I am a historical film director in the entertainment industry.

Chapter 22 Film Screening
As for the publishers, these people will appear wherever there is profit to be made.

If the movie is really good, they will be the first to acquire it.

If it's not good, just consider it a waste of time watching a movie.

The remaining few people are the real audience.

For example, Chia Chang-ko brought the crew of "The World" to the cinema to support Cheng Sheng's film.

Although the two are not from the same school, it is still a Chinese-language film, and supporting a fellow countryman is a small contribution.

Moreover, Chia Chang-ko also wanted to see if this movie, which was not well-received by domestic media, was actually reliable.

"Oh my God, I, a European, actually understood a Chinese historical film."

"Yang Guang, a foolish and tyrannical ruler, is this what the emperors of China are like? I feel that even Louis XVI was better than him."

"Young Li Shimin, God, what a great name. I've heard his story before when I went to Chinatown."

"War, this is the battlefield scene I imagine, with tens of thousands of cavalry charging, which would be absolutely impossible in Europe."

"The history of more than a thousand years ago shows that the Chinese people were really amazing; they practically turned war into an art."

"Compared to this, those war movies made in Hollywood are nothing but a pile of dog shit."

"The plot flows smoothly, and the filming technique is unique. It's so romantic to use art film techniques to shoot war scenes."

Inside the theater, gasps of surprise made Cheng Sheng and the others who had rushed over smile.

Judging from the reactions of the people in the theater, the movie was clearly a success.

The audience gasped in amazement, but the film critics remained serious.

Their approach to watching movies differs from that of ordinary viewers; they need to use a professional eye to examine the merits and demerits of various aspects of a film.

The film's smooth plot, composition, lighting, acting, and directing techniques all contribute to its appeal.

Many film critics took out pens and scribbled notes while watching the movie.

Only half an hour into the movie, the critics finally understood why the jury had such high hopes for it.

Aside from the fact that it's a Chinese historical film, this is definitely a classic movie.

Moreover, many film critics have discovered that they can actually understand Chinese historical films.

This is incredible.

They had seen Chinese historical films before, but they would get sleepy after watching for a while.

On the contrary, this movie gave them a sense of immersion, as if they were participating in history.

This is mainly because Cheng Sheng's immersive experience, which is added to the movie, gives people this feeling and makes it understandable for foreigners.

So magical.

They vaguely realized that they had developed a liking for Chinese historical films, and secretly wondered if they should go back and find a Chinese history book to read and understand the charm of Chinese history.

Especially Yang Guang and Li Shimin in this movie.

Just how incompetent and cruel was Yang Guang? Was he like Louis XVI of France?

How did Li Shimin become the pinnacle of Chinese emperors?

Was he even more brilliant and powerful than Alexander the Great...?

What surprised film critics in particular was...

They found that every actor in the film had an exceptionally good acting skill.

It was as if they weren't acting, but were completely characters from a movie.

so amazing.

These actors are all worthy of being award-winning actors. They were very curious about how the director managed to find such talented actors to film the movie.

The plot structure of the movie "The Great Tang Dynasty - Origins" is absolutely perfect, and there are no logical problems at all.

But why can't other directors make movies like this?

China boasts the world's largest number of historical films, but their quality is appalling.

China has countless wonderful ancient stories that surpass those of any other country on Earth, but it lacks good screenwriters, directors, and actors. I vividly remember a famous director and actor, Liu Yifei, playing the guqin haphazardly in a certain TV series. Even if the director and actor were of slightly higher quality, such a situation would not have occurred, which also shows that their staff were incompetent, as not a single person pointed out the mistake.

Cheng Sheng's film is different. The script generated by the simulation panel is completely based on history, and even the smallest details of the plot are not overlooked.

On the contrary, other film and television workers in China do not pay attention to details at all. Ancient costumes are not based on historical research. They just wear the same clothes from the Zhou, Qin, Han, Tang, Song and Ming dynasties. Anyway, no one makes reliable costumes.

Cheng Sheng's costumes and props were all custom-made, based on real history, for which he paid a sum of money.

In the war scenes, Cheng Sheng went all out, even bringing in the army for help.

Meanwhile, other domestic film crews, when shooting war scenes, use three to five people to replace three to five thousand ancient soldiers. The great battles are turned into village skirmishes and childish games. Not only are the soldiers' battle robes (if they can be called battle robes) not made of the wrong style and material, but they also lack any sense of wear and tear or vicissitude that one would expect from a battlefield. The three to five extras who replace three to five thousand soldiers are listless and weak, as if they haven't eaten for days and are working on an empty stomach, just randomly hacking and slashing with knives...

The most common weapons in ancient warfare, especially shields and spears (note that the spears could be more than five meters long, not the red-tasseled spears that children play with), were as if they had never appeared on Earth in the Chinese world. There were no formations, let alone troop coordination, cavalry charges, or mowing down fleeing infantry.

The weapons that Cheng Sheng ordered were almost identical to real weapons, except that they were not yet unsealed.

If you weren't a soldier, you really wouldn't be able to lift it.

Jia Zhangke's face showed shock.

Go to the street!
He wasn't criticizing Cheng Sheng and the film, but rather the media figures in China.

Is this the movie they called unreliable and not promising?
As a director, this film is the greatest in terms of professionalism, plot, camera work, and lighting.

The scale of the scenes is so grand that probably no director in China could have filmed it better than Cheng Sheng.

Thinking of this, Jia Zhangke's gaze passed through the seats and landed on Cheng Sheng in the front row.

What a directing student! His directing skills are even better than his.

Her debut film is good enough to be included in textbooks.

If all goes well, this movie should win an award.

Cheng Sheng, a director who is only in his early twenties, is likely to become famous worldwide at Venice this time.

People all over the world will probably remember Cheng Sheng, the Chinese director.

clap clap clap...

The three-hour movie ended.

The audience showed no impatience and were even more excited after watching the movie. Gradually, some people came to their senses from the film, and the applause gradually turned from sparse to enthusiastic.

Although 90% of the audience in the theater were foreigners, they truly loved this historical Chinese film.

Amid applause, Cheng Sheng led the main cast and crew to the front of the big screen and bowed in gratitude.

"Cheng, you are the best."

Suddenly, a familiar voice rang out.

Cheng Sheng looked towards the audience and saw a masked girl sitting in the second row shouting at him.

Scarlett.

Although the other person's face was covered, Cheng Sheng recognized them at first glance.

For the past two days, Scarlett had been hanging out with them, traveling around with Zeng Li.

(End of this chapter)