Huayu special effects started in 97

According to Zhang Chen's idea, he would naturally take a safe approach and continue to let Yan Fei and Peng Damo co-direct the film.

But since Jiang Heng said so, he couldn't be a bad guy and block Song Yang's future.

"Of course, Director Jiang has a keen eye. If you say he can do it, then he will definitely do it!"

Song Yang was overjoyed after hearing this and thanked him again.

At noon, Jiang Heng brought several main members of the crew to treat the two to a meal. In the afternoon, they went back and headed straight for the iQiyi Film Building.

When Du Huan got the news, he was overjoyed.

After the release of "Charlotte's Troubles", the box office performance was not much weaker than "The Richest Man in Xihong City", so there is no problem in making more than 2 billion.

With these two movies, the "Happy Twist" team became the hottest comedy group in China.

If we don’t win over such a “team”, what kind of team can we win over?

In his opinion, if Zhang Chen had not always wanted to maintain his independence, he should have acquired them as a whole.

When I heard that Jiang Heng allowed "Happy Twist" to contact other film and television companies and did not intend to continue cooperation, I was confused for a moment. Isn't this equivalent to pushing "Jinshan" away?
Du Huan tried to persuade him twice, but seeing that Jiang Heng was indifferent, he gave up.

Unexpectedly, Zhang Chen brought a young man with a script to his door, saying that Jiang Heng had agreed to it. This really made him feel like a ray of hope.

After seeing the first draft of the script revised by Jiang Heng, Du Huan seemed to understand something.

I vaguely understand that Jiang Heng is probably afraid that they will make money with bad movies and damage the reputation of iQiyi, Youku and Tencent Video.

But if the script is creative, I will definitely be willing to cooperate.

"As expected of Director Jiang, this script is very interesting and the setting is very clever!"

Du Huan praised and glanced at Song Yang, who looked reserved, "It's great that you can come up with this idea!"

"Thank you, Mr. Du, for the compliment!"

"Director Jiang has been judging people for so many years, and I believe you can do a good job! You are responsible for the actors. As for the investment...!"

Because everything had been discussed with Jiang Heng in advance, Du Huan just repeated the previous agreement and put it in black and white in the contract.

Then the crew was set up, the money was paid, and filming began. The efficiency was as high as that of the golden age of Hong Kong films.

Of course, there are fast and slow things. The postmodern fantasy romance drama "Sito" was prepared after the New Year and started filming in Beijing in mid-May.

The film's exterior scenes were mainly shot in Yunnan, while the indoor or special effects scenes were shot in a digital base using a "stage" or "green screen".

Because the two crews were very close, Jing Tian would hang out with the "Jingwei Filling the Sea" crew after work. She and Yang Mi were like good sisters, and sometimes they even slept in the same room, so Jiang Heng had no choice but to go back to his own home!

On this day, Yang Mi took a leave to attend the Shanghai International Film Festival, and Jing Tian stayed at Jiang Heng's place that night.

At night, Da Tiantian, who couldn't sleep, drew circles on Jiang Heng's arm with her fingers, looking bored.

"Oh, it's so annoying. You're always so sneaky. When will you be able to be more open and aboveboard?"

Jiang Heng pinched her chin and said with a smile: "Why, can't you wait?"

"Just a little bit, didn't you say you wanted to retire?"

"Well, are you really going to retreat?"

"of course!"

“After retirement, we will go to a place where no one knows us?” “Yes!”

"You won't be involved in the entertainment industry anymore, right?"

"I'm too lazy to even attend film festivals. After I retire, unless it's a matter of life and death for the company, I'll leave the rest to them!"

Da Tiantian was very happy when she heard this.

Because Jiang Heng's condition in recent years is indeed as he said, he is too lazy to participate in any activities, such as various circle ceremonies - film festivals.

In his own words, we have already won the box office, so there is no need to fight for honors.

So over the years, his films have been shortlisted for a number of domestic film festival awards, but they are basically concentrated in the Best Actor, Actress, Supporting Actor, Newcomer and other awards, after all, the actors have to be considered.

As for awards such as Best Director and Best Picture, he usually does not participate even though he knows he can win them by attending.

At the beginning, there were some rumors that Jiang Heng looked down on many film festivals in the mainland.

But as Jiang Heng continued to shoot various blockbusters that broke box office records, his reputation gradually improved.

People in the industry are used to his not attending film festivals.

On the contrary, sometimes, when Jiang Heng had to attend some activities because of the order from his leader, the other directors and actors would be shocked, and they would think that he wanted to "gain both fame and fortune"!
In the blink of an eye, it is late June and the annual summer box office battle is about to begin.

This year's summer season can be described as a gathering of blockbuster films.

What the audience is most looking forward to is naturally Jiang Heng’s special effects blockbuster - "The Return of the Great Sage".

What puzzles the audience is that the plot of this movie has been kept secret and no one knows which chapter of the book it is about.

The second most eye-catching one is "Legend of the Demon Cat" directed by Chen Kaige.

According to original history, this costume blockbuster was released in 17.

Perhaps stimulated by Jiang Heng, Chen Kaige shot this film two years earlier and started the promotion activities very early.

When asked by a media reporter what he thought of his strongest rival Jiang Heng's new film "The Return of the Great Sage", Chen Kaige said: "Jiang Heng is a good director. From the perspective of commercial films alone, he is the best. Not only in China, but also in the global film market, there is no such good commercial film director!

However, in one’s life, many things are limited. How much you eat, how much you use, how much you can do. There are too many people who are brilliant and talented when they are young, and their creative desire is overwhelming. But when they are a little older, they can’t write anything and can’t do anything well...!”

Many reporters agreed with Chen Kaige's statement, because there are indeed many writers who wrote many classic works when they were young.

But suddenly one day, I could no longer write anything that satisfied myself, and I fell into mental exhaustion.

Chen Kaige said that just by listening to the name of "The Return of the Great Sage", we can tell that this should be a film different from the previous "Journey to the West" series of films. Jiang Heng should have made a new attempt, which may surprise the audience, or it may be terrible.

But no matter what, he hopes that "The Return of the Great Sage" will be a box office hit.

Of course, his "Legend of the Demon Cat" will also be a big seller.

Today, the scale of the Chinese-language film market is several times larger than before, and can accommodate two blockbusters to be "big hits" at the same time.

After these remarks were posted online, Chen Kaige was criticized by many netizens.

Jiang Heng’s fans, in particular, thought that Chen Kaige was implying that Jiang Heng was about to fall into a state of “running out of ideas”.

Although Jiang Heng has shot many special effects blockbusters over the years, there are so many themes suitable for special effects, such as mythology, science fiction, mecha, monsters, disasters, etc., and there are plenty of them to shoot! (End of this chapter)