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Chapter 196 "The Raid" Appeared at the Toronto Film Festival

It was the first time for Chen Xi to take such a cross-border trip, and many things were really different from what he had imagined before... I was quite tired from such a cross-border trip... After all, it was such a long journey of many hours.

After such a long flight, although Chen Xi slept for a long time on the road, this kind of sleep time can't really solve the problem, and after arriving in Canada, although Chen Xi feels as if day is day and night is night... ...But when it came to the specific situation, he felt that the day was no longer the day, and the night was no longer the night...

Chen Xi herself actually knew the reason for this: jet lag!

There is indeed a large distance between the China where Chen Xi lives and Canada here, and there is also a time difference of so many hours, so there is such a word as jet lag.

After encountering this kind of thing, Chen Xi felt that his exhaustion had also deepened. In fact, after Chen Xi just got the memory, in terms of body, he always felt that he was much better than ordinary managers and the like. It may be because of the fusion of two souls, but this kind of soul fusion cannot be eaten. Anyway, Chen Xi feels that after time passes, his body will feel tired and uncomfortable after all. Under the circumstances, these feelings also become more intense...

After all, Chen Xi is facing some very difficult things now.

But now he can only grit his teeth and face it. In any case, these things cannot affect the progress of "Raid".

After Chen Xi and the others came here, the staff who came to check in before arranged things like a hotel for Chen Xi and the others. Chen Xi didn't have to worry about these things...Of course, in fact, Chen Xi still has to worry about it, because in this way Behind the arrangements are the money that keeps disappearing... These arrangements cost money, and when Chen Xi thought of these things, he actually felt a little uncomfortable in his heart.

But there is no way, when you are away from home, it is impossible for everything to be the same as your wish.

Chen Xi fell asleep all the time, and slept for more than ten hours before getting up in this feeling of gloom, but sometimes it was so contradictory. After he slept too much, he became dizzy instead. Up, the whole person is not well... This feeling of jet lag really made Chen Xi suffer enough when he met for the first time.

"Oh shit……"

Chen Xi couldn't help but swear, of course this was when he was alone, otherwise he didn't want people he didn't know to hear his swear words, especially since he couldn't let the media hear his swear words, These things are all necessary... Some things can come, but some things are absolutely incorruptible, such as the image.

Chen Xi shook his head, and then found the person in charge, David...David is from Xiguang Film Company. The matter was handed over to David, so for everyone's convenience, David was directly sent to be Chen Xi's contact person.

"Hi! Mr. Chen, nice to meet you, I want to ask, are you still used to rest?"

David's American English accent is quite good, and Chen Xi only figured out the meaning of this sentence after a little reflection in his head.

The translator on his side has not come yet, so Chen Xi can only make do with it temporarily.

"Thank you very much for your arrangement. I have to say that I live very comfortably. This is a great place! Thank you!" Chen Xi also said politely.

David waved his hand and said, "Mr. Chen, you don't have to be so polite. After all, I can be regarded as your subordinate now, and I will obey your orders."

Chen Xi said: "Needless to say, we can just be friends, well, I think we've reached the point where we're going to get down to business, where do you think we should start? I think we can start with some introductions from this film festival, you What do you think?"

David: "That would be great! Well, I will first tell you about the background of Toronto and other things. Of course, you understand the more basic things. I still want to talk to you more about " The Raid at the Toronto International Film Festival, is that okay to start?"

Chen Xi nodded and said: "Of course, I think this is very good."

Afterwards, David began to introduce these things to Chen Xi, but of course they were not the commonplace topics, but related to many details of this film festival, and even included hidden rules that many people did not know. Let Chen Xi have an idea of ​​many problems in the upcoming "Raid", knowing what to do next is the most beneficial to "Raid".

In fact, the movie "Raid" has become a show piece in the Crazy Midnight Unit as a Chinese film. If you can't make a big splash here, a lot of investment in the next "Raid" will basically be in vain, and there will be no mercury at all.

In fact, Chen Xi's investment in "Raid" is still very high. If it is just in vain, no matter who it is, it is basically difficult to accept such an ending.

...So the screening of "Raid" this time is something that cannot fail for Chen Xi and the others.

Chen Xi has indeed prepared a lot of things, and he has more ideas about many things in "Raid", of course, these ideas can only be a complement, if "Raid" can't really infect these foreign countries In terms of human beings, Chen Xi's idea can't really succeed.

So in the end, many things still fall into the true strength of "Raid". If the film is not good in its own strength, many other things will only become empty talk after all.

The air in Canada is already a bit cold at this time, at least in the morning and evening, if you still only wear a T-shirt, it will be relatively cold. At work, Chen Xi found that after going through some selections, his English ability still needs to be improved, especially in the professional aspect of this kind of film.

Many terms such as movies may not even be understood by ordinary foreigners, but Chinese practitioners can understand them. Of course, there are many language habits and long-established contents among these things. People have to think about it and understand it.

Soon, the opening ceremony of the Toronto International Film Festival had already begun. Chen Xi was actually not interested in this opening ceremony. Although it was said that there was a need to walk the red carpet, Chen Xi just handed over the task of walking the red carpet to Wu Jing and the others. Not that interested...

This kind of behavior of walking the red carpet abroad is quite attractive, and it is still the same sentence, on the red carpet, it is really difficult for you to predict what kind of benefits you can get from this red carpet, and you don’t know this time The red carpet will change something about yourself.

So Chen Xi asked other people to go. He really didn't have much interest. After all, he is not well-known in the United States and Canada. No one knows who Chen Xi is, and no one knows what Chen Xi has done before. , This is also a cultural inequality. If something happens in the United States, if there is a newcomer in the film industry, China will soon receive the news and be known and discussed by many people, but in China Things around... Anyway, the United States really doesn't care or pay attention.

So Chen Xi always feels that if he walks on the red carpet now, he will feel a little like rubbing against the red carpet. To be honest, although Chen Xi doesn't hate things like "carpet stars", he definitely doesn't like them, because To put it bluntly, "Blanket Star" is also a group of people who have not made achievements in what they should really play, and spend all day studying and hyping to become famous. He himself really doesn't want to be this kind of person, although it is just a touch.

The Toronto International Film Festival has also officially started. This year's Toronto Film Festival officially opened on the 15th, and basically all the film screenings have appeared.

This year Toronto has attracted more than 64 films from 300 countries to participate in the screening, including many high-profile films that have never been to Venice, such as Spike Lee's "The Miracle of Santa Ana", Stephen Soderbergh Che directed, Pride and Glory starring Colin Farrell and Edward Norton, The Duchess starring Keira Knightley...

In fact, these movies still have a certain degree of popularity and attention.

In terms of Chinese-language films, Yu Liwei's "The Bandit", Jia Zhangke's "24 Cities", Yin Lichuan's "The Cowherd and the Weaver Girl", Wang Jiawei's "The Ultimate Edition", and the documentary "The Real Shaolin" will also be screened in Toronto. ... After the Beijing Olympic Games, many people also turned their eyes back to the entertainment circle and the film circle, so many people were surprised to see these films.

But what surprised everyone the most was the name of a movie they saw:

"Raid"!
In fact, this movie can even be said to be a bit weird, because the previous "Raid" Chen Xi praised it before it was released, and even said that it was the result of "action film fundamentalism". Nowhere to be seen, every time Chen Xi talked about this film, he was always talking about him, and he didn't give a positive answer at all. Now everyone actually saw this film at the Toronto Film Festival!
Many people didn't expect it, but they also paid more attention to the final performance of this film in Toronto.

(End of this chapter)