I am a historical film director in the entertainment industry.

Time flies, and more than a month has passed since the celebration banquet for "Buried Alive".

The premiere of "Buried Alive" was held at the Beijing Grand Cinema a couple of days ago.

Therefore, Cheng Sheng rushed back to Beijing to attend the premiere.

After the premiere, Cheng Sheng didn't linger in Beijing but immediately returned to the film set to continue shooting the movie.

"Buried" grossed 3 million on its opening day. For a low-budget film to achieve 3 million in box office revenue is truly astonishing.

After receiving the box office results from Xing Aina, Ning Hao immediately called Cheng Sheng to share the good news.

Actually, Ning Hao didn't need to specifically notify him; he had already received the news.

According to so-called expert predictions, Buried could gross over 30 million yuan at the Chinese box office.

An investment of 500,000 yuan yielded a return of 30 million yuan – that's an incredible profit!

Of course, not all of the 30 million belongs to Cheng Sheng, but Cheng Sheng's studio will receive at least 8 million.

Including the distribution rights sold in Venice, after taxes, there will be at least 80 million in revenue.

Cheng Sheng didn't know how much money "Buried Alive" made in another world, but this time he really made a fortune.

Therefore, Cheng Sheng asked Xing Aina to give another red envelope to the "Buried Alive" crew.

He had previously given Li Naiwen a two million yuan red envelope, and Ning Hao, needless to say, gave him a five million yuan red envelope.

Wang Zhi also received a red envelope containing 300,000 yuan.

Thanks to Cheng Sheng's generosity, everyone was happy.

After learning that "Buried" was a box office success, Ning Hao stopped paying attention to it and focused all his energy on his new movie.

The crew for "Crazy Stone" was assembled half a month ago.

The casting has also been finalized.

Similar to another cast member from "Crazy Stone" in my memory, Bao Shihong still cast Guo Tao, Dao Ge was still Liu Hua, but Mike was different; Ning Hao directly cast Li Naiwen.

Lee Nai-man won the Best Actor award at the Venice Film Festival and is now extremely popular, with many film and television companies extending offers to him.

Everyone wanted to recruit Li Naiwen to their ranks.

But Li Naiwen refused all of them and instead went to Cheng Sheng to ask to sign herself to Cheng Sheng's studio.

Cheng Sheng was completely bewildered at the time.

He opened his personal studio entirely to support his own film production. Apart from signing many behind-the-scenes staff and directors, he didn't sign a single actor.

He had intended to reject Li Naiwen, but Xing Aina's words reminded him of something.

The future development direction of personal studios.

If things continue at this pace, it's likely that personal studios will eventually become film and entertainment companies.

If a company doesn't have its own artists, it might limit its future development.

After considering it for a while, Cheng Sheng agreed with Xing Aina's words and signed Li Naiwen.

Now that Li Naiwen has been signed, Cheng Sheng has no reason to let Wang Zhi go, so he directly has Xing Aina sign Wang Zhi.

Cheng Sheng was lucky; Wang Zhi is still a student, and even if she becomes famous, she hasn't had time to sign with a company yet.

Wang Zhi was very happy to sign with Cheng Sheng's personal studio. She signed the contract without Xing Aina having to say anything.

Cheng Sheng was speechless after hearing about Wang Zhi's signing process. This silly girl, isn't she afraid of being scammed?!
Fortunately, Cheng Sheng was not one of Black Star's people and did not tamper with the contract.

If it were any other film and television company, they could easily have ruined Wang Zhi with a little manipulation.

Since Wang Zhi had been signed, Tong Yaya, Wang Zhi's roommate, also got Xing Aina to sign before she met Chen Sichen.

Tong Yaya also played a small role in "Three Kingdoms", but because her role was small, she went back to school after filming.

After signing Tong Yaya, Cheng Sheng regretted it a little. Not that he regretted signing Tong Yaya, but that he regretted giving up the female leads of "My Love from the Star" and "Descendants of the Sun" to Jing Tian and Su Chang.

If Wang Zhi and Tong Yaya were to play the female leads, the popularity of these two films would definitely propel them to stardom.

Pity.

But it's too late now.

Because "My Love from the Star" and "Descendants of the Sun" started filming half a month ago.

Although she couldn't play the female lead, Cheng Sheng still managed to get Tong Yaya into these two TV series, where she could play the fourth or fifth female lead.

Consider it an opportunity for her to hone her acting skills. When I have time, I can write a TV series specifically for her to make her famous.

The start of filming for two TV series and one movie by Cheng Sheng's personal studio has greatly excited fans.

Although I don't know how the two TV series and one movie are, Cheng Sheng's productions are definitely not bad.

Moreover, both TV series were written by Cheng Sheng.

Cheng Sheng's screenwriting skills are recognized by people in the industry. After all, he won the Best Screenplay Award at the Venice Film Festival, and that Best Screenplay Award trophy is still displayed in the Hall of Fame of the Central Academy of Drama!
Originally, this trophy should have been Cheng Sheng's personal collection, but at Principal Xu Xiaozhong's request, Cheng Sheng donated the trophy to the school.

Huang Bo was finally cast as Ning, the dark-skinned character in "Crazy Stone". Although Huang Bo is not yet a big star, he has already appeared in several film and television works such as "Get on the Bus" and "The Migrant Workers", and has some fame in the industry.

Ning Hao was drawn to Huang Bo mainly because Huang Bo's portrayal of ordinary people left a deep impression on her, and Ning Hao happens to like actors like that.

Therefore, Huang Bo joined the crew without even having an audition.

Wang Zhi's role had already been decided; she would play Bao Shihong's wife.

Time quickly moved into the end of October, and seven months had passed since filming began for "The Yellow Turban Rebellion of the Three Kingdoms".

Buried Alive also concluded its run yesterday.

The experts' predictions were very accurate this time. "Buried Alive" grossed over 30 million yuan in China, shocking half of the entertainment industry.

The 500,000 won over 30 million, and coupled with the earlier report by reporters that "Buried" sold for a price in Venice, people in the film industry are drooling with envy.

This is truly a case of getting a huge return on a small investment.

Li Naiwen achieved legendary status in the country, even surpassing her Best Actor win at the Venice Film Festival.

Winning the Venice Film Festival's Best Actor award proves his ability, while a box office explosion confirms his popularity in the market.

Lee Nai-man performed 90% of the scenes in the entire film "Buried Alive," and it can be said that the success of this film is inseparable from Lee Nai-man.

It was also because of this movie that everyone saw Lee Nae-moon's talent.

Especially in the final scene, when facing death, Lee Nae-moon's every expression was spot-on, giving the impression that he was filled with utter despair at that moment.

Film critics have given Li Naiwen high praise, even calling him the number one actor in China.

Of course, this is an exaggeration, but it does show that Lee Nae-moon's acting skills are truly remarkable. (End of Chapter)