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In the film and television industry, following the trend is very common.

Jiang Heng’s works have rarely been followed in the past, mainly because they are too difficult.

For works with mythological themes, ordinary film and television companies are reluctant to invest even 200 to 300 million RMB, so how can they compete with Jiang Heng's blockbusters that cost hundreds of millions of US dollars!
Hollywood film producers do have the ability to do so, but due to cultural barriers, it is unlikely that they will spend a lot of money to film Chinese mythology stories.

This time it is different. "Alien Path" is originally a European and American science fiction novel, and the cultural core expressed in the book is also Western.

In addition, Jiang Heng's global box office this time exceeded 3 billion US dollars, which really made those Hollywood giants envious. They are ready to follow him even if it means taking risks.

Therefore, it is difficult to stop it, and filing a lawsuit is not the best option.

Those companies all have professional legal teams, and Disney’s legal team is known to be the “strongest on the planet” and will not leave too many loopholes.

So, after a long discussion, the executives decided that the best strategy was to follow their own trend and cooperate with Columbia Pictures to make an American version of "Alien".

"Follow my own trend? That's not impossible!" Jiang Heng murmured, and recalled an interesting incident in the Hong Kong film industry.

After Xu Ke's two films "Once Upon a Time in China" became popular in Hong Kong, he produced countless follow-up works.

Seeing this situation, Xu Ke collaborated with Yuan Baye to produce "Young Huang Feihong: Iron Monkey", with the script written by him and directed by Yuan Heping.

Unfortunately, due to insufficient publicity and the little fame of the leading actor, "Young Wong Fei Hung" was more like a clickbait title, telling the story of his father Wong Kei-ying. As a result, it was a box office failure, earning only more than 6 million Hong Kong dollars, which was not as good as those spoof films.

In view of this, Jiang Heng felt it necessary to learn some lessons, at least to prevent the American version from having too bad box office and reputation.

"If it's a good match, the director can ask Columbia to find one, and I can be listed as the producer... We can also use the remaining materials, sets, and props... As for the actors, we can use a Hollywood A-list star for the male lead and our actress for the female lead... As for the investment, we can each pay half!"

After a long discussion, Jiang Heng made a summary speech, and Du Huan, Li Xiaoping and other senior executives had no objection.

After the meeting, Jiang Heng took the two of them to have a detailed discussion with Sanford Panitch. After hearing Jiang Heng's conditions, the latter was surprised and delighted. He really didn't expect it to be so efficient. He only had objections to some individual conditions.

"Director Jiang, what we want to shoot is our American version of 'Alien Path'. Using a Chinese actress as the heroine will affect the box office!" Sanford Panitch argued.

Jiang Heng laughed, "How could that be? The real highlight of this film is the Earth civilization that has gone astray in the technology tree. After mastering the hyperspace travel technology, it uses advanced weapons to conquer the universe. As long as most of the actors are European and American, there are a few Chinese characters, which will not affect anything!"

"The question is, you want the heroine?"

Sanford Panitch had a helpless expression on his face, because before he came, he had already thought of the general candidates for the male and female protagonists, and sent someone to contact them in advance.

After all, the original idea was that if the cooperation between the two companies failed, they would be prepared to force their way forward.

"No, I really can't give you the female lead. How about the second female lead?"

Jiang Heng naturally couldn't agree. Since it was a co-production between China and the United States, both sides would have to provide actors.

What will the artists think if they can’t get any important roles? The company doesn’t consider their future development at all!
Therefore, in addition to the female lead, there will be two or three characters played by Chinese in the film, but their roles are not that important.

The two sides failed to reach an agreement for a while, but Jiang Heng was not in a hurry. As usual, he hosted a banquet in the evening to entertain Sanford Panitch and his group.

The news that the two companies are going to co-produce the American version of "Alien Path" has also spread within the company.

"Accurate news, Director Jiang said that the female lead role must be chosen by us, this is a rare opportunity...!"

In Hengdian, Liu Yifei, who was filming a movie there, felt a little excited when she heard the news on the phone.

Sino-US co-production, the American version of "Alien Path", the female lead, you have to fight for this!
Although she is currently a top-tier actress in China, she still lacks international influence. If she can play the leading role in the American version of "Alien Path", it can be considered as entering Hollywood, and the situation will be different.

After figuring this out, Liu Yifei thanked the person on the other end of the phone and immediately called her assistant.

"Book me a flight back to Beijing right now, on the fastest flight!"

"Ah?" The assistant was stunned for a moment, then said he would arrange it right away.

Liu Yifei went to the director and said that she wanted to take three days off and return to Beijing.

The director frowned when he heard this. Since he was busy with filming, he naturally didn't want to give a fake one.

But Liu Yifei usually cooperates with the crew during filming and never acts like a big shot, so of course we have to give her some face.

Besides, for artistes of her level, they are often coaxed into filming by the crew and use all kinds of stand-ins!
"Okay, then go and come back quickly, everything is fine, right?"

Liu Yifei smiled and shook her head, "It's just that there is something urgent, I have to go back, I came back late to deal with it!"

"Finished?"

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The director thought to himself, if you can’t finish it, you won’t never come back, right?
Now that things have come to this, there is nothing more to say.

However, Liu Yifei received the news and rushed back to the capital as soon as possible.

Jing Tian, ​​Tang Yan, Yang Mi, Liu Shisi, Zhao Liying, Guli Nazha and many other female artists under iQiyi, Youku and Tencent Video rushed to the company from all over the country.

Many of them know that the chances of being selected are slim, but they just want to give it a try.

After all, once selected, she will become an international actress who has starred in Hollywood movies.

The next day, at iQiyi, Youku and Tencent Video, Jing Tian was the first person to enter Jiang Heng’s office.

The young lady had previously retired from the entertainment industry and worked as an assistant to Jiang Heng. After a while, she became a little bored and was arranged by Jiang Heng to participate in the development of Douyin.

But this person can't just sit in the office quietly. After staying there for a while, he went to make movies again. However, the investment was limited, and the reputation and box office were average. He found it more and more boring.

Seeing that "Running Man" continued to be popular, Jing Tian continued to be a guest for a few more episodes. Because of her cute personality and good temper, the young lady's popularity soared.

Seeing that being a variety show guest is easy and makes money quickly, Jing Tian has become reluctant to leave. He has appeared on several variety shows recently and is extremely happy.

So when Jiang Heng saw her suddenly come in, he felt a little surprised.

"Is the show finished?"

"No!"

"So, have you heard the letter?" Jiang Heng was stunned for a moment, but he reacted quickly.

Jing Tian walked forward, put his arm around Jiang Heng's neck and said, "Is there a possibility that I just miss you?"

Jiang Heng laughed and said, "I don't believe it!" (End of this chapter)