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The next day, Yu Dong and Ye Weixin came to Jiang Heng's office together to discuss the preparations for the sequel to "SPL".

"SPL 1" was released many years ago. Because of Jiang Heng's cameo appearance, the film grossed million in mainland China when it was released, and sold more than million in the Hong Kong market. The box office performance in Taiwan, Japan, South Korea and Southeast Asia was also very good. It can be said that the film gained both fame and fortune.

According to the usual operating practices of the Hong Kong film market, a sequel will definitely be filmed immediately.

But Jiang Heng rejected this proposal, saying that the time was not right, and it was suppressed for more than ten years.

Director Ye Weixin was naturally very depressed, but "SPL 1" was invested by Bonanza Pictures and the copyright was not in his hands.

Furthermore, when the first part was being filmed, most of the main characters in the film had died, and it was unclear how to write the sequel. This is also one of the reasons why the second part was delayed.

Fortunately, during the Chinese New Year this year, Ye Weixin called Jiang Heng to wish him a happy new year. When talking about the preparations for the filming of the sequel to "SPL", Jiang Heng actually agreed, which was very rare.

Not only that, he also discussed the outline of the story he wanted to shoot on the phone and asked Ye Weixin to find someone to improve it and come up with a script.

Ye Weixin was overjoyed and went to find friends in the circle for help. He has been very busy recently and has been writing the script wholeheartedly.

Of course, he did not forget to communicate with Yu Dong and told him that Jiang Heng agreed to start the sequel project of "SPL".

Yu Dong was naturally overjoyed. As a younger brother of iQiyi, Youku and Tencent Pictures, Bonna Pictures plays a supplementary role in the market, and the films it produces are mostly small and medium-investment films.

This also results in most of the films produced by Bonay being single works, with few series of films.

Yu Dong naturally also wanted to create a series of movies and build an IP, but unfortunately there were too few suitable films.

If you think about it, it's a bit of a stretch to make "SPL" into a series of movies, because most of the main characters in the first part have died and there is no room for expansion of the story.

To be honest, if they really want to make a sequel to "SPL", Yu Dong doesn't know what kind of story to make up!

Fortunately, Jiang Heng not only agreed, but also gave a story outline, which is really the best thing!
In recent days, Yu Dong has been keeping an eye on the promotion and marketing of "The Three-Body Problem 2" while communicating with Ye Weixin to learn about the progress of the script writing of "SPL 2".

After listening to Ye Weixin’s explanation, I have to say that Director Jiang is really awesome!
Only Director Jiang would dare to think of such a large-scale content!

But then again, after the film is released, it should make quite a bit of box office revenue thanks to such an exciting story!
Thinking of this, Yu Dong became even more excited.

Upon learning that Ye Weixin had finished writing the script, he asked him to fly to Beijing overnight, and the next morning, he was brought to Jiang Heng's office.

"Director Jiang, take a look at Wei Xin's script. It should be okay. I think it's really good!"

Yu Dong had read the script last night and now looked like he was strongly recommending it.

Jiang Heng said with a smile: "I am still confident in what Old Ye is doing!"

Having said that, Jiang Heng still read the script roughly, and combined the original plot with his understanding, he made a few changes to Ye Weixin's script.

"Go back and follow my comments and revise the script!"

"Ok!"

In theory, Ye Weixin is the director and screenwriter of "SPL 2", and should have a great say in the content of the film.

However, Jiang Heng’s past achievements are too dazzling, and he has been deified in the minds of many of his peers.

Ye Weixin held a similar view and did not think there was anything wrong with Jiang Heng's approach.

The other party even provided you with the story outline, so changing some details is no big deal.

Seeing that the script issues were almost discussed, Yu Dong, who was standing by, asked about the cast and who would be in the cast.

Jiang Heng said without hesitation: "Let Wu Jing play Chen Zhijie!"

"what!"

Yu Dong was stunned when he heard this. Although Chen Zhijie was the male lead in the film, the problem was that he got beaten too many times!
He is no longer the unknown person in the movie industry who was happy to get beaten up just to make a name for himself when he was filming "SPL 1". He is now a first-tier star! Which first-tier star is willing to endure such hardship and suffering?

What's more, although Chen Zhijie is the male lead, his role is not outstanding and his character is not outstanding either.

After shooting the whole film, the biggest reward for not chasing the show was getting beaten up!
Seeing Yu Dong in a daze, Jiang Heng smiled, "Wu Jing is very suitable for this role, you will understand it later!"

Yu Dong couldn't understand it, but since Jiang Heng said so, he naturally didn't raise any objections. He then asked Jiang Heng for his opinion on other candidates so that he could contact the actors and coordinate their schedules.

Jiang Heng immediately mentioned the names of several candidates for the roles, and without exception, names such as Gu Tianle, Ren Dahua, and Zhang Jin appeared.

The first two are veteran actors in the Hong Kong film industry, and the latter once played the disciple of the national master in "White Snake: Origin". He is also an old acquaintance of iQiyi, Youku and Tencent Pictures, so Yu Dong is not surprised.

However, when Jiang Heng mentioned Tony Jaa's name, Yu Dong was moved.

"When I read the script, I thought that Tony Jaa would be the best person to play the role of Achai. If he could play the role, it would add a lot of color to the film!"

Jiang Heng smiled and said, "Of course, a showdown between three great masters would be a great show!"

Yu Dong said: "If you ask me, Director Jiang, you are the master. If you were to make a cameo appearance, the box office would be guaranteed!"

Jiang Heng waved his hand and said, "Let's talk about this later!"

Seeing this, Yu Dong no longer forced it.

After chatting for a while about the details of the film's preparation, he left with Ye Weixin.

But in the afternoon, Wu Jing called and said that he had received a notice from Yu Dong, inviting him to star in "SPL 2", and hurriedly called to ask about the details.

"I'm thinking about filming Wolf Warrior 2!"

Jiang Hengxin said, "Don't think about how to show off, just come here and get beaten first!"

But he said, “Is the script finished?”

Wu Jing was a little embarrassed, "Not yet!"

Jiang Heng was not surprised at all. The previous version of "Wolf Warrior 2" was released in 17 and grossed 56 billion yuan at the box office. However, seven or eight years have passed and "Wolf Warrior 7" is still nowhere in sight.

"Then don't think about it for now, come and film SPL 2, and I'll help you write the script later!"

"Really?"

Wu Jing was overjoyed. His academic performance was average when he was in school, so writing a script was quite difficult for him.

It’s not that it’s impossible to write. If you can’t write it yourself, you can always hire a professional screenwriter!
After writing several drafts, he was not satisfied with any of them.

This is quite embarrassing. If you are not satisfied with the script yourself, how can you expect the audience to like the movie? The possibility is very slim!

"Don't worry, when have I ever fooled you?"

"That's true!"

When Wu Jing said this, he suddenly remembered the scene of the battle in the alley in "SPL 1" and felt a dull pain in his back.

"Well, I won't get beaten as much in this drama as in the first one, right?"

"You definitely can't get beaten up like in the first movie. You're the main character in this movie!"

Jiang Heng thought to himself, in the first movie you were just beaten in the alley for a few minutes, but in this movie you were beaten from the beginning to the end, so of course it’s different! (End of this chapter)