Actually, you don't have to.

The inventory of Shen Xudong's investment and production of movies in recent years has been assembled into an inventory, and then appeared in major advertorials!

Some of them were written by people in the company, and most of them were spontaneous...

This year, Shen Xudong is too fierce, "Cao Cao", "Zhao Zilong 2", "People in Embarrassment", "Return to 20 Years Old" and then "Exquisite Ancient City". Five dramas in a row are big hits!

And they are all phenomenal hits———— "Cao Cao" 207 million, "Zhao Zilong 2" 168 million, "People in Embarrassment" 176 million, "Back to 20 Years Old" 267 million...

"Exquisite Ancient City" grossed over 100 million in the first weekend.

The box office is just a show, and the key word-of-mouth is not bad!

A bunch of netizens praised Shen Xudong as the 'savior of Chinese films'...

Oh, "Exquisite Ancient City" scored 7.8 points on Douban, and Time.com also gave it 7.7 points, with the highest praise: 'Unexpectedly good. I can't find fault with all aspects, and such a project is not easy. ’

And '"Exquisite Ancient City" definitely represents the top level of China's commercial films and industrial productions today, with a smooth narrative, a humorous plot, atmospheric scenes and props, and great actors... Congratulations to Liu Ye, and congratulations to the world for singing and finding the most suitable Hu Bayi! ’

In fact, most audiences are very tolerant of Chinese films, provided that you let him see sincerity and hard work...

If the movie itself surprises them with something, it's natural that the praise is high...

Are there any surprises in "Exquisite Ancient City"?

Nonsense, the scale alone has already shocked all the audience - there are zombies, fire snakes, and the queen of the Absolute Spirit...

The special effects part, all the green screen parts and pure CG parts, CG characters and real people interaction parts, all of them, from beginning to end, do not show a "sense of cheapness", which is particularly valuable!

In terms of genre, Chinese sci-fi or monster films have always been difficult to solve the problem of making the audience believe or quickly enter the play, or in other words, no matter how they are filmed, they all look fake.

Because we have watched too much Hollywood, many viewers feel that sci-fi or monster movies should be like so-and-so, this is unsolvable, how do we shoot, the face of imitation Hollywood can't solve the problem of the audience's inner acceptance, this is an aesthetic problem of acceptance, and there was no solution for a while...

However, the art concept of "Exquisite Ancient City" refers to the northwest of the nineties of the last century, and the art and historical atmosphere are very complete and the degree of completion is also very good.

Especially the scene design of the black sandstorm and the exquisite ancient city, it is very shocking!

Not to mention that people will be brought in immediately, at least they won't be played.

And embroidered shoes also appeared in the easter egg part - leading to "Longling Maze".

What's not to like?

Oh, and the reason why it didn't score 8 because... Many people say that it is more than a little worse than "Raiders of the Lost Ark", "National Treasure" and "The Mummy"...

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"At the beginning, there was a lot of pressure, because the original book of "Ghost Blowing the Lamp" was too popular, and I heard that the sales of genuine books alone exceeded 10 million..."

The creators of "Exquisite Ancient City" promote the movie.

No matter what movie it is, when promoting, the actor must have a 'nervousness'→ 'muster courage'→ 'work hard to adapt'→' 'blend in'...

If you don't blow it, how can the media report it?

How does the audience know that you've put a lot of effort into the character?

Liu Ye... It's really amazing, during this time, he is really crazy about playing!

filming "Lan Yu" here and "Happiness Street" there;

filming "Blood Romance" here and "Wuji" there;

filming "The City Full of Golden Armor" here and "Dark Matter" on the other;

Here rehearses and toured the drama "Amber", over there filming "Beauty Grass" and "Surrender to the Naïve Girl"...

I heard that at the same time as filming "Exquisite Ancient City", there are two TV series "The Year We Live In" and "A Woman's Epic", and by the way, "Nanjing! Nanking! The reshoot work...

But... There was no problem with his presentation at all!

Being an actor is just a job, just like some people only do one job, and some people work two or three jobs a day, can it be said that the former must do a better job than the latter?

Therefore, drama has never been a crime, but if you tell me how you work hard, devote yourself wholeheartedly, and sacrifice yourself for a role, and then act like this dick?

I'll just think you're either too naughty or a liar.

Most of the actors in later generations rolled too many dramas under the condition of insufficient strength, which led to the collapse of quality...

To put it mildly, even if they put their heart and soul into it, they may not be able to guarantee the quality!

However, Chen Hao did sacrifice a lot, which is common to all the directors and actors:

Liu Ye said: "Chen Hao wants to lose fat and gain muscle, in addition, there is weapon training and physical training, the crew specially invited a whole team from abroad to train us, I practiced with Jiang Wu for two weeks, and I couldn't bear it, Chen Hao persevered for three months... Moreover, as long as she continues to play Shirley Yang, she must keep training..."

Chen Hao himself was embarrassed: "No, in fact, the training is quite interesting, and it can not only be used in the "Ghost Blowing the Lantern" series, but also the "Detective of the Republic of China" series, and has also begun to arrange a lot of scenes for me..."

Xu Ke said: "The sequel, launched in September, the script has already been completed... We're thinking about whether we want to shoot three in a row..."

"The next one, of course, is "The Mystery of Longling"... Not surprisingly, it was released in the summer of 2010... And then every other year..."

"Salary... From the next film onwards, all their salaries will be converted into investments, and we will ensure the production..."

Oh, there are still many media and reporters who are more concerned about the contradiction between Xu Ke and Wu Yusen - before the propaganda team issued various press releases to promote the news of Xu Ke and Wu Yusen's showdown again.

Yes, "Exquisite Ancient City" and "Red Cliff" are two weeks apart, but they also belong to the same schedule, and they definitely belong to competitors...

Moreover, it was also revealed that Xu Ke wanted to make a movie with the theme of the Three Kingdoms in 95, and the ideal candidate in his heart at that time was Zhao Yun and Li Lianlian, Zhou Yu and Liu Dehua, Kong Ming and Zhou Xingchi, Xiao Qiao Guan Zhilin, Li Jiaxin, but in the end, the person in charge of the project became Wu Yusen...

The reporters secretly poked and poked to ask Xu Ke about his opinion on "Red Cliff", but Xu Ke was very frank: "Actually, we have grabbed a lot of themes, not only "Red Cliff". I'm good friends with him, and I'm looking forward to his "Red Cliff". We have many different opinions on Zhuge Liang, Cao Cao, Zhou Yu, and the "Battle of Red Cliffs". It's not that he takes the lead, whoever can shoot will shoot it, everyone is happy if he shoots well, and if he shoots badly, he just... Hehe. ”

"You didn't watch the movie in advance?"

"I have two projects in my hands, "Outwitting Tiger Mountain" and "Di Renjie", and I also have to supervise the production of "Ghost Blowing the Lantern", do you think I have time to care about others?"

“… So will you shoot the Three Kingdoms theme in the future? ”

"It depends, no one can say for sure..."

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Xu Ke really didn't give Wu Yusen any face - everyone was very happy if he shot well, and if he didn't shoot well, he just... Hehe.

The next day, a bunch of portals made headings with this passage ...

In short, the pressure is completely on "Red Cliff"...

Oh, "Exquisite Ancient City" broke 100 million in three days, received 187 million the next week, and in ten days after its release, the cumulative box office was 288 million, only 4 million short of the 292 million box office record of "Mobile Phone 2"...