I am a historical film director in the entertainment industry.

When "Buried" was released in China, it was also released overseas shortly afterward.

As a Venice Film Festival award-winning film, the companies that purchased the distribution rights took it seriously and did a lot of publicity before its release.

After its release, the film initially performed poorly, but with the promotion from newspapers and film critics, it quickly became a hit overseas.

When "Buried" was taken off the screens in China, it had been showing in theaters abroad for more than 20 days.

Excluding domestic box office, the global box office was approximately US$2000 million, which is equivalent to about RMB 1.4 million, exceeding the cost by 280 times.

When this news reached China, the entire entertainment industry was in an uproar.

They never expected that a low-budget film would have such an amazing box office performance.

Li Naiwen was so happy she was almost going crazy.

This was his first starring role in a movie, and he never expected it to be so popular overseas.

Needless to say, Li Naiwen's status has risen again, and this time he has firmly entered the ranks of first-tier artists.

Amidst such good news, a celebration banquet was held at the Kyoto Grand Hotel for "Buried Alive".

When the celebration banquet was held, the filming of "Three Kingdoms" was at a critical moment, so Cheng Sheng did not have time to go back and left Ning Hao, Xing Aina and others to handle it themselves.

Fortunately, given the current fame of "Buried Alive," it doesn't really matter whether Cheng Sheng is there or not.

The celebrities who were supposed to attend the celebration banquet also showed up.

"Cut! The actors need to take a break."

"Props, rearrange the set."

"Sound engineer, listen again for any background noise."

"Teacher Chen, you need to change your clothes for this scene, please wait a moment..."

After filming a scene, Liu Meng first let the actors rest, then instructed the crew to prepare for the next scene, and then discussed the costumes with Director Chen Ming.

Despite the busy schedule, the entire film set remained orderly and well-organized.

"Boss, can I talk to you about something?"

After making the arrangements, Liu Meng walked over to Cheng Sheng and said something.

"what's up?"

Cheng Sheng looked up at him and said.

“I also want to win one of the three major European awards,” Liu Meng said.

"What!" Cheng Sheng was dumbfounded, but he quickly realized that Liu Meng was envious of Ning Hao.

Recent news has all been related to the "Buried Alive" production team.

In particular, Ning Hao appeared on a talk show and talked at length about "Buried Alive," and even thanked Cheng Sheng for writing the script for him.

That must be why Liu Meng contacted me this time.

"Boss, can you write a script for me similar to 'Buried Alive'?" Liu Meng asked cautiously.

Cheng Sheng felt a headache coming on. What was going on? Everyone wanted to go to the three major European awards.

“Mencius, I actually want you to direct your next film, ‘The Great Tang Dynasty 2,’ on your own,” Cheng Sheng said after a moment’s hesitation.

"You want me to direct 'The Great Tang Dynasty 2' all by myself?"

Liu Meng was stunned.

"good."

"Boss, aren't you afraid I'll ruin this movie?" Liu Meng asked worriedly.

Cheng Sheng stood up, patted Liu Meng on the shoulder and said, "You have to believe in your abilities. Besides, I will also be the producer of 'The Great Tang 2', so you can do it with peace of mind. I will back you up."

"Thank you, boss. I will do my best to make 'Da Tang 2' a success."

Liu Meng expressed his gratitude with excitement. "Don't get excited yet. Although the script for 'The Great Tang Dynasty 2' has passed the review, the filming is scheduled for next year. Your most important task now is to film 'Three Kingdoms' well," Cheng Sheng said.

"No problem," Liu Meng said with a smile.

Time is a very cheap thing.

It's completely invisible and intangible, yet you can feel it vividly.

From the first rays of sunlight in the morning to the starry sky at night, from the cries of infants to the wrinkles of the elderly, human life seems to be firmly controlled by "time"—humans use clocks to record moments, calendars to mark dates, and "past, present, and future" to divide life.

In daily life, the time perceived by humans has a clear "direction"—an egg will not automatically return to its original state after being broken, ice will not refreeze after melting, and humans can recall the past but cannot predict the future.

This perception of the "arrow of time" is essentially a subjective experience of the phenomenon of "entropy increase" (entropy is a physical quantity that measures the degree of disorder in a system; the overall entropy of the universe is constantly increasing, moving from order to disorder).

Ultimately, whether time is an "objective existence" or a "concept created by humans," it is deeply integrated into human life and civilization.

Cheng Sheng was engrossed in filming on set, and time flew by. Soon it was the days before the Lunar New Year.

this day.

After a day of filming, Cheng Sheng announced that he would take a year-end leave and resume filming after the New Year.

That's right, Cheng Sheng didn't plan to keep everyone on set during the Chinese New Year.

Moreover, he also wanted to take advantage of the Chinese New Year to go home and reunite with his parents.

Since leaving home after the Lunar New Year, Cheng Sheng has only called his family to say hello, and has not returned to his hometown to visit his parents.

Everyone in the crew was very excited and happy to hear that they could take a vacation.

After all, the crew members aren't machines. They spend the whole year on set without leaving or taking many holidays. Everyone is on edge because of filming.

If it weren't for Cheng Sheng's firsthand experience, many people would probably have collapsed long ago.

The fact that they can now have a holiday is definitely good news for them. Not only can they rest, but they can also go home and reunite with their families.

After Cheng Sheng finished making the announcement, he left the aftermath to Liu Meng, while he returned to the hotel, packed his clothes, and planned to take an early morning flight back to Xijiang.

Ring ring ring!
I had just packed my luggage into my suitcase when my phone, which was on the bedside table, suddenly rang.

"Hey, Sister Ting, what's up?"

The caller was Yang Ting, the director of "Descendants of the Sun".

"Boss, the post-production of 'Descendants of the Sun' is finished. Would you like to come back and take a look?" Yang Ting said.

It's been half a year since filming began for "Descendants of the Sun," which is already a very long time.

A typical 30-episode TV series takes about 3 to 4 months to film, and with post-production, it takes no more than half a year.

"Descendants of the Sun" only has 16 episodes, so the filming time was seriously overdue.

But Cheng Sheng didn't blame Yang Ting, because it was his demand for perfection. It turned out that the filming period for the Korean drama "Descendants of the Sun" was 210 days, which is six and a half months.

Of course, the production was delayed by two weeks because the male lead injured his hand.

The current drama "Descendants of the Sun" doesn't seem to have any external influences, but it still took half a year to complete.

This shows how high Yang Ting's standards were for this drama.

"No, I don't have time. I'll go back to see it after the New Year. I'm going back to my hometown for the New Year tomorrow."

Cheng Sheng refused to answer.

Going to Kyoto would be a waste of time; I might miss my chance to go home for the New Year.

"OK……"

After the other end of the call, Cheng Sheng put his phone back on the bedside table, lost in thought.

"Descendants of the Sun" has been completed, and "My Love from the Star" was completed more than a month ago. (End of Chapter)