cross-dressing Fetishism, exhibitionism, celebrities who live in the kennel, and the old murderer who killed his spouse, why are there so many dark sides? It's not as sunny as the song you wrote. Is this really good?"

   "Cut~" After listening to Xiao Siqi saying so much, he got such an evaluation. Ye Jiaying and Xiao Yao rolled their eyes together.

   "Let's play with the hand disc." Xiao Yao got up and put away the computer, and went to the door to take his luggage, greeted Xiao Siqi, and walked upstairs to the piano room first, ignoring Xiao Siqi's problem.

   "Hey, you kid!" Xiao Siqi followed Xiao Yao upstairs, and asked at the back, "Also, are you dead yet?"

   "What are you talking about? What does it mean that the son is dead?" Ye Jiaying, who also went upstairs, slapped Xiao Siqi with dissatisfaction, and said grotesquely.

   "No, I was asking if the character he played died in the end, did the nail gun in Teacher Tian's hand shoot?" Xiao Siqi turned his head and asked Ye Jiaying.

  "This is an open ending," Ye Jiaying said in an angry voice, "find it out by myself."

   "Dead!" Xiao Yao's voice, who had already gone upstairs, floated down.

  (End of this chapter)