Chapter 194: The Raid at the Toronto Film Festival
It was the first time for Chen Xi to go on such a cross-border trip, and many things were really different from what he had imagined before...... It's quite exhausting to travel across borders...... After all, it was a long journey of so many hours.
After such a long flight, although Chen Xi slept for a long time on the road, this sleep time could not really solve the problem, and after arriving in Canada, although Chen Xi felt that day was day and night was night...... But when it came to the specific situation, he felt that the day no longer seemed to be day, and the night did not seem to be night......
Chen Xi himself actually knows what the reason is: jet lag!
There is indeed a big distance between China, where Chen Xi is located, and Canada here, and there is 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 deepened, in fact, after Chen Xi had just gained his memory, in terms of body, he always felt that he was much more than ordinary people's managers and the like, this may be because of the fusion of the two souls, but this soul fusion cannot be eaten, anyway, Chen Xi felt that after the passage of time, his body would feel tired after all, and felt a little uncomfortable, and in this situation, these feelings have become more intense......
After all, Chen Xi is facing some very difficult things now.
But he can only grit his teeth now to face it, and no matter what, he can't let these things affect the progress of "The Raid".
After Chen Xi and the others came here, the staff who came over to step on the point before arranged things such as hotels for Chen Xi and them, and Chen Xi didn't have to worry about them...... Of course, in fact, Chen Xi still has to worry about it, because behind such an arrangement, there is money that keeps disappearing...... These arrangements cost money, and Chen Xi actually felt a little unhappy in his heart when he thought of these things.
But there's no way, it's out of the house. You can't always do everything the same as you want.
Chen Xi fell asleep at the end, and slept for more than ten hours in this dim feeling before getting up, but sometimes it was really the opposite, after he slept too much, he became dizzy, and the whole person was not good...... This feeling of jet lag made Chen Xi, who met him for the first time, really suffer enough.
"......"
Chen Xi couldn't help but burst out with a foul language, of course, this was when he was alone, otherwise he didn't want to let unfamiliar people hear his swearing, especially if he couldn't let the media hear his swearing. These things are all necessary...... Some things can come, but there are things that must not be corrupted, such as images.
Chen Xi shook his head, and then found the person in charge on this side, David...... David is from Xiguang Film Company, and this time many things in "The Raid" were also handed over to Xiguang, and Xiguang also handed over a lot of things to David to handle, so considering that for everyone's convenience, David was directly sent to become Chen Xi's contact.
"Hey! Mr. Chen. It's a pleasure to meet you, and I would like to ask, are you still used to resting? β
David's American English accent is still quite good, and Chen Xi also reacted a little in his head to figure out the meaning of this sentence.
His translator hasn't come over yet. So Chen Xi can only make do with it for the time being.
"Thank you so much for the arrangement, have to say I had a very comfortable stay, it's 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 all your orders. β
Chen Xi said: "There is no need to say that, we can be friends." Okay, I think when we get down to business, where do you think we should start? I think we can start with a little bit of an introduction to this film festival, what do you think? β
David: "That couldn't be better! Okay, I'll start by talking to you about the background of Toronto and other things, of course, you know the more basic things, I still want to talk to you more about the "Raid" at the Toronto International Film Festival, can you start with that? β
Chen Xi nodded and said, "Of course, I think it's very good." β
After that, David began to introduce these things to Chen Xi, but of course it was not those clichΓ© topics, but many details related to this film festival, and even included hidden rules that many people did not know, which made Chen Xi have a number of problems in the next "Raid", and knew what to do next to be the most beneficial to "Raid".
In fact, the movie "Raid" has become an exhibition film in the Crazy Midnight unit with the identity of a Chinese film, which is already a great thing in itself, but now many things in front of "Raid" are quite grim, at least, if you can't make a splash here, a lot of investment in the next "Raid" will basically be lost, and there will be no Mercury at all.
In fact, Chen Xi's investment in "Raid" is still very high, if it is just like that, no matter who it is, it is basically difficult to accept such an ending.
β¦β¦ So this time the screening of "Raid" is a thing that cannot fail for Chen Xi.
Chen Xi has indeed prepared a lot of things, and he also has more ideas about the next many things in "Raid", of course, these ideas can only be a kind of complement, if "Raid" can't really infect these foreigners, Chen Xi's idea can't really succeed.
So in the end, a lot of things still fell to the real strength of "The Raid", if this film can't do it in its own strength, many other things can only become empty talk after all.
At this time in Canada, the air is already a little cold, at least in the morning and evening, if you still only wear a T-shirt, it is colder, Chen Xi just walked around this place a little, and then put himself into the intense work, Chen Xi found that after some selection, in fact, his English ability still depends on improving, especially in this kind of film professional.
There are many terms such as movies, which may even be incomprehensible to ordinary foreigners, but Chinese practitioners can understand them, and of course, there are many linguistic habits and long-established conventions in these things, which make people have to ponder and comprehend them.
Soon, the opening ceremony of the Toronto International Film Festival has begun, Chen Xi is actually not interested in this opening ceremony, although it is said that the red carpet needs to be walked here, but Chen Xi just handed over the task of walking the red carpet to Wu Jing and them, and he has no interest in it for the time being......
This kind of behavior on the red carpet abroad is still 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 what will change you on the red carpet this time.
So Chen Xi let other people go, he really doesn't have much interest, after all, he doesn't have any popularity in the United States and Canada now, no one knows who Chen Xi is, and no one knows what Chen Xi has done before, this is also cultural asymmetry, if something happens in the United States, if there is a newcomer in the film industry, the Chinese side will soon receive the news and be known and discussed by many people, but the Chinese side is ...... Anyway, the United States really doesn't care and doesn't care.
So Chen Xi always feels that if he goes up to walk the red carpet now, he will feel a little bit like rubbing the red carpet, to be honest, although Chen Xi doesn't hate things like "Blanket Star", he definitely doesn't like it, because "Blanket Star" is also a group of people who have not made achievements in the places where they should really play, and they are famous all day long.
The Toronto International Film Festival has also officially begun, and this year's Toronto Film Festival officially opened on the 15th, and the things that are screened for movies have basically appeared.
This year, Toronto attracted more than 300 films from 64 countries, including many films that had never made it to Venice but attracted much attention, such as Spike. Lee's "The Miracle of Santa Anna", Stephen. Soderbergh's "Cut", Colin. Farrell and Edward. "Pride and Glory" starring Norton, Kayla. "The Duchess" starring Knightley......
In fact, these movies still have a certain degree of popularity and attention.
In terms of Chinese-language films, Yu Liwei's "Dangkou", Jia Zhangke's "24 Cities", Yin Lichuan's "The Cowherd and the Weaver Girl", Wang Jiawei's "East Evil and West Poison Ultimate Edition", and the documentary "Real Shaolin" will also be screened in Toronto...... After the end of the Beijing Olympics, many people also turned their attention back to the entertainment industry and returned to the film industry, so many people were surprised to see these films.
But what surprised everyone the most was that they saw the name of a movie:
Raid!
This movie can actually even be said to be a little weird, because the previous "Raid" Chen Xi hyped it up before its release, and even said that it was "action movie fundamentalism", and after that, the film was never heard from and no trace was found.
Many people did not expect it, but also paid more attention to the final table of this film in Toronto. (To be continued......)