Rebirth of an Idle Noblewoman

And the special effects that Cheng Zhou was so worried about completely blew his mind. Although it wasnʼt a fantasy drama, the sword fighting scenes were so extremely wonderful that he couldnʼt take his eyes off the projection.

Nowadays, more money was spent on securing the actors and actresses, instead of the special effects of the movie itself, other than those blockbusters in America. In China this was even more so, as most of the studios either lacked the funds or the technology.

Cheng Zhou watched the movie three times that night. If it wasnʼt for the alarm going off, he would have continued watching it.

He had to admit, this was a movie with the best effect, smoothest editing, best acting skills he had ever had the pleasure to watch. Just watching this movie made all those other movies from America look like crap!

As expected from Nine Heavens, after making their virtual helmet popular all over the globe, now they even came out with a holographic movie. It would most likely cause another wave through the world, and it was difficult to admit, but only Nine Heavens would be the only one who could make this happen, other companies would not be able to replicate their success.

Cheng Zhou reluctantly turned off the power, and then grabbed his phone to make a call. The voice on the other side was angry when they picked up, ”What the hell Cheng Zhou?! Itʼs only five oʼclock in the morning! Even if you donʼt need to sleep, I do!”

Cheng Zhou ignored the scolding tone, excitedly saying, ”Whenʼs the most recent movie screening date? Arrange it for me!”

”Movie screening? Who are you helping to find this out for?” The other side was stunned before replying.

”Itʼs not for anyone else, itʼs for myself. Itʼs the film that Iʼm using to participate in the International Awards—ʼEmpire Under Siegeʼ!” Cheng Zhou had a great big smile on his face, obviously in a good mood.

”... Are you sure youʼre not sleep talking? Didnʼt ʼEmpire Under Siegeʼ just finished shooting not long ago?” Feeling like Cheng Zhou was just pulling his leg, that person got angry again, wanting to hang up the phone.

Cheng Zhou lowered his tone and said, ”Weʼre old friends already, so I wonʼt hide it from you. My movieʼs post-production was done by Nine Heavens, the company that has been on the financial news recently. Thereʼs also another surprise I want to show you, Iʼll bring the video over to you tonight, youʼll definitely be shocked!”

After he hung up the phone, Cheng Zhouʼs hand was still shaking. It was a real… real big surprise. Even if this film didnʼt win the award, it would still cause an uproar with how fabulous it was.

He couldnʼt push down the excitement in him, as soon as he thought about, a new bout of anticipation would surge up again, and he couldnʼt wait to see the expressions of those people who watched the movie.

A four-dimensional movie, and the first holographic projection ever, how could the storm to come be calm?

He also wanted to give a call to Gu Xiqiao, but then when he thought about it, she definitely knew about it, and so he dismissed the thought. But he quietly proceeded to write out a transfer for a large sum of money to her bank account.

He still needed to go for filming, and although he had been up all night, Cheng Zhou was filled with energy, and was in a good mood. You couldnʼt see any tiredness lingering on his face at all.

***

In the morning, after dropping Hua Youlin off into Mu Zongʼs care, she received a text message. Before she could read it, the system spirit floated into existence in front of her. ”Beauty Qiao, this is sent by Director Cheng. After watching the movie that you did for him, he transferred a large sum of money to you. Iʼm guessing itʼs compensation for the hard work, and although itʼs a huge sum of money, it canʼt compare to the technique that had gone into the editing. Yu Ning is really good.”

The four-dimensional technique that had gone into the editing was something that Yu Ning had managed to research from the source code, and the holographic projection and glasses used for ʼEmpire Under Siegeʼ were all items that were beyond the current level of technology, and couldnʼt be measured with money.