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Su Yan had many thoughts regarding the drama "Code Geass: Lelouch of the Rebellion."

It wasn't just about achieving remarkable success in Xia, but more importantly, he wanted to use this drama to penetrate the Western film and television market.

In fact, Su Yan already had a significant reputation in the Western market, but factionalism exists everywhere.

It's not to say that just because Su Yan's works are good, film and television capital from other countries will definitely import them; on the contrary, some regions' film and television capital might even reject Su Yan's works. The market is only so big; if Su Yan eats too much, others will starve!

However, the market isn't entirely dominated by capital. Some of Su Yan's previous works might not have suited Western tastes, but a work like "Code Geass" had already proven in Su Yan's previous life that it was popular not only in the Eastern cultural sphere but also in the West.

That's why IPs like "One Piece," "Naruto," "Dragon Ball," "Attack on Titan," "Pokémon," and "Gundam" have such high value – because they have huge fan bases regardless of country or region, with no significant viewing barriers.

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However, the viewing barriers and market popularity can only be truly understood once the work is released. Who can know in advance?

But Su Yan knew in his heart that "Code Geass" would likely be a hit abroad after it was filmed.

Because apart from some slight historical differences, the cultural differences between the Xia country and the West are not significant. The market experience of "Code Geass" from his previous life would likely be the same in the Xia country.

Filled with a lot of thoughts, Su Yan arrived at the conference room.

Here, Shen Liqian and Gu Qingyuan were staring at the laptop, giggling at the comments from fans criticizing Su Yan.

Zhuang Yuxin, as a junior in the company, echoed their sentiments.

Although Zhuang Yuxin became hugely popular with Artoria, she understood that in Su Yan's heart, Shen Liqian and Gu Qingyuan, who had developed Dimeng Film and Television with him to its current state, held ten times more importance than her. She knew her place in the company. The company had only signed three main female artists, and she ranked third!

But at the same time, she also ranked among the top three most popular female celebrities in the Xia country's television industry.

Su Yan's production of "Code Geass: Lelouch of the Rebellion" definitely involved calling upon everyone in the company who needed to be called upon.

With such a huge investment, how could the important roles be given to outsiders?

Su Yan himself would definitely play the male lead, Lelouch.

Although Su Yan wasn't of Western appearance, he was the company's popularity anchor. Considering the success of his works, he had to take on the leading role.

As for the female lead, C.C., Su Yan followed the original work.

C.C. is European, so it was perfect for Zhuang Yuxin, who is of mixed race, to play the role.

Shen Liqian and Gu Qingyuan were assigned the roles of Kallen and Shirley.

After assigning suitable roles to the group of artists who had followed him in the company, the vacancies for roles such as Cornelia, Schneizel, Euphemia, and Nunnally were released to the market.

Therefore, among the actors attending the opening ceremony of "Code Geass: Lelouch of the Rebellion" today, there were many first and second-tier celebrities with Western features.

"Alright..." Su Yan sat at the head of the conference table.

He looked at the producer, Ayumi Shinozaki, and the director, Shi Peihua, beside him, paused, and began to recite the draft he had prepared last night.

With such a huge investment in the drama, the necessary ceremonies were not lacking.

Several hours later, with the promotion from Su Yan's company's operations, the Xia country's film and television media began promoting "Code Geass" according to the planned schedule.

Dimeng Film and Television's official website also released the prepared character stills of the drama to the internet.

The top of the hot search lists on major video websites were all about the news of "Code Geass" starting filming.

Among them, many of Su Yan's fans were a little confused.

The previous "Fate/Zero" was one thing, but that drama had a lot of actors with Western features.

Especially the actor who played the Emperor, whose fame exploded, rising from a second or third-tier actor in Xia to the first tier.

In this drama, he was also participating.

And he was playing a real emperor...

The male lead Lelouch's father, Charles.

And Zhuang Yuxin, the actress who played Saber, was playing a woman with no name, replaced by C.C.?

Seeing many actors from "Fate/Zero" participating in this drama, plus a group of first and second-tier celebrities from Xia joining the supporting cast...

The cast of "Code Geass" could be described as luxurious among the luxurious.

It quickly caused heated discussions in the market.

"This drama is a bit intense. This cast is directly raising the bar. Almost half of the Xia country's entertainment industry has been pulled into the crew."

"First-tier actress Tai Caiying is playing the role of the third female lead. I'm really impressed. She was also one of the most popular mixed-race female celebrities in Xia before Zhuang Yuxin rose to prominence. This time, she's directly playing a princess called Euphemia?"

"It is said that Tai Caiying was still hesitating whether to accept this script. With her status, even if she couldn't play the female lead, she could accept the second or third female lead. But this Euphemia, what number female role is she in this drama!"

"Only Su Yan can gather these people together in the entire Xia country."

"It's terrifying. A group of stars that other crews want to invite as the female lead and male lead are playing the roles of the third and fourth female leads in this drama."

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"But there are so many mixed-race actors. Is Su Yan preparing to open up the Western market?"

"Probably. It is said that Su Yan's 'Fate/Zero' premiered in three major Western countries last month, and the ratings topped in two of them. I went over the wall, and the foreign fans are even more crazy, especially Iskandar the Great. Some people who went over the wall to watch the whole drama on our network directly said that this is the greatest fictional emperor image in film and television."

"As a Xia country person, even some viewers who despise Western culture are moved to tears and goosebumps, not to mention those Westerners with similar cultures."

"So the old thief invited the Great Emperor actor to play another emperor in this drama, just because of this?"

"Didn't you find the problem? This drama is not just about Emperor Charles. Su Yan played Gilgamesh in 'Fate/Zero.' Zhuang Yuxin played Artoria. These two were originally in 'Fate/Zero' with the ending of Gilgamesh pursuing Artoria without success. But in this drama, these two are really playing the roles of the male and female leads. And in 'Fate/Zero,' Gilgamesh killed the Great Emperor, but in this 'Code Geass' drama, Su Yan became the Great Emperor's son..."

"Hahaha, really? Is this the old thief's bad taste?"

"It made me laugh. In the last life, you killed me in the Holy Grail War. In this life, in the 'Code Geass' drama, Gilgamesh became the Great Emperor's son!"

"The Great Emperor: Be my son, Gilgamesh!"

"Pfft, stop messing around, I can't stop laughing."

"I just don't know when this drama will be broadcast!"

The work "Code Geass" has only started filming, and no plot has been revealed, but the cast list has already allowed a group of fans in Xia to find huge topics.

Related topics have remained at the top of the hot search lists on major websites for two consecutive days.

At the same time, the box office data of "Your Name" has begun to weaken after a month of release, but the total box office has also exceeded 2.8 billion.

The daily box office has dropped to 20-30 million. Considering that there will still be a box office increase on weekends, it is likely that the final box office of this movie will exceed "Rurouni Kenshin."

Related media found new hot topics about Su Yan after the heat of the "Code Geass" opening ceremony subsided.

Soon, time came to the end of August, another Sunday!