Chapter 260 "To Live" Completed, Korean Album
Next, Cheng Cheng continued filming while editing the filmed parts.

He now has intermediate editing skills and is very fast at editing. He finished the editing in three days, called Chu Qing to the room, and showed it to him.

The other crew members looked at them in a mysterious manner and had no idea what they were doing.

In the room, Chu Qing finished watching the part edited by Cheng Cheng. Not only was subtitles and music added, it was almost the first half of a complete movie, rather than a semi-finished product edited from some shots.

Chu Qing was surprised:
"It turns out you can actually cut it in a week, and it's only been three days."

Cheng Cheng said: "How about it, is it okay? This paragraph should be enough for registration, right?"

"That's enough," Chu Qing praised, "and it's a great shot."

This segment is about twenty minutes long and tells the story of how Fugui, a landlord's son, fell into poverty. The editing rhythm is brisk, the quality is very high, and the camera language is rich, very much in the style of the fifth generation directors.

He then asked, "Did you really shoot this in three days? How many hours of sleep did you get during these days?"

Cheng Cheng: “I haven’t slept for an hour.”

Chu Qing looked at him with eyes that looked like a god:
"No, everyone says I'm a workaholic, but I didn't expect you to be the real workaholic. This won't work. Give me the movie and the information, and I'll go sign up. You go to sleep. I don't want you to die suddenly while filming."

"to make."

Cheng Cheng took out the USB drive and gave it to him:

"The rest is up to you."

Chu Qing said: "Don't worry."

At this time, Cheng Cheng's cell phone rang. Someone was calling him, but Cheng Cheng didn't answer and let the phone ring.

Chu Qing was too talkative and asked:
"Aren't you going to answer?"

Cheng Cheng said, "Oh, it stopped ringing after a while. The phone keeps playing music for no apparent reason."

Chu Qing:.
Is the music playing for no apparent reason?

Isn't this a cell phone ringtone?

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The days progressed during the filming process. Cheng Cheng attended a concert in the middle of the filming. He went there in the afternoon of the previous day and came back the next morning. It did not delay the filming for long, and he continued directing non-stop after returning.

At the same time, "The Professional" was taken off the screen.

The final box office was 24.9 billion, ranking third during the Spring Festival. The champion was Lu Zhuofeng's "Weaving" which led the Spring Festival with a box office of 36.25 billion, and the runner-up was Li Chengyou's "After the Rain" which ranked second with a box office of 31.85 billion.

The box office champion in 2022 is still Cheng Cheng's "Zhou Chu Eliminates Three Evils", with 37.7 billion.

From the New Year's Eve period to the Spring Festival period, four films had box office revenues exceeding 20 billion yuan, three films had box office revenues exceeding 30 billion yuan, and the cumulative box office revenue reached 170 billion yuan, which set a good start for the box office market in 2022.

At the same time, "The Rumored Chen Qianqian" also started filming, with Ni Lukezi as the female lead and Jiang Jun as the male lead.

Jiang Jun is currently following the traffic route, which does not require high acting skills. In terms of movies, he has his brother-in-law Cheng Cheng to help him get familiar with the crews and improve his status. In terms of TV dramas, he takes on some ancient idol dramas, romance dramas and the like, which do not require high ratings, as long as they pass.

All major media outlets reported on it.

"Recently, the costume comedy love fantasy drama "The Rumored Chen Qianqian" created by Shenhua Entertainment held a grand opening ceremony. Leading actors such as Nilu Kezi and Jiang Jun gathered at the scene, attracting the attention of many fans.

It is reported that the drama is edited by Cheng Cheng, with a total of 24 episodes. It tells the story of Chen Xiaoqian, a single screenwriter who worked hard to write a costume drama. It could have been launched smoothly, but it collapsed because the actor Han Mingxing questioned the emotional scenes in the script too much. She was so angry that she vowed to prove her ability, but she accidentally got stuck in her own script and turned into the third princess of Huayuan City, who was noble but full of bad reviews.

A minor female supporting role who could not survive more than three episodes, in order to survive, she opened a screenwriter's copy and reversed her absurd life
At the opening ceremony, Nilu Kezi's look was simply stunning, the heroine Chen Qianqian was stylish and noble, and the hero Jiang Jun was tall and handsome.

The director of "The Rumored Chen Qianqian" is Xin Jian, the assistant director of "Chinese Paladin 1". He said that he would create a charming world. "

"Wulin Waijia" has finally been scheduled to be released on April 4th. The release channels are Fu Hai TV and Lemon Video. Because of the foundation of "The Killer", netizens are looking forward to "Wulin Waijia".

Hopefully it can replicate the miracle of The Professional.

Other stars and directors in the film and television industry have also taken action.

On March 3, Chu Qing received a reply and said to Cheng Cheng happily:
"The Cannes Film Festival gave me news! Our film was accepted."

Cheng Cheng said: "That's great!"

He immediately informed the entire crew of the news, and the entire crew was very excited, especially Wen Lian, Li Yang, Qi Hao and other main creators, who all dreamed of winning an award. So in the next few days, they filmed even harder.

4 month 2 day.

The last scene was filmed.

The entire crew breathed a sigh of relief. For many of them, this was the first time they had filmed such a heavy movie.

In fact, Zhang Yimou's film version of "To Live" is already very gentle.

In Yu Hua's novel version of "To Live", Fengxia (the couple's daughter) died of childbirth, Erxi (son-in-law) died in a construction accident, Mantou (grandson) was starved to death, and his wife Jiazhen suffered from rickets. After a series of consecutive blows, she could not bear the physical and mental stress and died.

In other words, in the novel version of "To Live", Fugui's parents died, his son died, his wife died, his daughter and son-in-law died, and his grandson also died.

In the end, he and an old ox were the only ones left alive.

Do you think this is absurd?

Reality is always more absurd.

Tan Qiao interviewed an old man who was the real-life version of Fugui. His father had been dead for eleven years, his mother had been dead for more than twenty years, his wife had been dead for eleven years, and he had no children because his wife died of complications during childbirth. His wife and children died together. His eldest brother had been dead for eighteen years, and in the end he was left with only a mentally retarded younger brother and a dog, and the dog had been fed for more than ten years and was about to die of old age.

Tan Qiao asked him why he was so optimistic, and the old man said, "Look forward."

This is similar to the ending of "To Live".

The movie version of "To Live" is much better.

Jiazhen is alive, Erxi is alive, and the grandson is alive too.

At the end of the movie, there is a group of goose yellow chicks, representing vitality and hope for the future.

Cheng Cheng organized everyone to take photos of the finale and had dinner together in the evening. Then the next day, he took Qi Hao, Chu Qing and others to the north to shoot the last outdoor scene. It was the scene where Fugui was drafted into the army, and it could only be filmed in the snowy north.

Two days later, the filming of "To Live" was finally completed.

Chu Qing said goodbye to him:

"The Cannes Film Festival opens on May 5th, so we can just arrive on May 17th, but you have to edit the entire film before the end of April, otherwise they won't have time to review it."

Cheng Cheng said: "Don't worry."

"Okay, I'll go back then." He held out his hand. "It was a pleasure shooting with you this time. I hope to have the opportunity to work with you again."

Cheng Cheng: “Of course.” Apart from anything else, Cheng Cheng also wanted to ask him to act in “Farewell My Concubine”.

After disbanding the crew, Cheng Cheng returned to Teikyo and went into the editing room to start editing.

A week later, "To Live" was edited and Cheng Cheng was very confident about this movie. After all, this is Zhang Yimou's masterpiece "To Live". Even if you ask Zhang Yimou to shoot it now, he can't produce such a work.

After Cheng Cheng finished editing, he gave it to Chu Qing.

Chu Qing was the first to watch it and commented that it was the best work he had ever shot in his career and a masterpiece that would be passed down through the ages.

Afterwards, he sent it to his old friend Julian Mordant with the same confidence.

At this time, it was only April 4th, and there was still more than a month before the opening of the film festival. The shooting and post-production of "To Live" took only more than 13 days, which was a real eye-opener for Chu Qing.

In fact, Cheng Cheng has already polished it very carefully. If he were to shoot it at the same speed as he does commercial films, it would only take half the time.

"To Live" has come to a temporary end, and Cheng Cheng has started to produce a Korean EP. He originally planned to complete this EP in February, but there was nothing he could do. From February to now, there were too many things to do, so he had to postpone it temporarily.

At this moment, he picked it up again and selected seven songs.

They are:
"Only His Laughter" by Li Wenshi, published in 1987.

Published in 1988, Shin Hae-chul's "To You"

Published in 1981, Sanullim's "Youth"

Published in 1985, Lee Moon-se’s “Girl”

Published in 1971, "I Love You"

Published in 2004, the theme song of Full House, "Destiny"

Published in 2002, "Old Love" by Li Wenshi.

Together with the previously sung "Don't Worry", there are 8 songs in total. When choosing the songs, Cheng Cheng deliberately did not choose KPOP songs. Many people listen to Korean songs, and they basically listen to brainwash songs, such as Gangnam Style and PPAP, but Cheng Cheng chose some classic golden songs.

Especially Li Wenshi’s songs, there are three of them.

Lee Moon-se had a very high status in South Korea in his previous life. He was almost the best singer of an era and was hailed as a senior in the Korean music scene. He had extremely high national recognition and influence.

Therefore, Cheng Cheng named this album "The Afterglow of the Times".

And started promoting the sale.

The sales channel is GOD, a joint venture between Cheng Cheng and Jiang Wang.

GOD Entertainment has been established for more than a year. Under the policy of spending lavishly, it has attracted thousands of young female trainees and signed a contract with the SK girl group where Jiang Nan is located. However, except for the SK girl group, other groups do not have the ability to make money for the time being.

On the one hand, there is a lack of works, and on the other hand, GOD Entertainment is an invader. Looking across the entire peninsula, it is the enemy of the whole world.

This album was regarded as Jiang Wang's trump card to enter the peninsula market.

If this album is successful, it will not only boost the confidence of thousands of young female trainees under GOD Entertainment, but will also open up the situation of GOD Entertainment in one fell swoop.

"I listened to it, it sounds good, but the tastes of the people on the Peninsula are different from ours. Will they buy it?"

Jiang Wang rarely listened to Korean songs and didn't understand them. Jiang Nan didn't blame him, but when he raised questions, Jiang Nan disagreed.

"Dad, if you don't understand, just keep quiet. Orange's album is of such high quality that it will definitely be a big hit, especially the two songs "Old Love" and "Girl". They are hits of the highest quality. The Peninsula music scene hasn't seen songs of such high quality in several years."

Jiang Nan has lived in the peninsula for four or five years. Korean is her second language, so it is easy for her to tell the value of such an album.

She looked at Cheng Cheng with sparkling eyes and said:
"Orange, what title are you going to use?"

Cheng Cheng asked her, "Do you have any ideas?"

Jiang Nan said: "Your album is called The Afterglow of the Times, which is obviously leaning towards the classic hits of the 1990s. How about naming it: Reinventing the Classics, the Golden Hit Era in the Afterglow?"

Cheng Cheng was very satisfied: "Very good, then I'll listen to you."

Jiang Nan: "The main reason is that I didn't expect you to write such a good song. If you write KPOP songs, it won't suit your temperament. When you release this album, there will definitely be more people from the Peninsula mini!"

Jiang Wang was very hurt when he saw the two of them being so affectionate with each other.

In a family of three, I am the only one who feels like an outsider.
Decide on the release.

GOD Entertainment launches promotion and marketing campaign.

[Sung Cheng's Korean EP "The Afterglow of the Times" will be released on April 4]
When the news was announced, Cheng Cheng's fans in the Peninsula were like a pie hit on the head, they were all excited, and Cheng Cheng's fans in other countries also heard the news.

Tianxia fans:

“Oh my god, Sung Cheng is releasing a Korean EP? This is really the rhythm of dominating Asia!”

"The last concert held in Peninsula has already made the people in Peninsula obsessed with Frog Brother. Now that the Korean EP is out, won't the people in Peninsula go crazy?"

"Your Asian superstar is coming"

"Fuck, this is the Adventure Peninsula dungeon!!!"

"Peninsula dungeon strategy progress 10%"

Neon fans:

"It's not fair! Why does Peninsula have a Korean EP for Narcissus (Sung Cheng's nickname in Japan), but Japan doesn't?"

"Cheng Jun hasn't come to Neon to hold a concert yet, which is too cruel for us Neon fans."

"It was obviously us who started to like Cheng Jun first, whether it was The Little Prince or A Little Thing Called First Love, why did it turn out like this?? For the first time, I have a favorite Tianxia star, an idol I can follow for the rest of my life. The two happy things overlapped and brought me even more happiness, but why did it turn out like this??"

Peninsula fans:

"Hahahahahahaha, Cheng Cheng is still good to our country!"

"I'm so happy to see that little bastard is so anxious! It's a kind of happiness after knowing that Sung Cheng is releasing a Korean EP, a supplementary happiness."

"That is to say, our fans in Bandao have more spending power, and they support Cheng Cheng the most besides the people in Tianxia. We are the largest overseas ticket base for "Zhou Chu Eliminates the Three Evils". Instead of being jealous, why don't you spend more money on Cheng Cheng? If you spend more money on Cheng Cheng, Cheng Cheng will pay attention to you."

"I can't wait to listen to this EP! I really love the previous song "Don't Worry". It has become my favorite song."

"Me too! I especially like the first two sounds of ai~"

Fans of Peninsula welcomed the album, but some singers and music critics in the entertainment industry were unhappy. The slogan "Re-creating the classics, the golden age in the afterglow" was too eye-catching.

Can you, a Tianxia person, understand the "Golden Song Era" of our Peninsula? !
Too arrogant, intolerable!
(End of this chapter)