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[Cheng Shuo's film "Peace Hotel" won the Best Film Award in the "Un Certain Regard" section of the Cannes International Film Festival]

When the news spread back to China, fans' emotions were boiling.

Just after coming off the craze of "Journey to the West: Conquering the Demons", Cheng Shuo made big news again.

The release date was set at the end of September, but the day after the news reached China, the website score had already jumped over 9 points, reaching a high of 9.2.

The website shows that more than 20,000 people watched the movie, and 89% of them gave it a five-star rating.

However, the twelve-day Cannes schedule only received less than 20,000 visitors in total.

I don’t know which pirate these people saw the film from.

It is worth mentioning that the rating of "Peace Hotel" starring Zhou Runfa increased by 0.3.

The review section for "Peace Hotel", which Cheng Shuo filmed himself, was a mixed bag, with all kinds of irrelevant analysis. People who didn't know it really thought these film critics had seen the original film.

Generally speaking, it is always good to get popular before it is broadcast. Taking advantage of this gust of wind, the news that Cheng Shuo Studio's first drama is about to be released has also become a hot topic.

"Cheng Shuo and Hu Ge merged again, the nonsense combination is back!"

"I have read the original version of "Nirvana in Fire" and the female characters are all superfluous."

"The emotional line of Princess Nihuang played by Shi Shi should be changed. After all, she is going to be a star, so she can't let Mei Changsu and Jamel Xiao be together from beginning to end, right?"

"We support no changes, we must respect the original work to the greatest extent!"

"Although I like Shi Shi, I don't want her to be a third party involved."

Cheng Shuo, who returned to China, was completely unaware of these things. He stood under the light for more than ten days in a row, and due to the fatigue of traveling and traveling, he fell asleep day and night as soon as he returned home.

Cai Yinong was even more happy and quickly ordered to build a trophy one by one and put it on the top of the display cabinet in his office.

Sugar Man has not had any new dramas recently, and "Xuanyuan Sword" is a bit unsatisfactory.

At the beginning of filming, she thought that the "Xuanyuan Sword" series could continue the highlights of the "Sword of Immortal" series.

But the slightly mediocre ratings immediately poured cold water on her.

The previous production level of Sugar Man was not very sophisticated, and the popularity of dramas such as Sword and Sword depended largely on the appropriate plot and the actors' high compatibility with the characters.

But in this "Xuanyuan Sword", there is no call between each pair.

The performance between Hu Ge and Tang Yan was acceptable, but the performance between Lin Gengxin and Liu Shishi was simply a disaster.

During the kissing scene, you can clearly see the kiss, and there is no hint of affection in his eyes.

Although she has seen rewards, Cai Yinong's vision has obviously become much higher in recent years, and she no longer takes this mosquito leg in her eyes.

Turning her head, she still placed her hope on "Nirvana in Fire".

In any case, the scene between Cheng Shuo and Hu Ge is already the biggest stunt on the screen.

The early preparations for "Nirvana in Fire" were not easy to do.

In addition to the scenery, costumes are also a big problem.

Tangren invited many experts and professors, coupled with the experience accumulated from "Xiu Chun Dao", it took more than a month to barely complete the preparatory stage.

The filming locations for "Nirvana in Fire" are tentatively set at five. In addition to Hengdian, there are also places such as Xiangshan Film and Television City and Water Margin City. The scenery work can be done while filming.

On a sunny day in early May, the crew held a launch conference.

This drama attracted more viewers than the previous films directed by Cheng Shuo, and the attention was unprecedentedly high.

After all, in the previous reports, the investment in this drama was nine figures, and only a handful of previous TV dramas could reach this level.

Although "Want to Meet You" was a huge success, many media did not have high expectations for the show.

TV series that have previously invested over 100 million are basically adaptations of four famous works.

These dramas have a solid national foundation as soon as they are released. With a huge fan base and familiar plots, they have been ahead of others since the project was established.

However, "Nirvana in Fire" is a little-known drama, so of course there are many doubts about it.

Rather than believing that Cheng Shuo can make money, it is better to say that Cheng Shuo wants to use "Nirvana in Fire" to build the reputation of his studio.

"Cheng Shuo, first of all, congratulations on winning the Grand Prix in Cannes."

"Thanks."

"How do you feel about receiving this award?"

Cheng Shuo pondered for a while, "It feels very good. This award is an affirmation for me, and it also makes me more confident in the results after the release."

The award-winning questions generally don't reveal any explosive points. If it is a domestic competition, they will interview the competitors to find out some explosive points.

Ke Chengshuo went on an overseas expedition, but only received a solitary piece of news in China, and did not even know the titles of the other films competing in the group.

After showing their goodwill, these reporters could no longer hide their secrets and became quite aggressive in their words.

The first sentence directly hits the pain point: "Excuse me, Cheng Shuo, the investment in this drama is said to be over 100 million, so have you made any plans for the income and expenditure issues?"

Cheng Shuo smiled confidently, "Of course, this drama will definitely make money."

He leaned back and said, "The behind-the-scenes team has participated in "Want to Meet You", not to mention the casting team. I can't imagine the possibility of this show failing."

The reporter was obviously not infected by his self-confidence and still insisted on his own idea, "The average price of a single episode of the previous adaptations of the four major masterpieces was 2.4 million. Do you think you can sell it at this price?"

Reporters frequently targeted her, as if they were trying to pry some suspicion out of Cheng Shuo's mouth.

Cheng Shuo, however, remained unmoved, "When "The Camera Don't Stop" was released, everyone said that 300,000 yuan would not make a good film. When "Want to See You" was released, everyone said that the cost of a single episode of 300,000 yuan would not be a good film.

Now that I have made additional investments, why aren’t people still confident?”

As soon as this was said, everyone present was speechless.

Cheng Shuo's performance is indeed so impressive that "Sword Rain" with a box office of over 90 million was already the lowest point of his career.

There is nothing anyone can do about such rhetoric, after all, he has had successful experience.

Seeing that they could not catch the explosive point in this direction, they turned to other directions.

"I would like to ask Hu Ge, you have expressed your resistance to costume dramas before, why did you accept this drama? Is it to cooperate with Cheng Shuo?"

This reporter's words are profound but very instructive.

Hu Ge could even slightly misinterpret his meaning if he nodded or not.

Either Hu Ge is riding on Cheng Shuo's popularity, or Cheng Shuo is relying on the nonsense group's gimmick to gain attention.

If he hadn't wanted to cooperate with Cheng Shuo, then the media would have had more to say. Just as Cheng Shuo was setting up his own business, wouldn't the topic of competing for the top sugar brother be repeated again?

Hu Ge touched his nose, lowered his head and smiled, neither nodding nor shaking his head.

He just pointed at Cheng Shuo, "He said that if I acted in it, I would definitely win the title of King of Visions."

His expression was teasing, and bursts of laughter erupted from the audience.

Cheng Shuo had promised Liu Yiqian to be a queen before, but now it has ended in vain?

Looking back, Cheng Shuo is really good at writing bad checks.

Before they could ask, Cheng Shuo took the microphone and said, "What I said this time is true."

A reporter's eyes suddenly lit up in the audience, and he caught the loophole in Cheng Shuo's words, "Then the promise you made to Liu Yiqian last time was a lie?"

Cheng Shuo glanced at the ceiling, then at his palms, and raised his lips, "...Do you have any other questions?"

"Ha ha ha ha."

Everyone on and off stage burst into laughter.