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Chapter 204 Toronto Wins the Big Prize
"Raid" is a strange movie, the language is Chinese, but in terms of attributes, it is co-produced by Xiangjiang and the United States.

But now, when the host said that "Raid" won the award, many people on the scene were whispering and discussing, especially the reporters from China. Now they are excited and have a strong sense of shock , "Raid" actually won the award!

Of those Chinese films before that, the entire army was killed, and none of them survived... But now, "Raid", which was the least favored by everyone at the beginning, has actually won the first award in the history of Chinese-language films.

Of course, these are only relative terms. If you really want to talk about it strictly, "The Raid" cannot be regarded as a Chinese movie at all, it is an American movie.

The moment Chen Xi heard that "Raid" had won the grand prize, she really felt that a big stone fell from her heart, and many things were settled.

The current award is indeed very important.

Chen Xi's first film, which is working hard towards the foreign film market, won such an award at the Toronto Film Festival. For him, this is also a very high starting point, and there are many things he can bring.

"It's actually a Chinese film that won the Audience Choice Award in this Midnight Crazy section! Hehe, this year's Toronto Film Festival is quite interesting!"

"Isn't "The Raid" an action movie? How can Midnight Crazy win an award?" Some people were whispering with their friends, expressing their surprise.

Indeed, this is an action movie. According to common sense, it should be difficult to achieve something in a place like Midnight Madness, but sometimes some reality is so magical that you feel that things happen suddenly. Although "Raid" is an action movie, the attributes of the bloody and violent movies in it made this movie explode.

Chen Xi took the stage to accept the award!

For the first time, his figure appeared in a newspaper in North America. Of course, although this award is relatively good, it is only a small part of the entire Toronto Film Festival, so what he can get is a small page. However, this is also the process of getting familiar with him, and he has now planted a wedge.

When Chen Xi bowed on the stage, on the Chinese side, many fans of Chen Xi fell into a frenzy!Chen Xi gave them a huge surprise, letting them know that as long as Chen Xi really likes him, he can always bring more and more shocks to people.

This is the case with Chen Xi right now.

"Chen Xi actually won the Audience Choice Award! His "Raid" was always silent before, and there seemed to be no news in China, but now it is a blockbuster! It has set a record for Chinese-language movies!"

"Chen Xi is really a genius director! It's been a very short time since his rise to the present, but his films have won such awards not only in China, but also overseas. Among the younger generation, he seems to be the only one. !"

"I'm concerned about one question now, when will "The Raid" be released in China?"

... Judging from the current situation, everyone is constantly refreshing their understanding of the film "Raid" and the director Chen Xi.

When Chen Xi walked off the stage, the sound of cameras taking pictures was everywhere, and Chen Xi was also frozen in the cameras of many reporters.

The Toronto Film Festival is the largest film festival in North America, and it is also one of the best super film festivals in the world. To win an award at this kind of film festival is not only the greatest affirmation of a person, but also the beginning of a person being recognized by everyone, and the existence of The process begins in everyone's mind.

Chen Xi's appearance is not a problem from the perspective of Westerners' aesthetics, and she also feels relatively handsome.

Among Chinese stars, Zhang Ziyi should have the most advantage in appearance.

The aesthetics of Easterners is different from that of Westerners. Easterners are more able to appreciate a static beauty, while Westerners’ aesthetics are more inclined to dynamic beauty, but Zhang Ziyi can possess the static beauty of the East , and also has the dynamic beauty of the West, so it is not unreasonable for her to have a high reputation in the Western world.

Chen Xi cannot be described as beautiful, but his facial features, in addition to the general characteristics of Han people, also have a bit of minority features in his eyes. Anyway, in the aesthetic eyes of Westerners, Chen Xi is definitely a handsome guy... ...And handsome guys are not only awarded points in China. In fact, Chen Xi is also awarded a lot of points in the Western world.

Therefore, under many circumstances, the current Chen Xi has opened the door to the western world a little bit... According to Chen Xi's vision, if the next "Raid" can make a difference in awards and box office If it is established, then take the opportunity to release "Xiu Chun Knife", and after that, release some blockbuster films...

When he has really gained a certain amount of popularity overseas, and his domestic films have received quite high reviews in China and accumulated enough box office, it is time for Chen Xi to set out to the entire world market!This is also his real biggest goal...

Indeed, in the next few years, the growth of the total box office of the Chinese film market will be terrifying, as if it is inflated like a balloon. Therefore, many films can easily find box office in the Chinese market as long as they ask themselves. For Chen Xi, earning a lot of money and having countless blockbuster movies in the mainland market is not his ambition, his ambition is still in the whole world.

"What? Really let this damn kid succeed?!"

The moment the final winner of "The Raid" was announced, Johnson felt as if he had been beaten with a sap!In the past, he unscrupulously fought against Chen Xi and the others. Apart from feeling that Chen Xi's attitude was not very good, the most important reason was that he felt that the film "Raid" had no big future, and its performance in many places would stop abruptly. end.

But who would have thought?
"The Raid" actually received strong support from the audience in an almost pure fan film festival like the Toronto Film Festival, and it really won an award.

Johnson felt the choking between himself and Chen Xi and others before, but now it turned into a fist that hit him back and hurt his chest. The feeling of chest tightness and shortness of breath made him not even want to watch Chen Xi's award ceremony at all. .This feeling was really uncomfortable, and it made Johnson breathless for a long time...

But what can be done?

Who made him make a mistake in judgment before?Moreover, his words were fierce and impulsive, which led to the current result.

After Chen Xi actually took the stage to accept the award, Johnson's face was bloodshot and he looked like a boiled eggplant.

However, after a while, Johnson also calmed down. He clenched his fists, with a bit of anger and self-justification in his heart.

"It doesn't matter...Anyway, even if this kind of movie really won any awards, it should be difficult for them to get a share of the box office of 45 US dollars..."

After having this kind of self-comfort, Johnson didn't think too much about it.

...the Toronto Film Festival is over!Especially for Chen Xi, when "Raid" won the award, his Toronto Film Festival was over, and he needed to add the word "successful end", because this film was indeed a complete success, and it was able to be held in Toronto. Winning an award at the film festival has greatly exceeded Chen Xi's expectations.

However, Chen Xi was found and surrounded by reporters at the door. Of course, most of the reporters surrounding him were Chinese reporters, but there were also some foreign reporters who were very interested in Chen Xi. Incredible awards for Chinese directors.

Of course, the motives and motivations of the Chinese journalists needless to say. A Chinese director, who is still emerging in China, has now completed the honor at the Toronto Film Festival that many Chinese-language films have not been able to complete before. Everyone respects him. The degree of attention has also reached a fairly high position.

The staff here came over soon. The Toronto Film Festival has people who are responsible for these things, so this staff temporarily acted as the press officer this time, and began to direct everyone to ask questions about Chen Xi. Of course, Chen Xi first One question was only given to a foreign reporter. After all, Chen Xi had only been interviewed by Chinese reporters before, so coming here, um, it’s not bad to come to a foreign reporter.

After the foreign reporter was selected, he asked directly: "Director Chen Xi, a movie like "The Raid" is not a bloody horror movie, but it was placed in the Midnight Madness unit. Surprisingly, it was also awarded The final Audience Choice Award, what do you think of such a fact that may need to be described as a miracle?"

Chen Xi frowned slightly, and then said with a smile: "The focus of Midnight Madness is on midnight. As you know, there are many violent and bloody scenes in "Raid". In China, I once said that I want to "The Raid" had a fundamentalist feel to it, but now I think I've done it, the audience is interested in the film, they'll be amazed by the footage, so they voted for me, it should be that simple !So I think it's all in order, don't you?"

A foreign reporter was selected, so he stood up the second and asked Chen Xi: "Director Chen Xi, what do you think about the distribution of "Raid" in North America? Can it be successful?"

Chen Xi said: "It's like this. I think many things still have to be judged from the specific situation. Now I'm just asking me to predict... Then I'm sorry, I really have no choice. I can only say that we will try our best to do this well." The release of the film will hopefully expand some of its influence in North America, and this is my pursuit."

(End of this chapter)